==Chapter 43==

After living in Xiao's house for a few days, it was quite quiet.

Maybe they were tired of traveling, and no one came to disturb them. In the past few days, I also went to the eldest daughter-in-law of the long house, Xiao Li, to ask for an appointment, the two old ladies are old, and they have long been out of business, Xiao Li is the niece of the Li clan, and the eldest daughter-in-law of the long house, and now the internal affairs of the Xiao family are in charge of her.

Xiao Li is a delicate person, and he is also very enthusiastic about Jiu Niang and the others, and he is all-encompassing. In fact, it is also conceivable that Jiu Niang and the others are only temporarily living in Lanling, and the foundation is not here, there are no interests involved, and the wit in the ancestral house of the Xiao family will naturally not affect them.

Just went to Xiao Li's place once, and Jiuniang saw the clue. It seems that this ancestral house is not as harmonious as imagined, and Xiao Heng's generation of brothers and concubines have a good relationship, which does not mean that the juniors below are the same. There are many small houses under the big house and two rooms, and there will be more contradictions when there are more people, although the big family can only prosper when they get together, but there will be more people and uneven distribution of interests.

Of course, this qiē has nothing to do with Jiu Niang, she just thinks that she can't see that she is a passerby, Xiao Shi Niang she deliberately dialed it, and dealt less with the people in this ancestral house, so as not to get involved and cause unnecessary trouble, the two of them came to avoid trouble, why put the cart before the horse.

However, Xiao Qi Niang and a few little ladies in the second room are quite enthusiastic, this Xiao Qi Niang has this kind of ability, just like a luminous body, there are always people who unconsciously lean in the past, and the popularity is also very good. Jiuniang only thinks that she can't see these clues, she has always been like this, if you don't come to offend me, I'm too lazy to provoke you, if you don't know how to offend, then I'm sorry.

Xiao Banniang has disappeared since that day, thinking that she was grounded. After arriving in Lanling, she did not appear, and it is estimated that she has been sent back to Chang'an. Xiao Shi Niang, as before, has always been an invisible person, in fact, it is not bad to be an invisible person, at least there is no dispute.

During this period, Jiu Niang found a strange thing, that is, her residence was much bigger than Shi Niang and the others, and she looked much more gorgeous, and even the servants and maids were equipped more than others. She didn't know that this was because of the news from Chang'an, which had already been received by Lanling, and the county lord's regulations were naturally not the same as ordinary people. It's just that because the holy decree has not arrived, everyone doesn't know this news for the time being.

Jiuniang thought that it was the additional treatment of saving the King of Chu, so she didn't take it to heart, she didn't know that this matter had already caused an uproar in the Anguo Mansion in Chang'an.

The holy decree of canonizing Xiao Jiuniang and Xiao Yu as the county lord came to the Anguo Mansion first, and this kind of glory does not belong to just one person, but also to the entire family. Xiao Jiuniang is not in Chang'an now, so the holy decree naturally arrived at the Anguo Mansion first.

A county lord is an honor for the Anguo Mansion, but it will not cause an uproar. The key is that the county lord of Jiuniang is extraordinary, like the county lord, a title that belongs to a woman is generally only awarded to royal women, and people with foreign surnames rarely get this kind of honor, even if they get one, most of them only have titles and not too many Yulu, but there is no food.

Xiao Jiuniang was canonized as the lord of Yirong County, and was given 500 households from the second grade.

You must know that the county lord is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the highest first-class county staple food is only a thousand households, and although five hundred households is a compromise, it is not a few. It doesn't matter how much food you have, what matters is the meaning of it.

The entire Xiao family is boiling, you must know that the county lord of Chaoxia was named a county lord with the face of Princess Changping, and his food is only eight hundred.

The county lord of Chaoxia smashed something in Chongyue Pavilion that day, and as for the rest of the Xiao family, some were happy, and some were jealous, so they didn't mention it.

The palace also noticed this, and a small county lord didn't pay attention to these people in the palace, but as the implication contained in what was said before was not ordinary, there couldn't help but guess that this county lord was looking at the face of the Xiao family or the king of Chu.

