The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 97
The room smelled strongly of benzoin, but even so, Zhao Jing could still clearly smell the smell of traditional Chinese medicine hidden in it.

The concubine closed her eyes, panting heavily while leaning on the pillow, the corners of her eyes were slightly red, she opened her eyes only when her breath calmed down, and looked at Zhao Jing leisurely.

The maid outside brought tea in, the princess took a sip, raised her head and said: "I can't drink ordinary tea now, I can only drink some light ginseng soup, this is what they prepared for you, it is new tea , Now that the New Year is over, it is also the tea of ​​the old year."

The blue and white porcelain teacup was placed on the small coffee table in front of the soft couch. Zhao Jing came in from the outside. Although it was much warmer now, the cold wind filled her stomach. She took the teacup to warm her hands, and opened the Open the cup lid, and the fresh tea fragrance will come to your nostrils.

"Wangfei's tea is really good tea." Zhao Jing took a sip, the tea was light in color and mellow in taste.

The concubine's complexion has become much better now, seeing Zhao Jing complimenting her tea, she smiled and said: "I have lived more delicately in these aspects, you try that snack, it was when I was in the palace before." My favorite food. When I got married, my father specially gave me the royal chef who made this pastry in the imperial dining room. Now that royal chef has passed away, it was made by his son, and it has a bit of his flavor back then. .”

When the concubine said these words, her eyes were always distracted towards the distance. No matter who has experienced such ups and downs in this life, it is very difficult to make any more disturbances now.

The concubine suddenly smiled at Zhao Jing, with anticipation in her eyes: "Would you like to try it?"

Zhao Jing doesn't like to eat sweets, she likes light and light things in taste, but seeing Wang Hao's expression, she is too embarrassed to refuse, seeing Wang Hao's dying state, she doesn't know if the two of them will have a chance to see each other again .

Zhao Jing picked up the ivory chopsticks at the side, took a small piece and put it in her mouth, and bit it down slightly. It was soft and glutinous, and the stuffing inside seemed to be made of fresh milk. She has been in this world for so long Well, I have eaten a lot of cakes from the imperial dining room in the palace, but I really haven't tasted this thing.

"Is it delicious?" Wang Hao asked her with a smile.

Zhao Jing nodded. Unexpectedly, she ate a whole piece of pastry, put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and said, "It's delicious, the princess will also try a piece."

The princess shook her head, frowned and said, "I'm going to drink medicine soon, and I can't take it yet."

Seeing the lack of energy of the princess, Zhao Jing was worried in her heart, so she said, "The princess should be taken care of. Although the prince is busy with government affairs, he must still miss the princess. There is a saying that it is better to die than die." Lai is alive, if the concubine can take care of her body, the prince must be the happiest."

Although he doesn't have a good impression of Zhou Yi, the Prince Regent, but looking at his posture of not changing his wife in the past few decades, and the current living expenses of the Princess Regent, if the Prince really ignores her, I'm afraid she won't. So refined and luxurious.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

The concubine smiled and leaned back, but between the smile and the leaning, Zhao Jing felt that her eyes darkened. She lowered her head and rubbed her temples, closed her eyes, and opened them again, but it was already Nothing can be seen.

"Princess, the medicine is working."

The concubine glanced at Zhao Jing who had passed out lying on the table, and sighed, "You take the large nanmu box she packed outside to the prince's study, remember...it must be properly placed."

"Yes." The maids led the order, and after a while, three or four women came in from outside, and hurriedly moved Zhao Jing into a big box.

As the sky gradually darkened, the maids held up bamboo forks and hung the lit lamps on the porch.

The princess was wearing a moon-white cloak inlaid with fox fur, standing under the eaves and staring into the distance in a daze. The woman who had just brought Zhao Jing came along the verandah, stopped in front of her, blessed her body and said: "Princess, the lord has already returned to the mansion, and brought some subordinates from the Ministry of War to a banquet in the Yutang Pavilion in the outer courtyard. He will go back to the study in a short time."

"Is everything ready?" Wang Hao didn't even move her eyes, she just asked blankly.

"It's all ready, the aphrodisiac incense, the carnival wine, and the servants are afraid that nothing will happen, so they specially tasted two of that kind of pills for Miss Zhao." Khan, but when she thought that these were ordered by the princess, she also went all out.

"Understood, you go down. After tonight, the palace will have one more side concubine." The princess sighed, lowered her head and covered her mouth and coughed. Her body trembled violently. A pool of bright red blood was left behind.

"It's cold outside, this old slave will help the princess into the house to rest." The old woman stepped forward, deliberately not looking at the bloody handkerchief in the princess's hand, and helped her into the room unsteadily.

(End of this chapter)