Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 89
When King Lu Xiaojun heard Chu Ci asking about Lu Zhaohua, he paused, raised his eyebrows and said, "I have been staying with Xiao Er and Xin Er in the Green Bamboo Garden for the past few days, but I haven't heard of it."

"Oh." Chu Ci responded indifferently.

King Lu Xiaojun was a little worried, so he simply lifted the curtain, looked at Ping An who was sitting on the shaft of the car, and asked, "Is there any rumor in the mansion that Miss is unwell?"

Listening to the master's question, Ping An hurriedly turned his head, frowned and thought for a moment, and said, "As for the king of Xiaojun, I haven't heard that Luoshenyuan invites a doctor in the past few days..."

King Lu Xiaojun let out a "hmm" and put down the curtain.

In the carriage, Chu Ci hummed softly.

King Lu Xiaojun subconsciously turned his head and looked at her. After a while, he said in a deep voice, "Do you doubt that... Zhaohua is not sick?"

Chu Ci hooked the corners of his lips, "Isn't it a good thing that I'm not sick?"

King Lu Xiaojun heard a different meaning from her words.

Sighing, she affirmed, "You're blaming my mother..."

"No!" Chu Ci looked at him and interrupted him without hesitation, "I didn't, I didn't blame my mother...she is the eldest lady's mother, and she should be thinking of the eldest lady."

"But she didn't tell you the truth." King Lu Xiaojun shook his head.

Chu Ci slightly raised his eyelids, "It's not important."

King Lu Xiaojun: "..."

Is this really not important?

Chu Ci saw his hesitation in his eyes, his eyes moved, he reached out to cover his hand, and said sincerely, "Really, my husband, my mother has treated me very well, and I am very satisfied now."

"But I always feel that I have wronged you." King Lu Xiaojun looked at her with a distressed expression.

Chu Ci bent his lips and smiled, "If you really think so...then why don't you make it up to me?"

Hearing what she said, King Lu Xiaojun seemed to think it made sense, and a smile appeared on his face. He stretched out his hand to embrace the woman beside him, put his chin against her heart, nodded and said, "Okay, husband I must make it up to you, I only love you in this life, as long as you..."

Listening to his confession, Chu Ci leaned on his left chest with peace of mind...

It's just that, vaguely, she felt that the last sentence of the oath sounded familiar.

Like before, someone whispered in her ear——

From then on, I only love you, as long as you are alone, and only love you.

……

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped at the gate of the palace.

Outside, there was a rare noise.

Chu Ci was always happy and quiet, so he couldn't help frowning.

King Lu Xiaojun slept with her for so long, how could he not know her habits.

Immediately, he hugged her shoulders and comforted her in a low voice, "Mistress, bear with it, it will only take half a day."

Chu Ci nodded.

Outside, Ping An had already opened the curtain, bowed and shouted, "Prince Xiaojun, Princess Concubine, has arrived at the gate of the palace, it's time to get out of the car."

"Understood!" King Lu Xiaojun gave Pingan a sideways look.

Then he helped Chu Ci to bend out of the car, and stepped off the car completely.

In front, the King of Nanjun had already helped Princess Nanjun get off the carriage.

The four of them gathered together and walked towards the gate of the palace with the servants close to them...

After entering the palace, they walked forward for a while, and when they were about to reach the front court, the four of them separated.

Princess Nanjun and Chu Ci took sedan chairs to the Queen's Kunning Palace.

King Nanjun and King Lu Xiaojun went to the Taiji Hall where Emperor Jingming held a banquet.

Go to Kunning Palace and get off the sedan chair.

Chu Ci discovered that the number of female relatives who entered the palace today was much more surprising.

The main hall of Kunning Palace is not big, so many people don't even have the chance to meet the queen, so they can only get together in four or five in the courtyard of Kunning Palace, gossiping about family affairs.

However, according to the title of Nanjun Wangfu, she and Nanjun Princess can enter the main hall.

No, as soon as the two of them entered the courtyard, a sensible eunuch greeted them, slapped Qian'er neatly, and said with a smile, "I have seen the princess of Nanjun and the concubine of the world. Please, the empress just now Still remembering the two of you."

