Nangong Yue frowned slightly, and asked hesitantly, "Sister Fei, what kind of incense did you use in your room recently?"
Xiao Fei replied: "Yu Lin Xiang."
Nangong Yue has seen the incense bought in the mansion. This month, Miss Di's room gave Yulin incense and Wushu incense. These two types of incense are treasures bought from Jiangnan. It can be said that every inch of incense is every inch of gold However, Nangong Yue clearly remembered that it wasn't such a smell, and what Xiao Fei was carrying was clearly...
Nangong Yue's tone couldn't help being more solemn, and asked again: "Are you wearing a sachet?"
Xiao Fei didn't know why, but she still shook her head and said, "No." She paused, and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's the matter?"
Nangong Yue frowned slightly, "You just went to Zhou's house, didn't you... Have you used incense in Miss Zhou's room?"
Xiao Fei nodded, and was about to ask again, when Nangong Yue shouted: "Baihui, pass me a greeting card to Zhou's house, I want to see Miss Zhou tomorrow morning."
I'm about to leave soon, and now I'm rushing to Zhou's house... Baihui knew that there must be something important, so she quickly knelt and agreed.
Next, Nangong Yue stopped mentioning the matter of incense, but explained to Xiao Fei the things that need to be paid attention to when the housekeeper. Soon, Wei Fangfei came, and Nangong Yue also told her that she would leave for more than a year. month, and asked her to assist Xiao Fei in housekeeping.
The day flies by in the blink of an eye...
Early the next morning, Nangong Yue hurried to Zhou Mansion after explaining a few words to the nuns in charge.
Mrs. Wang brought Zhou Roujia to welcome her in person, feeling a little uneasy.
It stands to reason that the two families have already passed the Najib ceremony, and this marriage is unlikely to have any further problems, but the sudden visit by the Shizi Concubine still made Wang's heart flutter.
After seeing the ceremony, Nangong Yue said seemingly unintentionally: "Yesterday I heard that Sister Fei mentioned that guqin, can Sister Jia take me to have a look?"
"Of course." Zhou Roujia hurriedly got up to lead the way, "The imperial concubine, please."
Mrs. Wang was inconvenient to go there, and felt a little uneasy.
Zhou Roujia lives in a small courtyard with five rooms, with the main room in the middle and side rooms on both sides.
After sitting down in the main room, Zhou Roujia asked the maid to bring the Nine Heavens Ring.
However, Nangong Yue didn't go to see the piano, her attention fell on the brass incense burner in the room. Incense was burning in the censer, and wisps of green smoke swirled up, exuding a light and elegant fragrance in the air.
Nangong Yue became more and more sure of the guess in her heart, and she seemed to ask casually: "Sister Jia, your fragrance is really special."
Zhou Roujia smiled embarrassingly. In the past, the yard of their long house used to be left over from the second house, but after discussing marriage with the second son Xiao, the public would call her immediately if there was anything good. Even incense is no exception.
Zhou Roujia heard from the mother who brought the incense that the incense came from Jiangnan, and it was unique to a time-honored brand in Jiangnan, called Qinglingxiang.
She withdrew her thoughts and said: "If the concubine Shizi likes it, I'll have someone pretend to be some for you to try."
Nangong Yue smiled kindly and said, "Okay."
Zhou Roujia hurriedly asked Yi Lan, her personal maid, to take it out. The incense was put in a white porcelain jar and handed over.
After Nangong Yue opened it, she put it under her nose and sniffed it. Finally, she was completely sure, and said, "Sister Jia, can you let your mother come over?"
Zhou Roujia also realized something was wrong at this moment, she turned pale, and told Yi Lan to go to the front and invite Wang Shi to come over.
Mrs. Wang came in a hurry, her expression was very anxious, after she bowed her knees and saluted, she said: "Concubine Shizi..." She glanced at her daughter, wondering if her daughter accidentally annoyed Concubine Shizi.
"Ma'am, no courtesy." Nangong Yue raised her hand and said bluntly, "I called Madam to tell you about this fragrance."
Seeing Wang's puzzled face, Nangong Yue said: "Sister Jia's fragrance is mixed with dark orchid and ocher white grass... These two plants are extremely cold, and they can be used for many years to cause pregnancy. , the woman is barren."
