Tanhualang

Until she was brought in front of King Yu, Shen Jing still regretted her impulsiveness the night before.

It was still raining lightly outside, and the room was filled with a faint scent of incense.The young King Yu was wearing a sapphire blue uniform, sitting on the couch with a big horse and a golden knife, leaning on the armrest with one arm, tapping his fingers impatiently.

Xiao You took a step forward, said with a smile in a slow voice:

"Master, this is shopkeeper Shen. He learned this acupuncture technique from the folks. He used it before and said it was very effective."

Prince Yu raised his eyelids, and the end of Danfeng's eyes slightly raised, looking at Shen Jing:

"When did you learn it and where did you use it?"

Quietly lowered his eyes:

"Caomin's father was in business in the early years, and his legs were frozen in the west, and he was sore in rainy days. Later, he met a wandering Mr. Li, and he got better after a few injections. But that Mr. Li couldn't stay for long. In order to facilitate the treatment of his father, Cao Min worshiped him as his teacher and learned this acupuncture method."

Xiao You laughed beside him again:

"My lord, I invited Dr. Zhang to come yesterday. Shopkeeper Shen and Dr. Zhang explained in detail the technique of acupuncture. Dr. Zhang also said that the acupuncture method is clever, you can try it."

After a long time, Shen Jing listened to Prince Yu sneered, and casually patted the handrail:

"Then try it."

The cloudy and rainy spring day continued, and the apricot blossoms outside the west chamber also fell into mud with the wind and rain.

Every day after Shen Jing got the needle for Prince Yu, she would tremblingly ask if she was better, but every time the prince said "um", he stopped talking.Shen Jing didn't dare to ask any more questions, and only carefully observed his words and expressions, seeing that his brows didn't seem to be frowning in the next two days, so she was a little relieved.

The rumors in the market are too false. Although this Prince Yu is young, he actually has a deep personality and is serious.

Fortunately, the rain finally stopped on the seventh day, and the acupuncture and moxibustion stopped.

That night, Xiaoyou came to find Shen Jing happily:

"In the past two years, there was continuous spring rain, and the entire family was in a hurry. This year, the peace is much better, and it's all thanks to Mr. Shen."

After this incident, Xiaoyou stopped calling Shen Jing "Shopkeeper Shen" and changed his name to "Mr. Shen".

Shen Jing took a prescription from the table and gave it to Xiaoyou:

"It's good if it can help. This prescription was also given by Mr. Li at that time. Fumigation after acupuncture will also have a miraculous effect. The housekeeper can give it to the imperial doctor for examination, so that the prince can try it."

"Okay, okay, I'll ask tomorrow!" Xiaoyou carefully put Fangzi into his arms, took out a purse and put it on the table, and said with a smile, "This is a little thank you from the prince, please keep it, Mr. Shen."

"no no--"

"Mr. Shen, don't refuse." Xiaoyou raised his hand to stop Shen Jing's refusal, and said sincerely, "I know that Mr. Shen did not seek these things for treating the prince. But this is a reward from the prince himself, which shows sincerity. Mr. Shen received It is reasonable, but it is disrespectful."

"..."

Xiaoyou sat down for a while and left in a hurry.

Leaving Shen Jing sitting alone under the lamp, he sighed in vain at the opened purse, bank notes, and beautiful jade on the table.

Good news came the next day.

Fang Zi was tested by the imperial hospital and said that he could give it a try, but he had some conflicts with yellow ginseng, so Prince Yu stopped taking ginseng soup every day.

Shen Jing relaxed.

This leisure made him involuntarily have a glimmer of hope that he could leave the mansion.Today he was thinking about how to bring up the matter with Xiaoyou, so Xiaoyou came here in high spirits:

"My lord is going to stay in the suburbs of Beijing for a few days, shall Mr. Shen go with me?"

Shen Jing has always adhered to the principle that one thing more is worse than one thing less, so she immediately declined:

"I'm a little lazy these days, so I won't go out."

Xiao You persuaded him several times, but seeing that he refused, he didn't force it:

"I will follow the prince, and I will not be in the mansion for ten days. If you need anything, you can tell the accountant to do it. If you feel bored, I will give you a passing sign, and you can go out by yourself. What’s missing, add some along the way.”

Shen Jing hurriedly thanked:

"No need. The food and supplies here are thoughtful, and there is nothing missing."

"Mr. Shen, you are welcome. These days, you also know that the population in our palace is simple, and there are only a few people serving, so we will not be able to take care of the prince. Please bear with us when we are negligent."

"Little housekeeper is too polite." Shen Jing smiled and shook her head, "I'm humble, and I'm not a picky person."

"Everything should be there, how can you be picky? There are no female relatives in the mansion, and there are not many needleworkers. There is a Jiachangji silk and satin shop on the East Street, which we often go to. Seeing that it is hot, Mr. Shen took advantage of it. Go around these few days and pick out some nice summer shirts. The money will be paid directly from the account of the mansion." Xiao You said politely, took the tea bowl from Shen Jing, and sat on the chair while Looking at Shen Jing with a pair of smiling eyes, he joked, "Don't refuse. I didn't say that you are dressed so poorly. Firstly, your appearance is wasted. Secondly, it seems that the palace has treated you harshly."

