The Favoured Medical Princess: 605 Relying on favor

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At the reception banquet, the ladies in the palace drank fragrant plum wine and ate the delicacies. They talked and laughed from time to time. It was very lively.

The center of the female family is naturally the crown prince Nangong Yue.

There were already more than one stick of incense, and Aunt Mei, who was standing by, twisted her body awkwardly.

The other aunts couldn't help but glance at her. This Aunt Mei was sent in by Madam Qiao. Although she was in the name of serving Madam, everyone knew her true intention.

I think back then, when Madam was not grounded, they had to stick to the rule for five hours every day. Now it’s just a stick of incense, and they don’t believe that she can’t stand anymore, hum. It's just that I want to be pampered.

Aunt Mei adjusted her standing posture, held her forehead, and swayed weakly, as if she was about to fall down at any time.

She swayed weakly every once in a while, once, twice, three times... Naturally, many female family members on the table also saw it, and they exchanged secret glances, all of them remained calm.

The banquet continued lively. Half an hour later, the maids removed the dishes from the banquet and served hot tea for the masters to eat.

Nangong Yue picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and then turned to Mrs. Wei who was sitting on her left and said: "Concubine Wei, my mother has been lingering on the sick bed recently, so that the new aunt has neglected the rules. Please be honest." It's not appropriate! Concubine Wei, I can only trouble you and ask the new aunt to go to your yard to set a two-hour rule every day."

When Aunt Mei heard this, there was a trace of disbelief on her charming face, and she blurted out: "Concubine, I am the king..."

"Bold." Que'er scolded lightly, "In front of the imperial concubine, the aunt should call herself a 'slave'. According to the rules of the palace, the aunt will go and get the five-hand board in a while."

Aunt Mei bit her lower lip, seemingly unconvinced, and even her eyes dimmed a bit, looking pitiful.

Nangong Yue said slowly: "...I'd like to trouble Concubine Wei to appoint a nun to teach her."

Ms. Wei had long seen Aunt Mei's unruly and frivolous manner, but she had always been low-key, so she did not reprimand her. Since the Crown Princess proposed, she immediately bowed and said, "What the Crown Princess said is that I must teach Aunt Mei the rules, so as not to lose the face of the palace."

Nangong Yue nodded and said with a smile: "The tea-flavored duck tastes good today. Is there a new cook in the palace?"

Concubine Wei smiled and said, "Concubine, you are right..."

No one paid any attention to a mere aunt.

Everyone at the table saw this scene, and couldn't help but secretly thought: The Crown Princess is indeed the Crown Princess, even the new concubine, who has been quite favored recently, does not give her any face.

The reception banquet ended peacefully.

After the banquet was over and she returned to the courtyard, Nangong Yue didn't want to move at all and fell asleep soon.

When Baihui and Huamei came on duty early in the morning, Nangong Yue was still awake. An Niang's eyes lit up when she saw them. She quickly pulled them aside and asked in a low voice, "How are you doing?" Mother has always been concerned about this matter, but as soon as she came back yesterday, these two maids were sent away by the Crown Princess, and it was inconvenient for her to ask the Crown Princess directly...

It was just three words, meaningless, but Baihui understood it, and so did Thrush on the side, with a cloud of mist on his face.

Bai Hui looked normal and nodded.

With this nod, An Niang’s heart was relieved. She bowed with her hands clasped together and murmured: "I hope that the Crown Princess will be pregnant with her grandson as soon as possible!"

Ever since the prince and his concubine got married, An Niang had been worried: At first, she was worried that the prince was young and impulsive and could not control himself, and the concubine was still young, so consummating the marriage too early would not be good for the concubine. Unexpectedly, the prince actually had a good intention and waited patiently for more than two years... When the prince's concubine finally got her hair, the prince went off to war again, so the matter of consummating the marriage could only be put on hold for now.

Finally this time, it’s done!

Now, when the imperial concubine gives birth to Lin'er, I can feel completely relieved... No, I still have to help take care of the grandson!

An Niang looked at Baihui and Huamei and frowned. These maids are still too young. How to know how to take care of babies, they still have to rely on themselves!

Seeing An Niang's expression changing in the blink of an eye, and finally walking away ambitiously, Baihui and Huamei couldn't help but look at each other, and then burst out laughing.

I don’t know what happened, but it seems to be a good thing.

Nangong Yue, who was still sleeping, naturally didn't know all this. She slept until midnight.

After days of traveling, horseback riding, and battles of wits and courage with the Baiyue people, Nangong Yue's body and mind were a little tired, and the muscles all over her body were sore. It was fine when she came back yesterday. But after waking up after a night's sleep, the pain all over her body came over her like crazy growing vines, making her not want to move at all.

