Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 87 Facts
When Chu Ci heard that Ah Ju had woken up, he nodded at Concubine Ning, and walked towards the brocade couch.

"Aju, how do you feel now?" After standing still by the brocade couch, she looked at the weak Aju and asked in a low voice.

Aju shook her head, "Your servant is fine."

Then he asked again, "Where is the eldest princess? How is he? Is there anything wrong?"

"The silver needle on the eldest princess's head has been pulled out, and she will probably wake up tomorrow." Chu Ci looked at her and said soothingly.

When Ah Ju heard that the eldest princess was fine, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, followed, looked at Chu Ci with a weak face, and said gratefully, "The concubine's kindness to the eldest princess is unforgettable... If there is a need in the future, the slave will definitely Tie a grass ring and repay with a picture!"

"You are seriously injured, don't think so much, let's rest first." Chu Ci said to her in a warm voice, raised his hand and brushed lightly in front of her, and Aju fell asleep again.

Zhejin saw that Aju fell asleep, and saw that Chuci seemed to be tired between his brows. He pursed his thin lips slightly, walked towards Concubine Ning, and said, "Madam, my girl is tired after working for so long, can someone take her?" To rest for a while?"

When Concubine Ning heard what Zhejin said, she seemed to think of something, she smiled awkwardly, and said in a gaffe, "Yes, yes, this is what should be done, but I was negligent. I will ask someone to take you and Miss Chu down." Rest."

After finishing speaking, he called out "Little Zhuzi".

The next moment, the little eunuch who had opened the door for Chu Ci and the others walked in from the outside.

He slapped Qian'er neatly, looked at Concubine Ning and said, "I don't know what orders the empress has?"

Concubine Ning forced a smile, looked at Chu Ci and said, "It's late at night, take Miss Chu and Miss Zhejin to Xipei Palace to rest... then wake up Ah Cheng and ask her to take good care of her, and never neglect Chu girl."

"Yes, empress!" Xiao Zhuzi responded respectfully, turned his head to Chuci and Zhejin, and said, "Shizi Concubine and Miss Zhejin, please come with this servant, and this servant will take you two to the Xibei Hall."

"En." Chu Ci responded, and told Concubine Ning to call her for something, and then walked out with the folded brocade.

Concubine Ning is a woman as fragrant as orchid, even though the West Side Hall of Fanghua Hall has never been inhabited, it is still cleaned.

After Xiao Zhuzi sent Chu Ci and the two to him, he bowed and left, following the order of Concubine Ning, to call the other big maid, Ah Cheng, to get up.

Ah Cheng also knew that the Hall of Fanghua had been troubled recently, so she didn't sleep too much. After listening to Xiao Zhuzi's report of the master's order, she immediately got up from the bed, tidied up briefly, and went to the West Palace.

When she arrived, Zhejin happened to help Chu Ci untie her bun.

Seeing this, Ah Cheng smiled and said, "The servant girl went to fetch water for the concubine, the concubine was tired all day, so she can soak her feet and sleep more comfortably."

Chu Ci looked at her, smiled gently, and said "Thank you".

Under the service of Zhe Jin and Ah Cheng, Chu Ci quickly packed up and fell asleep.

A good night's sleep.

The next day, Chu Ci slept until dawn and woke up naturally.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Zhejin sitting on the edge of the bed.

Chu Ci raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, closed his eyes and thought for a while before realizing that she is now in Ning Concubine's Palace of Fanghua.

"What time is it now?" Putting down her hands and sitting up, she asked Zhejin.

Zhe Jin stepped forward to help Chu Ci change his clothes, and replied in a gentle voice, "The end of Mao."

Chu Ci nodded.

Now wash up, have a meal, and rush to the Compassionate Peace Palace, Empress Dowager Ren should just wake up.

Zhejin was used to serving Chu Ci, so he helped her get dressed and combed her hair in a short time.

At this time, Ah Cheng also brought breakfast from the imperial dining room, and after setting it up, she said embarrassedly to Chu, "Our master has always been aloof from the world, and the rules are simpler, but he has wronged the princess."

"It's okay." Chu Ci smiled, not caring about the porridge and side dishes in front of him, took the chopsticks from Zhejin and started eating.

After breakfast, she went to look at the eldest princess again, felt that the eldest princess had a fever, left a prescription and a bottle of pills, and then bid farewell to Concubine Ning and left Fanghua Palace.

