In the fourth year of Taiping, the eighth day of March.

Yong Jing.

Ji Daogong’s mansion in Little Magpie Hutong, a doctor of the Ministry of Justice, is a quadrangle courtyard with four entrances, and the back main courtyard has east and west wing rooms, blue bricks and black tiles, cornices and ridges, and winding corridors. Although it is not as exquisite as Jiangnan gardens, it is no different. It looks like the mansion of a wealthy family in the capital, but in the capital where every inch of land is expensive, this courtyard house is not too small. It can be seen that Mr. Ji's family has a certain amount of wealth, and it is not the financial constraints of other small officials in the capital.

It is the landlord's room.

Mrs. Xu spent a lot of effort, and finally gave birth to the lump of meat that had been tossing her in her stomach for several months.

The midwife, Mama Liu, cut the umbilical cord, wiped the baby with a dry cloth, and slapped the crumpled baby twice. The baby cried loudly with a "wow".

According to the custom, newborn babies cannot take a bath. The midwife skillfully wrapped the baby in the prepared swaddling clothes. During the whole process, she only glanced under the baby, and met the almost exhausted Xu who was looking forward to it. He smiled and said, "Ma'am, it's a brother."

Xu let out a long breath, almost weeping with joy.

Mr. Ji stands at the end of the year, and has only three daughters under his knees. These three daughters were born by his aunt. Xu's family has been married to Mr. Ji for 12 years, but there has been no news in his stomach. Unexpectedly, two months later, she was diagnosed as pregnant by pulse diagnosis. Xu's wish came true, and while taking good care of her, she chanted to Buddha and prayed for blessings. She even handed over all the family affairs to her aunt.

The emperor paid off, the child was so capable of tossing and kicking in the stomach, kicking left and right, those who knew how to read the fetal image kept saying that it was a daughter, but now it was a boy, how could Mrs. Xu be unhappy.

This is Lord Ji's eldest son.

Just after Xu gave birth, the big maid beside her, Jianxue, wiped her sweat with a hot towel, and Ling Shuang fed her ginseng tea, but she didn't care about these things, she just said to the midwife, Mother Liu, "Mom, take brother Let me see."

Mother Liu agreed with an "Ai", and carried her to Mrs. Xu. The baby was just born, red and wrinkled, and she couldn't tell whether it was good-looking or not, but in Xu's eyes, this was the most beautiful child in the world. up.

She took the child with gentle eyes, "My child."

The wife of the main house gave birth to the eldest son, which was a very joyous event for Mr. Ji, who wholeheartedly wanted his son to pass on the incense.

As soon as he came back from the yamen, he found out that his wife was giving birth to a son. He, who had always been silent and strict, was also very happy and went to the main room to look after the child.

According to the customs of the Yong Dynasty, men were not allowed to enter the delivery room, so he sat down on the Luohan couch in the Dongci room. The nurse Gu Shi had just taken over the child, so she hurriedly carried it over to show Master Ji.

Although Mr. Ji is already the father of three girls, he is a big man who doesn't care about the affairs of the inner house, and he doesn't even know how to hold children.

The nurse had to hold the child, and Mr. Ji stared at the child. The child's eyes were tightly closed, his skin was red, and he couldn't see anything.

The thick door curtain was hung, so he wasn't worried about the child's exposure to the wind. He reached out and lifted the child's swaddle, to confirm with his own eyes that it was indeed a boy, and that it was an incense stick from his Ji family.

When he saw the child's lower body, he frowned suspiciously, and then froze. The nanny saw it too, and was also shocked, and almost couldn't hold her firmly, and exclaimed, "Oh, why is this!"

With this exclamation, she called Ling Shuang, the maid who was serving beside her, and Ling Shuang hurried over to look, "What's wrong?"

Then she saw it too, her face turned pale, and she ran into the room quickly, Xu Shi was leaning on the pillow, although she had just given birth, she still had some spirit to support her, she didn't fall asleep, seeing Ling Shuang Ye Huhu ran in and asked, "What's wrong with the child, is the master... happy?"

Xu was very happy and proud to have given birth to the first male of the Ji family, so he waited expectantly for Master Ji's response.

Ling Shuang ran up to her in panic, "Ma'am, ma'am..." Her hands were shaking, not knowing what to say.

Xu's originally happy face sank because of her panic, "What's wrong?"

Ling Shuang's voice trembled, "Eldest Young Master, there is something wrong with Eldest Young Master. He doesn't look like a boy or a girl."

Xu frowned, she didn't understand what it meant, so she scolded Ling Shuang, "What is it?"

Ling Shuang gestured and didn't know how to express it. The most important maid, Jianxue, ran out of the room and saw Master Ji with a dark face the next time. As soon as it was wrapped, the hand was lifted up high, as if it was about to throw the child to death, seeing this almost made Jianxue faint from fright, and with a loud cry, she threw herself at the child in the hands of Master Qiangji, "Master, What are you doing?"

