It rained a little yesterday late at night and stopped before dawn. Early in the morning, early spring orioles chirped on the branches, their voices melodious and clear.

Su Ci stretched lazily. The charcoal brazier from last night gradually went out. The house, which had not been occupied for a long time, was a bit cold. She originally felt hot, but while sleeping, she rolled into Yang Yanzong's arms, and they lay on their stomachs and slept in each other's arms until dawn.

Yang Yanzong is always alert and never sleeps in. Today is a rare special case. Usually at this time he would have returned from sword practice. Now he is lying on the bed, twisting two strands of Su Ci's hair and playing with them slowly.

Not long after, Su Ci also woke up. She always felt less sound sleeping in a strange bed. She mumbled before even opening her eyelids. Yang Yanzong raised an eyebrow and listened, wondering what kind of birds were chirping so noisy so early in the morning. Su Ci rubbed her face and woke up completely.

The two of them had a great time last night. After washing up in the middle of the night, they fell asleep in each other's arms. Now they were all in their pajamas, but their body temperatures were mixed. Everyone was lazy in the early morning, and even Yang Yanzong seemed less indifferent and fierce than usual. His long, coarse black hair was spread out on the new pillow, making his features look gentler than usual.

Su Ci couldn't help but poke and tap, and she was almost aroused by him, so she was forced to fight again. She screamed and laughed and begged for mercy. This man had amazing strength. He didn't show any signs of fatigue after fighting for half a night and was full of energy. She just couldn't help but feel a little soft in some places. Today was the first day after marriage, and she had to offer tea and meet the Yang family, so she couldn't make trouble anymore.

Yang Yanzong also knew that he had something important to do this morning, and when he saw the girl surrender and beg for mercy, he relaxed and let go of her.

He got out of bed and washed his face with cold water. Su Ci felt a sharp pain in her teeth and flesh. How cold must the water be after it had been left overnight?

The two of them were already very familiar with each other before they got married, and they had even worked out that thing. Naturally, they were different from ordinary semi-strangers. After waking up, they played around for a while, and only got up when they heard voices walking outside the yard.

Yang Yanzong took off his pajamas and changed into a tight underwear. He caught a glimpse of Su Ci lying on the bed with her chin in her hand, looking at him, with her two feet raised and moving behind her. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Come here."

He raised his chin to indicate that he had talked about her many times in the past, for example, when placing a lunch box or handing something over, she would always shut him up by saying, "But you're not married yet." Well, now that they're married, it's a woman's duty to help a man dress and disguise himself. Come on!

He raised his chin and pointed at the ironed clothes hanging on the wooden beam, and raised his eyebrows to signal Su Ci to hurry up and work instead of just watching.

If Su Ciken was so obedient, she wouldn't be herself. She smiled and said, "But I can't!"

She rolled her eyes, jumped down, grabbed a belt, held it up and said with a smile, "I'll tie the belt for you."

She was barefoot and the ground was icy. After she finished speaking, she jumped back onto the bed with a howl.

Yang Yanzong put on his inner garment and outer shirt, and she jumped off the bed again, put on her shoes, and tied his belt, but he didn't tie it properly and deliberately tightened it too much. Yang Yanzong pretended to be angry, grabbed her and threw her onto the bed, then stepped on her and caught her. Su Ci screamed and rolled over with laughter, she laughed so hard that tears came out, and her hair was messed up like a mad woman.

Yang Yanzong was very disgusted with her unsightly appearance, "no rules, no rules, no order."

He scolded her and sent her out of bed to wash and dress.

The personal soldiers were already waiting outside the door with hot water. Yang Yanzong glanced at Su Ci and saw that she had gone into the inner room. He shouted for someone to bring in the hot water, washed the washbasin and replaced it with new hot water. The personal soldiers watched the warm and fragrant room, and did not dare to look up for another second, so they quickly went out with the bucket of water.

Yang Yanzong thought to himself that it was time to hire more people to serve the family. It was too inconvenient to keep doing this.

After Su Ci changed her clothes and washed up, she sat in front of the dressing table to comb her hair. To be honest, she was not very good at women's hairstyles, and she also didn't like the round bun style of women, as it looked too old-fashioned. She skillfully combed her hair into two buns. This hairstyle was cute and beautiful, and suitable for both young girls and young women. It was perfect!

