the seventh bride

Chapter 103
Although this kind of thing happens often, the old lady still feels distressed and tears every time she sees it. She wiped the tears on her face with her hands, and asked worriedly: "What's going on? Chen hasn't been sick for a long time. , why did it happen again tonight?"

Dr. Huang looked at Nangong Chen on the bed, and said hesitantly, "This... I can't tell."

"Could it have something to do with my cousin's recent diet?" Pu Lianyao suddenly asked, and then said, "Could it be related to the hot pot my cousin ate tonight?"

Pu Lianyao's words made Bai Muqing's heart stand out behind her, and she looked at Nangong Chen on the hospital bed again in astonishment. Could it be because of the hot pot tonight?Could it be that a hot pot meal really had that much influence on him?

Guilt and guilt quickly filled my heart, but it was too late to regret.

"Hotpot?" The old lady frowned suddenly, scanning the crowd: "Chen went to eat hotpot tonight? Who went with him?"

Everyone in the room fell silent instantly, Pu Lianyao quickly covered her mouth as if she had caused trouble, Shen Ke looked at each other seriously, and said nothing.

The old lady then turned to Pu Lianyao again: "What's going on?"

Pu Lianyao put down her palms and opened her mouth, "Uh... I just guessed randomly."

"A random guess?" The old lady cast her gaze all the way to Bai Muqing: "What about you? You and Chen are having dinner together tonight. What did you eat?"

As soon as Bai Muqing came into contact with the old lady's fierce gaze, she couldn't help gasping. Although she had agreed with Nangong Chen to keep it a secret, she couldn't continue to hide it at this time.

She opened her mouth and said, "Grandma, the young master did eat hot pot tonight."

"What did you say?" The old lady hissed, she was so angry that she almost fainted, she stepped forward and swept her with a cane: "Did Sister He tell you that Chen can't smoke, drink, let alone spicy food?" eat hot pot?"

Bai Muqing was frightened, her body instinctively moved aside to hide.

The old lady's crutches did not fall, it was Shen Ke and Pu Lianyao who held her back in desperation.

Pu Lianyao shouted anxiously: "Grandma, my cousin is still pregnant, you can't hit her."

"What's so great about being pregnant? Aborting the child is the best thing!" The old lady didn't expect this child to be born, and naturally she would not forgive her such ignorant behavior because of a child.

"That's right, grandma, I think sister-in-law probably forgot, so don't be angry." Shen Xin walked to Bai Muqing's side and protected her behind her.

"Forget it? Look at what you have done to Chen!" The old lady showed no sign of calming down, pointing to Nangong Chen on the bed: "Chen never ate that kind of junk food before, how come marrying you not only changes the whole person Even the taste has changed? How can I rest assured that Chen will be taken care of by you?"

Bai Muqing unconsciously covered her abdomen with her hands, she shrank behind Shen Xin, and said with guilt on her face: "Grandma, I'm sorry, I didn't expect the matter to be so serious, I..."

"It's not like you haven't seen Chen's sickness before. Every time he gets sick, there's more danger. Every time he gets sick, you understand?" "And you, what kind of hot pot are you going to eat as a pregnant woman? Don't you think this child is not disabled enough? You..."

The more the old lady scolded, the more angry she became, and she almost fainted again.

"Grandma, don't worry, isn't cousin already fine?" Pu Lianyao helped the old lady to the sofa and wanted to help her sit down.

Just as the old lady sat down, she stood up abruptly and said to Bai Muqing, "Go, kneel in the ancestral hall by yourself until tomorrow afternoon."

When Bai Muqing heard the word ancestral hall, she immediately panicked and shook her head vigorously, "Grandma, I can't go, please let me stay and take care of the young master."

She is still pregnant, how could she go to such an unlucky place, how could she kneel all day and all night?
However, she knew that her plea would not be useful, because the old lady never listened to pleas.Sure enough, the old lady resolutely said: "No need!"

"grandmother……!"

"Get out!" The old lady was impatient to hear her continue, so she stopped her.After drinking, he took a deep breath, told Dr. Huang to take care of Nangong Chen, then turned around and walked to the door of the bedroom.

Seeing that the old lady had made up her mind, Bai Muqing no longer begged for her forgiveness. Looking at Nangong Chen who was motionless on the bed, a trace of sadness flashed in her heart. She never thought that a hot pot meal would bring him and herself into such a situation.

Pu Lianyao walked up to her and apologized with remorse: "Biao sister-in-law, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean it, I just wanted to provide Dr. Huang with a diagnosis and treatment judgment, I..."

She was so guilty that she couldn't continue, Bai Muqing smiled sadly and said: "I know you didn't mean it, it's my own fault, I despise the young master's illness too much."

