Chapter 152 Questioning me?

"Big brother."

As soon as Chu Cong arrived at the courtyard, he saw the prince touching a young man's hand. His eyes...

"Second brother?"

The prince's face darkened as he looked at Chu Cong beside him. He slowly loosened his hand and said, "Xu Zhifu's son said he would take me to visit the South City today."

Chu Cong said with a stern face, "Brother, Xu Zhifu is unwilling to give out the grain seeds. He said it was my idea."

"Are you questioning me, second brother?"

The prince did not answer but asked instead, with his hands on the chair. Even though he was sitting and Chu Cong was standing, he still had a feeling of superiority.

“…”

Chu Cong fell silent. The prince continued, "I have been ordered to come to Nancheng this time. Are you 100% sure about the grain planting?"

Chu Cong was silent for a while before he said, "No."

"Since there is nothing, it's better not to plant it."

The prince lobbied, "This time we came to Nancheng, the early rice issue is only one of the things we need to do. The most important thing is to build dams so that when there is heavy rain, there will be no more floods."

"If the early rice won't survive, why waste time?"

The prince raised his eyes and looked at Chu Cong. If three-season rice could really be grown, would his position as the prince still be stable?

The last time the emperor deposed him, my second brother still helped him in every way, but now it seems that he may not really want to help him.

Such a major event as increasing grain production must be accomplished by him, the crown prince, and the credit must also go to him, the crown prince.

"Father ordered us to come to Nancheng, didn't he just want to give it a try?" Chu Cong pursed his lips and refused to give in.

"Second brother, you are making it very difficult for me to do this."

The prince looked at Chu Cong with a smile.

…

"Auntie Zhang, is Madam Cui still here?"

In the manor, Shen Lingshu looked around the manor. Although she had never experienced it before, the memories of the original owner surfaced from time to time.

"Here I am."

Aunt Zhang held my sister tightly in her arms, coaxing her to play while she said, "Mrs. Cui has been living in the house at the foot of the mountain just like before, but she no longer treats patients."

Shen Lingshu looked up in confusion. Madam Cui was once a famous female doctor in the surrounding area. After her mother gave birth to her younger brother Xinghe, her health had been poor, but it was Madam Cui who took care of her.

"well."

Aunt Zhang sighed, "Mrs. Cui never charges for her consultations. She treats people without any fees. The grandson of the Wang family in the village is sick, and Mrs. Cui said she couldn't treat him and told him to go find a doctor in the city."

"The Wang family said they would go to the city for treatment and asked Madam Cui to prescribe some medicine. Madam Cui told them to go to the county town. However, the Wang family agreed but did not go as promised. As a result, the little grandson died."

"Later, the Wang family blackmailed Madam Cui?"

Shen Lingshu could easily guess what the Wang family would do after their grandson passed away.

"Yes, Madam Cui became disheartened and stopped treating villagers," Aunt Zhang said with emotion. "Later, people started paying for treatment, and fewer and fewer people went to Madam Cui for treatment."

"Auntie Zhang, please help me prepare some things." Shen Lingshu said, "I'll go visit Madam Cui later."

"good."

Aunt Zhang responded, Shen Lingshu has been kind-hearted since childhood. If it weren't for Shen Lingshu and Song Fanghua, they would have died in the village long ago.

Shen Lingshu made some preparations, took some snacks from Kyoto and some medicinal herbs, and went to find Madam Cui.

I haven't seen her for more than ten years, and I don't know if Madam Cui still remembers her when she was as thin as a bean sprout?

Shen Lingshu sat in the carriage, looking at the familiar mountains and forests, as if those memories were hers. She arrived at the wooden house at the foot of the mountain and soon saw Madam Cui.

She was wearing a blue ramie cloth and a blue headscarf, and was tending to the medicinal herbs in front of her.

She is still the same as before.

Shen Lingshu's mind flashed back to the past. She got on the carriage. Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang got off the carriage holding the child. Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "Madam Cui, my girl wants to meet you."

"not see."

Madam Cui's cold voice sounded. Suddenly, she turned around and saw Shen Lingshu standing there with a smile. Madam Cui was stunned for a moment: "Are you Song Fanghua's daughter?"

Aunt Zhang is the manager of Song Fanghua's manor. Song Fanghua's shadow can be vaguely seen in Shen Lingshu's eyebrows and eyes, but her eyes are not as weak as Song Fanghua's.

Not to mention that Shen Lingshu was dressed in pink brocade. Whether it was the hairpins in her hair or the bracelets on her wrists, she didn't deliberately show off, nor could she conceal her noble aura.

"Yes, Lingshu has met Madam Cui."

Shen Lingshu bowed and saluted. Song Fanghua had saved Madam Cui, and Madam Cui had also saved her mother and her brother. She was her savior.

"Grown up."

Madam Cui said with emotion, looking at Shen Lingshu, whose eyes were noble and elegant. She was so noble at this moment that she could not be associated with the bean sprout who was so thin that she could be blown down by a gust of wind.

"Madam Cui, Lingshu has not only grown up, but also given birth to twins."

Shen Lingshu entered the yard and introduced her twin daughters, saying, "This is the older sister, Chu Mingchu, and this is the younger sister, Chu Mingxi. Their nicknames are An An and Bei Bei."

"Like you."

When Madam Cui heard the surname "Chu", she didn't think much about it. Although it was the national surname, there were many people with the surname Chu.

"Well, she will definitely look good when she grows up." Shen Lingshu's eyes narrowed with laughter, and then she handed over the gifts she brought: "These are some snacks from Kyoto, Madam Cui, please try them."

"My mother knew I was coming back, so she asked many people for help and even made new clothes for Madam Cui."

Shen Lingshu brought back the clothes that Song Fanghua had brought. They were all made of fine cotton and felt very good. She said, "And this one, Madam Cui will definitely like it."

Finally, Shen Lingshu handed over the medicinal herbs she brought.

Snacks, fabrics, and clothes were all acceptable to Madam Cui, but she instantly fell in love with the medicinal herbs. These things were all life-saving.

"How is your mother?"

Madam Cui looked at these medicinal herbs as if they were treasures. They were indeed some good things.

"My mother is now the co-wife, Madam Song."

Shen Lingshu picked up the good news about Song Fanghua and said, "With the medicine sent by Madam Cui, my mother's health is getting better and better, but she has been thinking about Madam Cui."

"Mother always said that she was capable now and could thank Madam Cui. She treated Madam Cui as her elder sister and asked Xinghe and me to take care of Madam Cui until the end of her life."

"Xinghe has now gone to the north to serve in the army."

When Shen Lingshu finished speaking, Madam Cui frowned: "Isn't Xinghe taking the exam for the scholar degree?"

"Xinghe now has a good talent for martial arts. The prince hired a martial arts master for him, saying that Xinghe has a very good bone structure."

Shen Lingshu was also worried at first, as she was just a teenager, but later, after meeting Shen Xinghe, she understood.

"Alas, the only thing I worry about is my two children." After Shen Lingshu finished speaking, Madam Cui placed her hands on the pulses of the two children.