Liu Jingyu spoke very politely and tactfully expressed her desire to make friends with Liu Lanxin. Although it was not very convenient to go out now, since Qu Moying and Liu Lanxin were both going, she would of course accompany them. She just hoped that they could go quietly and avoid disturbing others to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.
It is also said that the three of them are about to get married and are now preparing at home. Since it concerns the royal family, everyone should keep a low profile.
Qu Moying spoke just as politely and tactfully as she explained the reason why she didn't go. It was because she was sick. After she went back, she took a short nap and developed a fever. The doctor told her to stay in bed and take good care of herself, saying that it might be because she didn't wear enough when she went out and caught a cold. She had a weak constitution to begin with and in previous years she spent almost half of her time in bed.
Two people, two reasons, two different results.
"Miss, Miss Qu Si is really ungrateful!" Hai Qing curled her lips and saw the letter in her mistress's hand. "She did it on purpose. When I saw her before, she was wearing quite a lot of clothes. I think she just doesn't want to go and doesn't want to be friends with you!"
"She doesn't want to go?" Liu Lanxin looked at Qu Moying's letter again. This letter surprised her.
She invited him so sincerely that even Lady Jingyu had to go with her, but this person from Qu Mansion actually refused. Did she really not want to be friends with her, or was there some other reason
"I think that's right. Anyway, she was fine before. Why did she become unwell when Miss looked for her? She couldn't even get out of bed. Miss, please find a doctor and ask him to treat Miss Qu Si. I don't believe she is really sick. Is she doing it on purpose?"
Hai Qing said unconvinced.
"That won't do. She's the fourth young lady of the Qu Mansion, and now the Qu Mansion is still the Shangshu Mansion. Besides, she's marrying the King of England. His Royal Highness's temper... it's better not to cause trouble!" Hai Hua was relatively cautious and shook her head. "Miss, do you want to postpone the date and wait until she gets better? The fourth young lady Qu can't stay sick forever, right? Is she still going to get married?"
Getting seriously ill before getting married is definitely not a good thing and is very unlucky.
"I can't wait!" Liu Lanxin shook her head and looked out the window, "Let's do it tomorrow!"
"Miss!" the two maids called out in a low voice.
"Make arrangements and be careful not to be discovered. It will be tomorrow!" Liu Lanxin gritted her teeth. She couldn't wait any longer. The longer she waited, the more likely something would go wrong. It was better for her father to withdraw his men early.
"Yes, miss, I will arrange it now!" Hai Qing suppressed the sarcasm on her face and said seriously.
Haihua also nodded.
Liu Lanxin waved her hand and the two maids went downstairs. She compared the two letters and looked at them carefully for a while. Finally, she put down Liu Jingyu's letter and focused on Qu Moying's letter.
After reading it three more times, he laughed coldly. How could a woman who had eye problems since childhood have the courage to think she could borrow the power of the King of England
Even if the King of England did not marry me, it did not mean that he had any ill feelings towards me. It was obvious that the King of England should like women like me, not weak women.
A woman who is ill all year round and has attacks from time to time, and who looks so seductive, doesn't look presentable at first glance.
He shook the letter in his hand and called out, "Someone come!"
Haiqing and Haihua have left, the yard
The other maids in the room heard her voice and hurried over. A smart one stood under the curtain and replied, "Miss, I'm here!"
"Go to the warehouse and pick out some medicinal herbs, and send them to Fourth Miss Qu to see how ill she is!" Liu Lanxin said. She couldn't send a doctor directly, but she could use the opportunity of sending gifts to see if the Fourth Miss of the Qu family was really ill, or if she was making excuses on purpose.
"Yes, miss!" The maid answered from the corridor. Seeing that Liu Lanxin didn't give any more instructions, she turned and left to find the housekeeper in the mansion and open the warehouse to get some medicinal herbs.
When the manager heard that it was his young lady's idea, he hurriedly opened the warehouse, picked out a few pieces that were quite satisfactory and brought them to Liu Lanxin for her to choose.
Liu Lanxin simply ordered a few items and gave the maid some instructions.
The maid brought the gifts to Qu's house.
Hearing that she was a maid from the General's Mansion and came to visit the Fourth Young Miss, the doorman hurried in to report. After a while, a maid came out and led the maid into Qianyueju with a smile.
In Qianyueju, Nanny Miao led the maid into the house. Qu Moying was resting in the inner room. When he heard that someone was coming from the General Fuguo's Mansion, he asked the maid to go into the inner room.
After the maid paid her respects, she respectfully presented the gift list: "Our lady heard that Fourth Miss Qu was ill, so she specially asked this servant to come and deliver some medicinal herbs. Fourth Miss Qu should take good care of herself, and we can travel together next time if we have the chance."
Yudong took the gift list and put it aside. Qu Moying leaned on the couch, looking lazy. He didn't look very energetic, but he didn't look seriously ill either.
