Taohua originally thought that the days after arriving in the capital would be a little boring. After all, the rules of the capital are big, and it is a relative's house, so it is impossible to come and go as freely as in Wuxi, so you can only follow Xiao's family out to hang out. But Jiang Jun is just a fifth-grade official, and there shouldn't be too many social interactions on weekdays, plus she has been focused on Jiang Meihua recently, and she can't be in the mood to take her niece out for a walk, so she can probably only read and embroider in the house on weekdays, and stay up until Mrs. Jiang's birthday is over, and then leave the capital.

Unexpectedly, on the first day of arriving in the capital, he was given such a task by Mrs. Jiang, and his life was immediately full. Get up every morning, go to Yu Shi to say goodbye first, and then go back to the room for breakfast, and then go straight to Baicaozhai. Spend most of the day there, and after lunch, you can also play a set of five poultry plays with Mrs. Jiang, and only return to the east side courtyard where you live now when it is nearly dusk. With such a regular life, it's a bit like going to work in a previous life.

Taohua is really a little unaccustomed to the matter of asking for peace. There is no such rule in Wuxi, but the family gathers together for breakfast in the morning. And when I arrived in the capital, I had to go to see Yu early in the morning, and then go back to my residence for dinner, which was really a toss. Fortunately, it is now spring, and if it is winter, I will have indigestion if I pour a stomach full of cold wind and then go back to eat.

Jiang Bohua is even less accustomed to this. When he was in Wuxi, he got up a little late, and Taohua felt that when the child was growing up, he should have enough sleep, so he let him sleep until he woke up naturally. It's a pity that it can't be done now, so I wake him up every morning, and it becomes a battle.

"Brother Bai woke up, and arrived at Grandma's yard." Taohua shook the sleepy little guy in her arms, and felt that both arms were sore. At this time, I was glad that Jiang's house was not big, if it was a huge mansion like a high-ranking official's house, and there was no sedan chair, Taohua felt that her two arms had to be broken.

Bai Ge'er snorted twice like a little fat cat, and rubbed his face against Taohua's neck. Fortunately, the little one didn't get up, and although he was sleepy, he tried to open his eyes, got off the ground from Taohua's arms, and took her hand and walked into the yard.

Cao followed behind, unable to tell what it was like. At the family banquet that day, Taohua called her mother among everyone, and she wrote off the past as a matter of time, who knew that when she returned to the East Side Courtyard, Taohua still called her his wife, and her attitude was still light, and there was no change at all.

At that time, she knew that Taohua was just trying to protect Jiang Xi's face in front of everyone in the long house, and she didn't want people to know that there was discord in Jiang Xi's family. Even Jiang Baihua let her lead it in front of everyone, but when it was time to eat and sleep, she automatically and spontaneously went to Taohua.

Cao sighed softly. She can see that the Jiang family's room doesn't pay attention to her step-room at all, and Jiang Yanhua, who she brought, is still an outsider although she has changed her surname to Jiang. Or the daughter is right, the Jiang family's house is also unreliable now, she has to quickly send the letter to her brother and sister-in-law, if they can take it to the Jinghai Hou Mansion to visit, it would be good.

Yu Shi has finished freshening up and is waiting in the house for everyone to go and say goodbye. Xiaoshi wants to serve Jiang Jun to go to the yamen, and he has to order all the things of the day before breakfast, which will inevitably come later, but Jiang Xinghua has already come over today and accompanied Yu's side.

"Third sister." Although Jiang Xinghua poured cold decoction in time that day, he still had a low-grade fever for two days, and his face was still pale at this time, but fortunately he was wearing an apricot-red gown, which made his face slightly bloody. Seeing Cao Shi and the others, he stood up and finished saluting, and leaned towards Taohua, "That day, thank you sister." I heard Wisteria say, if it weren't for my sister's effort, maybe I would ......"

