Chapter 61:

Qin Jiu remembered those movies and TV dramas and novels often saying that the imperial physicians in the palace were all but ineffective and could not make a living, so they often used prescriptions for stability.
Qin Jiao suggested: "Wang Hao, why don't you ask the famous doctor in Beijing to see it too?"
Grandma Wang nodded and said: "The third master said the same thing, but the princess didn't think it was necessary. She said that after only taking the medicine for a few days, the effect was not so fast."
Qin Jiao frowned slightly, and then said coquettishly: "Wang Hao, this is no good. If you don't ask a doctor to see it, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night when I go back."
She opened a pair of black and white apricot eyes, delicate, simple and lovely.
Princess Duan was amused.
Qin Jiu climbed up the pole and smiled and said to Mother Wang: "Mother Wang, the princess smiled, it means you have agreed. You should ask the doctor to go quickly, lest the princess regret it again."
Grandma Wang glanced at the princess Duan and saw that she did not object to her, she laughed and responded, and she secretly praised the cleverness of the future three ladies.
In the past, even if they persuade them, the princess would not necessarily listen.
San Ye is a man, and they are not good to bother him because of some internal affairs. After the third wife passes the door, multiple people can share the worries for the princess.
Mother Wang hurriedly sent a little maid to Renjitang to ask for a doctor, while Princess Duan and Qin Jiu returned to the main hall with a sliding pole.
The doctor had not invited back, but Gu Zezhi had come back first.
When he walked under the eaves, he heard women talking and laughing from the house, adding a bit of warmth to this cold winter day.
The corners of Gu Zezhi's lips curled slightly, and the steps under his feet sped up subconsciously.
The maid lady in the main hall saw Gu Zezhi and hurriedly bowed her knees: "San Ye."
At the same time, someone drew him a curtain, and Qin Jiu and Princess Duan of Dong Cijian looked towards the curtain and laughed.
Qin Jiao waved his hand at Gu Zezhi and said with a smile: "Brother, you are back!"
Gu Zezhi looked at the smiling faces of the two, and the smile on his lips became stronger, like a spring breeze.
"What are you talking about?" Gu Zezhi asked casually.
Gu Zezhi sat down on a armchair beside Qin Jiu, sitting upright and elegant.
Qin Jiao looked at Gu Zezhi and smiled, his eyes narrowed into two slits: "The princess is telling me about your childhood!"
She deliberately increased the volume on the three words "when I was young," and smiled more happily.
Gu Zezhi looked at Princess Duan, and Princess Duan was still smiling, smiling mysteriously, and winked at Qin Jiu, meaning that this was the little secret between them.
Qin Jiao nodded and greeted Gu Zezhi for tea with a smile: "Brother, tea, your favorite Lu'an tea."
Qin Jiu was rightly and boldly opposed to the guest, and by the way was generous with others.
Princess Duan liked her invisible appearance, with a deeper smile. She has been hoping for her son to become a relative for five or six years, and seeing that she can finally get what she wants. For her, she only needs a young couple and He Meimei.
Gu Zezhi had just drunk a sip of tea, and the little maid who had gone to ask the doctor before came back, bringing a gray-haired old doctor and a medicine boy with a medicine box.
"Princess, this is Doctor Li from Ji Shitang." The little maid bowed her knees to the princess Duan.
The old doctor and Yaotong hurriedly saluted the princess Duan respectfully, "I have seen the princess."
Gu Zezhi moved his eyebrows in surprise.
Originally, Gu Zezhi thought that he would ask the famous doctor in Beijing to come back to see his mother and concubine when he came back today.
Grandma Wang smiled and said: "San Ye, Miss Qin San has the skills, so the princess agreed to ask the doctor, San Ye, you are not as sweet as the third girl."
Mother Wang was the dowry of the princess Duan, and she also watched Gu Zezhi grow up, so she dared to speak with Gu Zezhi in this playful tone.
Her words made the princess smile deeper, and the maids on the side also bend their lips uncontrollably.
Qin Jiu's eyebrows were crooked with a smile, and he believed that since she met Gu Zezhi, her ability to coax people has really grown!
Gu Zezhi looked at her with a softer expression.