All in all, it is still a big component to look at the face of the King of Chu, maybe this King of Chu, who was not in the eyes of people before, really won the other eyes of Emperor Chengyuan with his life.

Fortunately, fortunately, the king of Chu was just a cripple.

If it is said that the leg of King Chu was not cured well before, it is not important to others, and at this time, the majority of people want him to be with a wheelchair forever.

*

There are famous doctors in Lanling.

This is no secret to the locals of Lanling.

The famous doctor's surname is Sun, and it is said that he is the descendant of the medicine king of the previous dynasty, but the old doctor surnamed Sun never thinks so, and whenever someone mentions it, he is always silent. Only those who are close to them know that the famous doctor Sun Lao is indeed the descendant of Sun Yaowang, but he is not a direct line, but a side line in the branch.

In any case, the famous doctor Sun Lao's medical skills are very good, and he is kind and charitable, hanging the pot to help the world for decades, sometimes encountering the poor family to come to see the doctor, not only do not charge the consultation fee, but instead paste the medicinal materials, which is quite famous in the local area.

It's just that now that the famous doctor Sun is old, he rarely shows up on weekdays, and when he meets someone who is looking for a doctor and asks for medicine, he will also hand it over to his heirs for diagnosis and treatment, and he will no longer go out of the mountain.

This time the king of Chu arrived in Lanling, the Xiao family had already ordered someone to visit in advance, and with the prestige of the Xiao family in the local area, the famous doctor Sun did not refuse.

Early in the morning, several carriages came out of the side gate of the Xiao Mansion and rushed to a quiet place outside the city.

Here by the mountains and rivers, the environment is very quiet, several houses, a small courtyard, a lot of herbs are planted in front of the yard and behind the yard.

The group entered the courtyard, only Chang Shun pushed the king of Chu who was in a wheelchair inside, and the rest of the people were waiting in the courtyard, and Xiao Heng stood among them. If any Lanling locals see this scene, they will be very surprised that the big Buddha of the patriarch of the Xiao clan will be dispatched, you must know that Xiao Heng is in the local area, but it is no less than the existence of a soil emperor.

About an hour or so later, Chang Shun pushed the King of Chu out again.

Xiao Heng stepped forward with an eager face, and Chang Shun shook his head at him with a gloomy face, but the owner of the matter, King Chu, was very calm.

"Old Doctor Sun really can't treat this injury?"

The entire Xiao family pinned all their expectations on the body of the famous doctor Sun, and this time he was frustrated, it is no wonder that Xiao Heng will be difficult to calm down.

"I'm tired of my grandfather's trouble, this king's leg disease is not as simple as imagined, let's get out of here." King Chu said.

Seeing this, Xiao Heng could only nod and ordered his subordinates to prepare to leave.

Xiao Heng's mood at this time was very complicated, the Xiao family hoped that King Chu's leg could be cured, but a letter came from Beijing two days ago, which made his mood a little subverted. Seeing that the famous doctor Sun couldn't heal King Chu's leg injury this time, his face was complicated, but he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

Maybe this is good for everyone, and the king of Chu's bad leg will not be a threat, but on the contrary, the queen and the king of Cheng can continue to get a lot of benefits through the king of Chu.

Thinking so, Xiao Heng's face turned to comfort, and he said to the King of Chu: "Your Highness, don't be discouraged, the family will continue to search for famous doctors for you." ”

King Chu's eyes flashed, but his face showed a little gratitude, and he said, "Then thank you grandfather." ”

The love of the king of Chu has always been restrained, and this time he can show this kind of expression, which shows that his inner shock has reached the extreme.

Xiao Heng stroked his beard, and said in his heart, after all, he is still a little younger, even if he is from that kind of place, what can he do.

*

The famous doctor Sun Lao couldn't cure King Chu's leg injury, and Jiu Niang learned the news that afternoon.

After learning the news, she immediately rushed to the courtyard where the king of Chu lived.

The residence of the king of Chu is also in the ancestral house of the Xiao family, but it is far from Jiu Niang's residence, fortunately, there is a soft sedan chair waiting in the house, and Jiu Niang does not mind taking the soft sedan chair to meet the king of Chu with great fanfare.

