Madam Hou

Chapter 158

In September, Lin Fengshan came in to marry Princess Mingyu.Before Lin Fengshan got married, Lin Fengqi found him a fifth-rank position as a governor of Jingwei Commander in the Jingwei Commander's Department in order to look better for his younger brother.

Lin Fengshan got married, but Lin Fengye and He Shi didn't come back, they only ordered gifts for the steward to send back to show their affection.Mother He, who was next to the He family, came back with her. Mother He went to the Fushouyuan to kowtow three times to Mrs. Lin Tai on behalf of her master, and then said: "On behalf of the second master and the second wife, I wish Mrs. Tai good health. .”

Mrs. Lin Tai asked her: "How are the second and second daughter-in-law in office?"

Mother He smiled and replied: "Second Master and Second Madam are both well, but they are always thinking about Tai Madam. The Second Master and Second Madam wanted to come back to pay their respects to Tai Madam, but when the slaves came, the Second Madam had just been diagnosed with pregnancy. The second wife has a bad pregnancy, and the second master was afraid that the bumps on the road would hurt the child, so he gave up the idea of ​​coming back. The second young master said, when the young master comes out later, he will come back with the young master to pay his respects to Mrs. Tai."

Mrs. Lin said: "Children are important. If the second child has a child, our Lin family can also have more incense. After you go back, tell them that I am well at home, and they don't have to worry about me. Let the second child do things for the people while in office. This is filial piety to me!"

Mother He smiled and said yes.

The day before the wedding, Mrs. Dou led people to make a bed for the county master of Mingyu. Mrs. Dou took Yinniang's hand and said, "Yinniang, my little girl is very good, and I don't have any bad intentions, but I have a bit of a temper. Confused, somewhat lacking in worldly sophistication. From now on, you will see her as a child, and help me take care of her. If she says something inappropriate, don't take it to heart, she must have no intentions!"

Yin Niang thought Dou's words were polite, and she had met Mingyu Princess a few times, she was cute and shy, although she was not very talkative in front of her, but the rules were complete.So he smiled and said: "What did my sister say? The county lord came in. She and I are direct sisters-in-law. They should love and help each other. What's more, the county lord was raised by the concubine and the eldest princess. His personality Is my character naturally good, or is it because my sister is afraid that I will be an evil sister-in-law and embarrass the county lord?"

Yinniang thought that Mrs. Dou would say a few polite words like "I naturally believe in you", but in the end she was full of worries and hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing, holding Yinniang's hand lightly. Pat lightly, as if to please.

It was only on the second day of marriage that Yin Niang understood the source of Dou's worries when she recognized her relatives.

After Mingyu served tea to Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Lin felt that she had to express her kindness to her new daughter-in-law, so she took her hand and asked, "Are the maids in the yard serving you wholeheartedly?"

The new daughter-in-law was confused, and replied: "Mingyu doesn't know, why don't you go!"

Mrs. Lin Tai: "...." Shouldn't you say: The servant girl is serving you very wholeheartedly, and then thank me for my concern?
When it was time for the family members to meet and greet, Mingyu gave Brother Yi a tiger-headed hat. The tiger on the top of the hat was made lifelike. Yinniang Yinniang thanked: "Thank you, brother and sister, this hat is really beautiful. Brother and sister have a lot of effort, right?"

Mingyu continued to be confused: "Mingyu doesn't know, I have to ask Kouer!"

Yin Niang: "...." Shouldn't it be said, as long as Brother Yi likes it!

When Sanchao returned home, Yin Niang showed her the return gift list and asked her if there was anything else she needed to add or subtract.Then she said to Yinniang again with a very innocent and bewildered expression: "Mingyu doesn't know, I have to ask Zhemo!"

The legendary Zhemomo stood beside her, looking at Yinniang with apologetic eyes, as if he was used to Mingyu's behavior.

Well, she understands, her mantra is: "Mingyu doesn't know, I have to ask XXX!"

After Yinniang came out of Congjingyuan, Caizhu who was following her was very worried and said: "Third Madam's temperament is really worrying!"

