"Sorry, sorry! Sorry!" A clear male voice stepped back and apologized.
"It's okay." After Wen Qingzhu stabilized his figure, he glanced at the other person, who was a young student.
Wen Qingzhu was worried that Jiang Yuancheng would chase him out, so he took Lu Tao to avoid the student and left.
The student looked up and saw Wen Qingzhu passing by him, and a faint fragrance reached the tip of his nose.
Looking sideways, he caught a glimpse of Wen Qingzhu's hazy profile.
When he came to his senses and wanted to chase after him, Wen Qingzhu and Lu Tao had disappeared.
On the street, Wen Qingzhu and Lu Tao began to stop at the entrances of various medical clinics.
Many medical clinics are no longer full of people, and the doors are full of people waiting to see doctors.
Lu Tao was even more surprised: "In such a short time, there are too many people sick, right?"
Seeing this scene, Wen Qingzhu felt very heavy.
She raised her head and glanced at the bright sunlight in the sky. The weather was getting warmer.
Once the Waking of Insects is over, the Black Plague will probably break out instantly.
It's pretty good now, but there are early symptoms.
They made their way to the alley opposite the Champion General's Mansion.
After walking a few steps, he stopped at the door of a house with the Xue Mansion hanging on it.
Lu Tao went to knock on the door. It was the concierge who had been with Uncle Zhong before. He quickly let them in.
In the front hall, Jasmine was settling accounts with Uncle Zhong.
"Miss?" Jasmine's sharp eyes saw Wen Qingzhu coming over, and she put down the account book in her hand.
Uncle Zhong looked up and was filled with surprise: "The young lady can finally go out."
Wen Qingzhu asked them to sit down while he flipped through the ledgers.
“Has the order for mica grass been finalized?”
Uncle Zhong nodded: "It's settled. It will be delivered the day after tomorrow at the latest. However, the amount of mica grass in the capital has tripled. I feel sorry for the poor people."
"Tell them to hurry up. I came here just now and saw that there are more and more patients in the capital." Wen Qingzhu was worried that once the plague broke out, Jiang Yuena would kill all the people at the bottom in order to save the nobles in the capital.
"By the way, Aunt Qiaoyu visited the slave girl the day before yesterday. She said that the Wei family has stockpiled a batch of mica grass. If they are really in a hurry, they can release it first."
Jasmine heard Wen Qingzhu talking about mica grass and explained again.
Wen Qingzhu shook his head: "There is no rush now, we have to wait until the higher-ups find out that someone is deliberately hoarding mica grass and take the opportunity to drive up prices."
"But those people?" Jasmine became worried again.
Wen Qingzhu said with a smile: "Don't worry, I gave Dr. Xue another prescription, which was distributed to the people of the capital for free ten days ago. Although the effect is not as good as mica grass, it still has the seven or eight levels of mica grass effect. In addition to the precautions warned before, people with normal health will not be infected so quickly."
After finishing the things here, Wen Qingzhu decided to go to the palace.
Someone outside delivered a letter.
When Wen Qingzhu saw it, it was Qiao Hu, the owner of the incense shop, who invited her over for tea.
After leaving matters here to Uncle Zhong and Jasmine, Wen Qingzhu took Lu Tao to the appointment calmly.
It was still that quiet alley, and when we arrived at the entrance of the incense shop, Qiao Hu was walking out.
Seeing Wen Qingzhu coming, he politely invited her in.
Last time she just had a brief look in front, but this time it was Qiao Hu who personally took her to the backyard.
The backyard is even more elegant. It is still early spring, but a greenhouse is made of transparent glass. All kinds of gossip are buzzing in the whole yard.
The person sitting among the flowers was none other than Jiang Dejia.
"Princess?" Wen Qingzhu was slightly surprised and walked over.
Jiang Dejia turned around with a sad look on his face: "I have known for a long time that His Royal Highness King Chu would go there and you would definitely not see him, so I am the only one who came here in person."
