Chapter 412 – Secret Medicine
Jiang Yishi was not in a good position to openly disobey the old master, and in the eyes of others, Zheng Ji did treat Cun Cun and Yin’er differently, so she could only agree.
However, Jiang Yishi didn’t make the soup herself, but let Shui Zhu do it for her, without adding any good ingredients.
It’s not that Jiang Yishi had to get on the bad side of that old lady, she really didn’t like how strong, overbearing and selfish she was. At first, she forced Hu to throw herself into the river, and her son has been gone for twenty years. Now want to recognize the so-called “granddaughter”, how can it.
The medicine is ready, it is already late afternoon.
Meixiang held the porcelain jar to the Grand Princess House.
People in the Grand Princess’s residence know that the Grand Princess likes Grandma Meng’s soup, and a granny personally took Mei Xiang to the main hall.
The Grand Princess is not sick at all, just impatient to see the people who come to offer condolences, lying in bed to hide quiet.
There is another reason for pretending to be sick, she knows that Jiang Yishi will not give He’s condolences, and hopes that when she is sick, Jiang Yishi will bring her children to visit her.
She felt that after she disposed of He, Jiang Yishi should see her sincerity. If she was smart, she should have recognized her privately. There were many benefits to being her granddaughter.
She had always felt that Jiang Yishi was a smart person, or else she wouldn’t have married Meng Zhimo and been valued by Elder Master Meng. When the Jiang family was having a hard time, she even tried her best to climb up the ladder with Xie.
I heard that Jiang Yishi only let a subordinate to send tonic soup, the eldest princess is extremely disappointed.
That child is smart, but still not enough atmosphere.
The soup was still hot, so Sister Xia scooped a few spoons of soup into a small pink porcelain bowl with a white background and red flowers, and then presented it to the Grand Princess.
Sister Xia slightly inhaled her nose, feeling that the soup this time was just like the medicinal food sold at the South Wind Pavilion, although it was fresh and tasty, it did not have that particular flavor. Counting the time, it had been at least a year since Great Grandma Meng had personally made soup for the Grand Princess.
Perhaps, Great Grandma Meng didn’t want to honor the Grand Princess anymore after knowing that she was her own granddaughter.
Of the people around the Grand Princess, only Sister Xia knew Jiang Yishi’s true origin.
The Grand Princess drank two mouthfuls, tasted it, and felt that it didn’t have that special flavor of Jiang Yishi’s hand-made soup.
She felt tasteless and handed the small bowl to Sister Xia, closing her eyes and leaning back on the soft pillows.
Sister Xia could see that her master was in a bad mood and quietly exited the house.
Just as she reached the door, she heard the Grand Princess’s voice again, “Shi-Ya-Tou has a heart, reward her with a jade wish, and give her the gift that this palace rewarded those two children with.”
Sister Xia bowed, “Yes.”
Previously, the Grand Princess had prepared a meet-and-greet gift for Jiang Yixi and each of the two children, rewarding them when they arrived.
This was when the Grand Princess got upset and replaced the four large pearls prepared for Jiang Yishi that were offered by the Great Horse Kingdom with a Jade Ruyi.
Sister Xia took out a jade ruyi and a book and a brocade box from the cabinet and quietly smiled to Mei Xiang who was still waiting in the hall, “Great Grandma Meng has a heart, the Great Princess rewarded Great Grandma Meng with a jade ruyi, a book of Wang Jianzhi’s word stickers for Cun’er, and a string of red coral strings for Sister Yinyi’er.”
She also gave Mei Xiang a purse containing two silver ingots.
Mei Xiang thanked her and accepted the gift.
At this time, Mr. Zheng, the old emperor’s son-in-law, came over and heard that Jiang Yishi had sent someone to deliver the tonic soup, and rewarded CunCun and Yin’er with a gift each. He especially wanted to reward Jiang Yishi, but could not.
The old emperor’s son-in-law came to the bedroom and saw the eldest princess leaning on the pillow, barely drinking the soup in the bowl.
