Ji Man observed Wen Wan for a few days, and she always kept her eyebrows low. Even if someone deliberately made things difficult for her, such as throwing a cup and spilling water, she would deal with it just like an ordinary servant without any temper.
When Mo Yuhou came to Feiwan Pavilion, Wen Wan didn't say a word, she made the beds for them with her hands down, and then stood quietly outside the door.
As a result, Ji Man and Mo Yuhou felt a little embarrassed. Ning Yuxuan called her in and asked her softly, "Are you still used to it?"
The gentle voice replied calmly: "Go back to Lord Hou, slaves are all well."
"What's missing, you can tell me or your wife."
Wen Wan finally looked up at them, with a desolate smile in her eyes, but she nodded her head: "Okay."
Ning Yuxuan was probably distressed by her eyes, sighed and looked at Ji Man and said, "Sang Yu, isn't the side hall before Muxu still vacant? Let Wan'er live, and you don't want to." Treated her badly."
Ji Man nodded: "I've asked Licorice Wick to move things in for her, but Wan'er doesn't seem to like it, and she likes to sleep in the woodshed."
Wen Wan seems to be treating her harshly no matter what, Jiman gives her new clothes and decorations, she doesn't want them, she doesn't want her to eat better food, but she just likes to live in a firewood house and eat food that other people eat, There is always only one silver hairpin on the head.
It looked like she had abused her.
Mo Yuhou looked at Wen Wan, and said: "If you can live a better life, don't make things difficult for yourself."
Wen Wan raised the corners of her mouth and said nothing.
Ji Man also didn't have time to play abuse games with her, because the pregnancy reaction she hadn't had before came to visit her now, and she had to endure very hard every day so as not to be discovered by Mo Yuhou and the old lady.
Jiman gave licorice and wicks to all the meals brought by the kitchen, and then asked them to sneak out of the house every day and bring back the meals cooked outside. The spices in the house were also inspected every day. It's just that after Clover was established as a concubine, there was no movement around her, and Qian Lianxue was still the same as before, staying at home, recuperating quietly.
Ji Man felt uneasy, her stomach was hidden like this, and sooner or later it would be accidentally exposed, instead of being passive at that time, she might as well think of a way now.
The old lady happened to be going to the palace to see Concubine Nie, and her belly was five months old. Ji Man was still a little awkward thinking that her cousin or cousin was only a few months older than her own child, but now this Child, only Concubine Nie and the old lady are able to keep it.
So he went into the palace, after Ji Man told Concubine Nie about the successive miscarriages of children born in the Hou Mansion, Concubine Nie frowned and said, "Why is your yard more chaotic than this harem?"
The old lady sighed: "It's also because I don't care about these girls now. I don't feel sorry for anyone's heirs. I just hope that Sangyu girl can give birth to one."
Ji Man blinked, looked at Concubine Nie, then at the old lady, and asked, "Auntie, old lady, do you think Sang Yu would survive if she had a child?"
"Why can't it be?" The old lady said with a serious face: "The eldest son of the Hou family, the eldest son, can he die like those dishonest children?"
"There are always strange hands playing tricks in the yard, and one day they might reach out to me." Ji Man said with a wry smile, "I'd rather not have children."
Concubine Nie sat up slightly, took her hand and said, "Sang Yu, you have to trust your mother-in-law, if you are really pregnant, she will definitely keep it for you."
Ji Man looked at the old lady, who was sitting very dignifiedly, with a smile on her face and said: "When I was young, I fought with those girls for more than ten years, and none of them were still there in the end, only I left Yu Xuan. It's not difficult to protect you little girl."
Back then, the Marquis of Zhennan also had a lot of wives and concubines, and the house was full of children and grandchildren. But when he died in battle, only the old lady and Ning Yuxuan were left in the backyard. At first, Ji Man wondered why Ning Yuxuan only had cousins because the ancients had many brothers and sisters.
The original reason is here.
Ji Man couldn't help but take another look at the old lady, and now she finally realized why the old lady liked to chant Buddha so much.
What are you crossing
After thinking for a while, Ji Man pursed her lips and said, "Recently something happened to Sang Yu. I don't know if it will make the old lady and aunt feel sad if I tell it."
"What's the matter?" Concubine Nie said, "Just say, we are all one family."
Ji Man pursed her lips, brewing emotions for a while, wiped the chili oil on the tip of the handkerchief to her eyes, and finally her eyes turned red: "Sang Yu has been married to the Hou's mansion for so many years, the reason why she has not been pregnant is because of Hou Grandpa did it on purpose."
The two elders were shocked, and the old lady's face was a little ugly. After all, it was her own son, and she was still a little protective. However, Ji Man brought out a box of spices, and he didn't mean to criticize, so he said softly: "Master Hou is probably afraid that Sangyu's pregnancy will make the prince feel uneasy, so for so many years, Sangyu has been letting Sangyu use this kind of spices with musk and spices. The spice of saffron."
When the maid next to Concubine Nie heard about these two things, she quickly asked someone to take out the spice box and throw it away: "Ma'am, these two things will cause a miscarriage for a pregnant woman, so don't come near them."
