The Splendid Medical Concubine: The Journey of a Concubine

Chapter 67 067 Intention (Second Update)

"Qingyu is related to you?" Chu Qianchen stopped knitting and looked up at Amber.

Amber nodded, "Her mother and slave's mother are cousins, and slave often played with her when she was a child."

Amber was born in the family, and their family had been in the Hou Mansion for several generations. They were prosperous and many of the servants in the manor were related to her, but the relationship was just distant.

Chu Qianchen pointed generously and put it on the desk and said, "Shiquan ointment is in the drawer on the right. You can go get a jar yourself."

"Thank you, girl." Amber's eyes lit up, and she happily went to the drawer of the desk and took out a small porcelain jar with a white background and blue flowers, and held it in her hand happily, "Girl, you are so kind!"

"Your mouth is not sweet enough. You should say, girl, I am rejuvenated with my wonderful hands, and I am a beautiful person with a kind heart!"

As Chu Qianchen said, he was amused by himself, his eyebrows were arched and his eyes were moving.

Amber looked at her and felt that she was as beautiful as a flower. Even the blooming roses outside the window seemed to have lost their color.

She was just startled for a moment, and then she started to praise in a good-natured manner: "Girl, your wonderful rejuvenation skills, your medical skills are like Hua Tuo's reincarnation!"

"Girl, you are kind-hearted and extremely smart!"

"And she is also versatile. She is the most powerful noblewoman in the capital!"

Amber spoke these words from her heart. The longer she stayed with Chu Qianchen, she found that her girl was simply unfathomable. Everyone said that the eldest girl Chu Qianhuang was the pearl of the capital, but in her opinion, she was far inferior to her own girl.

These words happened to fall into the ears of Yulu who entered the room at this time. Yulu looked a little strange, lowered her face and said: "Girl, the eldest girl is here."

Chu Qianhuang just came back from the palace early this morning.

Chu Qianchen ordered Yulu to bring the people in.

"Second sister!" Chu Qianhuang's voice came first before anyone arrived.

At the same time as she finished the last word, she came in with a smile on her face. She was wearing a begonia red woven gold jacket, with ruby ​​beads on her temples. Her body seemed to be enveloped in brilliance, making the room brighter. .

Chu Qianhuang held a roll of rice paper in her hand and said with a smile: "Grandma's birthday banquet will be in two days. I have made an agreement with my aunt and the third princess to return to the palace after my grandmother's birthday banquet."

"I had thought about it when I was in the palace a few days ago. We, sisters, planned to write a "Hundred Years of Life" painting for my grandmother as a birthday gift. Second sister, please also write ten words of "longevity". Later, I Go find the third sister again."

The so-called "hundred life picture" means writing the word "longevity" in one hundred fonts on the drawing paper.

Chu Qianchen put down his hand and knitted half of the knot, and responded with a smile.

Chu Qianhuang personally placed the rice paper in his hand on the desk by the window, carefully flattened it and pressed it with a paperweight. He saw that the word "Shou" had been written in ten different fonts on the rice paper. Look at this graceful and elegant The handwriting was written by Chu Qianhuang.

Amber placed the small porcelain jar in her hand next to the pen holder and served Chu Qianchen's pen and ink.

Not long after, the fragrance of ink filled the small study room.

Chu Qianhuang was on the other side and saw the small porcelain jar and couldn't help but take a second look.

Chu Qianchen noticed her gaze and said casually, "Hu Bo's cousin accidentally hurt her face and came to me to ask for some ointment."

As she spoke, she dipped her wolf brush in ink and wrote ten characters for longevity in one breath, including hairpin regular script, seal script, official script, Zhou Ding, oracle bone inscriptions...

Chu Qianhuang watched Chu Qianchen finish writing and praised with a smile: "Second sister, I haven't seen you for a few days, but your handwriting has improved again!"

Amber heard this, but his expression was a little strange.

It's not that these words are not well written. Although Chu Qianchen's handwriting is inferior to Chu Qianhuang's, he is definitely good at it. The handwriting is beautiful, but it is a pity that the brushstrokes are weak, tangible and boneless, and it is not at all like her usual practice. The words written when writing are easy to pick up and have a unique style.

Chu Qianhuang's handwriting cannot be compared with it at all!

Before the ink was dry, Chu Qianhuang didn't rush to collect the paper and let it dry first.

She sat down by the window and suddenly asked with concern: "Second sister, have you and third sister not reconciled yet?"

"We are all sisters of the same family, and we should have fun together."

"Third sister is young, and there are big changes, so she will inevitably get into trouble. Why don't you go with me to find third sister to write a 100-year-old birthday plan?"

Chu Qianhuang's movements were graceful, gentle and graceful, and she had the demeanor of an eldest sister.

She stretched out her hand to take Chu Qianchen's hand, but failed.

Chu Qianchen raised the hand holding the handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, which suddenly turned red.

"Sister, no." Chu Qianchen pursed his lips in aggrieved manner. His pupils seemed to have been washed by water. His eyes were full of light and he said in a soft voice, "Third sister has misunderstood me a lot..."

"Hey, when she saw me, she couldn't even walk steadily. She was burned a few days ago. I'm afraid that if I go to see her again, something will happen to her..."

As he said that, Chu Qianchen looked aggrieved yet sincere, as if he didn't know what to do, just like the water lotus in the pond. I felt pity for him.

