The queen went all the way back to her palace, sat down and threw a tea bowl: "Bad luck!" Let her pick someone in, she can't even do this little thing! ”

The confidant palace people hurriedly came up to clean up, and said cautiously: "This matter, it is also that the princess of Anjun is too tricky, and the slave maid looks at Miss Yu and is also a good child." "You can't let the queen complain about Mrs. Yu Pavilion anymore, that's the stepmother, it's all a family, and it's not good to spread it.

One sentence turned the queen's anger to Taohua: "Relying on some medical skills, what do you want to do." It's hateful that the envoy of the Zheng Yuan is also a fool, how can he go along with her! I think he's old and confused, and it's time to say goodbye. ”

It's not easy for the confidants to take this. Yu Lin Gonghan is obviously true, so the envoy replied like this, the queen insisted on anger, and no one could do anything about it.

The queen said a few words, but her anger returned to Taohua: "I don't see that I am pregnant, and I insist that no one is allowed to enter the mansion, this is not even a reputation!" ”

The palace people in the palace were silent. If you want to say that you don't give birth to someone else and don't let others give birth, it must be the queen, and now to say that Princess Anjun doesn't want to be famous, it is tantamount to laughing fifty times in a hundred steps - at least Princess Anjun has only been married for a year, and the queen has been married to the royal family for more than ten years.

The queen was so angry that she dropped a few tea sets, and beat two small palace people with a fault, which slowly subsided. Seeing that her anger gradually subsided, the palace people said: "Don't be angry about these little things, this is the Mid-Autumn Festival soon, the Queen Mother is sick, do you want to hold this feast?" ”

"Yes! Why not! The queen raised her eyebrows, "At that time, the palace will ask the Jiang family in front of the emperor, whether he is willing to open branches and leaves for King Anjun, and he will not believe it and will not be able to stuff it into a person!" If you can't do it outside, can't you pick one out of this palace? You go to do this, pick a good person, first call the imperial doctor to diagnose the pulse, this time the palace will definitely make Jiang have nothing to say. ”

The confidant palace people were dumbfounded when they heard this: "Niangniang, this-" Why do you have to compete with Princess Anjun?

As everyone knows, the queen has been so aggrieved recently that she can't say it. In order to suppress Concubine Yuan Shu, she worked hard to take care of Lu Ying and gave birth to a prince, but she couldn't hold it in her hands. In order to go against the emperor, she also promoted Lu Ying to the position of Jieyu, which is really against her heart. This is one by one, and there is nowhere to sue if there is a grievance.

The people in the palace can't move, so they have to find someone outside to be angry, and the Jiang family is naturally the best candidate - Ming Huanghuang, a childless target, is placed there. Who knew that this arrow always failed to fall on the bull's-eye, the first Cui was stupid, and the second Yu Lin was cold.

This aroused the queen's stupidity, and she had to stuff someone into it. She has nothing to do recently, she doesn't believe in the dignified queen of the middle palace, and she has no choice but to take a princess of the county! Anyway, it's true that the Jiang family has no children, and when it comes to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, she mentioned this matter in front of the emperor, and she is upright, and no one can refute it!

Taohua didn't know that the queen was already planning to overlord the bow, but anyone who was calculated like this would not be in a good mood, and on the way back to the county king's mansion in the carriage, she felt as if something was blocked in her heart, and she was sullen and uncomfortable.

Seeing that her face was not good, Mint hurriedly lifted the curtain of the car and let the wind blow in a little: "Princess, don't be angry about this kind of thing." Don't say that they can't stuff people, even if they do, the prince can't see it. ”

Taohua pressed her chest, only feeling a little disgusted: "It's okay, it's about the car going a little bumpy." That's it, you're right, as long as the prince doesn't pay attention to it, it's useless to let them in as much as they want. Bai delayed most of the day, and he had to send Bai Ge'er back. ”

Seeing that it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the school is closed for three days, and it is time to send Jiang Bohua back to Jiang's house today. Although Jiang Xi is not at home, the Mid-Autumn Festival is still leaving.

The courtyard of the Jiang family was quiet, and there was no festive atmosphere at all. Jiang Xi has been gone for several months, and Jiang Bohua has lived in the Anjun Mansion for a long time, and the people in the mansion are no longer well-informed, and they also know that the Cao family now has the name of a housewife. Especially after Chen Yan was also sent back to Jiangnan, this situation was even more obvious.

