==Chapter 44==

Although he said that he would go to the famous doctor Sun again, the king of Chu did not go immediately.

After a few days, he looked calm and leisurely, and Jiuniang also understood the clues here, so naturally he didn't urge. Every day, he either stayed at his residence behind closed doors, or occasionally went to Xiao Shi Niang's place, or he stayed at the residence of the king of Chu to read and write.

Now it is no longer Chang Shun who teaches Jiuniang, but has become the king of Chu.

After a few days, suddenly the king of Chu ordered to go down and go out for a walk. The Xiao family only thought that he was going to see the scenery of Lanling Town, but they didn't think much about it.

The next day, a carriage drove out of the ancestral house of the Xiao family, and the king of Chu only took Chang Shun Jiuniang and two guards he brought out of the palace, and the group went to the outer city.

First of all, I went to the business district of the outer city, and the whole business district is in the shape of a cross street, among which the East Street is the most prosperous, with all kinds of restaurants and shops, and pedestrians and cars are like clouds.

The group first went to the shop that sold ready-to-wear clothes, and then went to the Golden Building, and someone helped pay the silver to buy things, and Jiuniang was naturally happy. I went to several stores in a row, bought a lot of things, and went to a restaurant to have dinner and tea, and finally took a carriage and drove out of the city.

The daily shun and others all went with them, so they naturally knew the way. Jiuniang was wearing a light blue skirt, combing a double bun, and each of the two small bags on the top of her head wore a red coral bead flower, which was pretty and lovely. Sitting next to the King of Chu this time, his small body swayed with the carriage, and he fell asleep after a while.

Since that time when she was immersed in the river water, Jiu Niang's physique has not been as good as before, and she has become much more delicate, unable to stand the cold, heat, and tiredness. You need to take a nap every day, otherwise you will lose your energy. It was her nap time, and it was no wonder she was drowsy.

The carriage was not big, it was only used for daily travel, and it was only enough for three or four people to sit in it. The king of Chu sat on the cushioned mattress, and Jiu Niang sat beside him. After a while, the whole person leaned over to this side.

Seeing this, the king of Chu, who was holding the scroll in one hand, put down the book in his hand. Leaned back, put the person on his lap, and took a brocade cloak from the secret cabinet on the side and put it on Jiu Niang.

I don't know how long I have been asleep, Jiu Niang woke up from her sleep, and she felt warm and soft. She couldn't help yawning, and when she was more conscious, she realized that she had fallen asleep on the lap of King Chu.

"Cousin, have you arrived?"

The half-closed King of Chu opened his eyes, "It's already here." ”

Only then did Jiu Niang realize that the carriage had already stopped at some point, and she didn't know how long it had stopped.

She blushed and rubbed her eyes, "You should wake me up." ”

"There's no hurry."

"Shall we go down then?"

Jiuniang was a little embarrassed, today she came to find the famous doctor Sun, first in order to prevent her whereabouts from falling into the eyes of the Xiao family, she stayed in the business district of Lanling Town for a morning, and then delayed the hour because of her snooze. Jiu Niang hurriedly stood up, but she didn't know that she had been lying there for too long, and her legs were numb for a while, and she fell on the legs of the King of Chu all at once.

It's over, it's over.

"Cousin, it didn't hurt your leg, did you?"

This is obviously talking nonsense, it will hurt if someone suddenly falls on the leg of a normal person, not to mention that King Chu's leg is not good. Jiuniang got up from the leg of the King of Chu, squatted there and looked at the leg of the King of Chu helplessly, looking pitiful.

"Nothing."

The king of Chu looked indifferent, lifted the cloak on his legs, knocked on the wall of the car with his knuckles, and Chang Shun outside the car pushed the car door from the outside.

Jiuniang got out of the car first, and a guard took out the wheelchair of the king of Chu from the back of the carriage and pushed it over, and then the king of Chu got into the wheelchair, and the group went to the small courtyard not far away.

When he arrived at the small courtyard, the famous doctor Sun happened to be watering the herbs in the courtyard, and when he saw the king of Chu and his party coming, he handed the water scoop in his hand to the young man on the side. The famous doctor Sun is already in his prime, his hair and beard are all white, but his body is quite tough, but his back is slightly hunched.

