Zhen Shiniang nodded and thanked her. Thinking that Uncle Yu's house had just been dumped and not cleaned up, she consulted with Li Qi's wife and said, "My house hasn't been cleaned up yet, so they don't want to take me there. I'll come over by myself tomorrow."

I've made a decision and I'll stay with you for two days first, so I can learn how to identify medicinal materials with the clerk in the drug store..." He then said, "Don't worry, the food expenses won't be yours at all."

How could Li Qi's wife disagree, "...whatever the food expenses are, let them just stay here and you can go back and take care of things."

Zhen Shiniang was not polite to her and chatted for a while before getting up and leaving.

Thinking that Aunt Zhao was here and that there were three nursing homes and Dong Ju at home, Zhen Shiniang simply asked Li Changhe to lead someone to bring the medicinal materials given by Mrs. Xiao to the newly purchased house.

All kinds of precious medicinal materials were taken out of half the room.

The magpie sighed when he saw it, "The things Qiu Ju brought are too shabby!"

Zhen Shiniang looked out the window with a cold look, "This is the first time I have traveled far away. I don't know how she is doing. Are we going to the Xiao Mansion soon?" Suddenly she was shocked, "Oops, I forgot to ask Qiu Ju to give Ji Huaifeng

I’m looking for an inn to stay in Zhongtangfu!”

It takes nearly a day to go from Wutong Town to Shangjing City. The carriage is a little slower, but it will be dark wherever we go. Qiu Ju and others will definitely stay at Zhongtang Mansion, and Li Changhai will just give it up. Ji Huaifeng's teacher is related to Shen Zhongqing. Once

Let him stay in the Zhongtang Mansion and find out that she is Dr. Jian who treated Mrs. Xiao. I am afraid that she can no longer hide her secret medical practice from Shen Zhongqing!

"What should we do?" Magpie also thought of this reminder, and she grabbed Zhen Shiniang. "How about I ask Chang He to rush over overnight?"

"...It's too late." Zhen Shiniang's voice contained a rare hint of frustration, "Qiu Ju is just impulsive and confused when things happen, and she's not stupid. I hope she can think of this temporarily."

There was an extravagant hope in her tone that even she herself didn't believe.

"...With her little mind, she won't be able to remember it in eight lifetimes!" Magpie's eyes were full of worry. He followed Zhen Shiniang to the dark window and prayed secretly in his heart. "I hope she is like the lady said,

I’ll be smarter this time.”

…

With Ji Huaifeng, an experienced Ouchi bodyguard, taking care of him, Qiu Ju arrived in Shangjing very smoothly. When Qiu Ju asked him to find out how to get to Zhongtang Mansion, Ji Huaifeng was surprised, "How could Madam know Xiao Zhongtang?"

"of course……"

Of course it was because he had seen his mother sick.

As soon as she opened her mouth, remembering Zhen Shiniang's instructions, Qiu Ju immediately changed her words, "...Master Xiao's late wife was my lady's best friend."

Best friend?

Ji Huaifeng was surprised. He had never heard of this.

I was horrified, and then I remembered that before Zhen Shiniang fell into decline, she was once the daughter of a powerful minister, and her mother was the most beautiful woman in the capital. She often traveled among high-class society, and Xiao Yu's father-in-law worshiped the minister of the Ministry of War. They were both officials.

As concubines, it is not impossible for them to become best friends. When I asked about it in detail, I thought of my status as a nurse and shut up.

He pretended to go to the roadside and asked passers-by, then turned around and took Magpie and others to the Zhongtang Mansion smoothly. Changhai jumped out of the carriage and went to knock on the door.

After a while, a boy ran out. Hearing that Miss Jian from Wutong Town was here, his attitude immediately became respectful. "...The old lady specially told me that there is no need to notify Miss Jian when she comes, just go in directly."

Ji Huaifeng looked at Qiu Ju in confusion, "...Why do you still use the surname Jian, madam?" Even if she is a best friend, she should use the surname Zhen when visiting her.

Qiu Ju's heart skipped a beat. She had fooled Ji Huaifeng earlier. She secretly praised herself for finally being quick-thinking. She didn't want to poke such a big hole. At this moment, she wished she could bang her head against the wall. She might as well hit herself. Lost my mind.

"...It would be nice if the lady was here." She thought helplessly, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on her forehead.

"Isn't the lady's surname Jian?" When he was at a loss, Li Changhai asked in confusion.

Only the Magpie couple and Qiu Ju knew about Zhen Shiniang's life experience, including the secret that she was Doctor Jian. No one else knew. Even if he knew that he was Shen Zhongqing's first wife, Li Changhai always thought that her surname was Jian.

Ji Huaifeng was also excited.

Zhen Shiniang is the daughter of a guilty minister. She lived incognito in Wutong Town. As a close friend, it was normal for Mrs. Xiao to hide her real name for her during her lifetime. Before he went to Wutong Town, Zhu An specially investigated. Zhen Shiniang was surrounded by only Magpie was her maid as a dowry, and the rest, including Qiu Ju, were collected after they came to Wutong Town. It is really possible that she did not know the real name of her young lady, but now she is the nanny who has been here for less than ten days. But the hospital knew... Thinking of this, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his back.

Looking at Qiu Ju looking at him stupidly with a pair of big black and white eyes, looking confused, the sweat on his back became even thicker, "I..." He stuttered, "I am Why aren’t you called Shen...?"

When a woman marries her husband, she will take her husband's surname. He could barely answer the question. If Zhen Shiniang were here, she would definitely notice something strange about him. But Qiu Ju's heart was so nervous that she couldn't bear it. Will you pay attention to these?

Didn't Ji Huaifeng just ask her daughter why she didn't use the surname Zhen to visit the Zhongtang Mansion?

