Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 119 Unwilling

The shop has three floors in total. The first floor sells ordinary rouge powder, the price is about two taels of silver to ten taels of silver. Single items are worth about a hundred taels of silver, and the third floor is a noble area with matching tea rooms and dressing rooms. The cheapest sets of boxes start at a thousand taels of silver. most.

After the four of them sat down on the top floor, shopkeeper Li ordered someone to serve tea, and then stood respectfully beside Chu Ci, bowing his head and asking, "Is there anything wrong with the arrangements in the shop, Shi Zifei?"

Chu Ci smiled gently, "Very good."

Shopkeeper Li: "As long as the concubine Shizi is satisfied, why not set the opening time in three days?" Then, he glanced at Yang again, and said politely, "I checked the almanac, and three days later is the most suitable time for nearly half a year." Opening day."

"Then listen to shopkeeper Li?" Yang smiled kindly, looked at Chu Ci and asked tentatively.

Chu Ci had no objection at all, "Then three days later!"

"Yes, two bosses!" Shopkeeper Li replied respectfully.

Chu Ci picked up the tea in front of him, took a sip, frowned, and said, "This tea..."

Shopkeeper Li saw the displeasure on Chu Ci's face, and hurriedly asked, "Concubine Shizi, what's wrong with this tea?"

Chu Ci put down the teacup, looked at Li's shopkeeper and said, "It's not too bad, and it's not too good. Later, you send someone to go to Chu's house, and I'll get you a prescription, and the future tea will be served according to that prescription. "

"Yes, Crown Princess!" Shopkeeper Li replied without any hesitation.

Chu Ci paused for a while, then tapped on the table and said, "By the way, shopkeeper Li, what do the two shops next door do?"

Shopkeeper Li paused slightly when he heard Chuci's question, and then said, "When I took over Chunzhi Street, the seven or eight nearby shops happened to be vacant. According to the meaning of the Xiaojun Wang, it is... to hand over all of them. Let the concubine be the master, if the concubine is useful, then use it, if not, let the little one watch and do something else."

"I see." Chu Ci nodded.

After pondering for a moment, he said again, "Then leave it alone, I have other uses."

Shopkeeper Li bowed and agreed, and after a while, he asked tentatively, "I don't know what kind of shop Shi Zifei wants to open again?"

Chu Ci thought about it, and there was nothing to hide, so he said lightly, "Jewelry, ready-made clothes, restaurants, teahouses... Let's open these four for now!"

Shopkeeper Li raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is the concubine Shi Zi wanting to be like Zhenhua Pavilion?"

"That's right!" Chu Ci nodded, "After these shops are opened, the noble ladies in the capital won't have to go shopping here and there, they just need to come to Chunzhi Street!"

Shopkeeper Li thought for a moment that this was indeed the case, and immediately bowed and responded again, saying that these matters would be left to him to deal with.

Yang shi was originally following Chuci's glory, so she didn't mean to speak anything, but just held the teacup and sipped it slowly.

At the side, Mrs. Zhang wanted to compliment Chu Ci, but was blocked by Liang Yunxin.

Until the four of them left Ruyifang, Mrs. Zhang didn't talk to Chu Ci.

But after all, Chu Ci didn't let a few people go for nothing. When he left, he specially asked shopkeeper Li to go to the third floor to get three sets of boxes, and gave each of the three people a copy, and the account would be charged to her.

Yang Shi originally wanted to decline, but was blocked by Chu Ci.

On the way back, it was still Chu Ci and Yang Shi driving the carriage, and Liang Yunxin and Zhang Shi driving the carriage together.

As soon as Mrs. Zhang got into the car, she immediately took the box from the handmaid's hand, held it in her hand, and said with bright eyes, "Sister-in-law, isn't this the Chuji skin care product that was all the rage in the capital a while ago?"

Hearing this, Liang Yunxin glanced at her indifferently, "What do you think?"

