Chu Qianchen nodded and motioned for her to go.

Amber withdrew.

In the small study, only Chu Qianchen was left, looking out the window.

In the courtyard, snow-white gardenias are full of branches, the house is full of fragrant gardenias, and the sun casts dappled light and shadow through the treetops, and the whole Wanyan courtyard is silent.

Chu Qianchen didn't dwell on it for too long.

Since she did it, she won't regret it.

In her previous life, she was confused, and she didn't even figure out who harmed her, but in this life, she can do it all over again, so she wants to find out the truth and see clearly how many people and ghosts there are in this Chu family......

Chu Qianchen walked to the front of the case, laid out the paper himself, and then picked up the inkstone and poured some water on the inkstone, and then picked up the ink ingot and began to grind.

Under the repeated grinding of the ink ingot, the clear water on the inkstone gradually turned into jet-black ink.

Chu Qianchen grinded the ink unhurriedly, watching the ink ingots spin on the inkstone, round and round, her heart gradually calmed down......

Chu Qianchen picked up a wolf pen, dipped it in some ink, and began to write recipes: gypsum, cold water stone, magnet, talc, rhino horn, antelope horn, wood incense......

This recipe is from "Qianjin Yifang", which is an ancient recipe called Zixuesan.

This recipe is not a secret recipe, it is a first-aid medicine that can be used to clear heat and detoxify, suppress spasmodic wind, and open the body and calm shock, which is a commonly used prescription.

The major pharmacies in the capital also often sell the medicine "Zixue San", but the color of the Zixue San they sell is not purple enough, and the efficacy is always a little worse.

In her previous life, she tried to improve Zixue San, but no matter how she adjusted the formulas of various medicinal materials, the results were always unsatisfactory, and later she went through the medical books and ancient books of the past dynasties, and discussed with some experienced pharmacists, only to discover a secret method, using gold shovels and silver pots to make the real Zixue San.

Tomorrow, she will have to find a gold shop to customize a gold shovel and silver pot for her.

Chu Qianchen thought about it while putting the recipe aside to dry, and then laid out the paper again, and drew a pair of pots and shovels.

When Amber came back, he saw Chu Qianchen concentrating on drawing pots and shovels, and felt that his girl was really getting more and more incomprehensible. Could it be that the girl is planning to get a small kitchen in Wanyan Courtyard?

After Chu Qianchen finished painting, he put down his pen and asked casually: "Are they gone?" ”

"Gone." Amber nodded, and couldn't help but say, "Yun Sigongzi is really 'lacking in virtue', he and that Mo Gongzi not only shot the plaque of the Hou Mansion with one arrow, but Yun Si Gongzi also borrowed gongs and drums from passers-by, and beat the gongs and drums to say that it was done by King Chen's Mansion. ”

"It was so loud that it even attracted people from several other mansions on Songhe Street."

"The fourth prince of Yun said that they dare to act, if the Hou Ye is not convinced, although he can go to the palace of King Chen to find His Royal Highness King Chen's theory."

"The slave and maid estimate that this matter will not be spread to the entire capital tomorrow......"

Chu Qianchen listened with a smile.

Yun Zhan's trouble, not to mention the Yongding Marquis Mansion in the future, the people in the other noble courtiers' mansions in the capital want to go to Jishitang to make trouble in the future, and if they want to ask the divine doctor to see a doctor, they must also weigh whether they dare to face the Shangchen Palace.

The prince is her backer! Chu Qianchen thought happily, what he was in the previous life, and what he did in this life.

Chu Qianchen's mood was extremely good, but the other masters of the Hou Mansion were all angry and anxious.

Especially Yongding Hou Chu Lingxiao.

At this moment, Chu Lingxiao went to Mrs. Tai's Rongfu Hall angrily, and his face was not very good-looking.

"Ah Xiao," Mrs. Tai asked eagerly when she saw her son, "Is the door plaque ...... Isn't it ......"

She squeezed the beads in her hand tightly, and she couldn't ask anymore after she was halfway through her words.

