auspicious time has come

Chapter 186 It's time to call Mrs. Jifu
"Why did you come back at this hour?"

Seeing Xiao Mu come back, Mrs. Xiao who was waiting in the study frowned and asked.

"Going out to do some things." After Xiao Mu replied, he couldn't help asking: "Why hasn't the mother rested at this hour and waited here in person, but she has something to tell her son?"

"Rest? You haven't come back in the middle of the night, how can I sleep?" Mrs. Xiao frowned and said, "The capital is no better than Yingzhou. Since I came here, I haven't been at ease for a day... What's the matter? Do you have to go out to do it yourself at night?"

Xiao Mu thought for a while, and chose to answer truthfully: "My son went to see Ji Hengyu."

Mrs. Xiao's original questioning expression immediately faded, and she immediately changed into a gossip look: "You, have you gone to see Ah Heng?"

"Yes."

"Such things... you should go in person." Mrs. Xiao smiled and said gratifiedly: "Your boy has finally done something serious."

For such emotional changes of his mother, Xiao Mu only felt that it was all expected.

really.

Between being scolded and being praised, often only one Jihengyu is needed.

"I haven't been able to see Ah Heng for quite some time..." Mrs. Xiao's eyes were full of thoughts, and her voice softened: "Is she fat or thin?"

Xiao Mu was silent.

I haven't seen my mother's so-called for quite a while, it seems that it has not been ten days combined.

"Ask you something!" Mrs. Xiao urged.

"It hasn't changed much. But she asked me to greet mother for her, and she also recommended a few restaurants to me, saying that they should suit mother's taste. If mother has nothing to do, she can try it." Xiao Mu said.

Mrs. Xiao couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, her heart melted and she said: "We, Ah Heng, still have the heart!"

Immediately, he asked Xiao Mu which restaurants he belonged to, fearing that his memory might be misremembered, so he escorted Xiao Mu to the desk, dipped the pen into the ink and stuffed it into his hand: "Let's write it down, so as not to go back and remember it wrong." Already!"

Xiao Mu glanced at the pen in his hand, and wrote it cooperatively.

Mrs. Xiao took the paper and picked it up, carefully blew it, and when the ink on it was completely dry, she held it in her arms and left with a smile.

When Yan Ming arrived, he happened to pass by Mrs. Xiao who was full of joy.

After Yan Ming saluted Mrs. Xiao, he couldn't help but take another look at Mrs. Xiao's leaving back—for some reason, although the lady held a piece of paper in her arms, it somehow gave him a feeling as if he was hugging a grandson.

"I don't know why the general asked his subordinates to come over late at night?" After the door of the study was closed, Yan Ming asked seriously.

The general asked him to come here at such a time, fearing that there was something urgent.

Xiao Mu put the purse on the desk, and said, "Someone recognized that the knot on this purse was made by you."

Yan Ming looked over at first, but was suddenly stunned when he heard the words.

After a while, he asked: "General... who did you meet tonight?"

"It's not me." Xiao Mu said, "I gave this purse to Ji Hengyu a few days ago, and she went to the Jiang Mansion to attend the birthday party of the Jiang family girl today."

Yan Ming's eyelids trembled slightly.

After a moment of silence, he raised his hand to plead guilty: "I was negligent for a while. I never thought that someone would remember how to tie this mere knot. But please rest assured, general, I will be careful in the future and will never expose it. Identity, let alone..."

"Rong Ji." Xiao Mu interrupted him: "I know you, and you know me. I mentioned this not to provoke you, and you don't have to be so introspective. I didn't know you and Jiang My girl is old."

Yan Ming's raised hands froze, his half-drowned eyes concealed his emotions: "General, I..."

"I don't know much about the girl of the Jiang family, but when Yun Chao was here, I cherished and loved her very much. I said that she has a noble and pure personality, and she is very rare." Xiao Mu said: "And what kind of person is she, is she worthy of you?" To trust and be honest with each other, I think you must have the answer in your heart, and I don't need to say more from it."

"It is said that she has been trying to find out your whereabouts all these years."

"Her current body does not seem to be very optimistic."

Yan Ming just listened all the time, until Xiao Mu said the last sentence, he raised his eyes immediately.

There was shock and uneasiness in those eyes: "How could it be... The Jiang family has always cherished her to the extreme, so they must have hired the best doctor and used the best precious medicine to take care of her! Nine years ago, I When she left Beijing, she clearly showed signs of getting better, how could it be possible now..."

"Yun Chao's death would have dealt a great blow to her." Xiao Mu guessed, "If there are other unresolved knots in the heart, under the accumulated depression, it will inevitably cause further wear and tear on the sick body."

Yan Ming's eyes changed, showing a little helplessness for a while.

Before he left with vain footsteps, Xiao Mu said the last words——

"It was because of me that you and Yan Junshi were forced to escape from the capital. Now you are back here because of me. If you can think about it for yourself, no matter what, it will never be an exaggeration. You must know that this time, or the only A chance to make amends.”