"I'm bothering Elder Sun again."

Old Doctor Sun waved his hand absently and welcomed King Chu in. He recognized who it was, and he could let the head of the Lanling Xiao family come forward, although he did not say his identity, but the famous doctor Sun also knew that it was not an ordinary person.

After entering the house, the old doctor Sun said bluntly: "This little Langjun, the old man has already made it clear that your leg injury really can't be cured." ”

"The future life knew that this time the future life was not here to treat the legs, but to ask Sun Lao to take a look at this prescription to see if he could improve one or two. This prescription has the effect of pulling out the poison, but the effect is not obvious. ”

After speaking, Jiu Niang took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, and the book on it was the medicinal soup used to soak legs.

Old Doctor Sun took it and looked at it for a moment, sometimes frowning, sometimes loosening, his complexion was changing, and he looked completely addicted to it and not affected by foreign objects. Most of the people who are good at medicine are like this, such is the case with Imperial Doctor Liu, and the same is true for the famous doctor Sun, when they see the miracle medicine, they are all completely forgetful.

After a while, the old famous doctor Sun suddenly clapped his hands and said: "I didn't expect these medicinal materials to be in such a ratio, but by changing the proportion and development method, the efficacy of the medicine has been completely changed, which is really wonderful, wonderful." He put down the prescription in his hand and looked at the King of Chu with some urgency in his eyes, "I don't know where the person who prescribed this prescription is, and who is his surname?" ”

King Chu glanced at Jiu Niang, and then Jiu Niang said: "This recipe is passed down by the ancestors, but the little girl doesn't know who wrote it." ”

Old Doctor Sun's face was faintly regretful, and he paused, and then said: "That's it, stay here here, and you will come back in a few days." Although he can't cure Xiao Langjun's leg injury, with this prescription here, it is possible to strengthen its medicinal effect by three percent. At that time, maybe you can cure your leg with this recipe, but of course it is hard to say whether it can be cured radically, after all, this prescription is only used to pull out the poison, and it is unknown how many toxins can be pulled out. ”

"Then thank you, Elder Sun."

……

A few days later, the King of Chu and his entourage came to the residence of the famous doctor Sun again.

The famous doctor Sun lived up to his expectations and improved the prescription, and tried it on the spot, with Jiu Niang's massage method, soaked it down, and the color of the medicinal soup that was the same before and after the bubble on weekdays changed, and even faintly smelly.

Old Doctor Sun's face was extremely solemn, and after that, he prepared a potion to let Jiu Niang clean his hands, and then explained that if the king of Chu takes the medicine next time, the person who massages must wear gloves made of sheepskin, this poison is too strong, I am afraid it will hurt others.

In any case, the effect of the improved prescription of the famous doctor Sun Lao is so obvious, it is a happy event for the king of Chu and Jiu Niang. Although the famous doctor Sun lamented that this method does not treat the symptoms but not the root cause, I am afraid that it will not have much effect, but it is good to have hope.

The days calmed down again, and the king of Chu came to Lanling this time, although he did not heal his leg injury, but it was not without gain. Jiuniang estimated that it was almost time for the King of Chu to return to Chang'an, and sure enough, the King of Chu mentioned the matter within two days.

Hearing that the King of Chu was going to leave in a few days, Jiu Niang was a little reluctant in her heart.

The development of this life is completely out of the trajectory of the previous life, and Jiuniang has not seen that the attitude of King Chu towards himself has changed. In her mind, give her another two or three years, and she will definitely make the relationship between this cousin and cousin firm and stable, and it will not be affected in any way.

This time, the king of Chu wants to return to Chang'an, but she has to stay in Lanling for two years before she can return, and after two years, will the king of Chu still remember her cousin?

This sense of crisis made Jiu Niang extremely uneasy, and even felt aggrieved, and more importantly, she had a feeling that she had lost something. The years have been sharpened, and no one understands better than Jiu Niang that after two or three years of getting along, maybe they will be unrecognizable. So my own efforts before, as well as the small life that day, were they completely useless?

Oh my God!

