Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 19

Time flies like water, with the flick of a finger, another two years have passed.

In the past three years since Mrs. Chen entered the mansion, the mansion maintained a strange kind of tranquility.

In the first year, Mrs. Chen joined hands with the third wife in the mansion to divide the world with the first lady and the second lady in the mansion.In the backyard of the fourth room, Aunt Lu suddenly appeared, and she was evenly matched with the Li family, and the Chen family only needed to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

In the second year, after Qiniang got married, the third wife took Jiuniang to work as the third master.At this time, Mrs. Chen also gained a firm foothold in the Du Mansion, and because of Liu Niang's relationship, Mrs. Chen gave Mrs. Chen an olive branch.After thinking about it, Mrs. Chen decided to cooperate with the second wife. The first house was suppressed for a while, and it was the old lady who came forward to beat the second and fourth rooms, so that the mansion maintained calm.

Turning back to the backyard, the master of the first house and the second house got married in turn because of the children, and the aunt and concubine did not have any more children.The Sifang had one after another. First, Aunt Lu gave birth to Eleven Niang in May, then Li Shi was pregnant again in September, and Chen Shi also reported that she was pregnant in early October.

The old lady was overjoyed at the moment, even praised Chen's virtuousness, and called the fourth master to take care of Chen, maybe this is the fourth son's son.Considering that the woman in the fourth room was pregnant and took care of the youngest son, the fourth master had no one to serve him for a while, so the old lady planned to give her maid to serve the fourth master.

It was Mrs. Chen who reported back to the old lady, opened Yugui's face and became a housekeeper for Minglu, and said that as long as Yugui gave birth to a child, she would be mentioned as an aunt.The servants envied Yugui's good luck one after another, and for a while they all changed their names to Yugui as Miss Yu.

After Yugui became a member of the fourth master's room, she did not live in the backyard like the other aunts.During the day, he still follows Chen Shi; at night, he sleeps on the couch outside Chen Shi's house, and waits for Chen Shi to get up at night to drink tea.Chen Shi felt that she had been treated badly in this matter, so she packed up a room next to her house and let Yugui live alone.

After Chen's pregnancy, the fourth master often came to see her in the backyard, accompanied Chen to study for the unborn child, watched Chen make small clothes for the child, and the couple became closer for a while.

Mrs. Chen was grateful for Yugui's dedication, and after the fourth master came to the backyard to look after the children, she always persuaded him to go to Yugui's house.Yugui is also a shrewd person, she helped Mrs. Chen win over the fourth master, and put down Aunt Lu and his side wife Mrs. Li.

Aunt Lu has been with the fourth master for more than ten years, before Li's family entered the mansion, she has never been out, and this time she finally gave birth to her daughter.She is considered an advanced maternal age, so Eleven Niang was a little weak when she landed.Aunt Lu put all her heart on Eleven Niang. She was busy taking care of her daughter who was under one year old, but she didn't care about competing for favor.Unexpectedly, Li Shi was given a chance to get pregnant.

Speaking of which, Li Shi is also an advanced mother. When the twins were conceived back then, the doctor said that the chance of her conceiving is very small.This is why she doted on her eldest son even more after the death of her second son.Unexpectedly, at the age of [-], she was pregnant again. Chen knew that this child must be kept. Because of the last incident, the eldest son had left a gap in the master's heart.If it was a son this time, then he could successfully win back the master's heart by relying on this child.

At the beginning, Mrs. Li also used the child to invite the fourth master to her room, but the fourth master did not stay long after he went. After seeing the child, he turned around and went to Lu's room to see Eleven Niang.For a moment, Li's teeth itch with anger, thinking that she is also the side wife on the genealogy, and she gave birth to two sons for the master, and the eldest son is the eldest son of the fourth house.Unexpectedly, there is no yellow-haired girl who holds a lot of weight in the master's heart.

I want to invite the master a few more times, who would have known that the fourth master directly sent a message to his servants, saying that she would let her have a baby with peace of mind, don't do anything, just restrain her feet.For a while, Li Shi was laughed at by the servant girls, and she was so angry that she became pregnant.Mrs. Chen hurriedly invited a doctor for her, and Mrs. Li was able to settle down, taking the doctor's prescription every day to take care of her baby.

Actually speaking, the fourth master sent someone to send her a message to ground her, and she did it herself.Originally, the fourth master didn't intend to say anything more, but after seeing her tossing about, he recalled the past.Back then when she was pregnant, she was spoiled and arrogant, and because of her troubles at that time, her youngest son was born weak, and she herself was seriously injured.

At the same time, because of all the troubles, the first wife, Mrs. Lu, and him often quarreled because of Mrs. Li, and almost fell in love with him.Later, Shi Niang was born, and the husband and wife reconciled as before.So this time, Li Shi used the trick of the children to fight for favor, which was regarded as lifting a rock and shooting himself in the foot.

On Li's side, she was thinking of staying behind closed doors for the time being, waiting for the child to be born and then gaining favor, but who would have thought that Chen's master and servant would bring her a lot of blows step by step.The Chen family was also pregnant when she was four months pregnant, and Yugui was favored by the fourth master again.Li Shi could only be anxious if she couldn't get out, and the fourth master didn't come to see her, so it was useless to let her do whatever she wanted.I can only suppress my anxiety to raise a baby, hoping to give birth to a son again.

