Fair Lady

Shu Yao shook her head and smiled, she could see scenes like this almost every day, and it added a lot of laughter to the Lianghou Mansion.

Seeing Shuyao's arrival, Zhong Jiayi's eyes lit up: "Sister Yao'er is here, and that box is a birthday present I prepared for you. Let's see if you like it?"

Shuwen curled his lips in disdain: "It's two days late, so I'm ashamed to show off here." However, he really likes the small Burmese machete that Zhong Jiayi gave him. There is also a majestic leopard carved from his favorite colorless jadeite on the handle.I don't know, what did this kid give my sister?

Shuyao didn't hesitate, she opened the box Zijin handed over with a smile, and couldn't move her eyes immediately.Inside the box is a jade-carved lotus flower in full bloom. The petals are carved from a whole piece of powdery white jade, and the stamens, green emerald lotus leaves and lotus stems carved with golden silk jade are also inlaid with the lotus petals. violation.

This miniature lotus made everyone who saw it exclaim in amazement: It's so beautiful!

Shuwen's businessman's thinking immediately spread out: "There is nothing to show courteousness. It's either adultery or robbery. Dunzi, you said, you spend so much time preparing gifts, why do you want my sister to help you? It won't be a big trouble, right?"

Zhong Jiayi blushed: "Wasn't I bothering to prepare your birthday present?" But today I really came here to ask for something. Although this jade lotus is delicate, it must not be as precious as the best medicine that can remove old scars, isn't it?Originally, it was a little embarrassing to ask for such a precious medicine, but now being "exposed" by Shuwen, Zhong Jiayi felt even more embarrassed.

Shuyao smiled: "Brother Dunzi, what's wrong? When did you two grow up like this and blame each other? Why do you take Wen'er's words seriously today? If there is anything I can help, just say it. It’s the same without this jade lotus.”

Zhong Jiayi suddenly felt comfortable all over, that's right, Sister Yao'er treats herself like her own brother, so didn't she offer to use the scar removal medicine for herself that year?But the scar on my forehead is too shallow and too small, it's not worth wasting.Now that he really needs it, why would he be guilty of talking to his sister?

Once the entanglement in his heart was eliminated, Zhong Jiayi immediately returned to his usual straightforwardness: "Sister Yao'er, I really came here today with a request, and I want to ask my sister for one thing. It is the medicine that can remove old scars. Can my sister give me some of it?"

Shuyao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and looked at Zhong Jiayi's left forehead: "Of course, I told you about it a long time ago, why do you need to ask for it?" Seventeen or eighteen years old is also a big man.Brother Dunzi is starting to pay attention to his appearance, do you mind the shallow scar?Shuyao secretly smiled: "I'll get it for you right now."

Zhong Jiayi's face turned red again: "No... I didn't use it. I'm a man with shallow scars. There's no need to waste such a good medicine. Yes, it was used by a girl. The injury is on the back, and it is said to be quite long. .”

Shuwen said "Ah---".Stretching his head curiously, "Girl's use? Hey, what girl? We want our prince Zhong to ask for medicine in person? Oh no, it hurts on the back? How can a girl's back get hurt if it's not the son of the world? Was it whipped?"

But Shuwen has heard that once a maid climbed into bed, Zhong Jiayi was furious.He took the belt beside the bed and smoked it, not knowing what it means to be sympathetic.

What is it?Zhong Jiayi was furious.He gave Shuwen a hard look, didn't he just come back a day late?This guy has a grudge, and today he always fights against him.

Seeing Shuyao looking over with half-smile eyes, Zhong Jiayi became even more anxious, and quickly explained: "Sister Yao'er, don't listen to his nonsense, the scars are black...the girl was accidentally scratched by a rock when she was a child, where is it?" What has it to do with me?"

Shuyao's sister and brother are all people with keen five senses, so naturally they didn't ignore the word "Wu". The girl's surname is Wu?hehe.Seeing Zhong Jiayi's anxious and awkward appearance, it seems that he is quite caring, yes, how can he ask for medicine for her if he is not caring?

However, although Shuwen has a deep friendship with Zhong Jiayi, firstly, he dislikes men gossiping like women, secondly, Shuwen now devotes himself to civil and military examinations, and is busy with family business in his spare time. He is still young, and he is really not enlightened about the relationship between men and women, so he has no interest in gossip.And Shuyao is a woman, it is even more difficult to ask such a thing.

Mrs. Jin's thoughts were all on Gungun and Dudu just now, and now the two nannies were feeding them fruit puree, so she turned her head to greet Zhong Jiayi: "Did you stay in Beijing this time? Your grandmother has been I'm talking about your marriage." Zhong Jiayi is a sought-after son-in-law candidate among the children of the undecided family, and he is also the future heir of the Zhong family patriarch. If Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Zhong were to follow, Zhong Jiayi's marriage would have been settled long ago.

