Nanyuan hunting because the emperor wants to test the children of the nobles, so it has a great response in the capital.

Compared with the official eunuchs who ascended to the imperial examination, the status of the nobles seems to be more stable, especially those hereditary titles, as long as the descendants do not do any major things to usurp the throne and rebel, they can always maintain their wealth and wealth.

But there are pros and cons to everything, there is only one title, one son attacks the knighthood, what about the other sons? And most of these noble families started with military merits, after passing on for several generations, there is no army to lead, no soldiers to bring, and the sons are useless in learning martial arts.

This time the emperor proposed to take the test, and the fool knew that this was an opportunity, if he could register in front of the emperor, at least the twelve guards in the palace would still be able to find a position, so slowly do it, the opportunity would be much better than wandering around at home. For a time, the children of the nobles were picking horses and choosing bows, and there were even those who were now making swords and soft armor, which made a good sense of martial arts in the capital.

The Jinghai Marquis Mansion is naturally no exception.

Mrs. Jinghai Marquis has two sons, the eldest son does not need to be said to be a knight, but what about the younger son?

Originally, Cao Xilin, Marquis of Jinghai, wanted both of his sons to study. The eldest son studied so that he could be an errand boy in the future, not to be an idle nobleman. The second son has to take a scientific examination, as long as he can have a fame for lifting people, and with the help of his brother, he can also find an official position.

It's a pity that the eldest son Cao Hong, who doesn't need to study hard, reads well, but the second son Cao Ming, who needs to study hard, doesn't like to read, so he can get a bow horse to ride and shoot, which really makes Cao Xilin and his wife distressed. It's rare that there is a chance this time, Cao Ming is seventeen years old, if he can enter the emperor's eyes, he can be selected to enter the palace as a guard, naturally the whole mansion is busy for this, and I can't wait for □□ to prepare the best for him.

"Madame, Mrs. Tai is feeling uncomfortable again." The maid hurried over, with a sad face.

Mrs. Jinghaihou put down the account book in her hand: "Did you vomit again?" ”

"Yes." The maid frowned, "It's just that I can't vomit anything, and I still have some abdominal pain, and I can't ...... out."

"Imperial Physician Wang's medicine doesn't work?" Mrs. Jinghaihou frowned as she walked out.

"It doesn't work, Mrs. Tai didn't change her clothes last night-" The maid said implicitly, "Mrs. Tai said that she had abdominal pain this morning, but she didn't discharge any ...... after sitting on the toilet for a long time."

"That's good. Go and get the Imperial Doctor again. "Mrs. Jinghaihou doesn't like this mother-in-law, but she has to do face-saving work. From more than 20 days ago, when Mrs. Tai felt that it was a little difficult to defecate, she asked someone to take Cao Xilin's post to ask the imperial doctor to diagnose the pulse, and all kinds of medicinal supplements continued. But somehow, this is already the second doctor, but Mrs. Tai's problem is getting worse and worse, at first it was just a little uncomfortable, and now it has become a frequent vomiting, and if there is a hard lump in the abdomen, it can't be excreted.

The smell in Mrs. Tai's room was not very good, and Mrs. Jinghaihou couldn't help frowning slightly, but when she saw Mrs. Tai's appearance, this idea of disgust was covered by worry: "What does Mother think?" ”

Mrs. Tai's face was pale, and it was obvious that she had just sat on the toilet for a while, and it was quite a waste of effort. Pressing her lower abdomen with both hands, the maid next to her was taking a soup woman to warm her up, and she didn't even have the strength to answer Mrs. Jinghaihou, so the maid replied on her behalf: "Mrs. Tai only feels uncomfortable in her abdomen, but she can't discharge it......"

Mrs. Jinghaihou took a closer look and felt that Mrs. Tai's face seemed to be a little swollen. Could it be that there is some serious illness? It must be known that if Mrs. Tai goes, the whole family will be worried, Cao Xilin's errand will be discharged immediately, and even Cao Ming, even if he can stand out in Xiyuan, it will be in vain.

As soon as she thought of this, Mrs. Jinghaihou's anxiety became much more real: "Go and urge, why hasn't the imperial doctor invited yet!" ”

Imperial Doctor Wang has been quite idle lately. He was originally a judge of the Tai Hospital, the official rank of Zheng Liupin, but because of the carelessness in the treatment of the Queen Mother's eye disease, he has now been removed from the position of the hospital judge, and he is just an ordinary imperial doctor.

