Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 102
As night fell, the moon and stars were sparse, and the earth looked a little dark. Fortunately, the corridor was full of candles, so that it would not make everything dark.

The woman in a light blue dress stood quietly in front of the blue irises. The breeze blew through the blue hair, and the tranquility in her eyes was actually brighter than the candlelight that filled the corridor.

"Mother looks at the irises every day, are you thinking about Daddy?" Fang Shuoming ran out of the room on short legs, and when he reached Su Wanqing's side, his face was already covered in sweat.

"Why are you running in such a hurry? Look at you, your face is covered with sweat, like a little cat." The woman's eyes were doting, and she picked up the handkerchief in her hand to wipe Fang Shuoming's sweat.

Fang Shuoming lay in Su Wanqing's arms, and said with a smile: "Because I want to run to Mother's arms earlier and let Mother hug me."

"Okay, mother hugs you." The woman smiled and hugged Fang Shuoming, "Shuoming has grown taller, and mother will not be able to hold you in a few days."

"Then when Shuoming grows up, Shuoming will come and hug mother." The little boy said with sweet dimples on his face.

"Pfft—" The woman couldn't help laughing, "You're only so old, you just want to hug your mother."

"Soon, Shuoming will grow up soon." Fang Shuoming said anxiously, "Daddy is not at home, Shuoming will come to accompany mother, and mother will always accompany Shuoming to grow up."

"Okay, mother is waiting for Shuoming to grow up, and will always be with Shuoming." The woman said softly.

Fang Shuoming also laughed happily when he heard the words.

"Tsk tsk tsk, why are you holding the child all the time? After a long time, what should I do if I raise a sissy like you? You know how to study hard every day. You can just do this all day long, but don't spoil my grandson. "A somewhat hoarse voice came from a distance, and the disdain and domineering voice in it made people frown.

Fang Shuoming quickly slipped into Su Wanqing's arms, turning his head away from Pan's.

"Mother, you are here." The woman said with a smile as usual.

"Well, what's the matter? This yard is yours alone, your mother and I can't come?" Pan raised her chin and said arrogantly.

"Daughter-in-law doesn't mean that. My daughter-in-law is very happy that you can come." The woman said without any embarrassment.

"Okay, don't talk to me with a smile like that, you'd better read your book. You've been pretending all day long, and you don't know who you're reading it for." Pan rolled her eyes and said .

"The daughter-in-law won't bother my mother there, and the daughter-in-law will leave now." As she said that, she was about to turn around and leave with Fang Shuoming in her arms.

"Wait, leave my grandson behind. Just leave, what do you mean by taking my grandson away?" Mrs. Pan stopped her.

"It's getting late now, and Shuoming has to rest too. If Mom wants to play with Shuoming, it's better tomorrow."

Fang Shuoming also hurriedly said: "Yes, Shuoming wants his mother to sing nursery rhymes to lull Shuoming to sleep."

He didn't want to be taken away by Mrs. Pan. He remembered that Mrs. Pan took him out of the house once.They said it was for him to have fun, but they took him to a kennel and asked him to learn how dogs drill holes.Because he saw that the hole was too dirty, he refused to go through it.

Pan even sent someone to hold him down and let him drill it. Fortunately, the servants of the Fang family knew Pan's virtue, and none of them moved. The aristocratic family didn't know how to laugh when they saw it.

Only then did Mrs. Pan give up, and scolded him, "At a young age, you have the stink of a son of a family. I don't know how your mother raised you. She raised you so delicately. When I was your age Even through the pigsty, let alone this dog hole."

He only remembered that the servants around him were holding back their laughter and looking at him with sympathetic eyes.After returning home, my mother smelled him and sent someone to take him to take a bath, and then she wouldn't let him go out with Mrs. Pan.And he didn't want to go to that messy place again.

"Smelly problem, you have to kiss your mother to coax you to sleep. Are you ashamed? Come on, Shuoming, grandma will take you out to have fun." Pan said with her hands on her hips.

"Shuoming won't go, Shuoming wants to stay with mother." Fang Shuoming said while hugging Su Wanqing tightly.

"You child, who did you learn this coquettish energy from? Which country child didn't grow up crawling through dog holes? You don't want to go. Besides, it's dark today, I can see it very brightly." Said Pan. He was about to step forward and drag Fang Shuoming out.