Not to mention Caizhu, even Yinniang was very worried that she would be deceived by her servants because of her dependence on the maid and Momo's temperament!

After finishing Lin Fengshan's marriage, it was October again in a blink of an eye.

The imperial concubine in the palace gave birth to the fifth son of Emperor Jinghui.On the day of the third baptism, Yin Niang and Mingyu went to the palace to attend the third baptism of the fifth prince.

After the three rites of baptism, Mingyu went back to the mansion first, while Yinniang went to visit Yanniang.

The fifth prince was fat and white, about the same size as Brother Yi when he was born, with a pair of round eyes, very cute.He looks half like Yanniang, half like the emperor.

Yanniang lost a lot of weight during her pregnancy because of her bad pregnancy, and because she hadn't recovered from her body just after giving birth, her face looked a little pale now.But at this time, holding the child in his arms, the whole person was full of joy, and said to his sister: "You don't know how tortured this child is. When I was pregnant with him, I was tossed half to death, and when I was born, I was born prematurely." Half a month later, when I gave birth to him, I was so frightened to death, I was afraid that something bad would happen to him. When he was born later, I didn't expect that he was no smaller than someone else's full-term baby. Even the imperial doctor said, fortunately, it was premature. Monthly childbirth, I'm afraid it will be difficult!"

Yin Niang said: "The Fifth Prince is smart, he even chooses his own birth time!"

After hearing this, Yanniang lowered her head and kissed her son's face, and asked with a smile, "Is it like what my aunt said?" The fifth prince looked at his mother with round eyes, and then seemed to respond to his mother. As if speaking, he grew his mouth.

Yin Niang smiled and said: "You see, even the Fifth Prince said yes!"

Yanniang laughed even more heartily, looking at the Fifth Prince, it was like looking at a priceless treasure in this world.While Yin Niang looked at it, she felt a little sad.Perhaps it was because the third prince was not around, Yanniang seemed to want to make up for the missing piece in her heart, and her treatment of the fifth prince had exceeded the expectations of ordinary mothers for their children.

After holding her son and teasing her for a long while, Yanniang raised her head, and said to Yinniang with a smile: "When Brother Yi is one year old, you will bring Brother Yi into the palace. He and five years younger The distance is small, so that their cousins ​​can be each other's company occasionally."

The situation in the palace is complicated, since brother Yi was born, Yinniang has never brought him into the palace.And although Yanniang often gave gifts to Brother Yi, she never asked Yinniang to carry her into the palace to show her.But after one year old, Brother Yi is a bit older, but Yinniang can feel a little relieved to carry him into the palace.

Yinniang also knew that what Yanniang said was also a plan for Brother Yi.If the third prince can really be honored as the great tripod in the future, the fifth prince, as the younger brother of his compatriots, must be a wealthy prince.It will be good for Brother Yi to be able to form a friendship with the fifth prince since childhood.Yin Niang couldn't help being moved, she smiled and said: "Okay, then I will bring Brother Yi into the palace and show it to my sister, so that Brother Yi can know who it is that sent him the rattle and the ball!"

The two talked about the child for a while, and then they talked about Pingniang.

Mrs. Ying San also entered the palace today, but Pingniang did not follow.Ping Niang left the door in May, and after entering the door, she was in harmony with Young Master Ying Ba, Qin Se, and was diagnosed as pregnant in the third month.It's just that Ping Niang has not yet secured her pregnancy, although she wanted to enter the palace with Mrs. Ying San today, she was stopped by Mrs. Ying and said to her: "When you are secured, when do you want to see you?" Sister, I will take you to see her again."

Pingniang is a new wife and daughter-in-law, and her mother-in-law said so, so she had no choice but to let it go.

