Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 152 Reagents
"Miss..." The maidservant heard Chu Ci say this, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she looked at Xue Ling timidly, her eyes were full of hesitation and pleading.

Seeing her like this, Xue Ling couldn't help but glared at her, and urged, "The Concubine Shizi asked you to get the ointment, you just go and get it, and see what I do, do you want me to get it myself?"

The servant girl was reprimanded by Xue Ling, and the expression on her face became even more flustered. Her knees softened, and she fell to her knees on the ground with a thud. forgive me!"

Xue Ling didn't expect her maid to kneel and kowtow, she stared at her with a dazed face, and asked, "Qin Fang, I just asked you to get some medicine, what are you doing... "

When Xue Ling questioned Qin Fang like this, her complexion immediately became worse, but she just refused to speak, and just kowtowed her head again and again until the skin on her forehead was broken, and bright red blood flowed out.

Xue Ling grew up with Qin Fang, and has some affection for her.

Seeing her like this, she felt uncomfortable, and was about to go forward and force Qin Fang up, but she didn't expect that Chu Ci grabbed her wrist just as she took a step forward.

"Shizi Concubine?" Xue Ling looked at Chu Ci with a puzzled expression.

Chu Ci shook his head at her, then turned to Qin Fang who was still kowtowing, and said, "Do you know how much the bottle of medicine that you stole costs?"

As soon as Chu Ci said this, Qin Fang finally stopped kowtowing.

She raised her head stiffly and looked at Chu Ci. After a long time, she tentatively asked in a trembling voice, "A few...dozens of taels?"

Chu Ci smiled, looked at her for a moment, and said, "1 taels!"

"One, 1 taels?!" Qin Fang was shocked. She looked at Chu Ci in disbelief, and thought about the size of the white jade bottle containing the medicine in her heart. She shook and almost fainted.

Chu Ci nodded seriously at her, "That's right, it's 1 taels! A bottle of 1 taels!"

Qin Fang seemed to be taken aback by the price. She stared blankly at Chu Ci's fluttering lips. After a while, she seemed to finally come back to her senses. She crawled on her knees with Xue Ling, hugged her calf, and raised her hands. At the beginning, I cried heart-piercingly, "Miss, this servant, I really don't know that the medicine for the concubine is so expensive, I am sorry for you, I have known that this medicine is so expensive, I would never dare to knock it over... You kill the servant, the servant is willing to use this life to pay for that bottle of medicine, miss, you kill the servant..."

Hearing Qin Fang's hoarse crying, Xue Ling understood why she refused to get the medicine.

"So...you dropped a bottle of medicine." She lowered her head, looked at the crying maidservant with pear blossoms and rain, and said helplessly, then helped her up again, and said angrily, "Since you dropped the medicine , then why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Qin Fang sobbed, and choked up with a deep crying voice, "Nu Maid, I originally wanted to save some money, buy another bottle of the same bottle from Shizi Concubine, and give it back to Miss, but I never thought of it , that bottle of medicine actually costs 1 taels, even if the servants spend their entire lives, they won’t be able to save enough, now I can only pay my life to the young lady..."

"Fool, what would I do with your life!" Xue Ling was soft-hearted, and while wiping Qin Fang's tears with a handkerchief, she said, "If you drop the medicine, you will drop it. Just be careful next time!"

"Miss..." Qin Fang didn't expect her master to let her go so easily. She widened her eyes, guiltily and unbelievably said, "But the medicine costs 1 taels of silver!"

Xue Ling patted her hand, "Money is something outside of the body. You grew up with me. This kind of affection is not as good as 10 taels, not to mention only 1 taels... But in the future, you must never buy it again." So careless."

"I'm sorry, servant girl! Thank you girl, servant girl!" Qin Fang said, and was about to kneel down again.

Xue Ling hurriedly supported her, and said, "Stop kneeling, you're crying like a cat, go down and wash!"

"Then, that servant girl will go down first!" Qin Fang said, blessed her lower body again, and then walked out.