Immediately, Mrs. Zhang smiled even more complacently, and then moved towards Liang Yunxin's side, lightly bumped her shoulder, and said, "I'm not in the favor of my sister-in-law. If I am myself, I'm afraid I can’t afford this thousand taels of good stuff even if I’ve saved my whole life’s money.”

Liang Yunxin also knew that her sixth sister-in-law's natal family was not doing well. Hearing what she said, she didn't continue to be cold-faced. She just glanced at her yellowish face and said, "You also know that this is a good thing. This time Don't send it to your mother's house, remember to use it on your face, make your face more delicate, and have a child with the sixth brother, or you will regret it when you get old!"

Although Mrs. Zhang has shallow eyelids and is greedy for petty gains, she can tell that her sister-in-law is doing it for her own good. Sour eyes can't help but she can't help breaking the conversation, saying, "I knew it, sister-in-law, you She is the best one in our house, unlike the other sisters-in-law who either look down on me or exclude me openly and secretly, and never treat me as a sister-in-law..."

"But there are some things that I can't help. My father is honest. He has been around for more than ten years, and he is only a ninth-rank official. The Lumi he gets in a year is only enough to eat... He will not find Other ways to make money, my brothers are not motivated, and the sisters-in-law I married are even less able to get on the stage. Now my nephews and nieces are jumping out one by one. If I don’t help them, they will starve to death sooner or later. !"

The implication--sister-in-law, you are a nice person, and everything you say is right, but I just don't listen, and I still have to send good things to my mother's house.

Liang Yunxin: "..."

Mrs. Zhang saw her sister-in-law's face turn black, her heart trembled, and she couldn't help calling out cautiously, "Are you mad at me, sister-in-law? But you clearly know about our family's situation!"

Liang Yunxin took a deep breath, "I don't care if I know about your family's situation, but I will never let you give away the things that sister Chu Ci gave you. If you dare to give them away, I will tell you later. Sister Chuci!"

As soon as Mrs. Zhang heard that Liang Yunxin was about to complain, she became nervous, her eyes widened, she looked at her anxiously, and asked, "Sister-in-law, how could you do this? You gave this thing to me, and it belongs to me." !"

"Then do you have anything to return?"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head, her back, which was originally quite straight, suddenly bent down again, "Back to sister-in-law, no."

"That's it!" Liang Yunxin snorted softly, and warned her again, "Remember, you must use the things that sister Chuci gave you, otherwise, I won't go out next time. bring you!"

Hearing Liang Yunxin's threat, Mrs. Zhang's face was full of misery, "What about my natal family? Do you just watch them stop?"

Liang Yunxin frowned, couldn't help but accentuate her tone, looked at her and said, "Your brother's incessant pauses, that's something your father has to worry about, and your little nephew and niece's incontinence, that's what your brother should worry about! You Married daughter, what you should worry about is your husband's family, your children!"

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, looked at her coldly again, hummed softly and continued to add, "In my opinion, your life in the Hou's Mansion is too easy, so you have the mind to worry about your mother's family!"

Mrs. Zhang was hit by her sister-in-law, and she slowly lowered her head, not daring to lift it up again.

But Liang Yunxin didn't let her go, still looking at her determination, threatened, "In the future, you'd better stay away from your mother's house and focus more on Sixth Brother, otherwise I don't mind asking a few more people to help You serve your husband!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang raised her head, with an expression of disbelief, "Sister-in-law... don't you mean you want to cram people into our lord's room?"

Liang Yunxin smiled, "I told you, let's see how you behave!"

"Oh..." Mrs. Zhang responded long and hard, not daring to speak her name to her sister-in-law.

I just thought in my heart, it seems that she has to find a way to win over her man and have a son!

Otherwise, the status of the main wife may not be guaranteed.

As for the brothers and nephews of her natal family who are waiting for her to feed... She can only say sorry for the time being!

Here, Liang Yunxin spent half an hour to solve her sister-in-law who only cared about her natal family and ignored her husband's family.

On the other side, Chu Ci talked to Yang about plans for several other shops.

