The Splendid Medical Concubine: The Journey of a Concubine

Chapter 110 110 Old Friend

Just as Chu Qianchen was about to stand up, Shen pushed him back.

"Sister Chen, please stay here while I go." Shen sneered, caressing her dress, and took Nanny Chen out.

In the east room, only three people, Chu Qianchen, Chu Yunmu and Chu Yunyi, were left.

Chu Qianchen actually wanted to go to the palace quickly and discuss with Cheng Linhua and the others how to deal with it, but now that Mrs. Shen was running about her affairs, of course she couldn't sneak out of the palace without caring about anything. She could only wait for a while. On fire.

Chu Qianchen carelessly stroked the teacup at his hand, thinking quietly.

In Chu Yunyi's eyes, it seemed that Chu Qianchen was worried about this marriage and that her grandmother and father would make things difficult for her...

Well, although Chu Qianchen always favored Chu Yunmu, she was still his sister after all, so he could just comfort her.

"Ahem..."

Chu Yunyi put his fist to his lips and cleared his throat. Before he could organize his words, Chu Yunmu waved to Chu Qianchen mysteriously, "I'll give you something good. Open your mouth."

Chu Qianchen moved towards him calmly and opened his mouth slightly.

Chu Yunmu took out a candy from his purse and stuffed it into Chu Qianchen's mouth, and said in a low voice: "I secretly bought this from Tangji next to the school grounds today. It is the new rose candy sold by Tangji. Fragrant and sweet.”

"Don't tell mother! Otherwise, I will ignore you!"

Chu Yunmu warned fiercely, looking at Nai Nai Nai Nai fiercely.

Chu Qianchen held the rose candy in her mouth and couldn't help but think of the scene when she met Chu Yunmu in Yanghezhuang last year -

"Hey, accept my candy and just pretend you haven't seen me here!"

"This candy is very sweet. After taking the medicine, if you eat another one, your mouth will not be bitter."

The boy who had just crawled in from the dog hole patted the dust off his body with one hand, forcefully handed her a paper bag with the other hand, and ran away in a flash.

Just like Chu Yunmu said, that bag of candy is very sweet.

She had never tasted candy so sweet.

Chu Qianchen smiled sweetly and rubbed Chu Yunmu's head affectionately, "Don't worry."

Chu Yunmu quickly hid, holding his head and saying, "I've told you many times, you can't rub a man's head!"

He complained, but he had a bright smile on his face.

Looking at this pair of siblings who behaved so affectionately, Chu Yunyi once again felt like "he is the outsider", and his teeth began to feel sore again.

"Brother Mu," Chu Qianchen smiled and deliberately teased Chu Yunmu, "If you let me knead it, can I give you the pine nut candy I made?"

"You did it?!" Chu Yunmu's eyes lit up like lit lanterns, and he said reservedly, "Then...I'll force you to rub it three times."

Chu Yunmu sat there obediently and let Chu Qianchen **** several times.

Chu Yunyi silently looked at the little puppy-like Chu Yunmu with disdain, feeling that he really had no principles and no moral integrity.

Without any further instructions from Chu Qianchen, Hu Huo went back to Wanyan Courtyard and brought back pine nut candies.

Chu Yunmu stared longingly at the box containing the candies. Chu Qianchen personally took one out of the box and stuffed it into his mouth, "You can only eat one per day."

Chu Yunmu smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed. He was so happy that he was not polite to Chu Qianchen at all. He also begged for candy for his pony: "What about Xiaoyun?"

"Xiaoyun also takes one pill a day." Chu Qianchen couldn't help but laugh again, feeling soft and warm in his heart.

"..." The corner of Chu Yunyi's mouth twitched, feeling that Chu Qianchen was too partial: even Chu Yunmu's horse was involved, but he was forgotten!

Chu Yunyi picked up the tea cup angrily and did not look at Chu Qianchen. At this time, Chu Qianchen pushed the box towards him, "Brother Yi, do you want to eat?"

