The annex of Yuelai Inn is located on the east side of the inn and is a small independent courtyard. A moon gate was opened in the east wall to connect with the inn.

On each side of the Moon Gate is a sturdy servant, and all personnel and objects that want to enter the small courtyard must be checked by two servants, so as to ensure the safety of each family member to be selected in the small courtyard.

Nanxing followed the shopkeeper to the Moon Gate, and was led by Gonggong Xi into the small courtyard.

The whole courtyard is square, and there are two rows of side rooms on the west and north sides, and there are about a dozen rooms. In the courtyard, there are large begonias planted in front of and behind the house, and a few pear trees are planted near the east wall.

Now it is the season of flowers blooming, the courtyard is full of fragrant fragrance, pear blossoms are snow-white, and begonias are red, adding a touch of dust to the small courtyard.

Father-in-law Xi, who led the way, looked at Nanxing a little stunned, and explained: "At the beginning, this small courtyard was arranged by Father-in-law Zhang personally under the guidance of Shopkeeper Zhou. Begonias are the most fairy flowers, and the nobles can also get their hands on the fairy spirit when they live here, and the most favored concubine of the saint has lived here. ”

"Erxi, can you discuss the affairs of the nobles? I'll slap my mouth ten times so that you know what to say and what not to say. A white-faced, beardless, middle-aged eunuch who looked to be in his forties walked out of the west wing.

"What Master taught. Miss Ye brought it to you. Father-in-law Xi turned around and said to Nanxing: "Miss Ye, this is Gonggong Zhang, who is responsible for the selection of flowers and birds in the southeast foothills. ”

"I've seen Grandpa Zhang." Nanxing made a ten thousand blessing ceremony, she was dressed in women's clothes at this time, after all, these are all women of the future emperor, and it is not appropriate for men to come in.

"Miss Ye doesn't have to be polite, your father and the miscellaneous family are also old acquaintances. The queen likes the gold-inlaid white jade flower-inlaid jewelry that your father gave the queen very much, and she has to take it out every day to watch. No, I also rewarded the miscellaneous family from the grade of the four grades. ”

Nanxing has a little memory of what Gonggong Zhang said, but Master Ye did not elaborate on it in the letter, so Nanxing didn't say much.

After considering the wording, Nanxing said: "Where is it, Grandpa Zhang has won the award." I don't know what Father-in-law Zhang has to tell the people's daughter? ”

"It's not a big deal, it's just that I heard from the people below that Miss Ye helped Fu Yin solve a murder case today, I don't know if there is such a thing?"

"This is true, but Lord Fu Yin has already made a decision, and he just made the case clear through the mouth of the people's daughter, so that the people who are listening can understand the secret." Nanxing wasn't sure about this father-in-law's attitude, and she didn't want such a reputation.

In the world of 3700, Nanxing understood that keeping a low profile was more important than anything else, and that stuffy hair and wealth were the ways she liked.

"The miscellaneous family understands what Miss Ye means, and will order them to go down and not let them spread the word." Father-in-law Zhang showed regret on his face, "Oh, I was thinking about a trivial matter...... That's it. ”

Nanxing looked at Grandpa Zhang's exaggerated acting skills, and felt a chill in his heart, and he could think with his toes that this old eunuch had something to do with him.

The eunuchs served the royal family, and they always spoke like this, and they would never leave a handle on people.

Nanxing originally wanted to inquire about the situation of the selection, but he was worried that he would not be able to go online, how could he let go of this opportunity.

"You and your father are old acquaintances, and you are the elders of the people's daughters. If there is anything that the younger generation can help, the younger generation will never refuse. After speaking, Nanxing half-squatted and saluted again.

"Ouch, what a smart boy." Gonggong Zhang helped Nanxing for a moment, and then told the whole story.

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This time, Zhang Gonggong selected a total of seven women in various provinces in the southeast foothills, each of whom was young and beautiful, and could sing and dance, and two of them were slightly famous in the local area.

It is already a common practice to rest in the courtyard of Yuelai Inn, firstly, to let all the family members rest, and secondly, Father-in-law Zhang also needs to report the portrait, age, family history and other information of each family member to the Shanggong Bureau for selection.

Unfortunately, within two days of check-in, something happened.

Yesterday afternoon, Li Keer's maid came to tell her that Li Keer had a lot of acne rashes on her face and wanted to ask the doctor to take a look.

The appearance of the family is the top priority, Zhang Gonggong immediately sent someone to invite a doctor to go for treatment, the doctor said that Li Keer was induced by internal and external imbalance, but in the process of consultation, I learned that she was drinking ginseng soup for the past few days, and it stands to reason that ginseng soup will not cause this situation.

In order to find the root cause, Gonggong Zhang personally checked the utensils used by Li Keer and the food she had eaten in the past few days, and finally found clues in the rouge she used.

The rouge was mixed with the powder of Wuling Fat, which belonged to the eighteen antis of traditional Chinese medicine, and were two drugs that could not be mixed.

Li Keer said that this rouge was given by Zhong Yunxiu, another member of the family the day before yesterday, saying that it was the best smoky grease produced here. Yanxia grease is a special product of Nan'an City, named after the color like the morning glow and light as smoke, and a small box in the imperial capital is sold for a high price of twenty taels of silver.

However, two other family members testified to Zhong Yunxiu, proving that they went out shopping with Zhong Yunxiu, and Zhong Yunxiu never left their sight from the time she went out to the time she came back, and when this rouge was sent, the packaging was still intact, and Zhong Yunxiu could not have done anything in it.

If it has not been reported to the public, it is only necessary to remove the two people together, but the documents that can be reported have been issued, and when there is no conclusive evidence, Father-in-law Zhang cannot be sent casually.

Because at this time, they are already holy women in name, although according to the practice of previous years, not every member of the family will become a concubine, and some are assigned to be palace maids, but the palace maids are also holy women, maybe one day they will be able to fly on the branches and become phoenixes.

After listening to the whole story, Nanxing asked Gonggong Zhang to call the servant woman who was guarding the Moon Gate, and after inquiry, he learned that no one had brought medicinal herbs into the hospital on these two days, and as for the items that the family brought with them on the day of check-in, they were not qualified to inspect them.

It is impossible for Nanxing to ask to inspect the belongings of his family, and it is estimated that Father-in-law Zhang will not agree, in case anyone gets favored in the future and tells the saint about it, Father-in-law Zhang will definitely not be able to get good fruit to eat.

When he was worried, Nanxing glanced at a pear blossom tree in the northeast corner and the soil seemed to be a little different in color, and the color of that soil was extraordinarily dark. Nanxing walked over and picked at the soil twice with his hand, grabbed a little and put it under his nose to smell, a bitter smell rushed into Nanxing's nasal cavity, and the bitter smell seemed to be mixed with a little fishy smell.

According to the servant woman, the shopkeeper asked them to bury all the medicinal materials that had been boiled in the tonic soup under the tree, saying that it would make the trees grow more lush and the flowers would look better.

Looking at the appearance of the medicinal materials, it has only been buried for a long time, but recently, the shopkeeper Zhou has not instructed them to bury the medicinal residue. And it is usually ginseng soup, and it does not give off a fishy bitter smell.

After inviting the old doctor to distinguish these dregs, the old doctor said that this was not the dregs of ginseng soup, it looked like peach spirit soup, but the amount of five spirit fat was slightly less, and I don't know which mediocre peer prescribed the medicine.

Nanxing smiled lightly, she already had an idea in her heart, and then she needed to get the consent of her father-in-law Zhang to take a look at these family members with her own eyes.