Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 52 Rules (3)

Cao's heart moved slightly, only to feel that she was thinking too much.Once a woman is married, she must learn to protect herself no matter how pure her mind is.Ma Shan is ridden by others, and Ren Shan is bullied by others. There is no one in this world who is born with a good temper, but they are all silently forbearing.

Mrs. Cao returned to the house with the few Buddhist scriptures, and as soon as she entered the door, her daughter Zhu Ying jumped into her arms, rubbing her face again and again, like a coquettish kitten. "Mother, you are back."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Cao turned pale immediately, then knelt down, grabbed Zhu Ying's little hand and held it in her palm, and said with a serious expression: "I have taught you so many times, don't call me mother, call me aunt .”

Zhu Ying was taken aback by her stern look, glanced cautiously at the livid Cao Shi, and murmured, "Auntie is angry?"

At this time, there was no one else in the room, she just wanted to get close to Cao Shi, but she didn't expect to annoy her again.

Mrs. Cao sighed, looking at her helpless daughter, distressed and aggrieved, said in a slow tone: "The rules cannot be broken, and you can't call them indiscriminately. Sister Ying, your mother is the youngest mistress, so you You can only call her mother, you know?"

Although the daughter was born to her, it's a pity that her status is low, she is a concubine and not a wife, so she is destined not to have that fate.

Zhu Ying stared at Cao's sad face with wide eyes, her mouth tightly pressed together, without saying a word.After a while, tears welled up in his eyes, and he lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I am obviously the child of my aunt, why can't I call you mother?"

Cao Shi was startled when she heard the words, then shook her head lightly. "Stupid child, I am a concubine, she is a wife, there is a difference between wives and concubines. If Sister Ying is really the child of the eldest mistress, she will not live as humble as my aunt in the future."

In the mansion, the status of a concubine is the most humble and pitiful, but she has such a worthless biological mother, if something happens in the future, even if she wants to protect her daughter well, she will be powerless.Now that children are still young, it is useless to talk too much, it is better to teach them slowly.

Mrs. Cao reached out and hugged Zhu Ying into her arms, patted her on the back lightly, and said gently: "Sister Ying is the most well-behaved, you must be obedient in the future, and please the eldest and young mistress more. As long as Sister Ying My son is doing well, and my aunt is satisfied."

Zhu Ying already felt sad in her heart, silently leaned on Cao Shi's shoulder, and nodded with a vague understanding.

In this world, no mother is willing to give up her child.Cao sighed in her heart, but then she turned her eyes to those few Buddhist scriptures, and made up her mind that as long as Sister Ying can get rid of her status as a concubine, she is willing to do anything, and she is willing to do anything.

After the afternoon nap, there were only two servants left in the room, one was Wu Ma, the other was Chun Ming, while Cui Xin was guarding the door, sitting on the porch embroidering, seemingly leisurely, but actually letting the wind go.

Chun Ming handed the pill to Shen Yuechen's mouth, and Wu Ma had already prepared warm water to take it.

Shen Yuechen looked at the pill, frowned slightly, and after a little hesitation, closed his eyes, put the pill into his mouth and chewed hard twice, and then the bitterness of the pill spread in his mouth, so bitter that it made people frown, hate Can't spit it out right away.

Shen Yuechen chewed vigorously a few times, then picked up warm water and swallowed it mouthful.

The medicine tasted very strong and tasted very bitter, after only taking one pill, Shen Yuechen retreated in his heart.

In the morning, because I got up too fast, I didn't have time to take the medicine, so I had to wait until noon to take it.

After taking the medicine, Shen Yuechen's chest felt tight, and the bitter taste in his mouth could not be washed away no matter how much water he drank.In the end, Chunming had no choice but to ask Chun Ming to find some candied fruit and put it in his mouth.

Suddenly, Cui Xin's panicked voice sounded from the door curtain: "Master...you are back!"

Shen Yuechen was startled when he heard the words, and hurriedly gave Wu Ma and Chun Ming a wink, took another candied fruit into his mouth, got up and straightened his clothes, and hurried to the door.

Zhu Jintang usually seldom comes back at this hour, but today he suddenly came back early because he was thinking about Brother Ming in his heart.

Shen Yuechen ate the candied fruit to dilute the taste of the medicine in his mouth, and greeted Zhu Jintang with a blessing, "Greetings, sir."

Perhaps, because the sun was too hot, Zhu Jintang's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and his body was also sweaty.

Seeing this, Shen Yuechen hurriedly said: "This concubine is serving the uncle, let's change into clothes first."

Zhu Jintang let out a "hmm", turned around and went to the cleaning room.

Shen Yuechen followed in with Chun Ming, and Wu Ma took the opportunity to clear away the tea bowl and candied fruit on the table.As soon as they reached the door, they confronted Mingyue. Seeing that she was carrying a tray, Mingyue was about to reach out to pick it up, but Wu Ma smiled and said, "Don't bother me, miss, hurry up and serve the uncle."

Mingyue withdrew her hand in embarrassment, and went to the clean room, but she only took two steps, and she couldn't help but look back.I saw Wu Ma and Cui Xin whispering to each other, looking mysterious.

Mingyue was suspicious, but didn't dare to think too much, and hurried to the clean room.

At this time, it was still hot, Zhu Jintang didn't want to take a bath, so he just asked Shen Yuechen to wipe his body.

Mingyue and Chunming stood on the sidelines, bowed their hands, looked at their noses with their eyes, and their hearts with their noses, waiting for their orders at any time.

After some freshening up, Zhu Jintang walked out of the clean room refreshed, picked up the dried tea on the table, took a sip and said, "How is Brother Ming?"

