Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 63: Ridiculous and Overestimating Oneself

When Concubine Yun and Qiao Lili's carriage arrived at the city gate of the capital, they saw a lot of people gathered around the bulletin board.

"Go and see what's going on." Concubine Yun ordered the captain of the guard who followed her on horseback.

"Yes." The captain of the guards dismounted, handed the horse to the guard next to him, walked quickly to the notice board, stayed there for a while, and returned to report.

"My Lady, this is a notice from the Emperor, soliciting tips for curing insects. If you can provide a good remedy that proves to be effective, you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver."

Concubine Yun nodded to show that she understood, "So that's how it is, little A-li, do you think the emperor is desperate and is trying any possible means to cure his illness?"

Qiao Lili smiled, "Aunt, that may not be the case. Talented people are always among the common people. Besides, pest control is related to farming. Don't you think farmers have the most experience and the most say?"

"Yes, my good child is great." Qiao Lili blinked her big eyes. She was called the good child and the daughter-in-law. Oh, so embarrassing.

Qiao Lili covered her suddenly red face and said in a muffled voice: "Aunt, do you want to earn this thousand taels of silver?" She knew that Concubine Yun was definitely not short of silver. Not to mention a thousand taels, even ten thousand taels would be no problem for her. But she knew that her aunt wanted to prevent the people from suffering from disasters and to have enough food to eat, and also wanted to help the emperor solve his problems.

"Do you have a good remedy for insects?"

Sure enough, my aunt’s voice sounded a little anxious.

As she floated around in her dream, let's just say it was a dream, she saw that after Brother Ajing ascended the throne, he was also actively fighting insects. However, the temperature in the south was high in winter, and the insect eggs could not be frozen to death in the winter. The overwintering rate was high, and they would come back every summer and autumn of the following year.

An old man from a water village offered a good remedy. He said that there had never been any insect plague in their area. Even if there were insect plagues in the surrounding counties and prefectures, it would not be a big deal if locusts flew to their area.

There is plenty of water there, and many people raise ducks. Ducks eat all kinds of insects, and in years when locusts fly over, their ducks grow especially big and fat, because the locusts become food for the ducks.

Of course, she couldn't tell Concubine Yun about her dream. She thought for a moment and said, "When I was a child, my grandfather told me that there are no locusts where ducks are raised because the locusts are eaten by ducks. A duck can eat more than 200 locusts a day."

"Auntie, you can ask the emperor to try raising ducks in areas with insect infestations. Even if it is useless for treating the insects, the ducks can still be sold for money."

Concubine Yun waved her hand and said, "Yes, let's try this. I will ask my men to collect ducks in Dayan. Duck eggs are also fine. We can hatch them ourselves and send them to the infested areas and raise them for free."

"Aunt, things that are obtained without spending money may not be cherished. If you don't take good care of the duck, it will die." Qiao Lili said. It has to be said that there are all kinds of people in life. When doing something, you have to respect gentlemen and guard against villains.

"Then, I won't charge for raising them alive, but I will charge for those who die." Concubine Yun has many ideas.

Concubine Yun sent her darling child back to Duke Dingguo's mansion, and explained in detail to the old Duke's wife the horoscopes that Master Wuwei had given her, which made the old Duke's wife very happy.

"Madam, this is not Naji. I told you privately that Naji will wait for the Imperial Observatory to calculate a good day and invite the nobleman to come to our house in a grand manner."

The old Duke's wife knew that Concubine Yun's move was entirely out of respect for Qiao Lili and the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, so naturally she had no choice but to respond.

Since Concubine Yun returned to the palace to discuss the results of the horoscope with the Emperor, set the date for the wedding, and collected ducks, the old wife of Duke Dingguo was also preparing to entertain the noble who would come to the house to present the wedding gift.

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Qiao Lili returned to Lupingyuan, changed her clothes, and went to the study room in the front yard to find Shang Zhen. She wanted to know what had happened during the two days she was away.

"Bai Junzhe has almost recovered and has returned to Saozhuo Lane from the clinic." Shang Zhen said.

"Didn't they say that internal injuries require recuperation for several months? The doctors in this clinic are quite skilled." Qiao Lili had heard reports before that Bai Junzhe's two kidneys were ruptured and he would need to be recuperated for a while, and there was nothing they could do to ensure his offspring.

