A Thousand Hills

Chapter 250

Xie Moru didn't miss the gift after the fifth prince became famous for his illness. Even the fourth prince, who knew the inside story, had to pretend not to know, packed up some medicinal materials and sent it to the fifth prince's mansion.

Xie Moru picked some high-quality nourishing supplements and sent them to Concubine Su.Concubine Su knows the whereabouts of the fifth prince, otherwise, with Concubine Su's temperament, the fifth prince will always be sick like this, she must be worried that something bad will happen.Of course, knowing that the Fifth Prince had gone to Jiangnan, Concubine Su was not less worried.However, concubine Su could bear the worry of going to the south of the Yangtze River: Since my son has this opportunity, why can't he fight for it!
Although there are risks, there is no one who comes to fight for that seat without taking risks!
Concubine Su smiled and said, "Don't bring these here again, there are many more that you sent last time. I have everything here, but you come here, run around the palace and take care of yourself." Concubine Su ignored palace affairs and knew that Xie Moru was always busy.She didn't go to the banquet in the Charity Palace, but she also heard that some small palace people and servants in the palace would say in private that Princess Min has a good demeanor.Concubine Su also followed suit because of the trouble, she has been treated well recently.

"It's all taken care of, now it's nothing more than the affairs of the mansion." Xie Moru took the tea served by the Dagong people, and said, "Mother and concubine also know that our mansion has always been clean, and we are all people who abide by the rules and always do things. Not much. Your Highness has taken the medicine of Imperial Doctor Dou, and it has also improved. He specially asked me to enter the palace and tell my concubine, don't worry about it. When he is safe, I will come to the palace to greet my concubine."

Concubine Su is at this age, she has experienced a lot of things, and she has also experienced it. She heard the words and sighed, "It's easy to be affected by the weather when summer and autumn turn cold. Doctor Dou's medical skills are extremely superb. Hearing you say that, I am relieved." " Then asked, "Is the fever gone?"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked about "the fifth prince's illness" with a sense of nose and eyes, and Xie Moru left the palace before having lunch in Shuren Palace.

Back at the mansion, I changed into homely clothes, finished my meal, sat on the couch, ate tea, and listened to Wisteria's report. Wisteria said, "The mother of the concubine Su came here."

Xie Moru's hand holding the tea froze slightly, and said, "Today is neither the first day nor the fifteenth day of junior high school, what is Mrs. Su here for?"

"It is said that it is a fresh fruit from the Zhuangzi at home. Send some to Concubine Su." Wisteria followed Xie Moru since she was a child, and when she was old, she was supposed to be married. Xie Moru's, she knew Xie Moru's temper well, and said, "I ordered someone to tell Mrs. Su that there are rules in the mansion. If you are not here, the subordinates will not dare to change the rules. Please come back sometime."

Xie Moru nodded, put the teacup on the Begonia coffee table, and said, "When Mrs. Su comes, tell people to pay attention to Mrs. Su." Since the abnormality is a demon, this Mrs. Su is not a calm one. Mrs. Su This kind of tutoring shows that the Su family is the He family style.There must be something wrong with coming to the door in such a hurry!

The Su family didn't know about the fact that her mother was stopped when she came to the house. Xie Moru had always run the mansion very strictly, and the servants who had to be used in the mansion were all dull gourds, and no one dared to spread any gossip.What's more, the inner house has always been dominated by Xie Moru. Xie Moru said one thing, but the fifth prince didn't say two. The servants are lame, so naturally they dare not have second thoughts.

Especially the people in front of Xie Moru, Xie Moru is the concubine and aunt, serving wholeheartedly, there will only be more decent ones in the future.

For example, Wisteria, because of her limited status, it's hard to tell Mrs. Su's fault, she feels in her heart that if there is something important to do, it's fine, just give a few fruits, hasn't Mrs. Su never eaten fruit in our palace for eight lifetimes?If you send it a few days late, will the fruit disappear?When is this, and I still have such no eyesight.Even the side concubine Su, the princess is too busy with many things every day, and she doesn't know how to restrain her family.

Sure enough, Mrs. Su came to the door on the fifteenth day, and the mothers of the Yu family and the Xu family also came. The fifth prince's residence has always been such a rule.Xie Moru is not a mean person, and he can't help asking the side concubine's family to come to the door, but he must abide by her rules.The three wives greeted Xie Moru and said a few words, Xie Moru asked them to go to the concubine's courtyard to talk to their daughters.

