Mistress

Chapter 36

Li Yan replied: "You fainted on the spot when you heard the bad news yesterday. I'm afraid Mrs. Tai really can't feel at ease. She passed away suddenly, and she doesn't want the younger generations to hurt themselves because of her. You don't have to force yourself."

Aunt Ji choked, and was thinking about how to respond to the words, but she heard a duck voice outside, "The emperor is here!"

When the emperor heard about Madam Tai's sudden death, he did not go to court. Instead, he found an excuse and ordered Dr. Zhang to be imprisoned, because Physician Zhang came to see Mrs. Tai half a month ago, but he did not tell him about Mrs. Tai's condition. report.As the emperor, he was deceived by others, so that Aunt Ji got pregnant at an untimely time, how could he not be furious?
He made a fuss in the harem, scaring all the concubines to kneel together, and then he came to worship Mrs. Tai.Mrs. Ye is the widow of the old Duke, the prime minister and the mother of Marquis An Le, the emperor must come, Xu Cheng has long been mentally prepared.

Xu Cheng led the whole family around and knelt outside the door.The servants in the courtyard even put their heads on the ground. Although they dare not look up at the majestic guard of honor of the emperor, they can still feel the majestic aura. Some timid servants even trembled like chaff. .

"Pingshen." The emperor murmured, and then walked straight into the mourning hall.When he came in, he didn't look for Xu Cheng first, but to see where Aunt Ji was kneeling.

When Aunt Ji heard that the emperor was coming, she raised her head slightly and looked towards the door.The emperor found Aunt Ji, but only glanced at her, then came to Xu Cheng's side, helped him up, held his hand tightly, and persuaded him to mourn.

When the emperor offered incense to Mrs. Tai, everyone had to kowtow.The emperor's personal eunuch, Eunuch Jia, walked past Aunt Ji while everyone was kowtowing, and quickly stuffed something into her hand.

Aunt Ji hesitated first, and then stuffed the thing into her sleeve in surprise. She guessed that the emperor must have a good plan, and she will be able to enter the palace soon!
The emperor put on three sticks of incense in succession, after which Xu Cheng led the emperor to the main hall in front.The two monarchs and ministers narrated some words in the main hall. In fact, the emperor advised Xu Cheng to take care of his health and not to be too sad, and not to worry about the affairs of the court, but to take care of the funeral of Mrs. Tai with peace of mind.Then it was Xu Cheng who thanked the emperor again and again for his concern. The emperor's visit to the door in person was a great favor from the emperor, so he couldn't do without Xu Cheng.

After the emperor left, it was almost noon, and Li Yan was finally able to return to Jinxiu Courtyard.After lunch, Li Yan lay down on the heated Kang for a while, while Cui Mammy sat beside her and took a nap.

Li Yan was drowsy, suddenly woke up, and asked Cui Mama, "Aunt Ji has been serving Ying'er close by these days, didn't she belong to Zhang Chun's family before?"

Cui Momo rubbed her eyes and said: "The Zhang Chun family is kneeling in Cui Song Yard today and complaining to me in a low voice, saying that Aunt Ji didn't want to look at her these two days, and she didn't ask her to work. At noon, she gave Ying'er the extra money that was supposed to be hers, and later said that Aunt Ji would send her out of Qiushui Pavilion as soon as Madam Tai's first seven days passed, and she would follow Madam to arrange her. In my opinion, Aunt Ji The Chen Hao who wins over the master must be because the master does not go to Qiushui Pavilion, Aunt Ji has hated the master, so she thinks about spying on the master, maybe she will betray the master someday."

Li Yan couldn't tell what she guessed about the emperor and Aunt Ji, so she concentrated a little bit, and an idea came to her mind, and said, "Since Zhang Chun's family can stay in Qiushui Pavilion for a few days, you should ask her to pay more attention to Aunt Ji and Aunt Ji." Yinger. But we should pay more attention to everything that is good for the master. Tell Zhang Chun's family that when she leaves Qiushui Pavilion, I will definitely arrange a good job for her, so that she will be more attentive."

Nanny Cui nodded, "It's still madam who is considerate. I'll pass this on to Zhang Chun's family in the afternoon. Alas, the master has one wife and three concubines, all of whom are well-known, and all of them are of extraordinary appearance. Zhang Yuliu will live a happy life." However, she had to give birth to a moth, so she was assigned, and Aunt Ji started to harbor evil intentions again. She really has no life! Men in the capital envy the master for having such a blessing, but only the wife treats the master wholeheartedly. There is no selfishness at all. In the past, the master didn't seem to understand his wife's heart. Although he treated you more favorably than concubines, he was always not warm. But these days, the master seems to be interested in his wife, although he only comes every day. Dinner at Jinxiu Courtyard, but his eyes and demeanor are not the same as before."

"How is it different?" Li Yan asked.

"It's just...it's different, I can't say it well. In the past, even if the master rested with the wife, his eyes were indifferent and he spoke very little. But these days, the lady doesn't feel that the master talks to you more than before. Is it?"

Li Yan couldn't compare at all, she didn't know the daily things Xu Cheng and Li Nianyun got along with before, she smiled slightly, nodded and said: "It seems... there are more, maybe the master also understands who is the most sincere to him. .”

In fact, Li Yan still felt that there was very little talking between them.In this way, Xu Cheng had very few exchanges with Li Nianyun before.

Cui Momo said with joy: "Master finally understands Madam's intentions, and there will be no Madam embarrassing Madam in the future, and I will be able to live a good life in the future."

