The imperial capital, Xiangning Bo Mansion.
Shen Zangzhu, who was temporarily running the house for his sister-in-law, personally welcomed Mrs. Min and her young daughter Pei Liniang into the backyard.
The Earl's Mansion was kept very tidy both inside and outside, but the servants were very cautious when coming and going, for fear that one bad move would offend the owner, who was already in a bad mood.
Mrs. Min - this noble lady who a few months ago caused a lot of discussion in the imperial capital because of her second daughter's marriage, is now completely lost. She was so complacent and solemn when both of her daughters were married into the family, and both of them were promised to be their legitimate sons. There was worry in his expression. Before she reached the yard where Pei Meiniang lived, she couldn't restrain her anxiety and asked Shen Zangzhu in a low voice: "May I ask the eldest lady, is my granddaughter... okay now?"
Shen Zangzhu smiled bitterly and sighed: "My uncle's mother came here to visit me, and she said... It would be great if one of the disciples of Divine Physician Ji was in the imperial capital... "
Mrs. Min's heart sank, and she couldn't help but hold the hand of her youngest daughter Pei Liniang beside her - at noon on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, Pei Meiniang gave birth to a daughter at full term.
Although she is a daughter, she is also the first grandson of the Xiangning House and a direct descendant. Therefore, both the Shen family and the Pei family came over happily to congratulate after receiving the news. Only Mrs. Min was happy that Pei Meiniang gave birth smoothly and that mother and daughter were safe. Before the gifts were packed, she received bad news: her newborn granddaughter was in bad condition.
This baby girl, who has not yet been named, cried when she landed. In order to express her concern for her niece-in-law and grand-nephew, Mrs. Su rushed to sit outside the delivery room in person and was secretly shocked: Mrs. Su is someone who has been here, and when she heard the details The weak and weak cry made me feel that this grand-nephew might have some congenital...
But when she heard that the baby had been born, Pei Meiniang passed out from exhaustion, but she was fine. Everyone was celebrating the good news, so she couldn't spoil the joy. As a result, after the child was washed and wrapped in swaddling clothes, Mrs. Wen took it out and showed it to Mrs. Su. Mrs. Su felt a chill in her heart as soon as she took a look at it: In terms of the fact that the child was born at full term, even because it was a girl, she was not as good as Shen Shuguang. Strong at birth, but thinner as usual, there are limits.
But the swaddling clothes were light and fluttering in Mrs. Su's arms, and there was no heavy feeling like when Shen Shu was taken into her grandmother's hands for the first time. Not only that, the little face exposed from the swaddling clothes, the red and sallow complexion of a newborn child, the cry was subtle and weak - no matter how you look at it, it looks like he is born with deficiencies.
Mrs. Su could tell that the Liu family and Duanmu family who came with her mother-in-law also had sons and daughters, and they could also see that this newly arrived cousin was not doing well. They had suffered losses in the affairs of Xiangning Uncle Mansion, so they did not dare to say anything. However, they put away the joy they had prepared earlier and said a few words lightly, such as: "He is a filial child, just like Guang'er, he has no words." The mother fell to the ground after tossing her."
"He looks very much like his fourth brother. He will definitely be a handsome boy in the future."
At that time, Pei Meiniang was exhausted and fainted with relief when she heard that the child was born. As the eldest daughter, Shen Zangzhu, was a widow, she was afraid of disturbing her sister-in-law's delivery. She didn't excitedly rush over to see her niece until she heard that her niece was born smoothly and her sister-in-law was safe. Later, when the Su family had more heirs, they would give her adoptive heirs, but that was also a matter of the future, not to mention that the Su family's heirs were not related to her by blood. Even if they were, they had been passed down several times. How could they be compared to their direct nephews? Are your children and nieces close
Unexpectedly, when he arrived, he saw that Mrs. Su, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't look very good... Shen Zangzhu was confused, but after greetings and greetings, he couldn't wait to ask about his niece - knowing that she had been taken to the room prepared earlier by the wet nurse. , Shen Zangzhu happily ran to take a look, and immediately understood...
Originally, Shen Zangzhu had never given birth, and she had not seen many babies before they were born. She did not dare to conclude that her niece was in bad condition just by looking at her.
But just three months ago, in November of last year, the concubine Cuiyan, who was composed and solid, gave birth to his eldest son. The child who was named Shuyi not long ago was carried to his room by Duanmu Yanyu as soon as he landed. Li Yang and Shen Zangzhu went to congratulate each other. They had met each other once and even hugged them in person - this was a great comparison!
The fact was just as they feared, the baby girl's cry was weak, and a few hours after landing, even her breathing had calmed down - so frightened that the wet nurse ran out of the door and called for help, because Master and Disciple Ji Qubing were now If you are not in the imperial capital, the most reliable one is the Taiyuan Hospital.
After the hospital judge arrived, he conducted careful diagnosis and treatment, but he gave good news and bad news: the good news was that the fifth grandson of the Shen family did not have any disease; the bad news was that the fifth grandson of the Shen family was indeed born with deficiencies and had a far-reaching physical condition. It is far worse than ordinary people, so it needs long-term care.
