Foster son and husband

Chapter 100
It was still dark, before Xu Junying went out, she went to the upper room to ask about Meiniang's situation, several maids were there, busy with their own affairs, the curtains were still hanging down inside the partition, and Meiniang hadn't gotten up yet.

After paying respects to Lord Hou, Cuixi was about to make tea, Xu Junying waved her hand: "I'll go, is your grandma alright? Let Bao Ju bring the imperial physician back to have a look."

Cuixi said: "Back to Lord Hou: Grandma took the pills that Lord Hou gave me a few days ago last night, and she will be fine after a good night's sleep. She got up in the middle of the night and had some porridge and rice. Because she thought that there was an account book that she hadn't finished reading, she stayed overnight. After reading it, I didn’t lie down and go to sleep again until four o’clock.”

Xu Junying looked at her: "Is the body more important or the books? Are you going to let her do this?"

Cuixi lowered her head: "The slaves can't persuade you."

"If something like this happens again, you guys, don't stay in the yard anymore—the eldest grandmother must wake up in time to say good morning, and pass on my words: I must go to Jinhuatang to serve the old lady's dinner at night."

"Slave remembers!"

Xu Junying frowned and took another look at the motionless curtain, then turned and left.

He didn't believe that she didn't wake up. She counted the time and came over. A few maids opened the door of the cupboard, smoked clothes, and one of them had already walked to the curtain. She would go out to see Heng'er at this time every day. , Did she get up late this morning, or did he not calculate correctly and went early?

It's very likely that she just sat on the bed with her eyes open and didn't see him, and she didn't come out until he left.

Last night, he didn't go to bed until four o'clock to close his eyes. In his dream, Cuixi was kneeling in front of him with tears all over his face, crying loudly:
"Master, our great grandma, she is gone!"

Breaking out in a cold sweat, he suddenly sat up, half asleep and half awake, vaguely remembering that it was the old days, the night Mei Niang died of illness, Cuixi rushed open the door of his study, and fell to the ground crying like that.

At that time, he was not surprised at all, took a sip of tea, waved to Ruizhu Ruibao to help Cuixi out, and told Baoju to do something, he sat in the study until dawn, and then went to take a look at the dead one, for his name wife.

It would be better to die in a dream than to die in real life, causing him to panic.

Maybe, on the day she woke up, he should have moved her to live elsewhere under the pretext that her illness would be extraordinary, and ignored her, so that it would not be the case today. The more he feels about her, the more complicated his mood becomes.

She is always like this, changing so quickly that he can't understand it, it's like a different person; she blames him for stopping his wife and remarrying, and soon after that, she arranges for him to marry a new wife quickly and without complaint, even the one she hates the most. Zheng Meiyu wanted to be a good concubine, and she didn't object, and she generously gave up her room in Tsinghua University, abandoning the large rose that was said to be planted by herself, preferring to live in a remote and cold Jingyuan.

She intentionally avoided him, didn't meet him, and didn't see her for a few days, what was she thinking?Deliberate alienation?Or, she knew what happened before, so she was ashamed to see him again?

Xu Junying was disturbed, and he and Baoju rode out on horseback. When they went around the middle gate, they met Bai Zhan who hurried over.

Bai Zhan rubbed his eyes, Xu Junying looked at him and said, "If you still want to go to foreign affairs, you don't have to follow."

Bai Zhan pleaded guilty: "My lord, let me come back. It's really boring to just drink all day with those people!"

Baoju laughed, and Xu Junying said, "Go and get your horse to follow... What did you do last night, it looks like you didn't get enough sleep."

Bai Zhan said happily: "It's better to drink! Master, walk slowly, and when I get the horse, I will tell you interesting stories along the way."

The interesting story about Bai Zhan happened last night. King Qi brought his bodyguards and made a big fuss with Cyclamen, but the young owner of Cyclamen was not easy to mess with. The hall was in a mess and it was extremely lively.

Baoju was very surprised: "Then who is the young proprietor of Xiankelai? Aren't you afraid of death, dare to contradict King Qi?"

Bai Zhan said with a smile: "At first I didn't know who that young man was. He heard the shopkeeper yell loudly and saw the waiters and cooks coming up, so he realized that it was the young proprietor of Cyclamen. The young proprietor has a bit of skill, and his chain kicks are very beautiful. Even if you have weak strength, you can't hurt anyone, and she can't hold on, King Qi is just playing with her, if it's real, it's not like that."

