Ji Man found that he still likes children very much, otherwise why would he want to be close to Xia's child when he saw this child? Stretching out his hand to poke his little face, the child looked to be five or six months old, and if one had to recognize it, this was the eldest son of the Hou Mansion.
This is a bit troublesome, the order of seniority is related to the succession of Marquis Moyu. Originally, the child born to Clover was the eldest son. But Ning Yuxuan suddenly brought back a woman and a child by himself, and it seemed that he had to jump into the queue and squeeze Fu'er into the second son.
Who is happy with this? Ji Man could already foresee the bloody storm in the old lady's yard later.
"I have something to do at court, so I have to go out first." Ning Yuxuan looked at Ji Man's complicated eyes, and patted her on the shoulder lightly: "Take care of Mrs. Xia and the children, and don't let them feel wronged."
Ji Man nodded, it seems that this woman is not simple, and Ning Yuxuan can make such a special order.
Xia Shi carried the child and followed her to the main courtyard.
As soon as I stood at the door, I saw the servants and maids busy at the gate of the main courtyard. Ji Man stretched out his hand to stop Danggui, seeing that she was sweating from anxiety, he felt a bad premonition: "What's wrong with Aunt Danggui?"
Dang Gui said anxiously: "The old lady is ill again, she has passed out now, this servant has to go to Lord Hou and ask him to ask the imperial doctor."
The imperial doctor Lin that the imperial concubine gave to Ji Man had gone back after she gave birth to the civet cat. Naturally, the doctors in the mansion were not as reliable as the imperial doctor, so Ji Man quickly stepped aside and asked Dang Gui to find the doctor.
The old lady was in a coma, so the new grandson and daughter-in-law couldn't look at her naturally. Ji Man turned her head and ordered the lamp core: "Go to the steward Qian, and tell him that I ordered him to clean up the lotus picking pavilion in the South Garden. Give this girl a place to stay, and let a few maids in my yard go and take care of her first."
Wick agreed and took a look at Mrs. Xia. Xia Shi hesitated, and asked softly: "Don't you need to see the old lady first?"
"The old lady is in a coma, and I can't see you. It's the same when she wakes up." Ji Man walked in with her skirt in hand: "Go with the wick first."
Xia Shi paused, the wick had already led the way, so she followed.
The Hou Mansion is prosperous, and the Xia family is just the daughter of an ordinary family. Naturally, she looked around along the way and was extremely curious. As soon as he walked through the garden, he bumped into Clover who was hurrying to the main yard with the child in his arms.
Clover's life is much better now, with emeralds on one head, and beautiful clothes all over her body, she looked at this village woman from a distance, and she didn't care much at first, but she didn't want her to have a child in her arms.
Heartbroken, Clover stopped, looked at the wick and asked, "Whose wife is this?"
Deng Xi bowed his knees and saluted, and replied: "Master Hou personally brought it back today, and the child in his arms is the child of the Hou family."
Clover was startled, and walked two steps closer to Mrs. Xia, looking at her while coaxing the child in her arms.
"how old are you?"
Xia replied honestly: "It's almost six months."
Her complexion changed slightly, and Clover's eyes sharpened, she stared at Mrs. Xia and said, "Why didn't you come to see Lord Hou when you were pregnant, the child only came when he was so old?"
Mrs. Xia was startled by her, took a step back and said: "The slaves are from the south of the Yangtze River, and they cannot ride horses and boats while pregnant, and the child is too young to be bumpy. I wrote to Lord Hou earlier, and Lord Hou has only come to pick us up now. Mother and son."
It was reasonable to say this, but Clover was not reconciled.
She is not favored by Marquis Moyu, but fortunately Nie Sangyu has no children, and her child is the eldest son, as long as the main wife has nothing to do, her child will be the heir in line to the Hou family, so she still has a hope in her life. Those who have tasted the glory and wealth will only want more.
But now a boy appeared out of nowhere, who was actually older than Fu'er
Clover clenched her hands tightly, and Fu'er in her arms probably felt uncomfortable, so she burst into tears. As soon as this head cried, the children interacted with each other, and the child in Xia's hands also started to cry.
Xia was a little flustered, and quickly coaxed her child, looking at Clover with displeasure.
"Madam still has orders to let Mrs. Xia go to Cailian Pavilion first. If Mr. Zheng has any questions, you can go to the main courtyard and ask Mrs. Madam later." Lantern protected Mrs. Xia, bowed to Muxu, and pulled Mrs. Xia across She walked on.
Clover coaxed the children, and looked back at them as they walked all the way to Nanyuan.
The old lady's illness came and went again and again, and she was almost unable to bear it anymore. Ji Man sat on the edge of the bed, holding her hand with red eyes.
It's already winter outside, but it hasn't snowed yet this year. The old lady moved slightly, and unconsciously looked at Ji Man with half-opened eyes, her eyes were loose.
"Old lady, Sang Yu is here, just tell Sang Yu what you want and what you want to do." Ji Man lowered her head and said softly.
The old lady's eyeballs moved, she opened her lips, but she couldn't make a sound, her face was pale, and she passed out again after a while.
Ji Man pursed her lips and gently covered her with the quilt.