Seeing her daughter, Mrs. Su was tearful and bitter. She thought that her daughter had given birth to two sons for the fifth prince. With such credit, as a mother, she wanted to come and see her daughter, but because of the bad day, she was sent back.She is fine, but one can imagine how difficult it is for the daughter in the Prince's Mansion.

Seeing his mother like this, Mrs. Su thought something happened at home.After all, Mrs. Su is her own mother, so she didn't talk about the previous incident, but said, "It's okay, I'm happy to see your mother." On the contrary, the maid beside Mrs. Su said sharply, "It's nothing, my mother doesn't know, A few days ago, the red fruit on our farm was ripe, and my wife specially picked the best stubble and sent it to the empress, what the steward of the palace said, it was not a good day for visiting, so he insisted on not letting our wife in!"

Mrs. Su quickly reprimanded, "What a talkative slut! Here is where you can talk!"

The maid hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "I know I was wrong, I just feel sorry for my wife, my mother."

Su Shi recognized the maid, and sighed, "Xiaoyuan, get up." Then she said to her mother, "Mother, don't tell me. If Xiaoyuan didn't tell the truth, I wouldn't know."

Mrs. Su wiped her tears and said, "It was also the rule of the palace. I didn't expect it to be the same today. Your Majesty likes to eat red fruits from our village at home. This year, I made candied fruit and brought them to your Majesty. "

Seeing his mother's appearance of suppressing her sadness at such an age, Su's eye circles couldn't help turning red, and said, "I'm in the palace, and I have everything. The princess has strict rules and treats us very well. It's so big There must be no rules in this mansion." Saying this in his mouth, his heart was full of helplessness.If she is favored, she thinks she can still talk.She was born to be unfavorable, of course, the servants dare not neglect her, she has a second son, and she will be fine in the future.It's just that you don't want to interfere with the affairs of the mansion.The princess is always solemn, so if she doesn't mention such things, the princess will not mention it either.But if she mentions it, she will be ashamed.

Su's sadness was not only caused by her mother being blocked from the door, even though she had two sons, and her mother had persuaded her that if she had a son, she would have someone to rely on in the future.But she was in the prime of her youth, and when she first entered the door, she had been favored several times. In recent years, the Fifth Prince had never entered her door.What made Su Shi even more heart-wrenching was that the Fifth Prince saw her once and recognized her as Yu Shi.It can be seen that the fifth prince can't even remember what she looks like.Thinking about this is full of cruelty!

Both mother and daughter were sad, weeping for a while, Xiao Yuan was also taken down to have tea, and the mother and daughter began to talk about themselves.Mrs. Su came to the house on a day when she was not visited, so she had something to do.I didn't say it until now, it really made Mrs. Su choke, Mrs. Su didn't even eat tea, she couldn't wait to whisper to her daughter, "I heard that the Fifth Highness is not really sick?"

Surprised, Su quickly covered her lips with a veil and said, "Mother, you can't talk nonsense about this matter! Now Imperial Physician Dou comes back for consultation every three days! How could our Highness pretend to be sick!"

"Where is it nonsense, I went to Cheng'en Gong's mansion a while ago, and the funeral ceremony of Mrs. Shou'an, His Majesty, Queen Mother and princes all went, but the fifth prince didn't go. Everyone is talking about it."

"Our Highness has been ill. Recently, he has been worried about the affairs of the court, and his condition has become a little worse. Where can we go? Besides, it is not easy for a sick person to go to the funeral home. Besides, didn't the princess go, Chief Historian I must have gone too." Although Su Shi was a little depressed that he had no favor at all, he also knew that the whole family was counting on the Fifth Prince.Therefore, regardless of the right and wrong, the Su family will naturally speak for the Fifth Prince.Su Clan was quite dissatisfied, and said, "Our Highness can't be so sick, we have to drag our sick body to Cheng'en Gong's Mansion to mourn the funeral. Our Highness is a serious prince and grandson, it is very precious, if we go to inherit Engong Mansion pays homage to the funeral and then aggravates the illness, can Cheng Engong Mansion take this responsibility?"

"That's what I said too." Mrs. Su said, "If it's just that, I won't come. Cheng'en Gongfu doesn't dare to complain about His Highness the Fifth Highness, it's just some other people. But before Fan, your cousin came back from the south, and said that he met a person in the south, who looks exactly like His Highness Fifth. Tell me the truth, His Highness Fifth is sick these days, have you seen His Highness Fifth?"

