Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 75 Life and death, Ah Ci is about to give birth

Chu Ci glanced at him, thought for a while, and explained again worryingly, "Your wounds are open, and you might have a fever at night. I'll let Ping An come in to watch over you. If there's anything wrong, let him go to the Lord immediately. call me."

King Lu Xiaojun's eyes brightened and he nodded, "Understood, my lady should go back and rest."

Chu Ci didn't say anything, turned around and walked outside.

Yun Niang had been waiting outside, and when she saw her come out, she asked in a low voice, "Girl, is the little princess okay?"

Chu Ci briefly explained the situation of King Lu Xiaojun, and then looked at Ping An on the other side, and told him to watch King Lu Xiaojun carefully, and he must not be careless.

Knowing the position of the princess in the county palace, Pingan quickly agreed, "Don't worry, the concubine, the slave will definitely take a good look at the little prince, and if he finds something wrong, he will immediately ask the servants to invite you!"

Chu Ci nodded, and then led Yunniang towards the main residence.

A good night's sleep.

The next day, when the sky was about to dawn, Yunniang pinched Chu Ci and called out.

While helping her to change clothes, he said, "Si'er is already waiting outside, the girl has finished her breakfast, it's probably better at the right time."

Chu Ci let out a "hmm" and asked again, "Did Si'er eat breakfast?"

Yun Niang said, "It's already been used."

Chu Ci didn't ask any more questions.

Two quarters of an hour later, the master and servant walked out together.

Under the outer corridor of the master's residence, Si'er saw Chu Ci coming out, immediately stepped forward, cupped his hands and called "Sister".

Chu Ci smiled at him, "How is living in the county palace these days? Is there anything you're not used to?"

Si'er shook his head, and while accompanying Chu Ci to Mingde Courtyard, he said softly, "I'm fine, there's nothing I'm not used to, I'm worrying my sister."

"That's good." Chu Ci looked at him and breathed a sigh of relief.

These days, she took care of Lu Yifeng, and didn't talk to Si'er much about the old days, nor asked him about his situation in the mansion.

After that, I was silent all the way.

A quarter of an hour later, the two rushed to Mingde Courtyard.

Now the guards at the gate have been replaced by Lu Xiaojun Wang's men, headed by a guard surnamed Lu.

Seeing Chu Ci walking slowly with his belly outstretched, he immediately stepped forward, held his sword in his hand and bowed, "I have seen the concubine Shizi! Is the concubine Shizi here to see the second master and second wife?"

Chu Ci's face was serious, "That's right, please ask Bodyguard Lu to lead me the way."

Lu Geng hurriedly said, "I don't dare to do it", and while leading Chu Ci to the east wing of Mingde Court, he said, "The king of Xiaojun said yesterday that the concubine Yinzheng will come here today, and let the humble servant take care of you. Princess Baoshi is safe and sound."

Hearing what she said, Chu Ci didn't say anything, but just smiled faintly.

Mingde Courtyard is not big, and the three of them walked to the East Wing soon.

Lu Geng stepped forward to open the door, and made a "please" gesture to Chuci.

Chu Ci lifted the hem of her skirt and walked inside.

In some dim halls, there were indeed several people tied up.

What surprised her the most was the second wife. At the time, the government doctor had declared that she would not live for three to five days... Unexpectedly, more than half a month later, she was still dying.

"Girl, what's the matter?" Seeing her staring at the second lady, Yunniang asked suspiciously.

Chu Ci shook his head, "It's nothing." After saying that, he walked towards the five people.

She took out a porcelain bottle from her sleeve, pulled off the stopper, and put it under the second master's nose. The second master smelled the smell in the bottle and immediately woke up.

"It's you?" He half-opened his eyes, half confused, half yelled in panic.

Chu Ci said nothing, she lifted a piece of gentle suet jade pendant in front of his eyes, shaking it gently and regularly, and said softly and vaguely in her mouth——

"Lu Chengxi, look at me...you are in a dark place right now, your whole body is very comfortable, your limbs are stretched out, you are very sleepy, you want to sleep, you want to sleep very much...you have already fallen asleep, slept soundly deep..."