Don't look at the imperial doctor, everyone seems to be vying for it, blame the glory, but once the palace expresses dissatisfaction with you, these high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital will follow and step on people in the mud, and they won't come to the door. Imperial Physician Wang sat at home for a few days before the Marquis of Jinghai came to ask for a pulse, so he naturally had to be extremely attentive, and he couldn't wait to heal people with a post to show that he had real skills.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Jinghai Hou was just a stomach upset. For elderly people, the stomach is not as good as that of young people, one has weak stomach qi, and in the middle of summer, if a greedy cold thing will inevitably be damaged, vomiting is also a common thing. As for the difficulty of defecation, it is more common, the female dependents of these rich and noble families, sitting for a long time and moving less, it is naturally more difficult to defecate.

Therefore, Imperial Physician Wang didn't pay much attention to it at all, although he heard that he had invited a imperial physician to diagnose the pulse, and he used the medicine for seven or eight days but it was ineffective, but the imperial physician was just a junior who had just entered the hospital, and he had never been put in the eyes of Imperial Physician Wang, so he didn't care about it, so he only prepared a prescription casually. Because Mrs. Juetai's pulse was a little weak, she removed the fierce medicine and replaced it with a mild medicine.

Who knew that after four or five days, the Marquis of Jinghai came to invite again, saying that his illness was not decreasing but increasing, so he became a little nervous and hurriedly rushed over. As soon as she entered the door, she saw that Mrs. Jinghai Hou had a painful face, and she couldn't help but chuckle in her heart, and hurriedly asked about the situation while checking her pulse.

The maid replied carefully, Mrs. Tai was half lying on the bed, and added □□: "My head hurts a little......

Mrs. Jinghaihou frowned: "Imperial Doctor Wang, what's going on?" Obviously, I have been using the medicine for four or five days. It turned out that because the imperial physician had been sentenced to several years in the hospital and had been serving the Shouxian Palace properly, we specially invited it. How-"

This is to raise the teacher to ask for sin. Everyone knows that Wang Taiyi is good at treating the elderly, if he can't even cure this rich disease, this signboard will be completely smashed.

Doctor Wang hurriedly said: "Madame, don't be anxious, I was afraid that Mrs. Tai was weak, so I reduced some medicine, I think it is because the amount of medicine is insufficient, let's use some mild laxative medicine first." ”

Mrs. Tai only felt extremely uncomfortable in her abdomen, and the so-called sick and rushed to the doctor, now as long as she can relieve the pain first, she hurriedly said: "Hurry up and prescribe medicine!" ”

There are many laxative medicines, and they are also commonly used by the elderly. Doctor Wang opened the Ma Ren Pill with a stroke of the pen, this medicine has a medicine in his home, and immediately took it for Mrs. Tai to take, sure enough, after a while, Mrs. Tai's stomach was chaotic, and she sat on the toilet, and discharged a little dung, and she felt more comfortable.

Mrs. Jinghaihou's face was soothed, and she ordered someone to seal the pulse and send the imperial physician back. It's just that in the evening, Mrs. Tai got □□ again, and the abdominal pain was worse than in the morning, but she didn't use Ma Ren pills anymore.

Doctor Wang was called again in the middle of the night, and when he saw Mrs. Tai like this, he also broke out in a cold sweat: "If not, use some laxatives......

Mrs. Jinghaihou couldn't help frowning: "If you use laxatives again, can Mrs. Tai's body still stand it?" ”

Mrs. Tai snorted, and when she heard this, she shouted: "I have already used that pill, and I don't use it at all!" If I use laxatives again, I'm afraid that my old life will be gone! What quacks, it's time to send it away, please do it again! ”

Cao Xilin heard it in the outhouse and became embarrassed. Speaking of which, Imperial Physician Wang has been in the Imperial Hospital for many years, although there are some problems, but his medical skills are still good, otherwise he would not have served the Queen Mother for many years. This time, the Queen Mother belittled him, saying that he deliberately used some valuable medicinal materials, which meant that he made a profit from it. This is a question of morality, but not of medical skills, and if he is sent away, there may not be anything better. That is, as far as the doctors of the ether hospital are concerned, their most refined is the gynecology department, and the treatment of the elderly is not necessarily better than that of the royal doctor.

