As soon as Mother Zhou finished speaking, the Ming Hall fell silent.
What did Zhou's mother just say
Xun Shi is pregnant
This, how is this possible
Ji Wan was the first to stand up: "Don't make it up! Who is pregnant? Mrs. Zhou, I warn you, if you dare to talk nonsense, believe it or not, I will have you beaten to death with a stick?!"
Mother Zhou said with a sad face: "Grandma, what this servant said is true! Ma'am, she... is indeed pregnant with the master's flesh and blood!" Thinking of something, she said again: "Young madam... Isn't young madam good at medicine? Grandma Why don't you ask the young lady to feel the pulse of the madam, to see if the madam is happy?"
Everyone looked at Qiao Wei in a flash.
Qiao Wei stood up unhurriedly and walked to Xun Lan's side.
Xun Lan stretched out her hand.
Qiao Wei smiled: "Wait, ma'am, I'm a girl from the country, don't dirty your ma'am's dignity."
With that said, Qiao Wei borrowed a veil from Rong's mother, put it on Xun Lan's wrist, and checked Xun Lan's pulse through the veil.
"How?" Mrs. Ji asked.
Qiao Wei withdrew her hand, returned the handkerchief to Mama Rong, and said, "If you go back to grandma, it's Ximai."
Mrs. Ji's expression flashed a little complicated, she was supposed to be dealt with, but she was pregnant with Shang Qing's flesh and blood, what should I do
Even though Ji Shangqing is very angry with Xun Shi's actions, even if the tiger's poison does not eat its children, can he really sit idly by and ignore her when she has his child in her belly
Inside the house, it was quiet and silent. Qiao Wei could clearly feel the change of the wind direction. Qiao Wei didn't know whether other families cared about their children, but the Ji family regarded them as treasures. This point can be seen from Mrs. Ji's attitude towards Jing Yun and Wang Shu You can see one or two.
Xun's pregnancy broke out at this juncture, undoubtedly won a gold medal for avoiding death.
Qiao Weiyun held the corner of her lips lightly: "Congratulations father, Sister Wan and I are going to have a younger brother and sister again."
Ji Shangqing looked complicated.
Xun Lan's eyes were quiet.
The atmosphere in the Ming Hall was weird for a moment. To say that there are multiple siblings, it should be a happy event, but they are not siblings, and their biological mother has done such a thing. Even Ji Wan is not happy.
Ji Wan wanted to say something, but Lin Shuyan pulled her sleeves and fell silent.
Mrs. Ji was angry and helpless. It was a lie not to be angry with Xun, but even more so to say that she didn’t care about the piece of meat in her belly. Mrs. Ji took a deep breath and said to Ji Shangqing: "Wait for her After the baby is born, let's deal with it."
Ji Shangqing nodded heavily.
After coming out of Tongyuan, Ji Wan was in a bad mood, she stopped her pace, turned her head and glanced at Tongyuan, which was as silent as water, wishing to catch that person out of the yard!
"How did this happen? How did she get pregnant when she was so good? Could it be a fake pregnancy?" Ji Wan muttered.
Qiao Wei smiled lightly: "From the pulse condition, it is indeed a happy pulse."
Ji Wan frowned: "Last time in the palace, she ate crab cakes. If she was really pregnant, how could she eat that kind of thing? Wouldn't she have a miscarriage?"
Qiao Wei said: "After all, crab meat is not a serious abortion drug. It can only increase the risk of miscarriage, and it doesn't necessarily make people have a miscarriage."
Ji Wan gritted her teeth: "Her baby came at the right time!"
is not that right? It's too high time, don't come sooner or later, but just when she is about to collapse.
But it was only at the end of the battle, what did she do, the old lady knew it well, how could Zhou's mother not be beaten to death after being beaten fifty times? Who healed her after she was kicked out of the house? Something happened to Xun Lan, why did Zhou's mother appear in such a timely manner? The old lady didn't even ask, how did Zhou's mother know about Tongyuan's every move since she was no longer in the mansion.
Because all this is not important anymore, Mrs. Ji doesn't care what kind of monster Xun Shi has done, she only wants the piece of meat in Xun Shi's stomach, and once Xun Shi gives birth to the child, she will drive Xun Shi out of the house.
Of course, this is just Mrs. Ji's current plan. People's hearts are fickle. Who can guarantee that Mrs. Ji will not be moved by Xun's gentleness and kindness during the ten months of pregnancy
Mrs. Xun has been in Ji's house since she was six years old, and it has been more than twenty years. Mrs. Ji thinks that Mrs. Xun is not as good as her own child, but she was raised by her side. Mrs. Xun knows how to defeat Mrs. The line of defense with Ji Shangqing.
