Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 133

"But..." Mrs. Liu was a little short of breath, using Ye Xizhao's body to talk about things, "But it has been almost two years since your sister-in-law gave birth to Sister Xin, and there has been no movement. It's because of being thin and weak... I think it's a question of whether she can give birth again. How do you know that she has never thought about it? How do you know that Lord Hou is not in a hurry to have an heir? He is an important minister, more than anyone else. I understand the hidden dangers brought about by the weak heirs—now, in my opinion, it’s just thinking about the benefits of your sister-in-law at the beginning, and it’s not easy to express your thoughts.”

The second lady became angrier as she heard this, and her eyebrows frowned, "That's also about Lord Hou. I'm in the second master's room, and I just need to watch over him to live in peace. I'm the younger brother and sister of Lord Hou. I married into the Hou's mansion not long after he got married, and I don't know his character? If I really want to get involved in this kind of thing, it will harm the second master and me, and even my mother's family will be hated by the Hou master because of me " She picked up the teacup, and put it down impatiently, "I am usually guided by the second master, and I know the importance of everything. Have you talked about these things with dad? If you haven't, go back and let dad tell you Are you right or wrong?" After that, she mentioned Song Xinyao, "Haven't you heard what happened to the first third lady? Have you forgotten what kind of heart she had at the beginning? If I Are you happy when it comes to that?"

"..." Mrs. Liu was at a loss for words.

Before winter, Mrs. Tai reached a tacit agreement with Ye Xizhao, and in her spare time, she would only go out with family friends from Dingyuan Houjing's family, Wu'an Hou Dong's family, Dingguo Gong Guo's family, and Rongguo Gong's family as usual. Not at all, and the troublesome things can be avoided.

Because Jing Zhiran is lively and lovable, several wives like her very much, and her marriage has become a topic that they often talk about.Speaking of which, Marquis Dingyuan and Mrs. Jing's doting on Jing Zhiran is not inferior to Ye Shuxuan's doting on Ye Xizhao back then. It is because of this that it is even more difficult to reach a conclusion on the marriage - it is not good if it is far away, but it is farther away. It doesn't matter if the family status in the city is low, and it doesn't matter if the character or appearance of the right family is not good. After going back and forth for so long, I just can't find anyone who is satisfied in all aspects.

Several people understood the Dingyuanhou couple's love for their daughter, and some even thought of Yu Shaoheng's doting on Xin's daughter, and laughed and teased Ye Xizhao: "Don't just laugh now, wait for your Xin After my sister grows up, the marriage is probably more troublesome than it is—Hou Ye loves Sister Xin so much, and I am afraid that she will not even give up on Sister Xin's marriage, only worse than Ding Yuanhou. People have headaches."

This inference made Mrs. Tai and Ye Xizhao smile even more, and they both admitted it naturally.

When Ye Xizhao went to Dingyuan Hou's Mansion, he would always bring Sister Xin with him.

Jing Zhiran is the eldest daughter in the family, and she seldom gets in touch with such a small child. Before, she was always worried that she would make sister Xin cry because she was not serious. Sister and son are close.

At this time, Sister Xin's personality became more and more lively and she loved to laugh, and she spoke clearly, and she hit it off with Jing Zhiran very much. Following Ye Xizhao's instructions, she called Aunt Jing Zhiran.Jing Zhiran was always elated, and begged Mrs. Jing to buy a lot of toys in the room that she thought Miss Xin liked. In winter, she even went to find a talking parrot, a three-month-old cats are kept in the yard.

Mrs. Jing has nothing to do with this precious daughter, besides, the daughter and Ye Xizhao have a true friendship, which both families are happy to see, so let her go.

Sister Xin doesn't like the talking bird, she always looks at it with a little curiosity for a while, and then finds other fun, but she likes Jing Zhiran's small and very obedient cat, obediently letting it go Jing Zhiran hugged her and stared at her for a long time.Occasionally at home, they always talk to Ye Xizhao: "Look at the cat, look at the cat."

Ye Xizhao knew that his daughter Maoer liked her very much, but he didn't know if it was suitable to find a cat and keep it in the courtyard. He asked Mrs. Tai and Yu Shaoheng, and they both told her that if Miss Xin really liked her, she would look for it. Come and raise meek.

