Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 103 A Trip to the Palace

After Chu Ci settled the matter of the Qu family, he rushed back to the Chu residence before dark.

Both Xiao Er and Xin Er were awake, playing around in the bed.

Suddenly smelling the scent of their mother's body, both of them cried out happily, spitting bubbles non-stop. As the eldest brother, Xiaoer has a stronger physique, and slowly turned over.

"Girl, the eldest son will stand up now!" Qing Miao, who was serving Xiao Er, saw the performance of the young master, and said to Chu Ci excitedly.

Chu Ci also had a smile on his face.

But she didn't step forward to hug the two children, but told the dumb girl to fetch water first.

She went out for a while and saw the patient again. No matter how careful she was, her hands were still a little unclean, and the baby's face was tender. If something got on her by accident, she would be the one who would feel distressed.
The dumb girl moved swiftly, and quickly twisted the veil over.

Chu Cizai wiped his hands carefully and applied the ointment before going to hug the two children.

Yunniang and Qingmiao waited on her.

Although the two maidservants had no children of their own, Qing Miao came from a poor family and had helped her mother take care of her younger siblings as long as she could remember.

The three watched over the two children and said this in a lively manner.

Hearing Qing Miao say that the children who have fallen to the ground grow up when they see the wind, they can learn to speak at about six months, and they can learn to walk when they are over one year old. Only then did Chuci realize that he had paid less attention to the two children after all. .

Thinking of those baby carriages, walkers, and toys used in modern times, she secretly thought, taking advantage of the free time these few days, she can draw a few more sketches, and then the king of Nanjun will take them to a craftsman to order!

……

"By the way, where is the little county king?"

Half an hour later, after the two had breastfed and followed Yun Niang and Qing Miao to Dongci for a rest, Chu Ci remembered the Prince Lu Xiaojun who had not been seen so far.

Zhejin said casually, "Come back in the afternoon, just as the girl left, my uncle took Mr. Yuan out on the back foot, but he didn't leave a message, saying what he was going to do, and he didn't say when he would come back."

"Oh." Chu Ci responded sullenly, and then, as if remembering something, he said, "By the way, did you give the ointment that Mr. Yuan prepared for Xin'er to Yunniang so that she could give it to Xin'er every day?" drinking?"

Zhejin hurriedly said, "I have given it to her, and I have also explained the time and dosage of taking it."

Only then did Chu Ci feel relieved.

She was tired after working in a carriage for a day, thinking that there was nothing important to do, so she asked Zhejin to prepare a soup bath, planning to take a bath, have a meal, and then wait for King Lu Xiaojun to come back.

Zhejin took the lead and went to prepare the fragrant soup.

Chu Ci took a beautiful flower petal bath to relieve his fatigue, and then had a simple dinner, then leaned on the big welcoming pillow in the room to read medical books.

King Lu Xiaojun didn't come back until around Haishi.

When he entered the room, Chu Ci was already a little drowsy.

Hearing the familiar footsteps, she shuddered, sat up again in a hurry, closed the pharmacopoeia in front of her, looked at King Lu Xiaojun in black clothes, and said, "What are you doing out there? Why don't you leave a word for anyone? Did you come back at this point? Have you eaten yet?"

She asked a lot of questions, and King Lu Xiaojun really didn't know what to answer for a while, so he simply walked up to her, stretched out his arms and hugged her tightly, saying, "I've already eaten, and it's okay to go out." What are you doing? It’s just a few new acquaintances who invite you, so it’s not easy to refuse.”

Hearing that it was a friend who invited him, Chu Ci frowned, and couldn't help leaning closer to his clothes, smelling it, and said, "Which friends, let me hear it?"

King Lu Xiaojun's face changed slightly after hearing her detailed question, pouted his mouth, and said with sloppy eyes, "I said you don't know each other...it's getting late, let's rest first, we have to go back tomorrow Where is the county palace!"

Chu Ci was successfully diverted from the topic by him, and he asked in confusion, "What are you doing back to the Prince's Mansion?"

