Madam Hou

Chapter 117

Half a month later, Yin Niang pretended to be unwell, and Mrs. Lin invited the doctor to see her again, the same doctor who came to check Yin Niang's pulse last time.The doctor repeated what he said last time, but changed it from more than two months to less than two months, and then happily went home with a bag of money.

The news of Yinniang's pregnancy spread, and good friends from various prefectures came to visit one after another.The imperial concubine and empress in the palace also rewarded medicinal materials.

Mrs. Chen was the first to arrive with Pingniang, and Mrs. Chen also brought two jars of pickled plums.

Pingniang is 14 years old this year, her body is gradually growing, and her appearance is changing day by day, gradually gaining the charm of a girl.Pingniang's appearance is not as good as Yanniang and Yinniang, but she is also very outstanding among women.She was half a head taller than when Yinniang saw her last time, and now she is almost shoulder-to-shoulder with Yinniang.She has been with Yu Momo all these years, and she has learned all the rules, and now she is engaged to Young Master Ying Ba, and she looks more dignified and elegant.But when he saw his sister, he showed the vivacity of a girl.

Pingniang put her hand on Yinniang's belly and felt it was flat, it was no different from usual, she put her ear on her sister's belly, as if she wanted to listen to her little nephew.

Yin Niang flicked Ping Niang's forehead with her fingers, and said: "Little girl, you are a ghost. Don't listen, you are still too young to hear anything. The doctor said that he will not be able to hear it until five or six months later. will move."

Only then did Pingniang reluctantly sit down on the stool next to her again.

The maid brought up sour plums.

Pregnant women like sour food, and Yinniang is no exception. She was afraid of attracting suspicion before, but Yinniang refrained from eating too much sour food, but now she is finally able to let go.

Mrs. Chen looked at her daughter who kept stuffing the sour plums into her mouth, and couldn't help but said: "Slow down, no one is robbing you, and your appearance of grabbing food looks like the Hou family has treated you badly." Like you."

Yinniang also stuffed a sour plum in her mouth, chewed it a few times and swallowed it before saying: "The Hou Mansion is under your daughter's control now, who can treat your daughter badly. It's just because the sour plum made by my mother is not the same as the mansion. It tastes better, so I ate more."

Mrs. Chen said: "If you like to eat, there are a few jars at home. I'll have someone bring them to you tomorrow."

Yin Niang had already put another sour plum in her mouth, she chewed the sour plum and said, "Thank you, mother."

Mrs. Chen saw that her daughter hated the person who eats sour so much, but now she stuffs sour plums into her mouth one after another, and she was relieved: "I like sour, people say that sour children are hot girls, your child is probably a son." .”

From Mrs. Chen's tone, she hoped that she would have a son in this birth. Yinniang had watched Mrs. Chen's life in her husband's family be difficult because of childlessness.Coupled with Mrs. Lin's ardent hope that this child will be a boy, Yinniang is under pressure, and she also hopes that this child will be a boy.

Of course, this is not to say that she only likes her son and not her daughter. The daughter is a close-fitting little padded jacket. She has already planned that she will have a son in this child, and a daughter in the next child.A daughter has an older brother to protect her, so she can live a more carefree life. If she is the eldest daughter, she has to take care of the younger brother born below, which is too much responsibility.

But hearing Mrs. Chen say this, she couldn't help but giggled and said, "Mother, you are patriarchal."

Mrs. Chen said nonchalantly: "This is your first child, so naturally it is your husband's son. Not to mention anything else, after giving birth to a son, your mother-in-law will think highly of you, and your life in your husband's house will be stable. Some. Don’t worry about it, you have never suffered from not having a son. If I gave you a brother, I would rely on my rich dowry to take care of the family’s food. Would your father dare to make a fuss about taking concubines and having children? If he dares, I can also stop that Dou family from entering the house. There are three unfilial acts and no offspring is the biggest. I didn't give birth to a son, so I was naturally weaker in front of your father. I made a fuss about not letting him take a concubine earlier, what happened? , in front of your father and other people, it is all my fault, no one is against us, but my own reputation is damaged."

Yin Niang also felt a little sad when she heard her mother talking about the past.When Aunt Dou first entered the house, although Yinniang was still young, she could remember that Mrs. Chen had a hard time at that time.Mrs. Chen doted on Aunt Dou, and Aunt Dou liked to pretend to be a little white flower. Mrs. Chen suffered a lot from the dispute between wives and concubines.When the matter spread to the outside world, Mrs. Chen has a reputation for being childless but blocking the concubines from entering. Everyone said that Mrs. Chen was jealous and oppressed the concubines, and no one sympathized with them.Mrs. Chen's natal family has only one adopted brother, who is not close to Mrs. Chen, and has no one to rely on in her natal family, so all grievances can only be swallowed.

