Rise From the Humble

Wait, did you buy the medicine I asked you to buy?

Hearing these words from his young lady, Wang Xiaoer, who was already walking at the door, couldn't help but paused and his face turned slightly pale.

"What, but you forgot?"

Li Shu put down the brush in her hand and glanced at Wang Xiaoer standing at the door with her dark eyes. Her red lips were slightly raised and her voice was as calm as water.

"No, no, the little one has already been bought.

Li Shu's casual glance caused a few drops of cold sweat to break out on Wang Xiaoer's forehead at the door. Others didn't know about his young lady's tricks, but she did.

It's just that the medicine that the eldest lady asked him to buy was not an ordinary medicine. The reason why Wang Xiaoer came back later was because it was difficult to buy, especially a good medicine that had no side effects on the body. It cost a lot of money to get it from a doctor. The household bought it from the house of a former palace maid who was released from the palace. Before she was released, the palace lady served a concubine, and the prescription was obtained while she was in front of this concubine.

This kind of medicine can only be trusted if it is circulated in the palace. After all, it has experienced the turbulent test of the harem.

It's just that although this medicine has no side effects, it is blind after all. That's why Wang Xiaoer did not take the initiative to donate it.

"Have you asked clearly?" Li Shu asked.

"I asked clearly, there are no side effects." Wang Xiaoer lowered his head and replied.

"Then leave it to Mother Zhao." Li Shu turned the cold jade bracelet on her wrist and told Wang Xiaoer calmly.

"Well, go down and remember to do more and talk less."

After watching Wang Xiaoer hand a delicate small porcelain vase to Mother Hua, Li Shu said something pointedly and sent Wang Xiaoer away.

"Miss, what kind of medicine is this?"

Mother Zhao is an elder of the Li family. She has been in the Li family since Li Shu was not born. However, because she is a servant and a woman, Mother Zhao has never had the opportunity to learn to read. She still cannot read a word, even though this porcelain vase There was the name of the medicine on it, but Mother Zhao didn't know what medicine she had in her hand. After handing the porcelain vase to Li Shu, Zhao's mother asked curiously.

This is an exquisite small blue and white porcelain bottle with a red ribbon tied on it. The name of the medicine is on the ribbon. However, due to the angle, only the word "Jue" on the ribbon can be seen, and the rest of the words are Li Shu's delicate jade hand was held in the palm of her hand and could not be seen clearly.

Li Shu played with the porcelain bottle in her hand, and raised her lips when she heard the words, "It's a wonderful medicine, geez, these doctors are quite loud."

"After dinner, let the cook make a pot of the herbs that my father brought back to prevent wind and cold, and share them with everyone in the house. Oh, and for the sake of the girls in my room, send them directly to the courtyard for me. .”

Li Shu put the delicate blue and white porcelain vase on the table and gave instructions to Mother Zhao.

"Miss is really a living Buddha. With this medicine, we no longer have to worry about the cold, runny nose and headache this winter. I would like to thank you on behalf of the people in the hospital. You are really kind-hearted."

When Zhao's mother heard this, her face was full of joy. The medicine the master brought back was all bought at a high price, and the effect was very good. Back then, her man had caught a cold and was about to die, so the master knew it and let people know. I was sent a pair of medicine, but it didn't work well. After drinking the medicine, I sweated and my illness was cured. Now I heard from the young lady that the medicine to prevent and treat cold should be boiled and distributed to everyone, so Mother Zhao was so happy.

"Okay, let's go down. You are all the heroes of our Li family. We, the Li family, are the best if you do well." Li Shu waved her hand and raised her lips with a smile, as if the flattery of Mother Zhao was very useful.

Mother Zhao retired happily as if she had drunk a few ounces of wine, and couldn't wait to share the good news with everyone in the Li Mansion.

Then, everyone in the Li family expressed gratitude towards Li Shu.

After Zhao's mother left, Li Shu played with the delicate blue and white porcelain vase again, then took off the red ribbon with the name of the medicine on the vase, walked to a brazier, and threw the red ribbon into the brazier. .

The red ribbon fluttered into the fire, rolled up in the fire, and then ignited a cluster of green flames.

