An old lady's life

In the middle of the night, the bright moon hangs high in the sky, and the size of the moon is gradually becoming full. The moonlight spreads to the earth, and the sky and the earth seem to be covered with a layer of mist and smoke.

Wormwood is not asleep, and has been experimenting with new uses of divine consciousness.After this breakthrough, the spiritual consciousness became more useful, for example, the body is as light as a swallow, even if the spiritual consciousness is wrapped around the body, and the spiritual consciousness is used to lift oneself to fly, it will not leave a sound when swimming in the sky.

Last time it was Hongye who came to look for her, this time she was asked to look for Hongye.

Ai Cao wandered the streets, avoiding watchmen and patrols, and quietly came to Rongning Street, where she was spotted by Hong Ye as soon as she arrived.

Hong Ye immediately came out of the Rong Mansion, and under the vision of Ai Cao, a middle-aged woman in ancient costume floated out from the wall, which was more impressive than a fantasy blockbuster.

"Why did you think of looking for me?" The two of them were standing in the shadow under the eaves on the west side of Rong Mansion, next to a small alley, and there were two rows of big trees on both sides of the small alley. On the ground, this alley also gives people a gloomy feeling.

The wormwood was as white as red leaves, and said with a smile: "I can't sleep because I'm bored, and I only need seven or eight hours of sleep every day, no more."

Hongye raised her eyebrows and smiled: "I thought you were living a happy life. Didn't you think about being a matchmaker all day long, and you're still bored?"

Ai Cao waved her hands, wanting to sit on the ground, but then remembered that if the clothes were soiled, the maid would definitely think that something supernatural had happened, so it's better not to test the maid's endurance.

"Don't mention it, the emperor's guards are quite cute, but it's really hard to handle the business of being a matchmaker without proficiency."

Hongye couldn't help laughing in a low voice, "I thought you were enjoying it!"

"I'm happy, too. The handsome guys are pretty cute, especially Hao Ding. Hao Ding knows your son, and the two are kindred spirits. By the way, how about your two sons? In fact, it's not bad to be able to train/teach your son , Lin Hai is an obedient son, and I have absolutely no place to use it."

"Jia She and Jia Zheng, Jia She can be regarded as easy to teach/teach. This guy is still young, and he is not as stupid as he was later. Seeing how kind he is to Mrs. Zhang, he is simply a good man, husband and father. Representative. Jia Amnesty doesn’t need to worry too much here, as long as he is not allowed to get involved in such a big event as seizing the heir, Rong Mansion will have no problem. Jia Zheng is rigid, but he is better than a rigid nerd. He is still under control. The difficulty of teaching is above three stars, and my wife, Wang, can only be trained/taught to an ordinary level, so that she will not be involved in a life-threatening lawsuit, and will not do bad things outside behind Jia Zheng's back. As for how to help Jia Zheng in the future, this is really true. no."

Ai Cao slapped Hongye's shoulder heavily, "Comrade, the revolution has not yet succeeded and we still need to work hard!"

"Yeah, I just want to end the three years quickly, so that I can come and go freely in the Rong Mansion, and I can't go there even if I'm locked up in the mansion, it's just crazy!" Hong Ye sighed faintly.

Ai Cao gloated and laughed, the two chatted and found that it had been almost an hour before Ai Cao remembered that there was something she hadn't asked.

"By the way, do you know any women of high status? Princess, Mrs. Hou, try to introduce some to me, I'm going crazy."

Hongye immediately asked seriously: "What's wrong?"

"Isn't this a matchmaking for young handsome guys? This is really a five-star difficult thing to do. I have a list of unmarried girls in my hand, and I want to wait for the end of the draft in April to hold a flower viewing party or a youth outing. Simple It’s just an ancient blind date. It’s just that although I have the title of Mrs. Jing’anhou, after the death of her husband, she didn’t do much activities in Beijing. This title is not very useful. Lin Hai and Jia Min’s The marriage is due to Lin Hai's outstanding performance, which made Jia Daishan fancy." Ai Cao said with a headache.