Yinniang was afraid that Yanniang would be worried about Pingniang's life after marriage, so she took the initiative to tell her: "Pingniang is also blessed. Fighting to be the first. I only focus on cultivating the relationship with Young Master Ying Ba, and serve her mother-in-law carefully. Ping Niang also has a sister-in-law who is about the same age as her. Mrs. Ying San has not left the house yet because she wants to keep her daughter for two more years. Mother played well with her, when Young Master Ying Ba was not around, sister-in-law and sister-in-law almost went in and out together, seeing Third Madam Ying, she even loved Ping Niang a little more."

Yan Niang nodded and said, "That's good!"

There are three major difficult relationships in the inner courtyard, one is mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the other is sister-in-law, and the third is sister-in-law, and the relationship between sister-in-law and mother-in-law directly affects the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.A little sister-in-law saying a good word for you in front of your mother-in-law is worth ten words of flattery to your mother-in-law. Pingniang knows how to win over a little girl to please her mother-in-law.

Yinniang stayed in the palace until mid-afternoon before coming back, just as she stepped into the gate of Tangrong Courtyard, she saw Caizhu anxiously walking up and down in the courtyard.Seeing Yinniang coming back, Caizhu rushed to greet her, forgot to pay her respects, and said anxiously, "Oh, ma'am, why are you only here now?"

Yin Niang asked: "What's the matter, what happened?"

Caizhu stomped her feet and said, "Of course something happened, something big happened! Master Hou has gone to Xikuayuan!"

"Ah?" Yin Niang was stunned for a while before she realized it, and then she said "oh" in a daze.

Caizhu said anxiously: "What, oh, madam, please think of a way!"

Yin Niang asked: "Why did Lord Hou go to Xikuayuan? What happened to Aunt Liu?"

Caizhu said: "It is said that Auntie is sick, and Qin'er beside Aunt Liu cut off Lord Hou to Xikuayuan on the way." She is also to blame. Sister Qinghua got married last month and has not returned to work yet. Sister Teng had to take care of the young master again, and she was the only one who was idle, but she didn't watch the people in the West Courtyard, and let them secretly intercept Lord Hou.

Yin Niang asked again: "Why did you get sick? I haven't seen anyone around Auntie say anything about it. Have you invited a doctor yet?"

"Who knows, I saw that Aunt Liu was fine yesterday." It was clearly written on her face that she suspected that Aunt Liu was pretending to be sick.Caizhu's mind suddenly changed, Madam didn't care about the idea at all, now is not the time to care about her aunt's illness, but should find a way to go to Xikua courtyard to "invite" Lord Hou back, if the two of them stay alone for a long time, Aunt Liu is the legitimate concubine of Lord Hou, who knows what will happen!

But before Cai Zhu could speak to remind her, Yin Niang had already passed by her and entered the house.Caizhu hurriedly followed.

Yin Niang stood in the room, looking at the surrounding decorations, she was a little bit uninterested for a while, and didn't know what to do next.

Yin Niang said: "Where is Brother Yi? Go and bring Brother Yi to me."

Caizhu said yes, and then went to Nuan Pavilion.After a while, Qingteng carried Brother Yi out.Brother Yi saw his mother, and stretched out his hand to chase after her mother.

Yin Niang took him over, asked people to remove the kang table, put Brother Yi on the kang, and then sat outside him.

Brother Yi didn't want to sit by himself, he opened a pair of bright black eyes, and opened his hands, wanting to hug "ahhh".

Yin Niang hugged him and sat on her lap, he immediately giggled and his eyes narrowed.Yin Niang nodded his nose, sighed and said, "You're such a little enemy, every move makes my heart tugged." I don't know if she's talking about the child or who.Brother Yi thought his mother was playing with him, so he giggled again.

Caizhu was still anxious about the matter of Xikuayuan, so she stood beside Yinniang and came up with an idea: "Ma'am, why don't I go to Xikuayuan to invite Lord Hou to come back, and just say... just say that there is mutton soup in the small kitchen, Madam invited her come back to drink?"

Yin Niang lifted Brother Yi upright, touched his head, and said, "No need!"

