Chapter 426: Wuwang (Part 2)
"The door is locked!" Aunt Qin looked at Cui'er in surprise, "Who locked it? Why was it locked?
"It was Lin Bo who was with the Marquis who locked the house." Cui Er looked a little terrified. "It was said that the Fourth Young Master was frightened. Someone saw the person who frightened the Fourth Young Master run into the main house and searched every room for anyone."
"Amitābha!" Aunt Qin put her hands together and said, "Who has done this evil? The fourth young master has been frail and sickly since he was young. How could he withstand such a thing?" Then she told Cui'er, "I will go and burn some incense for the Bodhisattva, and ask the Bodhisattva to bless the fourth young master to get better soon."
Cui'er replied "yes" with a lingering fear, lit the melon-shaped palace lamp and moved it to the warm room.
Aunt Qin knelt respectfully before the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, kowtowed three times, lit three incense sticks, stood up, and with Cui'er's help, she entered the inner room.
"Did they say when they would search our hospital?
"No!" Cui Er whispered, "Just told us to stay in the yard and not go anywhere. Someone will come knocking on the door when the time comes."
Aunt Qin nodded, yawned and got on the bed: "Then let's rest first! Don't do bad things in your life, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night."
Cui Er saw that Aunt Qin didn't care, and she gradually calmed down. Although she agreed to serve Aunt Qin and rest, she was a young girl after all, and she was very curious, so she couldn't sleep. She pricked up her ears to listen to the noise outside.
Xiu Yuan also pricked up her ears to listen to the noise outside.
"Aunt, the person has gone far away!" After a while, she went back to the room to report to Qiao Lianfang.
Qiao Lianfang was sitting on the bed with her clothes on. She frowned slightly when she heard this: "Can you help me get dressed?"
Xiu Yuan was slightly startled.
"Since they are going to search, they have to go into the inner room," Qiao Lianfang said, "Instead of being in a hurry and making a fool of yourself, it is better to get dressed and wait for them to come."
Xiuyuan thought it made sense, so she called Zhurui in to help Qiao Lianfang comb her hair and change her clothes.
Qiao Lianfang sat in front of the mirror with a dull expression.
"Auntie, what are you thinking about?
Ever since Mrs. Qiao came that day and Qiao Lianfang asked Mrs. Qiao to help find a good marriage for Xiuyuan, Xiuyuan's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down and she became much more cheerful.
"I was thinking," Qiao Lianfang murmured, "Master Changchun's words really came true.
When Xiu Yuan heard Qiao Lianfang mention Taoist Priest Changchun, she thought of Qiao Lianfang's lost child, and her eyes couldn't help but darken.
"Speaking of which, there is nothing perfect in this world." Qiao Lianfang looked a little dazed, "Like the Fourth Young Master, he was anticipated before he even made a sound, but who knew that when he was born, he was weak and sickly. It happened that the Marquis only had this one legitimate son, and everyone who saw him was respectful. But the good times didn't last long, his biological mother passed away, and his aunt became his stepmother. This was considered a blessing in disguise. But he was frightened for no reason... It shows that this person was born to suffer." His tone was very flat, but the words he said were quite depressing.
"What Auntie said is not entirely right." Xiu Yuan could only laugh and said, "In this world, good fortune and misfortune are interdependent. Otherwise, how can there be a saying of "a blessing in disguise"? Isn't there a saying that if you survive a great disaster, there will be good fortune in the future. I think that after the fourth young master passes this hurdle, he will have a smooth road in the future.
Qiao Lianfang said nothing, but smiled as she looked at Xiu Yuan who was talking in the mirror.
Yang put down the embroidery needle in her hand and pondered: "Although this method is crude, it is very effective." A trace of admiration flashed in her eyes, "The fourth young master has been weak since he was a child. He is out of breath after walking a few steps. How can he withstand such a shock! I think, even if he can save his life, I am afraid that his spirit will be a little weak. In the future, if he is neglected and makes trouble again, I am afraid that he will lose his position as the prince."
"So, even though the fourth young master was saved, he is also useless?" Mother Yang was a little stunned. "Who did such a wicked thing to kill such a good child?"
Yang smiled and said, "If we don't get rid of him, how will other people's children have a chance to succeed?"
Mother Yang felt a little uncomfortable and whispered: "Well, that can't be the case.
Yang covered her mouth and smiled
"Stop talking about this!" she told Mother Yang, "Make the bed! I'll go to bed after I finish sewing these few stitches."
"Is this okay?" Yang's mother hesitated. "If someone comes to search the house later and we are still lying in bed,
"It's okay!" Yang lowered her head and continued to embroider the calyx that she had just not finished. "After searching the main room, it was Madam Wen's turn, then Madam Qin, Madam Qiao... By the time it's our turn, I'm afraid it will be midnight."
Mother Yang thought about it and agreed to go.
Yang stopped sewing and murmured, "Who else but Madam can know the whereabouts of Brother Zhe so well? Who else can make all those maids and old women serve her?"
"I've thought about it carefully," Eleventh Lady propped her chin up on her elbow, revealing her wrist with a jade bracelet, "This could not have been premeditated. The back door of the old lady's house is only about ten feet away from the front door of the old lady's house. There are maids and old women walking around here on weekdays. It's impossible for that person to wait there all day with such an eye-catching mask. Moreover, according to Ting Chaxiang's statement, Zhege's action was just a spur-of-the-moment decision to deceive the adults, so he took the back door that he usually didn't use. To put it another way, if there is still someone else,
Amber's eyes lit up when she heard this: "So, Madam knows who it is.