Even now, she has to admit that the little stepmother is a difficult enemy.
Qiao Wei smiled: "I've been here for a year, and it's the first time I've met such an opponent. It's interesting."
Ji Wan looked at Qiao Wei strangely: "What year? Didn't you just marry into my family for a month?"
Qiao Wei nodded: "I mean, I have known Mingxiu for a year."
Ji Wan understood, and looked at Qiao Wei's thin face: "You have suffered a lot. The Qiao family also gave you a lot of sins. My grandmother didn't know the truth, and you suffered a lot of grievances."
Ji Wan has always treated her with a nose instead of a nose, and eyes not eyes, but she suddenly became gentle, which made her very uncomfortable.
Just as Qiao Wei was thinking about how to answer the conversation, Ji Wan snorted lightly again: "But to be able to marry a peerless and good man like my brother, no matter how hard it is, it's worth it, so just have fun!"
Qiao Wei supported her forehead, and sure enough, this is the correct way for Sister Wan to open her mouth.
Qiao Wei talked to Ji Wan for a while, mostly to comfort Ji Wan, and those who are pregnant should stop worrying about such trivial matters.
"Brother-in-law." After Ji Wan went to the toilet, Qiao Wei stopped Lin Shuyan.
Lin Shuyan likes this younger sibling very much. Although Li Shi is also his younger sibling, Li Shi always squeezes against Wan Wan. Xiao Wei is so cute, and she is so good with Wan Wan.
"Xiaowei." Lin Shuyan smiled.
Qiao Wei looked at the direction where Ji Wan was leaving, and said to Lin Shuyan: "You know about my family, although there is no evidence that her previous two slippery tires were related to the Xun family, but be careful when driving for thousands of years. I also ask brother-in-law not to bring eldest sister back to Tongyuan again."
"I know." Lin Shuyan nodded.
Qiao Wei bid farewell to him and went back to Qinglianju.
Along the way, Bi'er was like a chirping sparrow: "...that's too much, did she do it on purpose? Why didn't she tell her she was pregnant earlier? Didn't she say it at this time? Could she be a fake pregnancy? I heard there is a kind of Medicine, taking it can turn people into happy veins!"
"Well, white mushroom grass." Qiao Wei said.
Bi'er's eyes widened in an instant: "So she ate this kind of grass, right? I knew it! She didn't get pregnant so easily! Ma'am, why didn't you expose her?!"
Qiao Wei said lightly: "I can't say for sure, there is a half chance that she is really pregnant. If I say she is fake and make her miscarry or something, I will be a sinner of the Ji family gone?"
"That's right, it's really not cost-effective to deal with a wicked person and put a good person in." Bi'er had an epiphany, and soon muttered again, "But Ma'am, you are not a good person!"
Qiao Wei's eye knife flew over.
Bi'er chuckled, and after a while, she frowned again: "But ma'am, are we just letting Tongyuan go like this? Cuiping's injury and pomegranate's accident were all caused by Tongyuan."
Qiao Wei pinched a leaf casually: "Who said she was going to let her go? Did she think it would be good if she stayed? If I were her, I would leave obediently when my father-in-law asked her to leave Ji's house. With me as a confidant Here, she won't be afraid that I will harm her fetus!"
Bi'er interrupted: "Ma'am, don't worry about her baby, you should hurry up and conceive one yourself. When you give birth to a big fat boy, what is the piece of meat in her stomach?"
Qiao Wei touched her stomach, and remembered the lingering night, she couldn't help blushing: "Can I conceive in just one night?"
Bi'er laughed and said, "Isn't that how Huai Jingyun and Wang Shu were conceived back then?"
The master and servant went back to Qinglianju with a smile.
Behind the rockery, Mother Zhou and Xun Lan came out.
Xun Lan's gaze was as serene as a pool of lake water.
The breeze blew up her sleeves, and the white skirt fluttered, she was as beautiful as a fairy.
…
After lunch, the children went to take a nap. Qiao Wei didn't have the habit of taking a nap. She sat in the side hall and read a book. A few maids came to ask a doctor on the way. Qiao Wei looked at them one by one. An uninvited guest arrives.
"Slaves send greetings to Young Madam!"
Mother Zhou held a cane and saluted Qiao Wei with a smile.
Qiao Wei looked at her with a smile: "What wind brought Zhou's mother here? It's really a rare visitor, a rare visitor."
Bi'er opened the curtain and came in, rolled her eyes at the old thing, and placed the freshly cut melons and fruits on the table.
Mother Zhou looked at the melons and fruits on the table and said with a smile: "This is the new melon from Zhuangzi, right? There are very few melons that can be grown this season, and neither the East Mansion nor the North Mansion have yet."