The night was silent, Yan Ming didn't know where he had gone, he gradually stopped, and stood silently in the darkness for a long time.

……

The next day, the sky was slightly cloudy, and there was a cool breeze blowing through the young plantain leaves that had just unfolded under the window.

From time to time, chatter and laughter could be heard from the open window lattice.

This is Yu Shi's residence, Heng Yu, Ning Yu and Gu Tingnan are sitting with Yu Shi on the small couch by the window, drinking tea and talking.

A maid passed by the window and came in to salute.

"Someone from the front came to pass the message. It is said that Mr. Lang is back, please ask the second girl to go to the front hall."

"Why did he suddenly come back at such an hour?" Hearing that her husband asked her younger sister to go to the front hall, Yu felt a little weird, put down the honey tea in her hand, leaned on her waist, and started to get up: "Come on, let's all go and have a look."

Seeing this, Ning Yu, who was closest to her, hurried to help her sister-in-law.

The four of them walked to the front yard together, and when they were halfway there, they met Mrs. Meng.

"Grandmother also went to the front hall?" Ning Yu asked.

Mrs. Meng, who was followed by her great-granddaughter, nodded with a smile: "My servant said that Nan Xian is back, so let me go to the front hall to talk."

"What kind of medicine is he selling in this gourd..." Mrs. Yu frowned slightly: "I still have to pack my grandmother and go with me this trip."

Several people felt a little strange, Heng Yu didn't say anything, but thought about some possibilities.

When a group of people went to the front hall with doubts, they saw that not only Ji Nanxian was waiting in the front hall, but also a group of about ten palace people.

Those palace people stood in the hall and stood on both sides, holding trays in their hands, and the contents were different.

Ji Nanxian was wearing an official uniform with a smile on his face.

"This is..." Yu Shi was startled.

"This time, Eunuch Feng and I were ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince—" Ji Nanxian smiled and glanced at the head palace man beside him, and then continued: "Send the apprentice Shu Xiu for Princess Jiayi .”

"Shu Xiu?" Ning Yu was surprised, and looked at her sister beside her.

What happened in Jiang's Mansion yesterday has already spread outside, and their own family members naturally know about it, but they still feel a little unrealistic, thinking that Princess Jiayi may have had a whim—

But at this time, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the East Palace who personally sent someone to send Shu Xiu...

Being so solemn is equivalent to formalizing the matter!
Ning Yu came back to her senses and looked excitedly at her sister beside her.

Everyone in the Ji family bowed to the Eunuch Feng in the East Palace.

Eunuch Feng looked at Hengyu with a smile: "These bundles were all prepared by the concubine herself, and the slaves were ordered to come and deliver them. I also ask Mrs. Ji to check and accept them."

He is a servant in the East Palace, even though he feels that this is a bit of a nonsense in his heart, but his Royal Highness and the Crown Princess attach so much importance to it, he naturally has to be polite and respectful.

Heng Yu bowed to Eunuch Feng alone, and then looked at the trays held in the hands of the palace people.

New celery, lotus seeds, red beans, red dates, longan, dried meat—the six rituals of Shuxiu, all have their own beautiful meanings.

Looking at the red beans packed in the mahogany round box, Heng Yu slightly bent the corners of his mouth, but his nose felt astringent for no reason.

This is the first training she has received, and she has received the respect that a teacher deserves—even though she is a woman, it doesn't matter if she is a woman.

The eyes of Yu Shi and the others were also on those bundles of repairs, full of joy, novelty, and pride.

"Aheng, Your Highness the Crown Prince has a message for me to bring to you." Ji Nanxian looked at his sister with a slow and clear voice: "I hope you will inherit Mr. Ling Zu Qinghan's ambition, virtue, and strength of character. Teaching, the way to solve puzzles."

Hengyu raised his hand to salute, lowered his eyes slightly and said: "Hengyu remember. From now on, as long as you are a teacher for a day, you must teach him everything, and try not to hide your selfishness, not conservative, and not biased. Although your talent is small, I hope to do my best. With the power of the candle, by inheriting the sage's unique learning from the past, I will teach you the way of life, enlightenment, and peace."

The girl wears a light and soft undergarment skirt, with beautiful pearls and flowers on her hairpin, and she has a weak and boudoir posture everywhere, but her voice is powerful, sincere, courageous, and determined.

There was a moment of silence, Yu Shi and the others, who were originally smiling, all stopped smiling at the same time, and looked at the slender but straight figure.

Unable to explain why, Ning Yu's eyes suddenly turned red.

Gu Tingnan also looked at the back seriously, with a sigh in his eyes.

The palace man named Feng smiled and nodded slightly.

He knew that His Highness was right when looking at people.

Ji Nanxian looked at his younger sister, with a smile of relief and emotion: "From today onwards, I will change my name to Mr. Aheng Yiji."

"Yeah, our Ah Heng is a serious teacher!" Yu said happily.