After struggling in bed for enough time for a stick of incense, Nangong Yue slowly rang the small brass bell beside the bed.

The door opened, and the maids who had been waiting outside all morning filed in to help her get up and wash up.

Having breakfast in a hurry, Nangong Yue asked Que'er to get the roster of the palace's servants, and then took Baihui to Tingyu Pavilion.

The little maid led her to the East Room diligently. As soon as Mr. Fang saw her coming, he quickly put down the new seal stone in the book, waved to her and said: "Ah Yue, come here and sit down. ."

Although the winter in southern Xinjiang is much better than that in Wangduo, Mr. Fang is old and frail after all, and a pot of charcoal fire has been burned in the house, which is warm.

Nangong Yue said hello with a smile.

Mr. Fang looked Nangong Yue up and down, smiling lines were squeezed out on his wrinkled face, and his eyes narrowed when he smiled, "Ah Yue, you have lost weight after a long trip, so you can take good care of yourself next time. Take care of yourself. Go back and have a good rest later. There are endless chores in the palace, so don’t tire yourself out..."

The old man's kindness made Nangong Yue feel warm in her heart. In this palace, only Mr. Fang could make her feel the love of the elders for the younger ones.

"Thank you, grandpa, for your concern. I understand." Nangong Yue sat down next to Mr. Fang.

Nangong Yue had just paid his respects yesterday and was rushed back to rest by Mr. Fang. She did not properly talk to him about the affairs of Yanding City. However, she knew that Mr. Fang must be very concerned about him, so she took the initiative and said with a smile: "Grandpa, do you know about A Yi's victory?"

"I know, I know!"

Speaking of this, Mr. Fang smiled even more heartily.

Nangong Yue had told Zhu Xing before leaving that every good news should be reported to Old Man Fang immediately. Therefore, even though Old Man Fang stayed at home, he was still very aware of the great victory in Yanding City. He would report every good news to him. I have read it over and over again several times.

"Grandpa, you must not know how to fight!" Nangong Yue said with eyes like bright stars, "Ayi, he is so majestic..."

She talked vividly about the battle of Yanding City, how Xiao Yi pretended to lead an army of 20,000 to Yongjia City, and how the Nanliang army came to the city, but ran around in confusion, was ambushed, and was finally captured by Xiao Yi The 10,000 troops he led were waiting for work, and almost all of them were killed!

In order to make Mrs. Fang happy, Nangong Yue deliberately picked up parts of Xiao Yi and talked about it in detail, saying how brave Xiao Yi was, how Xiao Yi was good at fighting, and how high-spirited Xiao Yi was... It was as if she was also on the battlefield at that time. It was as if she had witnessed that scene in person. In fact, even if she didn't witness it with her own eyes, Xiao Yi happily showed it off to her several times.

Mr. Fang smiled happily when he heard this, and he seemed to have become several years younger all of a sudden.

"Kill well! Kill well!" Even though Old Man Fang was old, he still had no change of blood. He patted his palms on the table and said, "We should kill all these people who have massacred so many of our people in southern Xinjiang." People from Nanliang!"

Seeing the old man's happy appearance, the corners of Nangong Yue's mouth became higher and higher, with a smile from the bottom of his heart on his face.

Mr. Fang excitedly asked her a lot about Yanding City, and Nangong Yue answered them in detail.

Of course, they reported good news but not bad news. They only talked about Xiao Yi's bravery, but did not mention the shocking new and old scars on his body, large and small.

Mr. Fang was so addicted to hearing this that he smiled so much that even the wrinkles on his face deepened. He even said proudly: "Okay, okay! If his mother and concubine knew what A Yi was doing now. As capable as he is, he will definitely be very happy." Speaking of his daughter who died young, Mr. Fang's face couldn't help but darken.

Nangong Yue said obediently: "I will go and offer incense to my mother and concubine later and tell her the good news." The mother and concubine was the one who gave birth to A Yi. Although they could no longer be filial to her, they still wanted to offer incense to her. It was right to tell her that she was safe.

Mr. Fang nodded happily, feeling a little relieved, and then asked: "Ayi has gone to Yongjia City now?"

Nangong Yue nodded with a smile, not daring to mention that Xiao Yizheng led his troops to venture into Nanliang territory. He only said: "Now that our army has a great advantage, even if Yikaluo holds on to Dengli City and does not have food and grass to keep up, Sooner or later, I won’t be able to endure it. When this battle is over, Ayi will be back, and it will only take a month or two at most."

Mr. Fang smiled happily when he heard that his grandson was coming back, and maybe he would have a great-grandson soon. These days are really getting better and better.