"Now, tell me, who are you?"

"I'm Lu Chengxi."

"Who is your wife?"

"Wang."

"How many outhouses and children do you have outside?"

"... There are three in Xingzilou in the west of the city, two in Wujia Lane in the east of the city, and one in Jinyu Lane in the south of the city... There is one in Yanweilou in Suzhou. They gave me one, two, three, four, five, six...four daughters, two son!"

"Okay, keep your heart clean now, when I count from one to three, you will sleep deeper, one, two, three..."

"..." Lu Chengxi's jaw dropped a little.

Chu Ci took a breath and continued, "When you open your eyes again, take your wife, Lu Yi'an, Lu Yihe, and Lu Zhaoning to Luyouyuan, and you will agree to whatever the old lady says. Be a filial son, do A filial son, understand?"

In order to deepen his hypnosis, he deliberately repeated the word "filial son" on both sides.

Lu Chengxi opened his eyes and whispered, "Understood..."

The corner of Chu Ci's lips twitched, "You can fall asleep now, half an hour later, when you hear the knock on the door, wake up immediately."

Lu Chengxi stared straight ahead, "You can fall asleep now, and wake up immediately when you hear the knock on the door..." As he said, he lowered his head and closed his eyes.

After that, Chu Ci followed the same pattern and hypnotized the remaining four people.

After finishing all this, almost half an hour passed.

She breathed a sigh of relief, turned and walked outside.

Outside, Si'er, Yunniang, and Lu Geng had been waiting, seeing her coming out, Yunniang was the first to ask, "Miss, are you done?"

Chu Ci nodded, put her arm around her and said, "I'm a bit out of energy now, please help me back and thank you, I will give the old lady an injection later."

Yun Niang nodded, and was about to walk out while supporting Chu Ci.

Chu Ci gritted his teeth, looked back at Si'er and Lu Geng, and said, "Guard Lu can leave now, Si'er... When we go, you go to the east wing to untie the ropes on the second master and the others, and then Knock on the door a few times to make sure they wake up, and then you can go back to the Cold Courtyard."

"Yes!" Lu Geng and Si'er agreed at the same time.

Chu Ci glanced at them again before being supported by Yun Niang to leave.

When she returned to Dianhanyuan, King Lu Xiaojun had already woken up.

However, due to blood loss, his face was somewhat weak.

Seeing Chu Ci come back, he got up, rushed to meet her, held her hand, and asked anxiously, "What's the matter, is the hypnosis going well?"

Chu Ci wiped off the thin sweat on his forehead, slightly curved his lips, and nodded, "It's going well, the second master and the others will wake up soon."

After finishing speaking, he looked at his complexion carefully, and couldn't help frowning, "Sister, your complexion is so bad today! This can't be done. When grandma wakes up later, she must be worried about you when she sees it!"

"Really?" Lu Xiaojun Wang Chao touched his face, nodded and said, "It's a little cold, how about I apply some of your rouge?"

Chu Ci laughed, "That's not necessary, wait a minute, I'll help you with some good things!" After saying that, he walked to the inner room, took a box from the Duobao Pavilion, opened it, and put the box inside He took one of the red balls and handed it to Lu Xiaojun Wangdao who followed, "Eat this, and your complexion will return to normal soon!"

King Lu Xiaojun took the red pill, took a closer look at it in his hand, and asked suspiciously, "What is this thing!"

"Poison! See the poison that seals the throat with blood!" Chu Ci shot him a look and said casually.

King Lu Xiaojun smiled, threw the red pill up like a peanut, then opened his mouth to take it, chewed it and swallowed it, and said to Chu, "My lady gave it to me, even if it's poison, I'd love it!"

Chu Ci snorted, "Don't be poor! I just hypnotized the second bedroom family, and I spent a lot of energy. Now I am very tired, and I want to catch up on sleep. Remember to call me when the time is right!"

King Lu Xiaojun smiled and put his arms around her shoulders, "Then my husband will accompany you for a while!"

Chu Ci gave him a flirtatious look, but he didn't make up his mind considering the injuries on his body. He nodded, took off his coat, and walked towards the bed.

