After coming out of the Lin residence, Xiao Yi took the prepared herbal tea and prescriptions and planned to go to the camp in Luoyue City. He needed to discuss with Tian He and several military doctors about preparing medicines. This was not only about preparing medicines, but also related to military pay .
For the army under Xiao Yi, Tian He could only rely on his old face to ask for the most basic military salary from the King of Zhennan, but this was only to ensure some basic training and uninterrupted food and grass, and the rest had to be paid. It was up to Xiao Yi to pay for the money himself.
This herbal tea is cheap, but it is not so cheap to support an army of tens of thousands of people.
Obviously, the king of Zhennan would never pay for this military payment.
Xiao Yi thought he could make a lot of money, but he just returned to southern Xinjiang, and the money has not yet been earned, so he wanted to spend a fortune... Xiao Yi couldn't help thinking about how much money he could exchange for those gifts he received yesterday …
Thinking about it gave him a headache, Xiao Yi simply didn't bother to think about it, he talked to Nangong Yue, ordered the guards to protect him, and rode his horse to the barracks.
Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei returned home in the same carriage.
On the carriage, Xiao Fei's little face, which had been exposed to the medicine for a long time, had a peach blossom-like blush. It seemed that the usual coolness was a little less, and the lively smell of fireworks was a little more.
"Sister-in-law, I feel like it's getting hotter today. Originally, I wanted to take it slow and wait until the end of May before serving herbal tea, but now I think it should be done earlier." Xiao Fei said methodically, "Sister-in-law, There are more merchants and passers-by at the gate of the North City, so I want to set up a stall outside the gate of the North City first... "
Xiao Fei is obviously very concerned about the matter of giving herbal tea this time, and now when talking about the rules and regulations, she is already very clear.
Nangong Yue thought about it and said: "Why don't you build a tea house? If the herbal tea needs to be served for a long time, you can't bring it every time after cooking it in the mansion. Firstly, I may not have enough time, and secondly, it would be too much to go back and forth. It’s a bit more troublesome. If there is a tea room, you can make tea in the compartment of the tea room and serve it outside. Give people a rest."
"Sister-in-law is right!" Xiao Fei looked at her adoringly, feeling that her sister-in-law was really smart, but it's a pity that she married a stupid brother!
"Sister Fei, I also want to join in, what do you think?"
"Okay!" Xiao Fei said happily, "Of course it's good for sister-in-law to be with me."
Nangong Yue smiled and said: "When I go back, I will ask Huamei to send you five hundred taels of silver notes."
"Thank you sister-in-law!"
Xiao Fei was worrying that her one hundred taels of silver would not be enough, but now it's all over!
As soon as the words fell, Xiao Fei immediately thought that the elder sister-in-law was actually afraid that she would not have enough money, so she would use the method of making up for her money to supplement herself. Thinking of the day when I told my mother that I wanted to serve herbal tea, my mother only thought that I was a fool, and kept saying that I was a big girl in the palace, and that I should be honored by gold and jade, and those untouchables who don't suffer from heatstroke have nothing to do with her.
At that time, Xiao Fei's heart became cold, and she didn't say anything more about her thoughts, and she resigned after being blessed.
In contrast, the sister-in-law not only accompanied her to buy medicinal materials, but also changed her prescriptions and tried herbal tea, and now she has to subsidize her money...
Sister-in-law is so nice!
While talking, the speed of the carriage began to slow down. The two thought that it was almost time to arrive at the palace, but who knew that the carriage stopped completely after following them.
Baihui opened the curtain and was about to ask the coachman, when she heard the coachman outside said with a troubled face: "Miss Baihui, there are many people surrounded in front of the palace gate, the carriage cannot pass for a while..."
Baihui frowned slightly, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion is the local emperor of the southern border, is it possible that there are still people who dare to come to the palace to make trouble
She turned her head to Nangong Yue and said, "Concubine Shizi, servant girl, go down and have a look."
Nangong Yue nodded slightly: "Go."