She was holding her hair in her hands, the clip was a little far away. In the bronze mirror, she saw Yang Yanzong standing in Duobao Pavilion, thinking about something. She shouted to him for help and to get the clip for her.

She shouted twice, and Yang Yanzong glanced at her unhappily, picked up the clip and threw it to her, then picked up the fire starter next to the candlestick, pushed it open and blew it out, and put a long note on it.

——This is the note from yesterday. I didn’t burn it last night because Su Ci interrupted me, so I’m making up for it now.

It's really amazing. Su Ci didn't even notice where he put the note after she stripped herself clean last night. He is really amazing.

Su Ci had sharp eyes. She quickly put the clip on her head and stood up while putting it on. She leaned on his arm and looked at him, "What did you write?"

The small note had been burned, but Su Ci still saw the contents. There was no signature or beginning or end, just a few words written lightly, "Everything is ready."

I don’t know if it was written by the old emperor himself. It probably wasn’t, but it doesn’t matter. What the old emperor meant was: everything is ready, it’s time to get to work.

Su Ci curled her lips and asked in a low voice: "What should we do now?"

How old is the old emperor? He had just recovered from a serious illness and was in a hurry. After weighing the pros and cons, he accepted Yang Yanzong's knife, and the effect must be immediate.

So how would Yang Yanzong open this gap? What could he use to give the old emperor a satisfactory answer?

Yang Yanzong smiled, lowered his eyes to glance at Su Ci, and said lightly: "Prince."

The two words that came out of his mouth were completely different from the tender and playful feeling of the young couple just now. The familiar cold indifference and a hint of cruelty appeared on his sharp and handsome face.

——Don't think he doesn't know that Yang Yanzong has someone close to the Sixth Prince. The Crown Prince spread a lot of rumors during the time when he entered the palace, but fortunately the Sixth Prince is not a person who goes with the flow, and he has people talking behind his back, so there is no impact for the time being.

But this won't work in the long run.

Both publicly and privately, with new and old grudges piling up, Yang Yanzong naturally chose the Crown Prince Ji Yan as his target without hesitation!

Yang Yanzong smiled, but his smile didn't seem very warm. He said calmly, "Do you know why His Majesty was summoned by Huang Shilong that day?"

Huang Shilong?

Su Ci knew this person. He was the imperial envoy sent by the old emperor to the Northeast to provide disaster relief. He was said to be very capable.

Su Ci felt a little toothache: "Did something go wrong in the disaster area again?"

"Yes and no."

As soon as Yang Yanzong let go, the ashes of the burnt paper fell to the ground. He flicked his fingers and said, "Brother Liu Ying, do you still remember the Wuchuan Silver Mine?"

Su Ci nodded rapidly, no matter what she forgot, she couldn't forget it!

Yang Yanzong's brows were solemn. "Twelve days ago, on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, seventeen silver ships carrying silver to Annan, Tejia and other countries encountered a strong wind and sank in the river section about 130 miles from the sea estuary."

The case of Liu Ying brothers has come to an end. The three kings have teamed up to destroy evidence against each other, and the old emperor can only keep silent.

But the follow-up of this case - the super large silver mine explored and mined by Liu Ying is really amazing. The silver hidden in the silver vault in the mountain is as much as 80 million taels of silver! Eighty million is more than one year's tax revenue for the entire Daqing Dynasty. This is under the condition of good weather and good harvests. It has not been possible in the past two years, and the national treasury has to pay extra money.

With such a large sum of money, the kings could only watch as it was confiscated into the national treasury.

However, there have been wars on the front line and drought in the rear over the past two years, especially the latter, which is a bottomless pit. The national treasury is very tight, and Huang Shilong has a huge gap in the need for disaster relief money, food and medicinal materials. As soon as he got the news of the Wuchuan silver mine, he immediately made an urgent letter of request over 600 miles, three letters a day, every day.

"In addition, it is said that malaria outbreaks have been discovered in Anzhou, Pingzhou, Luomazhou and other places."

Yang Yanzong's voice was indifferent, and Su Ci took a breath of cold air when she heard it. What people fear most in a disaster is plague or infectious disease! Malaria is one of them.

“Is it amazing?”

Yang Yanzong said: "Several towns have been temporarily sealed off." It's not serious, but I don't know what will happen next.

