Zhao Zhen was seriously ill at the beginning of his illness, and when the Queen Mother died, he was greatly mourned. In the east of the Emperor's Palace, mourning summoned the auxiliary ministers, discussed the funeral ceremony, ordered Lu Yijian to be the envoy of the mountain mausoleum, announced the testament, and approached the Empress Dowager at the inner east gate.

When the chamberlain passed the imperial decree to the dyeing house, Mo Lan was working with others to scoop up the cloth from the dye vat, she was wearing a gray cloth linen skirt, and the green silk was casually tied behind her head with a silver hairpin, and she rolled up her sleeves, and dipped her hands in hot water, burning her bones. She trembled and knelt on the ground to listen to the announcement of the inner servant, and when she heard the words "Queen Mother's Death", her brain rumbled non-stop, and she fell to the ground, unable to straighten her waist.

Tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes, she didn't cry when her father died, and now she heard that his mother was dead, and thought that he would also have to go through the pain of bereavement, but she couldn't be by her side to comfort, she only felt that her heart was like a knife.

The dyeing workshop is placed on the westernmost edge of the Forbidden Palace, across the violent room, near the Renming Palace. The palace people in the dyeing workshop are all sinners, and there is often a shortage of food and clothing, and no one pays attention to them, and if they are sick, they are not allowed to take leave, but they are only allowed to do things.

Day after day, not a moment of slackening.

Zifei's illness has long been cured, and when he heard about Mo Lan's affairs, he was surprised. She often saved her own food to visit Moran, and since her illness, she has become thinner and thinner, and now her posture is no different from Moran. When she lost weight, the palace beside her was shocked to find that her facial features were exquisite, her skin was fair, and her appearance was very beautiful, which caused everyone in Renming Hall to quit eating in order to be thin and slim.

It's early summer.

The dyeing workshop is as hot as a steamer, and the fire is boiling from time to time, and many cheap maids can't stand the heat and have been exposed to the heat. Moran knows a lot about eating, and there are a few plum trees planted behind the dyeing workshop, although they are not fully ripe, but they are very good to make sour plum soup when they are dried. Therefore, I got up in the morning and picked the green plums, put them in the courtyard to dry for half a day, then boiled the plum soup in a large pot, filled it with a jar, and drew it into the well water to cool it overnight, and on the second day, I distributed it to everyone to taste and dispel the heat. The people of the palace had never eaten such a drink, but they felt that the taste was very beautiful, and they quenched their thirst and cooled the heat, and they couldn't help but admire Moran.

The Shang Palace of the Dyeing Workshop is dying, and everything in the palace is very light. When he was young, he was still a little stern and fierce, but now that he is older, he is becoming more and more kind and kind. Even if Moran occasionally made mistakes, he turned a blind eye and didn't see it.

By the end of summer, the northwest corner of the place for the palace people to recuperate has been repaired, the medical women of the Imperial Pharmacy have to take care of the palace concubines, and there are not many medical women willing to go to the Cuihe Pavilion on duty, so the queen ordered to select palace people from the various divisions to work in the museum.

The medical woman is equal to the official maid, and her status is naturally not as good as that of the female official. The cheap maids of the Wei Dyeing Workshop and the Huanyi Bureau were overjoyed and petitioned to be sent to the Cuihe Museum.

The imperial medicine institute had no choice but to order the doctor girl to select more than ten palace people from the two cheap maids, and after a superficial and rough study of medical skills, they were sent to the hall on duty.

One day, the lady in charge of the Imperial Medicine Institute brought four or five low-level medical women to the dyeing workshop to select people, and Shang Gong was busy letting all the cheap maids who volunteered to go to the Pure Peace Hall stand in the courtyard and wait for selection. A long table was set up with wooden boards in the courtyard, and more than ten baskets of withered grass and dried branches were placed on the table. ”

The palace people looked left and right, although they were unwilling, but they couldn't, and retreated to the side to watch.

