Chapter 153 Aunt Cui
"Both of their pulses are very good."
After taking the patient's pulse, Madam Cui felt relieved.
"It's fine now, but I've entered the Lin Wang Mansion. Although I'm only a concubine now, my status is humble. I'm just a concubine's daughter. I'm afraid I won't be able to take good care of them."
"I was poisoned twice before when I was pregnant with them."
"Also, during childbirth, it was also..."
As Shen Lingshu spoke, she felt a sense of fear in her heart. Ever since she entered the mansion, she had been scheming all along. She looked at the two children biting the pepper sticks and couldn't help but sigh: "Without medical knowledge, we are often unable to prevent it."
Madam Cui: “…”
She fell silent and said, "Madam Cui, I know you are alone. If it weren't for my mother, I'm afraid you wouldn't have stayed in South City, in this small place. Madam Cui, are you willing to come back to the palace with me?"
"Don't worry, Madam Cui. Lingshu will definitely treat Madam Cui as her own aunt and take care of her until the end of her life."
Shen Lingshu played the emotional card at the beginning, and then directly stated her purpose.
She won't be staying in South City for long, so there's no time to beat around the bush.
"The twins are the first born in Prince Lin's mansion. I am quite favored in the mansion. Madam Cui can still tend to the medicinal herbs like she does now when she comes to my courtyard."
"By the way, I also have a farm in the suburbs of Beijing. If Madam Cui wants to go to the mountains to collect herbs, that's possible."
"Madam Cui, there's no need to rush to answer me. I'll be leaving in about ten days. You can tell me then."
Shen Lingshu raised her eyes and looked at her sincerely: "Madam Cui, Lingshu sincerely hopes that she can always be by Madam Cui's side."
"And my mother is also looking forward to meeting Madam Cui."
After Shen Lingshu finished speaking, she planned to walk around and take a look. As soon as she stood up, Madam Cui grabbed her hand and took her pulse directly.
Shen Lingshu raised her lips slightly. Madam Cui in the script was alone. When she learned about Song Fanghua's death, Madam Cui even went to Kyoto alone.
Madam Cui and Song Fanghua are as close as sisters.
Regardless of her medical skills or childhood friendship, she hopes that Madam Cui can go to Kyoto with her.
"Your postpartum recovery has been pretty good."
Madam Cui was relieved after confirming that she was in good health. She said, "It's just right that you're here. I picked some mugwort and will make you some mugwort fruit later."
"It's stuffed with winter bamboo shoots and bacon."
Madam Cui added, looking at her eyes sparkling, she smiled and turned around to make Aiguo.
"I'll help."
Shen Lingshu volunteered to help clean the mugwort. Looking at the winter bamboo shoots and bacon prepared on the side, she smiled and came forward: "Aunt Cui, did you know I was coming back a long time ago?"
From Madam Cui to Aunt Cui, the relationship seems to have become closer all of a sudden?
Madam Cui glanced at her with a stern face, but didn't answer: "Is the food in Kyoto worse than in South City?"
Everyone calls her Madam Cui. That's what the little Shen Lingshu used to call her. She doesn't want to get close to anyone.
"That's it."
Shen Lingshu nodded in agreement and said, "Aunt Cui, you don't know, when my mother and I were in the Shen Mansion, there was nothing good to eat. But when we moved into the Wang Mansion, the food there was good."
"My mother is now a co-wife. Although she still has the pressure from Mrs. Yu, her life is much better than before."
Shen Lingshu chattered, talking about their affairs in Kyoto, that was also every detail. Seeing that Madam Cui did not object to her address, she continued to shout: "Aunt Cui, your dried bacon is still the best. This bacon is fat and lean, and it is smoked with rice bran. It smells really good!"
Even before she put it in her mouth, Shen Lingshu's taste buds were already singing and dancing.
After the mugwort came out of the pot, Shen Lingshu didn't care about the heat and stuffed it into her mouth directly. The fragrance of mugwort, coupled with the salty fragrance of winter bamboo shoots and bacon, the taste...
"fragrant."
Shen Lingshu was eating happily, and the two sisters wanted to snatch the food from her mouth.
Shen Lingshu played with Madam Cui for a whole day and was reluctant to go home. When she returned to the manor, Uncle Wu came to greet her: "Concubine, you are back. The prince has been back for a long time."
"Um?"
Shen Lingshu entered the manor and asked, "The prince has returned a long time ago? Didn't she go to the capital to plant early rice?"
"Concubine, the prince is in the fields."
Uncle Wu followed her to the backyard and quickly said, "The prince has taken the young men from the farm to raise seedlings."
Shen Lingshu turned around and went directly to the fields on the farm. When she saw the prince waving in the fields, his ink-black clothes, even though he was dressed simply, made him look completely different from the farmers in the village.
Shen Lingshu walked towards the prince, thinking in her heart, would the prince want to steal the credit?
However, after this matter was brought up, the Emperor had already registered it, and the Crown Prince...
Shen Lingshu's eyes flashed. The prince wanted people to know that this matter was promoted by him?
As they got closer, Shen Lingshu watched Chu Cong carefully directing people to first raise the seedlings, then plow the soil and compost the fertilizer. The whole process was done according to the instructions in the booklet, which was written clearly.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will strictly follow your instructions."
The head of the village bowed his waist and answered seriously.
"Your Majesty."
Seeing that he was free at this moment, Shen Lingshu quickly handed over the Aiguo she had brought with her: "Prince, please try this."
The salty and fragrant mugwort had a very special taste. Chu Cong looked at the two children behind her. It was not the wet nurse's turn to hold the children. Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang were holding the children and making them laugh.
"Why are you here? It's a mess in the fields."
Chu Cong lowered his head and looked at her gentle eyes.
"These grasses and mud, I don't know how many times I played with them when I was a child."
Shen Lingshu smiled and said, "Your Highness, there are actually a lot of wild vegetables in the fields."
She did not mention farming. She cooked a table full of dishes herself that night and said, "Your Highness, please try the dishes I made."
There are no fancy, high-sounding names for the dishes, just the taste of home cooking: "Stir-fried pork with chili peppers, mapo tofu, and this three-fresh soup."
Chu Cong enjoyed the simple dishes very much. In the evening, he said, "Lingshu, what do you think of your village? If we promote three-season rice in this village, I believe that Yu Lizheng can definitely do it."
"OK."
Shen Lingshu praised the village as if it was free. She said, "In fact, even if the entire Nancheng grows three crops of rice, I'm afraid there won't be enough rice seeds. Why not try it in a few nearby villages?"
"The three-season rice crop still needs to be properly arranged."
Shen Lingshu blinked and said, “The prince is here to build a dam this time, which is also a big deal.”
"No need. With my elder brother here, I won't try to steal the credit. It's just right for me to accompany you in the manor."
Chu Cong put his arm around her waist and said, "An An and Bei Bei are very happy at the farm."
Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang took them everywhere to have fun, looking here and there. He could hear their laughter from time to time. The most important thing was that Shen Lingshu was very relaxed.
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