Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 619 Why is it a fetal medicine?
Rongguo Mansion,
On the courtyard path to the west, the sun was setting, and two slender figures trailed long shadows on the bluestone path.
Suyun limped forward slowly, and Qingwen beside her also carefully supported her.

The two of them didn't walk very fast, and Qingwen was a little curious as to why the sister Suyun she saw today looked a little flustered, and what kind of bulging thing was she holding in her arms.

I looked carefully and saw that it was wrapped in oil paper. It seemed to still have a faint fragrance. The taste was very familiar. It should be a pastry from Yaoji Company. It seemed that I bought it for my grandma. That couldn’t be right. I remember that the house didn’t have its own cook. , are they specially made for each company?

As they got closer and closer to the small courtyard, Qingwen still had no intention of leaving, so Suyun stopped, turned to look at Qingwen beside her, and thanked her;

"Thank you for your help, sister. Otherwise, I don't know if I can come back. I'm already here, so I won't bother my sister. It's important to go back and serve Miss Lin. I can do it."

The meaning inside and outside the words is to chase people away. How could Qingwen not know why she felt a little weird? In the past, when she was in Rongguo Mansion, Sister Suyun liked to talk to people the most. When she met her in the backyard, she always asked Have a joke,
I wanted to leave here, but when I looked up, I saw fine sweat dripping from Sister Suyun's face. It was obvious that she was in unbearable pain.

It’s all like this, but you’re still trying to show off, how can you let go and refuse,

"Sister Suyun, from what you said, it's like this. Where can I go? If Miss Lin finds out that I'm going back alone, my sister will be scolded again. Look, there's only a few steps between us."

"This, okay."

Su Yun couldn't say anything else. Although her ankle was fine, the pain would be inevitable for a while. Bi Yue was the only one in the courtyard and attic doing what she wanted to do.

Just when I was about to ask where Zijuan was going, I suddenly thought that she had taken someone to get dinner. As a last resort, she looked at the medicine bowl in her hand and drank it all in one gulp with her eyes closed. Qingwen didn't know if it had been poured!

"Miss, just drink it. I'm the one brewing the medicine. If you add too much water, there will be too much medicine. I also want to help."

When the little girl saw the young lady asking, she looked embarrassed and blushed.

The two of them moved slowly and walked towards Li Wan's small courtyard.

outside,

"Yes, madam, you want to have a drink together. I've been busy these days. I don't know what happened to grandma. Why don't you invite a doctor to come over and take a look."

"Xue Yan, what's going on? Why are there two bowls of medicine today? Wasn't there just one bowl in the past?"

"Sister, just send it here. You're tired too, so go back first."

The two girls pushed the door open and entered.

"Okay, sister, sister is leaving now."

Qingwen supported Suyun and limped towards the attic, but in the small kitchen on the west side, Mrs. You and Yindie'er were burning the boiler. Qingwen was surprised, that was not the East Mansion. Mrs. You?
How to do the work of a servant.

"What, you!"

He didn't dare to say anything and kept his head down.
I continued into the corridor, arrived in front of the attic concierge, pushed open the door and entered. Just as I was about to follow him in, I heard the sound of a woman retching from the back room. What was going on?

"Sister, walk slower."

There was no one in the garden. There was only a corridor, a pavilion, a pond and a rockery. There were not many embellishments. Suyun did not chase people away. She pointed to the attic in front and said,
"Sister, thank you very much. It's just in front of you."

Although Qingwen was confused, she also knew that talking too much was taboo in the deep house. As soon as she left, she heard a faint voice coming from the back room, as if to say, do you want to tell Mr. Marquis, Miss, you can't do this?
She still wanted to listen again, but the door was closed. She had no choice but to turn around and leave. Before leaving, she suddenly thought that that night, when Mr. Hou came back late, the scent on his body was the smell of this room. Could it be that Mr. Hou came back late that night? With grandma.