"It's just..." She looked up and stared at her: "How do you know that Chen and I went to eat hot pot?"

She and Nangong Chen decided to eat hot pot on the spur of the moment. After returning, they went back to their rooms. She didn't tell others, and Nangong Chen certainly wouldn't tell others.

Shen Ke hurriedly said: "Oh, it's like this. Lian Yao and I were planning to go to the hot pot restaurant next to the Children's Palace tonight, but when we saw my cousin's car parked in front of the store, I didn't have the nerve to bother you."

"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to." Pu Lianyao still had a remorseful face.

Bai Muqing smiled sadly, and after taking a last look at Nangong Chen, she turned and walked towards the bedroom door.

Coming to the Nangong family's ancestral hall again, Bai Muqing was still feeling guilty before entering the door.

The two servants guarding the gate became extra defensive towards her after she broke into the ancestral hall alone last time. They looked at each other and asked cautiously: "Young Madam, didn't you fainted from the fright last time?" ? How dare you come?”

Both of them had an expression of being defeated by her. After all, they have worked here for so long, and everyone they met before avoided it. It was the first time they saw someone as reckless as Bai Muqing.

Bai Muqing was a little ashamed by the panic on their faces, maybe she really frightened them last time?Moreover, they were punished by Nangong Chen.

"Don't worry, I really came here to be punished this time, and I won't run around again," she said.

And if you give her a few more guts, she won't dare to rush in like last time.

There are still only a few candles for lighting in the ancestral hall, and the surrounding area is dark, so quiet that it seems that the sound of burning candles can be heard.

Bai Muqing deliberately paid attention to the Xunfan wooden door in the upper right corner, and found that there was an extra lock on the door, probably added after that time?
So the question is, did she pass out in the front hall or the back hall last time?Whether what they saw in the back hall was really a dream, all this is still unclear to her.

But she doesn't care about these anymore, after all, she will leave when the child is born, and then she will have nothing to do with the Nangong family, and the secrets of the Nangong family will naturally mean nothing to her.

She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, found a cushion and knelt down cautiously.

I hope that nothing inexplicable will happen this night, and I hope this night will pass soon!
However, no matter how much she prayed and how she comforted herself, the strange environment around her still made her feel hairy and broke out in a cold sweat.

In the long night, the seconds seemed like years, Bai Muqing almost counted the hours.After finally reaching the small window on the side wall, the light of dawn shone in.

She wiped the cold sweat off her forehead and exhaled heavily. It will be fine when the sun rises, and she doesn't need to be afraid anymore.

With that ray of light, Bai Muqing carefully looked at the tablets on the table for the first time, all of them enshrined the ancestors of the Nangong family.If they are alive in heaven, can they bless the baby in her belly to be healthy and lovely?

She clasped her hands tightly and closed her eyes, pleading her request to the ancestors of the Nangong family, asking them to bless her to give birth to a healthy and happy baby.

She obviously didn't believe in gods, but she still couldn't help doing this, because she so hoped that the baby would live a long and healthy life.

Bai Muqing suddenly felt the cushion beside her sink, and then a figure stopped beside her, she opened her eyes and turned her head away.

When he saw Nangong Chen kneeling beside her, he was startled for a moment, and then he sighed in relief, "What are you doing? You scared me to death."

"Am I really that scary?" Nangong Chen looked at the cold sweat on her forehead, which was a bit too exaggerated.

"I thought it was..." Bai Muqing paused, but did not continue. After all, the Nangong family forbids discussing ghosts and gods.

"Think there's a ghost coming?" Nangong Chen finished the sentence for her, with a mocking look on his lips, he knew that she had always been afraid of this place.

Bai Muqing didn't answer his question, but looked at him and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Nangong Chen replied.

"Why don't you sleep a little longer?" He really looked pretty good, with a good look, but the light here was dim, and she couldn't see if his face was as pale as yesterday.

"Can't sleep." Nangong Chen said.

He didn't tell her that he couldn't sleep because he heard from Dr. Huang that she had been brought to the ancestral hall by family law, and he came here because he knew she was afraid of this place.

"I'm sorry." Bai Muqing suddenly apologized.

Nangong Chen turned to look at her: "Why did you say sorry?"

"I shouldn't have taken you to eat hot pot."

Not eating a good candlelight dinner, but running to eat some kind of hot pot, is really self-inflicted.

"I wanted to taste the hot pot myself, and I suggested to eat it. I should be the one who said I'm sorry." Nan Gongchen could still tell the truth.

It is he who should be punished, not her.

Bai Muqing glanced at him up and down, and said slightly mockingly: "It's not your style to be so sensible."

