Mistress

Chapter 49

Fortunately, swimming skills can be remembered. In her previous life, Li Yan often went to the swimming pool to keep fit.If the original owner of Li Yan's body was to save his son, it would be useless. Few women in ancient times knew how to swim.

Although Li Yan has proficient swimming skills, she is also frozen stiff at this time, and she can't exert any strength. She just supports Xiao'er numbly, and rests her other hand on the unbroken ice edge next to her. It was cloudy and very unconscious.

"Madam, grab the stick quickly! Madam, hurry!" shouted the people on the bank.

Jun'er was already in tears, calling her mother and younger brother non-stop.

Although Xu Jun and Xu Yue showed panic, they didn't say a word.If Madam and Xiao'er can't wake up again, they will feel more at ease, because this pair of mother and son are the people they hate the most, and this hatred may follow them for the rest of their lives.

They thought that Li Yan couldn't swim, and she would only die with her son when she jumped off.Unexpectedly, Li Yan grabbed the wooden stick and let Nanny Cui and the others pull it ashore.

After Li Yan grabbed the wooden stick, her consciousness was already very blurred, and she could only feel her body moving forward.She didn't have any strength, but she could instinctively hold Xiao'er on her shoulders, and she didn't know anything after that.

She thought that she was going to die, and Xu Cheng's figure appeared in her mind. She was so reluctant to give up, and wanted to reach out to grab him, but she was too tired to lift her arms.After that, her consciousness has completely collapsed.

However, after an unknown amount of time, she was able to open her eyes and woke up.

"Ma'am!" A heavy call entered her ears, the voice was so familiar, so anxious, and so caring.

Li Yan couldn't help smiling slightly, although she felt top-heavy and tired, and couldn't open her mouth when she wanted to speak.But she saw clearly the person in front of her, Xu Cheng.

Seeing Li Yan woke up, Xu Cheng was pleasantly surprised and distressed. He held her cold hand, rubbed it constantly, and said, "Ma'am, why are you so stupid? You don't know how to cherish yourself, so you dance like that." Going into the ice cave, you are not afraid of losing your life. Fortunately, the ice blocks on the shore were all broken, so they were able to pull you ashore, otherwise you...you would have lost sight of me."

Xu Cheng complained that she shouldn't take care of herself, but seeing how weak she is now, he couldn't bear to blame her.

Li Yan thought of Xiao'er, and only made a sound with all her strength, "Xiao'er, where is Xiao'er?"

Xu Cheng hurriedly comforted him: "He's fine, don't worry, there are several doctors guarding him."

In fact, Xiao'er was still unconscious. Although he was still breathing, he choked on the ice water longer than Li Yan.The doctors said that his life may be guaranteed, but he will have to wait a day or two before he wakes up, and his physique will definitely be deeply affected. It seems that it will take a lot of effort to have a strong body in the future.

When Li Yan heard that Xiao'er was fine, her body immediately felt much better. Saving people in the ice cave is always a great thing. She felt that she was too brave.
Xu Cheng boasted: "Madam is even braver than the soldiers on the battlefield."

Xu Cheng really understood Li Yan's heart, and this sentence satisfied her sense of pride.

At this time, Nanny Cui came over, tearfully, sobbing and said: "Ma'am, you frightened us just now, if you... If something happened to you, Qi'er and Qing'er and I wouldn't be able to survive." It's..." she said, crying again.

At this time, Qi'er brought over a bowl of finely boiled bird's nest porridge, her eyes were already red and swollen from crying.She wanted to come over to feed Li Yan, Xu Cheng first helped Li Yan to sit up, and then took the bowl from Qi'er's hand.

He wants to feed Li Yan himself.

He also waved out Nanny Cui, Qi'er and the invited doctors, thinking that they disturbed Li Yan's peace by standing here.

"Master, I'll do it myself." Li Yan's voice was low and weak, she really didn't have the strength, and she might not be able to hold the bowl, but when Xu Cheng came to feed her, she would feel somewhat embarrassed.

"Don't talk, just eat obediently." Xu Cheng fed a mouthful of bird's nest porridge into her mouth. He moved gently while feeding, and then watched her eat quietly.

Xue'er and Zi'er were brewing medicine outside, and some smoke might have drifted into the house.Xu Cheng waved the smoke from his sleeve to prevent the smoke from floating in front of Li Yan, and then said in a deep voice, "Move the stove farther away, so you won't be afraid of fuming Madam!"