Most of the people in the courtyard went to the palace, and there were only more than ten people left. The medicine woman took out paper, ink, pen and inkstone from the brocade box and handed it to the literate people. The doctor in charge said: "Give you half a pillar of incense, write the name of the Chinese herbs in the basket on the table on the paper, and answer more than two correctly, you can follow me to the Cuihe Pavilion to learn medical skills." ”

The palace maids looked at each other, where did they recognize any herbs, but they just named a few herbs they had heard of in the past, and a few people guessed correctly, they were really overjoyed.

Only Mo Lan did ten things right, and the doctor in charge couldn't help but be impressed by her. Summoned her to the side alone and asked, "Did someone teach you herbs when you were young?" Seeing Mo Lan shaking his head, the doctor in charge was very surprised, and asked, "Then how do you know about these medicinal materials?" ”

Mo Lan replied slowly: "The slave and maid are quite fond of making meals, and often learn the method of health preservation in books, and have also read a few medical books roughly. ”

When the doctor in charge heard this, she was overjoyed, and immediately wrote her into the book, and posted a list on the second day for her to go to the Cuihe Hall to study medical science immediately.

The female surname of the doctor is Su Wenjun, the medical skills are exquisite, the father is the imperial medicine institute, when he was ten years old, he was summoned to the palace by the queen mother, followed the imperial doctor to study medical books, learn to look at and hear, at the age of eighteen, he was promoted to the head of the imperial medicine hospital, specially for the harem concubines to diagnose diseases, midwifery, pulse, acupuncture, etc. She has been in the palace for more than 20 years, and when she saw that the palace people had caused a small illness to become a big disaster due to delaying her illness, she heard that the official family was going to build a pure and peaceful museum, so she took the initiative to ask Ying to be in charge of the museum.

The imperial doctors took this hot potato, as if they were pressed by a boulder, and now they listened to her voluntary going, how could they disagree, and immediately returned to the official house, invited the holy decree to come, and made a decision on the matter.

When Zifei heard that Mo Lan was going to the Cuihe Pavilion, he was happy for her, and said with a smile: "Although the medical girl is like an official maid, even an ordinary female official, if she can save the life and help people get rid of the pain, it is also a joy in life." ”

Moran nodded and said, "Exactly. ”

Mo Lan was quite relieved to see that Zifei was more and more able to see the world, but he learned from Chu Zifu that day that Liu Congguang was suffering from the plague, but he still refused to tell Zifei.

Self-depreciation as a cheap maid, don't talk about things outside the palace, even if everything is in the palace, Mo Lan is deaf and has no way to know. She hadn't seen Zhao Zhen for two hundred and forty-three days, and she occasionally heard the palace people talk about how beautiful and moving his new Jieyu was, or the Yang family, who had just entered the palace, was named Concubine De during the Hua Dynasty, and so on. After listening to it a lot, I was just stunned for a while, and then I had to work again. Since Cuiwei Pavilion moved out and was relegated to the dyeing workshop, she was greedy for darkness every day, and gradually came out of her grief.

I went to the Cuihe Pavilion to study medicine, put on a medical girl's palace shirt, and removed the dust in the dyeing workshop, and I was refreshed. She also has a faint scar on her face, and she always hangs down a strand of hair to cover it, but now her heart is as clear as the moon, and she doesn't feel that there is anything wrong, so she pulls the green silk behind her head, revealing her smooth and delicate cheeks, and feels delicate and radiant. From then on, everyone hid her name and did not mention it, only called her Zhang Yinu, and only called her Mo Lan privately when Zifei was with her.

Zhao Zhen went down to the morning court, went to Huifu Garden for breakfast, only to the hanging flower door, saw Lindong with a beauty standing in the shade of the flowers, the woman was wearing a rouge Su embroidered begonia light gauze skirt, holding the oblique bun, Zhu Hai faded, only embellished with a begonia, the corners of the eyebrows and eyes also contain delicateness, Yingying stood in the flower, faint fragrance.

