Madam Hou

Chapter 159

Lin Fengqi hurried back to the main courtyard. It was getting dark in winter, and the main courtyard had already hung up the lanterns. The bright red lanterns were hung under the eaves, emitting a soft light.

Lin Fengqi stood at the door, listening to Yinniang's gentle voice in the room.She seems to be teaching Yi Geer to recognize things, and he can even imagine the picture inside: Yinniang pointed to something and said to Yi Geer: "This is a vase." "This is an incense burner" "This is a tea bowl" "This is dish"...

And every time Yinniang said something, Brother Yi yelled "Aah" twice as if in response, and then shook the rattle in his hand, and the rattle made a "dong dong dong" sound.

Lin Fengqi only felt warmth in his heart.

He took a step and walked into the room without hesitation, and saw Yinniang holding brother Yi standing in front of a large screen with wings, and when he heard Lin Fengqi's voice coming in, Yinniang turned her head and looked at her. The husband smiled.

Lin Fengqi also bent his mouth and laughed.When Brother Yi saw his father, he moved back and forth in his mother's arms and yelled "Ahhh", and kept shaking the rattle in his hand, as if to say hello to his father.

Brother Yi's strength is getting stronger and stronger, and when Yinniang is moving in Yinniang's arms, Yinniang almost misses hugging him.Lin Fengqi hastily stepped forward and hugged Brother Yi and Yinniang together, then took Brother Yi from Yinniang's arms, walked to the kang next to him while holding him, and said to Brother Yi: "What are you doing today, Brother Yi?" Did you recognize something?"

Brother Yi didn't know if he understood, hugged Lin Fengqi's neck, and suddenly kissed his father's face with a "bang", and then giggled, not knowing what he was happy about.

Lin Fengqi also laughed happily, and the one who voted for Li Baotao kissed his son's face twice, and said with a laugh: "Our Brother Yi is so smart!"

Seeing the father and son smirking at each other, Yin Niang couldn't help laughing too.She walked over and stood next to her husband. Originally, she wanted to ask Aunt Liu about it, but the atmosphere was just right, but she couldn't bear to spoil the warmth of this moment.

At night, after Lin Fengqi coaxed his son who was sleeping in the middle to sleep, he kissed his son's little face, then propped himself up, and leaned over to kiss his wife's face who was sleeping inside.Yin Niang opened her eyes and smiled, Lin Fengqi stretched out his hand to hold his wife's hand again, and held it tightly.

Lin Fengqi said: "Aunt Liu is ill, and you are not here today, so I will go to Xikuayuan."

Yin Niang nodded and said, "I know, I believe in you."

Lin Fengqi said again: "Tomorrow, you can invite a grand husband to show her, and I will leave her affairs to you in the future, and I will never interfere again."

"it is good."

He held her hand and kissed it on his lips, saying, "I've wronged you!"

Yin Niang shook her head and said, "As long as you live up to me!"

"I will not fail you!"

Afterwards, Lin Fengqi really didn't bother with Aunt Liu's affairs. Although Yinniang didn't like Aunt Liu, but for Lin Fengqi's peace of mind, she was extremely concerned about her illness, and asked the doctor to do everything by herself.

Yin Niang looked at Aunt Liu who was lying on the bed withered and lifeless, she couldn't help feeling more pity for her, and even less disgust for her in the past.

After the doctor gave the prescription, Yin Niang asked people to fetch the medicine and make it decoction.Yin Niang walked to the bed and said to Aunt Liu: "The doctor said that you are overly worried and depressed. You should take good care of your illness and don't think about it. You will be fine in a few days. Or do you miss your mother? Someone invited Mrs. Fuyang Hou to come over and talk to you?"

Aunt Liu shook her head, sat up suddenly, and winked at Qin'er beside her.Qin'er secretly wiped away her tears, then bent her knees and went out.Aunt Liu turned her eyes to the two maids behind Yinniang. Seeing this, Yinniang sighed and winked at the two maids beside her.The two servant girls understood and went out with Qin'er.

