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135【Eight Years of Jiankang】

"Where's Madame?"

"If you go back to your wife, you haven't come back yet. The slave has already sent Shi Shi to the door to watch."

The third wife sighed, and Osmanthus hurried over to flatter her: "This time, the imperial physician was secretly invited, there will be no mistake! Everything is ready, Madam just watch!"

Shitou is hiding by the side door with his sleeves on and looking out. Although there is sun in the sky, it is a freezing season after all!He wanted to sneak back to the yard, but the girl named Osmanthus stared at his whistle again!Let him have a good time!While sniffing his nose, Shi Shi couldn't help complaining—when will this group of women stop?What a nuisance!

Shi Shi wiped his face with his sleeve, seeing that it was getting dark, he had to think about dinner.

"Are you going to be lazy again?"

The stone was just about to sit down, when the sweet-scented osmanthus popped out of nowhere and hit the stone hard.

"Oh, my little aunt, I've been standing all afternoon, why don't I just sit down?"

"I asked you to come here to sit and sit? On weekdays, you only carry a few waters, and you are more leisurely than the people in our room. You are not happy to ask you to do something today? On weekdays, when the third wife is giving you benefits Why don't you say no?"

"Yes yes yes! Your sweet-scented osmanthus is the most capable in the whole house, okay?"

"...Where did the eldest lady go?" In fact, Osmanthus fragrans also felt cold, and couldn't help complaining: "...Aren't you coming back now? Give me some energy! Are you also suffering from plague?"

This sentence is a bit pointing at Sang Huai, but this sweet-scented osmanthus has always been aggressive, Shi Shi didn't dare to argue with her, so he had to go back to the side door honestly.

Osmanthus fragrans didn't dare to be lazy when she saw the stone, and she was ready to go back with satisfaction, when suddenly this little idiot ran in with her left foot on her right foot: "...big...big lady...back...back...the sedan chair...to... ...the door is open!"

Osmanthus fragrans was startled by his yelling, and ran quickly: "...Third wife!...Third wife! Hurry up!"

Qi Yuan hadn't entered the yard for a while, and she was still changing her clothes, when she heard Yang Ma, who was in charge outside, stopping people: "Girl Osmanthus, why are you so unruly? Madam is still changing clothes!"

Mei Yue, who was folding clothes, couldn't help but frowned: "What's the matter? It's the third bedroom again today? It really doesn't let people stop for a day! Ma'am, can I take care of it after dinner?"

Qi Yuan beckoned her to come over: "Go and put the clothes away, let Mama Yang let her in, and you and Mama Yang will also pack up, and you will probably accompany me to Sanfang's side later."

Mei Yue had no choice but to agree, and lifted the curtain to come out: "Madam let you in to talk."

Osmanthus fragrans broke free from Mama Yang's hand, and rushed into the door with one step: "My maidservant pays homage to the eldest lady, the eldest lady, something is wrong!"

"What happened, you get up and talk."

"The third wife suddenly had a stomachache, so I asked the doctor to come and see. The doctor said that you have been happy for more than three months, but the fetal position is unstable..." Osmanthus fragrans panted heavily, looking at the ground.

"Oh! The doctor is still there?"

"Responding to the words of the eldest lady, the servants came here after hearing what the doctor said, so they should still be there."

Sure enough, there is something to do... Qi Yuan put down the tea in her hand, took a thin cape by herself: "Mei Yue, go to Sanfang."

Feng Shixun has a total of five wives, which is definitely not many in the capital, but there is one Xu Xiaonian who has made a lot of money.When the eldest wife came to Beijing to seal her imperial order last year, many officials and wives realized that the wife of the main house was not the rumored country bumpkin, but also a wonderful person with status and appearance. I heard that there are hundreds of mu of land in the south And dozens of pawnshops are all managed by her, which can be said to be both talented and beautiful.The fourth room and the fifth room are the daughters of Biyu from a well-to-do family in the capital. They might be considered treasures in other homes, but in Feng's family they are considered gentle and gentle.If anyone can take it out and talk about it again, it is the wife of the third bedroom, Mrs. Liao.

Liao's boudoir name is Liao Qiushui, and her family can be considered a wealthy family in the capital. When she was young, she studied for two years, and she was also famous when she was in her boudoir.Her father valued her very much, and he wanted to find a famous family to match her. When she was twenty-eight years old, he let her cousin who was studying take her around.Feng Shixun was married to Xu Xiaonian at that time, and later he met Liao Qiushui at a poetry fair, and praised her for her elegance and beauty on the spot, and wrote her a hidden poem about the word Qiushui.After being matched by that cousin, he went to her house to propose marriage.Liao's father was actually not satisfied with this marriage - after all, he didn't want his precious daughter to be a concubine, a third wife, and a prostitute on her head.So he said that as long as he can take his daughter to the second room, it will be done!

