Gu Jiao heard Eunuch Qin say that the relationship between His Majesty and his aunt was very close at first, but then they gradually drifted apart.
Eunuch Qin himself couldn't tell exactly where it started, but in a word, the relationship between the two became more and more stiff, and Princess Ning An was in a dilemma. After His Majesty ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager sat behind the curtain, and sent Concubine Jing to the nunnery, and the relationship between the two was completely shattered.
Seeing Gu Jiao's pensive look, Nan Xiang knew what she was thinking.
But she didn't do much inquiries.
She likes Gu Xiaoshun and is willing to become a family member with Gu Xiaoshun, so she will naturally treat Gu Jiao differently, but she will not really use the air of an elder to interfere in Gu Jiao's private affairs.
What Gu Jiao wants to say, she will listen; if it is inconvenient to tell, she will not ask.
Gu Jiao said again: "Nan Shi Niang, you just said that this herb is a medicinal herb, which means that it needs to be used with medicine?"
"That's right, this kind of medicine is very rare among the Six Nations. It was originally..." Nanxiang paused, smiled, and said, "It's a kind of drug of Tangmen. There are white medicine and black medicine. At first, It was used to control some disobedient people, and was later banned by the Tang Sect elders because of their unscrupulous methods. It’s just that many people in the Six Nations coveted this recipe and stole it from the Tang Sect.”
Tangmen.
Gu Jiao heard a new name again.
Nan Xiang continued: "However, even if there is a prescription, it is not so easy to refine the medicine. As far as I know, there is no doctor or pharmacist in the country who can formulate the prescription."
Gu Jiao asked, "Have Nan Shi Niang seen this recipe?"
Nan Xiang sighed and shook his head: "Unfortunately, I haven't seen it."
Gu Jiao nodded and asked, "So... Baiyao makes people feel good, and black medicine makes people hate?"
Nan Xiang said: "That's right."
She lived two lifetimes and didn't know that there was such a medicine in the world. She was ignorant.
Gu Jiao became more and more interested, and then asked, "How does this work? How can you make sure you don't get the wrong person?"
Nan Xiang smiled warmly: "As long as it is fed by hand, there is usually nothing wrong."
Gu Jiao understands after saying this. If this guess is true, then Concubine Jing had fed the emperor the white medicine by herself, and her aunt had fed the emperor black medicine by herself.
The aunt herself would definitely not pit herself like this. At that time, the aunt had not been fortified against Concubine Jing, so she should have been tricked by Concubine Jing.
Gu Jiao said again: "What's the matter with Yaoyin? Are the medicines of Heiyao and Baiyao the same?"
Nan Xiang smiled and nodded: "Medicines are all the same. Some people have a firm nature and are not easily influenced by medicines. At this time, medicines are needed to induce their effects. Of course, there is another situation, that is, it takes a long time. After that, the effect of the medicine was not stable enough, and the medicine was also needed to deepen the effect. The medicine does not need to be taken, and people can smell it from time to time.”
At this point in the conversation, there is no need to guess who gave this purse to Eunuch Wei.
Not to mention that Gu Jiao picked up the purse and smelled it, and there was a strong sandalwood fragrance on it, which was undoubtedly sent from the nunnery.
Gu Jiao weighed the purse in her hand and said, "Nan Shi Niang's nose is really smart, the sandalwood fragrance is so strong, and you can smell the aroma of medicinal herbs inside."
Nan Xiang smiled: "This is the same as your doctor's identification of medicinal materials."
People are always very sensitive to things they are familiar with. If there is aconite aconite inside, I believe this little girl can smell it through sandalwood.
Gu Jiao looked at Nan Xiang and said, "Being able to recognize this drug, it seems that Nan Shi Niang is not an ordinary person."
Nan Xiang smiled and said, "each other."
This little girl is not a soft persimmon who is easy to bully. She hides her skills and is unknown.
The two are very smart and very interesting, and they are respectful and trustworthy when it comes to personal matters - respecting each other's identities and secrets, and trusting that these secrets will not hurt each other's family and themselves.