Qingwen suddenly panicked, what should she do? She didn't dare to stop thinking about what was going on inside, so she ran back in a panic.

When Suyun heard this, her expression changed. She immediately turned around and pushed Qingwen, and said somewhat far-fetchedly,

At this time, Lin Daiyu was sitting in the inner hall, holding a medicine bowl in her hand, her face was pale, she drank a bowl, why is there anything left?

The commotion here did not affect Mrs. You's busy work in the woodshed.
"Quick, Yindie'er, put out the fire and bring out a bowl of porridge."

Just like that, half push and half give,

Yin Die'er took out two bowls of porridge from the pot and put them in the food box, mumbling worriedly.

"You are the only one who talks a lot. Remember not to talk too much."

"Yes, ma'am."

Looking at Yin Die'er's appearance, Mrs. You finally thought that it was probably not a disease but pregnancy, but it was also strange. She remembered that Li Wan said that she drank the "Banzi Soup". Could it be that she was pregnant? It was too late to drink.

The doctor is not allowed to call, and the others are not allowed to know, and the Marquis is not coming, so what should I do?

Seeing that the fire in the stove was put out, Mrs. You took her thoughts and left the kitchen with Yindie'er. She still touched her belly with her hand. She remembered that when she was a child, the old blind man told her her fortune. She was destined to have no children. Wealth and honor come with a great calamity. If you meet a noble man, you will be rich and noble in the past. If you don't meet a noble man and cannot overcome the great calamity, your beauty will disappear. Could this noble man be a marquis? Where is the wealth and honor?

"Madam, please slow down."

"Oh, I know."

Yin Die'er opened the concierge and walked in with Mrs. You.

In the west wing room,

Su Yun walked in while holding on to the wall. Li Wan was shocked to see this.
"Suyun, what's going on? Who hurt you?"

"Miss, it's okay. I fell down on the path outside and sprained my foot. It was Qingwen from Miss Lin's courtyard who helped the slave here. It caused trouble for the miss."

Suyun's eyes turned red, and she placed the pastry on the table aggrievedly, for fear of causing trouble for the young lady.

Li Wan was shocked, Lin Daiyu, and that stubborn girl Qingwen.

I remember the last time I went to Miss Lin's yard, I saw Qingwen busy in the yard. I never thought that this girl would dare to come back. On the contrary, who was in charge of those people who were taken away by the Marquis? Then there is no wink,

Now that I am with Miss Lin, I am naturally superior to others. She saw what happened today. I don’t know if that girl’s intelligence has noticed it. If I remember, I still need to think of a way and ask a doctor to take a pulse. I always feel that There is something strange about my body.

"It's okay, you have a rest first, Biyue, bring some medicinal wine, wipe it on Suyun, and then wrap it with a clean brocade cloth, so you can walk at night."

"Yes, ma'am,"

Biyue opened the pastries she bought and put them on the table, then went outside to get the medicinal wine. Suyun wanted to wait on her, but Li Wan held her down and sat beside her.

"You're still moving around. Take a break first and tie your feet. You've got your hands full."

After saying that, I endured the discomfort, picked up the pastry on the table and started eating it. Fortunately, I could eat it, but the worry in my heart was getting closer and closer. Could it be that I had it?
Thinking carefully about it, I drank the "Bi Zi Tang" every time afterward and put the dregs of the medicine into a cloth bag and buried it in the flower pond in the front yard. How could I really be pregnant by such a coincidence?

"Miss, I know this, but it really can't be done. Later, I will go to the Marquis's house and find the Marquis to find a solution." Su Yun couldn't help seeing the young lady like this. If it really happened, inside the Rongguo Mansion, How to keep it a secret? Besides, there is also Mrs. You from Dongfu.

There are twists and turns. If word spreads, it will be a huge disaster. He asked with a nervous and worried face.

Li Wan looked stunned for a moment, feeling uneasy.