Seeing this, King Lu Xiaojun hurriedly followed.

The curtain fell, and Chu Ci leaned against King Lu Xiaojun on the inside, and King Lu Xiaojun held her tightly in his arms...the two embraced and fell asleep.

At exactly the right time, King Lu Xiaojun woke up on time.

Outside, it was already bright daylight.

He tilted his head to look at the quiet sleeping face of the little woman beside him, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised.

Remembering that she told him to wake her up, on a whim, he twisted a strand of his hair and scratched her face...

"...Don't make trouble!" Chu Ci was disturbed by Qingmeng, pouted and snorted in displeasure.

King Lu Xiaojun smiled even more intensely, and scratched her most sensitive skin behind the ears.

Now, Chu Ci couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped him over.

King Lu Xiaojun didn't expect her to get up so angry, he subconsciously dodged, and when he turned sideways, he accidentally bumped his injured back into the bedpost.

"Uh..." Chu Ci finally opened his eyes after hearing a muffled groan.

Seeing Duke Lu Xiaojun with rosy cheeks but distorted expression, she was stunned for a cup of tea before she realized and asked, "Did I accidentally hurt you?"

King Lu Xiaojun immediately raised the corners of his mouth, forced a smile and said, "No, I'm fine."

"Is it really okay?" Chu Ci was a little worried.

King Lu Xiaojun turned over and got off the bed, straightened his upper body, shook his head and said, "I'm really fine...it's already time, get up quickly, we should go to Luyou Courtyard."

When Chu Ci thought about what he had to do today, his mood became heavy for no reason.

She responded sullenly, and then asked Yunniang to come in and serve her.

Two quarters of an hour later, Chu Ci tidied up, and forced King Lu Xiaojun to drink a bowl of pork liver soup to replenish his blood, and then they walked towards Luyouyuan holding his arm.

From Dianhan Courtyard to Luyou Courtyard.

The two of them have walked this road many times, but never once, they walked here heavy and slow.

The distance that could have been reached in a quarter of an hour, they procrastinated three times.

Chu Ci was close to King Lu Xiaojun, and she clearly felt his shivering body and his increasingly cold body temperature.

After stopping outside Lu You's courtyard, she turned her head to look at him.

I saw that his face was sad and dignified like never before, his eye circles were already red, and his eyelashes were a little wet.

She sighed silently, gently took his white and delicate hand, and wrapped his tightly clenched fist with her own warm body temperature.Silently reassuring him.

King Lu Xiaojun straightened his body and stood upright like that until the sun rose in the east and golden light shone on the earth.

He exhaled lightly, then looked at Chu Ci, and said hoarsely, "Let's go in."

Chu Ci didn't say anything, and continued to walk in with him.

Inside the house, Nanjun Wang and his wife, the second master's family, and the third master's family are all there.

On the bed, the clothes on the old lady's body were also changed... It was the shroud that the princess of Nanjun had prepared for her a long time ago. It was royal blue, and she looked young, white and tender, with a temperament.

"...Aci, Feng'er, you are here." Nanjun Princess wiped her tears and greeted the two of them.

Chu Ci nodded, bowed again, and led Lu Xiaojun Wang to salute all the elders present.

Because of the hypnosis, the second master and the second wife did not look good, but the corners of their eyes and brows were not as harsh as before, and there was only the sadness that filial sons and daughters-in-law should have.

"A Ci, let's start giving the needle!" After a long silence, Nanjun Wang, the head of the family, opened his mouth to order.

Chu Ci looked at everyone and made sure no one objected, so he said "um", and then walked forward.

Open the medicine box, light up the bronze lamp, unfold the golden needle bag...

After burning the three gold needles on the bronze lamp, she stared intently and stabbed at the three big acupuncture points on the old lady's body...

Two-thirds of the gold needles did not enter the old lady's body.

Seeing this scene, everyone in the dormitory became tense, including the five people in the second room.

Their eyes widened anxiously, with tears in their eyes, they watched the old lady's gradually ruddy face intently.

Time passed minute by minute...

After a few breaths, the old lady coughed lightly and finally woke up.

