"How many princes does the current emperor have? Which prince does father support?" Yu Jiao asked curiously.
If someone asked about this outside, whether it was Liu Yu or Liu Ziqi, they would definitely say that they were loyal to the current emperor and the court. Otherwise, they would be accused of forming a clique for personal gain.
"Your Majesty is still in his prime. My father did not take sides in order to protect himself and was not close to the princes." Liu Ziqi said, "There were originally six princes, but the eldest prince died young. When Emperor Mingzheng was still a prince, the eldest prince had already passed away. The mothers of the third, fifth, and sixth princes were not of high rank. Only the mother of the fourth prince was Rongpin. Rongpin was not of high birth. She was attached to Xue Rong, and the fourth prince was also very filial to Xue Rong."
Yu Jiao nodded. It sounded like both Rongpin and her son were smart people. Imperial Concubine Xue had not given birth to a prince, and had to compete for attention with the second prince born to Empress Feng. It was mutually beneficial for Rongpin and her son to rely on Imperial Concubine Xue.
Liu Ziqi saw that it was already dark outside. The things in the court were complicated. If he really told Yu Jiao everything, it would probably take days to finish. He said to Yu Jiao, "It's getting late. You've played all day and you must be tired. Go back and rest early."
Yu Jiao nodded, and then thought of Liang Wushuang, and said to Liu Ziqi, "Big brother, did you know that Cheng Dugong has a girl outside the palace? Is that Wushuang lady favored by Cheng Dugong?"
Liu Ziqi said, "I heard that the woman was sent to Cheng Ying's house by Fan Zeng, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Fan Zeng was instructed by Shen Tian to please Cheng Ying. The Spring Examination will be held after the New Year, and Shen Tian is competing with my father for the position of chief examiner. Shen Tian wants Cheng Ying to help him get the position of chief examiner."
"As for whether he is favored..." Liu Ziqi paused, then said, "Cheng Ying had no women around him before, and there were people who wanted to marry him, but none of them succeeded. He was able to keep the woman named Wushuang by his side and raise her in a house outside the palace, which proves that the woman is unusual. In Cheng Ying's case, she is different after all."
Only then did Yu Jiao understand why Liang Wushuang dared to be so arrogant. She didn't care at all whether she would offend anyone or not. She just dared to mock and embarrass these noble ladies from aristocratic families.
Cheng Ying has never kept a woman around her. Liang Wushuang is unique. This uniqueness is itself a kind of preference. Liang Wushuang must also know how special she is in Cheng Ying's eyes, so she blatantly bullies her.
Senior Brother Lu Jin said that Liang Wushuang was a very good girl, but what Yu Jiao saw with her own eyes today was not the case. Human nature is always complex and changeable, and only a very few people can remain consistent.
After returning from Liu Ziqi's place, Yu Jiao went to bed early. She was indeed a little tired today, but after lying down, Yu Qizhe's cold face kept appearing in her mind, which made Yu Jiao toss and turn and unable to sleep. She couldn't help feeling irritated. She went down to the bed and drank several cups of cold tea before she suppressed the irritation in her heart. Then she lay back on the bed and gradually fell asleep.
The consequence of drinking cold tea was that Yu Jiao got her period the next day, but she had unbearable abdominal pain.
When Jianjia helped her to get up, she saw that Yu Jiao's face was pale and weak, and she was very worried. When she heard Yu Jiao say that she had her period, she hurried to get a menstrual belt for Yu Jiao.
Yu Jiao endured the pain and wrote a prescription for herself, asking Bai Lu to take it to get medicine. She didn't need to eat breakfast, so she lay on the couch, put the hand warmer on her stomach to keep warm, and massaged Sanyinjiao, Qihai and uterus points for a long time. After Bai Lu brought back the medicine and boiled it, Yu Jiao drank it, and the pain was relieved.
Because Yu Jiao didn't have breakfast, the small kitchen prepared food early at noon. Jianjia cooked blood-nourishing and pain-relieving porridge with astragalus, angelica, white peony root and zelan as Yu Jiao said. Yu Jiao ate two bowls in a row, and her cold body finally felt much lighter and her spirit was better.
Yu Jiao originally planned to prepare the medicine with Cistanche deserticola and send it to the Cui family today. Although it didn't snow today, the sky was not clear and it was very cold outside. She didn't want to endure the cold any longer, so she wrote a prescription and brought the box of Cistanche deserticola to the Cui family and asked Jianjia to deliver it to Liu Yaozhen personally, telling Liu Yaozhen to replace Cui's brother-in-law's medicine with this prescription.
After Jianjia left, Yu Jiao curled up on the soft couch, hugging the quilt in her arms and falling asleep. She heard someone lift the door curtain and came in. She was awakened. She looked up and saw Bai Lu leading Chen Wan in. She rubbed her eyes and asked, "Why is Sister Chen here?"
Chen Guan saw that she was half asleep, her porcelain-white face was so tender that it seemed as if water could be squeezed out of it, except that there was a red pimple on her left cheek.
"It's only been one night and you've got such a big pimple. Are you getting irritated?" Chen Guan walked to the couch, stretched out her hand and touched Yu Jiao's left cheek, asking with a chuckle.
Yu Jiao touched her face with her hand and found a pimple. She didn't care much about it. It was normal for her complexion to get worse during menstruation and for pimples to appear. However, this pimple was probably because she was upset last night.
Girls in Beijing are very concerned about their appearance. Seeing that Yu Jiao didn't seem to care about the pimple, she couldn't help but smile and talked about business, "The matchmaker who handled it was found. Chunhong and Daibi were sold to Zhixiang Street in the south city."
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