The old lady looked at Ji Man calmly for a long time, and said, "Did you just discover this thing now?"
Ji Man nodded, with tears streaming down his face: "The concubine's body was useless early in the morning, but she suddenly became pregnant. The body that I haven't been able to conceive for so many years has given Sang Yu such a surprise in the past few months, Sang Yu I found it strange, so I asked someone to check the spice, but I didn't expect such a result."
The old madam blamed her a little bit, but she said this in front of the noble concubine. But after hearing the second half of the sentence, the eyes of the two women widened: "Are you pregnant?!"
Ji Man clutched his stomach, and said pitifully: "The doctor said it's been almost three months, but Sang Yu didn't dare to let Lord Hou know, and just wanted to give birth quietly."
The old lady was ecstatic, she held Ji Man's hand and said "hey" several times but was unable to speak. Concubine Nie quickly sent the book to her most trusted imperial physician to give Ji Man a pulse, so that both mother and child are safe.
Concubine Nie was very happy now, it was not in vain that she gave Sang Yu so many medicines during the southern tour, they were all very precious secret medicines, and it was not in vain to make her conceive smoothly.
Ji Man repeatedly asked the imperial physician not to tell the truth, but the two women were so happy that they wished the whole world knew about it. Also, after so many years of looking forward to it, can you not be happy that one is finally here
After she was happy, the problem came. Ji Man had already said that Lord Hou didn't really want her to have a child, so the old lady should consider how to deal with this matter.
Originally, if Ji Man secretly told the old lady about this in the Hou's mansion, the old lady would definitely say that she was thinking too much, how could the Lord Hou not want her own child, and she would announce the matter immediately because of her happiness The entire government also asked Mo Yuhou to take care of her more.
But now Ji Man came to Concubine Nie holding the spice box, if the old lady was still on a whim, if something happened to the child, Concubine Nie would definitely think it was Ning Yuxuan's fault. After all, it is her own nephew, if it is gone, the imperial concubine will definitely take Ning Yuxuan's anger away.
As the balance bar in the middle, the old lady has to think seriously now, how to protect this child? She can guard against a whole yard of women, but she can't stop her own son.
"When you go back, you come to live in my yard for a while." The old lady looked at Ji Man and said, "I said you have the fate of Buddha, and follow me to recite Buddha for a while. When the child is three months old, Take it easy, let's figure it out."
Ji Man breathed a sigh of relief, having a backer is a good thing, and the old lady knew how to keep an eye on her son, so she felt at ease.
Concubine Nie gave her a lot of rewards, and Ji Man and the old lady came back empty-handed and returned with a full load, a little dumbfounded.
But the old lady thought about things seriously along the way, and when she returned to the Hou's mansion, she asked Ji Man to pack up her things immediately and go to the Buddhist hall with her to chant sutras.
But today, as soon as Ji Man came back, he unexpectedly met Qian Lianxue who had been ill for a long time and went out, and she was in a good mood, holding a snack in the garden, chatting with Mo Yuhou without a word.
Ji Man originally wanted to pretend he didn't see it and went back to pack his things first, but Mo Yuhou called out "Sang Yu" to stop him.
"Master Hou?" Ji Man sighed inwardly, but still had to turn around and look at him with a smile.
"Xue'er is feeling better today, and she made some cakes, would you like to try them?" Ning Yuxuan seemed to be in a good mood.
Ji Man shook his head without hesitation: "My concubine is going back to move things, and the old lady is in a hurry to let me go to the main courtyard to accompany her to chant Buddha."
"Huh?" Ning Yuxuan raised his eyebrows: "You are very good, you haven't done anything wrong, why do you want to recite?"
Ji Man laughed dryly: "The old lady said that I have the fate of Buddhism, and I also think that Buddhism can cleanse people's hearts. It is always good to follow along."
Mo Yuhou raised his eyebrows noncommittally: "Then you don't plan to sleep in tonight?"
Being pregnant is not suitable for intercourse. Recently, when Mo Yuhou came to her room, he just wanted to sleep peacefully and nothing else, so the difference between serving the bed and not serving the bed was really not that big.
Ji Man shook her head: "I just said it yesterday, let Hou Ye spend more time with Lian Xue, it's rare that she is in good health today."
Qian Lianxue finally turned her head to look at her, and smiled a little weakly: "Thank you Madam for your concern."
Ji Man nodded, Ning Yuxuan didn't say any more, and waved her to go.
To avoid long nights and dreams, Ji Man moved directly to the side hall of the old lady's main courtyard, and only brought Licorice, a girl, and left Wen Wan and Lamp Wick in the courtyard to watch.
That night, the old lady felt a little unwell, so she went to bed very early, and Mo Yuhou also went to the Xuesong Courtyard, so she probably had a rest early in the morning. Ji Man relaxed his guard and went to bed after washing up.
But in the middle of the night, the door was suddenly pushed open, and someone stumbled in and threw herself on her bed.
Ji Man woke up with a start and shouted, but the man immediately covered his mouth.