"Sister doesn't have to be so polite, human life is a big matter, how can there be a death that can't be saved. Besides, my grandfather applied the needle first, otherwise what I did might not have worked. Taohua smiled at her politely, with a little pity - a concubine, I am afraid that Jiang Danhua has no good life here, Jiang Danhua doesn't care if she is a sister or not.

Jiang Xinghua looked at the face in front of him. It's exactly the same as the previous life, and the two thick long eyebrows that fly up slightly like that bring out a bit of hearty heroism, a pair of eyes that are black and white, there is no distraction in the eyes, and there is a sense of ease and casualness between the expectations. This can only be cultivated by being pampered by her parents and living a carefree life, unlike herself, who is always foggy in her eyes and looks gray in everything.

"The hairpin that my sister sent, I also like it very much, I should have worn it for my sister today, but I just thought that the second uncle's family would come back in a few days, and when the time came, I went out with my sisters." Jiang Xinghua remembered that in her previous life, the Cao family also prepared the same hairpin for her sisters, but her one was sent by Jiang Danhua's maid at that time, and after opening it, she found that the flowers on the hairpin were destroyed. She didn't dare to make a noise, nor did she dare to wear it, and it seemed that Jiang Danhua didn't wear it either, so she didn't know that the hairpin was actually inlaid with two bright coral beads.

Thinking that in his previous life, Jiang Danhua picked off the beads, Jiang Xinghua was a little distracted. Jiang Danhua was born in May, the names of the children of the Jiang family are taken from the flowers and trees of the month of birth, when Jiang Danhua was born, it was the peony in full bloom, so in the name of Dan, her temperament is also the same as the gorgeous peony flowers, flamboyant and pampered, the most love red. The coral beads are red and dazzling, it should be her favorite, no wonder she can't keep it through her hands......

And I was so confused at that time that I thought that as long as I endured it, I could exchange it for my mother's pity, at least I was willing to put a little effort into finding her relatives. But who knows, in the end, Jiang Danhua got married, but she was like a piece of goods, and her father took her good reputation for cherishing talents, and married to a place like the Liu family......

"Fourth sister?" Seeing that the person in front of her somehow looked straight at her, Taohua screamed tentatively.

Jiang Xinghua came back to her senses suddenly, and hurriedly smiled apologetically: "Third sister, forgive me, I have always been a little uncertain these days......"

"It's because the illness hasn't healed, so I don't have enough energy." Momoka understands very well. It's not just a matter of getting sick, it's the fear that drowning can bring. Therefore, in the old days, children fell into the water, and many family members went out to call the soul, although the method is absurd, but on the other hand, it also shows that drowning will bring great fear, and many people are actually frightened by this fear, "If my sister can't sleep well at night, you can talk to your uncle and grandfather, and let him prescribe some soothing soup to drink." ”

Jiang Xinghua nodded gratefully: "Thank you, sister, I know." She hadn't felt such a clear and unsubtle concern for a long time. This third sister is like this, she cares about everyone openly, and she doesn't seem to know what to taboo. Maybe the emperor took a fancy to her and left her in the palace, right? If she can make friends with the future concubine, will her father and mother-in-law also have to be careful?

"Yo, the fourth sister is here today?" Jiang Danhua walked over from the wing. She lives next to Yu's family, saving the time of walking around every day, but she can sleep a little longer, "The fourth sister looks good, I think it's very good." ”

"Thank you sister for your concern, I'm much better." Jiang Xinghua glanced at Jiang Danhua. In the days when she was sick, I heard Wisteria say that the fifth sister also wilted for a while, thinking that she was frightened by her falling into the water, and she was honest in her heart. But it's not been a few days yet, and it's back to the old ways.

"Fourth sister, the color of today's gown is good." Jiang Danhua's eyes swept Jiang Xinghua, and then swept Taohua, "The third sister's gown is also quite eye-catching......"

Today, the three girls seemed to have made an appointment, and they were all dressed in red. Jiang Danhua is a dazzling garnet red, Taohua is a bright begonia red, and even Jiang Xinghua is wearing a bright apricot red, which is really a bit unexpected by Jiang Danhua.