To be honest, Chu Yunyi is so old that he has long passed the age of eating sweets, but now it is not a matter of a candy, he earns a breath.

"want!"

Chu Yunyi said flatly, feeling a little proud: This was what Chu Qianchen wanted to give him, not what he asked for!

He picked up a pine nut candy and put it into his mouth, the corners of his mouth raised slightly. Well, it does taste good.

Chu Qianchen looked at Chu Yunyi with a smile in his eyes.

"Madam." With a respectful female voice, the curtain of Xiang Fei was lifted, and Mrs. Shen, who had left a stick of incense, returned, with no trace of happiness or anger on her bright and dignified face.

Chu Qianchen, Chu Yunyi and his sister all bowed to Shen. Shen said warmly: "Sister Chen, Brother Yi, you can stay and have dinner together."

Chu Qianchen agreed, but Chu Yunyi declined politely: "Mother, when I went out to inquire about the news, I made an appointment with Yu Qi and the others to go to Yunting Pavilion for dinner. I want to find them again to inquire about the information."

After a pause, he added awkwardly: "I won't tell my father."

Mrs. Shen let him go and asked Dongmei to see him out.

After walking out of the East Room, Chu Yunyi heard Shen's gentle voice again from behind the door curtain: "Sister Chen, don't worry, as long as I'm here, I won't let you get married in an unknown way..."

Chu Yunyi's steps paused.

Shen didn't say what happened when she went to Rongfu Hall just now, but thinking about it, she knew that it must have been a bad breakup.

Chu Yunyi only stopped for a short time, then continued to walk out, thinking to himself: He was just a soft-mouthed person and couldn't eat Chu Qianchen's candy in vain, so he reluctantly helped her to find out the news!

Yes, that’s why!

Chu Yunyi walked away with her head held high, passing by the two little maids returning from the meal.

On this day, when Chu Qianchen accompanied Shen and Chu Yunmu to have dinner, it was already dusk when they returned to Wanyan Courtyard, and the setting sun in the west reflected the sky red.

Chu Qianchen asked Hu Huo to guard outside the small study and entered the small study alone.

She opened the window facing the backyard and called softly: "Xue Fengyan."

As soon as the last word was spoken, Xue Fengyan hung upside down from the eaves, and then landed lightly on the ground.

But Chu Qianchen didn't even raise his eyebrows, as if it was no big deal at all.

Xue Fengyan jumped into the small study from the window, sat down on a chair by the window without any courtesy, and poured himself a cup of warm tea. He had been waiting for Chu Qianchen for almost an afternoon.

Chu Qianchen also sat down, with only a Ruyi small square table between them.

"Can you contact the prince, and how long will it take?" Chu Qianchen asked directly.

Xue Fengyan swallowed the tea in his mouth and replied: "The letter passed by the flying pigeon may not reach the hands of the prince. If we hurry up, it will take at least seven or eight days."

"Then let's hold off for now." Chu Qianchen narrowed his eyes and said decisively.

"..." Xue Fengyan raised his eyebrows, unable to conceal his surprise.

Because Chu Qianchen followed Shen into the main courtyard and never came out, Xue Fengyan couldn't wait for a long time, so he went back to the palace more than an hour ago and discussed with Cheng Linhua and the others. They all thought it would be better to postpone the marriage for now.

The most important thing now is that the news that the prince is not in Beijing must not be leaked, otherwise it will ruin the prince's important affairs.

Xue Fengyan played with the white porcelain teacup in his hand carelessly, looking at Chu Qianchen with a somewhat complicated look.

Originally, if the person to whom the decree was intended to marry was not Chu Qianchen, this matter could not be easier. They would not have to be embarrassed at all, so what if they directly resisted the decree. But when Chu Qianchen was involved, this matter became difficult to handle.

In marriage, it is always the girl's family that suffers.