Chu Lingxiao nodded heavily, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he sat down with his robe on his head.

The door plaque of the Yongding Marquis Mansion was indeed split in half by that arrow.

"......" Mrs. Tai didn't pick up in one breath, her face turned from white to blue, and she almost didn't faint.

Mama Wang on the side hurriedly sent tea to Mrs. Tai again, and it was smooth.

It took a while for Mrs. Tai to regain her strength, and said in a dumb voice: "Ah Xiao, what the hell is going on, why is King Chen ......?"

"It's not Sister Ling'er's fault!" Chu Lingxiao said angrily, "Didn't Sister Tianling let people smash Jishitang before yesterday?" Yunzhan is coming out for Jishitang today! ”

"Mother, Sister Ling'er should really teach her temperament well, how can there be a girl like her!"

"Besides, Jishitang has the support of King Chen, and even the loyal and brave uncle can do nothing about Jishitang."

"Our Hou Mansion is originally an eventful time, and Sister Ling is still acting so flamboyantly, she has nothing to do......

Chu Lingxiao felt in his heart that the second room was really a goddaughter, and it affected the family.

Mrs. Tai's face sank like water.

She also felt that Chu Qianling was wrong, but ......

"King Chen is too deceitful!" Mrs. Tai said in a deep voice, and it was difficult to hide her indignation on her graceful face, "Sister Ling just smashed a medical hall, and King Chen smashed the door plaque of our Hou Mansion!" ”

King Chen's move was tantamount to directly slapping the Hou Mansion.

By tomorrow, this matter will spread all over the capital, and the face of their Yongding Marquis Mansion will be lost, and I am afraid that they will become the laughing stock of others after dinner......

Chu Lingxiao's face was even more gloomy than that of Mrs. Tai, and he had already thought of how many strange eyes he would have to face when he went to the Yamen tomorrow.

"Bang!"

Chu Lingxiao slammed his fist on the coffee table in his hand, shaking the fruit pot and tea cup on the coffee table.

"King Chen is not reasonable at all, and there is no one in his eyes!" Chu Lingxiao said coldly, "This matter was Sister Ling'er's fault first, and it is understandable that King Chen sent someone to hold him accountable." Mother, didn't you see it, Yun Zhan didn't say a word, and let someone shoot the door plaque of our Hou Mansion with an arrow! ”

"There must be a servant and a master, all of them are so arrogant, no wonder King Chen gave the emperor's face as soon as he returned to Beijing, and later ignored the emperor's summons, this is thinking that he has a high merit!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Tai's heart began to rise again, the corners of her mouth trembled with anger, and she gritted her teeth and said: "King Chen doesn't take the Hou Mansion too seriously, and he doesn't take the concubine Niangniang and His Royal Highness the Second Prince seriously." ”

"He's so arrogant, sooner or later he'll have to reap the consequences!" Mrs. Tai was also so angry that she slapped the case.

In Mrs. Tai's opinion, if you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, King Chen just doesn't put the Yongding Marquis Mansion in his eyes, so he should also give the second prince some face.

Chu Lingxiao sneered disdainfully, "King Chen inevitably has no self-knowledge, he will soon be unable to protect himself, and he is so nosy!" ”

There is a saying that those who know the times are Junjie.

Now is not the time of the first emperor, the first emperor has always loved King Chen, but now he has always been afraid of King Chen, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty knows that the emperor is waiting for the opportunity to deal with King Chen!

King Chen acted so arrogantly, which would only make the emperor more and more dissatisfied with him.

When the emperor takes back his military power and completely sits on the throne, the emperor will inevitably take King Chen, and when that time comes, King Chen will die and be confined, but it is conceivable that there will be no good end for the rest of his life.

Chu Lingxiao hooked his lower lip, with a kind of detachment that saw through the situation.

At this moment, the eldest maid trembled outside the door curtain and said, "Mrs. Tai, Master Hou, the second master is here." ”

"Let him in."

