Qingfeng quickly entered from outside the study and respectfully said, "My lord, the second young lady has already returned to her own courtyard. As for the matter of Baoxiangfang..."
Xue Xingzhao simply waved his hand, then wearily pressed his temples. "Baoxiangfang is just making a death throes. I believe Qiu Niang will definitely crush Baoxiangfang and go about her own business."
His money wasn't so easy to get.
If he didn't have more important things to do right now, he certainly wouldn't let Baoxiangfang continue to cause trouble. Fortunately, with Qiu Niang around, Baoxiangfang will be his sooner or later.
Fortunately, he hadn't revealed anything about himself to the Bai family mother and daughter over the years; otherwise, he might have been killed by those two idiots at any time.
Using Bai Shi to get rid of Wang Shi and Xue Li and break free from the Wang family's control was truly an excellent idea.
For so many years, he has presented himself as honest, upright, timid, and cowardly, which has indeed saved him a lot of trouble.
The most important thing now is to successfully establish a marriage alliance with the Marquis of Anding. Whether it's the so-called eldest son or the second son, as long as they can be married into the Marquis of Anding's family, the two families will be bound together.
This deal is a sure win for the Xue family; it's just a matter of what the Marquis of Anding is thinking.
Thinking it over, he simply said, "Go to the Marquis's residence and send him a letter, saying that I, the official, invite the Marquis of Anding to come to my residence for a chat."
Qingfeng responded and quickly withdrew.
*
For several days in a row, Jiang Yimian was in Zhuangzi's workshop instructing everyone on how to make lipstick.
Things went relatively smoothly, and everyone worked with extra enthusiasm. It was visibly noticeable that many people relaxed and no longer looked worried.
Perhaps because she was in a good mood, she was efficient. In addition, there were many people in the village, so making lipsticks was not difficult. In just five days, the first batch of lipsticks was made, which was faster than she had expected.
After counting the boxed lipsticks, Liu'er said, "Miss, there are about three thousand of them here. Do you want to send them to the capital now?"
Jiang Yimian nodded, "It's a good opportunity to go and see how Baoxiangfang is doing. You can come with me."
Liu hesitated for a moment before nodding.
Just as the two were about to leave, Old Chen, who was running up panting, called out to them, "Hey, Xiao Jiang, wait a minute, are you going to the capital? Take me with you, I want to go too."
Jiang Yimian gave him a strange look. "What are you going to do? Did Song Er agree?"
Ever since Lu Cijian left, taking the Moge group with him and leaving only Lao Chen, Xiao Qi, and Song Er behind, Song Er inexplicably started arguing with him.
The two couldn't stand each other all day long, and they would fight whenever they had the chance, and every time it was Old Chen who was infuriated by Song Er.
These two just made the whole village lively, with chickens flying and dogs barking all day long. Every now and then, Zhao Xiaonian would get involved, making it even more chaotic.
Old Chen stroked his beard and glared at her irritably. "I can go wherever I want. I don't need his permission. He should get through my poison first!"
His newly developed medicine will make that guy suffer; he'll be bedridden for at least three days. Trying to take care of him? He's dreaming.
Lu Cijian and Song Bingcheng shouldn't bother with him. It's that brat Song Er who's so annoying, always going against him. Once he's done his business, he'll spend all his time testing medicine on that guy.
Jiang Yimian smiled helplessly, ignored him, and mounted her horse.
Liu'er quietly drove the carriage, with Old Chen, the chatterbox, sitting beside her, talking non-stop the whole way.
Passing by the deserted village, seeing the place, which was once overgrown with weeds and devoid of human habitation, come back to life, Old Chen couldn't help but exclaim, "This looks like a village now! Before, I thought it was some kind of graveyard, it was creepy to look at."
When he thought back to the first time he saw the deserted village, he wondered if it was a graveyard and thought about digging up a corpse to develop some new medicine. He never expected that there would be living people in the village, which almost scared him to death.
Jiang Yimian glanced at the deserted village and saw that the houses that had collapsed had been repaired at some point.
There are also many thatched huts built nearby, all built by people who came down from the mines, who had no family, or who could not go back.
These people had nowhere to go for various reasons, so they simply moved into the deserted village, helped the elderly in the village repair their houses, cleared the weeds all over the village, and turned over the soil.
Many bare fields have now sprouted tender green shoots, swaying in the wind as if greeting everyone.
There were still many people watering the fields, and when they saw them, they waved excitedly at them.
Seeing this, Old Chen just pursed his lips and said irritably, "These guys, I even bandaged their wounds back then, and as soon as they healed, they couldn't wait to come and stay here. They didn't even help this old man test the medicine."
So much so that he had no choice but to risk poisoning that kid Song Er.
But this kid had a terrible reaction. Every time he took Chinese medicine, he would chase after him and curse him. As a result, everyone in the village knew that he would secretly poison people, and they would hide as soon as they saw him.
He couldn't even find a test subject.
Jiang Yimian's lips twitched involuntarily. The medicines this guy made were always so strange that even she felt her scalp tingle just looking at them. How could these people dare to stay and test them?
Just look at Song Er; he's been tortured terribly these past few days. If he weren't physically strong, he might have already been poisoned to death.
This old man only cares about poisoning, not about the antidote!
Upon hearing this, Liu'er replied earnestly, "You can test the medicine yourself. If you can't cure the poison, it means your skills are not up to par."
She always tested the drugs herself, which actually made it easier for her to develop an antidote.
Old Chen slapped his thigh in anger, saying with a displeased expression, "I'm a poison master, not a doctor, so naturally I can't detoxify."
What if I get poisoned while testing the drug myself? I'm an old man, and I haven't lived enough yet.
As for you, now I finally understand why you're covered in poison. It turns out you've been using yourself as a test subject for medicine. No wonder.
Let me remind you, you have too many toxins in your body. If you don't get rid of them in time, they will spread to your internal organs and you will be beyond cure.
"You people from the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons are truly a bunch of reckless lunatics."
Liu'er suddenly widened her eyes and looked at Old Chen, asking in surprise, "You know about the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons? Who is your master?"
The Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons had completely disappeared the day she left, but she never expected that after so many years, there would still be people who knew about it.
Old Chen hummed twice and said smugly, "I'm a well-liked old man. Every old poison master who meets a promising student like me likes to teach him a lesson."
Unlike your Ten Thousand Poisons Valley, which only had one master and thought you could rely on one trick to survive, you were dreaming. Sure enough, you've fallen into decline.
"Tsk tsk, you still need to learn from me."
He was exceptionally talented back then, and was highly sought after by those poison masters, who all vied to become his master.
He wasn't that stupid; naturally, he didn't choose any of them and studied all the schools of thought.
Liu'er wanted to refute him, but she knew he was right, so she just said, "One of me is enough for the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons. Anyway, the others are all useless."
Old Chen immediately exclaimed "Ouch!" and was about to continue speaking when he was interrupted.
Jiang Yimian glanced at him and said indifferently, "Are you sure you're not just shameless, desperately trying to learn any poison you see?"
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