Su Shi didn't care about her mother's words, and said, "There are many similar people in the world. Mother, you don't know that we side concubines, every month on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, we go to the princess's courtyard to pay our respects, and we don't have to go there on weekdays. Don't It is said that His Highness is sick, even when His Highness is well, we won’t be able to see him later. When His Highness returns home, he will not be in the study room of the meeting hall in front, but in the Wangfei courtyard."

Mrs. Su also knew about this, and said with restrained dissatisfaction, "Of course I have to listen to the concubine. But your highness is ill, and you, as side concubines, should serve as sick servants." This opportunity is not given to the side concubine, and Princess Xie is also the same. How domineering.

Su sighed, "How can we talk?"

Mrs. Su said in a low voice, "Think of a way to see if His Highness the Fifth Highness has really gone to Nanmian. Taiping, hurried back to the imperial capital in a chariot. Concubine Xie is a great talent, and this mansion is counting on the Fifth Highness after all. Nothing will happen to the Fifth Highness. If it’s not for anyone else, you should think about it for Da Lang Think, don't you?"

Su frowned and thought about it, and said, "Then let me find a chance and go over and have a look."

Mrs. Su looked at her daughter with relief, and said, "That's it. You are not favored, anyway, you have a son. In this house, you don't have to worry about small things, but you have to be aware of big things."

Mrs. Su didn't have any food, so she left the house and went home.

The mothers of the Yu family and the Xu family all went there after lunch in the daughter's courtyard.

Wisteria told Xie Moru about Su's affairs that night, Xie Moru said, "Su's definitely coming, if I'm not at home, you don't have to stop her." He ordered Aunt Du Juan to come over, Xie Moru He ordered, "Ask someone to keep an eye on the Su family, and find out the origin of that cousin of the Su family."

As a princess, Xie Moru can't stay in the mansion all day even if "the fifth prince is recuperating" in the mansion. In fact, there are many occasions where the concubine needs to come forward.Especially now that the royal family has a thriving population, every month there must be several occasions for Xie Moru to come forward.

What's more, even if there is no such fate, Xie Moru will create "opportunities" for the Su family, so he invited the sixth prince and concubine to go to Sanqing Temple to worship the ancestor of Sanqing and pray for the fifth prince.Xie Moru has always been close to Master Wenxiu of Tianqi Temple, this time he went to worship Sanqing, he said he wanted to pay more respects to the gods, and he was in a hurry to go to the doctor.

The sixth concubine, Tie Shi, is a believer in Taoism. They are all prince concubines. Since they made an appointment, they naturally ordered someone to go to the temple to say hello in advance. The Sanqing Temple was cleaned from top to bottom. The Xiaodao boys below all tidied up properly and greeted them in front of the mountain gate.Xie Moru is a sister-in-law, so she naturally spoke first, "It's time for you to be a teacher."

Master Xuanming is an old Taoist with white hair and beard, he proclaims "Boundless Heavenly Venerable", he behaves neither humble nor overbearing, with silver hair like snow, two arched eyebrows, mountain wind blowing, wide robe and wide sleeves, his sleeves fluttering, It is quite a bit of fairy demeanor, and said, "Your Majesty is here in person, so it can be seen that there is a relationship between Sanqing and me. Madam, please--" I personally accompany and lead the way, and talk about the construction of the scenery in the view.

Xie Moru also listened very carefully, whispering a few words with the sixth prince and concubine from time to time, when it comes to "Tao Te Ching", "Nanhua Jing", the famous works of Lao Zhuang, Xie Moru is also at his fingertips.Master Xuan Ming's eyes lit up three points, and he even talked about Taoism with Xie Moru.Of course, Master Xuan Ming is also very keen, and found that Princess Xie is somewhat interested in the culture in the scriptures, but she doesn't believe in gods and the like.He didn't mention the matter of the fairy road.

In addition to discussing Taoist scholarship, Xie Moru also asked about the Sanqing Temple, saying, "I don't know how many disciples a real person has, how many Taoists are there?"

Xuanming Daoist said, "Old Taoists have ten disciples, and there are five hundred Taoists, big and small. The Taoist Temple in the imperial capital records three thousand Taoists."

Xie Moru asked, "Aside from studying Taoist classics, do you have other things to do?"