Shang Lindong greeted Zhao Zhen into the inner hall and helped him remove his coat and brocade robe and put on a light gauze robe, only to hear him ask softly: "Which palace is that?" I looked familiar, but I couldn't remember the name. ”

Lin Dong pursed his lips and smiled, stroked the beads of sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief, and said in a charming voice: "It's Zhang Cairen of the Agarwood Palace." Zhao Zhen patted his forehead and realized it, remembered a few wisps, leaned on Lindong's earlobe, and chuckled: "I almost forgot." ”

Langyue stood at the moon gate, seeing the cold mist rising in the white-glazed square porcelain jar in the hall, and seeing the attendants tiptoeing into the large bucket of crushed ice, remembering that the ice used for eating in his temple throughout the summer was not as good as these, and he couldn't help but be jealous and envious. Zhao Zhen and Lin Dong whispered softly, she heard it clearly, but pretended not to know anything, only stood outside the curtain with a smile and waited.

She hardly could see Zhao Zhen on weekdays, and when she saw him walking towards her, she couldn't help but have a chaotic mind and couldn't deal with herself. His breath was getting closer and closer to her ears, and she was momentarily confused, so she took a few steps back and dodged.

Zhao Zhen saw that she was shy, her cheeks were like a glow, she hooked her lips and smiled, reached out to hold her soft wattle, and asked gently, "Have you had breakfast?" ”

Lang Yue said timidly: "Not yet." He hurriedly confessed again, and said: "In the morning, I followed Shang Meiren to the imperial garden to fetch dew, and I followed." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, and said warmly: "It's hard work, let's have breakfast with me today." ”

Lang Yue has never received the holy favor, and after being fortunate by Zhao Zhen, she was thrown in a corner of the palace and never summoned again. In her heart, Zhao Zhen has always been a supreme existence like a god, and when she heard him say "hard work", she was so excited that even the corners of her eyes were moist, and she was about to shed tears, and she was afraid that she would lose her sense of proportion in front of the emperor, so she secretly turned her back and wiped away her tears, and said with a smile like a flower: "Yes." ”

After breakfast, there was an attendant who came to ask the royal driver to summon the ministers in the vertical arch hall, and when Zhao Zhen went, Lindong changed his face, crooked on the rattan chair, and made Qianhua stand on one side and shake the fan, and said coldly to Langyue: "Today is just the beginning, and it will depend on your creation in the future." ”

Lang Yue said respectfully: "The concubine knows, thank you sister for your kindness." ”

Lin Dong nodded, took a bowl of ice drink from Qianhua's hand, mixed it with ice cubes and melted it in his mouth, and when he swallowed it all, he said: "As long as you do what I tell you properly, you will definitely benefit in the future." ”

Lang Yue smiled gently: "That's nature. The concubine will always keep an eye on Zhang Molan's every move, and give it to her sister. ”

Lin Dong squeezed out a smile at this time, bowed his head, and said lazily: "I got up early today, but I am a little tired at this time." Lang Yue hurriedly got up and said, "The concubine will go back first, so as not to disturb my sister's rest." ”

Lin Dong smiled and said, "Go ahead." ”

When the moon returned to the Agarwood Palace, there was no bamboo curtain under the corridor to shade it, and the sun was directly exposed to the house, which was as cool and comfortable as the Huifu Garden, like a world of difference. When the palace people who were waiting saw her come back, they were used to being rude on weekdays, and they didn't come out to greet them at this time, and they were still standing in the shade of the trees joking. Do you want to ......?"

Before the words were finished, Lang Yue slapped her, making her face hurt and stunned her.