Knowing Pan's virtues, Su Wanqing quickly backed away and said, "Mother, it's fine to play other things, let's forget about climbing the dog hole."

Mrs. Pan sneered, "What? Look down on your mother who grew up in the countryside? You are a noble lady, and your mother is a crazy woman from the countryside. It is wronging you to let you be my daughter-in-law."

"Daughter-in-law doesn't mean that."

"That's not what you mean, just give me my grandson. You have ruined all good grandsons." Then he stretched out his hands and snatched Fang Shuoming over.

Su Wanqing also panicked, and quickly said: "Mom, you should take a good rest, Shuoming loves to cry, if you disturb your rest, it will be a crime." She was about to hug Fang Shuoming, but was surrounded by Pan opened.

Fang Shuoming was about to cry in a hurry, and kept waving his small hands towards Su Wanqing, wanting Su Wanqing to carry him away.

"No, your mother and I are in good health, and I can still stand the children's fuss. What? The crazy woman from the country can't even take care of the children?" Pan said, staring at Su Wanqing, and was about to hug Fang Shuoming after speaking leave.

Just when Su Wanqing was flustered and didn't know what to do, there was a charming voice from afar.

"Mother is in her prime, so she is naturally in good health. But children go to bed early, let Shuoming go to bed earlier."

Su Wanqing couldn't help being stunned, seeing a pretty woman in a light yellow dress approaching gracefully, she couldn't help saying: "Yun Ni, why are you here?"

Because a woman who has married into her husband's family can go back to her mother's house on the day of her return, and she can't come back if there is no major event at other times, otherwise she will be considered as being rejected by her husband's family.Nothing major happened to the Fang family now, so why did Fang Yunni come back?
Hearing the familiar voice, Fang Shuoming was overjoyed and stuck his head out and shouted, "Auntie."

Looking at Fang Yunni who was coming, Pan frowned and said, "Yunni, why are you back? Could it be that you were driven back by your husband's family? Bullying, he can't even protect you. Your brother just asked you to marry him, thinking that a good friend also has a support, but now I don't think it may be."

Young Master Lin is Fang Yunni's husband and Fang Jingzi's best friend.Back then, Young Master Lin and Fang Yunni fell in love at first sight. Fang Jingzi also thought that they were good friends and would not treat Fang Yunni badly, so he happily matched.After seeing that Fang Yunni married into the Lin family, she felt relieved to go to the border to transport grain and grass.

After Fang Yunni heard this, she said helplessly: "Mother, can't you think of something good? How could your daughter be kicked out, and the old lady of the Lin family has the most gentle personality, so how could she bully her daughter? And just being an old lady of the Lin family would bully her daughter How could Lin Lang be willing to let me be bullied?" As she spoke, Fang Yunni blushed pretty, and took Fang Shuoming, who had been waving her hands, into her arms.

"Then it's not in compliance with the rules for you to come back now. Mr. Lin doesn't know how to stop your daughter-in-law. It's okay to be meek, but your brother is willing to betroth you to someone else." Pan muttered as he let go of his hands.

"I came back today with Lin Lang's consent. If I want to come back, Lin Lang has a good personality and will naturally agree." Fang Yunni said, "Okay, mother, I have something to do when I come back tonight. I will live with my sister-in-law first. In the room, there is no need to prepare another room for me. You should go back quickly, Shuoming is young and needs to rest earlier."

Facing her daughter, Pan couldn't say anything harsh, but just looked at Su Wanqing with a trace of sourness, "It's hard to go home and get close to your sister-in-law, not your mother, and turn your elbows outward , see what kind of daughter I have raised." After speaking, Fang Yunni gave a blank look and left.

"Yun Ni, what do you think about coming back today? Does the old lady of the Lin family not mind if you come back?" Su Wanqing stepped forward and asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, Wan Qing. My mother-in-law has a very good personality, and she was the first one who agreed to let me come back. Lin Lang respected his parents and felt sorry for me, so he let me go back. This time, I plan to stay in Fangfu Stay for a few days."

Because Su Wanqing and Fang Yunni have a good relationship, unlike the usual sister-in-law who calls her a slightly unfamiliar honorific title, the two will affectionately call each other's boudoir name when there are no outsiders.

"Shuoming, do you miss your aunt?" Fang Yunni lowered her head and pinched Fang Shuoming's small round face and asked.

"I think, Shuo Ming hasn't seen aunt for a long time, this time when aunt comes back, she must play with Shuo Ming."