"Mother!" Nanjun Wang and Nanjun Wangfei, as the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law, were closest to the bed, and when they heard the old lady's cough, they immediately yelled to greet her.

Nanjun Wang helped the old lady and let him lean in his arms.

Princess Nanjun was sitting by the bed, tightly holding the cold and thin hand of the old lady.

As soon as the old lady opened her eyes, she saw the two people in front of her, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, and she called out, "Boss, boss daughter-in-law."

When the King of Nanjun and the Queen of Nanjun heard the old lady's voice, their eyes were red, and tears rolled down like a broken master.

Seeing the two people losing their composure, the old lady laughed, "Silly boy... Mother only has such a little time left to return to the light, do you two want to cry like this? Don't you want to talk to mother?"

The King of Nanjun and Princess Nanjun cried even more after hearing what the old lady said.

The two of them choked with sobs and almost exhausted all their strength to slowly suppress the tears, then raised a smile, looked at the old lady, and said, "Don't cry, we won't cry..."

"Good!" The old lady patted their hands.

Turning his gaze to Chu Ci and King Lu Xiaojun again, he said lovingly, "A Ci, Feng'er...it's great to see you again! Even if grandma closes her eyes for a moment, she will have no regrets... ..."

"Grandmother!" Chu Ci and King Lu Xiaojun knelt down in front of the bed.

The king of Nanjun helped the princess of Nanjun up, and moved out of the place closest to the old lady.

The old lady raised her hand with difficulty, held the hands of the two, and said with tears in her eyes, "You two, in the future, you will be able to live well... live well, live well, and if you can, live well. The prestige of Nanjun Palace has been restored..."

"Feng'er, you were brought up by your grandmother. Your grandmother knows you are a good boy. No one is more filial to your grandmother than you... Don't be sad. After your grandmother is gone, you still have Ah Ci... From now on, you must be good. Waiting for Ah Ci."

"A Ci, I will leave Feng'er to you, so grandma can't rest assured... It's just that grandma is not lucky enough to wait until the child in your womb is born... But, I have prepared all the congratulatory gifts before the child is crowned. After I leave, Bixin will give it to you..."

Chu Ci and Lu Xiaojun Wang heard the old lady's urgency, and they also burst into tears, calling "grandmother" loudly.

The old lady patted the hands of the two of them again, then raised her head to look at the family of the second bedroom and the family of the third bedroom, with a little complexity in her eyes, she said in a low voice, "Second child, third child, mother knows that you have always hated mother and your father Partial... I used to be partial to your elder brother, and then I favored Feng'er."

"But do you know how heavy the burden is on them behind this eccentricity... They want to support the entire county palace. No matter what happens, you have a way out, but they don't. They can only fight with the county palace Live together, die together, honor together, humiliate together...Compared to their heaviness, although you are ordinary, being ordinary is also a great blessing!"

"Mother!" Both the second master and the third master knelt down and crawled towards the old lady on their knees.

The old lady wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at the two of them and said, "By this time, Mother has nothing else to ask for, the only thing she can worry about is you three brothers..."

"Mother, mother, don't worry, from now on we will only follow the elder brother's lead, and we will listen to the elder brother in everything!"

"Yes, mother, we all listen to big brother!"

The second master and the third master scrambled to say.

The two snotted and cried, and they swore and swore.

Seeing this scene, the loneliness and worry in the old lady's eyes finally receded.

She smiled and put the hands of the king of Nanjun, the first master, and the second master together...

"You three brothers, you must be well in the future..."

After explaining it word by word, it seemed as if she had finally reached the end of her strength, she let go of all the strength, and she fell softly backwards...

"Mom!" The roars of the three almost lifted the roof.

But the old lady never opened her eyes again.

Chu Ci held King Lu Xiaojun's hand tightly, and the tears that the two had endured for a long time welled up again.

……

The old lady of Nanjun Wangfu died!
When the news of the funeral spread, almost all the aristocratic families in the entire south of the Yangtze River flocked to the Nanjun Prince's Mansion to offer generous gifts to express their condolences.

Because of her pregnancy, Chu Ci did not show up during the rest period.