"How should I know?" Shiyi Niang laughed, "I just made a common sense inference.
Amber's expression darkened again.
Eleventh Lady also fell into deep thought.
The maid standing outside the door said cautiously: "Madam, the doctor is here.
"Oh!" Eleventh Lady remembered that she had told Xu Lingyi that she would ask the doctor to check her pulse at the same time. She signaled Amber to put down the curtain next to the floor-length cover and checked her pulse through the curtain.
"Madam's pulse is strong, I don't think it's serious.
As soon as Eleventh Lady heard it, she knew it was Doctor Liu. She hurriedly whispered, "How is the prince's condition?"
"Don't worry, Madam. She was just too frightened. Light some sleeping incense and take some tranquilizers. She will be fine after some time."
Shiyi Niang breathed a sigh of relief, sent Doctor Liu away, and then lay down: "Call me when the Marquis comes back! I'm going to sleep now. I stayed up all night and it's time to vomit again.
Amber agreed, twisted down the wick, sat beside Shiyi Niang, and watched her sleep.
The west room is the lady's inner room.
Mother Du tightened the wick and walked to the kang.
After taking the medicine and lighting some sleeping incense, Xu Sizhen fell into a deep sleep.
The lady touched his forehead lovingly and whispered to Mother Du: "Go and see how Eleventh Lady is doing now."
Mother Du responded softly and was about to go out when the Fifth Lady came over.
"Mother, how could this happen?" She looked anxious. "I checked. Except for two people playing cards in the nightclub, everyone else was here. No one went out." Then she asked Eleventh Lady, "Where is Fourth Sister-in-law? Why can't I see Fourth Sister-in-law? Did she go back to the main house?"
Xu Lingkuan asked the Fifth Madam to check his yard just to be on the safe side, and the Madam did not expect her to find anything there.
"She was resting in the east room." The lady told the story of what happened at that time. ..... She was kicked by Zhe Ge accidentally, but fortunately the doctor said it was okay.
"This is a blessing in disguise." Mrs. Wu couldn't help sweating at her temples when she heard this. "Otherwise, the family would be in chaos."
"That's right. If anything happens to Eleventh Lady..." The lady suddenly stopped talking here, with a thoughtful expression.
The fifth lady also realized it.
If anything happens to Zhege, or if something happens to Eleventh Lady, the direct line of the Yongping Marquis's Mansion will be completely wiped out.
She looked at the lady's gloomy face and was thinking of saying something cheerful to amuse her, when she suddenly said, "The fourth and fifth children are here, and Xinjie is home alone. You should go back early."
After all, it was the fourth room's scandal, so it was reasonable that the lady didn't want to know about it.
The Fifth Lady replied "yes" respectfully and retreated.
Outside it began to drizzle again; under the light, the raindrops fell as densely as embroidery needles.
Didn't you say you were feeling uncomfortable? How come nothing happened after being kicked... Logically, Eleventh Lady was pregnant and didn't know whether it was a boy or a girl, so she wouldn't touch the boy for the time being. But things in this world often happen unexpectedly, so she was caught off guard and lost her footing. But thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem like Eleventh Lady's usual meticulous style...
She was lost in thought and her steps slowed down.
Lotus Leaf, who was holding the umbrella, didn't know where Madam Wu was going. Seeing the raindrops coming in and wetting Madam Wu's skirt, she whispered, "Madam, where are we going?"
The Fifth Lady's expression brightened up, and she looked up to see the green bamboo with swaying leaves behind the flower wall.
"Go to the second lady." At this time, she really wanted to talk to someone.
"Yes!" He Ye responded, and went to the Second Lady with the Fifth Lady.
The Second Lady had not yet rested, but was writing something at her desk. When she heard that the Fifth Lady was coming to visit, she could not hide her surprise and received the Fifth Lady at the resting place.
"Second sister-in-law, there is something you may not know yet." The Fifth Madam told her everything she knew. ........ You tell me, apart from such a big thing in the Fourth House, what should we sisters-in-law do when we meet tomorrow?
"Family disgrace should not be made public." After hearing the shocked expression on Xu Sizhen's face when he was frightened, the second lady remained calm the rest of the time. "It's the matter of the fourth house, so why isn't it our business? We just listen to the madam.
The Fifth Lady was not satisfied with this reply. Seeing that the Second Lady did not want to talk any more, she said a few idle words and then left.
Jiexiang saw the Fifth Madam out, and the Second Madam sat for a long time before returning to the study.
"Madam, you should go to bed early." Jiexiang advised her, "The madam will definitely call you to talk to her early tomorrow morning."
The second lady put down her pen.
Jiexiang helped the second lady to wash and dress, and seemed to want to say something but stopped herself several times.
"What's wrong?" The second wife asked her.
Jiexiang hesitated for a while before saying, "Second Madam, tell me, is the Marquis suspicious of the Fourth Madam?"
"Suspecting the Fourth Madam?" The Second Madam laughed, "Why do you think the Marquis is suspicious of the Fourth Madam?" After saying that, she looked at Jie Xiang meaningfully, "If the Marquis doesn't investigate anything, then he is suspicious of the Fourth Madam."