The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 361: Survival (1)
This Aunt Qiu was originally the niece of Mrs. He's natal family. When Mr. He joined the military, Mrs. He secretly wanted to make this daughter-in-law. Who would have thought that Mr. He and Mr. Qi's family lived together on the battlefield? They have died together for so many years, and they have already made a promise of marriage for a pair of children. After the war ended, they returned to Beijing and talked about it with Mrs. He.

At that time, Mr. Qi paid homage to General Yunhui, the third rank, and the Qi family was in prosperity. However, Mr. He almost lost his official position due to his injury, so Mrs. He readily agreed to the marriage.But who would have thought that Mrs. He had only been in the door for two or three years before the old man of the Qi family left.At that time, although the Qi family was in decline, there was still General Qi who made military exploits many times, and was a young soldier at one time, famous in the capital.So even though Mrs. He had no children for many years at that time, Mrs. He never dared to bring up the matter of taking concubines.

It wasn't until General Qi died in battle, and the Qi family tree fell down and the monkeys scattered, that Mrs. He took Aunt Qiu into the house on the grounds that Mrs. He had no children.And Mrs. He's status in the He family has plummeted due to the sudden change of the Qi family, but she can only keep her only younger sister, Qi Xinrui, by her side.

Not long after, the mother-in-law of the He family pulled Aunt Qiu over. Madam He was in so much pain that she couldn't speak at this time, everyone went to the hall, leaving only Imperial Physician Du and Granny Wen to deliver her baby.

Zhao Jing saw that Xu Si'an was still standing outside the second door. He was tall and tall, but he still had a serious face at this time, but Zhao Jing couldn't help laughing, so she went out and asked him, "Why are you here?"

Xu Si'an tilted his head to look at Zhao Jing, and saw that she looked a little bad after all, and wanted to reach out to caress her cheek, but then remembered that this place was in someone else's house, so he put away this impulse, and immediately put his hands behind his back , opened the mouth and said: "Although some things are matters of the inner house, they will also affect the reputation of the officialdom. In ancient times, many powerful ministers and chief assistants lost power because of the unrest in the back house. I just remind Mr. He."

Zhao Jing also took Xu Si'an's statement seriously, that is, when she was not married into the Marquis of Wu'an, although it looked like the inner house was chaotic from the outside, Zhao Jing knew in her heart that Xu Si'an only kept the chaos in a small house. Therefore, when Zhao Jing took over the Hou Mansion later, there was no trouble.

It's just that, after all, this is a family matter of the He family. As an outsider, Xu Si'an must not be able to intervene. Although he has taken into account the in-law relationship between the Qi family and the Xu family in his outspoken words, most of the reasons are due to Xu Si'an couldn't bear Zhao Jing to be upset about this matter, but Zhao Jing didn't know what was going on in his heart.

Master He's stern reprimand came from inside the hall, and a few servants came out from the hall, with a blank expression on their faces, they said: "Master asked to tie him back, this... can this be done?"

"If the master wants to tie it up, I will tie it up. Now the family still keeps what the master says."

Zhao Jing glanced at Xu Si'an, and heard Madam He's cry of pain again, thinking that Xu Si'an would be embarrassed waiting here, so she said: "You go to the outer courtyard and wait, I will go out when Madam He is safe. Looking for you."

Xu Si'an nodded and said: "Then I'll go to the outer court first, life and death are fate, wealth and honor are in the sky, if..." Xu Si'an didn't continue talking, just turned around and walked away.

Zhao Jing went back to the yard, Aunt Qiu was bound and knelt on the ground, she looked at Master He with a dejected look on her face and said, "Master...Master... Yesterday the old lady wanted my concubine to send the abortion medicine to Madam. Eat, but...but...madam didn't drink it, now someone else gave her this medicine...what does it have to do with my concubine...besides, even the imperial doctor said, Madam, this child can't be kept..."

"You can't stay...why can't you stay? Tell me?" Mr. He stood up and kicked Aunt Qiu's shoulder. He was originally a martial artist with a tall stature. The strength was not small, and he just kicked Aunt Qiu upside down, and said with a cold light in her eyes: "Even God can't stand it anymore! This is retribution! The retribution of our He family is here!"

At this moment, Mrs. He's scream suddenly came from inside the room, followed by silence as if the air froze.Mother Shi came out of the room with a pale face holding a brocade quilt, with tears streaming from the corners of her eyes, "Master... Madame gave birth to... a... a... boy."

The baby didn't live when it was born, Master He didn't know why, the eldest son and grandson he had been looking forward to for more than ten years are gone now.

"Okay, okay...take care of your wife."

Master He stood up from the chair, as if he had aged ten years in an instant, and walked out the door with stiff steps.

When Zhao Jing heard that the child could not be kept, she couldn't help throbbing in her heart, but she still hurried to the delivery room. Seeing that Dr. Du was taking Mrs. He's pulse, she asked Qi Xinrui in a low voice, "How are you? How is sister?"

(End of this chapter)