"It was the material that my mother rewarded last fall." Jiang Xinghua smiled slightly.

But as long as there are clothes and jewelry, Xiaoshi will not deduct her, but Jiang Danhua must pick it up first, and then give the rest to her. Jiang Xinghua still remembers that at that time, each person was two horses, Jiang Danhua picked one big red and one red one, and she thought that the apricot red was a little yellow, so she didn't ask for it, and the other green and blue one was given to Jiang Xinghua.

Although Jiang Danhua picked the rest, Jiang Xinghua still didn't dare to wear the clothes, but today Wisteria was looking for clothes, but she remembered this one.

"Although I was cured, my face was still worse, and I was afraid that my grandmother and mother would see it and be worried, so I looked better in bright clothes." Jiang Xinghua touched his face, and explained softly at Jiang Danhua's somewhat sunken face.

Her heart was pounding fast, and the urge to put on this dress had faded slightly, and she couldn't help but feel a little weak. After all, under the accumulation of power, even if he made up his mind to resist one or two, he was still a little timid.

Jiang Danhua sneered, walked to Yu's side and sat down: "No wonder I saw that the fourth sister looked very good today, and I thought that she had already recovered from her illness, and I was thinking about why I didn't come to my grandmother to say goodbye earlier." As he spoke, he shook Yu's arm coquettishly, "Grandmother said yes?" ”

Yu patted the back of her hand and didn't say anything. This granddaughter has been raised under her knees since she was a child, and she knows best what her temper is. If it had been another time, seeing Jiang Xinghua wearing red, Jiang Danhua would have already found a way to damage her clothes, but today he only attacked with such roundabout and tactful language, and he also had to rely on Yu's family, isn't it because Jiang Xinghua's fall into the water is related to her, and she has some lack of confidence in her heart.

Yu does love Jiang Danhua, but speaking of which, Jiang Xinghua is also her granddaughter, although Xiao is her niece, and Jiang Danhua is closer to him in terms of blood, but for Mrs. Jiang, there is not much difference between the two granddaughters except for their concubines. The Jiang family is not a noble family, and the rules of the concubine are not so heavy. Jiang Xinghua almost died this time, and the old lady Jiang had already clearly expressed his displeasure, and everyone should be more restrained.

Jiang Xinghua mustered up the courage to smile again, and said softly: "I'm afraid that if the illness is not completely cured, I will pass the illness to my grandmother and sister, so I don't dare to come over rashly." I waited until my grandfather said it was okay before I dared to come and say goodbye to my grandmother. ”

Jiang Danhua's eyebrows suddenly rose. This is the first time, Jiang Xinghua not only dared to refute her, but also brought out the old lady Jiang to suppress her and the Yu family, is it simply about to rebel?

Jiang Xinghua felt that his palms were wet and his lips were dry, and it took almost all his courage to maintain the smile on his face. However, Yu Shi just looked at her, then waved his hand and said, "You have a heart." Since you are just sick, let's go back and rest, please don't be in a hurry at this time. ”

Jiang Xinghua only felt that a breath seemed to leak out, her heart fell back to its original position with a thud from her throat, and her legs were a little weak when she stood up: "Thank you grandmother for your love, my granddaughter didn't delay my grandmother's meal, and I retired first." "Yu's words can't be taken seriously, since you came to ask for peace today, you have to come every day in the future. However, Yu did not blame her according to Jiang Danhua's intentions, which was already a big victory.

Since they have made a start, Taohua and his party will of course retire. Although Bai Ge'er still remembered the snacks that Yu gave him, because he didn't wake up, his little head was still a little confused, so he was not close to Yu, and grabbed Taohua's leg and let her carry her out.