Seeing this, the people in the palace on the side were busy holding their breath, and they all ran over and stood behind Liluo. Lang Yue walked into the hall in a few steps, sat upright in the seat, and did not draw the curtains, letting the scorching sun wrap the dust on his body, silent. After a long time, I heard her say in a deep voice: "Following me, an unfavored talent, did you get wronged?" If you want to leave, just say it, and I will go back to the queen at once, and I will not stop your glory and wealth. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was so frightened that they knelt down and said in unison: "The slave doesn't dare." ”

Langyue is not such a temperament on weekdays, but today for some reason, the anger in his heart is unsettled, and he has nowhere to vent his anger, so he has to make things difficult for the palace people on his side. When Liluo heard Langyue say this, she knew that she was angry outside, and said with relief: "Why do talented people say this, although we are slaves, but we also have a loyal heart, if you say you want to leave, the slave will never leave the Agarwood Palace." ”

Lang Yue listened, very useful, and saw that her face was half red, her palms trembled slightly, she felt guilty, she personally helped her up, and said softly: "It's me who is not good, I have no reason to be angry, and I hit you for no reason." ”

Liluoguo is a rare good maidservant, loyal to the master, without two hearts. I saw her shake her head, and said with a smile: "You are the master of a palace, and it is natural to punish slaves and maids." ”

Seeing that Lang Yue smiled slightly, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and an old woman said happily: "Talented, the green-headed watermelon that the old slave soaked in the well yesterday is afraid that it is cold, and the weather is hot today, do you want to take it out to cool off?" ”

Lang Yue remembered that a large jar of ice cubes was used to dispel the heat in the Lindong Palace, and there was often a shortage of ice cubes for eating melons and fruits in her hall, so she clenched her fist tightly, gritted her teeth and said: "You guys take it and eat it, I'm tired today, go and get some sleep." ”

When the palace people heard this, they were all overjoyed, and they dispersed to eat watermelon again.

Liluo stayed in front of her to serve, and let her get rid of Zhu Hai, take off her Luo shirt, and change into bed clothes, before she said slowly: "I asked you to be the one who is in the Cuihe Pavilion, is it okay?" ”

Liluo helped her clean her face and said: "It is a fellow villager who entered the palace with the slave maid, so it is naturally reliable." ”

Langyue nodded and stopped talking. But I heard Liluo ask: "Today, the only person went out early in the morning, and he didn't ask the slave and maid to follow, but what's the matter?" ”

Lang Yue smiled, and even her tone softened a little, "I got up with Shang Meiren in the morning to collect the dew, and when I went to Huifu Garden, I happened to meet the official family who came over for breakfast, so they asked me to eat at the same table." ”

Then he told everything about it.

When Liluo heard this, she was overjoyed, "oops", and said with a smile: "Then we have to prepare well, and we may not be able to make sure that the official family will be fortunate in the next few days." ”

Lang Yue's face turned red, revealing the shy posture of her youngest daughter, "Xu you are auspicious, if this is the case, I will reward you well." Seeing that the flushing on Liluo's face had not faded, he regretted it and said with concern: "Does it still hurt on your face?" ”

Liluo smiled, hung down the curtain, took out a light Luo round fan and gently swayed it from side to side, "It doesn't hurt anymore, so people can sleep better." ”

A few days later, the Cuihe Pavilion was officially opened to adopt people from the palace who were suffering from diseases, and if the palace people had to be free, they had to go over to take a look, which was more joyful than the New Year's Festival. Moran has been trained for less than half a month, and he is in a hurry, and he can't diagnose people, so he only does some rough work to serve patients.

She was about to go to the pharmacy to pick up the atractylodes that the doctor was looking for, but Jin Yunu, who didn't want to be a cheap maid with her, stopped her and begged: "Doctor Zhang, I have a lady from the same township here, if you are fine, can you help me boil this pack of medicine." As he spoke, he handed the herbs wrapped in hard yellow paper in his hand to Mo Lan, "The doctor in charge said that she would present them to her before lunch. ”

Seeing that she looked anxious, Moran took the medicine bag and said, "You go quickly, don't make people wait." When I find the atractylodes and send it to the front yard, I will come back to help you cook the medicine. ”

