Mrs. Du estimated that if she said she wanted to have another child, she would never be kind to her again in the future.
The so-called benevolence of a doctor is not like this. If it were other doctors, they would not say much and would be lucky enough to fulfill their duties. Especially those people in the Imperial Hospital, they would only stand from the perspective that is beneficial to themselves. In short, they would never consider the thoughts and feelings of a woman in the inner chamber.
When Xiaocao was about to leave, several of Han's other sisters-in-law came with her.
The third and fourth aunts don't know about Mrs. Du's miscarriage yet. No one would deliberately publicize such a thing.
"Oh, second sister-in-law looks very energetic and vigorous. It proves that our fourth young lady's medical skills are really good." Fourth aunt Ge said this, her voice raised three points.
It looked like words of praise, but the ups and downs of the tone made people feel uncomfortable no matter how they listened to it.
Xiaocao glanced at her indifferently and said, "Aunts, please sit down first. I still need to prepare pills for my grandmother. I will take my leave now." She squatted down and left.
Xiao Cao was fine, but Ge was pissed. "What's her attitude?"
"Look at what Fourth Aunt said. What attitude can Fourth Sister have? She is going back to make medicine for Grandmother. Is there anything wrong with that? You'd better not let Grandmother know about this, otherwise she will be dissatisfied with Fourth Aunt." Wen Renxi retorted rudely.
It is said that the third and fourth aunts, like their husbands, were born out of wedlock. The third aunt's family background was even worse than the fourth aunt's. However, Wen Renxi disliked the fourth aunt very much. Whenever someone was better off than her, no matter in which aspect, she would be sarcastic. When facing those who were obviously of much higher status, she would put on a fawning face. If people ignored her, she didn't know how to read their faces, which made the younger generations feel ashamed. Whenever she met anyone who was worse off than her, she would be arrogant and look down on them.
"You..." Ge almost burst into a curse, but at least she knew the situation and turned her spearhead towards Du, "What a good daughter taught by my second sister-in-law!"
Mrs. Du looked indifferent. In terms of family background, she was far better than Mrs. Ge, but she was unable to give birth to a son and her husband had such an attitude. She had been unconsciously inferior to others for a long time, which gave Mrs. Ge the courage to stab her from time to time. Now it was different. She had figured it out and regained her confidence. "The daughters I taught are naturally good. Although Sister Xuan grew up outside, she is not bad at all. After all, she has a good character and is not the kind that can't be put on the stage. So please forgive my poor eyesight. I really can't see what they said or did wrong."
When Mrs. Ge saw her like this, she was as surprised as if she had seen a ghost. Although Mrs. Du had refuted her in the past, she was never as blunt and sharp as she was now. She even directly mocked her. Look at her confident and self-righteous look, she is like a completely different person.
The third wife, Zhang, was also very surprised. What happened in just one night? However, she was not like Ge, who always kept a low profile. Even if she was not pleasing, she would not be annoying.
In Yan's opinion, the second sister-in-law deserved it. Her family background was only slightly worse than that of the eldest sister-in-law. Although her family had declined over the years, it was still a famous family. When she married into the Wen family, she lived an enviable life. However, after the birth of her eldest daughter, she was unable to conceive a second child. A few years later, the second child was also a girl, which completely changed the second uncle's attitude towards her, causing her status to plummet.
And it was precisely because of Wenren Zhongyong's attitude that the people of the Du family had no confidence in supporting the Du family. After all, in the eyes of the world, there was nothing wrong with what Wenren Zhongyong did.
Now that Mrs. Du has established herself, who dares to humiliate her easily
"If you have nothing to do, go back early. I'm tired now and want to take a nap. When I'm well again, we can have a good chat." Mrs. Du, who would not easily order someone to leave, was very straightforward now.
Zhang and Yan didn't think much of it, but Ge's eyes turned red with anger. However, they were still dragged away together.
Ge yelled indignantly.
Zhang ignored him and left the second room.
"Fourth sister-in-law, please calm down." Yan said with a faint smile.
"What's going on? Fifth brother's wife wants to lecture me now? Does that mean the whole family wants to bully me?"
Yan was not angry either. "If Fourth Sister-in-law wants to think this way, I can't help it. It's just that Xuanjie's medical skills should not be underestimated. It's a blessing for us women to meet a woman with superb medical skills. She just came home. You have a nose that is not a nose and eyes that are not eyes. Aren't you afraid that she will be angry?"
"Why, when I'm an elder and need her to see a doctor, she can still refuse?"
Listen to what the girl said to the second uncle last night. It is possible that she would refuse. However, "Whether to do it or not is one thing, and whether to do it wholeheartedly is another. Besides, it must be quite easy to do something secretly and make you suffer. That's all I have to say, Fourth sister-in-law, take care of yourself." Yan held the handkerchief and walked away slowly.
Yan didn't mean to remind the fourth sister-in-law out of kindness. In fact, she had a great affection for Xiaocao and didn't want to make her unhappy. No one would be happy if they had been alone and helpless for more than ten years and finally came back to find a bunch of bad things and bad people.
Xuan Jie'er is now the apple of the eye of the eldest sister-in-law, so how could she allow others to bully her? Even though there has been no response in the past two days, just wait and see, this fourth sister-in-law will definitely be punished, and by then I'm afraid she will be unable to speak out her grievances.
Only this fourth sister-in-law thought that the eldest sister-in-law was good-natured and that the second sister-in-law was easy to control, snort...
Mrs. Ge stood there, her face pale and blue, then she turned around and started yelling at the maid who was following her.
The days passed as usual. Two days later, the Wen family opened the ancestral hall again. This time, they solemnly recorded the fourth daughter of the Wen family, Wen Renxuan, in the family tree. She was the only girl in this generation whose name was not derived from the character "water".
The invitation to the banquet for relatives and friends has been sent out. The relatives and friends closest to Wenren's eldest house promptly gave up the idea of visiting on their own, such as Han's family, and Wenren Hui, the eldest daughter of the eldest house who was married off; Han naturally did not take Xiaocao to the Han family first.
The banquet was held on the first day of the palace examination, which gave Wenren Taibo more time.
In the Kaiping Imperial City, simple banquets like this were usually dinner parties, but they were held one hour earlier than the usual dinner.
Those who are more impatient will come after noon or early evening.
Han held her eldest daughter's hand and asked, "Why are you alone? Your son-in-law isn't with you?"
Wen Renhui smiled and said, "My husband has something to do. He will come with my mother-in-law and the others later."
Han's eyes flickered slightly, and she had an idea in mind. She nodded, "That's fine."
"Mom, where is our fourth sister? Let me see her quickly." Wen Renhui changed the subject and didn't want to say more.
"I didn't know you came back so early. Xuan'er still has some things to do, and I'm afraid she can't let go right now. Let's go directly. Yang'er and Ying'er are also with her." Han took Wenren Hui's hand and walked out.