Chu Qianchen relied on Mrs. Tai to let her not have to settle the province in the morning and dusk, so she simply hid in Wanyan Courtyard and stayed at home.

After she finished the pills for Mrs. Yin first, she went all out to make a big pill.

The process of making large pills is extremely complex, and there are many types of medicinal materials used, and there is no shortage of precious medicinal materials.

There are some simple processes such as pounding medicine, cutting medicine, lighting fire, etc., she can hand over to Amber, and she has to do most of the processes herself to ensure that there is no mistake.

For example, the most precious flavor of the Seven Star Grass, the processing process of the Seven Star Grass is very particular, it must be soaked with ginger juice first, and then steamed for a stick of incense for a while, and then taken out to cool and dry.

The above is only the first step, and then there is a second step of baking, where the ginger-braised Qixing grass is heated over a simmer to make it dry and crispy, and then made into a medicinal powder.

In the end, this seven-star grass only became a longan-sized component.

Next, there are more than a dozen medicinal herbs waiting for her to deal with, different medicinal materials have different processing methods, in the small study, in addition to various herbs, there are bottles and jars of wine, vinegar, salt, honey, oil and so on.

If Amber hadn't known that her girl was making medicine, she would have thought it was a kitchen.

As soon as Chu Qianchen got busy, he was so busy that he didn't know what year it was......

However, she still remembered asking Amber to go to the main courtyard to deliver a message to reassure Shen.

However, after four days in a row, Shen saw that Chu Qianchen still hadn't gone out, and he was still not at ease, so he came over in person.

At that time, it was already three poles in the sun, Chu Qianchen slept late last night, and he had just gotten up, and his expression was still a little sleepy.

Shen looked at Chu Qianchen and said a little helplessly: "The Internal Affairs Office has already decided to come tomorrow to make a small ceremony, look at you, you have made yourself disgraced." ”

She stretched out her finger and stroked Chu Qianchen's cheek, brushing a strand of restless hair behind her white jade ear.

"......" Chu Qianchen blinked stupidly, she had been so busy lately that she had completely forgotten about it.

Shen saw it at a glance, and sighed faintly in his heart: This girl is too concerned about her marriage.

That's it, that's it, anyway, she just needs to make sure that she is a beautiful bride, and she has her own hands to help her handle the rest.

However, this girl must also be made to have some of the consciousness of a bride.

Shen thought to himself, and said, "The sewing room drove out the clothes you Xiao Dingli wore, and I asked them to bring them to you to try." ”

Saying that, Chu Qianchen was not allowed to refuse, Shen clapped his hands neatly, and saw that the door curtain was opened, and Mama Zhao from the sewing room came in with a few daughters-in-law, holding the new clothes that had just been made.

Time was pressing, and Shen urged the needlework room to rush out for a few days, using a dress that Shen did not wear when he was young, modifying it according to Chu Qianchen's figure, and adding popular patterns and accessories.

For example, this belt is re-embroidered, and two rows of garnets are sewn up, lined with the moire embroidered with gold thread on the belt, and the streamer is overflowing.

"Hurry up and put it on, I'll see!"

At the urging of the Shen family, Chu Qianchen obediently took Amber to try on new clothes behind the screen.

There was a rustling sound behind the screen.

Mama Zhao stood aside, quietly watched Shen for a moment, and said in her heart: The eldest lady really has nothing to say to the second girl, and the daughter is nothing more than that.

"Big lady, this Yunjin is really worthy of every inch of gold, after hiding it for so many years, this material is not outdated at all, and it is new," Mama Zhao said with a smile, "The second girl must look good when she wears it." ”

Shen, who was drinking tea, hooked his lips and said with a smile: "This girl has a good foundation, and she looks good in anything." ”

While speaking, Chu Qianchen, who had changed into new clothes, walked out from behind the screen, and a blue lotus-colored gown wrapped the girl's slender and slender figure.

"It fits perfectly!" Shen's eyes lit up, and he said casually with a smile, "Sister Chen, your figure is very similar to me when I was sixteen or seventeen, you are still young, you will definitely be taller than me in the future!" ”

Chu Qianchen smiled slightly, revealing a rare shyness in his smile.

Looking at this shame in Amber's eyes, I can't help but feel a little disobedient: is this still the second girl who pressed Yan Mama to the point that she had no room for backhanding?

Amber lowered her eyes silently.