Xu Junying asked: "Who provoked whom? How did it end?"

Bai Zhan replied: "It was the king of Qi who asked the guards to pick up trouble, and there was a fight. Later, I didn't know it later, and the young proprietor scolded 'Zhao Bao, you have so many men bullying women', and the king of Qi understood The guards drove all the diners out."

Bai Zhan looked at Xu Junying hesitantly, and Xu Junying said, "Speak up if you have something to say!"

Then Bai Zhan patted his horse and got closer, and said, "Xianke Lai's young proprietor is the girl who beat Mr. Zhang Si that day!"

Xu Junying was taken aback for a moment: "Did you see clearly?"

"I was wearing men's clothes, and I was at the nearby table. I saw that the faces looked the same, and the voice was louder than ours...that's so similar!"

Xu Junying raised her eyebrows: "So everyone knows that King Qi bullies girls?"

Bai Zhan shook his head: "The young proprietor dressed as a man, and even played drums on stage at the beginning, her skills are really superb, it is dazzling to see, she doesn't speak, she is no different from those white-faced boys who dance swords, many people, Even the brothers who were drinking at my table thought she was a boy, and they all said that Cyclamen would probably close their doors!"

Xu Junying nodded thoughtfully: "No wonder she dared to go to the streets alone. It's good for girls to learn some self-defense skills... She called King Qi's name in person, which means that they have known each other for a long time, and King Qi is just arguing with her." Just kidding, the cyclamen will be fine."

While talking, a carriage drove past them, and Bao Ju pointed to the insignia engraved on the carriage board and said, "That! The Cyclamen's carriage delivers to people who order dim sum every day!"

Bai Zhan scratched his head: "It's really all right, what did King Qi do last night, he ruined our table of good food and drinks for nothing!"

Bao Ju pointed at him and smiled: "Don't you want to drink?"

"That's the money I spent! I was supposed to treat guests last night, but this happened to me, bad luck!"

Mei Niang jumped out of bed after Xu Junying left, hurriedly urging: "Hurry up! Comb my hair, it's too late! I'll take a look at Heng'er first, and then I'll go to Jinhua Hall to wait on the old lady to wash and have breakfast , whether to go to Jinhuatang at night, or not, the Hou has nothing to say. Ziyuntang asked the third grandma to stand up for a while, and I coaxed the old lady before going over... Cuixi asked Mama Yu and the others to make arrangements to go out after lunch!"

While combing her hair, Cui Lian begged: "My good grandma, please come back earlier, if Master Hou comes again tonight, Cheng'er and Ping'er and I will die!"

Mei Niang patted her reassuringly: "Good girl, you are all so smart, just making up a random word is enough to make him confused for a while, it's okay!"

Cui Lian stomped her feet: "Grandma!"

Mei Niang chuckled: "Okay, okay, let's try to come back sooner, at least before Lord Hou returns to our courtyard after dinner from Jinhua Courtyard, how about it?"

Cui Lian pouted: "It's not too bad."

Meiniang told Cuisi again: "The eldest lady, Miss Biao is very insidious, you must remember to tell Xia Lian to take good care of Brother Heng, that nanny is weak and unreliable."

Cuisi nodded: "I told Xia Lian a few days ago that I will go to Qiuhuayuan later, and I will go see her again."

Mei Niang sighed: "It's just poor Brother Heng, he doesn't like living in Qiuhua Courtyard until now!"

Cui Si said: "Miss Yubiao, the former son, persuaded the eldest wife: Brother Heng always cries in bed at night because the eldest grandma went to see him, and asked the eldest wife not to let grandma see Heng'er, saying that every three to five Yue, brother Heng will be fine if he forgets grandma."

Meiniang gritted her teeth and scolded: "What kind of rotten cousin, I really wish I could throw it into the pond by the door to feed the fish!"

Cui Lian stuck a pearled gourd on Mei Niang's head, and said leisurely: "The skin is so thick, the fish can't eat it, I think it's better to throw it in the backyard and feed it to the watchdog!"

Several people looked at Cui Lian together, Cui Lian touched her face: "Look at what I am doing?"

Cuisi smiled and said: "I can't see it, you say I'm cruel when I pinch someone on weekdays, but now you dare to feed people to dogs!"

