Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 95

The next day, Ye Xizhao took sister Xin back to the prime minister's mansion.

Because Xiao Xun ordered his men to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion yesterday, and told Ye Xizhao that he had brought his daughter back to the capital, Mrs. Meng began to wait anxiously from early in the morning. come to greet you.

After the mother and daughter met, Ye Xizhao found that her mother was also a bit older, just like Mrs. Tai.

Meng shi looked at Ye Xizhao with great distress, and couldn't hold back the tears.

Ye Xizhao had no way to dissuade him, so he burst into tears before speaking, and wept silently with his mother.

Seeing this situation, Yao's mother quickly comforted her in a low voice: "Madam, don't be like this. Mother and daughter should be happy when they are reunited. Besides, the eldest lady is weak, so she shouldn't cry."

Hearing this, Mrs. Meng quickly restrained her emotions, and went back to the room holding Ye Xizhao's hand.

Because Mrs. Xu had already returned to the prime minister's mansion after giving birth, Mrs. Meng let her preside over Zhongfu because of her grandson, so she gave up the main house and moved to the courtyard on the east side of the main house.

Mrs. Xu rushed over quickly with Brother Tao to reminisce about the past with Ye Xizhao. Afterwards, considering that Mrs. Meng and Ye Xizhao wanted to talk about themselves, she found an excuse to leave first, and came back to see Ye Xizhao later in the afternoon. say.

Like Mrs. Meng, she looked at Sister Xin and liked her no matter what she saw. She hugged Sister Xin and stopped letting go. She smiled and said, "It's exactly the same as when you were a child."

"Really?" Ye Xizhao pinched Sister Xin's little face, "When I was born, I was a little wrinkled thing, and it's not as white as it is now."

Meng said angrily: "I was born in less than a month, isn't it just wrinkled? Isn't it so fat now?"

Ye Xizhao smiled embarrassingly, "It's also my fault, my body is weak. Fortunately, Qiao Chen is with us every day, and sister Xin is thanks to her for helping to recuperate."

"Speaking of which, did you get very sick after giving birth?" Meng looked at her worriedly, "Even now, you still look sick. Tell me, what's going on? Don't hide it from me. "

"It's just a little weaker than ordinary people, and after taking care of it for a period of time, the day to return to Beijing will be late." Ye Xizhao thought about the situation at that time, shook his head, and didn't want to talk more, "It's my fault, It made you worry."

Meng Shi would not believe such an understatement.

However, Ye Xizhao quickly changed the topic: "Dad is very busy these days, right?"

"That's right." Meng said with a smile, "It's busier than ever. There are many officials going in and out of the study at nightfall. They are in good spirits."

Ye Xizhao then mentioned what he learned from Xiao Xun: "My elder brother and second elder brother are very appreciated by some generals, and I have performed several times to ask for credit for them."

"Yes, yes... I've heard that too." Meng Shi should be happy, but thinking of the impermanence of life and death on the battlefield, she smiled reluctantly.Afterwards, he lowered his head and stroked Sister Xin's little face, "It's your blessing to have such a villain, and you will be happy if you add another son in two years."

Ye Xizhao smiled, but didn't answer.

At noon, Ye Shuxuan hurried into the door. After searching anxiously, he saw Ye Xizhao and smiled kindly, "Finally he's back."

"Father." Ye Xizhao smiled and stepped forward to salute.

Ye Shuxuan looked at her for a few times, worry flashed in his eyes, then he patted her arm wordlessly, walked towards Meng Shi with a smile, and hugged Sister Xin, "Come and see my granddaughter!"

Sister Xin frowned, pouted, and turned to look at Ye Xizhao.

"This is your grandfather." Ye Xizhao gave his daughter a comforting smile, and handed his father a child's plaything, "Give this to her, she will be easy to bribe."

Ye Shuxuan laughed when he heard the words, "Who would say that about my child?"

Ye Xizhao also laughed, "It's inevitable to be more casual when talking with parents."

Ye Shuxuan paced around, holding sister Xin with one arm, and handing something in her hand to sister Xin with the other, "Okay, okay, I really like it. I will bring her here more in the future."

Ye Xizhao smiled and said, "I can't do it if you don't want to."

Sister Xin didn't have much interest in toys, so she quickly focused on the beard on Ye Shuxuan's lips, stared at it for a while, and stretched out her chubby little hand to grab it.

Instead of being angry, Ye Shuxuan laughed heartily.

Ye Xizhao and Meng Shi both smiled and shook their heads.

After staying until the sun was setting, Ye Xizhao returned to the Marquis Mansion.

After entering the main room, he sat on the bed of the three-dimensional arhat, raised his hands and rubbed the center of his brows, his face was full of exhaustion.

Xia He asked worriedly: "Madam, are you feeling unwell?"

Ye Xizhao forced a smile, "I'm just a little tired." Then he stood up, "Go change."

After Xia He helped Ye Xizhao change clothes, she went outside and couldn't help asking Zhilan softly: "Madam is very weak now, is it..."

