Chapter 29 The Proud Shangshu Mother and Daughter(1/2)
Since Xi Qingyan was interested in the medicinal materials in Concubine Dong Guifei's palace, she naturally wanted to go to the palace and take a look.
"Mom, that fierce woman is very mean-spirited, you must be careful!"
Xi Xiaochen was very worried about his mother's safety and warned her.
"Dad, would you like to escort mother with you?"
When Su Xiaomo heard that Xi Qingyan was going to a dangerous place, he walked carefully to Su Lixiao, pulled Su Lixiao's sleeve and begged him.
"Please, Daddy."
With his two caring sons worried about him, Xi Qingyan felt very satisfied for a while.
With such a well-behaved and caring child, she has no regrets.
"Su Lixiao, I don't need you to follow me. If you get involved in this matter, people outside will definitely associate the miracle doctor Gu Guzhu with Xi Qingyan."
Xi Qingyan was the first to express her attitude when Su Lixiao was begged by Su Xiaomo.
"I leave my two precious sons to you. As long as you can take good care of them, I can handle the rest by myself!"
"..."
Su Lixiao originally wanted to help the woman in front of her for the sake of her son, but Xi Qingyan rejected it directly in person.
Such a thing made Su Lixiao frown slightly for a moment.
"It is my father's responsibility to take good care of little Mo Xiaochen. I don't need anyone else to teach me about this!"
Because Xi Qingyan refused without thinking, Su Lixiao was in a bad mood. He didn't know why Xi Qingyan refused his help and made him so unhappy...
"I've had a tiring day today. I don't want to keep arguing with you. I'm leaving!"
Xi Qingyan looked at Su Lixiao's cold face, turned around and left. She also saw her son and ate her food. There were so many things waiting for her to do outside.
She didn't have time to waste arguing with Su Lixiao over such trivial matters!
"Xiaochen, Xiaomo, stay in the palace obediently, and I will take you back to the Valley of Miracle Doctors after my mother solves all the problems!"
Before leaving, Xi Qingyan promised her two sons.
"Xi Qingyan! Xiao Mo Xiaochen is my son, you can't even think of taking them away!"
Seeing Xi Qingyan trying to kidnap his son again, Su Lixiao scolded him quickly.
Xi Qingyan didn't take Su Lixiao's scolding into consideration at all. She simply ignored His Highness Prince Li and walked out of Prince Li's Mansion in a swaggering manner!
His Royal Highness, Prince Li, is left sulking alone!
After Xi Qingyan left Prince Li's Mansion, she returned to the Divine Doctor Pavilion through the side door.
"Master, how many pills did you sell to Madam Shangshu today?"
Xi Qingyan was still sitting in the private room upstairs, asking her what happened after she left.
"Reporting to the Valley Master, Mrs. Shangshu and Miss Xi Er bought a pill from their subordinates."
"Only one pill?"
"Master of the Valley, this pill costs 50,000 taels of silver. Mrs. Shangshu scraped everything together and mortgaged many things to get a pill from my subordinate."
The director of the Divine Medical Pavilion looked helpless and explained with a wry smile.
A pill costing 50,000 taels of silver would be impossible to buy unless a wealthy family!
"Valley Master, these are the house deeds and land deeds that Madam Shangshu pledged to the Divine Medical Pavilion. Please have the Valley Master take a look at them!"
The head of the Divine Medical Pavilion brought the things received from the Shangshu Mansion to Xi Qingyan one by one.
Xi Qingyan took a look at the shops on the mortgage list.
"It seems that my mother's dowry was squandered a lot by Mrs. Shangshu. I think back then, when my mother married my father, more than a hundred dowries were sent to the Shangshu's house..."
Xi Qingyan's mother's natal family was very well-off, and her maternal grandparents also loved their daughter very much, so they put a lot of effort into her daughter's dowry.
"My subordinates have also heard about this matter."
"In those days, the dowry of Lord Shangshu's original wife took up most of the street. Many people in Shengjing remember the grand scene of the past."
The director of the Divine Medical Pavilion has been in Kyoto for some time.
Since he wants to do business with people in Kyoto, he must do an investigation of the people and things in Kyoto.