Cui Lian didn't take it seriously: "That depends on who she is, she is not a human if she has a bad heart!"

Mei Niang said appreciatively: "You have to be ruthless when you treat the bad guys, why don't you let her harm us?"

While talking, everything was settled, Cuixi said: "Let's go out, or we will be late when we arrive at Jinhuatang."

First go to Qiuhua Courtyard, then to Jinhua Hall, then to Ziyun Hall, step by step, Cuixi arranged it very well. In the morning, Mama Wang brought the servants and women to patrol the garden instead of Grandma, to check all the places. As for the guarding of the door, the rest is to listen to the stewards' reply, send and receive the right cards, and hand over the slips for disbursement of silver taels.

Ning Rulan smiled and said to Mei Niang: "The spring clothes are ready, this time, the garment workshop is fast enough!"

Mei Niang said: "Bai Jingyu is a smart person. Maybe she just has nothing to do at this time, so she doesn't need to embroider girls... By the way, is the child born by Xiangrui okay? I went to see him in a snowstorm that night. , thinking about it."

Ru Lan said: "Okay, I went to see it, she is round and chubby, and Xiangrui has gained weight. The second wife is so protective, the second grandmother can't even take a closer look, I think she doesn't even bother Go and see."

Mei Niang sighed: "You say that Bai Jingyu is such a shrewd person, if he makes a wrong move, he will be completely wrong. The concubines that the second master took in are all hers. She has suffered too much for being dumb."

"It's not because of the second wife, but it's also unpredictable. The girl who has been with her since she was a child, won't help her with a good word... The second master loves the child, and he must accompany Wei'er for a while every day." , to accompany Xiangxue who is pregnant again, the two aunts live in the same courtyard, the second master almost lives there, and Bai Jingyu's Huifangyuan, only visits once in a while, and always quarrels."

Mei Niang shook her head: "She is unwilling! Now that this is the case, the second master's heart is no longer with her, why not..."

She shut up in time and didn't continue. Fortunately, Ning Rulan didn't pay attention to what she said, but she was smiling, gently caressing her abdomen, and met Mei Niang's suspicious gaze, and she smiled even more. sweetened:
"Meiniang, I...my monthly letter hasn't arrived for more than ten days...I feel like I have it!"

Mei Niang was both surprised and delighted: "Then what are you waiting for? Ask the doctor to diagnose the Xi pulse!"

Ning Rulan nodded emphatically: "I'll report it to the second wife in a while, and ask her to make the decision!"

He grabbed Mei Niang's hand again: "If it weren't for you, I would be like Jingyu, I'm not as good as her, she has a big sister, and I have nothing!"

Mei Niang said with a smile: "Everyone has their own fate, this is not comparable. These days have made you hard, I am really sorry, you can rest from tomorrow, don't worry about it, I can do it myself!"

She beckoned, Cuixi came over with a brocade box, Meiniang took it, and passed it to Rulan: "This is the last time I went to the flower banquet, I bought it on the way, and I haven't had time to bring it to you, this time, Quan It's a congratulatory gift!"

Ru Lan opened the brocade box and was taken aback: "A full set of headgear like this would cost at least three to five thousand taels of silver, you..."

Mei Niang smiled and said, "I'll give it to you!"

"Where did you get so much money?"

"Didn't you underestimate me? Anyway, I'm also the Marquis of Weiyuan. I go out to a banquet and ask the Marquis for some money. Could he refuse to give it?"

Ning Rulan laughed, and pushed the brocade box back: "But this is too expensive, you should keep it!"

Mei Niang was not happy: "I was willing to buy this headdress as a gift because I saw it was exquisite and gorgeous, and suitable for a woman with your temperament, but you didn't want it. Wouldn't it be a waste of my heart!"

Ning Rulan stroked the brocade box, thought for a while, and then nodded: "Okay, I'll accept it!"

Mei Niang smiled: "This is refreshing!"

Ning Rulan said: "I don't know if it's true. Even if it is, I can still help you with something. I heard my mother taught my sister: a pregnant person should not be lazy, otherwise it will be difficult to have a baby in the future."

Mei Niang said with a smile: "My wife is right, then you will come to Ziyun Hall when you have free time, and have the right to play and accompany me by the way."

