Chapter 84 We Return to Beijing Tomorrow
Seeing Meng Mingshu's bad complexion and holding her stomach, Aunt Liu said in a panic, "Madam Meng, are you feeling unwell in your stomach?"
"What should I do? Doctor Xiao is not here right now. I'll go get him right away."
Meng Mingshu held Aunt Liu close: "Auntie... I'm fine."
After Meng Mingshu took a break for a while, the pain subsided a lot.
"I'll just sit down and rest for a while."
"Mrs. Meng, please ask me to stay and take care of you for the next few days. Otherwise, how are you going to take care of yourself?"
Meng Mingshu shook her head: "You go back."
Aunt Liu has a family to take care of, young and old.
Besides, the people in the palace probably just wanted to see her suffer and force her to compromise and become a concubine.
Xiao Yan was beside her, so they captured Xiao Yan.
If Aunt Liu stayed, she would probably be thrown into jail under some pretext.
People in the countryside are always gossiping about their families. If Aunt Liu really went to jail, there would probably be a lot of rumors in the village in the future.
"Don't worry about me, Auntie. I can take care of myself."
Aunt Liu nodded.
She really couldn't stay to take care of Meng Mingshu, and what she said just now was just a courtesy.
"Okay, if you need anything, just ask the young master from the temple next door."
"good."
"It's a good thing there's a mountain temple next to your home. Otherwise, how would you, a weak woman, survive with a child and another one in your belly?"
I'm afraid even safety cannot be guaranteed.
"If you encounter a bad guy, just shout loudly. The monks in the temple will not stand by and watch you die. I will also go and tell the abbot later. The abbot of this temple is a good man and has saved many villagers at the foot of the mountain."
"If he knew your current difficulties, he would pay more attention to you."
Meng Mingshu nodded: "Okay."
Meng Mingshu was not worried about her safety, not because of the monks in the temple.
But she knew that the emperor's secret guards were nearby.
It should have been not far from their yard before, but later retreated some distance.
Xiao Yan said that it was mainly on the mountainside.
This distance is not close, but not too far either.
It was a distance that both Meng Mingshu and Xiao Yan felt satisfied and comfortable with.
Only after Aunt Liu left did Meng Mingshu discover Tuan'er behind the door.
Tuaner poked out his little head, with tears in his eyes.
But he was very good and didn't cry.
"Tuan'er."
Meng Mingshu reached out to Tuan'er and said, "Come here, mother."
"Did you hear what happened just now?"
Tuan'er nodded like a little chicken pecking at rice: "I heard it."
"Daddy was captured by Grandpa Huang."
Tuan'er's voice was filled with tears, but she forced the tears back and clenched her fists: "Daddy is gone, Tuan'er is here to protect Mommy."
Meng Mingshu's eyes were red, and she hugged Tuan'er tightly: "Tuan'er, you are a child, so young, you don't need to protect anyone."
"Mother doesn't need Tuan'er's protection. Mother should protect you."
Tuan'er nodded in confusion, twisting his little fingers and asking the question he feared most: "Mom, will Daddy come back?"
"Will Daddy be okay?"
Tears welled up in the little girl's eyes. It was obvious that Tuan'er was very afraid that Xiao Yan would not come back.
Meng Mingshu bent down and held Tuan'er's face in her hands, and said seriously: "Yes, you will be able to see your father soon."
"Your father will be fine. It was your grandfather who asked him to go back in advance."
"Did Dad go home then? Back to the house we lived in before?"
Meng Mingshu nodded, and An Tuan'er's heart was at peace: "Yes."
Tuan'er puffed up his cheeks and said angrily, "Grandpa Emperor is so mean! Why doesn't he take Tuan'er and mother back with him?"
"Grandpa Huang doesn't like Tuan'er, and Tuan'er doesn't want to like Grandpa Huang either."
Meng Mingshu covered Tuan'er's mouth and said, "Tuan'er, you can't say such things. Your grandfather still likes you."
The emperor just didn't like her.
"No."
Tuan'er snuggled into Meng Mingshu's arms: "Tuan'er just knows that Grandpa Huang doesn't like Tuan'er."
Meng Mingshu hugged Tuan'er's soft little body tightly and just sighed softly. This time she didn't say anything else.
Because Meng Mingshu knew that Tuan'er was right.
Children are the most perceptive and know who is sincere and who is not.
Meng Mingshu knew better than anyone that the emperor didn't like Tuan'er that much, simply because Tuan'er was not the grandson the emperor wanted.
If Tuan'er was a grandson, the palace would not have kept Tuan'er here to suffer with her.
Even when she and Xiao Yan left, it was impossible for them to take Tuan'er out of the palace.
"As long as Daddy and Mommy like us, we are a family."
Meng Mingshu felt guilty.
It was because of her and Xiao Yan's incompetence that Tuan'er was disliked by others.
The precious child she had finally rescued from the brink of death was now being despised because he wasn't a grandson...
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"Tuan'er, are you hungry? Let me cook for you."
Tuan'er shook her head, but the next second her stomach rumbled.
Meng Mingshu smiled and touched Tuan'er's little head: "Tuan'er, wait for mother."
Meng Mingshu thought that since she had seen Xiao Yan do it, she should be able to handle it by just reading from the script.
In the end, she overestimated herself and trapped Meng Mingshu by lighting the fire.
In the end, Meng Mingshu was covered in dust and the whole house was filled with smoke, but the fire still didn't start.
She had no choice but to take Tuan'er and some food to the temple to exchange for a meal.
I couldn't start a fire, and I couldn't boil water at night.
Meng Mingshu wanted to make some medicine to maintain her pregnancy, but there was no way.
She gradually realized the emperor's cunningness.
He must have known that she couldn't survive without Xiao Yan, which is why this happened today.
In addition, Meng Mingshu also found that when Xiao Yan was not around, she began to sleep uneasily at night.
Although Xiao Yan was by her side on weekdays, she did not realize the sense of security he brought her.
Now that Xiao Yan is not with her, Meng Mingshu will wake up at the slightest disturbance.
Then she couldn't sleep all night.
Even though he knew there was a temple next to his house, even though he knew the emperor's secret guards were not too far away.
But Meng Mingshu just couldn't sleep well.
After all, even if there were no bandits, there were still wild beasts in the mountains.
After three days, Meng Mingshu looked much more haggard, with dark circles under her eyes.
Moreover, she found that Aunt Liu and the masters in the temple also began to avoid her.
Before, she could go to the temple to exchange for food, but now, as soon as she approached, the young masters closed the back door of the temple and stopped her outside.
Meng Mingshu hugged Tuan'er tightly, and the biting cold wind made her body cold.
"Tuan'er... Mother will take you back to Beijing tomorrow."
Meng Mingshu made a decision in her heart.
Without Xiao Yan, and without any way to make money, she really could not survive.
Tuan'er couldn't bear the hardship with her either.
It is now deep winter. If things continue like this, Tuan'er will get sick sooner or later.
"Can I see Daddy when I return to Beijing? Tuan'er misses Daddy so much..."
Meng Mingshu nodded: "Okay."
According to the timeline of his previous life, the emperor didn't have much time left to live.
The sudden action now also means that the emperor is worried about his poor health.
The emperor had limited time, but she and Xiao Yan had plenty of time.
The emperor must not have known that she was pregnant, otherwise he would not have done such a ruthless thing.
She can use the baby in her belly as a bargaining chip to delay time.
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