From Nan Xiang's mouth, Gu Jiao has a new understanding of this time and space. It turns out that there is not only a Turk, but also a Tang Sect outside the Six Kingdoms.
Tangmen lived in hiding and did not communicate with the Six Kingdoms. The Tangmen were not allowed to leave the Tangmen in their lifetimes, and they were not allowed to step into the Six Kingdoms for half a step.
Of course, this medicine is what Nan Xiang and Gu Jiao have learned the most about. No matter whether it is black medicine or white medicine, there is no specific antidote. never disappear.
Gu Jiao thoughtfully asked, "What symptoms will appear when the medicine's effect wears off?"
Nan Xiang shook his head: "I haven't seen the specifics. I only heard that there may be a backlash, such as... nightmares."
What Nan Xiang didn't say was that she might still be a little insane, but she hadn't really seen it after all, so it's not certain that it was someone else's nonsense.
Gu Jiao thought about it seriously, Eunuch Wei did say that the emperor had difficulty sleeping a while ago. Could it be related to this
She looked at the dried flowers on the table and said, "Can Yao Yin prevent the medicinal effect from disappearing?"
"Theoretically, yes, but—" Nan Xiang touched a table of dried flowers, "One or two tablets of ordinary medicine is enough. After using so much, it can only be said that the condition of the person who was prescribed the medicine is very unstable. The effect is already powerless. Unless, the other party is going to give that person the next medicine."
"Will it still work next time?" Gu Jiao asked.
Nan Xiang thought about it seriously: "There should be, but it's hard to say how much there is."
So Concubine Jing did go to buy medicine yesterday. She planned to give the emperor another medicine, because no matter how effective the medicine was, it would not be worse than it is now.
Concubine Jing led the emperor to the nunnery last night to have a meal with the intention of prescribing medicine for him, but it happened that Gu Jiao was also present, so Concubine Jing was unable to start.
But Concubine Jing would not stop there, Gu Jiao felt that she would find another chance to get close to the emperor.
"I still have something to do, so I'll leave first, and visit the door another day." After sitting for a while, Nan Xiang got up and said goodbye.
Gu Jiao took Gu Xiaoshun to send her and Master Lu to the door.
After getting into the carriage, Master Lu sighed, "Aren't you afraid of revealing your identity after talking so much with that girl?"
Nan Xiang didn't care very much and said, "What are you afraid of? The soldiers will block the water and cover the soil. Soon she will be our son's sister. We can't just stand by when something happens to her."
Master Lu held her hand and said earnestly: "It's not that I'm selfish, it's that you can put yourself in again. The kind of thing that happened more than ten years ago, I don't want to have a second time. The battle for the royal family has its own royal family. people to solve it, don’t go into troubled waters.”
Nan Xiang touched the disfigured face through the veil, smiled, and said, "Got it."
At night, except for Xiaojingkong, who was taken captive to the palace, all the family came back. Hearing that Gu Xiaoshun recognized Master Lu and Nan Xiang as adoptive father and adoptive mother, they were all happy for him.
The old sacrificial wine cooked himself, cooked a large table of good dishes, and celebrated Gu Xiaoshun's good life.
Gu Xiaoshun is embarrassed, he is still in a fog, why has he become the son of the master and the wife
Gu Yan looked at the dishes that were about to pile up in his bowl, and said solemnly, "Look, I'm not mistaken, the mistress just likes you."
Gu Xiaoshun: "..."
Is that what your fancy means
After eating, Yu Ya'er put the tableware and chopsticks in the backyard, and everyone started to do their own thing.
Gu Yan went to help Xiaojingkong go for a chicken walk. It was supposed to be before dinner, but who made him procrastinate and went out after dark.
Gu Xiaoshun went to order his wood, Xiao Liulang went back to the study, and Gu Jiao watered the vegetable garden in the front yard.
Yao shi came over: "Jiaojiao."
"Huh?" Gu Jiao looked at Yao Shi while pouring water.
Yao shi was holding a box in his hand, and his expression was a little nervous and apprehensive: "Jiaojiao, come here."
"Okay." Gu Jiao put down the kettle and came to the stone table. Yao Shi had already sat down on a stone bench, so Gu Jiao sat beside her.