Jin Yunu smiled happily and went with a thousand thanks. After seeing Liluo, he asked: "Doctor Zhang usually treats me very well, why do you let me stare at her?" Today, I asked her to help me decoct the medicine, but she didn't say a word of embarrassment, but told me not to keep you waiting. I have a word in advance, and I will not do anything that is harmful, and I will not be given any amount of money. After a pause, he looked at himself in a medical woman's palace shirt, turned around, and said triumphantly: "I am now a medical woman who saves lives and helps the wounded!" ”

Liluo stretched out her index finger and poked her forehead, and said, "It's okay, it's just a palace maid, what is there to show off." He added: "I won't do that harmful thing, but let her boil a medicine, where will it hurt her, don't guess." Let you look at you, when will I wait, my mother will be favored, and she will have your own benefits. ”

The two chattered a lot of thoughtful words, and when the official family arrived at the door of the hall, the two dispersed.

Because the Cuihe Pavilion was built by Zhao Zhen under the imperial decree and personally promoted, he always took it to heart. On the first day of the opening of the museum, the emperor and queen came to the museum to take a look, and happened to meet Shang Meiren and Zhang Cairen who were gossiping and appreciating lotus by the royal river, so they came with them.

Everyone went to the front yard to meet them, but Moran stayed in the pharmacy and used the small stove to make the medicine. The weather was extremely hot, and she held a small pu fan by the stove to fan the fire gently, and she was so hot that she was sweating profusely. Until someone passed by the pharmacy and saw Moran staying inside, he shouted into the house, "Doctor Zhang, why haven't you gone to the front yet?" ”

Mo Lan thought that she was here to urge the medicine soup, and seeing that the hour was almost boiled, he wrapped the handle of the pot in a damp cloth, lifted the medicine jar, and said, "I'll go after a while." ”

The palace people said with a big grin: "If you stay for a while, the queens of the official family will all leave!" ”

Mo Lan was stunned for a moment, his mind was as blank as paper, and he asked blankly: "The official family is here?" ”

Gong said: "You don't know? They're all coming up and looking! ”

only heard the sound of "pop", the hot medicine jar fell to the ground and shattered, the medicine residue wrapped in boiling soup splashed on Mo Lan's body, wet Luo shirt sticking to the skin, numb and hot, and instantly red and fluttering. But Mo Lan didn't care about this, her heart was full of Zhao Zhen, and she wanted to see him.

His voice came and swung through his mind. In the Renming Palace, there were a full corridor of attendants standing outside, he took her hand, and smiled warmly and greasy in her ear. He stroked her hand and personally taught her to write on the green and white paper: Qingqing Zijin, you can relax my heart. On the night of Qixi Festival, the fireflies flying all over the sky, he said with deep affection: "I will only take off the mask for you, and there will never be a second person." On a summer night, he took her in his arms and said softly, "If you don't want to be a maid one day, tell me." In the Funing Palace, he said softly: "Mo Lan, you can give birth to a prince for me." He stood in the dark night with snowflakes flying, and said affectionately: "I only hope that your heart is like my heart, and I will live up to my love." ”

The more time goes by, the more indelible it becomes. Those little by little tenderness are becoming clearer and thicker day by day. On the contrary, those misunderstandings, sadness, and sorrows gradually healed and forgot as the years passed, and only the best part of what he left in her heart remained.

She still loved him so much.

It was only a hundred steps from the pharmacy to the front yard, and she tried her best to see him, even if it was just a glance from afar. The thought of seeing him soon, the corners of her mouth even raised a smile, gasping for breath, and striding forward, raising a cloud of flying dust. However, there was no front hall, and there was no front yard, and it was not until I reached the entrance of the hall that I saw a palace person standing there whispering.

The emperor and queen have long since disappeared.

She hurriedly turned around and returned to the courtyard, because the house had just been built, and the ladder had not yet been removed, and she stood in the sun against the vermilion wall. She climbed up with her skirt, and when she reached the top, she could see Zhao Zhen in a vermilion brocade robe from a distance, sitting on her shoulder, holding a yellow Luo umbrella, and slowly turning into the depths of the palace wall.