It's just that Zhong Guogong felt the father-son atmosphere of the Two Marquis Mansion and Jin Xida's enlightened approach, and decided to consider his own preferences to a certain extent in Zhong Jiayi's marriage.Zhong Jiayi asked why it was only "considered to a certain extent"?Duke Zhong glared at him immediately: "Do you think you have the composure and ability of the Shujie brothers? Even Shuwen, who is two years younger than you, is more stable than you." In the future, when the mistress of the house enters the mansion, how can the Duke Zhong's mansion not be made a joke?

Zhong Jiayi was inexplicably annoyed when he heard the word "marriage", but he still didn't dare to show any impatience when Mrs. Jin asked her, and replied politely: "This time I can only stay in Beijing for a few days. I haven't finished my errand yet, I'm afraid I won't be able to really come back until the next year."

Zhong Jiayi has no great achievements in civil and military affairs, but he has a flexible mind, dares to go "sideways", and is good at acting in curves to achieve those hard-to-reach results and goals. This time he went to the southwest to help Prince Yong solve a few problems. How important, but very embarrassing question, Prince Yong valued him very much, he almost regarded him as the logistics manager of Ladu City, so he applied to the emperor to borrow him for a longer period of time.

The purpose of returning to Beijing in the past few days is mainly to report to the emperor the situation of the garrison and land reclamation in Ladu City, as well as to collect and purchase necessary items along the way, and to recruit some professional craftsmen.Of course, there is also his own private purpose, which is to ask Shuyao for the elixir to remove scars.

The old lady praised: "I heard that you are very capable now. Your grandmother can't stop smiling when she mentions it." Zhong Jiayi is the eldest son who will inherit the title, but who doesn't like their descendants to be capable and valued by the court?In contrast, getting married seems less urgent. A man has a family background, a title, is capable and promising, so why not take the initiative to find a good marriage and wait for him?

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Zhong Jiayi and Shuwen chatted with the old lady while waiting for Shuyao to go back to Mingyueyuan to get the medicine. Mother Guan rushed in with a happy face and said a few words in the old lady's ear. The old lady was stunned for a moment, and then she was overjoyed , regaining consciousness: "Hurry up, hurry up, I want to go over and have a look, don't look at Mo Niang who is older, but she has no experience at all."

Guan Mama hesitated and said: "The sun is shining right now. Grandma is taking care of Madam herself, and she has already ordered someone to invite the imperial physician. She specially told Madam to wait here for news. You see..."

Mrs. Jin waved her hand: "There used to be not many places to bask in the sun, just ask someone to hold an umbrella. How can I feel at ease if I don't go and look at it? I can't sit here." All the nannies and maids looked after Gungun and Dudu, and got up to leave.

The text was vaguely heard, this is the foster mother, and the elder sister-in-law took care of it personally, and also invited the imperial doctor, could it be that the foster mother is sick?But seeing that the faces of grandmother and mother Guan were not the same, he said anxiously: "What happened to make grandmother brave the sun? Who is sick and needs to call the imperial doctor?" The adoptive father and elder brother are not at home, so he is the one who can take care of the family A man, if something happens, he can't help but ask.

Mrs. Jin was about to open her mouth, but after all, Zhong Jiayi was an outsider, and the matter was not yet confirmed, so how could she spread the word, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, nothing, your sister-in-law invited the imperial doctor to take care of me and your adoptive mother." You are waiting here for Yao'er, and you are also playing with Gungun and Dudu, they will not want to sleep for a while."

Shuwen intuitively felt that there were too many loopholes in the old lady's words, but seeing the happy face of the old lady, nothing bad happened. I'm afraid he was overthinking. Take care of grandma."

Unexpectedly, the grandmother here hurried to the main courtyard, and Shuyao did not come back for a long time. After waiting for a while, Zijin came in holding a small porcelain bottle and handed it to Zhong Jiayi: "Master Zhong, our princess It is said that this medicine should be applied every three days, and no matter how serious it is, it is estimated that the scar will be almost invisible after three or four times." Her mother, Jin Niang, used only three times to draw such a severe scar on her face with a hairpin for so many years. , now his face is as smooth as jade, who would have thought that there was a hideous scar on his face?

Zhong Jiayi was overjoyed. He also heard from Shuwen that Shuyao had removed Jinniang's scars just now. He was full of confidence and anticipation in the bottle of medicine in his hands, and his face was full of bright smiles: "Thank you, sister Yaoer, for me. , When I come back from the southwest, I will thank you in person.”

His return to Beijing this time is very short, and there are still some things to deal with, and some elders to see.Now holding the medicine bottle like a treasure, I wish I could fly back to the southwest right away, so I didn't dare to stay any longer, so I said goodbye and left.

Shuwen couldn't care less about sending Zhong Jiayi out, anyway, the two of them went to each other's houses and never paid attention to these empty etiquette, looked at Zijin hurriedly and asked: "What happened? The imperial doctor is really just to recuperate the body ?” If that’s the case, why would Yao’er rush over there in such a hurry?

Zijin smiled and said: "It's a great event. I'm afraid the second master will have a little brother or a little sister." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is My biggest motivation.)

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