C230

Sure enough, not long after, mother Du, Lu Kou and Huang Lang Zhong replied to me from outside the tent. Huang Gangzhong clasped his hands together in a deep bow, and I hurriedly got up and blessed myself.

"Sir, how is my grandmother's condition?"

"Please do not worry, Miss. The Grand Matriarch vomited blood only because she was agitated and angry. It is not that important, it is just that in the future, she will remain calm and live a peaceful life."

"What about my aunt?" I looked at the nervous Lady Chen who was sitting beside me.

"Like Madam …" Even someone like Huang Lang, who was adept at speaking bluntly, needed to think deeply before being able to speak. One could imagine Lady Chen's situation.

"Speak your mind, sir. We will only respond after we know the situation!"

"Forgive me for being blunt, but I'm afraid that Aunt's production will be extremely dangerous!" Huang Lang paused for a moment before continuing, "Although Aunt's pills have nothing to do with the fetus, they hurt the mother. Now that the fetal image is unstable, I'm afraid there is a sign of premature delivery. Even if Madam is able to ensure that both mother and child are safe, I'm afraid that after the birth of a child, their spirits will drop every day, and they will find it difficult to help their child. "

The meaning in her words was that the best situation was for her mother to be safe, but for Aunt Chen's health to get worse, the worst situation was that both mother and child would be unable to protect themselves.

Since ancient times, a woman's labor was like a door to hell, and with Madame Chen tormenting her, it was inevitable that her production would not go smoothly.

"Is there any way to protect her mother and son?"

"I will just listen to the will of the heavens!" Huang Man shook his head regretfully.

"Green Bandits, send Mister out. "If I have to trouble you to come here so late, my daughter would be very grateful. Please bring me to the side hall for a cup of tea!"

Huang Lang cupped his hands towards me and was sent out by Mother Du and Green Bandits.

"Miss!" Just as Huang Lang walked out of the door, his front and back feet, Lady Chen, kneeled on the ground in front of me, crying out, "Please save me!"

I sighed, stepped forward to help her up, and placed her on the bed. "Aunt, what are you saying? How can I save an aunt? You heard what the doctor said. Whether this child can be born depends on how well the aunt does! From my point of view, this child is still in her womb, so my aunt has a guarantee, and I don't need to mention what happened in the past. Once my aunt has successfully given birth to my child, perhaps my grandmother will be happy and let bygones be bygones. However, if Aunt were to continue being so secretive and suspicious, if there comes a day when I am unable to keep this child safe, I'm afraid Grandmother would want to settle old and new debts together! "

When Aunt Chen heard my words, she revealed a thoughtful expression. I didn't say anything and just let the maidservants carry my bed to the brick bed in Aunt Chen's ear room. I went to that room to listen to the steward's mother's orders during the day, and watched Aunt Chen and Grandmother over the three meals at night. But three days later, my grandmother's illness had improved, and she urged me to move back to the main house over and over again. It was against the rules to stay with my aunt, and the next day I went back to my grandmother's room to rest in the blue chiffon cupboard at the back of the house.

"I'm going to the shop tomorrow. I want to borrow your carriage, Grandmother." While we were having dinner, I talked to my grandmother about going out tomorrow.

"It's only the tenth day tomorrow. Didn't you go to check your accounts only half a month ago?" However, after just a few days, Grandmother had already lost a lot of weight, and even her eyes were somewhat sunken. Fortunately, her complexion was still alright.

"I've been busy recently, so I wanted to go out and take a look." I pursed my lips and smiled like a little girl.

The night before, Green Buccaneer had come to my room with her mother at the Fallen Key to tell me about Zhou Rui's knowledge of the sandalwood incense.

The sandalwood had been a woman of father, mother, brother, and brother. When she reached her age, she was taken home. He didn't use the mansion to match up and instead received five taels of silver to make up for his loss. But her family had a lot of brothers, and they were all about to get married. Coincidentally, this sandalwood was quite pretty, so her parents had a bad feeling and sold her for fifty liang to the second in command of a horse gang to make a third house. As soon as the sandalwood was married off, a huge fire broke out in the family. Other than this married girl, all the rest of the family members were burned to death. They couldn't even collect a corpse. This sandalwood incense had followed the horse gang gangster for less than two years. First, the man died from having a main house, then he died from having a second house. She didn't expect that when the good news came out of the sandalwood, the news of her man being killed while selling horses came through. She was a woman with a big belly, and at first there was a man's former brother to help her with some money, but none of the money came from the wind, women and children, and she lived with her head tied to her belt, and it was only a year before no one wanted to take care of them anymore.

