Prequel to the Red Chamber: I Am the Second Wife

"Second Master's illness can still be cured. It's just that sexual intercourse will be banned within this year." The doctor hesitantly told Baoyu's illness, because he had sex with men and women too early, which hurt his body, and now he needs to use medicine carefully. Take care of the recovery situation.

Please ask the doctor for medicine. A few women have invited the doctor to sit outside to drink tea and write prescriptions. Zili’s face became hot. Just now the doctor looked at her as if he was condemning her for being too doting on her son. , Raising a living playboy.The doctor left after prescribing the medicine. Zili sat alone for a while, gritted his teeth, and ordered Zhou Rui's family: "Go and find me the evil of attacking people!" Although Zili didn't like attacking Ren's city is deep, but because of her dedication to Baoyu, Zili tolerated Xiren.According to Zili's thinking, although Baoyu is not motivated, he is still an honest child at heart, and has not been infected with those messy habits.

Today it seems that I was too negligent, Baoyu didn't learn from the dandy boys, but unexpectedly, she was led astray by the girls around her.Zili has calculated everything, but she neglected one thing, that is, she used to think that Xiren served her wholeheartedly because she had Qingwen by her side. Today, Xiren and many girls are afraid and dare not mess around with Baoyu too much.Zili drove Qingwen away, and the girls lost their fear, so they naturally wanted to seduce Baoyu to get close to them in different ways.

Seeing Zili's complexion was bad, those girls didn't dare to persuade him, the atmosphere in the room suddenly froze, and everyone was cautious not to make a sound.Sister Feng came with a girl.As soon as Sister Feng came in, she saw that Zili's expression was unkind, and the girls beside Cuixiu were busy winking at Sister Feng.Sister Feng knew that Baoyu might have offended Zili.She didn't dare to be too casual, and came up to greet her, Zili calmed down a little and asked Sister Feng to sit down.

"Madam seems unhappy, but Brother Bao is not in good health." When Sister Feng first arrived, she saw the doctor go out, and after asking, she found out that it was Zili who asked the doctor to come and see Baoyu.

Zili and Sister Feng said everything the doctor said just now, and she wiped her tears with a handkerchief: "I regret it to death, but I was deceived by Xiren's hoof. What can the old lady say? Wait until the evening, master." Come back." Zili became more and more sad as she spoke, and couldn't help crying.

"Ma'am, don't be sad, it's because my wife was too kind to the servants in the past. According to me, you don't have to be too kind to the servants in the ground. Those little people with screwdrivers have to grasp the tip one by one. They can't do anything to climb up. It's true that we are kind to them, but we can't indulge them for the sake of a little reputation. That Xiren probably thinks that the wife and the old lady think highly of her, and she will be a stable aunt in the future. I was worried that Baoyu would alienate her when she got married, so I took advantage of Baoyu's childhood to win over Baoyu. That person has no selfish intentions. It's just that Xiren is too thoughtful, so he needs to beat her up. I don't know how my wife will deal with Xiren .” Sister Feng untied Zili.

"That's right, you're right. I used to just want to treat people generously. The servants should be grateful. But I forgot the words about lack of people's hearts. This Xiren really has a lot of thoughts. When Baoyu was young, I thought she was considerate and considerate. I was cautious, thinking that she was an honest child, and I was at ease with Baoyu, but I forgot that Xiren was also dissatisfied. She was not reconciled to being an aunt, and insisted on holding Baoyu in the palm of her hand. I can't take it, neither can the master and the old lady!" Zili's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he was talking to the little girl outside and said, "Sister Xiren is here."

Zili heard that the little girls were urging the attacker to call her sister in front of her, and became more and more annoyed.Xiren had something on his mind, he was already uneasy when he heard Zili's cry, but when he rushed here, he saw that there was no abnormality on Zili's face.

Zili ignored Xiren, Xiren could only stand there, waited for a long time, Xiren's feet were sore, Zili raised his head to ask for tea, Xiren hurriedly took the tea tray from the little girl's hand and served it himself come up.Zili took the teacup and seemed to have noticed Xiren: "Why have you been here for a long time without making a sound? But you are tired, please sit down." Then there really was a little girl who came to Xiren with a chair. people put down.

The attacker hurriedly said: "Where is the wife talking, how can the wife have a place for me to sit. I am a slave, and I should serve my wife."

"Hmph, I don't dare to command you! Who doesn't know you, big sister Hua? You have the final say on everything on Baoyu's side, and even the serious Second Grandma Bao has to listen to your lessons. Maybe tomorrow I will I'm going to serve your Grandma Hua for dinner and tea. If you look at me and don't live at home, you will become lawless!" Zili's face suddenly changed, and he launched an attack like a cannonball.

