Zhiqiu and the second grandmother talked about opening a pharmacy, Zhiqiu told the second grandmother that there was still a difference of four hundred taels of silver for the pharmacy, and suggested that the second grandmother really couldn't do it, and find a smaller one, Mengxi heard that the silver was not enough, not only remembered the modern financing method, what bank loans, issued stocks, bonds, raised funds and shares, etc., there were probably no these, but at least there should be a silver village, right?

"Let Li Du inquire if there is a silver village in Pingyang City, we can go and borrow some"

"Second grandma, Yinzhuang does, but they all need to be guaranteed, the procedures are cumbersome, not to mention that we can't find anyone to guarantee, just say that this Yinzhuang is profitable, so high that it is scary, if it is missed, they will probably find out about Xiao Mansion soon, and the second master will know everything, it is better to discuss directly with the second master and let him pay the silver."

Zhiqiu glanced at the second grandmother like an idiot, and she didn't know how her second grandmother was so smart, how could she not even understand such a simple thing.

Mengxi rubbed her temples, thought for a while and said:

"By the way, when I first started, the old lady, the old man, and the aunts and wives of each house rewarded a lot of things, in addition to the old lady's reward of the mutton fat jade bracelet and silver hairpin, all found out, the jade pendant rewarded by the old man should be very valuable, maybe it is enough, it is not enough, just set up a job of the mutton fat jade bracelet rewarded by the old lady, and we will redeem it after we earn money."

"Second Grandma ......"

"In the future, we have silver, we can add more treatment, now the opportunity is rare, there are many medicinal materials, it is also a good thing, we can operate it when we come over, otherwise, we will redeem the store, and we must have living money to operate."

"Yes, slave and maid will do it"

"By the way, tell Li Du, the medicine hall is called Yichun Hall, the first floor sells some medicines that ordinary people can afford, and the second floor must be hardcover, the more luxurious the better, specializing in selling tonic medicines that only high-ranking officials and nobles can afford."

Zhiqiu glanced at the second grandmother, the more luxurious, the better! As if it didn't need money.

"Okay, the slave will find someone to send the message, and when the contract is written, find someone to bring it to the house, and the second grandmother will sign it, and then take it out."

"That's it, tell Li Du that in the future, he will be the treasurer of the medicine hall, and he will be in charge of foreign affairs, and he will claim that the owner of this Yichun Hall is called Li Mengtan, who has traveled all over the world for many years, and only occasionally returns to Pingyang to live"

Her real name is Mengxi, so she gave her a pseudonym Li Mengtan, which together is the meaning of Shen Kuo's Mengxi writings.

"Second grandma, this ......"

As he was talking, Zhichun hurriedly came in to report:

"Back to the second grandmother, the second master passed the word, saying that it was a message from Concubine Jing Niangniang in the palace, and asked the second grandmother to come over quickly to receive the mother's message"

"Go back to the second master, I'm still grounded, I can't go out, let him pick it up by himself"

"My grandmother, don't be vindictive, how can this law be compared to the oracle, offend the mother, you really don't want to live" Zhiqiu heard this, and hurriedly persuaded the second grandmother.

Mengxi thought about it, she was a little vindictive, and reluctantly sat in front of the dressing mirror, Zhiqiu quickly pulled up a startling bun for her, and obliquely inserted the filigree inlaid silver hairpin that the old lady had rewarded, and thought about it and inserted a silk flower on her sideburns, and then nodded with satisfaction, Zhichun had already found a big red peony palace satin dress, waited to change it on, cleaned up, and helped Zhiqiu out of the east wing.

In three days, it was the first time she went out of the front door of the East Wing, it was sunny outside, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers everywhere, Mengxi took a deep breath, adjusted her mood, took Zhiqiu's hand and walked towards the main hall, entered the door, turned the screen, and saw that Xiao Jun was already waiting there, so he stepped forward and gave a blessing:

"Second Master An, I don't know what happened to Concubine Jing's message?"

"I don't know, the old lady is there with the eunuch, and the word is sent to tell us to hurry up and talk to you."

Xiao Jun glanced at Mengxi, got up and walked out the door as he spoke.

After the second master passed by her, Mengxi turned around and followed behind, the two went out of the gate, there was already a sedan chair waiting there, the two got on the sedan chair, Hongzhu put down the sedan curtain, and shouted: "Get up the sedan chair."

