Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 108 The last stick
After sending Qinglongwei away and letting him continue to stare at the Su family, Chu Ci stayed in the pharmacy for a while before returning to his dormitory.

In the dormitory, King Lu Xiaojun had already finished his bath and was leaning on the couch to read a book. When he saw her come in, he smiled and said, "Are you done?"

Chu Ci let out a "hmm" and went to the clean room to wash up.

When she came back, King Lu Xiaojun had already gone to bed, with his hands behind his head, looking at her brightly - it was obvious what he meant.

Chu Ci watched and blushed unknowingly.He blew out the candle and walked towards him.

Sure enough, as soon as she got on the bed with her front feet, he put his back feet up and lowered his head to kiss her.

"Don't!" Chu Ci suddenly raised his hand, put it between the lips of the two of them, and said vaguely, "Don't, I still have something to tell you, sir!"

"...Let's talk later!" King Lu Xiaojun couldn't wait any longer, his hot breath sprayed on her face, and he turned his head to peck her lips again.

While kissing, he whispered with a smile, "On the way back to the house today, I met a brother who threw me a book and said it was a good thing. I just had time to read it. It really is a very good thing, my lady. I can't wait to discuss the subtleties of that book with you..."

Chu Ci has seen a lot of things in the world. Hearing his description like this, he suddenly understood that the good things he said should be the bottom of the newlyweds' chests.

At that moment, her cheeks became redder, and she lost the strength to resist...

A good night's sleep.

On the second day, Chu Ci didn't get up until Sishi was in bed.

It was rare for King Lu Xiaojun not to go out today. When he saw her wake up, he immediately walked towards her, sat down by the bed and asked, "Miss, are you awake? Should I take a bath first, or eat first?"

Thinking of Meng Lang last night, Chu Ci couldn't help but gave him a hard look, then gritted his teeth and said, "Go out and let Zhe Jin come in to serve you."

"Zhejin is busy ahead, it seems to be receiving the buddies of Zhenhua Pavilion."

Chuci didn't realize it until he heard the words "Zhenhua Pavilion"—it should be that the jewelry that Zhejin ordered for her had arrived.

At the moment, she didn't bother to argue anymore, and asked Lu Xiaojun Wang to serve her up, and the two had breakfast together.

Not long after breakfast, Zhejin came in from the outside with a set of mutton fat jade heads. After saluting, she said with a smile, "Girl, Zhenhua Pavilion has brought the heads. See if it matches your moon-white dress?"

With that said, she put the jewelry in front of Chu Ci.

After reading them one by one, Chu Ci nodded and said, "Yes, that's it."

Zhejin put away the things again, "The day after tomorrow, the girl will dress like this."

Chu Ci had no objection, "You can just look at the arrangement, I have no objection."

Zhejin smiled and stepped back.

A day flies by.

On the day of the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Party, Chu Ci got up in the morning, had just changed into a new dress, put on newly made jewelry, and was dressed when the Jiang family's carriage arrived.

Mrs. Jiang personally came to pick him up.

Mrs. Jiang is 25 and [-] years old this year. She is elegant and dignified in a ginger-yellow jacket and a pearl hair mask.

The conversation is also very gentle and gentle.

He and Chu Ci didn't say a few words, and they introduced each other as confidants.

When they arrived at Shuangyuan, where the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Party was held, the two were already very familiar with each other.

As soon as he entered the garden, Mrs. Jiang introduced the wife she knew to Chu Ci.

Chu Ci greeted each other one by one, because she was a junior when they met for the first time, so she received a lot of greeting gifts.

Behind him, Zhejin could barely hold it in his hand.

Seeing this, Mrs. Jiang couldn't help joking after she took her seat, "Other people come to the chrysanthemum appreciation party to appreciate flowers, but you are lucky, you are here to receive gifts."

Chu Ci smiled blushingly, "Madams are probably being so polite to me for the sake of my in-laws."

Mrs. Jiang shook her head meaningfully when she heard her say this, "It's because you're overthinking. They don't care about your parents-in-law's face, but..."

"But what?"

"It's the skin care product sets you gave us." Mrs. Jiang lowered her voice, "You don't know how much trouble those sets you gave us in the capital, like me at a young age. , the effect is not very obvious, but Mrs. Liang, Mrs. Fang, and Mrs. Shen... seem to have been completely reborn, and I don’t know how many people have asked them about what skin care products they use!"

The Mrs. Liang she was talking about was Yang Shi, the wife of Duke Zhen, Mrs. Fang was the wife of General Hushi, and Mrs. Shen was the wife of Ning Guohou.

These wives are all the wives of Yun Chao's aristocratic families.

She is also the wife of an official who has good relations with the Regent's faction.

Chu Ci smiled at Madam Jiang calmly, "Since it's easy to use, Madam can just keep using it, and when it's finished, send someone to get it from me!"

"How embarrassing is that!" Mrs. Jiang gave Chu Ci an angry look, and then suggested to her, "If you want to tell me, you have those prescriptions in your hand anyway, instead of giving them away as favors, you might as well open a cosmetic powder shop in Kyoto. Dare to say, when the time comes, it will definitely be even better than Zhenhua Pavilion's business."

