"What's the deal?"
Chu Jing'an's intuition was not a good thing, but he really had nothing to do. He was not interested in the affairs in the court, and he couldn't get involved. He wanted to make friends, but most of the people around him were not sincere, and more people were in his way. His status was always given to him, which was boring.
"Catch centipedes for me and dress them up like this!"
Lian Suisui took down a bamboo dustpan from the yard, and there were many prepared centipedes placed side by side in it.
"What do you want with this thing?"
Xiaotao and the maid in the yard were so frightened when they saw these insects that they didn't dare to approach her for a long time. Even Suisui wanted to scare him, but he didn't expect that he wasn't afraid at all and even felt very scared. Fun.
Lian Suisui looked a little disappointed, but not scared.
"I caught these to make medicinal materials. Xiaotao and the others will scream just by looking at them."
Not to mention helping her catch it.
"But centipedes mostly come out at night and hide in cracks in rocks or other dark places during the day. The sun is too hot right now, so it's probably hard to catch them."
"Then let's catch something easy to catch." Chu Jing'an took the porcelain bottle she prepared, "Are spiders a medicinal ingredient?"
Lian Suisui: "..."
"The five poisons, centipedes, venomous snakes, scorpions, geckos and toads are all medicinal materials. Whichever one you can catch counts."
These are easy to catch at night, so let him pass the time during the day!
Chu Jing'an nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go for a walk in the back garden. Is there any inconvenience?"
He is a prince, why should it be inconvenient to go somewhere?
Lian Suisui thought for a moment and warned, "Don't go to the west courtyard. There are no taboos anywhere else."
Her father's concubines were all arranged in the west yard. She also had several concubines living there, but it didn't matter. They were young, only Lian Xiaoxiao was slightly older, but she never left her yard. , should not be encountered.
Chu Jing'an casually picked up her straw hat hanging on the wall and put it on. He pulled a piece of dogtail grass from somewhere and bit it in his mouth. It looked... a little hard to describe.
After sending him away, Lian Suisui sat down and wrote the prescription.
The sun gradually rose above her head. There was a stack of medical books in front of her. She changed the prescriptions in her hand again and again. When she was satisfied with the changes, she immediately grabbed the medicine and boiled it on the fire.
White steam floated out from the medicine stove. Lian Suisui smelled the smell and felt that something was missing. He picked up the opened book and studied it carefully.
There were beads of sweat on the tip of her nose, and she looked focused.
Suddenly something cold and slippery scratched the back of her neck, frightening her.
"what?"
"Hiss..."
Snake Xinzi licked her cheek, and she caught a glimpse of Chu Jing'an's excited face from the corner of her eye. She raised her leg and kicked him.
"Is this interesting?"
Looking away, he saw that what he was holding was just an ordinary cauliflower snake.
"This snake is not poisonous, why are you catching it?"
The snake was held by him for seven inches and could not move. It was very obedient in his hands. Lian Suisui glanced at it.
"What you caught was still a baby snake. Is there a snake nest at my house?"
Chu Jingcheng also felt strange that it didn't scare her.
"Aren't you afraid?"
When he caught this thing from the rockery just now, all the maids present were frightened. Although none of them dared to scream, their little faces turned pale with fright.
Lian Suisui, on the other hand, was not only not afraid, but even dared to take the little snake from his hand. The silver needle pricked the snake's head and the snake stopped moving.
"What did you do to it?"
Lian Suisui smiled and said: "I'll kill it. There are many female relatives in the house. What if it wanders around casually and scares people?"
"You, what is your method?"
Chu Jingcheng has never seen this kind of technique. Can a casual prick with a needle kill you? If it were pierced into someone's neck, wouldn't it also kill someone?
Lian Suisui gave him an affirmative look and explained thoughtfully.
"Indeed, if you stab someone in the neck, it can incapacitate you at least, or kill you at worst. Do you want to give it a try, Prince Eleven?"
Chu Jing'an waved his hand and said: "No, no no, let's not try. I believe you don't dare to murder the prince."
He silently took a few steps back to observe Lian Suisui, and saw that she threw the little snake aside, washed her hands and continued to study medicinal materials.
"What are you going to do with this snake?"
He couldn't believe that the gadget that was so alive just now was dead in a short time, and he was curious about what Lian Suisui would do with it.
Lian Suisui smiled mysteriously and looked up at the sky.
"It's getting late. Let's send it to the kitchen now. If the Eleventh Prince stays at the house for dinner, he will probably be able to taste the delicious snake soup..."
Chu Jing'an: "..."
Farewell!
How could there be such a terrible woman!
He shouldn't have come forward! Why has Lian Suisui become so scary now? He had to hurry up and persuade his third brother not to marry her, because he never knew when he would die!
Lian Suisui chuckled, bent down, picked up the unconscious snake on the ground, and threw it across the courtyard wall.
God has a good nature, so how could she kill animals at will? It was just to scare Chu Jing'an.
The little snake fell and woke up, twisted its body and quickly got into the darkness to hide.
Lian Suisui took down the medicine stove from the fire and took out the boiled concoction for later use. After a complicated process, he made Jiuxin Pills and brought them to the eldest princess the next time she came to visit.
Thinking of the Qi family's affairs, she sighed and began to worry again.
"elder sister."
The sudden appearance of Xia Jing'er's voice made Lian Suisui feel a little dazed. Why did she go out again at this point?
His eyes fell on her slightly protruding belly. Xia Jing'er was wearing loose clothes. Apart from looking plump, she couldn't tell that she was pregnant.
"What are you doing?"
Lian Suisui should be more vigilant. Is there no access control to Prince Cheng's Mansion? Why does a concubine run outside every day?
"I was bored at home, so I came to chat with my sister. Is she helping the eldest princess make medicine?"
The news that Princess Huirong liked Lian Suisui had already spread in the capital. Xia Jing'er concealed her jealousy and asked, "Sister, you have such a good opportunity. It's really enviable."
She took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and covered her mouth and nose intentionally or unintentionally. Lian Suisui pretended not to see it.
"What brings you here?"
She was on guard, and Xia Jing'er had no choice but to tell the truth: "The princess has been out of the palace a lot recently, and she always looks very angry when she comes back. I wanted to share my worries with my mistress, so I asked my servants to inquire... …”
She paused deliberately to observe Lian Suisui's expression.
"The servant didn't find out anything, so I felt something was wrong, so I followed her secretly again, and found... I found out that the princess was having a private meeting with her husband in a teahouse!"
Princess Cheng has a private meeting with her foreign man?
If this spreads out, it will definitely be explosive news. What is the purpose of Xia Jing'er coming to tell her this?
Seeing that Lian Suisui didn't respond, Xia Jing'er said anxiously: "Sister, aren't you unwilling? Weng Ling'er's father is just a minor official who works abroad. She can marry the prince and become a concubine, and her uncle is a third-rank official. , Sister, you can only be the concubine!"
"Isn't she just relying on Mr. Wengge's influence? But she has bad conduct. Sister, if we catch her, the royal family will definitely not tolerate a princess who has a secret meeting with others. When the time comes, even Mr. Wengge won't be able to protect her. Without the royal concubine, you can no longer be the master of the palace!"
This is quite heartwarming.