King Lu Xiaojun froze for a moment when she heard her retort, then slapped the top of his head suddenly, and said, "It's my fault, because I forgot to tell you about Xin'er, Ah Fang has already come to Beijing, Zhao Hua He also knows about the matter, the two families have now decided to advance the marriage, and we will go over tomorrow to discuss the date of the marriage, after all, you are Zhaohua's eldest sister-in-law, it is not good for her marriage to go directly past you!"

Chu Ci listened, but it was a big deal. After a pause, he asked King Lu Xiaojun, "Then, as the elder sister-in-law, should I prepare a big gift for him?"

King Lu Xiaojun smiled, "I have already prepared these."

"You're ready, that's what you want as an uncle, my sister-in-law, after all, I still have to prepare another copy!" After speaking, she didn't want to talk to him anymore, she got up and walked out.

King Lu Xiaojun didn't stop him, but followed him.

The two entered the pharmacy together, Chu Ci was busy inside, while Lu Xiaojun Wang leaned on the vermilion pillar and asked, "My lady, what are you going to give Ah Fang?"

"Guess?" Chu Ci asked King Lu Xiaojun without looking back while searching for something in the Duobao Pavilion.

King Lu Xiaojun thought of the things that Chu Ci gave to his family when he came to Jinling for the first time, his eyes flickered, and he said in a drawn-out tone, "Medicine?"

Chu Ci snorted, "Xianggong is really wise?"

"What kind of medicine is that?" King Lu Xiaojun walked towards Chuci slowly, behind her, he easily put his arms around her waist, and walked left and right with her, asking in a low voice.

"I found it!" At the same time as he finished speaking, Chu Ci took out a brocade box from the top floor of Duobao Pavilion, and said, "That's it!"

"Oh, what is this?" Lu Xiaojun asked doubtfully as he looked at the brocade box.

Chu Ci opened the brocade box, and inside were nine pills arranged in sequence, all of which were as bright and lustrous as South Sea pearls, plump and round.

"This is the medicine for many children!" Chu Ci said softly, "Take one pill every three days, exactly nine pills a month, and it will increase the possibility of giving birth to twins."

"Is there such a powerful medicine?" King Lu Xiaojun was dumbfounded.

Chu Ci said "Yes", "However, this pill is not very easy to make. I only have such a box here. After sending it out, it will be difficult to make it."

"Miss, you are so kind to me." Hearing what Chu Ci said, King Lu Xiaojun's heart softened all of a sudden, he hugged her tightly, bit her ear and said hoarsely, "I know, are you watching?" For my sake, I gave Ah Fang such a good thing."

Chu Ci was hugged by him like this, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, "You are my husband-in-law, if I don't treat you well, who can I treat well..."

One night passed beautifully.

The next day, if King Lu Xiaojun didn't wake her up early to feed the two, Chu Ci might have slept until after noon.

After going to the east room to feed the two children, and returning to the main house for dinner, the two were ready to go out.

The carriage rattled away, and an hour later, it stopped at the gate of the Nanjun Prince's Mansion.

Both King Nanjun and Princess Nanjun knew that King Lu Xiaojun was coming back today.

Although the two didn't come out to greet them, Qin Fang, the future son-in-law, brought Lu Zhaohua out to wait.

After seeing each other again after more than a month, Chu Ci found that Lu Zhaohua's spirit had recovered a lot, and a circle of flesh had grown on his thin cheeks and chin.

Seeing Chu Ci, her eyes turned red, she hurriedly broke away from Qin Fang's hand, greeted her and called "Sister-in-law".

Seeing that she looked like she wanted to cry, Chu Ci couldn't help but stepped forward, took another half step closer to her, and said close to her ear, "On the day of great joy, hold back your tears. If my sister-in-law sees it, What if you don't want to get married!"

Being teased by her, Lu Zhaohua finally put away the tears that almost welled up in his eyes. He only held Chu Ci's hand tightly and said, "Sister-in-law, you are so kind to me. I will definitely be grateful to you for the rest of my life."

Hearing what she said, Chu Ci glanced at her reproachfully, "Your brother and I only have a sister like you, if it's not good to you, who is it good to?"

Hearing what Chu Ci said, Lu Zhaohua's eyes turned red again, but this time he was moved.

