On the same day, Xiaochun left the house on Jiang Changning's orders.
She went to a remote alley, walked to the innermost part, opened the locked yard, and quickly went in.
She stayed in the yard for a quarter of an hour, and when she came out through the back door, she had changed her clothes.
She was wearing an old blue shirt and carrying a bamboo basket with a flowered handkerchief on her arm. Her hair was grey and her face was wrinkled. She looked about forty years older than her actual age.
No one could associate such an old woman with the young and pretty girl in Prince Jin's mansion.
She put down her bamboo basket and started selling insoles in a corner of Xiushui Street.
After a while, a woman in a green shirt came in. She squatted down and started to pick out the insoles. "Did you get the stuff?"
"Here you go. Are you sure you can start tomorrow?" Xiaochun asked in a hoarse voice.
"Tomorrow is the birthday of the great sage Confucius. After offering sacrifices to Confucius, we will eat the sacrificial offerings. This is the best opportunity." The woman said affirmatively.
Hearing the woman say this, Xiaochun nodded, "Okay, then I'll collect the news here and now tomorrow."
"The pattern of this insole is really nice. I bought it. How much silver do you want?" the woman asked.
"Not expensive, seven copper coins." Xiaochun handed the insole to the woman and also handed her a paper bag.
The woman took the insoles and paper bag and left. Xiaochun did not leave in a hurry. She waited for about half an hour and sold two pairs of insoles. She muttered to herself, "Business is not good. Let's try another place."
She left Xiushui Street carrying the basket, and after taking many turns, she returned to the previous courtyard. After changing her clothes, she went out from the front door and returned to the palace.
The next morning, she went out again and did the same thing as yesterday.
The lady in green came again, "The pair of insoles I had yesterday were very comfortable to wear. Let me buy another pair."
Xiaochun gave her a pair, and they exchanged messages. The woman left, and Xiaochun carried the basket back to the yard like she did yesterday, changed her clothes, and returned to the palace.
Jiang Changning, who was standing in the corridor playing with the parrot, was delighted to see her come back. He ordered, "Juanzi, take the parrot down." He threw the few millet grains in his hand back into the food box.
Jiang Changning entered the house, and Xiaochun followed him in. "Princess, it's done."
"Great, it's finally done. Thank you for your hard work." Jiang Changning smiled. What she liked most was to fight back. "Have you cleaned up the whole thing?"
"Don't worry, Princess. After a lot of manipulation, the person who delivered the medicine to the palace has already boarded the ship. He will not appear in the capital for five years. Even if we trace the source, we will not be able to find him."
"Very good, let Uncle Jiang take care of the yard, and don't go there again." Jiang Changning smiled, but his deep eyes were cold.
If the Empress Dowager dared to use her charms on her, she would dare to use her charms on the Emperor.
The ultimate purpose of these two drugs is similar, but one is for women and the other is for men.
"Mei Xi, Yu Huan, what complementary names." Jiang Changning knew how to mix Yu Huan thanks to her grandfather who had a wide circle of friends when he was young, and her father who raised her as his son.
After their two sons died young, Jiang's father and mother had another daughter. However, the daughter was also sickly and almost died when she was one year old.
After she recovered, Jiang's father and mother doted on her and treated her with all their heart.
Jiang Changning had too much free time, so he read a lot of miscellaneous books in the Jiang family's library.
The book "The Book of Poisonous Weeds" that was casually placed in the corner by Grandfather Jiang became Jiang Changning's extracurricular reading material.
There are several prescriptions included in the "Poisonous Grass Book", and Yuhuan is one of them.
When Jiang Changning realized that the emperor had ill intentions towards her, she did not think of using the imperial pleasure.
Mainly the medicinal materials on the prescription are hard to find.
Of course, Jiang Changning also asked Jiang Nan to help collect them. It turned out that he wanted to be prepared for any eventuality and did not intend to use them.
Even later, the medicinal materials were collected by chance.
Jiang Changning prepared the medicine but was still hesitating whether to use it.
Even if misfortune is sent by heaven, you can still survive.
One's own misfortunes are unforgivable.
The Queen Mother's charm became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
It’s just that the emperor is heavily guarded, so I only found the opportunity today.
Just as the master and servant were talking, the medicine in the emperor's body took effect (fifty words deleted here).
Although emperors all have mysterious confidence in their own abilities.
The emperor was not stupid. When he sensed something was wrong with his body, he immediately summoned the imperial physician to take his pulse.
He is lustful, and when he is in the mood, he can be extremely absurd.
But compared to his father Guangzong, he was much more restrained and would not take drugs or do anything else (fifty words deleted here).
Among the three imperial physicians on duty at the Imperial Medical Bureau today, one is Imperial Physician Lu, whom the Emperor trusts the most.
Doctor Lu checked the emperor's pulse and asked, "Your Majesty, have you taken any medicine?"
“No.”
"Is the incense in the palace used frequently?" Doctor Lu asked again.
"It is commonly used and the fragrance has not been changed." Eunuch Yu replied.
"Can you let me take a look?"
"Please wait a moment, sir." Eunuch Yu went to where the incense was placed and brought the incense box.
Doctor Lu carefully examined the incense foam and made sure that there was no other medicine mixed in it.
After ruling out all external causes, Imperial Physician Lu prescribed Qingxin Decoction for the Emperor.
Qingxin Decoction can nourish the heart and calm the mind, and is mainly used to treat thirst, dry tongue, and red face and cheekbones.
The emperor's symptoms are similar.
This soup is also suitable for the symptoms.
But the emperor still didn't get any relief after taking the medicine.
The emperor was too uncomfortable to sleep, and Jiang Changning was too excited to sleep.
She tossed and turned, making it impossible for Prince Jin to sleep.
As it was, King Jin held her down and said, "If Ningning doesn't want to sleep, let's do something else."
"I want to sleep. I'll sleep now." Jiang Changning didn't move.
But if the Prince of Jin makes up his mind, he will definitely punish the person.
After reconciling the two, Jiang Changning fell asleep peacefully.
The next day, the emperor canceled the morning court session.
Although the dragon robe was wide and could cover up the ugliness so that the court officials could not see it, the emperor did not have the energy to deal with state affairs (fifty words deleted here).
For three consecutive days, the emperor claimed to be ill, skipped the morning court, did not summon his ministers, and withheld memorials from the emperor, which aroused the suspicion of all officials. "What serious illness has the emperor contracted?"
"Do we need to find someone to supervise the country?"
"The eldest prince is still so young, he can't govern the country?"
"We should petition the Queen Mother and ask her to take charge of the government." This is the Queen Mother's faction.
"Shut up! How can the harem interfere in politics?" It is a tradition of male superiority and female inferiority.
"In every dynasty, there have been queen mothers ruling the country, so why can't this dynasty have one?"
"The Queen Mother is in power because the Emperor is young and the Current Emperor is still alive."
"Alright, alright, stop talking. It hasn't come to that point yet. Let's just go our separate ways."
People in the court were in panic.
Every change of dynasties is accompanied by blood and gore. The court has only been stable for a few years, and I really don’t want to experience it again.
Note: The Great Sage and Teacher is Confucius, and his birthday is on the 27th day of the eighth lunar month.
Shangguan Shanshan, your book is at the Jiang family.
(Lulu, is this considered a dream interaction?)
(End of this chapter)