On the burning ribbon, you can vaguely see the word "子", maybe the word "好" was burned first, maybe next to "女", but it turned into ashes in an instant, and it is impossible to find out. What's the word?

Li Shu stood quietly in front of the brazier, watching the red ribbon burn to ashes, and then sat down at the table again with her little hand on her back.

Not long after, Hua'er, Baozi's little maid, came jolting over holding a food box.

"Miss, this tofu and crucian carp soup is delicious." The little maid of Baozi put the food in the food box on the table and showed her courtesy to her young lady.

"Does it smell good? Did you eat it secretly?" Li Shu walked up to the little maid Baozi, stretched out her delicate hand and scratched the tip of the little maid Baozi's nose, raising her cherry lips and jokingly said.

"No, no, Hua'er didn't eat it secretly." Hearing this, the little maid Baozi shook her head hurriedly.

"Oh, how do you know the soup is delicious if you didn't eat it secretly?" Li Shu raised her lips and asked again.

"Ah?" The little maid Baozi wrinkled her face and thought for a moment, then said with sudden realization, "Miss, you can smell it."

"I just remembered that you are really stupid." Li Shu knocked the little maid Baozi on the forehead, and then said compassionately, "Eating fish can make you smart. I can't finish such a large portion of crucian carp soup. Get a small bowl and fill it up."

"Miss, I'm not stupid." The little maid Baozi covered her head and raised her bun face in grievance.

After dinner, the entire Li Mansion was filled with the smell of Chinese medicine, but every servant of the Li Mansion gratefully drank the bowl of Chinese herbal medicine that the kitchen distributed to each person to prevent wind and cold, and then drank it all. Even the bottom of the bowl was slurped clean. This was medicine that the master bought at a high price from an old miracle doctor in the south.

There are also five medicine bowls placed in the boudoir of the eldest lady of the Li family, which are steaming.

Li Shu's personal maid, Baozi, and three other personal maids were also in Li Shu's boudoir.

"It's cold and the ground is freezing, and the yin energy is too heavy, so you are most likely to suffer from wind and cold. These are the richest bowls that I asked the chef to keep specially. They are best for dispelling wind and cold, and clearing up lung qi. You are all young ladies, I Those who are waiting beside you, go and drink the medicine, lest you catch wind and cold and get over the illness."

Li Shu was leaning on the embroidery bed, wearing a purple nightgown, her hair hanging on both sides. Before going to bed, she had removed the hairpins and naturally decorated her innocent and pretty face with a Hexi smile, and her watery eyes were slightly narrowed. .

"Thank you, miss."

Several little maids happily thanked Li Shu. Just now, everyone in the courtyard was drinking traditional Chinese medicine to prevent wind and cold. They were the only ones who didn't have any. They thought they had forgotten them. It turned out that the young lady had been thinking of them and left some for them. The best bowls of Chinese medicine. The lady is so kind. The little maids are very grateful to Li Shu.

So moved, several little maids drank the Chinese medicine while it was hot.

Li Shu looked at the few maids who were about to drink them all, nodded with satisfaction, and then said to the maid named Baozi, "Hua'er, bring me the last bowl, and I will drink it after I finish reading this volume."

The little maid Baozi obediently brought the last bowl of soup to Li Shu and placed it on the bedside table.

"Well, you all go down, I don't have to wait for you anymore. After drinking this medicine, it's best to sweat in bed."

Li Shu waved her hand and asked the little maids to go back to their rooms.

After all the maids left, Li Shu got out of bed and poured a bowl of soup from the table into a potted plant in the room, then went to bed and continued reading as if nothing had happened.

The book in Li Shu's hand was "The Biography of Cao Cao". The volume she was looking at was the section about Cao Cao accidentally killing Lu Boshe. The last sentence on this page was Cao Cao's famous saying, "I would rather teach me to betray the people of the world than cry out." Everyone in the world has failed me.

"Even if I fail the world, I will not fail you. I only hope that your heart will be like my heart."

Li Shu put down "The Biography of Cao Cao" and opened a volume of "Jiangchengzi" with someone's dragon and phoenix dancing between them. She read it several times before turning off the lights and going to sleep.