Qiao Wei was too lazy to gossip with her, so she ate a piece of fresh melon and said, "Madam, what do you want me for?"
Mother Zhou smiled politely: "It's not Madam, it's a slave."
Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows and smiled: "This is strange. Mother Zhou doesn't seem to have a good relationship with me, okay? Why did she come to the door on her own initiative? Could it be that Mother Zhou forgot how she slandered me back then?"
"What happened that day, it was my servant who was wrong. I was deceived by lard, and in order to escape myself, I actually put the shit bowl on the young lady's head. This servant deserves death, please punish me!" She piously With that said, she was about to kneel down to Qiao Wei.
Qiao Wei gave Bi'er a wink, and Bi'er helped her up, saying: "Okay, you better stop kneeling, in case something goes wrong while kneeling, my young wife can't afford it!"
Zhou's mother clamped the crutches with her arms and slapped herself: "It's all my fault! Why did you go to wrong the young lady in such a hurry! I was thinking at the time, the old lady and the master love the young lady so much , I even gave the young lady the golden key, and the young lady can bear the blame, even if she thinks about it... "
Qiao Wei interrupted her: "Okay, don't talk about what you have and what you don't have, just tell me, what do you want from me?"
"To tell you the truth, this servant came to see the young lady for treatment."
Qiao Wei's eyes swept over her bad legs: "Doctor Lu treated you very well."
"It's good, it's just that it's not cured!"
As soon as the words fell, Zhou's mother realized that she had slipped her tongue, and she gritted her teeth.
Qiao Wei chuckled: "It really is the disease that Dr. Lu showed you."
Zhou's mother muttered a few times, and said embarrassingly: "You can't hide anything from the young lady. The servant was punished at that time. It happened that Dr. Lu passed by the door. He recognized the servant, so he took the servant back to the hospital for treatment."
What a passerby, do you really think that you are the reincarnation of a lucky star, so that you can meet a familiar doctor like this
Qiao Wei didn't want to get entangled in this topic, she knew that the result was enough, the process was actually not important.
Zhou's mother said: "Doctor Lu's medical skills are still comparable to Miss Young Madam. Dr. Lu said that this leg of my servant will not be able to do without a crutch in the future. This servant is not reconciled, so I want to see Young Madam!"
Bi'er snorted, "You have done so many bad things, why should my wife treat you?"
Zhou's mother said sadly: "I know I was wrong, and I will be a new person in the future, and I will never go against the young lady again."
Qiao Wei pointed to the bed beside her: "Lie down."
Bi'er glared at Zhou's mother unhappily, "Damn old woman, it's your fate to meet my wife!" If you change someone else, just cry!
Bi'er helped Zhou's mother to lie down on the small bed for the clinic. Qiao Wei checked her leg: "It's not that serious. Remember not to walk within three months, and you will recover naturally."
"Don't walk for three or three months? That's not okay. I'm a slave. I don't work. Where can I get food?"
"It's none of my business. I'll give you a prescription, whether it's for you or not."
Mother Zhou smiled: "Is there any medicine for me to take it?"
Qiao Wei glanced at her: "No."
Zhou's mother lowered her head resentfully, and said unwillingly, "Understood, thank you, Young Madam."
After all, he sat up, put on his crutches and was about to leave.
Qiao Wei stopped her: "Consultation fee, one tael of silver."
Zhou's mother was taken aback: "Don't you want money?"
"I don't need money to show others, but I want money to show you."
Mother Zhou turned pale, took out a tael of silver from her bosom, and slapped it on the table!
Bi'er made a face at her back.
When Zhou's mother left Qinglianju, Bi'er picked up the silver and put it in her purse, then took another one or two from her purse, and put it on the table: "Don't dirty Madam's hands!"
Qiao Wei was amused by this girl's serious appearance: "I have been farming. I have never done anything to carry water and fertilize. I think the silver is dirty? But you are right, her hands and feet are indeed not clean."
Dirty hands and feet mean... Bi Er blinked: "Did she steal something?"
"It's impossible to steal it, but it's hard to say." Qiao Wei bent down and looked under the bed where Zhou's mother was lying, and she saw a good thing. She stretched out her hand and pulled it off. It was a red one. There is a layer of glue of unknown texture on the outside of the purse, and the stickiness is very strong.
Bi'er was a little dumbfounded, she was the one who helped Zhou's mother to lie on the bed just now, why didn't she see Zhou's mother stuck a purse under the bed board
Qiao Wei weighed her purse: "Look at how fast his hands are, learn a little bit."
Bi'er was speechless, she didn't want to steal anything, why did she have to move so fast
Qiao Wei opened the purse, and a strong fragrance came out.