When it comes to the past, whether it is Mrs. Chen, or Yinniang and Pingniang, the mood suddenly becomes a little heavy.The past is unbearable, Yin Niang deliberately let the atmosphere out, and said with a smile: "Who says I don't care anymore, I also want to have a son."

Mrs. Chen was satisfied when she saw that her daughter was not perfunctory.But then he was afraid that his daughter would be under too much pressure, so he said: "Although it's good to care, but you don't care too much. If this birth is a daughter, it doesn't matter. As long as you can give birth, you can always give birth to a son. "

Yin Niang couldn't help but interrupted with a smile: "Okay, mother, don't worry about me too much, my mother-in-law asked someone to show me, and said that I am suitable for a man."

Mrs. Chen also felt that the topic of having a son was too heavy, so she stopped dwelling on this topic.Then I told my daughter some precautions for pregnancy, everything is detailed, food, clothing, housing and transportation are all-round, and even the best sleeping position for pregnancy is told.

Mrs. Lin or the doctor had told her about these things, but after all, she was not as careful as Mrs. Chen, and Yin Niang listened carefully to them one by one.Mrs. Chen later saw that Yinniang might not be able to write down so much, so she simply said: "Forget it, forget it, I will write these things down when I go back, and you can just follow the above in the future."

Mrs. Chen is full of motherly love, and Yinniang will never refuse.

Then, Mrs. Chen asked one more thing that she was worried about: "You are pregnant now, there is something wrong in your house, what did your mother-in-law say?"

This is the question of access to the room.

The Hou Mansion just came out of filial piety, and Yinniang was just pregnant, Mrs. Lin did not tell Yinniang about anything.But based on Yinniang's understanding of Mrs. Lin Tai, she is not the kind of person who would wrong her son for his daughter-in-law.After the three-month pregnancy is stable, if Yinniang doesn't take the initiative to promote a few people to serve Lin Fengqi, Mrs. Lin may mention it.

There used to be two rooms in Lin Fengqi's house, but Qingwu was sent out for committing a crime.Fangzhou originally planned to send it out, but Fangzhou didn't make a mistake like Qingwu, and she had never been used by Lin Fengqi. Yinniang planned to help her choose a better family in Zhuangzi, but later met Lin Fengqi. The filial piety of the old Hou Ye, this matter was delayed.Now Fangzhou is still living in a house in the side courtyard of Tangrongyuan.It's just that Yin Niang didn't like to see her, and she didn't like Lin Fengqi to see her, so she was not allowed to serve in the main room for the past two years.

Yinniang didn't want Madam Chen to worry, she said: "Mother, don't worry, my mother-in-law also values ​​my child, she won't let anyone in to disturb me for now."

Mrs. Chen had dealt with Mrs. Lin Tai before, so she didn't believe Yin Niang's words.Although Mrs. Chen knew that her daughter was not the kind of person who would make her suffer, she still couldn't help telling her: "If your mother-in-law insists on putting people in your room, you can go to the palace and tell your sister, and let her give you the money." call the shots."

"I know, mother."

Mrs. Chen told her daughter a few more words, until it was getting late, then reluctantly said goodbye to her daughter, and took Pingniang back together.

After Mrs. Chen went back, Yin Niang was still sitting on the couch, and ate up the plate of sour plums on the couch without leaving any.Although her mouth was still full of greed, Yinniang was afraid that eating too much would be bad for her child, so she dared not eat any more.

After a while, Yinniang saw Chuoyingying figures moving outside the door, accompanied by voices, which sounded like Fangzhou's voice.Yin Niang didn't bother to move, she waited for the servant girl to come in and report what was going on.

After a while, Qingteng really came in with a bundle in his hand.

Qingteng gave birth to two children in a row after being married, and the second son just gave birth two months ago.Yinniang originally wanted her to recover before entering the mansion to serve her, but later she heard that Yinniang was pregnant, and thought that Qinghua and Caizhu were not very careful people, and the others were the sons of the Hou family. If there is any problem, but it is better to be careful at this very moment, even if the child is still young, leaving the daughter in the care of my sister-in-law, I am in a hurry to go back to the house to take care of her.

Qingteng opened the bundle, and inside was a red Shu brocade beige embroidered with peony flowers, with a loose waist, just right for pregnant women.Qingteng said: "It was sent by Miss Fangzhou. I stopped her outside just now. The servants checked her clothes and there is nothing wrong with them."

Yin Niang only glanced at the clothes, then retracted her eyes, and asked, "Didn't she say she would come in and say hello to me?"

Qingteng nodded, and said: "The servant girl said that the madam had rested, and she didn't force her to come in, but just asked the servant girl to bring the clothes to the madam."

Yin Niang nodded, but did not speak.