"The old madam's illness can only be hanged with medicine." The imperial doctor at the side sighed: "Maybe it will go away at any time, madam also needs to be prepared."
There was a pause in my heart, and Ji Man felt a little ridiculous: "The old lady is only half a century old, how can she be as old as seventy or eighty years old?"
"People who are physically and mentally exhausted and worry too much will grow old quickly." The imperial doctor wrote prescriptions, all of which were all expensive tonics.
Ji Man laughed, she also worried a lot, is it possible that she will age like the old lady in the future
The old lady was seriously ill, and Ning Mingjie came to visit him naturally. After feeding her the medicine, Ning Mingjie told Ji Man and started walking around the mansion.
There were too many female relatives in the mansion, so Ji Man simply went with him to avoid any collision.
He brought three unresolved cases from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, all of which occurred in the Hou Mansion, one was the ghost baby case, the other was the civet cat exchange case, and the third was the licorice burning case.
In these three cases, no clues could be found, and the case of the mastermind behind it could not be found. For some reason, Ning Mingjie looked quite sure, and led Ji Man around the mansion, chatting with a few house slaves from time to time, it seemed like they were just hanging out.
Ji Man is not afraid of trouble at all, if Ning Mingjie can find out the truth, maybe her child can be found too. So no matter how Ning Mingjie went or what he did, as long as she was free, he would accompany her.
Ning Mingjie also re-lived in Nanyuan on the grounds of being filial to the old lady.
In the middle of the afternoon, Ji Man gathered everyone in the backyard and introduced Xia Shi and her child to everyone. As the first person to know about it, Wen Wan didn't have any embarrassment on her face, but the rest of the people had different thoughts, looking up and down at Xia Shi.
When Mo Yuhou came back in the evening, he first went to see the old lady, then went to the Cailian Pavilion to see the Xia family and the child, and finally came to the Feiwan Pavilion.
"Give her a place, don't be too low." Ning Yuxuan lay beside her and said softly.
Ji Man felt strange: "Didn't Master Hou treat Miss Wan'er sincerely?"
Ning Yuxuan gave a vague "hmm".
"Then bring Xia Shi back in front of Miss Wan'er, with such a big child, won't Miss Wan'er be sad?" Ji Man said, "I'm afraid you didn't consider her feelings at all."
Mo Yuhou coughed lightly and stopped talking: "My own child will naturally be brought back, why should I consider Wan'er's feelings?"
Ji Man twitched the corner of his mouth: "Master Hou hasn't learned how to treat people sincerely."
Is there anyone around him who treats him sincerely? Mo Yuhou hooked the corners of his lips mockingly, grabbed Ji Man's waist, and bit her neck hard.
Ji Man was in pain, but this man's lips pressed up.
She remembered that Ning Yuxuan would never kiss Nie Sangyu on the lips when she occasionally served her bed. Ji Man put her arms around his neck, and couldn't help but ask, "Master Hou, do you like Sang Yu a little bit now?"
Ning Yuxuan snorted coldly, pinched her waist and asked, "What about you?"
Ji Man blinked: "Of course Sang Yu has always liked Lord Hou."
That Danfeng's eyes were so calm that there was no warmth at all, the way he looked at him was like that of an actor in the stands, is this also called liking
Mo Yuhou's mood sank, and he lifted Ji Man's skirt not at all tenderly.
"Hey, it's cold..." It's winter now!
The hot body quickly covered her. The man pursed his lips and looked at her with no expression on his face, but he still couldn't hold back. He lowered his head and gently kissed her on the lips.
I thought his lips always looked tight and cold, but in fact they were soft and warm when kissed. Ji Man squinted his eyes, feeling a little comfortable.
Just when the dry firewood was about to make a mosaic, when the time came, Xi'er next door started howling on time, with a loud voice, instantly sweeping away the ambiguous atmosphere.
Ning Yuxuan's temples twitched, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "Where's the nanny?"
Ji Man hurriedly put on his clothes and got up, and said: "Nurse can't coax him, you have to listen to me sing to fall asleep after feeding. My concubine will wait for you to change clothes first, and let the nanny bring Xi'er in first."
Rubbing between his eyebrows, it was the first time that Ning Yuxuan felt that the child was still so annoying.
The child who was crying miserably with his mouth open, actually had no tears on his face. The nanny fed him and carried him into Jiman's room. Jiman put him in the homemade crib next to the bed, and hummed while shaking him: "My baby, baby, give you a little sweetness, let you be happy tonight." good sleep… "
After singing several times, Xi'er finally fell asleep. Ji Mansong turned her head away, and saw Ning Yuxuan looking at her with disgust: "What kind of music, there are no words or tunes."
For such an uninteresting ancient person, Ji Man would not bother with him: "Just put the child to sleep."
Ning Yuxuan snorted, lay back under the quilt and hugged her again.
"Did Hou Ye still have questions that I didn't answer my concubine just now?"
"I don't like it." Answering her coldly, Ning Yuxuan pressed her head into his arms: "Sleep honestly."
Ji Man curled her lips, this is really worrying, is Mo Yuhou really arrogant, or does she really not like her