After the words fell, the curtain of Concubine Xiang was raised from outside, and Chu Lingyu, the second master of Chu, walked in like a fly, his expression was a little complicated, angry, worried, worried, etc., all of them.

It was Chu Lingxiao who asked Chu Lingyu to call.

Without waiting for Chu Lingyu to speak, Chu Lingxiao scolded him with a slap in his face:

"Second brother, don't just care about being an errand on weekdays, your younger brother and sister dote on your daughter, you should be a strict father and discipline your sister Ling well."

"Look at it, the day before yesterday, she could smash Jishitang, what about the next day?! If she goes to someone else's house to make trouble, then the reputation of the Hou Mansion girl will be completely ruined! ”

"Today is the door plaque of our Hou Mansion is smashed, and in the future, it can be a raid on the family and extermination!"

"Because of the fault of one person, is there less trouble that affects the whole house?"

“……”

Chu Lingxiao said it as if venting, but even so, he still felt unhappy in his heart.

Chu Lingyu just stood in the hall and was scolded by Chu Lingxiao, and his face became more and more ugly.

After hearing this, he was left with only injustice in his heart. He heard what happened in the main courtyard the day before yesterday.

That's right, it's wrong for his daughter to smash Jishitang, but it's not the two daughters of their long house who are causing the trouble.

Chu Qianhuang instigated his daughter to ruin Chu Qianchen's appearance, Chu Qianchen was just as bad, she obviously had the perfect ointment of the divine doctor on hand, but she hid the medicine and didn't give it to her daughter. If it weren't for that, my daughter wouldn't have smashed Jishitang.

To put it bluntly, this incident was originally a discord between the two sisters of Changfang, but they used his daughter as a gunman!

The more Chu Lingyu thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and his fists were clenched tightly.

But now, Chu Lingxiao is angry, and Mrs. Tai is obviously helping Changfang, on the surface, this matter is indeed caused by the second room, and Chu Lingyu is still obediently trained in the end.

On this day, everyone in the Hou Mansion knew that the masters were in a bad mood, and the entire Hou Mansion was shrouded in a depression.

Early the next morning, Chu Lingxiao went to the fold, and in the early dynasty, he openly sued Yun Zhan in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and asked for severe punishment of Yun Zhan.

The emperor also wanted to take the opportunity to suppress Gu Jue, so he issued an edict on the same day to take away the military position of captain of Yunzhan, but soon after the holy decree was sent to the palace of King Chen, it was returned to the emperor as it was.

Chen Su also brought back a sentence from Gu Jue:

"The appointment and dismissal of lieutenant generals and soldiers in the Northland Army is up to the king."

The implication is that the emperor's hands are too long, and he can't control the Northland army.

I heard that the emperor smashed everything in the imperial study that day.

I heard that the emperor was so angry that he didn't even see a few cabinet elders.

Since Gu Jue returned to Beijing, King Chen's Mansion has always been the focus of everyone's attention. Regarding King Chen's blatant disobedience, many courtiers and nobles also saw it.

King Chen's arrogance made them staggered, but it also made them wonder if the previous rumors that King Chen was seriously ill were true. If King Chen is really sick, shouldn't he be obscure at this time, be a man with his tail between his legs, and avoid conflict with the emperor?!

However, the emperor told the prince about King Chen's serious illness, and everyone was suspicious, that is, they talked about it in private, and they didn't dare to question it casually.

Many people have therefore set their sights on the Yongding Marquis Mansion, in the capital, the Yongding Marquis Mansion has anything to attract attention, and it is probably the only one who is the second prince's foreign home. Other than that, there is really nothing to praise about the Yongding Marquis Mansion.

It's good now, Marquis Yongding is facing King Chen, how can King Chen be so calculated? !

Those who did good things looked lively.

Chu Lingxiao touched his nose and felt that everything was not going well in the recent days, especially the fact that the Shen family also entered the palace to refuse the princess to read with Chu Qianhuang, and the princess accompanied by reading was a kind of glory to the Chu family, especially the Chu family was declining.