But Hongye couldn't help gloating, let you laugh at her just now, and the feng shui turns, it's really fast.

"Okay, I know a lot of ladies in my original body, such as the old concubine of Nan'an County Palace. I will ask them to help me when I go back. I will send you an invitation card for any event in the palace next time." Hongye nodded and agreed. , Wormwood felt at ease.

The third watch drum sounded, the moon set to the west, and the moonlight also dimmed a lot. The darkest time before dawn came soon, and the two separated and went back to their homes.

The next day, the weather was still fine, everyone in the mansion was doing their own things, and Hongye was still thinking about the wormwood, who would be better to ask for help, so I asked someone to go outside to find out who was going to hold a wedding or help enjoy the flowers recently will or something.

In fact, there are very few people holding a flower viewing party recently. First, they are all distracted by the big event of the imperial examination, and second, because the draft will be held in April. Every household in Beijing and China is very low-key, and they are afraid that there will be some farce before that. .

A few boys went shopping in the street, and soon brought back some news to Hongye. Today, there are some ordinary families in Beijing who are holding weddings, and there are other families in the north of the city. There are really no such things as banquets and banquets.

Hongye was a little speechless for a moment, everyone was so low-key, it really didn't live up to the good spring.

After sending the servants away, Hongye thought about writing handwritten letters to some noble ladies. Among the people Jiamu knew, the old princess of the Nan'an County Palace was a kind of handkerchief hander, and Jiamu also knew a few old princesses of the royal family. It's a pity that because of one or another reason, the relationship that was supposed to be relatively good was also alienated.

After pondering for a long time, in order to prevent Ai Cao from opening the skylight in April, she really had the cheek to write handwritten letters to the ladies, asking them to send an invitation to Ai Cao for any activities.

Hongye thinks that she is really a good girlfriend of Tianchao, so give herself a thumbs up!

Hongye was about to call Liuli to write a book about keeping promises, when Jia She and Lao Zhou entered Rongxi Hall and caught her sight.

Jia She waved away the maids in the hall, "Go, little girls, stand far away and don't overhear." After driving the maids out of Rongxi Hall and letting the gatekeeper watch over them, Jia She was satisfied. .

Hongye thought that Jia Amnesty was going to talk about something important and confidential, so he coughed and signaled Lao Zhou to talk about it.

Lao Zhou took out a stack of papers from his sleeve, "Old lady, this is the last time you told the brothers to pay attention to matters related to His Royal Highness." His voice became lower and lower in the end.

Hong Ye was sitting upright now. She took the paper, looked at the characters on the upper layer of paper, and Lao Zhou said: "A new woman came to the house where His Royal Highness is outside. This is her name, Feng Susu. She was Fang Chengzhou at first. My lord's outer room came from a brothel. We investigated further and found that she was bought by a brothel procuress. She was supposed to be the daughter of a wealthy family named Feng in Wan County, a hundred miles away from the suburbs of Beijing. She was sold to Ren Yazi by her stepmother."

This girl's life experience can be regarded as miserable, but the woman in this portrait is very familiar, Hongye mobilized her memory and began to look for when she had seen her!

Lao Zhou frowned, as if he couldn't figure it out, "However, our brothers found out that this woman is very scheming and courteous. Last time, because Master Fang's original wife had her kidnapped, she designed to make Master Fang's son fall off the horse and break his body. However, her father and stepmother of the Feng family were living in poverty. They originally had a little money, but the son of the Feng family became addicted to gambling, and the remaining family wealth was squandered. Broken leg."

The meaning of Lao Zhou's words is obvious, Hongye is noncommittal, anyway, it is not clear what is right and what is wrong.But she remembered who this Feng Susu was, wasn't that the woman she rescued from two desperadoes that night by pretending to be a ghost?

"I know about this. Lao Zhou, you continue to monitor, especially pay attention to whether the woman in that house is pregnant. If she is pregnant, remember to notify me immediately." Hongye's face can't help but become serious, "Old Zhou This matter is very important, and it must not be perfunctory. But let everyone pay attention to safety, don't do any unnecessary actions, and don't be discovered by others. Stop, remember to notify me immediately, I will save everyone."

