Song Yi

Chapter 296 Eunuch Ning

"Unexpectedly, Mrs. Du has many ways." Lin Jieyu looked at Du Wenhao with an almost admiring look, which made Du Wenhao's heart tremble. Thinking of the woman's blush before, could it be..., can't think, can't think ..., don't think about it! !

This time the outing was considered to be a return home after a good time, but when Du Wenhao returned to the palace, he used the excuse that the car was too hot and rode with his attendants. Lin Jieyu felt a little disappointed in her heart, but she couldn't show it. After Feng Shi got into the car, he sometimes used excuses to say that it was hot on the road, lifted the curtain of the car several times to sneak a few glances at Du Wenhao's figure on horseback, smiled shyly, and felt a little sweetness in his heart.

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On this day, the Empress Dowager took Du Wenhao and several empresses to enjoy the flowers in the back garden. Jieyu is gone, but it seems that the Empress Dowager likes her very much. She likes to hear her sing Jiangnan ditties and tell stories about Jiangnan. Of course, this has something to do with age, and secondly, it has something to do with Yu Ge'er's personality.

Du Wenhao is the one who is the least willing to hang out with a group of women. What are men most afraid of?Just go shopping, not only the shopping of modern people, but also the garden and market shopping of the ancients, which are also the least favorite of men. Du Wenhao summed up one point, that is, most women never tire of anything related to shopping. The twittering is all about other people's parents, otherwise how can there be right and wrong?
The same is true for Du Wenhao now. He also declined the empress dowager before. Seeing that the empress dowager was very interested, he refused to let him go. Like that, Du Wenhao complained secretly, and gave Mr. Jiao winks again and again. Who would have thought that Mr. Jiao is such a smart person, isn’t he looking for a way to help Du Wenhao at this time, so he pretended not to understand, Du Wenhao was so angry in his heart. Behind the empress dowager, she just turned her head and pointed at Eunuch Jiao's nose and cursed with her lips. Eunuch Jiao didn't have to follow, of course he was happy, and just kept laughing aside, looking completely gloating.

"Yu Cairen, you know so many Jiangnan ditties, people who don't know think you were born in an opera troupe?" Concubine Zhao looked at Yu Geer, who was beaming with joy, beside the empress dowager, and turned her head away. With his thin lips, he blocked the sun with his hands and teased.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager could not be favored by the Empress Dowager at the side, when someone said this, they naturally relieved their anger, so they all laughed.

Yu Ge'er looked back at Concubine Zhao Gui and smiled, "Isn't it? The emperor also said so. There is a theater troupe in my backyard. When I was young, I often climbed on the wall with my brothers to watch. "

"It's not proper for a girl to learn how to be a female celebrity, and climb on the wall to listen to her singing." The queen said disdainfully.

"What the empress said was that when I was young, I couldn't step out of the boudoir." Liu Guifei said.

The Empress Dowager knew that some empresses were deliberately targeting Yu Geer, so she took a peek at the reaction, but she was not annoyed, she gave a hum to express her agreement with the Empress Empress, and then said to Concubine Liu Gui: "Sister, no wonder your skin is so It's white and bright."

Concubine Liu Gui proudly touched her face and hands, and said, "That's right!"

"So it's because I haven't been exposed to the sun." Yu Ge'er said.

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed even louder than before. Even the Empress Dowager couldn't help laughing. Du Wenhao followed them not too far away, listening to them slandering each other. On the way to Dongming County, Du Wenhao and the others have learned one by one. In the eyes of Du Wenhao, there are not many women in the harem who are really smart. Most of them are vases. The stuffing is over, and Yu Ge'er is different. Although his father is a prefect, he disciplines children regardless of gender. In ancient times, such an enlightened father was very rare. So Yu Ge'er studied and played with his brothers since he was a child. Boys Things that can be played, such as riding and archery, her father also let her learn, so she has the character she has now, but these are what Lin Qingdai told him, when Du Wenhao saw that Yu Geer stabbed Concubine Liu, he said, I can't help but worry about her. In the harem, it's best not to offend anyone.

