Chapter 66 Waiting for good news
Qin Li held the letter in his hand and looked at it carefully. Finally, he remembered that he had read it in books before and there was a kind of medicinal wine that could be used to write letters.
If you don’t use special medicinal wine to apply the letters on the paper, you will not be able to see the handwriting written on it.
Fortunately, when she had the opportunity to go out and could do work in the pharmacy, she also found Dr. Hu to find some medicinal materials. When she came back, she put some in a bag and took them home by the way.
Among the medicinal herbs she brought back, there was Xinglin Fruit.
You have to use Xinglin fruit to make medicinal wine before you can apply medicinal wine to the paper, and you can see the handwriting written on the paper.
Qin Li stood up, opened the bag, and found a pack of medicinal materials from it.
Qinghe immediately walked up to help, "Miss, let me untie you and decoct the medicine for you."
"This medicine is not used to decoct." Qin Li shook her head slightly and said.
Qinghe saw Qin Li untiing the string and quickly opened the pack of medicinal materials. The medicinal materials contained inside were five fruits the size of quail eggs, light yellow and looked very beautiful.
"It might be just eating it." Qinghe asked.
Qin Li looked in the direction where the wooden door was and still shook her head. This fruit is not for eating.
But considering that he was afraid that Mo Zhu would come over and eavesdrop on him, he approached Qinghe's ear and said in a very soft voice:
"After I went to the pharmacy to do my job, my mother said that Mo Zhu would not have to stay in front of my room. But Mo Zhu was always restless, and unlike Mo Yu, she would not admit it if she did something bad. What we said should be a little bit lower."
Qinghe knew very well and nodded, "Okay? Miss. If you are worried? The maid will go out and have a look. If she is there, I will definitely drive her away."
"Can you use it?" Qin Li's eyes flashed with disdain.
She could see that her mother didn't want to tolerate Mo Zhu anymore. It would be a matter of time before she could expel Mo Zhu from the Qin Mansion. Before that, she just had to be on guard against Mo Zhu? Just don't let Mo Zhu overhear them.
The rest? She really doesn't have to worry about anything.
Qinghe thought about it and thought that the lady was right, so there was no need to do it. She replied: "Yes."
Qin Li looked at the five fruits and said:
"This kind of fruit? Although it is not poisonous? But most people eat it, it is not easy to digest and is not good. It is used to make medicinal wine. The soaked medicinal wine is light yellow and can be used as ink."
When Qinghe was very young, she worked as a maid in the Qin Mansion and was with Qin Li.
Guo taught Qin Li to read and read? He was very good at playing the piano. Qin Li was learning, and her personal maid Qinghe was also learning.
Qin Li, the daughter of the Qin Mansion, can write poems? Can draw, and the maid Qinghe can do it. But when Qinghe grows up, she spends most of her time taking care of Qin Li? She doesn’t have much time to study.
Knowing that Qinghe is smart? She is still motivated, Qin Li is willing to tell Qinghe everything she knows. She thought that if one day Qinghe meets a man of good fortune and gets married, she can also go to the pharmacy to do work and earn some money.
Qinghe quickly found a small ceramic wine jar, and according to the method Qin Li taught her, she took the five Xinglin fruits to make medicinal wine.
After Qinghe has soaked the medicinal wine, hide the jar behind the cabinet so that others will not find it.
The so-called "others" do not refer to Ziqin, who often follows Guo's side and also comes to the lady's bedroom, but refers to Mo Zhu, whose hands and feet are not clean.
In order to avoid the wine jar being discovered by Mo Zhu, the lady poured the wine from the wine jar away, and Qinghe hid it.
If the medicinal wine was poured away by Mo Zhu, what else would the lady say? The letter written by the third young master to her?
Qinghe hid the jar of wine and soon came to the soft couch to beat Qin Li's legs. Thinking of the lady helping with work in the pharmacy, she was very tired after a day of busy work.
Qin Li realized that Qinghe wanted to help her beat her legs. But she thought that Qinghe had been injured. In recent times, she had to go to the abandoned woodshed to feed her wild pheasants during the day, which was very hard.
Not wanting Qinghe to be affected, Qin Li waved her hand and said:
"Let's all take a break."
Qinghe stood beside the soft couch and said to Qin Li: "Miss, why did you bring only five fruits back? In fact, I have only found the smallest jar of wine, and I have only filled five fruits in it, which is a little small."
Qin Li pursed her lips and smiled, "How many more fruits do you want to put in? Ten?"
Qinghe shook her head, "There are not too many ten, so why should I put fifteen fruits on it."
When Qin Li heard this, she said in her heart: You can think of it, Qinghe. Do you know that these five fruits are the only little Xinglin fruit in Huji Pharmacy.
Xinglin fruit is produced in Qizhou Prefecture and is also a precious medicinal herb. Under normal circumstances, it is not easy for ordinary people to buy it. All of the five fruits were from an official from the Imperial City who came to Jiayu Prefecture and asked Doctor Hu to treat him after he had a medical treatment.
She helped in the pharmacy, was diligent and studious. She told Doctor Hu that she wanted to buy some medicinal herbs, which Doctor Hu gave her.
"I owe a lot of favors to just five fruits. I don't dare to think about you even want more than ten fruits." Qin Li said to Qinghe.
A hint of embarrassment flashed through Qinghe's eyes, "Miss, you know. This is the first time that my maid has seen such a fruit when she grows so old. She thought it could be eaten. But she didn't expect that it was used to write. She didn't expect that this fruit would be difficult to get."
"But the lady got five fruits. After a few days, the medicinal wine should be ready. The lady will see the letter written by the third young master to you." Qinghe was happy for Qin Li when she talked about this.
Qin Li wanted to open the wine jar immediately, pour out the medicinal wine to apply paper, so as to read the contents of the letter. But she also understood in her heart that she couldn't be anxious.
The medicinal wine must be soaked for at least twenty days before it can be poured out and used.
"It's still early, don't worry, just soak well." Qin Li said softly because she was afraid that Qinghe would be anxious.
Qinghe nodded repeatedly, "My maid understands, Miss."
In order to wait for the jar of medicinal wine to soak, Qin Li waited for twenty-two days.
Twenty-two days later, it was the end of the winter month.
It was snowing in Jiayu City. Looking around, it was a world covered in silver. Qin Li took a carriage to do work in the medicine shop early in the morning, and Guo still accompanied her as usual.
As soon as he got on the carriage today, Qin Li heard Guo say:
"Li'er, your father came back last night and mentioned to me the letter written to you by the third son."
Qin Li looked puzzled and said, "Why did my father suddenly ask about this?"
Regarding the letter, she had to apply medicinal wine to the paper before she could see the content. She only told Qinghe. It was not that she did not trust her parents, but that her parents did not mention it.
She thought that her parents would not care about these trivial matters.
But she didn't expect that her mother would ask about this matter this morning.
Guo told Qin Li softly: "I heard from your father that in a few days, your uncle Shi will return to the imperial city. He wanted to help you pass the reply to the third young master before leaving Jiayu Mansion. Because the third young master never left the palace after returning to the palace..."
Guo's words made Qin Li take a few breaths of cold air!
She didn't understand what Zhao Sheng did wrong. After returning to the palace, his father was left in the palace and refused to let him come out.
I had a premonition in my heart that Zhao Sheng would definitely mention his recent situation in the letter he wrote to her. I really want to know who he met and what happened after he returned to the palace.
Chapter completed!