Caizhu wanted to say something more, but Qingteng next to her pulled her clothes and shook her head at her.Qingteng looked at Yinniang, who was holding Brother Yi, and Brother Yi, who was carefree and happy for some reason, and said, "Madam, Master Hou has always been sincere to you, you have to trust Master Hou."

Yin Niang nodded.

In fact, so what if you don't believe it, if a man really wants to do something, even if you stop him, you can't stop him. Could it be that she can really tie him to the waistband of his trousers?She has already expressed that she doesn't like him having other women, and she doesn't like him touching other women. If he still breaks his promise in the end, then she will treat her as a wrong person, and she will be at ease in the future, only be her Madam Hou. All right.

At this time, in the Xikuan courtyard, the doctor had just left.Lin Fengqi looked at Liu Jianyan who had just finished drinking the medicine and was leaning against the head of the bed with a pale face, and said, "Since you are sick, you should take a good rest. I will go back to the main courtyard."

Liu Juan turned her head and said, "Why, you just sat down for a while, and you are leaving?" Due to illness, even her lips were pale, and her speech was a little weak.

Lin Fengqi stood silent.

Liu Jianjian coughed, and said again: "I have lived in this courtyard for ten months and sixteen days. Except for the day I entered the door, you have entered this courtyard for the second time so far. You know How did I come here for more than ten months? I have to light the lights until the third watch every night, just waiting for you to come over, even if you don’t do anything, just come and see me! But you managed to come in My yard, even if I'm sick, can't I keep you?"

"I told you the day you entered the door, except for a cold courtyard, I will not give you anything else you want."

"I don't want to know this!"

She lifted the quilt, got off the bed, and continued: "I'm sick, but do you know how I got sick? I know that most of the servants in this yard are the eyes and ears of the lady. I deliberately don't cover the quilt at night." , secretly opened the window, and froze myself for three days, and finally got sick from the cold, just to let you come and see me." She reached out and hugged him from behind, leaning her head on his back, tears dripping It slipped down: "Brother Feng Qi, don't treat me so cruelly. I always thought that I could warm your heart with my burning hot heart. But I found out that I haven't waited I warm your heart, but my own heart is about to be frozen by you!"

"You don't understand, Kanya." He took her hand away from her waist, then turned his head and said to her, "My heart is always hot, but it's not for you!" After speaking, he was ready to turn around and go out.

"Don't leave." She shouted from behind: "If you leave now, I will die in front of you immediately!"

Lin Fengqi turned his head: "Why are you bothering!"

She stretched out her hand to untie the clothes on her body, and the white clothes instantly slipped to the ground, revealing a woman's white body.Lin Fengqi immediately averted her eyes, and before he could speak, she had already said: "Just one night, you stay with me for one night, and I won't force you in the future."

Lin Fengqi suppressed his anger and said: "Put on your clothes, women should know how to respect themselves!"

"Self-respect?" She chuckled twice, and said, "I am your concubine, your woman. I take off my clothes in front of you, so why not be self-respectful? I used to be too reserved in front of you." .”

She tried to pull his hand, and continued: "I have given up all my dignity for you. I know how shameful it is for a concubine of a concubine from the Hou's mansion. I am also afraid of being ashamed. Look down on me, but I love you, I can't care about anything anymore. I'm like a moth looking for death. I know where the fire pit is, but I don't care about it. I don't regret the choice at the beginning, but I only ask you Let me do it this time, just this time!"

Lin Fengqi stretched out his hand back and turned his back to her. After a moment of silence, he said, "I didn't force you to be a concubine!"

"I know, I said it was my own wish."

"I can't do what you said, I promised Yiniang that I won't touch anyone except her!" After speaking, she quickly walked towards the door, opened it and went out.

Liu Jianyan looked at the direction he left, tears gathered into a river, and fell on the floor one drop after another, making a "da da" sound in the quiet room.

Qin'er came in from the outside, picked up the clothes on the ground and put them on her body, looked at her and shouted distressedly: "Miss!"

Liu Jianjian cried out suddenly, and the sound echoed in the room, making the people listening outside feel extremely desolate.

(End of this chapter)