"Don't be busy yet. Brother Lang hasn't opened Enke yet, so we can't be distracted at the moment. Also, let me ask you, have you buried the dregs of those decoctions?"

"Miss, everything is buried,"

Su Yun still didn't understand why she asked about these things. Could it be that there was something wrong with the medicine? It suddenly occurred to her that the old master from Baorentang looked weird when he took the medicine, but he also said it was "Bizi Tang" "There is something wrong with the medicine.

"Miss, is there something wrong with those medicines?"

Li Wan swallowed the pastry, took a sip of water, frowned, and thought for a moment, it should be about medicine. He didn't need Suyun to support him. He walked to the cabinet at the end of the bed, opened it and took out a medicine bag. Inside was the woman. Drink "Bi Zi Soup."

Li Wan knew a little about pharmacology, so he endured the smell of the medicine, took the packet of medicine and put it on the table. He opened it and took a look. The ordinary medicine contained musk, or safflower, angelica, raw rehmannia, rehmannia rehmanniae, white peony root, Fengxianzi, etc. cool things,
When I spread it out today, I found that there was nothing there. Instead, there were some mugwort leaves, cyperus rotundus, evodia, dachuanxiong, rehmannia glutinosa and guanyin.

How could this happen? This is obviously a folk prescription for preventing pregnancy. I have been drinking it for so long, so it is no wonder that this happens, but it is also wrong. The people who go to Baorentang to buy medicine are all masters. It is impossible to get the wrong medicine.
"Suyun, when you went to Baorentang to get medicine, did you say the wrong thing?"

"Miss, I was right. I wanted some 'Bi Zi Soup'. The old master looked a little weird, so I didn't ask any more questions."

Suyun shook her head. She did not say anything wrong, and what she said to the old master was also correct. Is there something wrong with the medicine?
"Miss, is there something wrong with the medicine?"

Li Wan sighed and looked at the silly girl in front of him. The master must have regarded her as a phoenix girl. In the past, it was Suyun who took the medicine for the maid and the second mistress in the house. Since the housekeeper's rights were given to After marrying Feng Yatou, Suyun often went there for Feng Yatou. The master must have misunderstood her. After all, she had nothing to do, so no one was in a hurry.

However, this medicine is for myself to drink.
"There is a problem. This is not a 'Bi Zi Tang', it is a miscarriage."

"Ah, how could this happen? Every time Mr. Marquis comes here, miss, you always keep your seed."

It's logical that she must not have run away. The key is what to do if the news spreads that the young lady is a widow.

Suyun was so anxious that she almost cried.

"Miss, what should I do?"

Li Wan didn't think of a good solution for a while. Who could think of this at a critical moment.

at this time,

Bi Yue, Mrs. You, and Yin Die'er, along with them, knocked on the door and entered the house.

Although Mrs. You had doubts in her heart, she felt distressed when she saw Li Wan who looked a little pale.

"My sister is feeling better, Yin Die'er, bring the porridge."

"Yes, ma'am."

Yindie'er quickly opened the food box, took out two bowls of porridge and put them on the table. It was steaming and fragrant. Li Wan's haggard face became slightly rosy.
"Thank you, sister-in-law. Sit down quickly."

Li Wan asked Mrs. You to sit down, then picked up the porridge and took a sip.
But in Mrs. You's eyes, she always felt that it was not a good idea.

"Sister, why don't you secretly invite a doctor over? This is not a good idea."

Then I saw a pack of medicine on the table, and I was a little confused. Could it be that I had hired a doctor?
"Sister, where did this medicine come from?"

After saying that, she reached out and touched it, but Mrs. You didn't understand medicine and didn't know what it was.

Li Wan drank a few mouthfuls of porridge, put down the bowl, pursed his lips and said nothing. He thought about it in his mind. He originally thought that Mrs. You could conceive and leave a message to the Marquis, but now he is afraid that he can't. Now that he is pregnant, he must not do it. If I stay in Rongguo Mansion, I don't know how to treat him in the future. I think the concubine will be like Rongguo Mansion. He is dispensable and not welcome.