"It's not the doctor's credit. It's Bai Rouer who hooked up with the third princess. The third princess gave him a pill that is said to be a miraculous medicine for treating internal injuries. In fact, it is a medicine for tigers and wolves. The body will recover quickly after taking this medicine, but it will damage the foundation and affect lifespan." This is what Bao Zhiqiang found out. This kind of secret medicine is generally not seen in the world, so it is difficult to know its efficacy and side effects.

"Bai Rouer is quite capable. She found a powerful backer so quickly." Qiao Lili smiled. In the past few years, she took her to various banquets and visited noble ladies from aristocratic families. The resources given to her were too good.

"We don't know how capable she is, but she is very ambitious." Shang Zhen thought about the intelligence he had gathered and curled his lips in disdain.

"She has taken a fancy to the Sixth Prince. Yu Xinyao promised that as long as she can make you and the Sixth Prince cancel your engagement, she will let Bai Rouer enter the Sixth Prince's mansion and at least be a concubine."

Bai Rouer originally had her eyes on the Second Prince, but she couldn't resist the Third Princess's sweet talk, saying that the Second Prince had a principal wife and two concubines, so even if she entered the Second Prince's mansion, she could only be a concubine.

But the Sixth Prince's Mansion is clean. Once you enter the mansion, whether you become the principal wife or the concubine depends entirely on your own ability. Are you willing to let Qiao Lili be the only one in charge in the Sixth Prince's Mansion?

These words had already shaken Bai Rouer. The trump card was that Yu Xinyao took out the Sixth Prince.

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What kind of feelings did Bai Rou'er have for the Second Prince? It was nothing more than lust for beauty. Now that he saw the Sixth Prince, the Second Prince instantly became a nobody. It would only take a matter of minutes for him to fall in love with someone else.

Besides, she was more than willing to make Qiao Lili unlucky, pull Qiao Lili off the altar and step on her.

"At least she's a concubine, so it's not impossible that she'll be the principal wife. Have they made arrangements for the Sixth Prince?" I'm afraid that even the Emperor cannot make decisions for the Sixth Prince, because he is the son of Concubine Yun. But these two women have made arrangements for the Sixth Prince very clearly. Look at what they can do. They are like ants trying to shake a tree. How ridiculous and overestimating their own abilities.

"There is no shortage of people who overestimate their own abilities in this world." Shang Zhen continued to report, "and the old butcher has tortured Bai severely again." Every time he reported here, Shang Zhen felt a little embarrassed, but seeing the young lady's young age, she didn't blush at all when hearing such things. She is truly a hero among young people and a heroine, worthy of being a member of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

"During that time, he mentioned Bai Rouer several times, insulted her with words, and threatened to let Bai Rouer serve him next time." The old butcher's original words were: It's okay for an old vegetable like you to take a bite occasionally to change your taste, but the real flavor is the young teenage sprouts, which are so juicy that they burst with juice when you take a bite.

He would never learn this from the young lady even if he was beaten to death.

"Bai Rou'er is the bottom line of the Bai family. I guess she will take action against Lao Tu soon. Keep a close eye on the Bai family to see if she is in contact with the people behind the scenes."

"How's Lou Xinyue doing? Is she still hiding in her room pretending to be dead?"

"She did get up. Mrs. Li stayed in the clinic to take care of Bai Junzhe. She had to find food by herself. But apart from buying steamed buns from the newly opened steamed bun shop at the entrance of the alley, she didn't go anywhere else." Shang Zhen also felt that Lou Xinyue was too peaceful.

“Is the steamed bun shop newly opened?”

Shang Zhen immediately came to his senses after hearing what Qiao Lili said, "Yes, Miss, I was negligent. Please punish me."

Qiao Lili waved her hand and said, "Forget it this time. Let's be more careful next time."

"Yes, I will immediately send Bao Zhiqiang to investigate, and have Feng Ye and Feng Hui keep a close eye on her. Next time she goes to buy steamed buns, follow her and listen to what they say."

Shang Zhen was busy carrying out these tasks, and Qiao Lili stopped him and said, "Ask Bao Zhiqiang to check where the concubines and illegitimate children who died in the Bai Mansion after Bai entered the mansion were buried."

Since we are going to dig up graves, we should dig up these people's graves first, find out the cause of death, and avenge them.