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A few days before the spring equinox, Chang Luoyao died.

When Chang Luoyun heard the news, he was stunned for a long time and then said calmly: "What are the funeral arrangements?"

"Prince Xu buried the fifth girl outside the ancestral grave, saying that we could pay tribute together in the future." Qing Luo said softly.

Chang Luoyun had no more words to say.

Since she didn't want to go back to Qingzhou, it didn't matter where she was buried. Once a person dies, all the past events fade into smoke. Except for those few people who care about her, who can remember that there was a fifth girl from the Chang family in this world?

Even so, Chang Luoyun was still depressed. She didn't know why, but she had been feeling depressed these past few days. She had no appetite for the food she usually liked.

"The old lady said that the vernal equinox will be here in a few days. She wants you to go out for an outing and make a few kites and fly them to get rid of bad luck." Qing Luo said with a smile: "The kites in He Feng Pavilion are the best. Today, the kites are the best." I have already ordered two cigarettes to be released on the Spring Equinox."

Chang Luoyun nodded, "That's your arrangement." She lowered her head and looked at the pattern in front of her, then picked up the pen and started drawing again.

"I'm afraid Madam's embroidery book is about to be finished. I think all the patterns on it are almost complete."

"It's almost done. When I draw a few more randomly embroidered pictures of flowers and birds and include them in it, it will be all neat and tidy." Chang Luoyun spoke without stopping his hands.

She concentrated on using the brush to outline a picture of peonies on the paper. "Aniang once moved the ink painting to the embroidered cloth. At that time, Chang Wu was also inspired by this painting and asked for help, and was brought to Lin by Princess Anjun. Du, if she had not entered the palace, she might have been married and had children by now, and she would be very happy."

"But Mrs. Pei and the fifth girl don't want to live like this at all. What they want is to be prominent in front of others." Qing Luo said while packing the dressing table: "If they can be content with ordinary life, Mrs. Han will not die, and neither will the Chang family." It will be what it is now.”

Chang Luoyun stopped talking, just lowered his head and silently sketched the peonies in front of him.

The room was quiet. Chang Luoyun painted for a while and felt her heart getting hotter and hotter. She picked up a cup of tea in front of her and took a sip. Before she could swallow the tea, her stomach was churning. She quickly covered her mouth and stood up. Inside the clean room, I vomited into the spittoon.

Qing Luo was startled and went to the clean room to pat her on the back and said, "Is it possible that I ate something wrong? I'll go find a doctor to check it out."

Chang Luoyun vomited a few mouthfuls of sour water and felt better.

She took the wet wipe handed to her by Qing Luo and wiped the corners of her mouth, "It will be much better now. I'm afraid I caught a cold in the past two days. Go and make me some ginger tea."

Qing Luo helped Chang Luoyun out of the clean room when she saw Mrs. Mu walking in with a smile on her face, "Yun'er, are you still drawing embroidery patterns?"

Chang Luoyun smiled and helped her sit down on the bench in front of the table, "I don't have much to do these days. I just took the time to sort out the embroidery charts. I guess I can just draw a few more."

The weather is getting hotter day by day, and Mrs. Mu's leg condition has improved a lot. Now she can walk around the yard without anyone's support.

She looked at the embroidery pattern on the table and praised: "This embroidery pattern is so well painted, just like the real thing. I don't know how exquisite it will be when embroidered."

Chang Luoyun smiled and said: "When the embroidery pattern is finished, I will embroider a screen for my mother."

Mrs. Mu smiled and said, "Just talk, don't be too tired."

While talking, Qing Luo had already brought tea, handed Mrs. Mu a cup of scented tea, and placed the ginger tea in front of Chang Luoyun.

Chang Luoyun took a sip. Before he could finish the tea, he felt like vomiting again. She frowned, covered her mouth with her hand, and waved her hand, asking Qing Luo to quickly drink the ginger tea. Mrs. Mu put down her tea and asked with a worried look on her face, "I think you don't look very well. Have you asked a doctor to take a look?"

Chang Luoyun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a forced smile: "I just feel like vomiting, but it's not serious. Maybe I caught a cold a few days ago."

"That won't work, Qing Luo, go and ask Doctor Huang to come over and take a look," Mrs. Mu ordered, "If it still doesn't work, ask the Marquis to call Yu Lun over."

Doctor Huang is the doctor in the mansion and lives in the outer courtyard on weekdays. Qing Luo only went out for a while, and then brought a doctor in his forties with a fair face.

Doctor Huang checked the pulse carefully and asked, "Besides vomiting, does Mrs. Hou have any other discomforts on weekdays?"

Chang Luoyun thought for a moment and said, "It's nothing. I just feel stuffy in my chest and a little tired."

Doctor Huang smiled and said: "That's it. Congratulations to the old lady, Madam Hou, this is a blessing."

Mrs. Mu was startled, then said with a smile on her face: "I'm so happy, are you, Yun'er, pregnant?"

Doctor Huang said: "Although the month is still small, the pulse is already showing, so it is unmistakable."

"Amitabha!" Mrs. Mu clasped her hands together and recited a Buddhist verse with a smile, "Bodhisattva bless me. The Changping Marquis Mansion is finally happy to have Lin'er, and my old lady is going to be a grandmother." She turned to Chang Luoyun and said, "From now on you You have to be more careful when it comes to food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Oh, by the way, I heard from Bi Yan that Wu Ma is a decent person, so I will send someone to Qingzhou to pick her up tomorrow. She is an old person, and I can rest assured that she is here. "

Chang Luoyun was stunned. Hearing Mrs. Mu say this, he smiled and said: "Mom, I grew up in Zhuangzi. Even if I am really pregnant, my body will not be so delicate."

"What is true or false? It is true." Mu Fu said, "You must listen to me on this matter. It is no joke for women to have children. I think I suffered a lot when I was pregnant with Jing Yi."

Chang Luoyun had no choice but to stop talking.

"Oh, you see how happy I am, I almost forgot," Mrs. Mu added: "It will be the Spring Equinox in a few days, and the Empress Dowager invited some girls from aristocratic families to fly kites at Muyun Mountain, and you were especially invited. .”

She was a little embarrassed, "What a coincidence, it's not convenient for you at this time. Otherwise, if I went back to the Emperor and Queen Mother, I would have told you that you were pregnant and wouldn't have gone this time."

Chang Luoyun's heart moved and he said with a smile: "Mother, it's an honor to be invited by the Empress Dowager. It would be disrespectful to refuse. The Empress Dowager may not say it with her mouth, but it's not necessarily that there will be resentment in her heart. Because of this A small thing made her unhappy and not worth it.

My health is usually fine, and the month doesn't show much now. If the mat in the car is thicker, there shouldn't be any problem. "

Mrs. Mu pondered for a moment, thinking that the road to Muyun Mountain was not far and the road was smooth. Because the women in the palace would go there every spring to fly kites, and they planted many peaches and plums along the way. March is the most beautiful time when the peach and plum flowers bloom.

She nodded and said, "Then I'll tell Jing Yi and ask Liang Qi to escort you. You must not make any mistakes now."

Chang Luoyun smiled and took Mrs. Mu's hand and said, "Mom, the child knows."

Mrs. Mu smiled and patted the back of her hand, unable to contain the smile in her eyes.

That's great, Lord Marquis, Jing Yi is going to have a child of his own.