When talking happily, it is easy to forget the time. Meiniang knew it was time to have lunch when she saw Mama Wang bringing in a food box. No wonder she was a little hungry. A little older, more and more mischievous, feeding him is not delicious, when Meiniang picks up the bowl, he will snatch it, and he will drink even if Meiniang drinks it, with a chopsticks dish, he has already caught it before it reaches the bowl It's too messy.But she still found it very fun, and didn't let the girls take him away. The poor child spent too little time with his mother, so let's make trouble, so what if the clothes are dirty with vegetable juice?Mother and son are happy.

To send Ning Rulan away, she has to go to the second wife for lunch, and then report her health condition, the second wife will invite a doctor for her to check the pulse, if it is really a happy pulse, the second wife should be happy.

With the beginning of the new year and the continuous addition of children, it seems that the good Feng Shui of the Hou Mansion has been taken over by his second room, and there is not even a single one in the eldest room.Xu Junying can't do it, Xu Junxuan is not married, what does the fourth child Xu Junting do?Why not give birth to one?Really!
While Mei Niang was slandering, Cuixi reminded softly, "Mother Lin just said that everything is fine, grandma can go to the west courtyard after eating."

Mei Niang said: "I want to take a bath and change clothes, Henger made me so dirty this morning."

Cuixi said: "Cuisi brought the changed clothes in the car, and it's good to go to the rest room to wash when we get to the store!"

"I won't go to the store anymore, I don't have enough time, I'll go directly to Cen's house, that person is waiting in the Suochun Courtyard, with his temper, if he doesn't arrive on time, he will smash the cyclamen again!"

Cuixi looked at the door, leaned over and said, "Mom came in!"

Mei Niang pretended to greet Cuixi: "Eat while it's hot, I'm full!"

Mama Wang came closer and persuaded, "Just eat this? Eat more, or you won't even have the strength to walk!"

As he spoke, he picked up the chopsticks and put two chicken legs, a piece of braised pork elbow and a piece of fish meat into Mei Niang's bowl: "I'll feel full after eating these!"

Mei Niang picked up the bowl obediently: "Okay, listen to mom, I'll eat! Mom and Cuixi will also eat, is Cuisi outside? Ask her to come in and eat together, lest the food get cold and hurt your stomach."

After lunch, Meiniang said that she was tired and wanted to go back to Tsinghua University to take a nap. She found an errand for Wang Mama to take her mother-in-law to do, and she took Cuixi Cuisi with her, and slipped out of Xu's mansion.

Lin Amao took the road to Cen's Mansion a few more times, and he would also choose a small alleyway with few people and few cars and horses. He arrived in a short while, and the carriage went directly to the side door, and Mei Niang and the others got off at the Chuihua Gate. Lin Runan came out to greet her. , wearing a pink purple spring shirt, with a flowing cloud bun, wearing pearl flowers on her hairpin, and a golden hairpin, she is such a refreshing and elegant woman, Mei Niang said with a smile:

"Are you willing to wear women's clothes back? Going out like this is also eye-catching!"

Lin Runan smiled and said: "I was really scared, it turned out to be him! I heard of his name when I came to the capital. I was young and a tyrant in the world. I didn't expect you to run into him. It's really bad luck!"

Mei Niang wanted to take a bath, Lin Runan took her into her room, the mother-in-law brought hot water, Cuixi waited on her, Lin Runan said to Cuixi:
"I'll come, you go down."

Mei Niang said: "No need, I wash it myself, Cuixi will comb my hair later."

Lin Runan said: "I'll wait for you outside the screen, I have something to tell you."

Mei Niang knew what she was going to say, so she had no choice but to say, "Okay, just say something!"

Cuixi put down the burden of changing clothes, closed the door and went out. Lin Runan moved an embroidered bamboo stick and sat beside the screen, but she showed her head to look at Meiniang. : "How dare you peek!"

Lin Runan dodged, and said with a smile: "Who wants to watch you, don't I? I just want to ask you: Why do you suddenly know those fists? Last night when you used it, I was startled. But, Where did you learn your excellent legs and feet? Could it be Xu Junying taught you?"

"Go!" Meiniang sprinkled a handful of water on her side again, "Xu Junying might not know this!"

"Then who taught you? King Qi?"

"I just met King Qi once, and it was too late to hide from him later, what should I teach?"

"That is……"

"Don't guess, this is really a long story, Ru Lan, oh no, Ru Nan, I will say that you taught me from now on, okay?"

