The little lady in the palace

Chapter 199 Back
In fact, the day before, Yuyin had invited a medical lady to see Xiangying.But probably because Xiangying's status was too low, the medical girl was perfunctory, and only replied that her body was a little weak, so she could take care of it.

The imperial physician invited this time had to put in a lot of effort, and after half an hour of consultation, he came out of Xiangying's room and went to report to Yuyin.

The imperial doctor said that the fragrant and cold air invades the body, the blood is insufficient, the qi is easy to become weak, the lochia in the body is not removed, and the trauma and internal injury are not serious.

The imperial doctor frowned deeply when he said this, looked at Yan Yuyin's expression, and carefully persuaded: "Princess, this girl is young and has just given birth. She is unwell and will not follow the rules. If you can be more tolerant some……"

Yu Yin was startled when she heard this, and then she couldn't laugh or cry: "Does your lord think it was me? If I did it, I wouldn't bother to let you see it."

The imperial doctor suddenly realized, and hurriedly accused her of a crime. Yu Yin said again: "Tell me in detail, how is her condition? How to take care of her? Will she fall ill?"

The imperial physician gave a bow, sighed after being silent for a while, and said that he would probably not be able to have any more children in the future.As for the moment, she should be able to improve after taking good care of her body, but what is more serious is her psychological matter.

Yu Yin asked him what he meant?He said that Xiangying was too worried, if she couldn't be relieved, she would become more and more anxious, and she would not have a few years to live.

Yuyin was startled when she heard that, and she couldn't let go of the shock until she had to send the imperial physician away.

——Xiangying is only 14 years old, she was brought back to the palace five or six months ago, and now it is possible that she will not live for a few years?

So after thinking about it, Yuyin decided to go and see Xiangying in person.She walked out of the main room and went to the west wing room, originally intended to knock on the door, but thought that Xiangying should be recuperating on the bed now, afraid that she would catch cold after opening the door, so she simply pushed the door open by herself.

Taking a closer look, I saw Xiangying sitting in front of the dressing table.

"Princess..." Xiangying was startled when she saw her in the mirror, quickly took off something from her temples, and then turned around and bowed down, "Wanfu, Concubine."

"Get up quickly." Yuyin said as he walked in.When she got closer, Xiangying was still kneeling there without moving.Yu Yin took a closer look, her left hand was flat on the ground, while her right hand was tightly clenched, with pink faintly showing between her fingers.

"What? Bring me to see." Yuyin tried her best to soften her tone. Xiangying's hand loosened and tightened several times before she opened it to her. pink and white flowers.

It was just an inconspicuous little wild flower. As the weather got warmer, this kind of flower could be found everywhere in the palace, and there were also a few under the walls of the main courtyard and beside the flower beds.

Yu Yin didn't take it seriously, Qing Yi was about to help her up, Xiangying's voice seemed calm, but also trembling slightly: "Your maidservant is... I wore it in the room, I didn't want to show it to others, I really didn't think about..."

Yu Yin's eyes froze slightly, and then he noticed that it seemed that since he saw Xiangying yesterday, there was only one plain wooden hairpin on Xiangying's head, and there was no decoration on it at all.

"The East courtyard... won't let you dress up?" Yuyin asked tentatively, Xiangying didn't dare to answer rashly, but she couldn't help shivering with guilt.

The side concubine really didn't let her dress up, she put a little color on her hair, and the side concubine felt that she was trying to seduce men, so she categorically accused her of being cheap.

Xiangying thought that she was not that cheap, but she could only admit that the side concubine wanted to punish her.But how can a girl of this age not love beauty?She can only secretly pinch a wild flower occasionally, or look for a red rope, and when no one is around, she will gently draw it on her head, and put it away after looking at it for herself.

When doing this, the side concubine never bumped into her.Unexpectedly, the concubine bumped into her today.

Xiangying's heart was agitated, Yu Yinjing looked at her reaction and felt uncomfortable.

This Concubine You, when she doesn't treat people as human beings, she is really cruel...

She also couldn't tell if it was because her life in the main courtyard was so beautiful and comfortable, and seeing someone like Xiangying all of a sudden, she felt so uncomfortable that she couldn't bear it.

how to say? 14-year-old girls... Yuyin has brought several of them, and she still remembers Hejing, Xizhen, and Xiyao when they were 14 years old, all of them were happy and heartless.Lan Jing's caution already made her very distressed, and Xiangying was so frightened that she didn't even know how to deal with it.

"Well... if you like to wear this, I'll ask them to find out if there are any silk flowers in the library, and find some sets to send to you." Yuyin said, trying to maintain a smile but couldn't.

