Glory all the way

Chapter 214
Master Yao was invited back this time because the Nanyang Palace wanted to prepare for the Queen Mother's birthday, and when the Bengcheng massacre happened in midsummer and early autumn, it would make sense to say that those people were there for the Queen Mother's birthday.

However, every year on the Empress Dowager’s birthday, the local government will prepare birthday gifts to go to Beijing. That year was not the entire birthday of the Empress Dowager. The scale of the birthday banquet held in the palace was not much different from the two years before and after. Do you want to search for 99 pearls like this?
Talking to Huang Wenbin like this, seeing him also looked dazed, but afterwards he was even more annoyed and blamed himself for not finding more clues back then, Bai Yingluo said softly: "People often say that fire cannot be contained in paper. , The people in the fishing village in Bangcheng were massacred because of the pearl incident. Even after many years, it is impossible for such a big incident to have no news at all. Let's investigate slowly, and there will always be clues."

Huang Wenbin must have been so self-consoling for so many years. Huang Wenbin nodded, "Rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, let alone when it is life and death. I think that not only our brothers escaped that night, we will investigate later. Let's take a look and see if we can find the old person, one more person, we can always get more news."

Bai Yingluo said: "Exactly."

After talking for a while, Mrs. Cui came with a porridge order, and Huang Wenbin hurriedly got up and left.

On the day Bai Yingluo was diagnosed as pregnant, the old lady Bai ordered two women from the Liao family and the Cui family to serve Bai Yingluo at the Zhuangyuan Mansion.

They have long stopped farming, and the two women look fair and slightly fat, showing a bit of richness and kindness. In addition, they have been dealing with all kinds of people outside for so many years. , making Bai Yingluo thank her grandmother from the bottom of her heart.

Mrs. Cui likes to cook, so she volunteered to go to the small kitchen, and made food for Bai Yingluo in different ways every day, while Mrs. Liao knew some medicine, walked with Bai Yingluo at regular times every day, and occasionally made a medicinal meal with Mrs. Cui Giving it to Bai Yingluo and Du Xuan won some compliments from Du Xuan.

In addition, the two of them rarely stayed in front of Bai Yingluo, especially when Du Xuan returned to Yixin Garden, the two wives did not even show their faces, which made Bai Yingluo even more satisfied.

After October, it was Old Master Bai's birthday, and it was as lively as in previous years.

When Bai Yingluo was deliberating with the gift list, Du Xuan brought a Duan inkstone from nowhere, and placed it in front of Bai Yingluo like a treasure.

"The Duan inkstone with such a good appearance is now available in the market, where did you find it?"

Looking at the inkstone in surprise, Bai Yingluo asked suspiciously.

"The mountain man has his own plan."

As he spoke inscrutablely, a sly smile flashed in Du Xuan's eyes, and Bai Yingluo pushed forward, "Even if you give something of unknown origin, grandpa won't take it."

Shaking his head helplessly, Du Xuan pinched Bai Yingluo's nose and said: "You don't believe your husband so much? This was given by Mr. Zhuge when he was studying in Qingsong Academy the year before last. At that time, I honored him with a piece of good ink He said, good ink needs to be matched with good inkstone, so he found this and gave it to me. At that time, I just saw that it was a good inkstone, and I didn’t think it would be so valuable. Later, I found out, but I still paid it back. Not going back."

"Since that's the case, then put it away. There will always be a chance in the future. Just return a generous gift. Besides, the old master Zhuge didn't give it to you because of its value. He said that a good horse should be equipped with a good saddle. It’s better to match a talented person.”

Said jokingly, Bai Yingluo blinked at Du Xuan, "Old Master Zhuge gave it to you, and you borrowed flowers and presented it to your grandfather, don't you think it's a pity?"

Du Xuan only looked at Bai Yingluo with a smile, but did not answer. After a while, Bai Yingluo blushed inexplicably.

"Grandpa and grandma are willing to marry you to me. It's just a good inkstone. How can I be reluctant?"

Speaking affectionately, Du Xuan's eyes were full of tenderness.

When the two were talking, they heard someone talking outside, after a while, Chen Xiang came in and said that there was a visitor in the front yard.

Du Xuan got up and changed his clothes and went out.

Lying lazily on the soft couch, she ordered Liu Su and Liu Ying to prepare gifts according to the gift list, Bai Yingluo muttered: "I just got pregnant, and it's not like I will give birth in a few days, my grandparents won't let me Go back, hey..."

During the speech, there was a group of children complaining coquettishly.

After hearing this, Chen Xiang couldn't help persuading him with a smile: "Which year is the old man's birthday, isn't the mansion noisy? When you go back, no matter where you stay, there must be people surrounded by three floors, the old man and the old lady love you. , I'm afraid you're tired."

Naturally, she understood in her heart, but Bai Yingluo was only thinking about her grandfather's birthday, so she was a little unhappy. When Chen Xiang came up with an idea and said that after the birthday passed, it would be the same when she went back to pay Old Master Bai a birthday greeting in private. Bai Yingluo I'm a little happy again.

After about half an hour, Du Xuan came back in high spirits.

"Guess who's coming?"

Sitting on the edge of the soft couch, Du Xuan asked with great interest.

Bai Yingluo frowned and thought to herself. After a while, she happily sat up and asked, "Is it someone sent by Princess Six?"

Shaking his head helplessly, Du Xuan scolded: "If the old lady sees your reckless appearance, she should annoy you again..."

On the side, Bai Yingluo hastily tugged at his arm and asked, "Quickly tell me, is it someone sent by the Sixth Princess?"