The four servants carried the sedan chair and walked slowly towards the Shouxi Hall.

The two of them sat side by side in the sedan chair, Mengxi and Xiao Jun sat so close for the first time, listening to the heavy and steady breathing, they were a little nervous, and a trace of blush climbed up their cheeks.

Xiao Jun smelled the vague body fragrance from Mengxi's body, which was different from the fragrance on other aunts, only to feel that this fragrance was pure and abnormal, and peeked at her blushing cheeks, and didn't feel that his heart was agitated, and he wanted to hug her in front of him to protect her well for a while, and a different kind of emotion rippled between the two:

"Ahem, that, Xi'er, you ......"

"Second master, second grandmother, the birthday hall has arrived"

Xiao Jun just wanted to talk to Mengxi, and Hongzhu's words came over.

Xiao Jun came back to his senses and found that the sedan chair had stopped in the courtyard of the Shouxi Hall, Hongzhu had opened the sedan curtain, looked up, and saw six little eunuchs standing at the door, thinking that it was someone from the palace, the sedan chair was waiting at the door anxiously, and when he saw that the sedan chair had stopped, he hurriedly stepped forward and said:

"Second master, second grandmother, hurry up, the father-in-law, the old lady, the eldest lord, and the eldest lady are all waiting in the hall."

Xiao Jun lifted his feet and got out of the sedan chair, and wanted to help Mengxi get off the sedan chair, but Zhiqiu had already stepped forward and reached out to help her.

The two walked into the hall one after the other, only to see the old lady, the old man, and the eldest lady have arrived, standing under the corridor of the hall, the incense case has been placed, the eunuch who passed the oracle is sitting there drinking tea, everyone saw the two come in, and they came to the incense case together and knelt down to the door, the eunuch put down the tea, stepped forward, stood facing south, and said in his mouth:

"Concubine Jing's edict, a few days ago, due to the stargazing of the soft sky in the palace, it was predicted that May 23 would be an auspicious day, and the day of the second master Xiao Jun's wife Li was originally scheduled to visit the ancestral hall was changed to May 23, because Xiao Jun was weak, Xiao Jun and Li did not have to enter the palace to thank him."

Everyone was busy kowtowing to thank him, the eldest lord and Xiao Jun got up and sent the father-in-law who passed the message to the door, the eldest lord took out a hundred taels of silver tickets, stuffed it into the father-in-law's hand, and even said that he wanted the father-in-law to buy some tea and eat and other kind words, and the father-in-law who passed the message took it, with a smile on his face, and even said that he was disturbed, and went with the eunuch at the door.

The eldest lord and Xiao Jun returned to the hall, the maids had already withdrawn the incense case, and after the eldest lord came back, everyone sat down again, all confused, they didn't understand why Concubine Jing would give such an edict, but they all knew in their hearts that there was an umbrella for Concubine Jing on this second grandmother*, and it was easy to move.

It turned out that when Concubine Jing didn't enter the palace, she knew that the eldest lady liked Miss Xiu and wanted to marry her as the second daughter-in-law, but she was suffering from the fact that the old lady had ordered a baby kiss for the second master before her death, so she kept dragging it, and heard the Xiao family spread a letter that the old lady had canceled the second grandmother's visit to the ancestral hall, thinking that the old lady must have listened to the eldest lady's tune, and wanted to divorce the second grandmother to marry Zhang Xiu, Concubine Jing won the emperor's heart, and ordinary people saw that Emperor Jin was a little ambiguous about King Yan's succession, Concubine Jing knew that Emperor Jin had always been instructed by the prince, and had never wavered, and the Queen Mother was not the biological mother of Emperor Jin, Seeing that the power of the Queen Mother's family is getting bigger and bigger, she has the heart to eradicate it early, and she is secretly arranging and waiting for the opportunity.

That Zhang Xiu's father Zhang Yushi was King Yan's sworn friend, and he noticed that his mother wanted to marry the Zhang family, and secretly said that his mother was confused, and Jun'er was not the head of the family, but after all, he was the next head of the Xiao family, and the two families were married, once the prince ascended the throne, the Xiao family would be ruined.

The old lady sat there silently, not knowing what she was thinking, but the eldest lady who was calm in Su Ri was gloomy at this time, if her eyes could kill, the second grandmother had been killed by her hundreds of times, and only the eldest lady was happy.