God allowed him to lose his wife and daughter in his early years and endure so many years of torture. Finally, he didn’t treat him badly in his later years!

Nangong Yue continued: "...I will make a small betrothal gift to the Zhou family in a few days, so I will come back first." At this point, she changed the subject, "?...Grandpa, I am here On the way back, I got a piece of ore..."

She glanced at Baihui, who took out something wrapped in a green handkerchief from her purse and handed it to Nangong Yue.

Nangong Yue unfolded the veil, revealing the gray ore inside, and sent it to Mr. Fang: "I would like to ask you to help me palm my eyes..."

Before Nangong Yue finished speaking, Mr. Fang looked at the ore and blurted out: "This...could it be a salt mine?" As he said that, he took the ore in his hand and examined it, and then used He picked up some stone chips with his fingernails, put it on the tip of his tongue to test it, and then nodded with certainty, "This is indeed salt ore."

Salt mine! ?

Nangong Yue suddenly realized.

Even in Dayu, salt was strictly controlled by the court, and salt tax was one of the main sources of tax revenue for the Ministry of Household Affairs. Selling smuggled salt is a capital crime, but smuggling salt can lead to huge profits, but there are still people who are willing to take risks for the sake of a rich and powerful country.

This is true for Dayu, let alone Baiyue, which is located inland.

Baiyue is not close to the sea on all sides. Even if there is lake salt, well salt and mineral salt, it is not as inexhaustible as sea salt. They were short of salt, and the benefits of a salt mine were simply immeasurable.

No wonder they took such a big risk to seize the Fang family's salt mine and mined it in the name of the Fang family for more than ten years. Even now, they refuse to give up.

Old Mrs. Fang keenly sensed that something was wrong with Nangong Yue’s mood and asked: "Ah Yue, is there anything wrong with this ore?... Someone is using the ore to deceive you?"

Nangong Yue hesitated for a moment and asked instead: "Grandpa, do you still remember that the Fang family has a mine on Sigelai Mountain?"

Sigle Mountain?

Mr. Fang frowned and stroked his beard thoughtfully, "...I remember that more than ten years ago, someone seemed to report that a mineral vein was discovered in the Sigelai Mountain area. I remember that I was Ask Manager Wu, who was in charge of the mine at that time, to hire some long-term workers and dig there to see if it is poor or rich ore."

The Fang family has many mines. If it were just a poor mine, Mr. Fang would not look down upon it, let alone spend manpower and material resources to mine it.

After that, in Mr. Fang’s mind, he never received any feedback from Sigelai Mountain. It must be that the mine was too poor to be worth mentioning. Old Mrs. Fang didn't care anymore. For Mr. Fang, who owns most of the mines in southern Xinjiang, being able to remember a name is already good.

What's more, it was more than ten years ago.

Reminiscent of the ore that Nangong Yue had just taken out, Mr. Fang seemed to understand something and asked: "Ah Yue, does your ore come from Sigelai Mountain?"

Nangong Yue nodded.

"It turned out to be a salt mine!" Mr. Fang was very surprised.

Salt mines are rare and can bring even more value than iron mines.

But if a salt mine was mined in Sigelai Mountain, why would he not know about it at all?

No, he didn't know why, now more than ten years later, Nangong Yue noticed this mine. Among them... Old Mrs. Fang didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Nangong Yue knew that it would inevitably arouse the suspicion of Mr. Fang, but if she wanted to investigate down the Sigelai Mountain, she would undoubtedly need the support of Mr. Fang. At least the Sigelai Mountain was in the name of the Fang family. , maybe there were account books in earlier years. Old Mrs. Fang is the head of the Fang family. If you want to see this account book, some things cannot be hidden from him.

Nangong Yue looked directly at Mr. Fang without hesitation and said: "...Grandpa, the salt mine in Sigelai Mountain is now in the hands of Baiyue, and it is known as the Fang family to the outside world. I don't know what the details are. Not too sure." She only talked about Baiyue, hiding that it might be related to the death of the late princess and the old prince.

Mr. Fang is also a person who has experienced ups and downs. After hearing this, he calmed down, nodded slightly, and said, "If you want to check something or ask anything, just tell me."

"That's natural." Nangong Yue agreed with a smile, then climbed up the pole and said, "Speaking of it, I really need your help now. When I came back this time, I got two hundred for nothing. Fifty stones of iron ore, I would like to ask my grandfather to make a batch of iron arrows."

Mr. Fang is getting older, and he is afraid that he will cause trouble to his grandson. Now, Nangong Yue said that he had something to trouble him, which made him very excited, especially this iron arrow was used by his grandson on the battlefield. Fang The old man agreed immediately without saying a word.