Moreover, the Shen family also rejected him again and again, refusing to return to the Mu State Mansion to speak for him.

Chu Lingxiao held back the fire in his heart.

He didn't go to the Shen family, anyway, if he went there, it would be a quarrel, and he didn't want to see the Shen family's high-minded appearance, there was no gentle and supple that a woman should have.

After Chu Lingxiao returned home, he went to Qinghui Courtyard.

Aunt Jiang poured tea and water, and when she heard nephrite, she comforted Chu Lingxiao a lot.

In Chu Lingxiao's opinion, like Aunt Jiang, she is gentle and virtuous, supple and considerate, and empathetic, regards him as her heaven and her earth, and everything is given priority to him.

In front of Aunt Jiang, Chu Lingxiao felt like a man.

This night, Chu Lingxiao rested in Qinghui Courtyard, and when he came out of Qinghui Courtyard early the next morning, there was an extra woman in a red dress behind him, and the two went to the main courtyard.

didn't wait for anyone to pass through, Chu Lingxiao went directly into the left room, and said to the woman behind her: "You kowtow to Mrs. for tea!" ”

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Whether it was the Shen clan or all the subordinates, they all understood the meaning of Chu Lingxiao's words.

Master Hou is obviously going to take a concubine!

The subordinates all looked at the woman beside Chu Lingxiao with a strange look.

This...... Isn't this the glass that used to serve in the second girl's house?

Liuli has already combed the woman's hairstyle, revealing a smooth forehead, her face is crimson, her eyebrows are affectionate, and she is ashamed, she doesn't dare to look up at Shen, looking at the weak and slender fiber, she is very charming as a new wife.

Soon one of the maids brought tea, and another brought futons.

Liuli knelt directly on the futon and took the teacup from the maid's hand. She first glanced shyly at Chu Lingxiao, who was sitting next to Shen, and then held the teacup high with both hands and brought it to Shen, her voice soft, "The slave maid toasts tea to Madame." ”

Chu Lingxiao also picked up a teacup, the corners of his mouth curved up with a smile, and he was proud: Does the Shen family really think that he can't do anything about her?! He is the master of this Hou Mansion!

Shen turned sideways slightly, avoiding Liuli's salute.

"......" Liuli froze, and looked at Chu Lingxiao again, looking pitiful and innocent, waiting for Chu Lingxiao to call the shots for her.

Liuli secretly said in her heart: What my aunt said is really good. She was given to Master Hou by her aunt, and her wife definitely didn't like it, and she would embarrass her.

Seeing this, the corners of Chu Lingxiao's lips curled higher, waiting to see Shen's face change.

However, Shen didn't even raise his eyebrows, and said lightly: "It's not a formality!" ”

Ruri: "......"

Shen didn't look at Liuli, his eyes looked at Chu Lingxiao coldly, "Does Master Hou know which courtyard she used to serve?" ”

The Shen family really didn't want to involve Chu Qianchen, but no matter what Liuli said, she used to be the big maid of Wanyan Courtyard, and she had served Chu Qianchen closely, and this daughter's maid actually became her father's aunt, what kind of system did this matter become!

Chu Lingxiao really didn't know, so his eldest maid leaned over and whispered.

Chu Lingxiao's face froze, and the teacup he had just picked up in his hand stopped in mid-air.

He had never paid attention to what Chu Qianchen's maid looked like before, so he naturally didn't know that Liuli had served in Wanyan Courtyard in the past.

The Shen family didn't care how many concubines Chu Lingxiao's house accepted, after all, it was impossible for these women to affect her status as Mrs. Hou, even if she gave birth to a son and a half daughter, it would be a matter of dividing some family property or a dowry from the princess, and this Hou Mansion would only be Mu Ge'er's in the future.

Shen didn't bother to talk nonsense with people like Chu Lingxiao, stood up, and stroked his sleeves elegantly, "It's almost time, it's time to go and say goodbye to my mother." ”

Shen left, Chu Lingxiao sat on the Luohan bed and looked at Shen's back with a gloomy face.