Bi'er sniffed: "What? So fragrant?"
Qiao Wei took out what was inside and smelled it: "Musk."
"Musk, musk?" Bi'er snatched the thing over, wrapped it in a handkerchief, found a bundle and put it on indiscriminately, "If you smell this stuff too much, you won't be able to conceive a child!"
Qiao Wei laughed: "It's not that serious."
Musk can dissipate blood stasis, dredge collaterals, and ward off filth. It is not good for pregnant women to smell it too much, but it does not cause miscarriage or lifelong infertility. The abortion pill worked.
Bi'er said coldly: "What does Mrs. Zhou mean by putting such a disgusting thing in our house? Does she want to make Madam unable to conceive a child? Why is her mind so vicious? Madam, let's report to Madam immediately Come on! The Zhou family is too much! No, it’s the Xun family who is too much! Such an expensive thing, the Zhou family can’t afford it, it must belong to the Xun family!"
"Don't worry." Qiao Wei brought the bundle over, took out the musk block and smelled it, "Extreme musk, very good, take it to my father, he will be happy again."
"When is it, why are you still concerned about the master's business?" Bi'er was dying of anxiety.
"A piece of musk, this ability?" Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows, put away the musk, and left the room.
Bi'er caught up: "Ma'am, what are you doing?"
Qiao Wei didn't answer, but wandered around the yard.
Bi'er didn't know why, so she chased after him puzzled.
A clump of camellias was planted in the front yard, and the camellias bloomed delicately and fragrantly.
Qiao Wei paused in front of the camellia, staring at the green grass on the ground, and pressed it gently with her feet: "Who takes care of these flowers and plants?"
"The flowers are all taken care of by Yan'er herself." Bi'er replied.
"Where is the sweep?" Qiao Wei asked again.
Bi'er said, "Mother Wu."
Qiao Wei said, "Call Mama Wu."
"yes."
Bi'er called over to Wu's mother who was taking a lunch break.
Mother Wu saluted: "Young Madam, are you looking for a slave?"
Qiao Wei asked, "Have you overgrown Hua Song today?"
Mother Wu nodded: "It's too loose."
Qiao Wei ordered: "Bring the shovel."
Mother Wu didn't understand what Young Madam was going to do, but she obediently followed suit. She took a small shovel from the tool room, wiped her hands with a rag, and handed it to Qiao Wei: "Young Madam, here."
Qiao Wei squatted down and dug out a small box from the fluffy soil. When she opened it, she found that it was a villain covered with silver needles. The costume of the villain was very similar to that of Xun Lan, with a string of birthday characters written on the back .
Even fools can see what this is, a technique of aversion to victory that is clearly prohibited by the Liang Dynasty.
Mama Wu was dumbfounded immediately: "Why is there such a thing here?"
Bi'er was also dumbfounded. She took the little man's birthday and saw that it wasn't Qiao Wei's. She let out a long sigh of relief.
When she was a child, she often heard her mother say that piercing a small person with a needle can kill a person alive. In their alley, there is a lady named Zhang who is the best at piercing a small person. Anyone who offends her is punished by her little girl. Ren'er was stabbed to death, and no one dared to provoke her anymore.
Mama Wu broke out in a cold sweat: "Young madam, you are not a slave! The slave doesn't know! The slave didn't do this kind of thing!"
"I didn't say it was you." Qiao Wei looked at the little figure in her hand, "Who else came here just now?"
"Just now?" Bi'er caught the meaning of Qiao Wei's words, "Madam suspects that someone buried it just now? Isn't that Mother Zhou?!"
Qiao Wei said: "It's too eye-catching for her to bury things in my yard. It's true that she brought them, but she didn't bury them herself."
In that case, Bi'er understood, so she just said, that old and cunning thing always disliked her wife, how could she come to see her wife for medical treatment? It turned out that he deliberately wanted to frame her wife!
"The musk is not enough, here comes another villain!" Bi'er stomped her feet.
Qiao Wei said casually: "Musk is a smoke bomb. They expected that we would not believe that Zhou's mother came to treat the disease sincerely. Throwing a musk made us think that Zhou's mother's method was to make me infertile for life, but in fact , this is their highlight.”
Bi'er opened her mouth wide: "What a deep plot! But... But how do you know, Ma'am, that Mother Zhou bribed someone to keep her back?"
Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows: "I have always had Tongyuan's eyeliner in my yard."
Bi'er was shocked: "Ah? Is there?"
Qiao Wei nodded, every time she consummated the house with Mingxiu, there would be troubles over there, the timing was so precise, who said that someone had tipped off over there
Qiao Wei looked at Wu's mother: "Do you remember? If you can't remember, you have to bear the blame yourself."