Jiu Niang's face was not good for a few days, she only cared about her own depressed, and she didn't know that it was explained like this in Lianzhi's eyes-

The relationship between the lady and His Royal Highness the King of Chu is really good, this is the reluctance to part!

is not only like this in the eyes of Lianzhi, but also in the eyes of King Chu, he is also reluctant to give up on him as Jiuniang.

In addition to being funny in my heart, I was also slightly touched.

Since A-Niang's death, he has been alone, only Chang Shun has accompanied him, Xiao Jiuniang's appearance is an accident, and it is also completely different from Chang Shun. Chang Shun is a loyal subordinate, while Jiu Niang is a younger sister, a person who needs to be taken care of by herself.

Let Chang Shun send the person with pitiful eyes away, King Chu pondered for a moment, and his eyes turned completely cold.

These are two completely different appearances from Fang Cai in front of Jiu Niang, when facing Jiu Niang, the King of Chu is still silent and indifferent, but his face is much softer. When Jiu Niang was not there, the King of Chu was still silent and indifferent, but he was a little more cold to reject people thousands of miles away.

"What's going on over there in Chang'an?"

"The queen and Concubine Liu are both very calm."

"It's time to go back."

King Chu knew in his heart what he would face when he went back, but there were always things he had to face in life. Lanling is good, and the days are very peaceful, but if the king of Chu wants to be calm, he should not do this, and even gamble with his own life. When he returned to Chang'an this time, it should be the time for him to turn over......

Suddenly thinking of Jiuniang again, King Chu felt that it was very good for her to stay here.

Lanling didn't have too many disputes, and when she returned to Chang'an after two or three years, he must also have a certain amount of power, and when she returned to Chang'an, he could protect her when she faced all kinds of things in the Anguo Mansion......

"How long will it take for someone from Chang'an to arrive?"

Chang Shun groaned: "It's going to take about three or four days." ”

King Chu nodded and stopped talking.

*

On this day, the Xiao family's ancestral house suddenly became busy.

The people came and went very busy, and there were also people from Jiuniang's residence, who was the face-saving servant beside the old lady Li.

The servant woman acted in a hurry and didn't say anything, just asked Jiu Niang to dress up, and hurriedly took her to Yongfu Hall.

Yongfu Hall is the most spacious and magnificent building in the ancestral house of the Xiao family, and on weekdays, only when something extremely important happens in the clan, or if there are distinguished guests, the door will be opened, and I don't know why this big move is.

It wasn't until Jiuniang knelt in front of the canonization envoy who was said to be from Chang'an and listened to the other party read out the holy decree that she knew what kind of gift the king of Chu had given her.

Yirong County Lord? From the second grade, 500 households will be given food!

In her previous life, Xiao Jiuniang was the most expensive lady of Rongguo, who was crowned by the saint, and naturally she was not comparable to a county lord. But for a girl who is only a teenager, having a county lord title with food is completely different.

At least in this Lanling Xiao family, no one dares to despise her anymore, at least when she returns to Chang'an in the future, what someone wants to do to her must be weighed carefully.

This is a layer of talismans, or a layer of talismans that others dare not provoke lightly.

The cousin's master is really, really too generous, this thigh is not held in vain, and his life is not in vain!

When Jiu Niang respectfully accepted the holy decree, the group of people kneeling behind her also stood up one by one with her movements. Xiao Heng stepped forward with a smile on his face to greet the envoy, and the elders of the Xiao Li family all looked at Jiuniang with a smile on their faces, and their eyes were extraordinary.

And this is still in Yongfu Hall, and outside Yongfu Hall, there are also descendants of the Xiao family, both men and women, young and old. This is the glory that belongs to the Xiao family, and everyone who can come has come, but it is limited to their identity, and these juniors can only kneel under the corridor outside the hall to listen to the proclamation of the holy decree.

Xiao Qiniang was also among them, kneeling on the ground, she was full of jealousy, the kind of jealousy that her eyes were split.

From this moment on, Xiao Jiuniang and them are no longer the same kind of people, and they are already above everyone. They also need to study etiquette and various skills painstakingly, in order to get a good future after returning to Chang'an, but the other party has already run ahead of them, far ahead, unreachable.