Wait until you return to the Compassion Palace.

Aunt Ju Rui was the first to greet her.

Chu Ci followed her in and said, "Auntie, is the empress dowager awake?"

Aunt Jurui shook her head lightly, and said in a low voice, "Thanks to Shi Zifei's acupuncture, it's rare for your empress to sleep so peacefully."

Chu Ci nodded.

Aunt Ju Rui asked again, "Shi Zifei came here so early, have you had breakfast? If not, the small kitchen just made milk soup, you can try it."

Hearing what she said, Chu Ci shook his head, "Thank you, Auntie, for your concern. I have already used it in Fanghua Palace."

Aunt Ju Rui didn't speak again.

The queen mother did not wake up, so she could only settle Chu Ci in the side hall and wait.

It was not until half an hour later that Empress Dowager Ren woke up and led Chu Ci to walk in.

In the sleeping hall, the Empress Dowager's complexion has improved a lot after a good night's sleep.

When Chu Ci entered, she was taking a selfie in the mirror with a satisfied smile on her lips.

Seeing that she was satisfied, Chu Ci twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, stepped forward and said, "A Ci greets the queen mother, the queen mother is auspicious."

When Queen Mother Ren heard Chu Ci's voice, she handed the mirror to Chu Ci, slowly raised her head, and looked at her, "Ah Ci is here!"

Chu Ci nodded, paused, and asked again, "I wonder how the Queen Mother slept last night?"

"Very good." There was a smile line in the corner of the queen mother's eyes, she was satisfied from the bottom of her heart, she called Chu Ci to the front, held her hand, and said softly, "You don't know how many years the Ai family hasn't slept It's so good...Last night, the Ai family was really satisfied."

"As long as the Queen Mother is satisfied." Chu Ci nodded.

When the Empress Dowager Ren heard the words, her eyes flickered slightly, she held her hand and said, "But A Ci, after all, you are the eldest concubine of the Nanjun Palace, and you are not the imperial doctor in the palace. The Ai family can't invite you into the palace every day. Come to help Aijia with acupuncture."

The implication was that he wanted Chu Ci to take the initiative to hand over the acupuncture diagram.

Hearing what she said, Chu Ci's eyelids moved slightly, as if he didn't hear the meaning of being the queen mother, he just said with a smile, "It is Ah Ci's blessing to be able to share the empress dowager's worries. No complaints."

"But the Ai family can't bear you to go back and forth, even your husband Lu Xiaojun, I'm afraid he can't bear you to enter the palace every day..." The queen mother continued to persuade her earnestly.

Chu Ci frowned, looked at Queen Mother Ren thoughtfully, and murmured softly, "Then what should we do?"

After listening to her whisper, Queen Mother Ren pretended to think seriously for a while, and then suggested, "Why don't you give this set of acupuncture to Liang Yizheng, so that the Ai family will remember your affection, and you don't have to go to the palace every day."

"Leave it to Liang Yizheng?" Chu Ci frowned, obviously reluctant.

Seeing her like this, the Empress Dowager gathered her five fingers in her sleeves at once, but her face became more gentle, with a faint hint of resentment, "Why, don't you want to?"

The hesitation on Chu Ci's face became heavier, and he spoke, very embarrassed, "But... this is a secret technique passed down by my family after all."

"A family-inherited secret technique?" A dark color flashed across Mrs. Ren's back, and she casually probed, "Then I don't know which elder you learned this secret technique from?"

Chu Ci let the queen mother get to the bottom of it, his face turned cold and his tone became stiff, "Does the queen mother insist that I hand over this secret technique?"

Seeing that Chu Ci's face changed, the Queen Mother Ren no longer forbears, and simply said directly, "It is your blessing that your secret technique can be used by the royal family. If you insist on going your own way and refuse to teach it to the imperial physician, the Ai family can only ask for it." Nanjun Wang and his wife are gone."

What she said was begging, but there was no sign of begging on her face.

What's more, it's a threat.

After hearing Chu Ci, he couldn't help but fell silent.

There was a strong resentment in his eyes.

After a long time, he said with a cold face, "Since the queen mother wants it so sincerely, I'll teach you."

"The Ai family asked Doctor Liang to come over." The Queen Mother said, and then she winked at Aunt Jianmei.