And Liuli's originally crimson cheeks faded suddenly, pale and pale, and her eyes dimmed.

If the lady doesn't recognize her, the whole house won't recognize her as a new aunt, so she has no name or a point, and she is not even as good as a room, and anyone can step on it.

Liuli only felt the burning eyes of the other maids in the room piercing her, making her feel ashamed, panicked and uneasy.

Before a cup of tea, before she entered this courtyard, she felt that she was walking high in the clouds.

And now, it is plummeting, falling straight into the bottomless abyss.

Chu Lingxiao squeezed the teacup in his hand tightly, and almost didn't smash the teacup out, he originally wanted to use the concubine to extinguish the prestige of the Shen family and revive the husband, but he didn't want to hit a soft nail in the Shen family instead.

No matter how unhappy Chu Lingxiao was in his heart, he still had to go to Rongfu Hall with the Shen family to say goodbye to Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai only called Chu Lingxiao in to speak, and turned the Shen family away again.

Since beating the Shen family and punishing Chu Qianhuang to receive the punishment in the small Buddha hall, Mrs. Tai has never seen the Shen family, and every time she excuses herself, she looks like she is competing with the Shen family.

Shen didn't mind at all, so he went back, anyway, it was a courtesy to ask Mrs. Tai for peace, and if Mrs. Tai couldn't see her, she didn't care at all.

Shen left, and naturally he didn't know that after Mrs. Tai called Chu Lingxiao in, she unhappily counted a few words to Chu Lingxiao.

Although Mrs. Tai is dissatisfied with the Shen family, but one yard is one yard, she also thinks that the matter between the eldest son and Liuli is too ridiculous and unorthodox, if this is spread, others may not know how to look at the jokes of the Hou Mansion and ridicule the Hou Mansion for having no rules.

Chu Lingxiao was at a loss, and he could only say it by Mrs. Tai, and the anger in his heart was even stronger. He was even more tired of the Shen family, and the Shen family knew that Liuli was Chu Qianchen's maid, and he didn't know to tell him earlier that he had to slap him in the face today.

The fact that the Shen family did not accept Liuli's tea ceremony spread in the Hou Mansion, and the people all secretly laughed at Liuli for really stealing chickens and rice, and no one took Liuli to heart.

These things also passed through Amber's mouth and reached Chu Qianchen's ears.

In this regard, Chu Qianchen's heart was not shocked, nor was he surprised.

In the last life, Liuli finally became Chu Lingxiao's room, which is actually no different from this life.

It's just that in the last life, when Liuli was carried to the room, her mother-in-law Shen was depressed and sick because of Chu Yunmu's death, and she was already terminally ill, and she couldn't take care of these things.

Chu Qianchen went out again, went to the gold shop where she had made gold needles, paid a deposit, and made an appointment for delivery. After that, she went to Jishitang to buy some medicinal materials for making Zixue San.

After going back, Chu Qianchen didn't leave the house for several days, and even the customized silver pot and gold shovel were for Amber to go out of the house to get it.

On the morning of the first day of the fifth month, Amber had just returned from outside with her front foot, and Chu Qianhuang came with her back foot.

On her bright and delicate face, her face was slightly pale, but she still cheered up, pursed her lips and smiled slightly, which was amiable to look at.

"Second sister," Chu Qianhuang explained his intentions straight to the point, "I'm going to make amends for you today." ”

Chu Qianchen invited her to sit down by the window, and then instructed Amber to serve her tea.

In early summer in May, the small lotus in the pond outside the window shows its sharp horns, and a tail carp wagging its tail under the lotus leaves.

Amber quickly brought the tea and looked at Chu Qianhuang quietly.

Chu Qianhuang wore a red skirt, with a loose green silk hair, and she didn't wear a little ring on her body, only a few red silk threads were tied in her hair.

She knelt in the small Buddha hall for ten days, and just released it today, the whole person looked a lot haggard, she lost a lot of weight, and her hands were still wrapped in gauze.

