She looked towards the queen and saw the queen nodded slightly to her with a smile on her face.
Xu Mingyi even made a judgment in her heart. This was indeed helping her.
The Queen Mother had already smiled and said: "Then could you please show Miss Xu to the Ai family?"
"Yes, I obey my orders."
There were no other maids waiting inside, so Nanny Lan personally moved a drum stool in front of the Queen Mother and asked Xu Mingyi to sit down and take her pulse.
Xu Mingyi looked at it carefully.
"The Empress Dowager is in good health, but there is some dryness in the lungs. I only need to write down a prescription for calming the fire, moisturizing the lungs, and regulating the spleen and liver for you to use for a few days, and the disease will be cured."
Grandma Lan came over with paper and pen.
After Xu Mingyi finished writing the prescription, he said with a smile: "This trip to the imperial mausoleum will take six or seven days. The journey alone will take six or seven days. If the Queen Mother feels tired or unwell, she can call me over. Although my daughter
He may not be as smart as the accompanying imperial doctors, but fortunately, he is close and can come quickly, and I can also chat with you to relieve your boredom."
The Queen Mother smiled happily and said "Okay" repeatedly, and then waved to the girl: "Come to the Ai family."
Xu Mingyi walked over.
The Queen Mother took out a moon-white handkerchief that was as clean as new, poured several candies from the sugar bowl herself, wrapped the handkerchief and tied it carefully, stuffed it into the girl's hand, and said with a smile: "Here, this is my condolences.
The medical fee my family will give you."
Xu Mingyi thought this action was really cute, and nodded with a genuine smile in her eyes: "Then I will keep it."
"It's time to keep it. After all, the health of the Ai family will be in your hands." The Queen Mother said half-jokingly.
Xu Mingyi nodded slightly again.
To her, this sentence is no joke - she will do her best.
Seeing this scene, the queen didn't know what she thought of, and the smile in her eyes was a little distant.
At this time, a palace maid reported through the curtain: "Empress Dowager, Zhiyue is back."
Zhiyue was the eldest maid beside the Queen Mother. Before Princess Yufeng came over, she was ordered by Nanny Lan to deliver something to Princess Sun.
"Okay, it's getting late, and the Ai family has started to feel sleepy after being pressed a few times by you." The Queen Mother said softly with a smile: "You should go back and rest, we have to go on the road tomorrow morning."
Xu Mingyi said "yes", blessed his body, and retreated behind Princess Yufeng.
At this time, the palace maid named Zhiyue walked in from outside the hall. When passing by Princess Yufeng, she stepped aside and saluted.
Seeing Princess Yufeng leaving, Zhiyue entered the inner room.
The Queen was smiling and said to the Queen Mother: "... It's been a long time since I've been away from home. The eldest princess is very tired today. Didn't you listen to that kid Yufeng just now? She entered the post house and fell asleep."
"The Ai family knows that she is like a skinny monkey now...if she is not extremely tired, she will definitely come to the Ai family to cause trouble."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Zhiyue bowed and stood aside with a smile.
Seeing that the Queen Mother covered her mouth and yawned, the Queen took her leave in due time.
Zhiyue served the Queen Mother to wash and change clothes. After the Queen Mother lay on the bed, she left the room to arrange other matters.
Aunt Lan accompanied her in front of the tent, and when she was about to put down the bed curtain, she saw the Queen Mother, who was already looking sleepy, with a smile on her lips and her eyes still awake, saying in a low voice: "This girl from the Xu family is quite interesting today.
Are you here specifically to rub shoulders with the Ai family?"
"My maid seems to like the Queen very much." Lan Liu said softly, "Perhaps there is something I want to ask of you."
"What kind of things can a girl from the Duke's Mansion ask of me, a useless old woman... Could it be that she really wants this little bit of candy from me?" The Queen Mother said with a smile: "That's all, I don't want to think about it anymore.
It will eventually become clear.”
Anyway, the child the queen likes must be a good child and good-looking.
Now that I'm older, I like to look at these little flower-like girls more often. It makes me feel happy just by looking at them, and maybe I can live two more years.
"Yes, please go to sleep quickly."
Nanny Lan slowly lowered the smoky blue curtain.
…
On the other side, Princess Yufeng also just lay down.
"Xu Zhaozhao, why don't you come over and sleep, why are you sitting there waiting?" Princess Yufeng urged while looking at her friends sitting at the table having tea.
When Xu Mingyi was about to speak, he suddenly heard two "dang-dang" sounds from the window behind him.
She immediately put down the teacup in her hand, stood up, walked to the window, and pushed the window open.
Sure enough, she saw a big bird squatting on the window sill and calling to her.
Xu Mingyi nodded understandingly, turned to Princess Yufeng and said, "Jiaojiao, you go to bed first, I'll go out for a while."
"...I asked you why you are so reluctant to go to bed. We have a date with a beautiful lady." Princess Yufeng curled her lips a little sourly and sighed: "Okay, okay, go quickly, there is something outside.
If it’s windy, put on an extra layer.”
Xu Mingyi nodded, casually took the sandalwood hooded cloak from Shi Shi, tied it around him, and went out without any delay.
"..." Before he could take the umbrella and pass it over, Shi Shi opened his mouth.
She didn't even open the door, but climbed through the window and went out. This was quite easy for Miss Xu.
The rain outside was not heavy, the raindrops were thin, and there was mist everywhere, as if there was a layer of mist covering the sky and the earth.
With such weather and the fact that it was almost the end of the Xu period, there were not many people walking around. Xu Mingyi followed Tianmu along the way and never encountered a single person.
Tianmu, who was leading the way, flew into a pavilion in front.
Someone in the pavilion was holding a lantern and faintly saw Xu Mingyi approaching. He couldn't help but said in surprise: "Why didn't Miss Xu hold an umbrella..."
Xiaoqi said, bending down and picking up the purple bamboo umbrella on the side.
However, just as he was about to straighten up, he faintly noticed a not-so-gentle gaze slowly coming down...
Xiao Qi froze, then handed the umbrella over with both hands, bared his teeth and said with a smile: "Sir, here..."
Wu Chao took it, strode out of the pavilion, held an umbrella and walked towards Xu Mingyi.
Seeing him, Xu Mingyi quickened her pace, walked quickly towards him, and hid under the umbrella he held.
"It's still raining, why don't you hold an umbrella?" Wu Chao lowered his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him.
"I guess it won't rain too much." The girl pointed to the hood on her head, "And I have this."
"It will always be cold if it hits you." Wu Chao led her towards the pavilion, holding the entire umbrella above her head.
In the pavilion, the wind lantern was placed on the stone table, and Xiao Qi disappeared without knowing it.
Tianmu shook his wings, squatted on the stone bench, craned his neck and looked at the stone table. Seeing that it was empty, he seemed to shout in dissatisfaction - what is the use of a table if there is no food on it?
"How is it? Can we see the Queen Mother?"
When they arrived at the pavilion, Wu Chao put away his umbrella and asked Xu Mingyi.
