"Go away, don't come to my bed tonight."
"You keep forgetting this and that, how come you don't forget me?"
Madam Hu shouted angrily, and in doing so, chased Physician Hu out of the gate, firmly closing the gate in front of him.
Physician Hu: "..."
He genuinely forgot; he didn't intentionally avoid telling his wife.
Physician Hu felt wronged, but he dared not provoke his wife, who was in a bad mood.
After a while, hearing the room quiet down, Physician Hu tentatively knocked on the door. "Madam, may I sleep on a makeshift bed next to your bed?"
In response to the man's probing, a harsh, angry voice came from inside: "Get out!"
Physician Hu wiped away non-existent sweat from his forehead. It wasn't that he was afraid of his wife; he just loved her too much.
It's okay, if he can't awaken his wife's love, he has another trick up his sleeve.
"Madam, there's news about Qi Yue."
The door suddenly opened from inside the room.
Physician Hu smiled ingratiatingly: "Madam..."
Madam Hu rolled her eyes at him. "If you have important business to attend to, get in here now."
"Yes, yes, yes."
"How's Qi Yue doing in the palace lately?"
Although she sympathized with the beautiful Lady Zhalute, Madam Hu did not forget her own niece, Qi Yue.
Physician Hu stroked his beard confidently and said, "That girl is very cunning. With the money you gave her and my backing as an imperial physician, she's living a good life in the palace."
"Besides, the palace is much better than his unreliable parents, isn't it?"
"That's true." Madam Hu nodded.
"Yue'er is smart, but unfortunately she has such outrageous parents. For their good-for-nothing son, they actually wanted to sell Qi Yue, who is only nine years old, to that kind of family as a concubine. She is so young, and the man is so old. They only think about money and don't even think about how many young girls the Xu family has ruined."
At this point, Madam Hu couldn't help but start cursing again.
They not only cursed the eccentric patriarch of the Xu family, but also cursed Qi Yue's niece's inhuman parents.
Seeing his wife stray from the topic again, Physician Hu raised an eyebrow helplessly. "Alright, alright, Madam, you've already used your connections to get Qi Yue into the palace, which means you've severed ties with those parents. Please don't scold her anymore, lest you upset yourself."
"Too."
Once Mrs. Hu regained her senses, she brought up the important matter again.
"Is it possible that Qi Yue originally wanted to serve the Sixth Princess?"
Physician Hu made a confident gesture, "It's a sure thing."
"That's good. In this way, we can be considered to be completely bound to the Yehenara clan."
Physician Hu suddenly seemed puzzled and asked his wife, "Does Madam really think it's a good thing for us to be associated with the Yehenara clan?"
Madam Hu rolled her eyes at him, a glint of wisdom in her eyes. "I don't trust Commander Nan Chu, but I trust Princess Zhalute. Look at her, with her beauty, do you think she could possibly be anything less than beautiful?"
Physician Hu recalled the stunning beauty of Lady Zhalute and exclaimed, "The lady is intelligent!"
Madam Hu smiled slightly. This was the main reason, and of course, there was also a small reason: she was attracted to good-looking people.
Yes, really, just a little bit.
Mrs. Hu thought guiltily.
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Qingyin was completely unaware that she had directly bewitched a woman with her stunning looks, and she began preparing gifts for her two daughters in the palace.
Large items couldn't be sent in, so Qingyin prepared two sachets that she had embroidered herself. Although her youngest daughter was still small, Qingyin didn't show any favoritism; she prepared sachets regardless of whether they were big or small.
The original owner was a Mongolian woman who did not study traditional Chinese arts such as music, chess, calligraphy, painting, or embroidery. Therefore, the original owner's embroidery skills were only so-so that the finished products were barely recognizable.
So Qingyin followed along, unable to showcase her superb embroidery skills learned from another world, and tried her best to embroider a purse with mediocre skills.
The kind that can only be roughly recognized as an image.
Qingyin looked at the enormous cat head in her hand and tried to comfort herself.
It's alright, the sentiment is what matters. A son doesn't despise his mother for being ugly, and her eldest daughter won't find fault with her.
Recalling the obedient, now six-year-old sixth princess, Mariki, from her memories, Qingyin's face showed a hint of a smile.
In my memory, Maritch was always a very obedient daughter who loved to stick by her side every day. That time... when she left, she even broke into her palace and hugged her while crying. She was a daughter who was truly heartbreaking.
When the original owner heard Huang Taiji's decree, she panicked. In the end, she could only remember telling her eldest daughter not to anger her father and not to plead with him for her before leaving. Mariki shook her head while crying... but in the end she still agreed to her mother's request.
Now, she is a six-year-old girl who has suddenly been separated from her mother. I wonder how miserable she must be in the palace.
Thinking of this, Qingyin couldn't help but touch the cat's head on her purse again, hoping that the little cat that Mariki liked would make her a little happier.
...
As Qingyin continued embroidering, things began to dissipate, and time seemed to pass faster. Qingyin didn't even notice that it was getting dark and Maya had lit a candle.
The princess was very clean, and after Nan Chu finished his shift, he took a quick shower in his own courtyard before coming to see her.
At first, he was happy to see the familiar figure sitting in the courtyard, but when he realized that the Princess Consort had lit candles before making the purse, he frowned.
"You can make purses during the day, why are you making them at night? It's easy to hurt your eyes if you light candles at night."
Nan Chu suddenly appeared in front of Qing Yin, blocking the light in front of the Fujin.
Qingyin, whose face suddenly darkened, looked up in confusion. "Master, you're back."
"So early today?"
"Is it still early? Look how dark it is outside the window."
Nan Chu said it exaggeratedly.
Qingyin glanced at the sky outside the window, which was already dark but clearly still a while away from complete darkness, and suddenly realized, "It's so late already, how come I didn't even notice?"
Suddenly noticing the change in the sky, Qingyin realized her eyes were dry.
She's been working on it since noon, no wonder her eyes are so dry.
Qingyin blinked, and only a little bit of lubricating tears welled up in her dry eyes.
Looking at the pitiful yet adorable Fujin with tears welling up in her eyes, Nan Chu subconsciously reached out and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Qingyin's eyes with pity.
Qingyin was taken aback.
Nan Chu also became nervous, afraid that he might offend the Fujin and displease her, since he had said that he would only touch her with her consent.
"I'm sorry, I just saw something in your eyes..." Nan Chu explained in a daze, completely unlike his sharp and efficient manner at work.
Qingyin interrupted Nan Chu's explanation. She lowered her head, her smooth hair obscuring her shy eyes, but revealing the crimson tips of her ears.
"It's okay, we were husband and wife anyway."
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