Mistress

Chapter 34

Aunt Ji fainted from crying, Li Yan was dumbfounded, what's going on?
Mrs. Tai is usually very indifferent to Aunt Ji, and she doesn't even say much. Logically, it is impossible for Aunt Ji to have deep feelings for Mrs. Tai. Why is she so sad?If she played it for Xu Cheng on purpose, she doesn't look like that at all.

Although Li Yan is not an extremely sensitive person, she can tell that she is not pretending to be dizzy. It is quite difficult to pretend to be dizzy.

Xu Cheng waved his hand, and ordered Aunt Ji to be carried back, and told Dr. Zeng to go.In fact, he was also a little puzzled, because he hated the affair between Aunt Ji and the emperor, so he refused to touch her.As for the fact that she was pregnant, he really didn't know so soon.Unexpectedly, Aunt Ji fainted when she saw Mrs. Tai passed away. Xu Cheng felt very strange. There must be something hidden in it, so he would not be so stupid as to think that Aunt Ji was really sad for Mrs. Tai.

Because Xu Cheng had already made preparations before, the funeral was carried out in an orderly manner, and the mourning hall was quickly set up, and all matters were arranged by Xu Cheng.

Li Yan only needs to be responsible for kneeling beside Xu Cheng and weeping with her all the time.Not long after, Aunt Song and a group of children heard the sound and joined the crying team.

Aunt Song knelt behind Li Yan, crying bitterly for a while, and then sobbing when she got tired.The children all cried sadly, and they were all true, but Zhang Yuliu's son and daughter cried the most, because they had just lost their mother's support a few days ago, and now that the big backer of Mrs. Tai has fallen again, they Cry for your future situation.

Li Yan found that Xu Xiao, the son-in-law, was very different from Zhang Yuliu's two children. He didn't cry out loud, but the tears flowed down one after another, and they never stopped.Mrs. Tai was usually indifferent to him, Li Yan felt that it was rare for him to be so sad.But with such a genuine temperament, he will inevitably encounter many difficulties in the future, and Li Yan has to worry about this son.

Miss Xu Jun was not as heartbroken as her younger brother, she just sobbed a few times, then knelt aside and said nothing.She doesn't like her grandmother. Although she is sad at this time, it will never be so painful, and she doesn't like to put on a show, and she doesn't care whether others talk or not.

Li Yan could more or less feel that Li Nianyun raised his children very freely in the past, so they didn't care too much about other people's winks. They were all sincere and good children, but they were easily bullied and deceived by others.Li Yan turned her head and peeked at the eldest son of the concubine, Xu Jun, and saw that he was crying hard and gnashing his teeth, his heart should be filled with pain and resentment.

Li Yan couldn't help feeling uncomfortable all over, feeling that the child's hatred was aimed at her.Sure enough, Xu Jun looked at Li Yan with hatred in his eyes, and seeing Li Yan was looking at him, he hurriedly suppressed his hatred, leaving only eyes full of sorrow.

For a ten-year-old child to have such complicated emotions, Li Yan couldn't help feeling that this Xu Jun must have inherited Zhang Yuliu's temperament, and he would be a ruthless character when he grows up.

Not long after, the second master Xu Ze's family rushed over. Xu Ze was just mourning, while his wife and concubines were crying.After that came Prince Bao and Xu Jing. Prince Bao was a noble prince, so of course he didn't have to kneel.He offered a few sticks of incense, bowed, and left alone, leaving behind his beautiful wife Xu Jing.

Immediately afterwards Wu and her children also came.Xu Xiuyuan and Xu Wu couldn't cry, so Wu secretly reached out and pinched them. They grinned in pain and could only pretend to cry.After that, hundreds of servants knelt in the yard and cried, and the whole prime minister's mansion was full of weeping and whimpering.

After nearly an hour of tossing like this, Li Yan was already thirsty and hungry, so Nanny Cui got up from the ground outside the yard and brought tea for Li Yan.Li Yan drank a bowl in one gulp, when she saw Dr. Zeng running from outside, she looked flustered, and whispered something in Xu Cheng's ear.

Aunt Ji was carried to the Qiushui Pavilion just after she fainted, and Dr. Zeng immediately went there.Seeing his flustered expression, Li Yan guessed, could it be that Aunt Ji has serious symptoms?
Li Yan couldn't hear what Dr. Zeng was whispering, so she looked closely at Xu Cheng's face, and saw that his face was getting tighter and tighter, the veins on his forehead were bulging, and his eyes were shining coldly, which made people look at him involuntarily. Body chills.Xu Cheng finally understood why Aunt Ji was so impatient to climb on top of him, and also why she fainted before entering the door just now. She really did something shameful, the ghost hadn't knocked on the door before, she Scared half of my life.

At this moment, Zhang Chun, the attendant, brought a cup of tea to Xu Cheng, who took it and drank three gulps, then let out a sigh of relief, and said to Dr. Zeng, "Don't say anything about this beforehand. I'll deal with her in a few days."

Dr. Zeng retreated tremblingly, then knelt down in the yard with his head bowed.

Although no one records where Xu Cheng usually rests every night, he did not spend the night at Qiushui Pavilion after returning from Jiaoyang City, and the whole family knows about this.Therefore, Dr. Zeng was overwhelmed with fright because of Aunt Ji's Ximai.He originally thought that Xu Cheng would become furious, and then ordered Aunt Ji to be dragged to beat her with a cane, make her abort, and then sell her.If they were beaten to death on the spot, they would be wrapped up in broken mats and dragged out to be buried.

Unexpectedly, although Xu Cheng was angry, he just told him not to show off. Doctor Zeng deeply felt that he was stupid and did not understand the foresight and foresight of the Prime Minister.

