The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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"Xueyan said that when she was a little maid, she heard the women chatting about it. At that time, no one shunned her. When she was a joke, she remembered it in her heart. This time, she also remembered it by accident. .Wife who is not successful, try it for now, anyway, it will not hinder anything." Yancao persuaded in a low voice.

After hearing this, Liu Shi only nodded silently, without words, but kept it in her heart.

Xueyan suddenly remembered that she had forgotten where to read that the calculation of conception days in ancient times was different from modern times, so she casually mentioned it.It's just that the relationship between her and Liu's is not close enough to say everything, so Yan Cao conveyed it. As for whether Liu's opinion will be accepted or not, it is out of Xueyan's consideration.

Anyway, she has done what should be done, and the rest depends on God's will.

Facts have proved that although Mrs. Liu has strict rules, she is not that kind of pedantic person.She should have listened to Xue Yan's words, and God still has some kind of favor for her.

After two months, Yancao happily came to look for Xueyan.He pulled her away to a place where no one was around and said with a smile: "It's really thanks to you this time, finally my wife got her wish."

Xueyan was also very pleasantly surprised: "Madam is pregnant?"

Yancao nodded: "Yes, my wife didn't change her laundry last month, but she was afraid she wouldn't say anything. This month, she didn't change her laundry, and she felt a little uncomfortable, so she invited a doctor. The doctor just left for a while. , the master also knows, he came to visit his wife as soon as he came back from the yamen, he didn't even go when Aunt Xia sent someone to invite her."

After she said so much, Xue Yan immediately grasped the key point: "Why is Madam feeling unwell?"

Yancao replied: "Aren't you angry by some people? It's fine if that person is far away, out of sight and out of mind, but she's wandering around under the eyes of my wife these days. Obviously big brothers are good Now, she still stays in the yard. She still tries to hook up with the master all day long, and makes it clear that she is angry with the wife. No matter how good the wife is, she can't stand such idleness. The doctor said that she has stagnation of Qi and blood stasis, and if things go on like this I'm afraid it will be bad for your body."

"Even if it's not good for the body on weekdays, it's even more unbearable now that you are pregnant. You are the same, the wife is the first wife and the master. Naturally, it is not easy to lower your status to care about an aunt. You people can't just eat Cooking." Xue Yan pointed out.

After hearing her words, Yancao was thoughtful.

Within a few days, news of Liu's pregnancy spread throughout the Lin family.Xueyan originally thought that it would take three months for her to release the news, but she didn't expect that everyone would know about it as soon as she found out.Xueyan was a little confused about this, but she didn't pay too much attention to it. She believed that Mrs. Liu definitely had enough means to protect herself and the child in her belly.

Daiyu is really happy for the Liu family and her father. She is a girl, and she has no competition with her brothers. Compared with her concubine brother, she must be closer to the Liu family's children, whether it is in terms of etiquette or personal friendship. .

To say that the Lin family was most displeased to hear the news was Qiuyue. Originally, her son was the proper heir of the Lin family. Now that the Liu family is pregnant, it has brought unspeakable variables to all of this. The impact on their mother and child Not a star and a half.

Not to mention how she cursed Mrs. Liu for having a daughter later on, when she heard that Mrs. Liu was pregnant, she hurriedly went to Lin Ruhai to confide: "Brother is getting better, I don't want to stay in the wife's yard all the time, Nothing to dislike those little maids. Now that my wife is pregnant, I'm afraid I won't be able to care about Brother Zheng. Besides, it's time for such a big child to make a fuss. He's here, and if he makes a big noise, it will easily affect her. To the wife. It's better to move him back to my place." In her words, she put the eye drops back on Liu's eyes.

For Qiuyue's careful thinking, Lin Ruhai also knew a little bit, he consciously skipped the words of those little maids, and directly focused on Lin Ying.Although Liu Shi is pregnant, it is not certain whether she is a man or a woman.Even if it was a boy, thinking of his son-in-law who unfortunately died young, Lin Ruhai felt a little thumping in his heart.At this stage, he still values ​​Lin Zheng as a son very much, and feels that what she said may not be unreasonable.

So turning around, Lin Ruhai talked about it with Liu Shi.Recently, Liu Shi has been harassed by Qiuyue a lot, and she is not the Holy Mother, so how could she not be annoyed?It's just that due to my unstable foundation and the limitation of my status, it's not easy to openly compete with an aunt.Now of course she doesn't want to let Qiuyue fulfill her wish, but she didn't try her best to stop her, but said with a tepid smile: "Brother Zheng is a sensible child, and he has been obedient and obedient after living here for a few months. Said that he became noisy when I was pregnant. I thought about changing the yard for him before, but it was not because of this. After all, Zhenger is a boy and the eldest son of our family. A responsibility. Now that he is seven years old, the so-called 'seven-year-old men and women have different seats', he is not suitable to stay in the backyard at this age."

Lin Ruhai raised her eyebrows: "You mean to let him move to the outer courtyard?"

Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "Our family is a scholarly family, and the master is now in the Ministry of Rites, and the rules should not be given to others. Brother Zheng continued

Staying in the inner courtyard, firstly, it is not in accordance with the etiquette system, secondly, it is not good for a boy to grow up in the hands of a woman, and the master will have to take care of his homework in the future.Aunt Xia and I are both housewives, so how do we know how to study the imperial examinations?If it weren't for the serious illness he suffered a while ago, I originally thought of bringing this matter up to the master after the first lunar month.Now that Aunt Xia has mentioned this matter, it will save me from being such a villain. "

"Madam is very considerate, but I just think that Zheng'er is still young, and I forgot that he is already seven years old. If that's the case, let's do as Madam said." Lin Ruhai finally decided.

And Yancao, who heard these words from the side, was secretly happy: Let that foxy girl think of some bad ideas, this time he is shooting himself in the foot, right?She twitched the corners of her mouth proudly, and then felt an indescribable sense of disappointment. Hu Meizi was about to move out, and she hadn't had time to trouble her yet!

Qiuyue, who originally thought that everything was settled, did not expect such an accident to happen. She originally thought that Liu's family might continue to fight for Lin Ying's custody in order to avoid her, and then she could show herself by retreating. Sensible and Liu's meanness.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Liu would directly suggest that Lin Ying be moved to the outer court. Although Mrs. Liu did not intervene in the outer court for the time being, her eyes were darkened even more.Wouldn't it be more difficult to see your son again in the future?If I knew this earlier, I might as well let my son stay here first.It's just that she is not allowed to question what Lin Ruhai has already decided, and Qiuyue is inexpressibly annoyed and remorseful.

After listening to the live broadcast of Yancao's narration, Xue Yan gave Liu a big praise in her heart: It's a good move to draw the salary from the bottom of the pot!