Two women soon brought a chair and a plan table, and asked Doctor Li to sit down.
Doctor Li expertly diagnosed the pulse of Princess Duan. After a while, he got up and said: "The princess, the third son, the princess is overworked, so the body is weak and the spleen is weak, and the wind is in the body..."
Gu Zezhi didn't say a word, wondering whether there was too much trouble in Luo'an City, and the mother concubine was tired?
He originally wanted to keep Princess Duan in Beijing for a longer time, but now he has made up his mind.
After Doctor Li had prepared the prescription, the little maid deliberately brought the prescription to Gu Zezhi.
The ink on the recipe was dry, exuding a faint fragrance of ink.
Gu Zezhi quickly scanned this recipe.
He is not proficient in medicine. He just knows some medical principles and the medicinal properties of some herbal medicines. Recently, in order to treat the princess’s illness, he has also reviewed some traditional prescriptions on typhoid fever. He has some understanding. It is almost impossible to see that this prescription is different from the previous two. The prescriptions prescribed by the imperial physicians are similar, except that the imperial physician’s prescriptions are warmer and more tonic, while Dr. Li’s prescription is used to clear the heat and evils of the triple burn, invigorate the spleen and lungs, and strengthen the vitality.
After thinking about it for a moment, Gu Ze instructed the little maid: "Just follow this recipe."
The mother and concubine have seen two imperial doctors. After taking so many natural medicines, there is no effect. Why don't you try this famous doctor in Beijing, Ji Shitang is also a century-old medical school in Beijing, and has been a famous doctor for generations.
The little maid sent away Doctor Li, and Qin Jiu also took the initiative to leave, not wanting to disturb Princess Duan's rest.
Concubine Duan saw that it was not too early, so she did not leave Qin Jiu, and said to Gu Zezhi: "Zezhi, you will send Xiao Jiu for me."
Gu Zezhi responded.
After stepping out of the threshold, Du Ruo quickly put a pink cloak studded with white mink fur on Qin Jiu.
I don't know when there was fine snow outside, and snow like catkins fell from the gray sky.
Du Ruo was wondering whether to invite people from the palace to prepare a soft sedan chair. He saw that Gu Zezhi took a stone-blue oil-paper umbrella from the maid's hand, and the oil-paper umbrella naturally supported Qin Jiu’s head. .
"beware of the steps."
Gu Zezhi reminded Qin Jiu, and the two walked down unhurriedly.
Du Ruo swallowed what he hadn't said, and borrowed an oil-paper umbrella from the maid of the palace, wittily trailing a few steps behind them, silently following them.
The snow is getting bigger and bigger, and the dense snow "sands" on the paper umbrella, and the sky full of snow blurs the vision.
This small oil-paper umbrella isolated the two from the outside world.
The two of them walked slowly, talking and laughing, and after a while, they walked to the carriage of the Qin family.
"Big Brother..." Qin Jiu was about to say goodbye to Gu Zezhi, only to see a few snowflakes on his left shoulder.
She took out a veil from her sleeve and gently wiped the snowflakes off his shoulders with the veil on her tiptoe.
Seeing that his robes were clean and slender again, Qin Jiao smiled with satisfaction, then raised his small face with a smile, and said to Gu Zezhi in a somewhat inviting tone: "No thanks."
The oil-paper umbrella cast a faint shadow on Qin Jiu’s small face. When she looked up at Gu Zezhi, her long and thick eyelashes trembled twice, making her black apricot eyes extra bright. , Exceptionally bright.
Eyes flowed, Qiao Xiaoqianxi.
Gu Zezhi was startled and looked at Qin Jiao with a smile, "Wrong."
Qin Zhuo was startled, and saw Gu Zezhi personally pick up the curtains of the carriage for her.
"Between you and me, don't say thank you."
The corners of his beautiful lips curled up slightly, bending out a pleasant arc, as gentle as three springs.
Qin Jiao was not polite with him at all, stepped onto the carriage, and briskly dropped a sentence: "That's right."
At this time, Xiao Si took Gu Zezhi's white horse and walked over, handed the reins to Gu Zezhi, and put a cloak on him.
Gu Zezhi got on the horse neatly, and a horse and a cart quickly drove out of the western corner gate of the palace amidst the whip of the groom.
