A visit to Fangchun

Because they were busy all night the first night, only the servants who were not on duty during the Lantern Festival got up normally the next morning, sweeping and tidying up lightly.

Mrs. Wang had something on her mind and couldn't sleep well. When she heard the slight sound of a broom outside, she asked in a hoarse voice, "What time is it?"

It was Jin Chuan'er's younger sister Yu Chuan'er who was on duty at night, and hurriedly lifted the curtain gently, and replied softly: "At the beginning of the morning, my wife was sad last night, she cried so hard that her voice was hoarse and her eyes were swollen. Take a break."

Mrs. Wang shook her head and was about to sit up: "I don't want to sleep anymore, I still have things to do."

Seeing her haggard, Yu Chuan'er said distressedly, "Ma'am, don't be like this. The second grandma is doing things outside. Just now I heard that the second grandma got up at Maozheng, and now she has led people to clean up the garden. The old lady, the elder Grandma and the girls are still asleep, why don't you take a rest? You really can't sleep, so let the servants beat your legs?"

Mrs. Wang also felt backache and leg pain, she hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Yu Chuan'er hurriedly took a large welcome pillow and put Madam Wang's waist and back arms, knelt on the footrests and gently beat her legs.

Mrs. Wang remembered that she did not see Jia Zheng last night, so she asked, "Where is the master? Did you come back last night?"

Yu Chuan'er replied: "The master sent the empress to see the old lady first, and then came back. My sister went on, asked the master to show her, and said that the wife was very sad, and she looked bad. At dawn, please ask the imperial doctor to take a look. The master's eye sockets were wet at that time, and he sighed. He said that at dawn, he invited the familiar doctor Wang to give the old lady a pulse, and said that we should not quarrel this morning. Madam, I want you to rest a little longer. Then I went to the study outside. I heard outsiders say early in the morning that Uncle Zhen, Lian and Erye met very early to discuss with the master because of the many things. At this time, I am afraid that they have already run out. Breakfast, let's get to work."

Fortunately, the imperial court has an annual holiday, and the seal will not be opened until the 21st of the first lunar month.Jia Zheng is at home, so once the housework is done, he can rest again.

Madam Wang was relieved, raised her eyelids slightly, looked at Yu Chuan'er and asked, "What else is happening?"

Yu Chuaner understood, knowing that Mrs. Wang was asking Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan Tanchun, the corner of her mouth raised, and she replied softly: "I was sick and moved outside to recuperate, and I came back early this morning. I know the rules. No one spoke along the way, and there was no big commotion. When I came back, I quietly sent someone to go to the third girl's place. Who knew that the old nun in the palace had set a deadly rule, and outsiders couldn't enter the girl's room without a summons. So I didn’t even see anyone, so I was sent back by the rude girl outside. I was dejected and muttered all the way.”

Mrs. Wang's anger from last night was immediately aroused by the phrase "that old mother in the palace". A little despicable. I'll get up now, you know I'll go out, let me see, if the empress has spoken, they really think that they have risen with the tide!"

Yu Chuan'er saw that Mrs. Wang had woken up, her eyes sparkled, so she stopped trying to dissuade her, and called out, "Madam, get up, fetch water and pass on rice."

The little girls outside were all wondering, yesterday they heard Mrs. Wang sobbing and sobbing for half the night, why did they get up so early today?However, he hurriedly followed the old rules and told Mrs. Wang everything about getting up.

Mrs. Wang naturally paid attention to it, and ordered Yu Chuan'er to send an order: "Bao Yu is in the old lady's yard, and the eldest grandma and the girls had a night of quarreling yesterday. Please tell me that you can get up this morning and rest. You don't need to come over to say hello." gone."

Yu Chuan'er thought for a while before realizing that she was planning to deny the chance of someone begging for mercy——

Sure enough, the news of Mrs. Wang getting up spread, and Aunt Zhao heard about it, she hurriedly cleaned herself up, took an old woman with her, and walked quickly to Mrs. Wang's room to set up rules.

Naturally, Aunt Zhou quickly followed and looked at Aunt Zhao and said hello with a smile.

Aunt Zhou is docile and quiet, with the most kind and honest appearance.

In the bottom of her heart, Aunt Zhao hated Aunt Zhou deeply—half a year after Jia Zheng accepted the two of them, she married Mrs. Wang and came in. Unexpectedly, Aunt Zhou became pregnant within two months.Although Mrs. Wang was young at that time, she acted very calmly because she followed her father in the capital and took charge of the inner house for many years, and she just handed over the matter to Jia Mu.

Mother Jia was naturally furious when her new daughter-in-law complained so calmly, but after all, she was the first child of her beloved son, so she couldn't bear to do it, so she scolded Aunt Zhou severely and closed the backyard In the woodshed, let her fend for herself.

Aunt Zhao couldn't bear it at that time, so she quietly went to ask Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng was as cold as Mrs. Wang on this matter, shaking his head and refusing: "You have always taken the decoction of avoiding children, and she is the same. Why did you not conceive, but she did? It is a self-inflicted crime, Relying on the softness of my mother and I. Such a person cannot be tolerated."

Aunt Zhou was left unattended, and three days later, hungry and scared, she slipped a baby in the firewood shed.

When Mrs. Wang heard that she had a miscarriage, she went to Mother Jia to beg for mercy, and took her back to her yard so that she could be trained by a doctor.Aunt Zhou was timid, so she quietly poured out the medicine prescribed by the doctor, and in the end she bled profusely and almost died.In the end, although she was rescued, she was lamented by the doctor, saying that she would never be able to conceive again in this life.

Aunt Zhou was distraught, and kowtowed in front of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang to admit her mistake. From then on, her heart was ashamed, and she only knew to be obedient and behave quietly.

Aunt Zhao thought it was Mrs. Wang who hurt her, so she was too scared to go to Mrs. Wang for a few days, but Jia Zheng turned her back and reprimanded him: "She committed suicide by herself, she was suspicious, thinking it was Mrs. Wang who hurt her. In fact, what does her small means count in the eyes of the daughter of a wealthy family? Wang wanted to plot against her, and she had died [-] times. You don't want to frighten yourself. You are different from her, it is me Young servants. Mrs. Wang wants to touch you, but also for the sake of my mother and me. Don't worry."

After hearing this, Aunt Zhao immediately felt contempt for Aunt Zhou.If she wanted to fight with Mrs. Wang, she would fight seriously, fight for favor, try to conceive, keep the child, or simply use the child to frame Mrs. Wang, all good, but she didn't dare.If you don't want to fight with the wife, you can serve the master according to the concubine's role, and make such an appearance that you are wronged and have no desires. How about showing it to others?

What made Aunt Zhao lose any pity for Aunt Zhou in the end was that after Aunt Zhao gave birth to Jia Huan, Aunt Zhou came to the door and said: "Sister, I don't have to be afraid of my wife anymore."