Everyone was gone, and Jiang Danhua pouted: "Grandmother-"

Yu Shi sighed: "I remember that you picked the clothes and materials first, and since they are the rest, it doesn't hurt for her to wear them." ”

"That's because the eldest sister rewarded four horses that time, and my mother said that I had to give her two!" Jiang Danhua puffed out his mouth in displeasure, "I originally asked my mother to change it, but my mother refused!" ”

"Your mother did the right thing, it's the rule." Yu touched her granddaughter's hair lovingly, "You must know that your mother, as a wife, has some things that she has to do. No matter how the fourth girl is your father's blood, that is, your mother's daughter, if she has done too much, not only will she be said to be unvirtuous, but also your reputation will be affected. Your eldest sister is in the palace, there is no wind and there are still people who are making waves, and if you leave any more words, you will be pointed at even more. ”

Jiang Danhua pursed his lips and stopped talking. She still knows this. Although the Jiang family doesn't have much entertainment with the outside world, they do it after all. Among the girls from the petty official families who interacted with her, there were also mothers who treated their concubines very harshly, although outsiders didn't say anything in person, they would say behind their backs that the mother-in-law was jealous, and the so-called mother must have a daughter, and the daughter would not tolerate Yunyun if she thought about it.

"So, your mother is all for your brother and sister." Yu sighed softly, "You were raised by me since I was a child, and I am a little estranged from your mother on weekdays, but in fact, your mother loves your heart the same as her brothers." ”

Jiang Danhua lowered his head, pulled the handkerchief in his hand, and muttered in a low voice for a while: "I don't think my father is ......" Jiang Jun's mind was on his two sons, and he almost turned a blind eye to his daughter. Although Jiang Danhua and Jiang Yuhua are dragon and phoenix fetuses, the treatment in front of his father is very different.

"This man's family is different from his daughter's family." Yu patiently reasoned to his granddaughter, "In the future, the man's family will be a family, and he will have to test his fame, be an official, and have a good reputation." Don't say anything else, when you get married in the future, you will have to rely on your brothers to support you in your in-laws' family. If your mother's brothers are promising, your in-laws will not dare to despise you. Of course, your father needs to push them a lot. ”

Jiang Danhua pursed his lips, twisted his fingers in the handkerchief, and said in a low voice: "Then the daughter's family is useless?" The eldest sister entered the palace, she was promoted to a dragon fetus, didn't her father also have a light on his face? ”

This is really irrefutable. Jiang Jun is talented, but there are more talented people, and he is simply a big deal in the capital. Jiang Jun has been trapped in his idle position from Wupin for many years, and this time he was able to go to the household department because of Jiang Meihua's miscarriage, and the emperor gave compensation to the Jiang family. In this regard, this is really Jiang Meihua's "interest".

But this must not be spoken. Yu couldn't help but be glad that this granddaughter was not so thoughtful, and she didn't expect Jiang Jun's promotion to be what it was for.

"Naturally, there is this. Therefore, the daughter's family is diligent in cultivating the four virtues, and if she marries a good family in the future, she will naturally give her parents a long face. ”

"Since they can give the family a long face, why is the father different from his son and daughter?" Jiang Danhua raised his head and asked persistently.

At this time, even the Yu family was a little exhausted, and only after a while did he say: "Because what the daughter's family wants to learn is taught by the mother, and the man's family only learns from the father, so your father should think more about your brothers." If he comes to teach you, what can he teach? Will you be able to teach you how to read and write essays in the future? If you look at your mother, don't you ask about your brothers' studies? Because she can't teach. ”

These words finally persuaded Jiang Danhua, and he lowered his head and responded. Yu Shi breathed a sigh of relief and touched her face: "Okay, let's have breakfast quickly." Grandmother knows that your mother can't help but neglect you these days by taking care of your big sister. In a few days, your second uncle's family will be back, and on March 3, your grandmother will take you out for a trip. ”

If the conversation between the ancestors and grandsons of the Yu family was heard by Taohua, she would probably take a sip of it. It turns out that even in this era, girls have questioned the custom of preference for sons, but the teaching of their elders has made them strangle this doubt in their hearts, and then slowly become accustomed to it.

