When Ji Huai came back, Zhao Qingyue stood up as soon as he entered the house and walked over quickly.
"What did grandma say?" she asked.
"I didn't say anything. Now that you're healthy, you don't have to go and say hello. It's cold, so there's no need to bother." Ji Huai sat on the edge of the bed.
"Yeah." She knew that the old lady couldn't be so considerate to her, but it didn't matter. He was still taking care of her.
Ji Huai: "Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
"Disgusting." She said, frowning again.
Qiulan came in from the door, holding a bowl of tonic prescribed by the doctor.
"I'll do it." Ji Huai took the bowl.
Zhao Qingyue looked at the dark concoction and said aloud: "I don't want to drink this, I want to drink sour plum soup."
Ji Huai scooped up the concoction with a spoon: "After drinking the medicine, I let them boil it and you can drink it in a while."
"This slave will go to the kitchen to cook for Madam." Qiulan said with a smile and walked towards the door.
The little master who has been looking forward to it for a long time is coming, and the happiest ones are the maids like them. After giving birth to the little master, let’s see who dares to point fingers at their young lady!
Ji Huai handed the warm concoction to her mouth. Zhao Qingyue opened her mouth and drank it. After several sips, she looked up at him with the corners of her mouth raised.
"What are you laughing at?" He stopped.
When he said this, Zhao Qingyue's eyebrows curved into a crescent moon, and there were layers of ripples in her eyes. She whispered softly: "Next year, I will give birth to a little fox for Mr. Hou."
The baby came suddenly, and when the doctor told her about it, she was still blindfolded and felt it was magical.
There is the Marquis's flesh and blood in her belly.
"The doctor said you have a cold body, so you need to take good care of yourself and be careful about everything." When Ji Huai spoke, his words were a little worried, and he added in a warm voice, "You must act cautiously in the future, and drink the soup on time."
Zhao Qingyue immediately promised: "I will take care of myself."
His eyebrows relaxed, and he continued to feed her: "Drink it quickly, it will get cold after a while and it will be difficult to eat."
After she finished drinking, Ji Huai put the bowl aside. As soon as he turned around, someone wrapped his arms around his neck. The soft and fragrant ball leaned into his arms. He instinctively stretched out his arms to hug him. Zhao Qingyue looked up at him: " I can't serve the Marquis anymore since I'm pregnant. The old lady said last time that I would take a concubine for you... "
"Don't mention it, I have already refused." He interrupted before she could finish.
Zhao Qingyue didn't seem to expect it and didn't know how to answer the call for a while.
"I won't cause trouble for you. Besides, you are not in good health and your fetus is unstable. You shouldn't worry about this kind of thing." Ji Huai looked down at her and said slowly, "If you don't like it, then forget it. , don’t mention it anymore.”
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Qingyue couldn't calm down in her heart for a long time. She moved her lips several times, thought about it for a long time, and finally said: "Master Hou, don't you feel aggrieved? I am like a jealous woman, so petty."
She knew that the old lady would not miss this opportunity and would definitely make arrangements. She was not mentally prepared yet. She originally wanted to tell him to wait until her fetal image was more stable and not to be in such a hurry before recruiting new people. She did not expect him to say that at all.
"What's wrong with this? If you can't stand it, just don't let it go." Ji Huai's expression remained unchanged and he leaned forward to help her, "The doctor said that you need to rest more and lie down to sleep."
Zhao Qingyue lay down and looked at him: "Is this really okay?"
Her father didn't have any concubines, but he did have maids who were his maids. There was no one in the Marquis's backyard. Looking at the capital, his mansion should be the most deserted, with neither concubines nor maids.
Apart from the servants and maids, there were only a few people in the huge Hou Mansion.
Ji Huai pulled the quilt for her and looked at her with a slight smile: "What do you want me to do, madam?"
Zhao Qingyue pursed her lips, looked at him and muttered: "Of course I don't want Mr. Hou to take concubines, but if others find out, they will accuse me of being unworthy. I just got pregnant and was thrown aside, so it's normal to feel disappointed. ."
He pondered for a moment and understood her: "I don't want to, it has nothing to do with you, so I won't mention it in the future. You take good care of your baby and your body."