Chu Ci comforted her for a while, and then looked at Qin Fang, who was upright and upright, and said with a smile, "Is this the sister-in-law?"

Knowing Chu Ci's identity, Qin Fang hurried forward and said, "A Fang has met my sister-in-law. These days, thank you sister-in-law and elder brother for taking care of Zhaohua. Ah Fang will never forget it!"

Chu Ci looked at him and smiled slightly, "Then it's settled, you have to love our Zhaohua for the rest of your life, and never treat her badly!"

"It's natural!" Qin Fang respectfully agreed, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Lu Zhaohua again, with warm affection in his eyes, and said, "It's Ah Fang's blessing to marry Zhaohua in this life, Ah Fang Fang will love her forever and will never let her suffer the slightest grievance!"

"That's good!" Chu Ci nodded in satisfaction.

Then the four people walked in the direction of the Fukang Institute.

When they arrived at Fukangyuan, the king of Nanjun and the princess of Nanjun were waiting there.

The four of them went forward to salute, the King of Nanjun still had a benevolent look, and the Princess of Nanjun was probably looking at her new son-in-law, although her complexion was not good, she didn't say anything stinging.

After briefly asking about Xin'er's condition, the topic changed to Lu Zhaohua and Qin Fang's marriage.

This time it was the king of Nanjun who spoke. He looked at Chu Ci and said solemnly, "A Fang's ability to renew his relationship with Zhaohua has delayed the blessing of your elder sister-in-law. What they mean is that this wedding will be decided by You decide, the sooner the better."

"This..." Chu Ci never expected that the King of Nanjun would entrust such an important matter to himself, not to mention that there was a Princess of Nanjun sitting next to her who was at odds with her. After a moment of silence, she looked at the Lord in embarrassment. Princess Nanjun said, "Is this what the princess of the county also means?"

The Princess of Nanjun snorted coldly when she heard the words, "Your father told you to make up your mind, and you asked me what to do? Do you have to let me, a mother-in-law, beg you to come?"

Chu Ci: "..."

King Lu Xiaojun looked at his mother, with a disapproving expression on his face, "Mother, Ah Ci is just asking for your opinion, so as to embarrass her like this? My sister-in-law is still here, if you don't want to see us, let's go Already!" Saying that, she stood up and was about to take Chu Ci away with her.

When everyone in the hall saw Chu Ci standing up, they also got up together.

As an elder, Nanjun King couldn't keep his wife, so he had to look at Lu Zhaohua and Qin Fang.

Qin Fang is a man after all, he didn't want Lu Zhaohua to come forward to do such a thankless thing, so he immediately held his fiancée's hand tightly, and took the initiative to say to Chu Ci, "Sister-in-law, mother-in-law probably didn't mean it either, she probably didn't like it My son-in-law is the only one who angered you... Since Zhaohua and I are about to get married, can you stay and choose a date for us, and have a thank you wine?"

When Chu Ci heard Qin Fang's euphemism, his heart softened, and he was about to turn around and say a few words to her.

Who knows, before Qin Fang finished speaking, after begging her, he looked at the princess of Nanjun who was sitting on the throne, and said earnestly, "Mother-in-law, son-in-law knows that you are not satisfied with this marriage, but son-in-law is serious. I really like Zhaohua, can you reluctantly accept my son-in-law for Zhaohua's sake, and stop losing your temper? My son-in-law assures you that he will treat Zhaohua well in the future!"

Between the words, he actually put all the anger that the princess of Nanjun had towards her on himself.

Princess Nanjun felt uncomfortable again when she heard this. She was about to refute, but she received a pleading look from her own daughter.

That look was too straightforward. She bit her lower lip. For the sake of her daughter's happiness and son-in-law's face, she finally gritted her teeth and swallowed the resentment. She smiled uncomfortably at Qin Fang, "A Fang, what are you talking about? You were chosen by your grandmother for Zhaohua. Why would mother be dissatisfied with you? Really, your brother is so hard on you, mother feels very uncomfortable. , I accidentally angered Feng’s daughter-in-law!” As she spoke, she gently stroked her lower abdomen, and pressed the black pot on her child who hadn’t made a sound yet.