To be honest, except for Jiang Xi, Taohua has never met a second man who is not patriarchal when she comes to this world. Even if Su Lao Langzhong still relies on her a little bit, it is only because she is the eldest daughter of the second room of the Jiang family, and Bai Ge'er is too young, and the Jiang family needs her to take care of and support for a long time.

Of course, this is also related to Taohua's own attitude, when you yourself show that you are important, others will also be affected and feel that you are indeed a little important. And if you feel that you are insignificant, then it is only natural that others will look down on you. The so-called people must respect themselves and future generations will be important, Taohua thinks it can also be explained in this way.

In short, Taohua didn't hear these words at this time, so she was still able to happily sort out the manuscript of Old Lady Jiang in Baicaozhai, while placing Jiang Xi's "Compendium of Herbal Medicine", always ready to add some information against it.

Mrs. Jiang's manuscript is very fragmented in the medical case part, basically independent things, and there are blanks in some places, marked "to be determined". Taohua guessed after reading a few cases that this should be the medical case of the nobles in the palace.

The things in the palace can't be taken out of the palace, and Old Lady Jiang should be sorted out according to memory, so there are inevitably some vague and omissions in it. There were also some information that he probably got from the words of his colleagues, and there were even more gaps. But there's something interesting to find out about it.

Taohua browsed it first, picked out the part that was written most clearly, and copied two volumes. Most of these are the cases before Mrs. Jiang entered the hospital, in which in addition to a detailed description of the patient's condition, the surname and approximate place of residence are also recorded, which is quite similar to the medical records of later generations.

After copying a few medical records, Taohua put down the pen and moved her fingers while looking at the case below. Other medical records are only written on one or two pieces of paper, but this case has more than ten pieces of paper, densely written, all prescriptions, Taohua looked at it, the front is the general prescription for replenishing qi and blood, but the back is a prescription for fetal protection, obviously for a pregnant woman.

These recipes don't look special. Taohua flipped through it, although the medicine was expensive, but the amount was very careful, and it did not come out of the general dosage range, which shows that this pregnant woman is quite safe and healthy both before and after pregnancy.

What's the use of writing such a medical case? Taohua couldn't help but have some doubts. Old lady Jiang has established such a medical case for the patients he has treated, but he has stored those ordinary cases separately, and the manuscripts that he wants to use to compile this medical book are either the special conditions of the patients, or the use of rare drugs, in short, it is necessary to have some special value before he will be singled out. And this medical case is so ordinary that it can't be more ordinary, and it has no value in entering a medical book at all.

Taohua suspected that she had missed something, so she looked back word by word, but when she turned to the last page, she found a few lines of words that were bigger than the previous one: The baby was born, and his eyes were sick, what was the cause of the drug?

The four words "caused by what medicine" are written one size larger than the previous words, which shows the strong question in Mrs. Jiang's heart. There is another line of small print at the end: Suspected to be invisible red.

No red color is visible, what's wrong with it? Momoka tried her best to think about it, but couldn't figure out what kind of illness it was. The description of invisible red is too vague, does it mean that seeing red hurts your eyes? Red is a color that makes your eyes tired, but it's not so much that you can't even look at it, right? Or is it that a baby's eyes are very sensitive to red light? But is there such a disease?

No wonder such an ordinary medical case would be singled out - the pregnant woman is healthy, and there is no error or exceedance in the medication, but the baby born has such a strange disease.

The paper with the medical case written is very old, so it can be seen that this case is many years ago, but until now, Mrs. Jiang probably hasn't figured it out, so she wrote down the four words "What medicine causes". I just don't know, how is this baby now, if I can see myself, maybe I can understand it more clearly?

Taohua was pondering, only to hear someone talking outside, and looked up from the window to see that it was Mint talking to Jatamant in the yard: "What's the matter?" "She came to copy the medical case without mint, and there must be something wrong with her sudden running at this moment.

Sure enough, Mint looked up and saw her, and hurriedly said, "Girl, the second master's family has arrived, and now they are all in the main courtyard." ”