Most of the subordinates of the Jiang family are still honest and loyal, but even being a slave and maid also expect to have a future with a good master, and now that the Cao family is like this, they don't say that they have two hearts, but they are not very energetic in doing things. And in the past few days, Cao's family has been sick again, and he has asked the housekeeper's daughter-in-law to do all the trivial things, and now he hasn't even said whether the reward under the festival will be issued or not, so it's no wonder that people are not happy at all.

Taohua took Jiang Bohua into the door, and when she saw such silence in the house, she couldn't help frowning: "What's the matter?" What does it look like a festival? "After all, Jiang Bohua is still going to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiang's mansion, what's the matter with this lifelessness?

Ginkgo who came out to greet her said cautiously: "Mrs. is sick, everything in the house has been handed over to the next head, this year the master is not there, this section is ......" The next person doesn't know what to do.

Momoka understood as soon as she heard it. Just now she walked through the yard, and saw that the flowers and trees in the yard had not been abandoned, and the whole house was all proper except for being too quiet, which showed that the people were not slacking off.

"Go and tell the bookkeeper what I said, first set the reward for the festival. Although my father went out, the reward was still as usual, and each person was given half a month's worth of silver. Compared with the usual festival, the master is not there, and there is a wife and brother. ”

The rules of the Jiang family are that one month more silver will be issued in the next year, and half a month in the next year. It's not much, but it's quite a bit of a supplement. Especially after coming to the capital, the example silver has been longer than in Wuxi, and the reward money has been issued, and everyone is naturally more happy.

Taohua's words were passed on, and the whole house seemed to be more lively. Ginkgo couldn't help but smile, leading Taohua to Cao's courtyard, and said, "A few days ago, I brought some things from Wuxi, and my wife just asked someone to pack them up and prepare to send them to the princess." ”

This statement is half-true. The old mansion in Wuxi brought something, and there must be a copy to be sent to the Anjun Palace, but it was definitely not the Cao family who asked someone to clean it up. However, Tao Hua had no intention of delving into this, so she only nodded and took Jiang Bohua into Cao's house.

There was a smell of medicine in the room, but it wasn't too strong, and I think it was a smell from the window before they returned. Another plate of oranges was placed, and the faint fruity aroma spread, which also diluted the medicinal gas.

"Sister Tao is here?" Cao Shi lifted his body from the pillow, his breath was weak, and his eyes lit up when he saw Jiang Bohua, "Brother Bai'er-"

Taohua looked at her carefully, she was indeed thin, she was originally a plump face, but now her cheeks have flattened, and her complexion is not good: "What's wrong with Mrs., but I invited Lang Zhong to check the pulse?" ”

Cao Shi just sighed, and Olive replied beside him: "I have invited Lang Zhong to come, saying that the spleen and stomach are not in harmony, and I have prescribed a recipe to eat first." ”

"Bring me the recipe and I'll take a look." Taohua said, sitting down to check Cao's pulse.

Cao Shi stretched out his hand to her, and sighed: "I said that I prescribed a prescription, but it didn't work when I ate it." I can't sleep at night, I can't use it if I eat, and I don't know if it's a serious ......" said while peeking at Taohua's face, "These days, I always dream that in the past, your father was still at home, and you embroidered with Sister Yan and made ......shoes for him."

Taohua has diagnosed the pulse and has a number in her heart. Cao's is in a bad mood, so that his liver qi is in the stomach, he doesn't think about eating, and his work and rest are not in harmony, which is not a serious illness. Seeing that Lang Zhong's prescription was also roughly symptomatic, he casually changed it on the top and added a few medicines to soothe the liver: "If you eat like this for half a month, it will be fine." But he didn't answer a word about Chen Yan.

Cao's eyes looked at Taohua. Chen Yan has been sent back to Jiangnan, her shop in the capital has been transferred, and the silver that changed hands was used to buy a Zhuangzi in the countryside of Wuxi, and now she lives in that Zhuangzi. Because she rarely went out in the past, no one outside knew that she was the second girl of the Jiang family, only that her surname was Chen, but that she was the widow of her dead husband.