How can I let go, but if I invite the doctor again, I can't hide it. This child and I are also destined. The tenderness deep in my heart suddenly emerged. Looking at Mrs. You's concerned eyes, Li Wan felt cruel in his heart. Thinking of the previous discussion, I roughly had some concerns.

"It's the medicine I took before. I thought it was 'Bi Zi Decoction,' but I didn't expect it to be a miscarriage medicine. My sister-in-law understands!"

One question and one answer,
The expressions of everyone in the room moved. Mrs. You stared at Li Wan's belly with wide eyes. She didn't know if it was a psychological effect. She always felt that it was bigger than before. But she was a widowed daughter-in-law who came to the house. How could this happen? manage?
After calming down, Mrs. You asked in a low voice,

"Sister, what should you do? Master Hou knows,"

"Sister-in-law, my sister has only responded in the past few days. The Marquis doesn't know anything about it, so I want to discuss it with my sister. Of course, sister-in-law, there is no need to panic."

Li Wan had some concerns in his mind, but he was not so worried. Instead, he opened his mouth to comfort Mrs. You.

Mrs. You saw that Li Wan's face looked better, which meant that she wanted to keep the child, but there were so many people in the two houses, how could they keep it a secret, especially the old lady? Even if the old lady didn't mention it, the second wife was not Easy to get along with.

"I'm not panicking. I'm worried about my sister. It's still happening now. If it passes a month, it will get bigger and bigger. Then I won't be able to hide it. You also know that the second wife, you are pregnant now. Boy, then."

Mrs. You opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything out several times. Her face was a little embarrassed.
When he mentioned the second wife, Li Wan's face became even more ugly. Suddenly, he reached out and held Mrs. You's hand tightly, and said with firm eyes,

"Sister-in-law, you made a mistake. This child is yours."

As soon as these words were spoken,

The room became quiet for a moment. Even Biyue, who was kneeling there and applying medicinal wine to Suyun, was so surprised that even the medicine bottle in her hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces with a "pop" sound.
Mrs. You couldn't believe it. She was trying to give birth to a child by borrowing her belly.

"Palace Judge, don't make fun of me, you are my child after all."

His voice was trembling, and he even called out Li Wan's maiden name. He was obviously frightened, and he roughly knew what it meant, over at Ningguo Mansion.

Li Wan grabbed Mrs. You's sleeve tightly and stared into Mrs. You's eyes and said,

"Sister-in-law, at this time, can't you see clearly? Only by conceiving can the title of Dongfu be preserved. Although I don't know the specific situation of Brother Zhen, I also know the enmity between the Hou Mansion and Ning Guo Mansion.
With the character of the Marquis, Brother Zhen may not be able to come back, and even Jia Rong is the same. So if you want to leave wealth and honor, someone must inherit the title. Anyone can inherit this title, so why not the eldest sister-in-law’s child? Woolen cloth. "

I don’t know whether he was stimulated or because he really thought about the child in his belly. Li Wan could actually say such words, which made Madam You struggle in her heart. The palace judge was right. Then why is the title not for her own child? yes.
His eyes couldn't help but look at Li Wan's abdomen. He was too brave, but when he thought about the old lady, what should he do?

"Sister, have you ever thought about the old lady? Since he has inherited the title, doesn't Jia Lan also have hope?"

"Sister-in-law is confused. As long as Jia Baoyu is here in the Rongguo Mansion, who can benefit from the favor of the Duke's Mansion? Lan Geer won't go and won't be able to go. Only you can still compete here."

Li Wan's eyes were a little sad. He didn't want Brother Lan to go, but thinking about Uncle Bao, the old lady and the second wife standing in front of him, it was absolutely impossible!
(End of this chapter)