Family Has a Concubine

Halfway through the hour of the day, the entire Zhenxihou Mansion was quiet.

All the servants returned to their own houses to rest, only some rough envoys and wives who kept watch at night were left in the courtyard outside.

Ye Tangcai sat in front of the bronze mirror, and Qiuju broke up the bun on her head. Looking up at the mirror, I saw Ye Tangcai's face was expressionless and cold.

Seeing this, Qiuju's heart skipped a beat, she was worried for a while, but she didn't dare to say anything.

After Qiuju went out, Ye Tang took off the red feather veiled crane cloak, and went to bed to sleep peacefully.

Huiran put the crane cloak on the screen, blew on the lamp, and lay down on the couch outside.

The entire bedroom was plunged into darkness.

In the mid-winter of the twelfth lunar month, there was no snow outside, no insects, birds, and human voices, and the silence was terrifyingly empty.

Hui Ran was lying on the couch, listening to Ye Tangcai's tossing and turning in the bedroom, until Choushi, it didn't stop.

Huiran walked in with the shade lamp: "Third grandma."

As he spoke, he raised the gauze bed curtain, and saw Ye Tangcai lying curled up on his side, his crow hair scattered messily on the pillow, and his eyes were tightly closed.

Only then did Ye Tangcai open her eyes, Huiran put down the lampshade, and helped her up: "It's the middle of the night, why haven't you slept yet?"

Ye Tangcai sat up according to her strength, her face was pale and exhausted, and she took a deep breath: "I'm too awake, I can't sleep..."

My whole mind seemed to be jumping, and when I closed my eyes, there was a picture of Lu Qiaoer holding Chu Yunpan on Dongniu Mountain...

She told herself not to think, but she couldn't control it, her thoughts ran wildly, she was very tired, but she didn't feel sleepy at all, as she herself said, she was too awake, how could she sleep peacefully?

Huiran knew what was on her mind, and quickly said: "Third Mistress, don't think too much, didn't you say that the third master never saw that Miss Lu again? Even to thank you, let the people below go. So, just relax heart!"

Ye Tangcai's face was dazed: "Without Miss Lu, there would be Miss Zhao, Miss Qian, and Miss Li..."

During this trip to Xuzhou, Ye Tangcai felt as if she had been slapped severely by reality, forcing her to open her eyes and face the thing she had been avoiding all along—that is, Chu Yunpan’s concubine issue .

Hui Ran sighed slightly: "It's useless to think about it now. If you really can't sleep, then don't sleep. How about reading a book?"

After speaking, he went to the living room and took out Ye Tang's book of words, then went to the back room, called Qiuju up, and asked her to go to the small kitchen to get something delicious.

Ye Tangcai held the scripture book, but couldn't read it at all.

After a while, Qiuju came back with a bowl of dumplings, and Ye Tangcai took a bite before throwing down the spoon and covering her chest with nausea and vomiting.

Huiran and Qiuju were startled, and Huiran quickly stroked Ye Tangcai's back: "Third Grandma, what's wrong with you?" Then she turned her head and stared at Qiuju: "Why did you cook?"

"I..." Qiu Ju was stunned, and then said aggrievedly: "What's the matter? These are the dumplings freshly made by Grandma Qiao tonight. They are in the kitchen for breakfast tomorrow. They are hard to break in winter."

Looking up, I saw Ye Tangcai clutching his chest again, with a disgusted and uncomfortable look on his face.

Qiuju quickly spooned a dumpling and took a bite. There was no problem at all, and it was still delicious. Qiuju suddenly thought of something, and with a happy face, she said again: "I'll serve the third grandma a bowl of noodles."

Saying that, Qiuju rushed out in a hurry, and after a while, a bowl of pork shredded noodles in light hot soup and a plate of radish cake were brought.

"Well, take it away..." Ye Tangcai only smelled the radish cake, and felt nauseous and retched again and again.

"This..." Qiuju looked at Huiran, "How long has it been since the third grandma's monthly letter?"

Hui Ran also kept paying attention to Ye Tangcai's body, and said, "Last month...it seems that I didn't come."

Ye Tangcai's monthly letter has not come for a long time, but Ye Tangcai was inaccurate before, and went to Xuzhou again. Everyone's attention was on Chu Yunpan's matter, but they didn't pay attention.

Thinking of Ye Tangcai still falling and running in Dongniu Mountain, Hui Ran's expression changed: "I'll invite a doctor to come and have a look tomorrow morning."

"I think it's better to ask the imperial physician!" Qiu Ju said urgently. "Didn't you say that when you came back with an injury in Xuzhou, you also invited a doctor? There was nothing diagnosed, so the imperial doctor is more reliable."

Qiuju can't wait to invite an imperial doctor to come home right now, but the Zhenxihou Mansion has no choice but Ye Tang to pick a hostess. In the middle of the night, she is not very sick, and suddenly a man is called to the door and enters the room, which is really unsightly .

"Third grandma." Hui Ran said as she helped Ye Tangcai, "Go to bed and rest first."

"Okay." Ye Tangcai only felt a tightness in her chest and a slight pain in her stomach because it was empty, but there was a feeling of nausea rushing up desperately, which made her feel weak all over.

When she was free before, she also thought about when she would get pregnant.

But later, because of a series of things, he focused on other places, but he didn't pay attention to his body.

Now thinking about the child, Ye Tangcai's heart felt complicated and uncomfortable, and she felt overwhelmed. A little bit of expectation, but more of a fear...

Hui Ran was very anxious. A few days ago in Xuzhou, she also asked the doctor to come over and show Ye Tangcai a look, but in the end the Xi pulse was not diagnosed. Now, maybe it was just Ye Tangcai's gastrointestinal disease, anyway, I'm not sure.

Where did Ye Tangcai sleep soundly, she just lay on the bed and opened her eyes until dawn.

Huiran and Qiuju couldn't sleep either, and they finally looked forward to the dawn. Qiuju hurried out.

Huiran fetches water for Ye Tangcai to freshen up.

Qingliu, Meihua and others are feeding the birds outside and mopping the corridor.

At this moment, seeing Qiuju come back with an imperial physician, she was stunned: "Why did you invite the imperial physician so early in the morning?"

But Qiuju was in a hurry, and it was difficult for them to stop her.

The imperial physician entered the room with Qiuju, and saw a beautiful but pale young woman sitting on the couch, and knew that this was Mrs. Zhenxihou.

The imperial physician hurriedly said hello: "I have seen Mrs. Zhenxihou."

"You don't need to be polite to the imperial doctor, please come up." Ye Tangcai raised her hand lightly.

Huiran brought a small wrist pillow and put it on the kang table at one side, Ye Tangcai's bright wrist was placed on the small pillow, and Huiran covered it with a thin light red silk scarf.

Only then did the imperial physician apologize, and put his finger on Ye Tangcai's wrist. After a while, he congratulated: "Congratulations madam, although the veins are weak, but the veins of joy are indeed good."

"Ah..." Hearing these words, Qiuju and Huiran were pleasantly surprised, Qiuju said anxiously: "How many months?"

"It's been three months. But Ma'am is tired, so it's hard to make a diagnosis if you're not careful," said the imperial physician.

"Thank God!" Qiuju was so excited that she was about to jump up.

"God, it's really not easy!" Hui Ran also folded her hands together.

When Ye Tangcai heard that she was finally pregnant, she sat stiffly on the couch with a dazed expression.

There are mixed feelings in my heart, both joy and sadness, that I finally have a child with him. The sad thing is that I am pregnant, and the matter of taking concubines is about to be put on the agenda.