Zhang Erzhen knew what Jin Qiu wanted to say, such a rebellious words, Jin Qiu couldn't say it in the end, Zhang Erzhen looked at them with a smile and said: "Jin Qiu, Yin Qiu, a sage Zhuangzi told such a story a long time ago. Let's just say, we feel that this pond full of fish has been in this pond all their lives, they don't understand the outside world, and they swim around for a lifetime, and we feel that they are pitiful, but for these fish, it is indeed the greatest happiness to be able to swim safely for a lifetime. Jin Qiu, you are not me, you think that I am wronged here and suffering here, but in fact I am enjoying and steady. To be honest, I don't know if we can go out, when we can go out, and if we really can't get out...... You can't just die of sadness, life still has to live. I told you, no matter what happens, being alive is the most important thing......" Zhang Erzhen saw Xiangxiu quietly turn her head and wipe the corners of her eyes, and saw Yinqiu shaking her lips to keep herself from crying.

She was calm, yes, she thought about it, if Zhu Youji failed, would anyone else take them out of here?

Zhang Erzhen comforted herself very spiritually and sent her here, which was Zhu Youzhang's greatest protection for her. If Zhu Youzhu did not ascend the throne, she would have been ordered to live slowly in this high wall until she was too old to walk, and it would take a long time to miss Prince Zhu, and then die slowly.

But Jin Qiu and Yinqiu don't understand this, what they see in the heart of the protector is the strong smile and growing weight of the side concubine, who should be the same age as a flower, but now they are living hard like an old woman, without any vitality. It was probably Zhang Erzhen's negative emotions a few days ago that made them remember in their hearts, Zhang Erzhen was very ashamed, wiped Jin Qiu's tears and said: "Don't cry, we will have a long time together in the future." Now that they're all in, it's useless to be sad. Or do you want me to lament with tears every day, and then boil myself to death? Do you still want me to do what I like like now, without restraint. Jin Qiu, you like how I do, you tell me. ”

Jin Qiu choked up: "...... The slave is a stupid, the slave is not as caring as Mingyue, she will make the side concubine happy, the slave and the maid can't do anything when she looks at the side concubine is unhappy, and now the side concubine can't use a little white porcelain wolfberry leaf powder, the slave is just sad, the side concubine, the slave doesn't mean to make you angry......"

"I'm not angry, Jin Qiu, whether it's you, Yinqiu, or Mingyue, they all grew up with me since childhood, and I know that you are good to me. There are no white porcelain berries scattered today, so we can find bitter herbs and grind them and put them on. Isn't there bitter herbs in Xiangxiu's garden? We can always find a way, without those extravagant things, we have to learn to be simple, we can't eat lotus cake, let's eat lotus root flour fried lotus. So Jin Qiu, don't cry, hurry up and grind more lotus roots, and I can eat a few more pieces. Zhang Erzhen's heart is not tired, but she can't say that she is a master, and she wants to be a positive master.

Yinqiu hurriedly rushed to the vegetable garden to find bitter herbs, and the dark green juice that was kneaded came out, and gently wiped it on Zhang Erzhen's clean fingers. A layer of skin was rubbed off on the index finger and middle finger, and when the wound was exposed in everyone's eyes, he still couldn't stop gasping, and it was strange that he would bleed so much, this wound was really not small.

Jin Qiu didn't dare to sobble anymore, trembling and took the white gauze to help Zhang Erzhen gently wrap the wound, Zhang Erzhen looked at her cautious appearance and smiled: "Look at you like this, I don't dare to cry out that it hurts." ”

"Where is the side concubine who can do these things, no matter what happens in the future, the slave and maid must also watch carefully, and you are not allowed to be injured again. Otherwise, slave maid...... The slave and maid can't explain to the nurse. ”

Zhang Erzhen was silent, looking at the wrapped wound and sighing, sure enough, the body is delicate and expensive, if this wound is seen by the nurse, I don't know what it will look like to be distressed.

The honorably wounded Zhang Erzhen could only carry a bamboo chair and sit on the side to watch the three hard-working people grind the remaining lotus root into lotus root dregs, and then wrapped it tightly with gauze and filtered out a bucket of turbid lotus root water, Zhang Erzhen commanded the bucket to be carried to the room, waiting for the lotus root powder to settle down tomorrow morning and then pour out the water on the upper layer, and then dry and crush the lotus root powder in the lower layer.

"Concubine Fang, how do you know that this is made of lotus root powder, and the slaves and maids have never heard of it. ”

"Hmm...... , I saw it in the book, and now I think about it, so I'll try it out and pass the time. Maybe it won't work out yet. ”

"When the slave saw the workers in the workshop grinding cornmeal and wheat flour like this, it turned out that they could also grind lotus roots, so could they also grind sweet potatoes?"

"Okay, sweet potato starch, potatoes and the like should be fine. Zhang Erzhen tilted her body and looked at the blue sky, imagining that if she was a chef in her previous life, now Zhang Erzhen's brand restaurants have opened all over the streets and alleys, hehe, it is very beautiful to think about.

............

