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The sign of midsummer is the Dragon Boat Festival in May.

During the Dragon Boat Festival in previous years, the emperor would hold a dragon boat race on Kunming Lake in the north. Each department will send a dragon boat team to participate. The common people in the capital will rush to watch. The festive atmosphere is very warm.

The winning team will receive one hundred taels of cash prize.

This year’s national mourning, the dragon boat racing competition has naturally been cancelled.

But other holiday customs remain the same. For example, the imperial dining room prepared rice dumplings for each palace, two for each person, filled with red dates.

The Shang Palace Bureau distributed light summer clothing, fresh mugwort leaves, Dragon Boat Festival sachets, mosquito repellent spices, anti-itch vanilla paste, realgar wine, and salted duck egg gift packages to each concubine as holiday benefits. Among them, the quality, style, and quantity of light summer clothing are determined by grade.

This is Jiang Yuebai's first time to celebrate the festival in Gongsi. It reminded her of the Dragon Boat Festival benefits given to employees every year. Zongzi should be distributed from Wufangzhai in groups of six. The salted duck eggs are available in Gaoyou, 30 pieces per pack, and Wong Lo Kat comes in 12 cans as a gift. A shopping card, with the amount distributed according to rank.

In contrast, compared with the royal treatment, it is not much different.

Jiang Yuebai has a constitution that attracts mosquitoes. I’m so happy now that I have a full set of mosquito repellent benefits. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yu was very dedicated and came to give instructions early in the morning before receiving the benefits.

For safety reasons, do not use any mosquito repellent except fresh mugwort, and grass ointment cannot be used either. Prevent the ingredients inside from being detrimental to miscarriage.

Yang's promise sounded a wake-up call to Jiang Yu, who was a little distracted. He has the same view as Jiang Yuebai. The abortion that Yang promised was definitely premeditated.

It made him realize that things in the harem were complicated and difficult to prevent, and he had to be very cautious.

Of course, Jiang Yuebai immediately understood Jiang Yu's concerns. Although he was reluctant, he still obediently told the people in Taorui Palace not to use anything but fresh mugwort.

Ming Susu took all the rice dumplings and threw them into the lake with the palace people, chanted "Li Sao", and euphemistically called it to pay homage to Qu Yuan.

All other items were put into the mahogany boxes given as gifts by the concubine and stored separately in the warehouse.

Then he ordered the small kitchen to make red dates, bean paste, and salted egg yolk rice dumplings in three flavors for the palace guests to eat.

He also gave Jiang Jinshi the sachet that his mother Lu had made for Jinxiu in advance and hung it on her clothes. We have done all the mosquito repellent work that should be done in the west hall.

Jiang Yuebai looked at the dozen or so red bumps on his arms that were spotted by mosquitoes, feeling very worried.

Taorui Palace is very green, with many plants and trees, and a small pond with no running water, adjacent to the Imperial Garden. It is simply a paradise for mosquitoes.

Every evening, mosquitoes gather in groups, and you can hear male and female mosquitoes collectively singing love songs.

New mosquito broadcasts are staged from time to time.

Screen windows are a technology that has been around for a long time, and they seal well. The wooden trough screen door was developed by Jiang Yuebai when he spent his summers in Jiangnan.

The method is to cover a whole piece of fine gauze on a door frame as big as the door. Make a fixed sandalwood slot at the door. The screen door panel is stuck in the wooden slot. When you come in, just move the screen door back and forth in the slot.

Han Ziqian made further improvements.

This kind of screen door needs to be installed on the outside of the door, and it is inevitable that sometimes it will not close tightly. Han Ziqian made the screen door half larger than the door, but opened it on one side. This reduces the possibility of mosquitoes getting in as much as possible.

Mosquitoes are the most powerful assassins in the world. Even if this mobile screen door has played its maximum role, it still cannot prevent them from taking advantage of every opportunity.

At this time, I miss the modern society of lighting up mosquito-killing tablets or electric mosquito-repellent liquid to stay mosquito-free overnight.

Jiang Yuebai was thinking about how to spend the long summer without this or that mosquito repellent.

The system mall also does not provide online shopping for pregnant women’s mosquito repellent water and anti-itch cream.

We can only use local materials.

Li Chun stood aside, looking at the redness and swelling on the empress' arm and feeling very distressed.

Suddenly an idea flashed in her mind, "Mother, how about we go to the Royal Garden to catch some frogs."

Jiang Yuebai's eyes lit up, biological pest control. OK. But from now on, the yard will be filled with frogs croaking day and night.