What they need to work hard for, she can get it at her fingertips, identity, status, glory, and even future marriage, a county lord with food and food in the imperial court, all the good men in Chang'an City will surely flock to it, so why worry about the future future?

Xiao Jiuniang, how can you do it? How can you do it!

Xiao Qi Niang has infinite remorse at this time, she shouldn't have held her own identity, she shouldn't be too cautious to let Xiao Ba, that idiot, go to the test, she should go on her own. Presumably at that time, he robbed Xiao Jiuniang's eyes in front of the King of Chu, and the position of the county lord of Yirong should also be his own, not that person!

Xiao Qiniang is not a fool, she naturally knows that the position of the county lord was obtained by Xiao Jiuniang through the king of Chu.

*

When Jiu Niang appeared at the residence of the King of Chu, her little face was ruddy, and her eyes were shining with excitement.

The King of Chu was a little dumbfounded.

"Thank you, cousin."

"You deserve it, no need for King Xieben."

In fact, the King of Chu didn't do anything inside, it was just created by the situation, if it weren't for the situation in Chang'an at this time, even if Xiao Jiuniang saved the King of Chu, it would not be possible to be the county lord, at most some other rewards. It is precisely because of the delicate situation that the location of the King of Chu is also very delicate.

Without this situation, without the King of Chu, there would be no position of the county lord, of course, if there was no Jiuniang who put him to death and was born, there would be no same, all of them are indispensable.

Although the king of Chu said so, Jiuniang was still full of joy and gratitude, she knew that it must be the king of Chu who was doing something inside, otherwise how could such a large piece of gold fall from the sky and hit her again.

"Anyway, thank you cousin."

The King of Chu nodded and said, "This time the King is going to go back with the people from Chang'an." ”

Jiuniang was stunned, "Going to leave?" ”

"Hmm."

"Jiu Niang will definitely miss her cousin."

Jiu Niang's eyes were full of reluctance, but if it was really discussed, this kind of reluctance was definitely not as much as before, all because of the holy decree that she had received today. Before, Jiuniang was reluctant, and the reluctance was more of an idea of losing a lot, but now that she has exceeded expectations, Jiuniang's reluctance has faded a lot.

Of course, it's still reluctant, but this reluctance is much purer. It was the relationship that had accumulated between more than two months of getting along and sharing life and death and hardship.

In the final analysis, this life is completely different from the previous life, the previous life was because of mutual use from the beginning, although there were some other perceptions in the use, but in the end, the use is still the use, Jiuniang because of the survival because of the environment, the concept of use has been deep into her bones.

And in this life, there were not so many crises at the beginning, and Jiuniang became much more comfortable. Although it is difficult to change the obsession in the previous life, in this life I still remember to firmly hold the thigh of King Chu. But because it was nearly five years earlier, the king of Chu at this time was not the king of Chu five years later in his previous life, and this mentality deteriorated.

It's just that at this time, Jiu Niang didn't have this feeling, she didn't recognize this qiē, she just silently tasted the strange reluctance in her heart before parting.

"By the way, this king has something for you."

The voice of the King of Chu interrupted the silence.

Jiu Niang raised her eyes to look at the King of Chu, and saw that the King of Chu beckoned, and Chang Shun walked over holding a small white velvet thing.

Chang Shun handed the white object into Jiu Niang's hands, and Jiu Niang picked it up and looked at it, just matching a pair of round, black and moist little eyes.

It's a puppy.

This kind of fluffy puppy is very rare nowadays, and it is not available in Daqi, and it is said that it came from Persia. In her previous life, Xiao Jiuniang had seen one, which was owned by Princess Hongping, and it was extremely expensive, and it was pitiful at first sight, but it was a pity that many noblewomen could only look at it, this kind of thing is a tribute, even in the tribute, it is extremely rare.

The puppy is very small, just the size of Jiu Niang's handful, with a small body and a fleshy body, and it feels very soft to the touch. It seemed to be a little timid, and its wet eyes looked at Jiuniang timidly, and the two looked at each other for a long time, and the puppy stretched out the tip of its pink tongue and licked Jiuniang's fingertips.

"Give it to me?"

Jiu Niang was a little surprised, and this surprise was mixed with a strong liking. It seems that just looking at this little thing, my heart melts.

