novelhk Chapter 211 Miaojiang Saint
Chapter 211 Miaojiang Saint
After the outcome of Meng Yunxiang's case was decided, Meng Yangjiang stayed outside for almost a month until all Meng Yunxiang's funeral arrangements were completed, and then he rushed back to Beijing.
After Zhao Fangyu received the news, he didn't say much and sent a gift to the Duke of Li's Mansion.
"Second cousin Meng is back and is engaged. It just so happens that my family is here in time, so I'll give him the walnut shell and agarwood 60% off eight-treasure screen that was in the storehouse."
"Also, I remember buying a set of red gold hairpin boxes with twelve beauties from Baoqing Silver Shop. Send them over as well."
"Forget it, call the manager of Baoqing Silver Shop and bring their good goods. I will pick them out."
Zhao Fangyu gave orders one after another, and Su'er and Chunshao acted separately. There was also Diecui standing beside them. Zhao Fangyu then remembered that she had not seen Xiangyao for a long time.
I guess that girl has given birth to a child?
"Miss, the screen is still there. I saw a set of small toys made of walnut shells in the storeroom. It seems that they are what you played with when you were a child."
When Chunshao mentioned it, Zhao Fangyu also remembered that during that period, Zhao Fangyu saw that the food boxes used by the eldest lady for meals were made of walnut shells. He and Zhao Fangjin immediately begged the eldest lady to ask the craftsmen to come to their house and buy walnut shell items for the children in Qingping Courtyard.
The walnut wood screen was won by Zhao Fangyu and Zhao Zhirun in a bet.
"See if we can find the craftsman back then. If we can, we'll make some for my cousin and Ni'er as a treat."
The raw materials for this thing are not very expensive, but the workmanship is very exquisite. The craftsmen carefully selected several large baskets of walnuts of similar size and shape, split them open one by one to take out the pulp, scrape off the membrane inside, put them on the windowsill to dry, and then glue them together again with fish maw.
Each round walnut ball is ground out with a small file to create two flat surfaces without exposing the inside. The two are then glued together with fish maw and scented powder or scented balls are injected inside to make such a screen.
The raw materials are not expensive, what is expensive is the effort.
Zhao Fangyu moved two large boxes of gifts from the warehouse and sent them to the Duke of Li's mansion, including food and daily necessities.
Meng Yanjiang didn't say much after receiving it.
The Duke of Li's Mansion worked tirelessly to arrange his wedding.
The news of Meng Yunxiang's death has not yet been reported, but the news that Meng Yunxiang is seriously ill in another place has been reported back to the Duke of Li's Mansion.
Originally, Meng Yangjiang's plan was to ask if anyone wanted to serve Meng Yunxiang, so as to see if there were any other loyal servants to the Third Prince or to Meng Yunxiang, but he didn't expect that there was none. This saved him the trouble.
As soon as Zhao Fangyu's things were delivered, Meng Yanjiang understood what Zhao Fangyu meant. However, even though he understood it, he was still inevitably surprised by Zhao Fangyu after not seeing him for many years.
Today's Zhao Fangyu is no longer the little glutinous rice ball who was knocked to the ground by a kite and couldn't get up. It's a pity that she is a girl. If she had given birth to a boy, the Zhao family would have prospered long ago.
The dreams of the illusory world in her youth had long since faded away with the fighting on the battlefield, but what could not be erased were the many troubles that Meng Yangjiang had brought her in the past.
He still remembers that at Meng Yanzhen's coming-of-age party, he criticized Zhao Fangyu in front of her older brother.
Now that time has passed, I didn’t expect that Zhao Fangyu has become... so inhuman.
Walnut shell...isn't this describing the current situation of the Duke Li's Mansion?
The Duke of Li's Mansion was just an empty shell. Now that he was here, he was like a screen shielding them from the elements. When he was not around, the one who took on the responsibility was Concubine Dan...
Meng Yanjiang met with his mother and said that he wanted to get engaged as soon as possible, and then went to Miaojiang to visit the Miaojiang King.
The Holy Maiden of Miao was an extremely beautiful woman, with fair skin, bright red lips, and deep eyebrows and eyes. Normally, she should have a tough appearance, but her nose and jaw softened it just right.
It's a pity that the Miaojiang Saint doesn't like Duke Li, otherwise Li Shumin's position would be unstable. After giving birth to Meng Yangjiang, the Miaojiang Saint lived in her own yard, playing with some small toys.
"Where's Xiao Hei? Let me take a look."
Meng Yangjiang stretched out his right hand, and the little black snake on his wrist slowly raised its head and shook its head towards the Miaojiang Saint, with the tip of its tail swaying from side to side, as if it was a puppy trying to please its owner.
The Saint's hand paused, but she still took Xiao Hei and looked him over from left to right. Finally, she looked at the barely noticeable white line on his back and said, "What did you feed him? How did he become like this?"
Meng Yanjiang was also a little embarrassed. Xiao Hei was a companion Gu made for him by the Miaojiang Saint. In the past few years on the battlefield, he couldn't find any poison to feed Xiao Hei. Poison was rare on the battlefield, and the most common and cheap poison was the gold juice on the arrows...
"Feed some carrion."
The saint sighed and put Xiao Hei into an inconspicuous white porcelain jar at the door. The sounds of poisonous creatures soon came from the jar, but they disappeared quickly.
The saint brought Meng Yangjiang into the house and took out a set of Miao men's clothes from the cabinet.
"When you go to see the Miao king, don't wear Han clothes."
"Everyone likes to use Gu everywhere. You don't have to be afraid of them since you have Xiao Hei with you."
"I'm not good at using the Miao Dao, so I won't teach you. If you have time, go to Ali Village and help me find a man named Duna and see what he is like."
"If he likes you, ask him to teach you how to use the Miao Dao."
There was obviously a story behind this, but the Miaojiang Saint didn't tell her, and Meng Yangjiang didn't ask. He just said to his mother in a serious tone: "If there is a day when mother wants to go back to Miaojiang, I will never stop you."
The Miao Saint slapped him lightly with amusement: "If I really want to leave, these people can't stop me."
"Go have fun, don't come here if you have nothing to do."
Meng Yangjiang began to pack his luggage. It was not peaceful to go to Miaojiang. The Miaojiang Saint used half of the yard's poison to feed Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei did not grow up, but the snow-white silver line on his back became much more obvious.
Zhao Fangyu and Zhou Qinghe had no idea about this, or they didn't care.
They are not perverts and they would listen to every piece of news. The newly opened Xianglu restaurant of Yang family in the capital is competing with the Fourteen States.
Most of the items sold were scented lotions that were not available in the Fourteen States, and for a time, they took a lot of business from the Fourteen States.
Everyone in the shop was a little nervous, so Zhao Fangyu took the opportunity to reassure them when he went to inspect.
"Just keep the store safe. After all, it's been open for two years, so there must be some regular customers."
The cost of the perfume was low but the profit was huge. The skin care products that Zhao Fangyu had been developing were finally given a precious package with the approval of the imperial physician and were loaded onto containers in the Fourteen States.
The Yang Family Xianglu Restaurant across the street was operating in full swing. Zhao Fangyu looked at the firecrackers being set off across the street and smiled sincerely.
That’s great, someone can help share the workload and make money for her. It’s really the best business.