I was a princess in ancient times
Chapter 39
Three years later.
It is hot summer, no matter what way you use to avoid the heat, you will inevitably be attacked by dryness. Only in a house with ice mirrors or on a cruise ship floating on the water can you get a glimpse of the coolness.
Ji Xinxue is very lucky to have both.
He was lying on the bed by the window, facing the breeze with the fragrance of lotus, behind him was the slowly turning ice mirror, his sleepiness became more and more intense, and his breathing gradually became steady.
Zhang Siyi and Li Jinhuan, who were talking in a low voice, seemed aware of it, looked at Ji Xinxue's direction, got up one by one and went to the bow of the boat to enjoy the cool, so as not to disturb Ji Xinxue's peace.
Arriving at the bow of the boat, Zhang Siyi's field of vision suddenly became wider. Zhang Siyi looked around, with a hint of gratitude in her voice, "Today we are the only ones who come to the lake for coolness."
Li Jinhuan leaned on the cabin with his arms folded and smiled nonchalantly.
After what happened last time, who would not be able to think about it and insist on going against the little county king?
Coming to the East Lake to enjoy the cool air, it was because the king of the small county couldn't bear to see the bitter summer of the County Lord Ningshu, so he asked Yin Zi to add a new boat to the Hanzhuyuan, and rowed on the East Lake of the Hanzhuyuan all day long.
From the boat to the servants on the boat, to all the items on the boat, they are all the money spent by the little princess.
Those people want to imitate the little county king, so it is not impossible to collect money to build a small boat. Anyway, the East Lake is big enough, and the small county king is not overbearing.
If you have to think about missing the little county king's boat, do you think you are the county lord of Ningshu?
If these people hadn't bothered Xiaojun Wang and Ningshu County Lord one after another, they pooled their own money to buy a boat, finally came to the lake, and still pestered Xiaojun Wang endlessly, Xiaojun Wang wouldn't lose his patience completely, and directly ordered the boatman to head towards the other party's boat. Hit it.
The people who made the boats for the Xiaojun King were all from the fiefdom of the Xiaojun King, and they were all good at making boats in the south. The materials used were regardless of the cost, and the boats they made were naturally indestructible.
Others are far less wealthy than the little county king, or they are still thinking about the big ship of the small county king, and they are reluctant to use too much private money to build the boat themselves. small hole.
Those people returned to the shore in time before the boat completely sank into the lake, and the king of Xiaojun also compensated those people with the money for building the boat.
Since then, no second boat has appeared on the East Lake of Hanzhuyuan.
Zhang Siyi suddenly let out a long sigh, "Miss Yan came here yesterday, I don't know which classmate will come tomorrow."
"Why do you care so much? People who come again will not stay long anyway." Li Jinhuan's face showed indifference.
Zhang Siyi felt that what Li Jinhuan said made sense, so she simply stopped thinking about it, and looked at the lotus leaves in the distance with her eyes empty, enjoying the rare tranquility.
Qi Zhu left Chang'an as early as three years ago and went to Yuanzhou to join Qi Sima. Because he didn't plan to return to Chang'an in a short time, he had to drop out of Guozijian.
In less than half a month, Qi Zhu was replaced by someone. It was a little lady surnamed Ma. Not surprisingly, she was also the niece of a new favorite of Emperor Yanguang.
Another three months later, the precious concubine in the palace collided with the concubine Liang, causing the concubine to have a miscarriage.
Concubine Zhen was killed by the enraged Emperor Yanguang, and the Lu sisters in Hanzhuyuan also disappeared without a sound. Also within half a month, a newcomer replaced the Lu sisters.
Three years passed, and nearly 20 people came and went from Hanzhuyuan.
At the beginning, Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi felt uncomfortable because their classmates in Hanzhuyuan did not meet the threshold set by successive emperors for Hanzhuyuan, but now they are completely numb.
They had long since given up their extravagant hopes that the people who came to Hanzhuyuan to be their classmate would have some kind of background, they just wanted to be a normal person who could live in peace with them.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Jinhuan, who had fallen asleep leaning against the cabin, woke up suddenly. He looked around in a daze, and subconsciously raised his hand to touch his face.
Finding that the various expressions on his face were normal and nothing was blown by the wind, Li Jinhuan breathed a sigh of relief, and by the way pushed Zhang Siyi who was leaning on him like a piglet to wake up.
If they had known that they would fall asleep, what would they do if they came out, they might as well find a limp in the cabin.
"What did the little prince do, why hasn't he come back?" Li Jinhuan pushed Zhang Siyi, while looking at the servant not far away.
The servant bent down and said respectfully, "The prince of Qinghe County is looking for the prince, but I don't know what it is."
"Young Prince of Qinghe County, it must be a matter of the clan." Zhang Siyi struggled to open her eyes, because she was not fully awake yet, her speech was inevitably slurred.
Since Xiaojun King frequently appeared beside Qinghe County King and Qinghe Prince's son, the status of the clan has risen sharply. Even Sikong, Situ and other court officials did not want to offend Qinghe County King and Xiaojun King at the same time. Princess Anguo's Mansion made a slight concession.
With the help of Qinghe County Prince's Mansion and An Guo Princess' Mansion, it is easier than ever for the offshoots of the clan to marry.
As a result, the Xiaojun Wang became more and more busy, often seeing no one for several days in a row.
As soon as Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi finished speaking, they saw Yu Heng standing on the small boat gradually approaching the big boat.
Three years have passed, but Yu Heng's appearance has not changed much, but the violence in his body has gradually calmed down, and he has learned to turn his anger into majesty.
After boarding the boat, Yu Heng hurriedly nodded to Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi who were welcoming him, and went to see Ji Xinxue in the cabin first.
As soon as he entered the cabin, his eyes met Shang Ji Xinxue's shining eyes, and a small dimple suddenly appeared on the left cheek.
Ji Xinxue slept for a while to make up for the drowsiness of being unable to fall asleep after tossing and turning for half a night yesterday. When she saw Yu Heng approaching, she skillfully let out half of the sheet, her voice was hoarse and different from those of her peers, "How is it? Did Marquis Pingnan make things difficult for you?"
Yu Heng leaned against Ji Xinxue, feeling the breeze coming from the front and the coolness of the ice mirror behind him, and narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.He was not in a hurry to reply to Ji Xinxue's words, he first went to pull the quilt covering Ji Xinxue's body.
Last year, Xinxue suffered a serious illness.
All the imperial physicians and famous folk doctors said that Ji Xinxue's throat was the only root cause of the disease, except that her voice would never change again, leaving no other hidden dangers.
From then on, Yu Heng will remind Ji Xinxue to add clothes to his bones, and pay attention to whether Ji Xinxue may catch a cold anytime and anywhere.
Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi, who appeared at the door of the cabin following Yu Heng, saw the two people who were huddled together on a soft bed and didn't know what they were doing. They immediately looked away and turned around in unison.
Because the action was too hasty, they accidentally bumped their heads and made a dull sound, but the two of them didn't dare to delay any more, and strode forward with their foreheads covered.
Ji Xinxue was only focused on fighting Yu Heng, and completely ignored the appearance of Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi, he begged for mercy in a low voice, "Don't, if the ice mirror is too tightly covered, it will be useless, unless you ask me to add two more ice mirrors. "
Yu Heng's face darkened in an instant. Every time he almost forgot to go to Xiulou and saw Ji Xinxue surrounded by four ice mirrors in the center, Ji Xinxue would use various methods to remind him of that scene.
"Do you need to move the ice mirror to a place where you can touch it?" Yu Heng narrowed his eyes dangerously.
Ji Xinxue said with a grin, "No, as long as you let me only cover my stomach, I'll be cool now."
He will not be fooled and give Yu Heng a reason to be angry.
As expected, Yu Heng's expression softened. He carefully tucked the thin blanket around Ji Xinxue's waist, stretched his body and leaned against Ji Xinxue's side, and answered what Ji Xinxue asked him at the beginning.
"With my uncle around, Marquis Pingnan didn't dare to say anything. I just followed Uncle to gain some knowledge. Marquis Pingnan had already asked for the title of son for the eldest son in front of Uncle, and I personally sent the booklet to the Ministry of Rites."
Ji Xinxue shook her head, too lazy to think about the affairs of Pingnanhou's family, but she couldn't help feeling that people's hearts are changeable.
I heard that Ping Nanhou and Fa's wife were also deeply in love back then, but after Fa's wife passed away and continued to marry a new wife, his whole heart was partial to the new wife and young son.Let the new wife be the eldest son to marry the parents of both dead, and the county magistrate of Cheng'an who has no support behind him, but wants to marry the youngest daughter of the very popular Cui family, and wants to take advantage of the good wind in the palace to set the position of the son on the youngest .
It's a pity...the heart is not enough, after all, it is shooting itself in the foot.
Pingnanhou and Mrs. Pingnanhou secretly treated his wife's eldest son harshly. He wanted the title to fall on the youngest son, but he didn't want to bear the notoriety, so he chose the county magistrate of Cheng'an as his eldest son's wife.
