The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 355 Retribution (1)
But after Mrs. Xu left from the He family, Mrs. He returned to her yard.She was already weak, and when she stood outside with a cup of tea, she couldn't hold on anymore.

Mrs. He is not young anymore, and the maids who came with her at the beginning are all married. Although the maids around her are trained by her own hands, after all, there are not many caring ones. There is only one surnamed Shi The old mother was her nanny when she was in her natal family. Although she is too old to come into the house now, she always remembers Mrs. He. Seeing that she is sick these days, she walks more diligently every now and then.
Seeing Mrs. He coming back from the outside, Madam Shi had a layer of cold sweat on her forehead, and it was thundering and raining outside, so she scolded the two maids and said, "Madam is ill, how can we let her go?" It's such a trouble, how many guests have to wait until they are done, so I have to go see them now."

Mrs. He knew that Mother Shi was doing it for her own good, but she couldn't blame the servant girl, so she just lay down and tried her best to start, "It's the old lady from the Marquis of Wu'an who came and said she wanted to pick me up to live in the mansion for a few days. Well, how can I go to live in someone else's house with my body now, and I will bring bad luck to them for no reason."

Mother Shi burst into tears when she heard this, she held Madam He's hand and said, "Don't say that, when this child is born, you will have many future blessings, I heard An imperial doctor from the imperial hospital came to see you today, how do you look now, can you take the medicine?"

Mrs. He said: "I have already taken the medicine, and it is indeed much lighter than before, nothing else is fine."

After hearing this, Mother Shi felt a little relieved, then turned to Madam He and said, "Okay, why did Mrs. Wu'an Hou come over to miss you this late at night? What did she say?"

Mrs. He was already lying down on the bed at this time, she closed her eyes, and replied weakly: "Sister Rui missed me, but I didn't see her. Mrs. Marquis Wu'an also came here a few days ago. It's not a mean person, but I'm relieved."

After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and fell asleep. The thunderstorm outside became more and more intense, and the rumble made people feel uneasy.Mama Shi came out of Mrs. He's room and saw a little maid coming in with a bowl of soup medicine, so she asked curiously: "Didn't Madam say that you have already used the medicine? Why is there still a bowl?"

The little servant girl only replied respectfully: "It was sent by the old lady. She said that there is a lot of thunder today, and she is afraid that the wife will not sleep well, so she made some calming tea for the wife."

Mother Shi only replied after hearing this: "Madam has already fallen asleep, so I won't drink this medicine."

In the main courtyard of the He family, Mrs. He didn't feel sleepy at this time. Master He had to go to bed early tomorrow morning, so he fell asleep early in the inner room.Mrs. He only walked back and forth in the hall a few times, looking towards the west courtyard from time to time.

At this time, a flash of lightning flashed in front of her eyes, scaring the old lady back a few steps, and sat down on the iron wood chair behind her. The woman who followed Zhao Jing to Mrs. He's room came in from outside the curtain and said, "Auntie, the maid who delivered the medicine told me that she had fallen asleep and didn't drink the medicine."

At this time, Mrs. He stood up nervously, frowned and said: "If she really went to Wu'anhou Mansion tomorrow morning, then we might not be able to hide this matter."

Although the woman also had a sad expression on her face, she still frowned and said, "It's our family's business, so what does it have to do with the Marquis of Wu'an's house? Could it be that their old lady even takes care of other people's family affairs? ?"

Mrs. He still shook her head when she heard this, and only frowned and said: "You don't know that this old lady in their family was a good thing when she was young. Later, when the old Marquis left, there was no one to replace her It's only been so many years since An was born, and now that her son is a formidable one, I'm afraid it will get worse."

"What does that aunt mean..." The woman looked at Mrs. He and asked with a frown.

"We must not let her survive tonight. As long as someone dies, no one will notice." Mrs. He held the armrest and said through gritted teeth.

The two of them were discussing, but who knew that there was another bolt of lightning from outside, which made the woman scream in fright, and then there were noisy voices from outside.

Several servant girls rushed past the door, the woman walked cautiously to the door, opened the door and called out to a servant girl, "What's going on outside, why are you making such a fuss?"

The little servant girl panicked and said, "Just now a thunderbolt struck the ancestral hall in the northwest corner, and now there is water over there."

(End of this chapter)