For ordinary people, when they first come to a strange place, they will not be so public. But who is Xiao Jiuniang, not to mention that she has lived for two lifetimes, she knows what is most important to herself, so such a good opportunity to cultivate a good impression is naturally not to be missed. She understands the Xiao family's attitude towards the King of Chu now, as early as when she was on the boat, she never concealed it, there was no reason to come here but to pretend to be reserved to cover it up, not to mention that everyone knew that she had another relationship with the King of Chu, and there was a life-saving grace in it, who would dare to say more?

But today I just met the person who dared to say more!

The soft sedan chair passed through the garden, and met a few little ladies who came to enjoy the scenery in the garden. These little ladies are all delicate and lovely, just by looking at the clothes, you know that they are the little ladies of the Xiao family, all of them are the little ladies of the third room, and Xiao Qiniang is also among them.

I saw the soft sedan chair from afar, and naturally I also saw the people in the soft sedan chair, and a little lady pouted disdainfully: "Hey, I really think this is my own home." ”

Another little lady with a small mole on the corner of her mouth interjected: "Sister Ling, shouldn't you say that, my aunt and grandmother have said it, just treat it as your own home, but not your own home?" ”

This little lady was born delicate and lovely, she smiled when she said it, and the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned when she smiled, and she looked particularly coquettish, but the tone of her speech made people a little unable to help frowning.

These two people are the daughters of Xiao Meng's two sisters-in-law in the third room, one is Xiao Ling in the small big room, and the little lady with a mole on the corner of her lips is Xiao Si, the daughter of the small second room. These two people grew up with thousands of pets since childhood, and the Xiao family is a well-deserved overlord in the realm of Lanling, so their natural identity is different, and they have always recognized themselves as superior.

However, the world also knows that the Lanling Xiao family still has a vein in Chang'an, which is the main branch of the Xiao family's lineage, Xiao Heng of the big house is the patriarch, naturally needless to say, the second room An Guogong is in the general direction of the entire Xiao family, and the status of the Xiao family is naturally unusual. Although Xiao Meng controlled most of the businesses under the name of the Xiao family, at that time, the children of the family regarded money as a mundane thing, but it was not in the eyes of people.

This Xiao Ling and Xiao Si are not confident in front of the concubines in the big house on weekdays, this time seeing Jiuniang so high-profile, coupled with Xiao Qiniang's deep hatred of Jiuniang, naturally they have said bad things about Xiao Jiuniang, so these words are particularly ruthless.

Xiao Qiniang pursed her lips lightly and said, "Two sisters, don't say that, my ninth sister has always been domineering, lest she listen to it and add to it." ”

This Xiao Qi Niang is also talking nonsense with her eyes open, it is a few of them talking about others in private, Xiao Jiuniang is also sitting in a soft sedan chair and has not yet come here, how can she listen to it.

Clearly-eyed people can naturally hear that this is instigation, but Xiao Qi Niang also has a great advantage in making friends, that is, most of them are stupider than her, or they can let her play between applause, or they can be used, etc., and Xiao Ling and Xiao Si have grown up pampered since childhood, although there are many sharp edges in the ancestral house of Lanling, but after all, they are not as good as Chang'an, and their scheming is naturally not as good as her.

As soon as they heard Xiao Qiniang's words, the two of them exploded. Xiao Ling deepened the disdain on her lips, and Xiao Si's disdainful eyes couldn't wait to roll to the sky.

"What if she hears it, is it possible that she can still bite me? Don't forget that this is Lanling, not Chang'an! Xiao Ling said.

There are small big rooms on the side, small second rooms, and concubines who are smaller than the two of them are all echoed, so it is true that this sentence is not wrong to say that things gather like people and people are grouped.

Between these words, the soft sedan chair had arrived not far in front of a few people, and Jiuniang saw these people on the side of the road from a distance, and according to the number of etiquette, she should have stopped greeting one or two, so she whispered a command.

As soon as the soft sedan car arrived at the right position, it was about to stop, when I saw a person □□ the middle of the road, looking like it was blocking the road, and the soft sedan naturally stopped immediately.