Lao Zhou lowered his eyes and cupped his hands and replied, "Yes, old lady."

When Lao Zhou was about to retreat, Hongye called to him, "Old Zhou, wait." After saying that, Hongye went into the inner room, opened the drawer under the vanity mirror and took out a small wooden box, which contained some scattered silver and bank notes. , She took out a 1000 tael bank note.

"Old Zhou, this is for your expenses, so that you don't have to save it, but use it when you need it." Hongye handed the bank note to Lao Zhou, and asked him to take it and distribute it to his subordinates.

Who would give money to make life difficult, and Lao Zhou didn't refuse. The brothers were eating and sleeping outside, and they were really short of money.

Watching Lao Zhou leave, Jia She, the background board, approached Hongye, "Mother, what are you doing to monitor His Royal Highness's outer room? You won't analyze it for me and my second brother, so as not to let Rongfu be contaminated by a few people." Is it a prince's fight?"

Hongye glanced at Jia She, who scratched his head: "Mother, just tell me, I'm very tight-lipped, I won't tell others."

"I don't know what it will do, so be prepared. Is Jingshu ready to give birth? Wen Po, have you found all these?" If the mother-in-law of another family's daughter-in-law is interested, the mother-in-law will take care of her, and Hong Ye wants to intervene, but it's a pity Zhang Shi and Jia Amnesty refused to let it go, and the husband and wife took care of it by themselves.

Jia She pouted a little unhappy, mother changed the subject so obviously, and didn't tell him, did she look down on his intelligence?

"Jing Shu gave birth to the mother, don't worry, I'm ready. Mother, don't try to change the subject, tell me, I will help you!"

Hongye couldn't help laughing, and patted Jia She on the head: "Didn't mother say that? I just wanted to be prepared. It's not easy to operate around His Royal Highness, but it's easier to monitor from the outer room. I just want to watch from the outer room." From the clues, analyze some of the actions of His Highness the Crown Prince. The dispute between the Crown Prince and King Su has already heated up, and there are King Gong and King Xiang in the middle. I am worried that within three to five years, these two people will do bad things. "

Jia She was frightened immediately, the prince's bad deeds, this is not a trivial matter!

"So what can my mother tell you about things that don't show up? Don't be surprised. Stay away from these people in the future. If you really can't stay far away, you should be more vigilant. There is a saying that a fire at the city gate will cause fish in the pond. Mother doesn't want to Our Rong Mansion has become that fish in the pond." Seeing Jia She like this, Hong Ye thought to herself, this ancient imperial power is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it makes people fear from the bottom of their hearts.

Hong Ye fooled Jia She away, but it wasn't really fooling her, she was telling the truth, but Jia She had never experienced any big twists and turns, so she seemed a little scared, so it was a warning to him in advance.

Next, Hongye brought back the two maids and asked Liuli to write the letter. She wrote a total of five letters. She had just sent them out, and a woman came to report. Her nephew came to visit. .

Nephew?Hongye thought for a while before realizing that it was Shi Jia's eldest nephew, Shi Nai!To be honest, she usually ignores Shi Nai, if Shi Nai doesn't come out to find some sense of presence, she really won't think of him.

Shi Nai came to deliver a letter from his father to his aunt. This is the second letter sent to Jingzhong by Baoling Hou Shi Min after he took office. , don't get involved with the prince, and of course don't forget to ask her to take care of Shi Nai.

Shi Nai is not good at studying, and he also serves in the army. His position is not high, but he will have a title in the future, so Shi Min doesn't expect his eldest son to make great achievements, as long as he lives in peace and doesn't cause trouble.

As soon as Hongye stepped into the front hall, Jia She and Shi Tai stood up, and Shi Tai bowed his hands very respectfully: "Aunt."

"Ji'er is here, I haven't seen you for a while, how is your family? Why doesn't your nephew and daughter-in-law come with you?" Hong Ye waved her hands.