Chu Ci heard the word Zhenhua Pavilion again, she did not respond to Mrs. Jiang's suggestion, but said with a smile, "I always hear people talking about Zhenhua Pavilion, Madam, do you know who is the boss behind Zhenhua Pavilion? Who?"

"...According to what you mean, you are afraid of singing against Zhenhua Pavilion and finally offending the boss behind Zhenhua Pavilion?"

Chu Ci nodded, "If you want to do business, you must find out the market conditions in the capital, otherwise you will be beaten with a sap, and you don't know who to turn to for reasoning!"

When Mrs. Jiang heard that Chu Ci really wanted to open a shop, her heart moved, and then she said, "Let me tell you, if my sister is really afraid of those troubles, why don't you invite a few more people to form a joint stock market? My sister is responsible for formulating prescriptions and taking dry shares People are responsible for paying money and solving these things.”

Chu Ci heard the strings and knew the elegant meaning, and suddenly understood that Mrs. Jiang was also moved and wanted to share a piece of the pie.

But... the method she proposed is not bad - leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade!

But the question is, which big tree to rely on?

While thinking about it, several people from the Yang family came over from a distance and came directly to her side. After greeting Mrs. Jiang, they looked at her and called "A Ci".

Seeing that it was the big names of the Yang family, Chu Ci hurriedly got up and said, "A Ci has seen the ladies."

The wives were grateful for the skin care products that Chu Ci gave them, which revitalized their skin, and more or less won back their husband's heart, so they hurriedly excused themselves.

Yang even held Chu Ci's hand and sat beside her, speaking in a low voice, "A Ci, thanks to the medicine you gave Ming Xin a while ago, she is fine now. I don’t know how much, several imperial physicians in the imperial hospital have seen it, and they all said that after taking it for half a year, the root cause of the disease will be gone.”

Liang Mingxin——is the youngest daughter of the Yang family. Because she is the sixth in the Liang family, she is also called the sixth girl.

Chu Ci heard her say that Liang Ming's heart has improved a lot, and he lifted his lips and said, "This is also Miss Liang's blessing!"

After a pause, he continued, "If I'm free some other day, I'll take another pulse for her and see if the prescription needs to be adjusted."

"Then I'll thank you, Ah Ci first!" Hearing what she said, Yang's smile deepened, and after a pause, he held her hand and said, "It just so happens that Mingxin is here today, wait Let me ask her to say hello to you!"

"Ma'am, you are being polite!" Chu Ci hastily declined.

Just as he was talking, Liang Mingxin walked over from a distance with a few close friends in his boudoir.

Yang quickly introduced with a smile, "Aci, the one who is the first to pass on the red clothes is my Mingxin."

Chu Ci nodded.

Just as they were talking, Liang Mingxin and several young ladies had already walked in front of them.

Several girls who looked like flowers were blessed at the same time. After reporting their identities, she realized that they were all the family members of the wives around her.

Those girls, because of the teachings of their mothers at home, also respected Chu Ci a lot. When saluting, they followed the etiquette for the elders.

Chu Ci forced his face to show no embarrassment.

Especially Liang Mingxin, before Chuci delivered her medicine, she couldn't run, jump, or take a few steps even when going out, she had to sit on a soft bag.

But now, let alone running and jumping, the family even allows her to ride a horse next spring.

It is also because she is most grateful to Chu Ci who gave her a second life.

Looking at Chu Ci, his eyes were red, and he thanked him repeatedly.

Seeing how sincere she was, Chu Ci simply got up and helped her, patted her hand and said, "The girl will definitely be better in the future."

Liang Mingxin looked at her with burning eyes, "Those are the blessings of the concubine."

"Girl, you don't have to be polite!" Chu Ci said flatly, and asked everyone to sit down again.

They continued to chat.

After another period of time, this year's host, Princess Chengen, appeared.

This eldest princess was the daughter of the first emperor, and she was brought up under the empress dowager's knee since she was a child. She married Fanbang and relatives a few years ago. She heard that the Khan of Fanbang passed away a few months ago, and she had no children, so she was taken back.

It was during the time when Xin'er was ill that she arrived in Beijing, so she didn't know much about it.

But just looking at the title after returning to Beijing, he knew that he was a member of the Queen Mother's party.

Sure enough, as soon as Princess Cheng En appeared, Chu Ci saw her meanness like a tarsus maggot from under her thick makeup.

It doesn't look easy to get along with at first glance.

She frowned, and was about to look away, when she heard a few young ladies beside her talking in a low voice, "I heard that today's Chrysanthemum Appreciation Party was not originally hosted by the Eldest Princess." , after she returned to Beijing, the queen mother specially won it for her! The original host was originally Changning Princess!"

Princess Changning is the only emperor's uncle and the only daughter of Prince Zhuang.

This year is her golden year, Prince Zhuang spent a lot of money to get her the qualification to hold the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Party, unexpectedly, he was forcibly robbed by Queen Mother Ren.

The daughters of Qianjin communicated in such a blatant and low voice, as if they didn't take Princess Cheng En seriously.