"I've seen a few ladies." Several servant women carrying the sedan chair said respectfully, and followed the lotus branch next to the sedan chair and bent their knees to say hello.

Xiao Ling raised her hand arrogantly, and her eyes stared straight at Jiuniang in the sedan chair. With such an obvious provocative gesture, Jiu Niang couldn't see that it was over. She glanced at Xiao Qiniang on the side, opened the curtain and didn't get out of the sedan chair, "Hello sisters and sisters, the weather is good today, are you here to visit the garden?" A smile on his face, but neither cold nor hot.

It was Xiao Ling who blocked the way, she didn't smile with a smile on her face, "Yes, we're here to visit the garden, I don't know where Sister Yu is going, with such fanfare?" ”

"Oh, sister, I'm going to find the cousin of the King of Chu." Jiu Niang didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in these words, and said with a smile: "Those sisters and sisters are traveling slowly, my sister has something to do here, so I won't accompany you." ”

After speaking, she lowered the curtain, and several servants hurriedly took up the soft sedan chair.

But Xiao Ling still blocked the way and didn't give way.

Jiu Niang's face sank, "I don't know why my sister is blocking my sister's way, so why did she come?" ”

Although Xiao Ling is stupid, she is not stupid, so she naturally will not fall into the handle and end up with the reputation of deliberately blocking the road with nothing to do.

She smiled and said, "My sister didn't block my sister's way, we are here to visit the garden, isn't this a garden?" ”

The latter sentence was addressed to the people beside her, and the little ladies were all smiling, nodding their heads, and pretending to talk about the flowers and plants by the roadside, and how beautiful the shape of the branches not far away was.

Xiao Qiniang stood aside, pressed the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, but actually covered the smile on her lips.

Xiao Jiuniang, I see how you stepped down this time?!

Naturally, he offended the little ladies in the three rooms and a large group of young ladies in the three rooms, and he didn't say anything to scold himself for being shameless. Since that day, Xiao Qi Niang has deeply hated Jiu Niang, this hatred is buried in her heart day by day and gnaws at her heart, she has always considered herself noble, and the first time she fell so big and faceless in front of people, it was caused by this Xiao Jiuniang.

Lianzhi was a little flustered, and couldn't help but look sideways at Jiu Niang behind the curtain.

They are new to the city, but they are not easy to offend others. You must know that this offense is to offend the entire third room, and the lady will have to live in the Xiao family for two years before returning, and it is not easy to make trouble.

It's just that she naturally can't say this in front of people, but the light in her eyes is a statement.

Jiuniang raised her hand and motioned for the lotus branch to roll up the curtain, but she leaned into the soft sedan chair, looking cold and sneering.

Everyone thought that she was going to ridicule each other, the smile on the corner of Xiao Qiniang's mouth was deeper, Xiao Ling and Xiao Si had a feeling that they were in the middle of the middle, they just said that as long as Jiuniang had any inappropriate words, they would give her a big hat and let her make an unruly name in front of the elders.

This is the method that the two of them have always used to deal with people, but they don't know that this method not only falls down in the eyes of Xiao Qi Niang, but also plays with the rest in the eyes of Jiu Niang. If it is about pit people making a show and buttoning a big hat, no one is more familiar with this kind of trick than Xiao Jiuniang, she played it perfectly in her last life.

But to everyone's surprise, Jiuniang did not rush to Xiao Ling and the others, but went straight to Xiao Qi Niang.

"What, Seventh Sister, has your grounding time passed? Sister, I remember it clearly, but it's not half a year. Have you finished copying the 1,000 female precepts that your uncle and grandfather punished you for? Although my sister feels very sorry for you for working so hard, but the words were sent by my uncle and grandfather, so I naturally didn't dare to do it for me. Uncle and grandfather love you so much, you don't want to live up to his old man's heart. ”

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

The group of little ladies who were pretending to be next to them didn't care about acting, and they all looked back at Xiao Qiniang with shocked faces.

Outsiders don't know, but everyone in the ancestral house of Kelanling doesn't know Xiao Heng's authority in the mansion. He is the master of the entire Xiao Mansion and the patriarch of the Xiao family.