Master Ji kicked Jianxue away, "This is neither male nor female, it is not a mascot."

When the child was carried by Mr. Ji, he started to yell loudly and heart-piercingly. When Jianxue was about to snatch the child from Mr. Ji's hand, Mrs. Xu heard the cry of the child and the quarrel outside, and struggled to get down. On the ground, he ran out and saw that Mr. Ji was about to throw the child to death, he couldn't help being very frightened and angry, "Master, what are you doing?"

Master Ji shouted, "Look at what you gave birth to, it can't be kept."

How can Mrs. Xu let him drop the child to death, she has already rushed to snatch the child desperately, and with the two maids beside her, Mrs. Ji failed for a while, and the child was snatched by Mrs. Xu.

In fact, Xu was just a little puzzled. He lifted the swaddling clothes and looked at the child's lower body. He was shocked instantly. His face turned pale and he fell to the ground. The child was still crying. Master Ji lifted up Xue Xue and Ling Shuang. , When he was about to grab the child again, Xu suddenly came to his senses, hugged the child into his arms, stared blankly at Master Ji, and shouted in grief, "Master, you can't."

Master Ji said, "You gave birth to this kind of thing, and you still don't want me to dispose of it? Just take it out and bury it, and say that it is stillborn."

Xu held the crying child in one hand, and grabbed the hem of Master Ji's robe who was furiously about to go out with the other, "Master, you can't, you can't do this, this is our child."

Master Ji's face was dark and his voice was cold, unmoved, "Just treat it as a stillbirth."

The child was still crying, and Xu suddenly started to cry, "No, master, it can't be like this."

Master Ji didn't look at her anymore, and walked out of the Dongci room directly, walking like the wind all the way, his face was full of evil spirits, and the few aunts who were inquiring outside wanted to come in, seeing Master Ji's face, he felt very strange, They obviously heard that a boy was born, and they wanted to come and see, but they were not allowed to enter, and they had a son, why did the master have such an expression.

In the end, Mrs. Xu couldn't bear to suffocate and bury the baby she had finally given birth to after being pregnant in October. She cleaned up the baby well, and asked someone to invite Master Ji who had rested in the study of the outer courtyard that night .

Master Ji was so angry that he didn't want to come, but when Jianxue knelt down and begged, he had to go through the second gate and enter the main courtyard.

Xu is a person with a strong heart. She has already made a decision. She just gave birth, although she is full of exhaustion and pain, but her eyes are very firm. She came out from the inner room and knelt on the ground in the second room.

Master Ji saw her kneeling there at the door of the next room, after all, they were married couples for more than ten years, and he couldn't bear it, so he said, "You just gave birth, so why don't you take good care of it, what are you doing kneeling? "

Xu said, "Although the eldest young master has a disability, it cannot be denied that he is the child of the master and me. How can it be said that it is a stillbirth or a stillbirth?"

Master Ji snorted mercilessly, "Then do you still want to keep him?"

Xu said, "I gave birth to him. If the master feels that there is no love, then I can't force the master to keep him by my side. But if the master wants to harm him, then I can't just sit and watch. The child is damaged. Please master, let me take the eldest and young master back to live in Yangzhou's hometown, Zhuangzi, and I will not be an eyesore in front of you from now on."

"You..." Master Ji frowns, flicks his sleeves angrily, and has nothing to say.

Mrs. Xu continued, "In the past few months since I have been pregnant, I have been the housekeepers of Second Aunt and Fourth Aunt. They have done a good job. Thinking about it, even if I go back to Yangzhou and the capital, I will not mess up. Master, you can rest assured. "

Master Ji stood there for a long time before saying, "Since you have made up your mind, then you can go. But I don't admit that this child is the young master of the Ji family. You can do it yourself, don't ruin the reputation of my Ji family, Otherwise, don’t blame me for my methods.”

Gritting her teeth, Xu raised her head to look at Master Ji again, the tears in her eyes had dried up, leaving only determination, no pleading, Master Ji also had a cold face and no warmth.

After all, Xu's heart became cold, he laughed twice, got up from the ground, and staggered into the room.

Master Ji also turned around and left the main room, went out from the verandah, passed the second door, and went back to his study to rest.

After Xu's delivery, she will be raised for more than ten days, and the preparations for going to Yangzhou are ready.

When the eldest young master was born, he neither washed three times nor knew how to make full moon wine.

One morning, Mrs. Xu left Jifu with a dozen of her dowry girls and her mother, went south of the city, took a boat, and went straight down to the south of the Yangtze River.

When Mrs. Xu left, the Ji Mansion just said that she gave birth to a stillborn baby and was disheartened, and she wanted to go back to Jiangnan to raise her health.Regardless of whether the wives who deal with Ji's mansion believe it or not, Xu has indeed left and is destined not to return for a long time.

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