Mrs. Jinghaihou also knew this truth, but Mrs. Tai was extremely uncomfortable, and she was not reasonable at all, and only scolded him for being a quack doctor over and over again. Doctor Wang was scolded so much that the green tendons on his head burst out, and when he saw that Mrs. Tai scolded a few words and suddenly retched, he suddenly had an idea, and said: "If you talk about it, there is a person who is good at curing this vomiting disease, why don't you invite the house?" ”

Cao Xilin hurriedly asked, "I don't know which one?" "He is a filial son, and seeing his mother suffering, he is really anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

Imperial Physician Wang snorted and said, "Why doesn't the Hou Ye know, it's the girl of the Jiang family who cured the Queen Mother's vomiting disease a few days ago." But I heard that the girl of the Jiang family is still related to the house, why did the Hou Ye and his wife give up the near and far and find the old man? ”

Mrs. Jinghaihou's two eyebrows locked. She naturally heard about Taohua's cure of the Queen Mother, but she always felt that a young girl's family could have how much ability? Healing the Queen Mother may just be a matter of luck. This Imperial Doctor Wang is now pushing Taohua out, but he is too irresponsible for the patient. From this point of view, it is probably not unreasonable for the Queen Mother to belittle him.

Cao Xilin was also a little hesitant. Everyone thinks that the older Lang Zhong is, the more capable he is, how can Taohua, a teenage girl, be reassured?

Mrs. Jinghaihou was a little tempted, and hurriedly said: "In this case, go and please!" In her simple thoughts, if she can cure the Queen Mother, she will definitely be cured.

"Mother-" Mrs. Jinghaihou was a little helpless, "Miss Jiang is still young......"

"What's wrong with her young age, she can cure the Queen Mother!"

This is really irrefutable, and Mrs. Rao is Jinghai Marquis felt powerless for a while. Imperial Physician Wang sneered, got up and said: "Mrs. Tai is right, although Miss Jiang is young, her medical skills are excellent, and now the Queen Mother doesn't need a imperial doctor, as long as she is by her side, she has to drive to Xiyuan." The house is a relative, so she should be invited to come for treatment. "It's a great honor to be able to go out with the car, the emperor didn't go to Xiyuan for a few years, it's so easy to go, and he doesn't have his share.

Mrs. Jinghaihou sank her face: "Since the princess can't cure the disease, then we won't be reluctant." "This imperial doctor is hateful, obviously hating the girl of the Jiang family for standing up to his dignity in front of the queen mother, but taking other patients as a raft. Such a person, even if he has some medical skills, the Cao family will never be able to invite him to treat his illness in the future.

After Doctor Wang finished speaking, he realized that he had gotten a little carried away, and now he had offended the Marquis of Jinghai. It's just that it's too late to regret it at this time, so I had to say a few words vaguely, and then went out a little wolfly.

Here Mrs. Jinghaihou couldn't help but say to her husband: "This person is hateful! Just what now? ”

Cao Xilin cared about his mother, so he said: "Since you say that you have the ability, you will first invite your mother to diagnose and treat her." ”

Mrs. Jinghaihou couldn't help but hesitate: "This is the ...... in the middle of the night. And a little girl, is she really capable...... "What's more, although she didn't go to Taohua last time, it was equivalent to breaking the face of the Jiang family, so if the girl of the Jiang family is willing to come, will she still hold a grudge?"

But these words are not easy to say to her husband, and Mrs. Tai didn't taste it at all last time, and she felt that it was more convenient to have a relative.

Cao Xilin was also sick and rushed to the doctor at the moment: "I'll invite you as soon as it's dawn, show my mother first, and then ask someone else." ”

So the sky was just dawning, and the side door of Jiang's mansion was slammed.

Taohua has always gotten up early, and was playing five birds under the corridor with Jiang Xi, when she heard that the Marquis of Jinghai Mansion was coming to invite someone, she couldn't help but be stunned: "What do you ask me to do?" ”

Because Jiang Xi got up early, the Cao family also had to get up early, and after listening to what someone said, he suddenly gloated: "The Jinghai Marquis Mansion also has a time to beg us?" This time I remembered that a relative was coming? ”

Jiang Xi frowned slightly and said, "Doctors should not harbor personal grudges. ”

Taohua smiled at him helplessly: "Dad, I know, let's go." ”

"That's it." Jiang Xi patted his daughter's shoulder, "If there is anything else, let's talk about it after treating the disease first." ”

Momoka is a little funny and a little admired. Of course she wanted to go, but it was more because of the jade carved narcissus, if she cured Mrs. Tai, she could get her mother's dowry back. But Jiang Xi didn't know about it, he said to let her go, that was the real doctor's parents' heart. From this point of view, although Jiang Xi does not know how to treat people, in terms of medical ethics, he is more qualified than many people.

