Besides the hosta flowers, Hutu also picked many other unnamed wildflowers—purple, blue, red, and pink—all small but with a strong fragrance. She presented the bouquet directly to Changning: "Mother, isn't it pretty?"
"It's beautiful! Hutu has great taste!"
Hutu chuckled and picked out the most beautifully blooming hairpin with the most intact branches and leaves to put in Changning's hair. Changning cooperated by bowing her head, feeling very happy.
Although my daughter is a fiery girl from Northeast China, she can also be very sweet at times, right?
Yierha held the bouquet in his hand, imagining himself going back to put it in his wife's hair, wondering if his mother would be happy.
Intrigued by the two little girls, Changning also became interested and wandered around.
To her surprise, she discovered quite a few Sedum morganianum, a succulent that is still relatively common in modern times. It can be used as a medicinal herb and is considered a good thing. It is also relatively easy to grow. She immediately dug up a lot of it and asked Zhuiyu to find a jar and fill it with a lot of soil.
Seeing their mother leading the way in picking grass and playing in the dirt, the children went wild, and dirt flew everywhere, getting their clothes all dirty.
Yinzhen was quite helpless. Yaoxian had already given birth to three children, but they still didn't seem to have grown up.
Changning laughed: "Grandpa, why don't you dig some too? It's really interesting. These things are easy to grow, and they grow big in no time! You can put them on your desk, and when you get tired of writing, you can look at the green things to protect your eyes!"
Yinzhen felt a warmth in his heart. It turned out that Yaoxian was thinking about his health. What a silly girl!
The group played until the sun was almost setting before returning home.
Yinzhen took his three sons back to the front courtyard. Changning first sent Yierha back to his wife's main courtyard, and then took Hutuli back to Qingzhi Courtyard.
Upon arriving at Qingzhi Courtyard, Changning saw Meng Guqing pacing back and forth at the entrance, while Zhao Fuhai explained something to her.
"What's wrong, Meng Guqing?"
Meng Guqing was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, but his eyes lit up when he saw Changning return.
Seeing this, Changning first had Granny Zhang take the exhausted Hutu back to wash up, and then took Meng Guqing's hand and went into the inner hall.
"Changning! Changning, please help me!" Meng Guqing, who was usually arrogant, was now extremely anxious and held onto Changning's hand tightly.
Changning was also confused by her attitude, but she still tried to calm her down: "It's okay, Meng Guqing, tell me what's wrong, and I'll definitely help you if I can!"
Meng Guqing said anxiously, "It's all because of that Ya Ruo! After being divorced by Amur, she had nowhere to go, so she secretly sneaked back to Ujumqin. That black-hearted woman actually disguised herself as a female slave and poisoned my mother's food! Now my mother's life or death is unknown, I have to go back to the grasslands! I have to go back to see her!"
Changning frowned. A woman like Ya Ruo, after experiencing so much, must have turned to the dark side. Now she's even more ruthless, wanting to take revenge on the wife of Prince Ujumchin.
"Meng Guqing, calm down. Where did you hear this news from?"
Meng Guqing quickly replied, "A few days ago, Princess Niohuru reminded me that her family had a caravan that heard about unusual activity when they passed through Ujimqin, but they couldn't find out anything. So I sent my people back to check, and this news came today."
Changning's expression changed instantly. Niohuru clan? What is she up to?
Why is she getting involved in this?
Does she want to take advantage of Meng Guqing?
Changning couldn't figure out Niohuru's intentions yet, but the situation was urgent, so she couldn't think too deeply about it and had to focus on saving people first.
She quickly asked, "Do you know what kind of poison you've been given?"
Meng Guqing was so anxious he jumped up and down: "I just don't know! They say it's some kind of poison from the Western Regions, from the Ming Dynasty or somewhere else, and there's no antidote on the grasslands! I have to find a doctor and go back to the grasslands!"
"You want to go back to the grasslands? This is a bit difficult; we'll have to talk to Fourth Master about it."
Meng Guqing frowned: "I know, but the Prince has always treated me like a mascot, feeding and treating me well. He has no affection for me whatsoever! How could he agree to that?"
Changning pondered for a moment: "It's definitely not possible for you to go back alone. The Fourth Prince has to go with you. But the situation in the capital is not very stable right now. Any slight movement by any of the princes will attract attention."
At this point, Changning was also in a dilemma. Meng Guqing's mother was on the verge of death, and he couldn't very well not let her go back to see her!
Therefore, she took Meng Guqing's hand and said, "Let's go, let's tell Prince Bei."
Meng Guqing was a little moved and gripped Changning's hand tightly, as if she were clutching a lifeline.
The two of them hurried off to the front yard.
But Zhang Qilin stopped him.
An imperial decree ordered the Fourth Prince to come to the palace for an audience.
Changning was slightly surprised. It was almost time for the palace gates to be locked. What important matter required the Fourth Prince to enter the palace now?
Seeing that Zhang Qilin was also pretending to be calm, everyone in the front yard was doing their job and dared not slack off in the slightest.
Changning suddenly sensed an impending storm.
She could only try to comfort Meng Guqing.
"Don't worry. Once the Prince enters the palace, we don't know when he will be back. Don't worry, I'll write to my third brother. We have several doctors in our family, so we'll send them to Mongolia first."
“My third brother is in the trade. He has a lot of medicinal herbs and a lot of Western medicines. He travels all over the country. I told him to go to Mongolia right now.”
"Also, have him find out more details, so you don't get anxious and overthink things if you don't understand the situation now."
Meng Guqing nodded quickly, "Thank you, thank you!"
Changning quickly returned to Qingzhi Courtyard to write a letter, while Meng Guqing also hurriedly packed a large and small package and gave it to Changning, asking her to send it to Mongolia together.
Seeing the messenger carrying the letter away, followed by two carriages loaded with goods, Meng Guqing finally felt a little relieved.
Changning, however, was worried about Yinzhen in the palace.
It's so late. Once Yinzhen enters the palace, he definitely won't be able to leave tonight. I just don't know what happened.
Just as the main wife finished speaking with Honghui, the child, who rarely played so happily all day, picked out a lot of flowers with Yierha and put them in her hair.
Although the princess didn't like these little flowers, she still enjoyed them for the sake of her two children, and the missing piece in her heart was slowly being filled.
After returning to his room, Honghui still wanted to continue studying. He didn't want to lose his ambition because of playing and felt that he had missed a day of study time, but his wife stopped him.
"Honghui, get some rest. There's no end to reading. Take care of your health and get plenty of rest first."
Honghui listened to his mother very much, so he stopped being stubborn and obediently lay down to sleep.
After watching her son fall asleep, the wife returned to her room. Listening to the news coming from the front yard, she felt somewhat uneasy.
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