Abandoned Women: The First Secret Service Concubine

Chapter 71 The Imperial Palace
The two said so.

Knowing that Doudou could enter the city, she speeded up her meal, jumped off the stool after she was full, and took Feng Yao's hand to the big carriage outside.

Su Xingyan walked to the carriage first, opened the curtain, let Feng Yao and her son sit in, and then followed.The cook also served as the coachman, took the whip and turned the carriage around, and started driving out of the village.

After the carriage drove away, Wuji jumped off the big willow tree and followed.The little fox was left alone, squatting by the window, and screamed dissatisfied.

It also wanted to follow, but before leaving, Feng Yao patted its head and told it that its breed was extraordinary, and if people saw it when it entered the city, they would arrest it.That can't be done, it is Doudou's little friend, and it wants to be with Doudou.Thinking of this, he jumped off the window sill, threw himself on the ground in the yard, picked up the small fish toy that Feng Yao had peeled for him, and started playing alone.

Feng Yao didn't know, but shortly after she left, two people gradually came along the path leading to the small courtyard.One is short and stocky, the other is thin. I don't know if it is to cover up a guilty conscience, but they all hold their heads high, feeling a little overkill.

It was Zhu and Cheng's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

After Song Qingqing left before, she felt unwilling.Why does the Feng family have everything?Why did she want to marry a sick and weak man from a neighboring village?Before seeing Su Xingyan, Song Qingqing was still a little happy about the marriage.But after meeting Su Xingyan, thinking about the marriage, I just feel uncomfortable.

On the way home, I happened to meet Mrs. Zhu, Aunt Six and others, and they gathered together and muttered: "The rich man is here again?"

"This time, I don't know what to give to the Feng family again?"

Song Qingqing felt an impulse in her heart, and blurted out: "The young master gave Feng 1000 taels of silver notes."

The voice was not too loud, but it happened to be heard by Zhu Shi and the others.

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhu scratched her heart and felt uncomfortable.

It was all hers!Feng Shi is her adopted daughter, she saved Feng Shi's life, raised Feng Shi up, everything about Feng Shi should belong to her!However, the Feng family severed ties with her!
Mrs. Zhu gritted her teeth with hatred. If it wasn't for Mrs. Yan who called other people in the village to go to the village chief's house to testify that day, she could still deny it now, Mrs. Feng would still be her adopted daughter.

Feeling like a fire was burning in her heart, Mrs. Zhu buried her head and walked home.At one moment, she felt that Feng Yao's things belonged to her, and at the other, she was afraid of Feng Yao's methods.But it suddenly occurred to her that when she pressed her fingerprints that day, there was no Song Ruhai's fingerprints!
Song Ruhai is the head of the household, and he only counts if he presses his fingerprints!Song Rushan pressed it instead of him, it doesn't count!Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhu regained her spirits, called her daughter-in-law Mrs. Cheng, and went to the end of the village.

The two entered the yard, only to see that the door was tied and there was no one in the house, they were overjoyed and said, "God help me too!"

Although the door was fastened, Mrs. Zhu was a big man, so he slammed it down with all his strength, knocking down the whole old door panel.The two stepped on the door and rushed in.The bed was covered with smooth and soft quilt, and there was also a soft quilt embroidered with beautiful flower clusters, and there seemed to be a faint scent of incense.In a blink of an eye, I saw eight brightly colored and radiant silks and satins piled up in the corner of the wall.

Immediately, like hungry wolves pouncing on their food, they all rushed forward.

"this is mine!"

"its mine!"

The capital, the imperial palace.

Today's Empress's birthday, from early in the morning, the Changqiu Palace was full of congratulations.Prince Murong Lian led a group of princes and prepared a magnificent song and dance to celebrate the queen's birthday.And all the concubines, wives, and ladies of the official family also lined up to present carefully prepared gifts to the empress.

Empress An Jinrong smiled and looked around, and found that Princess Murong Xi'er was nowhere to be seen, so she turned her head to look at the maid beside her: "Where is the princess?"

The maid bent her knees and blessed her body, and replied softly: "Servant, go and have a look."

The maid walked out along the side hall, all the way to the princess's Yongning Palace.Fortunately, there is only one princess in the palace, and she was born to a noble concubine.His status is noble and does not hinder the throne, so he is loved by the masters and masters in the palace, and he has been indulged in lawlessness since he was a child.Otherwise, if you are so slack, the other sisters will have already caused the stumbling block to break.

Just walking halfway, I saw a flaming red figure walking through the corridor. His face was like a bright moon, his eyes were like cold stars, and his lips were a little red, which was indescribably bright.Such unique good looks can only be found in Princess Murong Xi'er.The maid knelt down from a distance, and when the figure approached, she prostrated herself and shouted, "Welcome Your Highness, Princess Jin'an."

"Let's get up." A crisp voice came from his head, full of indescribable pride and indulgence.

The maid hurriedly stood up, intending to lead the way, but when she looked up, she felt something was wrong—although Her Royal Highness was born bright and charming, she was short since she was a child, only reaching the chin of an ordinary woman.For this reason, everyone had to lower their knees when they saw her.

However, the maid had just gotten up at this moment, before she had time to lower her knees, why did Her Highness the Princess reach her eyebrows?When he was stunned, Murong Xi'er scolded him: "Are you dumbfounded? Are you still leading the way?"