They also didn't think about it. Although the parents of the county magistrate of Cheng'an are dead and there is no mother to rely on, but an orphan like the magistrate of Cheng'an can not only grow up safely, but also have the title of county magistrate she deserves. How could she be a clan An unremarkable fringe character.
If he didn't have the title of Marquis of Pingnan, why would the county magistrate of Cheng'an choose this marriage?
"Uncle said that this matter is not so easy. The wife that Pingnanhou's youngest son has married is Liangfei's younger sister. As long as Cui Shi puts pressure on it, the Ministry of Rites will not approve Pingnanhou's invitation to be a son. I'm afraid we will have to wait... Only in the future will we know the difference. Uncle can only stop Marquis Pingnan from asking for the crown prince for the youngest son now."
Yu Heng took out the warm oiled paper bag from his sleeve pocket, picked up the red bean cake inside and handed it to Ji Xinxue's mouth.
The pastry was only half the size of a thumb, just enough for Ji Xinxue to bite into one.
Ji Xinxue shook his head after eating only one piece of pastry, and he had to save his stomach to eat live fish from the south.
After swallowing the pastry, Ji Xinxue whispered next to Yu Heng's ear, "That one is pregnant again."
Yu Heng's figure froze slightly, and the center of his eyebrows gradually became heavy.
Given the tacit understanding between him and Ji Xinxue, some things need not be so clear.
Ji Xinxue can understand that the "later" he said refers to the death of Emperor Yanguang, and the new emperor is sure.He could easily understand that "that" Ji Xinxue said was Concubine Liang.
In three years, not counting the well-known concubine Zhen bumping into Concubine Liang's child, it was the sixth time Yu Heng heard from Ji Xinxue that Concubine Liang was pregnant.
Seven births in three years, the first six were not born, and only a few people knew about five of them.
Even Yu Heng, as a man, had never been in close contact with a pregnant woman, so he also had a creepy feeling.
Ji Xinxue patted Yu Heng on the shoulder. If someone shared his emotions, the pressure in his heart would be relieved a little. Although he felt a little sorry for Yu Heng, Ji Xinxue really felt relaxed.
Yesterday he tossed and turned without falling asleep because he heard that Concubine Liang was pregnant again in King Jia's study.
When Concubine Liang was pregnant for the first time, Ji Xinxue didn't have any other thoughts except lamenting that Emperor Yanguang was growing stronger and stronger, and had a premonition that Cui Shi would become more arrogant.
Even if Concubine Zhen smashed Concubine Liang's child and was killed by the enraged Emperor Yanguang, Ji Xinxue just secretly said that the child was innocent, because the person who appeared in Hanzhuyuan instead of sisters Lu couldn't get used to it for a few days, so he forgot about it. in the back of the head.
From Concubine Liang's second pregnancy, Ji Xinxue gradually felt something was wrong.
Concubine Liang conceived for the second time two months after she conceived. Unlike her first pregnancy, Concubine Liang's second pregnancy started and ended quietly. There is news of pregnancy' and 'Liang Concubine's miscarriage'.
In the past three years, every once in a while, Concubine De would tell King Jia the news that they were similar but slightly different.
Ji Xinxue once suspected that Emperor Yanguang believed in the prescription left by the fairy, even if he knew that the so-called junior brother of the fairy was just a lie, he wanted to try that prescription again. Let Concubine Liang give birth to the medicine for him.
As the frequency of Concubine Liang's pregnancies and miscarriages became more and more frequent, Ji Xinxue gradually had wilder guesses. He suspected that the children conceived by Concubine Liang were not the children of Emperor Yanguang.
No matter how much shadow Emperor Yanguang brought to the kings and the court, it was already a well-known secret that Emperor Yanguang's body was aging rapidly since he dealt with King Yi and Queen Zhen three years ago.
How could such Emperor Yanguang allow Concubine Liang to become pregnant frequently.
In other words, if Emperor Yanguang really had the ability to make Liang concubines pregnant frequently, there are so many concubines in the harem, and there has been a steady stream of beautiful court ladies and female officials who have been named low-level concubines in the past three years. No one is pregnant?
Regarding the matter of the imperial palace and Emperor Yanguang, one really shouldn't think too much about it, but anyone who falls into deep thought can't escape the horror in the end.
Ji Xinxue can only be thankful that the former young lady of Yiwang Mansion and the five young gentlemen of Zhenwang Mansion are still well raised in the palace.
Before the people who have been supported in the palace have an accident, the lives of other grandchildren will basically not be in danger.
It wasn't until Zizhu came to ask Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue to eat, that the two of them recovered from their respective thoughts and went to another cabin to eat.
Seeing Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi who were already sitting at the table, Ji Xinxue remembered that there were still these two people on board, and said with a smile, "Could it be that you went to pick lotus root? Why haven't I seen anyone?"
Zhang Siyi heard Ji Xinxue's slightly hoarse voice, knowing that it was Ji Xinxue's voice when she was speaking normally after a serious illness, but she still couldn't help but go astray, looked away with a blushing face, and nodded indiscriminately, "Well, we picked The lotus root is gone."
Compared to Zhang Siyi, although Li Jinhuan was also absent-minded, at least he remembered that there were no lotus roots to pick at this time, "No, we are fishing."
Zhang Siyi and Li Jinhuan stopped at the same time, looked at each other and changed their words tacitly.
"It was fishing, but unfortunately I didn't catch it." Zhang Siyi gritted her teeth.
"I said fishing, Zhang Siyi insisted on picking lotus root, I can only follow him, where can there be lotus root in this season?" Li Jinhuan tried hard to describe.
Ji Xinxue laughed so much that she grabbed Yu Heng's arm to stabilize her figure, and said in a muffled voice, "Why don't you fight first and decide whether to pick lotus root or fish?"
Yu Heng also had a smile in his eyes, he watched Ji Xinxue take his seat first, and then sat beside Ji Xinxue.
Relying on his thick skin, Li Jinhuan pretended not to hear Ji Xinxue's joke, turned his eyes to the dishes on the table, and praised every dish in a serious manner.
Zhang Siyi covered her face with her sleeves, until everyone started to move their chopsticks, then quietly picked up the chopsticks and crazily grabbed Li Jinhuan's food.
It's a pity that his skills are not as good as Li Jinhuan's, and he has fought against Li Jinhuan frequently but has never succeeded. When he regained his senses, he found that his dishes have been divided up by Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue.
Zhang Siyi frowned and didn't dare to take it back, so she could only keep the rest of the food wronged, and didn't have the heart to take care of Li Jinhuan anymore.
Everyone finished their lunch in silence.
Yesterday, newcomers from Hanzhuyuan entered the school, and today they are all outdoor classes.
Everyone has summed up experience from countless lessons, and there will definitely be abnormal things in class today.
In order to avoid abnormal things, when they arrived at Hanzhuyuan in the morning, they immediately asked Dean Jiang and Dr. Teaching for a whole day's leave.
After eating, Ji Xinxue really had the idea of fishing, and it happened that there were fishing rods and baits on the boat, and the four of them hit it off, sat side by side of the boat, and bet on the number of fish caught.
Whoever catches the most fish will be treated to a meal at the best restaurant in Chang'an.
Whoever catches the fewest fish will play a song while eating.
Ji Xinxue thought that the fish in the pond were all koi, and she had long been used to being fed regularly by the servants of Hanzhuyuan. She would definitely not be wary of the bait on the fishhook, and she was ready for a long physical battle.
With his tear-jerking sense of music, it is best not to play in public, he is afraid that the restaurant will make him lose money.
It's not that there is no money to pay, the main thing is that I can't afford to lose people.
The fishing process was indeed as Ji Xinxue imagined, but there was a little deviation.
Got it right, but not quite right...
After the four of them lowered their poles respectively, Yu Heng immediately caught a golden and red koi.
When Li Jinhuan pulled the black carp out of the water, Yu Heng had already caught the second red carp.
Ji Xinxue and Zhang Siyi cast envious glances at them, and couldn't help checking to see if the bait on the hook was still there.
Looking at the empty hook, Zhang Siyi sighed deeply, reflecting on her carelessness, carefully put on the new bait, and focused on the fishing rod, for fear of missing it again.
Ji Xinxue stared at the intact bait on the hook and fell into deep thought. She specially asked the servant to go to Yu Heng to pick up a few baits and replace them on the hook before throwing the hook into the water again.
Two quarters of an hour later, Yu Heng had replaced a new fish basket, and Li Jinhuan's fish basket was half full, and even Zhang Siyi, who couldn't keep up with his eyes, harvested five koi, but Ji Xinxue's fishing rod remained motionless.
When Ji Xinxue occasionally pulled the fishing rod out of the water, the bait had already been swelled by the water, but it didn't shrink at all.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ji Xinxue throwing an empty pole up again, Zhang Siyi calmly breathed a sigh of relief, and looked happily at the fish basket beside him.