After finishing speaking, she asked Mrs. Yang again, "Madam, do you want to invest in some of these businesses?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Yang thought for a moment, but shook her head, and said, "That's unnecessary. Before Ruyifang, you were enough to support our mansion. If you are taking advantage of you, then everyone in our Zhenguo mansion will become a fool." Who is it!"

Chu Ci didn't mind these things, "How about I give [-]% of the shares to the family, and count it as my makeup for Mingxin's younger sister. Naturally, before she gets married, I will ask you to take care of her first!"

Yang didn't expect Chuci to mention Liang Mingxin. After pondering for a moment, she agreed with the cheeky face so that her daughter would be tougher in her in-law's house in the future.

Naturally, it was not a white promise.

With her promise, many details that should be considered by Chu Ci fell to her. Chu Ci was only responsible for coming up with big ideas and making the final decision.

Because many details cannot be finalized right now, after Yu's carriage brought Chu Ci to Chu's house, the two agreed to meet again three days after Ruyifang opened.

……

Back to Chu House.

As soon as Chu Ci entered the door, a decree passed into Chu's house with his back foot.

It was Eunuch Yu, the current chief eunuch of Yikun Palace, who announced the decree.

In the hall, he bowed his hands politely to Chu Ci, "Concubine Shizi, the imperial concubine has always remembered your kindness to the eldest prince, no, just when I am free, I will let the slaves take you into the palace and talk to you Speak well... I hope you will show me your face."

But Chu Ci didn't want to appreciate this face at all, she raised her head, looked at Eunuch Yu with a polite smile, and then said softly, "It's really a coincidence, I happened to have a cold these days...so in order not to get sick Give it to the empress, or enter the palace another day to pay my respects to the empress."

Eunuch Yu didn't know about the grievances between Chu Ci and the imperial concubine.

He just got the death order from the imperial concubine, no matter what, he must invite Chu Ci into the palace.

Therefore, when Chu Ci said that she occasionally felt cold, his brows frowned all of a sudden, and after a moment of pause, he looked up at Chu Ci again and said, "Since the concubine Shi Zi feels occasionally cold, why don't you go into the palace with the slaves, or So that the imperial doctor can show you."

Hearing what he said, Chu Ci smiled lightly, and politely declined, "It's unnecessary, I have already prescribed a prescription for myself, I think it will be better in a few days, and it will not be too late to enter the palace by then."

Hearing this, Eunuch Yu frowned even tighter, "The servant can understand what the concubine said, but the imperial concubine seems to have something important to discuss with the concubine... Before the servant leaves the palace, the empress specifically told him Now, I must invite you to come to you!"

"So, if I refuse to leave, my father-in-law will use force?"

Eunuch Yu was jealous of Chu Ci's multiple identities, so he dared not use force, so he hurriedly said "Don't dare".

Chu Ciyun glanced at him lightly, "Since you don't dare, please go back, father-in-law!"

"I'm really uncomfortable today, let alone the imperial concubine, even if the queen mother sends someone, I won't enter the palace!"

She said this to express her determination not to enter the palace.

But who knows, this place in the capital is so evil.

As soon as she mentioned the queen mother on her front foot, the footsteps of Butler Wu came from outside her back foot.

Butler Wu hurriedly stepped over the threshold with his robe in his hand, came in, and said with a bow, "Girl, there is another line of inner eunuchs outside, who say they are from the side of the Empress Dowager of the Palace of Compassion! I want you to enter the palace to replace her." Empress dowager to see a doctor!"

Chu Ci: "..."

After a while, she coughed softly, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "Butler Wu, please tell those inner eunuchs that I'm not feeling well today, and I might not be able to make it to the palace!"

After saying that, she moved her fingertips, shook out a silver needle, and stabbed towards her waist calmly.

The next moment, under Zhejin's shocked gaze, she tilted her body and fell backwards.

"Girl!" She rushed forward, supported Chu Ci firmly, and shouted repeatedly, "Girl, girl, are you alright?"

Said, and shouted four children outside!