"I remembered it!" Mother Wu said, "Just now Mrs. Zhou was squatting here sneaking around. I asked her what she was doing, and she said that her bracelet was missing and she was looking for it! I asked if I could help her find it together." , she said no, and I went back to the house to sleep."
"Mrs. Zhou?" Qiao Wei was thoughtful, "The mother who guards the door?"
Mother Wu said: "It's her! Young Madam! Do you want your slaves to call her here?"
Qiao Wei said calmly: "No, don't say anything about this beforehand."
Mama Wu was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Yes, this servant has written it down."
Qiao Wei paused: "Let me take a few days off first, and your monthly payment will not be deducted."
"Yes!" Mama Wu agreed with a smile.
In the afternoon, Mother Wu packed up her things and went back to her home.
Bi'er asked: "Why did you give her a vacation? Is Madam worried that she will talk to Mrs. Zhou?"
Qiao Wei shook her head: "No, she has a good heart and won't betray me. I'm afraid that she is too honest and will show her feet to Mrs. Zhou."
Bi'er suddenly realized: "But, even if they are discovered, will the old lady believe it? The old lady loves the lady so much, and the old lady doesn't know if she can do such a thing?"
Qiao Wei touched the silver needle on the little man's stomach: "I even collected Xun Lan's criminal evidence. Xun Lan was not expelled from Ji's house. I'm afraid I'm the one who is the most annoyed. I will use the technique of disgust to win." Wouldn't it be reasonable to cause her to slip a tire, make her lose her trust and be expelled from the house?"
Everything was as Qiao Wei expected. On that day and night, Xun Lan felt a little uncomfortable. Dr. Lu entered the mansion and prescribed a prescription. Mrs. Ji was concerned about her unborn grandson and went to Tongyuan in person. Visiting, before leaving, he found that the pearl hairpin he was wearing on his head was missing.
The pearl hairpin was given to the old lady by Mingxiu. There are five pieces in total. The old lady wears one every day and never falls. Suddenly it disappeared. And I searched carefully on the way here, but I couldn't find it.
Zhou's mother said, "I'm afraid some servant girl has dirty hands and feet. She took it and dared not hand it over, so she just threw it somewhere. It's better to check every yard."
After this investigation, they naturally found Qinglianju.
Mother Zhou no longer had the flattery of the morning, and with a cane, she led the old lady's servant girl straight to the camellia bushes, and used her cane to dig in the fluffy soil, which made her dig a hole, but nothing happened. Discover!
She couldn't help but glared at Mrs. Zhou. Mrs. Zhou said that she didn't know what happened, she was obviously buried there.
Mrs. Zhou pointed to another place.
Zhou's mother went to dig under the plum tree again. After walking for a long time, she didn't find anything!
Mother Zhou was furious!
In the end, it is said that Mrs. Ji's pearl hairpin was found, and it was hanging in the folds of her old man's skirt.
When Ji Mingxiu came back from the palace, Bi'er and a few maidservants were cleaning up the mess in the yard.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
Bi'er snorted, "Look for something! I can't wait to dig Qinglianju three feet into the ground!"
Ji Mingxiu entered the room, Qiao Wei was already asleep, and an oil lamp was burning on the table. Under the oil lamp, there was a row of five little people of different colors, each of them was dressed in Xun's style, with pierced stomachs. Full of silver needles.
Ji Mingxiu sat down, flipped through the date of birth on the back of the little figure, looked at the little figure in his hand, and at Qiao Wei who was sleeping on her side with her back to him, her expression faded.
…
The next day, Ji Mingxiu did not return to Ji's house, but stayed in a courtyard house.
The lights in Qiao Wei's room were lit all night, and when she got up early, her eyes were swollen.
The servants smelled something unusual. In the past, the young master didn't like to go back to Ji's house when he was not married. Everyone knew the reason, but since he got his wife, the young master would go home every night, except for the first few days. He couldn't leave the palace because of his official business, but now he can leave the palace, but he is staying in the courtyard again. What does this mean, everyone dare not think.
Bi'er's eyes were red: "If I had known... I would have known that the maidservant would not have persuaded the madam to confess to the young master. I didn't know that the young master didn't even ask a single question, so I thought that the madam had played a trick on the Xun family. The young master is too much." It's gone!"
"It's okay." Qiao Wei put down the spoon lightly, "Send Jing Yun and Wang Shu to Ji Wan, I don't want them to see this."
"Yeah." Bi'er sniffed, went to Chan'er's house, called Chan'er, packed up the things of the two little buns, and asked Chan'er to take the little buns to the Duke's Mansion.