He didn't want to be able to surpass Xiaojunwang and Li Jinhuan, as long as he could surpass Ji Xinxue and not be at the bottom.
Comparing the still empty fish basket beside Ji Xinxue and his five little treasures, Zhang Siyi felt that he was stable.
When Ji Xinxue looked at the bait on the hook and fell into deep self-doubt, Yu Heng, whose shoulders and sleeves were all stained with water, walked behind Ji Xinxue.
"What are you doing here?" Ji Xinxue raised her head and looked at Yu Heng with burning eyes, thinking that if Yu Heng dared to laugh at him, he would turn his face immediately.
Yu Heng's gaze swept over the still empty fish basket beside Ji Xinxue, and sitting cross-legged beside Ji Xinxue, he said slowly, "I've caught enough fish, Li Jinhuan can't catch up."
On the other side, Li Jinhuan paused for a while to hang bait on the hook, and brought Yu Heng's remaining half bowl of bait to his side.
Ji Xinxue felt hatred for the rich after a long absence. He held a fishhook in one hand and a bowl of bait in the other hand to Yu Heng, "Help me hang the bait."
He suspected that Yu Heng's hand had a taste that the koi in the East Lake especially liked,
"No!" Zhang Siyi protested, "If the little county king helps, it can't be counted as the fish caught by the county magistrate!"
Yu Heng had already stopped towards Ji Xinxue's outstretched hands, and looked at Ji Xinxue questioningly.
Ji Xinxue turned around to argue with Zhang Siyi, and listened to Zhang Siyi quoting the scriptures and reciting the "Book of Rites" with confusion. Hook fast.
As soon as the hook entered the water, Yu Heng suddenly said, "Quickly pull the rod!"
Ji Xinxue moved faster than her brain, because she never expected to catch a fish, and the posture and strength of pulling the pole were wrong.
Fortunately, Yu Heng grabbed Ji Xinxue's shoulders in time and leaned back, and took the fishing rod with the other hand and swung it far away, so that the red koi, which was alive and struggling, did not jump onto Ji Xinxue's face.
Zhang Siyi, who had been secretly paying attention to Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng's movements, opened her mouth to yell that the fish was not counted, but when she saw the two rolling together on the ground, she silently closed her mouth and sat back in front of the fishing rod.
Forget it, it's just a fish, there's no point in angering the little county king.
Ji Xinxue's mind was full of the fish he managed to catch. After stabilizing his body, he immediately got up to look for the fish.
He still has the possibility of not playing the piano in public, so he can't give up struggling!
Watching the servant put the fat red koi into the fishing basket, Ji Xinxue sighed with satisfaction, and replaced the fishing rod with new bait vigorously.
"Yes!" Yu Heng said again.
This time Ji Xinxue was well prepared and threw the rod without even thinking about it. Before the fish showed up, Ji Xinxue knew from the weight of the fishing rod that Yu Heng's judgment was correct.
Zhang Siyi stared dumbfounded at Ji Xinxue beside him.
How could there be such an outrageous thing in the world?
After Yu Heng sat next to Ji Xinxue, Ji Xinxue caught more than ten fish in the blink of an eye.
Could it be that the little county king was born under the care of a cat?
No, if the little county king is a cat, shouldn't the fish avoid the little county king like the county master, so why would they bite the hook one after another?
Even Li Jinhuan, who kept throwing his hook, put down his fishing rod and stared at Ji Xinxue... with the fishing rod in his hand.
When the result of everyone's betting gradually became clear, a loud shout suddenly sounded in the distance.
"Help! Someone fell into the water!"
"Is that the little county king's boat? There must be people on board who are good at swimming!"
"Little Junwang, hurry up and let people go down to save people, the one who fell into the water is Cui Qingzhi!"
……
The people on the boat heard the sound and saw that they didn't specifically ask the servants to control the direction of the boat, and they were all focused on the fishing rods, completely oblivious to the fact that the boat was gradually approaching the shore. .
At this time, there was a huge splash of water closer to the shore.
"Go save people!" Yu Heng said loudly.
The water-savvy person on the boat immediately jumped in the direction of the water splash, swam very quickly to the side of the water splash, and fished him to the shore.
Because there was Ji Xinxue on the boat, when Yu Heng ordered people to prepare the boat, he specifically asked the housekeeper of the princess mansion to find a strong maid who was good at swimming to be on board at any time.
There were male and female servants who went into the water to save people. After discovering that the person jumping in the water was a little lady, the strong maid brought the little lady ashore.
The manservant went back to the boat and carried the package thrown overboard to the shore.
In the package, there is a thin quilt and a clean sweat towel that can cover the little lady's figure and avoid the embarrassment of the little lady.
This era has its own way to treat people who are choking on water. After Ji Xinxue and others went ashore, Cui Qingzhi had already vomited a few big saliva and regained consciousness, sobbing softly while hugging Kang Qi.
Yu Heng, Zhang Siyi, and Li Jinhuan all stopped twenty steps away, stopped moving forward, and turned around consciously.
Ji Xinxue paused slightly, suddenly feeling slightly embarrassed.
However, there are only Cui Qingzhi, Kang Qi, Mrs. Liang and Shi Yu here.
Shi Yu also wanted to avoid suspicion, and hid farther than Yu Heng and others. Kang Qi only knew to hold Cui Qingzhi, who was pale and huddled in the thin quilt, and cried. Mrs. Liang was useful but no one would listen to her. Someone is running the show.
Ji Xinxue stopped three steps away from Cui Qingzhi with a calm expression, and ordered the maid who rescued Cui Qingzhi to take Cui Qingzhi back to her residence, and then sent someone to inform Dean Jiang that she wanted someone to use Yu Heng's post to invite the imperial physician. But he didn't speak.
He was afraid that Cui's family would get entangled with Yu Heng because of this, anyway, drinking the medicine late would not delay Cui Qingzhi.
Although Kang Qi kept looking at Ji Xinxue expectantly and helplessly, begging Ji Xinxue to accompany them to Cui Qingzhi's yard, but Ji Xinxue felt it was unnecessary and firmly refused.
The best distance between him and Cui Qingzhi and Kang Qi is to keep the furthest distance.
Concubine Liang repeatedly wanted to recognize the tenth prince as her name and pick up a ready-made son to fight for the throne. Although Emperor Yanguang never let go, he did not reprimand Concubine Liang for it.
This kind of thing happened to Emperor Yanguang, it was already a great love and connivance for Concubine Liang.
No one is sure whether Emperor Yanguang will suddenly agree to Concubine Liang's request one day.
From a certain point of view, the Cui family has been tightly bound with King Xiang.
Ji Xinxue felt that there was no need for him to have a deep friendship with the people of the Cui family, let alone have extravagant hopes, thinking that by helping Cui Qingzhi this time, the people of the Cui family would remember his benefits.
On the contrary, be careful that good deeds will not be rewarded, and people will beat you up.
After such an accident, no one was in the mood to swim in the lake anymore, so they went to Yu Heng's Lenghui Courtyard to kill the rest of the time, and asked someone to find out why Cui Qingzhi fell into the water.
The reason why Cui Qingzhi fell into the water shocked them greatly.
It was Miss Yan who just came to Hanzhuyuan the day before yesterday, because she had an argument with Cui Qingzhi, she threw Cui Qingzhi into the water with her bare hands.
Ji Xinxue recalled the distance between the place where Cui Qingzhi fell into the water and the shore, and silently hugged the shortest self in Hanzhuyuan.
"Which concubine's niece is this...?" Zhang Siyi's eyes were straightened, unable to recover for a long time.
Li Jinhuan saw that neither Yu Heng nor Ji Xinxue wanted to speak, so he whispered, "It's Yan Guiren's daughter."
"Pfft..." Zhang Siyi, who was about to drink a cup of warm tea to relieve her nervousness, spit out a sip of water, embarrassed by her rude behavior, "Daughter?!"
Disgust flashed in Ji Xinxue's eyes, "Is no one in your family talking to you about the outside world?"
It's not that Yan Guiren has just been named a nobleman. Last year, she changed from a female official to a dresser. It took ten days to become Baolin, and another half a month to become a permanent member. Half a year later, she was promoted to a nobleman, the most promoted among concubines in the same batch A fast person's reputation in the court is even louder than Concubine De and Concubine Xian.
Too bad it doesn't have a good reputation.
Most of them are infamy such as confidante, flirtatious and frivolous.
Ji Xinxue was not interested in the fight between Cui Qingzhi and Yan Xiaoniangzi, and did not pay special attention to the follow-up matters.
Most of the people who suddenly appeared in Hanzhuyuan had been dealt with secretly by Cui Qingzhi, and occasionally there would be some hard things to make things worse. Because of the good concubine and Cui family in the palace, Cui Qingzhi was usually not the one who suffered in the end.Even if Cui Qingzhi was at fault, Mrs. Liang and Kang Qi would be punished for Cui Qingzhi.
Unexpectedly, Cui Qingzhi kicked the iron plate this time.