When the servant girl left, she also closed the door, leaving only Yinniang and Aunt Liu in the empty room.Aunt Liu suddenly got off the bed and knelt down in front of Yinniang.Yin Niang was a little surprised that she was not surprised at all at this time, and looked at Aunt Liu calmly.

"Ma'am, I know I can't compete with you, and I don't want to. But I beg you, please let him give me a child. I have been like this in my life. Let him leave a little thought for me, if not , I can't live!"

Yin Niang took a deep look at Liu Jian, and said, "Impossible!"

"You already have so much, I just ask you to share a little bit with me, isn't that okay? I just want a child, I don't want anything else."

"No matter how much I have, it's my own, I didn't snatch it from you!" Yin Niang looked at the pale-faced Liu Jianjian, and finally she couldn't bear to ease her tone, and continued: "If I ask you like this, what if I am changing hands with you, will you agree to such a request?"

"I can."

"No, you won't!" Yin Niang said: "A child is not a thing, it is a blood relationship between two people. If you have a child, as a father, Xianggong will definitely not leave him alone, and it is me who is the one who treats him poorly." The child's father's love. And for the sake of the child, the husband will definitely not have the heart to reject you, and when the time comes, what you will take away is my husband's love, how can you say I will promise you?"

"After the child is born, I will take him to live in Zhuangzi, and I promise not to rob you of these things, and I promise not even a penny of the property in the mansion."

"I believe that what you are saying now is the truth, but I don't believe that you can do it. People's desires are endless. All you think about is a child now, but after the child is born, you will want to stay in By his side, when you can stay by his side, you will want his love, and when he loves you, you will want him to love you alone... Even if you really live in Zhuangzi So what, as long as he has a child, he will feel more guilty towards you, even if he lives with us, he will not feel at ease. In the future, can he really not give this child some property? I am very selfish, I hope that my husband is only me, and I also hope that all my husband's children are born to me, even the things in this Hou's mansion, I also hope that they will all belong to my children in the future. Whether it is I don’t want to distribute people and property to others, and I never feel that my selfishness is at fault.”

Liu Jianxuan was crying, her body was on the verge of falling, and she almost fell down unsteadily.Yin Niang didn't soften her heart, she said: "Take good care of your illness, your body belongs to you, if you don't cherish it, no one will cherish it, I'll go back first." After finishing speaking, she turned and left the door.

Aunt Liu was ill for two whole months.When she recovered, the Laba Festival had already passed, but the illness seemed to have hollowed out her body, and she was so thin that only a skeleton remained. When she came to pay her respects to Yin Niang, Yin Niang was afraid that she would die at any time. topple.

She came to pay her respects for the first time after she recovered from her illness, and asked Yinniang three things: the first thing, she wanted to practice in a nunnery for a few years, so she asked Yinniang to help her find a cleaner nunnery; the second thing, to keep her The status of a concubine; the third thing, she wants to see her mother.

Yin Niang told her that she agreed to the first and third things, but it was just that the end of the new year was approaching and she would not be sent to the nunnery until after the new year, but she could invite her mother to come and see her now.As for the second matter, she was bestowed by the emperor, as long as she doesn't make a big mistake, neither she nor Lin Fengqi can deprive her of her status as a concubine.

Aunt Liu didn't say anything else, and stayed in the Xikua courtyard after she went back, rarely going out.Yinniang asked Madam Fuyang Hou to come and see her. After Madam Fuyang Hou came to see her, she came out of Xikua courtyard with red eyes, and then went to Fushou courtyard to see Mrs. Lin Tai.Mrs. Lin Tai didn't see her, and then she came around to Yinniang's yard again, begging Yinniang not to agree to let Aunt Liu go to the nunnery, but Yinniang didn't agree, so she told Yinniang with a gun and a stick, and then He went back with a dark face.After that, Mrs. Fuyanghou often came to visit Aunt Liu, and Yinniang didn't let anyone stop her. She just heard from the maids that Mrs. Fuyanghou came out of Xikuayuan crying every time.