The clothes that Yinniang is wearing now must be inspected by Qingteng before she dares to wear them. As for the clothes made by Fangzhou, even if they have been inspected, Yinniang will not put them on.Fangzhou would not be ignorant of the prudence of the main courtyard, and at this time still sent over clothes, the color used was bright red, and the embroidered peonies were graceful and luxurious.Colors and embroidery are not Yinniang's favorite, but they are the ones that can best reflect the status of the mistress. The intention is not to let Yinniang wear the upper body, but it may be to show a small submission.

In front of Fangzhou back then, although Yinniang and Lin Fengqi said they would help her find a good man to marry and would not treat her badly in terms of dowry, she was not overjoyed at that time, and it seemed that she had no intention of giving up at this time. .

She was pregnant, so it was inconvenient to serve Lin Fengqi, and most people would carry a few housemates for the sake of the reputation of being virtuous.And Fangzhou is already a roommate, her appearance is not outstanding, she was born as a maid, Lin Fengqi doesn't like her very much, if Yinniang wants to praise a few people in the room, for Yinniang, she is afraid that she is the most suitable candidate, either Blocking the mouths of outsiders is not afraid that she will steal her husband's favor.Fang Zhou probably saw this clearly and thought it was an opportunity, so he was a little bit of a little girl to Yin Niang.

Qing Teng said again: "The servant girl took out the clothes and found a box to put them in."

Yin Niang thought for a while and said, "It's nothing, you can put it here first."

When Lin Fengqi came back in the evening, Yinniang was sitting on the couch drinking chicken soup.She is often hungry now, and the small kitchen in Tangrong Courtyard always has something to eat in case she needs it at any time.

Lin Fengqi took off his shoes and sat next to Yinniang, then half-lyed down on his side, stretched into her stomach and stroked her gently for a while, then sighed: "Why is it so slow, it will take more than seven months for this kid to come out .”

Yin Niang took a spoonful of chicken soup and handed it to Lin Fengqi's mouth. Lin Fengqi opened his mouth and drank it, and then said: "I went to see the two boys of Su Yu's family today. They are really cute. They are more than two years old. , as soon as I saw Su Yu, I surrounded him and called for my father, which is really enviable. Obviously I am the same age as Su Yu, and he is the father of two children, but my son is still staying in the mother's belly... "

Yin Niang sighed in her heart, really, this chicken soup can't stop her mouth.

Since Yinniang was pregnant, every time Lin Fengqi came back, she would always express similar exclamations. At first, Yinniang was interested in echoing a few words, but after listening to it too much, she felt tired and disinclined, and was too lazy to talk to him.

After Lin Fengqi sighed, he sat up and saw a blue bag on the couch again, and asked suspiciously: "Why don't you put away what's in this bag?"

Yin Niang said: "Oh, this is from Fangzhou. Inside is a sash she made for me. I forgot to put it away just now."

"Fangzhou..." Fangzhou was not serving in the main room these years, if Yinniang hadn't mentioned it, Lin Fengqi would have almost forgotten about this person.Hearing that she made the clothes for Yinniang again, she couldn't help frowning and said: "You are pregnant now, so be careful in everything. You don't feel safe using these things prepared by outsiders. You should use them sparingly."

Lin Fengqi thought for a while, then remembered that Fangzhou seemed to still bear the name of the person in his room, and said again: "I think it's better to help her find a home as soon as possible, and send this Fangzhou out."

Yin Niang put down the bowl in her hand, wiped her greasy mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "I don't dare. When I first entered the door, I said I would send Fangzhou out, and my mother was not willing. Sending Fangzhou out has not only confirmed my reputation of being jealous."

Lin Fengqi pinched Yinniang's chin, and teased, "Are you still jealous?"

Yin Niang pouted, took her husband's hand and shook it, and said coquettishly: "Isn't that why I like you, if you really want to bring someone in, I can really stop you."

"With you, a little jealous vat, I wouldn't dare." After finishing speaking, she asked the maid to put away the bowl and kang table, hugged Yinniang and said, "Don't you just want me to tell my mother, just say it directly, and go around like that." What are you going to do? I will tell my mother tomorrow, okay?"

Yin Niang smiled, kissed her husband on the face, and then said: "But you can't give away one, and then bring back two."

"I know!" After finishing speaking, he touched Yinniang's belly and said, "You are pregnant with my little boy now, and you are holding the emperor to order the princes. Madam has orders, so I dare not disobey."

Yin Niang stretched out her hand to hit the hand touching her stomach, and said angrily: "Don't you want to tell Niang because of me? After all, it's just because I'm pregnant with a child?"

Lin Fengqi stretched out his hand and grabbed Yinniang's hand, saying: "Don't hit, don't hit, it's fine if it hurts my hand, but it's fine if it hurts my son."

(End of this chapter)