The Xiao family has always been the male protagonist and the female protagonist, and generally there are female relatives in the family who make mistakes, most of them are dealt with by Xiao Li's family, and the two old ladies are at the top level, and it is rare for Xiao Heng to come forward. To be able to get him to come forward to punish shows that the other party has made a great mistake, which makes him so disgusted that he ignores this tradition.

These little ladies didn't know that the incident happened on the boat at that time, and the only one who could be the master of the house was Xiao Heng, and the king of Chu was involved, so naturally he couldn't ignore it. They only knew that Xiao Qiniang, who came from Chang'an, had made a big mistake and even let her uncle and grandfather speak out to punish her.

This made them extremely stunned, and they also had a fear of affecting themselves.

After all, Xiao Qiniang is still too young and does not have enough vision, so she naturally doesn't know how to move her whole body. It doesn't mean that Xiao Jiuniang doesn't understand this, she has always been good at taking advantage of the situation, this borrowing is not just borrowing the momentum of one side, but borrowing the general trend, so that you have to bow your head, and others are afraid to come in again.

Xiao Qi Niang's face changed drastically, and her little face turned red, "You-"

She naturally didn't forget that she was waiting to be punished, but when she came to the ancestral house of Lanling, Xiao Heng never appeared again, on weekdays, she went out to the big room and three rooms to socialize, and everyone treated her very warmly and thoughtfully, no one mentioned it, so she deliberately forgot about it.

In fact, it's not a forgetfulness, it's just a fluke, she thinks about it slowly, and then she will naturally do it thoroughly. She has understood the importance of communication since she was a child, and the first thing she needs to do when she comes to a strange place is not to close the door and keep a low profile, but to integrate into the surrounding environment. In this way, she can live like a fish in water and can do a lot of things.

What's more, she still has hatred in her heart, how can she tolerate the punishment of being grounded for half a year behind closed doors, and copying the precepts of Nalaosh's children every day, she has to take advantage of the situation first, and borrow the momentum of others to suppress Xiao Jiuniang step by step. But she never thought that Xiao Jiuniang would use this matter as a means to attack her in front of everyone.

Jiuniang didn't leave Xiao Qiniang with any face, and after some specious persuasion, her face turned cold.

"Xiao Qi Niang, you really responded to that sentence and gave you a shameless face. How? Xiao Ba's dog was abolished by you, and you shifted the target again? I'll sit back and see how many people you can get to be gunmen for you, and don't let me down what I expect of you!" ”

After speaking, she waved her hand slightly, the lotus branch put down the rolled up curtain, and several servants who carried the sedan chair lifted the soft sedan chair again.

This time, no one dared to block the road again, so they all let it aside, there was too much information in Xiao Jiuniang's words, and many people couldn't slow down.

The backs of the crowd were far away, and a trace of fierceness flashed on Xiao Ling's face, and she said sharply: "Xiao Qi Niang, you dare to use me as a gunman?" ”

She is naturally not a fool, after listening to Xiao Jiuniang's words, she also understands that these two people have a grudge, and one of them was mixed in, and it was not good. The words that Xiao Qiniang said in her ear intentionally or unintentionally before the union, coupled with the fact that the other party was punished by her uncle and grandfather, made her look at Xiao Qiniang no matter how she looked at it.

"Sister Ling, don't listen to Xiao Jiu's nonsense, she ......"

"Alright." Xiao Si interrupted Xiao Qi Niang's explanation, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth, "Let's go, let's go, stay away from her, I finally understand why A-Niang said that we should deal less with these people, but they are from Chang'an, and the entanglement between others is not like between us, it is just a contradiction between a beaded flower and a box of rouge gouache." ”

Several little ladies on the side echoed one after another, and their eyes were full of disgust when they looked at Xiao Qiniang.

"It's so annoying, we almost fell for her."

"This man's heart is so bad."

"She can be punished by her uncle and grandfather, she must have made some big mistake, let's leave quickly, so as not to be implicated."

The little ladies didn't want to stay and left in a hurry. Before Xiao Ling left, she glared at Xiao Qiniang fiercely, "You remember it for me!" ”

Leaving Xiao Qiniang alone, standing in the breeze, it was obviously sunny and gentle, but she didn't feel warm at all, but cold to the bone.