At this time, in the Xikua courtyard, after Mrs. Fuyang Hou cried and left because she failed again to dissuade her daughter, Qin'er secretly wiped a tear and said to Aunt Liu: "Auntie, why are you doing this? You can build a Buddhist hall in the courtyard, so why go to a nunnery.”

Aunt Liu raised her head and asked, "Do you not understand why I am going to the nunnery?"

Qin'er didn't speak, but it was obvious that she didn't understand.

She leaned against the head of the bed, looking at the curtains on the bed with half-empty eyes, and said: "When I was sick, I had a dream. In the dream, Brother Feng Qi and Mrs. Chen were playing with Brother Yi, Feng Qi My brother smiled warmly, and kissed Chen or Yi from time to time. They looked so happy! And I was right next to him, but he couldn't see me. I hated me so much, I wished they were all dead. So one day, I really took a knife and killed both Mrs. Chen and Mr. Yi. In my dream, I was covered in blood, but I felt very happy. I felt that no one would come to snatch my brother Fengqi away. Yes. But when I turned around, I saw Brother Feng Qi looking at me from behind. He looked at me like a poisonous snake that wanted to bite me to death. It was extremely ferocious and cold. My heart hurts, how can I bear him looking at me like that, I want to explain to him, but I can't move. Later, brother Fengqi also killed me with a knife, but that The stabbing of the knife on my body was not as painful as brother Fengqi's eyes on me. That dream tormented me, and I thought I would never get better for the rest of my life."

She felt itchy on her face, and reached out to touch it, only to find that she was crying again.These days, she always has a lot of tears.

She continued: "I know that I have hatred and resentment in my heart. If I stay in the mansion and I watch them love each other every day, I don't know if I will do something like in my dream. When Brother Fengqi looked at me, he would only be more resentful than in his dream. I don’t want to do this, I don’t want Brother Fengqi to hate me. I heard that gods and Buddhas can wash away people’s resentment. I want to ask Bodhisattva to help me I originally wanted to cut my hair and become a Bodhisattva's disciple, but I couldn't bear to become someone who has nothing to do with Brother Fengqi, even if it's just a false name for the rest of my life, I still want to be his woman."

Qin'er cried and said: "It's all the fault of Master Hou. There are not many concubines in any mansion in the capital. Master Hou and Auntie have been in love since childhood. Why can't they give Auntie a child. If Auntie has thoughts, she will not Such thoughts will arise.”

Aunt Liu shook her head and said, "Don't blame him. Love breeds worry, and love breeds fear. It's my demon!" After she finished speaking, she looked at Qin'er and said, "The nunnery is miserable, and if I go, I'll be there too." I don’t know when I’ll go back to the mansion, but if you’re willing, I’ll ask Madam to match you with a good family. Madam will always be willing to help you find a good family for the sake of my asking to go to the nunnery.”

Qin'er shook her head and said: "Auntie, I have no father or mother, and I have served you since I was a child. You are like a relative of my servant. You can let this servant follow you to the nunnery, so that this servant can serve you again."

Aunt Liu smiled wryly and said, "What a silly girl."

The most clean and quiet nunnery in the capital is Shuiyue Nunnery. Yinniang wants to send Aunt Liu to Shuiyue Nunnery.It's just that Master Nian Ci, the host of Shuiyue Temple, doesn't like to be disturbed, so he doesn't often accept disciples from ordinary people.Sister Yun has a friendship with Master Nian Ci, and Yinniang wants to ask her to intercede so that Master Nian Ci can accept Aunt Liu.

So Yinniang found a free time years ago, posted a post to sister Yun, and came to visit after getting a reply from sister Yun.

It was the first time for Yinniang to come to the Wang family, and she rewarded sister Yun for marriage, and Yinniang went to Weibeihou's mansion to eat wine.The servant girl led Yin Niang into Sister Yun's yard. Sister Yun was sitting cross-legged on the kang, playing with a two-year-old girl.Seeing Yinniang coming in, she hurriedly got off the kang, put on her shoes, hugged the little girl off the kang, and said to Yinniang with a smile, "I said you would come later, but I didn't expect you to come so early."