Princess Nanjun nodded, said politely, took Chu Ci's hand, and walked in with the envious eyes of everyone in the courtyard.

When we arrived at the main hall, it was also full.

There is only one place in the lower left corner closest to the queen.

The two stepped forward to salute the queen.

The Queen's palm-sized face was full of smiles, and after she called out, she raised her hand to stroke the bright yellow forehead on her head, and gently commanded the maids beside her, "Yuanshi, quickly invite Princess Nanjun and Princess Shizi to sit down. "

"Yes, empress." Yuan Shi agreed, and then led Nanjun Wangfei to take the seat on the lower left.

"Concubine Shizi, there are no more seats in the hall. This servant has asked someone to bring a brocade stool from the storeroom. You will sit on it for a while, and it will be fine when the table starts." Yuan Shi said lightly after Princess Nanjun sat down. He glanced at Chu Ci, then avoided her gaze without showing any signs, and said gently.

Chu Ci smiled, "Then there will be Miss Laoyuan."

Yuan Shi bent his lips, said nothing more, bowed and backed away, and returned to the Queen's side.

The brocade stool was moved over after a cup of tea.

After Chu Ci sat down, Empress Ren ignored Princess Nanjun and her, and started talking to the mother and grandmother of the Marquis of Cheng En... from time to time, she let out a charming smile, looking very happy .

It is completely different from the appearance of ordinary women who are severely injured and extremely weak after giving birth.

Could it be - is it the blessing of Emperor Jingming's real dragon spirit?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Queen Ren a few more times.

The whole person fell into deep thought unconsciously.

And next to her, Princess Mingjun called Chu Ci in a low voice several times, but she didn't respond, so in desperation, she reached out and gently tugged at her sleeve.

In this way, Chu Ci was brought back to his senses.

Chu Ci subconsciously looked at the woman who was teasing him, and saw a familiar face that was unparalleled in beauty and slightly plump.

"Why, my sister doesn't know me anymore?" Wei Bingtan opened his mouth slightly and asked back with a half-smile.

The smile on the corner of Chu Ci's mouth froze, and it took him a while to remember who the woman in front of him was... He pursed his lips in annoyance, and called out "Sister Heng" in a low voice.

Wei Bin smiled when she heard the words, "I thought my sister, you are busy with your affairs, and you don't remember me for a long time!"

Chu Ci laughed awkwardly, "How could it be!"

Then, he asked about her recent situation.

With a bit of melancholy, Wei Bing said softly, "Since I returned to my mother's house, everything is fine with the county king, and I have been using the prescription my sister gave me, but there has been no news about this belly."

Hearing what she said, Chu Ci pondered for a moment, then whispered, "Sister Heng, can you give me your hand?"

Knowing that Chu Ci wanted to feel her pulse, Wei Bing hurriedly stretched his wrist to Chu Ci's hand under the cover of wide sleeves.

Chu Ci squeezed her wrist.

After lowering his eyes and pondering for a moment, his eyes flickered.

Then, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he turned to look at her and said, "Who said there is no news, isn't there news now?"

"Sister means..." Wei Bing's eyes widened in disbelief.

Chu Ci looked at her in surprise but couldn't believe it, and the smile on his lips deepened, "It's been almost a month."

"Sister... Thank you, thank you so much!" Wei Bing said joyfully as she held Chu Ci's hand tightly with tears in her eyes.

But Chu Ci shook his head, "Thank you for what I did for the pregnancy. If you want to thank you, you should also thank King Ming for your hard work..."

Wei Bing did not expect Chu Ci to speak so blatantly.

The palm-sized face blushed completely, and after a long while, he murmured, "My sister is bad..."

My sister is bad...

Chu Ci listened to this coquettish coquetry.

Can't help but sigh.

King Ming is so lucky!
Such a woman who can act like a baby, with such a soft, hesitant voice, even a woman is a bit crisp, let alone a real man.

The two of them kept making small movements underneath, and Wei Ting was happy and worried at times, which inevitably alarmed the queen on the phoenix seat.