Zhongyi Hou Mansion and Duanwang Mansion are not far away, but with a stick of incense, Gu Zezhi sent Qin Jiu back to Zhongyi Hou Mansion.
Only then, a thin layer of snow has accumulated on the ground, roof, and treetops, and this snow has turned into a heavy snowfall.
Qin Jiu was not at all polite to Gu Zezhi, and without a word of thanks, he waved his hand and said, "Be careful on the road."
The girl smiled, her delicate and beautiful face scorched like a hibiscus.
The carriage quickly entered the Zhongyi Hou Mansion under the guidance of the porter's wife. After the corner gate of the Hou Mansion was closed, Gu Zezhi left the horse.
Qin Jiao went back to Wanxiangyuan and asked Du Ruo to put away the Jiuhexiang that Princess Duan had given him. When he went to bed at night, a maid came to report: "Three girls, the Wei family has just arrived. They are here to give the New Year gift. Yes, you are at Mrs. Tai's. Mrs. Tai wants you to go there once you come back."
Wei's family was the natal family of Qin Jiu's birth mother, Wei's family, and Qin Jiu passed by immediately.
The Wei’s came from a fifty-something-year-old mother, wearing a rust-colored obscure patterned coat. At the moment, she was sitting halfway on the brocade of Mrs. Qin Tai's appreciation. She was decent and generous, and her expression revealed a kind of eagerness. Hope is eager.
Seeing Qin Zhuo coming in, the mother stood up from Jin Zhu excitedly.
Qin Zhuo first saluted Mrs. Qin Tai, and Mother Cui introduced the mother from the side: "Three girls, this is Mother Yu, who served by the girl's grandmother..."
"Like, really like..." Mother Yu stared at Qin Jiao, and muttered excitedly.
She couldn't help but stepped forward two steps, bowed her knees and greeted Qin Jiu: "I have seen the girl." Her eyes were red, and her breath became rush.
Qin Jiao: "..."
Madam Yu held a kerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said: "Cousin girl, the slave girl also watched the second aunt's grandmother grow up. Cousin and second aunt's grandmother look alike, they are exactly the same..."
As she spoke, Mother Yu's eyes turned redder and she choked slightly.
She took two deep breaths and came back a little bit, before she said again: "The old lady and the lady got a letter from the queen empress in October. Originally, the lady wanted to visit the capital in person, but the lady was sick before leaving. It fell, and it took more than a month to recover."
"The old lady and the lady both want to see the cousin girl with their own eyes, but the lady can't leave any place at will. The lady is in a bad shape this winter, so she sends slaves and maidservants to please the cousin.
"Mrs. Tai said that when spring starts, she will come to the capital."
While talking, Grandma Yu was also sighing.
Wei Jia will give New Year gifts to the Qin family every year. In the past ten years, she has basically come to Beijing to send festival gifts, and every time Qin Xin will be pleased.
When I was a child, Grandma Yu didn’t think that as Qin Xin grew up and her facial features became better, Grandma Yu also felt that Qin Xin was neither like her own girl nor his uncle, but she never thought that Qin Xin would actually It's a counterfeit!
Fortunately, the second aunt's grandmother and the second aunt were alive in the sky, and the Bodhisattva blessed them, so they found the true girl back! !
Madam Yu chanted the sound of Buddha religiously in her heart, and continued: "I just heard the wife of the in-laws say that the cousin has just made an appointment. When the slave and maid came out of Suzhou, the Wei family hadn't heard from it. Now the old lady and the wife I want to come to know already, I will be very happy."
Although Madam Yu had never seen Gu Zezhi, she could imagine that the emperor would give Qin Jiu a marriage, and the empress must have known it. Since it was approved by the queen, then the third son of King Duan must be a good one!
Mother Yu let out a sigh of relief and smiled.
To be honest, Mrs. Wei Tai had also worried about Qin Jiu’s marriage before. After all, Qin Jiao’s identity was too embarrassing. It might not be easy to find the right person. Mrs. Wei Tai also discussed with Mrs. Wei if she was there. Suzhou slowly picked up a motivated move... I didn't expect the queen empress to move so fast!