Chen's pregnancy is a major event in Du's residence, and Sifang hasn't had a son so far.The old lady spared Mrs. Chen's greeting early in the morning, and also handed over the household chores to the eldest lady and the second wife. The second lady has been known for her skills over the years, and she was able to compete with the eldest lady by herself.Mrs. Chen, the housekeeper of the fourth room, wanted to hand over to Shiniang and Yugui to take care of it together, but thinking that Shiniang was about to enter the palace for a draft, she had to work hard for Yugui, and she gave advice from time to time.Yugui followed her to take care of the general affairs all year round, but nothing major happened.

After the new year, it will be the third year of Chen's coming to the mansion. This year is Xijia's eighth year. Ten Niang will enter the palace with her sixth and eighth sisters to participate in the draft in March of this year.For them, the family invited the newly released aunt from the palace to teach them the rules in the past few months.The three little girls are more nervous this year than in previous years, and their aunt's strict requirements make them miserable.But they also understand that it's for their own good, even Ba Niang, who has always been delicate, doesn't complain, and earnestly learns the rules from her aunt.

One evening in February, Shi Niang was detained by Chen Shi when she went to pay her respects to Chen Shi.I saw Mrs. Chen waved away the servants on the left and right, and Yugui also withdrew from the door to stand outside the door and guard the door for them.

Shi Niang didn't know what Chen Shi wanted to explain to her for a while, so she looked up at Chen Shi.Chen likes to wear loose clothes when she is pregnant. She leans on the couch and wears a light red dress. Her belly is already swollen, and it will be six months.After Chen's pregnancy, her temper became much milder, and her body exuded the brilliance of motherhood.Shiniang looked at Chen's complexion and felt relieved.

"I don't know what mother has to tell Shi Niang?" Shi Niang smiled and said to Chen Shi, "Is little brother still behaved today?"

"The doctor said that you still can't tell the difference between a man and a woman. You are good. You are called little brother and little brother all day long. You are not afraid of your sister coming out to annoy you. This child is quite obedient today, and he didn't make much trouble."

Chen shi talked about the child in his stomach in a slow voice, and the two of them enjoyed themselves for a while.Ever since she could feel the fetal movement, Mrs. Chen has observed Shi Niang carefully, and found that Shi Niang also really loves this child, and often finds time to make some small clothes for her.Speaking of which, the child was also close to Shi Niang, and whenever Shi Niang came back to see Chen Shi, she would always talk to Chen Shi's stomach, and the child would beat and kick her stomach in response.

Now that the child heard Shi Niang asking him, he seemed to turn over in his stomach, and his little hand protruded from Chen's stomach.Mrs. Chen stroked her stomach soothingly, and when the child calmed down, she turned to look at Shi Niang seriously. Speaking of which, the child has grown a lot in the past few years, and his appearance is actually handsome.

I only heard Mrs. Chen slowly say: "Shi Niang has always been a good child who is filial, fraternal and friendly, and now she has grown up. I promised your mother to take care of you. It is a blessing. You go to the secret compartment next to my bed Take out the purple cloud wooden box and bring it."

"Yes." Shi Niang was curious about when her mother had contact with her stepmother. It stands to reason that the two of them are quite different in age, so they should have never seen each other.It's only an adult matter, and if the stepmother doesn't tell her, she can't ask more.I went to the bedside to get the box that my stepmother gave me.In the dark compartment next to the bed, there was indeed the box that Mrs. Chen told her to find. She picked up the box and handed it to Mrs. Chen with both hands.

"Open it, it's for you." Chen didn't take the box, and directly ordered Shi Niang to open it by herself.

Ten Niang looked at the familiar purple cloud wooden box, and guessed in her heart that the things in this box might have been left to her by her mother.Opening the inside of the box and seeing the structure inside the box, I am even more sure that this is my mother's old thing.

I just heard Mrs. Chen say, "This is the dowry that my sister left you. I sold all the shop Zhuangzi she left to you and turned it into this bank note. You keep it, and it will be your life in the future. Not at all." Ten Niang looked at the 10,000+ taels in the box, and trembled at what her stepmother said.

Chen's faint voice came from next to my ear, "Your mother and I met once when we were young. She was born in Yujing Lu's family, and I was born in Yujing Chen's family. The two families are close friends. Your mother I left a suicide note to my future stepwife, Tuogu, and asked her to take good care of you. Aunt Lu kept it for three years and handed it to me in the second month after I passed the house. Your mother’s suicide note is also in the box. And take it back, just as a thought. As for your mother's intentions, you will understand after reading the letter."

Mrs. Chen explained one by one, seeing Shi Niang's red eyes, handed her her handkerchief, and said, "Besides, your father and I prepared 5 taels of silver notes for you, which are also in this box. We That's all I can do for you. How you go in the future depends on your own good fortune. You keep the bank notes, and after entering the palace, what you want is silver."

"Mother, leave your and father's money to my younger brother, and the money my mother left to me is enough." Ten Niang Ninja replied tearfully.

"That's the matter, don't shirk it. Put the two jade buttons in the box carefully. They might help you at a critical moment. The emerald one was given to your mother by Lu Zhaorong when he was young, and the white jade one is a gift." The piece was given to me by my cousin. It’s useless for me to keep it, so I’ll give it to you. From now on, you’ll have to fight on your own.”

Ten Niang stroked the two jade buckles, took off the red jade on her body and handed it to Mrs. Chen, "Please accept it, mother. If you can fulfill your wish in the future, mother can take this piece of jade and ask Shi Niang to help you make three pieces of jade." matter."

Mrs. Chen took the ruby ​​from Shi Niang and put it into her sleeve.

"I don't understand and don't want to care about what the men are planning outside. In the future, the girl will be rich and honored. I don't ask the girl for anything else. I just hope that the girl can still think about the relationship between us for the past few years, and don't let your sister In order to help you win favor inside."

(End of this chapter)