Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 16

Mrs. Li was also very angry when she heard about this matter, seeing her daughter getting haggard day by day, her heart ached more and more, she only found out after asking Mrs Shen that the young man belonged to the Ruyang Prince's family, she felt a little concerned.

When Yingxiu went to Mrs. Shen to say hello, Li was asking about the boy's background. Mrs. Shen felt a little headache about Li's behavior of picking others first regardless of her own conditions. Seeing Yingxiu walking in, she simply put aside the topic. "Xiu'er, you went to Wan'an Temple last time, why don't you take Yingyun out this time to relax and pray for blessings, I don't think she looks very good these days."

"If my cousin is willing to go, Xiu'er can accompany you." Yingxiu went to their right hand side, and the maid behind her brought tea. Greeting Ann is a daily compulsory homework, even though she just sat in Mrs. Shen's yard for a while, Yinghui came a little later than Yingxiu, and when she entered the door, she just heard Mrs. Shen talk about going for an outing, and she became more energetic, "Mother, why don't we go together, our family didn't go out for a walk in spring. "

Mrs. Shen nodded and looked at Mrs. Li, "Sister-in-law, what do you think?"

Mrs. Li is not familiar with the capital city, and she has heard of the name of Wan'an Temple, "Go and have a look, I'll go and talk to Yun'er." After she finished speaking, she left first to find her daughter, Yingxiu listened calmly The madam chatted with Yinghui, and occasionally replied with a smile, and did not return to her yard until Weishi. Qingbi seemed to have been waiting at the door for a long time, and when she saw her coming, she hurried up to greet her, "Miss, Aunt Kong Send someone to tell you that you feel a little unwell, and ask Miss if you can ask a doctor to look at her for her."

"Didn't you inform Madam, how long has it been?" Yingxiu's heart skipped a beat, "You ask Ziyan to take the maid who came to inform Madam to ask Madam for instructions, and come with me to have a look first."

Yingxiu couldn't pass Mrs. Shen and went out to ask the doctor first, and rushed to Xiangheyuan, suppressed the doubts in her heart, walked into the room Yingxiu smelled a faint smell of blood, Aunt Kong lay pale on the bed.

"Take Xiaohong out and ask." Yingxiu ordered Qingbi to take the maid out of the room, and she went to the edge of the bed and sat down. Aunt Kong was awake now, "Miss, I have to trouble you to come here again." .”

"Don't talk too much, I asked Ziyan to take someone to inform mother, please let the doctor send someone, you can rest assured." Yingxiu patted her hand to signal her not to panic, Qingbi quickly After coming in, Yingxiu asked Aunt Kong to have a good rest, and followed her out of the house, "Aunt Kong was fine in the morning, but she felt a little uncomfortable after eating some snacks in the afternoon, and then she wanted to lie down and rest for a while, Later, when the abdominal pain broke out, I saw redness."

"Snacks? What snacks?" Yingxiu raised her head and walked into the room again. The plate was still on the small table of the couch, and there were only some pastry crumbs left in the plate, "Xiaohong, Aunt Kong finished all these? "

Xiao Hong pulled down the tent for Aunt Kong and walked over, "No, Auntie has been feeling unwell for the past few days, so she only ate half a piece. The rest of Auntie said let us share." If there is something wrong with this pastry, wouldn't the maids who have eaten it feel uncomfortable?

"Qingbi, bring a clean handkerchief." Yingxiu took the handkerchief from Qingbi, spread it out, poured out all the pastry scum in the plate, wrapped it up and stuffed it into the cuff, "except for this pastry , what else did Auntie have for lunch?"

"I went to the kitchen to pick up the lunch box at noon, and my aunt didn't eat much. There was only some bone soup in the half bowl of rice." Xiaohong thought about it and said everything she knew. I collected it and walked out.

Mrs. Shen walked into the Xianghe Courtyard with the invited doctor, saw Yingxiu was there, did not ask any more questions and brought the doctor in, Mrs. Shen was not happy because the concubine was pregnant, but she was not feeling well , as the mistress still has to ask someone to look after her.

"I'll prescribe a few anti-abortion medicines and take them first. It's best to rest in bed for a while. Now that the month is still unstable, you need to pay more attention to what you eat." The doctor wrote out the prescriptions and handed them to Shen Madam, Madam Shen sent someone to send the doctor out after paying the consultation fee. Seeing Aunt Kong who was not in a good condition on the bed, she was very disturbed.

"You take a good rest, I will tell the master when he comes back at night." After a few words of symbolic comfort, Madam Shen didn't ask why she saw blood, she thought it was because she was weak and didn't rest well.

Yingxiu saw that the doctor was coming, and Madam Shen also came to have a look, so she went back to Yun Academy first, and Qingbi came back from Xianghe Courtyard not long after, "Miss, I met Aunt Wei on the road just now, and she seems to be going to Xianghe Courtyard of."

"Ask if something happened?" Yingxiu poured the pastry foam from the handkerchief into a box and put it in a box, "Is this pastry also made in the kitchen?"

"Xiaohong said that she also brought the pastry from the kitchen, but they were fine after eating it. Miss, what's wrong with this sweet-scented osmanthus cake?"

"Ordinary people may be fine after eating it. Do you still recognize the doctor? Take it there and let him see. He's checked my aunt's pulse, so he may know something." Yingxiu handed the box to Qingbi, and asked her to go out to find the doctor .

