Chapter 415 Magnificent
Yingbao: "What's your name? Are there any other family members here?"
"My name is Wei Xiuxiu. Those two just now are my sisters." Wei Xiuxiu said with trembling hands: "My name is Wei Xiuxiu. I also have a child here. Please buy us both mother and daughter. .”
After saying that, he knelt down and gave a big salute to Ying Bao.
Ying Bao asked her to get up: "Go and bring your child to me."
Wei Xiuxiu was overjoyed, kowtowed three times to Ying Bao, turned around and ran to the wooden cage to hold her daughter.
In the wooden cage, the two girls from before spat at her: "Bah! You are willing to be humble! You have disgraced my father!"
A haggard-looking woman sat in a wooden cage and said to Wei Xiuxiu: "Xiuxiu, your uncle said he would come to rescue us, why are you so anxious to become a human slave?"
Wei Xiuxiu hugged her three-year-old daughter tightly and said coldly: "That's not my uncle."
"What are you talking about?" the woman said dissatisfied: "Even if he is not your biological uncle, he will not ignore you. Why are you so disobedient? What will happen to me and your two sisters if you leave?"
Wei Xiuxiu sneered: "What do you have to do with them? Do you want me to sell my body to keep you and my daughter safe?"
After that, she walked out of the wooden cage with her daughter in her arms.
Yingbao looked at Wei Xiuxiu and her daughter, then at the wooden cage, then turned around and led the slaves outside.
The clerk locked the wooden cage, followed the group of slaves with a stick, and drove the slaves to the corner to wait for the master to pay the deed.
After Ying Bao paid the money and got the slave's deed of sale, she got on the carriage and went home.
The Ya people tied these slaves with ropes and sent two ox carts to take them to Jiang's house.
Chun Niang was a little surprised when her daughter bought so many servants at once, but she thought that there was indeed a shortage of people at home, so she didn't say anything.
However, when he saw the three-year-old girl kneeling down to him, he suddenly couldn't bear it.
It's pitiful to be a slave at such a young age.
"What's this child's name?" Chun Niang asked.
Wei Xiuxiu replied respectfully: "Madam, her nickname is Wenzhu."
Chun Niang nodded, turned to her daughter and said, "Bao'er, please make some arrangements for them. This child is still young, so we should arrange a separate room for her mother and daughter."
Ying Bao: "Don't worry, I will make arrangements."
She named the two newly bought girls Pearl and Amber respectively, and arranged them in her grandma's house to take care of her daily life.
Wei Xiuxiu was also left to my mother-in-law, and she would talk to her, embroider, and do some chores with her every day.
The two cooks were given to Cook Liu to serve as her assistants.
There are four boys, one for the younger brother Jiang Jie, one for the second cousin, and the other two guard the door.
The house soon became lively, and all the servants and maids took their places.
Not long after, Jiang Jie's appointment letter came down, and as expected, he and the first and second graders in the first grade entered the Hanlin Academy and served as editors of the seventh rank.
Li Xu was released to the county magistrate of any other place.
Suddenly one day, two palace eunuchs came to the Jiang family to deliver oral instructions, asking Jiang Yingbao to enter the palace to meet the saint, and also asked her to bring a medicine box.
Ying Bao did not dare to neglect and immediately asked Mu Dan to follow her into the palace carrying the medicine box.
The two eunuchs glanced at Mu Dan without saying a word, and asked Master Ying Bao to get on the carriage.
The imperial city of Jiankang is not as tall as Tokyo, but it is still tall enough.
Ying Bao entered the imperial city unimpeded in the palace carriage, and then came to a palace.
After the little eunuch sang the report, a palace maid came out and asked Ying Bao to go in, but Mu Dan had to stay outside.
Ying Bao took the medicine box from Mu Dan and said comfortingly: "Just stand here and don't wander around. Don't be afraid. I'll come out in a moment."
"Yes." Mu Dan stood with his hands down, his legs shaking unconsciously.