Xiao Jiuniang, it's all you, it's all you!

*

slapped Xiao Qi Niang's face hard, making Jiu Niang's eyes squint happily.

But when she was about to arrive at the door of the King of Chu's residence, she turned worried again.

The heir of the Medicine King couldn't cure King Chu's leg, although Xiao Jiuniang had long been mentally prepared, if it was so easy to treat, King Chu's leg wouldn't have dragged on for so long in his previous life. It's just that there is inevitably an expectation in my heart, but this glimmer of expectation has now turned into a complete disappointment.

Entering the courtyard and getting off the soft sedan chair, the residence of the King of Chu was naturally unusual, and it was gorgeous and atmospheric.

A servant girl went to report, and after a short time, Jiu Niang was invited in.

The empty inner room, the quiet atmosphere, and the warm sunlight spilled in from the window, sprinkling on the King of Chu who was sitting in a wheelchair.

Looking at the back that had always been quiet and silent, suddenly Jiu Niang had a feeling of being discouraged.

In his last life, when he first saw the King of Chu, he was sitting in a wheelchair and looked peaceful, he was so calm and calm and high, at that time the King of Chu was naturally different from now, Emperor Chengyuan's favor and his own planning have long made him no longer the isolated prince at this time.

The king of Chu is powerful, everyone knows it, and no one dares to despise this unofficial who stayed in the capital and put many powerful people in the court, even if he is a cripple. But because he was a cripple, Emperor Chengyuan was relieved to use him, and other princes did not oppose him.

Xiao Jiuniang in her previous life knew everything, although she didn't know it in detail, she knew the essence of it. She even understood that King Chu's leg injury was also a kind of borrowing, which was a kind of borrowing for himself by King Chu. Having a mother is like not having a mother, the father doesn't love the mother, and he grew up in the cannibalistic court, the Xiao family only has the queen and the king in the eyes of the Cheng family, and the king of Chu is just an abandoned son, an abandoned son who can be used when he wants to.

He stepped into the position of his previous life step by step, and the effort he paid was unimaginable to outsiders, and Jiuniang was just a leopard in the tube.

A crippled but with great power, others just look up, just jealous, just red-eyed, and even disdainful. Who knows that he actually endured daily pain that was unbearable for ordinary people, and that pain followed him for many years, even deep into his bone marrow......

No one saw his forbearance, but Jiuniang saw it and watched it for two lifetimes.

Her eyes turned red involuntarily, and Jiu Niang tried to smile and stepped forward.

"Cousin."

The man turned his head in the sun, his eyes were as dark as ink, calm and waveless, but his face had a hint of undetectable softness.

"Did you have any leg pain today?"

She walked over, squatted beside King Chu, and touched his leg.

"Nope."

"That is, the decoction and massage method are still useful, my cousin will definitely go back to Chang'an in the future, I will teach this method to Chang Shun, don't forget to let him help you soak your legs and massage."

"Okay."

"The doctor said there was no way? What kind of famous doctor is he, it's a shame that others blow him up to the gods! There was some light anger in her tone, and Jiu Niang told the King of Chu in a brisk tone that she knew about it.

"Doctor Sun still has some skills, but this is poison, but he is good at medicine, but he is not good at poison."

Jiu Niang groaned: "Then let's go to him again, tell him the recipe and the massage method, and see if it can have some effect, after all, Jiu Niang doesn't know how to medicine, but just draw a scoop according to the gourd." ”

"Yes, too."

"Cousin, your legs will be fine."

She looked up at him with a look of certainty.

He lowered his head, looked into her crystal eyes, and involuntarily reached out and touched the other party's little head.

In fact, he didn't plan to treat this leg injury, even if it could be treated at this time, it wouldn't be treated. Since she wants to cure, let's go and see again.

In fact, the king of Chu already knew how to treat his leg injury, and the bell must be tied to the bell, as long as the source of the poison is found out from the main messenger behind the scenes, it can be solved. But now he doesn't have enough base code, so that the other party can take the initiative to send it forward, of course, if there is hope here, he will not refuse, it is good to save trouble.