Regarding this marriage, the emperor wanted it to be a happy marriage. The marriage had been delayed for a long time, and if it were to be broken off in the future, the biggest damage would be to Chu Qianchen's reputation.

From now on, when people mention her, their first thought will be -

She was the girl given to King Chen Chongxi by the emperor.

The cobblers in their room sat together and discussed for an hour, but they couldn't think of any other safer way. They all knew that Chu Qianchen was very important to the prince. The prince's injury was too serious. They had invited countless famous doctors for the prince, but all of them said that the prince would not survive this year.

Only Chu Qianchen confidently said that she could save the prince, and she did have this ability.

Speaking of Chu Qianchen's superb medical skills, even Cheng Hualin couldn't help but mutter: "Although the emperor must be unkind, maybe the second girl Chu is really the prince's lucky star."

Apart from Chu Qianchen, it would be difficult to find another doctor in the world who can save the prince.

Cheng Hualin gave Xue Fengyan the important task of persuading Chu Qianchen, and Xue Fengyan had no choice but to accept it.

Just now, after returning from the palace, he pondered alone on the roof for a long time, not thinking about how to speak. However, he did not expect that Chu Qianchen would take the initiative to propose this suggestion that was quite detrimental to herself.

Does she know what kind of impact this marriage decree will have on her future...

Xue Fengyan stared at Chu Qianchen blankly.

To them, the prince was of course more important than anything else. However, humans are not grass and trees, and no one can be ruthless. Xue Fengyan felt somewhat guilty towards Chu Qianchen.

Chu Qianchen could tell what Xue Fengyan was thinking at a glance, but he didn't say much. Yun Danfeng smiled softly.

She casually pushed the box at hand towards Xue Fengyan, "Would you like some candy?"

Xue Feng acted faster with his hands than with his mouth, picked up a pine nut candy and ate it, and an inexplicable feeling arose in his heart: He was obviously seven or eight years older than her, why did he feel like she was her younger brother?

Is it his imagination?

With this weird thought, Xue Fengyan jumped out of the window again and hurried back to the palace.

After Xue Fengyan left, Chu Qianchen called Hubo in and asked her to help him:

"Amber, you crushed this medicine."

"This medicine needs to be baked slowly over a slow fire. Get me a stove..."

"And this one needs to be soaked in wine and steamed. You can buy a jar of rice wine tomorrow."

“…”

Chu Qianchen continued to prepare the medicinal materials for making Dazao pills, not caring about the marriage at all.

Seeing Chu Qianchen's unhurried look, Hu Hu was really worried about his girl: The sky is going to fall, why doesn't the girl know how to worry?

When Chu Qianchen saw that Amber didn't move, he looked at her suspiciously, "Humber?"

Amber hesitated to speak, but finally said nothing, turned around and went out to help Chu Qianchen carry the stove.

Chu Qianchen immersed himself in his work without any distractions.

For her, it couldn't be easier.

When the prince receives the news, she will just listen to him on what to do.

The most important thing for her now is to make Dazao pills.

Except for Chu Qianchen who wasn't worried at all, everyone in the house was worried. After Chu Lingxiao returned to the study room from Rongfu Hall, he became furious and smashed everything in the room. The news inevitably reached Shen's ears, and Shen just pretended not to know. Anyway, what Chu Lingxiao smashed was... He could smash as many things as he wanted in the Chu family. Even if he burned down the outer study, that was his own business.

Chu Lingxiao had long been unable to influence Shen, and it was Chu Qianchen who worried Shen.

That night, she couldn't sleep, and she didn't close her eyes almost the whole night.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Shen got up early and sent someone to tell Chu Qianchen not to go to Rongfu Hall. Then she hurried out and returned to her parents' home.

Shen hurried out at five o'clock. There was no one on the street, and the carriage was speeding along. She arrived at the Duke's Mansion just before Duke Mu went to court.