Her Royal Highness is the most temperamental, if her anger is aroused, it is possible to beat people to death on the spot.The maid trembled suddenly, and quickly walked ahead to lead the way, sweating from fright.But he didn't see the corners of Murong Xi'er's lips curled up slightly, and she walked with her head held high and her chest held high, a look of joy flashed in her eyes.

Entering the Changqiu Hall, Murong Xi'er bowed to the empress who was sitting above: "See empress, empress is a thousand years old. Xi'er wishes empress to live forever and have a beautiful face forever."

"Okay, Xi'er is free." The empress said with a smile, seeing that Murong Xi'er stood up, she seemed to be much taller than before, she couldn't help but glance down.A pair of embroidered shoes of the same color were exposed under Murong Xi'er's fiery red skirt, with a strange four-leaf flower embroidered on the upper, very vivid, indescribably elegant and lovely.

Even the empress was surprised, and the others naturally cast strange glances.Murong Xi'er was born bright and beautiful, but unfortunately she is short, so many people felt sorry for it.At this moment, although she is still a little shorter than ordinary women, she is much taller than before.Standing Tingting in the hall, wearing a fiery red skirt, she was indescribably stunning.

Murong Xi'er, who was surrounded by so many amazing eyes, felt extremely proud in her heart.Proudly raising her chin, she swept across the crowd in the hall, and finally landed on Murong Ping, the most unremarkable third prince among the princes who lowered his head and closed his eyes.This brother Sanhuang, who has always been sluggish, put his heart into it this time, unlike other people who only cared about pleasing the crown prince and queen, and gave her this gift.

As if feeling Murong Xi'er's gaze, Murong Ping raised his head, a slight pampering appeared on his somewhat frail face, and then he lowered his head again.This doting gaze made Murong Xi'er's brows furrow almost invisibly, and for some reason, there was a strange shudder.

In order to congratulate the empress's birthday, not only a lively banquet was held in the palace, but also everywhere in the world.In Huangsha Town, not far from the capital, many restaurants invited opera troupes, invited passers-by to listen to the opera, and gave melon seeds tea for free.

Zhiweilou also invited the best opera troupe in the town to set up a stage and sing opera with great emotion.

"Is this the opera singer?" As soon as she entered the gate of Zhiwei Building, Doudou heard a "babbling" sound, and couldn't help but look up.I saw a group of strangely dressed people dancing there, suddenly became interested, and stretched their necks intently to watch.

Seeing this, Su Xingyan simply hugged him and walked to the front: "Let's go, let's go." He domineeringly separated the crowd, sat straight at the front, and asked Doudou in his arms, "Can you see clearly?" ?"

"Uncle, I understand." Doudou twisted her body excitedly.

Although the others were dissatisfied, they did not dare to say anything.Who told him to be the son of Zhiweilou?After offending him, they might not even be able to listen to the play today, so they stepped aside one after another, and no one dared to argue over a seat.

As Doudou got closer to the stage, she opened her eyes excitedly and looked at it.Feng Yao followed and walked over, seeing that Doudou's attention was all on the stage, so she bent down and approached Su Xingyan, and said, "You watch Doudou for me, I'll go out for a while."

"What are you going to do?" Su Xingyan asked in surprise.

"Didn't an old doctor stop us when we entered the city last time and asked me for a prescription? I came to the city today, but I have to fulfill my promise." Feng Yao replied, and after she finished speaking, she touched Doudou Little face: "Mother, go out for a while, Doudou obediently listen to uncle, did you hear me?"

"En!" Doudou nodded vigorously, then turned her head away, and continued to watch the play with great interest.

Feng Yao was a little amused, shook her head, straightened up and walked outside.

After leaving the gate of Zhiwei Building, walk all the way north, and not far away is the medical hall.Feng Yao walked closer and saw a few patients in the hospital, so she stood by the door and waited.After everyone had left, he stepped in and said in a clear voice, "Old doctor, I'm here."

The old doctor raised his head, seeing that it was Feng Yao, his eyes immediately showed joy: "Sit down quickly, the old man will wait for you for a long time."

Feng Yao smiled back, sat down, and said: "I've been busy these few days, and I haven't been to the city. I just got some free time today, so I'll come to you right away."

Feng Yao has always admired an old doctor with professional ethics and honest medical ethics, so when facing this old doctor, she is very respectful in her words.

The old doctor put aside his prejudice against Fengyao, he only felt that this girl was very pleasing.He took out an envelope from the medical case drawer, handed it to Feng Yao and said, "Take this, all the pharmacies in Huangsha Town will not make things difficult for you. And if you have relatives or neighbors who are sick, I won't be here." Sometimes you take this to find other doctors, even if the clinic is closed at night, he will open the door to follow you."

"How can I be treated like this by the old doctor?" Feng Yao took the envelope and felt that it was heavy. The old doctor used his own reputation as a guarantee!

The old doctor stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, the old man has peaches and plums all over the world. If you have the opportunity to go to Beijing in the future, it will be useful if you take this."

"What?" Feng Yao was really surprised this time, could it be that this old doctor has a lot of background?However, the other party just stroked his beard and smiled, not seeing anything extraordinary, so he suppressed his doubts and began to tell the old doctor about the prescriptions for star anise that he knew: "The first one, it's like this..."

Following Feng Yao's words, the old doctor had already picked up a pen and paper, and wrote them down on the paper with a serious face.After Feng Yao finished speaking, he asked seriously: "Where did you find this star anise? How is the terrain? How is the environment? Is the air humid? What is the original appearance of this star anise? How long does it take to ripen? What is the leaf shape like?" ?”

(End of this chapter)