Chapter Ninety-Six: The Asking Price
After the princess sat down, Grandma Meng introduced the palm beads to the Shangguan clan.
Shangguan looked at the palm beads and smiled: "I remember you, I saw you last time in Shouhuang Temple." ”
When Zhangzhu heard this, he replied: "The princess has a good memory. ”
Shangguan said gently: "It's not that I have a good memory, but the girl has outstanding appearance, no matter where she is, she is extremely top-notch, which is really unforgettable." ”
When Grandma Meng heard Shangguan's praise of the palm beads, she was also happy in her heart: "Our old lady loves her the most now." ”
Shangguan said with a smile: "If there is such a beautiful girl in front of me, I will naturally feel distressed." ”
The two sisters joked, and the atmosphere became relaxed.
Looking at the palm beads carefully, this princess looks no more than about twenty, with a goose egg face, black hair and snow face, and a beautiful appearance. I also saw her combing her high bun, wearing a red gold phoenix hairpin, the beads in the phoenix's mouth were the size of a dragon's eye, and jade earrings with red tassels hung from her ears. I also saw that she was wearing a green and gold sprinkled silk gown, holding a white feather fan in her hand, shaking it slowly, and holding a picture scroll of a good lady. It's just that her face is too snow-white, not even a little blood, even if she applies a faint layer of blush, she can't hide the trace of sickness.
Not long after Shangguan sat down, a snow-white kitten quietly ran into the house, and then climbed on Shangguan's lap very skillfully, Shangguan didn't shake the fan, she reached out and slowly stroked the kitten on her knee. The kitten was comforted by its owner, stretched out comfortably, and then curled up in a ball and fell asleep on Shangguan's lap.
Here, Grandma Meng was still talking to Shangguan's family: "You asked people to bring me satin before, and I haven't thanked you yet." ”
Shangguan said: "Cousin, you are too polite, we sisters don't talk about this set, but do you like that material?" ”
"I like it, I like it, this is a new ingredient this year, right?"
"Yes, I have several horses in my library, I'm afraid it's a pity to put them in vain, I'm worried about being eaten by insects, whether my cousin uses them to make a jacket or a skirt to wear, it's all good. This satin was paid as a foreign tribute, and it is said that it is not easy to wrinkle, nor is it easy to decolorize, and the pattern is also novel. ”
"I'm going to try it then." Grandma Meng glanced at the palm beads, and then said, "I heard from the people around you that you have not felt well in the past few days, but what's the matter?" ”
Shangguan smiled and said, "It's just an old problem, I didn't expect it to alarm my cousin." I don't control them strictly, and they can't control their mouths. ”
Grandma Meng hurriedly said: "You are not good, but what about taking medicine?" ”
"I'm still taking the pills prescribed by Dr. Cheng."
"You used to tell me it didn't work much. It just so happens that my sister knows how to heal, and now she also runs a medical clinic to treat others, so I invited her to take a look at the princess. Shizi Princess, you have a woman's disease, everyone is a woman, and there is no taboo, so you can say where you are uncomfortable. Grandma Meng said and mouthed at Palm Zhu Nunu.
Zhangzhu got up, but Shangguan was surprised: "I didn't expect such a beautiful sister to treat people?" ”
Zhangzhu replied modestly: "I learned a little from people in the early years, and I know a little about medicine." ”
Grandma Meng said: "Don't worry too much, ask her to show you, maybe you fall in love, she healed you, isn't it a great joy." ”
Shangguan looked at Zhangzhu with some disbelieving, and Zhangzhu invited Shangguan to lie down on the Luohan bed over there, she bent her knees, knelt down in front of the bed, and found a handkerchief to fold and put it under Shangguan's wrist, and then gave Shangguan a pulse.
She counted her pulses carefully, for fear that there would be mistakes, and after a while she raised her head and asked, "Dare to ask the princess if your menstrual period is difficult to be on time, there is always only a delay, not an advance?" ”
Shangguan was obviously stunned for a moment, and then nodded and said, "You are right. ”
Then Zhangzhu said: "Then when was your last period?" ”
"It was a month and a half ago, and it hasn't come yet." Before her words fell, Grandma Meng on the side seemed a little excited, and hurriedly said, "Is there joy?" ”
Zhangzhu immediately poured a basin of cold water: "This is not a happy pulse, it is the mother's body that is out of harmony, and her body is a little disordered." If you want to do it well, I'm afraid it will take a long time. After all, this is an old disease. ”
After listening to Zhangzhu's words, Shangguan believed that Zhangzhu really knew how to heal, otherwise he would not have said that he was so prepared.
"Then according to what the girl said, can I still be cured of this disease?"
"It can be cured, of course it can be cured, but it is slower, and it may take three or five months to see results."
Hearing Zhangzhu's words, Shangguan's family and Grandma Meng were very happy. Grandma Meng was even more overjoyed: "Please come over and see if it's really right, Sister Fu, then you can treat the princess." Three or five months isn't too long. ”
Zhangzhu hesitated for a long time but said: "If I go to the clinic, the consultation fee is a bit expensive, and the condition of the princess is a little complicated, so it takes a lot of thought. Are you sure you want me to be treated? Zhangzhu looked at the noble lady lying on the Luohan bed with eyes like water.
Grandma Meng on the side was a little unhappy when she heard this, and secretly said that this is also an in-law, how can she help her relatives, why is this Fu Zhangzhu so ignorant. At this time, I am not afraid that the princess will be angry.
When Shangguan heard about it, he smiled mildly: "Then according to Miss Fu's meaning, how much does it cost to cure my disease?" ”
"Fifty taels!" In fact, Zhangzhu wanted to say a hundred taels, but he was afraid that it would be too much, so he had to compromise.
When Grandma Meng heard this number, she took a breath and said, "That's too much." It's all relatives, Sister Fu shouldn't be so unkind, you cured the princess's illness and it can be regarded as a credit. ”
Zhangzhu skipped her eldest cousin-in-law, looked straight at Shangguan's family, and asked Shangguan's meaning: "Fifty taels, is the princess willing to gamble?" ”
"How sure is Miss Fu?"
"Seven points, no, eight points of certainty." Zhangzhu said so firmly, in her opinion, the princess's illness is not too complicated, but it is just more troublesome to treat.
"Eight points? Well, I'll take a gamble, you can cure me, and I'll give you fifty taels of silver after you're cured. "This amount of money is not worth mentioning to the Shangguan clan at all.
When Grandma Meng heard this, she secretly said What is this, one or two, is it crazy. Fu Zhangzhu, this woman is really not necessarily, isn't this just taking advantage of the fire to rob? She still lacks money to spend?
Shangguan said again: "I'll add another ten taels to you, but there is a request, you can only give me one person during this period, and promise to be on call, if necessary, you may want to live on my side." ”
"The princess wants me to be your full-time doctor? It's okay, but you have to add another ten taels. That's seventy taels in total. ”
Grandma Meng's eyes widened, is this to treat people or to do business? Fu Zhangzhu has fallen into the eyes of money. She said with some displeasure: "Sister Fu, how can you be like this? ”