Shen Jing had no choice but to thank them, and the two chatted casually for a while, then Xiao You left, and later on, Xiao Tong sent a signboard for entering and exiting the mansion.

The next day when the prince went out, almost half of the people in the whole house followed, even the little boy.

Shen Jing didn't care, on the contrary, she felt more at ease. She took a few copybooks and saw that there were mung beans and red beans in the kitchen, so she made a pot of tea. While drinking the tea, she steamed a basket full of bean and rice cakes.

Near noon, he saw that the weather outside was fine, so he boiled water to take a bath, and starched the changed clothes.After tossing around for a long time, I felt a little hungry, Shen Jing was too lazy to cook, so I moved a reclining chair and small table in the house to the shade of the apricot tree, and found a strange novel I asked Xiaoyou to find before, and lay down on the chair , while drying wet hair, eating cakes, flipping through novels in the sunlight.

After days of cloudy and rainy days, the warm sunshine of spring made people feel comfortable all over their bodies. As they quietly flipped through the books, they gradually felt sleepy. Before they knew it, they dropped the books aside and fell asleep.

This time he slept deeply, and he didn't get enough sleep until sunset.When I woke up, I didn't know where I was for a moment. I saw the golden afterglow falling on the moss in the corner, the sound of wind and bamboo shadows, and the courtyard was quiet.

With sleepy eyes, he reached out to fumble for the book that fell on the floor, but he couldn't find it, so he turned over and looked under the recliner.Suddenly he heard the sound of flipping a book behind him, he was startled, turned his head quickly, was startled again when he saw it, hurriedly turned over and got up, and thought about kneeling again, his hair was caught by the back of the chair again, he panicked and jumped out of the chair Rolling up and down, throwing five bodies to the ground:

"Caomin don't know... I'm really rude! I've seen the prince!"

I saw Prince Yu leaning on a chair opposite the small table, putting a piece of cake into his mouth calmly, still staring at the novel in his hand, he casually raised his hand:

"Shopkeeper Shen, why do you have to give such a big gift. Sit down."

"..."

Shen Jing got up from the ground, didn't dare to sit down, stood there in a hurry, untied her hair, and straightened her clothes. Seeing that the prince was still reading and eating cakes like no one else, she didn't know what to do for a while.

Didn't you go to the suburbs of Beijing?Why are you back again?What about the butler and the others?What about the guard cook and servants in the mansion who went with him?

……

After a long time, when the plate of bean cakes was finished, Prince Yu put down the book in his hand, and explained a sentence unhurriedly:

"Xiaoyou and the others are not here, so I came to this yard alone to find some food. It's not good to disturb shopkeeper Shen's dream, so I have to take it without telling you, shopkeeper Shen forgive me."

"..."

"This cake tastes good."

Shen Jing didn't dare to raise her head, she only looked at Prince Yu's boots on the ground and the hem of his robe embroidered with Chi patterns:

"My lord has won the prize."

"Anymore?"

"……Um?"

Shen Jing was full of ignorance, so after consulting Prince Yu's opinion, she went into the kitchen and cooked a dish and a soup neatly.

It's too late to make the bean cake. If I make it now, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it until midnight.When the dishes came out, the sun had already set, Prince Yu was leaning on the chair with a blank expression, wondering what he was thinking.

Shen Jing went over with the food, and asked cautiously:

"Will the prince move away—"

Speaking of this, he stopped: he didn't know where Prince Yu usually eats, and where should he move?

Prince Yu waved his hand:

"Just here."

Looks like he's starving.Shen Jing looked at the small table on the ground that was shorter than the chair in embarrassment, imagined the appearance of the tall and burly Prince Yu eating on the small table, and tentatively suggested:

"...If your lord doesn't dislike it, you can eat in the house."

After entering the room, Shen Jing hurriedly put away the paper, pens and books on the table, took out two candles and lit them up, set up the table, chairs, bowls and chopsticks, and then invited Prince Yu to sit down.

There are two rooms in the west wing, the inner one is the bedroom, and the outer one is furnished with simple tables and chairs.Usually Shen Jing lives alone, occasionally a housekeeper comes to sit, and he doesn't feel that the place is small, but at this time the tall and tall Prince Yu sits here, but it makes people feel that the place is extremely cramped.Prince Yu didn't seem to care, picked up the bowl and chopsticks and quickly finished the meal, took the towel handed over by Shen Jing, cleaned his hands, and was about to leave:

"The cook in the house is not here. I'm afraid I have to work hard for the shopkeeper Shen in the past two days."

Shen Jing hurriedly saluted:

"Your Majesty, take orders."

Prince Yu nodded and went out, Shen Jing followed behind and saw him off. When he reached the gate of the courtyard, Prince Yu stopped and turned around:

"That's right. Shopkeeper Shen, please make some more pastries."

"……Yes."

Standing quietly at the gate of the courtyard, with an indescribable feeling, watched as Prince Yu gradually walked away alone.