Cao Shi went back to the house a little sneeringly, and when he saw Jiang Yanhua, who came to ask for peace, he couldn't help but whisper: "Your father is also really - and Sister Tao, who is also generous." ”

Jiang Yanhua responded absentmindedly as if he had something on his mind. Cao couldn't help but look at his daughter and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Jiang Yanhua hesitated, seeing that there was no one in the house, Bai Guo was cleaning up the table outside and preparing to set the meal, so he whispered: "Didn't the eldest uncle invite that Liu Han......lin a few days ago?"

"yes." The Cao family also knew about this, but the inner and outer courtyards were not connected, and they couldn't see people, "So what? ”

Jiang Yanhua rubbed the handkerchief in his hand, and finally said: "When Xuancao went to find Sanqi, I saw it from afar--it was the son who sent us back that day in Xingjiao Temple. ”

"Is it him?" Cao Shi thought about it for a moment, "Why didn't you say it earlier, you should also thank him." ”

Jiang Yanhua didn't think about this, seeing that her mother was not enlightened, it was difficult to say it again. Cao's came back after a while: "That day, Liu Gongzi came to the temple with his mother to play, so in this way, isn't he not married yet?" ”

Jiang Yanhua's face was slightly red, and then he felt uncomfortable in his heart, and bowed his head and said, "If he marries a wife or not, what do we have to do with it?" He is Hanlin, and he will elect officials in the future, so naturally he wants to marry a woman from an official family, what does it matter to us! The more I talked about it, the more sad I became, and I really had red circles under my eyes.

"Hey—" Cao Shi also let out a long sigh and sat down in a daze. If it was in the past, she might still think that Jiang Yanhua was Langzhong's niece, and she also had a few □□ price. But since she ate that meal at the Jinghai Hou Mansion, she knew that no matter how Jiang Yanhua changed her surname, she was still the daughter of a commoner, and she was naturally too far from that Liu Hanlin.

The mother and daughter sat opposite each other in the city of sorrow, and Taohua had already gotten into the carriage of the Marquis of Jinghai and went to Cao's house.

Mrs. Tai really had a hard night. is no longer young, and he has relied on his youth to work hard to develop a good body, but he can still support it. But after all these years of pampering, I couldn't stand a little sin, and I tossed for half the night, and it was easy to see Taohua coming, like a life-saving straw, and I called for please come in.

Taohua didn't have time to say anything to Mrs. Jinghaihou, so she entered Mrs. Tai's house, and saw that her hair was disheveled and her eyes were blank, and she was obviously tossing a lot. The maid next to her also had experience, and without asking, she hurriedly told her what recipes she had used in the past few days and what the situation was.

Taohua stretched out her hand to take Mrs. Tai's pulse and carefully diagnosed, and asked Mrs. Tai to open her mouth and stick out her tongue to look at it, and pressed her abdomen, then sat down and dipped the pen in ink, and wrote three lines of words: "Grab the medicine according to this prescription, and boil it and drink it immediately." ”

Mrs. Jinghaihou took the paper in her hand, and at a glance, she couldn't help but look strange: "Miss Jiang, just these three flavor medicines?" ”

On the paper, there are three flavor medicines: atractylodes, cimicifuga, and lotus leaves, which don't look like Zhang Zhengzi's prescription. Mrs. Jinghaihou also knew a little about the medicinal properties, and knew that the lotus leaf was a laxative, so she couldn't help but say: "Yesterday, Mrs. Tai used the Ma Ren Pill, and it seems that it is not effective. "Laxatives don't work.

Taohua smiled: "Ma Ren Pill moistens the intestines, naturally useless." ”

Cao Hui had been serving by her grandmother's side for several days, and she was also so upset, seeing that this recipe was so simple, she couldn't help but say, "Can just these few things cure the disease?" The prescriptions prescribed by the first two imperial doctors used at least a dozen medicinal herbs. Miss Jiang, if you don't want to treat my grandmother, you might as well just say it. When the Jiang family came that day, although she was sent to her uncle's house by her mother, she also heard about the events of that day after she came back, "If you still hold a grudge against the events of that day, how about I make amends to you on behalf of my mother?" ”

Taohua was a little funny, but seeing that Cao Hui seemed to really want to salute, and felt that she was also filial, she raised her hand to stop her: "Miss Cao's words are not right." If I hold a grudge, why should I come? If you prescribe a prescription but can't cure the disease, won't it damage your reputation? ”