Wen Qingzhu sat down with Jiang Dejia and asked her attentively: "But what happened in the palace?"
"Well, Concubine Li, Sister Yijia, and Concubine Wan are all sick." Jiang Dejia frowned when talking about this, "Father has assigned a separate imperial doctor to go over and plan to observe it for a while. If it doesn't work, maybe We must send them all out of the palace."
Wen Qingzhu was puzzled. Concubine Li Guifei and Jiang Yijia were plotted, and Concubine Wan was also infected with the plague
Seeing Wen Qingzhu's doubts, Jiang Dejia thought about it and asked, "But this plague can still cause disease. The palace has always followed your instructions before. Even the weakest King Jing is fine."
"Sickness will change, but the plague hasn't completely broken out yet. The theory is that it won't get sick so quickly." Wen Qingzhu didn't know what happened to Wanbi, but he became more and more concerned.
In the palace, there were imperial doctors watching over her, but Concubine Li and the others still couldn't bear it.
Ordinary people are just afraid -
"Take care of them for the time being, and try to get Concubine Li and the others to follow the imperial doctor's orders. At this time, the plague has no distinction between high and low." Wen Qingzhu could only tell Jiang Dejia this way.
Jiang Dejia nodded, but she hesitated, as if she wanted to ask something.
Wen Qingzhu was immersed in his own thoughts and didn't notice it, but Qiao Hu next to him did.
"Miss Wen, your tea has gone cold. I'll go over and bring you a new pot."
After saying this, Qiao Hu left.
Wen Qingzhu felt strange and was about to talk to Jiang Dejia when he saw her take out a letter: "This is the letter from Youzhou."
Looking at the letter on the table, Wen Qingzhu was stunned and almost blurted out: "How come you have news from Youzhou?"
Jiang Dejia smiled bitterly: "My grandfather's family handed it over. The situation there is not very good. I'm worried that General Fu may not be able to hold on..."
Taking the letter and looking at it, Wen Qingzhu found a handwriting with a particularly familiar style.
Isn't this Wei Feng's handwriting
Wen Qingzhu looked at Jiang Dejia, and she remembered that the Wei family had two branches.
The upright and noble Wei family belongs to the lineage of Wei Feng's grandfather.
Another branch of the Wei family had a place in the capital because Concubine Hui entered the palace and established a firm foothold in the harem.
In Wen Qingzhu's memory, Jiang Dejia's maternal grandfather's family was small, and Hui Fei's deceased father did not have a good relationship with Wei Feng's grandfather, so he did not have close contact with Wei Feng's family.
Seeing her like this, Jiang Dejia explained: "The Fu family is very powerful, and now the Pei family is even more prosperous. If my grandfather had not had trouble with his second grandfather, the Pei family would not be where it is today."
Wen Qingzhu sighed, looked at the envelope and said, "General Wei took the initiative to come here to find you, right?"
"Well, actually my mother and concubine also think that there should be no barriers between us as members of the Wei family, but my uncle has the same temper as my grandfather, very stubborn. Fortunately, Uncle Feng has changed now."
Jiang Dejia sighed, if the Wei family had not been split into two, his mother and concubine would have been struggling in the palace, and she could not save her younger brother.
Wen Qingzhu didn't know much about the old affairs of the Wei family, but he heard what Jiang Dejia said.
I feel that the two heads of the Wei family back then were really unwise.
Look at the head of the Fu family, although the problems within the Fu family are also serious now.
But one day Fu Yu takes power and the Fu family will return to glory.
The Wei family, which had never been divided into two, was a high-class family standing shoulder to shoulder with the Fu family twenty years ago.
Wen Qingzhu actually already knew the contents of the envelope.
Since the beginning, Jiang Yue issued a secret order, and King Shou withdrew his men. Fu Lie was alone on the battlefield in Youzhou, and the battle situation was getting worse day by day.
Seeing that it was a precarious situation, Jiang Yue said nothing and allowed Fu Lie to hold back his colleagues while dealing with the Xianbei barbarians.