Therefore, you have to prepare a lot of medicinal materials. Malaria is still untreatable, which means there is no specific medicine. Generally, prescriptions such as "Jie La San" and "Da Yuan Yin" made of bupleurum, betel nut, black plum, cinnamon twig, dried ginger, etc. are used to expel evil spirits and stop vomiting and diarrhea.

The cabinet had previously approved the emperor's wholesale distribution, and two-thirds of this batch of silver was eventually shipped directly to Annan, Tega and other countries that had abundant medicinal materials harvested three times a year, in exchange for food and medicine, so that relief could continue to be provided to the disaster areas in the following spring and summer.

However, the silver-carrying ship sank to the bottom of the river due to the storm, and the local government had no way of salvaging it, so they quickly reported the matter to the court.

The reason why his matter came to fruition in just a few days was because of this major event.

Yang Yanzong sat down and straightened his sleeves. Su Ci was very flattering and took the big white teapot from the warming cage and poured him a cup of tea. Yang Yanzong took a sip of the teacup. It was cold. He glanced at her. Su Ci smiled and shook his arm, "Husband, tell me quickly, or what?"

Yang Yanzong put down the cold tea in a bad mood, glanced at her, and said, "Your Majesty led the army in person a few years ago, but he fell off his horse and was injured. It is suspected that someone is colluding with the enemy."

It's easy to guess that there's a mystery behind this. The old emperor is already of such an age. No matter how brave he was in the past, he can only be pretending to lead the army in person now.

But it seemed that someone had colluded with the enemy that day, which led to the rout of the central army and the emperor being wounded and falling off his horse.

Su Ci was very clever and drew inferences from one example: "Sure enough, all seventeen large ships sank in the storm. Isn't this a coincidence?"

"have no idea."

Yang Yanzong smiled. These were just his vague guesses and there was no evidence to support them.

"The imperial court is now sending people to Luozhou to salvage the sunken silver, and various forces are getting involved."

No matter what you do these days, you can never be short of money, especially when it comes to seeking the throne. All parties were very unwilling to see the eight thousand taels of silver fall into the hands of the old emperor.

After all, more than one of their forces discovered the silver mines and silver vaults before the emperor.

In fact, it is still unclear what the actual situation was, but judging from the fact that the old emperor finally accepted Yang Yanzong after weighing the pros and cons, he was too old and seriously injured. The emperor must have deeply realized that he was old and that his life was coming to an end. He must have been more anxious in his heart than they imagined.

Yang Yanzong was sensitive and sensed something unusual in this silver-sinking incident.

Isn't it true? It’s not clear who it is, a spy or traitor? Old emperor? Or are the royal palaces or the Kun family unwilling to watch this huge sum of silver slip away without getting a single bit of it?

It is unknown whether the latter really did anything, but it is true that the Third Prince's Palace is very unwilling.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t be so active in salvaging the sunken silver this time.

"I'm afraid Huang Shilong will be disappointed."

Yang Yanzong said calmly that Huang Shilong was a rare person who truly cared about the people, but it was a pity that even his master, the emperor, did not fully focus his attention on the victims in the disaster area.

Yang Yanzong could not interfere with the above-mentioned matters, nor could he gauge their severity for the time being, but he had already decided to make the elimination of Ji Yan a priority during the silver-sinking incident in the river!

Su Ci thought about it and understood. It was normal to want to make a fortune if there was a chance. "But, Ji Yan also knows that there might be danger, right? What if he doesn't want to go?"

Yang Yanzong sneered. Even if Ji Yan didn't want to, he would make him want to!

Yang Yanzong curled his lips and said, "Ji Yan has private soldiers in Taiping Prefecture."

Yang Yanzong said it lightly, and Su Ci was surprised. She blinked her eyes and asked, "Did he tell you before?"

Yang Yanzong laughed. How could this be possible?

Su Ci curled her lips. She knew what he meant by looking at his smile. "What else?"

Yang Yanzong smiled and suppressed his laughter. His brows became fierce again. He said coldly, "It's a matter of courtesy. How can you let him die so easily? How can it be fun?"

Therefore, he never thought of assassinating Ji Yan. Firstly, it was not easy to do so, and the Six Princes and their men were well aware of the grudge between him and Ji Yan, so he did not intend to be a target himself. Secondly, what the old emperor wanted was certainly not to assassinate a mere son of the Six Princes.

