Spring is warm and fragrant

Chapter 24 The Cause of Xiao's Death Revealed

Lu family.

Hearing that the daughters-in-law who came to congratulate her had all left, Lu Zhan rubbed his hands and strode to see his wife.

"Master." The maids of Ning'an Hall all had happy faces, and their voices seemed to be laughing.

Lu Zhan looked indifferent, waved his hand and said: "Go down."

The maids, big and small, hurriedly flicked as far as they could.

Lu Zhan stood under the eaves of the corridor with his hands behind his hands, and stood silently for a while before entering the inner room.Mrs. Zhu had heard the commotion outside a long time ago, because she was shy, she lay on her side facing the inside, showing her slim figure like a young woman.As Lu Zhan walked towards the bed, he looked at his wife secretly, and couldn't help remembering the intercourse in the past two months.

Indeed, a little more frequently than before...

Getting old is a happy event, but if it spreads out, you will inevitably be teased by your colleagues. Lu Zhan sat on the edge of the bed with complicated emotions, his eyes paused for a while on his wife's waist, and when he raised his eyes, he saw his wife looking at him with a blushing face. The eyes are watery.

"It's all your fault." Mrs. Zhu blamed shyly and timidly, "I'm already so old, I still won't make fun of people when it spreads."

His wife was also afraid of being laughed at, so the little bit of awkwardness in Lu Zhan's heart disappeared instantly. He held his wife's hand and pretended to be serious: "We are a harmonious husband and wife, and you are still young. Pregnancy and childbirth are normal, who would laugh at them? I'm only jealous of your favor."

Zhu's face turned even redder, and he gave him a sip.

Lu Zhan laughed, turned the man around, and gently touched his wife's unswollen belly with his big hand. His eyes gradually became soft, and he looked at Zhu Shi and said, "When you were pregnant with Ajun, I was not good enough for you. As compensation, you can raise the baby with peace of mind, and leave other chores to the eldest daughter-in-law, and I will spend more time with you when I come back from the palace."

Mrs. Zhu nodded obediently, took him by the hand and whispered: "I want to have another son." The eldest son is blind and has no errands. Uncle will be fine.

Lu Zhan saw through his wife's stupid thoughts at a glance, and said helplessly: "It's the same to have children, don't think about it, Ah Nuan has me to support him, and the prince and grandpa. She is the only one who picks someone else's role, and no one else can." Find fault with her. Don't forget, the emperor doesn't have a daughter now. That time when Ah Nuan entered the palace and called out the emperor's uncle, the emperor liked it very much. Every time there was excitement in the palace, he would call the two of them into the palace. , there are no other daughters."

Zhu's ears are soft, and she believes what others say. Since her granddaughter has a bright future, Zhu rubbed her belly and felt that it would be good to have children.

"Master, madam, the third master and the others have come to pay their respects."

When the voice came in, Mrs. Zhu hurriedly sat up, straightened her clothes, and followed Lu Zhan to the main room to wait.

"Grandmother, my mother said that you are going to give birth to my aunt and uncle again, is it true?" Lu Mingyu left her parents and ran over first. She is small, and she has become more and more used to being a child in front of the elders. Seeing her grandfather and grandmother sitting on the red sandalwood chair, she ran to her grandmother with a smile on her face.

Mrs. Zhu hugged her granddaughter, smiled and said nothing.

Lu Rong and Xiao's husband and wife followed, and Zhu's eyes flashed a trace of pain when he looked at his son who looked like Zhilan Yushu.After the son went blind, no one liked to talk to him, and the relationship between mother and child gradually cooled down. Zhu wanted to care about his son, but he didn't know how to get close, so he could only worry about basic necessities of life.

Zhu really wanted to know what his son thought of her. Now that she was about to give birth again, would his son feel that his mother didn't like him enough?