Xue Ling watched the maid leave, then turned to Chu Ci, and said, "What happened just now made the princess laugh."

"Where!" Chu Ci hooked his lips lightly, "The relationship between your master and servant is very good, which is very enviable!"

"The people around the concubine Shizi are also good!" Xue Ling said with a smile, looking at the young crops beside Chuci.

Hearing what she said, Chuci also looked at the young crops beside her, couldn't help but think about Jinling for a moment, nodded with emotion, and said, "You mean, the young crops in my family are very good!"

Qing Miao blushed accidentally after being praised by the two of them.

Afterwards, Chu Ci gave Xue Ling another bottle of medicine before packing up the medicine box and leaving.

After getting into the carriage of Chu Residence.

The blush on Qing Miao’s face hadn’t dissipated yet, Chu Ci took a look at her, then turned his head, opened the curtain of the car thoughtfully, and ordered Qing Longwei who was accompanying him outside, “If you have time, help me find Xue Ling’s body. Maid Qin Fang...see if anyone around her needs healing ointment!"

"Yes, master!" The Qinglong guard outside agreed swiftly.

At the same time, Qing Miao in the car also raised his head, looked at Chu Ci in surprise, and said, "Miss suspects that Miss Xue's Hen Hen Ointment was not dropped by Qin Fang, but was stolen by her?"

Chu Ci glanced at Qing Miao, nodded and said, "I have this suspicion... My intuition tells me that this matter is not easy."

Qing Miao frowned, and couldn't help feeling sorry for Xue Ling, "Miss Xue treats Qin Fang so well, if she really cheats and lies, then she will be very sorry to Miss Xue."

Chu Ci smiled, "That's why I have to figure things out. After all, Ms. Xue is my patient. If she is short of medicine or takes the wrong medicine, it will be my brand that will be smashed!"

"What the girl said is true!" Qing Miao nodded vigorously, as if her girl was the most reasonable.

Chu Ci looked at the maid who was smiling at Yanyan in front of him, thought for a while, and then asked, "By the way, Qing Miao, how old are you today?"

Qing Miao did not expect that Chu Ci would suddenly ask her age, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Returning to the girl, this servant is sixteen today!"

"Well..." Chu Ci nodded, "Then you can stay by my side for a few more years!"

Qing Miao heard the deep meaning in her master's words, blushed all of a sudden, and dared not speak for a while.

Chu Ci glanced at her with a smile, but didn't speak again.

An hour later, the carriage stopped at the entrance of Chu's house.

Qing Miao helped Chu Ci get out of the car. As soon as the two of them entered the door, Butler Wu reported in a low voice, "Miss, when you were out, some servants from the palace came to the house..."

"The servants in the palace?" Chu Ci frowned, "Did they say why they came here?"

Butler Wu said, "The leader is a father-in-law surnamed Zhang. According to him, he seems to be replacing the emperor to urge the girl to treat Miss Huang's illness!"

It was so!
Chu Ci made up his mind, looked at Steward Wu again, and asked, "Then, are Eunuch Zhang and the others in the front hall now?"

Butler Wu nodded, "It's in the front hall, and the servant specially asked the mute girl to serve you."

Chu Ci nodded slightly, and since the dumb girl can't speak, those father-in-laws would have no way to inquire about the affairs of Chu's residence, and Steward Wu is considered well-intentioned.

Thinking in this way, she thanked Steward Wu, and then walked towards the front hall.

In the front hall, Eunuch Zhang drank tea with a few servants he had brought.

Seeing Chuci leading Qingmiao in, she hurriedly put down the teacup in her hand, stood up, and saluted with a smile on her face, "I have seen the concubine, please greet the concubine!"

He got up together, and the father-in-laws who sat under him also stood up.

Chu Ci's cool eyes swept over the faces of several people, raised his hands, and said, "These are all the emperor's close servants, so there is no need to be polite!"

"Concubine Shizi, you're welcome!" Eunuch Zhang said again in a reserved manner, before standing up straight.

He was not polite, and directly asked about Chu Ci's drug test.

