37 years old, I became a harem concubine

Chen Fangyue's face tensed instantly, and he walked out with bare feet. The servant quickly caught up and put on his shoes and put on a cloak. As soon as he left the room, he saw orange red in the backyard.

The boy who supported him widened his eyes: "Master, this fire is too big, you must not get close to it!"

Chen Fangyue didn't listen to his words, and walked quickly to the backyard. Chen Shi, who was letting the servant girl fight the fire with water, saw him, and ran over with sweat on his brow: "Father."

"Where is the wife?"

Chen Shi thumped: "My wife... is still inside, my son has already called all the servants in the mansion, and I will definitely be able to rescue my wife."

Chen Fangyue's face was as pale as paper, and he showed his private seal to Chen Shi: "Ask someone to find all the servants from the surrounding people, hurry up!"

The private seal of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is sometimes more effective than the official seal in his hand.

Chen Shi accepted the private seal with some surprise. Seeing the old man whose shoes were not put on properly and the cloak that he was wearing was slightly fluttered by the heat wave, he had a deeper understanding of the position of the old lady in the old man's heart. The body and the big meatball quickly popped out of the courtyard door.

Not long after, the servants from the surrounding families came and went in and out of the backyard of the Shangshu Mansion like running water, carrying buckets and basins, and the raging fire was finally extinguished.

Qingzi, who had already been hoarse from crying, was the first to rush into the burning room of the small Buddhist hall, and opened up the miscellaneous things on the floor as if she could not feel pain: "Madam! Madam!"

The other servants also rushed over to look for it. Suddenly, a tile vat that had been smudged black in the corner of the wall shattered to the ground, and Shen Huan and Wu Shi, who were wrapped in quilts, lay in the debris hugging each other.

"Ma'am!" Haruko staggered and rushed over.

Yan Shi and Chen Shi heaved a sigh of relief.

And Mrs. Jia patted his chest, and said to Chen Fangyue: "Thanks to the blessing of our ancestors, father, daughter-in-law, please invite the doctor?"

Chen Fangyue didn't answer her, and walked to the corner where Shen Huan and Wu Shi were found. The servant who was separating Shen Huan and Wu Shi saw him coming and quickly stepped aside.

He asked the boy: "How is your wife?"

The young man who was separating Shen Huan and Wu Shi backed away: "Reporting to the master, my wife is smart. When I found out that my way out was blocked, I wrapped a quilt with Wu Shi and hid in the water tank. The water in the water tank resisted most of the water. The erosion of the fire, except for the burn on the forearm and a little smoke inhalation, is not serious."

He said that Chen Fangyue just stood there looking at Shen Huan, who was still frowning after being unconscious, and then looked at her blistered forearms.

His skin is so white and soft, it looks even more frightening.

Chen Fangyue said to the boy: "Send your wife back to Minghui Hall, and let Dr. Su come for diagnosis and treatment."

"Yes."

Chen Fangyue's voice was not low, and everyone in the yard could hear it clearly. Jia Shi, who was standing in the back row, pouted, and said to Lu Shi beside him: "So what if you are not virgin, as long as the old lady falls there, the master will Soft-hearted, why not take people back to Minghui Hall."

Lu Shi coughed twice, as if he was surprised that Jia Shi would say these words: "Sister-in-law's words... so my younger sister doesn't know how to answer."

Jia Shi said: "Who has a wife with a bad reputation who can still be calm. My sister-in-law is not in good health and doesn't often go to various houses to socialize. I don't know what people say about our Chen family. Wrong, old ladies are like this, other female family members are even worse, in the future, it will be very difficult for the female family members of the Chen family to talk about marriage."

Lu's eyebrows were lowered: "Sister-in-law can tell me these words, but don't let other people hear."

"Now, the master is still in charge."

Jia Shi muffled in her ear and said: "I know about this gift, so I will just chat with you a few words, like the second room, I don't know what ecstasy soup the old lady gave them, so I put all my heart on the old lady. , completely disregarding whether that girl Huiru will talk about marriage in the future, or whether she will blame them."

Just as Jia Shi was talking, several strong women walked past her and Lu Shi with Shen Huan in their arms. Jia Shi immediately had two tears in his eyes, and exhorted the women: " Take it easy, the wife is already uncomfortable, don't make the wife feel uncomfortable anymore."

The feelings were so sincere, if Lu Shi's words were not still ringing in her ears, she would have been deceived by her.

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When Shen Huan woke up, she saw Chen Fangyue half lying on the imperial concubine's couch.

As soon as he hugged the quilt and half propped himself up, Chen Fangyue woke up and came over to help him.

Shen Huan's body froze, her eyelashes drooping: "Why don't you go back to the main courtyard and sleep here."

Chen Fangyue didn't answer him, he stuffed a pillow behind him, and called the maid outside: "Go call Dr. Su and tell his wife is awake."