At the beginning of the month, the sky turned white and the sky was bright.

Mr. Mu Guogong and his wife had just finished their breakfast. Mrs. Mu Guogong looked at her daughter in surprise and asked, "Azhi, why are you here?"

"Because of the marriage?" Mu Guogong guessed somewhat about his daughter's purpose.

Shen nodded, facing her father, she did not beat around the bush and said bluntly: "Father, do you know what the emperor is planning? Is there any room for change in this marriage?"

Although Mu Guogong was not at the school yesterday, he was far more informed than Shen and Chu Yunyi. He knew very well about the emperor taking people to Prince Chen's Mansion and the subsequent marriage.

"What good intentions can the emperor have towards King Chen?" Mu Guogong said with a hint of mockery, slowly stroking his beard, "Yesterday, the imperial decree of marriage went to Prince Chen's Mansion, but there has been no movement in Prince Chen's Mansion so far. It seems that King Chen Really ill."

"In the name of celebrating the occasion, the emperor probably wanted to get a concubine to humiliate King Chen."

"The emperor must have had a plan for what happened yesterday. If he mobilizes a large number of people to perform such a performance, I'm afraid he won't change his mind easily."

At least, the weight of Yongding Houfu was not enough to make the emperor change his mind.

Duke Mu's expression gradually became solemn, and most of the courtiers, including him, actually saw that what happened yesterday was a plan that the emperor had planned for a long time.

What they worry about is whether King Chen can survive. King Chen's life and death will inevitably affect the entire Daqi.

"..." Mrs. Shen's brows frowned tightly, and she clenched the handkerchief tightly.

She couldn't sleep last night and thought about it over and over again. She also knew that it would be difficult to get the emperor to take his life back. But when her father said this, she still poured a bucket of cold water on her head.

Mrs. Mu Guogong next to her saw her daughter's worry and asked curiously: "Azhi, I remember that girl is the daughter of the aunt named Jiang? Why do you care about her so much?"

Mrs. Mu Guogong wondered why her eldest daughter cared so much about a concubine.

Shen said sternly: "Mom, Sister Chen is a very well-behaved and considerate child. Moreover, she also saved Brother Mu's life."

Shen quickly told the truth about how Chu Qianchen saved Chu Yunmu, including how she healed Chu Yunmu's broken leg.

Duke Mu and his wife looked at each other, both slightly moved. They didn't expect that so many things had happened in the past few months, and the eldest daughter didn't tell them at all.

Mrs. Mu Guogong felt sorry for her daughter, and she felt a little sad: Hey, her eldest daughter just wants to be strong.

Mrs. Shen calmed down, looked at Duke Mu and said solemnly: "Father, even if Sister Chen really wants to marry into Prince Chen's palace, she can't be so nameless and without status. The imperial decree tells her to marry in the future, this... this It’s too childish!”

"Father, is there any way to persuade the emperor to at least follow the etiquette of the wedding so that this child will not have a difficult future?"

Shen said and let out a long sigh.

The imperial edict ordered Chu Qianchen to marry in three days, but he was still happy. This was simply trampling human dignity to the ground and treating Chu Qianchen as a concubine.

But if Chu Qianchen gets married after passing the Three Books and Six Ceremonies, she will still be a royal princess.

Even if King Chen really couldn't stand it, then Chu Qianchen was the upright Princess Chen after all. With the royal family members around, even the emperor couldn't just remove her name from the jade tablet.

What's more, their emperor has always wanted face, otherwise why would he go to such trouble to put on such a show just for the purpose of granting a marriage!

Duke Mu nodded and agreed.

Even if it was for Chu Qianchen to save his grandson's life, he still had to repay the favor.

As for whether it can be done or not, we can only do our best and listen to fate.

It was almost time. Duke Mu got up and planned to go out. As he was about to go out, he thought of something again and asked: "Azhi, do you know how the emperor chose the concubine under your knees?"