Seeing the pity in his eyes, she said softly and pitifully: "It's really uncomfortable. I felt a little uncomfortable a few days ago. I thought I could bear it, so I didn't think about it. The Marquis was not around, and he had to stay up all night." I couldn't sleep at night, my heart felt heavy and uncomfortable."
Ji Huai knew that she was pretending to be miserable, but he also knew that she was cold and weak and felt uncomfortable, which made her even more distressed and worried.
Seeing that her goal was achieved, Zhao Qingyue reached out from the quilt and grabbed his palm, pretending to be strong: "But no matter how uncomfortable it is, I am still happy."
He is gentle and kind, and will definitely not let her and her children down in the future.
"Be less burdened. I'll let Butler Li take more responsibility for the affairs in the house." Ji Huai was already talking about the arrangements in detail, "Let the accounting work be left to reliable people. Just keep an eye on it. You don't have to do it yourself." Do it personally.”
"Okay." She nodded with a smile, cute and cute.
…
Zhao Qingyue was already weak, and it was in the first three months. Everyone in the hospital was cautious. Ji Huai also came to accompany her when he had time, and was often busy with things in the house.
Since that day, she has been feeling unwell. Her nausea and vomiting have become more and more serious. She can't eat or sleep. She has a faint purple color under her eyes, and her whole body is wilting, which makes people tremble.
As long as she said what she wanted to eat, Qiulan would immediately go to the kitchen. When it was ready and brought to her, she had lost her appetite again.
"This yam cake has just been made. It's hot. Miss, please try a piece." Qiulan kept talking while holding the cake.
"Looking at it makes me sick to my stomach." Zhao Qingyue frowned, turned her head to the side, and covered her mouth with her hand as she spoke. Seeing this, Qiulan quickly removed the cake.
People who used to have a good appetite are now disgusted with everything, can't eat anything, and have lost weight.
"Whatever the young lady wants to eat, I will let the kitchen cook it." Qiulan had a good temper and coaxed her, "You can have a bite if you want."
Zhao Qingyue thought for a long time and finally just shook her head.
"How about going to sleep for a while?" Qiulan said again.
"I lie down every day, and my bones are almost getting moldy." Zhao Qingyue stood up, and Qiulan quickly went to help her, but she refused to let him help her, "I can't fall."
"The doctor said it's easy to have a baby. It's not easy for the young master to come to you. The young lady can't afford to be careless!" Qiulan continued to lecture her with a straight face.
Zhao Qingyue's ears were ringing when she heard these words. She could say them eight hundred times a day. When she saw Ji Huai walking in, she felt happy, got up and walked towards him.
"Go slower," he told her.
"Are two of them really treating me like a useless person?" Zhao Qingyue huffed angrily, but did not stop walking towards him.
"Who dares to treat you as a useless person? You are not allowed to go to the house to unveil the tiles?" Ji Huai chuckled, holding her hand and walking inside.
"Master Hou!" She hummed softly.
Ji Huai smiled and led her aside.
As soon as the two sat down, the servant came to communicate and said that Eunuch Zhang from the palace was here.
The emperor and Zhao Guifei both rewarded a lot of supplements. Zhao Qingyue went to thank him and was a little surprised. Eunuch Zhang exchanged a few words with Ji Huai and was very optimistic in his words.
After the other party left, she looked at Ji Huai: "The emperor should be particularly optimistic about the Marquis, and the Marquis must behave well."
When he returned to the Duke's mansion last time, the noble concubine also revealed something to him, but the harem was not allowed to participate in politics, and the other party only heard a few words from the emperor.
"Since Madam has spoken, I will naturally do my best." He said half-jokingly.
"My children and I will enjoy the blessings of the Marquis. Of course, the Marquis must work hard." She twitched the corners of her mouth, looked at him with her black and white eyes, and spoke very seriously.
Ji Huai was amused by her, held her shoulders and walked back with a concerned tone: "How do you feel today?"
"much better."
…
The conversation between the two people kept coming, and Du Xiang stood not far away and watched, suppressing his sadness.
Xiaoxiang came over and said to her: "The kitchen said that Madam's lunch must be prepared first. There are a lot of dishes today, so the girl's dishes will be delayed for half an hour."
"Why?" Du Xiang blurted out and asked, with deep dissatisfaction in his words.
Zhao Qingyue was pregnant with a child and had a high status. Everyone in the Hou family was closely looking after her. People from the palace and Zhao Guogong's mansion sent many good things to her, and her cousin was also closely watching her.