"Since you said that, then I don't need to feel guilty, I'd better go back and catch up on sleep." Nangong Chen was about to stand up from the mat as he spoke, but Bai Muqing hurriedly grabbed him: "Don't go..."

"What? Are you scared?" Nan Gongchen knelt back on the mat again and raised an eyebrow at her.

Bai Muqing didn't hide her fear, she nodded: "That's right, so can I ask you to wait until the sky is completely bright before leaving?"

When he came, her whole heart settled down, and she no longer felt afraid.

Nangong Chen was just teasing her, but after hearing what she said, he pretended to avoid it and nodded: "Well, I'll kneel with you again."

"Thank you." Bai Muqing was worried about his body, she took a cushion from the other side of her body and reassured him, "You'd better stop kneeling, sit down."

Nangong Chen glanced at her indifferently: "No, kneeling is fine."

Bai Muqing didn't continue to persuade him, and turned her gaze back.

After the scene became quiet for a moment, Bai Muqing asked casually, "Eldest Young Master, you haven't been punished by the family, have you?"

Nangong Chen shook his head: "No."

What a happy child!

But yes, the old lady hurt him almost to the bone, so how could she be willing to punish him to kneel in the ancestral hall?

The light in the ancestral hall brightened up little by little, and gradually the words on the tablet could be seen clearly. Bai Muqing was a little curious when she first read it.Now that Nangong Chen is here, and there is nothing to continue, Ruo pointed to the two bottom tablets and asked, "Are these two your parents?"

One surnamed Nangong and the other surnamed Ling. The ones placed at the bottom should be his parents, right?

Nangong Chen looked at the memorial tablet together with her, pondered for a few seconds before nodding 'hmm'.

"They...have a good relationship?" Bai Muqing continued to ask curiously.

She remembered that Nangong Chen said that his father died in a car accident because of his mother's death and his mood was greatly affected.

"Very good." Nangong Chen nodded.

Bai Muqing felt the sadness in his tone, tried to improve the atmosphere, and said with a smile: "Your mother must be a very good woman."

Nangong Chen suddenly turned his face, with some displeasure in his tone: "She is also your mother now."

Bai Muqing was surprised, and nodded immediately: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend."

Nangong Chen didn't respond to her, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly said: "She is indeed a very good woman, the best I have ever seen."

It turned out that he had such a deep affection for his mother, and had such a high opinion of her, Bai Muqing's heart suddenly softened inexplicably, it was the first time she saw him have such deep affection for someone other than Zhu Zhu.

"Then when she left, you must have been very sad." Bai Muqing asked such a question unconsciously, and she didn't know why she asked.In short, when she asked this sentence, what she thought of was the situation when her grandmother passed away.

At that time, she was studying in City C, and suddenly received the news of her grandmother's death. It was her aunt who told her, and she only told her after her grandmother died. When she heard the news, she almost passed out in the dormitory of the school. in the building.

"It's really sad, crying like hell." Nangong Chen's murmured words brought Bai Muqing's wandering thoughts back.

She turned her head, looked at him and smiled bitterly: "How can you not be sad when the person you love the most leaves you?"

"Yes." Nangong Chen nodded, not feeling the hatred on Bai Muqing's face at all.

It was completely dawn, and there was a sound of footsteps outside the ancestral hall, followed by the sound of the door being opened and the servant's polite greeting: "Good morning, old lady."

"Did your young lady kneel properly tonight?" It was Sister He who asked this question.

"Yes, I have been kneeling all the time, but..." He paused, then said cautiously, "The eldest young master also came over early in the morning."

"Understood." Sister He said.

It was because when they went to see him in Nangongchen's room early in the morning, they found that he had disappeared, and only after asking the servants did they know that he was coming in the direction of the ancestral hall, so they followed him early in the morning.

The servant opened the door of the ancestral hall, the old lady stepped in, and saw Nangong Chen kneeling beside Bai Muqing at a glance.She walked up anxiously and angrily, looked down at Nangong Chen and reprimanded angrily: "Chen, what are you doing? Hurry up and go back to bed for me!"

Seeing the old lady appearing suddenly, Bai Muqing unconsciously felt panic. She was always afraid of this old lady who said nothing, especially when she appeared on stage with anger like now.

She took a quick look at Nangong Chen, and reminded in a low voice: "Eldest Young Master, if you don't want to kill me, go back and rest quickly."

Nangong Chen did not get up and leave the ancestral hall, but looked up at the old lady solemnly and said: "Grandma, did Ying An not tell you that I was the one who wanted to eat hot pot, and I was the one who proposed to eat hot pot, you punished the wrong person gone."