Shen looked Chu Qianchen up and down, his eyes were no longer reflective, and he said, "The sleeves are still a little longer, and then change them to shorter." ”

"Also, this skirt is empty, let's embroider some more flowers."

"The waist side has to be matched with a forbidden step and a purse."

"These shoes don't deserve it, make a pair of ...... with slightly warped tips"

Shen said that Mama Chen gathered to help write it down, occasionally echoed, and occasionally gave Shen ideas, as for Mama Zhao, there was no room to speak at all, so she could only sigh again in her heart: The second girl is really favored!

Shen asked Chu Qianchen to turn around in front of her twice, and after making sure that there was nothing to change, he asked her to change out of her new clothes and send Mama Zhao and other people in the needlework room.

Shen Shi took Chu Qianchen's hand and said softly: "Sister Chen, you are busy, you must also pay attention to your body, don't stay up so tired." ”

Looking at the green shadow under the little girl's eyes, Shen knew that she was so busy these days that she was afraid that she would be sent day and night, thinking that she would let the kitchen stew some supplements later.

Chu Qianchen smiled obediently and responded softly: "Mother, I understand." ”

Chu Qianchen understood Shen's caring heart, in fact, she didn't feel tired at all, she was busy from last month to now, and the big pill was finally completed, and the joy in her heart was incomprehensible, enough to overwhelm everything.

Shen knew that Chu Qianchen was measured, so he didn't persuade much, and after a while, he carefully talked about the rules and etiquette of the day of the Xiao Dingli, and Chu Qianchen was dizzy again.

She once thought that she had lived two lifetimes and had seen everything, from being expelled from the house to subverting the Great Qi, but now she found that there were more troublesome things in life - family affairs.

Fortunately, it should be fine after boiling the small ceremony.

There's also news from the prince's side, right?

Chu Qianchen's thoughts ran away, and his soul flew out of the sky.

Shen took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and asked Mama Yan again: "Sister Chen, where is Mama Yan?" ”

Although Chu Qianchen had asked Amber to pass the word before, the Shen family was still somewhat worried that she would suffer, but thinking that Chu Qianchen had always had a charter, he didn't come over for several days. No, she went to Wanyan Courtyard for more than a stick of incense, and she didn't see the shadow of Mama Yan at all.

It doesn't make sense.

Not to mention anything else, she is the head of the Hou Mansion, under normal circumstances, she came over, and Mama Yan should always come to pay a salute.

Chu Qianchenyun said lightly: "It's locked up." ”

Shen: "......"

Mama Chen: "......"

Shen is okay, Mama Chen almost pinched her thigh, and said in her heart: The second girl's courage is too big!

Chu Qianchen didn't explain much, and said with a smile: "Mother, don't worry, I have measure." ”

"Don't be bored in the yard all day, Brother Mu has to talk about you several times every day, and he wants to come to you to play." Shen didn't ask any more questions, covering the back of Chu Qianchen's delicate and smooth hand, and couldn't help but think in his heart: Could it be the queen mother's intention, just send a grandmother to go through the motions and show it to the emperor?

As soon as he talked about Chu Yunmu, Chu Qianchen couldn't help but smile, his smile was bright, his eyes were shining, and he said jokingly: "Where does he miss me, he misses my meat." ”

Chu Qianchen made a gesture, and Amber brought a wooden box, and a sweet smell of meat vaguely wafted from the box.

This is Chu Qianchen's own honey-glazed pork jerky and honey-glazed chicken jerky.

Chu Yunmu loves both sugar and meat, and he is the most enthusiastic about the honey preserved meat made by Chu Qianchen.

The little black cat, which was originally nested in the cat's nest and was motionless, also smelled the smell of meat, and suddenly woke up, squatted up, and meowed.

The emerald cat's eyes stared unblinkingly at the wooden box in Amber's hand, and the pupil turned into a thin line.

Its! It's all the dried meat here!

Amber almost suspected that it would pounce on him at any time, Chu Qianchen stretched out his finger and casually flicked it on the forehead of the little black cat, and said with a smile: "You little thing, you love to eat alone, and you can't eat sweetness!" ”

The little black cat barked aggrievedly, and then rolled around in the cat nest and splashed, rubbing east and west.

Chu Qianchen laughed and told Amber to get it some chicken jerky.

Shen looked at Chu Qianchen's smiling side face, distracted.