She helped Xiangying up, Xiangying was still terrified, she avoided Xiangying's gaze, pulled her to the side of the couch, and said with a smile: "Lie down and rest, I just come here to have a look, don't be afraid. "

"Princess...?" Xiangying appraised her anxiously for a long time before hesitating to get on the couch. Yuyin sat on the embroidered pier next to her, not knowing what to say for a long time.

So in the next few days, Meng Junhuai could often see Yu Yin sighing.It's not her fault, after hearing a lot about Xiangying, he wanted to sigh.

The servants in the main courtyard said that Xiangying is very kind-hearted, although she is always depressed, and she often does not respond when others talk to her, but when Ari wandered into her room to bask in the warmth, she took the initiative to turn the dining room Pick out the best piece of fish from the crucian carp soup prepared for her and feed it to Ali.

Later, she seemed to have heard that it was Yuyin's cat, and when Ari went again, she didn't dare to feed her. She curled up on the bed and silently watched Ari walking around.But when Ari jumped onto the couch to rub against her, she couldn't help but want to touch her.

——These are all said by Yuyin's subordinates who secretly watched Xiangying. They would not show up if they could not, because Xiangying would be trembling when they showed up.

Meng Junhuai couldn't stand a good girl living like this.But he really can't do much, Xiangying can be regarded as Ah Qi's person, he is a big man, it is not suitable for him to relieve his son himself....

He also couldn't solve the issue of status, and he seemed to have nothing but regrets about Xiangying's situation.

But after a few more days, Yu Yin suddenly heard from his subordinates that he had punished You Shi.

The punishment wasn't heavy but it wasn't light either - to be specific, Youshi himself was unharmed, but one of the servants with some status in the Eastern Court gave him a full board.

Yu Yin was dumbfounded, and told him that it was inappropriate to suddenly turn back to settle accounts after so many days?

Meng Junhuai snorted coldly: "It's not appropriate for you to settle accounts, then I'll do it."

Yu Yin: "..."

She asked him carefully what title he was looking for, lest he get angry and talk about Xiangying directly, if that's the case, then...he is even more inappropriate than her to settle accounts.

As a result, Meng Junhuai looked at her with a funny face for a long time, and finally asked her: "In your eyes, do I often lose my mind when I get angry?"

Yu Yin: "..."

Actually... yes.

She was impressed by how often he lost his temper, and indeed often worried that he would ignore it when he got angry.Of course, she would never tell him that!

However, Meng Junhuai could tell from her face.

As soon as he saw it, he took a hissing breath: "I didn't know you were so dissatisfied with me?"

"No! I'm not dissatisfied!" Yu Yin hurriedly declared, seeing that he turned around with a sullen face and was about to leave, she quickly ran over to hold him and explained, "I'm not...I'm worried about you! We are the same The grasshoppers on the rope, and there are a group of small grasshoppers behind, if you make a mistake, we will all be unlucky?"

"Pfft." Meng Junhuai didn't hold back a burst of laughter, he couldn't pretend to be angry any more, so he had to continue talking about business.

He reassured her, saying that he didn't use Xiangying as an excuse to settle accounts with Youshi, but the reason behind it.

——He passed on the meaning that it doesn't matter if Youshi doesn't like Xiangying, but he can't get used to acting viciously.There are many children in the house, so it's impossible for them to see her as an elder being cruel.She shouldn't be like this, and the servants around her shouldn't let this kind of thing happen and ignore it, at least they should give some advice, or report to the court.

This punishment was well-founded, and after the punishment, he even added a sentence to make Youshi not have to see the juniors in the mansion for the time being.

I have to say that this arrangement still makes Yuyin very happy, and she also hopes that Youshi can remember this lesson--looking at Xiangying's current appearance, she feels that Youshi really doesn't know that others will hurt unless she is taught a lesson !

Half a month later, it was the day when Ah Qi returned home.

Shou Ling's life is not easy-even if no one deliberately makes things difficult for him, it is not easy.That place is tens of miles away from the capital city, and the clothes can be satisfied, but the basic food and clothing are inevitable.

Many things cannot be sent there, and there are no good cooks to cook them.Therefore, in the past few months, Aqi has been eating meat and vegetables for every meal. Although he is not hungry, he really does not know how far he is compared with the mansion.

Meng Shiqi understood that his father was angry with him.In fact, he felt a little wronged, because his "walking around the eight major alleys" was probably not the same as what his father thought. It was because of the friendship between him and Xiangying when they were young that they got to where they are today.If the father gave him a chance to explain that day, maybe he wouldn't be so angry.

But at the same time, he also knew that no matter what, he still had something wrong.