It was just one step away. If she hadn't let her cousin go last time, she might be his concubine now. She missed the opportunity. It was really just a little bit away.
Xiaoxiang saw the hatred in her eyes and was frightened.
Du Xiang calmed down his expression again and said stiffly: "What I'm asking is why? Is my cousin feeling uncomfortable?"
Xiaoxiang also reacted quickly: "Madam has a bad appetite. The Marquis wants her to eat more, so he asked the kitchen to prepare a lot of dishes, so it will take some time."
"In this case, there is nothing we can do but wait. This is not something you and I can decide." Du Xiang turned around and left.
To put it bluntly, she was living under someone else's roof, without even an identity. She could eat whatever they gave her, and she couldn't be dissatisfied at all, and she didn't deserve it.
She hates this feeling!
With this kind of mentality, she couldn't eat all the dishes sent from the kitchen. She always felt that the servants didn't like her and were trying to manipulate her.
After the last confrontation with Ji Huai, the old lady never mentioned this matter. She had never had real power or confidence. Seeing Ji Huai's tough attitude, she chose not to talk about it again. Recently, she also started to talk about her, intentionally or unintentionally. marriage.
Apparently, he wanted to marry her off.
study.
Ji Huai was sitting at the desk, holding a book in his hand. The waiter walked in and reported: "Master Marquis, Miss Du bought three taels of gardenia from the kitchen this morning. "
After hearing this, Ji Huai looked up from his book and looked over with raised eyebrows.
"Gardenia root is similar to the hemp grass in Madam's decoction, but it is different from hemp grass. It is a severe cold and conflicts with Zhizi in the medicinal materials. If Madam takes it, it is a taboo and the fetus may not be safe." The boy continued.
Ji Huai put down his book, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and he didn't speak for a long time.
Many things did not happen in this life. He originally just wanted to send Du Xiang out of the house and live in peace with each other. The Hou Mansion provided her with a generous dowry, which would also ensure that she would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life, which was an explanation.
He didn't find out anything in his previous life. He just thought that Zhao Qingyue was overthinking it, but he still saved it and paid close attention to Du Xiang. Unexpectedly, he found out.
Ji Huai pursed his thin lips tightly, tightened his hands on the desk, and said in a cold voice: "Look at her, Madam, don't take any medicine for the next few days."
"yes."
After the boy went out, Ji Huai recalled the events of his previous life in detail. Zhao Qingyue once asked him to check more carefully and begged him to check again.
He couldn't find out, so that was the problem. Mr. Du was half a doctor in the village. When Du Xiang came to join the Hou Mansion, he brought several medical books with him.
Symptoms will not appear immediately after taking a small amount of medicine. When the disease occurs, the medicine residue has been poured out, and then there is no way to check it. Du Xiang was more ambitious and cruel than he thought.
The next day.
Du Xiang opened the incense and came to the kitchen, where there was still a faint scent of medicine.
There was no one in the kitchen at noon. She used to make pastries. The old slave who was washing dishes greeted her when he saw her. After he left, she looked at the casserole where the medicine was cooked. Without hesitating for too long, she took out the hidden gardenia, walked to the side, quickly picked up the pot lid, threw it in, and then closed it.
Gardenia is cold in nature, so it was estimated that it had to be released several times. Zhao Qingyue had a difficult time conceiving this pregnancy, and she aborted it after ten days and a half. It is not easy to get pregnant. If you miscarry this time, the possibility of getting pregnant next time will be greatly reduced.
If the doctor tells her that she can never get pregnant again, let’s see what she will do!
When the time comes, the old lady will not agree to it anyway, she will either divorce her or take a concubine, and she is the most promising one. Being the concubine of the Marquis was more cost-effective than becoming the wife of any poor scholar. Especially seeing Ji Huai's attitude this time made her even more determined to stay in the Marquis' mansion, and her life would be good in the future.
Du Xiang was still a little panicked just now, but when she thought of this, she calmed down again. Just wait, she will be able to gain a firm footing soon.
When no one was around, she turned around and walked out of the door quickly.
As soon as he left the house, he saw a tall person standing not far away. His eyes fell on her. His face was expressionless, but his black eyes were extremely cold. Du Xiang's face suddenly turned pale.