Baihui got out of the carriage, and saw people crowded around the gate of the palace, pointing and whispering at the entrance of the palace.
Baihui struggled to squeeze into the crowd, when she heard a soft voice in front of her: "Brother, please do me a favor! Let me meet Miss Xiao. I brought my child here to offer tea to Miss Xiao today. Yes! From now on, I will definitely honor Miss Xiao and Young Master Fang!"
What is this?! Baihui managed to squeeze into the center of the crowd, but saw a slim woman in Tsing Yi and a three or four-year-old girl kneeling at the door of the palace, and the girl was crying...
The concierge looked embarrassed, Baihui was about to step forward to ask what happened, but she saw Nanny Qi came out in a hurry, and said to the concierge: "Let that girl come in...how decent is this!"
Immediately, three women with big arms and round waists came out, and half dragged and dragged the woman and the girl into the palace through the corner gate.
The people watching around still refused to disperse, chatting excitedly:
"What the hell is going on here?"
"Then you still can't see it, it must be the eldest girl of the palace who is betrothed to that Mr. Fang, and Mr. Fang has long been accompanied by a concubine!"
"So that Miss Xiao can't tolerate people?"
"Hey, there is only one concubine on the left and right, Miss Xiao is too upset, isn't she?"
"..."
At this time, the porter had already come out and rushed over, shouting arrogantly: "Why don't you all hurry up and leave! What is this place? Is it a place where you can just watch around?"
The crowd gradually dispersed, and Baihui also returned to the carriage.
The carriage continued to move forward with a "da da" and entered the gate of the East Street. In the carriage, Baihui reported what she saw and heard just now.
All of a sudden, the eyes of everyone in the carriage fell on Xiao Fei.
Hearing Baihui say that Xiu'er was full of "Miss Xiao" endlessly, Taoyao almost went mad, her face turned blue and white with anger, and said to Xiao Fei: "Miss, she... the Fang in her mouth Isn’t the young master Young Master Lei Biao?” The marriage between Master Lei Biao and the girl has not been mentioned yet, but the madam seems to have a little bit of meaning, and this man named Xiu’er came to make trouble at the gate of the palace, what’s the matter! After such a fuss, how will the girl get married in the future!
Tao Yao looked at Xiao Fei worriedly, Xiao Fei's complexion was not very good-looking, she felt ashamed, angry, and annoyed, she was always upright, but she didn't want to be implicated by Fang Shilei once she was famous all her life!
Nangong Yue's face was also slightly cold, remembering that Fang Shilei had indeed investigated and raised a concubine and an actor before, but she did not expect that this woman gave birth to a child, and she dared to bring the child to find the palace, it was really scheming.
"Sister Fei, let's go back home first." Nangong Yue took Xiao Fei's hand to comfort her.
The two of them did not go through the main entrance of the palace, but detoured through the gate of East Street and entered Bixiao Hall.
After getting out of the carriage, Bai Zhou was already waiting there.
As soon as the master came back, Bai Zhou rushed up to greet him, his face was pale, and he said: "Girl, just now, just now..." Bai Zhou was so ashamed that he hesitated to speak.
Nangong Yue said seriously: "We probably already know the matter. Bai Zhou, do you know who that woman is? Where are she and the child now?"
Bai Zhou heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly replied: "Concubine Shizi, the servants don't know who the woman is, she and the child were taken to the madam's yard."
"Sister Fei," Nangong Yue looked at Xiao Fei and said again, "It's best to settle this matter quickly, and we'll meet her at Mother's place!"
Xiao Fei's face was stiff, and because she was angry, her hands beside her were tightly clenched into fists. Hearing this, she nodded and said, "Okay..."
After all, Xiao Fei is still young, and she has been living in a boudoir before, except for piano, chess, calligraphy and painting every day, she doesn't hear anything outside her body. Now that I encounter such a thing for the first time, it is rare not to lose my composure.
Nangong Yue held her slightly stiff arm, and said softly: "Don't worry, it's fine. If you don't want to go, don't go and wait here for me to come back."