As soon as this remark came out, it attracted a lot of criticism: since ancient times, there has been a person who came first and then came, let alone a prostitute, even a person who is not as good as it is, it is a big deal to marry in one day first!What's more, it's not a day since Xu Xiaonian came in early!

Feng Shixun also invited that cousin to the mansion to intercede, expressing all kinds of sincerity.How could this Liao girl stand up to a talented person like Feng Shixun?Her father saw that he couldn't keep his daughter, so he had no choice but to agree to the marriage.

Although Miss Liao is the third wife, she married much more beautifully than Xu Xiaonian. She beat gongs and drums, entertained guests, and made a special trip to pay homage to heaven and earth according to the pattern of a regular wife.

All that's left is to call Xu Xiaonian sister.

Outsiders see her beautiful scenery, but she herself knows that this beautiful scenery has only lasted for a year or so.In the past, I looked down on those brothel women, but later I realized how important the tricks of the wind and the moon are to a man.After suffering a few dark losses, Feng Shixun seemed to no longer treasure his innocence. Xu Xiaonian once again entered Feng Shixun's study as a victor, and has occupied it ever since.

Liao Qiushui naturally wouldn't be reconciled, but if he couldn't fight openly, if he couldn't fight secretly, so what?The past few years have been really uncomfortable... until the master of the main house came to the country!

It has been ten years, and Xu Xiaonian has not been able to give birth to a boy and a half girl with Feng Shixun... Huh, although I was killed by that bitch before, maybe I was pregnant once?For ten years, Feng Shixun has been entangled in the capital by Xu Xiaonian and has never returned to Jiangnan for a day. Does the eldest wife hate her?

I'm afraid I hate ten times more than myself!

The door bolt rang lightly, and Osmanthus walked into the bed and helped Liao Qiushui tighten the quilt: "Madam is here to see you."

Liao Qiushui closed his eyes tightly.

"Is it the doctor?"

Qi Yuan didn't approach the bed: "How is the adult? How is the child?"

"Returning to madam, the third madam has been pregnant for three months, but she has never had a baby, so she almost slipped because of the cold just now."

"You don't need to prescribe medicine, give him more money." After sending the doctor away, Qi Yuan said to Yang Ma: "Tell the butler to send someone to the Tai Hospital as soon as possible to ask the doctor to prescribe medicine."

After arranging servants, Qi Yuan approached the bed: "How is the third sister?"

Liao opened her eyes with difficulty: "Please worry about my sister, it's my sister's fault..."

"Don't talk about it. The imperial physician will be here soon. You should rest well. The master doesn't know yet, right? I'll go and tell him in person. Mother Yang will be back in a while. If you have anything you want, just tell her."

Liao was overjoyed when he heard this sentence.

Before the joy could be suppressed, there was a message from a servant outside: "The second lady is here!"

"Sister! What's wrong with the third sister? I heard that she is sick?" Xu Xiaonian seemed to have only eaten half of the meal, and he was still wearing the light-colored clothes in the house under the cloak.

"The doctor said he was happy."

"That's a good thing, how did these servants spread the word, and told me that the third sister is sick!" Xu Xiaonian also sat by the bed: "The third sister is better now?"

"I've sent people to the imperial hospital to invite the imperial physician. It's been three months, and I should take some anti-abortion medicine. It's just in time for you to come. Come with me and tell the master about this happy event. It will also make the master happy."

Xu Xiaonian looked at Qi Yuan's face that was always smiling but could never be figured out.

"Let's go, Mama Yang will come over to take care of you in a while, third sister has a good rest, don't worry."

"...Master... ready to go back to the yamen." Xu Xiaonian squeezed the handkerchief tightly.

"Really? Then we'll go to the study and wait for him."

Xu Xiaonian regained his composure: "Third sister, are you... are you feeling better now? My wife and I will go and inform the master right now."

Qi Yuan stood up calmly, took Xu Xiaonian's hand: "Let's go."

Feng Shixun was very happy when he heard the news, and immediately led him to Sanfang with the servant.Xu Xiaonian's face turned pale with anger, and he was about to lose his composure: "Madam, is the third sister really pregnant?"

Qi Yuan pulled her to sit down: "Why does my sister ask like this? Although everything is not accurate, it is always a good thing, right? Don't be confused about big things."

Xu Xiaonian suddenly sneered: "That's right, but with a stubborn character like the third sister, she wouldn't let her child be raised by others."

"The third younger sister is so capable, so she naturally raised her by herself."