He asked, “What, don’t want to drink it?”
The eldest princess coldly grunted, “It’s not the girl shi who made it herself, she did it on purpose.”
The old emperor’s son-in-law advised, “It’s only human nature for the precious maiden to have a knot in her heart. If you want that granddaughter to recognize us, don’t act rashly, wait for your son to come back and plan slowly. As long as the heart is sincere, she will be sensitized.”
The Grand Princess sadly said, “This palace is old, I don’t know if I can live to that time ……”
Entering June, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. The Emperor’s health became even worse, and there were more and more folders requesting for a crown prince.
The ministers who embraced King Ping as the crown prince were the most numerous, more than half of them. The few ministers that the Emperor relied on also mostly favored King Ping.
Next was the Sixth Prince Li? , accounting for thirty percent. Once again, it was King Ying, with less than 10%.
King Ying has been completely suppressed.
His Majesty did not like King Ping, but had to admit that he was the best candidate for the throne. He was capable and had the support of the majority of the courtiers.
He favors the sixth prince, but he also knows that the sixth prince has not yet grown up and cannot convince the public. He was also afraid that if he died, King Ping would really lead a rebellion.
He knew that those words of Li Li were not trustworthy, but he lingered on, unwilling that the person who forced the palace to revolt would inherit the throne. He wanted to wait until next year’s mid-autumn night to see if the five stars would appear, if they did, Li Shao’s words had to be believed, and he had to find a way to get the two rebellious sons of King Ping and King Ying killed.
If it did not appear, he would make King Ping the Crown Prince.
Grandmaster Yu He had already come out of the gate, and once again, the Emperor sent someone to invite Grandmaster Yu He into the palace for a visit. He wanted to listen to the master’s opinion and ask the master to look at his illness again.
This was the third time the emperor invited Master Yu He, the first two times the master pushed back.
June 12, Yu and the master finally came to the palace.
Two people in the imperial study room secret talk for two hours.
The emperor probably said Li Shao’s words, asked, “the master will watch the sky, do you think next year’s mid-autumn night will appear five stars in a row?”
Master Yu He closed his eyes and pinched his fingers for half a quarter of an hour before he opened his eyes and said, “Lao Na nightly observation of the sky, did not find that in the last two years there will be a five-star streak of beads, and did not calculate it. However, the time is still long, whether or not there will be anomalies will have to be known closer to the time.”
Master Yu He left five pills of secret medicine for the Emperor, “This secret medicine is the medicine of tigers and wolves, it is not advisable to take more. The Emperor has a heart disease, to unring the bell, want to make yourself well, first let go of the knot in your heart ……”
The Emperor ate those five pills of secret medicine and his condition was really relieved.
Fifteen, ring nine and ring ten again to Jiang Yishi send tea. Ring nine also quietly told Jiang Yishi that on the nineteenth day, Master Yu and Master Hua wanted to see her and Hua Hua on an important matter.
Jiang Yishi’s heart moved. The master had met the emperor and had important things to see herself and flowers, it should be related to the emperor.
The next day, Li Zhen Bao went to the Newspaper Temple to seek an audience with Master Yu He. She also invites Jiang Yishi, but Jiang Yishi excuses that she has something to do and doesn’t go.
Li Zhen Bao donated one thousand taels of silver for the Newspaper State Temple, and with her soft words, she made Master Yu He laugh from time to time, and begged ten pairs of tonic medicines for the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the King of Yong.
After going back, and took two pairs of tonic medicine out, respectively, to the Yichang Grand Princess House and Zheng House to send.
After breakfast on the nineteenth, Jiang Yishi took Hua Hua and a small copper cylinder for tear water, and the maid carried four boxes of vegetarian points and went to the Newspaper State Temple.
Instead of eating the snacks first as before, Master Yu He held Hua Hua in his arms to tease it a bit, looking at it with eyes full of compassion and pity.
That look made Jiang Yixi’s heart sink, the old monk had a request for Flower, more than just asking for tears and water.