I only copy the scriptures of the past life for an hour in the study every day.

It wasn't until she was buried in the coffin that she puffed out her stomach and showed her face once.

Let's talk about the second lady.

She didn't know what folk remedies she used, but she was suddenly poisoned on the third day after the old lady was inactive, and she closed her eyes forever.

The day of burial happened to be the same day as the old lady.

In the mournful calm, a month passed in the blink of an eye.

After the old lady passed away, King Lu Xiaojun recovered from his injuries.

He was finally able to devote all his energy to investigating the incident of the last assassination...and then dragged out the Lian family.

It turned out that on that day, Grandma Lian was ordered by Lian's parents to ask Princess Nanjun for help.

Although she didn't know it herself, Princess Nanjun still blamed her because of this, and the sisterhood ceased from then on.

The Lian family couldn't live with their own crimes, and after another month, they were jointly sued by colleagues in the capital for embezzlement, bribery, and selling officials.

For a while, the Lianjia Building collapsed like a ruin.

Mrs. Sun Shao of the Lian family - Zhang Diefang learned the truth about the uprooting of the Lian family from nowhere, and immediately made a decision to leave the Lian family with her husband Lian Zong and return to the Zhang family.

When she learned about these things, the fetus in Chu Ci's womb was already more than nine months old and was about to give birth.

Under the candlelight, she looked at King Lu Xiaojun who was squatting on the ground to wash her feet, and said with a smile, "You did what happened to the Lian family, right?"

King Lu Xiaojun snorted coldly, "It's the Lian family who committed crimes and cannot survive, so what does it have to do with me!"

The smile in Chu Ci's eyes deepened, and he gently stroked his swollen belly without asking.

Some answers, she just knows in her heart.

King Lu Xiaojun wiped her feet and began to massage her legs again, looking at her stomach while doing it, but, "The baby is about to be born, what's the name, have you figured it out yet?"

Hearing this, Chu Ci glanced at him displeasedly, and snorted, "What do you mean I've made up my mind! As a father, don't you care about it and just sit and wait for the child to grow up and call you father?"

King Lu Xiaojun listened to her complaining, but it was actually a gesture of goodwill.

His eyes really lit up for a moment, and then he approached her with a doggy face and said, "Lady, do you really let your husband choose the name of the child?"

"Otherwise!" Chu Ci glared at him angrily.

King Lu Xiaojun was excited about the naming right of his child, so he couldn't care less about her eyes. After thinking about it for a long time with one hand resting his chin, he suddenly said, "My nickname is Erxin, how about it?"

Elsin...

Hearing the name, Chu Ci did not immediately answer his question, but looked thoughtfully at his index finger, which was still gnawing, and said with disgust, "If I remember correctly, after you wash your feet , didn’t you wash your hands?”

The implication is, are you directly eating my feet?
Hearing what she said, King Lu Xiaojun looked indifferent, "I think other people's wives are dirty, but my own wives... are all fragrant!"

Chu Ci: "..."

Lu Yifeng, a double-standard dog, she was speechless.

"My lady... You haven't said anything yet, what about the name Erxin?" Lu Xiaojun asked again impatiently.

Chu Ci thought for a while, and said, "Er is half of your surname, and Xin is half of my name... that's pretty good! It's just that the nickname is this, what about the big name?"

Lu Yifeng's eyes shone brightly and said, "Baby's generation should be from Yuzi's generation, why not call him Lu Yuzhang, Zhang of Longzhang Fengzi."

Chu Ci chewed on these two names, smiled at him, and said rather sentimentally, "If you like it, Mr. Xianggong, I will like it!"

Hearing her confession so blatantly, Lu Yifeng blushed and his heart moved, and he stepped forward to embrace her in his arms and kiss her.

But who knows, Chu Ci's expression suddenly changed before reaching out his hand.

"Chu Xiaoci, what's the matter with you?" In a hurry, he called her by the same name he had just had when he was in love with her.

Chu Ci's face turned pale from the pain, he looked up at him, pinched his arm, and said word by word, "I'm afraid... I'm going to give birth!"

(End of this chapter)