Nangong Yue pretended to be exaggerated and told how she had defrauded the iron ore from the Baiyue people, which made Mr. Fang laugh. The slight anxiety caused by the Sigelai Mountain just now also started to laugh. The sound quietly dispersed.

After having lunch with Mr. Fang, Nangong Yue gave him Ping'an Mai and prescribed a dose of calming soup. She watched him take it before leaving Tingyuge.

When she returned to the yard, Que'er had already put the roster on the desk in her small study.

The roster records the basic information of each servant in the palace: whether the child was born in the family or bought, name, age, where he works, etc. The Zhennan Palace was only established for a mere twenty years. Even if the family had children, they would only reach the third generation at most. From time to time, the Palace would also purchase some servants.

These records are a bit too simplistic.

Especially for the parents who gave birth to children at home, there was no record of their parents working in various places in the past.

Nangong Yue looked at the roster casually and asked, "Quie'er, who are those women you mentioned yesterday who were talking about Aunt Mei?"

Quie'er took two steps forward and said, "I'm sorry for being rude."

After turning a few pages, she pointed out a few names. They were the first batch of servants of the palace. In addition to basic information such as names and monthly payments, the roster only recorded the date and price at which they were purchased, and where they were currently working.

Nangong Yue closed the roster and said: "I have given you my instructions. From today on, all the servants of the palace will be summarized and the roster will be re-registered... Specifically, just do what we did when we were at the palace in the royal capital. The same thing." She paused and then added, "Not just the servants, but also the aunts."

"Yes, Crown Princess."

Quieer knelt down and hugged the roster and retreated.

If you say you are not disappointed, it must be a lie. Nangong Yue can only comfort herself in her heart not to worry. Since someone did it back then, there must be traces! She has enough time to check it out slowly!

Nangong Yue’s order was quickly passed down. Although the servants had some discussions, they did not dare to have the slightest objection. On the contrary, the reaction of the aunts was a little bigger. It was just those who had already fallen out of favor, and the few who were favored. They all complained to the King of Zhennan that they had been slighted, and asked the King of Zhennan to make the decision for them.

For this reason, King Zhennan specially called Nangong Yue over and asked about it.

"Father, both Yanding City and Luoyue City have discovered spies planted by Nanliang." Nangong Yue said without squinting, "My daughter-in-law thinks that we must be cautious, if people from Nanliang sneak in secretly. That is a serious concern in our palace. Instead of always having hidden worries, it would be better to investigate first."

These words were reasonable and reasonable. When King Zhennan thought that there might be spies from Nanliang in his palace, he couldn't help but feel lingering fear. He made a prompt decision and asked Nangong Yue to investigate carefully.

With the words of King Zhennan, things became much easier to handle. Nangong Yue left full power to Que'er and Huamei. During her break, she looked through the greeting cards sent by various governments, and then They all refused on the grounds that they were tired from the journey and needed rest. After failing to get close to Nangong Yue, all the governments were disappointed and immediately expressed that they did not dare to disturb the princess's rest, and instead sent generous gifts to welcome her.

In just two days, a newly opened warehouse was full.

Bai Hui raised the corner of her mouth while registering the gift list. She still remembered that when the Crown Princess first came to southern Xinjiang, these mansions were still watching. It had only been a few months. With a complete change of attitude, the Crown Princess has finally gained a firm footing.

After resting for two days, Nangong Yue took over the pair of cards sent back by Xiao Fei and took over the Zhennan Palace's central post again.

On the fifth day of December, Zhou Dacheng worked hard and returned three days in advance with 200 stones of iron ore. On the same day, the iron ore was sent to the Fang family's smelting workshop and worked day and night.

On the sixth day of December, Xiao Hui flew into Bixiaotang and brought back a good news——

Xiao Yi led his troops into Nanliang from the poisonous black swamp, captured five cities in one fell swoop, and was approaching the capital of Nanliang.

There was only such a simple sentence in the good news, but Nangong Yue read it over and over again, with joy on her face.

Counting the time, she had only been separated from Xiao Yi for about ten days, and she was missing him all the time.

Nangong Yue’s lips were filled with a smile. After a long time, she reluctantly threw the good news into the brazier...

"Prince Princess, Miss Han is here."

At this time, Baihui's voice came from outside the door, and along with Nangong Yue's words "Let Sister Xia come in quickly," Han Qixia hurried in. She was wearing ordinary green cloth clothes, with uncontrollable anxiety on her face. When they met, he said: "Yue'er, I seem to have been recognized..."

Nangong Yue was startled and asked quickly: "Who is it?"

"Yes..." Han Qixia took a deep breath and said in one breath, "It's the saint of Baiyue, wearing clothes."