C165 New Year

The empress dowager ate the broken five dumplings deliciously, the Grand matriarch ate pretty well too. In everyone's palace, Qingluo had left a few bags for them to freeze.

It had to be said that in this year, apart from the matters in the Charity Hall, only these elders were left in Qingluo's care. On average, she had to come to the palace once a month to talk to the empress dowager and see how the health of the Grand matriarch was progressing.

A year passed quickly, and her relationship with these two elders could not have been any better. The empress dowager always complimented her whenever she saw others, and she had truly been blessed by her family in her previous life.

Even if they were his own daughter, they couldn't keep up with him. This made the princesses unhappy, but with Grand Princess Ning Yuan and Qingluo, the other princesses were getting closer and closer to Qingluo.

The closer they got, the more they felt that this little sister-in-law was really not bad. Not to mention being well-mannered and respectful, but most importantly, she always had the humble appearance of a junior.

Although Grand matriarch's body did not improve greatly, it did not continue to worsen. It had to be said that after using Qingluo's medicinal food for so long, the effect was still obvious.

In the past, she was only treated when she was sick, and she had never thought of treating him seriously. This year, under the care of Qingluo, Luo Qingqi would come to the Spring Festival Hall from time to time to inspect the treatment, to see if any of the servants in the hall would take it seriously.

Persisting through this one year, the results showed that even the Grand matriarch herself had become confident. Persisting until the son had a son was definitely no problem, and naturally in the mouth of the Grand matriarch, there was no daughter-in-law better than Qingluo.

However, Qingluo still felt that she had not done enough. After all, Grand matriarch had once paid so much to clear her groin, and Qingluo had always been looking for a way to help her body improve.

Luo Qingqi would invite the imperial physician to the Spring Festival Hall a few times a year to diagnose and treat them. Even these old imperial doctors were helpless against it, not to mention the half-hearted medical skills that Qingluo possessed.

On the contrary, her medicinal food caused the imperial physicians to praise her endlessly. They felt that it was very helpful to Grand matriarch's body, so Qingluo could only be satisfied with it.

This year's dumplings were sent to the palace, and Qingluo also included the emperor and empress. Last year's incident had made Qingluo feel rather awkward, and she didn't want the two of them to come to a conclusion this year.

So after entering the palace, Qing Wen and Qing Luo went to Qian Qing Palace and Kun Ning Palace respectively, and each of them was satisfied with the answers. They then went to the empress dowager's Tzu Ning Palace, and then to the Spring Festival Hall.

When they left the palace, it was almost noon, but the two of them did not return to the Prince Yi's Mansion. Instead, they went to the House of the Marquis of An in a carriage.

The more relaxed she was, the more she revealed herself. Madam Hou looking at her now was like looking at her own daughter, there was nothing else at all, even after Master Hou saw her, he would find all sorts of excuses to come over and see her.

Every time she came to the house of the Marquis, she would bring along the matter of clearing up the matter, so the Marquis no longer needed to find an excuse to come and see her. The four of them would just meet each other in the main room, and the Prince's attitude towards the Marquis was getting better and better.

After leaving the House of the Marquis of An, Qingluo brought Luo Qingqi to the mansion of the maternal ancestor Chiang, although Qingluo was not the real Zheng Qingluo, but during Qingluo's days in Weir Prefecture, the Jiang Family did indeed give her a lot of help.

Although they only found out about it later, it didn't cover up the fact that they treated her as family. Furthermore, after Qing Luo returned to the capital, the first person she was concerned with was her aunt, Madame Jiang.

He simply treated her as his own daughter and doted on her, letting her take care of everything she wanted to do, and following her lead. Moreover, if not for his aunt Madame Jiang wanting to help him with everything, even if he wouldn't be able to meet Luo Qingqi, he might have missed out on this marriage.

Therefore, Qingluo was very grateful to the Jiang Clan's First House. She also treated this place as her own family. After all, when she was in trouble, it was the Jiang Clan that had always supported her.

However, when they were rich, they didn't ask for a single bit of return. This kind of kinship was the true love, without any impurities. Only by giving it would you be able to do it.

Furthermore, because of Qingluo, Luo Qingqi and the Jiang Family had been getting closer and closer. Luo Qingqi had often told Qingluo that the influence and help that his grandfather had given him were truly great, and had definitely benefited a lot.

If he had known earlier that the old sir was so capable, Luo Qingqi would have stuck it out a long time ago.

Now that he had become Luo Qingqi's right-hand man, their teamwork had become more and more well-coordinated. As for Aunt Madame Jiang's father, she was the second rank Han Lin Clan's Sect Leader, Zhang Bo Qing.