Yuan Han has been out of the house these few days and has not been in the house!
Si'er heard Zhejin's voice and immediately ran in.

When he saw Chu Ci leaning against Zhejin's arms and looking unconscious, his face turned pale. He looked at Zhejin and asked cautiously, "Zhejin, my sister...what's wrong with her?"

Zhejin is the person who has been with Chu Ci for the longest time, and also the person who has the sharpest eyes and understands her best, and immediately said in a crying voice, "Sier, you also know that the girl has been feeling cold recently and has been procrastinating." She didn't get better, just now she was going to take the medicine to rest, but who knows, before the bowl was picked up, this father-in-law came and insisted on forcing the girl into the palace to see the imperial concubine..."

"Young lady doesn't want to let the imperial concubine get angry with her illness. After going back and forth, the young lady became anxious and fainted..."

After hearing Zhejin's words, Si'er stretched out his hand to pinch Chu Ci's pulse again, and immediately realized it.

He breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Zhejin and said, "My sister's body needs to be rested slowly. As for the place where the father-in-law is located, leave it to me!"

Zhejin nodded, Da Heng picked up Chu Ci and walked out.

And Si'er, after the two left, looked at Eunuch Yu, stretched out his hand neither softly nor hard, and said, "Eunuch, please, when my sister is well-raised, I will naturally go to the palace to plead guilty to the imperial concubine! But today, excuse me No reception!"

Eunuch Yu is not stupid.

At this point, he knew that even if he stayed, there would be no good for him, so he could only hug Si'er, and then lead people out.

Outside, Butler Wu was also explaining to the inner eunuch of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Naturally, those inner eunuchs didn't believe that Chu Ci was sick and couldn't walk. They were entangled in a strange way, and finally saw Eunuch Yu walking out of it.

When two groups of people meet, greetings are naturally indispensable.

Eunuch Yu wanted to make a good relationship, so he followed Butler Wu to persuade the palace servants in the Compassionate Ning Palace.

The eunuchs had been in the palace for many years, so they naturally knew about the affection between Chu Ci and the imperial concubine.

Seeing now that even the noble concubine and concubine of the royal family couldn't invite the concubine and concubine of Nanjun, she turned a corner in her heart and stopped struggling, and simply left with Eunuch Yu.

Steward Wu watched the few people leave, slowly raised his sleeves, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Then, he stood at the door and watched for a while, making sure that those people would not go back and forth, then he closed the door and followed Si'er back into the house.

Si'er arrived at the courtyard of Xie Ciju, and originally wanted to go in to see Chu Ci again, but as soon as he arrived at the corridor, he was stopped by Zhe Jin who just came out.

Zhejin glanced at him, stepped forward and said, "Si'er, you came just in time, I was just looking for you!"

"I know!" Si'er nodded, and then walked in with Zhejin, while saying, "My sister just stabbed herself to the point of fainting, now naturally I need to find someone to wake her up again!"

Zhejin saw that Si'er was clear in her heart, so she didn't say much, just glanced at her with a smile.

Speaking of Chu Ci, after she was woken up by Si'er, she sat up after a while, looked at Si'er and said, "Si'er, didn't you tear down my platform just now?"

Si'er knew what Chu Ci meant, thought about it, and said softly, "Of course I won't tear down my sister's platform, those two groups of people have already sent away..."

Hearing what Si'er said, Chu Ci breathed a sigh of relief, then pondered for a moment, she seemed to remember something again, and told Si'er, "I remember, on the third floor of the pharmacy Duobao Pavilion, in the fourth grid on the left, There is a white porcelain bottle with a few red pills in it, go and get it for me, I can use it!"

Si'er has always had no objection to Chu Ci's orders, and is completely inertial.

Hearing what she said, she agreed and walked out.

After a while, when he came back, he really had a white porcelain bottle in his hand.

Chu Ci opened it, smelled it, and made sure that the medicine was taken correctly, so he poured out one and ate it with his head raised.

