Yao was firmly opposed to opening Baicaotang. Her explanation was: "Baicaotang was opened by that person. My Ah Heng doesn't know those medical skills, nor does he have those strange pills. The medical skills of our Yao family are not like that at all. That person is a monster, Feng Jinyuan, why do you have to force my daughter to be like that monster?" Yao couldn't understand it: "If you like that kind of daughter, why did you treat her so badly when she returned to the mansion? You obviously don't like that kind of daughter. You think she steals the limelight and you think you can't control her, so you try every means to get rid of her. Now our real daughter is back, but you still force her to become like that, Feng Jinyuan, what on earth are you thinking?"
On the issue of her daughter, Yao didn't want to make any concessions. The relationship between her and Feng Jinyuan was awkward. They were enemies in Kyoto. Even when they came to the South Realm, they were just trying to maintain a superficial peace for Fu Ya. In fact, the two of them couldn't sleep on the same bed at all. Even if they slept in the same bedroom to avoid being discovered by someone with ulterior motives, there was a partition in the middle of the bed.
Just now, when Yao heard that someone came to her house to open Baicaotang, her first reaction was that she was afraid that Fu Ya would become like Feng Yuheng again. She was so scared that she hurried out to stop them. Without thinking twice, she scolded Feng Jinyuan first.
Feng Jinyuan was being scolded unfairly, "When did I say I wanted to open Baicaotang? I wish no one would ever mention the word Baicaotang to me again in this life! Don't I know that we don't have the ability to open one? You woman, what if that person hasn't left far away, and someone hears you yelling? You are really not good enough to help, but you are more likely to cause trouble!"
The two started insulting each other and neither of them gave in. Fu Ya was stuck in the middle and had no choice but to persuade Yao: "Don't worry, mother. We are not planning to open Baicao Hall. It's just that someone suddenly came to our door. Father and I are also worried about this matter!"
"Worry? Why should you worry? Just refuse directly! Ah Heng, we must not open Baicaotang. That's what that person did. You must not learn from her. Mother doesn't want a daughter like that. My daughter is just a little girl. She doesn't have such great abilities. Let's live our lives well and don't think about getting ahead. After you have your coming-of-age ceremony in a few months, mother will talk to the prefect's wife and ask her to help you find a good family."
"Shut up!" Feng Jinyuan was also anxious, "What do you mean by a good family? Are you crazy? Why did we come here? Why did the magistrate's family get close to us? Do you really think you came here to have some free time? Yao Qianrou! Put away your madness. If you really care about your daughter, think about her. Don't mention anything about a good family. Our daughter is going to be betrothed to the Eighth Prince!" Feng Jinyuan was really mad at Yao. What if Yao really asked the magistrate's wife Jiang to propose marriage to Fu Ya? Not to mention what the Eighth Prince would think if he heard about it, even if the people of Lanzhou heard about it, it would be troublesome!
Yao was also startled by his shouting, and immediately remembered what the black-clothed man who found her said. If she wanted to escape from the capital and be with her daughter, she had to be obedient, listen to the arrangements of the Eighth Prince and Yuan Guiren, pretend to be a couple with Feng Jinyuan, and ensure that Fu Ya became the real Feng Yuheng. The most important thing is that from now on, Feng Yuheng is the Eighth Prince's person, and has nothing to do with the Ninth Prince.
Yao knew that she had said the wrong thing. Even though she didn't want Fu Ya to marry into the royal family, there was no way to change it now. This was their bargaining chip for leaving Beijing, and it was also the foundation for them to settle down in Lanzhou in the southern border.
She lowered her head and said unwillingly: "At least, don't open Baicaotang!"
Fu Ya also said, "Yeah, let's not open Baicaotang, right? How can I know any medical skills? Where can I get those pills? No one in the world has ever heard of that person's stuff, where can we get it?"
During the quarrel, Feng Jinyuan also thought a lot, but the more he thought, the more he felt that it would be a big deal if he didn't open Baicaotang. He analyzed to the two of them: "Everyone knows that the biggest industry under Princess Ji'an is Baicaotang. Her jewelry shop and antique shop are just small businesses, but she has promoted Baicaotang with all her strength, not only in the capital, but also in various provincial capitals. Oh, I heard that it is called... Baicao Hospital now? Now that we have come to Lanzhou, if we don't pay enough attention to this matter, it will be easily criticized." He said, looked at Yao, and then said: "Don't think of that person when you mention Baicaotang. In fact, Baicaotang is your dowry shop. It originally belonged to you. It was given to you by the Yao family. It doesn't completely belong to that person. Even though the industry is now under her name, the three words Baicaotang are also the glory of the Yao family. Don't you want to inherit the glory of the Yao family?"
Yao was somewhat moved by what he said, but she was not the type to be competitive. To her, it made no difference whether she inherited Baicaotang or not. She was destined to have no chance to work in medicine in this life, and she had no intention of seeing Baicaotang flourish. But Feng Jinyuan was right before. If they came to Lanzhou and didn't care about Baicaotang at all, they would be easily suspected.