The last one, how could it be so easy to die? !

Yang Yanzong's eyes were filled with ruthlessness. He smiled coldly: "If the Sixth Prince wants to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice and kill his son with his own hands, then this will be considered as fulfilling the friendship that Ji Yan had calculated several times before!"

The six kings were forced to kill their own son for the sake of justice and take up their butcher knives to kill him personally! Ji Yan must be allowed to experience endless panic and terror, and die painfully in overwhelming despair.

The previous accounts are now settled!

Su Ci shuddered. Oh my god, Boss Yang was indeed a ruthless character. It was so painful to be his enemy. Fortunately, she had never been one and had no intention of becoming one.

…

The couple chatted in low voices for a while. It was already completely bright outside. Yang Yanzong did not delay any longer and got up to take Su Ci to the front hall to meet his parents.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute!"

Su Ci tugged at his sleeve, thought for a moment, ran to the small desk in the bedroom, ground some ink with a little water, spread out a piece of paper, and quickly wrote a prescription.

——"Take a handful of green bamboo shoots, soak them in two liters of water, squeeze out the juice, and drink it all. It can cure malaria."

This is the content of "Emergency Prescriptions for the Elbow" written by Ge Hong in the Jin Dynasty. It was here that Tu Dada discovered and successfully extracted artemisinin in the 1970s, thus leading to the complete disappearance of malaria, a stubborn infectious disease, in China.

What she wrote is the original prescription in "Emergency Prescriptions for the Elbow". Compared with "Jie Lan San" and "Da Yuan Yin", it can be called a special medicine.

Now she didn't know what the big bosses were thinking. The situation was turbulent and unpredictable. She couldn't do much, but she could still contribute a prescription.

"This recipe is quite effective, but it's not the best. I'll think about whether I can come up with a cold extraction method."

Under the current conditions, it is impossible to extract artemisinin scientifically, but she remembers reading about several traditional cold extraction methods in her grandfather's book about this period of history when she was a child. But it was a long time ago and she couldn't remember much about it, so she would have to think about it again.

Su Ci stuffed the paper into Yang Yanzong's hand, scratched her chin, and said so.

Yang Yanzong looked down at the paper in his hand, then looked up at her again. His expression was a little more profound than before. "Do you know how much this prescription is worth?"

Su Ci burst out laughing and flattered Tiantian, "Don't I have you now? I don't lack money to spend, do I?"

You support me.

"That's true."

She hugged his arm and acted coquettishly, her big eyes sparkling and pretty. She had been grinding ink in a hurry just now, and some ink got on her fingers. She scratched her chin, and some ink got on her chin again. She looked so cute and adorable. Yang Yanzong stared at her for a long time with deep eyes, and stretched out his thumb to wipe the ink stain on her chin.

She looked down and saw black. She screamed and covered her chin and rushed into the mirror to look at herself.

Yang Yanzong lowered his head and took another look at the light yet heavy paper in his hand. He opened the door and called Ah Zhao over, saying, "Pick a suitable country doctor, send the prescription over, and have him present the ancient family recipe to Huang Shilong."

It is a sunny day today. Birds are chirping and a ray of golden sunlight falls on the ochre corridor and on Yang Yanzong.

The man stood at the bottom of the steps, with his hands behind his back. He was tall and straight, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, ready to throw like a javelin. Just looking at his back, he was awesome.

Su Ci looked at him carefully and thought, wow, it’s really not a loss for her to live with him!

Ah Zhao carefully folded the paper, put it in his arms, bowed and walked away quickly. Yang Yanzong turned around and saw Su Ci standing behind the threshold with her hands behind her back, looking at him with a smile on her face. He waved: "Come here, it's getting late."

Su Ci jumped down the stairs and walked out holding his arm, but when they were out of the courtyard, she automatically let go of his arm without him saying anything, as it was not popular to walk like that nowadays.

Overall, there is nothing special about meeting the parents-in-law after marriage. Yang Chongying and Yan Shi were already waiting in the main hall of the courtyard. Brothers Yang Yanxin and Yang Yanzhen were also present. The latter was beaming with joy and looked very happy. When he saw Su Ci come in, he winked at her and said hello.

Yang Chongying stroked his beard and looked at his eldest son and daughter-in-law with satisfaction as they came in. He was all smiles and looked very happy.

