Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 42 Pregnancy
As soon as the old lady's words fell, everyone's eyes were shattered.

The eldest lady was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, who knew that the old lady would say such a sentence.

Faced with all kinds of meaningful gazes from others, Murong Wei looked flattered, "Grandmother, my granddaughter is afraid that she won't be able to do it, and she just wants to be by mother's side."

Yunxia also hurried forward, not saying what she was thinking, but at least showing respect and worry on her face.

"Grandmother, I see that my mother's complexion doesn't look very good. I really need to call a doctor, so we can't delay."

The Da Furen's eyes were anxious, but her spirit was cheered up on the face. She was so annoyed that she panicked. How could she be really sick and let her daughter-in-law take away her rights?
So the eldest lady seriously declined: "My daughter-in-law is really fine, Yunxia, ​​don't worry, mother is in good health. Mother, do you want sister Wei to take care of the East Garden?"

The old lady is really old, what is Murong Wei doing in charge of the garden?
Of course the eldest lady knew that Murong Wei was going to marry sooner or later, but the old lady's obvious separation of powers obviously made her vigilant.

What the old lady did made her feel worried.

The old lady patted her hand, and said comfortingly: "It's that garden, I think she likes these flowers and plants. You are also very busy recently, so it's good to ask her to help you with some things, lest you be too busy tired."

When the eldest lady heard her words, she gritted her teeth in anger, remembering that the master has been very indifferent to her recently. Although the husband and wife have been married for many years, now it seems to be superficial, not for the sake of the son and daughter-in-law. I don’t know how to criticize does she.

After all, the eldest lady came from a wealthy family, so of course she has some means over the years, but none of the concubines in the Murong Mansion can get past her, their status is at stake.She also has an eldest son, and these years have been going smoothly, and several concubines have been captured by her, and no one dares to offend her majesty.

It's not been a long time, and the means of Zhaidou are not used very much, so he just plays with medicine, which is really not very high-end.

On the surface, she is also a shrewd person, but Murong Wei looks at her a little confused, she thinks she is smart, and she really thinks she is very skilled.

Murong Wei can often hear the maids occasionally talking about other people's house fights. Those methods are so superb that it is really eye-opening.

What is the evil of the golden branch?

At this moment, she was also thinking about what her grandmother meant. Did she really want to train her or did she have other ideas?
And she also asked the elder sister-in-law to help, could it be that the grandmother is dissatisfied with the eldest wife?
The eldest lady is not an ordinary person, seeing what the old lady means, she will not take the initiative to object, the girls are going to get married sooner or later, it is no harm to let them learn, but the daughter-in-law needs to beat it hard, so as not to be inappropriate .

"Since my mother said so, my daughter-in-law will naturally obey. This is also for my own good, how can I not understand?"

Everyone came and went, looking at Yanyan with a smile on the surface, no one knew what was going on in their hearts.

Murong Wei felt very bored in her heart, and felt that talking to these people, and making a few detours in a sentence, would be annoying to death.

The old lady talked for a while, she seemed to feel tired, so she just left Murong Wei to talk.

While serving her grandmother, Murong Wei took the beauty to beat her legs, and asked, "Grandma, I'm afraid I can't manage it well, and I'm a little scared."

The old lady patted her hand, and opened her slightly closed eyes, still bright eyes with a smile: "You girl has always been very smart, Dongyuan is not big, but it's not so easy to manage, Some are in charge, the woman in charge, the handyman, the sweeper, the gardener, and the accounts. Although the place is small, it has all the internal organs. If you can manage a few places in the mansion well, you can see the whole leopard at a glance, and you can understand it. How do you manage the entire government?"

Murong Wei couldn't help but sigh with emotion, people say that this person is old and mature, looking at her grandmother, she really has to admire her.

"The granddaughter understands the painstaking efforts of her grandmother, so she must study hard."

The old lady nodded and said seriously: "Your marriage has not yet been decided yet. You are young, so don't worry. Grandma will take care of you. No matter what happens in the future, you have to learn the skills of housekeeping, Qin. No matter how good you are at learning chess, calligraphy and painting, you can't live a good life. The daughter of a family like us is going to be a mistress. If you don't learn well now, you will inevitably be bullied by that villain when you enter the mansion."

Murong Wei smiled, lay on the old lady's lap, and said angrily: "She has the support of her grandmother, who dares to bully her?"