Aunt Jianmei understood and went out to ask Liang Yizheng to be invited.

In the sleeping hall, behind the screen, only Chu Ci and Queen Mother Ren remained.

Seeing that Chu Ci's complexion was not good, Queen Mother Ren got what she wanted again. After thinking about it, she said something to comfort her, "The Ai family will remember your kindness."

Chu Ci shook his head, "It's better to settle the relationship between me and the queen mother one by one."

"What do you mean?" The queen mother's face was slightly stiff, and she asked back with a calm face.

Chu Ci smiled coldly, "I can teach Liang Yizheng the secret technique, but it's not for free, but for sale."

"Sell?" Her Majesty repeated the word.

Chu Ci nodded, paused, and said again, "The queen mother is a body of ten thousand gold, and I want ten thousand gold for this secret technique, what do you think?"

Queen Mother Ren's face turned dark when she heard Chu Ci's lion's mouth wide open. She looked at her and gritted her teeth, "Chu Ci, don't you think your tone is too loud?"

"You don't have to buy it!" Chu Ci sneered, "Even if you have no money, you are still a dignified queen mother, can I still buy and sell with you by force?!"

"You!" The queen mother was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Chu Ci snorted coldly, and said again, "Don't even think about threatening me with the Nanjun Palace, I might as well tell you today... If you dare to touch a person surnamed Lu, I will make ten people surnamed Ren dead. , if you dare to touch the whole family of Nanjun Prince's Mansion, I will dare to touch the nine families of Cheng Enhou's Mansion."

"You! Do you know who you are talking to?!" Queen Mother Ren became even more angry.

But Chu Ci didn't seem to see her suddenly pale face, so he just warned her again, "You'd better remember the word I said...don't challenge my bottom line, otherwise , I will make you, and all the people you care about, life worse than death!"

Empress Dowager Ren: "..."

Why is this little bitch so rampant.

However, she was afraid of the poison in her hand, so she didn't dare to face her face to face.

In the end, he could only knock down his teeth and swallow blood, "Aijia will remember what you said, and Aijia will just buy your secret technique."

After that, Aunt Jianmei who just came in held back her anger, "Go, bring the treasure chest on the top floor of Duobao Pavilion to Aijia."

"Yes, empress." Jianmei agreed, and then walked towards the Duobao Pavilion behind her.

After getting the box, I personally delivered it to the Empress Dowager.

Empress Dowager Ren opened the treasure chest, took out 10 taels of silver notes from it with a gloomy face, handed it to Chu Ci, and said, "Here! I hope you keep your word."

"Of course I keep my word!" Chu Ci accepted the bank note with a faint smile, counted the number, and then threw it to Zhejin.

Seeing her casual appearance, the Empress Dowager turned pale with anger.

Two quarters of an hour later, Doctor Liang hurried over.

Chu Ci borrowed a pen and paper from Aunt Jianmei, and gave Liang Yizheng the drawing of the acupuncture process, and explained it to him in detail.

Doctor Liang was listening, his eyes lit up, and he said repeatedly, "Exquisite, really exquisite, thank you Shizifei for your enlightenment."

Chu Ci looked at Liang Yizheng, smiled inexplicably, and bent his lips and said, "Liang Yizheng thanked the wrong person. The person you should thank is the Queen Mother."

Doctor Liang heard the words, although he didn't understand the meaning of Chu Ci, he still respectfully bowed to the queen mother and thanked her repeatedly.

After the Queen Mother finished listening, the blue color on her face became heavier.

He scolded Chu Ci in his heart, but he couldn't say a word on his face.

As for Chu Ci, the task of entering the palace this time has been completed, and he stepped forward to bid farewell to Queen Mother Ren with a smile on his face.

Empress Dowager Ren hated to die in her heart, but on the surface she had to order Aunt Jianmei, who she relied on the most, to send Chu Ci out.

Aunt Jianmei always listened to the Queen Mother's words, she kept sending Chu Ci out of the Compassion Palace before stopping.

"My maidservant still needs to serve the Empress Dowager. I will send you here today. Concubine Shizi, go slowly." Aunt Jianmei stopped at the gate of the Compassionate Ning Palace, blessed her lower body, and said softly to Chu Ci.

Hearing this, Chu Ci took another look at her.