Her heart sank, and the joy faded away like fireworks, leaving only a few traces of melancholy. Xu was too anxious just now, and at this time his hands and feet gradually became weak, his palms were sweaty, and his feet were weak, and he fell down the ladder. Fortunately, the ladder was not high, and it slid all the way down, but it was not injured.

She was panting as she patted her chest, and a male voice behind her said, "Are you okay?" ”

The sun was blazing at noon, and the heat was sprinkled overhead, making people's heads dizzy. Mo Lan squinted slightly and looked at the person in front of him, he was wearing a long-winged official hat, wearing a scarlet robe with a square heart curved collar, with beautiful eyebrows and a smile on the corner of his lips.

Moran wondered, the Cuihe Pavilion was also in the harem, how could there be men in and out? Just as he was about to speak, the lady in charge of the doctor came over and said, "This is Lord Xing of the Imperial Medicine Academy, the official family has appointed him to come over to take charge of the Cuihe Pavilion, hurry up and salute." ”

Moranfu asked for peace, and some palace people on the side listened to it, and they all gathered over to salute.

Jin Yunu rubbed over, pushed Mo Lan's waist with his elbow, and said with a smile in her ear: "What a handsome man." Regardless of whether Xing Shaoling heard it or not, when he saw him looking over, he was not shy, but like a lotus flower that had just bloomed in the early morning, he smiled fragrantly, and secretly crossed the autumn waves.

The doctor in charge suddenly remembered something, and said to the jade slave: "The medicinal soup I asked you to boil will be sent to my room." ”

Only then did Mo Lan think of the smashed medicine jar, and lied: "The doctor in charge, the jade slave has already boiled the medicine, but it was accidentally spilled by the slave maid, it was the slave and the maid who were reckless, please forgive the doctor in charge." After a pause, he hurriedly said, "The slave will go and boil another pot immediately." ”

The doctor in charge glanced at her coldly and said, "Since you are one level lower than others, you should be more respectful and strict in doing things, you can't boil a medicine, everyone must know that you are a cheap maid?" After speaking, he said, "Tonight, both of you are not allowed to eat." Remember, if everything else is fine, as a medical woman, a little carelessness can kill the patient. Got it? ”

Mo Lan and Yu Nu hurriedly said respectfully: "Yes." ”

In addition to Lord Xing and the lady in charge of the doctor who can diagnose people, there are also seven or eight medical women sent from the Imperial Pharmacy who can also go to the clinic. Each of the healed girls was assigned two maids to study at their side, but Moran was assigned to the healed girl because she was the only one who could recognize the ten herbs.

The doctor is a strict and demanding woman, she doesn't smile on weekdays, even if she is a patient, she never comforts her, and often asks others with her own rulers and principles, so she is very afraid of her up and down the museum.

Xing Shaoling is the complete opposite, although he does not go to the clinic from time to time, he always treats patients and subordinates kindly, warm as water, and everyone likes him very much.

One day, the jade slave exchanged some mung beans with the silver hairpin and the servant of the imperial kitchen, boiled carefully for a few hours, stewed it to a thin scale, and then soaked it in well water overnight, and the second day Xizizi was packed in a porcelain bowl and sent to Xing Shaoling.

Xing Shaoling smiled faintly and said politely: "There is Lao Yunu's lady." ”

The jade slave didn't want him to remember his name, and listening to it come out of his mouth was so wonderful that it was enough to make people fascinated. She wanted to say something, but was shouted by the doctor woman on the side: "You go out first, I still have important things to discuss with Imperial Doctor Xing." ”

The jade slave didn't dare to disobey, and said respectfully: "Yes." When he exited the house, he secretly glanced at Shaoling again, and saw that he was looking at him with a smile, and he felt his heart bloom.