"You..., why do you talk to me like this, you are just a talented person, you..." Concubine Liu Gui rushed to Yu Ge'er and said aggressively.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Okay, it was you who said that Yu Cairen was an actor before, and that's why they said that about you. Besides, they didn't say anything, but they just praised you for being innocent, and you admitted it yourself."

Concubine Liu Gui saw that Yu Ge'er was backed by the Empress Dowager, so she didn't dare to say anything, so she had to drop the silk handkerchief in her hand angrily and walked away.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said to Yu Ge'er: "Okay, Aijia still likes to hear you sing a little song for us, let's sing another one for us.

Yu Ge'er pouted her small mouth, peeked at Concubine Liu Gui, who was livid with anger, and said in a low voice: "Empress Dowager, I'd better go and accompany Lady Liu, I don't mean it, I'll cultivate it at home. Get used to it, say whatever comes to your mind, the empress is right, my personality is bad and must be changed, the most offensive thing is to speak out."

Seeing Yu Ge'er's understanding, the Empress Dowager patted her hand and said, "It's rare for you to know this at such a young age, so go ahead."

Yu Ge'er hummed obediently, passed by the queen, and smiled respectfully at the queen, and the queen also smiled at her, which could be regarded as cheering her up.

Yu Ge'er walked up to Concubine Liu Gui, bowed deeply, and said humbly: "Ms. Liu, it was my younger sister who was wrong just now. She shouldn't have said such disrespectful words to you. Now I will make amends to you."

Concubine Liu Gui saw that Yu Ge'er came forward to apologize and felt that her face had come back. She couldn't help being a little proud, so she chuckled and said, "It's good to know that I was wrong. I'm afraid you were still wearing crotch pants when my sister entered the palace. Don't If you think that someone pampers you, you don’t know the heights of the heavens and the earth, but you must know that the harem is strictly hierarchical, and you should be more polite when talking to us noble concubines.”

Because everyone stopped, Du Wenhao approached unknowingly. He saw Yu Ge'er hunched over slightly, facing him, with tears in his eyes.

"My sister knows, so I must pay attention to it in the future." Yu Ge'er's voice changed a little, and it could be heard that it was crying.

"Hey! I'm just teaching you, don't you feel wronged?" Concubine Liu Gui naturally heard it, and her voice was several times louder, as if she wanted everyone in the back garden to hear that she was teaching Yu Ge'er a lesson. similarly.

"My sister doesn't dare, what Liu Niangniang taught me." Yu Ge'er's tears pattered on her embroidered shoes, printing a teardrop.

Everyone was watching a good show, but suddenly found that the face of the Empress Dowager was down, and some people hurriedly pretended to be a good person to smooth things over.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about it, today we are accompanying the empress dowager to visit the garden, Yu Ge'er knows it's wrong, let's just let it go, let's continue walking and chatting, the empress dowager still wants to listen to Yu Cairen's song Son."

"That's right, that's right, the sun is so hot here, let's find a shady place to rest."

Du Wenhao was thinking in his heart, what happened to Yu Ge'er today, Yu Ge'er in his eyes is a very strong woman, even if she loses a fight with a man, she won't cry, is it really in such a group of women? Is life too depressing in the middle?
"Okay, Yu Cairen, come to Ai's family and talk to Ai's family." The Empress Dowager said softly.

Yu Ge'er bowed again to Concubine Liu Gui and took three steps back before walking to the Empress Dowager's side to help the Empress Dowager's arm, her nose was still sucking, but there were still tears in her eyes.

"Just pretend." Concubine Liu Gui muttered.

Although it was a muttering, the Empress Dowager and the first few empresses, including the empress, also heard it.The Empress Dowager suddenly stopped and turned her head to look fiercely at Concubine Liu Gui, shouting loudly: "Is this how your parents taught you to behave in the world? Don't have to be merciful, that would be meaningless."