The two of them didn't think about this just now. After hearing what the master said, they were so frightened that they quickly closed the outer door first, and then moved the stove away.Because the fireside was too hot, both hands were hot red.

It so happened that Aunt Ji and Aunt Song came in at this time, and they came to visit Madam together.They came here before, Li Yan hadn't woken up yet, several doctors were waiting inside, Xu Cheng was in a hurry, saw the two of them coming in, and drove them out on the spot.

Now I heard that Madam has woken up, and the two of them are here again, not because they want to come, but because they dare not not come.

Unexpectedly, when I came this time, I saw servants and doctors standing in the yard or in the side room, and no one dared to enter Madam's room.I also saw Xue'er and Zi'er burning their hands in a panic, it seems that the master won't let anyone in.

The two of them hesitated again and again, wondering whether they should go in or not.

Nanny Cui came out from the side room and said angrily: "Master is feeding Madam porridge, you better not go in, Madam is still very weak and can't stand the noise."

When Aunt Ji and Aunt Song heard that the master fed his wife porridge, their eyes widened. This kind of thing was really unheard of for them.They have been in the mansion for so many years, but they have never seen the master feed anyone, this scene is too rare.

The two of them really wanted to go in and have a look with their own eyes, to see what kind of attitude the master would have at this time, would he be careful and gentle, or would he be affectionate and silent?They really can't imagine what kind of gentle or affectionate expression the master has, it must be fascinating.

Aunt Ji saw that Nanny Cui didn't have a good face, so she stepped forward and said, "Mommy Cui, we just want to see if Madam is better, so we won't disturb her. If we don't go and say hello, won't we Have you lost the duty and etiquette that a concubine should keep?"

Just after Aunt Ji finished speaking, Aunt Song said again: "That's right, how can I let the master do such things as feeding my wife porridge, we should go in and take care of it."

Mother Cui became even angrier when she saw what Aunt Song said, and said, "If the third young master and fourth young master hadn't gone to the pond to play, young master Xiao wouldn't have followed. At that time, he and the eldest lady were on our side of the yard playing."

Aunt Song immediately blushed, and retorted anxiously: "Mother Cui, you must never say that about this matter, aren't you blaming Chi'er and Jiao'er for this matter? They are so young What do you know? It’s not like they took the lead to go to Qinyuan. If the master also thinks so, wouldn’t my Chi’er and Jiao’er be punished for no reason? It’s clear that Master Jun and Miss Er went first, which has nothing to do with the two of them. Nothing to do with it."

When Aunt Song said this, she almost burst into tears, for fear that Xu Cheng would also blame her two sons.When she heard that Young Master Xiao had fallen into the ice cave, she was frightened out of her wits. She was afraid that something would happen to her two sons. When she ran over and saw the two sons, they were so frightened that they got into the arms of the two nuns who served them. She was still blaming Xu Jun in her heart, it was he who took Xu Yue to Qinyuan first, and blamed the two of them for not taking the lead.

After what Aunt Song said, Mammy Cui was startled, remembering the last time when Madam's diet was wrong, at that time she suspected that Master Jun had ulterior motives.Later, he couldn't pursue it, so let's forget about it. He felt that even a child couldn't do anything too vicious.

If it was Young Master Jun who deliberately lured everyone over this time, then he..., the more Cui Nanny thought about it, the more afraid she became.

At this time, Hao Haixuan was completely silent, so silent that no one dared to take a deep breath.

Xu Yue sat there trembling, and Xu Jun sat there in a daze.Mingshun knelt down and knocked his head to the ground, not daring to raise his head.

After being so silent for a long time, Xu Jun suddenly yelled at Mingshun who was kneeling below: "Who told you to do such a thing? I thought it was really Xu Xiao who stepped on the ice and fell into it because of bad luck. , I didn't expect it to be you, when did you become so courageous, shouldn't you tell me, I am your master, do you know?!"

Mingshun burst into tears, and said with a sob: "Young master... Didn't the young master usually say that he never wants to see his wife and young master Xiao again?

"But have you succeeded in this plan? Have you succeeded! Not only are they living a good life, but now they have left a handle to be suspected by others. I took them to Qinyuan first. If you told me before And Yue'er, the two of us won't go. Only a few of them will go, even if something happens, this will put aside the relationship between our brother and sister, why are you so stupid, you really deserve to die, you know!"

