Chapter 239 Chapter 239 Birth Pill
A few days later, Princess Fuhui came to visit and gave Yu Li some snacks made from lotus flowers from the farm.
Among them, there was a lotus crispy dish that looked lifelike and tasted very good, which Yu Li liked very much.
Just for this snack, Yu Li treated the guests with great care.
"This is made by my cook. She is good at making desserts." Seeing that she was enjoying the meal, Princess Fuhui said with a smile, "If you like it, you can come to my place in the future and I will ask the cook to make it for you to try."
Yu Li said: "Thank you, I will go when I have time."
She spoke politely and had no intention of going. Although she was greedy, she would not really visit just for her stuttering. She and Princess Fuhui were not that close yet.
Princess Fuhui could naturally see it and felt a little disappointed.
Knowing that Yu Li had a good appetite, she tried to cater to his tastes. Unfortunately, Yu Li was very calm. Having a good appetite did not mean that she would be controlled by her appetite.
It was a rare occasion for guests to visit, so Yu Li naturally couldn't just sit there. After eating snacks, he invited Princess Fuhui to visit the manor.
They walked under the shade of trees, with a gentle breeze, rippling green waves on the lake, green willows hanging down, mountains and water reflecting each other, and the scenery was pleasant.
Not far away there are pavilions and towers, hidden among the lake and mountains, in harmony with nature and magnificent.
Those who can afford to buy a farm in Xiaoping Mountain are all powerful families. Most of the farms here are not used to produce grain, but more for the owners to entertain and entertain guests.
Therefore, there are not only rockery and lakes, pavilions and towers in Zhuangzi, but also exotic flowers and plants, and rare animals.
Princess Fuhui exclaimed: "The environment of this manor is really good, better than my place."
This was her first time to visit the manor of the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion. Compared with the manor of the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, she suddenly felt that her own manor was nothing. That manor was awarded to her by a saint, and she always liked to entertain guests in the manor.
If Yu Li, the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo, wanted to hold a banquet, everyone would probably come to give her face.
Yu Li agreed: "This place is indeed nice. I heard that it was my mother's dowry and was later given to Xiao Ge'er."
As the only legitimate daughter of the late emperor, Princess Yuan'an's dowry was so rich when she got married that it was still talked about even decades later. She also occasionally heard people talk about it.
Princess Fuhui immediately understood that the "mother" she was referring to was Princess Yuanan.
She asked, "I wonder how Aunt Yuan An is doing now? I haven't seen her for a long time. The weather is hot, and the city is not as comfortable as the manor. I haven't seen her go to the manor to escape the heat."
Could it be that you are too sick to stay in bed and can't come over?
"She's fine." Yu Li said casually.
In fact, Princess Yuanan's health has recovered and she doesn't need to go to the Princess Mansion for treatment.
Seeing that she didn't seem to be paying attention, Princess Fuhui felt more and more that Princess Yuan'an might still be ill and could not be cured.
She felt a little disappointed.
Having witnessed the power of Princess Yuan'an in the past, it is impossible to say that she did not have some ideas. They are all the emperor's children, so why can't the princess ascend to that position?
She felt somewhat conflicted. She hoped that Princess Yuan'an would continue to be in power to break the world's prejudice and contempt for women. But she also felt that if Princess Yuan'an was in power, since she was not her aunt's daughter, she would not be able to gain any benefits.
Back then, she wanted to marry Fu Xiao. Although Fu Xiao was a handsome man of the time, he was also the only son of Princess Yuanan. If Princess Yuanan could really... As a daughter-in-law, her aunt should be willing to train her and give her some power, right?
pity……
Princess Fuhui was sad in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. She continued to ask, "Hey, why don't you see Cousin Fu?"
Yu Li said: "He has been quite busy recently."
"What are you busy with?" Princess Fuhui wondered. She heard that the saint had asked him to deal with the flood in Chongzhou a while ago. However, so many days had passed, and he should have made all the arrangements and be free now.
Could it be that the saint has assigned him other tasks?
"I don't know." Yu Li said simply.
Princess Fuhui couldn't help but look at her. She didn't know whether she really didn't know or was just trying to be careful and didn't want to tell her. It would be embarrassing to ask her further.
She changed the subject and talked about the Ninth Prince.
"My ninth brother has always been arrogant. It was fine when he was young, but he has become more and more outrageous as he grows older." Princess Fuhui looked a little disdainful. "This encounter with the wolf pack is his retribution. In the future, he can just lie in bed and be served by others. Don't go out and make trouble again."
She also heard about what the Ninth Prince did in private.
Princess Fuhui felt that she was not a good person, but she really could not do a beastly thing like the Ninth Prince, who actually shot people as prey. Was it because the prey in the mountains could no longer satisfy him, so he turned to killing for fun?