"I..., I didn't say anything!" Concubine Liu Gui muttered.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager was about to get angry, the queen quickly pushed Concubine Liu Gui, and said in a deep voice, "Okay, you go back first, didn't you say that you have something to go to Linyin Temple in the afternoon?"

"I... When did I say I was going..." Concubine Liu Gui hadn't finished speaking, the queen had already signaled the eunuchs beside her to invite Concubine Liu Gui out of the crowd.

Du Wenhao saw Concubine Liu being taken away almost at the behest of the eunuch, and when he passed by him, he found that Concubine Liu's eyes were shining with hatred, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried about this reckless Yu Geer again.

"Empress Dowager, Yu Ge'er will sing you another Jiangnan song." Yu Ge'er couldn't bear to spoil everyone's interest, so she said with tears in her eyes.

"Okay, then sing us a song, let's go, there is a corridor in front, let's sit and listen there." The Empress Dowager was happy again, pointing to a place not far ahead that was covered with pink roses. Said in the corridor, everyone also agreed, dare to make the ancestors angry again.

Walking down the corridor, Yu Ge'er put her handkerchief on the stone bench, and then helped the Empress Dowager to sit down, and several empresses also sat down around Yu Ge'er.

"Du Aiqing, come on, come on, come on, you don't say a word along the way, just go up and sit next to Aijia, and ask someone to bring us some refreshments. I think this place is nice, so let's sit here for a while and listen. Yu Ge'er will sing us a song, and we'll drink tea and have some snacks."

Concubine Zhu De, who was sitting next to the queen, got up quickly and went to tell the eunuchs to go.

Du Wenhao saw several empresses sitting, and was thinking that he had to find a place to sit, but he didn't expect that the empress dowager saw him, so he had to go to the empress dowager and sit down.

"Golden partridges, silver partridges, fly around and fly to Yiwu.
Yiwu bridge planted root cattail (cucurbit cattail),
The big and small pus are all beaten (picked), and the remaining puzui (stalks) are for my husband.
My husband thinks my cattail soup is bitter, and Qingshuiwan tea thinks I am muddy.
White rice is too dark for cooking, and fine yarn and weaving are too thick for me.
Shave your hair and become a nun.
A nun can't do it, a dog in a flowery street pulls on a sarong,
There is a gap in the sarong, and the clothes teacher should not turn it around to make up.
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Soon the refreshments came, and everyone ate snacks and drank tea with relish, watching Yu Geer singing and dancing, did he even make faces for everyone, making everyone forget the unhappy things before? .

"Yu Ge'er, you have a really good memory. If it were me, how could I remember so many lyrics?" Concubine Zhu De got up and handed Yu Ge'er a glass of water in person, and Yu Ge'er hurriedly bowed to thank her.

Du Wenhao thought to himself that this concubine de concubine would be a good person. No wonder the empress dowager, empress dowager and empress all like her so much. Now it seems that women living in the harem can still be like concubine Liu. They must be cautious, smart and capable Eloquence will do.

"Singing it since I was a child, I have naturally memorized it by heart. My sister will also sing a song for us."

Concubine Zhu De was stunned for a moment, and the queen said with a smile: "Well, okay, I also heard you sing it, just the song about the moon, I think it sounds very good."

Concubine Zhu De blushed, she walked in front of the queen and said coquettishly: "Where did sister ever hear me sing? I don't know how to do it."

The queen stretched out her hand and lightly poked Concubine Zhu De's forehead, and said: "During your birthday last year, the emperor and I and Lin Jieyu were all drinking in your palace, you sang it for the emperor. You Don't say you forgot, but I remember."

"But..." Concubine Zhu De was a little embarrassed.

The empress dowager said with a smile: "Why, you only want to sing for the emperor, why don't you want to sing for us?"

Concubine Zhu De groaned, stomped her feet lightly, turned her head and tapped Yu Ge'er with her hand, and said angrily, "It's just your little hoof doing the trick, okay, I'll clean you up after my sister finishes singing."

Yu Ge'er covered her mouth and smiled softly, walked up to Du Wenhao and sat down.