Hearing that the hospital could cure the disease, everyone in the Shen family breathed a sigh of relief, but the "long-term recuperation" gave everyone a headache. She needs to take medicine for recuperation, but Miss Wusun is too young!
Only such a small child can drink milk. How can we let her drink medicine? Even if you coax her to drink the concoction as milk, how much can she drink? Moreover, after taking the medicine, she could no longer drink milk or water. Without milk and water to feed her, her body became weaker and weaker. She already had an extremely weak body caused by congenital deficiencies. How could she be made weaker
I had no choice but to let the wet nurse drink the medicine, and then let her drink the wet nurse's milk... After such a transformation, the recovery was naturally very slow.
It happened that she was born in early spring, and within a few days of landing, she caught up with the warm and then cold period. Although Pei Meiniang took good care of her, she accidentally contracted the disease!
Mrs. Min brought Pei Liniang here today just to visit the patient.
It is not easy to raise children these days, and children from wealthy families are even more delicate - children under two months old are frail and sick, and it is hard to say whether they will grow up. So although the person who went to the Pei family to report the news was that the fifth grandson of the Shen family just had a cough, Mrs. Min still tightened her heart: the eldest daughter is also a descendant of the Shen family! Shen Zanghui, who loves his wife especially, is not in the imperial capital now. After sending his sister-in-law to Xiliang, it is said that he worked directly under Shen Zangfeng. God knows when he will come back... God knows if he will bring a new person or even a concubine when he comes back...
Pei Meiniang has a child, regardless of gender, she can always take care of her! Moreover, when Pei Meiniang first entered the house, she would offend her husband's family quite a lot. Now if this daughter... maybe gossips would start to be made about whether it was her fault or not...
All in all, Mrs. Min was in a state of confusion!
When they arrived at the courtyard where Pei Meiniang lived, it was so quiet that the maids bowed and saluted from a distance when they saw people coming, but even An did not dare to say hello and looked frightened. When Shen Zangzhu and Mrs. Min saw this Knowing that Pei Meiniang must have lost her temper just now, she felt even more worried.
After entering the room, they saw several ambassadors standing in the hall with their hands down, and the curtain leading to the inner room was tightly covered.
Pei Meiniang's confidant maid Manman took the lead and came to greet them and said softly: "Young lady is coaxing Miss Wusun inside."
There was no sound in the inner room. The group left the maid outside, took off their rings, and then carefully opened the curtain and entered.
As soon as he entered, he first smelled the faint fragrance of medicine, but saw Pei Meiniang, wearing a homely and semi-old dress, sitting on the soft couch by the window in the inner room, with a sad and worried face, holding a small baby in her arms. The swaddling clothes were tightly wrapped, revealing her little face, which was much whiter than when she was born, but it still looked paler. She closed her eyes and frowned slightly, falling asleep.
The wet nurse and servant girl stood nearby, all looking at the nose and heart, not daring to say a word.
"Mother?" Pei Meiniang frowned when she saw someone coming in. When she saw someone clearly, she breathed a sigh of relief and stood up with her daughter in her arms. "Excuse me, sister." She greeted her sister again, "Why is Liniang here too?" Already?"
Mrs. Min and Shen Zangzhu focused on the baby in her arms, and asked together: "How is the child's cough?"
Pei Liniang, on the other hand, stared at her niece and whispered back: "My mother brought me here."
But Pei Meiniang was focused on her daughter at the moment, but she didn't hear her answer clearly. She endured sadness and worry and answered her mother and sister-in-law: "Just now, Aunt Cao drank the medicine prescribed by the hospital and fed her a meal." , I’m going to sleep now, I won’t cough anymore.”
"Are you having a fever?" Mrs. Min asked again as she had raised two daughters and many children of concubines. She knew best how difficult it was to raise children at this time.
This question almost made Pei Meiniang burst into tears! The circles under her eyes turned red on the spot, and she was afraid of waking her daughter up, so she endured it for a moment before saying, "I have a fever, and it hasn't subsided yet."
Mrs. Min gasped - for such a young child, she has to worry about breaking her throat just by coughing. If she is a good girl, it will not be difficult to look handsome in the future, but if she opens her mouth in the future, What should I do if I just have a hoarse voice? But she didn't want to get a fever again. At this time, children around ten years old in our family often died of a high fever. Mrs. Min had seen her brothers and nephews die like this two or three times, let alone one who was only two months old. Baby girl
Her heart was pounding, but when she saw her daughter Pei Meiniang's expression, she was about to burst into tears at any moment, and Shen Zangzhu's face turned pale. At this point, if she told the truth about this speculation, Pei Meiniang would Are you afraid that you won't be able to faint immediately
Mrs. Min hurriedly bit the tip of her tongue, forced herself to calm down, and said with a forced smile: "It's okay, I won't cough anymore when I fall asleep. It shows that the cough is not very severe... the fever will probably subside in a while, and the hospital will not prescribe it." Have you taken the medicine? Maybe it hasn’t worked yet.”
Pei Meiniang was in a mess at the moment and had no idea at all. After hearing what her mother said, she found a glimmer of hope and asked quickly: "You mean...it doesn't matter?" (To be continued)