"You're the one with a sweet mouth! By the way, you don't want to go out casually these days, just learn how to housekeeper."

Murong Wei's eyes flashed, seeing what her grandmother meant, she knew something.

If you don't go out, don't go out. She is not the kind of charming lady who has to get rid of the guards in order to go shopping. At this time, it is very dangerous for the daughter's family to go out alone. It is better to stay in the house.

Murong Wei stayed with the old lady for a while and then went back to Mo Garden.

Lu'er was a little worried: "Miss, it's not so easy to manage the East Garden. Will the lady make people trip me?"

Murong Wei smiled, "Since it's something my grandmother entrusted to me, since I'm still young, it's inevitable that my first housekeeper was incompetent. I believe everyone can understand."

She knew that the eldest lady might be a little dissatisfied, for example, as long as she let those in charge non-violent non-cooperation, it would be enough for her.

It's just that the eldest lady is not so obvious to attack, after all, it was the old lady who spoke.

Lu'er seemed to understand what she meant, it's useless to worry now, why not...

"Slaves go to investigate, and the personnel in the East Garden will arrange it."

Murong Wei smiled knowingly, and was about to speak, when she suddenly saw Xiangtao rushing in, and said to her: "Miss, just now when Aunt Zhou went to pay her respects to Da Furen, she suddenly fainted, Da Madam was invited Doctor, I didn't expect Aunt Zhou to be pregnant!"

Murong Wei was taken aback, her face darkened slightly, she didn't expect this matter to be hidden after all.

She had already thought of this situation a long time ago. After all, living in the mansion always has some clues, and as time goes by, it will show up soon, and it will be easy to be discovered by then.

"Now, how is Auntie?"

She was afraid that the eldest lady would die of anger at this moment.

After all, for such a long time before, no one in the mansion was pregnant, and it was not the eldest lady who was playing tricks. If this happened suddenly, the eldest lady might also become suspicious.

"Aunt Zhou has been sent back to Yunge now, Miss, this is a good thing, there has been no happy event in the mansion for a long time, maybe Auntie can give you a brother!"

Xiangtao said happily.

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows, "Get ready, I'm going to visit Auntie."

Xiangtao put on a gorilla felt cloak for her, Murong Wei was anxious to visit her own mother, when she arrived at Yunge, she went in and saw Aunt Fang was there, her laughter was quite piercing: "Oh, I said, why haven't you seen you go out for so long, I'm so happy, why didn't you say it earlier to make the old lady, the old lady, and the old lady happy?"

Murong Wei frowned, entered the room, untied the cloak and handed it to the servant girl. Mother Du's slightly gloomy face lit up when she saw her.

Murong Wei stepped forward and saw that Aunt Zhou was sitting on the kang, leaning on the lavender floral pillow, her face was a little pale.

Aunt Fang's complexion was even worse, and the pale pink flowered jacket she was wearing complemented her dark complexion even more. The scent of incense on her body was very strong, which made Murong Wei feel a little pungent.

Murong Wei's eyes flashed, she saluted, walked over worriedly and held Aunt Zhou's hand, and said, "Auntie, you look so ugly, are you uncomfortable? I think Auntie should lie down and have a good rest. Don't see this idler."

"It's okay, it's just a little uncomfortable." Aunt Zhou looked at her daughter worriedly and a little uneasy, and her hand was a little cold when holding her.

A look of anger flashed in Aunt Fang's eyes, she was about to speak, but seeing Murong Wei suddenly stood up and walked towards her, as if she was about to walk in front of her face, Aunt Fang had to step back a few steps and was caught by her. They held hands and stopped at the banquet hall.

Without the pungent incense on her body, Aunt Zhou seemed to feel much better.

"Aunt Fang really has a deep relationship with her sisters. Wei'er is really touched. I heard that my mother wants my fourth sister to learn to be a housekeeper. Aunt Fang must take good care of her sister." Murong Wei said with a smile.

Aunt Fang was stunned for a moment. Aunt Zhou fainted before the eldest lady had time to talk about it. Later, the eldest lady's face became even more ugly, and she was in no mood to talk about it.

She really just found out about it.

A flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, Aunt Fang was not in the mood to talk to her at this moment, and hurriedly left to find her daughter.

Seeing her back, Murong Wei's eyes were slightly cold.

