Huaping carried a heavy four-layer rosewood food box and returned to the side courtyard with some difficulty. Although the weather was not warm, beads of sweat oozed from the roots of her hair.
She handed the carved food box to the little maid in the courtyard. Aunt Ye asked, "Why did you go to get the food yourself? You don't have to bother me."
Huaping wiped her sweat and said with a smile, "Today, Sister Yang from the kitchen sent someone to say that the farm had sent over ten silk-feathered black-bone chickens, which were usually raised with herbs and bamboo worms and tasted very delicious. She picked out the best ones and made soup, saying that it would be very beneficial to your health, so I simply took them myself and thanked Sister Yang by the way."
Aunt Ye glanced at the heavy food box and said with a smile, "Now that you have something good, why don't you send it to the old lady and the madam? Why are you being so attentive to me for no reason?"
Huaping said, "You are wrong, Auntie. The kitchen staff has always been concerned about your health. Sister Yang said that the Marquis saw that you were getting thinner, so he specifically told you to take good tonic food, but Auntie never really took advantage of it."
As she spoke, she washed up and served Aunt Ye her meal: "However, I heard that the Marquis's wife was too ill to get up these past two days and didn't even have much food. But she ordered some porridge from the kitchen a few times."
Huaping opened the food box and steam came out.
She took out the dishes layer by layer, and placed the Eight Treasures Black Chicken Soup at the bottom. There was a tin base embedded in the groove of the bottom box, with boiling water in the base to keep it warm. After carrying it all the way back, the edge of the soup bowl was still hot enough to burn her hands.
After Aunt Ye washed her hands, a little maid served the soup in a porcelain bowl half the size of her palm. She took a sip with a spoon and found it was indeed extremely delicious.
She smiled and said, "Is Madam really ill? She seemed fine a few days ago. I'm afraid it's a mental illness?"
Huaping agreed: "I'm afraid so. It's probably because of the incident at Cangbai Hall. After all, the maid originally had a name, but now she has been sent directly to the laundry room. A delicate girl can't stand the hardship there."
Aunt Ye lowered her eyes and said calmly, "Even if you can't bear it, you have to bear it. Once you bear it, you will know that there is nothing you can't bear. It all depends on your own luck."
"But this style is really unlike our lady. I think she would want to kill him immediately after this happened. At the very least, she should be driven out of the house."
Huaping said, "This is a great favor. But I don't know who told me that this is a favor from the eldest young master."
Aunt Ye stopped eating and said, "From this perspective, the young master is a soft-hearted person."
Huaping picked up another portion of mushroom stewed with bamboo shoots and sighed, "After such a long friendship, how could you be so cruel? Speaking of this, today when I went to the kitchen, I saw Baijuan leading a woman dressed in folk costumes to Guiyi Hall from afar on the bridge."
Aunt Ye's eyes lit up for a second, and she asked, "But he looks about fifty years old, with shiny hair and a rather tall figure?"
Huaping nodded: "Auntie, what you said is exactly right."
Aunt Ye smiled and pushed the bowl over, pointing at the black chicken soup and said, "I think this soup is good. Give me another half bowl."
Seeing that she was willing to eat, Huaping happily served her concubine some more. Then she heard concubine Ye say, "You are young, so you probably don't remember much. That was our mistress's wet nurse from her mother's family. Her surname was Liu."
There was a happy light in Ye Zhen's eyes. Aunt Liu was already old enough to retire and go home, but Luo Miaoyun suddenly called her over.
She turned around and told Huaping: "The mistress is ill, and as a concubine, I should serve her medicine. Let's pack up and go to Guiyi Hall."
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Over there, Mrs. Luo had invited Mother Liu to dine with her. She had the rare interest to order a table full of dishes.
Bai Juan placed her chopsticks and started eating. She stood by and said happily, "Mother Liu is here. Our Madam finally has an appetite. She hasn't had a proper meal for a few days."
Mother Liu looked at the girl she had breastfed with a distressed look, and said with a hint of reproach: "No matter what, you can't ignore your body. You are so old, but when you get angry, you act like a little girl."
At this time, Luo Miaoyun had cleaned her face and put on makeup again, and applied a thin layer of pearl powder on her face, which made her look a little more spirited. She replied, "I know, Mother Liu, I won't do it again next time."
The two of them spent some time together. She put down her chopsticks and said to Bai Juan, "Go out and see how Ying'er and Yao'er are doing. If they are fine, bring them over to sit with us."
Bai Juan went away as she was told. Mrs. Luo smiled and said, "Mom, you haven't seen those two children for a long time. You can take this opportunity to see them."
Liu smiled and responded. She was trying to figure out the meaning of the young lady's words, and asked another question: "I heard that the son-in-law has taken in a beautiful concubine?"
Luo Miaoyun's smile faded a little: "Yes. The old lady insisted on asking for it, and the Marquis refused several times but it was useless. In the end, the arm was no match for the thigh, and she entered the mansion at the end of February."
Madam Liu asked with concern, "How is that girl? Is she favored by the Marquis?"
Luo Miaoyun laughed contemptuously: "What do you mean she is favored or not? Since she entered the mansion, she hasn't even touched the edge of the Marquis' robe. Now she is still a virgin! She is a girl from a poor family. She is young. She is only nineteen years old this year."
Madam Liu said, "She is just a little girl, young lady, you don't have to take her to heart. But the rules must be set from the beginning, so that she won't become young and frivolous in the future, and once she gets a little favor, she won't care about the status of a wife or concubine."
Luo Miaoyun's brows were filled with sadness: "That's secondary. Why do you think the old lady likes her? It's because her mother is very fertile and capable of raising children. Now the old lady is counting on this girl to give birth to children for the Marquis!"
Mother Liu's reaction was even more extreme than hers: "This is not good!" She lowered her voice: "If she gives birth to three boys and two girls, it will be difficult to deal with!"
Speaking of offspring, Luo Miaoyun's expression became a little nervous. She glanced outside the door and whispered, "How could I not understand this? If it were just a maid, it would be easy. But the old lady is watching her very closely, so it's hard to start."
Madam Liu said, "After the Song concubine left, another Tang concubine came. This is not a permanent solution. The Marquis has few children, so people will inevitably complain. In my humble opinion, the young lady should think of a way to have a child with the Marquis. This is the right thing to do."
"Over the years, the Marquis's character is truly beyond reproach. Why do you keep lingering on the past?"
When talking about this, Luo Miaoyun said with resentment: "Mom, do you still think I don't want to? I have figured it out in the past few years. I have used soft and hard methods, begging for mercy, and all kinds of means."
"But the Marquis refuses to eat anything. He would rather stay alone in the Delinzhai than come into my room more often! What can I do?"
Madam Liu closed her eyes and was about to speak when there was a noise outside the door. A maid came in and said, "Madam, Aunt Ye heard that you were ill and came to serve you. She is now in the corridor."
"Ye Zhen!"
Mother Liu was startled. When she heard the name, she subconsciously tightened her grip on the armrest, and a hint of panic flashed across her usually calm face.
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