When the jade slave left, Xing Shaoling held back his smile and pushed the mung bean drink in front of Su Wenjun, the doctor in charge, "You can eat it." ”

Su Wenjun sneered, "You are really amazing, you have only been here for a few days, but you can match the names of these medical girls one by one, and you can call them out casually." ”

The corners of Xing Shaoling's mouth wiped a cynical smile, "As long as you have a heart, how can you not remember?" ”

Wen Jun scooped a spoonful of mung bean drink into his mouth, it was really sweet and cold, and then said slowly: "If you put this mind on medical science, I am afraid that you would have been in charge of the Imperial Medicine Institute a long time ago." ”

Shaoling smiled and said, "Wenjun, we've known each other for more than ten years, don't you understand?" Sooner or later, I'll be there, and you'll have to have faith in me. ”

Wen Jun put the spoon back into the bowl, sneered imperceptibly, and said, "Senior Brother Xing, among these women whose names you remember, how many have you treated sincerely?" ”

Xing Shaoling's face froze, then he smiled again, but said, "Does this mung bean drink taste good?" ”

Su Wenjun said unrelentingly: "Although the jade slave is a cheap maid, she is also a woman, she has her chastity and friendship, as a big man who stands up to the sky, shouldn't you have the morality you deserve?" I don't like her, why do you take her things and smile at her? ”

Xing Shaoling snatched the spoon in Wen Jun's hand, reached out and scooped a spoonful of mung beans in front of her and put it in his mouth, and sighed: "Eating this in summer is the best way to relieve the heat." It's rude for you to ask me about a man's morality. ”

Wen Jun said: "Since that incident, I feel that you have become more and more immoral towards people. Shaoling sneered, put the spoon still in the bowl, splashed out the bean juice, and said, "Is a cheap maid also a person?" ”

When Shaoling said this, Mo Lan was standing behind the door with an unknown herb, she stopped her steps and slowly stepped back, feeling very cold. She originally wanted to ask Mrs. Xing about the physiology of medicine, but she overheard this sentence, as if she was a slap in the face.

Is a a human being?

She smiled helplessly, keeping her mouth shut, trying to contain her anger.

At this time, the jade slave was looking for an excuse to collect the porcelain bowl and wanted to meet him again, but he bumped into Mo Lan in a daze under the porch, and greeted him with a smile: "What a daze, the sun is shining overhead, be careful of the heat." ”

Moran came back to his senses, restrained his expression, and said softly, "Why are you going?" ”

Yu Nu then whispered to her about the mung bean drink, and Mo Lan listened, the green tendons on his temples jumped, and he said with a cold face: "You still don't have to be delusional about him." ”

Yu Nu's face was embarrassed, and he was stunned: "You think I'm not worthy of him?" Whether it's to be his concubine or a girl, isn't it qualified enough? ”

Mo Lan saw that her eyes were red, her face was full of sadness, and she hurriedly said softly: "It's that he doesn't deserve you to do this." ”

Yunu burst into tears, glanced at his face, wiped his face with his sleeve, and wept: "I know that I am just a cheap maid, not worthy of him." ”

Mo Lan hurriedly took her into his arms, and muttered: "No, it's not like this...... but he didn't know how to comfort her, looking at the shadows of the trees under the corridor, swaying and reflecting on the vermilion palace wall, only sighed heavily, and couldn't say anything.

Due to the severe famine in the Jiang and Huai areas last year, Zhao Zhen sent several imperial doctors to accompany Fan Zhongyan, a pacification envoy, to diagnose and treat the diseases of the victims. Now that the epidemic has been contained, the imperial doctor has returned, and the Sacred Heart is happy, Zhao Zhen specially held a grand banquet for the Imperial Medicine Institute in the Zichen Palace, and even the Cuihe Pavilion was also invited.

Although the doctors were also invited, they could not all of them go, and someone had to stay in the museum in case something unexpected happened. The doctor in charge didn't like to socialize, and she was even more scornful of the banquet, she liked Mo Lan, wanted to take her to really enter the road of medical science, and didn't want her to be contaminated with the filth in the palace, so she ordered: "This banquet, leave Mo Lan in the hall to take care of." ”

When the other medical women heard this, they were all delighted, and Moran heard it, although he was disappointed, he also accepted it silently.