Yinniang was looking at the little girl next to Sister Yun, when she heard Sister Yun's words, she raised her head and smiled and replied, "I'm just pretending to be troubled, so I'm uneasy."

Seeing that Yinniang was looking at the child all the time, Sister Yun quickly introduced to Yinniang: "This is Sister Ying, born to Aunt Wang in the Xianggong's house. When I entered the door, I saw that she was born cute, so I recorded her Take it to your side and raise it." After speaking, he lowered his head and said to the little girl: "Sister Ying, this is auntie, hurry up and say hello to auntie!"

Sister Ying bent down and said, "Hello, Auntie. I'm Sister Ying." After speaking, she raised her head curiously and asked Yin Niang, "Which aunt is Auntie from? Why haven't you come to see me?" Sister Ying?"

Seeing that she was cute and smart, Yinniang quickly squatted down and said with a smile, "You are sister Ying? You are so cute! I am the aunt of the Lin family. My aunt didn't know about sister Ying before, so she never came to see her." Sister Ying, Auntie will often come to see Sister Ying in the future, okay?"

Sister Ying nodded and said, "Then Aunt must remember to come!"

"Okay, Auntie will come here often." After speaking, he patted her head.Then he found a jade ring of suet jade from his body as a meeting gift for her.

For some reason, Yinniang always felt that Ying's sister looked a bit like Yun's.Maybe it's because who raised them like whom?

Yinniang stood up, and Sister Yun called the nanny to come in and take Sister Ying down, and Yinniang and Sister Yun sat on the kang together.Sister Yun said: "I can't go out recently. If you hadn't come to me, I would have died of suffocation. By the way, I have something to tell you."

Yin Niang asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

Sister Yun blushed, and said shyly: "I am pregnant, two months, just diagnosed two days ago."

Yin Niang was taken aback for a moment, then she smiled and said congratulations sincerely: "Congratulations, you've only been here for five months, and you didn't expect to be pregnant so soon."

Sister Yun also said with some joy: "Besides my natal family, you are the first person I tell."

Yin Niang smiled and congratulated her, and then asked about her reaction during pregnancy.When it was about the same time, Yin Niang finally said what she wanted to do.

Sister Yun also patted her chest and said: "No problem, even if it's inconvenient for me, I can also ask my mother to tell the teacher. When Master Nianci was not a monk, he gave my mother a handkerchief. My mother's face The teacher will give some points."

No wonder Sister Yun was able to live in Shuiyue Nunnery last time, so it was for this reason.

Yin Niang thanked Sister Yun with a smile, and then the two talked for a while, then Yin Niang said goodbye and came back.

After returning to Hou's mansion, Yinniang went into the inner room to change clothes and came out. She just sat on the kang and had a sip of tea when Caizhu came in from the outside again and said to Yinniang, "Ma'am, something happened in Shimo Hutong. Da Tai Furen got wind paralysis ①!"

Yin Niang put down the tea bowl and asked, "Why is this happening? Didn't it mean that she has gotten better recently?"

Cai Zhu said: "Aunt Wen and Aunt Liu in the fourth master's room gave birth yesterday, both of them gave birth to sons, but they both gave birth to stillborn babies. According to the midwife who delivered the babies, the babies were born with bruises all over their bodies. When the Da Tai Madam saw the child, she pointed at the Fourth Madam and fainted on the spot. After waking up, she couldn't speak or move, so she asked the doctor to see it, and said it was wind paralysis."

The child was born with green lumps all over his body, which should be caused by poisoning in the mother's womb, could it be Luo's hands and feet?The eldest wife wanted Lin Fengxuan to have a son, so she even ignored her concubines. Seeing this, no wonder she fell down.

Yin Niang said: "Find some medicinal materials from the warehouse and send them to Fourth Master, we don't care about the rest." Anyway, after the family is separated, it's better for her to take care of the house.

Caizhu said yes softly, and went out.And Yin Niang sat on the kang, thinking about the two dead children, and silently recited a few words of Amitabha in her heart.

(End of this chapter)