"Will..."

Murong Wei hurriedly walked to the kang and sat down, held Aunt Zhou's hand, and said softly, "Is Aunt better now?"

Aunt Zhou nodded and said with emotion: "I've made you tired, I didn't expect that I would faint today, this matter..."

"Don't worry, people will know sooner or later. It's considered stable now, but you still need to be careful. Mama Du..." She looked at the worried person beside her: "Be more careful in the future, some people shouldn't see you Like the one just now, there is something wrong with the incense on his body. It seems that I need to ask the doctor to make a list. If there are any contraindications, I have to pay attention to it."

Mama Du felt a little guilty, and patted herself on the head, "This is because the slave girl didn't think carefully about this matter, I thought nothing would happen if there was that one..."

Murong Wei nodded: "Let her watch carefully. From now on, you have to pay attention to everything you use."

She felt that it was the doctor's credit that she was able to hide it for so long without being discovered. She checked Aunt Zhou's pulse and felt that her pulse was fairly stable. It seemed that this time was not wasted for nothing. .

Just as he was talking, the little maid outside reported that the Da Furen had sent someone to bring rewards, and the old Furen had also sent Rue Xiang to bring medicinal materials and supplements.

The eldest lady sent brocade and satin after rain, and some white jade Buddha statues, all of which were useful. It seemed that she was also very smart, so she didn't send anything to eat.

Yun Xiang came in with a smile, and Murong Wei hurriedly said, "Why do you have to bother my sister to come and deliver it in person?"

Seeing that she was there, Yunxiang smiled even wider. First she announced the good news to Aunt Zhou, and then said: "The old lady is very happy to know the news. She said that there has been no happy event for many years. Let me send some supplements to Aunt Zhou. physical."

As he talked, he asked someone to send some high-quality medicinal materials, as well as top-grade blood swallows, ginseng, snow clams and other things.

It seems that the old lady is really happy, after all, no one has been pregnant for many years, it is a bit abnormal to say that Master Murong has a lot of women, no one is pregnant.

Aunt Zhou thanked her, and Murong Wei hurriedly said: "Thank you sister for coming to deliver the things, let's sit down."

Yun Xiang declined and said: "The old madam can't do without people, and this servant will go back soon."

Murong Wei didn't stay too long, stuffed her with a purse, and asked someone to send her back.

Murong Wei looked at the things that the old lady gave, and nodded: "The things that grandma gave are not bad, and my aunt can choose some to eat in the future."

Mother Du saw that she seemed to have something to say, so she sent the maid to leave and guard the door.

Aunt Zhou held her hand and said, "Wei'er, this time the matter is exposed, will the outside world..."

A cold light flashed in Murong Wei's eyes, knowing that no one in the mansion was pregnant all these years, and now Aunt Zhou is suddenly on the cusp.Those women in the backyard are not easy to get along with, and whether this child can be born or not has to be carefully considered.

"That doctor woman should have explained the contraindications during pregnancy before? What flowers can cause infertility, incense, and foods that are incompatible, you have to pay attention. Cold things can't be eaten..."

Aunt Zhou saw that her daughter was worried about her as a mother at such a young age, her eyes were slightly red, and she shed tears: "It's all useless to me, otherwise why would you worry about this matter."

Murong Wei persuaded: "Don't cry, Auntie, it's not good for your health to cry now. In the future, you should pay attention to what you eat, and let the doctor eat it beforehand, and it's best not to take off the clothes you wear. Go to the room, let the servant girl wash and dry in the yard. Especially every day, pay attention to whether the ground is sprinkled and swept clean, so as to prevent someone from doing tricks and falling..." Murong Wei said a lot, seeing Aunt Zhou was tired, so she let her Have a good rest and take care of your body.

Mother Du sent her out and said in a low voice, "Miss, don't worry, that doctor's wife is very good at taking care of people, and the slaves will do their best to keep the young master."

Murong Wei is funny, now how do I know if it is a man or a woman.

"Mom just pay attention, you are my aunt's capable person, who else can you trust if you don't believe me? Please send a letter to your uncle's house for this matter. It is best to ask the doctor to look at it again."

Mother Du nodded, and sent Murong Wei away worriedly.

Murong Wei frowned slightly and went back to Moyuan. In fact, this matter is nothing to the eldest lady, even if Aunt Zhou gave birth to a son, so what?Murong Fu has already married and established a business, and her younger brother will not be able to compete with him for anything when he grows up.