Shen Yuechen sat down across from him, and said with a smile: "Brother Ming is probably still asleep. The children occasionally make trouble, it's nothing serious, Master Hu and the wet nurses have taken good care of them, so don't worry. "

Hearing this, Zhu Jintang felt relieved, raised his hand and continued to drink tea, only to feel much more refreshed.

Shen Yuechen looked at his face, and murmured slightly: "Aunts just came over to say hello, Sister Qin seems to be feeling a little uncomfortable... Wait a minute, do you want to go over and have a look?"

Although Qin Taoxi is domineering and arrogant, she is also Zhu Jintang's favorite woman.Even if she didn't mention what happened in the morning, someone would always mention it.

Zhu Jintang seemed to be very thirsty, and drank a bowl of tea in one gulp, before he replied, "What's wrong with Mrs. Qin?"

Shen Yuechen replied: "It seems that it's because of the hot weather, I've got heatstroke, and my body is a bit sleepy."

She didn't have any discomfort, but she was just pretending to be sick.But Shen Yuechen still made a few perfunctory words for her, unwilling to be a bad person in front of Zhu Jintang.

Chun Ming served another bowl of tea to Zhu Jintang. Zhu Jintang thought it was too hot, so he directly pushed it to Shen Yuechen, and then took the bowl that had cooled in front of her and drank it clean.

Shen Yuechen had already taken a sip of that bowl of tea, but Zhu Jintang didn't dislike it, which made Mingyue who was standing by the side secretly surprised: Uncle has always been obsessed with cleanliness, so he doesn't care about it at all.

"Since she's not feeling well, let her take care of it. It's useless for me to go, it's better to let the doctor go and have a look." Zhu Jintang said flatly, his face still expressionless, as if he didn't let Qin's worries and joys go. The look in the heart.

Shen Yuechen nodded yes, but doubts could not be avoided in his heart.He really is indifferent, right?The same is true for the woman he loves.

After Zhu Jintang drank his tea, he turned his head to look at Shen Yuechen, and his eyes suddenly stayed on her pale pink cheeks.

Shen Yuechen just smiled slightly, then picked up the handkerchief and wiped her face lightly, she seemed puzzled and asked, "Is there something on my face?"

Zhu Jintang didn't make a sound, narrowed his eyes, moved his eyes slightly, leaned over suddenly, stretched out his hand, and slid his rough fingers across her pink lips, gently wiping off the crystal icing on the corners of the lips.

Shen Yuechen was stunned, and looked at Zhu Jintang in amazement, as if his brain suddenly froze.

Zhu Jintang picked up the handkerchief on the table, wiped off the sticky sugar stains on his fingertips, then shook off the handkerchief, walked straight to the side of the bed, sat down and took off his shoes and said, "I'll rest for a while, and I'll call again when it's time to greet you." wake me up."

"Ah? Yes, the concubine knows." Shen Yuechen regained his composure, and hurriedly got up to answer, but saw that Zhu Jintang had already laid down on his own, facing the bed, leaving only his back for her.

Shen Yuechen felt a little embarrassed, so he had no choice but to walk over gently, squatted down to arrange his shoes, and carefully covered him with a thin quilt.

There were still two hours before dinner, Shen Yuechen thought about it for a while, and asked Cui Xin to come in to grind ink for herself, and sat quietly at the table copying scriptures and practicing calligraphy.

At this time, in the main courtyard, Nanny Li was talking with Mrs. Zhu, and the content of the conversation was undoubtedly about Shen Yuechen and Qin Taoxi.

Mrs. Zhu had known what kind of woman Qin Taoxi was, she pondered for a moment and said: "A concubine is a concubine, the mud can't support the wall, it's not decent."

Nanny Li didn't speak when she heard the words, and only heard Madam Zhu continue: "Although she is not young, she has grown up in vain. When she first entered the door, I was thinking, if she can compare with her sister-in-law Half of it is fine, but now it seems like a luxury."

When Mrs. Zhu promised Qin Taoxi to come in, she was also very dissatisfied, but because of the face of her old in-laws, she had no choice but to agree.

The Qin family, now in full swing in the capital, is bound to have a grand occasion coming soon.

It was indeed a pity that Qin Hongjuan died, but on second thought, it was all a bad thing.The greater the power of Qin's natal family, the harder it will be for the Zhu family to deal with it.Now, this Shen Yuechen, although ordinary, has a gentle and careful temperament, the most rare thing is that he keeps a low profile everywhere, looks like an obedient, sensible and honest child, which is reassuring.

The Zhu family is already a noble one, so there is no need to climb any higher branches. Mrs. Zhu has thought about it, as long as Shen Yuechen can give birth to a son for the Zhu family, she will be a great contributor to the Zhu family.

After thinking about this, Mrs. Zhu immediately asked Nanny Li: "How is the relationship between the two of them?"

Nanny Li lowered her head and replied: "Master and Mistress, since they got married, they have been having sex all the time. It may not be long before there will be good news."

Mrs. Zhu held the rosary beads one by one, and said with a slight smile: "I hope so." If she could embrace another great-grandson by this time next year, she would definitely go to Xiangguo Temple to burn incense and fulfill her wish. Donate an extra lamp.

Nanny Li then said: "However, I always feel that the body of the eldest and young mistress is too thin. If she is really pregnant all of a sudden, she may not be able to bear it."

Qin Shi was also such a delicate person back then, but after she became pregnant, her body couldn't stand the toss, so she put her life on it.

Mrs. Zhu pondered slightly: "If you're not in good health, just take care of it. Let Master Hu go over and show her how her body is and whether she's suitable for carrying a child."

Nanny Li agreed again and again, and her heart became more at ease.

(End of this chapter)