Yao shi put the box in his arms on the table and gently pushed it in front of Gu Jiao.
"What is this?" Gu Jiao asked curiously.
Yao shi looked expectantly: "Open it and take a look."
Gu Jiao raised her hand and opened the box, and found that it was full of jewelry, exquisite and exquisite.
"This is..." Gu Jiao didn't understand Yao's intention.
Yao shi calmed down and gathered up the courage to take Gu Jiao's hand and said, "It's for you."
"Why?" Gu Jiao asked.
Today is not a big day, why give her so much jewelry
Yao shi lowered his head and squeezed the veil, and said, "I wanted to give it to you for a long time, but I've been worried that you won't want it."
These are not very expensive jewelry, although the condition is good, but they are all given to her by her grandmother before she came out of the cabinet.
It wasn't that she had a very shabby life, but the jewelry she bought from outside was not as meaningful as the one her grandmother gave her.
But she thought it was meaningful, and she wondered if her daughter would like it too.
Besides, except for making a few clothes for her daughter every month, she doesn't want any daughters like money and silver.
Gu Jiao didn't speak.
Yao shi thought she was going to refuse, so she hurriedly said, "No, it's worthless! It's all old jewelry!"
It's not worth the money, so what is it worth
Gu Jiao doesn't know much about ancient styles, but she still knows gold. A box of pure gold jewelry can be sold to buy a small house in the capital.
Gu Jiao snorted: "It's very old..."
Yao Shi: "Also, it's not very old!"
Oops, what the hell is she talking about
It's too valuable, and I'm worried that she won't accept it; it's too worthless, and it doesn't seem that the gift has enough weight.
Yao shi had never been so troubled and troubled before.
The corners of Gu Jiao's lips curved, and she smiled: "It looks good, I like it very much."
This is... promise to accept
Yao shi's eyes lit up, and the heart that had been hanging on for a night finally let go.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, rather than worrying that her daughter would reject the gift she gave her, she was more concerned that her daughter would reject her kindness to her.
Gu Jiao went back to the East Room and took out the jewelry in the box one by one to enjoy.
As a visitor from another world, she really likes these jewelry, they are all antiques.
She was admiring it when Xiao Liulang stopped at the door.
Gu Jiao was keenly aware of the breathing outside the door, turned her head to look at him, her eyes sparkling: "Xiang Gong."
With a habitual name without any sympathy, Xiao Liulang almost lost his breath when he shouted.
Xiao Liulang covered his heart, glanced at the jewelry on the table, and covered his right hand with his wide sleeve.
"What did you take?" Gu Jiao still found out sharply.
"It's nothing." Xiao Liulang said, "I still have books to read."
He said and turned to leave.
Gu Jiao put down the pearl hairpin in her hand, stepped forward a few steps, and grabbed Xiao Liulang's sleeve: "What did you take, show me."
Xiao Liulang said indifferently: "It's nothing to say."
Gu Jiao didn't believe it, and reached out to grab his right hand hidden under his wide sleeve.
Even if he wanted to hide, how could he be Gu Jiao's opponent
Gu Jiao quickly took the red rope from his hand.
This is a hand-woven red rope with a few small jade stones. The fineness of the jade is not very good, but it is better than the exquisite workmanship of the red rope.
"Is it for me?" Gu Jiao asked.
Once you have taken it all, there is no point in denying it.
Xiao Liulang hummed vaguely.
This was when he saw a grandma make it up on his way home from the Hanlin Academy. The moment the bright red came into his eyes, he almost immediately thought of her.
I didn't think too much about it at the time, I felt that she should look good wearing it.
But when she bought it home, she found out that she had so many precious jewelry, and this shabby bracelet...
Gu Jiao handed the red string to him along with her left wrist: "Help me put it on."
Xiao Liulang's eyelashes trembled, he took the rope, his fingertips accidentally touched hers, and a tingling feeling reached his heart from his fingertips.
He put the red rope around her slender wrist.
The creamy and beautiful jade-like wrist was lined with a few gleaming whites by the extremely bright red, which was tempted to the extreme.
(End of this chapter)