Li Zan shook his head and sighed when he saw that the prince mentioned looking for the owner of Yichun Hall, so he volunteered to arrange for people to inquire everywhere.

When the prince heard Li Zhan's words, he only shook his head and said no more, Li Zan and Imperial Doctor Li saw that the prince shook his head, but they didn't speak, they just sat there and looked at the prince.

After a long time, the prince stood up, crossed to the window, looked out of the window, and said secretly:

"Second brother, what is your origin, look at the medicines you put on the first floor, for my brother, I know that you are a person who cares about the world, and my brother has never known that Daqi has such a miracle doctor, fortunately I bowed to you on a whim after drinking yesterday, otherwise, I really missed it in this life"

Thinking like this, the wild laughter and words of the second brother sounded in his ears again:

"If his younger brother can't accommodate himself in this world, is the eldest brother willing to laugh and be proud of the lake and river with the younger brother, and forget his love in the mountains and rivers?"

"Ha, ha, ha... Big brother, don't mind, the younger brother has just had some Meng Lang, the flowers are half-open, the wine is slightly smoked, the little brother has fun today, don't pass it over..."

The prince shook his head with a wry smile, turned around and instructed Xiao Zongzi:

"Tell me to go down, Yichuntang is the second brother's property, send more people to protect, prevent someone from making trouble, and use insidious means to ask for the secret recipe, Yichuntang wants to have any mistakes, take you to ask, if the second brother comes back, notify me as soon as possible, by the way, send some more manpower to go out to investigate, and even the identity and background of the young shopkeeper of Yichuntang will be found out to me"

"Yes, the slave knows what to do" Xiao Zong replied and walked out.

The prince turned around again and instructed Li Zhan:

"I heard that Mrs. Xiao is about to celebrate her birthday, Brother Li arranged for someone to prepare, since the Xiao family is avoiding us, we will take the opportunity of paying homage to the birthday, to visit, we must let the whole people in Pingyang City know, this king will personally come to the door this year to celebrate the old lady's birthday, the relationship between the king and the second master, Brother Li should no longer cover up, looking for an opportunity to publicize it in Pingyang City, since the Xiao family can't do dark chess, we might as well put it in the light, this king wants to see, in such a form, how can he Xiao family get rid of the relationship with this king, Dare to make eye to eye with King Yan! ”

Li Zan listened to the prince's instructions, nodded yes again and again, hurriedly answered, got up and left.

……

Mengxi didn't know that her indulgence yesterday recruited a free bodyguard for Yichuntang, and the prince said a word, and since then her Yichuntang has really taken root in Pingyang City.

At this time, she was sitting pale in front of the dressing mirror, and Zhiqiu combed her hair and said:

"Or the slave maid sent someone back to the old lady, saying that the second grandmother is not feeling well, but let's go, look at your appearance, the slave and maid are uncomfortable, the second grandmother must not be so tossed in the future, your small body can't stand it, you see, this is like a serious illness"

"The old lady just came back from the palace, it stands to reason that I should go out of the second door to greet me, and now I have arrived at the Shouxi Hall, I am the granddaughter-in-law, how can I not go over, this wine, it was also yesterday I was excited, and I felt very good when I drank it, but I didn't expect that the stamina was so great, my body was hollowed out, so I couldn't stand it, it seems that I have to recuperate well in the future."

"But no, when the second grandmother fainted last time, the doctor said that the second grandmother's body was empty and prescribed medicine, and the second grandmother actually threw it away because of the bitterness."

"It's a medicine that is three points poisonous, conditioning the body, not overnight, how can you rely on medicine alone, not to mention that and bitterness, it is better to have time to settle down and slowly make some medicinal diet conditioning by yourself"

"Second grandma is easy to say, don't say that you worry about Yichun Hall every day, just look at this house, this courtyard, the black smoke and miasma tossed by the show girl, how can there be a quiet place, plus you have an old lady, father-in-law and mother-in-law to serve, every day in the morning to wake up, not idle for a moment, especially the eldest wife, nothing to think about tossing and tossing, how can there be that kind heart to let you stay in the East Chambers to recuperate?"

Mengxi listened to Zhiqiu's words, her mood darkened, sighed, and asked casually: "Did Miss Xiu go to the second gate to greet the old lady and the eldest lady?"

"The slave maid listened to Baozhu and said that Miss Xiu was waiting at the second gate early with the two maids of Bingxin and Yuxin, and when she saw the eldest lady, she muttered, maybe what was wrong behind her back? The second grandmother has to think of a way to suppress the arrogance of the show girl. ”

"How did Miss Xiu know about the old lady's return to the house, in such a big courtyard, no one reported to us, the maids and women in the entire Xiao Xiang courtyard were deaf, and even Hongzhu didn't know that the old lady came back?"

"It must be the eldest lady's people who concealed the news, just trying to make the second grandmother ugly, so that she could be punished by the old lady, if it weren't for the second door Shangbaozhu saw the old lady's car returning home, and saw that you didn't go out to greet you, so that someone sent the message back, we are still in the dark now, in my opinion, except for the people in the east wing, there is no one in this Xiao Mansion to us"

The two were talking, Zhixia came in to pass the word, saying that the old lady had arrived at the Shouxi Hall, and sent someone to ask the second grandmother to come over and reply, Zhiqiu and Mengxi were stunned when they heard this, and glanced at each other, Zhiqiu turned his head and told Zhixia to go out and send the old lady's people, and said that the second grandmother would go over immediately.

Mengxi looked at the pale face in the mirror, a trace of uneasiness passed through her heart, and she said to Zhiqiu, who was a little flustered:

"My face looks extraordinarily pale today, and it doesn't look good when I go out, so let's put on some rouge."

"Second grandma, the old lady just entered the Shouxi Hall, and her ass was not hot yet, so she sent someone to pass you over, and she must blame you, the new granddaughter-in-law, for not going out to meet her, let's just go over like this, and there is a grease head to block it."

Listening to Zhiqiu's words, Mengxi thought about it, nodded, stood up, there was a little float under his feet, almost didn't stand firm, Zhiqiu helped him, and hurriedly called Zhichun to come in, the two of them waited for the second grandmother to change their clothes, and helped them out of the east wing.

Came to the Shouxi Hall, let the maid pass the word, and after a while, the waiter walked out, and saw the second grandmother helping Zhiqiu to stand outside, and hurriedly stepped forward and said:

"The second grandmother is finally here, the old lady is waiting for you in the east room, the eldest lady and the show girl are also there, the second grandmother is coming in with the slave."

Mengxi nodded and thanked him, and helped Zhiqiu to come to the east side room with the waiter's painting, this east side room is the daily living place of the old lady, Mengxi has been married for so long, every time she comes to the Shouxi Hall, she is serving in the hall, and this is the first time she has come to the side room.

The attendant drew into the door, looked up, and saw that the eldest lady and the show girl were all there, the kang was covered with a blue satin backrest mattress, the old lady was reclining on it, the waiter knelt on one side to beat her legs, the show girl was sitting on the other side of the kang, talking to the old lady, there were four chairs on the ground, covered with blue satin chairs, the eldest lady was sitting on the chair, and Baozhu and Ziyue were standing behind the eldest lady.

Mengxi stepped forward slowly, peeking at the old lady and the eldest lady, but when she saw where the old lady was leaning on, and saw her come in, she didn't look up, with a unhappy face, when the eldest lady saw Mengxi come in, her face sank, and she just wanted to open her mouth to reprimand a few words, but suddenly remembered that this was at the old lady's place, and her mother-in-law was still sitting there, and swallowed the words in her mouth, and only sat there calmly, waiting for the old lady to make trouble.