Seeing Zhu Shi's complex eyes, Xiao Shi suddenly felt sympathetic to her mother-in-law. She was the closest to Lu Rong and knew Lu Rong best. He was a man who easily refused to let others know what was on his mind. He liked sitting alone in the room the most. Go for a walk in the garden gazebo with up to three bedrooms.But Xiao can also understand Lu Rong's thoughts. He is blind and can't see anything. He can't see the worry on his mother's face. He can't see his daughter staring at him. He can't even take care of himself. How can he come out of the darkness? To care about others?
"Mother, as soon as Mr. Xiang heard the good news about you, he brought us back immediately, and he didn't even bother to clean up the cage." Sitting under the head of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Xiao said softly and filially, "On the way, I kept asking Ah Nuan, don't allow Ah Nuan to jump on you again, and let me bring Ah Nuan over to talk with you, lest you get bored."

Lu Mingyu pursed her lips and suppressed a smile, her father would never say such a thing, her mother's mouth is really good.

Mrs. Zhu didn't know, she was very happy when she heard the words, she put her arms around Lu Mingyu and said to her son, "We, Ah Nuan, are the most obedient, we know what to do, you don't have to worry about it, third child." I was so sweet in my heart, I didn't expect my son to look at her. Lonely, it turned out that he cared about her so much.

Lu Rong didn't know how to sweet talk her mother, but she wasn't stupid enough to expose his wife's white lies, and said with a smile: "Mother can take care of the baby, tell Nuanniang if you have anything to do, don't be tired."

Zhu Shi nodded again and again.Lu Zhan looked at his son inquiringly, and felt that his son had lived outside for a while, and his whole person seemed to be much more cheerful. He used to be like a lonely and cold bamboo, but now the bamboo has a new look from top to bottom, full of vitality.But it was strange, Lu Zhan couldn't think of the reason.

After the visit, the family of three returned to the third bedroom, and did not mention Xiao's pregnancy, because Xiao wanted to be separated from her mother-in-law.

But the child in her womb obviously likes to show off. It was only March, and Xiao Shi had a reaction. He suddenly vomited when he got up early to wash up.There was no way to hide it, so Lu Rong asked his servants to invite the doctor. After checking the pulse, it was indeed Xi pulse, and said that Xiao Shi had been pregnant for more than a month.The couple secretly counted the days. It should be the night when the daughter was reborn and the two reconciled. It was the most frequent day...

When the good news was reported to Lu Zhan and his wife, the couple looked at each other in dismay, and their happiness was equally complicated. The young couple was full of energy, and no one would gossip when they were pregnant. Clan complained to Lu Zhan several times. As for Lu Zhan, he started to leave early and return late, and tried not to meet his son face to face, for fear of embarrassment.

He didn't want to see his son, and Lu Rong didn't want to "see" him either, so he stayed by his wife's side every day.Compared with when his wife was pregnant with the eldest daughter, the relationship between the couple is better, and with the hope of recovering eyesight, Lu Rong no longer cares about the inconvenience caused by eye diseases. He used to be reluctant to walk while leaning on the wall, but now he is in a bit of embarrassment, and he can laugh it off .

"Xianxian, Ah Nuan said that the plum blossoms on her side are already in bloom. Shall I go shopping with you?" Lu Rong suggested warmly after breakfast and her daughter went to Tongyin Hall to study.He who has been a father knows what pregnant women need to pay attention to, but he missed a lot because of his face in the past, and this time he wants to make up for it as much as possible.

"Okay." It was rare for her husband to have the pleasure of admiring plum blossoms with her, so of course Xiao readily agreed.

So Mrs. Xiao took her husband's arm, and the couple went for a walk towards their daughter's yard, strolling casually. Mrs. Xiao only brought Qiuyue to wait on her.

After the master left, Bitan found Li Nanny, who was newly promoted by the Xiao family this year, and wondered: "Mammy, I went to the Da Furen's business yesterday, and the earring seemed to have fallen off the road. Go look for it, and you'll be back within two quarters of an hour at most, or if you go at night, I'm afraid I'll be picked up by others."

Nanny Li is almost 50 years old, and she is very kind and amiable. She reprimanded her affectionately: "You have been so careless by Madam's side for so long, how can Madam let you take care of jewelry in the future? Go, look carefully, don't take advantage of outsiders. "

"Hey!" Mammy was so talkative, Bitan went happily.