She asked Jing Zhiran again, where did she find such a docile cat.

After hearing this, Jing Zhiran laughed, "If Miss Xin likes it, my sister-in-law will bring the cat back to the mansion. Anyway, I asked someone to find it to make Miss Xin happy." Then he was worried, Xiaozui The son muttered, "Then, will my sister-in-law stop bringing sister Xin here? My sister-in-law is usually busy, and I'm always afraid that going there will delay your handling of family affairs..."

"How could it be?" Ye Xizhao laughed, "I have time to visit, so naturally I also have time to stay at home and wait for you to come and talk, you just go."

Only then did Jing Zhiran start laughing. After thinking for a while, in order to avoid the possibility of meeting the three brothers of the Yu family at home, he smiled and said: "Then I have a free day, and I will go to my sister-in-law and sister Xin in the morning." The three brothers either went to the early morning court or were busy with official duties, so they would never be at home.No matter how heartless she is, she also knows that she is Jiji's person, and she must avoid being criticized by others in every word and deed.

Ye Xizhao also understood, and smiled from the bottom of his heart: "It would be great, you can also eat with me at lunch, and you can also try my cooking."

"Yeah!" Jing Zhiran smiled, nodded vigorously, and then said, "I'll ask the servant how he takes care of the cat on weekdays, and I will send it to sister Xin tomorrow morning, and tell my sister-in-law The maid in the room——Sister Xin likes it, and it would be better to take good care of her."

"Thank you."

Jing Zhiran just said: "Don't be polite to me, I bought a lot of jewelry from Mrs. Yiyonghou's shop, which is suitable for all kinds of clothes. I don't know how happy I am."

The matter is thus settled.

On the second day, Jing Zhiran put the cat in a small cage and sent it to the main room of Hou Mansion for Sister Xin.

Xia He came up to meet her, and said with a smile: "Madam went to the flower hall to listen to the manager's affairs. I guess she will be back in a while."

Jing Zhiran smiled and said, "It's okay, it's the same with Sister Xin."

At this moment, Sister Xin is squatting in the yard, facing a few small bowls, beating with a small wooden stick in her hand, and seeing Jing Zhiran walking into the yard with a cat cage, her little face burst into laughter A flower dropped what she was holding, stood up, and called out in a sweet childish voice: "Auntie, auntie! Cat!"

Jing Zhiran couldn't help but laugh when he heard it, put down the cat cage, rushed to Sister Xin, hugged the little man, and kissed him hard, "You should talk about it separately. Those who don't know think that the cat is a cat. Where's my alias!"

The servant girls who heard her words all laughed.

Seeing that everyone was laughing, Sister Xin also smiled brighter, then pointed to the cat cage with her little finger, "Look at the cat, you have to look at the cat."

"Okay." Jing Zhiran smiled softly, walked to the cat cage with Sister Xin in his arms, squatted down, and didn't care about the dust on the ground on the skirt, "Auntie gave you the cat, you Gao is not happy? How can you thank me? Kiss me, okay?" As he spoke, he put his cheek to Sister Xin.

Sister Xin hooked Jing Zhiran's neck with her little hand, then rubbed her face perfunctorily, then turned to look at the cat again.

Jing Zhiran was satisfied with this.The younger you are, the more picky you seem to be towards others, especially sister Xin.If he wasn't very happy, he wouldn't even have such a perfunctory move.She pulled the cat cage closer, went to open the cage, and warned the cat seriously: "Don't run around, be good!"

When the cat walked out of the cage with some hesitation and timidity, an accident happened——

Brother Hao's pug suddenly ran into the yard, scaring the cat into vigilance immediately, and then quickly ran to Chaoshou verandah.

The pug immediately chased after him.

The cat and the dog swam around a few times, rushed to the gate of the courtyard, and fled.

"Cat cat!" Sister Xin was very anxious, pointing at the runaway cat with her little finger, as if she was about to cry at any moment.

At this time, the second wife brought Brother Hao into the main room.

Jing Zhiran greeted the second lady hastily, and then comforted Xin, "Don't worry, don't worry, aunt will help you get it back. Wait." After that, he took the accompanying maids to look for the cat.

Brother Hao started crying and calling for his pet dog.