Xiren was dumbfounded immediately, his knees softened and he knelt on the ground: "I don't dare to argue with Madam's words, I have always served Bao Erye with all my heart—" With a slap, Zili slapped Xiren on the face. On her face, she flushed with anger: "Okay, okay! What a boring gourd, the old lady and I have been deceived by you. I will trust Baoyu to you, but who knows that you are instigating Baoyu to mess around and trample all over your body?" It’s gone.” Xiren couldn’t believe her ears, in fact, she had already noticed that something was wrong with Baoyu’s body, and although she messed with them every day, she was obviously powerless in that kind of thing, Xiren thought it was Baoyu who had looked at her since she was a child, although she was good , In fact, the foundation is poor, so I secretly nursed Baoyu's body.It's just that since Baoyu got married, seeing that Baoyu and Xiangyun have a common language, they talk, laugh and write poems and paintings together all day long, but I can't get in a word.Therefore, Xiren also moved his mind, and cooperated with Sheyue to squeeze out Qiuwen and Bihen first. Relying on the fact that he had served Xiangyun before, Xiren held Baoyu and Xiangyun, and occupied Baoyu and did not ask him to go to Xiangyun at night. house.

Today Zili reprimanded him severely, and Xiren wanted to put the blame on Bihen and Qiu Tattoo who had gone away, but Zili directly exposed his concern.

In the evening, Zili arrived at Jiamu's side. Before she could speak, Jiamu said, "You came here for the purpose of attacking people? That hoof bluffed us so hard, I didn't expect it to be so bad! You don't have to blame yourself, luckily we found out It’s still too late. What are you going to do with that thing?”

"Old lady Shengming, it's my daughter-in-law's negligence, please punish me!" Zili sadly wiped his tears with a handkerchief. "It's not your fault, don't be sad! Girls like Xiren are the deepest in the city, and you can't see any flaws on weekdays. You suffer because you are too kind. You only believe that they are all good, and you don't believe that people are all bad." No matter how good a person is, evil thoughts flashed in his heart. The girl Xiren was bought. She has no foundation, but she can become a big girl next to Baoyu step by step. If she really has no city, how can she be like this. I love Baoyu the most I didn't expect to harm the child." Jia's mother comforted Zili in turn.

Zili sighed in his heart, the old lady is really old, if something like this happened in the past, Jia's mother must have grabbed hold of Zili and scolded Zili bloody, and completely suppressed her before it was over.Who would have thought that today he would comfort her instead!Mother Jia probably had no intention of fighting between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and really regarded her as a family.It has been 30 years since she married into Jia's family, and she finally got the approval of Jia's mother: "The old lady said so, and I feel even more uneasy. I have already made Xiren look like she bought it. Now Let her get married and take it back. Anyway, she has worked hard." Zili said to drive Xiren home.

"Let's do it this way. Why bother to fight and kill. How is Baoyu's illness? What does the doctor say?" Jia Mu asked about Baoyu's condition.

When Zili returned to the room at night, Jia Zheng already knew about Baoyu, and said with a sad face, "This unworthy thing, who was obsessed with women at a young age, is fine now! The unfilial thing is so angry. Me!"

Zili was angry and distressed at the same time, but it would not do any good for Baoyu to be beaten again in his current state.She can only advise Jia Zheng not to be angry, heal Baoyu's body first, and teach him when he recovers. "I think it's all because of pampering him too much! Being used to a child is like killing a child, which shows that the ancients' words are correct. Tell Baoyu to move to Zhuangzi to recuperate from my words, and only ask his wife to go with him. There are only two children around him." Let the girl serve him, and ask Baoyu to farm the land by himself, and no one will serve him!" Jia Zheng sent Baoyu to the village to be reformed through labor.

After hearing this, Zili also thought that this arrangement was more appropriate. "It would have been nice if Baoyu had been put on Zhuangzi earlier to suffer a bit." Jia Zheng patted Zili on the shoulder: "Do your best to obey the destiny, Baoyu should suffer a little bit."

Since the Ningguo Mansion was confiscated, Jia's Mansion has always kept a low profile. This year, because of Jia Zhu, Yingchun Xichun came back for the New Year, so it was particularly lively.Since the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Sister Feng has been busy asking servants to clean the house and arranging servants to wait, preparing for Jia Zhu to welcome the spring and come back.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Jia Zheng and Jia She took all the men of the clan to worship the stove, while Zili talked with Mrs. Jia Mu and Mrs. Xing.Suddenly seeing Sister Feng rushing in, Zili saw that Sister Feng's complexion was not good, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Sister Feng sighed and said, "Just now someone from Xue's family asked me to find some good bezoar. I asked what's wrong, and it turned out It was Xue Cai's little prince who suddenly got wind disease, and it turned out to be very dangerous." Baochai finally gave birth to a prince, how could this happen?

Mother Jia's expression sank when she heard this, and she asked, "How's the situation? Where did we get good bezoar?"