"Not good!" Lin Runan rebuffed straight away: "I can't even use that trick, how can I teach you? Please explain clearly."

Anyone can be deceived, you can not explain to the girls, but it seems that Lin Runan can't, she knows Qin Meiniang's details, she is Qin Meiniang's friend, not a family member, so there is always a question in the friend's heart, that is too tortured, don't confess , It means distrust and damages friendship.

Meiniang sighed distressedly: "Ru Nan, I told you, you have to believe me!"

Lin Runan's eyes sparkled: "Of course I believe you!"

Mei Niang thought for a while, and then said slowly: "Actually, I don't know too well—that serious illness killed me, and when I woke up again, I did a few things that I would never do before, except I can also teach people how to sing, do business, and make clothes, such as Nan, I can knit a sweater for you!"

Lin Runan was a little disappointed, but also a little strange: "It's that simple? After recovering from a serious illness, everything will be fine, and the previous things have been forgotten?"

"Yeah!" Mei Niang nodded, then shook her head again: "I don't know everything, don't talk nonsense, and don't tell others, it's absolutely true, even after that illness, I changed and became more courageous, always If I want to leave the Xu Mansion, that place is really not for me to stay in."

Meiniang wanted to get up and put on her clothes, Lin Runan sat with her back against the screen and sighed: "You have met a god, Meiniang, if you are said to be unlucky, your life is not bad!"

Mei Niang walked out while tying up her clothes, very satisfied with Lin Runan's statement: "Maybe, I accumulated virtue in my previous life and received the favor of the gods. I survived a catastrophe. I dare not be blessed. I will be satisfied if I live a safe life!"

Lin Runan nodded: "You will be blessed, and you will live a safe and happy life—you really don't like Xu Junying?"

"That's not the problem, Xu Junying, he wants to marry his cousin as his wife, and another cousin as his concubine. I don't want to rob men, so I have to leave."

Lin Runan scolded angrily: "Another ungrateful person! My father is one, and Xu Junying is one...I'm so mad!"

Mei Niang let her knock on the table, walked to the dressing table and sat down, brushed her hair with a comb, and sighed:
"Hey! I've seen a lot of ruthless men, and I don't think there's anything to be angry about. It's great to leave Xu Junying and live a refreshing life of my own!"

Lin Runan agreed and said: "Let's leave. Competing with a group of women for a man is useless. There is no job in such a house. Madam Madam can't abandon her, but Madam Madam can ask for an order!"

"Is it okay?" Meiniang looked at Lin Runan in the mirror.

"can!"

"I'm not going to court, I want to divorce! If I go to court, I won't be able to marry. I don't want to be unmarried for the rest of my life!"

Lin Runan chuckled: "Who do you want to marry? I was still thinking that I could accompany you when you go to court. Seeing you marry like this, I don't want to marry anymore!"

Cuixi shouted from outside the door: "You two girls, can the servants come in?"

Meiniang pushed Lin Runan: "Go and open the door, the time is coming, the overlord is coming!"

Lin Runan turned to the door and said, "Push the door and come in!"

Cuixi and Cuisi came in in a hurry, Cuisi put on a snow cherry embroidered robe for Meiniang, Cuixi combed her hair with double spirals, simply adorned with a few pearls and flowers of jade, each ear Braid a bunch of black hair, wrap it in a wreath, put on a mask, and you can go out.

Lin Runan sized her up and said, "Isn't this outfit too plain? It seems that you are very cold."

Mei Niang said: "That's the way it is. Do I still have to dress up to please him? I am forced to teach him how to play the drums. Otherwise, if he is not happy, who knows what will happen. I don't want the cyclamen to come." destroyed in my hands."

Lin Runan smiled and said: "It's really hard for you, and it's really unlucky, why did you just meet him?"

"In front of him, you can just call me Cen Meimei, not Meiniang."

Mei Niang confessed to Lin Runan, Lin Runan said: "Got it, Cen Meimei, you have a good name, and you even took your grandmother's surname!"

Mei Niang saw that Cui Xi and Cui Si went out first, approached Lin Ru Nan and asked softly, "Is my grandmother's surname Cen?"

Lin Runan reached out to flick her forehead: "A long time ago, you told me yourself!"

Mei Niang rubbed her forehead and smiled silly: "I forgot!"

　Two in one, ask for a pink ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)