concubine daughter

Chapter 39 Preparations (1)
During the recovery period in May, Man Qing's pain gradually faded away. The person who hurt the child was still not found out. Man Qing has been secretly investigating. Although there was a suspicious person, but because there was no evidence, she did not expose it for a long time.

Hongzhen ordered the people in Liuxiangyuan not to mention the child's affairs, and the servants naturally did not dare to make mistakes, which is one of the reasons why Manqing was able to recover.

Back then, Man Qing only kept Lian Wu and Yun Zhi by her side for the sake of purity, but now that the children are lost, Hai Tang, Yao Qin and Liang Chu naturally returned to the room and were promoted to second-class servants.

Yun Zhi and Lian Wu are both first-class maidservants, serving Man Qing attentively; Hai Tang is as calm and sensible as before, calm in situations; Yao Qin is more charming, lively and cheerful; Quiet and amazing.

"Yunzhi, Lord Hou's birthday is coming, have you prepared the birthday gift?" In order to keep Hongzhen's heir apparent, Manqing invited herself to be a "housekeeper", taking care of the expenses and accounts temporarily, and she was no longer as leisurely as before.

Yunzhi took out a big box, and replied with a smile, "Of course it's ready, Lord Hou's birthday, we can't neglect it."

"Grandma's birthday gift is so ingenious this time, Master Hou will definitely be full of praise and reward grandma." Lian Wu fantasized happily, the scissors in his hand almost cut his own flesh.

Man Qing also smiled sweetly, "Poor mouth."

In the center of Yuanliu, Jun Xi and Hong Jie were also worrying about birthday gifts. Lord Hou has no shortage of gold, silver and jewels, so he absolutely cannot give away those mundane things, especially women. Lord Hou is too old to get close to women.

"Let's not talk about the birthday gift." Jun Xi put down the book of gifts, and patted his forehead in distress. "Although the throne has been restored, my lord, we still have many enemies? Are you afraid that they will take action at this birthday banquet?" ?”

Hongjie looked at Liben, and replied casually, "Naturally, I am worried. It is necessary to be on guard against others."

"Then what are you going to do?" Jun Xi picked up the topics she liked to talk about and chatted with Hong Jie, her eyes fixed on Hong Jie's wanton and handsome face.

"There are thousands of tricks to harm people, and we have to stay the same." Hongjie put down the gift book, "I know what to give."

"what?"

Some time ago, Hong Chao temporarily left Hou's mansion due to illness, but now he came back to take advantage of the approaching birthday banquet, and logically returned to Yongyi's mansion.

Hong Chao went to Xiangyi Residence at the first time, and there were too many people, so he entered Xiangyi Residence on the grounds that he was delivering a message for the third wife.

Coincidentally, Hong Zhen had just left, and after Lian Wu informed Hong Chao, Man Qing came to the outer room, saw Hong Chao and his servant Yu Yi, and saluted, "Master Biao is well."

Hong Chao was wearing a plain white translucent outer shirt, and the inner shirt was light blue, which made the clothes extraordinarily clean and gave people a sense of nobility.Hong Chao's skin is not white, but his facial features are so correct and full of heroism.

Man Qing also wore a translucent white shirt today, with plum blossoms embroidered on it, and a purple dress inside, which was half hidden by the white shirt, making her fair and smooth skin even more attractive.

"Cousin is well." Hong Chao got up to return the salute, and bowed his head embarrassingly, "Last time... I offended you so much, please forgive me."

Man Qing only smiled politely, "You don't have to take it to heart. I heard from Lian Wu that you are here to pass on a message? The third lady is really a concubine, so why bother me to come in person to pass on a message?"

"Your brother and sister are serious, it's just a message, it should be." Hong Chao never dared to look up at Man Qing, even though he really wanted to see it, but it was hard to look up at Man Qing as a wife.

Man Qing asked Yun Zhi to serve tea, "Does the Third Madam have any orders?"

"Oh," Hong Chao paused, "The mother-in-law asked the younger siblings to visit her more often in Yongyi Mansion, saying that the younger siblings are deeply in her heart. In addition, she even gave the younger siblings a necklace."

Yu Yi presented a box, opened it, and found an agate necklace lying in it.

It is not yet known who gave the necklace, so Man Qing naturally did not dare to take it indiscriminately, so she declined, "The third lady is interested, but I have never liked agate, but this is the wish of the lady after all..."

Hong Chao hurriedly got up and put the lid on, "Don't force it, since the siblings don't like it, I can ask my aunt to change it. What do the siblings like?"

Man Qing understood what Hong Chao meant, and she dared not accept this gift, so she said, "Master Biao is well aware of the relationship between Qin Xi's Mansion and Yong Yi Mansion, if..." Man Qing half-spoken, "I'm afraid It's not good."

"Hmm... the younger siblings are more thoughtful." Hong Chao failed to deliver the gift, and went back disappointed.

At night, Yunzhi waits for Man Qing to fall asleep, but Man Qing suffers from insomnia.

"Yunzhi, when my mother had a miscarriage, it must have been very painful. The body hurt and the heart hurt even more." Hongzhen was afraid that Manqing would think of the miscarriage, so he specially changed the decorations, but he didn't expect Manqing to bring up the old story again.

Yunzhi didn't know how to answer for a while, so she had to change the subject, "It's late summer, and the lotus flowers are blooming beautifully. Let's go to Qinyuan to see the lotus flowers someday, okay?"

"It's late summer, if there is no miscarriage, the child should be born, right?" Man Qing said without a trace of tone, "I'm not sad, it's been so long, and I'm numb."

Seeing Man Qing's still calm expression, Yun Zhi was worried, they had been together since childhood, how could she not see Man Qing's sadness?It's just that I can't bring up Man Qing's sadness, so I just said lightly, "It's fine if you don't feel sad, then don't mention it."

"Suddenly I miss my mother so much." Man Qing's eyes were empty, as terrifying as before five months ago.

Yun Zhi could only follow her words, "Okay, let's go to the General's Mansion tomorrow." These days, Man Qing always returns to Ning, either because she misses her mother or her father, which shows that she is still sad in her heart.

"Yunzhi, sometimes I think we look alike, with the same nose and same lips, what do you think?" Man Qing suddenly changed the subject.

Yunzhi was about to be happy, but when she heard this sentence, she pulled her face down again. "Grandma, don't talk nonsense, grandma has a noble status, how can a servant compare to it?" Yunzhi said in a reproachful tone, and slowly lowered her head.

Man Qing stretched out her hand to let Yun Zhi look up, "Look at me, do we look alike?"

"It's not like..." Yunzhi's uneasy emotions surfaced on the surface.

"I think resemblance is fine, why don't we make a vow?" Man Qing opened a smile, "Just to comfort my sad emotions, let's make a vow, shall we?"

(End of this chapter)