Li Yan deliberately glared at Nanny Cui, pouted and said: "You have to restrain yourself, if the master sees that you are still happy on the day when Mrs. Tai is in funeral, you will be so angry that you will pass it on."

As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, she heard footsteps outside, and then Xue Er reported, "Madam, the master is here."

Li Yan and Cui Momo were tongue-tied at the same time, Cui Momo rushed to the door to greet her, Li Yan also lifted the quilt and got up.

Xu Cheng's face was gloomy, suffering from grief and exhaustion, his usual expression was also covered up.He said softly: "Xue'er is still so ignorant. I winked at her and said nothing, lest she startle you. She didn't understand, so she reported it. Ma'am, you should lie down quickly and don't catch a cold. This morning you But busy."

Li Yan thought to herself, fortunately Xueer didn't understand his wink and reported it, otherwise he would be so embarrassed to hear Cui Momo's words.

Nanny Cui bowed to Xu Cheng and went out.Li Yan helped Xu Cheng to sit down on the edge of the kang, and said: "The fire is burning in the room, I am not cold. You stayed up all night, lie down quickly, I have to go to Cui Song Yuan, I am worried if you are not there The second brother and Guanshi Lin are too busy, so there should be quite a few people coming in the afternoon."

Li Yan picked up her coat and was about to put it on, when Xu Cheng held her hand and refused to let her wear it, saying: "Ma'am, you are in a hurry, there is no guest coming to worship in the afternoon, and the second brother also went back to rest, You can just lie down for a while. Tonight you have to perform an hour-long kneeling ceremony, and you will be even busier tomorrow morning. In addition to greeting guests, you also have to arrange the funeral banquet with Manager Lin for the day after tomorrow. There are more than 200 guests coming, so don't make any mistakes in the rows of seats."

Li Yan was terrified when she heard that, it seemed that she would be so tired that she would lose a layer of skin this week!She responded one by one, nodding her head, seeing that Xu Cheng wanted to lie down, she stretched out her hand to undress him.

After staying here for so many days, watching Qier dress and undress her usually, she also learned how to do it.She took off the onyx filial piety first for Xu Cheng, and then took off the padded robe for him, and Xu Cheng did the rest by himself, "Ma'am, you are tired too, leave me alone."

Xu Cheng lay down, Li Yan was hesitating whether she should lie beside Xu Cheng, or on the other side of the kang, maybe she should lie on the couch?There is a fur blanket on the couch, which is also very warm.

Li Yan was not afraid that Xu Cheng would touch her body, because she knew that she was guarding Ding You, and Xu Cheng would never touch her, at least one hundred days later.If it weren't for the fact that he was "robbed of love" because he was a prime minister and held a high position, he only needed to guard for a hundred days, then he would have to guard for three years like ordinary officials. For three years, husband and wife could not sleep together.

By the way, you can't sleep together, which means that you can't sleep together?Li Yan didn't dare to break the taboo, thinking about it, she quickly went to lie down on the couch, covered her body tightly with the fur blanket, and the brazier was not far away, so it was quite comfortable to sleep like this.Xu Cheng glanced at Li Yan on the couch, knowing that she was concerned about the rules, so he closed his eyes and took a nap without making a sound.

Li Yan couldn't sleep for a while, and felt that Xu Cheng was a little strange, he stayed up all night last night, and greeted so many guests in the morning and dealt with the emperor, he must be very tired.Logically, he should go back to Huitang and have a good sleep. Why did he come to her Jinxiu Courtyard?

I really can't figure it out, Li Yan also fell asleep, after all, she only slept for less than an hour last night, and she is no less relaxed than Xu Cheng this morning.

And Aunt Ji in Qiushui Pavilion couldn't fall asleep no matter what, she was shaking with anger as she held the thing that Eunuch Jia secretly gave her.She opened the small bag again, she still didn't believe it was an order from the emperor.

Because... this is clearly a pack of abortion pills!There is also a line written on the paper: If you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood.

The emperor wants to get rid of his own child!This is the heir of the emperor, how could the emperor have the heart not to want it?And give her a pack of abortion pills?Aunt Ji couldn't believe it, but she had to believe it.If Eunuch Jia doesn't act according to the emperor's will, unless he doesn't want his head anymore.

Aunt Ji locked herself in the room, laughing sadly.What the emperor meant was that she should still stay with Xu Cheng. Anyway, if she wanted to have a child, she could go to the palace to have sex with him.

Aunt Ji finally understood that she would not be able to give birth to a prince in this life. Even if the child she gave birth was indeed the emperor's flesh and blood, the identity of the child could not be disclosed to the world, because the emperor wanted the child in her belly to be the prince of Anle sons and daughters!When a son is born and the son grows up, he will inherit everything from the Xu family.

The emperor really made a good idea. In this way, the royal family belongs to his Ye family, the descendants of Marquis Anle also belong to his Ye family, and the whole world belongs to his Ye family. The great country will never fall into the hands of others.

Aunt Ji was crying and laughing, pressing her hands lightly on her abdomen. Although she couldn't feel anything now, she seemed to be able to imagine the cute and immature appearance of the child.She is really reluctant, but can she keep it?Can't keep it!The prime minister's mansion would not allow her to stay, nor would the emperor allow her to stay, otherwise she would not know how she died.

She shook her hands, poured the medicine into the water glass, then picked it up, tilted her neck, and poured it all into her intestines.The medicine was unbearably painful, but what she could feel was pain, a heart-wrenching pain!
(End of this chapter)