In the two lives combined, Xiao Jiuniang doesn't have anything particularly fond, this little thing is the first one. Somehow, Jiu Niang had this strong premonition.

King Chu nodded, his eyes were a little meaningful, but Jiu Niang only looked at the little thing in her arms, and didn't find this clue.

"It doesn't have a name yet, you can name her."

"A name?" Jiuniang frowned slightly and muttered, "What's the best name?" Florets? Xiaobai? Ru Cui? Big hair? ”

A throat-clearing voice sounded next to him, but Chang Shun couldn't help but laugh after hearing such a cheesy name.

Not to mention Chang Shun, in fact, Jiuniang was also a little embarrassed, and it was really embarrassing for her to think of her name for a while. You know, she didn't even change the name of the maidservant next to her, Lianzhi told her a few times, but she forgot after listening to it.

"If not, let's call it Xiao Jiu'er." The King of Chu spoke up.

"Xiao Jiu'er?" Jiu Niang squinted her eyes threateningly and looked at the King of Chu, only to see that the King of Chu had a very serious face and couldn't see any clues. "Cousin, you did it on purpose, Jiu Niang is acting as nine." There was some resentment.

And in his previous life, he called her Xiao Jiu'er!

"What deliberately?" King Chu frowned slightly, and corrected: "It's the wine of fine wine, little wine, not the nine of eight/nine, nor your nine." ”

"Uh......" Jiu Niang was a little anxious, "That's not good, there will be ambiguity." ”

"What ambiguity? It's so decided, let's call it a little wine. King Chu nodded, looking very satisfied, if Jiu Niang noticed his fingers unconsciously flicking on the wheelchair, he would be able to know the fluctuations in his heart at this time, but unfortunately Jiu Niang's whole mind was on 'Xiao Jiu'er'.

Jiuniang was still thinking about how to make King Chu change his mind, so she was invited out by Chang Shun. When she came to her senses, she found herself in the courtyard with a fluffy little white dog in her arms.

"Little wine......" stared at him with big eyes.

"Little wine?" The big eyes are wider, and the little ones are still wet.

"Little wine!" Jiuniang couldn't help but get closer, baring her teeth.

"Little wine!"

Xiao Jiu'er snorted softly, stretched out her little pink tongue and added Jiuniang's nose.

Can you not call it a little wine!?

……

Jiuniang also wanted to find an opportunity to move the King of Chu and change Xiao Jiu'er's name, but she never had the opportunity.

Because Jiuniang was canonized as the lord of Yirong County, the Xiao family specially sent out invitations and held a feast to entertain some large families and ordinary people around the vicinity, in order to show that they were happy with the public, and even the Taiyuan Wang, Qinghe Cui, and Xingyang Zheng families sent people to send congratulatory gifts.

Lanling Town has been lively for many days, and everyone knows that the daughter of the Xiao family has a county lord, who is only eleven years old. People compete to praise the Dao clan, everyone is different, and the upbringing of the daughter's family is extraordinary, so it has added a lot of value to the daughter of the Xiao family, not to mention it for the time being.

Jiu Niang, as the protagonist, has been out of the limelight for a while, and she is really busy and has no chance to meet the King of Chu. Finally, I stopped this day, and before I could catch my breath, I heard someone report that the king of Chu had left Lanling.

Just gone?

Don't even give her a chance to send it?!

Jiu Niang was melancholy and angry in her heart, she hadn't asked him to change Xiao Jiu'er's name!

In her thoughts, a small thing ran over and arched her skirt at her feet, and Jiu Niang bent down to pick it up, it was the little wine that had been waited for by Lianzhi and several people in the past few days.

"You little thing!"

Jiu Niang bared her teeth, revealing a fierce look, as if there was that person in front of her, and if he teased his paws at him, he might be able to compromise.

In exchange, Xiao Jiu'er licked Jiu Niang's little nose, looking at the wet eyes of the little thing in her hand, Jiu Niang had no choice but to take it into her arms, and sighed: "When you return to Chang'an, you must ask your cousin to change your name, I swear!" ”

Xiao Jiu'er turned around in Jiu Niang's arms without knowing anything, and rolled again, revealing a pink and tender little belly.