In an inconspicuous alley in the capital, a strong and bearded man walked into an ordinary house.
A half-old man in his fifties stood in the yard, bowed to salute him, and called out, "Master."
The bearded man nodded, walked into the main room without saying a word, sat down on the upper seat, and said to the old man, "Uncle Min, sit down too!"
The half-old man called Uncle Min thanked him very politely: "Thank you, Pavilion Master." Then he sat down at the bottom with a slanted body.
"Did you find out the reason for the large-scale failure of sterilization drugs in the capital?"
Uncle Min lowered his head and said, "My subordinates are ashamed! After checking for the past six months, I have no clue at all."
The bearded man leaned back on the chair, folded his arms, and said with a stern expression: "In this case, let me check it together! I just happened to be back in Beijing.
"The sterilization drug business in the capital has been monopolized by our Kurong Pavilion for many years. The reputation accumulated for a hundred years and the little foundation accumulated by several generations of hard work must not be lost in vain like this."
Uncle Min's eyes showed obvious guilt: "It's the subordinates and others who are incompetent that make the pavilion master suffer so much."
The bearded man didn't pick on him, but asked, "I asked you to prepare the sterilization drug invalidation list, are you ready?"
"The ones that are confirmed to be invalid have already been recorded here. Please take a look at the pavilion master. I guess there are still some customers who dare not come to us to settle accounts. We don't know whether this part of the medicine is invalid." Uncle Min took out a medicine from his sleeve. The booklet was handed to the bearded man respectfully with both hands.
The bearded man took the pamphlet, carefully read it twice, and suddenly frowned: "Most of these people whose sterilizing drugs have failed are ordered?"
"Yes!" Uncle Min had discovered this a long time ago, but he didn't find it strange. "Those who have access and financial resources to buy our medicines were originally from high-ranking officials and noble families."
"That's true!" The bearded man nodded, thinking about the purchase list of those medicines in Kurong Pavilion, there were indeed no ordinary people.
He went through the roster carefully again, and found nothing in common with these failure cases.
These people have different types of sterilization drugs, different ages, different personalities, different living habits, different Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, and different imperial physicians and doctors who often see doctors...
"What do you think is the reason for the failure?" The bearded man frowned deeply, "Is there any expert who can make an antidote?"
Uncle Min shook his head in great confusion: "This is what my subordinates can't figure out. There are so many kinds of ineffective sterilization drugs, even if there are experts who can make one or two of them, they can still make them." Find all the antidote? Most of the medicines, even we have no antidote!"
The bearded man nodded, also finding it impossible. He asked Uncle Min again: "Those women who have been sterilized, what did they say?"
"This is even more strange. Those women themselves are also at a loss. They can guess everything, but they often blame gods and Buddhas." Uncle Min said a little uneasy, "Pavilion Master , could it really be a manifestation of a god or Buddha?"
The bearded man snorted: "If the gods and Buddhas really have spirits, we, the heirs of inhuman beings and those who have done all kinds of bad things, should have gone to the 18th floor of hell long ago!"
Uncle Min bowed his body, not daring to answer this question.
The bearded man threw the pamphlet on the table and asked another question: "Have arrangements been made for the family members of those people in Yuan Cheng?"
"It's all arranged according to the instructions of the pavilion master." A little smile appeared on Uncle Min's face, "Fortunately, the current emperor is soft-hearted and didn't sentence Ling Chi, but just sentenced Yuan Cheng and the others to suffer a lot less. crime."
The bearded man snorted: "He's just old! When I dealt with his brothers and nephews, I didn't see him being half-hearted."
Uncle Min thought about the scene when blood flowed like a river, and sighed softly.
"His vision is still sharp. This heir is really well chosen!" After a short silence, the bearded man said through gritted teeth, "He actually saw through such a subtle and sharp serial killing scheme! He still has the guts to see through it!" With knowledge, dare to bring more than two hundred guards to destroy the bandits."
Uncle Min said with great regret: "Yes! A civil unrest that was about to sweep across Lunan, or even a wider area, was overwhelmed by him! Those people in Yuancheng were also involved!"
"This heir is many times stronger than Feng Shi's wood and Feng Kuan's trash. This is too bad for us!" The bearded man's face was very ugly. I thought: But now that he has entered the palace and has been established as the prince, it will be very difficult for him to deal with him.
Uncle Lin also sighed.
Originally, they wanted to push Feng Kuan to the top position. It's such a pity that it has become the current situation!
The bearded man said no more, got up and walked out.
As he walked, he told Uncle Min: "Turn up the cause of the failure of the sterilization drug. Don't let go of any clues!"
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The twenty-sixth day of the winter month is Feng Liao's birthday.
Naturally, the crown prince's birthday could not be as grand as the emperor's Longevity Day. Although he still had to accept congratulations from all officials, he usually only invited some relatives of the clan to a small banquet in the East Palace to show humility and thrift.
Feng Liao actually hopes to have a peaceful birthday like Yong Ruo did.
But as a prince, he had to take care of his basic decency, so he could only act according to etiquette.
Get up early in the morning on the day of your birthday, first put on a large dress to greet the emperor and empress, then go to Fengxian Hall to offer incense and pray for blessings, and then return to the East Palace to receive congratulations from all the officials, and finally change clothes to entertain guests.
Rewards from the emperor and empress, concubines in various palaces, and birthday presents from clan relatives will also be delivered at this time.
