Chapter 309 Pregnancy
Aunt Zhang was stunned for a moment. When she realized what Xia Zihan meant, her face was filled with ecstasy, "Thank you so much, Lord."
"If you really want to thank me, then you should try your best and give me a younger brother and sister sooner." Xia Zihan joked.
Aunt Zhang's pretty face turned red, "Slave... I will work hard."
Xia Zihan smiled and took Aunt Zhang's pulse. Suddenly, she let out a surprised sigh, "Why is it a slippery pulse?"
Seeing Xia Zihan frowning, Aunt Zhang's heart skipped a beat and she felt uneasy, "What's wrong? Is...is this slave suffering from some disease?"
"No."
After confirming, Xia Zihan took back his hand and said with a smile, "Congratulations to Aunt Zhang, Aunt Zhang is happy."
"What?"
The sudden great joy hit Aunt Zhang on the head, making her always shrewd and dizzy, "Why are you so happy? County Lord, could it be that this slave is pregnant?"
"Yes, but the month is still shallow and not obvious yet, but it is definitely Hua Mai."
Aunt Zhang didn't know what Hua Mai was, but she understood that Xia Zihan's words meant that she was pregnant.
Aunt Zhang was so happy that she burst into tears, "I have been waiting for this day for a long time, Lord County, thank you."
"You are crying so much that you are carrying younger brothers and sisters that I have been looking forward to for a long time."
Xia Zihan took the handkerchief from Chu Fei and wiped Aunt Zhang's tears herself. How dare Aunt Zhang accept it, so she quickly took the handkerchief and wiped it herself.
"Yes... I am so happy."
She is indeed happy. She is almost married and has no children around her. She is worried that in a few years, the master and she will not be able to have children when they are older. What will she do in the rest of her life?
Fortunately, the sky paid off. She hoped and hoped, and finally a child was born.
As soon as Aunt Zhang was happy, she told Xia Zihan what happened before, "After your father stopped the slave's soup, the slave became more careful. That rough girl put safflower powder into the slave's soup for the first time, and the slave Once you take a sip, you will taste something different from usual.”
"Safflower tastes bitter. You said that the sweet soup of white fungus and red dates that I wanted was bitter. It also smelled of medicinal herbs. I felt something was wrong. After taking a sip, I stopped drinking."
After drinking it, she tried her best to induce vomiting, fearing that someone would poison her, but luckily she was fine afterwards.
"The next day, the slave girl sent a maid to secretly keep an eye on the rough messenger girl who delivered the food. I saw her sneaking away from the crowd and pouring medicinal powder into the soup."
"I am a slave with a low status. Even if I am caught, I dare not take action. I can only pretend not to know."
Even if the person behind the scenes is not caught, the danger around her will not go away if only a rough girl is caught.
At that time, she decided that she would take a long-term approach to catch the big fish and find out who was behind the scenes.
"Knowing that I have been drugged, I still dare to drink it. Every time the medicinal soup is delivered, I pour it into a flower pot and plant flowers. Fortunately, the flowers do not die, but grow more lush. I know that it is Medicine is not poison.”
"In the beginning, the slave girl just asked the maid to keep an eye on the rough messenger girl who delivers meals every day, trying to find out who was behind the real attack on the slave girl. After a few days of following, the rough messenger girl secretly went to see three people. Girl.”
"It's the third girl. She is the master's legitimate daughter. I dare not stand up for you."
If it were Mrs. Xu, she would expose this matter even if it meant losing both sides.
But the third girl, that is the daughter of the Xia family, she is an aunt, and her status is as high as that of a maid and a mother-in-law, and she cannot compete with the legitimate daughter of the Xia family.
"My servant didn't dare to tell the master or speak out, so I had no choice but not to eat the soup that had been laced with safflower powder."
"Fortunately... I would like to thank the county master."
Aunt Zhang suddenly knelt down and wanted to kowtow to Xia Zihan. Xia Zihan hurriedly helped her up, "Aunt Zhang, your body is not suitable for catching cold now. Get up quickly."
"County Master, the third girl is ruthless and intolerant. I beg you, slave, to save the child in my belly."
It seemed that Aunt Zhang was a sensible person and knew that Xia Zihan had secretly rescued her before. Otherwise, it was such a coincidence that a pebble flew from the sky and hit the rough girl's drugged wrist.
Now, after Aunt Zhang got over her excitement, she thought of Xia Ziying.
I started to worry and feel uneasy.
Since Xia Ziying dared to put safflower powder in her soup to prevent her from getting pregnant, would Xia Ziying dare to poison her when she becomes pregnant?
"County Lord, please save my slave's child. I will definitely be grateful to you and make you a cow and a horse..."
"Don't worry, you have my little brother and sister in your belly. How could I let anything happen to him?" Xia Zihan said with a smile.
She thought for a while and said, "I think so, you can just move to the Chu residence for a while. Then Mrs. Xu asked Mrs. Cao to come here, isn't she just to seize the housekeeping rights of the family? Then you can give it to her." .”
"You are pregnant now and can't take care of yourself. Why don't you leave it to her? If you follow me to live in Chu's house, she won't be able to harm you even if she wants to."