The high wall can stop all the noise and all the sound, but the time to come is still coming back, like autumn, which has crept in as the leaves slowly turn yellow. Autumn is no different from other places, but it is exceptionally quiet. Every morning, the path in the yard is covered with a thick layer of leaves, revealing a strong sense of gloom. Xiangxiu had to repeat every morning to sweep the fallen leaves over and over again, and then pile them up and save them for use when making a fire.

Zhang Erzhen has always been a healthy girl, and she has been urging everyone in Fengyajian to exercise, but she is afraid that she will not be able to heal if she accidentally gets sick. Probably caused by the inflammation caused by the wound on her hand a while ago, Zhang Erzhen was sick and had no energy for a while, and finally woke up one morning to find that her throat was hoarse, and she was very frightened to find Banlangen in the garden and chewed a few bites. This Banlangen was begged by Xiangxiu, and she has relied on this to treat herself for so many years.

But no matter how tenacious Zhang Erzhen's will is, her body is delicate and weak, she has not suffered for more than ten years, she suddenly became ill, menacing, and launched a high fever that night, her face was red, and she was covered in a hot sweat.

Zhang Erzhen groped and reached out to the small table at the head of the bed, grabbed the cup and wanted to drink saliva, but one didn't hold it steady, and the cup fell to the ground and shattered. Then there was the sound of Jin Qiu trotting in, Jin Qiu was holding a copper basin in his hand, and a white handkerchief was placed on the edge of the basin, and he said with an anxious face: "Concubine Fang, you can call the slave maid whatever you want, you can't move around, Yinqiu has already gone to Lord Cao to get medicine, let the slave maid cool you down first." ”

"Golden Autumn...... I'm very thirsty and want to drink some water. Zhang Erzhen licked her dry lips and looked at Jin Qiu weakly, the ghost knows why she caught a cold, and she didn't exercise much throughout the day, and this cold still came as soon as she said it. Zhang Erzhen plucked a handful of sympathetic tears for herself, she didn't get sick in such a good place as the palace conditions, so many good places for imperial doctors, and her physique became worse in this place, it was really not the right time to get sick.

Jin Qiu brought hot water, helped Zhang Erzhen sit up, and put the cup to Concubine Zhen's lips to feed her water. Zhang Erzhen lowered her head and drank most of it, before she lay back weakly and asked, "Did Yinqiu go out, did the two guards let her out?"

"Yinqiu said that she was going to the door to take a look, but she didn't know what was going on at this time. Jin Qiu's eyes were a little evasive, and Zhang Erzhen knew that things were naturally not so smooth.

Zhang Erzhen let out a "hmm", closed her eyes a little dizzy, couldn't sleep, and was very tired. Seeing that Concubine Zhen was sleeping again, Jin Qiu was about to go out lightly, but she happened to hear Yinqiu whispering to her outside the door. Jin Qiu slowly closed the door and asked Yinqiu carefully, "Why didn't you go out?"

Yinqiu rubbed his hands uneasily, and whispered: "The two adults outside the door didn't speak at first, they didn't listen to what I said, and they didn't move, I gave them some broken silver that I had saved, and begged to tell Master Cao, and one of the guards told me that the rules here, fifty taels can do one thing...... , Jin Qiu, do we still have money, do you have that?"

"Fifty taels?!" Jin Qiu exclaimed in surprise, and then lowered his voice and scolded: "These people are really lions who dare to say anything, where did we have any silver when we came, don't you know what we don't know?

"When they say it, they have the right not to hear it, but they don't let it go. Golden autumn...... Why don't we just wait for the old man who delivered the food to come, and we ask him?" Yinqiu replied in a low voice.

"He can understand something, he can't hear or speak, and he has to deliver food tomorrow morning. I see that the side concubine is not very good, I have to take medicine, this night is too long, I don't know what to do. Is there any medicine in Xiangxiu Garden, is there any medicine in Xiangxiu?"

"It's gone, it's gone, I've just gone to see it, Xiangxiu is also in a hurry, Jin Qiu, or I'll go to the door again to see ......"

"It's useless to go, it's all a bunch of inhuman ......"

"Then what should I do! It's all time, we can't get out, we can't find Master Cao, and we don't have a Langzhong, besides...... We don't have any money......" Yinqiu cried, was glared at by Jin Qiu, dragged her away, and read as she walked: "Let's go and ask Xiangxiu if she has any other way, Xiangxiu has been here for so many years, hasn't she ever been sick......?"

The voice was getting farther and farther away, and Zhang Erzhen listened half clearly in a daze, and sure enough, there was no silver anywhere!

Fifty taels...... But Zhang Erzhen also knew that this silver could not be taken out unless it was absolutely necessary, and people's hearts were greedy...... They were just four helpless girls, and if those two guards really had their minds, wouldn't it be even more troublesome.

Zhang Erzhen scolded in a daze: "...... Zhu Youji, you liar! Doesn't it mean that everything has been arranged......

Naturally, her own life is more important than silver! Zhang Erzhen tried her best to take out the small cloth bag that Zhang Luan gave her from the crack in the bed, squinted her eyes and pulled out one, and shuddered to stuff the rest back......