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Chapter 184 Angelica Ning Pain Soup

The prince went to court early in the morning.Although the emperor rarely went to court, and the ministers' opinions were not delivered to the emperor, most of them were approved by Cao Baoli and Tian Jun.The emperor delegates power, but the prince has no rights at all.

But there is an advantage in the early court. When the ministers handed over the papers for the table, the prince can listen to what everyone said, come and go, and understand the situation in all aspects.Sun Yanxi is the one who is most familiar with the Celestial Calendar among them, and this is also due to Gu Mansheng.

Once when the couple was idle at home, Sun Yanxi remembered that she had a case in hand and needed to check the legal basis, so she rummaged through the study for a long time.Gu Mansheng came in with tea and tilted her head to see what he was looking for.

"Look at this case: First someone was killed, and the Jin Yiwei went to investigate. The Jin Yiwei was killed during the investigation. Three people were mistakenly beheaded as murderers. In another case, the murderer confessed that he was the real murderer of this case. But how to deal with the three people who were accidentally chopped down? How to deal with the officials who misjudged the case at that time? There is no law to follow." Sun Yanxi pointed to a pile of books spread out on the table.

"Among the cases judged in the past dynasties, are there any precedents to follow?" Gu Mansheng asked.

Sun Yanxi smiled and said: "You don't plan to have your own husband, do you? It would be great if I could get into the criminal case and not care about anything else."

Gu Mansheng looked at the pile of cases brought back by Sun Yanxi and said with a smile: "Let me give it a try, maybe it won't take that long."

For several days, Gu Mansheng sat in Sun Yanxi's study room and looked through the final judgment cases. Finally, she handed Sun Yanxi a few pages. She divided the cases into two categories: those with legal evidence and those without evidence. It is divided into criminal and civil matters, and also subdivided into whether to reverse the case and retry it, etc.

Sun Yanxi read it carefully twice, hugged Gu Mansheng in his arms, and kissed him fiercely: "If you have a wife like this, what can you ask for?" After receiving Gu Mansheng's inspiration, Sun Yanxi also began to cast his eyes on the gaps in the code, Every time he had an idea, he would discuss it with the prince and Shen Congxi. Over time, the prince also accumulated a lot of experience.

When the prince went to court, he saw that some things reported to him were not approved. As long as there was a law to follow or the calendar was not prohibited, he privately asked Shen Congxi to remind the minister who reported the matter of alternative methods that could solve the problem.Therefore, the outer study room of the East Palace is getting busier and busier.

The prince simply transferred Shen Congxi to Zhan Shi's house and became a junior Zhan Shi, so that it would be easier for him to do things with him.The prince's own people in the James Mansion do not need to avoid taboos, but the ministers are not allowed to get close to the prince at will.In order to protect the prince, some ministers conveyed the information through Cheng Hanbai and Sun Yanxi, and some ministers were even willing to disguise themselves to meet with the prince.

Today was supposed to be a holiday, so Haitang and Xie Ruitang agreed to go to the village for a walk.But as soon as they left the palace gate, their elder brother Cheng Hanbai and adopted brother Sun Yanxi had been waiting there. They only opened the curtain and glanced at their sister, then pulled the prince and hurriedly mounted their horses and ran away.Xie Ruitang only had time to turn around and shout: "Go back and wait for me!"

Haitang didn't want to stay outside, so she went back to the East Palace with Shuang'er.As soon as I entered the palace, I heard Nanny Wu scolding a little palace maid: "You bitch! You can't even sweep the floor. If you cry again, I'll punish you to work as an errand in the West Courtyard!"

Unexpectedly, the Crown Princess left and returned, so Nanny Wu hurriedly lowered her head and smiled in apology.Haitang pretended not to hear and walked over directly.After entering the inner hall, Haitang summoned Aunt Cui to ask questions.

"West Courtyard? I assigned the responsibility of the West Courtyard to the original Aunt Han, but I didn't have much interference." Aunt Cui said.Aunt Cui is a housekeeper who is good at delegating power. She divides the affairs of the East Palace into several large areas, and each area has a steward. The steward has certain authority, and she does not need to interfere with everything.

Aunt Han, like Aunt Wu, was originally sent by the Queen to the East Palace to serve the Crown Prince, but Aunt Wu suppressed her everywhere, so she didn't show it clearly.Nowadays, Aunt Wu is in charge of Sasu and the outer courtyard, while Aunt Han is in charge of the west courtyard.

Haitang winked at Shuang'er, and Shuang'er went out.After a while, she brought back a little palace maid.This little palace maid is the one that Nanny Wu scolded just now.

