The next day, Xu Lanyin took the two maids to the Herb Hall.
The Qin family has no shortage of money, gold, silver, and jewelry, but the Xu family's foundation is too shallow and they don't have any ancient books or antiques worth showing off. She wants to buy two rare medicines to give to the Qin family.
In this era, there's a potent medicine for treating diabetes called Golden Ke Pills. Xu Lanyin heard that Old Man Qin suffered from the condition, and Qin Che had been asking people everywhere to buy the medicine at exorbitant prices, but after finally securing it, he only managed to get five or six pills. While Baiyao Pharmacy didn't openly sell Golden Ke Pills, Xu Lanyin knew they definitely had them.
I also want to buy some aged mountain ginseng.
Kexiao Pills were also extremely valuable at Baicaotang, but Wan, the shopkeeper, wanted Xu Lanyin to sell him more good medicine in the future, so he made an exception and sold her twenty pills. He also sold her a branch of Korean ginseng that was over a thousand years old.
The Golden Ke Pills cost eight hundred taels of silver, and the Old Mountain Ginseng cost one thousand two hundred taels of silver, and that’s not even considered a high price.
Xu Lanyin thanked him and left the pharmacy. It was already noon when he left. He took his maid to a restaurant for lunch.
As soon as I entered the hall, I was drawn in by the sound of women's laughter. It was my old acquaintance, Granny Gu, who was laughing and joking with three women in their forties. Those women were definitely not wives of officials; they might have been small business owners or servants. I don't know what they were saying to make Granny Gu so happy.
The unrestrained laughter made the people around frown.
Xu Lanyin became annoyed with the old woman as soon as she saw her, and turned around with her maid and went to another noodle shop.
She was a little confused. In Nanping County, even if Gu Wangchen went to the capital, he would still have people keep Gu Po under guard. But now that they lived together, why would he allow his mother to eat in the restaurant and mingle with these women?
Then he thought, Gu Wangchen is busy with official duties and trying to curry favor with his superiors, so he has no time to take care of the family. And the mistress of the family is Su Qing. If she wants to have someone take Gu Wangchen astray, she can definitely do it.
Perhaps Su Qing discovered that Gu Wangchen was unreliable and might even harm her. She would definitely not be able to defeat Gu Wangchen if she fought back, so she could only find the weakest point to attack.
If that's the case, then it's worth watching...
Xu Lanyin snorted inwardly. Back then, the man had harbored feelings for the woman, and in their quest to be together, they had tortured the little original owner to such an extent. If she hadn't traveled through time earlier, the little original owner would have drowned in the river.
If it was really a battle between these two, Xu Lanyin still hoped that Miss Su would win. Although she had made mistakes, she was not as evil as Gu Wangchen.
In a blink of an eye, it was October 30th and Xu Qingyan returned home.
They discussed that Xu Lanyin couldn't possibly take all the stuff back to Qin, including the large sum of money. If Zhao Wu, a martial arts expert, were with her, perhaps she could take more.
Xu Lanyin and Qin Ru were to return with the account books, five thousand taels of silver, several deeds, and some jewelry. Qin was definitely unwilling to take the house where Chai Zhengguan and Old Shen lived, so she sold it. This large house could still be sold for over four thousand taels of silver.
They will leave early tomorrow morning, and in the evening Xu Lanyin and Qin Ru will go to say goodbye to Princess Nanyang.
Princess Nanyang invited Xu Lanyin and Qin Ru to have dinner with them. Amid Xiao Xingxing's crying, Xu Lanyin and Qin Ru left with guilt.
In the evening, Xu Lanyin was about to go to bed, and Xu Qingyan came to find Xu Lanyin.
He was too embarrassed to go into the house, so Xu Lanyin came to the yard and saw him blushing and rubbing his hands, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Xu Lanyin guessed from his expression that it must be related to Qin. She said, "I'll give Mom the letter Dad wrote as soon as I get home." The letter was very thick, and she didn't know how many intimate words were written in it.
Xu Qingyan's old face turned even redder, but he still forced a smile and said, "My daughter, Dad knows you're smart and good at talking. When you get home, tell your mother more about Daddy. Daddy has many good qualities, doesn't he..."
Xu Lanyin laughed out loud and said, "I've always praised my father."
Xu Qingyan nodded in satisfaction and added, "Thank you, my daughter. Dad will remember your kindness." He then patiently coaxed, "It's not enough to say too much. You need to be more specific. For example, Dad always puts your mother and her affairs first. Look at this jade pendant. It was given to Dad by your mother when she was young. Dad has always worn it on his chest. And there's that tablecloth in my room..."
Xu Qingyan lowered his head and cited many examples, his face red as if it could bleed. After he finished speaking, he didn't even dare to raise his head and ran away in shame.
He was at his wit's end. He could see the change in Qin after returning from Xixia. No matter what he said or did, she was lukewarm. She seemed to listen, but she wasn't enthusiastic at all. He also wrote her many letters, copying poems from beautiful to cheesy, but the replies he received were always only half a page long, filled with clichés like "My parents-in-law are doing well, my children and I are doing well, you and your son take care of yourselves."
This girl is smart, and Qin likes and trusts her. She hopes that she can help her and soften Qin's attitude towards her.
Seeing the figure disappear into the night, Xu Lanyin snorted. It's not easy to recover from a broken heart. The deeper the love, the deeper the pain. If Qin Shi hadn't loved and missed Xu Qingyan so much before, she wouldn't be in such pain now, nor would she have so much hatred and resentment.
The next morning, Xu Lanyin and Qin Ru said goodbye to Xu Qingyan and Xu Lanzhou, and left in carriages, escorted by He Xi and Ji Zhu. There were three carriages in total: one for Xu Lanyin and her two maids, one for Qin Ru and the servant, and a mule-drawn cart carrying their belongings.
If it had been earlier, they could have taken a boat, but now it was winter, the weather was freezing, and the river had been closed since the end of last month.
The journey was cold and boring, and Xu Lanyin missed Zhao Wu's little cotton-padded jacket even more. With him around, she felt warm, relieved, and happy. Even if the journey was long, it was still full of fun.
The carriage finally arrived safely in Ningzhou Prefecture in the afternoon of the fifth day of the winter month. As the carriage drove along the street, the people in the carriage heard people talking about the King of Wu being named Crown Prince and the King of Wu's son being named Crown Prince.
Qin Ru was very interested. He opened the car window and asked the person who was talking about it, "Is what the uncle said true?"
The uncle laughed and said, "Of course it's true, the notice has been posted." He added, "If you dare to say that, you're risking your life."
Although Xu Lanyin had never met the King of Wu, he hoped he would become the crown prince. After all, Xu Qingyan was his bodyguard and had served undercover for him in Western Xia for seven years. If he became emperor, his father would surely be given important positions, and their family's life would be better.
Qin Ru thought so too and smiled brightly.
When they reached the fork in the road, Qin Ru did not go back to his own home, but insisted on sending Xu Lanyin back to Xu's home in the north of the city.
Arriving at the Xu residence, it was bustling with activity. Not only were Li Luo, Madam Qin, and Qin Hongyu present, but there was also an elderly man in his sixties. His features resembled those of the Qin family, and Xu Lanyin immediately guessed he was the uncle of Qin Che's father, Qin Shi, and thus her own great-uncle.
Sure enough, as soon as Qin Ru saw him, he knelt down and kowtowed, calling him "Grandfather".
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