Chapter 473 The Tragic Death of the Concubine 6
After leaving the kitchen, Ning Yan carried her bundle and headed straight for the small door.
After leaving the Ji family, Ning Yan booked a room at an inn, dressed herself up in a way she no longer recognized, and then hurried off to look for someone near the local temple.
It's always accurate.
The old Taoist priest was sunbathing when he saw Ning Yan and was a little stunned because Ning Yan's outfit this time was very different from the last time, and he didn't recognize her at first.
But when Ning Yan reached out her hand to him, he immediately recognized it. "Oh, it's you. I remember now."
"Wait a moment, I'll get the silver for you right away."
Two thousand taels! Half of that is going to be given away. He's heartbroken.
Ning Yan: "Hurry up! Dawdling won't help. Madam Ji is pregnant. If you want to earn more money, you'd better hand over the money obediently!"
Taoist priest: "Don't rush me, I'm getting it for you right now. By the way, is Madam Ji really pregnant?"
Ning Yan: "Would I lie to you? Just wait, it won't be long before the news of Madam Ji's pregnancy spreads."
Although they've kept it a secret, the second wife's pregnancy is a joyous occasion and can't be kept quiet for long.
The old Taoist priest then reluctantly took out a few silver notes from his person and handed them to Ning Yan.
Ning Yan counted them; there was not a single coin more or less, not a single coin more or less.
"Come on, take me to where you live quickly."
"Go to my place? What do you want?"
"What else can you do? You don't expect to wait for customers to come to you and then start making pills on the spot, do you?"
The old Taoist priest panicked. "No, we can't! Should we buy the medicinal herbs along with the herbs?"
Ning Yan: "Okay, go buy it."
Old Taoist: ...Do I have to make him pay again?
"If we make money, we'll split it in half. Shouldn't we also split the costs in half?"
Ning Yan was about to curse. "If I don't come, you won't earn a single penny! Or I'll find someone else to cooperate with!"
Old Taoist: ……
The old man, now obedient, reluctantly went to the pharmacy, bought a large bag of medicine according to Ning Yan's prescription, and returned to his residence.
This person wasn't a real Taoist priest, but he did live in a Taoist temple, although the temple was a bit dilapidated.
Ning Yan picked up her luggage and went to the old Taoist temple.
"I'll be living here from now on, and the room on the right is mine."
The old Taoist priest didn't care. If he had nowhere else to go, no one would live in this dilapidated house. If she wanted to live there, she could fix it herself.
Ning Yan then said, "Help me fix the roof this afternoon."
Old Taoist: ……
The old Taoist priest can deceive people, and he can even predict auspicious or inauspicious days. He can take a pulse and make a pill, but he really can't repair houses.
With no other option, he hired someone from a nearby village to renovate the house, replace the roof tiles, and even bring the bed back from the village carpenter's house.
Ning Yan picked and chose, but in the end, the old Taoist priest had the carpenter make her a wardrobe, a dressing table, and a desk...
After much back and forth, it took five or six days to finally get Ning Yan to answer correctly and to her satisfaction.
Later, he gritted his teeth. Now that he had money, why should he suffer? He simply took out one hundred taels and renovated the entire Taoist temple.
After all this commotion, more than a month has passed.
The Taoist temple was completely renovated, and he only had a little over 600 taels left of the 1,000 taels he had. He didn't even know how he had spent the money!
The news that Madam Ji, who had been infertile for many years, became pregnant after taking one pill had already spread far and wide.
...
The second branch of the Ji family.
The second wife looked at the stack of invitations handed to her.
"Madam, these invitations are all for you to have tea. What do you think?"
The second wife looked worried. "They all came for my secret formula for conceiving a child, but I haven't seen that old Taoist priest for over a month. What good would it do if I went?"
Granny Wu was also worried: "If only I had asked where that Taoist priest lived."
Just then, a maid rushed in and said, "Madam, there's news! The old Taoist priest has finally appeared."
"Quickly, quickly invite them in!"
"We couldn't invite them; they were intercepted by people from the Ministry of Rites' residence!"
Second Madam: !
No one knows who told her about buying fertility medicine from the Taoist priest.
The Minister's Mansion... If only we could get in touch with them...
"Go! Go and keep watch outside the Minister's residence. As soon as the Taoist priest comes out of the Minister's residence, bring him into the residence immediately."
The maidservant quickly obeyed and left.
...
The old Taoist priest, along with his newly accepted apprentice, was invited to the backyard by the people from the Minister's residence.
The Minister's wife is thirty-six years old this year, so naturally she doesn't need to buy fertility drugs anymore.
Two years ago, the eldest daughter of the Minister's family was tricked into falling into icy water. After being rescued, she was injured. Several famous doctors examined her and said that she would have difficulty conceiving. Of course, this matter was kept secret.
Last year, the eldest daughter married the second young master of the Wuyang Marquis's mansion, to whom she had been betrothed since childhood, but she has been unable to conceive for over a year.
Upon learning that the second wife of the Ji family had successfully conceived after taking the Taoist priest's medicine, the Minister's wife became interested.
So, the Minister's wife sent people to search for a Taoist priest all over the city. After searching for more than half a month, they finally found the old Taoist priest who had just finished repairing his temple and was making money.
"Infinite Heavenly Venerable!"
The old Taoist priest bowed to the wife of the Minister.
"Greetings, Taoist Master. I have invited you here today to have my daughter take her pulse."
The young lady also bowed to the Taoist priest.
The old Taoist priest pretended to examine the young lady's complexion.
“Disciple, please take the lady’s pulse first.”
"My ladies, please rest assured, my disciple has fully mastered the true teachings of this sect. Since men and women are different, it is even more convenient for me, being a woman."
The Minister's wife glanced at her daughter and did not refuse.
At this time, the separation between men and women was truly strict, since it was a matter of reproduction, and it was indeed better to have a woman help with it.
Ning Yan was just an ordinary-looking woman dressed in Taoist robes. She asked the young lady to sit down and then stepped forward to take her pulse.
"The young lady became infertile because the cold air entered her body after she fell into the water."
The Minister's wife asked anxiously, "Can it be cured?"
She was asking the old Taoist priest.
The old Taoist priest nodded. "Are there any other questions?"
Ning Yan: "...Apart from having some trouble sleeping, there's nothing else."
The young lady nodded, "I do not sleep very well."
The old Taoist priest said, "It can be cured. Two pills will guarantee pregnancy, but they are expensive."
The Minister's wife smiled upon hearing this; for a family like theirs, money was the least of their concerns.
"Fangjin, bring me the silver notes."
Soon, two thousand-tael silver notes were delivered to the old Taoist priest.
The old Taoist priest opened his medicine chest, picked out two bottles from a pile of medicine bottles, and handed them to the Minister's wife. "Take the blue bottle today, and the red bottle in seven days."
If Madam is still worried, she may come to me again in seven days for another check-up of the young lady. I live in Qingfeng Temple outside the city.
"By the way, having another doctor take your pulse will have the same effect."
The old Taoist priest took the silver note and left without lingering, taking his apprentice with him.
They hadn't gone far from the Minister's residence when they were stopped by a servant.
"Master, my wife requests your presence."
The old Taoist priest asked, "And who is your family?"
“Ji Mansion”.
The old Taoist priest glanced at Ning Yan, and when Ning Yan nodded, he agreed.
Fearing they might be robbed on the way, the servant specially brought out a carriage from the manor, and the old Taoist priest and Ning Yan were invited into the carriage.
The servant was very good at getting things done and automatically sat on the carriage shaft.
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