Chapter 32 What to call her? The moon is as cold as water, Ji...
The moon was as cool as water. Ji Yunchan stood in front of the porch, her hair flying down, as if Chang'e from Guanghan Palace had come down to earth, and a glance could captivate people for eternity.
Yan Heng saw her running towards him, her face still flushed from waking up, her chest heaving from running. At that moment, he felt as if the moon was falling for him.
Suddenly, tenderness surged in his chest. His Adam's apple moved, and he restrainedly stroked Ji Yunchan's cheek, "Wait for me to come back."
With that, he turned around and strode away. He walked quickly out of the mansion and looked back. There were shadows inside the door. Ji Yunchan was standing there, waving at him.
That's his wife.
Yan Heng turned around, tightened the reins, and galloped away.
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The house fell into silence again, and the lights went out one by one.
Ji Yunchan returned to the room. The place on the couch where Yan Heng had slept was still warm. She leaned over there and fell asleep again.
The next day, when Ji Yunchan woke up, she felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen, a sign that her period was coming. She calculated the days and it was about to happen.
Fortunately, she didn't need to do anything. Ji Yunchan got up from her rainy night clothes and ate breakfast as usual. Remembering Yan Heng's instructions, she tried to eat more.
After eating the hot food, the abdominal pain was relieved a little.
After dinner, Yuye brought the mansion's account book and the key to the storeroom, saying, "Auntie, this is the mansion's account book. The general ordered it to be handed over to you for safekeeping yesterday."
Ji Yunchan looked up, a little surprised, but didn't say anything. She gestured for Yuye to put it on the table.
She picked up a book and just opened it when she heard Yuyan, who was cleaning the table, say in a sarcastic tone, "It's just that there is no mistress in the mansion. When the general gets married and there is a mistress in the mansion, there will be no need to bother you, Auntie."
Ji Yunchan put down the account book, looked up at Yuyan, and said lightly: "Is this also what the general said?"
Yuyan was choked and stood there, feeling extremely angry.
Ji Yunchan didn't even raise her head and ordered, "Get out once you're done packing."
She opened the account book again and read it attentively. During this time, Yuyan stomped out and Yuye offered her a cup of hot tea.
Ji Yunchan took a sip of the drink and felt a sudden pain in her stomach. She frowned and looked up, only to meet Yuye's worried face.
"You don't have to plead for her." Ji Yunchan looked over with fixed eyes.
Yuye lowered her head and said, "I dare not."
"I'm not a narrow-minded person, but I just said a few words to her. Out of sight, out of mind." Seeing her panic, Ji Yunchan sighed inwardly and added, "As long as she doesn't do anything excessive in the future, I won't do anything to her."
Yuye bowed gratefully and said, "Thank you, Auntie."
Ji Yunchan was not interested in this matter and ordered, "Bring me an abacus."
Yuye agreed and brought the abacus after a while. Seeing that Ji Yunchan looked unhappy, he poured another hot water bottle into her.
She asked with caring concern, "Auntie, are you having unbearable menstrual cramps? If not, you can rest in bed for a while. It won't be too late to come back when you feel better."
Ji Yunchan waved her hand, "It's okay, go and do your thing."
She had never felt any pain before, but this time, perhaps because she had gone through that near-death experience and the cold air had entered her body, she felt some pain.
Yuye responded, but still waited by the side worriedly.
Ji Yunchan moved the beads on the abacus and began to familiarize herself with the accounts.
Not long after, Yuyan came in, bowed perfunctorily to Ji Yunchan, and asked Yuye to go out.
When the two of them arrived at the corridor, Yuye looked unhappy: "You were disrespectful to Auntie this morning, and I haven't said anything to you yet, what's the matter?"
"Don't blame me, this is your family's problem." Yuyan said, "Your brother broke his leg, and your parents asked you to go back and take care of him."
Yuye widened his eyes when he heard the sound and covered his lips with a handkerchief.
She was momentarily confused and was about to go into the house to ask for leave, but then she realized something and grabbed Yuyan's wrist, "Yuyan, I don't care what you think of Ji Yi Niang. After all, she is the master. I'm taking leave, so you have to take good care of her."
Yuyan rolled her eyes and tried to sweep her hand away, but failed.
"I beg you." Yuye's eyes were burning with a hint of pleading.
"Okay, okay, I got it."
Yuyan responded impatiently and went into the house with Yuye.
When Ji Yunchan heard about this, she approved her leave and considerately gave her a few taels of silver, asking her to take good care of her brother.