Empress Ren turned her eyes to Wei Bing, looked at the tears that had not been wiped away from the corners of her eyes, and asked with concern, "What's wrong with Princess Mingjun? But who bullied you?"

As he said that, his eyes circled around Chu Ci's face again.

The meaning is obvious - if someone bullies you, just speak out, I will make the decision for you!
Although Wei Ping lives in a deep boudoir, under the influence of the king of Ming County, he has some understanding of the political affairs of the court.

Naturally, he knew the irreconcilable contradiction between the Prince Regent's Mansion and Cheng Enhou's Mansion.

I also know what Empress Dowager Ren and Empress Ren are targeting Chu Ci's mother and son.

Immediately got up, bowed, and said truthfully in a soft voice, "Thank you, Queen, for your concern. There is no one bullying my concubine in the hall."

"Then why do you have tears in the corners of your eyes?" The queen frowned, supported the phoenix seat, and asked calmly.

Hearing the queen's question, Wei Bin subconsciously pressed his hands on his IDE's lower abdomen, bowed his head and said, "If you go back to the queen, the reason why I cry is not because of sadness, but...weeping with joy."

"Weeping with joy?... Then I don't know where this joy comes from?"

"To be honest, I have been looking forward to this for several years, but today I found out that I am finally pregnant. That's why I couldn't restrain myself. In the empress's palace, I almost shed tears."

So overjoyed, the queen could not refute.

He could only call the iris beside him to ask for the imperial physician.

On the surface, it was for the concubine of Princess Mingjun, but in fact, it was to prevent her from having other intentions.

The imperial physician rushed over quickly, and it was Liang Yizheng, whom the queen trusted most.

Doctor Liang was coming into the palace, and he saluted the queen first.

After the queen cried out, she looked at Wei Bing with gentle eyes, and ordered Liang Yizheng to say, "Princess Mingjun has been looking forward to it for so many years, and she is finally pregnant. Show her a good look. Is her baby okay? Do you want it?" What are the supplements?"

"Yes, empress." Doctor Liang agreed, and walked towards the Mingjun princess with the medicine box.

After kneeling down in front of Princess Mingjun, she took out the pulse pillow and said, "Please also ask Princess Princess to put her wrist on the pulse pillow."

In front of everyone, Wei Bing slowly rolled up his sleeves, and placed Hua Shuang Saixue's wrist on the pulse pillow.

The maid beside her covered her wrist with a silk handkerchief again.

Dr. Liang was pressing three fingers on the silk handkerchief, feeling Wei Fing's pulse through the handkerchief.

This one is a full quarter of an hour.

After finishing, the whole face is full of dignity.

"How is it?" The Queen asked calmly after taking a sip of Liu'an Guapian.

Doctor Liang heard the words, turned around on his knees, bowed to the queen, and said, "If you go back to the queen, I carefully checked the pulse of the princess, but there was no symptom of a slippery pulse."

The implication is that what Princess Mingjun said about her pregnancy is just a lie.

Upon hearing this, the Queen's eyes sharpened immediately, she looked at Princess Mingjun, and said in a dignified manner without anger, "Princess Mingjun, what else do you have to say?"

After hearing Liang Yizheng's words, Wei Ting trembled all over. Now when the queen asked her again, her forehead was covered with sweat and she almost couldn't stand upright.

Seeing her like this, Chu Ci was about to stand up and take the blame for the crime.

But she just owed her lower body, and Wei Bing had already knelt down towards the queen, her back straightened, and she said in a serious tone, "If you go back to the queen, the concubine's happy pulse was personally given by sister Chu, the eldest concubine of Nanjun's palace. Liang Yizheng, I am more willing to trust sister Chu."

"Really?" The queen's pupils shrank, and she looked at Chu Ci sharply.

Meeting the Queen's gaze, Chu Ci stood up slowly, and said softly, "Yes! Sister Heng is indeed pregnant. It's just less than a month old, so the slippery pulse is not obvious yet."

"According to what you're saying, it's because the hospital's director is not good at medicine?" The queen asked back.

