Chapter 60 Twin Cake
"Isn't embroidery just a hairpin? Why are you crying?"
Aunt Lin's voice rang out, and she pushed the hairpin into Xiuhua's arms: "Go if I tell you to, exchange it for silver and send it to your aunt's house."
"No, master. This is my lady's last possession." Xiuhua tightly grasped the hairpin and cried with tears in her eyes.
"Go if I tell you to." Aunt Lin frowned and said, "My uncle has treated me well. He is seriously ill. How can I, his niece, just stand by and watch?"
"But..." Xiu Hua hesitated to speak. Her master was already in poor health and out of favor. Except for the money for medicine, all the remaining money from the monthly allowance was given to the Wen family.
"Embroidery." Aunt Lin said in a deep voice: "Things are dead, but my uncle's life is alive!"
"Xiu Hua is right. How can we pawn our mother's belongings?" Shen Lingshu came out.
Aunt Lin frowned, looked at Shen Lingshu's big belly and said, "I didn't know that Aunt Shen also had the habit of eavesdropping on people?"
“Just passing by.”
Shen Lingshu spread her hands and said apologetically: "Madam Liu told me to walk around more. The plum blossoms here are in full bloom. I was fascinated by them as I looked at them."
"It's just right. I heard that Aunt Lin is good at embroidery. Could you please ask Aunt Lin to help make a few clothes and hats for the children? Two children need a lot of clothes."
Shen Lingshu took out a purse from her waist and handed it forward, saying, “Please don’t refuse, Aunt Lin.”
The purse with the scent of jasmine fell into Aunt Lin's hands. Even without opening it, she could feel that it was heavy with a lot of small change.
"Isn't Aunt Chen afraid that I will... do something?" Her mind told her that she should refuse, but emotionally, she couldn't. She had nothing left to pawn except the hairpin left by her mother.
If she had no other choice, she would never have thought of taking the hairpin.
Shen Lingshu's silver bell-like laughter came, and she said with certainty: "I believe you, Aunt Lin won't do that."
Aunt Lin looked up, seeing the sincerity and trust in her eyes, she felt deeply moved. She took a deep breath, grasped the purse in her hand, and bowed gracefully: "Lin Baozhu will remember your kindness today and will repay you in the future."
Lin Baozhu said solemnly.
"I'll ask Zhuxin to deliver the cloth later." Shen Lingshu said, and took the dizzy Zhuxin back. Why did she get along with Aunt Lin, who had been in poor health in the mansion, after this trip?
"Zhu Xin, pick out some cloth and send it to Meixiangyuan later." Shen Lingshu ordered.
Although Zhu Xin was puzzled, she still said, "Then I'll pick out a few pieces of fabric suitable for making small clothes and bring them over."
"Go ahead."
Shen Lingshu was lying on the couch, eating the mung bean cakes that had just come out of the pot. She slowly sorted out the plot. Lin Baozhu had a lover, pretended to be sick, and was unwilling to serve the prince, but her skill in making perfume was a powerful weapon in palace fighting.
If she could win over such a good person, she must do so.
As for now, her main focus has to be on Concubine Fang and Lady Hai.
On the tenth day of February, a sunny day, the moment Hai Jiaren stepped into Youlan Courtyard with a smile, Shen Lingshu knew that she had finally made a move.
“Sister Shen.”
Hai Jiaren's gentle words seemed to give people goosebumps.
"I don't deserve it." Shen Lingshu looked at her face and always felt like a poisonous snake in the dark, ready to bite you at any time.
"Sister Chen, are you still angry with me? I'm so tongue-tied, Sister Chen, I apologize to you." Hai Jiaren's apologetic look made Zhu Xin, who was standing beside her, feel strange.
Before, when they were at the Nanyuan Hunting Ground, Hai Jiaren mocked her master for being shameless and not even worthy of carrying Shen Lingyi's shoes!
"I forgive you, you can go back." Shen Lingshu said directly.
“Sister Shen.”
Hai Jiaren had tears in her eyes and looked aggrieved.
"Aunt Hai, my master didn't bully you, don't try to blame my master." Zhu Xin stood beside Shen Lingshu protectively, looking at Hai Jiaren with a defensive face, afraid that she would suddenly bully her master.
"It's unfair. I came here to apologize sincerely."
Hai Jiaren looked at Shen Lingshu aggrievedly and said, "I saw that Sister Shen was pregnant, and I also wanted to come to learn from her. I really have no other intentions."
Hai Jiaren repeatedly stated that she had no other intentions.
"You can't get the scriptures if you're pregnant. You have to wait for the prince to come back. You can't be anxious about this matter." Shen Lingshu's eyes fell on her abdomen, but she didn't know whether she was really pregnant or faking it?
“Sister Shen.”
When Hai Jiaren heard the prince's words, her face turned red with shame and she said, "Sister Chen, can I touch your belly? I want to share in your happiness. Who knows, maybe I can get pregnant too?"
"This..." Shen Lingshu said nothing, and just turned to look at Aunt Liu beside her.
"Auntie Hai, you can't touch me."
Madam Liu refused decisively, saying, "Madam Chen's belly is big now. If someone else touches it, it might scare the baby and cause premature birth."
Hai Jiaren looked like she was being taught a lesson. She quickly asked, "Then can I touch it myself?"
"Even when you touch yourself, you need to pay attention to the direction and strength." When it comes to keeping a baby safe, there's nothing wrong with Liu Ma. She knows how to do it with ease.
"Then, should we also pay attention during the early stages of pregnancy?" Hai Jiaren asked again.
"It's natural. The first three months are the most important."
Aunt Liu spoke seriously, and Hai Jiaren listened seriously. Shen Lingshu sat aside, wondering in her heart, could it be that when the butterfly flapped its wings, Hai Jiaren's moves changed?
Zhu Xin stood aside until Hai Jiaren left. Zhu Xin was still confused and asked, "Master, what do you think this Hai Yi Niang came for? Just to learn from Liu Ma Ma how to protect the fetus?"
"Probably." Shen Lingshu went back to the room and started doing yoga. She was about to enter the third trimester. She took a walk every day, rubbed her legs, and applied a specially formulated skin care cream on her belly. Even though her belly was as big as a ball, she didn't get any stretch marks.
Finally, it was yoga. After three months, Shen Lingshu did not practice yoga even for a single day, just to avoid suffering during childbirth.
The next day, Hai Jiaren came again.
Zhu Xin felt as if she was facing a formidable enemy: "Master, is she coming for you?"
"When the enemy comes, we will stop him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth."
Shen Lingshu took a sip of tea and said, "Just to kill time."
“Sister Shen, I’m here to learn from you again.”
Hai Jiaren took the food box and opened it, revealing a plate of exquisite snacks. She smiled and explained, "This is a specialty from my hometown, the twin cake. It's made with glutinous rice flour, sweet and soft. Half is made of jujube paste and yam, and the other half is salted egg yolk, so it's a sweet and salty taste."
"It's decorated with roses and has a rich fragrance, especially suitable for my sister who is pregnant with twins."
After Hai Jiaren finished her introduction, she looked at Madam Liu and Madam Hua and said, "Madams, you can take a look, or ask a doctor to take a look. These pastries were specially made by me. I definitely didn't do anything tampering with them."
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