"Okay, as long as Shuoming wants to play with aunt, aunt can play with Shuoming as long as possible." Fang Yunni took out a rattle from her arms, "Shuoming, what do you think this is?"

"The rattle." Fang Shuoming said in surprise.

"It's just a rattle. Shuoming went to sleep with the nanny. My aunt wants to talk to my mother for a while. Do you think it's okay?" Fang Yunni said, and the nanny behind her also followed.

"Okay." Fang Shuoming stretched out his arms obediently and let the nanny carry him away.

"Yun Ni, what's the matter when you come back this time?" Su Wanqing asked aloud.

Fang Yunni sighed, and said, "Wan Qing, let's talk in the room first."

"Okay." Su Wanqing walked into the room holding Fang Yunni's arm, and the two sat at the tea table.

"Wan Qing, I heard from Lin Lang that Master Chu from the Ministry of Punishment, Master Qi from the Ministry of War, and Master Jiang from the Imperial College came to Fang's house today. Master Jiang has a relationship with you as a mentor, so it makes sense for you to come to Fang's house to see you." But why did Lord Chu and Lord Qi suddenly think of visiting the Fang family, but what happened to the Fang family?" Fang Yunni had a straightforward personality, and asked directly to the point with concern.

Chu Kainan and Qi Ze are well-known in the court, and both of them are the best of the six, so they will naturally attract the attention of others.This time the two came to Fang's house in low clothes, although they did not cause too much disturbance in the capital, but the news from the court was the most well-informed, and the court officials naturally knew about it.

Chu Kainan represents the Ministry of Punishment and will not go to one place for no reason.If you go, it can only mean that you want to investigate the case, no matter how influential the case is, it is definitely not a good thing for a family.

Fang Yunni naturally understood this, and when she heard Mr. Lin talking about it, she hurriedly said that she wanted to go back to Fang's house to have a look, and it was already dark when Fang's house arrived.

"The Fang family...nothing happened. It's because you are overthinking, Yun Ni. Besides, you will damage your reputation by coming back tonight. You should go back to the Lin family earlier, so as not to worry Mr. Lin." Su Wanqing said with a smile.

Although the Fang family was implicated in a murder case, the matter was of great importance, but Fang Yunni's sudden return to her mother's house this time was really against the rules. Besides, she came back late at night, and she didn't know how she would laugh at Fang Yunni if ​​she was heard by other officials' wives .Even though the Lin family didn't mind, but outsiders' mouths were still taboo.

"Don't lie to me, Wanqing. If nothing happened to Fang's family, how could Lord Chu come?" Fang Yunni grabbed Su Wanqing's hand, "And since I came this time, I didn't think about caring about other people's opinions in the past .Although I'm married, the Fang family is where I grew up. If you don't make it clear to me this time, how can I rest assured? "

The two have known each other for many years, and Fang Yunni naturally understands Su Wanqing's character, knowing that Su Wanqing said this for her reputation.

Su Wanqing knew that she couldn't fool Fang Yunni, so she could only say: "It's the Cao family. Mrs. Cao's family died in her room a few days ago. Master Chu suspected that the murderer was in the Fang's family. Today I came to Fang's house to investigate Mrs. Cao's family. cause of death."

"Cao's family?" Fang Yunni whispered.

Some time ago, the news of the death of the eldest wife of the Cao family, Chen Shu, was widely spread in the capital. For this reason, the elder of the Cao family often went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to cry and make noises.Originally thought it had nothing to do with the Fang family, but who knew that the murderer was actually in the Fang family.Then what should the Fang family do next?
"But Yun Ni, don't worry. Master Qi said that the murderer may not be in the Fang family. Besides, Master Chu is well-known in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for his fair and responsible conduct. He will investigate carefully and give the Fang family an explanation." Su Wanqing continued.

"Not necessarily at Fang's house? That's good." Fang Yunni breathed a sigh of relief, and then took Su Wanqing's arm affectionately, "Since I married into the Lin family, the two of us haven't had a good chat for a long time. Just this time I'm back, and it will be difficult to come back later. Then I'll stay at Fang's house for a while this time, and I'll go back to Lin's house after the Cao family's affairs subside. "

"You, I'm not afraid that Mr. Lin will miss you. He hastily sent someone to pick you up after you haven't been here for a few days." Su Wanqing teased Fang Yunni with a smile.