Mr. Shen was also puzzled by this matter. He shook his head and said, "Father, I don't know either."

"Last month, the Imperial Concubine asked me to take Sister Chen into the palace. That day, when Sister Chen and Sister Huang followed the second prince for a walk in the imperial garden, they met the emperor once, and that was it."

"I asked Sister Chen about it. She and the Emperor didn't talk at all, but Taoist Master Xuanjing was there at that time and gave her and Sister Huang a string of beads each."

Shen could only temporarily blame Chu Qianchen's misfortune. Maybe the emperor had this plan at that time, and Chu Qianchen happened to catch the emperor's eye that day.

Duke Mu didn't say anything more and hurried to go to court.

Mrs. Shen simply did not go back and stayed at her parents' house to wait for news.

Mrs. Mu Guogong gave her a calm wink, and her personal maid understood what she meant and dismissed the other servants silently, giving them mother and daughter space to speak their own words.

Mrs. Mu Guogong carefully considered her words and asked carefully: "Azhi, have you been unhappy with your son-in-law recently?"

Shen pursed her lips slightly, nodded, and admitted.

Mrs. Mu Guogong sighed and said with some regret: "This marriage has wronged you."

At that time, Mrs. Mu Guogong did not agree with the marriage, but the Shen family owed the old man his life. The old man personally came to marry his eldest daughter for his eldest son, showing both sincerity and etiquette.

The eldest daughter took the initiative to agree to the marriage in order not to embarrass her parents.

Mrs. Mu Guogong also knew that the eldest daughter had not lived a happy life for more than ten years after her marriage, and her heart was placed on her two children.

Fortunately, Sister Huang and Brother Mu are both promising.

Mrs. Mu Guogong's eyes flashed slightly, and she added hesitantly: "Azhi, although you like this concubine, you can't ignore Sister Huang. Sister Huang is your biological daughter. Besides..."

"This Sister Chen was born to Aunt Jiang."

"She was not born to you, so how can you expect her to have the same heart as you?"

Mrs. Mu Guogong was also afraid that one day Chu Qianchen would stab Mr. Shen for the sake of his biological mother. After all, it is essential to be on guard against others.

"..." Mrs. Shen opened her eyes slightly. Her mother's voice seemed close yet far away, as if there was a layer of membrane between her.

She felt clear-headed and realized one thing clearly: it was Sister Huang who said it.

It was Sister Huang who came to the Duke's Mansion and mentioned Sister Chen to her mother. In the same way she had treated Chu Qianling, she reported Sister Chen's condition in a "moisturizing and gentle manner", which affected her mother's treatment of Sister Chen. Children's feelings.

Shen felt a slight chill spread rapidly throughout her body.

She had been keeping Sister Huang cold for so long, but it still seemed to have no effect.

Sister Huang still didn't feel that she was wrong, she was still getting worse.

Mrs. Shen was even more disappointed with this daughter. She felt powerless and her eyes were filled with unspeakable sadness.

Mrs. Mu Guogong felt that something was wrong with her daughter's mood, and softly called out: "Azhi?"

Shen took a deep breath and cheered up. She did not mention Chu Qianhuang, but directly changed the topic: "Mom, although Sister Chen was born to Aunt Jiang, she is in love with me and Brother Mu. Brother Mu also Especially his second sister.”

The more Shen praised Chu Qianchen, the more Mrs. Mu Guogong felt that Shen had been coaxed by Chu Qianchen and that Chu Qianchen was opportunistic.

After all, Shen is her aunt and Chu Yunmu is the future Yongding Hou Shizi. For Chu Qianchen, pleasing Shen and Chu Yunmu can be said to have a hundred benefits and no harm.

"Azhi..."

Mrs. Mu Guogong was about to elaborate with Shen, but Shen had already cut off her words: "Mother, I am very bored in the Hou Mansion on weekdays. It is good to have Sister Chen to talk to me. ”

After seeing people's hearts for a long time, after these few months of getting along with each other, Nanny Chen truly felt that Chu Qianchen was sincere to his wife and the fourth young master, and even did not hesitate to contradict the Marquis.