Chu Ci naturally made up seven points of truth and three points of falsehood, "I'm really ashamed, there is no progress yet, and the emperor is disappointed!"

When Eunuch Zhang heard that Chu Ci had not made any progress, his face turned cold immediately, and he looked at her uneasily and said, "Since the matter of testing the medicine for the emperor has not made any progress, how can the imperial concubine still have the time to go out and hang out!"

There was already a hint of questioning in this tone.

Chu Ci felt a little uncomfortable, but thinking of the person in front of him as the emperor's close servant, he didn't have an attack after all, but carefully explained the matter that Xue Shangshu asked her to heal Miss Xue's face.

Originally, she thought that, as an important minister in Xue Shangshu's court, Eunuch Zhang would give some face, but what she didn't expect was that after she mentioned Xue Shangshu, Eunuch Zhang's face turned darker, and he looked at him coldly. Glancing at her, she reprimanded, "It's just the daughter of a second-rank official, so it's not as valuable as the emperor's dragon body! The Shizi Concubine is a smart person, and I still have to distinguish priorities in the future!"

Chu Ci: "..."

Facing such an unreasonable person, she no longer wanted to continue communicating.

But Eunuch Zhang refused to let her go.

Seeing that she was silent, he thought she was afraid of his status as the emperor's close servant, so he snorted softly and continued to preach, "According to the wishes of the servant girl, the concubine should not go out again until the emperor succeeds in testing the medicine." ...The concubine Shi Zi thinks that the servant girl arranges this way, but is it right?"

Chu Ci took a deep breath, "You're right!"

"Since that's the case, Shi Zifei should go to the pharmacy now to make up her mind and help the emperor test the medicine!" Eunuch Zhang said again.

Chu Ci continued to take a deep breath, "Okay, I'll go right away!"

Eunuch Zhang stood up and pressed forward step by step, "My servant will accompany you."

Chu Ci suddenly stopped, looked back at him, and asked, "Eunuch, are you afraid that I will be lazy?"

"Slaves don't dare!" Eunuch Zhang said you were respectful, but he didn't dare, but on his face, he was a little more arrogant than the proudest peacock.

Without waiting for Chu Ci to speak, he hurriedly urged, "Is the concubine still not leaving?"

Chu Ci gritted his teeth, "Then I'll go back and change some clothes!" After speaking, he turned his head and walked outside without waiting for Mr. Zhang to speak.

Eunuch Zhang wanted to call Chu Ci to stop, and advised her to hurry up and leave the clothes alone, but Chu Ci didn't give him a chance to speak, and walked faster than a rabbit!

"Girl, that Eunuch Zhang is too much! I didn't know, I thought he was the head of the cell, and the girl was a prisoner, and he was so strict!" On the way back to Xieciju, Qing Miao smiled angrily. complaints.

Chu Ci smiled at her sideways, and reminded, "Don't say that, be careful that the walls have ears!"

Hearing what Chu Ci said, Qing Miao hurriedly covered her mouth, and stared around.After making sure that there was no one around, he put his hand down, followed up with Chu Ci who had strode far away, and asked in a low voice, "Is the girl going to endure like this?"

Chu Ci still had a smile on his face, showing no signs of anger, "Of course I won't bear it!"

"What does that girl mean..." Qing Miao hurriedly asked.

Chu Ci hooked his lips, "You will know when the time comes!"

With that said, the two of them had arrived at Xie Ciju.

However, after Chu Ci entered the door, he did not go to change clothes, but went straight to the bed of the two little ones.

The two babies grew up for a few more months, and now they can speak more fluently. Seeing her come in, they called out from a distance, "Mother! Mother!"

Chu Ci stopped beside You's bed, leaned over and kissed Xiao'er, and then kissed Xin'er.

Xiao'er and Xin'er didn't see their mother for a day and a night, and they thought about it too much. They both held on to Chu Ci and refused to let go.

Chu Ci also wanted to spend more time with the two little babies.

So, Eunuch Zhang who was still waiting outside was unknowingly forgotten by her...