"According to the personalities of Xi Chuyu and her mother, they should have bought more pills, but now they only bought one pill and had to mortgage my mother's dowry. It seems that the Shangshu Mansion is now an empty shell.
Son!"
Xi Qingyan sighed with emotion.
Xi Chuyu and Mrs. Shangshu have always been envious of the royal family, and Mrs. Shangshu even wants to turn Xi Chuyu into a princess.
The last time she attended a palace banquet to heal Xi Chuyu's face, Mrs. Shangshu was able to spend ten thousand taels of gold.
Now, with such a great opportunity, they only bought one pill, which shows that Mrs. Shangshu is really stretched.
"Valley Master, what are you going to do next?"
"No rush!"
Xi Qingyan looked at the mortgage lists and then put them back.
"Now that Madam Shangshu has obtained the pills, I believe the two of them must be impatient to enter the palace now. After all, Madam Shangshu always runs ahead of others when it comes to asking for credit and rewards."
"The effectiveness of that pill is limited, and they can't keep spending 50,000 to 50,000 taels of money to buy pills, so in the end they will still hit the head of the Master of the Miracle Medical Valley. I just need to wait quietly.
That’s it.”
If she takes the initiative to come to the door, she will easily lose her right to speak.
Facing the Shangshu Mansion and the royal family, Xi Qingyan still likes to take the initiative.
"Remember, as long as someone from the royal family or someone from the Shangshu Mansion comes to buy this kind of medicine, it will cost 50,000 taels of silver, not a penny less."
"Also, did you get the things I asked you to send people back to the Valley of Miracle Doctors to get?"
Xi Qingyan thought of Su Lixiao and continued to ask.
"My subordinate has already sent someone to retrieve the things. It just so happens that you are here, Master. Originally, I was thinking of how to send the things to the Minister's Mansion!"
The director of the Divine Medical Pavilion handed Xi Qingyan what he wanted with both hands.
"People from the Divine Medical Pavilion should not appear in Shangshu Mansion too frequently. You have a good reputation in Kyoto. If you come to my place too often, you will eventually arouse suspicion."
Xi Qingyan didn't want to expose her identity easily.
Now, with Xi Qingyan's disfigured face, she can do many things conveniently.
It would be bad if it was exposed.
"In addition, you must also guard against those people who jump over the wall. They are shameless scum and have many despicable methods. You should ask everyone in the Divine Doctor Pavilion to be careful and hire some skilled housekeepers for protection when necessary.
here."
Xi Qingyan gave instructions to the steward in front of her.
"Yes, I obey my orders!"
"Valley Master, don't worry, we have been in Shengjing for a long time, and we have encountered some lawless people during this period."
"We are quite experienced in dealing with people with ulterior motives, so, Valley Master, you don't have to worry."
"Well, just be mentally prepared."
After Xi Qingyan finished explaining what he was in charge of, he returned to Shangshu Mansion.
The home is very clean.
"Chuntao, where are the people at home? Madam, Xi Chuyu and father, why didn't you see any of them?"
"Miss, earlier today, Madam got a treasure from somewhere. She said it could save the life of the noble lady in the palace, so the Master took Madam and the Second Young Lady into the palace together."
Sure enough.
Everything was exactly as she expected.
Mrs. Shangshu's desire to seek credit and reward made her eager to go to the palace without waiting for a moment.
"Miss, if... if you are also at home, I believe that the master will take you with him."
Xi Qingyan was thinking, but Chuntao mistakenly thought that Xi Qingyan was sad because Master Shangshu forgot to take her into the palace.
Therefore, Chuntao spoke out to comfort the eldest lady.
"Chuntao, I can't."
Xi Qingyan heard the concern in Chuntao's words, but she didn't care whether Master Shangshu took her to the palace or not.
"Madam, Xi Chuyu and father, they are a family of three. If I get involved, it will only appear super redundant."
Xi Qingyan said it lightly, but Chuntao on the side felt very distressed.
"Miss..."
"Okay, okay, your eldest lady, I don't care about this matter at all. I have been busy running around for a long time today, and now my mouth is dry. Chuntao, go and bring me a cup of tea and bring it to my room.
To be continued...