Afterwards, he frowned and said, "Auntie, has she often suffered from insomnia recently, her hands and feet are cold, and the sunflower water is so serious that she can't even get out of bed because of the pain?"

Aunt Jianmei was taken aback for a moment, and then revealed a touch of surprise, "How does Shi Zifei know?"

Chu Ci pointed to his eyes, "Look, hear and ask, the first word... I know it."

"Then, does the concubine have a prescription to treat such symptoms?" Aunt Jianmei asked anxiously and eagerly.

Chu Ci narrowed his eyes and smiled, "What do you think?"

When the words fall, turn around and leave.

Aunt Jianmei felt impatient when she saw her walking far away.

He wanted to catch up, but he didn't dare to think of his identity.

In the end, he could only heave a long sigh, turned around and returned to the Compassion Palace.

She thought that Chu Ci's question outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning was just provocative, but who knew, half an hour later, when she was serving in front of the Queen Mother, Aunt Ju Rui walked in with a prescription.

In front of the Empress Dowager, he handed it to her and said, "Sister Jianmei, this is a prescription given to you by the concubine Shizi... What do you say buy one get one free."

Buy one get one free.

When the Queen Mother Ren on the bed heard these four words, she immediately became angry.

His gaze was as sharp as a blade, and he looked at Aunt Jianmei.

When Aunt Jianmei saw that her master was angry, she also understood the whole story, she quickly knelt down on the ground, pleaded guilty like her master, and said sincerely and eagerly, "The empress dowager knows, slaves, slaves don't know...why did the concubine give such a piece of paper?" Here comes the prescription... The Empress Dowager Mingjian, the slaves really don't know!"

"Ju Rui, tell me!" The queen mother did not look at Aunt Jianmei, but looked at Ju Rui with a sullen face, pointed at her and gave a low drink.

Hearing the words, Ju Rui immediately knelt down, put her hands on the ground, looked into the eyes of the Empress Dowager Ren, and said truthfully, "Returning to your mother, when Sister Jianmei was sending the Shizi Concubine out, she told the Shizi Concubine outside the Palace of Compassion. After talking for a while, Shi Zifei always had a faint smile on her face... Sister Jianmei turned her back to the servant, but the servant could not see her expression."

The queen mother snorted coldly after hearing Jurui's words, and looked at Aunt Jianmei with even colder eyes, "What else do you have to say!"

Aunt Jianmei opened her mouth to explain.

The queen mother waved her hand again, "Okay, Aijia is tired, you don't need to say more, let Jurui serve in the bedroom hall, and you serve in the outer hall."

Aunt Jianmei burst into tears when she heard what the Queen Mother said.

The Queen Mother lost patience watching her act loyal, waved her hand, and someone stepped forward and dragged her out.

Ju Rui looked at Jianmei being dragged out, her face turned slightly pale.

The queen mother looked at her quail courage, but she was rarely satisfied. She glanced at her and said without anger, "Come here, help Aijia squeeze her legs."

"Yes, ma'am." Aunt Ju Rui replied, and walked forward in small steps...

outside the palace.

Chuci, Zhejin, and Zhexia's master and servant all boarded the carriage back to Nanjun Palace.

Zhe Jin patted his chest, and said fearfully, "Miss was in the Palace of Compassion and Ning just now, why did she suddenly change her face, you talk to the Queen Mother like that, I am really afraid that the Queen Mother will be furious."

Hearing this, Chu Ci glanced at her with a half-smile, and after a while, shook his head and said, "Girl, you are wrong, because of the empress dowager's scheming and suspicion. Only when I change my face, will she believe that the secret technique I handed over is true." Yes, if I don't change my face and hand it over honestly, we won't be able to leave the Compassionate Ning Palace."

Hearing what Chu Ci said, Zhe Jin frowned tightly.

After a while, I figured out the meaning of Chu Ci's words, and then said with a smile, "The buy one get one free prescription is to drive a wedge between the Empress Dowager and Aunt Jianmei..."

Hearing that Zhejin mentioned the divorced son, Chuci smiled on his forehead and said, "It's not enough to divorce, I just want to give Jurui a few chances and see if she can seize it."

Zhejin heard Chuci mention Jurui.

I remembered what I promised Ju Rui last night.

She couldn't help but said, "Then should we go back to the house now, or go to Aunt Jurui's house first?"

"Where is her home?" Chu Ci asked sideways.