Du Xuan smiled and nodded, while taking out the hidden letter from his sleeve, Bai Yingluo snatched it, opened it and read it carefully.

The more she looked down, the deeper the smile on Bai Yingluo's face.

"The sixth princess is pregnant again, and she also said that I will probably be pregnant soon, so she wants to make a baby kiss with me. If they are both boys, let them be the closest brothers with different surnames. If they are girls, it is like We are also good sisters, if a man and a woman, let them form a husband and wife, haha."

Bai Yingluo smiled heartily.

Du Xuan took the letter and read it, and said with a warm smile: "Princess Six gave birth to a child, the boy will be the prince, and the girl will be the eldest princess of Da'an. No matter what, our children will be the ones who have won the favor."

Even if Du Xuan and Bai Yingluo didn't announce such things to the outside world, there would always be people who would know, and by then, the Zhuangyuan Mansion would become the envy of everyone in the capital.

Bai Yingluo caressed the folds on the plain paper, and said with some emotion: "Before we got married that day, the sixth princess told me that since we became sisters, no matter when and where, she will remember me and protect me." But after so long, I haven't done anything for her."

Didn't Du Xuan have a deep understanding of this feeling?

For him, Bai Yingluo and the Jing'an Hou Mansion have given him too much, but he has done nothing for them. Du Xuan sighed softly, as if to comfort himself, but also to comfort him. Bai Yingluo held her hand and said, "The days to come will be long, there will always be opportunities."

"Well, there's always a chance."

Bai Yingluo nodded.

Whether it's privately sending people to greet Emperor Jiayuan and the Empress, or the normal contacts between the Da'an court and the capital, whenever an envoy comes to the capital, the Sixth Princess will bring many special products of Da'an to Bai Yingluo, as well as the clothing and jewelry she gave to Bai Yingluo, etc. Among all the ladies and noble ladies in the capital, Bai Yingluo was the only gift among all the expensive gifts.

How many times I went to Ninghua Palace to pay my respects, the queen joked that Bai Yingluo was the person whom the Sixth Princess cared about the most besides everyone in the palace. Every time she heard such words, others envied her, and Bai Yingluo felt endless warmth in her heart.

On the second day, Du Xuan went to Jing'an Hou Mansion with congratulatory gifts, and Bai Yingluo asked Chen Xiang to order people to carry all the boxes sent by the sixth princess to the yard of Yixinyuan.

When it was opened, the golden light shone, and it was as thick as before. After Bai Yingluo looked at the gift list, she handed it to Tassel and Liu Ying, and moved all the items into the small warehouse in the west wing for storage.

After going back to the room to lie down for a while, they heard rumors that Mrs. Yao was coming, and Bai Yingluo immediately got up to greet her with a smile on her face.

It was later than others, after October, Bai Yingluo had the symptoms of nausea, she vomited after eating anything every day, the only thing she could eat was a small bowl of light millet porridge with pickles.

Even Du Xuan joked that this kid must be able to endure hardships.

When Master Yao came last time, Bai Yingluo was throwing up in the dark, with a disheveled look on her face, and she kept yelling that she was hungry, but after eating a few mouthfuls, she went to the inner room with a wrinkled face and vomited again, telling the people in front of her to vomit. It also felt uncomfortable to watch.

Master Yao didn't say anything, just sat for a while and left, but in the afternoon, someone brought a bag of pickled plums, Bai Yingluo ate one when she felt sick, and immediately felt refreshed.

When Du Xuan saw it, he scratched his head and said that he was not careful enough, it was getting dark, so he went to the dim sum shop on Dongda Street and bought a box of eight treasures, red candied dates, dark purple ebony plums, and the smelling Just mouth watering sour plum.

Seeing him running profusely, even though Bai Yingluo was eating sour plums, her heart was as sweet as drinking honey.

"How are you doing these days?"

Master Yao followed Bai Yingluo into the room and asked.

Bai Yingluo smiled embarrassingly, "I still vomit a lot, but it's not as uncomfortable as it was a few days ago. Mammy said that after this month, maybe it will be better."

Master Yao nodded and replied: "When I was pregnant with my eldest sister, I stopped vomiting after four months. No matter what, even if you insist on it, you should eat something, or the adults will not be able to bear it, the child It's even worse."

After finishing speaking, Master Yao sighed softly.

Thinking about it, she was thinking of the child who died young. Bai Yingluo wanted to persuade her a few words, but she didn't know how to speak. On the side, Master Yao seemed to have remembered something interesting, and turned to Bai Yingluo and said, "I am in Nanyang Palace. See an interesting thing, you listen, you are sure to like it."

Master Yao never liked to talk about the gossip and wrongs of the inner house, and Bai Yingluo suddenly became interested.

"It's a pair of eight-year-old twin sisters. They are carved in powder and jade. They look like dolls in New Year pictures. They look very good-looking. I heard that they were picked up by the prince and princess when they were playing outside. They were raised in The other courtyard of the palace, no, the concubine brought it back and planned to send it to the princess to raise it, so that the people in the other courtyard would not be able to take good care of her."

Seeing those two children, even Master Yao, who has always been hard-hearted, felt his heart soften. When they heard that they were abandoned when they were still infants, everyone who heard about them couldn't help shaking their heads in regret.

"The hair is curly, and the eyeballs are still glazed. She is especially cute when she smiles. You must like it when you see her."

Master Yao said with a smile.

"Glass-colored eyes?"

Bai Yingluo suddenly remembered what Huang Wenbin said.

(End of this chapter)