Zhilan couldn't help but think of the day when his wife gave birth on Mu Mu Island, and then shook her head violently, refusing to think about it, and her voice was a little choked up when she answered: "Don't ask... I heard that I will follow uncomfortable."

Xia He didn't ask any more questions, but when serving Ye Xizhao, she was more meticulous and considerate.

In the evening, Ye Xizhao still went to Mrs. Tai's room for dinner.

After eating, Mrs. Tai called for someone to fetch a lot of small clothes for Sister Xin.

Ye Xizhao laughed in surprise when he saw so many little clothes in delicate colors, "Mother, I have prepared too much."

Mrs. Tai smiled and said: "I personally choose the materials, soft ones, some made by me with Yuanyang and Xiahe, some made by needleworkers. It's also for this, and I bought some for Brother Hao along the way." There are a lot of clothes." Then he picked up a small light yellow dress, "Does our sister Xin like it?" The voice was fond, "It's all for you."

Sister Xin reached out to touch the fabric, and seeing the clothes moving around, her eyes became focused, and a clear and innocent smile appeared on her curved lips.

When returning to the room to take a bath, Xia He waited on the side, and talked to Ye Xizhao about the third wife: "The slaves are better, and the wife is taking care of them, but I wronged other people in the yard. At that time, many people Guessing that Lord Hou is the second King Jing - the mansion is still favored by the emperor, but people can't come back. Therefore, after the third lady presided over the middle gift, people rushed to curry favor with the third lady. People don't care about it, there is always a shortage of things that should be allocated, and even the monthly regulations are deducted. After Mrs. Tai heard about it, she simply distinguished the main house from other places. Madam came out of the room. After the third master was promoted, the third madam became more confident. Before replacing the steward, she would discuss with Madam Tai, and then she simply decided on her own. The steward that Madam valued the most was also mercilessly replaced The servant listened to the second lady asking the third lady why she was doing this, and the third lady just said lightly that it didn't suit her eyes."

Ye Xizhao smiled, "Is there anything else?"

"Probably that's all." Xia He smiled, and talked about other things, "Your dowry, Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Xiangfu have sent capable people to help. Although the year is not very good, the income is still there. That's right. As for Master Hou's business outside, you don't need to worry about it, Master Hou has found another capable confidant to take care of it, and hand over the accounts to Mrs. Tai for review every month."

Ye Xizhao felt relieved when he heard the words.As long as the Yu family's business outside is not affected, the third lady can't shake the foundation of the Hou family even if the third wife is tossing about her temper.No wonder Mrs. Tai doesn't care about those things with Mrs. Third at all.

Gathering his thoughts, Ye Xizhao said warmly to Xia He: "You should be able to see that I am very weak now, and I need to recuperate for a while. Xia He, we are not in a hurry, and we don't want to fight for this moment."

Xia He heard the deep meaning in the words, and responded with a sincere smile: "My servant knows, Madam is at ease. This servant only hopes that Madam will get better soon."

In another day, the main house, from the big maid to the little maid who sweeps the house, has received the half-year monthly rule rewarded by Ye Xizhao.

Qiao An stayed in the Hou Mansion and lived a very comfortable life.On weekdays, he would visit Ye Xizhao's room from time to time to see sister Xin, or he would sit in Mrs. Tai's room for a while.

Xiao Xun came to visit Qiao An in three or two days, and brought the things she left in Xiao's mansion one after another.After sitting for a while, he asked Qiao An to carry Sister Xin into the room.

Sometimes Qiao An couldn't help but wonder: "Are you using me as a cover? It's clearly here to see Sister Xin."

Xiao Xun choked on her lightly, "Are you jealous?"

Joan pursed her lips helplessly.

When Sister Xin is present, the atmosphere between the two of them will always be much more harmonious.Xiao Xun would always bring exquisite toys made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which always made Sister Xin couldn't put it down and played with great interest.

Qiao An couldn't help but joked: "When you have your own child in the future, it won't be better than Sister Xin, right?"

"Will I still have that day?" Xiao Xun sighed sadly, "With your current state, I'm afraid I'm going to die."

This guy listened to what she was saying now, but he was becoming more and more mean to himself.Qiao An said, "Then why don't you hurry up and divorce your wife?"

Xiao Xun said sincerely: "It's better to cut off all children and grandchildren."

"..."

Xiao Xun thought for a moment, his expression became more serious, "The next time I see Xi Zhao, tell her that Concubine Li is very much loved by the Emperor, and Empress Dowager also likes Concubine Li very much, and today she often calls people into the palace to talk."

Joan just asked, "Just a few words?"

"Ah."

Qiao An kept it in mind, and when he left and sent Sister Xin back to the lotus bank with her nurse, she would repeat the words to Ye Xizhao.

Ye Xizhao thought for a moment, then smiled, "Thank him for me."

The pair of brothers and sisters of the opposite sex, who met halfway through half-truths, played riddles in front of her, which made Qiao An laugh in surprise.Another day later, I heard that Ye Xizhao summoned the dowry manager and ordered him to sell all the shops under her name.