Xu Xiaonian was choked up by these words.

"Serve tea." Qi Yuan ordered Xu Xiaonian's maid, Qiuyue, who was stunned for a moment before rushing to pour tea.

Qi Yuan took the tea that Qiuyue handed over, and took a sip: "It's also winter, and there are many things to do. In addition to paying rent in the mountains, you also have to hand over some ready-made things to prepare for the New Year. You have also received these things in the past. I'll trouble you again." Then he said to Qiuyue: "You are also a careful person, take good care of you and don't make any mistakes."

After all, put down the tea: "Let Mei Yue come in, I'll go back first, it's getting late, everyone should get ready to rest."

The study room and the west courtyard were on one side, and Qi Yuan and Mei Yue just walked through the gate of the third bedroom and met Yang Ma who was catching up from behind.

Yang Ma gasped: "Madam doesn't know, it's a lot of trouble at the third room. The third wife held the master's hand and didn't let go, snot and tears flowed all over the floor, making the master wipe his tears with her."

"This year's New Year's goods in the mountains, I will hand them over to the second room. You can go to the accountant and let me know about this."

Yang Ma was shocked: "Why did Madam leave such a big job to the second wife? During the years when Madam didn't go to Beijing, the family ran into a lot of deficits, and there was no exact amount for the New Year's goods. I don't know if I leave it to her." what will happen."

In the past, the Feng family was often short of money, so they asked their hometown in the south of the Yangtze River to help them, saying that the cost of the capital was high.Mama Yang has been with the young master in the capital for ten years, so she naturally knows who moved the oil inside. She heard that such a big event this year will be given to the second room, so she is inevitably worried.

"How much is the New Year's goods worth? Let her do something, or else there will be trouble."

Mama Yang thought about it and understood, this can be regarded as discounting money to eliminate disasters!I really don't know how lucky the young master is to have such a wife who doesn't get jealous and just works... It's a headache to put these concubines in any house!

It was almost Haishi when the three of them returned to the west courtyard, so they quickly packed up and prepared to eat.Yang's mother was afraid that she would accumulate food after eating late, so she only ate half a steamed bun and put it down. She was about to wash up when she heard someone walking in the yard, she thought it was Mei Yue: "Mei Yue, eat less, quickly serve the wife and rest!"

Mei Yue quickly responded: "Mother Yang, I haven't eaten, I'm helping Madam with something..."

Qi Yuan heard them shouting, one old and one young, and couldn't help laughing at Mei Yue who entered the room: "Look, this is the bad reputation of gluttony."

Mei Yue was holding a chessboard that had just been dusted: "I'm really taking the chessboard this time...Mama Yang is really... But isn't Madam going to rest? Why are you thinking of getting a chessboard right now?"

Qi Yuan took the chessboard and put it on the desk, and started to line up with the black and white chess pieces.

"Don't you need two people to play chess?..." Mei Yue was puzzled.

"I went to Baiyun Nunnery today and met a lady from an official family. She played a game of chess with me. It was very interesting. I thought about it all day, so I wanted to watch it again."

"Oh!" Mei Yue propped her chin aside: "This black and white is so boring..."

"Go to sleep first."

"No! I want to accompany Madam!"

"It's getting a bit cold, and you feel bored, why should you stay with me? Go to sleep now."

"... how lonely the madam must be alone."

Qi Yuan paused holding Bai Zi's hand.

"Ma'am... did I say something wrong?"

Although the white piece paused for a moment, it still landed on its proper position: "You don't want to go to sleep, it's boring to watch like this, then come and get the black piece, and I'll tell you where to put it."

Mei Yue was overjoyed: "Good!" Then, like a good student, she climbed to the chair and sat down, carefully picked up the sunspot.

"Put it here." Qi Yuan pointed at the chessboard.

"Madam, does this mean that I am playing chess with you?" Mei Yue was elated.

"Forget it."

"Madam coaxed me again..." Mei Yue pouted: "That lady is as beautiful as you, right? Next time, Madam will take me to Baiyun Nunnery too, I will definitely not make trouble for you... I will be left alone today I'm at home, there's no place to go after I've finished my work, and Mama Yang scolded me again, saying that the mend clothes have to be reworked... Madame, where should I go now?"

Tie……

Qi Yuan took over the chess piece from Mei Yue's hand and held it in her hand for a long time—coincidentally, if Jingci hadn't left a gap there so early, how could she have achieved such a draw?

"lady……"

"Ok?"

"Did that lady think about it for so long when she played this chess piece?"

"The lady didn't play this chess piece, but an adult who came with her filled it."

"He won the madam?" Mei Yue was very nervous.