Grandma Chen saw the opportunity and interrupted: "I think the second girl is indeed a good girl. She behaves well and generously, neither humble nor overbearing. She is very different from Aunt Jiang's temperament. There is a bit of a lady's bearing in her gestures and gestures. Maybe she is following Madam I’ve been around for a long time, so I’ve been immersed in it.”

"Sometimes, this slave feels that the second girl looks a bit like the madam when she was young. When she looks back at her with her phoenix eyes, she looks particularly similar."

Aunt Chen is Shen's dowry nanny and an old man from Duke Mu's mansion. These words coming from her mouth naturally carry a certain weight.

Mrs. Mu Guogong's attention was diverted and she asked: "I remember she is as old as Sister Huang, only thirteen years old, right?"

"She is thirteen years old." Nanny Chen nodded and said, "Although the second girl is young, she has a very calm and upright temperament. Even yesterday the emperor ordered her to celebrate the birthday of His Highness Prince Chen, the second girl was neither impatient nor impatient. , She didn't show any timidity in the face of the Marquis's anger, and she kept comforting the lady. "

Aunt Chen really admired Chu Qianchen. If an ordinary girl's family suddenly suffered such a misfortune, she would have burst into tears and become confused. That is to say, Chu Qianchen was calm and composed, and could still throw the imperial edict to the fourth young master for fun. .

"Isn't she afraid?" Mrs. Mu Guogong asked smoothly.

"She will still live her life even if the sky falls." Shen sighed, remembering Chu Qianchen's words about her not planning to get married, and felt worried: If a girl can be pampered and pampered when she grows up, why does she need to be so strong? !

Sister Chen doesn't know how many times she suffered setbacks before she became as tough as a willow.

Mrs. Mu Guogong took another sip of tea and said in a subtle tone: "I have never seen you praise her so much before."

Shen just smiled and said nothing.

Mrs. Mu Guogong sighed secretly. She knew that her daughter was not stupid, so she did what she needed to do.

Since my daughter likes that girl, let her go.

Anyway, Chu Qianchen is just a concubine, no different from a pleasant maid, she can just make her daughter happy... Besides, she is getting married soon anyway.

Mrs. Mu Guogong did not try to persuade Shen anymore, but followed her wishes and said, "Bring her here to show me next time."

Mrs. Shen nodded in agreement: "Sister Chen is a good child. Mother, you will definitely like her too."

Mrs. Mu Guogong was noncommittal and changed the subject: "Azhi, it's rare for you to come here. Don't leave in a hurry. Stay and have lunch with me. I'll let the kitchen cook something you like."

This was what Mrs. Shen had originally planned. She agreed with a smile, gave a series of dish names, and asked, "Is the chef in the kitchen still from Wang Anren's family?"

"It's still her, and now she takes her daughter-in-law and cooks in the kitchen together." Mrs. Mu Guogong smiled and chatted with her daughter.

The atmosphere has improved, warm and cheerful.

Until the beginning of the month, the maid trotted over to report: "Madam, the Duke is back. I heard from Chang Sui that the Duke accidentally sprained his foot."

The mother and daughter immediately fell silent and looked at each other. Mrs. Mu Guogong hurriedly ordered: "Quick, go and call the doctor."

After a while, Duke Mu was carried to the main courtyard on a shoulder cart. Along with him was a man in blue robe in his thirties, with a tall and slender figure, a handsome face, and a pair of bright eyes.

"Cousin," Shen looked at the visitor with a slight surprise and smiled, "have you returned to Beijing?"

"I just arrived yesterday." The man smiled slightly, and the smile softened his originally tough features.

He just stood there so casually, like a pine tree, with a perseverance in his silence.

(End of chapter)