"I'll tell dad about this, and he will definitely agree."
After hearing this, Aunt Zhang was a little reluctant to leave Xia Shiming, but for the sake of her child, she gritted her teeth and nodded in agreement, "I will obey the county master's arrangements in everything."
"Well, first tell the maid to pack your things, and when the banquet is over, you can come with me." Xia Zihan instructed. By the time Xia Zihan went to the back garden again, almost all the guests had arrived. Xia Ziqing and Xia Zilan had also arrived. Even Xia Ziying, who was released after being grounded by Xia Shiming, dressed up and sat in front of a group of girls and talked.
Xia Zihan arrived in a hurry. When the sharp-eyed ladies and girls saw it, they all stood up and came over to salute. Xia Zihan waved his hand and said, "Ladies and girls, get up quickly."
Then he looked at the older ladies and said, "You are all elders, you really upset me."
"No matter what the county leader said, we dare not neglect the rules of the Dasheng Dynasty."
"Rules are dead, people are alive." Xia Zihan said with a smile.
"Grandma always said at home that the family members of Hanlin Academy bachelors know the rules best. She also asked me to meet you, so I must learn from you."
Both the words and the words imply that Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Cao did not take the rules of the Dasheng Dynasty seriously and did not know etiquette.
Just now, when Xia Zihan came, everyone stood up to salute her. Only Mrs. Cao and Mrs. Xu sat down properly and put on airs, holding Qiao in their hands.
The expressions of Mrs. Cao and Mrs. Xu changed on the spot, and Mrs. Cao said shamelessly, "These rules are nothing more than human relationships. Even if there are rules, it depends on the person."
It means, no matter what the rules are, we are your elders, so you have to let us go.
"Yes, the Emperor is great, but when he sees the Queen Mother, he still has to salute."
Xu was even more shameless, and she even blamed the Emperor and the Queen Mother.
But can that be the same?
The queen has a high status, and the father-in-law is still the queen's biological father. Seeing the queen, she still has to kneel down and kowtow?
Not to mention that you, Mrs. Xu, are just the stepmother of County Lord Chuyu, even if you are your biological mother without any royal title, you still have to kowtow when you see the County Lord.
That was the county head personally appointed by the emperor.
If you don't kowtow when you meet the county lord, you are disrespecting the emperor, and you don't care about the emperor. How shameless are you, Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Cao, that you don't even notice the emperor?
Ladies, you look at me and I look at you. There is contempt and alertness in their eyes. Then they subconsciously distance themselves from Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Cao and talk to Xia Zihan about Mrs. Chu.
"I've been sick for a while, haven't you recovered yet?" asked the chubby Mrs. Zhang.
Xia Zihan shook his head, with a trace of lingering sadness between his brows, "It's getting better. I went to Baoxiang Temple to perform a ritual for my grandfather a few days ago. When I came back, my grandmother was tired from traveling and traveling, and my grandmother's body was a little overwhelmed. Doctor I told grandma to take a good rest and stop worrying about anything.”
I also want to tell the ladies present that if you want to climb this big tree in the Chu family, I’m sorry, but you’re climbing the wrong tree. This big tree is old and can’t support you.
The ladies present were all smart. After understanding the implication of Xia Zihan's words, they smiled coquettishly.
Everyone mentioned the cause of Mrs. Chu’s illness.
"Last year, I heard that Mrs. Chu was frightened by the refugees and said she had a mental illness. Hey, Mrs. Chu is also kind and righteous. The Song family treated you and your grandson like this, and you still rushed to attend the funeral of the Song family. What if? If you change anyone, the relationship may be severed.”
"I see, the Song family only dares to bully Mrs. Chu and County Chief Chu Yu because they are old, weak, women and children. If there is anyone in the Chu family, Song Baiqing will not dare to bully Mrs. Chu."
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"Didn't Mr. Pei lose one of his legs? That's retribution."
"Yes, this person can't do bad things, otherwise, sooner or later he will be punished."
……
Everyone, you and I, weave together the rights and wrongs of the Song family.
Although every word he said was to defend Madam Chu, Xia Zihan was not very happy after hearing this, but rather lost interest.
Women are like this, like a bunch of grass on the wall, they will fall to whichever side has interests.
It's a pity that she doesn't accept this trick.
The ladies also noticed that she was not interested, so they changed the topic, "I heard that the Second Prince has handed over the South East China Sea to General Tian. Soon, the Second Prince will leave for Beijing."
"Oh, this matter has been brought up in the imperial court. Everyone knows it, and my father has also heard the news. At most, the second prince will be back on June 6th."
"The Second Prince has done a great job this time. He drove away all the Japanese pirates and killed many Japanese pirates. I heard that when the Japanese pirates escaped, they all called them father and cried for their mother. They were very embarrassed."
"This time, the emperor's reward for the second prince's palace will definitely be indispensable."
"Of course, I heard that the young prince has also achieved several military exploits."
When Ao Tianchen was mentioned, everyone's topic turned to Prince Xin's Mansion.
"After receiving the news, Prince Xin's Mansion is starting to prepare for Princess Mingzhu's wedding."
"A date has been set?" the chubby Mrs. Zhang asked curiously.
(End of chapter)