Amber's expression was a little complicated, and he glanced at the writing on the desk again. Just like what Chu Qianchen wrote just now, the way she looks forward and backward now is like her former self, weak and without independent opinions.

Amber lowered her head lower and lowered her eyebrows.

Chu Qianhuang didn't notice Amber's strange behavior and continued to persuade Chu Qianchen: "Second sister, I'm here, and I will help persuade third sister."

"It is inevitable that there will be some quarrels between sisters, and there will be times when teeth and lips will collide."

“…”

Chu Qianchen let Chu Qianhuang speak, and she stopped talking. She half-closed her eyes and twisted the handkerchief with her hands, looking hesitant.

Chu Qianhuang stared at her for a moment, sighed, and stopped trying to persuade her: "Second sister, think carefully about what I said."

"I'm going to see my third sister. I'm leaving first."

Chu Qianhuang personally put away the rice paper on the desk and left.

The Xiang Fei curtain leading to the outside opened and fell, and only Chu Qianchen and Hu Hu's master and servant were left in the small study.

The moment Chu Qianhuang left, Chu Qianchen raised his head, his expression as usual.

She put the handkerchief aside casually, stroked her sleeves, and said to Hu Hu, "Hu Hu, go get the medicine and give it to Qing Yu. There's no need to come back in a hurry. I'll give you an hour's leave."

Chu Qianchen stayed alone in the small study and picked up the wolf-hair pen placed on the pen rest.

She had already worn out the ink anyway, so she simply spread out a piece of paper and started practicing her calligraphy, silently reading an article from "Twenty-four Chapters on the Art of War": The weapons of generals are of different sizes. If one detects his treachery, waits for his misfortune, and is submissive to everyone, then this ten-man general...

She just wrote it by hand without any hesitation. The words she wrote were vigorous and free, which were completely different from the words she had just written on the "Hundred Lifespan Picture".

The room was quiet, there was no sound at all.

There are half a pond of lotus leaves in the pond outside the window, and a few goldfish are swaying under the lotus leaves, and the water is gorgeous.

Chu Qianchen practiced calligraphy for nearly an hour. After Amber came back, the master and servant went to Rongfu Hall as usual.

It happened to be the beginning of Youchu when Chu Qianchen arrived at Rongfu Hall. Before he entered, he heard Chu Qianhuang's charming and lively voice coming from the left: "I have prepared your birthday gift for you. I will return it to you." You’ve got a surprise in store that you’re going to love.”

"Our sister Huang is still the best behaved." Mrs. Tai said cheerfully.

Madam Tai is getting older, and she just wants her family to be healthy and harmonious. The filial piety of her children and grandchildren makes her happy from the bottom of her heart.

"Second Miss is here." The maid opened the door curtain and Chu Qianchen walked in. After blessing Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Shen, she sat down on Chu Qianhuang's right hand side.

A maid served tea.

Chu Qianhuang turned to her, pursed her lips and smiled, and asked, "Second sister, how are Aunt Jiang these days?"

Chu Qianchen said with a smile: "Thank you for taking the trouble, sister." She didn't say yes, it was still not good.

Mrs. Shen on the side raised her eyebrows and her eyes flashed. Chu Qianhuang just came back today, and Shen didn't have time to ask her what she thought about Aunt Jiang.

"Sister Huang," Mrs. Tai picked up the tea cup, glanced at Mrs. Shen, and said, "Everything is fine in the house, don't worry." She was wondering why Chu Qianhuang asked Aunt Jiang for no reason.

"Grandma." Chu Qianhuang hesitated and pursed her lips slightly, as if she had something to say.

Seeing this, Mrs. Tai waved her servants away and Chu Qianhuang said: "The imperial concubine and aunt also know about the dispute between father and mother."

The imperial concubine's aunt she mentioned was Chu Lingxiao's sister and the biological mother of the second prince Gu Nanzhao.

When the lady heard this, she looked stern.

Chu Qianhuang continued: "My aunt said that the emperor specifically asked about this matter. Although he didn't say anything on the surface, my aunt said that the emperor may think that the Chu family is not strict in running the family."

"My aunt also said that the emperor is looking for the next minister of Taipu Temple, and it seems that he is somewhat interested in dad."

The madam's eyes lit up. Although the Minister of Taipusi is only a third-rank official, he is still a junior Jiuqing, and he is in charge of horse herding, which is a lucrative job that many people in the court are waiting to see.

Chu Qianhuang paused for a moment, seemed to sigh, and then said: "Dad and mother were so unhappy because of Aunt Jiang, so I originally thought that if the second sister asked for a favor on behalf of Aunt Jiang, Jiang would be spared. With my aunt’s punishment, maybe my father and mother will be reconciled.”

What she meant was that Mrs. Shen's exemption from Aunt Jiang's punishment was equivalent to showing goodwill to Chu Lingxiao. If one of them took a step back, everything would be fine.

Mrs. Tai also understood and nodded secretly. She felt that Chu Qianhuang was worthy of being the eldest daughter of the Chu family. She acted with dignity and knew how to share the worries of her elders.

Chu Qianhuang looked at Chu Qianchen again and said: "Second sister, you have been with mother a lot recently. Mother always praised you for your good temper, so I thought it would be best for you to plead with mother. "

Aunt Jiang was punished by Shen, and she was Shen's biological child. It was obviously inappropriate to beg Shen to spare Aunt Jiang, so she tried several times to persuade Chu Qianchen to plead.

Chu Qianhuang's words answered Shen's doubts, but Shen still felt that something was not right.

(End of chapter)