Wang's face was pale, and she just stood there in a daze.
After a while, her slack eyes refocused, and she muttered to herself: "...they, how dare they..." She rushed to the corner of the main room in a panic, trying to put out the incense inside in a panic, and accidentally slapped the incense with her hand. Shaking, the entire incense burner fell to the ground, and there was a harsh "bang!".
The sound shook Zhou Roujia's heart in the room, and hurried over to support Wang.
Zhou Roujia's face was as pale as paper. To a woman, children are so important, especially when she is married to the second son of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion. If her children will hinder her in the future, she can't imagine how she will live her life.
Nangong Yue sighed secretly, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, Ma'am, this incense will take at least half a year to be effective."
Wang Shi nodded in panic, she had no idea.
"Mrs. Zhou." Nangong Yue reminded in a clear voice, "Now is not the time to panic. You should know where this fragrance came from and why it is in Sister Jia's room."
Mrs. Wang reacted abruptly, nodded hurriedly, and said, "You are right, Shi Zifei!"
Wang cheered up and bowed to Nangong Yue to leave.
"Ma'am, you can call people to the long room." Nangong Yue pointed out.
He ran out in a hurry to find someone to settle the score, but it ended up falling apart. Wang Shi also thought of this at this time, and she should be grateful.
After Mrs. Wang left, Nangong Yue waved to Zhou Roujia, called her to her, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, come on, give me your hand."
Nangong Yue took her icy hand, put two fingers on her wrist, concentrated on distinguishing the pulse, and said: "I will give you a prescription for recuperation in a while, take good care of it, and you will be fine. "
The imperial concubine knows medicine
Zhou Roujia was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it, she suddenly understood. That's right, if the imperial concubine had no medical skills, how could she identify the ingredients in this incense so easily! Zhou Roujia was extremely grateful in her heart, she couldn't imagine what her life would be like if the Shizi Concubine hadn't found out...
Zhou Roujia was deeply blessed, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Princess Concubine."
Nangong Yue smiled, helped her up, and said, "Go and show me the newly acquired incense, sachets and other things these days." It happened after she discussed marriage with Xiao Luan, the reason is clear at a glance.
Zhou Roujia immediately ordered the maid to get it.
Fragrances, sachets, ointment, lip balm, and other odds and ends were quickly piled up on the table. Nangong Yue looked over one by one and found a box of ointment mixed with musk. Zhou Roujia's face turned pale again, and her legs felt weak.
At this time, a servant girl came in a hurry and looked at Zhou Roujia hesitantly.
As the saying goes, family ugliness should not be publicized, but now that this family ugliness was exposed by the crown prince, there is no need to hide it. So Zhou Roujia nodded slightly.
So, the servant girl reported: "The first madam called the nurse in charge who was in charge of distributing the rations, and she was going to punish thirty bosses. Then, the second lady came and protected the nurse in charge from beating..." She Carefully looking at Nangong Yue, she said, "It's still going on."
Nangong Yue smiled lightly and said, "Can you take me to have a look?"
"yes."
Zhou Roujia agreed and led Nangong Yue the way. She looked a little anxious, obviously she hadn't calmed down so quickly from what happened just now.
The two of them just walked to the front of the main hall, when they heard Lu Shi's sharp voice from inside: "...it depends on the owner to beat a dog, sister-in-law, if you dare to touch Mammy Liu today, you will also be punished if you make trouble with the master." Nothing good...”
"Heh." Before Nangong Yue arrived, the words came first. Although it was just a chuckle, it was enough to shock everyone in the main hall.
Wang's face showed joy, while Lu's sneered.
As Nangong Yue stepped into the main hall, everyone saluted her unanimously.
After Nangong Yue sat down, before she could speak, Lu said preemptively: "Concubine Shi Zi, this is the Zhou family. No matter how noble you are, you have no reason to meddle in the affairs of my Zhou family."
"It is inconvenient for me to intervene in the Zhou family's housework." Before Lu's face showed joy, Nangong Yue said again, "But Miss Jia is the future second young lady of my Zhennan Prince's Mansion..." She looked cold and said sharply, "Now she is designed to hurt the heirs, which is to hurt the heirs of my Zhennan Palace. Second lady, do you think I should take care of it or not?!"