Shi Nai sat down, and the aunt and nephew had a conversation. Shi Nai handed the letter to Hong Ye, but Hong Ye didn't open it on the spot after receiving it. She just said, "When will the letter be sent back? I'll have someone deliver it to the Hou's residence."

Shi Nai nodded: "It will take three to five days to prepare some things for my father and two younger brothers. Auntie just writes a letter and sends it to someone. She won't leave in a hurry."

Hongye left Shi Jia at home for lunch, and naturally accompanied by Jia She. Jia Zheng was still busy looking for a house, so he might not come back for lunch.

Although Shi Nai and Jia She are not very close, they are cousins. Jia She has grown up in the past few months, and Shi Nai is serving in the army, so he is not a white man. The two feel that they have a common language.

The trustworthy letter written by Hongye to the handkerchief was also sent to everyone. The first person was the old princess of Nan'an County Palace. Ren is the eldest son of the old concubine, and she is now living a life of being fond of her grandchildren, so she will not easily attend any banquets.

The old concubine was still a little surprised when she received Hongye's letter, but after thinking about it for a while, she joked with the nurse beside her: "It's rare for Shi Qiongying to ask me to do something, but it's for others." After the joke, the old concubine sighed again, Pity the parents of the world!"

The old mother nodded again and again: "No, Mrs. Jia only has one daughter, who was raised like a jewel like a treasure. It has been three years since she married into the Lin family, and there has been no pregnancy letter. Madam Jia must also be worried about her daughter." The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law It's hard to say the relationship.

The old concubine thought it was true, not because she was worried about her daughter, why should Shi Qiongfang care about a widowed mother-in-law?Especially the kind of mother-in-law who is still not very popular.

"Forget it, because of Qiongying's heart as a woman, I have to help her."

The old concubine thinks so, and so do others. Red leaves and wormwood are never expected. They never imagined that wormwood is now a taciturn old lady who is difficult to get along with in the eyes of others. daughter-in-law.

Ai Cao said that she would not take the blame!

At this time, Ai Cao and Hao Ding were visiting the children on the Zhuangzi. Originally, Ai Cao didn't plan to go to the Zhuangzi today, but Hao Ding mentioned that the Zhuangzi was very interesting, and the two came to the Zhuangzi on a temporary basis.

The tenants and big men in the village are busy with farm work in the fields. The green hills opposite the village are green, and colorful flowers are blooming all over the mountains. This spring scene is really refreshing.

Hao Ding is a big boy, coming to Zhuangshang is like a fish entering the ocean, it is nourishing.After the two classes in the morning, the children followed Hao Ding to run all over the mountains, and Ai Cao was walking at the foot of the mountain.

When the big and small children went down the mountain, there were a lot of wild vegetables in the baskets, and there was an extra plate of wild vegetables on the lunch table, which tasted very light and refreshing.

Having fun at the village, Hao Ding made a promise with the children that he would definitely come back next time when he left. The gesture of turning back three times at this step made Ai Cao laugh.

It will be past Shen Shizheng, the carriage is running unsteadily on the official road, the scenery on both sides keeps receding, the setting sun is hanging on the horizon, and a red glow is sprinkled down.

It was only halfway through the carriage, there was a lot of noise in front of it, several men in heavy clothes surrounded a carriage, and all of them stood with their backs to the carriage.

The curtain of the carriage was tightly covered, only the moaning/groaning of a woman and the hurried exclamation of the nanny could be heard, and the two servant girls under the carriage stood there at a loss.

The coachman found out and came back to report: "Old lady, there is a lady giving birth in the carriage in front. The lady came out of the temple to fulfill her vows. The fetus was more than seven months old. A team of people ran past and shocked the horse. The lady was shocked. Scared, this will be a premature delivery." The coachman was terrified, "I'm afraid it's not good."

When Ai Cao heard that giving birth was such a dangerous thing, her heart jumped up. She lifted the curtain of the car: "Hao Ding, let me see if I can help."

For a woman to have a baby is to step into the gate of hell, not to mention that this is a place where there is no preparation, it will kill the woman!