For three consecutive days, Ji Mingxiu stayed in the courtyard.
The smile on Qiao Wei's face has completely disappeared.
The servants were all cautious, for fear of accidentally offending the young lady.
The mansion couldn't hide things, and the news that Ji Mingxiu had neglected Qiao Wei quickly reached the ears of Mrs. Ji and Ji Shangqing.
Ji Shangqing called Ji Mingxiu to Tongyuan: "What's the matter with you? Why haven't you come home recently? Do you think it's appropriate to leave your new wife alone in the mansion?"
Ji Mingxiu didn't even raise his eyelids: "What right do you have to control me? When you were sorry for my mother, did you think about whether it was appropriate or not?"
Ji Shangqing blushed from being choked by her son, and glared at her son angrily: "Your grandmother has something to tell you!"
Ji Mingxiu stood up calmly and went to Luomei Courtyard.
As soon as he stepped into the yard, he bumped into Xun Lan who came out of the back room.
Xun Lan paused, looked at him gently, and he looked at Xun Lan, neither of them spoke, but neither of them left, they just looked at each other quietly.
Qiao Wei opened the curtain and came out. Seeing this scene, her eye feathers trembled slightly, and she retreated back into the room silently.
Mrs. Ji took Qiao Wei's hand, and said guiltily and distressedly: "Mingxiu this child, he has a weird temper, no one knows what he is thinking, his mother left early, and his father and his father are together again. He is like an enemy, no one knows the cold and the hot, he is used to it, so he doesn't talk to others. I see if the situation in the court is a little serious, he is in a bad mood, so he wants to be clean in the courtyard Clean, don't take it to heart."
"Hmm." Qiao Wei responded in a low voice, and everyone could feel her grievance.
This is the savior who gave me two precious great-grandchildren, how can I bear her being so wronged
"Madam, can I go back to my mother's house for a few days?" Qiao Wei asked in a low voice.
Poor child, he was wronged at his in-law's house, so he just wants to go back to his mother's house? After all, it was her grandson who left him in the cold, Mrs. Ji had no choice but to agree, she nodded and let Qiao Wei go back.
After Qiao Wei withdrew, Mrs. Ji called Ji Mingxiu into the room and scolded him severely: "Damn boy! What's going on? I wanted to marry the person who came in at the beginning. How long has it been? Don't cherish it anymore?"
Ji Mingxiu said: "This is my own business, so don't worry about it, grandma."
Mrs. Ji's gray brows frowned: "You think I'm taking too much care, don't you?"
"No." Ji Mingxiu looked cold.
Mrs. Ji was angry with him, and she couldn't do anything with him, she cursed a few words, and made him back down.
Ji Mingxiu came out of Luomei Courtyard, and if he really didn't go back to Qinglianju, he went directly to Erjinmen, which meant he was leaving the mansion again.
When passing by the garden, Ji Mingxiu saw Xun Lan.
Xun Lan stood quietly among the flowers, doing nothing, so she was so beautiful.
She turned around gently, mustered up her courage, and called his name: "Mingxiu."
Ji Mingxiu glanced at her, didn't speak, just turned around and went to the gazebo by the lake.
This pavilion is hidden under the flower trees, and there are few people, and the stools are covered with fallen leaves.
Ji Mingxiu sat down calmly.
Xun Lan followed, sat down beside him, and handed him an orange: "I just picked it, do you want to eat it?"
Ji Mingxiu hesitated for a while, then took the orange.
Xun Lan hesitated: "You and Xiaowei..."
"Yeah." Ji Mingxiu lazily leaned against the railing behind him, as if he didn't want to talk too much, the sun shone on his jade-like skin, and there was a casual romance in the wanton laziness between his brows.
Xun Lan stared at him fixedly, her eyes were full of light, and soon, she smiled slightly, and looked at the blue lake: "It's been a long time since I talked to you like this."
Still silent, Ji Mingxiu broke open the orange, and a sweet and sour smell filled the air.
Xun Lan smiled and said, "I remember you loved oranges the most when you were young, but you were too small to pick them. I climbed a tree to pick them for you."
Ji Mingxiu paused for a moment when he broke the orange.
Xun Lan lowered her eyes and smiled bitterly: "Do you still remember that when we were nine years old, the three of us slipped out of the house together, but we were caught by the old lady and punished to copy the Analects of Confucius all night. Although that night was not easy, But I like it very much, I often think, if time stops at that time... "
Ji Mingxiu ate a slice of orange.
"Is it the same taste as you thought?" She asked with a smile, there was a look on her face that had never been shown before, like a young girl in love.
Ji Mingxiu hummed lightly.