Yu Li listened quietly without saying anything.
However, Princess Fuhui noticed the look in the Ninth Prince's eyes when she scolded him, and couldn't help but smile at her.
The Ninth Prince met with an accident at Xiaoping Mountain. Since Yu Li could scare away wild beasts, many people secretly wondered whether it was related to her.
Naturally, there is no evidence.
No one saw the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo leave the manor that day, and no one even encountered her in the mountains, let alone found any evidence. So these were just speculations, and no one was so tactless as to go to the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo to inquire.
Princess Fuhui naturally did not come to inquire about what happened to the Ninth Prince. She did not care about him.
She came here today to build relationships with Yu Li. Even though the Ninth Prince was her younger brother, it would be strange for her to have any feelings for such a beastly brother, who was born from a different mother. There was no way she would stand up for him.
Princess Fuhui sat for a while and then said goodbye and left.
After seeing her off, Yu Li didn't take her arrival to heart and just let things take their course.
A few days later, it rained heavily and the weather became cooler. Yu Li, Zhou and Fu Yan returned to the capital together.
The main thing is that I have been away for a month, so it’s time to go back and take a look.
Fu Wenxiao got the news and went home to rest that night.
If he is too busy recently, sometimes he doesn't even go home. Anyway, she is not in the city, so why go home? She can just rest in the government office.
"Li Niang." Fu Wenxiao held her hand and asked with a smile, "Why did you come back?"
Yu Li said, "It rained these two days and the weather was cool, so I came back." Seeing how happy he was, she added, "Actually, I missed you a little."
Fu Wenxiao's heart softened, and then he heard her say: "I miss my mother too. I'm going to see her tomorrow."
Fu Wenxiao: “…”
The next day, Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao went to the princess's mansion to visit Princess Yuan'an.
When Princess Yuan An saw them, she smiled and asked, "Mother Li, how are you living in the manor?"
"It's pretty good. The scenery at Zhuangzi is beautiful, and the food is also good..." Yu Li praised Zhuangzi again.
Princess Yuan'an saw that she liked him, so when they left, she generously gave Yu Li a farm.
"...Mother, no thanks." Yu Li refused, mainly because Zhuangzi was given to her, and she didn't know what to do with it. Even if there was no Zhuangzi, there were many properties in the Zhenguo Mansion under her name, so it didn't matter.
But the princess' mother-in-law was indeed generous and magnanimous, and she gave a farm as a gift.
"Take it." Princess Yuan An said, "I was not here when you got married, so I couldn't preside over your wedding. I'm sorry to have to inconvenienced you."
Hearing her say that, Yu Li had no choice but to accept it.
When she returned, she told Fu Wenxiao, "My mother gave me a farm, but I don't know what to do with it."
Fu Wenxiao glanced at the land deed and said with a smile, "This farm mainly produces grain and cotton. The annual income can reach nearly a thousand, which is not bad."
He knew that she never cared about material things. As long as she had a house to live in, clothes to wear, enough food and drink to meet her needs, that was enough.
Even her needs are not that kind of luxurious enjoyment, she is very easy to raise.
She is not obsessed with fame, wealth and honor, nor does she pursue glory and wealth. Perhaps this is based on her absolute confidence in her own abilities. Even without those things, she can still gain a foothold in this world, so naturally she has fewer desires for these worldly things.
Fu Wenxiao gave her some advice, "If you meet a girl in distress like Xu Wanniang in the future, you can arrange for her to stay in the manor and have someone teach her to read and write, or teach her some useful skills, or teach her physical skills..."
Yu Li thought it was a good idea, just like the Xuan family's manor, which housed many women rescued from bandit suppression. At that time, she also thought that if she had money in the future, she would buy a manor like that.
The princess' mother-in-law gave her one directly, so she didn't need to buy it herself.
Like the civilians shot by the Ninth Prince last time, she saved several of them and asked the people in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to arrange for them. If she had a farm, she could arrange for them to live in her own farm.
After taking over the manor, Yu Li took time out to visit it, so that the manor's manager and village heads could recognize the new owner. Then, the manor would do whatever it wanted, and she would not interfere in its affairs.
She was impatient to deal with this either.
After returning from visiting Zhuangzi, Yu Li heard that the old emperor summoned her into the palace.
The last time the old emperor met her was to give her a ferocious beast. This time, no one knew why he met her, but Yu Li was very calm. She asked someone to help her wash and change clothes, and then she took a carriage to the palace.
As soon as she entered the palace, she saw Fu Wenxiao standing there, as if he was waiting for her here specially.
The palace maids have already prepared the sedan chair.
"Li Niang." Fu Wenxiao smiled at her, asked her to get on the sedan chair, and followed suit.