Chen Yan is young, looks good, and has a dowry of several thousand taels of silver in her hand, although such a woman is widowed, there are still many people who are willing to marry. Since Chen Yan settled in Zhuangzi, someone came to inquire about the news, and there was an endless stream for a while.

Of course, Taohua also knows this news. The person who bought the Zhuangzi was her person, and the Zhuangzi also arranged people, and Chen Yan's every move was naturally under her control: in fact, those who had the intention of proposing marriage were also considered to be some solid people, as long as Chen Yan didn't have such a big heart, it would not be a problem to live a smooth and stable life in the second half of her life.

But looking at Cao's meaning, she obviously still thought that she could get Chen Yan back, and then take advantage of the power of the Anjun Mansion to marry a high-ranking family. However, Taohua will never agree - just like Chen Yan, marrying Liu Zhijing is certainly choosing the wrong person, but if she marries someone else, she will not have any good fruits to eat.

"Sister Tao-" Cao Shi saw that Taohua didn't speak, so he had to bite the bullet and open his mouth first.

Now her life is really not a taste, her son and daughter are not around, Jiang Xi even sent the letter to the Anjun Palace, and she had to send a message from the Anjun Palace, so she knew where Jiang Xi was now. If my daughter can be picked up, at least she will have someone to accompany her, right?

Olive watched from the side, anxious. Although the Cao family still holds the title of Mrs. Jiang at the moment, it is obviously just a title for a long time. Now that Jiang Xi is not here, she should get along with Taohua for a good time, why do she always say something that Taohua doesn't like to hear?

"Madam, the princess checked her pulse first when she entered the door, and she didn't even drink the tea." Olive took the tea and interrupted Cao's words. It's not that she dares to be the master of the master, but she really lets the Cao family go on like this, what good is it if she annoys the princess?

"Oh-oh-" Cao reluctantly swallowed the second half of his sentence, "Serve tea." But the flower tea brought from Wuxi? Sister Tao'er, this is the jasmine tea that Sister Yan asked someone to bring-"

The olive was about to cry, why did it go around Chen Yan again? Before she could come up with any excuse to take the topic away, she heard Taohua retch, turned her head and pushed the tea bowl away.

"Huh?" Cao Shi was taken aback, "This, what's wrong?" ”

Mint was even more anxious: "Is the princess tired?" "Today, I first entered the palace and came back with a belly, bumpy all the way to Jiang's mansion, and was told something by the Cao family, so it's strange that I can be comfortable.

Taohua pressed one hand to her chest and shook her head: "Move that tea farther away." ”

Olive hurriedly took the tea out and poured it. I really shouldn't make this jasmine tea, isn't there nothing to do?

Cao's face is not very good-looking. She just said that this was the tea that Chen Yan brought back, and Taohua was disgusted, this- what does this mean?

Taohua didn't have time to take care of Cao's emotions, and she had already touched her pulse with one hand. She was a little tight-chested in the carriage just now, and at that time it could be said that the carriage was upside down, but now she smelled a strong jasmine fragrance and became disgusted, this ...... It seems that her little day is that these two days should come, right?

Mint saw that she felt her pulse, and became even more anxious: "Princess, can you invite a doctor?" "As the saying goes, a healer does not heal himself. Although she doesn't know medical skills, she knows this sentence.

Cao Shi came back to his senses and found that Taohua might be really unwell, and immediately panicked: "Yes, yes, please doctor, please doctor!" ”

Taohua half-closed her eyes and checked her pulse for a while, opened her eyes and smiled: "No need, it's just that I was a little uncomfortable just now, I'm afraid it was a little rough in the carriage." Brother Bai sent it back, I should go back too, the prince is afraid that he will return to the house in a while. If there is a banquet in the palace on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the prince and I will not come. ”

Cao Shi didn't dare to say anything at this time, so he agreed and hurriedly asked the olives to go out to send them off. After getting into the carriage, Mint was still chanting: "Don't be careless, princess, I'm too tired these days, let's ask a doctor to take a look." ”

Taohua leaned on the carriage and smiled: "Please come back in a few days." "According to the menstrual period, even if she is pregnant now, she will not be diagnosed at all, at least in half a month, please ask the experienced Lang Zhong to come over, and the diagnosis will probably be accurate.

Seeing her smiling, Mint felt a little relieved, but she was even more puzzled: "Princess, this is ......" doesn't look like a disease? But I was obviously uncomfortable just now.