The Lu family's garden is not small, and Bitan looked around as she walked quickly, as if she was really looking for earrings, but halfway there, she suddenly turned a corner and went to the rockery.At the beginning of March, the vegetation in the capital had not yet fully recovered, and it was fairly clear where there were people and no one.When he came to the rockery, Bitan continued to pretend to be looking for something, but actually checked the surroundings again and again to make sure there was no one there, so he slipped in.

The rockery is built with imitation mountains, winding and rugged, ups and downs.With limited time, Bitan went directly to a place in the middle of the rockery, pushed aside a piece of rock, and found a flat piece of stone inside.She has an agreement with that person, and she will write letters here every ten days. If the wife is pregnant in these ten days, it is even more impossible for that person to break the appointment.

Taking out the stone flake, Bitan looked down at the inscription on it.

"At the end of the month, see you at the old place."

Bitan knew it.People will have a holiday at the end of the month. It is dangerous to meet in the mansion, but it is safest to go outside.

After reading it, Bitan wiped off the charcoal characters on the black stone with his sleeve, wiped it clean, put it away again, put the rock back to seal the small hole, and hurried to the third room.And just after Bitan's figure disappeared, a little girl in green clothes continued to wait in the dark, and after making sure that there was no one in the rockery, she ran over secretly.

Lu Rong and his wife came back after admiring the plum blossoms for a while. When they entered the door, Mrs. Xiao received the look from Nanny Li.

"I'm a little tired, I want to lie down for a while, you go to Tongyin Hall for a stroll, I'm afraid that Ah Nuan won't listen to your master's lecture." Sitting on the Huanglimu imperial concubine's couch, Xiao said to her husband with a smile.The daughter is reborn and is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she is only seven years old on the surface, so she has to study with her sisters and put on a show.

Lu Rong nodded, leaning on her blind cane to "supervise" her daughter's homework.

After her husband left, Mrs. Xiao lay down comfortably, closed her eyes and lazily said: "Nurse, my legs are a little sore, please rub them for me."

Nanny Li responded, and turned her head to tell Qiuyue and Bitan: "Madam needs to rest, you go outside."

The two servant girls did not suspect him, and retreated obediently.

Nanny Li looked at the door curtain, knelt down in front of the couch, and really helped Xiao Shi rub her leg. After rubbing her left leg, she said in a low voice: "Ma'am, just now Bitan lied that she went to the garden to find the earrings she left yesterday. Let's go." On the way, he turned into the rockery and stayed there for a few words. There was no one else in the rockery, and Yingge searched there several times, but found no clues, and couldn't guess what Bitan had done."

Xiao Shi slowly opened his eyes, with doubts in his eyes.

The daughter said that she committed suicide by throwing herself into the lake in her previous life. Xiao knew that she was not that kind of person. Since she would not take the initiative to seek death, Bitan, who was the only one who accompanied her at that time, was worth paying attention to.Bitan is just a maid, and Xiao Shi can easily get rid of her, but if her death is really related to Bitan, Xiao wants to find out why Bitan wanted to kill her, and whether Bitan has any accomplices in this huge Shangshu Mansion.

"She is sneaky, she must be weird, keep sending people to watch her, I'm not afraid that she won't show her feet."

Looking out of the window, Xiao said calmly.

Nanny Li nodded solemnly. Although she didn't know how to behave properly, Madam suddenly became suspicious of Bitan, but Bitan's actions today proved that Madam's suspicion was justified, so she should just obey Madam's orders and act accordingly.

Xiao Shi was not sleepy, after talking about the secret and thinking about her daughter, Xiao got up again and led Qiuyue to Tongyin Hall.When I arrived at the place, I saw my husband standing outside the window from a distance, facing the outside, with a smile on his lips, as if listening intently.The husband judged by his ears whether his daughter was studying hard, Xiao moved over and looked in quietly.

In the school, Lu Mingyu had just finished reciting a passage, sat upright, and listened carefully to the female teacher's explanation, very well-behaved.

Xiao proudly took a second look, looked away, and whispered to her husband: "It would be great if the second child was as good as Ah Nuan."

Lu Rong instinctively looked at his wife's lower abdomen, and the moment he lowered his head, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he saw a light blue color in a daze.

Unfortunately, the next moment, darkness returned to the eyes.

Lu Rong's lips moved, but finally suppressed the surprise.

(End of this chapter)