Yuye left in a hurry, leaving Yuyan standing aside waiting. She looked at Ji Yunchan coldly for a long time, and saw that she was just calculating accounts with an abacus. She sneered at her eagerness for quick success, and then saw that there was no place for her to be used, so she found an excuse and left.
Ji Yunchan let her go and took care of the accounts on her own.
Everything was fine, except that the pain in my stomach showed no sign of subsiding. Fortunately, the temperature of the hot water bottle greatly reduced the pain, and it was still bearable.
But after an hour, the pain became more and more severe, almost making her break out in a cold sweat.
Ji Yunchan had never had abdominal pain before, and she had no idea it could hurt to this extent. Her knuckles turned white from pressing on the account book.
But the hot water bottle had gotten cold.
"Yuyan." She called out weakly.
Yuyan was neither inside the house nor at the door, so naturally she could not hear it.
"Yuyan?"
Ji Yunchan called out again, but still no one responded.
Her face turned pale and she covered her abdomen tightly.
He called out "Yuyan" and "Come here" several times outside the door, but there was no response at all.
It was quiet inside and outside the house. Ji Yunchan broke out in a cold sweat and propped herself up to look at the sky outside. It was still an hour before noon. There were not many maids and servants in the general's mansion, so no one would easily come in at this time.
No one would notice her like this.
Ji Yunchan felt a little desperate and thought about going out to call for help. She pushed herself to her feet and suddenly felt dizzy and her ears rang like cicadas.
He almost couldn't hold on, and he managed to avoid falling by holding on to the edge of the table.
The pain came violently, and she climbed up the table with all her strength and returned to the couch in front of the window. Everything in front of her eyes was dark, and the words on the account book were floating. She lay on the couch, gasping for breath. This action took all her strength.
The couch was clean and tidy, without any cloak or quilt.
It has come to this... Ji Yunchan slowly curled up her body and hugged herself tightly.
She closed her eyes and frowned in pain, thinking, "Take a nap, Yuanyuan. The pain won't go away when you fall asleep."
The abdominal pain was like a tide, constantly beating against her. Ji Yunchan's breathing was mixed with groans because of the pain. She felt extremely regretful that on the days when Yan Heng asked her to replenish her body, she simply had no appetite and did not finish the medicinal food.
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When she woke up, it was still not noon and there was no one around her.
My whole body was drenched in sweat, but the abdominal pain was much relieved. The hot water bottle on the table was already cold, not to mention the hot water bottle.
She propped herself up and sat up, but felt very weak.
I got out of bed again by holding onto the edge of the table, but before I could stand firmly, I heard the door creak open.
She looked out as if she had been pardoned, thinking it was a maid, or Yuyan who came to check on her out of conscience, but unexpectedly it was Yanheng who was returning home.
He was still wearing the same clothes he had worn when he left, but they were covered in dust, making him look tired and worn.
At that moment, Ji Yunchan felt a lump in her throat and two tears fell.
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Yan Heng went there because a hundred or so enemy soldiers pretended to surrender and then rebelled, making a big scene. Then he took advantage of their unpreparedness, launched a surprise attack, and ran away for dozens of miles.
Fortunately, they caught up with her. Yan Heng was thinking of her, and with the breastplate that she had put on him, he fought even more bravely and couldn't wait to come back to see her.
He handed the aftermath over to the deputy general, and without delay, he rode back. He thought about Ji Yunchan's expression as they left, wondering if she cared about him a little, rather than just using him as a shield.
What is she doing? He is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and his wife is a tenacious and hardworking person. She must feel that her skills are rusty and is practicing something. It's hard to guess.
The room was quiet. Yan Heng pushed open the door and saw that her face was pale, her forehead was covered with cold sweat, and her hair was wet with sweat and stuck to her face.
He was startled and rushed over in two steps. He helped the man up and asked nervously, "What happened?"
From the moment Ji Yunchan saw Yan Heng, she felt so aggrieved that she could no longer bear it.
She fell into his arms, clutching her sleeves, sobbing and crying, without saying a word.
After asking several questions without getting any answer, Yan Heng was almost scared to death. He put his hand on her sweaty forehead to check the temperature, and then took her pulse. Everything was normal and he didn't understand anything.
His heart was frying in oil. "Yuanyuan, speak."
Hearing the voice, Ji Yunchan looked up with tears in her eyes. She was crying so hard that she was stunned for a moment.
What did he call himself just now?
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