As the only hostess of the East Palace, even though her name was not right and her words were not right, Yong Ruo had to take over as a substitute, organizing a banquet for Feng Liao and receiving the female relatives who came to celebrate her birthday.
There are not too many female relatives who come to celebrate their birthdays, but they are not too few either. Yong Ruo is more familiar with Princess Longqing and the female family members of Prince Ying's Palace.
Princess Longqing entered the palace early in the morning. After greeting Empress Wei, she went straight to the East Palace to exchange painting experience with Yongruo.
"You are very talented in drawing, and your basic skills have improved very quickly. But..." Princess Longqing looked at Yongruo's drawing and said, "Why do I think your composition is a little strange?"
Yong Ruo thought to himself: It's normal for you to feel weird. I'm trying to integrate perspective into traditional Chinese painting, and I don't know if I can succeed.
She discussed the concept of perspective with Princess Longqing, and drew a few simple pictures with charcoal, which fascinated Princess Longqing.
After the first female guest arrived, Yong Ruo went to entertain the guests, and Princess Longqing stayed in the study, concentrating on studying the perspective drawings.
The first women's palace is the female relatives of the Prince Ying's mansion. Concubine Ying took the lead, Concubine Su and the three wives followed behind, only Concubine Lin was missing.
"Concubine Lin's belly is getting bigger and her body is heavy, so she dare not enter the palace at will, for fear that if she gets pregnant, it will disturb the birthday banquet of His Highness the Crown Prince."
Yong Ruo smiled and said, "Of course the child is more important. Concubine Lin just cares about raising the baby with peace of mind."
Apart from Concubine Lin, there are still many clan relatives who asked for leave. The reason for many of them is: pregnant.
Yong Ruo did some calculations, and the first time to attract sterilization drugs on a large scale was at Princess Longqing's wedding, which happened in April.
After that, there was a wave of pregnancy among the noble ladies in the capital. It is expected that in February and March next year, there will be another baby boom.
Sterilization drugs have failed on such a large scale, how will those illegal drug dealers explain to customers
She believes that those vendors will definitely find out the reason...
Not two days after Feng Liao's birthday, he came back with a strange face and said to Yong Ruo: Someone is asking for marriage from Princess Xing'an!
Yong Ruo was very surprised: the matter in the Marquis of Yongchang made such a big fuss, would anyone dare to marry the princess of Xing'an
"Who proposed to her?" She asked very curiously. Warrior!
"It's Uncle Anyuan Cao Baigong." Feng Liao said with great emotion, "He has been serving as a lieutenant in Suzhou before. This summer, he asked to return to Beijing, saying that he wanted to return to Beijing to get married and continue the blood of the Cao family. Father agreed. "
Yong Ruo was silent, feeling strange in his heart.
It turned out to be An Yuanbo? !
In the words of her previous life, Uncle Anyuan Cao Baigong was a single man with gold and diamonds - he had a car, a house, and status, without father, mother, and encumbrance.
When Cao Baigong was fifteen years old, his father died of a serious illness.
His mother was so sad that she couldn't get sick after the funeral, and she went with his father after less than a month.
As the only son, Cao Baigong took the title of Uncle Anyuan. After keeping his filial piety, he once pursued Princess Xing'an, but lost to Yang Jingyue's handsome face and heroic halo.
After that, Cao Baigong went to Suzhou and never talked about marriage. He ignored others as matchmakers, and only took a few concubines to serve him.
Now, although Cao Baigong has sons and daughters, he is still unmarried.
Therefore, after he heard that the princess of Xing'an and Yang Jingyue had died out, he asked for an order to return to Beijing. After returning to Beijing, he went to Prince Ying's mansion to ask to marry Princess Xing'an.
Now, Princess Xing'an has agreed to this marriage, and Prince Ying does not object.
Today, Prince Ying entered the palace to ask the emperor for an order, and the emperor has already agreed.
Yong Ruo is not at all surprised that this marriage can be done.
Concubine Shen has become a nun, so she has nothing to do with the world of mortals. From now on, there will be no Concubine Shen in the world, only nun Huijing. As a monk, she will not be buried in the royal cemetery after her death.
Without Concubine Shen, Princess Xing'an's situation in Prince Ying's Mansion would be rather embarrassing. In addition, those four palace maids who looked like jailers must have made her extremely depressed, and it was normal for her to want to remarry.
At this time, there was a man with good conditions in all aspects who proposed to marry him, and he was also her former admirer. It would be strange if she refused!
As for the British Prince and the Emperor, they must also think that it is impossible for Princess Xing'an to find a better marriage partner than Cao Baigong.
Therefore, no matter it is for the happiness of the princess or the face of the Prince of England and the royal family, they will definitely agree to this marriage.
"I hope my sister can learn from the previous lessons and live a good life with Cao Baigong." Feng Liao sighed.
Yong Ruo echoed a few words, but didn't say much.
It's still the same sentence: She wished that Princess Xing'an had a happy marriage, so she wouldn't have time to trouble her.
Anyway, Princess Xing'an just smashed something that didn't belong to her, she didn't feel bad at all.
Princess Xing'an is married twice, and she and Cao Baigong are not too young, so the marriage should be frugal.
Cao Baigong picked two good days, completed the three books and six ceremonies, and married the princess of Xing'an into his family before the Chinese New Year.
On the day of Princess Xing'an's remarriage, the four palace nuns who had guarded Princess Xing'an for more than half a year were recalled to the palace by the queen.