When Ying Bao walked into the palace, he saw a group of palace maids surrounding a beautiful woman. This woman was covered in silk and her hair was full of pearls. She looked magnificent.
The eunuch leading the way said: "This is our concubine Shu, why don't you bow quickly?"
Yingbao bowed to the woman in front of him and said, "Jiang Yingbao, a folk girl, has met Concubine Shu."
Concubine Shu looked at her with a smile and waved, "Come closer and let me take a look."
Ying Bao had no choice but to step forward and salute again.
"Oh, what a beauty." Concubine Shu chuckled, pulled Ying Bao over and said, "I once heard your majesty say that he has a female apprentice who is very skilled in medicine. Today I have asked for an edict to declare you Come into the palace and check your pulse."
"I would like to share my worries for you." Ying Bao was relieved and looked at Concubine Shu eagerly: "Please stretch out your wrist."
Concubine Shu didn't hesitate and put her wrist on the Kang table.
Ying Bao took her pulse and found out that she was pregnant. "Your Majesty, you are pregnant."
Concubine Shu nodded: "It's been five months. I invited you here this time because I want to ask if my baby is a boy or a girl."
Ying Bao took back her hand and said, "I'm sorry, but women's medical skills are shallow and they can't diagnose men and women."
A palace maid next to her said dissatisfiedly: "Why can't you diagnose a patient? Even His Majesty said you have superb medical skills, but why is it so difficult to diagnose a man and a woman?"
Ying Bao glanced at the palace maid, not wanting to argue with an idiot.
Seeing the girl's face darken, Concubine Shu smiled and said, "Even the imperial doctor can't diagnose her. Zhuzhu, you can't blame her randomly. Miss Jiang, Zhuzhu is impatient, so please bear with me."
Ying Bao chuckled: "Concubine Shu is joking, a commoner's daughter is nothing more than a commoner. If she talks about being treated, she will be a disgrace to a commoner's daughter."
Concubine Shu looked a little embarrassed and immediately ordered the palace maid: "Quickly bring the things I prepared and give them to Miss Jiang."
A palace maid came over with a box and opened it in front of Ying Bao.
I saw ten golden gold ingots inside, no less than ten taels each.
Ying Bao took a step back, clasped her fists and saluted: "A civilian girl didn't do anything. She didn't receive any reward for no merit, so she doesn't deserve these rewards."
Concubine Shu smiled and said: "Ms. Jiang, what you said is wrong. I will give birth in five months, and I will ask the young lady to come and help."
Ying Bao frowned slightly, feeling a little unhappy.
I am not a medical woman from the imperial hospital, how can I enter the palace to deliver babies to these noble people?
If something goes wrong, won't my family be in trouble?
But if you refuse now, you will definitely offend Concubine Shu.
My cheap master doesn't have a queen yet, so I guess all these concubines are trying to get ahead and give birth to the emperor's eldest son.
While they were giving birth to children, they certainly wished that other people's children would die young. Since they often traveled to and from the palace, they might have become someone's scapegoat.
Alas, what a disaster.
"Little lady, continue quickly!" the palace man urged.
Ying Bao gritted her teeth and took the heavy wooden box. "Thank you, Concubine Shu."
At this moment, someone outside sang: "The Holy One is coming!"
Concubine Shu immediately stood up, straightened her temples happily, and walked towards the entrance of the palace to greet him.
Ying Bao followed with the box in hand.
A bright yellow figure walked in, and the maids knelt on the ground.
Ying Bao did not kneel down, but just put down the wooden box and saluted the emperor with cupped fists.
Concubine Shu held the emperor's arm and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, why did you come here? I have been waiting for you for more than ten days."
Zhou Wuchang smiled, patted her arm and said, "I've been busy with things these days, so I finally found some free time today."
As he spoke, his eyes fell on the standing girl, "Are you Ying Bao?"
Ying Bao immediately replied: "Yes, master, don't you know your apprentice?"