At this time, the maid's salute came from outside: "Fifth Lord."
Immediately afterwards, the curtain was knocked up roughly, and Qin Zeyu in a blue robe walked in quickly.
Qin Zeyu knew Grandma Yu very well, and after greeting Mrs. Qin, he took the initiative to talk to Grandma Yu: "Mrs. Yu, grandfather, grandmother, and how many uncles and aunts are good?"
"Master Yubiao, okay, everyone is okay." When Grandma Yu saw Qin Zeyu, she narrowed her eyes and showed a smile line at the corner of her eyes. "Master Ningbiao said that you want to practice martial arts, so she asked the old lady to give it away. Master Wu is here."
"Really!" Qin Zeyu's eyes brightened a long time ago, and he jumped three feet high, cheering, "Grandfather is really nice!!"
After returning to Beijing from Winter Hunt, Qin Zeyu followed Qin Zening and asked Master Wu several times, but he was dismissed by his brother saying "I'm looking for".
To be honest, Qin Zeyu was also secretly suspicious of whether his brother had repented.
I really care about the eldest brother and gentleman's belly. Qin Zeyu confessed in his heart, and couldn't wait to ask: "Mother Yu, how about people?"
Mrs. Qin, who was sitting on the kang, looked at Qin Zeyu's escaped appearance, and shook her head uncontrollably, and replied on behalf of Madam Yu: "It's in the outer courtyard. I have asked the chief steward to arrange a guest room for him."
Grandma Yu brought Master Wu over, so she naturally wanted to talk to Mrs. Qin Tai.
Knowing that Qin Zeyu could no longer sit still, Mrs. Qin said thoughtfully: "Sister Ji, Brother Yu, you can take Madam Yu down and talk."
Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Qin Tai instructed Mother Cui to give the gift form to Qin Jiu, "Sister Ji, you take this gift form."
What she meant was that these gifts would not go to the public, but to the long room.
Mrs. Qin said this in front of Mother Yu, and of course she also told the Wei family.
Qin Jiu was not polite with Mrs. Qin Tai at all, and generously accepted the gift form.
When Qin Jiao went out from Ronghetang, there happened to be a beautiful figure in a plum red cloak approaching here, and the Qingyi maid at the side held an umbrella for her.
The bright plum red looks particularly dazzling in the surrounding ice and snow.
"Three sisters, fifth brothers." Qin Xin, who was walking slowly, smiled at Qin Jiu and Qin Zeyu, and called to Grandma Yu, "Grandma Yu."
Qin Xin wanted to reminisce about the past with Madam Yu, but didn’t want to. Madam Yu looked like she hadn’t heard of her. She didn’t even look at her. She smiled and said to Qin Jiu: "Biao, you’re slippery in the snow, be careful of your steps."
The three of them passed by Qin Xin and went outside the Ronghe hall.
Qin Xin stood still on the spot, his hands in the cloak tightly clenched into fists, and his round nails firmly pinched the tender palm.
Her face was getting more and more gloomy, letting the knife-like cold wind blow her soft cheeks.
She knows that the world is like this.
When she was knocked down to the bottom, even these servants looked down on her!
Qin Xin was embarrassed and angry, gritted his teeth bitterly.
Qin Jiu took everything from her without any effort, just like the previous life.
Qin Xin moved suddenly, turned around slowly, and looked at the backs of Qin Jiu, Qin Zeyu, and Mother Yu, her lips pressed into a straight line.
She should have recognized this reality long ago.
In the eyes of the Qin family, there is only blood;
In the eyes of the world, there is only status.
If she is still the second prince and concubine of the future, how dare Mother Yu treat her! !
In the blink of an eye, the cold wind in the courtyard became more violent, and a few snowflakes fell on Qin Xin's willow eyebrows and eyelashes, making her beautiful little face a little colder.
Qin Xin's eyes gradually settled, she said to herself in her heart--
She hasn't lost yet! !
She is a person who lives a lifetime, she is a person protected by heaven.
Since God has given her a chance to do it again, she will never give up easily. She knows many things that will happen in the future...
The more they want to suppress her, the more they want to see her jokes, she wants to live better!
Qin Xin turned around and walked away from the three of Qin Jiu, getting further and further apart.