Chu Qianhuang and Chu Qianchen were born in the same year, month, and day, and the sisters were only a few hours apart.

In the past, Chu Qianchen was weak and cowardly, cowering and cowering; Chu Qianhuang is bright and generous, very eldest sister, looking like she is much older than Chu Qianchen, the two sisters sit together, even if Chu Qianchen's appearance is better, but others always see Chu Qianhuang like the sun at a glance, and ignore Chu Qianchen who is like a shadow next to him.

Now, Chu Qianchen has changed, blooming with his brilliance like a bright pearl.

The two sisters are now sitting together, like the sun and the moon, and there is a feeling that they are indistinguishable from each other...... No, Amber even felt that her own girl was faintly overpowering the eldest girl.

After this incident, although the eldest girl looks calmer than before, she lacks the calmness and indifference of her own girl.

"Second sister, it's me who has caused you trouble." Chu Qianhuang's eyes were as black as ink, and he said astringently, "These are my little thoughts, I hope the second sister will not refuse." ”

Chu Qianhuang gave a look, and Baoqin sent a box of beads to Chu Qianchen's hand.

The box contains a variety of beads, all of which are novel and exquisite.

Chu Qianchen was not polite at all and accepted it.

She is short of silver, and someone has brought it to her door, why doesn't she accept it?

"......" Chu Qianhuang looked at Chu Qianchen, there seemed to be a thousand words in his eyes, but after all, he didn't explain much, and he didn't even take a sip of the flower tea he had just served, and immediately left.

Amber personally sent Chu Qianhuang out, and when she came back, she looked at the box on the table and said, "Girl, I think the big girl seems to have changed......

At first, she felt that Chu Qianhuang had become calmer, but after looking back, she felt that Chu Qianhuang had reined in his edge and became deeper.

Everyone felt that Chu Qianhuang had no intention of harming Chu Qianchen, and before today, Amber actually thought so in his heart.

But today, for some reason, she began to doubt this thought.

Is Chu Qianhuang really innocent?!

Chu Qianchen didn't say anything, just instructed Amber to take out the gold shovel and silver pot that he had just retrieved, and concentrate on starting the medicine.

Except for another trip to Yuanqingguan in the middle to give Gu Jue a follow-up visit, she almost stayed at home, and she was busy for three or four days, and finally made Zixue San.

Purple snow is purple in color, like frost and snow, and its nature is cold, so it is called purple snow scatter.

In order to distinguish Zixuesan from other families, Chu Qianchen deliberately made it into a pill the size of pearl rice, renamed it "Zixuedan", made two hundred, divided it into four small porcelain bottles, and instructed Amber to send it to Jishitang.

Amber likes to go to Jishitang the most, or rather, it should be Huahong Street, Huahong Street not only has Jishitang, but also all kinds of dim sum shops, rouge gouache shops, bookstores, embroidery workshops and so on.

Every time, Amber would stop by to buy some snacks, or bring some medical books and scripts for her girl.

She didn't stay in Jishitang for long, threw the four bottles of Zixue Dan to Dr. Liu, and after relaying Chu Qianchen's words, she couldn't wait to pat her ass and leave.

She was in a hurry, and she didn't see her go out, and the next moment, an old man in Tsing Yi with gray hair came out of the back hall.

"Grandfather!" Doctor Liu couldn't wait to greet the old man and said, "Come and see, this is the purple snow pill that the girl just sent." ”

This old man in Tsing Yi is the real person in charge of this Jishitang, Dr. Liu.

Dr. Liu was invited out of the capital to see a doctor in March, and then went back to his hometown, and just came back yesterday, so he has not seen the legendary little doctor with the medical skills of Sai Huatuo, but he has only heard his grandson and the guys in the medical hall praise the medical skills of the little doctor to the sky.

Doctor Liu put the purple snow powder made by Jishitang and the purple snow pill given by Chu Qianchen on two small plates.

When the two are compared, the difference is immediate.