The servant girl got the order, turned around and left, and there were only the two of them left in the room.

In fact, Shen Huan doesn't like Minghuitang very much. When she comes back here, she always thinks of the night when her body was seen clearly by others.

But no matter how much he didn't like it, he still came back.

He asked Chen Fangyue: "Where's Mrs. Wu, if she hadn't been clever and took me to hide in the water tank, I'm afraid I would have died in the small Buddhist hall."

This time Chen Fang jumped back to him: "Healing in the servant's room. Before you woke up, the girl in your room just came to report that Mrs. Wu was fine, but she inhaled more smoke than you. Prescribe some lung moistening and cough medicine." prescription."

Even though she had thought about it countless times before acting, Shen Huan was truly relieved until she heard that Wu was fine.

Soon, Haruko came in with Dr. Su, and Dr. Su saluted the two of them first, then put his finger on his wrist, and looked at his complexion and nose and mouth.

Chen Fangyue asked Doctor Su: "How?"

Dr. Su said: "Madam's body is weaker than ordinary people, and it's harder to recover than others. This month, I need acupuncture twice to force out the smoke in my body, and I need to drink some medicine."

He has excellent medical skills. After moving from the south, he opened a medical clinic in Shengjing City. At the beginning, his reputation was not obvious. Only two or three kittens came to see him, and he gradually became one of the best doctors in the city.

It's just that I'm getting old, and I seldom make outpatient visits. Except for a few patients, I let my son, Dr. Su, go there.

Chen Fangyue was also assured of his medical skills. Hearing what he said, there was a trace of relaxation on his face.

Doctor Su left after prescribing the prescription. Chen Fangyue had a conversation with Shen Huan and went to deal with official business.

But soon another group of people came to Minghui Hall, Jia Shi and Chen Ping from the first room, Yan Shi and Chen Shi from the second room, Lu Shi from the third room, and the grandchildren of the younger generation, who made Minghui Hall look more beautiful. It's full.

Probably they didn't expect such a coincidence to come, one by one, they came to Shen Huan's side to talk after watching each other.

They always asked him if he was in good health and if he felt any discomfort, and then presented the gifts he had prepared.

If it wasn't for Yan's first mentioning that the doctor wanted Shen Huan to take rest, they still have more to say, and they don't know how long they will stay.

Changing into last year's winter clothes, putting on a cloak, and holding the hand stove, Shen Huan took Qingzi to the servant's room to visit Mrs. Wu.

The servant's room is a general name, but it is actually in the back seat in the front yard. It is a row of long single rooms, and there is no fire wall and heated kang. In winter, it depends on its own body.

Mrs. Wu is Shen Huan's nanny, so she didn't need to come here, but at that time, Shen Huan was in a coma, and the old housekeeper sent her here.

Her feet were cold all the way, and when she walked into the chilly servant room, Shen Huan was furious when she saw Mrs. Wu lying blue under the thin quilt.

Seeing that he was doing well, Wu shi smiled until the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepened.

"Blame me for making the nanny suffer."

The nanny patted his hand: "What stupid things did you say? As long as you follow your wife, there is nothing you can do without suffering. What's more, your wife has arranged everything, and the servants are only waiting to pick up ready-made ones."

She looked out the window and whispered, "Master..."

Shen Huan said: "I didn't make any face with him, just treat him as before."

"I know what the nanny means. In the past, I always thought that I didn't owe him anything to the Chen family. What I ate was the dowry left by my parents, and what I lived forever was also the dowry left by my parents. The Shen family in the Chen family."

"But after something happened, I realized what the phrase "marry and obey the husband" that binds women all over the world means. Without him behind me, I wouldn't even have to use the charcoal fire to eat in the small Buddhist hall. The shop left by my parents is also called Dafang and Sanfang impatiently picked it up and put it on their plate."

"It was only then that I realized how childish I was in the past. In order to catch my breath, I let myself float like a rootless duckweed in this Chen's mansion. I didn't even think about how I would live in the future."

"Madam can think so, even if I die immediately, I can still close my eyes." Wu exhaled, feeling that the suffering was not in vain.

Just like what Shen Huan said, he has his parents at home, and Chen Fangyue at Chenfu. He is often like a child, treating people and things based on his likes and dislikes, and never manages human relations.

Wu Shi saw it, and she didn't want to force him.

Unexpectedly, going to the Small Buddha Hall this time opened up his mind and made him willing to work hard in this area.

That's good, even if Chen Fangyue is not around in the future, he will still be a stable old lady of the Chen family, living the rest of her life comfortably.

After talking for a while, Shen Huan asked Qingzi to take Wu Shi's medicine, took off her cloak and put it on Wu Shi, and wanted to take her back to Minghui Hall.