After leaving the courtyard of Ronghetang, Qin Jiu walked along a veranda with nine bends and eighteen bends together with Qin Zeyu and Mother Yu.
"Grandma Yu, do you know the Xiao family in Jiangnan?" Qin Jiao asked as he walked.
She asked this because her grandfather, Mrs. Wei, was the governor of Jiangnan in Suzhou, while the Xiao family was also in Jiangnan.
Madam Yu certainly knows the Xiao family, and she knows that the reason why Qin Jiu asked about the Xiao family is because Duan Wang was born in the Xiao family.
Sister Yu hurriedly said, "The Wei family and the Xiao family are familiar with each other, and the two have frequent contacts."
"The Xiao family is a well-known family of hairpins for centuries, and the princess Duan is the eldest daughter of the Xiao family of that generation. The family style of the Xiao family is very good. The princess is also quite famous among her boudoirs, and she was later named to the first emperor. Duan Wang's younger brother."
Speaking of this past event, Madam Yu also has some emotion.
"Back then, the princess Duan was not childish after she got married. In the past few years, she also invited famous doctors from all over the country. They said that the princess had a difficult time to heir. Therefore, the prince handed the paper to the emperor and asked the seventeen-year-old concubine to be the firstborn No one thought that within a few months after the emperor had just sealed Prince Duan, Concubine Duan would send good news!"
Grandma Yu felt a little embarrassed.
The third son of Gu is a good son, and the only son of King Duan, but he lowered his son by mistake.
But after thinking about it, she thought it might be fate.
If Gu San Gongzi was the elder son, then, with his status and status, this marriage might not be possible.
The world has its own destiny.
Just like the cousin girl, although she was taken away by the adulterer for a while, she still wanted to recognize her ancestors.
Thinking of Qin Jui's sufferings over the years, Mother Yu felt distressed.
Grandma Yu settled down, and then continued: "The slave and maid had heard that Princess Duan is quite a housekeeper. Although there are many concubines and concubines in the palace, there has never been any trouble."
"The concubines and concubines of the palace are also respectful and obedient. For decades, I have never heard of the restlessness in the back of the palace, and the concubine and concubines of the palace have never accidentally died early."
"That's also true. Every daughter of the Xiao family can do it!"
While they were talking, they left the second door to the outer courtyard.
Qin Jiu ordered his wife to invite the martial master, and the three of them continued to walk to Qin Zeyu's Yijiayuan.
Along the way, Mother Yu hurriedly told her brother and sister about this master martial artist.
The martial master invited by the Wei family was surnamed Yue. He used to be a hall master of the Cao Gang. A few years ago, the old master was seriously ill. Master Yue and another master Cai were originally the most powerful competitors for the new gang, but Master Yue was framed for murdering the old gang leader and almost lost his life by being lynched. At that time, it was the old lady Wei who stopped the gang and gave Master Yue a grievance.
Master Yue was extremely disappointed with the Cao Gang, so he withdrew from the Cao Gang, because Grandpa Wei was kind to him. Over the years, he has stayed at the Wei's house and served as a personal guard for Grandpa Wei.
And this time he was willing to come to Qin's house as a master martial artist because of the hope of Grandpa Wei.
After Grandma Yu finished speaking, she said, "Master Yubiao, Master Yue is a martial artist. You should learn from Master Yue in the future."
Qin Zeyu nodded his head again and again, his eyes gleaming, and he was full of relish for these anecdotes that he had only heard in the mouths of dramas and storytellers.
After a while, the martial master came to Yijiayuan with the woman.
This person is about thirty years old, tall and burly, but in the cold weather he only wore a simple blue robe, his body was straight, and his eyes were shining and piercing.
Seeing this person's eyes are clear, Qin Jiao is also relieved, thinking that he has stayed in Wei's house for so many years because of the kindness of the old lady Wei, who is obviously also a kind and righteous person.
Moreover, after hearing the words of Qin Zeyu from Mother Yu, the Wei family should also respect this Master Yue.
Qin Jiu pointed at the bluestone brick ground, "Ayu, don't hurry up to give an apprenticeship!"
What she meant was very clear. It was to make Qin Zeyu kneel and bow. This was no longer a courtesy to ordinary teachers.