Fang Yunni blushed immediately, and hummed coquettishly, "Wanqing, why are you still kidding me? Even if he comes to pick me up, I won't go back." Then she put her head on Su Wanqing's shoulder, "Besides, how can he have you?" Important, if you hadn't come to teach me and advised me not to be angry with my mother. Otherwise, I would still be arguing with my mother every day like a child. Thinking about me at that time, it would be ridiculous." Fang Yunni couldn't help laughing at herself .

Su Wanqing touched Fang Yunni's head and said: "No matter how wrong mother is, she is the one who gave birth to you and raised you. If you get angry with mother because of some trivial things, then it is really unfilial."

"Wan Qing, you have been protecting your mother like this, but I can see clearly how your mother treats you. After your father passed away and your brother went to the border, your life was not going well, and you often took your uncle with you. I know in my heart that I will go to some rough places tomorrow. But she is my mother, and as a daughter, I can't blame her, so I can only suffer for you. You also know that my mother has such a character, doing it all day You don't have to worry about some far-fetched things." Fang Yunni said in a guilty tone, leaning on Su Wanqing's shoulder very dependently.

"I never cared about it. As long as Shuoming can grow up healthy, I don't ask for anything..."

The gentle voice stopped abruptly, and Fang Yunni quickly raised her head to look at the woman.

I saw Su Wanqing quickly picked up the handkerchief in her hand and began to cough violently, her voice getting louder and her complexion pale.The woman put down the handkerchief in her hand, and the blood stained on it was very conspicuous and shocking in the pure white handkerchief.

"Wan Qing, is your illness serious again? You haven't coughed up so much blood before." Fang Yunni asked quickly.

Seeing that the woman lowered her head and did not speak, Fang Yunni lowered her eyes and said, "If you hadn't been disturbed by your mother to give birth to Shuoming, your body wouldn't be at the root of the disease, and you wouldn't still be coughing up blood. It’s never been cured.”

Fang Yunni remembered that when Su Wanqing was pregnant with Fang Shuoming, the imperial court sent Fang Jingzi to the border to transport grain and grass.Fang Jingzi was unwilling at that time, after all, his wife was pregnant when her fetal gas was unstable and needed someone to accompany her, so she wanted to ask Zheng Shen to send someone to go.

But Su Wanqing stopped him, saying that he was needed at the border, and if he didn't go this time, it might be bad for his career, and it would be difficult for him to be promoted later.He also persuaded Fang Jingzi to go to the border, saying that her official career was important, and her mother and sister-in-law could take care of her at home.Only then did Fang Jingzi go to the border with peace of mind, and before he left, he specifically told Mrs. Pan to take good care of Su Wanqing.

But Mrs. Pan didn't take it seriously, thinking that it was normal for a woman to have children, and she still went her own way every day, and Fang Yunni refused to listen to many reminders.Because Su Wanqing was the first child, her fetus was inflated accidentally, and it was difficult to give birth during delivery.Fortunately, Mrs. Wen has many years of experience in delivering babies, so she managed to save both the adults and the child. However, Su Wanqing suffered a serious injury, and it was very difficult for her to have a chance to conceive again.

This was a sad thing, but Mrs. Pan was very happy. She wanted to take concubines for Fang Jingzi, and even brought several women into the mansion.Seeing this, Fang Yunni was reluctant, saying that this was a concubine for Fang Jingzi, at least she had to discuss it with Fang Jingzi, and drove those women out of the mansion.Seeing this, Pan wanted to stop her, but she still couldn't hold back Fang Yunni, so she had to give up.

When Fang Jingzi came back and found out that Mrs. Pan wanted to take a concubine for him, she refused without saying a word, saying that it would be nice to have Su Wanqing as a wife.Although she will not be able to conceive again in the future, having Fang Shuoming already is enough.Pan still wanted to talk, but was sent back by Fang Yunni with a few words.

For a woman, her husband wants to take a concubine, which is a bolt from the blue, but Su Wanqing is very indifferent.When Pan was busy taking concubines, he just read a book in the gazebo every day, and he didn't make any noise. His quietness was surprising.

"I'm fine, Yun Ni. Although I won't be able to get pregnant again, I have Shuoming, and that's enough." The woman said softly, with a trace of grief flashing in her eyes, "Maybe this is fate, I can't resist Fate."

(End of this chapter)