Qi Yuan couldn't help laughing: "We're tied."

"What an annoying person!" Mei Yue felt it was unfair, how could that lady find someone to help?She knows that playing chess is a matter of two people!

"Mei Yue, this person you hate just gave you Zhao Ji's buns a few days ago!"

"Ok?"

"It's the adult next door." Qi Yuan pointed to the outside of the wall: "According to what you said, shouldn't he be sneezing?"

Mei Yue scratched her head in embarrassment: "Does Mr. Wei next door also recognize Master Jingci?"

"Master Jingci treats him like she treats her son. The Master Wei next door looks very much like Master Jingci's former child. That Master Wei, who was in the middle school for two years, once stayed at Baiyun Nunnery when he came to the capital for the exam. , this meeting is also fate. Master Jingci was also very emotional when he talked about it today. Mr. Wei is free and has no father and no mother, and the master lost his son at an early age. How can such a person suddenly come here and look so similar, how can he not be sentimental Woolen cloth?"

"Do they really look alike?"

Qi Yuan thought for a while: "When Jingci made friends with my mother, her son was still alive, and she hadn't become a monk. I was about the same age as her son, so I can't remember clearly. Think about it carefully, this Wei My lord and Master Jingci's eyes really look alike. If her child is still there, she wouldn't be a monk, would she?"

"Master Wei next door has no parents, and Master Jingci has no children. Isn't that just right?"

"Just right?" Qi Yuan knocked on Mei Yue's head: "Master Wei next door knows what you said, so he will definitely want that bun back! Master Jingci may not ask you to go to Baiyun Nunnery again! Little idiot!"

Mei Yue was knocked out, but she really felt that it was just right...

Master Jingci has so many apprentices, so she will not be alone, but what about Master Wei next door?Hearing that he didn't even have a wife, Mei Yue rubbed her forehead: "Master Wei next door is alone, isn't he afraid?"

Scared?

Looking at the chess game in front of her, Qi Yuan thought that Jingci had been babbling to herself all day about trivial things about Mr. Wei, how smart, sensible, well-behaved, and destined to be with her.

Recalling the rainy day when I ran into him by chance, this man was indeed a gentle character.

but……

On the next Lantern Festival, when you are not at home to worship your ancestors, you will drag your servants to stroll in the market until dark...

he……

He is also a poor person.

"Why did Madam sigh?"

"Go to sleep after playing chess with me, and I'll take a look."

Qi Yuan picked up the sunspot -- this move is really interesting, and I don't remember such a move on the chess record, and I must find time to look through the book tomorrow anyway...

Wei Chi went to Lin's house for dinner, and when he returned to the mansion, he met the servants of Feng's mansion hurriedly leading a man who looked like an imperial physician into the alley.

Master Feng is sick?

The next day, he saw Mr. Feng coming to the yamen with a flushed face. Before he could ask, Mr. Feng came to announce the good news in person: "My wife is happy."

It turned out to be like this, Wei Chi hurriedly congratulated him: "Such a good thing should treat me to a drink!"

"Drink!" Feng Shixun readily agreed: "Just tonight, haha!"

"Tonight... I really have something to do," Wei Chi smiled apologetically, "I asked someone from the former military department to chat, Xu Lang."

"That Mr. Xu?" Feng Shixun was surprised: "Master Wei still knows him?"

Wei Chi was very strange: "I've been in the Ministry of War for so long! We went to the battlefield together! How could Lord Feng know him?"

"Oh...that's true," Feng Shixun covered his mouth with a fan: "Who doesn't know him in Fengyue Field in the capital? He and I are old friends, right? Since it's him, if you don't dislike him, today I also go over?"

Wei Chi quickly agreed: "That's great, but if Mr. Feng doesn't go back to dinner tonight, will I be blamed?"

"Tsk tsk!" Feng Shixun made a grimace: "Master Wei doesn't understand the things in the backyard now, but he will understand in the future. We'd better stay away from these things! Women... are too annoying!"

People here don't like to be on time, so Wei Chi also packed up his things and left in advance this time under Feng Shixun's urging.In the end, he waited for a long time at Wei Chi's mansion before Xu Lang came to visit.Xu Lang was also a little surprised when he saw Feng Shixun, but the two of them were really familiar, and they exchanged pleasantries, but Populus euphratica who came with him was a little embarrassed.

"I'm going to the north, so I came here to see you before I leave." Xu Lang pointed to Hu Yanglin and said, "I have something good to show you, although Mr. Feng doesn't like it, but it's okay, who told you Are you here by yourself?"

Everyone laughed again.

"Look," Xu Lang asked his servants to bring up a knife, "This is the Miao knife."

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