It would be best if she could figure it out and be more generous, if she insisted on doing it...

Murong Wei's eyes turned cold, and she didn't mind reciprocating.

At this moment, the eldest lady was so angry that her face was livid, and she looked at her confidant Nanny Zhang angrily: "Are you telling me, how did she get pregnant? Doesn't that thing make people infertile? It's been fine for so many years, I didn't expect this little hoof to be pregnant."

Zhang Nanny was also a little panicked: "Ma'am, this is strange. Now that I think about it, didn't I just hear that the maid in that room was sick and sent to Zhuangzi? Later, Aunt Zhou stayed behind closed doors. , is she really something?"

What did the lady think of, "You mean that girl Chunlian? That's right. At that time, I only knew that girl was really sick. Later, I heard that Aunt Zhou didn't use incense because of her belief in Buddhism, so she didn't use it anymore. But hasn't she been planting flowers all the time? How is it possible...how could that little hoof be so powerful? If she had known earlier, she would have been pregnant."

The eldest lady has never put Aunt Zhou in her eyes. If she doesn't come out these days, she naturally wants to wait until the child is four months old.No wonder they keep talking about worshiping Buddha.

Nanny Zhang shook her head, doubts flashed across her old face: "How strange this matter looks, but madam, don't worry, the child may not be born. Besides, now that the young master is married, Aunt Zhou So what if you have a son?"

The eldest lady snorted, her eyes showed coldness, no, she was just not reconciled.

This was beyond her expectations, she must find out if she underestimated Aunt Zhou, she actually had such luck, and the new aunt who came into the mansion didn't have any children yet.

She is not interested in having an extra boy to share the family property with her son, let alone a bastard with a backing.

Thinking of the Zhou family, the eldest lady was even more dissatisfied.

Thinking about that dead girl Murong Wei and what happened today, the eldest lady snorted: "This matter is not over, nanny, go and investigate this matter thoroughly."

In less than an afternoon, the whole mansion spread the word.

When I went to pay my respects to the old lady in the evening, the old lady smiled and said, "I haven't seen a happy event for several years."

He also said to Yunxia who came to pay her respects: "Yunxia, ​​you have to work hard, and give me a great-grandson as soon as possible."

Yunxia blushed with embarrassment, and she was also a little anxious, but after all, she had only been married for a month or two, how could she be pregnant so quickly now?

The eldest lady glanced at her daughter-in-law, and felt very dissatisfied, thinking that this daughter-in-law should get pregnant as soon as possible.

Otherwise, the old lady's attention would always be on Aunt Zhou's side.

Murong Wei sat on the side and didn't say much. The wind and snow started outside, and Master Murong in Xiaya looked proud and smiling.

He was very happy to get the news in Yamen today, he hadn't had a child for several years.

Seeing the congratulatory and envious faces of his colleagues, Master Murong greeted the old lady with a smile, received the gifts from the children, and said happily: "This is a happy event, mother, you have to take care of this matter."

The eldest lady's face was a little stiff, it should be her responsibility, the master's obvious rejection of her face made the eldest lady a little angry.

"Mother is busy seeing relatives these days, master, don't worry, my concubine will take good care of Aunt Zhou."

The old lady glanced at the eldest lady, and changed the subject: "The capital is snowy, but there is another snowstorm outside, right?"

Master Murong heard his mother bring up a serious matter, so he immediately calmed down, "That's right, the snowstorm in Shandong is quite serious. The winter in the capital seems to be colder than usual, and many people have died of freezing."

The old lady sighed, her face full of sympathy: "I'm sorry to see you, in previous years our aristocratic families in the capital would have a soup kitchen, and this year we must not forget it."

The eldest lady hurriedly said: "Mother, don't worry, the daughter-in-law will save it, this matter has been done according to the routine of previous years, and the porridge will start when the snow stops, and then the aristocratic families in the capital will start together."

Yunxia said seriously: "My daughter-in-law also wants to do something for those victims. I have done this before at her mother's house. It's just in time for the New Year's Eve, and mother is too busy. Why don't you ask my daughter-in-law to help? "

Seeing that they were talking about the inner house, the Elder Master didn't intervene, but just sat on the side and drank a bowl of almond tea.