Taohua smiled and shook her head: "You don't have to say it to others. "She can't be sure of her own pulse, what if not? Tiredness and mood can also affect menstruation.

Mint was confused, but seeing that Taohua had closed her eyes and was recuperating, she didn't dare to ask again, and just sat there thinking to herself. After thinking about it, I suddenly thought of what Mama Zheng told her when she came back from the northwest.

Mama Zheng originally wanted to follow Taohua back to the capital this time, but when she was leaving, she contracted a cold, and Taohua had to ask her to stay. Because Taohua was surrounded by some girls, Mama Zheng had to pull mint and explained a lot of things to her, the most important of which was the matter of the heir - in her opinion, the princess's marriage time was not short, and it was time to give birth to a son.

Mint has a good memory, but after all, he has no experience, so he didn't think of it at all. However, after all, there is a Cao family in the Jiang family who was pregnant, and the scene at that time was also seen, and now the brain turned around and finally turned to the top, and Mama Zheng's words came out sentence by sentence, and blurted out: "Princess, isn't it-happy?" "It's not a disease, it's joy!

Taohua sneered and opened her eyes to look at her: "Do you still know this?" ”

"What a joy?" Mint was so happy that he almost froze, and it took him a while to react, "Sanqi, hurry up and slow down the car, don't bump it!" Mama Zheng was only afraid that Taohua would be pregnant on the way, so "Don't bump in the car after pregnancy" This is a very important sentence, repeated several times, and Mint was naturally the first to think of this sentence.

Taohua smiled and put a finger on her lips: "Shhhh ”

Mint couldn't even sit still, if it wasn't for the carriage, he would probably stand up and take a turn, and said straightly: "Most likely, the princess's little day should have arrived yesterday, and the slave was careless, so she forgot about it......"

Taohua looked at her like a headless fly, and smiled helplessly: "It's normal for a small day to be one or two days or even three or five days, you should be quiet, don't shout, do you want passers-by outside to hear it?" ”

Mint hurriedly lowered her voice: "The princess's little day has always been accurate, but it is late at this time, there must be joy!" "Even when the epidemic was being treated in the northwest, it was accurate to be so tired and Taohua's small days, and it didn't make sense that it would be not allowed to go back to the capital at this time.

Taohua smiled and shook her head: "Anyway, the pulse is still inaccurate, don't say it, if not, let Wang Yekong rejoice?" Although Shen Shu didn't say it, she could also see that Shen Shu was actually looking forward to having a child soon. The last time I went back to the northwest, the Leng family had already given birth to a daughter, and Shen Shu often went to see the child when he was fine, and sometimes he would mention it between words.

Although this body is not yet seventeen years old...... Taohua gently touched her lower abdomen, but she has been paying attention to maintenance and proper exercise since she crossed over at the age of six, and her physical fitness is much stronger than that of ordinary girls, although she is a little younger, but many women in this era have children at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and she will definitely be able to do it.

Sanqi didn't know what was going on in the carriage, but when Mint shouted like this, he was naturally cautious, the carriage went slower than a donkey cart, and when he returned to the county king's mansion, Taohua was almost asleep.

"What's wrong with the princess?" As soon as the carriage entered the gate of the county king's mansion, Shen Shu knew it, but the third-class and second-class people didn't see Taohua come in, so they couldn't help but walk out, and they saw Sanqi leading the horse like walking on thin ice, and couldn't help but be startled when they saw Sanqi walking on thin ice.

Sanqi didn't know what was going on, and he couldn't answer for a while. Shen Shu couldn't wait, so he went up and opened the curtain, only to see Taohua leaning on the carriage with a drowsy expression, so he simply hugged the person horizontally and walked to the yard: "What's the matter?" "He has already heard about the things in the palace, and according to Taohua's temper, it is just enough to push people back, so that he will not still be worried about it. What's more, it looks like it's very tired, things in the palace shouldn't be like this, is it because I'm tired in Jiang's mansion?

Mint opened her mouth and didn't know how to answer, she was happy, she didn't dare to bring it out on her face but she couldn't help it, but she had a strange expression, which provoked Wu Zheng, who came out, to look at her directly.