Chu Ci watched coldly, and originally wanted to pretend to be an invisible person and find a low-key place to hide.

But who knows, before she had time to keep a low profile, she felt a shady gaze looking at her... raised her head and looked along that gaze, whoever had a problem with her was not the mean Princess Cheng En!

Princess Cheng En looked at her coolly, with a look of disdain and disgust.

Chu Ci also glanced back at her, and after she looked back at him, she secretly figured out when did she offend the eldest princess?

On the side, Mrs. Yang was able to sit firmly in the seat of Mrs. Zhen Guo, her eyes were piercing, and she could easily see the fight between Chu Ci and Princess Cheng En.

Seeing Chu Ci showing doubts again.

She turned her head, glanced at Chu Ci calmly, and then said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "At that time, Princess Chengen married Fanbang far away, and she was the regent's master."

Chu Ci rolled her eyelids gracefully, saying that, she has been implicated by Meng Jing again!

snort!
If she had known that that guy had so many enemies, like a crucian carp crossing the river, she would never have married him.

Even if there is an imperial decree, even if she is pregnant, she will not marry him!
Just as he was thinking, everyone in the garden suddenly moved.

Chu Ci hurriedly returned to his senses and looked at Zhejin.

Zhejin knew that his master was not in the mood just now, so he hurriedly said, "Girl, Princess Chengen invites everyone to go to Cuiningxuan, it's a big place, if you want to have fun, you can relax!"

Is this going to be a demon?
Thinking this way, Chu Ci followed Yang and the others to Cuiningxuan.

Arriving at Cuiningxuan, Chu Ci found that there seemed to be more chrysanthemums here than those in the main hall, and their appearance was also better!
Princess Cheng En waited until everyone was seated before she said, "Today, these famous chrysanthemums here are the prizes...we will hold a talent contest later, and all wives and ladies under the age of 20 are present For performances, the top three will be rewarded, and the bottom three will be punished. As for the penalty, it will be determined by drawing lots! Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any opinions?"

"no!"

"The eldest princess will arrange it!"

The wife of Cheng Enhou's family responded.

Chu Ci laughed coldly in his heart. If this round hadn't been aimed at her, she would have the same surname as Queen Mother Ren!
Sure enough, even the female relatives under the age of 20 were counted well, and the female officer next to Princess Chengen quickly took out twenty sticks!
Each signature is engraved with a talent.

Then there were another twenty blank sheets of paper, on which were written the serial numbers of the lottery.

Chu Ci went to draw the serial number with the daughters, and accidentally got No. 20.

It turned out to be the last one!
She couldn't help clenching her fists, feeling a little annoyed.

I don't know what talent I will win, and if I really can't, what punishment will I get.

Liang Mingxin on the side drew No. [-], not forward or backward, a pretty good position.

Mrs. Shen's daughter, Shen Jingxin, got No. 13, and Mrs. Fang's daughter, Fang Mei, got No. [-].

After drawing the serial number, the first Miss Lu drew the lottery for talent. Miss Lu twisted her plain hand and pulled out a lottery. After reading the sign, she immediately laughed.

Seeing her expression, Chu Ci knew that what she drew was what he was good at.

Sure enough, Ms. Lu moved her mouth lightly, and spit out the words "three plum blossoms" on the flute.

Since he is good at it, the performance effect is naturally excellent.

When the song came down, it was full of applause. Listening to Chu Ci, it felt like the score was going around for three days.

Afterwards, No. [-] and No. [-] clearly won the guqin and singing, and the performances were all average.

In the fourth place, the eldest daughter of Cheng Enhou's mansion, named Ren Qiu, came on the stage, and she was drawn by Gu Shangwu...

As soon as the dance comes down, it is feminine but majestic, bold and innovative, and it is full of applause.

The sixth place is Fang Mei. She was drawn to paint, and what she painted was a picture of green chrysanthemums.

Number seven is Liang Mingxin.

Liang Mingxin has been in poor health since she was a child. She got into the sword dance and stood in the field holding a sword. She really didn't know how to dance, so she could only blushed and chose to abstain in the end.

……

No.19 is a girl surnamed Qiao, she was drawn to the study.

He was able to write with both hands on a piece of paper, but he still wrote different characters.

Chuci listened to the whispers from the people around her, and the young lady's grandmother was even more powerful, she could write three strokes with one hand, and six strokes with two...

When Chu Ci listened, he was dumbfounded.

So much so that when it came to her, she was still a little dazed.

"The eldest concubine of Nanjun Prince's Mansion..." The female officer next to Princess Chengen yelled twice,
Only then did Chu Ci walk up, and said slowly, "Here we are, while speaking, stretch out your hand, and twist it directly towards the last stick."

Take it out to see, but it is playing konghou.

Kong Hou, she can play with this thing, but the question is, does Yun Chao have something?
She looked at Yang's tentatively, only to see that Yang's brows were tightly wrinkled, with a worried expression on his face.

Looking at Princess Chengen again, she saw a cold mockery on her face, as if she wanted to see a joke.

(End of this chapter)