No matter how much he has a relationship with Xiangying, he shouldn't just have that kind of thing with her in Bada Hutong and let her have a child.This matter will indeed bring a lot of trouble to the family, especially sorry for the concubine.

Meng Shiqi thought, after returning home, he must apologize to his father, king and concubine.Others, he can't change anything, but he can try his best not to cause them any other troubles.

That child, I heard that he was raised by his brother and sister-in-law after he was born, and he will take care of her by himself no matter what in the future, and raise her well.

As for Xiangying...

When Meng Shiqi thought of her, his heart was clouded.I don't know what I can do for her, and I'm not sure what I can do to really be good to her.

Uncle Ten told him that if he wanted her to live longer, he should never even think about seeing her.Meng Shiqi knew that this was reasonable, but he also felt that it would be cruel to separate their mother and daughter...even for a lifetime.

He didn't know how to solve this problem right now, the only thing he could think of was to untie Jiemu Concubine first after returning home, so that she wouldn't find Xiangying so unpleasant.

He doesn't know what the concubine's attitude towards Xiangying is, but based on his understanding, it is inevitable that the concubine doesn't like Xiangying.Aqi felt that the concubine mother was a person who was easily hostile to others, and because the sister-in-law was close to the main courtyard, she was often looked down upon by the concubine mother.

But the concubine mother can't do anything to her sister-in-law, no matter how angry she is, it will stop at "rolling eyes".But for Xiangying, if the concubine mother wanted to make things difficult for her, she would definitely do so.

Meng Shiqi went through these things carefully in his heart, worrying all the way.When the familiar mansion gate appeared in front of his eyes, he was stunned for a long time before getting out of the carriage.

"My lord." The porter came out to welcome him, and invited him inside, telling him that the prince and concubine are all in the main courtyard, and there is nothing to do today, so let him go to see the child first and then go to say hello.Meng Shiqi's feet froze, and he wanted to ask how Xiangying was doing, but he held back, said "yes" to the young man, and went west.

To the west, Ali's residence.

The brothers all knew that Ah Qi would come here first after he came back today, and they all gathered here a long time ago.They had nothing else to do for a while, but they all watched the baby in the cradle all the time.In fact, the children ignore them when they are asleep, but they can watch them with interest.

When Ah Qi arrived, he saw the third brother carefully touching the child's face with his fingers.

The eunuch who led him in said in a low voice, "Second Young Master is back." The three brothers all looked over at once, and the eldest brother was the one who greeted him first.

"Are you back? Pretty soon." Ah Li smiled and took his hand and pulled him in, pointing to the baby in the cradle, "Hurry up and take this one away, or your sister-in-law will stare at her every day and ignore me. "

"...I'm sorry." Ah Qi seemed a little embarrassed, once his eyes fell on his daughter, he couldn't move away.

The feelings in his heart were a bit complicated, as if he felt very novel and unreal.He stared at the child for a long time before he recovered, and he emphasized to himself, "This is my daughter", and then he walked to the side of the cradle to look at her seriously, trying to tell which part of her was born involuntarily. Like him, where is it like Xiangying, and when she pulled out of the daze, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have been hanging out with her brothers for a long time, coughed lightly, and found something to say: "Her... what is her name?" name?"

"..." Ah Li looked at him and smiled, "Your child, you don't have a name, who do you ask?"

That is to say, there is no name yet?
Ah Qi hesitated, and asked again: "What did the father say?"

"Father wanted to name her, and mother and concubine advised him to wait for second brother to come back." A Zuo explained concisely and then said, "Second brother, don't worry, father, mother and concubine have no objection to this child."

Aki breathed a sigh of relief.After deliberating for a while, he still hesitated when he spoke: "That...that..."

"You want to ask Luo Shi, right?" Ah Li spoke for him, and then looked at A Zuo Ayou.

A Zuo nodded, and only said, "She's in the main courtyard, she's fine."

Instead, Ah You added: "I saw her two days ago when I went to greet her, and she looked bad, but this must have nothing to do with my concubine mother, who is not that kind of person."

"Ayou!" A Zuo yelled at him, thinking that what he said was too straightforward.Their concubine mother is not that kind of person, that is to say Concubine You is?
Concubine You is indeed... But don't say it in front of the elder brother and the second brother!

"It's all right." Aqi quickly smoothed things over, smiled wryly and fell silent for a while, then said, "Then I'll go to the main courtyard to say hello, a while ago... I really caused you trouble."

The three brothers all said it's okay, my brother, why are you being polite?Go to the main courtyard quickly, let's have dinner together tonight.

Ah Qi left without further delay, and when he left, Ah Li breathed a sigh of relief: "I see that I am more stable than half a year ago, so it's not in vain."