When Qingbi came back, it was already getting dark, Yingxiu took the letter in her hand and opened it to see, it contained the doctor's diagnosis, the sweet-scented osmanthus cake seemed to contain some strange ingredients.

"Qingbi, go to the kitchen tomorrow and find out who is using saffron for cooking." Yingxiu burned the letter paper and threw it in the clay pot. When her mother saw that Aunt Kong was unwell, she didn't even check. Did she know that she was unwell? What is the reason?
Yingxiu immediately shook her head, dispelling this illusion. If Aunt Kong had a problem with food and lost her child, all the conflicts would be directed at her mother. In the entire Shen residence, the person who least expects this child to be born is Mrs. Shen. Will use such a risky method, is it really just misplaced?

In the kitchen, tea is often boiled to soothe the nerves. Saffron has this effect and is used occasionally. If it is really intentional, it is too obvious, or if it is so smooth, Aunt Kong has lost her child by accident...

Maybe it was because the haze of the previous life was too cautious, Yingxiu was very persistent about this matter, until Qingbi went to the kitchen to inquire about the news, because Yingyun was unwell and in a bad mood these days, Li Shi took out some Good saffron can be made in the kitchen to make tea or put in dishes to calm Yingyun’s nerves. The meals in each courtyard are arranged uniformly in the big kitchen. It is not impossible to feed Aunt Kong.

This is the only pregnant woman in Shen's house now, according to the mother's temperament, it is impossible to ignore it, and she should cook separately in terms of food, and fortunately Aunt Kong's poor appetite did not eat much.

The more Yingxiu thought about it, the more something went wrong, and the more reasonable the explanation, the more problematic it became. Even if it was an accidental negligence that fell into the pastry, why did it happen to be pastry, not lunch, and it was not sent to them for food...

Because of Concubine Kong's popularity, the time to go to Wan'an Temple was postponed for several days. It happened to coincide with Qizhi's rest day, so Mrs. Shen simply took them to Wan'an Temple.

Yingxiu left Qingbi in the mansion, and took Xiangling and Baoqin to Wan'an Temple. After more than half a day's drive, the group arrived at the foot of the mountain in Wan'an Temple. On the mountain road, one is for stone steps, and the other is for carriages. There are many small roads leading to various branch temples. There are several inns at the foot of Wan'an Temple. Less, more selling some incense candle scriptures.

There were a lot of people who came to Wan'an Temple before the rest day, and many carriages were parked on the roadside at the foot of the mountain. Mrs. Li felt that it was too crowded, so she didn't want to get out of the carriage and walk up, so Mrs. Shen ordered the carriage to go directly up the mountain.

On the square of the main hall, a large cauldron with a height of one person is burning incense. During the heavenly sacrifice, the abbot of Wan'an Temple will stand at the highest place to worship the heaven and the earth, praying for the safety of the capital and the whole country. Yingxiu was born at the age of ten. I came here with Mrs. Shen that year. At that time, there were huge crowds of people. When the consecration was held, the people around took out the pendants on their bodies, hoping to absorb some of the Buddha's light to bless themselves.

I took the sign in the temple and went to the guest room. After eating the fast meal, Mrs. Shen asked Yingxiu to take Yingyun to walk around to relax. The peach trees on the side have already grown small fruits, hanging green on the branches. Yingxiu led them to the small pavilion where she had been last time. This is one of the four high points of Wan'an Temple. Looking down, you can just see the winding mountain road leading to the main temple.

"You can reach Yuantang from this path, why don't we take a rest here?" Yingxiu pointed to the path deep in the peach forest, and said to them, Yinghui glanced at the foot of the mountain, feeling bored , "Then let's go to that Yuantang, what's there to see here."

After more than two months, I went to Yuantang again. Yingxiu still remembered the day when she asked for a lottery. When she stepped into the main hall of Yuantang, there was still the statue of Avalokitesvara standing there. Yinghui went to the futon and knelt down. Someone was asking for a lottery, so he went to the master's side and asked for a lottery holder. In the quiet hall, there were only whispers of wishing and the sound of asking for a lottery.

Yingxiu knelt on the futon, clasped her hands together and squinted her eyes to pray for a while, there was a commotion at the door, and a white figure appeared in Yuantang, gracefully like a fairy.

Words like beautiful came from all around, Yingxiu opened her eyes, and bowed three more times, and the zither at the side helped her up, "Miss, look."

Yingxiu looked up at the white figure standing in front of the lottery master, feeling a little familiar, "What's wrong?"

"They are all talking about the girls from Huafang. Miss, let's stay away from them." Baoqin pulled Yingxiu and leaned back a little. There were several girls in gauze skirts covering their faces. It was the one in white, Yingxiu felt more and more familiar the more she looked at it, and it was only when the person turned around that she was sure that it was Liu Xu'er.

The face under the veil was quiet and indifferent. She looked at the Guanyin statue devoutly, and didn't care about the whispers of others. She knelt on the futon, holding the stick in her hands and shaking it gently. Yinghui and Yingyun also moved towards Yingxiu. Walking over, Yingyun's face was quite contemptuous, "It's offensive to dress like this."

Yingxiu shook her head, "Women in Huafang also have the right to ask for a lottery. There are many people here, so let's go out first." People outside Yuantang also came in to see what was said in the capital city some time ago. One of the protagonists of the uproarious incident, Yingxiu took them out of the fate hall.

(End of this chapter)