After Cui Qingzhi fell into the water, she asked for a few days off to recuperate at home, and Miss Yan came to Hanzhuyuan to attend classes as if nothing had happened under the gaze of various meanings.
Both the palace and the Hanzhuyuan were so calm and calm, which made people feel weird.
On the fifth day, a decree was issued suddenly in the palace, Yan Guiren was promoted to Concubine Yan.
Ji Xinxue only has the word "admiration" for Yan Pin.
After Concubine Liang entered the palace, the concubines with sons and daughters were unwilling to fight with Concubine Liang, the concubines Li and Concubine Zhen who had no children had become obsolete, but Concubine Yan was able to rise up suddenly, which was really a skill.
A few days later, Cui Qingzhi quietly went back to Hanzhuyuan to go to school.
She didn't bother looking for Miss Yan, she only thought that Miss Yan didn't exist, as if in her eyes, there were only ten students in Hanzhuyuan.
Under the influence of Cui Qingzhi, not only Kang Qi, Mrs. Liang, and Shi Yu turned a blind eye to Miss Yan, but also the two people who entered Hanzhuyuan after Miss Yan also pretended not to see Miss Yan, and never talked to Miss Yan. .
The second day after Cui Qingzhi returned to Hanzhuyuan, a servant with large and small gift boxes appeared outside Lenghuiyuan, begging to see Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue.
"I don't see it." Yu Heng concentrated on picking at the fish on the plate.
Ji Xinxue buried her head in peeling the shrimp, too lazy to raise her head to speak.
Yu Heng is right, if you don't see him, it will be troublesome if you see him.
The green bamboo, whose body had been stretched, quietly exited the gazebo, and turned back after a while, "Miss Cui said that she would not thank her for saving her life in person, and she couldn't even sleep well. Please let the king and the county master help her."
Ji Xinxue threw the last piece of shrimp shell into the wooden barrel under her feet, looked at the prawns neatly arranged in two plates, felt a sense of accomplishment in her heart, and said casually, "We are eating, let her wait."
In order for Concubine Virtue and Concubine Liang to live in peace and harmony in the palace, he could not be too ruthless to Cui Qingzhi, who was well-mannered. He had the final say on how to show this face.
It was already half an hour after Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue finished eating the fish and shrimp and drank the tea for digestion.
Qingzhu reminded the two in a low voice, "Miss Cui has been waiting outside the door and never left."
Ji Xinxue glanced at the limp flowers and plants outside the gazebo, and laughed angrily. If he remembers correctly, there is no place outside the Lenghui Courtyard that can block the sun.
Cui Qingzhi actually stood up and waited under the scorching sun with his newly recuperated body, forcing him and Yu Heng to see her.
"Let her come in and have someone make a pot of tea to cool off." Ji Xinxue nodded and leaned lazily on the mat.
Kang Qi was also traveling with Cui Qingzhi, and the health servant behind them was holding gift boxes stacked together.
Seeing the faces of Cui Qingzhi and Kang Qi clearly, Ji Xinxue raised her handkerchief to cover her mouth and coughed lightly, for fear of accidentally laughing out loud and embarrassing the little ladies.
It can only be said that the sunlight in the Yu Dynasty was too harsh, and it took only a short time for the two young ladies to show their color difference.
Cui Qingzhi looked at Ji Xinxue with concern, "Is the county magistrate unwell? I heard that you have been in poor health since your serious illness last year, so I specially prepared two ginsengs for you."
Yu Heng said suddenly, "How old is the ginseng?"
Cui Qingzhi didn't expect Yu Heng to speak suddenly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth grew wider, "Ten-year-old ginseng is just right for the county head."
"The ginseng of that year is the best for daily body replenishment. To have a good medicinal effect, it must be at least a hundred years old." Yu Heng shook his head, his tone could not hide his disappointment.
Naturally, he does not lack the ginseng of that year, nor does he lack the ginseng of more than a hundred years old.
However, ginseng that is more than a hundred years old has slight changes in its efficacy every ten years, and the princess's mansion lacks 130-year-old and 150-year-old ginseng.
The smile on Cui Qingzhi's face froze.
How could the ginseng of that year be available?
Ginseng that is more than a hundred years old is too late to replenish the body of the concubine in the palace, so how can it be given to you?
Ji Xinxue coughed twice again, just wanting to send Cui Qingzhi and Kang Qi away quickly, and said tactfully, "I have nothing to do, but I usually lose energy after meals."
Kang Qi smiled and said, "If I talk with you, you will be refreshed."
Ji Xinxue's eyes met Kang Qi's innocent eyes, and it was difficult to tell whether Kang Qi was really stupid or fake for a while.
The politeness on his face gradually turned into indifference, and he bluntly chased away the guests, "I have already received the thank you gift. If it were Miss Yan who fell into the water, I would go to rescue her. You don't have to take this matter to heart."
The smile on Cui Qingzhi's face became even stiffer.
She has long recognized that Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue are not people she can easily impress, and within a short period of time, she cannot afford to offend them.
So not only did she deliberately avoid Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue, but she never dared to have Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi's ideas.
It was just incidentally to thank Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue for their life-saving grace. Cui Qingzhi mainly wanted to persuade Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue to agree to ignore the existence of Miss Yan no matter where she was.
As long as Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue agree to her, Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi will not reject her.
Standing outside Leng Hui's hospital for an hour of suffering, Cui Qingzhi knew that the purpose of this trip would not be easily achieved, but she never expected that it would be so difficult.
Tears suddenly fell from the corners of Cui Qingzhi's eyes, and he choked up, "I'm not afraid of the jokes of the county king and the county lord, I was really scared that day. Ever since I was a child, when have I ever seen such an unreasonable person?"
Kang Qi hugged Cui Qingzhi silently, and tears flowed from her eyes.
Cui Qingzhi told Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng what happened that day in an orderly manner, and attributed all the mistakes to Yan Xiaoniang, suddenly broke free from Kang Qi, and threw himself into Ji Xinxue's arms, "Every time I think of the despair in the water that day, I was so scared that I couldn't sleep at night, how dare I forget the life-saving grace of the county king and the county lord, I, Aye, my sister, and my sister will do our best to repay the county king and the county lord."
Ji Xinxue turned pale with shock, and scrambled away from the spot, tripped severely in a panic, and it was only because Yu Heng reached out to help him in time that he didn't fall down.
Yu Heng felt sorry for Ji Xinxue's pale face, and said with a sneer, "Your Cui family's gratitude is only worth two ten-year-old ginseng?"
Cui Qingzhi covered Ji Xinxue's forehead that was knocked on the pavilion because of Ji Xinxue's avoidance. Anger gushed out of his eyes but he forcibly endured it. Look at the county magistrate."
"No need!" Yu Heng's sharp eyes fixed Kang Qi who was holding the box in place, and he said coldly, "Call the servant who went into the water that day and the servant who reported to Dean Jiang, and tell them, Mrs. Cui The little lady came here with a special gift, and she wanted to personally thank them for their life-saving grace, and let them share the gift, so they don’t have to go back to the king.”
After all, Yu Heng didn't pay Cui Qingzhi and Kang Qi any more attention, and helped Ji Xinxue, whose ankle was sprained, to leave the pavilion.
"Yes!" Qing Zhu responded, pushed Zi Zhu who was standing stupidly beside her, and asked Zi Zhu to handle Yu Heng's confession.
He turned around and looked at Cui Qingzhi and Kang Qi with a smile on his face, and said in a strange way, "Please wait a little longer, my lady, these servants have won a generous reward from the county king for their meritorious service in saving Miss Cui, and they haven't lost their joy yet." My son, when I heard Cui Shi's courteous reception, I would be overjoyed and stunned in place, and I don't know how long it will take to get back to my senses."
Tears quickly appeared in Cui Qingzhi's eyes, and he wiped them vigorously several times with a handkerchief but did not wipe them clean. Every time he just wiped away the tears, more tears immediately filled his eyes. Kai Kangqi kicked towards the table where the gifts were placed without even thinking about it.
The tables in the gazebo are naturally stone tables.
The stone table and the gifts on the stone table were all fine, but Cui Qingzhi's ankle made a 'crack' sound with all his strength.
"Hmm!" Cui Qingzhi groaned in pain, and sat on the ground softly.
"Sister!" Kang Qi didn't care about the pain of bumping his arm against the pillar of the gazebo, and hurried to help Cui Qingzhi who was lying on the ground.
Qingzhu waited and watched for a while, and kindly reminded Kang Qi, "Miss Kang, don't cry in a hurry, first send someone to find a doctor for Miss Cui, if I am not afraid that you and Miss Cui will come with a big gift again, I will send a doctor The servant has found a doctor for you."
"presumptuous!"
"How dare you talk to the little lady like that?"
The servant brought by Cui Qingzhi scolded sharply, looking at Qingzhu with threats.
Qingzhu sneered, not at all afraid of being able to accommodate two of his servants, and said loudly, "What? Are you going to teach me for the little county king in Lenghui courtyard?"