On the day of the banquet, the palace people got up before dawn to tidy up their makeup, because they were all wearing medical women's palace shirts, everyone could only make a fuss about the purses and bags worn around their waists, and they all knew that Mo Lan would not go to the banquet, so they handed over the trivial matters to her to do. This brocade belt asked her to help tie it, that one's bun asked her to comb it, and she asked her to help the thrush, powder, and hairpin, the warbler Yanyan, the warbler Yanyan, the quarrel.

When everyone was gone, Mo Lan sat in the empty palace room, thinking that there would be many women twisting their willow waists, dancing, seducing him, and pleasing him in front of him today, but he could only miss him silently in this corner of the palace far away from him, and bear this loneliness and loneliness alone. She leaned against the window sill, looking at the sun outside the window wrapped in the boiling heat and shining leaves, burning her eyes brightly, only to feel that it was the heat of midsummer, but it was cold.

When it was time to hold the lamp, the doctors and women returned to the museum, all laughing and laughing, and they were elated.

Jin Yunu took out a piece of sugar steamed cheese from his sleeve, handed it to Mo Lan's mouth, and said: "Not only do each person have more than ten kinds of dim sum, but the official family also gave us imperial wine, I have never drunk such a delicious wine, I really want to bring some back for you to taste." Needless to say, Moran could also imagine how lavish and intoxicating the banquet was.

She didn't eat the cheese, she just held it in her hand and asked softly, "Does the official family look good?" ”

Yunu smiled: "Of course it is good, mighty and handsome, always with a gentle smile on his face, and he is also very good to the, so that people are not afraid at all." He also said that the doctors are all women, and they gave us fruit wine that is not intoxicating...... "Talking and chattering, endless words, Moran listened to her with a smile until midnight, until she was so tired that she fell asleep, Moran still looked at the dark roof with his eyes open, and he was completely sleepy.

After a few days, due to the relationship between Cui and the museum, the amount of medicine in the palace increased greatly, and there was a shortage of medicine, and the imperial medicine hospital had to reserve a certain amount of medicine for the concubines in the palace, which could not be allocated. Therefore, it was ordered that the herbs that were in short supply in the Cuihe Pavilion would be purchased by Xing Shaoling himself from the palace for the time being, and then purchased in large quantities by the palace when the division was ready to adjust next month.

Su Wenjun intended to cultivate Mo Lan, so he asked her to go out of the palace with Xing Shaoling to select medicinal materials. Mo Lan has never been out of the palace since the last time he went to Gongyi with Zhao Zhen, and now he suddenly heard this order, and he couldn't believe it. Xing Shaoling brought a men's shirt to make Mo Lan dress up as an entourage, and taught her to comb her bun, wrap it in a bun, and change into a green shirt.

Although she is short, she is also a bit heroic.

The two of them walked around the major pharmacies in Bianjing City, and just happened to meet the market, and the streets were crowded with small stalls and vendors on both sides. Although Xing Shaoling's character is not very good, he is very good at pleasing women. He not only patiently taught Mo Lan various ways to distinguish the good and bad of medicinal materials, but also ate the same food every time he saw it, and would always buy a small bag for Mo Lan to taste, which was extremely intimate.

Unconsciously, Mo Lan had already held more than ten kinds of food in his hands, seven or eight steps away, and followed behind Xing Shaoling, seeing that he still had to buy snacks, he was busy to stop him. But suddenly I heard a call from the air: "Moran? The tone was full of doubt, some sadness and some joy.

Moran looked left and right, the figures around him longingly, and he didn't know where the voice came from.

She thought she had misheard, smiled bitterly, and still went to stop Xing Shaoling. But he heard the voice say, "Moran." It seemed to float from the sky, but it clearly entered her eardrums and shook her heart. Her mind went blank, her hand loosened, and the snack she was full of fell to the ground, she knew that the man was standing behind her, she didn't see it, but she could feel it.

He was right behind her.