"Back to my wife, there are several concubines living in the west courtyard. The nuns said that they have never served the prince, and their status is the same as ours. In fact...their food and clothing expenses have long been taken care of by Aunt Wu and Aunt Han. The maids who accompanied them inside were even more deprived of food and clothing... The maids threatened us with going to the West Courtyard to be maids," the little maid said with lingering fear.When Grandma Cui heard this, her old face turned red. She quickly lowered her head and said, "You deserve to die, slave. After listening to those two old guys, I thought everything was calm and everything was normal. I didn't expect them to be doing tricks secretly."

Haitang had never been to the West Courtyard, and she was also very curious about the fact that there was such a place right under her nose.She stood up and walked out: "Mother Cui, you and I should go over and see if this West Courtyard is the territory of the East Palace?"

Aunt Han was moving an armchair and sitting on the veranda to bask in the sun. Suddenly she saw a group of people embracing the Crown Princess into the west courtyard. She quickly stood up to greet her. Unexpectedly, as soon as she stood up, her knees were obviously weak. She said "Ouch" and it hurt. I had to sit back down again.

Aunt Cui became angry when she saw Aunt Han. Seeing that she was still clinging to the demon in front of the princess, she was about to step forward to scold her for being rude, but Haitang stopped her and stepped forward.Aunt Han slid down from the armchair, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to the Crown Princess repeatedly: "I deserve to die! I deserve to die!"

"Aunt Cui, go help Aunt Han up. She has joint pain and can't stand. Let her sit down." Haitang said with a smile.After Aunt Han sat down, Haitang said again: "Aunt Han, you have pain in your joints all over your body, heavy shoulders and back, and athlete's foot. It's been a while, right?"

Several concubines who came to see the Crown Princess after hearing the news were as shocked as Aunt Han.Unexpectedly, the Crown Princess explained Grandma Han's illness clearly without even checking her pulse.Don't tell me someone in the west courtyard made a small report, right?

"Ji'er, give Han Nanny an angelica niantong soup, add papaya, Fangji, and Mutong to help her relax her tendons and eliminate dampness." The princess said flatly: "Since your legs and feet are inconvenient, let's take a walk and see for yourself. Look."

Without waiting for Nanny Han to speak, the Crown Princess led the people straight in.There is a large garden behind the west courtyard. It should have been planted with flowers in the past, but no one took care of them, and they all withered. Weeds and flowers grew on their own.

"Aunt Cui, ask someone to tidy up this garden, and we can plant some commonly used herbs such as wild chrysanthemums, dandelions, and agarwood." The princess smiled, her eyes fell on Xilan, and said: "Xianlan, There is the word '西' in your name, do you know the function of madder?" Xilan was suddenly called by the Crown Princess. She thought that the Crown Princess knew her thoughts, so she quickly lowered her head in fright.

name?The names of slaves are given by their masters. Who knows what they mean?
When the princess saw that she was silent, she explained herself: "Madder can cool the blood and stop bleeding, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. It can also be used to treat irregular menstruation in our women. It is a good thing."

"Princess Concubine, you know a lot!" Zizhu said enviously, "I have seen all the herbs you mentioned, but I don't know what they are useful for..."

"There are only two female doctors in the palace, and the ladies are too busy to take care of them. When we maids get sick, we can only go to the imperial pharmacy to get some medicine. As for whether we eat well or not, it depends on our fate." Qingmei saw it with her own eyes. However, the palace maid Mu Xiang suddenly suffered from abdominal cramps. The housekeeper gave her two sets of medicine, but it had no effect. The pain lasted all night and did not go away. The next day, she was carried out of the palace and disappeared.

Haitang smiled and said: "What's so difficult about this? I'll teach you how to grow herbal medicine, and I'll teach you diagnosis and treatment. Not to mention that you won't take the wrong medicine when you get sick. It's possible to achieve success in your studies in the future, even to practice medicine and treat diseases. .”

Caiqin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's study is full of medical books. I am willing to learn medical skills from your Majesty. Even if I am released from the palace in the future, I will be able to support myself."

Hearing what she said, Qingmei and Biju also smiled and said, "Mom, we must also learn. We don't want to sit here and waste our days in vain."

As Haitang walked out, she said to Aunt Cui: "You go and look around again to see if there are any idle gardens like this in the East Palace, so that we can go and get more seeds and seedlings."

Aunt Han, who was nestled in the chair in the room, couldn't help but sigh in her heart after listening to the smiling description of the little palace maid: After all, the East Palace has changed its owner!
(End of this chapter)