"Thank your young lady for me." Qu Moying glanced at the maid and said with a smile, "Has County Lord Jingyu agreed?"
"The county lady has agreed to go to Dabei Temple with our young lady tomorrow. It would be great if Miss Qu Si could go with them." The maid expressed Liu Lanxin's regret.
"My health... is not very good. Thank you for your concern, young lady." Qu Moying smiled slightly.
After letting Yudong give the reward, he sent the maid from the General Fuguo's Mansion back.
"Miss, these herbs are very good." Madam Miao looked at the herbs sent by the General's Mansion and nodded repeatedly, "I have been to some pharmacies before and found one or two of them are better than those sold in ordinary pharmacies. They look like the best collectibles."
"Very good?" Qu Moying didn't know as much as Nanny Miao. After hearing what she said, she also picked up the gift list in front of her and started to look at it.
The quantity is not large, and the list of medicinal materials looks ordinary. You really can't tell anything from the gift list alone.
"It is very good, really very good. Moreover, there is one thing that is unique to the Northern Frontier. It is not very precious. There are more of them in the Northern Frontier, but there are few treasures. There are also many in the pharmacies in the capital. I have been there before, but I have never seen such a good one." Nanny Miao nodded as she looked at the medicinal materials.
"General Fuguo has been guarding the northern border for so many years, so these things are nothing to him." Qu Moying nodded. It seemed that this Miss Liu really won the favor of General Fuguo. The medicinal herbs she casually took out were not comparable to those in the capital.
"What... is this?" Aunt Miao suddenly asked, frowning tightly, picked up a stem-like medicinal herb, sniffed it near her nose, and was very confused.
This rhizome of medicinal herbs is actually not very big. Aunt Miao also recognizes it. She is mainly looking at the root of another nail-sized root on this big medicinal herb.
The stems appear to be attached together, but upon closer inspection, they are actually somewhat different and are clearly separate at the bottom.
Aunt Miao carefully separated the roots that were connected together below. Sure enough, they were just growing side by side and not really connected.
“It looks like the rhizome of the companion… Dream Grass?” Aunt Miao’s expression turned serious.
"Dream Grass?" This was the first time Qu Moying heard this name and was very surprised. Aunt Miao had taught her many medicinal herbs and grass stems, but she had never mentioned this name. "What kind of medicinal herb is this and what is its use?"
"The dream grass is not very useful!" Aunt Miao said with a wry smile, "It's just given to the kneeling servants by the Northern Frontier royal family when they are doing a consolation and blessing. It's not very useful, it just makes people feel peaceful... It makes people feel happy, as if they were suddenly blessed by God."
"For royal use?" Qu Moying raised his watery eyes, his expression becoming much heavier.
"It is used by the royal family of Northern Frontier. The royal family of Northern Frontier has the art of witchcraft. During grand ceremonies, they will bless people and the people will submit to them. At this time, they will use water soaked with the rhizomes of Dream Grass. The reason why I know all this is because my ancestors used to perform witchcraft for the royal family. Later, due to the war... my people became ordinary people. Even I have only heard of it."
"It's something only the royal family of Northern Frontier knows, and only the witches know. Ordinary people in Northern Frontier absolutely don't know it, and they've never even heard of it. The ancestors left a map, and I've seen it." Madam Miao reached out and picked up the small nail-shaped thing, and then put it in front of her nose to smell it. "I'm actually not sure now, can I take a little bit and soak it in water?"
"You go and try it." Qu Moying nodded.
Aunt Miao stepped outside, found a cup, carefully scooped a little bit of the rhizome into the water, shook it a few times, then smelled it, carefully stretched out her tongue, licked it, frowned and tasted it carefully.
The ancestral legends have been passed down from generation to generation, but in fact many of them have been lost. Now Aunt Miao can only rely on these remaining memories to check.
The accompanying rhizome is a very small piece and is often overlooked. It must grow together to survive. It cannot survive alone. There is no way to grow this grass among the people, and there is no saying about this grass.
After tasting it, Nanny Miao took a sip, then put down the teacup and closed her eyes.
It took him a long while to open his eyes, and he said affirmatively: "Miss, it is indeed the Dream Grass."
"There is Dream Grass in the General's Mansion, which is the Dream Grass that only the Northern Frontier Royal Family has. Is it an accident?" Qu Moying leaned back and said to himself.
"There shouldn't be any accidents. The Northern Frontier royal family has a strong control over this dream grass. Almost anyone who knows about it, unless they are used by the royal family, will be killed. All members of the clan will be punished together. I don't know how my ancestors escaped back then." Nanny Miao said with a wry smile.
"One possibility is... when General Fuguo stayed in Northern Xinjiang to collect medicinal herbs, someone stole the herbs from the royal family of Northern Xinjiang. Because they didn't know where they were, they got mixed up in here?" Qu Moying's watery eyes moved slightly as he guessed.
"It's possible, but..." Aunt Miao hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, "This is the most likely thing!"
There is actually another possibility...