Qiao An thought about it for a while, and finally understood Xiao Xun's intention.

After Ding Xiang in the third lady's room heard about it, she hurried to report it.

The third lady couldn't stop laughing when she heard this, "A few days ago, you were generously rewarding a bunch of servants, why did you get to the point of selling your dowry today?"

"That's what I said." Ding Xiang echoed with a smile, "The eldest lady is not good at taking care of these things, and you haven't heard of it. Now I think I have lived on that isolated island for a long time, and my temper has become more and more cold."

The third lady sighed half-truthfully: "If being cold can bring my husband a smooth career and a wealth of wealth, I am also happy to be cold." After thinking for a moment, I shook my head, "Women, what benefits can you get by acting on your will?"

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, Mrs. Tai personally directed the people in the main house to let Ye Xizhao's mother and daughter move to the lotus bank, and ordered the people to repair the main house, and she paid for the money needed.

Ye Xizhao accepted Mrs. Tai's kindness.

On the second day after moving to Lianhua Bank, the third wife came over and discussed Ye Xizhao with the drafted regulations: "Madam Tai said that the holidays will be avoided, and the eldest lady's hundred-day banquet must be properly organized. So I just Come and discuss with sister-in-law, sister-in-law can see if there is anything unclear, just tell me."

Ye Xizhao lacked interest, "The third younger siblings are the ones who decide, and I am powerless about these things now."

The third lady didn't insist anymore, but just looked at Ye Xizhao with concern, "Sister-in-law's complexion is not as good as before, do you want to invite the imperial physician to take a look?"

Ye Xizhao saw the probing in the third lady's eyes, and just said: "When it's inappropriate, I will naturally invite the imperial physician over."

The third lady nodded with a smile, and said: "Before I came, I have ordered the kitchen to be more careful about my sister-in-law's meals."

Ye Xizhao glanced at her with a half-smile, "Thank you." Afterwards, he served tea to see off the guests, "I'm so tired that I really can't spend time with my third sibling."

The third lady exchanged some pleasantries, then turned and left.

Through the bamboo curtain in the hall, Ye Xizhao vaguely saw the third lady going out, followed by the accompanying maids, surrounded her and left.

Ye Xizhao slightly raised his eyebrows.This ostentation was incomparable when she hosted Zhongfei.

The Hundred Days Banquet, for Ye Xizhao, felt nothing but exhaustion.Holding Sister Xin in my arms, I walked among the female relatives who came to congratulate me, and thanked them one by one.

Among the guests who came here were people from families who often come and go to the Hou's residence, from Xiang's residence and from the second wife's natal family. Many of them were from the third wife's natal family and people who walked around more frequently in their spare time.

Ye Xizhao saw that the third lady had been warmly entertaining the guests and giving orders to the servants, without getting tired all day long, and he was very impressed.

The second lady is naturally the same.

Mrs. Tai was concerned about Ye Xizhao's body, and from time to time she ordered Yuanyang to go over and whisper a message, asking Ye Xizhao to take Sister Xin to her to take care of her, and to rest when she had time.

Sister Xin naturally became the focus of everyone's attention on this day.She doesn't cry, doesn't make noise, is easy to coax, and looks exactly like Ye Xizhao. When she is happy, she will babble or smile.When she was upset, she just frowned, wrinkled her face, waved her small hand a few times angrily, turned around and grabbed Ye Xizhao or Mrs. Tai's neck.After sulking for a while, his big eyes flickered again, distracted by his new discoveries.

People praised one after another, but their expressions were quite different.Some like the child from the bottom of their hearts, some feel sorry for Ye Xizhao—the child's father is still fighting in the battlefield, and some, like the third wife, think too far and too much.

After the Hundred Days Banquet, Ye Xizhao had nothing to worry about.Qiao Chen rushed to the capital one step behind and lived with Qiao An.The two sisters often went to see Sister Xin by the lotus, and Qiao Chen checked Ye Xizhao's pulse and changed prescriptions regularly.

On weekdays, Ye Xizhao just took sister Xin to Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Second's rooms every day, and went to her mother's house every now and then, and when she had free time, she just stayed in the room to read and paint.

In the eyes of the third lady, it is actually living a leisurely life of an idler in the world.She was happy to hear this, and told the stewards in the mansion not to be careless about Ye Xizhao's daily necessities, and to consider all aspects.

Ye Xizhao's last letter to Yu Shaoheng was a picture she drew of Xin's disagreement.When I was about to write something, thousands of words reached the end of the pen, but I couldn't say a single word.In the end, only six words were written:

Well, don't read.treasure.

This has been the case since he left for the expedition, and a letter usually does not exceed ten words. The level of stingy words is beyond the reach of Yu Shaoheng, who has always been concise and concise.

In Yu Shaoheng's reply letters, he always told her that the most urgent thing for her to return home was to recuperate her body without worrying about housework.In this reply, he said that if his calculations were correct, he would be able to return to Beijing in winter at the latest.

Summer has just begun, but he will not come back until winter.

(End of this chapter)