Murong Wan'er thought of what Aunt Fang said, she hesitated to speak, she also wanted to take care of this matter, not only to look decent, but also to earn a good reputation.And I heard that giving porridge can make a lot of money...

But now that Yunxia said it, she couldn't say it.

Murong Yue and Murong Wei seemed to be studying the pattern of the handkerchief, discussing in low voices.

Neither seemed to have any intention of interfering.

The eldest lady glanced at Yunxia, ​​and said with a smile: "It's good that you have such a heart. I have been very busy during this time. I have already asked the housekeeper to handle this matter. Since Yunxia used to take care of it But, it’s okay to help take a look.”

Murong Wei felt helpless and mocking in her heart.

Do these people really care about those victims, they are just showing off for charity, and the porridge shed is just a way for the family to improve their reputation. The big families in the capital will do it. Still a fat guy.

It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish, and it is better to find ways to solve the problems of the victims.

In this world where human life is worthless, which of these upper-class nobles really cares about human life.

There have never been fewer people beaten to death in the mansion.

Yunxia was born in the county prince's mansion, and the eldest lady never asked her to behave in front of her, so she was very kind to her.But looking at her now, she also has some intentions to fight for the right to be a housekeeper, and Yunxia probably can see the situation of her mother-in-law, she must be tempting.

Murong Wei closed her eyes, she didn't want to take care of these things, as long as she did well what her grandmother had entrusted to her.

Anyway, she couldn't stay in Murong Mansion for a long time, and it was for Aunt Zhou's future convenience to install someone.

The old man was on duty in the cabinet tonight and did not come back. The old lady left the children and grandchildren for dinner, and when they went out, it was still snowing a lot outside.

Murong Wei was wearing an ermine cloak with a stone blue lotus pattern and a fox fur trim, and a warm hat of the same color. Xiangyu held an umbrella for her, and she muttered as she walked, "This snow is really heavy. I have never seen such a cold winter, and the servants froze to death."

"Going back is the business." Murong Wei said with a smile, shrinking the gloves on her hands, looking at the large snowflakes in the sky in a trance.

Xiangyu nodded, yes, the master and servant returned to the ink garden, the room was warm and harmonious, the heat was blowing on the face, and the cold air was gone.

Lu'er stepped forward to brush off the snow for her, took off her cloak and warm hat, Murong Wei drank a bowl of almond tea, and only then did she feel much warmer.

Lu'er said in a low voice: "Miss, don't you want to know about Dongyuan, this servant has asked you a little bit."

Murong Wei became interested when she heard it, and brought a pen and paper over, "Speak, I'll listen."

Lu'er quickly told the staff of the East Garden.

In addition to Hu Cheng, the steward who manages the garden, there are two women who are in charge, in addition to some gardeners, some housewifes who sweep and clean, and young men who specialize in running errands to transport flowers and trees, etc.

Murong Wei made a table, roughly listing the personnel, age, preferences and personalities, and thought about it carefully.

Anyway, she's just in charge of the garden, and she'll just follow the routine of the old year when the time comes.

Originally, this was not a big deal, Murong Wei just wanted to practice.

In contrast, she was more concerned about the future younger brother or sister in Aunt Zhou's womb.

She didn't want this child to be lost without the chance to see the world, and she had to deal with it now.

We've done everything we can, and now we'll see what's going on in the mansion.

Murong Wei went to bed early at night, and in the middle of the night, she vaguely felt as if someone appeared, but she was so dazed that she didn't notice it.

When the sky was bright, she slightly opened her eyes.

Looking out through the curtain embroidered with group flowers in Beijing, it was a vast expanse of white outside the window, and the room was very warm. She was covered with a bright red satin quilt embroidered with hibiscus flowers, and was too lazy to get up for a while.

Turning over, a red lacquer box suddenly appeared in front of her, which surprised Murong Wei.

Where did the box come from?
She froze for a moment, reached out and opened the box.

Inside is a butterfly hairpin with tangled branches of red gold tourmaline and stone dot emerald jade hairpin, which is very elegant, and there is a sprinkle of gold paper underneath.

Murong Wei muttered, "Who gave this to me, why haven't I seen anyone?"

He took a look at the sprinkled gold paper, but seeing what was written on it, he couldn't help laughing and cursing: "This guy is really annoying!"

(End of this chapter)