New Dream of Red Mansions

Xiyan was confirmed to be pregnant ten days later, the old lady couldn't help but chanted "Buddha", and the gift that was just handed over to Xiyan returned to Mrs. Zhou.

Zhou looked at Xiyan's stomach complicatedly, and felt extremely bitter for a moment, if, if only she had a child, how good would it be?

Dongmei was only interested in being happy and didn't notice the change in Zhou's expression, but Madam Zhuang did, and said to Xiyan afterwards: "It's better for Madam to take care of the house herself, although it's a bit tiring, but it's your job after all." It's not good to bother the second lady all the time."

Xiyan said indifferently: "Isn't the Second Madam also from the Hou Mansion? I think the Second Madam is in charge of it very well." Xiyan knew what Nanny Zhuang was thinking, and said: "Madam, don't worry so much. The Second Master is gone. The second lady is supposed to be taken care of by me, so let her take care of the housekeeper, as people just like to think wildly when they are free, so it's better to be busy."

In fact, Zhou's people are nice, but they have too many thoughts.But she was right. The Zhou family is the widow of the second master. Although she didn't know the Hou's mansion during this time, she still knew some rules.

I don't know if it's because of her status, but she has always kept herself clean. Although she is very lenient towards her subordinates, she is also strict and her staff are clean. Where can I find such a free manager?

She was just a high school Chinese teacher in her previous life, and Zhou's might be better than her in this respect.

The money in the inner courtyard is allotted from the outer courtyard. Generally, the outer courtyard is managed by Lord Hou or other male masters in the family, but Xia Yuntian is too busy with outside affairs. How can he have time to take care of those general affairs?Butler Xia is now taking care of it.

Some time ago, Xia Yuntian said that he would hand over the ledger of the outer court to her.If she has mastered the common affairs, then it doesn't matter what happens in the backyard.

What's more, the inner court may not be able to make trouble. Compared with other families, the Xia family is relatively simple.

Xia Yuntian was so happy that he didn't care about the girl in the room, he hugged Xiyan and turned around twice.

Nanny Zhuang stared at her dumbfounded, but Dongmei and Chunlan Zishan were used to it.

Chunlan even pulled out Nanny Zhuang, who was hesitant to speak, and let go of Nanny Zhuang's hand when she was outside, saying: "Nurse, don't worry, Master Hou is good to Madam."

Nanny Zhuang knocked her on the head, "It doesn't matter whether it's big or small, I'm worried that Master Hou's frizz will disturb the young master in Madam's stomach."

Chunlan stuck out her tongue.

Xia Yuntian put his head against Xiyan's, touched Xiyan's belly, and said with emotion: "Finally, I am also a father."

The only ones who grew up with Xia Yuntian around the same age were him and Zhang Shicheng who had never been married, and their children could play soy sauce.

Zhang Shicheng was unwilling to get married because he gritted his teeth before, and that was the time when Zhang Shicheng's elder brother and the Duke of Qi had the most quarrel, so Qian didn't care about him.

By the time Qian Shi realized it, Zhang Shicheng had already followed Xia Yuntian in a big victory and returned, directly becoming a general.But at the same time, Qi Guogong was also jealous of this nephew, and set up obstacles for him everywhere, and the wife of Zhen Guogong directly spread bad things about Zhang Shicheng in the circle.

If you say something bad once, people will still be skeptical, if you say it the second time, you will be skeptical, and when you say it the third time, people will believe it [-]% to [-]% of the time.What's more, she said it more than three times.

Moreover, Zhang Shicheng never suppressed his temper when he was outside, and he looked like a soldier. Most people believed it.

Few people are willing to marry their daughters to Zhang Shicheng. Those who are willing to marry in are either Qian's scornful, or Zhang Shicheng is picky.

But Xia Yuntian was really delayed by his family.

At the age of 14, he went to the battlefield with his elder brother and second brother. When he was 16, the old Hou Ye ran him back and asked Mrs. Tai and the old lady to find a wife for him.

As a result, not long after he returned home, Outer Mongolia mutinied and colluded with Tsarist Russia for an unknown amount of time. Both his father and two elder brothers died in battle, but the military disaster was kept out of the pass.