Seeing that she was eating neatly, Zhejin couldn't help asking, "Girl, what kind of medicine is this?"

Hearing this, Chu Ci handed the medicine bottle to Si'er, then looked at Zhejin and explained with a smile, "The medicine for pretending to be sick!"

"Medicine to pretend to be sick?" Zhejin was puzzled.

Chu Ci then explained the effect of the medicine to her, and after explaining, he added meaningfully, "Isn't it necessary to perform a full set of acting?"

Zhejin understood what she meant, then looked at Si'er again, and said, "If you have nothing else to say to the girl, go out and do your own business!"

Si'er understands the meaning of Zhe Jin, this is Chu Ci's bedroom after all.

Even his biological younger brother would be taboo, let alone his non-inherent younger brother.

After watching Si'er leave, Chu Ci pursed his lips and lay back down again.

Zhejin sat down on the twig next to her, looked at her girl thoughtfully, and asked, "Girl, if you sent them away this time, will you have to accept it next time?"

Chu Ci snorted softly, "For the sake of her child's future, the imperial concubine dared to help the tyrant and break up my husband and I... Let her go, how can it be possible!"

"What does that girl mean?"

"The Compassionate Palace, no matter what, I have to go there again. As for the Yikun Palace, I will never set foot in it in my life!"

Zhejin has no objection.

She said "hmm" and said nothing.

At this time, the imperial palace, Yikun Palace.

After listening to Eunuch Yu's report, the imperial concubine's originally plain face suddenly wrinkled slightly.

After a while, he looked at Eunuch Yu and asked, "Then, in your opinion, is the princess of the Nanjun Prince's Mansion a real illness or a fake illness?"

Listening to his master's question, Eunuch Yu pondered for a long time before he opened his mouth and said, "At first, I really didn't look like I was suffering from the wind and cold, but when the people from the Palace of Compassionate Ning arrived, the Concubine Shizi quickly fainted. past!"

"Did you faint?" The imperial concubine asked suspiciously.

Eunuch Yu nodded hurriedly, "It's like this when you go back to your mother. Later, another little doctor called Si'er came into the hall and said that the concubine's illness needs to be rested! Don't go out for a while."

The imperial concubine vaguely understood in her heart.

She waved at Eunuch Yu, signaling him to go down.

Eunuch Yu didn't fulfill his master's order, and he felt a little bit unsatisfied. Hearing his master's request to go down, he hesitated for a moment before retreating.

"In the end, she still hates me!"

The imperial concubine looked at Aju, who was closest to her, and sighed long.

Hearing what her master said, after a moment of silence, Ah Ju came forward and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if the empress doesn't provoke Dr. Chu, the left and right emperors only have one heir like the prince..."

She's said that enough.

However, the imperial concubine was not reconciled.

She slowly stood up from the phoenix seat, and after walking down the steps, she held Ah Ju's hand and said, "I don't want to ask for her forgiveness, I still don't feel at ease."

"You're right, the emperor has only one son, Yu'er, but... the regent is not, he has two sons."

"If the Compassionate Ning Palace holds grudges and uses some tricks on Lu'er, then in the end, the palace won't be worth the candle!"

"So, if you want to grow up safely, you must make good friends with the concubine of Nanjun Prince's Mansion..."

Designing Meng Yu, Aju was easily persuaded by the imperial concubine.

Then, she frowned slightly, and said suspiciously, "But the problem now is that Dr. Chu doesn't want to see your empress at all...she doesn't see her, how can she ask for her forgiveness?"

"What if I go to see her?" The imperial concubine listened to what Aju said, after a long time of contemplation, she suddenly raised her head, looked at her and asked.

Aju looked embarrassed, "But will the emperor let the empress go out of the palace?"

The imperial concubine sighed, "If I insist on going, I'm afraid the emperor will agree."

"Then maidservant, let's go out with the empress!" Ah Ju said, paused, and then said, "There is also home, since the empress entered the palace, it seems that she has never been back, and I don't know that the old lady and the madam are now What does it look like!"

(End of this chapter)