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It is hot summer, no matter what way you use to avoid the heat, you will inevitably be attacked by dryness. Only in a house with ice mirrors or on a cruise ship floating on the water can you get a glimpse of the coolness.
Ji Xinxue is very lucky to have both.
He was lying on the bed by the window, facing the breeze with the fragrance of lotus, behind him was the slowly turning ice mirror, his sleepiness became more and more intense, and his breathing gradually became steady.
Zhang Siyi and Li Jinhuan, who were talking in a low voice, seemed aware of it, looked at Ji Xinxue's direction, got up one by one and went to the bow of the boat to enjoy the cool, so as not to disturb Ji Xinxue's peace.
Arriving at the bow of the boat, Zhang Siyi's field of vision suddenly became wider. Zhang Siyi looked around, with a hint of gratitude in her voice, "Today we are the only ones who come to the lake for coolness."
Li Jinhuan leaned on the cabin with his arms folded and smiled nonchalantly.
After what happened last time, who would not be able to think about it and insist on going against the little county king?
Coming to the East Lake to enjoy the cool air, it was because the king of the small county couldn't bear to see the bitter summer of the County Lord Ningshu, so he asked Yin Zi to add a new boat to the Hanzhuyuan, and rowed on the East Lake of the Hanzhuyuan all day long.
From the boat to the servants on the boat, to all the items on the boat, they are all the money spent by the little princess.
Those people want to imitate the little county king, so it is not impossible to collect money to build a small boat. Anyway, the East Lake is big enough, and the small county king is not overbearing.
If you have to think about missing the little county king's boat, do you think you are the county lord of Ningshu?
If these people hadn't bothered Xiaojun Wang and Ningshu County Lord one after another, they pooled their own money to buy a boat, finally came to the lake, and still pestered Xiaojun Wang endlessly, Xiaojun Wang wouldn't lose his patience completely, and directly ordered the boatman to head towards the other party's boat. Hit it.
The people who made the boats for the Xiaojun King were all from the fiefdom of the Xiaojun King, and they were all good at making boats in the south. The materials used were regardless of the cost, and the boats they made were naturally indestructible.
Others are far less wealthy than the little county king, or they are still thinking about the big ship of the small county king, and they are reluctant to use too much private money to build the boat themselves. small hole.
Those people returned to the shore in time before the boat completely sank into the lake, and the king of Xiaojun also compensated those people with the money for building the boat.
Since then, no second boat has appeared on the East Lake of Hanzhuyuan.
Zhang Siyi suddenly let out a long sigh, "Miss Yan came here yesterday, I don't know which classmate will come tomorrow."
"Why do you care so much? People who come again will not stay long anyway." Li Jinhuan's face showed indifference.
Zhang Siyi felt that what Li Jinhuan said made sense, so she simply stopped thinking about it, and looked at the lotus leaves in the distance with her eyes empty, enjoying the rare tranquility.
Qi Zhu left Chang'an as early as three years ago and went to Yuanzhou to join Qi Sima. Because he didn't plan to return to Chang'an in a short time, he had to drop out of Guozijian.
In less than half a month, Qi Zhu was replaced by someone. It was a little lady surnamed Ma. Not surprisingly, she was also the niece of a new favorite of Emperor Yanguang.
Another three months later, the precious concubine in the palace collided with the concubine Liang, causing the concubine to have a miscarriage.
Concubine Zhen was killed by the enraged Emperor Yanguang, and the Lu sisters in Hanzhuyuan also disappeared without a sound. Also within half a month, a newcomer replaced the Lu sisters.
Three years passed, and nearly 20 people came and went from Hanzhuyuan.
At the beginning, Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi felt uncomfortable because their classmates in Hanzhuyuan did not meet the threshold set by successive emperors for Hanzhuyuan, but now they are completely numb.
They had long since given up their extravagant hopes that the people who came to Hanzhuyuan to be their classmate would have some kind of background, they just wanted to be a normal person who could live in peace with them.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Jinhuan, who had fallen asleep leaning against the cabin, woke up suddenly. He looked around in a daze, and subconsciously raised his hand to touch his face.
Finding that the various expressions on his face were normal and nothing was blown by the wind, Li Jinhuan breathed a sigh of relief, and by the way pushed Zhang Siyi who was leaning on him like a piglet to wake up.
If they had known that they would fall asleep, what would they do if they came out, they might as well find a limp in the cabin.
"What did the little prince do, why hasn't he come back?" Li Jinhuan pushed Zhang Siyi, while looking at the servant not far away.
The servant bent down and said respectfully, "The prince of Qinghe County is looking for the prince, but I don't know what it is."
"Young Prince of Qinghe County, it must be a matter of the clan." Zhang Siyi struggled to open her eyes, because she was not fully awake yet, her speech was inevitably slurred.
Since Xiaojun King frequently appeared beside Qinghe County King and Qinghe Prince's son, the status of the clan has risen sharply. Even Sikong, Situ and other court officials did not want to offend Qinghe County King and Xiaojun King at the same time. Princess Anguo's Mansion made a slight concession.
With the help of Qinghe County Prince's Mansion and An Guo Princess' Mansion, it is easier than ever for the offshoots of the clan to marry.
As a result, the Xiaojun Wang became more and more busy, often seeing no one for several days in a row.
As soon as Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi finished speaking, they saw Yu Heng standing on the small boat gradually approaching the big boat.
Three years have passed, but Yu Heng's appearance has not changed much, but the violence in his body has gradually calmed down, and he has learned to turn his anger into majesty.
After boarding the boat, Yu Heng hurriedly nodded to Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi who were welcoming him, and went to see Ji Xinxue in the cabin first.
As soon as he entered the cabin, his eyes met Shang Ji Xinxue's shining eyes, and a small dimple suddenly appeared on the left cheek.
Ji Xinxue slept for a while to make up for the drowsiness of being unable to fall asleep after tossing and turning for half a night yesterday. When she saw Yu Heng approaching, she skillfully let out half of the sheet, her voice was hoarse and different from those of her peers, "How is it? Did Marquis Pingnan make things difficult for you?"
Yu Heng leaned against Ji Xinxue, feeling the breeze coming from the front and the coolness of the ice mirror behind him, and narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.He was not in a hurry to reply to Ji Xinxue's words, he first went to pull the quilt covering Ji Xinxue's body.
Last year, Xinxue suffered a serious illness.
All the imperial physicians and famous folk doctors said that Ji Xinxue's throat was the only root cause of the disease, except that her voice would never change again, leaving no other hidden dangers.
From then on, Yu Heng will remind Ji Xinxue to add clothes to his bones, and pay attention to whether Ji Xinxue may catch a cold anytime and anywhere.
Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi, who appeared at the door of the cabin following Yu Heng, saw the two people who were huddled together on a soft bed and didn't know what they were doing. They immediately looked away and turned around in unison.
Because the action was too hasty, they accidentally bumped their heads and made a dull sound, but the two of them didn't dare to delay any more, and strode forward with their foreheads covered.
Ji Xinxue was only focused on fighting Yu Heng, and completely ignored the appearance of Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi, he begged for mercy in a low voice, "Don't, if the ice mirror is too tightly covered, it will be useless, unless you ask me to add two more ice mirrors. "
Yu Heng's face darkened in an instant. Every time he almost forgot to go to Xiulou and saw Ji Xinxue surrounded by four ice mirrors in the center, Ji Xinxue would use various methods to remind him of that scene.
"Do you need to move the ice mirror to a place where you can touch it?" Yu Heng narrowed his eyes dangerously.
Ji Xinxue said with a grin, "No, as long as you let me only cover my stomach, I'll be cool now."
He will not be fooled and give Yu Heng a reason to be angry.
As expected, Yu Heng's expression softened. He carefully tucked the thin blanket around Ji Xinxue's waist, stretched his body and leaned against Ji Xinxue's side, and answered what Ji Xinxue asked him at the beginning.
"With my uncle around, Marquis Pingnan didn't dare to say anything. I just followed Uncle to gain some knowledge. Marquis Pingnan had already asked for the title of son for the eldest son in front of Uncle, and I personally sent the booklet to the Ministry of Rites."
Ji Xinxue shook her head, too lazy to think about the affairs of Pingnanhou's family, but she couldn't help feeling that people's hearts are changeable.
I heard that Ping Nanhou and Fa's wife were also deeply in love back then, but after Fa's wife passed away and continued to marry a new wife, his whole heart was partial to the new wife and young son.Let the new wife be the eldest son to marry the parents of both dead, and the county magistrate of Cheng'an who has no support behind him, but wants to marry the youngest daughter of the very popular Cui family, and wants to take advantage of the good wind in the palace to set the position of the son on the youngest .
It's a pity...the heart is not enough, after all, it is shooting itself in the foot.
Pingnanhou and Mrs. Pingnanhou secretly treated his wife's eldest son harshly. He wanted the title to fall on the youngest son, but he didn't want to bear the notoriety, so he chose the county magistrate of Cheng'an as his eldest son's wife.