Yao felt overwhelmed and regretted coming here. She waved her hand at Feng Jinyuan, "You guys can do whatever you want." Then she turned and left, not wanting to stay in the hall anymore.
Fu Ya walked her a few steps, and when she came back, she was also worried and hurried. Feng Jinyuan said to her, "Let's wait a few more days and think about it carefully. I'm going to the prefecture government office right now. In addition to finding a doctor to teach you some basic medical skills, I'll also talk to Lord Ji about this. And Fang Rujiang, since he is a drug dealer in Lanzhou, he should know something about it."
In the South Realm, Feng Jinyuan's family was not living in peace, but in the Yuehan Palace of the Beijing Imperial Palace, there was laughter. This was because Feng Yuheng asked Xuan Tianhua to send the little white tiger to Concubine Yun before she left. After she left, Xuan Tianming would soon go to the South Realm. He was afraid that Concubine Yun would be bored, so he specially put the little white tiger there to keep her company.
Concubine Yun liked this little thing very much. Although it was a tiger and Xiaobai ate a lot, she didn't know why, this guy just grew slowly. After several months, it was only a little bigger than when it first came, and it still looked like a big cat. Concubine Yun often carried it around Yuehan Palace, and occasionally scared the maids and nannies, which scared some servants.
The little white tiger was also a perceptive person. He knew who was the master and who he could get good food by hanging out with. He would always be close to Concubine Yun. He would hug Concubine Yun's thighs when he saw her. Whenever Concubine Yun sat down, he would immediately lie over to warm her feet. When Concubine Yun played the piano, he would sit beside her with an intoxicated look on his face, which made Concubine Yun always give him more than half of the good food. Often, the tiger and he would sit opposite each other and finish three large plates of grapes in a short time.
Gradually, the palace maids got used to it and knew that the little white tiger did not bite people and was very smart, as if it had opened its mind and could actually have simple exchanges with people and understand some human language. The palace maids were very surprised. Occasionally, when Concubine Yun took a nap, they would take the little white tiger to the garden to play, and gradually they began to like the little white tiger.
At that time, Feng Yuheng's convoy had already reached Meitianfu, and it would take another half a day to enter Shuzhou. The journey was exhausting, and even the modified carriages were not as good as the shock absorption of later wheels. Even Xiangrong was shaken from the initial excitement when he left Beijing.
Several people sat in the carriage, sometimes not talking for half a day, some were sleeping, some were eating snacks, and Feng Yuheng sent his thoughts into the space to sort out the things in the space.
Wangchuan was quite energetic, always paying attention to the movements outside. The climate in Meitianfu was slightly warmer than that in the capital, but not too much warmer. Feng Yuheng estimated that it was only about 3 to 5 degrees higher, but the wind was weaker, so it still felt quite comfortable.
"Miss, there is a tea stand in front. How about we stop there to rest and fill our stomachs first?" Wang Chuan lowered the curtain and turned around to say to Feng Yuheng, "It is estimated that we will not be able to enter Shuzhou until the evening. We will definitely miss lunch."
Feng Yuheng opened her eyes, looked outside, and nodded: "Okay, let's stop at the tea shed." She then said to Huang Quan: "Let's see what food is available at the tea stall. If there is nothing good, let everyone eat the food in the car first, and then resupply when we get to Shuzhou."
As they were talking, the convoy had already stopped, and everyone got off. The horse-riding secret guards sent two people to the nearby forest, saying that they were going to look for pheasants and rabbits, while the rest of them crowded into the tea shed. Those who could sit sat down, and those who couldn't sit down found a place outside to squat. The tea shed was run by an old couple and a little girl who was less than ten years old. The little girl was very smart. Seeing so many people coming, she quickly went to boil water. The old woman looked around and saw that Feng Yuheng was the one who had the final say, so she quickly came over and asked, "Miss, our place is simple and there is nothing good to eat. We just have some tea and some coarse flour cakes. Do you want to have all of them, or just tea?" The tea shed passing by was in simple conditions. The old woman saw that these people were well-dressed, and she felt a little embarrassed to take out the coarse flour cakes that were not presentable.
People had been walking for so long, and it wasn't the first time they had eaten in such a teahouse. They all knew that coarse flour cakes were not tasty, so Feng Yuheng said, "Just boil some hot water for us." As she spoke, she took out a bag of tea from her sleeve and said, "Use our tea to brew it. In addition, we can borrow your pots and firewood to cook some food for us. We have brought everything with us. Don't worry, there will be enough silver." She gestured to Huang Quan, who took out five taels of silver and handed it to the old woman, "Is that enough?"
The old woman had never seen any silver. They ran a tea stall here, and a bowl of tea only cost one cent. Of course, the so-called tea was just some tea leaves. A coarse flour cake only cost three cents. Selling from morning to night, they could only make a few dozen cents at most. Sometimes, there were few people and they had no income for the whole day. This was a large ingot of silver, which they had never seen before. The old man and the little girl came over. The little girl was young and didn't know how to be afraid. She opened her mouth and said, "This... How much is this? Is it a full tael?"
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