However, because of the child's blame, the atmosphere in the hall finally eased up a bit.

Afterwards, the King of Nanjun asked Steward Lu to bring out the old Huangli to give to Chuci.

Chu Ci originally studied Qi Huang's art, and he also has some understanding of Feng Shui and Lao Huang Li.

Soon, a satisfactory date was chosen, which was one month later.

Just in time to get ready for the wedding, but not too late.

Qin Fang and Lu Zhaohua were very satisfied, as were Nanjun Wang and Lu Xiaojun Wang, but the most difficult Nanjun Princess said a few words, accusing Chu Ci of being uneasy and kind, and wanting her daughter to marry as soon as possible.

Because Lu Zhaohua's wedding was coming soon, Chu Ci really didn't bother to pay attention to her.

Excusing that there was something else to do, he really only drank some thank you wine, and then left with King Lu Xiaojun.

Once the two of them left, the others couldn't drink anymore.

Seeing this, the king of Nanjun led Qin Fang back to his study.

Lu Zhaohua went back to the dormitory with Princess Nanjun.

After taking a seat on the Luohan bed, Lu Zhaohua pinched Nanjun Wangfei's arms to help her relax, and said, "Mom, how many times have I told you that my previous incident has nothing to do with sister-in-law, why don't you Are you willing to let sister-in-law go!"

Princess Nanjun heard her daughter speak for Chu Ci, and immediately snorted coldly, "I just can't understand her! Even if she ended this matter later, I still can't understand her! She has such a deep hatred with the palace. , and all kinds of entanglements with the regent, I don't know, I've had enough of her!"

"If that's the case, then why did you agree to her marriage with eldest brother!" Lu Zhaohua questioned with a bit of annoyance after being told that he had no choice but to do so.

Princess Nanjun never thought that her daughter would talk to her like this for outsiders, her eyes turned red all of a sudden, she pushed away Lu Zhaohua's hand that was pinching her arm, and said in a crying voice, "Okay, you and If I come back just to intercede for that mourner star, then you can leave now, I don’t want to hear you talk about her, let alone my daughter, who raised me with feces and piss, to come to Chibai because of an outsider Ask me face to face! Lu Zhaohua, get the hell out of here, I don't have a daughter like you!"

"Mother, you, you are simply unreasonable!" Lu Zhaohua's eyes were red, he bit his lower lip firmly, squeezed out a word from between his teeth, then turned around, and ran out without looking back.

"This... this evil obstacle!" Princess Nanjun looked at her like this, but she became even more angry in her heart!
She thumped the short chair on Arhat's bed vigorously, breathing quickly, "Why am I left with such a cripple!"

Lianzi and Lianxin were watching this scene and wanted to go forward to persuade their master, but they were afraid that the master would be even more angry.

In the end, I could only act as if I hadn’t seen the scene just now, and slowly walked forward, one helped Nanjun Wangfei cover her legs to keep warm, and the other gently helped her shoulders and said, "Your Majesty, no matter how unhappy you are, you should think about it." My own child..."

Princess Nanjun heard what Lianzi said, lowered her head, and gently touched her lower abdomen. After a long time, she suppressed her anger and sighed, "That's what you said, those two wings are stiff, and they all follow Chuci The loser star flew away, and this in my stomach will be my only support in the future, even for this, I have to take good care of it."

Lianzi sighed silently, and didn't say any more after all, but just winked at Lianxin and asked her to take care of it first, and she went to get the birth control pill that Chu Ci left behind.

On the other side, in the carriage, Chu Ci never said a word to King Lu Xiaojun since he got on the carriage.

Obviously angry, with her like this, King Lu Xiaojun didn't dare to talk to her rashly.

After all, when he was in the Fukang Institute, his mother really didn't give her face, and he really didn't know how to excuse his mother.

In the end, Chu Ci tilted his head, gave him a hard look, and said, "Are you just sitting there without saying a word? I don't know how to coax me, or do you think your mother is right? !"