They also didn't think about it. Although the parents of the county magistrate of Cheng'an are dead and there is no mother to rely on, but an orphan like the magistrate of Cheng'an can not only grow up safely, but also have the title of county magistrate she deserves. How could she be a clan An unremarkable fringe character.
If he didn't have the title of Marquis of Pingnan, why would the county magistrate of Cheng'an choose this marriage?
"Uncle said that this matter is not so easy. The wife that Pingnanhou's youngest son has married is Liangfei's younger sister. As long as Cui Shi puts pressure on it, the Ministry of Rites will not approve Pingnanhou's invitation to be a son. I'm afraid we will have to wait... Only in the future will we know the difference. Uncle can only stop Marquis Pingnan from asking for the crown prince for the youngest son now."
Yu Heng took out the warm oiled paper bag from his sleeve pocket, picked up the red bean cake inside and handed it to Ji Xinxue's mouth.
The pastry was only half the size of a thumb, just enough for Ji Xinxue to bite into one.
Ji Xinxue shook his head after eating only one piece of pastry, and he had to save his stomach to eat live fish from the south.
After swallowing the pastry, Ji Xinxue whispered next to Yu Heng's ear, "That one is pregnant again."
Yu Heng's figure froze slightly, and the center of his eyebrows gradually became heavy.
Given the tacit understanding between him and Ji Xinxue, some things need not be so clear.
Ji Xinxue can understand that the "later" he said refers to the death of Emperor Yanguang, and the new emperor is sure.He could easily understand that "that" Ji Xinxue said was Concubine Liang.
In three years, not counting the well-known concubine Zhen bumping into Concubine Liang's child, it was the sixth time Yu Heng heard from Ji Xinxue that Concubine Liang was pregnant.
Seven births in three years, the first six were not born, and only a few people knew about five of them.
Even Yu Heng, as a man, had never been in close contact with a pregnant woman, so he also had a creepy feeling.
Ji Xinxue patted Yu Heng on the shoulder. If someone shared his emotions, the pressure in his heart would be relieved a little. Although he felt a little sorry for Yu Heng, Ji Xinxue really felt relaxed.
Yesterday he tossed and turned without falling asleep because he heard that Concubine Liang was pregnant again in King Jia's study.
When Concubine Liang was pregnant for the first time, Ji Xinxue didn't have any other thoughts except lamenting that Emperor Yanguang was growing stronger and stronger, and had a premonition that Cui Shi would become more arrogant.
Even if Concubine Zhen smashed Concubine Liang's child and was killed by the enraged Emperor Yanguang, Ji Xinxue just secretly said that the child was innocent, because the person who appeared in Hanzhuyuan instead of sisters Lu couldn't get used to it for a few days, so he forgot about it. in the back of the head.
From Concubine Liang's second pregnancy, Ji Xinxue gradually felt something was wrong.
Concubine Liang conceived for the second time two months after she conceived. Unlike her first pregnancy, Concubine Liang's second pregnancy started and ended quietly. There is news of pregnancy' and 'Liang Concubine's miscarriage'.
In the past three years, every once in a while, Concubine De would tell King Jia the news that they were similar but slightly different.
Ji Xinxue once suspected that Emperor Yanguang believed in the prescription left by the fairy, even if he knew that the so-called junior brother of the fairy was just a lie, he wanted to try that prescription again. Let Concubine Liang give birth to the medicine for him.
As the frequency of Concubine Liang's pregnancies and miscarriages became more and more frequent, Ji Xinxue gradually had wilder guesses. He suspected that the children conceived by Concubine Liang were not the children of Emperor Yanguang.
No matter how much shadow Emperor Yanguang brought to the kings and the court, it was already a well-known secret that Emperor Yanguang's body was aging rapidly since he dealt with King Yi and Queen Zhen three years ago.
How could such Emperor Yanguang allow Concubine Liang to become pregnant frequently.
In other words, if Emperor Yanguang really had the ability to make Liang concubines pregnant frequently, there are so many concubines in the harem, and there has been a steady stream of beautiful court ladies and female officials who have been named low-level concubines in the past three years. No one is pregnant?
Regarding the matter of the imperial palace and Emperor Yanguang, one really shouldn't think too much about it, but anyone who falls into deep thought can't escape the horror in the end.
Ji Xinxue can only be thankful that the former young lady of Yiwang Mansion and the five young gentlemen of Zhenwang Mansion are still well raised in the palace.
Before the people who have been supported in the palace have an accident, the lives of other grandchildren will basically not be in danger.
It wasn't until Zizhu came to ask Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue to eat, that the two of them recovered from their respective thoughts and went to another cabin to eat.
Seeing Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi who were already sitting at the table, Ji Xinxue remembered that there were still these two people on board, and said with a smile, "Could it be that you went to pick lotus root? Why haven't I seen anyone?"
Zhang Siyi heard Ji Xinxue's slightly hoarse voice, knowing that it was Ji Xinxue's voice when she was speaking normally after a serious illness, but she still couldn't help but go astray, looked away with a blushing face, and nodded indiscriminately, "Well, we picked The lotus root is gone."
Compared to Zhang Siyi, although Li Jinhuan was also absent-minded, at least he remembered that there were no lotus roots to pick at this time, "No, we are fishing."
Zhang Siyi and Li Jinhuan stopped at the same time, looked at each other and changed their words tacitly.
"It was fishing, but unfortunately I didn't catch it." Zhang Siyi gritted her teeth.
"I said fishing, Zhang Siyi insisted on picking lotus root, I can only follow him, where can there be lotus root in this season?" Li Jinhuan tried hard to describe.
Ji Xinxue laughed so much that she grabbed Yu Heng's arm to stabilize her figure, and said in a muffled voice, "Why don't you fight first and decide whether to pick lotus root or fish?"
Yu Heng also had a smile in his eyes, he watched Ji Xinxue take his seat first, and then sat beside Ji Xinxue.
Relying on his thick skin, Li Jinhuan pretended not to hear Ji Xinxue's joke, turned his eyes to the dishes on the table, and praised every dish in a serious manner.
Zhang Siyi covered her face with her sleeves, until everyone started to move their chopsticks, then quietly picked up the chopsticks and crazily grabbed Li Jinhuan's food.
It's a pity that his skills are not as good as Li Jinhuan's, and he has fought against Li Jinhuan frequently but has never succeeded. When he regained his senses, he found that his dishes have been divided up by Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue.
Zhang Siyi frowned and didn't dare to take it back, so she could only keep the rest of the food wronged, and didn't have the heart to take care of Li Jinhuan anymore.
Everyone finished their lunch in silence.
Yesterday, newcomers from Hanzhuyuan entered the school, and today they are all outdoor classes.
Everyone has summed up experience from countless lessons, and there will definitely be abnormal things in class today.
In order to avoid abnormal things, when they arrived at Hanzhuyuan in the morning, they immediately asked Dean Jiang and Dr. Teaching for a whole day's leave.
After eating, Ji Xinxue really had the idea of fishing, and it happened that there were fishing rods and baits on the boat, and the four of them hit it off, sat side by side of the boat, and bet on the number of fish caught.
Whoever catches the most fish will be treated to a meal at the best restaurant in Chang'an.
Whoever catches the fewest fish will play a song while eating.
Ji Xinxue thought that the fish in the pond were all koi, and she had long been used to being fed regularly by the servants of Hanzhuyuan. She would definitely not be wary of the bait on the fishhook, and she was ready for a long physical battle.
With his tear-jerking sense of music, it is best not to play in public, he is afraid that the restaurant will make him lose money.
It's not that there is no money to pay, the main thing is that I can't afford to lose people.
The fishing process was indeed as Ji Xinxue imagined, but there was a little deviation.
Got it right, but not quite right...
After the four of them lowered their poles respectively, Yu Heng immediately caught a golden and red koi.
When Li Jinhuan pulled the black carp out of the water, Yu Heng had already caught the second red carp.
Ji Xinxue and Zhang Siyi cast envious glances at them, and couldn't help checking to see if the bait on the hook was still there.
Looking at the empty hook, Zhang Siyi sighed deeply, reflecting on her carelessness, carefully put on the new bait, and focused on the fishing rod, for fear of missing it again.
Ji Xinxue stared at the intact bait on the hook and fell into deep thought. She specially asked the servant to go to Yu Heng to pick up a few baits and replace them on the hook before throwing the hook into the water again.
Two quarters of an hour later, Yu Heng had replaced a new fish basket, and Li Jinhuan's fish basket was half full, and even Zhang Siyi, who couldn't keep up with his eyes, harvested five koi, but Ji Xinxue's fishing rod remained motionless.
When Ji Xinxue occasionally pulled the fishing rod out of the water, the bait had already been swelled by the water, but it didn't shrink at all.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ji Xinxue throwing an empty pole up again, Zhang Siyi calmly breathed a sigh of relief, and looked happily at the fish basket beside him.