"The moon came out bright and bright, opened the door of the building to wash clothes, washed them white, and dried them crispy. The moon was curved like a boat, and took my wife and I to the south of the colorful clouds. Flying thousands of miles, the phoenix landed on the sycamore tree. As soon as Fenghuang Fenghuang shook his head, he built the tile house first and then the building. The east and west buildings were built, and then the south building was built to cover the sun."

Du Wenhao was a little surprised. This was the first time he heard his god-sister singing. Although it wasn't a lingering song for three days, it was as clear and moving as a yellow warbler. Compared with Yu Ge'er, her singing voice was more tender. and mature flavours.

After hearing this, Yu Ge'er applauded first. Everyone probably thought the same as Du Wenhao, and they were all stunned by Concubine Zhu De's singing, and even forgot to applaud. Yu Ge'er took the lead, and everyone cheered Applause.

"Master Du, Eunuch Ning said he was looking for you for something, so he asked you to come over." At some point, a young eunuch walked up to Du Wenhao's back and said softly.

"Eunuch Ning? Is the emperor looking for a humble minister?" Du Wenhao asked.

"The slave doesn't know."

The Empress Dowager glanced at Du Wenhao, and said: "Okay, you go, knowing that you are uncomfortable here, you can't find anyone to talk to if you are a group of women, since Xiao Ningzi called you, it is probably the emperor Something has happened, let's go, let's sit down."

Du Wenhao got up quickly as if he had received an amnesty, and then he didn't forget to remind: "Old ancestor, you should go back in a while, the wind is going to blow, and your head can't be blown by the wind."

The Empress Dowager nodded with a smile and waved her hand. Du Wenhao looked at Concubine Zhu De, and the two smiled at each other. Du Wenhao took a step forward and left the back garden.

After leaving the back garden, I saw a eunuch waiting at the door with a sedan chair beside him.

"Master Du, please get on the sedan chair." The eunuch lifted the curtain of the sedan chair respectfully and made a gesture of invitation.

"Why do you still need to take a sedan chair? Isn't walking faster, and you will be there as soon as you leave the door?" Du Wenhao was puzzled.

"Because you are going to Ning Gonggong's house, so I invite you to take the sedan chair first, and go out of the palace gate. There will be a carriage to pick you up at the gate."

Du Wenhao got on the sedan chair and said to the eunuch, "Why, isn't Eunuch Ning in the palace?"

"No, Eunuch Ning is sick. He has been lying at home for two days. The pain is unbearable. That's why I thought of asking you to show him."

"When did he get sick? Why didn't I know?" Du Wenhao said to himself. Unknowingly, the sedan chair left the palace. Sure enough, there was a carriage waiting, and there was a man dressed as a housekeeper in the carriage. , Seeing the sedan chair coming, get out of the car to meet him quickly.

"Lord Du, the slave is the housekeeper of the Ning Mansion, whose surname is Jiang. My master is really in pain, so I ask you to go and have a look."

Du Wenhao got into the carriage in response, and the carriage quickly left the palace gate and drove towards the city center.

This eunuch who seems to have been in power since ancient times has his own mansion in the palace gate, and also has his own three wives and four concubines. Du Wenhao often thinks that strictly speaking, this eunuch is a monster. The most basic function, how can those three wives and four concubines still be happy? Is it true that in the eyes of women, the desire for money is far higher than the desire for the body?

Du Wenhao was thinking all the way, when the carriage stopped suddenly, Steward Jiang opened the curtain, smiled at Du Wenhao, and said, "Master Du is here, please get out of the car." Saying that, he helped Du Wenhao get off car.

I saw two big white marble stone lions in front of me, with pearls in their mouths and wide eyes, very imposing. Shade, what a place to take a break.

This is when I saw Ning Decai, Eunuch Ning, wearing white silk and satin underwear, went out to greet him in person, followed by four or five young women in gorgeous clothes, all of them were quite pretty, and they hadn't reached Du Wenhao yet. He clasped his fists in front of him and laughed loudly: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Du, I heard that you are visiting the garden with the Empress Dowager. Our family is really helpless, so I ask you to come to see a doctor for me."