"In my opinion, most of them start from the little Taoist boy who sweeps. In fact, Taoists also have divisions of labor. Some are responsible for sweeping, some are responsible for receiving pilgrims, some are responsible for sorting out Taoist classics, and some are responsible for collecting herbs. There are those who are suitable for martial arts, and my Taoist school also has martial arts teaching, and I will be responsible for the safety of the Taoist school in the future." Xuanming said with a smile, "Now, many people have misunderstood that my Taoist school is the first-class immortal medicine. To tell you the truth, the gods are here There are offerings in the hall, Xiaodao has a little knowledge of medicine, and immortals don't understand it. Most of the medicines made in the temple are some common medicines. Some people come to ask for them, so they just disperse some. It can cure illnesses, which is also a merit."

Xie Moru nodded, "This is the long-term way."

After a while, when they arrived at the main hall, Master Xuanming invited two people to offer incense, Xie Moru prayed silently, and inserted three incense sticks into the incense burner.

After the sixth prince and concubine finished offering incense, Master Xuan Ming continued to accompany the two to the prepared incense room, and told some Taoist allusions.Xie Moru said, "If Your Highness is safe this time, I will write a copy of the "Tao Te Ching" in front of the statue of Sanqing in the future."

Master Xuanming proclaimed "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable" again, and said, "Your Majesty, just rest assured, look at your face, the blessings will last forever, and His Highness the Fifth Highness will be safe." Master Xuanming did not just talk casually, of course, he also I'm used to flattering people.However, Xie Moru's face is indeed very good. It stands to reason that the sixth concubine is already a rare good-looking, because the sixth concubine believes in Sanqing, she has known this real person Xuanming long ago. When the sixth concubine was young, Xuan Ming met her with the Tie family Said, "This woman will be a noble person in the future." The Tie family was stunned for a while, and later the Tie family was indeed among the princes and concubines, so the Tie family believed in the real Xuanming.

Tie Shi was born with beautiful eyebrows and thick ears, with a plump chin and heavy mouth, already a first-class good-looking.Xie Moru's forehead is tall, his nose is straight and his brows are straight, and he has a murderous look. It's not like Xuanming Master has never seen this kind of face.

Just, how dare you say it.

Master Xuanming served him respectfully.

At noon, Sanqing Temple served a table of high-quality vegetarian food, Xie Moru and the sixth prince and concubine used it, donated incense money, and returned to the city.

After Xie Moru returned to the mansion, Wisteria came over and reported, "Su Fangfei personally boiled Poria cocos porridge and brought it. The slaves wanted to stop her, but they couldn't stop them, so they had to stay in front of His Highness's tent, and ordered Wutong and the others to send Su Fangfei back to rest."

Xie Moru said, "Choose a copy of the "Southern China Classic" for her, and ask her to copy it easily, and pray for His Highness."

Mrs. Su is not stupid, as soon as Wisteria sent the "South China Classic" to her, she came to apologize.Xie Moru was admiring an early-blooming sweet-scented osmanthus, left Su Shi to kneel on the ground for half an hour, waved away the maid in the room, and didn't listen to Su Shi's crying, just said lightly, "I don't care what you have in mind, and you don't have to be here Crying injustice in front of me, let me tell you the truth, His Highness is indeed not in the imperial capital. Since you came to test me, I will tell you. If this matter spreads, it is you who said it. Go."

Su Clan actually guessed a little bit, but when he heard that it was true, he was so startled that he trembled for a long time, and couldn't speak clearly, and said, "Your Majesty, that, that, Your Highness... I, I , I heard that the south is not very flat..."

"Since you don't have the guts, what are you here to inquire about? What's going on in the south is not up to you, you just need to keep your mouth shut!" Xie Moru has always been impatient with Su. Forever rich.Piansheng also claims to be extremely intelligent, and she loves to make troubles in the entire family!

Su Shi was helped away by the maid, if not for the maid's support, Su Shi would not be able to hold on at all, and would have to collapse on the ground.

Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Xu, who followed Mrs. Su's movements, soon learned of Mrs. Su's fate, and both of them were silent in their hearts. His Highness has been ill for a long time, and they are actually willing to serve him wholeheartedly.The concubine Piansheng didn't have this order, and neither of them dared to move because of the majesty of the concubine.Today Su Shi forcefully sent a bowl of porridge, which made the princess so angry. I don't know how the princess punished Su Shi and scared people like this.

Seeing Su's results, Yu's and Xu's became more and more low-key and stable.

Ling Xiao looked at the abundant vegetables harvested in the vegetable bed in the courtyard, and ordered the maid to pick some, and sent them to the kitchen to cook. They were delicious as side dishes at night.