How could there be a mother who did not care for her children. In order to support them, sandalwood had to work everywhere. After all, she had been a servant to everyone and understood the general rules. So, she went to the Wang family in the east of the city to be an old lady, specifically taking care of her old lady's burning incense to worship Buddha. Then, somehow, the Wang wife heard that she had a tough life. First, she killed her parents and brothers, and then she even gave her man to Fang. She refused to let him stay any longer, so she gave him a few taels of silver to send away. Because of this reputation, no one was willing to keep her for their own use, and she also had a child to raise, so she couldn't wait for the two of them to starve to death. She would often go out to sell some scented handkerchiefs and buddhist scriptures, and at night, she would take the children to live in a city temple, barely able to get a bite to eat.

Afterwards, somehow, this sandalwood fragrance got rich and moved into a small house in South City. She didn't even sell out on embroidery and stayed at home all day to take care of the children.

When I heard that there were three children with me in South City, my heart jolted. I suspected that it was that person who asked me where that place was.

Old Lady Zhou said with disdain, "Where else? It's that slanted four-way alley. "

I immediately understood that it was her.

Most of the four alleys in the southern part of the city were inhabited by prostitutes who were privately raised by wealthy merchants or nobles. These men were either fearful of their family's elders or their wives, the Yue family's power, and did not dare to bring them home. They would either feel sorry for these women who had fallen to their deaths, or they would rather hide away their wealth than allow them to suffer in the morning when they were out in the world.

As for my father, he also bought a four in four house, and placed his beloved woman, Aunt Mo, and her three children on this street.

The sandalwood incense is like a pathfinder's stone, and since the other party has already sincerely offered an invitation, how can I not show up?

Grandmother frowned, obviously disapproving of my going out.

I can understand her thinking. Firstly, it's a busy autumn, so it's hard to avoid danger for a young lady like me, so Grandmother does not feel at ease. Secondly, the elder in the house was pregnant, and now with two pregnant women at home and grandmother not in good spirits, the matters of the family had been handed over to me. Now that I had left, if there was an emergency at home, wouldn't there be no one to look after me?

"I have a girl named Lu Kui by my side, you know that as well. This servant girl is smart and cautious. When I go out and leave her with you, I will help mother Du to manage the house. I will only go there and then come back.

"Then wouldn't you be short of people? Why don't you leave your home after a few days when your home is at peace!" Grandmother shook her head, obviously disagreeing.

However, this time there was already a life. If this dragged on, who knew what sort of tricks this Aunt Mo would play!

"Lan Li, who is by my side, is also excellent. I'll bring your mother Song and the others in my room. They can also be considered to be in order!"

"But …" Grandmother saw that I was adamant, so she didn't say no directly, but she kept finding excuses.

"Grandmother ~" I leaned on Grandmother's body as I used to, acting like a spoiled child. I tugged on her sleeve and begged, "Please let me go! Your grandson and daughter hasn't gone out for a long time! "

"That's right!" "Since young miss has worked hard these days, why don't you go out and relax?" Aunt Chen was there to help me persuade my grandmother.

Ever since I warned Aunt Chen last time, she has become a lot more obedient, not saying anything against the rules, not taking even a single step on the path of etiquette. Every day she is either in the courtyard accompanied by a servant girl or in the house under the orders of a doctor.

I was very satisfied with Aunt Chen's transformation, and even started to like her unborn sister-in-law a little more.

"Then you have to bring a few more mothers with you. Also, don't wander around the store after you're done. Return early, and …" Grandmother sputtered a lot of information, but all she did was remind me to be careful and come home early.

I hurriedly smiled — yes, my grandmother was still worried, and she kept telling me that I must come and tell her before I left tomorrow, and that I should come and say good morning to her when I got back.

"The old lady's memory isn't too good. Sometimes, she would repeat her words over and over again several times!" Mama Du smiled as she escorted me out, explaining apologetically.