On the day of Wanshou Day, when she said goodbye to her mother, Mrs. Mu Guo, her mother hurriedly asked her some things about Chu Qianchen, asked her if her birthday was the same day as Chu Qianhuang, asked her what she liked, and said that she would give her a birthday gift......

Shen felt strange at that time, his mother had always cared not much about her concubines and concubines, so she only saw Chu Qianchen this time, and she didn't even say anything.

On the second day of the Wanshou Festival, the personal grandmother beside Mrs. Mu Guo also came over on a special trip, so that she could take Chu Qianchen to the Guogong Mansion when she was free. But the Shen family knew that Chu Qianchen had been busy recently, so he used Xiao Dingli as an excuse to drag it first.

On that day, Duchess Mu Guo's grandmother kept saying that she was grateful to Chu Qianchen for saving Chu Yunmu, but for some reason, the Shen family always had an inexplicable sense of disobedience......

In the midst of his thoughts, Chu Qianchen looked up at her, and the two looked at each other.

"Mother," Chu Qianchen called affectionately, his eyes were bright, "Brother Mu wants to come, you just let him come, and I'll let Moon Shadow play with him." ”

She smiled, like a breeze blowing in her face, blowing the pond full of water lotus, blooming in the wind, and the lotus fragrance bursted.

Shen looked at Chu Qianchen in a daze, his heartbeat pounded faster, and his mind was in a trance.

At this moment, everything around me seemed to fade away, and all the things that had happened in the past few months came to mind like a marquee......

Seeing that Shen was stunned, Chu Qianchen leaned his face in her direction, and called again: "Mother? ”

Shen came back to his senses, smiled slightly, and said casually: "It's good that you don't annoy him." ”

Chu Qianchen's smile deepened, "I have to be busy for another three or four days, Brother Mu came over to help me discipline Moon Shadow!" ”

Hearing this, Shen mentioned the invitation of the Duchess of Mu Guo: "Then when you are done, accompany me back to the Guogong Mansion." ”

After a pause, she added: "My mother has been a little dizzy recently, I want you to help me go and see my mother, okay?" ”

Chu Qianchen immediately responded, and said in his heart, "I'll be busy for a few more days." ”

Normally, the old man's dizziness is roughly due to several reasons, Chu Qianchen pondered that she could prepare in advance and bring her silver needles, soothing incense, soothing tea and so on.

"There's no hurry." Shen was afraid that Chu Qianchen would stay up late for this matter, so he persuaded, "My mother has been sick for many years, and it's not a big deal." ”

"You, a teenage girl's family, don't be like an old lady, always stuffy in the house all day long, busy and busy, but also have to combine work and rest, go out more in the courtyard, walk in the garden, and relax."

"It's hot during the day these months, but after dusk, it's cooler, and it's just right for walking."

Shen earnestly instructed, and Chu Qianchen obediently promised to be as well-behaved as he was.

The Shen family had some light lunch at Chu Qianchen's place before leaving with Mama Chen.

Full of wine and food, Chu Qianchen was refreshed again, she originally wanted to go back to the small study to continue making medicine, but as soon as she got up, she thought that Fang Cai Shen asked her not to be bored in the house all the time, and felt reasonable.

She whispered to herself, "It's a combination of work and rest." ”

Amber also heard the words "combination of work and rest", and wanted to ask Chu Qianchen if he wanted to get the "Hibiscus Fan", but he didn't want to, but he heard Chu Qianchen take a step forward and say: "Amber, let's go out for a walk and see Mama Yan." ”

Amber: "......"

Amber blinked slowly, the corners of her eyes twitching.

Therefore, when the girl said that "combining work and rest" is not to scatter her heart, nor to read the book, but to "see" Mama Yan?

Amber could only reply dryly: "Mama Yan is resting in the back room." ”

Under Amber's guidance, Chu Qianchen went out of the house for the first time in four days.

The sun outside was a little dazzling, and she squinted her eyes uncomfortably, feeling that she was almost as delicate as a yin-loving hosta.

Mother was right, it was time for her to go out and bask in the sun.

Chu Qianchen was thinking nonsense, and he went to the innermost room in the back room.

Seeing that Chu Qianchen was coming, he didn't need Amber to order, and immediately a rough mother-in-law took the initiative to open the copper lock on the door of this room.

The copper lock was heavy, and when removed, it made a rough and loud metal crashing sound.

The room was pitch black, the windows were sealed, there was no light in them, and a dull musty smell came to the air.

The mother-in-law carried a lantern in her hand, and the room was dark.