Chu Ci retorted lightly, "I didn't mean that, but...if I remember correctly, this Liang Yizheng should be good at internal classics, right?"

The implication is that Liang Yizheng is not good at learning.

Without saying a word, the queen withdrew the gaze that fell on Chu Ci's face, turned her head to look at Li Wei beside her, and ordered, "Go to Doctor Liang."

A good doctor, but a good doctor in gynecology.

After the queen said a word, Imperial Physician Liang walked in with a medicine box on his back.

After reaching the center of the main hall, he first saluted Queen Ren as usual.

After Empress Ren called out, she pointed to Princess Mingjun, "Go and feel the pulse of Princess Mingjun, she is pregnant!"

"Yes, Empress!" Imperial Physician Liang replied, got up and walked slowly towards Princess Mingjun.

After knelt down opposite Wei Bing, he said in a gentle voice, "Please also ask the princess of the county to extend a hand."

Wei Bing nodded, stretched out a hand, and placed it on the pulse pillow that Doctor Liang took out.

Physician Liang waited for a quarter of an hour.

With a look of hesitation, he said again, "Please change the other hand, the princess of the county."

Wei Bing obediently switched hands.

After finishing, Physician Liang was still not sure, and asked Wei Bing about many details of her daily life.

Wei Bing answered one by one.

Only then did Physician Liang cup his hands and said, "Congratulations to Princess Jun, according to what you said, you are indeed pregnant for twenty days."

Wei Bing's heart fell to the ground after hearing what Imperial Physician Liang had said.

The queen, on the other hand, was extremely unwilling.

She almost exhausted all her strength to suppress the breath.Shen Sheng ordered Physician Liang to back down, forced a smile again, looked at Yuan Shi and said, "It's really a happy event for Princess Mingjun to get her happy pulse in Kunning Palace... I remember, I was pregnant When Lin was a child, my grandmother and mother had prepared a lot of medicinal materials for pregnant women to strengthen the body, you go and pick out some of the best ones, and send them to Master Wei's house yourself!"

"Yes, ma'am." Yuan Shi agreed cautiously.

And Wei Ting respectfully thanked her, and after the queen called out, she was supported by her personal maid and sat down again on the original seat.

After the queen's eyes were no longer on her side, she turned her head slightly, looked at Chu Ci uneasily, and said, "I almost hurt my sister."

Chu Ci shook his head, "Sister Heng is fine, so I'm relieved. Speaking of it is also my fault. I shouldn't be so restless. I told my sister the good news when I was still in the hall."

"I don't blame my sister." Wei Bing immediately shook his head after hearing Chuci's apology, "I'm really happy that my sister told me this news..."

"Sister Heng just needs to be happy." Chu Ci raised his lips and smiled.After a pause, he said earnestly, "However, for the sake of the child in your womb, you'd better keep a distance from me in the future."

Otherwise, if the queen is not happy, she will take the person she has befriended.

Wei Bing also thought of this, but instead of following Chu Ci's words, she shook her head and said, "No, I won't keep a distance from my sister, my sister is my benefactor, and even more so is the child in my belly. benefactor... To tell you the truth, in my heart, I have long regarded my sister as my own sister."

Hearing what she said, Chu Ci froze slightly.

In his heart, he admired Wei Bing very much, but on the surface, he didn't say anything.

He just nodded noncommittally.

Then he looked at the front with eyes and nose and heart, and no longer spoke.

In the main hall, the queen said something to the wives again.

Around noon, the imperial mother came in outside, saying that the banquet was ready, and all the wives could sit in.

The queen heard the words and looked at the people in the hall, "Since you have already taken the seat, I will tell you this today...Everyone go to the table first, and I will call you into the palace when I have time!"

"Yes, empress!" As soon as they heard that the banquet was about to start, all the wives sitting there immediately stood up and saluted the empress respectfully.

The queen nodded, and her pointed eyes lightly passed over the faces of Wei Bing, Princess Nanjun and Chu Ci, and then went back to the inner hall holding Yuan Shi's hand.

"You, why are you always so... so kind!" Princess Nanjun deliberately led Chu Ci to the back, shook her hand tightly, and softly accused.

