After receiving the instructions from the Duke of Chen Gonggong to send envoys to Zheng and Jin, Sima Xia Yushu immediately began to prepare for the departure of the country: state gifts to Zheng Mugong and Jin Linggong, gifts to Zhao Dun, the minister of Jin, and arrangements for the entourage and carriages. And the power and responsibility of Da Sima were temporarily handed over to Xia Yuzhi, the younger brother of Uncle Xia Yu.

And Xia Ji started her preparations when Uncle Xia Yu went to court. The first is to summon Jiang Lu and Chen Ke, the housekeeping supervisor of Xiafu, and ask them to be on duty in Xiafu and Zhuyuan respectively, and arrange special personnel to be responsible for the chicken raising and experimental fields on the Zhuyuan side, and keep a log every day, record the daily things and income in detail, and record the yield and the weight of all loaches after the experimental field is harvested.

Jiang Wei accompanied him to Zheng Guo with his cooking wok and other tools to ensure Xia Ji's life.

Early the next morning, the motorteam of Uncle Xia and his wife set off from Zhuyuan and headed for Zheng Guoxinzheng.

In addition to bringing Chun'e and Xia Chan to accompany her, Xia Ji also brought Jiang Wei to Zheng Guo to ensure her quality of life. Haitang heard that the hostess went to Xinzheng and wanted to go with her, so Xia Ji thought about it and agreed.

Escorting the convoy was a ten-ride chariot led by Guan Ping, and the entire convoy was mighty, like a marching army.

Not long after the convoy set off, it passed through a place where Xia Ji had traveled a few months - Chenjia Village.

Xia Ji lifted the curtain of the carriage window and saw that many villagers in Chenjia Village were standing in front of their homes watching their motorcade pass by, the chimney on the roof of Chen Damao's house was smoking smoke, and Damao's parents were also standing under the eaves.

In this ancient countryside where she lived for the first time, where laughter and footprints had been left, Xia Ji sighed that it was impossible for her to appear here with Wu Mengyao's true identity again. It's not just because of the change in his identity, but because he can no longer find that innocence and beauty.

Xia Ji was a little strange, the three brothers and sisters of the Chen family didn't see any of them, thinking that maybe the big Mao brothers went to run the carriage, and Chen Qing might have been married. Since coming to ancient times, the Chen family was the first person she came into contact with, although none of them had ever studied, but their etiquette was not inferior to that of herself, a person with modern higher education.

Xia Ji looked at Da Mao's parents and silently prayed for the kind old man. Da Mao rescued him from the clutches of Ji Jiao's father and son, and she will never forget this kindness, thinking that one day she will come to repay the kindness.

The convoy rushed forward all the way, and finally arrived in Xinzheng after three days.

Due to the news of flying pigeons in advance, there were Zheng Guo etiquette officials in the suburbs of Xinzheng to greet Chen Guosima and his wife, and then guide them into the Xinzheng City Gate.

After leaving Xinzheng for a few months, Xia Ji looked at this familiar and unfamiliar street, and those past events seemed to be presented in front of her: the inn robbed by Li Cang, Yayun Pavilion, the palace, the dungeon, and the tomb of Princess Ji Shao, these interconnected past events left a deep memory in her heart like a knife and an axe.

However, although these things are remembered very clearly, the appearance of Li Cang and Li Hao has become a little blurred in their memory, but they have a deep memory of those people in Yayun Pavilion who asked to see her due to illness.

Perhaps it is that sense of need that is the most unforgettable, because it is needed, so it is more worth remembering; Those who have hurt themselves, let them drift away with the wind.

According to what Xia Ji discussed with Uncle Xia Yu before coming, they laid down in a palace of the young princess Ji left by Xia Ji, and everything had already been arranged for them in the palace, and the servants left behind there welcomed their arrival under the leadership of the housekeeper Li Zhou.

After being settled, Li Zhou first reported to Xia Ji on the going, staying, and expenses of the left-behind personnel in the past few months, and Xia Ji recruited Jiang Wei and arranged the next palace guards and kitchen affairs for them.

Later, Xia Ji and Uncle Xia Yu went to visit the young concubine Niang Niang Taozi in the palace.

The young concubine was bedridden to recuperate, Xia Ji and Uncle Xia Yu entered to visit and gave a big salute to the young concubine: "Mother, my daughter and son-in-law are not filial, so I only came to visit you today." As he spoke, he presented some local products, silk, handmade clothes, and a pair of jade bracelets he had brought from Chen Guo to his mother.

"You have worked hard from hundreds of miles away, how can you say that you are unfilial? Besides, your daughter is pregnant, so tired and a little dangerous, I am very touched by my mother. "The young concubine was very surprised that Xia Ji could come to visit.

"Don't get in the way, my daughter comes to Zheng Guo as a convenience, one is to visit you, and the other is to plan to live in Xinzheng to give birth." Natsuhime said.

"It's so good, our mother and daughter can get together for a few more days, but I don't know how long I can resist this disease."

"Mother Jiren has her own natural appearance, and she will be healed in a few days." Xia Ji said, let the young concubine's personal maid call the palace doctor who treated her mother, she wanted to ask about the condition.

After a while, I saw Dr. Zijuan coming in a hurry, and after coming in, he saluted Xia Ji and Uncle Xia Yu.

Seeing that it was Dr. Zijuan, Xia Ji hurriedly returned the gift, and offered a generous gift that she had already prepared, Hetian Yubi, to thank him for everything he had done for his smooth marriage to Chen Guo.

Seeing such a generous gift, Dr. Zijuan accepted it after refusing.

"The princess worked tirelessly to come to Zheng Guo to visit her biological mother, and her filial piety touched the heavens and the earth." Zijuan said.

"That's as it should be. I don't know what the illness of the concubine's mother is? ”

"Back to the princess, the young concubine Niangniang felt evil, chills, headaches, and body aches and weaknesses."

"Uncle Zijuan, don't be too restrained, Ji Shao treats you as a relative. I don't know what kind of medicine Uncle Zijuan administers? ”

"Weichen is to apply Xiaoqinglong soup to diagnose and smelt, and the drugs include ephedra, white peony, schisandra, boiled licorice, dried ginger, fine spice, cinnamon branches, and banxia. After the application of medicine in the past few days, the young concubine's illness has been reduced. ”

"Uncle Zijuan has worked hard, and these herbs are still used well, but the illness comes like a mountain, and the illness goes like a thread, and the process is slow."

"Princess Mingjian. The young concubine Niangniang is less active on weekdays and her physique is weak, so the treatment will inevitably take more time. Dr. Zijuan said.

After asking Zijuan about the young concubine's condition in detail, combined with the condition she learned when she visited the young concubine, she judged that the young concubine was just a spring viral flu, and because the young concubine's resistance was weak, she was bedridden. If you only use Dr. Zijuan's medicine, the effect is too slow.

After sending Doctor Zijuan away, Xia Ji let the young concubine take the antibiotic pills she brought, and left six days of medicine, telling the young concubine maid that in addition to taking Dr. Zijuan's Xiaoqinglong soup on time, these white pills should also be taken on time.

After visiting the young concubine, the sky was gradually getting a little dark, and it was too late for Uncle Xia and Xia Ji to see Mu Gong at this time, and after discussing with the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were in charge of reception in the palace, they agreed to visit King Mu tomorrow morning.

Xia Ji and Uncle Xia left the palace and returned to the palace, where the chef had already prepared their dinner.