Last night, when Aunt Jurui left Fanghua Hall, she left Zhejin her home address.

Zhejin said, "In Huangjiao Village, west of the city, at the west end of the village, the last household, the one with the big locust tree in front of the gate."

Chu Ci nodded, "Since I have promised her, let's go to Huangjiao Village in the west of the city first!"

Zhejin let out a "hmm", leaned forward again, and told the driver, "Don't go back to the Nanjun Prince's Mansion, go to Huangjiao Village in the west of the city."

"Yes, Miss Zhejin!" The groom agreed, turned a corner in front of him, and headed west of the city.

An hour and a half later, the carriage stopped at Huangjiao Village.

Because of the narrow roads in Huangjiao Village and the fact that it had just rained, the only trail was extremely muddy, and it was impossible for a carriage to enter.

There was no other way, so the groom had no choice but to tell Chu Ci and asked her to walk into the village.

After listening to the groom's report, Chu Ci didn't show any pretense, jumped out of the carriage with the shaft of the carriage, and walked towards the west of the village with the two maidservants.

When I arrived at the west end of the village, I saw a big pagoda tree that was hundreds of years old.

Behind the locust tree is a family.

The chaimen is lightly closed, and the calls of various domestic animals can be faintly heard in the yard.

She glanced at the two maidservants, and Zhe Xia immediately stepped forward to call for the door.

After about a cup of tea, with the weak voice of a little girl, the simple wooden door opened from the inside.

Afterwards, a clean face was revealed, which was four to five points similar to Ju Rui in the palace, and judging by her age, she looked like her younger sister.

"Is this Luo Ju's house?" Zhexia looked at the little girl standing by the door, and asked coldly.

Ju Rui was the name given by the master after entering the palace. Before entering the palace, she was called Luo Ju.

Luo Mei stared at Zhexia's question, with a trace of anger in her brows and eyes, and said ruthlessly, "No, this is not Luo Ju's home, you go! Tell that heartless woman, the Luo family There will be no daughter like her in the future!"

After finishing speaking, he slammed the door shut.

Looking at this scene, Chu Ci frowned tightly.

This... seems to be different from what Ju Rui described.

She said that she and her mother and sister depended on each other for life, and the relationship between the three was very good...

But judging from the current situation, her sister doesn't want to see her sister at all, or, it should be said, hates her sister.

What is going on in all this?

Is Ju Rui lying, or is there some misunderstanding in it!
Thinking like this, an old man's voice suddenly came from behind her. When she turned around, she saw a benevolent old woman looking at her with a complicated face. After a long while, she tentatively asked, "Girl, are you Is Luo Ju, the eldest daughter of the Luo family, a friend?"

"I am, what's the matter?" Chu Ci walked a few steps closer to the old man, looked at her, and said honestly with a puzzled face, "I was entrusted by Sister Luo Ju to visit her family, but I don't know why , as soon as her sister heard Luo Ju's name, she became angry, not to mention giving a good face, even the door won't let me approach?"

"Ugh……"

After listening to her, the old woman let out a long sigh.

Then, he said, "Actually, it's no wonder Luo Mei girl, it's all Luo Ju's fault!"

"Oh? What's going on here?" Chu Ci supported the old woman and asked again.

After hearing this, the old woman seemed to be exhausted, so she led Chu Ci to the big bluestone under the old locust tree, and the two sat down on the big bluestone. …

It turned out that before Ju Rui entered the palace, her father had passed away for many years, and she had always lived with her mother and sister.

At first, she and her mother got by with starching, mending, and planting wasteland.

But later, one year the winter was extremely cold, and Luo Mu fell ill.

In fact, it's just a common wind and cold. If you take good medicine, there will be no root cause of the disease.

However, Luo's mother was reluctant to spend money on medicine for the sake of her two daughters.

I was stunned to carry the ordinary cold into tuberculosis...

And Luo Ju and Luo Mei have tried all ways to make money because of their mother's illness.

In the end, I still couldn’t pay for my mother’s medicine. Later, the palace issued an imperial list to select palace maids. Those who can be selected will receive a large sum of money for selling themselves. For the money, Luo Ju sold herself and planned to sell herself. Silver healed his mother.

But who knows, after she entered the palace, the money disappeared along with her.They were not sent back to Huangjiao Village's home.

(End of this chapter)