White Hedge Dream

Chapter 79 Luck

The news of Bai's pregnancy in the palace has spread among the powerful families, but for most people, this matter has nothing to do with them.

For example, Mrs. Xue, she cares more about her niece-in-law than the concubines in the palace.

Accompanied by Mrs. Dongyang Hou, she walked to Zhuang Li's side and saw Zhuang Li standing in the corridor waiting.

"Hey, why are you up?" Mrs. Xue quickly walked a few steps to support her and prevent her from saluting.

Zhuang Li said with a smile: "I feel much better. It was just because I didn't sleep well before. Now that I have had enough sleep these days, I feel energetic."

Mrs. Xue looked at her complexion. Although her face was pale, her eyes were bright and she was indeed not as sick as paper thin as Mrs. Dongyang Hou said.

She smiled and nodded: "You are still young, so you can't act recklessly. You must take care of your body."

After saying that, he took Zhuang Li's hand and went in, asked her if she was bored at home, and asked where Jing Yun was.

"You are sick, so I won't spend much time with you."

Zhuang Li said: "He just joined the household department, and the handover is a bit busy."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou was standing by with a smile but not a smile: "Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, the salutes of maids and maids could be heard outside, "The prince is back."

As he finished speaking, Zhou Jingyun strode in, carrying an oil paper bag in his hand. When he saw Mrs. Xue, his eyes were full of smiles.

"Auntie is here."

"My aunt didn't even say a word when she came, so I could pick you up."

Mrs. Xue scolded him: "Why didn't you tell me that your wife was sick?" She added, "She is young and alone, but when she became our daughter-in-law, she called me aunt. I am also her elder. Support her, don’t bully her.”

Zhou Jingyun glanced at Mrs. Dongyang Hou. He didn't tell his aunt. It seemed that if his mother told her, she must also tell him why he was sick.

Doting on the concubine and making the wife angry is a common occurrence among wealthy families in the capital, but this is the first time for him, Zhou Jingyun.

Zhou Jingyun touched his nose, changed the subject, and raised the oil paper bag in his hand: "My aunt came just in time. I bought the flower-shaped glutinous rice cakes from Yang's shop."

Said and handed it to Chunyue.

"Plate it for everyone to eat."

The spring moon went away with a smile.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou snorted softly beside her.

Mrs. Xue turned around and glared at her: "Why are you humming? How old are you? You are still greedy. I have told you since you were a child. If you have bad teeth, you won't eat many sweets."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou was angry and funny: "How old are you to still mention this?"

Zhou Jingyun laughed and said, "I remember what my aunt said. She didn't give my mother anything sweet. I bought mutton biscuits for my mother. I didn't know my mother was here, so I sent them to the kitchen for her to eat at night."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou smiled, her eyes full of joy, and she knew that her son was not someone who married a wife and forgot about his mother.

Mrs. Xue glanced at her and shook her head. She was a careless and careless sister. She might as well marry a daughter-in-law with a lower status, otherwise she would definitely be manipulated by her daughter-in-law.

And when Zhuang Li got married, even though her mother-in-law didn't like it, her expressions and words were superficial, and she wasn't harsh behind the scenes. She had all the decency she should have, and she followed the rules, not to mention Jing Yun's care. Life won't be really hard.

Mrs. Xue sighed inwardly, thinking that she had an unkind and weird mother-in-law at home, and her husband could not be trusted.

She didn't ask for anything. She had endured it for the rest of her life, so she could continue to endure it.

"Auntie, please try this." Zhuang Li handed the see-through flower cake sent by Chunyue to Mrs. Xue and smiled again, "This is the first time I have seen it."

Mrs. Xue took it with a smile and motioned to her: "Then try it quickly," and then pursed her lips and smiled, "It's our Jingyun's heart." She looked at Mrs. Dongyang Hou again, "Just watch, don't be greedy."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou was angry and funny: "I shouldn't have invited you here. It seems like I have invited my in-laws to support my daughter."

Mrs. Xue stroked Zhuang Li's shoulder: "You are right, I will no longer regard Jing Yun as my biological son from now on. I have two biological sons. I am tired of seeing him. I don't have a biological daughter. Li Niang is my biological daughter." ”

Zhuang Li nodded: "I also regard my aunt as my biological mother."

Mrs. Xue laughed, but Mrs. Dongyang Hou curled her lips and said nothing. Anyway, seeing her sister happy made her happy too.

The atmosphere inside is cheerful.

Mother Xu came in from the door with a strange look on her face, as if she didn't want to ruin the atmosphere and hesitated to speak.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Dongyang Hou asked.

Mother Xu said: "Mother Yuan from Mrs. Xue's side is here."

Mrs. Xue's smile suddenly condensed on her face.

There was faint anger on Mrs. Dongyang Hou's face.

It was no big deal when Mrs. Xue's maid came. Mother Yuan, a fat woman in her forties, smiled and said that the old lady used a screen to entertain guests, and asked Mrs. Xue where to put it. But this already showed Mrs. Xue's dissatisfaction.