Cao Xilin listened outside for a long time, and couldn't help but come in, looked at the prescription and said carefully: "Miss Jiang, this prescription ...... My mother seems to be a little cold, this-"

Taohua smiled slightly: "Mrs. Tai is not suffering from the cold. This is a spleen deficiency and gastrointestinal discomfort, cimicifuga to relieve a hundred poisons, atractylodes to strengthen the spleen, lotus leaves to help the stomach in the clear yang upward, is to use the medicine of Ganwen Xinsan to promote the evil qi, the evil qi goes, naturally good. Mrs. Tai should take a dose first. ”

Everyone was invited, and it was no fun to question it at this time, Mrs. Jinghaihou and her husband glanced at each other, and had to ask their subordinates to immediately grab the medicine to boil it. But seeing that Taohua didn't mean to leave, she sat idly on the side, as if she was confident, and her heart was a little more settled.

After a while, the maid boiled the medicine and brought it, but Mrs. Tai couldn't wait anymore, so she took it and drank it. Taohua saw that she had drunk the medicine, and sat down to diagnose her pulse, and talked about the scenery in the south without a match.

Mrs. Tai was uncomfortable at the beginning, and she was impatient to listen to Taohua's words, only tossing back and forth on the bed, and she was not angry when she answered. Taohua didn't care, just said unhurriedly. Gradually, Mrs. Tai quieted down, and Taohua's voice became softer and softer, Cao Hui listened to it on the side, and even felt that her eyelids were a little heavy, and she closed them unconsciously.

Suddenly, Cao Hui woke up suddenly, only to find that Mrs. Tai had fallen asleep, breathing evenly, and snoring slightly, and couldn't help but be surprised and happy: "Grandmother-"

Taohua smiled and got up, and said softly: "Mrs. Tai hasn't rested for a long time, let her sleep for a while." ”

Mrs. Tai has indeed not slept well for several days, and now she is sleeping so soundly that she can't even wake up the people next to her talking, which is naturally a sign that her illness has improved. Mrs. Jinghaihou also smiled, and Cao Xilin was even more excited: "Miss Jiang, my mother is—"

Taohua retreated to the outhouse and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Hou, in fact, although Mrs. Tai's disease is a bit abrasive, it is not a serious illness, and now the medicine is correct, and it will be cured soon." When Mrs. Tai wakes up, she should be able to relieve her hands, and then eat lightly, it is best to boil some yam and chicken shredded porridge, and don't eat too hard food for the time being. ”

Cao Xilin had already called to the kitchen to pass the word, and Mrs. Jinghaihou also ordered someone to take a seal red, and said with a smile: "Thank you Miss Jiang, but tomorrow, can you invite Miss Jiang to check Mrs. Tai's pulse again?" ”

Taohua smiled and gently pushed the red seal away: "I don't dare to take this red letter." It takes three days to be cured, then—" she hesitated, but said, "At that time, I just wanted to ask Madame to send the jade carved narcissus sent by Mrs. Cao Wu as a consultation fee, I don't know if it will work?" ”

Mrs. Jinghaihou was stunned for a moment, and her expression was a little strange: "Jade carving-narcissus?" Why does Miss Jiang want that thing? ”

Taohua thought that she thought that it was a birthday gift for Mrs. Tai, and it was not appropriate to give it away, so after thinking about it, she said: "Don't hide it from Mrs., it is a relic of the late mother, and it fell into the hands of Mrs. Cao Wu for some reason." ”

Mrs. Jinghaihou suddenly realized, but her expression was even more embarrassed: "Miss Jiang, it's not that I don't want to, it's really -- Cao Wu was imprisoned a while ago, and Cao Wu's family came to entangle, so I returned the jade carved narcissus to them." ”

"Give it back to them?" Taohua asked silently, and suddenly many clues were strung in her mind.

In order to draw a clear line with Cao Wu, the Marquis of Jinghai returned the jade carving narcissus to Mrs. Cao Wu. Shen Shu said that the woman who took the jade carving narcissus to the pawnshop opened by Chengenbo Mansion to mortgage was Cao Luo eight out of ten. So she entered the Chengenbo Mansion, Cao Wu was released from prison, and the jade carving narcissus fell into the hands of Si Rui, and finally sent to the palace.

The piece of jade that the Queen Mother took out in the palace was the most beloved jade carving of the Li family. Momoka only felt powerless for a while—now, there was probably no chance of getting it back......