After hearing Xia He's simple explanation, the second lady knew that the pug in her room had accidentally caused trouble, so she hurriedly called someone to chase it back, and walked forward again, trying to divert the attention of Sister Xin and Brother Hao.

Jing Zhiran took two maids and called the cat's name "Xuerong" loudly, wandering around the inner house of the Hou's mansion, but couldn't find it for a long time.She was very depressed - how did such a good thing become like this?Thinking of Xin'er's disappointed and anxious little face, he was even more annoyed.

Brother Hao's pug was easier to find, after all, he had been raising it for several months. The maid called his name, but the pug gave up chasing the snow velvet, stuck out his tongue, and ran back to the maid in good spirits.

Jing Zhiran met the maid who was holding a pug head-on, and saw that he was about to go to the back garden, so he asked, "Go to the back garden? How far did you run out?"

"Yes." The servant girl replied uncomfortably, "It has been found, but the cat has not been seen. The second lady has ordered many people to help find it."

In his own home, Jing Zhiran would have been angry a long time ago, but this was in the Yongping Hou Mansion, so he had to force a smile, said that he knew it, and went straight to the back garden.

The three of them raised their voices to call Xue Rong, stopped to listen from time to time, wanted to hear the cat's thin cry, but found nothing for a long time, so they ordered the two maids to look elsewhere, at least they could find it faster.In the end, she saw the cat in the fishing pond in the back garden. Overjoyed, she hurried over.

There are two seats on the shore of the fishing pond, and fishing gear is placed next to one chair, as if someone was fishing here before.

The cat curled up on the other seat, because it was in a strange place, and became wary of its owner, Jing Zhiran. Seeing her approaching him, it stood up warily, and seemed to want to run again .

"Can't you show me some face?" Jing Zhiran complained in a low voice, "I sent you here because Miss Xin likes you, but you were frightened by a dog... ...Hey, be good, and come back with me." Although she was full of annoyance, she still slowed down, approached the cat slowly, and called out softly, "Xuerong, come, come here."

The cat let out a soft meow, and the guard was finally relieved.

"That's right, come on, come back with me." Jing Zhiran smiled, walked to the seat, and when his outstretched hands touched the cat, his footsteps moved slightly, but his feet slipped unexpectedly. He fell down and rolled into the pool of water.

The pool water in late autumn and early winter is bitingly cold.

Jing Zhiran struggled in vain, shouting "Help", every second was like a nightmare to her.She gradually lost strength, her voice gradually weakened, and her body sank uncontrollably...

Ye Xizhao returned to the room, and after hearing what was going on, he hurriedly told Xia He: "Find more people to look for it. After seeing Miss Jing, ask her to come back to the room to have tea. Don't worry, there is nothing wrong with you. can be found."

Xia He said yes and left.

What Jing Zhiran was thinking when his consciousness was blurred was: did he just drown in Yongping Hou Mansion like this?Give your life for a cat?This is too wrong.

In a trance, she could feel her figure being picked up by someone, then fell into a warm embrace, and brought to the shore.After the man laid her flat on the ground, he put his hands on her chest and pressed hard.

The water in the abdomen was spit out through the mouth under strong pressure.

When she coughed uncontrollably, she opened her eyes and saw the man's handsome face.

There was real anxiety and worry in his eyes, and when he looked at her, a smile slowly spread.

"Third, third master..." Jing Zhiran called out in a low voice, and after that, he saw the figure of the third lady approaching from far and near.

The third lady looked very calm, and she was also very calm about this matter. She stood in front of her, looked at Jing Zhiran and Yu Shaohuan, turned around and told the maid beside her: "Go back to the room to get a set of my daily clothes. Come here." Then he said to Yu Shaohuan, "Third Master please send Miss Jing to the nearest small courtyard, if someone sees Miss Jing, she can only die for your concubine or commit suicide. "

Only then did Jing Zhiran think of the possible consequences of this incident, and his already extremely cold body shivered involuntarily.

Concubine?Suicide?Wouldn't that be a great shame and humiliation to her parents?
Ye Xizhao, who had been waiting in the main room for a long time, received a message from the servant girl in the third lady's room: "Miss Jing has gone to the third lady's room. The third lady wants to ask Miss Jing about the tricks of female reds, and the cat has already found it." , and it will be sent to the main room later."