"Is this what General Wei asked you to bring to me? Or is it the princess?" Wen Qingzhu thought for a while. If anything happened to Wei Feng, he would usually let Qiaoyu come to him directly.
Jiang Dejia fell silent.
By chance, Qiao Hu brought new tea.
Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but push Jiang Dejia. In fact, she vaguely understood that the princess liked Fu Lie.
Although I don't know how they met, Fu Lie must occupy a very important position in Princess Dejia's heart.
For some reason, Wen Qingzhu felt a little bored.
It turns out that there are so many outstanding girls who like Fu Lie.
"Your Highness Princess, Miss Wen, this is my newly developed scented tea. Please try it." Qiao Hu put down two cups of tea.
Wen Qingzhu opened the lid of the tea and a sweet smell came out.
What's even more surprising is that a pink flower lies quietly at the bottom of the cup, looking as lifelike as a flower.
It's not that Wen Qingzhu has never seen the skill of this scented tea, but it's not easy to preserve the flowers, meridians, branches and leaves in this tea intact without any damage.
"Young Master Qiao has good craftsmanship." Wen Qingzhu praised him with admiration, and then began to taste tea.
With a fresh fragrance among the sweetness, Wen Qingzhu suddenly said: "This tea was made in three days, right?"
Qiao Hu was slightly surprised, but his expression remained unchanged and he nodded in agreement: "It turns out that Miss Wen also knows a lot about tea art."
"It's okay." Wen Qingzhu put down the tea cup and thought of Wan Bin.
In the future, Wanbi will also become proficient in this flower tea and gain a good impression in front of Jiang Yue.
"Your Highness, do you think this scented tea is not delicious?" Qiao Hu kept paying attention to Jiang Dejia and found that she had been restless.
Jiang Dejia came to his senses and quickly took a sip of the scented tea. The refreshing and sweet taste was completely different from what he had tasted before.
"Master Qiao's skills are really getting better and better." Jiang Dejia was distracted and his eyebrows widened.
When Qiao Hu saw Jiang Dejia like this, a smile finally appeared on his lips: "As long as the princess likes it."
Wen Qingzhu's eyes wandered between the two people, and finally saw the scented tea in the cup.
Thinking of Jiang Dejia's letter to her, it must be that she had a plan and wanted something from herself.
It's just that she has sent Xin Zhong over, traveling day and night, and will be able to reach Youzhou in twenty days. By then, the entire battlefield will be completely reversed.
But Wen Qingzhu didn't intend to tell outsiders about Xin Chong's matters.
His identity is still very sensitive.
After drinking the tea, Qiao Hu retreated wisely.
Wen Qingzhu and Jiang Dejia once again returned to the embarrassing scene of silently talking to each other.
After a long while, it was Jiang Dejia who spoke first: "I specifically asked General Wei to bring this secret letter to ask Miss Wen for a favor."
Jiang Dejia deliberately changed her self-identity so that she would be chatting with him as a superior person.
"What are you busy with?" Wen Qingzhu tried his best to remain calm.
Jiang Dejia took out a tiger charm, which made Wen Qingzhu unable to restrain himself anymore and narrowed his eyes.
"What is this tiger talisman?" Wen Qingzhu gently rubbed her fingertips. She did not think that Jiang Yue trusted Jiang Dejia, his daughter, and specifically gave this tiger talisman to her for safekeeping.
Jiang Dejia pushed Hu Fu over: "Miss Wen, you can take a closer look. You will know it at a glance."
Wen Qingzhu took it over obediently after hearing the words, and finally saw a familiar scratch on the back of the tiger charm.
This shocked Wen Qingzhu even more.
In the entire Da Qi Dynasty, only one tiger talisman had scratches. This was specially kept by the ancestors to commemorate the achievements of the ancestors of the Xin family.
Before anything happened to Marquis Fushun, this tiger charm had been held by the Xin family.
"The Xin family's tiger talisman is here with you." Wen Qingzhu began to look at Jiang Dejia seriously.