My grandmother, what can I blame you for?

I smiled and patted her hand. "Sorry for troubling you, mother! Grandmother still needs to rely on Mommy to take care of her. "

With just that one sentence, Mother Du's eyes reddened, she hurriedly wiped her eyes with her sleeve, and muttered: "What are you saying, Miss! This was originally something that we servants should do! "

I took a handkerchief from my sleeve and handed it to Mother Du. I put my arm around her shoulders and said, "Mother, don't be like this! In a while, when you go back with reddened eyes, Grandmother will think that I've bullied you, and will find me to settle the score. If you don't let me go out and cause big trouble, then I've made a wasted trip today! "

After listening to my words, mother Du broke down into tears and smiled. She took my handkerchief and wiped her face, then went back to work.

The next day, I got up early and went to my grandmother's room wearing a white Begonia with a brim, a white silk dress, a peony bun on my head, and a scarlet gold hair band and earring.

It just so happened that Grandmother and Aunt Chen were having breakfast around the round table. When they saw how dressed I was, both of their eyes lit up. Aunt Chen said enviously, "Miss's clothes are really flowing with light and color!"

"Why are you wearing such ostentatious clothes?"

Grandmother did not look at me with appreciation, but with a frown and a twitch of her mouth.

Grandmother was afraid that I wouldn't be safe outside, dressed in luxurious clothes.

However, it was this grandeur that was required to suppress that person!

"In the end, he's just going to check the accounts. It's not good for him to be dressed so simply and look childish!" I smiled to myself and accepted the tea offered by Hong Chang.

Grandmother thought for a while, and finally acquiesced in my clothes and let me out.

It was still early in the morning, and there weren't many people on the streets. There were a few cars passing by, but most of them were in a hurry like the rest of us.

"Miss, there's someone following us closely from behind." Lan Zhi, who was sitting in a small car behind us, jogged up to me and told me, "Brother Changsheng said that person followed us for three streets, it doesn't seem like it was on the way!"

Zhao Changsheng was the son of Mama Zhao in his grandmother's courtyard. Mama Zhao helped her grandmother manage the carriages and horses. Her husband and her son were the coachmen of the mansion.

Song mom and Lan Li, who sat in the same car as me, were vigilant. They sat closer to me, as if someone would suddenly descend from the sky and harm me.

I couldn't help but laugh as I asked, "How far is it from the store?"

Lan Zhi was at a loss and could not answer for a long time. She looked around in a daze, bit her lips and said, "This servant does not know!"

I suddenly remembered that this was the first time I had brought Lan Zhi out. How could she know where my teahouse door was facing?

This time, he left the green bandit at his grandmother's place to help mother Du manage, brought along Lan Lingyun Angelica and four coarse mother Song together. Since there were so many people, we took two carriages, one for myself, the other for the others.

"There's still three streets away from the shop, two streets east!" Mother Song said, "We'll be there in a quarter of an hour!"

I smiled and nodded towards Mother Song. I turned around and instructed Lan Zhi, "Go and tell Third Elder Zhao to hurry up. Tell Longevity when you go back!"

If the front car was fast enough, the back car would naturally accelerate too.

"Yes sir!" Lan Zhi replied and ran off at lightning speed.

As expected, when he got off the car, he saw two people riding on the same horse at the same place. It was hard to tell their appearance from a distance, but they still looked like teenagers.

"Miss, why are you here so early?" Manager Sun's wife welcomed me with a smile as she led me from the back door to the guest room in the backyard. Shopkeeper Xiao and Shopkeeper Sun were already waiting there. There were already accounting books on the table.

With a shrewd person like Shopkeeper Xiao, the accounts had long been flattened to the point that even if one looked at the accounts, they wouldn't be able to discern anything!

I pretended to flip through a few pages and flipped the abacus a few times before making a sound.

Everyone in the room looked at me.

"Aside from Shopkeeper Xiao, everyone else can leave!"

Apart from Manager Xiao, everyone else followed suit.

"Go and prepare a light car for me, and lend me a few guards. I'm going to Aunt Mo's place!"

Lady Mo had been watched by King Qi the entire time, so much so that there was no need to tell them where she lived. This tea shop was not only a point of information for King Qi, it was also the location where he hid his advisors, guards, and even death warriors.