The Supreme Emperor was furious and asked the Eldest Prince to lead the army to rehabilitate him. At that time, the Pingyang Marquis Mansion could hardly survive, so he gritted his teeth and knelt in front of the Qianqing Palace to ask for an order to accompany the army.

He was the only one left in the Marquis of Pingyang. The Supreme Emperor wanted to preserve this bloodline for the Xia family, but the Tai Furen went to the palace overnight to greet the current Empress Dowager, so he went to the border as a deputy general with the First Prince.

After the war subsided, the eldest prince returned to the capital, but he stayed at the border. Most of the troops in the northern border were from the Beijing Prince's Mansion and their Pingyang Marquis Mansion.Although his family's power is not as powerful as the Beijing Palace, it has been managed from generation to generation.

So he stayed in northern Xinjiang, kept his filial piety, and trained soldiers for three years.

It's just that he didn't expect that he decided to go home and take off his clothes. The first heavy snow fell in winter. That snow fell for two full days, but it was twelve days earlier than the previous year.

At that time, he felt terrible, and the trip was stranded like this, but what he didn't expect was that it was not Outer Mongolia that violated the border, but Tsarist Russia.

New and old grudges, Xia Yuntian refused to leave no matter what.

And it was that war that made him meet Xiyan.

And he just finished the affairs of the border, and returned to the capital, Mrs. Tai was already at the end of her battle.

Another three years of filial piety, his age has been delayed like this.

Others only think that he is unlucky, but he thinks it is predestined. He didn't believe in fate before, but as the vitality of life is dying one by one, he still believes in it.

Xiyan knew his obsession, and also knew the obsession of the old lady and even the entire Pingyang Hou Mansion.

She grabbed Xia Yuntian's hand and touched it on her belly, worried: "Then what if I'm pregnant with a daughter?"

Xia Yuntian was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said to himself: "I like my daughter too!"

"What if I always give birth to a daughter?"

"Then we'll live forever!"

Thank goodness there is no Planned Parenthood here.

This was Xiyan's first thought, and her second thought was, "What if we have always had a daughter?"

Xia Yuntian was silent for a while, hugged Xiyan tightly, and said, "No way."

However, Xiyan felt that she was a little naive, and said with a smile: "It seems that pregnant women really think wildly, our luck will not be so bad."

Xia Yuntian nodded fiercely.

If it was in modern times, Xiyan would naturally not have to worry about these things, because no matter what the world is like, she can justly say "men and women are equal" with the law.But this is ancient times, the era when it was legal for concubines to communicate with each other.

Xiyan is not a young girl. Although she has never been in a relationship, she has witnessed the separation and reunion of the people around her.Moreover, she has a cleanliness, which does not refer to the cleanliness of sanitary clothes, but the cleanliness of skin contact.

For example, among so many girls in the Grand View Garden, only Daiyu Tanchun and Xichun held her arms and held her hand, and she only let people she recognized touch her skin.

Xiyan could hardly imagine that she would allow Xia Yuntian to sleep in her bed after touching someone else.

Xia Yuntian hugged Xiyan to the bed, and said in a low voice: "I know you've been lethargic recently, and it's been a while since you had lunch, so you go to sleep first, and I'll ask Dongmei to call you later."

As he spoke, he pressed the corner of the quilt for her, and then sat on the edge of the bed and watched her quietly.

Xiyan calmed down after she was still a little irritable. She felt that although the road ahead was muddy, it was better than before. Why should she be worrying?

Xi Yan smiled at Xia Yuntian, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Xia Yuntian saw that Xiyan's breathing was gradually calming down, so he touched her forehead and backed away.

He had never thought about Xiyan's question, but now that Xiyan brought it up, he couldn't help thinking along that line of thought.The Xia family needs a son, especially now.

In his opinion, a wife's pregnancy is equivalent to having a son. Only then did he realize that it might also be a daughter, or even a daughter all along.

Xia Yuntian was struggling, but Housekeeper Xia appeared in his sight.

Xia Yuntian withdrew his thoughts, now is not the time to think about this, he is still young, and Xiyan is also young, isn't it?