Xun Lan glanced at the orange oil on his hand, stretched out her hand, and held his hand up. She could feel the back of his hand slightly stiff. Treasure: "Meditation..."
"Are you still wearing it?" Ji Mingxiu interrupted her.
Xun Lan followed his gaze and touched a pink bead flower on her hair bun. This bead flower was quite old and didn't quite fit her status as the matriarch of the family, but she always wore it and was covered by other jewelry. She took it off and said: "You gave it to me, of course I will wear it."
"It's been more than ten years." Ji Mingxiu said.
"Twenty years and one month." Xun Lan said.
Ji Mingxiu glanced at the faded bead flower, he was still held by her with one hand, and took the bead flower with the other hand.
Xun Lan held his hand, tears welled up without warning.
After twenty-two years of waiting, until today, he finally held his hand.
"Meditation..."
she spoke.
Ji Mingxiu put the bead flower back on her head, withdrew his hand, got up, and left the place without looking back.
Xun Lan looked at half of the oranges on the stool, picked them up, and ate them into her mouth piece by piece. A smile gradually appeared in her eyes.
…
Misfortunes never come singly, the couple on this side had an inexplicable quarrel, and on the other side, Ji Shangqing’s health was not getting better, and Qiao Wei was not around, so Mrs. Ji invited Dr. Lu. Dr. Lu said that he had a cold, a low-grade fever, and was weak. .
Dr. Lu prescribed a prescription, but after two doses there was no improvement, Madam Ji sent someone to invite Qiao Zheng.
However, Qiao Zheng said that he was also feeling a little unwell, so he asked the old lady to hire another Gao Ming for fear of getting sick.
Mrs. Ji understood that Qiao Zheng was angry, and it was not surprising when she thought about it. He had lived most of his life, and his wife had also passed away. It was just such a precious lump, and he sent the precious lump to the Ji family like cutting flesh, but the Ji family gave it to him. She was angry, if she were Qiao Zheng, she would be angry too!
"Oh, why are there so many things recently? It's not going well!" Mrs. Ji was at a loss.
Mother Rong offered a cup of tea: "Would you like to go to the temple to burn incense?"
Mrs. Ji thought about it, she hadn't gone to the temple to offer incense for a while, and with so many things going on recently, she should go to pay her respects.
After lunch, Mrs. Ji got into the carriage and went to Putuo Temple.
Mrs. Ji is the biggest pilgrim in Putuo Temple. All the monks knew her and greeted her politely. She also returned the gift very piously. Afterwards, she went to Guanyin Temple and drew a lottery as usual. .
She took the signature to the eminent monk: "Master, please help me to see, what is the meaning of my signature?"
The eminent monk took her signature, looked at it carefully, and said: "'One heavy mountain and one heavy mountain, who knows that the way to go is difficult, let him change and seek the end, right and wrong will not be settled for a long time', benefactor, this is a Sign it down."
"Place, sign?" Mrs. Ji was stunned.
"May I ask what the benefactor is asking?" the eminent monk asked.
Madam Ji said with a pale face, "I want to ask about my son's condition and my grandson's family."
The eminent monk said: "It's all about the house. The restlessness of the benefactor's house is a reason for the disaster."
"Master, what do you say?" Madam Ji asked.
The eminent monk looked at Mrs. Ji: "Looking at the face of the benefactor, there must be such a calamity. Is there a woman with a rough life in the benefactor's family?"
Frustrated life experience? Mrs. Ji thought for a while: "My granddaughter-in-law lost her father and mother at the age of five, was ruined at fifteen, was kicked out of the house, and wandered outside for six years. I wonder if the master is talking about her?"
The eminent monk stroked the white beard: "If it is her, then the benefactor must be careful, this person is the fate of the lone star of Tiansha, and it will cause restlessness in the house. If the benefactor wants everything to go smoothly, he has to move the lone star of Tiansha out of the house." OK."
Mrs. Ji's heart froze: "Wan, what if I make a mistake?"
The eminent monk took out a white bead the size of a pigeon egg from the drawer: "This is the evil bead of our temple. If someone with evil spirits touches this bead, the bead will react. The benefactor may wish to bring this bead back to the house." At home, let’s find out.”
Mrs. Ji brought the bead back to the mansion and called everyone to look at the evil spirit bead in Putuo Temple. Of course she would not say that it is used to measure the lone star of the evil spirit, but that it can ward off evil spirits.
She brought Qiao Wei back as well.
Ji Shuang and Li Shi both took the evil spirit beads, but the evil spirit beads did not respond, and they were not the lone stars of Tiansha, so they did not respond. Mrs. Ji was not surprised, but when it was Qiao Wei's turn, the evil spirit beads were still the same. There was no response, Mrs. Ji wondered, could it be Xiaowei
It’s okay if it’s not, it’s okay if it’s not!