Du Wenhao saw that Eunuch Ning's face was pale, his lips were bloodless, and his eyelids were livid. It seemed that he was really sick.

"Since Eunuch Ning is sick, he just lies down. Why do you want to get up, go, go, go, go back and lie down quickly, let me show you what's wrong with you."

Eunuch Ning held Du Wenhao's hand affectionately, and then the women behind him bowed down in blessing, and they all called out in unison, "See Mrs. Du."

Du Wenhao couldn't help feeling chills down his back, chuckled twice, and leaned into Eunuch Ning's ear in a low voice and said, "Eunuch Ning is so blessed, everyone is so beautiful, I'm really envious of Du."

Eunuch Ning laughed, and suddenly clutched his stomach, and tightened the hand holding Du Wenhao, several women rushed forward to help Eunuch Ning, and rushed to ask: "Master, are you okay? "

Eunuch Ning pushed one of them away, and said with a bad face: "You spend me a little less money a day, and I won't be in pain."

Du Wenhao held back his laughter, and seeing the women hurriedly retreated to the side, not daring to speak.

Eunuch Ning took Du Wenhao's hand and entered the gate. Du Wenhao saw that the yard occupied at least a hundred acres, and he felt that Eunuch Ning was not a fuel-efficient lamp. He didn't know how much money was spent in the palace. The houses of the second-rank and third-rank officials are poor.

"Master Du, you just said that my wives are good-looking. Don't mind a joke between us brothers."

After entering the hall, Eunuch Ning ordered someone to serve tea to Du Wenhao, and then said with a smile.

"Eunuch Ning doesn't need to be so polite, but it's okay." Du Wenhao looked at the tea cups, which were made of high-quality blue and white porcelain, crystal clear, and the texture was comparable to the porcelain used in the palace.

"You just say your sister Qingdai, that's a beautiful woman. The women of me are just vulgar fans, so I can't bear to look closely."

Du Wenhao was a little unhappy that a eunuch said that about his sister Qingdai, but he didn't show any signs, just smiled and said: "Okay, I saw your pain just now, it seems to be the stomach." The medicine box took out the pulse pillow, went to sit down beside Eunuch Ning, and motioned him to put his hand on the pulse pillow.

"Who says it's not? It's been a few years. Lord Du also knows that there is often a meal without a meal when he is with the emperor. After a long time, he naturally fell into this disease. He has seen several imperial doctors and he also eats it. I took the medicine they prescribed, but nothing improved, so I beg you to come."

Du Wenhao nodded, and after checking his pulse and tongue, he pondered for a moment and said, "Eunuch Ning, you have epigastric disease. But it needs to be adjusted slowly. There is no need to use any compatible medicine, just use folk remedies..."

"Remedy? Can it work?"

"As the saying goes: 'Remedies cure serious illnesses!' My father-in-law has never heard of it, right? My prescription is said to be a folk prescription, but it is also a proven prescription. I have used this prescription to cure many stomach diseases. Father-in-law is even more serious. Hehe"

"That's true. I would like to hear more about it!"

"You need three fresh soft-shelled turtle gall bladders, dry them on tiles with low heat, grind them into powder, pour them into a white wine bottle, close the mouth of the bottle, shake it once a day to make it dissolve faster, and take it on an empty stomach every morning and evening after soaking for ten days. Drink about three to four qian, and drink it up without interruption!"

Eunuch Ning had a strange expression on his face: "Is it that simple?"

"Yes, it's that simple. Whether it works or not, you can try it."

Du Wenhao was afraid that he would not be able to remember, so he wrote the prescription to Eunuch Ning, and Eunuch Ning quickly ordered his servants to prepare it.

Sure enough, after taking the prescription given by Du Wenhao for a period of time, Mr. Ning's condition was greatly relieved, and after taking it for a while, his stomach pain was no longer there.

(End of this chapter)