"I'm also saying that I found some from the box and chest, and took it to them first. The Xue family said that they got a good bezoar in their shop a few days ago, but a big customer bought it all at once. Now Something happened but there were no good ones, and there were only those doctors who didn’t like it. I went to find that customer, but it was gone. That’s why the Xue family asked for relatives and friends, and they came to our house. The business is getting bigger and bigger. Unexpectedly, he can't even gather the things he needs. Xue Cairen managed to get a prince—" Sister Feng couldn't continue.

Mother Jia sighed after hearing this: "Who knows the arrangement of the heavens, go find the mandarin ducks, if you have any, give them to them is also a good thing to do good deeds. Let's see what happens in the end."

Yuanyang promised to take the little girl to find Niuhuang.Zili's heart skipped a beat here, bezoar is a rare commodity in this day and age, but the imperial pharmacy in the imperial palace will definitely not lack this.But Baochai wanted to ask the family members to look for it outside, because there was no such thing in the palace.Baochai is now following the queen closely, so the queen naturally wants to protect her.Could it be that even the queen is unwilling to take care of Baochai?

After a few days, there was still no new news, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day when the women from inside and outside came to the palace to congratulate, and Zili also entered the palace to congratulate the empress.After court congratulations, Zili naturally went to see her daughter in the East Palace. Yuan Chun had already changed into court clothes and changed into casual clothes, standing in front of the palace with the hand of a palace man and watching Zili come.

"The concubines don't dare to work on the mother, it's cold outside, what should I do if I'm freezing!" Zili wanted to greet Yuan Chun, but Yuan Chun had already held him back.Seeing that his daughter was only wearing a black fox jacket and her hands were cool, Zili couldn't help complaining about Yuan Chun's recklessness.

"The charcoal fire in the palace is burning hot, and I don't want to come out to relax after staying in the house all day. My mother looks good, and it's better to go to the village to relax, and the air is good." Yuan Chun looked at Zili, and the years were still on her There were marks on his face, but compared with the queen and others of the same age, the heavens showed special favor to Zili.

"Princess Concubine's complexion is also good. I have eaten all the donkey-hide gelatin. Your body still needs to be recuperated. You are young now, and you will know how good you are when you get older." Zili and Yuanchun went in to talk.

After dismissing the servants in the palace, Yuan Chun first talked about the affairs in the palace: "Mother doesn't know, something happened to Xue Cai's little prince."

It turned out that the little prince suddenly refused to sleep well at night some time ago, and cried all night, and during the day he would fall asleep and cry suddenly.Changed a lot of wet nurses to serve people, but it didn't work. After crying for a few days, the little prince refused to eat well, and suddenly became ill because of his pale face and emaciated skin.Baochai was naturally very anxious, so she called the imperial physician for diagnosis and treatment, but the imperial physician could not find anything wrong.The disease has been protracted, and in winter, the little prince suddenly developed a fever when the weather changed, and even started to have convulsions after a few days of high fever.The Tai Hospital prepared some sedative and cooling medicines, which were somewhat effective at the beginning.But who knows that after taking it for a few days, it still didn't heal. Instead, it procrastinated for several days, and it was bad for a few days.

Hearing this, Zili's eyes flickered with gloom, it seems that the little prince's illness is not simple. "So that's it. I said why people from the Xue family are looking for yellow rhinoceros horns everywhere, but they can't take that kind of medicine often. Has the cause been found out?"

"That's the strange thing here. This little prince is also one year old. Except for a baby name, the emperor didn't even give him a name. He said it was a good name. This prince is also the emperor's old son, and he was very cute when he was born. I didn't see my mother. The prince Xuecai gave birth to is a bit better-looking than Baoyu back then. He is smart and clever, and the emperor loves him like a pearl. Bao Xuecai was not embarrassed at first, but who would have thought that he would have a face just by giving birth to a prince. It's a pity that this face is decent I don't know if I can—" Yuan Chun didn't continue.

"It's snowing, it's snowing! Auspicious snow heralds a good year!" Following the voice of the servant, Zili saw snowflakes falling down one after another through the glass window.

On the last day of the old year, news came from the palace that Xue Cai's little prince was gone.When Zili heard the news, he was hugging Jia Zhu's sons and daughters, Yingchun Xichun, etc., joking.

"What's the matter, ma'am?" Xichun noticed a change in Zili's face.

"It's nothing, I just remembered that during the Chinese New Year, you hadn't left the cabinet yet, and at that time it was a lively family celebrating the festival. It is still a lively family now, and one day you will be full of children and grandchildren, a big family We celebrate the festival together. In this world, one does not seek to be distinguished and honored by others, as long as one is safe." Zili was thoughtful, but the room was still very lively just now, and now the room suddenly became quiet.

"Ma'am, I want to go out and build a snowman!" Jia Xuan shook Zili's hand and wanted to go out to play.

"Go, let others watch." Zili patted Jia Xuan's face lovingly, smiled and looked at the people in the room: "You all go and play too!"