"Old Madam, Madam has come to greet you." Outside the door, Dongmei reported.
Mrs. Ji nodded: "Let her in."
Xun Lan entered the room gracefully, and saw Qiao Wei beside the old lady, her eyes moved slightly.
Qiao Wei smiled slightly: "Madam is here? It's just in time. The eminent monk in the temple gave grandma an evil spirit bead, and grandma is watching it for us. Madam, do you want to see it?"
"What kind of beads, let me see." Xun Lan stretched out her hand and took the beads from Qiao Wei.
At this moment, the color of the beads suddenly became darker.
"Oh?" Ji Shuang was taken aback, "It will change color?"
Mrs. Ji's complexion changed slightly. The Xun family lost her father at the age of six, and her biological mother remarried. After many years of being dependent on others, she finally married into Ji's family after three marriages. Her life experience...is also extremely rough!
Could it be, could it be that she was the lone star of the gods who defeated her son and grandson
"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Xun Lan looked at the old lady puzzled, "You look so pale, is there something wrong?"
Mrs. Ji didn't hear what she said clearly, and her mind was tumbling for a while. Since she came to Ji's house, within a few years, the princess has gone, and within a few years, Mingxiu has turned against his father and son. Recently, Shang Qing's body Not so good again...
is her!
She is the lone star of the devil!
Mrs. Ji took a sudden step back, bumped into the Kang, and fell down on her buttocks.
The huge movement shocked everyone to look at the old lady.
Xun Lan stepped forward worriedly: "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Mrs. Ji raised her hand and stopped her: "Don't come over!"
Xun Lan was taken aback.
Everyone looked at each other, Li's Ji Shuang didn't know about Xun Lan's affairs, only that the old lady seemed to treat Xun Lan in a different way recently, but although it was different from the past, it was not too different. What's the matter today? Embarrass Xun in public.
Mrs. Ji looked at Xun Lan in fear and said: "The eminent monk said that the Ji family's house is in trouble, and it's all due to the lone star of the gods, so it's you!"
Xun Lan looked at the bead, then at the old lady, her eyelashes fluttered, and she put down the bead.
Qiao Wei took the bead in her hand and rubbed it around, and the color of the bead became lighter again.
Afterwards, Ji Shuang and Li Shi also took the beads, but the beads did not change at all.
Only the Xun family.
This seems... so unusual.
Ji Shuang stared blankly at the bead for a while, and suddenly, a flash of light flashed in her mind: "I understand, this is the evil spirit bead, and it will react when people with evil spirits approach it. I will say that every time I see you My stomach will hurt when I go back! It turns out that you are the one who brought evil!"
Stomach pain is of course fake, but it is enough to add insult to injury.
Mrs. Li didn't dare to say anything. It's better for her daughter-in-law who was born out of concubine not to step into the muddy water.
Mrs. Ji looked at Xun Lan as if she had seen a ghost: "Quick! Go and call Mingxiu back!"
Ji Mingxiu was discussing matters in the imperial palace. Hearing that the old lady had called him urgently, he rushed back without stopping. At the same time, the second master Ji Sheng and Qin Bingyu also got the news and rushed from their respective rooms.
Luomei Courtyard became extremely lively in an instant.
Ji Mingxiu entered the room and looked at the pale old lady on the kang: "Grandmother, what happened?"
Mrs. Ji was so terrified that she was speechless, and Ji Shuang eloquently told about the evil spirit bead.
After hearing this, Ji Mingxiu smiled incredulously: "Your son is silent, and you are in a state of confusion. Grandma, don't believe what the monk said. There is no lone star in the Ji family."
Mrs. Ji said: "No, why did your father fall ill for no reason, taking so many medicines but still not getting better?"
Ji Mingxiu paused: "Father... maybe the prescription is wrong, I'll ask Ji Wushuang to treat father later."
Mrs. Ji didn't believe it: "Then what about you and Xiaowei? You two used to be fine, but not so much recently!"
Ji Mingxiu glanced at Qiao Wei, who turned her face away with a cold snort.
Xun Lan stood in the crowd with quiet eyes.
Ji Mingxiu comforted him, "I'll let Ji Wushuang come and treat my father. Don't worry, throw away this evil bead as well."
Qiao Wei rolled her eyes coldly.
Mrs. Ji firmly grasped Ji Mingxiu's hand, and said with great concern: "If your father can't be cured, let me tell you, then you still have to believe in this bead!"
Ji Mingxiu immediately sent people to the courtyard and called Ji Wushuang over.
Everyone went to Tongyuan together and packed Ji Shangqing's room full