Two quarters of an hour later, there was a commotion outside.

As if remembering something, she raised her head, looked at Zhejin and said, "Go and see, what happened outside!"

"Yes, girl!" Zhejin agreed, and was about to turn around and leave.

But who knows, before she could go out, the curtain of the bedroom was lifted.

Then, with a sullen face, Zhang Gonggong walked in from the outside with a big sword in his hand...

"Eunuch Zhang?" Chu Ci let go of the two children, stood up, looked at Eunuch Zhang who was getting closer to her, and asked awe-inspiringly.

After Eunuch Zhang stood still in front of her, he lifted his lower lip coldly and said, "Did Princess Shi forget something important?"

Chu Ci raised his eyebrows, "Eunuch Zhang, you might as well speak up if you have something to say!"

"Okay, Shizi Concubine speaks quickly, and the servant will not cover up!" Eunuch Zhang said, and gave her a gloomy look, and said, "Just now in the front hall, the servant reminded you, now Nothing is as important as the emperor's dragon body, has the concubine just forgotten? Do you know that if you procrastinate for another quarter of an hour, the emperor will suffer for a few more days?"

"Then according to Eunuch Zhang, I should not do anything, just stay in the pharmacy and test the medicine for the emperor?" Chu Ci asked coldly.

Eunuch Zhang snorted, "This is what it should be, the emperor's dragon body is more important than anything else!"

"..."

Chu Ci was silent.

Eunuch Zhang raised his chin even higher, "If Shi Zifei has no other opinions, then shall we leave now?"

Chu Ci looked up at Eunuch Zhang, and suddenly asked, "Did the emperor send Eunuch to watch me test the medicine?"

Eunuch Zhang nodded without thinking, "Exactly!"

"Then, as long as I'm in the pharmacy, the father-in-law has to keep looking at the prescription?"

"Exactly!"

"In that case, let's go!" Chu Ci said, looked at Zhejin and Yunniang reassuringly, and walked outside.

A sneer twitched on the corner of Eunuch Zhang's lips, and he followed him non-stop.

Chu Ci went directly to the pharmacy with a few father-in-laws who followed.

After she entered the door, she pointed to the opposite south wall and said, "Stand here and watch!"

Eunuch Zhang didn't refute this point, he took a few people behind him and walked towards the south wall that Chu Ci was pointing at!

They stood in rows under the south wall.

On the other hand, Chu Ci also began to observe the mold that she had cultivated before. She is the kind of person who will forget the time when she is doing business.

Seeing the sunlight cast on the window shift little by little.

Chu Ci didn't intend to raise his head at all, but the father-in-law standing next to him under the south wall couldn't bear it anymore.

Two hours later, Chu Ci had changed hands and began to prepare the ointment, and the father-in-laws also moved slightly.

They thought that Chu Ci would stop when it was time for dinner.

But no one expected that Chu Ci didn't intend to rest until it got dark. Outside, Aunt Wu had reminded him, but Chu Ci sent him away directly on the pretext of not being hungry.

At the time of Haishi at night, Chu Ci was still very energetic.

But those pampered father-in-laws were like frost-beaten eggplants, and they kept winking at the leader, Eunuch Zhang.

Eunuch Zhang saw the exhaustion of his subordinates, but he was unwilling to give in to Chu Ci.So he pretended not to see the pleading eyes of several subordinates, on the contrary, he gave them a hard look and motioned them to stand up straighter.

The fathers-in-law had no choice but to straighten their waists and continue to stand hungry.

In this way, a long night passed.

By the dawn of the second day, the father-in-laws had reached the end of their strength, but Chu Ci, who was making the ointment, looked energetic, as if he would not be tired if he persisted for another three days.

After one night, Eunuch Zhang was actually very tired.

But he thought of how he threatened Chu Ci yesterday, so he didn't dare to go forward and beg her to let them rest.

Gritting his teeth, he could only continue to stand.

At the end of the stand, all of them leaned against the wall tightly, their legs seemed to be unconscious.