He didn't want to be able to surpass Xiaojunwang and Li Jinhuan, as long as he could surpass Ji Xinxue and not be at the bottom.
Comparing the still empty fish basket beside Ji Xinxue and his five little treasures, Zhang Siyi felt that he was stable.
When Ji Xinxue looked at the bait on the hook and fell into deep self-doubt, Yu Heng, whose shoulders and sleeves were all stained with water, walked behind Ji Xinxue.
"What are you doing here?" Ji Xinxue raised her head and looked at Yu Heng with burning eyes, thinking that if Yu Heng dared to laugh at him, he would turn his face immediately.
Yu Heng's gaze swept over the still empty fish basket beside Ji Xinxue, and sitting cross-legged beside Ji Xinxue, he said slowly, "I've caught enough fish, Li Jinhuan can't catch up."
On the other side, Li Jinhuan paused for a while to hang bait on the hook, and brought Yu Heng's remaining half bowl of bait to his side.
Ji Xinxue felt hatred for the rich after a long absence. He held a fishhook in one hand and a bowl of bait in the other hand to Yu Heng, "Help me hang the bait."
He suspected that Yu Heng's hand had a taste that the koi in the East Lake especially liked,
"No!" Zhang Siyi protested, "If the little county king helps, it can't be counted as the fish caught by the county magistrate!"
Yu Heng had already stopped towards Ji Xinxue's outstretched hands, and looked at Ji Xinxue questioningly.
Ji Xinxue turned around to argue with Zhang Siyi, and listened to Zhang Siyi quoting the scriptures and reciting the "Book of Rites" with confusion. Hook fast.
As soon as the hook entered the water, Yu Heng suddenly said, "Quickly pull the rod!"
Ji Xinxue moved faster than her brain, because she never expected to catch a fish, and the posture and strength of pulling the pole were wrong.
Fortunately, Yu Heng grabbed Ji Xinxue's shoulders in time and leaned back, and took the fishing rod with the other hand and swung it far away, so that the red koi, which was alive and struggling, did not jump onto Ji Xinxue's face.
Zhang Siyi, who had been secretly paying attention to Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng's movements, opened her mouth to yell that the fish was not counted, but when she saw the two rolling together on the ground, she silently closed her mouth and sat back in front of the fishing rod.
Forget it, it's just a fish, there's no point in angering the little county king.
Ji Xinxue's mind was full of the fish he managed to catch. After stabilizing his body, he immediately got up to look for the fish.
He still has the possibility of not playing the piano in public, so he can't give up struggling!
Watching the servant put the fat red koi into the fishing basket, Ji Xinxue sighed with satisfaction, and replaced the fishing rod with new bait vigorously.
"Yes!" Yu Heng said again.
This time Ji Xinxue was well prepared and threw the rod without even thinking about it. Before the fish showed up, Ji Xinxue knew from the weight of the fishing rod that Yu Heng's judgment was correct.
Zhang Siyi stared dumbfounded at Ji Xinxue beside him.
How could there be such an outrageous thing in the world?
After Yu Heng sat next to Ji Xinxue, Ji Xinxue caught more than ten fish in the blink of an eye.
Could it be that the little county king was born under the care of a cat?
No, if the little county king is a cat, shouldn't the fish avoid the little county king like the county master, so why would they bite the hook one after another?
Even Li Jinhuan, who kept throwing his hook, put down his fishing rod and stared at Ji Xinxue... with the fishing rod in his hand.
When the result of everyone's betting gradually became clear, a loud shout suddenly sounded in the distance.
"Help! Someone fell into the water!"
"Is that the little county king's boat? There must be people on board who are good at swimming!"
"Little Junwang, hurry up and let people go down to save people, the one who fell into the water is Cui Qingzhi!"
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The people on the boat heard the sound and saw that they didn't specifically ask the servants to control the direction of the boat, and they were all focused on the fishing rods, completely oblivious to the fact that the boat was gradually approaching the shore. .
At this time, there was a huge splash of water closer to the shore.
"Go save people!" Yu Heng said loudly.
The water-savvy person on the boat immediately jumped in the direction of the water splash, swam very quickly to the side of the water splash, and fished him to the shore.
Because there was Ji Xinxue on the boat, when Yu Heng ordered people to prepare the boat, he specifically asked the housekeeper of the princess mansion to find a strong maid who was good at swimming to be on board at any time.
There were male and female servants who went into the water to save people. After discovering that the person jumping in the water was a little lady, the strong maid brought the little lady ashore.
The manservant went back to the boat and carried the package thrown overboard to the shore.
In the package, there is a thin quilt and a clean sweat towel that can cover the little lady's figure and avoid the embarrassment of the little lady.
This era has its own way to treat people who are choking on water. After Ji Xinxue and others went ashore, Cui Qingzhi had already vomited a few big saliva and regained consciousness, sobbing softly while hugging Kang Qi.
Yu Heng, Zhang Siyi, and Li Jinhuan all stopped twenty steps away, stopped moving forward, and turned around consciously.
Ji Xinxue paused slightly, suddenly feeling slightly embarrassed.
However, there are only Cui Qingzhi, Kang Qi, Mrs. Liang and Shi Yu here.
Shi Yu also wanted to avoid suspicion, and hid farther than Yu Heng and others. Kang Qi only knew to hold Cui Qingzhi, who was pale and huddled in the thin quilt, and cried. Mrs. Liang was useful but no one would listen to her. Someone is running the show.
Ji Xinxue stopped three steps away from Cui Qingzhi with a calm expression, and ordered the maid who rescued Cui Qingzhi to take Cui Qingzhi back to her residence, and then sent someone to inform Dean Jiang that she wanted someone to use Yu Heng's post to invite the imperial physician. But he didn't speak.
He was afraid that Cui's family would get entangled with Yu Heng because of this, anyway, drinking the medicine late would not delay Cui Qingzhi.
Although Kang Qi kept looking at Ji Xinxue expectantly and helplessly, begging Ji Xinxue to accompany them to Cui Qingzhi's yard, but Ji Xinxue felt it was unnecessary and firmly refused.
The best distance between him and Cui Qingzhi and Kang Qi is to keep the furthest distance.
Concubine Liang repeatedly wanted to recognize the tenth prince as her name and pick up a ready-made son to fight for the throne. Although Emperor Yanguang never let go, he did not reprimand Concubine Liang for it.
This kind of thing happened to Emperor Yanguang, it was already a great love and connivance for Concubine Liang.
No one is sure whether Emperor Yanguang will suddenly agree to Concubine Liang's request one day.
From a certain point of view, the Cui family has been tightly bound with King Xiang.
Ji Xinxue felt that there was no need for him to have a deep friendship with the people of the Cui family, let alone have extravagant hopes, thinking that by helping Cui Qingzhi this time, the people of the Cui family would remember his benefits.
On the contrary, be careful that good deeds will not be rewarded, and people will beat you up.
After such an accident, no one was in the mood to swim in the lake anymore, so they went to Yu Heng's Lenghui Courtyard to kill the rest of the time, and asked someone to find out why Cui Qingzhi fell into the water.
The reason why Cui Qingzhi fell into the water shocked them greatly.
It was Miss Yan who just came to Hanzhuyuan the day before yesterday, because she had an argument with Cui Qingzhi, she threw Cui Qingzhi into the water with her bare hands.
Ji Xinxue recalled the distance between the place where Cui Qingzhi fell into the water and the shore, and silently hugged the shortest self in Hanzhuyuan.
"Which concubine's niece is this...?" Zhang Siyi's eyes were straightened, unable to recover for a long time.
Li Jinhuan saw that neither Yu Heng nor Ji Xinxue wanted to speak, so he whispered, "It's Yan Guiren's daughter."
"Pfft..." Zhang Siyi, who was about to drink a cup of warm tea to relieve her nervousness, spit out a sip of water, embarrassed by her rude behavior, "Daughter?!"
Disgust flashed in Ji Xinxue's eyes, "Is no one in your family talking to you about the outside world?"
It's not that Yan Guiren has just been named a nobleman. Last year, she changed from a female official to a dresser. It took ten days to become Baolin, and another half a month to become a permanent member. Half a year later, she was promoted to a nobleman, the most promoted among concubines in the same batch A fast person's reputation in the court is even louder than Concubine De and Concubine Xian.
Too bad it doesn't have a good reputation.
Most of them are infamy such as confidante, flirtatious and frivolous.
Ji Xinxue was not interested in the fight between Cui Qingzhi and Yan Xiaoniangzi, and did not pay special attention to the follow-up matters.
Most of the people who suddenly appeared in Hanzhuyuan had been dealt with secretly by Cui Qingzhi, and occasionally there would be some hard things to make things worse. Because of the good concubine and Cui family in the palace, Cui Qingzhi was usually not the one who suffered in the end.Even if Cui Qingzhi was at fault, Mrs. Liang and Kang Qi would be punished for Cui Qingzhi.
Unexpectedly, Cui Qingzhi kicked the iron plate this time.