Ning Yu wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile, "It's time for the kitchen to prepare some good wine and food for the celebration."

Hearing what the family said to each other, Heng Yu raised his eyes and showed a bright smile.

Mrs. Meng looked at Eunuch Feng with a smile: "I also invite Eunuch and everyone to stay for a light meal and a glass of thin wine."

"Thank you, old lady, for your kindness." Eunuch Feng declined with a smile, "Our family still has to go back to the palace to report to His Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, so it is not appropriate to stay for a long time."

As he spoke, he looked at Hengyu with a smile, raised his hand and said, "If Miss Ji Er is free, she can go to the East Palace to teach Princess Jiayi tomorrow."

"Yes." Heng Yu responded, saluted and sent him off respectfully: "The hardworking father-in-law has left this trip."

The members of the Ji family sent a group of palace people out of the front hall.

When Ji Nanxian passed by his wife and sister, he shook his head and sighed, and said in a low voice: "It's about noon to celebrate, and you want to leave me behind."

"Okay, I'll remember to leave some food and drinks for you." Yu Shi was in a good mood, very virtuous and authentic.

Ji Nanxian sighed again, but left with a smile.

As soon as he left on the front foot, Ning Yu and the others started busy happily on the back foot.

"Have someone send these Shuxiu to Xiao Yu'er's yard." Mrs. Meng confessed with a smile.

But Hengyu said: "Grandmother, I want to send it to the ancestral hall and display it?"

She knows that she should not be complacent about trivial matters, and there is still a long way to go in the future-but this matter means a lot to her.

She wanted to share it with Ah Weng.

Mrs. Meng looked at her deeply, and nodded with a smile: "Okay."

The news that someone from the Eastern Palace was ordered by the prince to go to Fangji's house in Yankang to send Shuxiu off quickly spread, and caused quite a stir in the capital.

Many people have heard about the Jiang Manor's incident yesterday, but most of them listened to it as something new, or had a wait-and-see view.

However, the six ceremonies of Shuxiu have been sent to Ji's family this time, which proves that the chief of Jiayi County recognizes the second lady of Ji's family as a teacher... No, he has already recognized it!

"It's bullshit!"

"It's said that the second lady of the Ji family doesn't understand female celebrities, doesn't abide by the etiquette of the boudoir, has no merits, and is an unmarried little lady, how can she be allowed to educate Princess Jiayi!"

When many literati and officials heard about this, their first reaction was that the East Palace was going to choose and train female officials for Princess Jiayi, and specially teach female celebrities and etiquette, so they were very dissatisfied with Hengyu's choice for a while.

Of course, if she knew that Hengyu was going to teach for Princess Jiayi, this dissatisfaction would surely break through the clouds, and everyone would be so angry that their heads would smoke.

At this time, they were more sniffing than angry.

"That's all, let them make trouble, the left and right are just a daughter of the princess..."

"That's the reason, not to mention that now that the sage is in poor health and the crown prince is taking over the government, the affairs of the court alone are already in a state of distress... You should not wait for trivial matters to increase the trouble and dispute."

"Yes, let's ask Mr. Ling what he thinks tomorrow."

"..."

Because of this disdain, this matter did not cause too much disturbance among these scholar-bureaucrats.

This shock and discussion is more reflected among officials and women.

In the afternoon of the same day, Heng Yu went to the Palace of Princess Yongyang.

The eldest princess caressed the top of the girl's head lovingly and gratifiedly, "Chang'er has double eyes, and Jiayi has the ability to recognize people at such a young age... It's good that everyone has seen my cat."

While the two were talking in this room, a female envoy communicated through the curtain: "Your Highness, Mr. Bai has arrived."

Doctor Bai has recently been concentrating on diagnosing and treating illnesses for Princess Yongyang, and she comes here every day.

"Please come in."

Doctor Bai entered the room to salute, checked the pulse for Princess Yongyang, and asked carefully how she felt after taking the medicine for the past two days.

Princess Yongyang answered carefully, and with Hengyu by her side, she could always be more patient.

After thinking about it, Doctor Bai wrote Zhang Xinfangzi again.

Seeing that he didn't say much else, Heng Yu said: "Grandpa Bai, one of my friends' family elders is suffering from a strange disease, I want to talk to you in detail, how about we go outside to talk?"

Doctor Bai's eyelids twitched, and he nodded patiently.

When he got to the porch outside, his complexion immediately changed, and he said like a frightened bird: "This time, you can say that the sky is broken, but I can't cure it anymore!"

"You're thinking too much." Heng Yu said in relief, "I just want you to come out and ask about the condition of Your Highness the Eldest Princess alone."

Doctor Bai breathed a sigh of relief, but gradually frowned.

"The source of the illness of the Eldest Princess..." He seemed to be frowning and considering his words, before he said for a while, "It seems a bit weird."

This unusual statement made Heng Yu stunned: "Weird? Grandpa Bai, what do you mean by that?"

　Good night everyone, good night (づ￣3￣)づ╭
　　
　
(End of this chapter)