After dawn, Aunt Wu invited Chu Ci out for breakfast as usual.

When the father-in-law heard Aunt Wu's voice, it was as if they heard the sound of nature.

At the same time, he looked at Chu Ci expectantly, expecting her to put down the things in her hand and say yes.

But to their disappointment, Chu Ci seemed to be neither sleepy nor hungry, and rejected Aunt Wu without looking up.

Outside, Aunt Wu wanted to persuade her again, but was held back by Qing Miao.

Qing Miao dragged her to the side, and whispered, "Aunt Wu, you don't need to persuade the girl, she must have other ideas in her heart, if you are really worried about the girl, why don't you go back and prepare some more food, when the time is almost up , the girl will come out!"

"Is that so?" Aunt Wu looked at Qing Miao worriedly and asked.

Qing Miao nodded again and again, leaned closer to Aunt Wu, and said, "Those father-in-laws are too annoying. The girl said that she would teach them a lesson. Let's not destroy the girl's plan!"

"That's it... What you said makes sense!" Aunt Wu frowned and nodded.

But having said that, she was still a little worried about Chu Ci, and went to the door of the pharmacy to ask a few words, and after confirming that Chu Ci really didn't want to eat, she went back to the small kitchen...

After Aunt Wu left, the father-in-laws heard the footsteps gradually walking away, as if the hope in their hearts had followed suit, and their heart ached.

But Chu Ci on the other side was expressionless, still making medicine seriously.

Eunuch Zhang looked at this scene, his face was ashen.

But he just held his breath and refused to give in to Chu Ci.

The sun rises and the moon sets.

In a blink of an eye, three days passed.

By the morning of the third day, Eunuch Zhang couldn't see any other color on his face, only a splash of white.

And the father-in-laws around him were even worse. They couldn't stand up straight for a long time, and their legs were stiff and swollen...

Just when they couldn't hold on any longer, Aunt Wu's worried voice came in again, "Girl, it's been three days, you should come out for breakfast..."

Chu Ci heard the words, raised his head, and was about to refuse.

But who knew, before she could speak, the knees of the father-in-laws who were leaning against the south wall suddenly softened, and then they knelt down without any warning.

Because they were kneeling at the same time, the sound was inevitably louder.

Outside, Aunt Wu thought that something happened to Chu Ci, so she broke in directly, called "girl" worriedly, ran towards Chu Ci, held her hand, looked her up and down, He asked anxiously, "Girl, are you okay? You don't know, the noise just now scared me to death!"

"I'm fine!" Chu Ci raised his hand, and gently patted Aunt Wu's hand holding her arm.

After speaking, he raised his head again, looked at the father-in-laws kneeling by the south wall, and said with a smile, "They are the ones who have something to do!"

"They?" Aunt Wu followed Chu Ci's gaze and looked at the father-in-laws, then raised her eyebrows and said, "Then that loud noise just now..."

"It's the sound of them kneeling!" Chu Ci explained calmly.

After finishing speaking, he looked at the dying father-in-law and said, "You guys...are you unable to hold on?"

The father-in-laws were about to cry when they heard Chu Ci's question, and they didn't look at Zhang Eunuch's face, but just arched their hands and said, "Shizi concubine forgive me, the servants really can't stand it...you, you After working for three days and three nights, it's time to rest..."

"But didn't Eunuch Zhang say that the emperor's dragon body should come first in everything, and nothing else matters?" Chu Ci said, looking straight at Eunuch Zhang with sharp eyes.

Eunuch Zhang stood there for three days and three nights, and his spirit was extremely poor. Now that Chu Ci looked at him like this, his whole body trembled immediately. He bit his lip hard, but he still didn't want to give in.

Seeing this, Chu Ci smiled coldly, "It seems that Eunuch Zhang has no idea what's wrong, so that's fine...then let's continue to test the medicine for the emperor, for another three to five days, anyway, I will stick to it , but you..."

She didn't finish the last sentence, but the father-in-laws understood it better than anyone else!

(End of this chapter)