After Cui Qingzhi fell into the water, she asked for a few days off to recuperate at home, and Miss Yan came to Hanzhuyuan to attend classes as if nothing had happened under the gaze of various meanings.
Both the palace and the Hanzhuyuan were so calm and calm, which made people feel weird.
On the fifth day, a decree was issued suddenly in the palace, Yan Guiren was promoted to Concubine Yan.
Ji Xinxue only has the word "admiration" for Yan Pin.
After Concubine Liang entered the palace, the concubines with sons and daughters were unwilling to fight with Concubine Liang, the concubines Li and Concubine Zhen who had no children had become obsolete, but Concubine Yan was able to rise up suddenly, which was really a skill.
A few days later, Cui Qingzhi quietly went back to Hanzhuyuan to go to school.
She didn't bother looking for Miss Yan, she only thought that Miss Yan didn't exist, as if in her eyes, there were only ten students in Hanzhuyuan.
Under the influence of Cui Qingzhi, not only Kang Qi, Mrs. Liang, and Shi Yu turned a blind eye to Miss Yan, but also the two people who entered Hanzhuyuan after Miss Yan also pretended not to see Miss Yan, and never talked to Miss Yan. .
The second day after Cui Qingzhi returned to Hanzhuyuan, a servant with large and small gift boxes appeared outside Lenghuiyuan, begging to see Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue.
"I don't see it." Yu Heng concentrated on picking at the fish on the plate.
Ji Xinxue buried her head in peeling the shrimp, too lazy to raise her head to speak.
Yu Heng is right, if you don't see him, it will be troublesome if you see him.
The green bamboo, whose body had been stretched, quietly exited the gazebo, and turned back after a while, "Miss Cui said that she would not thank her for saving her life in person, and she couldn't even sleep well. Please let the king and the county master help her."
Ji Xinxue threw the last piece of shrimp shell into the wooden barrel under her feet, looked at the prawns neatly arranged in two plates, felt a sense of accomplishment in her heart, and said casually, "We are eating, let her wait."
In order for Concubine Virtue and Concubine Liang to live in peace and harmony in the palace, he could not be too ruthless to Cui Qingzhi, who was well-mannered. He had the final say on how to show this face.
It was already half an hour after Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue finished eating the fish and shrimp and drank the tea for digestion.
Qingzhu reminded the two in a low voice, "Miss Cui has been waiting outside the door and never left."
Ji Xinxue glanced at the limp flowers and plants outside the gazebo, and laughed angrily. If he remembers correctly, there is no place outside the Lenghui Courtyard that can block the sun.
Cui Qingzhi actually stood up and waited under the scorching sun with his newly recuperated body, forcing him and Yu Heng to see her.
"Let her come in and have someone make a pot of tea to cool off." Ji Xinxue nodded and leaned lazily on the mat.
Kang Qi was also traveling with Cui Qingzhi, and the health servant behind them was holding gift boxes stacked together.
Seeing the faces of Cui Qingzhi and Kang Qi clearly, Ji Xinxue raised her handkerchief to cover her mouth and coughed lightly, for fear of accidentally laughing out loud and embarrassing the little ladies.
It can only be said that the sunlight in the Yu Dynasty was too harsh, and it took only a short time for the two young ladies to show their color difference.
Cui Qingzhi looked at Ji Xinxue with concern, "Is the county magistrate unwell? I heard that you have been in poor health since your serious illness last year, so I specially prepared two ginsengs for you."
Yu Heng said suddenly, "How old is the ginseng?"
Cui Qingzhi didn't expect Yu Heng to speak suddenly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth grew wider, "Ten-year-old ginseng is just right for the county head."
"The ginseng of that year is the best for daily body replenishment. To have a good medicinal effect, it must be at least a hundred years old." Yu Heng shook his head, his tone could not hide his disappointment.
Naturally, he does not lack the ginseng of that year, nor does he lack the ginseng of more than a hundred years old.
However, ginseng that is more than a hundred years old has slight changes in its efficacy every ten years, and the princess's mansion lacks 130-year-old and 150-year-old ginseng.
The smile on Cui Qingzhi's face froze.
How could the ginseng of that year be available?
Ginseng that is more than a hundred years old is too late to replenish the body of the concubine in the palace, so how can it be given to you?
Ji Xinxue coughed twice again, just wanting to send Cui Qingzhi and Kang Qi away quickly, and said tactfully, "I have nothing to do, but I usually lose energy after meals."
Kang Qi smiled and said, "If I talk with you, you will be refreshed."
Ji Xinxue's eyes met Kang Qi's innocent eyes, and it was difficult to tell whether Kang Qi was really stupid or fake for a while.
The politeness on his face gradually turned into indifference, and he bluntly chased away the guests, "I have already received the thank you gift. If it were Miss Yan who fell into the water, I would go to rescue her. You don't have to take this matter to heart."
The smile on Cui Qingzhi's face became even stiffer.
She has long recognized that Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue are not people she can easily impress, and within a short period of time, she cannot afford to offend them.
So not only did she deliberately avoid Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue, but she never dared to have Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi's ideas.
It was just incidentally to thank Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue for their life-saving grace. Cui Qingzhi mainly wanted to persuade Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue to agree to ignore the existence of Miss Yan no matter where she was.
As long as Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue agree to her, Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi will not reject her.
Standing outside Leng Hui's hospital for an hour of suffering, Cui Qingzhi knew that the purpose of this trip would not be easily achieved, but she never expected that it would be so difficult.
Tears suddenly fell from the corners of Cui Qingzhi's eyes, and he choked up, "I'm not afraid of the jokes of the county king and the county lord, I was really scared that day. Ever since I was a child, when have I ever seen such an unreasonable person?"
Kang Qi hugged Cui Qingzhi silently, and tears flowed from her eyes.
Cui Qingzhi told Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng what happened that day in an orderly manner, and attributed all the mistakes to Yan Xiaoniang, suddenly broke free from Kang Qi, and threw himself into Ji Xinxue's arms, "Every time I think of the despair in the water that day, I was so scared that I couldn't sleep at night, how dare I forget the life-saving grace of the county king and the county lord, I, Aye, my sister, and my sister will do our best to repay the county king and the county lord."
Ji Xinxue turned pale with shock, and scrambled away from the spot, tripped severely in a panic, and it was only because Yu Heng reached out to help him in time that he didn't fall down.
Yu Heng felt sorry for Ji Xinxue's pale face, and said with a sneer, "Your Cui family's gratitude is only worth two ten-year-old ginseng?"
Cui Qingzhi covered Ji Xinxue's forehead that was knocked on the pavilion because of Ji Xinxue's avoidance. Anger gushed out of his eyes but he forcibly endured it. Look at the county magistrate."
"No need!" Yu Heng's sharp eyes fixed Kang Qi who was holding the box in place, and he said coldly, "Call the servant who went into the water that day and the servant who reported to Dean Jiang, and tell them, Mrs. Cui The little lady came here with a special gift, and she wanted to personally thank them for their life-saving grace, and let them share the gift, so they don’t have to go back to the king.”
After all, Yu Heng didn't pay Cui Qingzhi and Kang Qi any more attention, and helped Ji Xinxue, whose ankle was sprained, to leave the pavilion.
"Yes!" Qing Zhu responded, pushed Zi Zhu who was standing stupidly beside her, and asked Zi Zhu to handle Yu Heng's confession.
He turned around and looked at Cui Qingzhi and Kang Qi with a smile on his face, and said in a strange way, "Please wait a little longer, my lady, these servants have won a generous reward from the county king for their meritorious service in saving Miss Cui, and they haven't lost their joy yet." My son, when I heard Cui Shi's courteous reception, I would be overjoyed and stunned in place, and I don't know how long it will take to get back to my senses."
Tears quickly appeared in Cui Qingzhi's eyes, and he wiped them vigorously several times with a handkerchief but did not wipe them clean. Every time he just wiped away the tears, more tears immediately filled his eyes. Kai Kangqi kicked towards the table where the gifts were placed without even thinking about it.
The tables in the gazebo are naturally stone tables.
The stone table and the gifts on the stone table were all fine, but Cui Qingzhi's ankle made a 'crack' sound with all his strength.
"Hmm!" Cui Qingzhi groaned in pain, and sat on the ground softly.
"Sister!" Kang Qi didn't care about the pain of bumping his arm against the pillar of the gazebo, and hurried to help Cui Qingzhi who was lying on the ground.
Qingzhu waited and watched for a while, and kindly reminded Kang Qi, "Miss Kang, don't cry in a hurry, first send someone to find a doctor for Miss Cui, if I am not afraid that you and Miss Cui will come with a big gift again, I will send a doctor The servant has found a doctor for you."
"presumptuous!"
"How dare you talk to the little lady like that?"
The servant brought by Cui Qingzhi scolded sharply, looking at Qingzhu with threats.
Qingzhu sneered, not at all afraid of being able to accommodate two of his servants, and said loudly, "What? Are you going to teach me for the little county king in Lenghui courtyard?"
scattered throughout the yard
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