Wu refused to put on a cloak, but she couldn't bear Shen Huan's insistence, and finally touched his forehead with a smile: "My wife has the most fallacies."

Shen Huan stepped forward and pushed his hand: "It's not reasonable, it's still reasonable, let's go, I'm afraid there will be a heavy snowfall depending on the weather."

So Haruko supported him, he supported Mrs. Wu, and the three of them returned to Minghui Hall one by one.

As soon as I stepped into the threshold of Minghui Hall, snowflakes suddenly fell in the gray-black sky, in large flakes like goose feathers.

Shen Huan rubbed her hands: "This year's weather, I'm afraid the people outside the city will have a hard time."

"When the snow stops, let's go to Nishang Pavilion and Baocui real estate to settle the accounts, get some money from the accounts, and build a porridge shed outside the city."

Haruko was stunned: "Nishang Pavilion and Baocui Building... both asked the eldest grandma and the third grandma to change the shopkeepers, and said outside that the wife treats the juniors kindly, and leave them a thought."

Shen Huan's eyes darkened a bit: "They can change my people, and I can change theirs, it's still early."

The heavy snow fell, and the branches of the crabapple trees in the courtyard were all broken. We had to wait for the snow to stop and let the house gardener re-prune, so as not to affect the growth of new branches next year.

Shen Huan nestled in the quilt and slept in. She fell asleep in a daze, and only got up when her back hurt.

He was wearing a black padded thin jacket and a horse-face skirt with dark green embroidered reeds. He looked at the snow outside which was still as heavy as last night, and asked Qingzi while wiping the grease on his hands: "What time is it?"

"Back to Madam, it's a quarter past noon." Haruko was making cotton shoe uppers for him, and when she saw him get up, she hurriedly brought out the hot breakfast food next to the charcoal basin.

Shen Huan didn't expect it to be so late, she rubbed the ointment and sat on the kang, looking at the breakfast: "Why don't you call me, you don't need to eat lunch after eating these, where is the nanny."

"It's cold, and there's nothing to do. It's okay for my wife to sleep for a while."

"Aunt Wu made medicine for his wife in the small kitchen, and said she was relieved to see it."

Now in Minghui Hall, apart from Shen Huan, the master, there are only Qingzi and Wu Shi. Internally, as I said in the Small Buddha Hall, there are too many people, and it is inevitable that there will be times when they will not be able to take care of them.Externally, it was Shen Huan who had a heart for the Buddha, wanted to be quiet, and didn't want anyone to disturb her, so Qingzi and Wu could only do what other servants could do before.

Shen Huan nodded and said that she would eat after Mrs. Wu came back.

The snow finally stopped after five or six days, and the sun, which was tightly covered by the clouds, showed half of its face, dispelling a bit of the chill.

Shen Huan asked the servant to give a message to Chen Fangyue in the main courtyard, and took Qingzi and the nanny out.

The snow on the street was deep, and every house was clearing their doors. Right in front of them was a shop selling grain. A dignified woman was standing by the side of the street, propping up the thick snow on tiles with bamboo poles. Yuxue, a cute little figure beside the woman, clapped her hands and circled the woman: "Mother, mother, I want to eat candied haws, you promised, adults can't lie to children."

His small hands and face are chubby, like glutinous rice dumplings, and when he talked about candied haws, he smashed them with his small mouth, making Shen Huan who was not far away couldn't help but want to laugh.

The dignified woman was holding a long bamboo pole, she was dizzy from the glutinous rice dumpling, and she was afraid that the bamboo pole would hit him, so she stopped and said to him: "Then I will bring you candied haws when the mother finishes her work, if you keep walking around the mother Turn around, mother doesn't know when she will finish her work."

The child, who was not as tall as his thighs, answered yes bluntly, and looked at the snow on the tiles with big round eyes, and his wife stood up and clapped his hands together.

Shen Huan looked at the glutinous rice dumpling and said to Wu: "If you want to buy grain for porridge, you can come to this grain shop to buy it."

"it is good."

After passing the grain shop, after 500 meters, you will arrive at Baocui Building.

The Baocui Building in the winter is not closed, and there is a young customer picking hairpins inside.

Shen Huan looked at the boy from Baocuilou who was obviously no longer a familiar face, and walked forward holding the hand stove.

The servant greeted him warmly: "The guest came at a coincidence. Our master in Baocuilou made some new hairpins, using Huaiyu from Nanling Kingdom. The guests must not miss it."

Shen Huan raised her eyebrows, glanced at the shop where nothing had changed except the people, and said to him, "Let me have a look."

The boy was only paying attention to greeting the guests just now, he lowered his head and didn't see Shen Huan's face.

Seeing it now, I couldn't help being stunned, as if stepping on a cloud, lightly all over my body: "Guest...Guest, please take a look..."

With weak hands, he took out a few boxes and put them on the counter.