Chu Ci laughed awkwardly.

I thought to myself, what her mother-in-law originally wanted to say was not to be kind, but to meddle in other people's business!
However, because she was afraid of losing her face, she changed her words.

Seeing Chu Ci, Princess Nanjun just laughed and didn't reply.

Where did she not know, in her heart, she simply felt that she was right!

However, she is just her mother-in-law, not her own mother... Some things can only be said to the end.

If you talk too much, it may be deliberately embarrassing for the wife.

Thinking like this, she had no choice but to shut up again, holding back all the words she wanted to say, and then led her to continue walking outside.

This court celebration is a big banquet, and there are a hundred tables set up for the wife's wife.

There are twenty tables in the Kunning Palace, and the rest are on the terrace outside the Kunning Palace.

Because the title of King Nanjun is quite high, Princess Nanjun and Chu Ci were assigned to the twenty tables in Kunning Palace.

She didn't know any of the female relatives sitting next to her.

But the princess of Nanjun had a relationship with those wives.

After sitting together, they chatted with laughter and laughter.

It's nothing more than a compliment to Nanjun Wangfei's children who are so old, and the skin on her face looks like she is in her twenties, without a single wrinkle.

One said that Princess Nanjun would take care of her.

Another said that the King of Nanjun would love people.

Others said that Princess Nanjun and Chu Ci stood together, not like mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at all, but more like sisters.

……

Chu Ci could only keep smiling for these compliments.

But Nanjun Wangfei's heart is as sweet as honey.

However, when everyone asked about the secret of maintenance, she pushed Chu Ci out without hesitation, saying, "All of this is actually thanks to us, Ah Ci, and you all know that our medical skills are popular in the entire Yun Dynasty They are all famous, besides curing diseases, she also makes some skin care products on weekdays... To be honest, the effect is much better than the most expensive rouge in Yanhuafang..."

Yanhuafang is the best shop in Yunchao for skin care products.

There are branches in every town.

Because of the good quality of the items inside, the price is set very high, even the cheapest rouge costs two taels of silver.

Including the noble ladies in the capital, anyone who has some status and family background uses things from Yanhuafang.

Now, when the wives heard Nanjun Wangfei say that Chuci made better products than Yanhuafang, they immediately became excited and looked at Chuci with burning eyes.

Chu Ci looked at the seven or eight wives with sparkling eyes full of longing.

I couldn't help coughing softly, and said in a low voice, "My mother-in-law...actually, it's a bit exaggerated."

These seven or eight wives are headed by Mrs. Yang, the wife of Lord Zhen Guo.

When Yang heard what Chu Ci said, she immediately smiled, took her hand nearby, and said gently, "Our Ah Ci is modest, no wonder your mother-in-law likes you so much!"

Chu Ci: "..."

Could it be that this is how women value beauty?

But I just realized that she can make powerful skin care products, so I put her in my camp.

"You mean, don't you?" Seeing that Chu Ci just smiled but didn't speak, Yang looked at the other ladies on the table and asked happily.

The other wives immediately echoed Yang's words and praised Chu Ci.

Chu Ci swore that since she came to Yunchao, the compliments she heard in the past three years should not be as many as today.

But think about it, what I will do in the future will not be possible without the support of these wives' families.

He simply nodded his head with a half-push, and said softly, "Since the ladies like A Ci, then A Ci will make a few more sets that are the same as those used by my mother, and have them sent to your house."

After listening to Chu Ci's agreement, Yang nodded excitedly, and then withdrew a jade bracelet with a good water head from her hand, put it on her wrist, and said, "I went out in a hurry today, and I didn't bring anything. Good thing, this jadeite bracelet will be used as a meeting gift first, and when I go back, I will post a post to invite you to the house tomorrow, so I will carefully choose some meeting gifts for you."

Hearing this, Chu Ci saw the value of the bracelet just by glancing at it.

I'm afraid that apart from the palace, other places, even the Nanjun Prince's Mansion can't find such a good thing?

But Mrs. Yang actually felt that this was something that should not be put on the table!
Then how good will the good things in her house be?

(End of this chapter)