Jiang Yuebai struggled to weigh between enduring the noise and enduring the mosquitoes. The two villains fought crazily and finally came up with an idea.

"What a great idea. It's just too noisy. Why not catch the wall-creeper?"

After all, geckos are also great mosquito catchers.

Li Chun hurriedly bowed and walked out, "I'll go find Director Luo now~" Li Chun just carefully closed the screen door, and when she turned around, she saw Dr. Jiang Yu running over panting under the bright sun, carrying a medical box.

Li Chun quickly went into the room again to report to Jiang Yuebai.

When he arrived, Jiang Yu took out the handkerchief in his pocket and wiped the sweat from his forehead. It turned out that specially prepared medicine was sent to Jiang Yuebai.

After the emperor learned about Jiang Yuebai's situation in the funeral palace, he ordered Liang Xiaobao to take two bottles of royal grass ointment and a bundle of Funiu moxa sticks from the warehouse and give them to Jiang Yu to deliver to Jiang Yuebai.

Jiang Yu was also ordered to prepare a mosquito repellent spice that could be used by pregnant women within three days.

As soon as Jiang Yu heard this, he knew he had to use his trump card.

He has potions on hand that can repel mosquitoes and treat mosquito bites, and can be used by pregnant women and newborn children.

It's just that the old man either didn't take this trivial trick seriously at the beginning, or was afraid of getting into trouble by involving the pregnant royal heir, so he didn't even mention that his family had this secret formula.

But now the emperor has given him a death order, and Jiang Yuebai's child must be protected at all costs, otherwise he will be brought to justice.

He could only treat Jiang Yuebai as a snow sweeper in front of his house.

He quickly sent over his own secret ointment and the ointment given by the emperor, and gave it to Jiang Yuebai as a filial piety.

"There are only two bottles of this ointment. There is another bottle at home for the child to use."

"Thank you, Imperial Doctor Jiang, for solving my problem." Jiang Yuebai looked at the vial in his hand.

This is good stuff. In modern society, the entire patent, specifically targeting the market of pregnant women and children, can definitely make a fortune.

But the harem is different. To live well is to make a fortune.

Jiang Yuebai asked tentatively, "It's a pity that there is only one bottle of such a good thing. I'm afraid other empresses in the palace like Zhen Jieyu also need it."

They are all smart people. Jiang Yu naturally heard the implication of Jiang Yuebai and quickly replied, "Except for the children at home, I only have this bottle. It is extremely difficult to gather the medicinal ingredients. It will take at least a month to prepare another bottle. . By then, the bottle will be almost used."

Jiang Yuebai pointedly said, "It is so difficult to make medicine, so we can only use the grass ointment given by the emperor first. Doctor Lao Jiang took the trouble to make another bottle. The medicinal materials used are expensive, Lichun, you go and get one." Here comes the red gold bracelet."

Jiang Yu quickly humbly said, "I don't need to reward you any more. It's all my duty. The emperor's green grass ointment is the elixir that Annan paid tribute to. You only need to apply a small amount on it. The emperor is waiting for me to reply in the funeral palace. I will go first." Resign."

It means that the emperor is thinking of you during sacrifices and fasts, but be careful and don't make trouble.

"Mr. Jiang, please wait a moment."

Jiang Yuebai wrote a letter to Dr. Jiang and took it to express his gratitude in a timely manner.

After Doctor Jiang left, she rolled up her sleeves and applied the potion very carefully, for fear of wasting it.

The potion is very cooling and effective.

Wait until the redness and swelling are almost gone. Jiang Yuebai picked a few more places and applied the emperor's grass ointment on them. What Dr. Jiang just said was to apply some of the emperor's ointment. If you apply less of it, it won't be a big problem.

"Your Majesty, I will help you smooth it out."

Jiang Yuebai smiled and did not explain, "No need. Just these few points."

This armful of red envelopes was not in vain.

Li Chun was puzzled, but seeing that her empress remained silent, she didn't ask.

After Li Chun served Jiang Yuebai and drank some water, Jiang Yuebai explained lightly:

"The ointment given by the emperor is not for the purpose of relieving the itching, but because the emperor's grace is too great to be lived up to.

Being bitten by a mosquito is not a big deal, but if this endured pain was suffered for the emperor, the emperor would be heartbroken to the core. It doesn't matter whether the emperor's ointment cured the mosquito bite. The important thing is that he arranged for someone to relieve me of my difficulties. "

Jiang Yu is a genius. Many things can be done in just the right way, hello, me, hello everyone.

The best thing is that Jiang Yu is in charge of Jiang Yuebai, and his brother Jiang Xian is in charge of Zhen Jieyu.

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