Taohua was originally a little sleepy by the carriage swaying slowly, but at this moment she was awakened by the wind outside the car, and pushed Shen Shu's hand and said, "Let me down, I can walk by myself." ”

Shen Shu didn't let go at all: "What's the matter, but what's the Jiang family tired of?" ”

Taohua coughed lightly: "It's nothing, and I'm not tired." ”

Shen Shu didn't believe it at all. Taohua has always been in good spirits, and it seems that she is drowsy in the carriage like this, and she must be extremely tired.

"Mint, come on!"

His face sank, although Mint was not afraid, he was also a little stunned in his heart, and unconsciously looked at Taohua. Taohua sneered and laughed: "Don't scare her." Nothing at all, let her say anything. If you want to say tired, you don't have to ask! ”

When he said the last sentence, his voice was lowered, and it happened that only Shen Shu could hear it.

Shen Shu coughed dryly, if he hadn't been holding someone in his hand, he would have wanted to raise his hand and touch his nose: "Also...... Isn't that the case......"

Of course, not so. Taohua has already affirmed three points in her heart along the way, and most of the people who are so abnormally sleepy are really pregnant. But he couldn't say this now, so he simply glanced at Shen Shu: "Anyway, I'm tired." If you make trouble again, sleep in the study these days. ”

The servants in the county king's mansion were very eye-catching, and they had already retreated far away, only Mint was worried about Taohua, and was still following behind, and when he heard this, he hurriedly buried his head so as not to be seen with a smile on his face.

Shen Shu coughed dryly again, glanced at no one around him, and said in a low voice: "Don't make trouble with you, but don't want to drive me to live in the study." ”

He strode into the main room, and went in directly with someone in his arms. Mint wanted to follow in, but Wu Zheng pulled him and said, "What are you doing in there?" "It's strange, the prince and the princess are obviously making love, usually at times like this, mint is very eye-catching to avoid it, why are you so reckless today?

Mint raised her chin and snorted softly, "You know what, I have to go in and serve the princess." "It's a different time, and you have to be careful.

Wu Zheng looked at Mint's back and muttered, "It's strange...... "Why is this girl wrong today?"

Rao is Wu Zheng is very smart, after all, he is an old bachelor, and he never thought that the princess of the county would be pregnant. However, Mint had already entered the house in a grand manner, and he was a foreign man, of course, it was impossible to go in, so he had to shake his head and go back to the front yard.

Shen Shu also felt that mint was a bit abnormal, originally he planned to say a few words to Taohua, after all, the queen had blocked Taohua again today, he had to say at least two words of comfort, showing loyalty, right? It's a pity that this girl actually followed up in a big way, changing Taohua's clothes and unloading jewelry and combing her hair, although what she should do is what she should do, but the pestle here is very hindering him from talking to the princess in private. It's even more hateful that Taohua didn't rush her, but smiled from beginning to end, as if she was very happy.

"Mint-" Shen Shu finally couldn't help it, "You go to the kitchen and have a look, let them send something to the princess first, I'm afraid it's useless to go back to Jiang's house, right?" ”

Mint was still a little hesitant, and Taohua couldn't help but smile: "You go." Just now she was in the mirror, and she had already seen Shen Shu's expression.

Shen Shu saw that Mint was gone, so he complained: "What's going on today, you master and servant are very strange." ”

Taohua covered her mouth and smiled: "I can't tell you now, let's wait a few days." "It's better to be cautious.

Shen Shu was even more curious: "What can't be said now?" Looking at Taohua, he said with some hesitation, "If it's not a good thing, you still tell me well, no matter what, you and I always have a way to work together." ”

Taohua's heart warmed, and she was a little impulsive, so she blurted out: "It's a good thing." ”

"A good thing?" Shen Shu said suspiciously, "Is my father-in-law coming back?" No, I only answered the letter a few days ago. Jiang Xi's letters were all brought to the county king's mansion by someone, and Taohua opened them with him, and there was no news that he didn't know.

Taohua had already said that she had leaked her mouth, so she simply didn't hide it: "It's not that I won't tell you, it's that things are not very sure yet, I'm afraid that if it's not, it will make you happy." ”

Shen Shu saw her pursing her lips and smiling gently, and her face had a bit of a different brilliance from usual. He had seen this on the face of Mrs. Dingbei Hou, and suddenly a flash of inspiration: "Isn't it-you, are you happy?" ”