Mrs. Xue should not go out when entertaining guests at home.

But no matter how dissatisfied you are, you can't send a servant girl to chase someone else's house and say such things!

This is the face of the mother-in-law of the family who has no regard for her daughter-in-law!

This old shrew!

Mrs. Dongyang Hou gritted her teeth angrily, and even more angrily, in order to make her sister's life at home easier and to prevent the old shrew from taking the opportunity to make troubles and harass others, she could only persuade Mrs. Xue to go back.

"I was so panicked that I couldn't hold my breath. When I saw that she was sick, I told my sister. I originally asked my sister to introduce a doctor, but I didn't expect that my sister came in person." She gritted her teeth and said with a smile, "Sister and everyone It’s a matter of child.”

Mrs. Xue knew that this was to save her face in front of Zhuang Li, but...with such a mother-in-law, her face had long been gone. Looking at Zhou Jingyun's frown and Zhuang Li's thoughtful expression, she knew that they were doing it for her. Worry.

We can't let the juniors worry.

"I can't help it. I'm a wife." Mrs. Xue said with a smile, "That's why I have no time to spare."

He said and patted Zhuang Li's hand.

"You, you should enjoy a few years of leisure while you are young, and let your mother-in-law be busy with family matters."

Zhuang Li smiled and thanked her, then held Mrs. Xue's hand and said, "Aunt, don't keep it in your heart."

Mrs. Xue smiled at her and nodded: "I know, I know."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou was also in a bad mood and went back to the yard to curse Mrs. Xue. Here, Zhou Jingyun sent Mrs. Xue off and came back to see Zhuang Li sitting in front of his desk in a daze.

"I haven't recovered my spirit yet." Zhuang Li explained to him, "It's not easy to read and write."

How boring it would be at home, Zhou Jingyun thought, his eyes falling on the flute hanging on the wall.

The layout of this room is now filled with Zhuang Li's belongings.

"You can play the flute," he said.

There was a word left unsaid that he should have heard her play the flute.

At that time, he hurried to the academy. While walking on the mountain road, he heard the sound of a flute coming from the forest. It was pure and distant. He couldn't help but stop. However, the flute sound stopped soon, and there was a thin line faintly in the forest in front of him. The figure moves around.

Because she was a woman, he didn't look much further and continued up the mountain.

Now I think that person should be Zhuang Li.

After hearing what he said, Zhuang Li also looked at the flute hanging on the wall and said with a smile: "It would be better to play the flute in the mountains and forests."

Perhaps she was afraid that the sound of the flute would disturb Mrs. Dongyang Hou, Zhou Jingyun thought to himself. He sat down without saying anything and glanced at the maids in the room.

Chun Yue was now used to it. The prince liked to be alone with the young lady, so she immediately left with the maids.

"I heard the news today that Concubine Bai in the palace is pregnant." Zhou Jingyun said in a low voice.

Zhuang Li looked surprised: "She is pregnant?"

Zhou Jingyun nodded: "It turns out that it was not His Majesty who had the nightmare, but Concubine Bai. The evil spirit wants to harm the emperor's heir."

Zhuang Li murmured: "That's it."

He pressed Bai Ying, but Bai Ying's soul was unstable and might harm the child in her belly. This child had royal blood, which triggered the ban placed in the palace.

"She's really lucky," she said.

Yes, this is indeed good luck. Zhou Jingyun frowned, especially since the emperor had not had a child for many years and there were many rumors. Now that the rumors were broken, it was a double happiness. He found out the news from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and found out that Bai Ying had indeed been moved out of the cold palace. Yes, but…

"Your Majesty has not pardoned your family's sins, nor has your sister been reinstated as a concubine." He whispered.

Zhuang Li smiled: "Who cares about that? There is no use in pardon, they are all dead."

He didn't expect her to say such a thing. Looking at the indifferent smile on Zhuang Li's face, Zhou Jingyun could understand that although the king wanted his minister to die, he had to die, but he was also a human being, so how could he not be resentful.

"Your father's family must care about whether you can live well." He comforted softly.

Zhuang Li hummed: "I will live well." He looked at Zhou Jingyun and smiled, "Look, I met the prince."

The topic suddenly turned to him. Will you live well if you meet him? Zhou Jingyun coughed lightly.

Zhuang Li saw the tips of his ears suddenly turn red, and realized that what he said seemed a bit rude.

"I mean, there is still someone like the Crown Prince who can protect me." She quickly added.

Is she embarrassed? After explaining, Zhou Jingyun couldn't help but laugh: "My mother is worried about my aunt, so I went over to have dinner with my mother."

Zhuang Li said fine, but when he was eating alone at night, he added an extra dish of mutton pancakes.

Although I said I bought it for Mrs. Dongyang Hou, I didn't forget to give her a copy.

Zhuang Li looked at the Hu cakes in front of him and thought, in fact, it was not rude for her to say that. She was also lucky enough to meet someone like Zhou Jingyun.