"Um."
Friend. Song Qiao was unfamiliar with the word and had never felt any affection for it, but now he found it appealing.
Xu Jiang was very happy to see her smile again.
Ever since their first meeting, when she had broken Song Qiao's flowers, he had refused to ask her to compensate, fearing she would force him to buy them back and waste the flowers. Xu Jiang knew he was kind and opinionated, a man with his own set of rules for worldly cultivation.
Such people have clear minds, are insightful and intelligent, and will not be obsessed with the confusion in front of them for too long.
She'll figure it out.
After a heart-to-heart talk, the two became much closer and even exchanged a few words of orchid language.
"What are you sisters doing here?" Yin Yin popped her head out and asked, "Are you here to enjoy the flowers?"
Xu Jiang smiled and said, "Yes, to enjoy the flowers."
Yin Yin leaned over to the orchid, sniffed it, and then sneezed loudly, which was quite a spoiler.
Forgot she had peach moss.
"Silly girl, you know you can't smell it, so why are you getting close to it?" Xu Jiang hurriedly pulled her away and pushed her into the stall. "When can I ask Doctor Chen to prescribe some medicine for you to treat your peach blossom ringworm?"
Before Yin Yin could answer, she sneezed three times in a row. She quickly found a handkerchief to cover her mouth and nose and ran out of the bookstore.
Xu Jiang laughed and shook her head, then pulled Song Qiao into the bookstore.
After entering the shop, she saw Hu Xu lying on the table. She rolled her eyes and said to Song Qiao deliberately, "It seems that the shop is about to close, and I can't keep you any longer. But Zhu Chun is so drunk that he might not be able to leave on his own. Otherwise, you go first, and I will ask Guard Xue to take him away later."
"Okay." Song Qiao nodded. Although she could send Hu Xu back with her labor, there was a difference between men and women after all. Besides, he was an official. If people from the neighborhood saw him coming and going, they would inevitably add some gossip and damage his reputation.
It’s better to avoid it.
The two men walked out. When they passed Hu Xu, Xu Jiang slowed down and glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, thinking to himself, let's see how long you can pretend.
Sure enough, before Song Qiao even stepped out of the door, Hu Xu stood up from the table and asked, "What time is it?"
Xu Jiang suppressed a laugh and said, "Are you awake? The market is almost closed. I was just thinking of asking Guard Xue to take you back."
"No need." Hu Xu stood up shakily, pounded his aching forehead, and walked around the table. "I can walk by myself."
"Can you really walk?" Xu Jiang said maliciously, "I'd better let Guard Xue take you back. If you go back alone and fall somewhere, I will be guilty."
Hu Xu looked at Song Qiao and asked, "Madam Song, aren't you going back?"
Song Qiao nodded and said, "I'm just about to go home."
"Then wait for me, I'll go get the horse, and we'll go together." Without waiting for Song Qiao to refuse, he entered the small door and went to the backyard to get the horse.
Xu Jiang laughed. This guy had followed those old foxes and had become quite cunning. Then he asked Song Qiao, "Should we wait for him?"
Song Qiao came back to his senses, and nodded with his cheeks feeling a little hot.
In the setting sun, Xu Jiang waved goodbye to the two of them. Yin Yin came over and said, "It seems that Brother Hu and Miss Song are a perfect match."
"What do you know about matching or not?" Xu Jiang took off the handkerchief from her waist and wiped the sweat off her face.
Yinyin chuckled. She had read a lot of picture books in the bookstore recently, and she had a slight understanding of Hongdou's feelings. She stared at the two people disappearing at the alley and asked, "Sister, is Brother Hu attracted to Madam Song?"
Xu Jiang glanced at her and asked, "Can't you see it now?"
"I can't tell."
"You still need to improve yourself." Xu Jiang tapped her head, went back to the kitchen to pack up and prepare to return to the house.
"Sister, do you know?" Yin Yin was like a little tail that couldn't be shaken off.
"you guess."
"Sister, tell me."
“Some things can only be understood, not expressed in words, or they lose their charm.”
Yin Yin didn't understand and continued to pester her.
Xu Jiang just smiled and said nothing.
Silly girl, it's useless for her to say anything.
Yin Yin was clingy and didn't stop until she got on the carriage. It wasn't because she had lost her curiosity, but because she had been busy all day and was feeling tired. After the carriage swayed, she fell into a daze and fell asleep.
The carriage drove all the way to Zhaoxingfang. On the way, it met a fast horse with a command flag galloping towards the imperial city, and gave way.
Xu Jiang lifted the curtain to look inside, and the guard said, "This is an express horse sent by the imperial court at an 800-mile courier speed. It must have come back from the border."
"Border?" Xu Jiang's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know whether the sound came from the west or the north. Could it be Zhaoyue?
The carriage continued to move forward only after the fast horses had crossed the street. Xu Jiang sat in the carriage, her soul having flown away to who knows where.
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The court officials took a rest to cool off, but the emperor had to stay in the palace to recuperate due to his poor health.
Since the Zhou family was raided, Minister Kou and Prince Ying have been keeping a closer eye on them. The Taoist doctor recommended by Prince Ying would come to the palace every day to take the patient's pulse and even prescribe a solid golden elixir, saying that long-term consumption could lead to immortality.
The saint regarded it as a treasure and took the medicine in front of the elixir every day. After taking the medicine, the saint's lethargy was truly gone and his spirits were greatly lifted. The saint then bestowed countless treasures as a reward for the saint's contribution in offering the elixir.
After the Taoist doctor left, the saint reached out to the eunuch, who took out the golden elixir hidden in his sleeve pocket and presented it to him.
Seeing the saint put the golden elixir to his nose, he hurriedly warned: "Your Majesty, be careful not to get it on your mouth and nose."
The saint rubbed the pills between his fingertips and asked casually, "How many pills have you collected?"
The eunuch replied, "Twelve pills."
The imperial physician had tested this elixir and found that it contained a considerable amount of mercury sand. If one took one pill a day, the mercury would accumulate in the body and a weak person would die suddenly within a month.
Prince Ying knew that he was "weak" after falling into the water, but he still asked the Taoist doctor to offer this elixir, intending to kill him.
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