Yan, who was wearing a rust-colored gown, sat on a circle chair by the window, lost her soul, and in just four days, she had lost a lot of weight, and she was haggard.

There was a bowl of white porridge, a few steamed buns and two side dishes on the table, which was a breakfast prepared for Yan's grandmother.

Obviously, no one touched the breakfast.

Chu Qianchen just asked the subordinates to lock up Mama Yan, there is no shortage of two meals a day, there should be everything, that is, no one will talk to her, even if it is a mother-in-law who eats from the meal, that is, she puts down the meal every day and leaves.

On the first day, Mama Yan was full of energy, scolded when she saw people, treated the mother-in-law who came to deliver meals fiercely, and her mouth was full of the Queen Mother.

The next day, Mama Yan was still scolding, but there was already a bit of a taste of both soft and hard, grace and power.

On the third day, Mama Yan softened her attitude and tried to buy her mother-in-law with the jewelry on her body.

On the fourth day, June 16, Mama Yan was even more wilted......

Although Chu Qianchen didn't see these with his own eyes, his own mother-in-law would go to tell Amber, and Amber would tell Chu Qianchen again.

Chu Qianchen carried his skirt, crossed the threshold, and entered the house.

Amber followed her like a shadow.

Mama Yan sat there in despair, stunned for several breaths, before she looked at Chu Qianchen with a stiff expression.

Her eyes were cloudy and dull, and when she looked at the light in the doorway, her eyes gradually brightened and reappeared.

She sat in the shadows, her eyes flickering, a little apprehensive, a little uneasy.

It's like an ordinary old woman, which is very different from the arrogance and rudeness when she first came to the Hou Mansion.

Chu Qianchen walked over to Mama Yan unhurriedly, sat down casually at the table, and glanced at the meal on the table again.

Of course, the porridge and steamed buns have long been cold, this preserved egg and lean porridge is cooked fragrant and soft and glutinous, the steamed buns are white and soft, Chu Qianchen has also eaten them in the morning, such a good breakfast is so wasted, it's a pity.

A cold light flashed under Chu Qianchen's eyes, and he looked at Mama Yan with a faint expression.

Mama Yan was stunned for a moment, as if she realized who was sitting in front of her, and her pupils shrank.

She took two deep breaths, got up from the chair excitedly, and shouted, "Chu Qianchen, I was sent by the Queen Mother, and you actually locked me up!" ”

"Do you still have any rules?!"

"Do you still have the Queen Mother in the eyes of the Marquis of Yongding, and is there a royal family?!"

Her voice was high-pitched, but she couldn't hide the hoarseness in it.

Mama Yan really couldn't stand it, she didn't want to stay here any longer.

These four short days can be described as years for her.

It was dark and silent during the day, and it was just as dark and silent at night, and if it weren't for someone coming to give her breakfast and lunch, she would have been unable to tell the difference between day and night.

When time is lonely, it becomes extraordinarily long and tormenting.

Chu Qianchen casually withdrew his cold gaze, sighed slightly, and said disappointedly: "It seems that Mama still forgot what I said, so stay a few more days to calm down." ”

Yan Mama's ears couldn't help but sound Chu Qianchen's words: Here, I am the master, and Mama you are the servant.

Chu Qianchen stood up and was about to leave, Mama Yan was scared, and she was terrified, and blurted out:

"Second Miss Chu, don't go!"

She didn't want to be locked up here alone anymore.

She felt that she would go crazy if she stayed alone like this any longer.

Once, she had also seen some concubines who had been beaten into the cold palace in the palace and fell into madness in just a few years, thinking that they couldn't stand the drop from the clouds to the dust, and felt that they deserved it, but now she knows that it is not only that.

Lonely to the extreme, it can also make people crazy!

Mama Yan had cold sweat on her forehead, and she was panicked.

Amber smiled and gave Yan Mama a contemptuous look, as if to say, it should have been like this a long time ago!

Chu Qianchen sat back at the table with a relaxed expression.

Mama Yan walked towards Chu Qianchen stiffly.

No one spoke in the room, it was quiet, it was silent, except for the faint sound of the wind blowing the leaves outside.

Mama Yan tiptoed in front of Chu Qianchen and blessed her body seriously, "Second Miss Chu." ”

Her expression was respectful and respectful, and she was sincerely afraid, even in the face of the queen and the queen mother, it was nothing more than that.

