Mistress

Chapter 26

Xu Cheng came to Cuishongyuan, and saw that his mother's complexion was as usual, and he felt a little strange.

Mrs. Tai was sitting on the kang, Mrs. Wang was beating her legs for her, and Meng'er was outside the house chopping firewood and making medicine with a few poor maids.Seeing Xu Cheng coming in, Mrs. Tai tried harder to cheer up.

Xu Cheng walked by the kang and reached out to hold her wrist.

"Cheng'er, Doctor Zeng took my pulse just now, and my pulse is very stable, so you don't have to worry. What I vomited was the stagnant blood in my body, so it just dredged the blood vessels, which is actually beneficial to my body."

Xu Cheng frowned in thought. He had learned a lot of medical skills from an old doctor in Jiaoyang City. In addition, he had read medical books just now, and it was aimed at hematemesis. From his point of view, his mother's vomit did not seem to be congested blood. .But Mrs. Tai is in good spirits, and she doesn't look like she is seriously ill.

Xu Cheng knew that Dr. Zeng's medical skills were not good, and he himself didn't know much about it, "Mother, can I invite the Imperial Physician Zhang from the palace to diagnose you tomorrow? He is the most important imperial physician of the emperor, and his medical skills are superb..."

Mrs. Tai waved her hand and interrupted him, "Don't worry about it. I know my body. Didn't I say that I can live another 30 years! The most important thing now is to find a way to save your uncle's family. , if his family is in trouble, it won't do the Xu family any good."

Xu Cheng looked at his mother, a gloomy light flashed in his eyes, and he asked after a dull moment: "Mother, Zhang Yuliu pushed everything on you in order to save his life, why do you still help Zhang's family, just because your aunt and his wife Cousins?"

Mrs. Tai suddenly lost her eyesight and felt very tight in her chest. She knew that she would not survive for a few days, and wanted to fight for her sister's family before she died.She pretended nothing had happened, and gave a wry smile, "Cheng'er, Yuliu is my niece, so what if I'm angry, should I curse her?"

Even though her heart ached as if a piece of flesh had been gouged out by Zhang Yuliu, she still had to hold on to it.She really didn't expect that she lived most of her life, and she didn't die when her son was in danger for two months, but in the end she would die on the niece she had always loved.

Mrs. Wang brought the medicine and was about to feed Mrs. Tai to drink it, but Xu Cheng took it.

When Mrs. Tai saw that her son was going to feed her medicine with her own hands, she was filled with emotion, and sighed quietly, "You read those two letters I wrote, don't you hate me?"

Xu Cheng kept silent, saying that hatred was out of the question, but anger was certain.How can he not be angry that his mother framed Xiao'er and Li Nianyun behind his back, that is, Mrs. Tai's own grandson and daughter-in-law?If this matter really succeeds, Xiao'er and Li Nianyun will have no place in the mansion and will be kicked out of the mansion.

Xu Cheng gave Madam Tai a few sips of medicine, and then slowly said: "Mother, Madam has always respected you and treated you like a mother. Although Xiao'er is not familiar with the world, and may not be willing to work hard at reading, but he has at least one Sincere heart, why can't you tolerate their mother and son? After all, it's just because you always think that their mother and son took the position of Zhang Yuliu and Jun'er. Advise Zhang Yuliu to keep herself safe, and what happened today will not happen, and she will not be imprisoned. She is half responsible for what she has achieved today."

Xu Cheng felt that the words might be a bit harsh, but he had tried his best to restrain himself, otherwise he would have spoken more bluntly.He was afraid that Mrs. Tai would be angry, so he changed the topic tactfully, "But with Zhang Yuliu's temperament, even if mother doesn't condone her, and her father provokes her, she will inevitably cause trouble."

Mrs. Tai was alluded to by her son's words, and she suddenly realized that everything that happened today was indeed half of her fault.

After drinking the medicine, she pretended that she was fine, sat up straight, and asked Mrs. Wang to tell her a joke.In order not to make Xu Cheng pay too much attention to her body, she even asked Meng'er to go to the dining hall to urge dinner, saying that she was hungry.

"Cheng'er, go back and rest, it's too late today and you can't go to the palace, so go tomorrow morning. I don't have anything to do here, so don't stay here."

Xu Cheng was dubious about Mrs. Tai's actions, he was not so easily deceived.But as soon as Mrs. Tai urged him to leave, seeing that he was very impatient staying here, he had no choice but to back out.

Xu Cheng hadn't gone a few steps before Mrs. Tai let out a "wow" and vomited blood all over the floor again.She felt extremely remorse and self-blame, and she was about to spit out a mouthful of blood just now, so she kept urging Xu Cheng to leave quickly.As soon as Xu Cheng went out, she couldn't hold back anymore.

Seeing that Mrs. Wang was about to scream, she said in a low and stern voice, "Don't shout!"

Mrs. Wang turned pale with fright and was at a loss.Mrs. Tai continued her lie, "This is the blood stagnated by a long illness. It is better to spit it out. Dr. Zeng said it before, didn't you hear it clearly? Don't report it to the master, and you won't be allowed to wait for Meng'er to come over." Tell her, this girl has been by my side for several months, and she still can't hold her breath at all."

The mansion was quiet and peaceful that night, and it seemed peaceful and serene, as if the tumult of the past few days had finally settled.Both Xu Cheng and Li Yan had a good night's rest.

In the early morning of the next day, Xu Cheng visited Cui Song Courtyard again, and saw Mrs. Tai was in good spirits, enjoying her breakfast, so he was relieved and went to court wholeheartedly.