Seeing that Xu Cheng's expression gradually calmed down, Li Yan asked in a low voice: "Master, what's wrong with Aunt Ji, is she still awake?"

Xu Cheng looked at Li Yan's eyes that were red and swollen from crying, and said calmly, "She's fine, you don't have to worry about her."

Li Yan let out an "oh", and couldn't ask any more questions.Xu Cheng knelt by the brazier and kept burning papers, remembering how his mother loved him when he was a child, and how his mother often took the three of them to study together, and often took them out to play. The mother and son laughed happily together. It went over and over in his mind.He didn't want to recall the many disagreements between mother and child in the past few years. He hoped that he could always remember the beautiful scenes.

The second master, Xu Ze, knelt opposite to Xu Cheng. Seeing his elder brother burning paper money for his mother, he walked over with a mournful expression and accompanied his elder brother to burn it.His tears fell on the burning paper, the flames dimmed, and then sprang up again in an instant.

The room was so flickeringly bright and dark, and there were bursts of weeping and whimpering. Mrs. Tai should have drank Meng Po soup and passed the Naihe Bridge smoothly.Several stacks of paper money were burned, and Madam Tai probably spent several years in the underworld.

Until midnight, everyone was really tired, so Xu Cheng asked the people in the dining hall to prepare meals.Those kneeling in the mourning hall can also rest for a while. Although they can't get up, at least they don't have to cry, and the servants can come over and pass water to their masters.

After the meals in the dining hall are ready, except for those who are on duty, other people can go back to eat and sleep, because there is also a class of monks who sing scriptures to guard, so there is really no need for hundreds of people to kneel in the Cui Song Yuan.

In fact, it was already three quarters of Yin time, and it would be dawn within an hour after going back to sleep.

Li Yan was really tired and sleepy, she had no appetite to eat at all.Not to mention that all the masters are so tired that their legs are numb and unable to walk, even the servants who usually do rough work are complaining in their hearts, because after kneeling for several hours at a stretch, their knees have long since lost consciousness.

Li Yan rubbed her numb legs, supported by Nanny Cui and Qi'er, she was going to go back to Jinxiu Courtyard and go straight to sleep, so she didn't bother to eat.Brothers Xu Cheng and Xu Ze were still kneeling there, not intending to get up, but Xu Jing was helped by the maids to eat and sleep, and the Wu family had cried enough and left.

At this time, the second master Xu Ze's wife and concubine walked over to help Xu Ze go back, but Xu Ze shook his sleeves sullenly, and the two of them didn't seem to dare to pester him anymore, so they followed him, and they walked together with their heads bowed out.

Cui Nanny said in a low voice: "Madam, why don't you persuade the master to rest for a while, here is the second master, there are a few people on duty and dozens of monks who sing scriptures, if the master doesn't go to sleep for a while, how can we survive tomorrow?" live?"

Li Yan shook her head and said: "No need, Master is strong and can hold on. Besides, even if I go to persuade him, he may not listen to me, let's go."

Although Nanny Cui felt sorry for the master, she couldn't keep her mouth shut.Walking outside Cui Song Courtyard, Li Yan suddenly paused, thinking about something.

Nanny Cui was already very sleepy, she yawned and asked, "What's wrong Ma'am, let's go back and rest quickly."

"Nurse, it seems that you have to work hard to go home and sleep. You asked Ma Xing to secretly watch Qiushui Pavilion to see if there are any outsiders coming in and out." Li Yan told the black shadow that Ma Xing said last time I have been worried.

Nanny Cui was still dazed and staring just now, but when Li Yan said this, she also regained consciousness a little bit, and said in agreement: "Madam is very thoughtful, Aunt Ji fainted, if that person gets close to her, he must I came to see her."

Nanny Cui immediately went to the northwest side courtyard to find Ma Xing, and Qi'er helped Li Yan back to Jinxiu courtyard.

Aunt Ji, who was lying on the heated kang at this moment, was already very anxious.When Dr. Zeng took her pulse, she was still awake. When she woke up, Dr. Zeng had already left, and Ying'er brought the boiled medicine to her.

She was so frightened that she overturned the medicine bowl, grabbed Ying'er's hand and asked anxiously, "Dr. Zeng took my pulse just now? What did he say?"

Ying'er thought she was just worried about her health, so she smiled obediently, and comforted her: "Auntie, Doctor Zeng said that you fainted after hearing the bad news, as long as you drink a few doses of tranquilizers, you will be fine, your body is in good condition, Don't worry too much."

Aunt Ji was dubious, "Did he say anything else?"

Ying'er shook her head, then bent down to clean up the broken medicine bowl.Qiaoer, who had been standing by the side all the time, had already refilled a bowl of soup and stood in front of Aunt Ji.Aunt Ji hesitated again and again, but she still didn't dare to take the medicine, she waved her hand impatiently and said: "Put it aside, I'll drink it later, Qiaoer, don't wait here, go to sleep."

Qiao'er was too sleepy for a long time, and after hearing this, she hurried out.

Ying'er cleaned up the place, and then took out the onyx filial piety clothes sent by the steward. She put on a coarse one herself, and brought another finely sewn one, and waited for Aunt Ji to put it on.

Although Aunt Ji was wearing an onyx filial piety dress, she still couldn't hide her delicate face, but her face was slightly pale and her lips were light pink.Looking at the color, she was even more anxious, she was reluctant to abort the fetus in her womb, she had long wanted to have a royal heir, this was her biggest wish in the past few years.

But if she still has the fetus, can Xu Cheng keep her alive?Can the entire prime minister's mansion accommodate her?
Thinking of this, her heart was like a mess, she couldn't get it out, and she couldn't make sense of it.Looking up again, I saw Ying'er coming with a bowl of bird's nest.

Aunt Ji rolled her eyes and got an idea.

(End of this chapter)