Mama Yan recognized the situation, lowered her posture, and admitted her mistake: "It was all the slave's fault before, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about the slave and maid." ”

Not only did she call herself "you", but she also changed her name to "slave maid", and she was able to say good things to Chu Qianchen.

"If Mama wants to surrender, answer my question first." Chu Qianchen was holding a fan in his hand, fanning it slightly.

On the fan surface, embroidered with a black cat with four hooves of snow-white is happily fluttering butterflies.

This fan is embroidered by a little maid in the yard who is good at female red, Chu Qianchen loves it very much, and he often plays with it in his hand in the past two days, and when he is making medicine, he also takes it to fan the stove.

What does Chu Qianchen want to ask?! Yan Mama's eyelids twitched, she lowered her eyes, her eyes rolled slightly, and said to herself, when she goes out and regains her freedom, she can clean up Chu Qianchen well!

She gritted her teeth and responded: "Girl, just ask." Cold sweat broke out on the back of her neck, and there was still a hint of surprise in her eyes.

Chu Qianchen casually threw out the first question: "What is your name, how old is this year, when did you enter the palace, and where did you first go on an errand?" ”

Mama Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "The slave's surname is Yan, her real name is Erchun, she is seventy and seven this year, she entered the palace when she was ten years old, and she was originally on an errand in the Needlework Bureau. ”

The age of the palace maid into the palace generally ranges from four or five years old to teenage years, the younger the age of entering the palace, the more likely she is to be sent to the palace hall when she grows up.

Mama Yan can go step by step from a small palace maid in the needlework bureau to the present, which is difficult and not enough for outsiders.

Chu Qianchen continued to ask, "Then when did you go to serve the Queen Mother?" ”

Yan's eyes flashed, and she replied, "A year ago." ”

Chu Qianchen calculated the days in his heart: that is to say, as soon as the first emperor died, he couldn't wait to install people next to the Empress Dowager Yin.

Chu Qianchen suddenly changed his voice again, "Then where were you on an errand before going to Shouning Palace?" ”

Yan Mama felt that Chu Qianchen's question was a bit aimless, but she still replied in a proper manner: "The slave maid was a female official in the court before, and she was responsible for training the little palace maid who had just entered the palace. ”

"Because Mama Li, who was next to the Queen Mother, died of illness, she transferred the slave maid to serve."

In the palace, even if the female officials and palace maids are sick, they are often not treated, so there are not a few people who die of illness.

"It's a coincidence." Chu Qianchen fanned the fan slowly and sighed casually.

What do you mean? Mama Yan's heart was already hanging, and when she said this, she chuckled, and then heard Chu Qianchen ask a fourth question: "Who made you move your hands and feet in the Queen Mother's ginseng tea?" ”

Mama Yan's eyes instantly widened to the extreme, and her heart sank: How could Chu Qianchen know that she had done something in the ginseng tea?!

As if she had been poured a bucket of ice water on her head, she was chilled, cold sweat began to ooze from her forehead, and even her feet were a little weak.

Chu Qianchen stopped the fan in his hand and said to Amber: "Mama Yan is sweating so much, it must be too hot here, don't pour a cup of herbal tea for Mama Yan." ”

Amber obediently complied, took a teapot from outside the house with her hands and feet, poured a cup of herbal tea for Mama Yan, and then handed the teacup over.

Mama Yan's face was blue and purple, where did she dare to drink. What if this herbal tea is also tampered with?!

Seeing that Mama Yan's expression changed too wonderfully, Chu Qianchen hooked the corners of his lips, and said: "The Queen Mother's ginseng tea has green stamens and conifers, these two herbs are non-toxic, but they can be put together, but they will make people dizzy all day long, slow thoughts, and after a long time, people will become dementia and forgetful." ”

Mama Yan's forehead and the cold sweat behind her became denser, but she held on and refused to admit it: "The slave doesn't know what the girl is talking about." ”

"Don't you know?" Chu Qianchen pointed at Yan Mama's nose with the fan in his hand, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he smiled like a peach blossom, "You are in contact with the Queen Mother's ginseng tea every day, you think that as long as you don't drink it, you will be fine, but you don't know that the medicinal properties of ginseng tea will volatilize with the heat and drill into your body from the end of your nose, and then this medicinal property will accumulate in your body over time, and the whale will swallow and eat away at your essence and blood......"

"Didn't you notice? This year, you have become more and more forgetful, and you are more and more prone to tiredness and anxiety, and you will wake up in the middle of the night......"