A Zuo clicked his lips: "You seem to have lost weight."

"It's skinny." Ah You agreed, and got up and walked out, "I'll ask the dining room to add some dishes to make up for my second brother!"

In the main courtyard, the scene where the father and son reunited was a little bit embarrassing.

——Mainly because Ah Qi felt guilty, and Meng Junhuai insisted on putting on a strict father face.

Yuyin sat beside her, looking at the older ones and then the younger ones, seeing Meng Junhuai say, "Are you back?" Ah Qi answered "Yes" and then fell silent, so she had to figure out something by herself. Say something.

So she thought for a while and said, "Have you visited the child?"

"I've seen it." Ah Qi nodded, "Brother and sister-in-law have worked so hard to take care of the children..."

"It's good that you know that you have made your brother and sister-in-law work hard." Meng Junhuai said with a straight face, "I tell you, this is the only time. If you make another one like this, you will give me the older one and the younger one together." roll."

Ah Qi's heart tightened for a long time before he said "yes".

He knew very well that it was not easy and very lucky for his father, queen and concubine to allow Xiangying to give birth to this child.What was not easy was that they let him go in terms of etiquette. Fortunately, the father was in charge of Jinyiwei, and he checked Xiangying thoroughly, and was able to confirm that the child was indeed his.

Otherwise, as long as there is even the slightest doubt, the child will not be born.In this kind of matter, it is better to kill by mistake than let the palace raise an irrelevant child who came out of Bada Hutong.

Meng Junhuai took a sip of tea, looked at him angrily, and said, "I was right to mention the matter of guarding the mausoleum, but the decree came from the palace after all. You can write a note tomorrow and hand it in, and talk about it." thing."

Ah Qi replied "Yes" again, and Yuyin saw Meng Junhuai's face was still sullen, so he interrupted appropriately: "We didn't name the child, you are the father, you should think of one."

"I..." A name popped up in Aqi's heart immediately, but he swallowed the name with the look of his father, and replied, "Then I will think about it, and I will return it to my father, queen, mother and concubine after I think about it." .”

"Okay, I'm not in a hurry." Yu Yin nodded, then looked at Meng Junhuai, seeing that he didn't seem to be planning to say anything else, so she continued, "Then go and rest first, the brothers are all talking about you. , Ming Jing also always said that she misses her second brother. After you have a rest, play with them, and postpone your homework for two days in advance."

Ah Qi agreed, seeing his father nodding, he gave a long bow and said goodbye.

After all, he didn't ask about Xiangying directly, because he was really afraid of causing trouble for Xiangying again.

If only he had been so cautious back then.It's not that he can't bear that cup of warm wine, he shouldn't just push the boat along the way and make things happen with Xiangying.

None of them thought well enough, but Xiangying was the only one who suffered.

Aqi's nose was sour from thinking, and after stepping out of the main room, he let out a long breath looking at the darkening sky.

Then he was about to step away, when his gaze from the sky suddenly caught a figure.

The figure was not far from him, just in front of a door on the west side of the yard.And that figure also froze, holding a basin of water in his hand, just standing there stupidly, meeting his eyes from afar.

"Xiangying..." Meng Shiqi was stunned, his thin lips moved but did not make a sound, he just took a step towards that side subconsciously, the figure came back to his senses like an electric shock, and immediately entered the wing in front of him, He closed the door tightly without hesitation.

Meng Shiqi stayed where he was.Not far away, Wang Dongxu thought for a while, and finally stepped forward and said: "Young master."

Meng Shiqi looked at him, and he bowed: "My lord, don't be surprised. I don't know what kind of slaves Miss Luo used to be, but recently... her temper has been a little weird, and she has been like this since she came to the main courtyard. So... if you think about it, she will It's not intentional to hide from you, the concubine also ordered to take care of her more on weekdays, so don't worry about her coming out today."

The prince was afraid that he would be unhappy because of this, and that he would be unhappy with Xiangying.

For a moment, Meng Shiqi only felt that his aunt and concubine ate fast and recited Buddhism, and even the servants in the main courtyard were very kind-hearted.And then, he realized something was wrong.

"Queer temper?" He looked at Wang Dongxu in a daze, calmed down, flustered and powerless, and continued to ask, "Have you been weird since you came to the main courtyard? That's...my concubine mother didn't treat her well. Okay? How much does your father-in-law know, can you tell me in detail?"

"My lord, you are going to make things difficult for me." Wang Dongxu seemed not to want to cause trouble, he bowed his body and cupped his hands, then stepped back, "My lord, go slowly, my slave will leave."

(End of this chapter)