Before Ye Xizhao spoke, Zhilan came in to report, and Mrs. Xu came over.

Ye Xizhao couldn't help but glanced at the chiming clock, it was almost noon, how could Mrs. Xu come here at this time?
The second wife, who had been helping to coax Sister Xin, said goodbye, "I'm a little tired, go back to my room and have a rest so I can eat."

Ye Xizhao sent away the second wife, and dismissed the servant girls in the third wife's room, Xu Shi has already arrived in the courtyard.

Seeing the two maids following Xu, Ye Xizhao's eyes narrowed slightly.One is pretty and charming, the other is elegant and graceful, they are all beauties.

Ye Xizhao thought of the situation where Ye Xihan was surrounded by concubines and after Yan Hong became pregnant, he told Ye Xihan to persuade him to take care of his wife, and then thought about the rumors he had heard, and looked at the situation in front of him. Mrs. Xu smiled meaningfully.

At this time, someone reported again: Yu Shaoheng came back and was rushing to the main room.

Ye Xizhao nodded to show that he understood, and then smiled and let Mrs. Xu into Dongci room. After a short exchange of pleasantries, he joked, "Did sister-in-law come here on the clock? If you eat in my room, I will order someone to find out." Lord Hou will tell him that he doesn't have to go back to the main room for dinner." After speaking, he glanced at the two maidservants who had been following Xu's side, capturing the disappointment that flashed in their eyes.

"There's no need to eat." Xu said with a smile, "I also went elsewhere first. I came to the Hou Mansion on a whim during the return trip. I left after a few words with you. Don't bother."

Ye Xizhao's eyes are direct, and his words are also: "Since this is the case, sister-in-law should keep the long story short, and there is no need to talk in a polite way."

Mrs. Xu nodded, took a sip of tea, and smiled: "Recently, my mother has been thinking about your body, and she is very worried that the Hou's mansion will not be able to flourish. This life is worry-free, but the next generation will not be able to get the care and support of the Marquis Mansion. I have heard what my mother said many times, and I want to help you. Now, my mother does not care about general affairs, and some things can only be done by me." She said lightly Turning to look at the two maids behind her, she smiled more and more happily, "I was thinking, rather than being taken advantage of by others, it is better for your mother's family to plan for you as soon as possible. Whether you need it or not, you should keep her first." , at least give them a title of housekeeping, so that outsiders have nothing to say. Do you think this is the case?"

Ye Xizhao pursed his lips and smiled, and asked: "These two people are really outstanding, where did sister-in-law find them?"

Xu smiled, "You don't need to worry about it, just rest assured, both of them are very well-behaved, and will serve you wholeheartedly in the future and share your worries."

Ye Xizhao's smile grew stronger, "Sister-in-law, how can I give up the one in a million person? It's better to keep him in the prime minister's house and help you share your worries."

Mrs. Xu couldn't help but think of the days when Ye Xihan was a concubine and a housekeeper, her face froze before she put on a smile again, "Your elder brother and I have Brother Tao under our knees, so you don't need to worry about heirs. Besides, don't you understand what I mean? For the sake of the long-term and the overall situation, you'd better accept it, so as not to let Mrs. Tai and Lord Hou say that the people in our Xiangfu don't know how deep they are... "

Before the words fell, Yu Shaoheng coughed lightly and walked in the door.

Xu Shi and Ye Xizhao got up and saluted.

Yu Shaoheng's expression was cold, and Gu Zi sat down, looking at Xu's eyes very sharply, but after a while, he asked in a gentle voice: "These two girls are for me?"

Xu hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "Yes. I was talking to Xi Zhao just now..."

"I heard it." Yu Shaoheng interrupted her roughly, "Since the person has been delivered, I will accept it." Then he ordered Xia He, "Give these two people to the housekeeper and order him to be sent to the prime minister's house." before."

"Yes!" Xia Hejian responded, and called the little maid and two women over, and dragged the two people brought by Mrs. Xu out.

Xu's complexion changed drastically, and he lost his voice: "Master Hou..."

Yu Shaoheng's expression became more serious, "You are too leisurely and dissatisfied these days, I should find something for you to do." Then he looked at Ye Xizhao, and his voice softened, "Seeing off guests. Order the maid to serve dinner. "

(End of this chapter)