I'm a humble concubine. My acting skills are off the charts. You can check my performance.

Chapter 339: Best Coptis chinensis

"Isn't that what you mean?"

Mei Xunyin hated Madam Zhang's courtyard the most, from top to bottom. Now there was only Zhao Zhiyuan left in the mansion, and he was still trying to find ways to make trouble. Unfortunately, he was stupid but also blindly diligent, and his methods were full of mistakes and omissions, which made people laugh.

"Last year, he went to the main courtyard many times, saying that since the second son was not around, he wanted to fulfill his filial duty on his behalf." Mei Xunyin snorted coldly, his disdain evident in his words: "It's not like the second son doesn't have a biological brother, so why should he be the one showing off?"

Zhao Zhiyuan's biological mother is the deceased Madam Zhang, and his biological sister is the deceased Zhao Fanglan. They had been acting gloomy and unwilling to talk to each other for years, but now they have come to their senses and decided to please the eldest lady.

Zhao Zhiyuan's sudden rise was puzzling. His methods were not clever and investigation revealed that he was instigated by others.

"Since there was no hope from my mother, I found a miracle doctor from somewhere and managed to keep my father alive."

At this point, Mei Xunyin raised her fan and leaned close to Zhao Fangyu's ear and said, "What a freak! We had even prepared a coffin for father, but they asked a barefoot doctor to hang him. Now he's half dead, it would be better for him to die."

Zhao Fangyu said "oh" when she heard this. Mei Xunyin saw that she was interested and continued, "Father is almost at peace now."

"Lying on the bed, smelling terrible, no one is willing to serve me even if I'm offered twice the monthly salary, I can't speak, I can't open my mouth, I just live on ginseng soup, porridge and rice every day."

"He's skinny as a bag of bones, but he's still hanging on."

Zhao Fangyu pretended to be a little worried, but the corners of his lips were raised in the same way as Mei Xunyin's.

She was narrow-minded and was happy when she knew Zhao Minshan was not living well.

"I just got some top-quality coptis root. Can you use it? I'll ask someone to bring it over."

It must be used by Zhao Minshan.

Mei Xunyin lowered her eyebrows and smiled, obviously understanding that this was a trick Zhao Fangyu deliberately came up with to play a trick on Zhao Minshan.

There is a dispute between the fourth young lady and the old man in the mansion. Mei Xunyin sees it clearly. She was too lazy to talk about it before, but now she enjoys hearing about it.

"It's hard for the third brother to find such a talent. Can he live in the mansion now?"

Zhao Fangyu thought of the person who instigated the third brother, and quietly inquired about the information of the miracle doctor, but saw Mei Xunyin shook her head: "The miracle doctor passed away after the New Year, and said that this was the last prescription. If it doesn't work, then bring out the things that were originally prepared."

All the cures that could be cured had been done, and if there were any further symptoms he could do nothing to treat them, so he just packed up and buried them.

Zhao Fangyu couldn't help pinching his palm and said a few more words to Mei Xunyin. Then the eldest lady sent someone to call them.

"Hearing that the prince has returned, the eldest lady is also very happy and has asked someone to prepare a small banquet. Let's just enjoy ourselves."

Mother Cui is getting older and hasn't done errands like this for a long time. She came here specially because she wanted to meet Zhao Fangyu.

"It's rare for the princess to come back, so Madam specially asked someone to get some fresh water chestnut rice for the princess to try."

It's no secret that Zhao Fangyu likes to eat this kind of juicy white-fleshed fruit. She likes to eat water chestnut rice in summer and water chestnut rice in spring, but those things are cold and she can't eat too much.

Mother Cui looked at Zhao Fangyu with gentle and kind eyes. Zhao Fangyu followed Mother Cui to the main courtyard and happened to talk about Mother Cui's little grandson.

As time went by, the girls who grew up in the main courtyard naturally understood that the relationship between Mother Cui and the eldest lady was far more than what could be summed up by the words master and servant.

Mother Cui was not very nice to Zhao Fangyu in the beginning, but she had never been harsh on her either. People are kind-hearted, and now that she is old, she and the first lady would sit in the yard thinking about the days when girls were not yet married.

So much so that as soon as they met, they couldn't hide their eyes at all.

"It's cold these days, so Mama Cui can just leave the errands to other people."

It is still a cold season in late spring. Firstly, it is windy outside and not as warm as in the warm room. Secondly, there is ice on the road. If the old man falls accidentally, the eldest lady will be the first to worry.

Mother Cui shook her head and walked in front of Zhao Fangyu, blocking half of the wind for Zhao Fangyu: "It's okay, Madam, please be considerate. I have not been able to move around much these years."

"Especially last year, the Third Young Master came more frequently, so Madam became less willing to ask the people around her to go out for a walk."