Ai Cao got out of the carriage, Hao Ding also jumped out of the carriage immediately, looked at the lineup of carriages in front of him from a distance, and frowned immediately, the carriage clearly belonged to Anhou's family.

Ai Cao went to explain her intentions, but the maid who was guarding outside the carriage seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, regardless of her medical skills, she let her go and let her get into the carriage.There was only one nanny in the carriage doing the work of the stable woman, and the woman lying in the carriage was pale, as if she was going to die at any moment.

"Is there any water? Give her some water." Ai Cao had no choice but to see if using spiritual water could save the young mother's life.

Upon hearing this, the servant girl immediately took out a water glass from the back compartment, which still had half a glass of water in it. After Ai Cao took it, she turned around and poured two drops of spiritual water into it.

The nanny touched the moisture at the corner of her eyes, no matter what, she is now a dead horse as a living horse doctor, "Thank you, old lady." The clothes on this lady are not ordinary, so it can be seen that the lady is also an old lady from a rich family.

Ai Cao went in from the side, helped the woman who had fainted, and among the people pinching her, he quickly gave her half a glass of water while she was awake.

This spiritual water is really effective immediately, Ai Cao tried hard to recall the knowledge of delivering babies, massaged the woman, and saw that the swollen abdomen was also violently fluctuating, and the nun said happily: "Concubine Shizi, use your strength, the baby is moving! "

The woman may have been woken up by the pain, she bit her lip tightly with a ferocious expression on her face, she wanted to give birth to the child in one go, but the nanny kept calling: "The imperial concubine's cervix is ​​fully opened, please use it a little more!" Come on, the baby will come out!"

After almost a quarter of an hour of tossing like this, the woman passed out immediately after the child fell to the ground.Mammy carefully wrapped the child in an old dress, together with the umbilical cord, she checked the child's breathing carefully, she sighed in relief, this child is so small, it was thanks to noble people to help him survive.

"Old madam, please help me hug the baby. Thank you very much. If it weren't for you, my concubine would be..." Mammy felt unspeakable melancholy. The family's eldest daughter-in-law is not as good.

Ai Cao took the child, seeing the baby so thin, she felt pity, and while stroking the child's lips with her fingers, she fed the child a drop of diluted spiritual water.

The two carriages had been parked here for almost an hour, and they had already sent people back to the Anhou Mansion to report the news, but the people from the Anhou Mansion were late in arriving.

A large group of people came, and after the leading nun knew everything about it, she let go of her frowning, and Ai Cao knew which family the concubine was.

Anhou Mansion?do not know much!But Princess Jingrong's words were impressive.

The leading nun was the one next to Princess Jingrong. She thanked Ai Cao respectfully, claiming that Anhou Mansion would definitely offer a gift of thanks.

At least no one was killed in this accident, Ai Cao returned to her own carriage, the carriage moved much slower because of the concubine's health, Ai Cao and the others took a step ahead.

Hao Ding looked at the old lady, his heart felt hot, the old lady was so kind-hearted, if it was someone else, he would have wished to run away.

"Old lady, the current head of Anhou's mansion is the eldest son of Princess Jingrong. The eldest princess doesn't care about things, and the house is managed by Mrs. Anhou. This princess was married by the emperor, but Mrs. Hou doesn't like it. , there is another noble concubine in the mansion who is Mrs. Hou's niece, Shi Zifei..."

Hao Ding shook his head again and again, this rich and noble family is full of dirty things, and such a good mother-in-law as the old lady is really rare.

When Ai Cao heard that it was such a thing, she sighed: "So women's life is not easy. In fact, most of them are women who make things difficult for women. Why bother?"

Hao Ding patted his chest and grinned: "Don't worry, old lady, I will only treat my wife well in the future, and I will never wrong her." He just wanted to marry a wife, have a child to form a family, and live happily little days.

Ai Cao couldn't help laughing, and rubbed Hao Ding's head, "You never forget to urge the old lady not to forget your marriage!"

Hao Ding has thick skin now, he is not ashamed but proud!