In fact, the Su family was scared by herself. She was not a person of any ability, and her mental strength was weak. When she suddenly learned of such a secret, she was really worried about the fifth prince. If the prince wants to do something good or bad, if he doesn't come back, what will happen in the future?

But after thinking about it, she has a concubine's eldest son... Thinking about it this way, Su's thinking was wrong, and she couldn't help but have some thoughts that she didn't dare to resort to outside... Yes, her son is the eldest son... …

Such a worry and joy, more overthinking, the Su family is the daughter of an official who married into the palace as a side concubine, she is not as strong as Xie Moru, and she does not have the habit of getting up early to exercise her body, so she is overly worried , fell ill the next day.

The maid reported it, and Xie Moru ordered someone to take the post from the palace and go to the imperial hospital to announce the imperial physician.As Su's side concubine, she naturally couldn't invite Imperial Physician Dou. Of course, the Imperial Hospital didn't dare to fool the Fifth Prince's House, so they sent a good Imperial Physician Fang.Physician Fang went to report to Xie Moru after prescribing the prescription. Xie Moru heard that he was "excessively worried", so he ordered Wisteria to reward Imperial Physician Fang with money, and ordered Imperial Physician Fang to go.

Xie Moru said, "Go to Su's house and call Mrs. Su!"

When the Su family heard that their concubine was ill, Mrs. Su didn't dare to delay for a moment, so she came after changing her clothes.Xie Moru said indifferently, "Su's thoughts are too much, you'd better persuade her to think less, it will be a blessing for your Su family."

Mrs. Su was terrified!
Fortunately, Xie Moru didn't make things difficult for her and ordered her to visit Su Shi.

What the mother and daughter said, no longer elaborate, and Xie Moru didn't care too much, because she heard the news that the sixth prince returned to the imperial capital!
As soon as Xie Moru heard this, his face changed drastically, and he immediately ordered someone to call Xiao Tang in, and ordered, "Prepare the carriages and horses now, and go to Wendaotang to bring Jiangbeiling into the city!"

Xiao Tang is familiar with his master Jiang Beiling, but... Xiao Tang said, "Ma'am, what is the reason?"

"Think of one yourself! Be sure to invite him into the city!"

As soon as Xiao Tang heard this, he knew what to do.When he was a dandy, he often told his subordinates like this, "No matter what happens, I will do what I want", that is to say, he can use whatever method he wants!

Xiao Tang went to dispatch chariots and horses, and then called a group of guards to go with him.

As Xiao Tang left, Xie Moru and Zhang Xue said, "Clearly check all the money in the house, check the accounts and money yourself! Don't make any mistakes!"

He said to the guards in the mansion, "In addition to the guards, from today onwards, I will dispatch some male servants, and you will be in charge of teaching them some guard skills."

Xie Moru assigned them in the same way, and the last one left was General Li, the general of the palace's five thousand personal guards. Xie Moru said, "The personal guards are naturally trained every day. At this time, we must pay close attention."

First arrange the outside affairs, then Xie Moru arranges the inner affairs, and Wutong, "Take the little maids and women, and clean up all the yards in the house." Then he said to Wisteria, "Take the other Bring me the drawings of the courtyard, and arrange some people to clean up the other courtyards."

Wisteria said, "Your Majesty, according to what standard should you clean up?"

Xie Moru smiled, "It's enough to clean it up, there is no need to prepare other things."

The two of them knew what to do.

Xie Moru arranged everything in the mansion here, and on the second day, the sixth prince, accompanied by the sixth concubine, came to apologize to Xie Moru.When Xie Moru saw the sixth prince, he really gave in to Emperor Mu Yuan's tricks. It took more than a year, and the sixth prince seemed to be a completely different person. one piece.Now this man with dark complexion, silent eyes, and a 40-year-old face doesn't have half the shadow of the love-crazed prince.

If you don't know, you can think of it as an old farmer working in the field.

Xie Moru unconsciously glanced at the sixth prince's hand, and it turned out that the joints were thick and not as rich and delicate as before.Xie Moru already knew how the sixth prince "recovered from his illness" for more than a year.

Emperor Mu Yuan brought the sixth prince back to the imperial capital. It can be seen that the war is really bad, and if the sixth prince is left outside, Emperor Mu Yuan can no longer rest assured of the safety of the sixth prince!
Then, the war in the south of the Yangtze River must be a big disadvantage!

(End of this chapter)