Because Luo Qingqi was a martial artist, his relationship with the martial officials in the past was slightly better than his, mainly because he had interacted a lot with them. Now, because of the close relationship between Qing Luo and Madame Jiang, he had interacted with Madame Jiang's father, Zhang Bo Qing.

After getting along with Luo Qingqi, Zhang Bo Qing realised that even though Seventh Prince was young, he had his own plans. He had something in his head, and it was definitely not a carefree Duke.

This allowed him to understand more about the civil officials, and bring him into the circle of the civil officials. The benefits that Luo Qingqi obtained from this, were not something that could be explained with a few words.

Although he kept a low profile, there was a place for him in both the civil and military officials circles. Plus, he was gentle, but straightforward and did not hesitate to show emotion, which made people want to have a deeper level of interaction with him.

Although on the second day of the new year, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, she would still return, she would only give him a gift. Even if he completed the mission, he would not stay for long.

Madam Zheng was deeply regretful. She already knew that with Qingluo's character, even if she hadn't said anything to force her, Qingluo wouldn't have let Qingxiu suffer any substantial injuries. She would have pleaded for Qingluo on her behalf.

Zheng Mansion had lost a good daughter. Thinking about her granddaughter, who thought that she had achieved nothing, but was still proud of herself, Old Madam Zheng truly regretted his past actions.

It was just that one step was wrong, and every step was wrong. No matter how hard he tried to salvage the situation, he wouldn't be able to change back to Zheng Qingluo.

It was already past noon when they returned from Jiang Mansion. Although she had eaten lunch in Jiang Mansion, she still felt empty inside. It was just that she was not hungry, it was just that she felt weak all over.

Slanted on the bed, he never wanted to get up again. Luo Qingqi allowed her to wash his hands and face, took off his outer clothes, and helped her in a comfortable position. When he pulled up the blanket, he realized that she had already fallen asleep quietly.

Luo Qingqi gently caressed her cheeks. In his palm, there was the softness and smoothness unique to a little girl. Even an adult like him would find it hard to endure the days of rushing about, let alone a young child that had not reached his age yet.

Thinking about how hard Qingluo had worked for the past year, Luo Qingqi inexplicably felt sorry for Qingluo. However, when he thought about how Qingluo was about to turn young, with only a few more months left, Luo Qingqi's heart started to burn with passion.

Finally, when you grow up, Qingluo, I will give you a big surprise. I will make it so that you can never forget.

This year's weather was extremely hot. In March and April, it was as if spring had already arrived. In previous years, because Beijing was located in the north, March and April could at most be considered the end of winter and the beginning of spring.

However, at this time of year, wild flowers could already be seen by the roadside. It was probably because of the abnormal weather, but there were more patients than in the past. Charity was also more busy.

Although Luo Qingqi controlled Qingluo and didn't let her frequently go to Charity Hall, he still couldn't control her, so he was truly worried for her.

Firstly, he was afraid that she would be too tired. Every time Qingluo went to Charity Hall, she would be so tired that she would collapse on the bed. Secondly, he didn't want her to come into contact with someone at the bottom level at such a short distance.

The fact that such a well-mannered person would say a common phrase would scare Luo Qingqi. Three, because there were too many sick people in the Charity Hall, he was afraid that there might be some form of infection that would drag Qingluo down.

After all, Qingluo's body was thin, and could not withstand the torture. Qingluo naturally knew that Luo Qingqi had been pampering his, but in the past few days, he had indeed been busy doing charity work.

Every day, she would go to the Charity Hall to help out, and Princess Ning Yuan brought a few wives to buy medicinal ingredients. Although the Charity Hall had stored quite a lot of medicinal ingredients, they had been consumed quite a bit recently.

The more he looked at the ordinary herbs, the more difficult it was to purchase them. Not only was there more patients in the Charity Hall, there were also more patients in the insides of the infirmary.

Although there were still some savings in the Charity Hall, the hall had always been prepared in advance. They could not wait until all the resources were used up before donating them.

However, no one had expected that the scorching weather would lead to such a disaster. It was most likely because the weather was abnormal, causing many places to become arid.

When he was sowing the seeds, he had to force himself to plant them. He hadn't seen any rain for two or three months. Even if it had rained somewhere, it was only a few drizzles. They disappeared in an instant.

It was one thing to miss the hot weather and drought, but they found the epidemic situation in the town of Ji Ning, which was about four to five hundred li away from the capital. At first, no one paid attention to it and thought that the weather was too hot, which resulted in the sunstroke.

Unexpectedly, one after another, people fell ill, and then people passed away. Then, the illness began to spread at an uncontrollable speed.