Bai Muqing turned her head to look at him in surprise, is he pleading for her?How can it be?

The old lady didn't believe his words at all, and said expressionlessly: "You have never thought about eating hot pot when you grow up, why do you want to eat tonight?"

"Because I heard from Shen Ke and Lian Yao yesterday morning that they would eat hot pot at night, so I also want to try it." Nan Gongchen explained calmly: "Besides, the illness last night may not necessarily be related to hot pot."

Although his explanation was very reasonable, the old lady was still not satisfied and said: "Even if you suggested it, as a wife, she should know that eating that food is not good for your health. It can be seen how much she doesn't care about your body."

"Grandma, Ying'an is still pregnant."

"What's wrong with being pregnant? You can make such low-level mistakes casually when you're pregnant?"

"grandmother……."

"Stop pleading for her, I don't want to hear it."

"Grandma, you misunderstood me. I didn't intercede for her. I just wanted to tell you something..." Nan Gongchen said seriously, "Please go back, and don't disturb our family's fulfillment of the family law."

"You..." The old lady was annoyed: "Nangong Chen, you deliberately confronted me, didn't you?"

"No, I just feel that I am the one who is greedy, and I am the one who suggested to eat hot pot. There is no reason for them mother and son to be punished for me." Nangong Chen said with an innocent face.

The old lady gritted her teeth angrily, but she had no choice but to throw Bai Muqing angrily: "If you make such a low-level mistake again next time, I will never forgive you."

Bai Muqing hurriedly lowered her head: "Grandma, I understand."

The old lady left angrily, and there were only the two of them left in the ancestral hall.

Bai Muqing looked at Nangong Chen who had stood up from the mat, and said gratefully: "Thank you."

If it wasn't for him, she would still have to kneel until the afternoon.

However, this man usually looks serious, but he also has a side that can make the old lady speechless. Thinking about it, he is quite cute.

Nangong Chen glanced at her who was still kneeling: "What? Is it comfortable to kneel?"

It was only then that Bai Muqing realized that it was time to stand up from the mat, so she stood up with her hands on her hands.Probably because her legs were numb from kneeling for too long, her body that had just been propped up suddenly tilted to the side.

"Be careful." Nangong Chen quickly grabbed her waist and protected her in his arms.

Bai Muqing's expression changed, and she was relieved when she felt that she was safe, and stepped back from his arms: "Thank you."

It was obviously a very simple matter, but she thanked her left and right. The husband and wife really failed if they acted like this. Nan Gongchen glanced at her with some displeasure: "Have you thanked enough?"

Bai Muqing was speechless, seeing that he was about to leave, she hurriedly followed his pace and walked towards the entrance of the ancestral hall.

It was morning, and the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant outside the ancestral hall. The spring was beautiful, and the soft yellow sunlight fell from the trees, cutting the ground into pieces of gold.

Bai Muqing stood on the steps at the entrance of the ancestral hall, opened her arms and took a deep breath, even the air was filled with intoxicating fragrance.For the first time, she found this place so beautiful and charming.

The few times she came here before, she had to come and go in a hurry, so she didn't have the time to pay attention to it. Only today, as soon as she stepped out of the house, she was attracted by the scenery outside.

Nangong Chen walked a few steps and found that she didn't keep up, turned around and saw that she was still staying at the entrance of the ancestral hall with an intoxicated expression on her face, raised her eyebrows at her and said, "Are you nostalgic for the penalty of kneeling last night?"

"Of course not." Bai Muqing shook her head almost in fear, she had never been so afraid of a place in her life, how could she be nostalgic for it?

"I just found out that the scenery here is beautiful in vain," she said.

Nangong Chen looked around, disapproving: "The really beautiful part of Nangong's family is not here."

Is it?not here?Bai Muqing really doesn't know where the Nangong family is more beautiful than this place.Because of Sister He's warning, even if she went out to relax on weekdays, she always walked around the main house and then went back, never going anywhere else.

She only knew that Nangong's house was so big that people couldn't finish it.

"Do you want to go and see?" Nangong Chen asked.

"I don't want to." Bai Muqing shook her head.

"really?"

"I don't want to be subject to the family law again." Sister He warned her not to wander around. If she was caught, she would probably spend the night in the ancestral hall again.

She originally thought that Nangong Chen would act as aggressively as he did just now, as if he was with him, and he didn't have to be afraid of anything, but she didn't expect him to just think about it, then nodded: "That's right, let's go back and rest .”

Bai Muqing was speechless, but still took steps to keep up with him.

When she heard that Nangong Chen intended to take her to the Nangong family's mansion, she was quite interested in it. After all, she had been married for so long, and she hadn't actually visited the mansion.

(End of this chapter)