The day was busy with political affairs, the emperor discussed with the ministers all morning, two of which were how to deal with King Zhaoxin and Zhang Guangli.To Xu Cheng's surprise, the emperor didn't let Xu Cheng say a word about Zhang Guangli.

Maybe the emperor is helping him to separate the relationship, the left and right are for Xu Cheng's good, the ministers all think so.Xu Cheng's mind is not so simple, he is very clear about the emperor's thoughts, but he is just pretending to be stupid.

After discussing a few important matters, the emperor suddenly said without warning that Xu Cheng had made great achievements, and he would make Xu Cheng a Marquis on a good day, and asked the ministers if they had any objections.

The merits of Xu Cheng are on the table, whoever dares to say no to the ministers, all praise Xu Cheng for his success and fame, and the title of Marquis has long been expected, and then they all expressed their joy to him.

Xu Cheng happily accepted everyone's congratulations, but he was a little sad in his heart. How could he not understand the truth that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, which has not changed since ancient times.

The court came near noon, and then there was some important business at the military aircraft office, so he had to eat at the military aircraft office, and then he was busy all afternoon, and he didn't return home until evening.

After dinner, he went to Cui Song Courtyard again, seeing Mrs. Tai was still in good spirits, his doubts were dispelled, and seeing her drinking the medicine in peace, he withdrew.

Originally in the morning, he wanted to invite the imperial doctor Zhang from the palace to see Mrs. Tai, but after going through the incident, he planned to wait a day or two before talking, because the emperor just said that he would make him a marquis, so he used the emperor's Imperial doctor, something is out of date.At this time, he saw that his mother was in good condition again, and he felt that it would not be too late to see her again in a day or two.

After returning to Zhihui Hall, he took a bath, put on loose home clothes, and came to Jinxiu Courtyard.As he walked along the way, Li Yan's face kept flashing in his mind.

This first wife, he didn't use much affection before, and of course he didn't treat him lightly, he just got along with him in a normal way.But this time when he came back, he always felt that she was different from the past, and that feeling couldn't be explained.It wasn't just because her figure and face were thinner, which gave him a new vision, but her tone of voice, smile, and posture all seemed to have changed subtly.

Tonight, he will stay overnight in Jinxiu Courtyard.

Before Xu Cheng came in, Li Yan had already had her dinner, and was forced to take a bath in the bathtub by Nanny Cui, Qi'er, and Qing'er.It's not that Li Yan doesn't want to wash, but she doesn't want them to wait for her to wash.Not only did the few of them not leave, but they also came over to add water for her and massage her body, saying that it was to make her qi and blood more active.

It is not unusual for there to be many flower petals in the tub, but Mammy Cui poured two large bowls of human milk into it, which shocked her quite a bit.

It's really no exaggeration, it's indeed human milk, she saw a wet nurse squeeze it out of her body!

In order not to be abrupt, Li Yan had no choice but to follow them.After washing, they wiped Li Yan's body carefully, and then put on an extremely soft and slippery pajamas for her, and a thick feather satin gown outside.

Just give her two pieces in winter?Is it for the convenience of undressing later?

But Li Yan really didn't feel cold, it seemed that this feather satin Luan robe was very warm.Li Yan was sitting by the brazier reading a book, and Qier fanned her hair carefully behind her, her movements were extremely gentle, for fear of blowing Li Yan cold.

After the hair was dry, Qi'er tied up a few strands of hair on both sides of Li Yan's ears, and wore them around the rest of the hair.Qi'er couldn't help but praised: "Madam's hair is black and smooth, so pretty."

Nanny Cui nodded in satisfaction, "Isn't that right, Madam doesn't look like a 27-year-old at all. Look at this face, with a blush in the white, like a big girl, you don't need any makeup."

Li Yan put the book aside, "Don't keep praising me, but any woman should look a little bit more beautiful after taking a shower."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Xueer report outside, "Madam, the master is here."

Li Yan was calm just now, but when she heard that Xu Cheng had arrived, her little heart suddenly jumped.She got up ignorantly and came to the door to greet her. Before she had time to think about how to face it, Xu Cheng had already entered her sight.

Xu Cheng first looked up and down at her dress, and then those deep pair of clothes were fixed on her face.He felt that the expression in Madam's eyes was not the same as in the past, it was not as calm and stable as before, but it was a bit mysterious, a bit apprehensive and shy.

Xu Cheng couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, took her hand, sat down on the plush couch with her, and then looked into her clear eyes, "Madam doesn't seem to welcome me, are you born with me?"

Feeling his warm palm, Li Yan nodded slightly, and hesitantly said: "Is there...is there? It may be that the master has not...not sat with Dean Jinxiu for more than two months, so he is a little... uncomfortable."

Xu Cheng exerted a little force on Li Yan's hand, holding Li Yan's hand even tighter.He raised his head and swept around the room, and Nanny Cui, Qi'er, and Qing'er retreated knowingly.

There were only the two of them left in the room, and Xu Cheng stroked her soft, smooth hair with his hands, seeming to enjoy the silky smooth feeling.

Li Yan's body was a little stiff, she was really not used to being touched by him like this, and her hand was also held by him.But Xu Cheng is her husband, in his eyes, maybe he thinks this is nothing more than normal.

what to do?Li Yan was very anxious. Although she had a good impression of Xu Cheng and even fell in love with him, she couldn't accept the sudden closeness of the two of them.

But the two of them are husband and wife, if she is awkward and too hypocritical, what should I do!

(End of this chapter)