Xiao Fei bit her lower lip, gritted her teeth and said, "No! I'm going, I'm going to see what's going on!"
"Well."
Nangong Yue didn't say anything more. In her opinion, since this matter was related to Xiao Fei, it was best for Xiao Fei to face it in person.
Nangong Yue took her from Bixiaotang to Xiaofang's courtyard, and as soon as they entered the main courtyard, they saw the woman in Tsing Yi and the girl kneeling under the willow tree in the courtyard, and Nanny Qi was standing right in front of the mother and daughter, disdainful He reprimanded: "...you think you are just a thing, just let the young master have fun, and you dare to come to the palace to make trouble and damage the reputation of the palace and my girl! Do you know that our wife Killing you is like crushing an ant..."
"This nanny, I really don't have any extravagant expectations. I kowtow to you. I just want to see Miss Xiao, greet her and toast her with a cup of tea." And the woman kept kowtowing to the ground, It was getting heavier and heavier, and after a while, his forehead was bruised and purple, and blood was still oozing faintly. The blood and sand were mixed together, and he looked very pitiful.
It happened that she was facing Nanny Qi, and Nanny Qi sneered, and was about to reprimand again, but saw two familiar figures walking into the yard, dumbfounded: "Concubine Shizi, Miss..." How could this happen? Didn't the eldest girl and the crown prince left the palace early in the morning, why did they come back at this time
Hearing this, a strange light flashed in the woman's eyes, she turned around and looked at Xiao Fei and Nangong Yue, she was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a beautiful face, her face was not perfect, but her skin was delicate and flawless. It is like creamy fat, rosy in the white, almost more pure white and flawless than the fine mutton fat jade, a pair of misty black eyes look weak and pitiful.
The woman didn't know Xiao Fei at first, but when she heard Nanny Qi's address, and saw that one of them had a woman's hairstyle, and the other was a girl's family, she immediately recognized it.
"Miss Xiao," the woman threw herself towards Xiao Fei's thigh quickly, and shouted sadly, "Please do me a favor, please, please give me and my child a way out!"
"Mother!" the girl cried, her round face turned red, she was very pitiful.
Xiao Fei was so startled by the woman's wolf-like pounce that she didn't come back to her senses for a moment. If it was an ordinary girl, she might be defeated by the other party, but beside Xiao Fei there was a white flower, which was like lightning. As if to make a move, he grabbed the woman by the collar at the back of her neck, pushed it aside unceremoniously, and warned in a cold voice: "Speak as you speak, don't move!"
Nanny Qi was in a cold sweat from fright, if this slut bumped into the eldest girl, the madam might be furious!
Nanny Qi gave her a wink, and immediately there were two standing by, one on the left and one on the right, looking at the woman with a half-smile, ready to go up and catch her at any time.
Nangong Yue looked at the girl coldly, she probably knew what kind of tricks she was playing, she flicked her sleeves, and said indifferently: "I don't know the name of this girl, if you want to see my eldest girl, there must be someone The name is taboo, does the girl think that why cats and dogs can see the eldest girl of our palace?"
The woman fell to the ground in embarrassment, a look of embarrassment flashed in her eyes.
She took a deep breath, gritted her teeth and calmed down quickly, walked to the girl's side pitifully, hugged her and cried: "Girl, my slave's name is Xiu'er. This is my daughter, Xiao Lian. Miss, I have been with Mr. Fang for five years. I have been serving you with all my heart these years. I only want to serve you by your side. I dare not have any extravagant expectations. I know that Mr. Xiao is going to marry Miss Xiao soon, so I dare not marry you. Miss Xiao is fighting for favor, I only ask that Miss Xiao can give me a title, and I will definitely serve you and Miss Xiao with all my heart in the future!"
"Master Fang?" Nangong Yue still smiled slightly and asked, "Which Young Master Fang is it?"
Xiu'er lowered her eyes shyly and timidly, and said in a voice like a mosquito, "It's the sixth son of the Fang family."
The sixth son of the Fang family is Fang Shilei!