Xu Jun was so angry that he kicked Mingshun fiercely. Mingshun was kicked backwards and lay on his back. The fourth young master went, but they refused to go after listening to those old mothers. The servant thought that if you and the second young lady both went, they would definitely go too, so that young master Xiao could be lured away. The servant was still thinking, If the two of you didn't go, after something happened, they would think that you and the second miss didn't go on purpose. The young master and the second miss are alone in the mansion now, no matter what happens, they will suspect you, The slave feels that this plan will definitely work, so..., the slave deserves to die! The slave deserves to die! Young master, please kill me." Ming Shun kowtowed desperately, with tears and snot in his nose.

Xu Jun kicked him hard again, "You bastard, you idiot, you...you..."

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he kicked Mingshun violently.

Xu Yue was trembling just now, but now she saw her brother kicking Mingshun endlessly, she couldn't bear it, and said: "Brother, don't blame Mingshun, don't hit him. How did he know that Madam can still water?" , it's strange to say, how could Madam be able to drink water?"

Xu Jun himself was tired from kicking, so he slumped on the bed, and said sadly and helplessly: "What's so strange, Madam grew up in the countryside when she was a child, and all the children in the countryside went to bathe in the river. Are you sure she can't swim?"

Xu Yue also sat on the ground and cried with her brother, saying, "If Madam hadn't come over, the plan would have really come true. Now... what should we do now?"

Xu Jun thought for a while, "That's all, as long as we grit our teeth and refuse to admit it, Dad won't do anything to us."

Xu Yue was timid, and asked in a trembling voice: "What if Dad sends someone to find out that Mingshun broke the ice in advance? Dad will definitely think that you ordered him to do it."

Xu Jun suddenly calmed down at this moment, "How could Dad know? Didn't Mingshun say that he did it last night? No one will know who will go to Qinyuan in the middle of the night. Don't worry, sister."

Xu Yue still couldn't stop crying, "Brother, I'm still afraid. If Dad really knows, will he abandon us, or... execute us by family law, I'm really scared, brother... brother... ..."

Xu Jun hugged his younger sister, and comforted him: "Sister, don't be afraid, brother is here. This matter was done by Mingshun, we didn't know it in advance, how could father know? He won't want us, tiger poison You don't want to eat your son, father will not execute your own flesh and blood. You go back to your own place first, don't tell the slaves about Mingshun, if father asks you at that time, you just say you don't know anything , remember?"

Xu Yue cried and nodded, stayed in his brother's arms for a while, then wiped away her tears and left.

In Jinxiu Courtyard, Xu Cheng finished feeding a small bowl of porridge, and Li Yan felt that this was the most delicious porridge she had ever eaten.

Xu Cheng wiped her mouth with a towel and asked, "Are you full?"

Li Yan smirked and nodded, "I'm full. How is Xiao'er, can he get up on the kang?"

Xu Cheng avoided answering, straightened her messy hair with his hands, and said softly: "Xiao'er is really lucky to have a mother like you. I believe that he will have good luck in surviving a catastrophe. You too, and I will definitely be happy in the future." will be blessed."

"What if I'm not lucky?" Li Yan asked blindly.

But Xu Cheng replied seriously, "I will do my best in my life to seek happiness for you."

Li Yan listened a little stupidly, she was completely moved by him, she nodded silently, already speechless.

"Lie down and have a good sleep. When you wake up, you will feel much more comfortable. Come!" Xu Cheng helped her to lie down, and then covered her with a quilt.

Xu Cheng just sat beside her and watched her sleep.Li Yan was indeed too weak, she was very tired and fell asleep after a while.

Xu Cheng gently closed the curtain, then walked out of the room gently, and closed the door.

When he came to the yard, he told anyone not to go in and disturb Madam, and he would come back in an hour.

He came to Zhihui Hall and stared at a picture of playing on the wall. There were Xu Jun, Xu Jun, Xu Xiao, and Xu Yue on it. This was painted by a painter six years ago. At that time, Aunt Song's two The first son has not yet been born, and there are only these four children in the house.

In the picture, Xu Jun, Xu Jun, and Xu Xiao are lying on the edge of the pond in Qinyuan looking at the goldfish happily, with their small mouths still open, as if cheering.Li Nianyun and Zhang Yuliu were sitting on the side talking, Xu Yue was still young at that time, sitting in Zhang Yuliu's arms, and the servants stood in a row on the side.

Unexpectedly, it was this pond that almost killed Li Yan and Xu Xiao, the mother and child.

Xu Cheng looked at it for a while, then sighed, and told Zhang Chun to call Xu Jun and Xu Yue.

(End of this chapter)