In the final analysis, the general status of the martial masters who consulted in these noble mansions in the capital is no different from the general guards, and it is far incomparable to those of Mr. Wen who teaches.
Qin Jiu asked Qin Zeyu to kneel down and perform a teacher apprenticeship. After the apprenticeship, Master Yue was no ordinary teacher to Qin Zeyu.
In this era, masters and apprentices are like fathers and sons, and apprentices have to obey their masters, and most of them will give their apprentices to them.
Master Yue looked at Qin Jiu with some surprise, and said hurriedly: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be."
Grandma Yu was also surprised. After being surprised, she smiled deeper, and she was very happy: The cousin is indeed the daughter of the second aunt's grandmother, who is as knowledgeable as the second aunt's grandmother, and has an informal courage.
Qin Zeyu didn't dare to say no to his sister's instructions. He immediately thumped and knelt down. Without giving Master Yue a chance to object at all, he bowed his head and called out in a formal manner: "master."
The young man Yan Ming quickly handed Qin Zeyu tea again, and Qin Zeyu held up the tea cup with both hands and handed it to Master Yue.
Master Yue pursed his thin lips, his eyes flickering.
Before coming, Mrs. Wei told him euphemistically that his grandson Qin Zeyu was a bit naughty, and he was a demon king.
At that time, Master Yue was mentally prepared. After all, he was not completely ignorant of these nobles in the capital, and most of them looked down on people from the rivers and lakes, especially the Qi dynasty who emphasized literature rather than military.
He also wanted to come to the capital to teach Qin Zeyu a few years of martial arts, and he was taught as a teacher, only to repay grandpa Wei's life-saving grace and knowledge.
Unexpectedly, this Qin San girl was not like a girl from a civil servant, and respected him very much, while the fifth master of the Qin family looked a little bit offensive, but she was very simple.
Maybe in the next few years, his life in the Qin family will be different from what he expected.
Master Yue still looked unsmiling on his face, but a smile flashed across his eyes. He took Qin Zeyu's cup of tea and took a casual sip, even if he took the cup of apprentice tea.
Now that the apprentices have recognized all of them, he should give him a lesson.
Qin Zeyu got up from the ground with a smile, and asked eagerly: "Master, today...no, what are you going to teach me tomorrow?"
Qin Jiu patted Qin Zeyu on the back and asked, "Where are your six rituals?"
It means that he didn't give his Shu Xiu, but he was embarrassed to urge Master Yue to come.
Qin Zeyu straightened his chest and said confidently: "Tomorrow, no, I will make it up tonight!!"
Master Yue settled down in Qin's house. As for the grandmother Yu and others, after Qin Zening went back to the government, she invited him to Ann and left and went to the Wei's residence in the capital.
Asked to take Master Yue down to rest, Qin Zening left Qin Zeyu behind and gave him a good training:
"Ayu, you said you want to practice martial arts, and now you have a master martial artist, and then it's up to you."
"You are a man. Since you are determined to learn martial arts, you should study hard and go to martial arts exams in the future to make a better future for yourself.
"Brother, don't worry, I will!" Qin Zeyu patted his chest and agreed happily, his face glowing.
He has liked martial arts since he was young, but neither Mrs. Qin Tai nor Qin Xin would let him learn martial arts. It is better for her sister!
Therefore, Qin Zeyu started winter training for the 39th, and he did not even slacken in the heavy snow.
The snow fell for three consecutive days, until the 15th of the twelfth lunar month, the snow finally stopped.
Grandma Yu was about to leave for Suzhou. Qin Jiu prepared a gift on behalf of the three of them, and asked Grandma Yu to take it back to Suzhou to take it to the Wei family.
In addition to some Beijing specialty products she bought, there are also two pairs of knee pads that she made for her grandfather and grandmother herself.
She had just started to become a female student, and her hands were very slow. It took a few all night and changed it several times before she could make it. It can't be regarded as exquisite, but she also used a little ingenuity.
Xu was due to staying up late and catching a cold. The day after Mother Yu and others left, Qin Jiu became ill.
She was lazy and didn't want to get up, and the incense in the room seemed to make her head more dizzy.