Steward Xia followed Xia Yuntian to the study room, but Xia Yuan and Xia Li stayed ten steps away from the study room.The room was quiet. If the two of them hadn't watched Steward Xia and Lord Hou enter just now, almost no one would have thought that there was someone in the study at this time.

At this time, Xia Yuntian was looking at the information with a sneer, and asked, "Everyone is arranged?"

"It's been arranged. The place where the Ou family will pick up the bride is Qianlongtan. When the time comes, they will jump into the water as soon as they get their hands on it. No one will miss it."

Xia Yuntian nodded, "Get someone to meet him, and pass the news to the Lu family by the way."

Steward Xia looked at Xia Yuntian's cold eyes, and lowered his head in response.

Xiyan raised her baby at home with peace of mind, but it was not long before Daiyu got married, so Xiyan went to put on makeup for her, and seeing that there was some worry in her brows, she asked, "Is there something on your mind?"

Daiyu lowered her head.

Xiyan sighed: "Your weakness is caused by superfluous thoughts. What is there to say between us sisters?"

Zijuan said: "Miss Yan, don't get me wrong. It's not that our girl doesn't want to talk about it, but it's really hard to talk about it. Our girl is also in a difficult situation now."

"What's the matter?"

Daiyu said: "The third brother wants to get back the money lent to the second uncle for me and the elder brother, but you also know that the government has just paid back the money from the treasury, so how much money is there to pay me back? My Meaning, I am not short of money now, so I will keep the money first, why bother to force it so urgently?"

After Daiyu lent the money, she didn't expect to get it back. At that time, she agreed that Lin Yuan forced Jia Zheng to owe the IOU, and it was just to justify her name. At least don't let people think that she really lives in Jia's mansion for free.

Her father secretly left a lot of money, and she didn't want to keep it to herself. She decided to give half of the money to her brother when she was older. Silver, but also hurt feelings.

If Xiyan didn't know that Jia's house would be ransacked in the future, and Daiyu still had so much money, it would be good to keep a side of it, but instead of waiting for the Jia family's money to be copied by the emperor in the future, it would be better to pay for it now. For Daiyu.

Xiyan said: "Lin Hui is also thinking about you, so you don't have to worry, he is tactful and knows how to do it. The old lady is thinking about you, and thinking about Jia's house, so naturally it will be more difficult, and you don't have to go out of your way to talk to him." She said, you, just get married in peace of mind."

Daiyu still frowned.

Xiyan couldn't help being curious. Daiyu never paid much attention to these matters. Even if she didn't want Lin Hui to pursue debts again, she could just talk to Lin Yuan. Lin Hui was not afraid of anyone, but she listened to Lin Yuan's words very much.If Lin Yuan insisted, Lin Hui would agree even if she felt unwilling.

Zijuan lowered her head and said: "Miss Yan doesn't know something. Originally, she only planned to take half of the farm as a dowry, and the third master also said when he was in Gusu that [-]% of the dowry would be given to the girl, and [-]% would be reserved for the young master. But after returning to the capital, the third master said that most of the farms are in Gusu, and they are very close to the Su family. It is better to give more to the girl, so he gave [-]% to the girl. The girl is not willing, so the third master said that when the time comes to the shop, the girl Just a little bit less."

"Our girl agreed without thinking about it at the time, and the uncle asked someone to make up a dowry list for the Su family. Later, the third master went to collect debts, and the girl felt that something was wrong."

That's right, Brother Sheng is the creditor now, that is to say, as long as Brother Sheng agrees, Lin Hui can pursue debts from Jia's family.

Xiyan couldn't help secretly applauding, but she didn't know why Lin Hui targeted the Jia family so much. She remembered that the two families got along well before. Although there were conflicts, there was no major conflict.

How did she know that Lin Hui had a grudge against Wang.

He always remembered the words that Wang's passed on to the outside world, and because of those, he couldn't make Jia's life too easy.

However, these are not the most important thing now, the most important thing is Daiyu's wedding.

Lin Hui obviously thought so too.He didn't stop people these few days, but Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were almost mentally broken by him.

But that's it, they still have to come to Daiyu's wedding with all smiles on their faces, because Mother Jia is very happy today.