The two of them sat in the sedan chair, and she asked in a low voice: "Xiao brother, why are you here? Did you come here specially to wait for me?"
He held her hand and hummed softly.
Yu Li asked again: "Then do you know why the old...sage asked me to enter the palace?"
Could it be because of the Ninth Prince being bitten by a wolf?
It's been more than half a month, isn't it a bit late to ask now?
Fu Wenxiao shook his head at her. With so many people around, he couldn't say anything.
Yu Li didn't ask any more questions.
When they arrived at the Yangxin Palace, the two men paid their respects to the old emperor.
When the old emperor saw them, he said happily: "Xiao'er, Xiao'er's wife, you are here, come and see my elixir."
He called the two men to his side and opened a jade box.
Yu Li took a look and saw two elixirs in the jade box. They were bright red like blood and emitted a faint fragrance.
The fragrance is peculiar and hard to describe.
Anyway, it looks like it is unpalatable.
The old emperor said, "This is a fertility pill. I have already used one. Yesterday, Concubine Tang in the palace announced that she was pregnant. I believe that the palace will soon have another little prince." He said happily, "I decided to give you one."
Fu Wenxiao: "...Uncle, this pill is too precious, please keep it."
"I still have some!" The old emperor acted like a good uncle, "You have been married for several years, but there has been no news. I can't let you delay."
He looked at Yu Li's belly with a hot look in his eyes.
Yu Li felt that the old emperor was looking at him strangely, and couldn't help but look at Fu Wenxiao, and found a flash of anger in his eyes.
Huh? Is he angry?
Why?
When the two left the palace, they took away a fertility pill.
The fertility pill was placed in an exquisite jade box. Apart from anything else, the jade box alone was worth a fortune, but it was only used to hold the so-called elixir, and it was the kind of fertility pill that sounded fake.
Sitting in the carriage, Yu Li looked at the jade box in his hand and asked, "Why is the old emperor suddenly concerned about whether we can have children?"
From the old emperor's tone, it seemed as if he was a good uncle who was concerned about why his nephews had been married for several years but still had no children. He was busy giving them advice and asking them to use the elixir to have a child.
At that moment, she felt that the old emperor was quite like those ordinary mothers-in-law who were eager for their daughters-in-law to get pregnant and give birth to babies as soon as possible.
Fu Wenxiao's face didn't look good, and his tone was a little cold, "It should be that the Imperial Master said something to him."
"National Master?" Yu Li tilted his head, looking puzzled.
Since she came to Beijing, she has not seen the Imperial Master. She feels that she has little interaction with him. They just keep to themselves. As long as the Imperial Master does not provoke her, she will not make things difficult for him.
Yu Li opened the jade box, smelled the elixir inside, and then pinched a small piece of the elixir in his hand.
Her fingers were soon stained red by the elixir, and a faint fragrance floated from her fingertips.
Fu Wenxiao took a handkerchief to wipe her hands and said, "Just throw this thing away when you get back." He really disliked those elixirs. In his mind, they were harmful things. Who knew what the national master had added to them.
Yu Li responded and continued to study the elixir.
By the time she got home, she had broken the elixir into pieces and studied it thoroughly. She confirmed that the elixir was made from medicinal herbs and had some chemical drugs added to it. Eating just one pill would not kill a person, but it would not make anyone pregnant or have children either.
She looked regretful: "It's really a lie."
Fu Wenxiao was originally in a bad mood, but now seeing her face full of regret, he felt like laughing.
Seeing her hands stained red by the elixir, he pulled her to wash her hands, saying as he washed: "The Imperial Master is a liar to begin with, how could he make an elixir." He lowered his eyes, "I guess he knew of your existence, so he wanted to test you with the elixir, or maybe he wanted to get your blood and bones."
Unlike the fraudulent imperial master, she is a truly talented person with extraordinary abilities.
The Imperial Master must have known that she was different. He had been able to remain silent for such a long time. He must have been unsure of his ability to defeat her and did not dare to appear in front of her.
Yu Li was puzzled, "My blood? What blood?"
She didn't react until Fu Wenxiao looked down at her belly, and then she remembered the purpose of the fertility pill.
So, when the old emperor looked at her belly just now, he also wanted her child?
Yu Li frowned, "They want me to have a baby? What for?"
Fu Wenxiao pursed his lips and explained, "I heard that babies' blood is the purest and best for making pills."
Her expression suddenly became serious, "The Imperial Master is using babies to make elixirs?"
Fu Wenxiao shook his head, "He probably didn't do that before. If he dared to do that, he would be a demon, and even a saint wouldn't believe him."
If a baby was really used to make the elixir, even the old emperor would not dare to believe that the elixir would be tainted with evil spirits.
But now, the old emperor is old and may feel unwell, so he starts to try all kinds of medical treatments. It’s hard to say what will happen in the future.
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