Yang Yanzong brought Su Ci forward, and the old woman brought two brocade mats and a tray. After Yang Yanzong kowtowed, he offered a cup of tea, "Father."

Su Ci sat down with him, also served him tea and called out "Father" with a smile.

"Okay, okay!"

Yang Chongying smiled from ear to ear. He took the teacup from Yang Yanzong and took a sip. Then he took Su Ci's and drank half of it. Then he gave the young couple a gift. He took the box handed to him by Aunt Ping behind him and gave it to Yang Yanzong and Su Ci personally.

Then there is the Yan family.

Yan's smile was not so happy. She was not very happy to marry the Su sisters as daughters-in-law one after another. However, with Yang Chongying and Yang Yanzong present, she did not dare to show her dissatisfaction too much. She reluctantly pulled the corners of her lips, took the teacup and gave it as a gift.

"Okay, get up quickly."

As soon as the tea was served, Yang Chongying immediately asked the two to stand up.

Then it was the other family members' turn to meet each other. They became very familiar with each other. Yang Yanxin and Yang Yanzhen bowed and called her sister-in-law. Due to the age difference, Yang Yanxin felt a little unnatural, but Yang Yanzhen was much more cheerful. She called her sister-in-law in a clear and loud voice. Su Ci smiled and gave her two purse jade pendants as a gift.

These were all acquaintances, so there was no need to look at them deliberately. Of course, there were two unfamiliar ones, one was Aunt Ping, and the other was Aunt Min. One had a gentle and respectful appearance and looked very well-behaved, while the other was younger and had beautiful features. They were Yang Chongying's concubines, and they had rarely met each other before.

These two did not need Su Ci to greet them, but they had to greet her. They walked out from behind Yang Zhongying and Yan Shi, bowed deeply, and called each other "Madam."

Su Ci dodged to the side. This was considered a stepmother's etiquette and a younger generation could not accept it directly. She bowed and returned the greeting.

Su Ci glanced at Yang Yanzong and found that he didn't even glance at the two concubines, and treated them as air. It wasn't that he was unhappy or displeased, but he just ignored them completely.

After the greetings, Su Ci moved sideways to sit on the second seat to the right of Yang Yanzong, while Yang Yanxin and Yang Yanzhen sat opposite her. The two concubines had no place to sit, so they returned to their original seats and stood.

Yang Chongying casually sent the two away. After the meeting, the family chatted for a while about whether they lived well and slept well, and then went to the dining room to eat breakfast. Yan had just wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief when she heard Yang Yanzong say, "Pack up, we'll go back today."

She paused and asked hurriedly, "Da Lang, um," she looked around, "can't we live here?"

Yang Yanzong said patiently, "Go back, mother. This place is close to the water and is not suitable for Dad to recuperate."

Of course, the real reason was not like this. He didn't know if there were any secret passages, mechanisms or secret doors in an unfamiliar mansion. He certainly couldn't move in before he knew the house thoroughly.

Of course, the reason used externally is the one mentioned by Yang's father just now, filial piety comes first, which is very reasonable.

Yan was very disappointed and hesitated several times. Yang Yanzong stood up and supported her, whispered a few words in her ear, and then comforted her slowly: "Mother, don't worry, I will let you live in a wealthy mansion in the future."

"Well, all right then."

Yan finally agreed. With Su Ci present, Yan saw from the corner of her eye that she was smiling but could not tell what she was thinking. Her lively eyes were always shining. She did not want to be inferior to her, so she nodded reservedly and turned her head to tell the maid to pack her luggage.

Actually, there was nothing much to pack, as we were not planning to stay long. Yan had more luggage, and the others only had some spare clothes. However, Yan's luggage was not unpacked, so we could just carry it up and leave.

So before lunch that day, the group escorted Yang Chongying on the carriage back to the Yang family in the camp.

Afterwards, the family had lunch together.

Yang Yanzong was very busy, and it was already the limit for him to be idle for such a long time at this critical juncture. He didn't even take a rest after dinner and went out with his brother Yang Yanxin.

Before he left, Su Ci glanced at Yan Shi and said with a raised lip corner: "Father and mother, the medical camp is very busy, so I have to go there as well."

Without waiting for Yang Chongying to speak, Yang Yanzong nodded: "Go ahead."

Then Su Ci went happily.