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but Qiu Ju didn't know how to answer Ji Huaifeng, so she simply shut her mouth tightly, raised her legs and followed the boy inside, one step inside the door and one step outside. She suddenly stopped and said to herself, " I have fooled him now, but as soon as he enters the Zhongtang Mansion, he will still know that the young lady is Dr. Jian!" He suddenly turned around and looked at Ji Huaifeng and Li Changhai blankly.

"What's wrong with Qiu Ju?" Li Changhai subconsciously touched his face.

After standing blankly for a while, Qiu Ju suddenly lowered her head and groped in her arms. After a long time, she took out a purse, which contained eleven taels of emergency silver that Zhen Shiniang had given her before her arrival. She held it reluctantly for a long time. Resolutely handed it to Li Changhai, "...the young lady before coming said that we are always a humble family and it is not convenient for so many people to come and disturb us. The second uncle and brother Ji will go to find a cheap inn nearby to rest, tomorrow morning Come pick me up again."

Seeing Li Changhai take the money, Qiu Ju jumped with heartache.

However, Aunt Magpie said that if anyone knew that her young lady was the famous Dr. Jian, they would all die!

Thinking of this, Qiu Ju turned her head away cruelly, no longer looking at the warm little purse in her arms.

Dr. Jian had saved his old lady's life. There were plenty of guest rooms in the house, but there were still two more people left. After hearing this, the guard at the Zhongtang Mansion blinked.

But he was a gatekeeper after all, and he didn't report the return, and he didn't dare to make the decision to keep them without permission. Seeing Li Changhe and Ji Huaifeng leave, he just turned around and asked people to take Qiu Ju to see the old lady.

"Miss, you are too careful..." Turning around the alley and looking back to see the red door of Zhongtang Mansion, Li Changhai muttered in a low voice, "My eldest brother said that the more wealthy a family like this, the more they pay attention to dignity. If there are more, I won’t mind two more people staying overnight and one more bowl of rice.”

It was my first time to come to the capital at this age. I had already heard that this big mansion was full of beautiful horses and servants. Even the low-level maids were well-dressed and well-fed. They were dressed up like fairies in paintings, which is rare. I had the opportunity to see him thinking about how to show off to his friends when he went back. Who knew that before he could tell him, his lady actually set the rules first.

Ji Huaifeng gave him a funny look and was speechless.

Just now Qiu Ju didn't stop him, and he was thinking about how to avoid Zhongtang Mansion.

As the fifth-grade sword-carrying bodyguards of the imperial court, they often accompany Wan Sui. Shen Zhongqing goes on expeditions all year round and does not know him, but Xiao Yu, a red and purple minister who goes to the study and walks around, knows him.

Now it happened that he didn't have to stay in the heavily guarded Zhongtang Mansion at night, so he could take the opportunity to say hello to his old master Long Live Lord and listen to his instructions.

…

"...You actually just pasted the word "福" upside down?" After hearing Ji Huaifeng's description, Wan Zai opened his eyes in disbelief.

"No." Ji Huaifeng nodded, "Everyone in Wutong Town is rushing to imitate it. If you don't believe me, send someone to take a look. Almost every house in Wutong Town has a bad luck sign posted on their door." His face twitched, "Shen Shen The general didn't know why at first and thought that his subordinates were unwilling to help Mrs. Shen, so he complained to his subordinates." He took the opportunity to tell Shen Zhongqing about their identities and complained, "It was all done by the two young masters. It's a good thing, but my subordinates took the blame."

"...This Mrs. Zhen is quite clever!" Wan Zai burst out laughing after hearing this, "I really want to meet her!"

Seeing that Wan Zai did not blame him for disclosing his identity without authorization, Ji Huaifeng breathed a sigh of relief and took advantage of the situation and said, "General Shen has asked the etiquette nanny to train him and is preparing to take him into the palace to meet Concubine Shen on the Lantern Festival. If Wan Zai wants to see her, come to Just come in when Shi Xuan comes."

Although the absurd edict issued at the beginning was meant to be a reminder, it was mostly meant to tease Shen Zhongqing. Long Live really never thought about meeting Zhen Shiniang. He originally planned to let her enter the palace to symbolically give Concubine Shen a gift. It was okay to kowtow, but after listening to Ji Huaifeng's suggestion, Long Live actually nodded his head seriously.

…

Qiu Ju had given instructions when she left, telling her to send her things to Zhongtang Mansion and come back after saying hello. However, on the seventh night of the seventh day of the lunar month, Zhen Shiniang didn't see anyone until after the watch.

"...could something happen?" This was Qiu Ju's first trip away from home. Magpie, who had been waiting in Zhen Shiniang's room, could no longer calm down to do her work. She pushed the needle and thread in her hand and said, "Slave, please." Changhe took Guo Xiu out to greet him."

"As long as Ji Huaifeng and Chang Hai are here, nothing will happen to them." Zhen Shiniang shook her head and stopped her, "Maybe Mr. Xiao thought I could go with Comprador Gu today, so he temporarily left her waiting for me in the Zhongtang Mansion." She looked up at the clepsydra. , "Don't wait, go and sleep."

Thinking about it, although she was still a little uneasy, thinking that Zhen Shiniang was not in good health and could not stay up late, let alone being worried about her, Magpie put away her needle and thread, "...what the lady said is that she must have been kept by Mr. Xiao." Get off." He held up his knees and stood up, "I asked Dong Ju to come over and serve you."

Zhen Shiniang nodded, "...Let Dong Ju take you back first, and you should be careful because the road outside is slippery."

The magpie responded and went out again to tell Sun Qingliang, Guo Xiu and others to be more alert at night. After careful attention, Qiu Ju came back and couldn't open the door, so he helped Dong Ju into the house to rest. (To be continued. If you like this work,
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