Su Ziwen was also very happy, even happier than the bridegroom officer Su Zihan. Before the auspicious time came, he sat upright in the high hall and waited. When Yan Shi came over and saw him frowned fiercely, he said: "You are sitting in the wrong seat. , this is the position of parents."

Su Ziwen opened his mouth, rubbed his nose and said, "Isn't the memorial tablet for parents not here? Zihan was brought up by me..."

Yan snorted coldly, "I never saw you give him shit before."

Su Ziwen suddenly fell silent.

Yan Shi sat upright in his seat, Su Ziwen dawdled for a while, seeing that his wife had no intention of changing her mind, so she got up and sat beside her.

Can't he sit on the high hall and his wife sit on the lower one?That seniority was really messed up.

When the auspicious time came, the matchmaker ushered in a couple of newcomers. Su Ziwen stared at Lin Daiyu with wide eyes, and Yan gave him a warning glance. Su Ziwen accepted the ceremony with a straight face. He just wanted to know what his sister-in-law looked like. Just what.One must know that his younger brother is a famous handsome man in Gusu, and ordinary girls really dare not stand beside him.

After attending Daiyu's wedding, it's time for Tanchun's wedding.

Tanchun's wedding was much simpler than Daiyu's. The Jia family was a little dissatisfied, and even Tanchun felt a little uneasy, not knowing what the Zhang family meant.

Xiyan pulled Tanchun and whispered, "Ms. Qian, Zhang Shicheng's sister-in-law, I heard that she fell ill, and she is at her limit if she can endure and make the marriage like this."

Tanchun had long heard that the reason why the Zhang family was in a hurry to get married was because of Qian's illness. He was afraid that if she died, there would be no one to take care of Zhang Shicheng's marriage, and no one would take care of the two elders and three children in the family.

Tanchun has never been a person who is afraid of trouble. Hearing this, he got rid of his knots, and instead has a good impression of Qian.

After their marriage was over, Xiyan was able to relax, and resumed her daily routine of sleeping six hours a day.

The old lady also felt that Xiyan slept too much, so she went to ask the imperial physician, but the imperial physician said that Xiyan was in good health, some pregnant women suffered from morning sickness, and some pregnant women just kept eating. It's pretty good.

Only then did the old lady feel relieved.

Xia Yuntian has suddenly become busy recently, leaving early and returning late every day, but that's it, he still lays on Xiyan's stomach and talks to the child in her stomach every night.

When Xiangyun had a good day, Xiyan went to participate with her newly pregnant child, and saw that Mrs. Ou, who had always been radiant, had lost a lot of weight, and her face was covered with a thick layer of powder, but she still couldn't hide it. tired look.

Xiyan was surprised, and the family she had good friends with in the Pingyang Hou Mansion whispered to her: "I heard that the sixth son of the Ou family has died, and now the Ou family is in trouble."

The sixth son of the Ou family is Mrs. Ou's youngest son and the only son, and even the only heir in the direct branch of the Ou family.

I heard that Patriarch Ou, the grandfather of Mr. Ou Liu, valued him very much, and he was brought up by his side since he was a child. Even Mrs. Ou, who is his biological mother, would find it difficult to see him.This is also the reason why the main men of the Ou family stayed in Lingnan, and Mrs. Ou brought a few female relatives to live in the capital.

There is no concubine, and the legitimate son is brought by the grandfather. Apart from going to Beijing to pave the way for his daughter, Mrs. Qu really can't find anything to invite her to do.

But she never expected that her son would be killed under layers of protection.At that moment, she hated Patriarch Ou to death, and felt that he had killed her son.

She didn't want to come out at first, she almost wanted to go back to see her son, but thinking of her only daughter now, she still gritted her teeth and stayed.

The district general had quite a few concubines, and had many children. Unfortunately, they were all daughters, and there was only one son born to her.

But now that she is over 40, even if the district general is still willing to share the same room with her and have a baby, she still has that luck and that fate.

Now the only thing she can rely on is the daughter in the palace, her husband, Madam Ou understands him, she will always be the main wife, but it is impossible to get much respect.Back in that environment, Mrs. Ou felt that she would go crazy.

Xiyan asked with some doubts: "How could the sixth son die at such a young age?"

The author has something to say: Alright, that's all for tonight, I really am a messy party...