"Of course not!" King Lu Xiaojun saw that Chu Ci was starting to settle accounts after the fall, he hurriedly stated his position, and said earnestly, "Of course what my mother said was not right, you are right, my lady."

"So, if there is another time, I have to endure until the meal is over?" Chu Ci asked with a cold expression on his face.

King Lu Xiaojun's heart was pounding, and at the same time he raised his hands with a strong desire to survive and said, "Lady, I promise there will be no next time!"

"Are you sure?" Chu Ci stared at him and asked back.

King Lu Xiaojun nodded quickly, "I will never ask you to go back unless there is a big wedding or funeral!"

"That's about the same!" Chu Ci snorted coldly, paused, looked at him again and said, "I'm just looking at you and your sister, and don't care about her, otherwise, you think I will Have you endured it without saying a word?"

"I understand, I understand! My wife is the most magnanimous and the most general!" King Lu Xiaojun said flatteringly as he stepped forward to beat Chu Ci's shoulder.

Chu Ci enjoyed his service, did not speak again, and slowly closed his eyes.

King Lu Xiaojun waited until the carriage stopped.

"Miss, we're here!" After putting down the movement of beating his back, he cautiously approached Chu Ci and said softly.

Chu Ci heard the words, and after a while, he slowly opened his eyes. After getting off the car, he added, "For the next month, you will sleep in the study!"

"Why!" When he heard that he couldn't sleep with his wife, King Lu Xiaojun's entire face changed color.

Hearing his questioning, Chu Ci just gave him a cold look, "Why, do you have an opinion?"

King Lu Xiaojun felt a little guilty because of what happened today, he stared unwillingly, and whispered, "How dare I, it's not just what the lady said, but what!"

"So you agree?"

Lu Xiaojun Wang Qiang smiled happily, "Of course I agree with what the lady said!"

"Then get out of the car!" Chu Ci said, and then walked out, King Lu Xiaojun was afraid that her feet would not be stable, so he hurriedly chased after her, protecting her by her side.

Back at the Chu Residence, Chu Ci relaxed. She went back to the inner room to change clothes, and at the same time asked the dumb girl and the dumb girl to prepare some side dishes.

After she and King Lu Xiaojun changed their clothes, the dumb girl just brought some side dishes to the table, and they were all vegetarian dishes that Chuci liked to eat.

Chu Ci only took a sip of wine in the Nanjun Palace, and now her stomach was so empty that she found out that the chopsticks that King Lu Xiaojun handed over were vegetables.

But who knows, before he could do anything, the housekeeper hurried in again.

Out of breath, he said to Chu Ci and Lu Xiaojun Wang with a look of panic, "Girl, uncle... a carriage came outside, and some father-in-laws said they were... people from the palace! They came to announce the decree !"

people in the palace...

Weigh these four words.

Chu Ci had no choice but to put down the chopsticks in his hand. After calming down, he got up and walked outside.

King Lu Xiaojun was worried, fell behind, and walked out with Chuci.

When she got outside, several father-in-laws had already entered the hall, and she recognized them at a glance. These were all servants of the Empress Dowager's palace.

"This old slave has met the concubine, the concubine is blessed and safe!" Several father-in-laws greeted Chu Ci when they saw Chuci's appearance, and greeted him respectfully.

After Chuci called out, he looked at the Yizhi in their hands, and asked lightly, "This father-in-law, I don't know that the Queen Mother has a peace order!"

"It's like this. The queen mother came in and felt a little unwell, so she wanted the concubine to come into the palace to help get her pulse..."

As soon as Chu Ci let the Queen Mother feel unwell, she drooped her eyes slightly, and carefully counted the time... But the root cause of her illness clearly hasn't reached the onset time yet!

Could it be that something went wrong during Dr. Liang's acupuncture process, which made the root cause of the disease come to light sooner?
Thinking of this, she felt a chill in her heart, and without further delay, she looked directly at the leader, Gong Gongdao, "Since the queen mother is unwell, I will stay with you into the palace now!"

"Concubine, please!" The father-in-law pointed to the carriage outside and said politely.

Chu Ci hummed, and at the same time reached out to take the medicine box that Zhejin handed over...

(End of this chapter)