Chapter 1484 Gossip
Manbao glanced at Madam Yang's face and whispered, "You've been thinking too much and are a little tired."
Manbao was a little confused. "How can she be tired? She doesn't need to go to the fields or do other work, right?"
Mrs. Tang almost couldn't help laughing out loud. "There are many tiring things in this world, and it's not just working in the fields that makes you tired."
After saying this, Madam Tang turned her head to glance at Cui, who was already soundly asleep, and sighed, "It's difficult for her, after all. She's a wife, and she has to visit her father every morning and evening. If there are more guests coming to the house, she'll be busy."
Manbao couldn't understand, "But she's pregnant, doesn't her mother-in-law feel sorry for her?"
Manbao said, "When my sister-in-law and the others were pregnant, they had to do the lightest work. My mother wouldn't let them go to the fields when they were in the early or late stages of pregnancy. Brother Yang's family isn't short of money, so why are you making things difficult for your daughter-in-law?"
Mrs. Tang laughed and said, "That's just your superficial opinion. There are mothers-in-law as generous as your mother, but there are also mothers-in-law who are very strict with rules. Besides, her mother-in-law is not her biological mother-in-law."
Manbao really didn't know this, so he asked quietly, "It's not a kiss?"
Madam Tang nodded, "Master Yang's biological mother died young, and now he is her stepmother."
Mrs. Tang thought of something, smiled, and whispered, "Do you know why some people are so distant towards you?"
Manbao: "...That's not called being distant, that's called not wanting to get close to me, but treating me with courtesy."
Mrs. Tang burst out laughing and said happily, "So you knew that?"
Manbao simply sat down next to Madam Tang, leaning against the pillow shoulder to shoulder with her, yawned and said, "Of course I know, I'm not stupid."
From last year to now, she has visited many families for treatment, and basically she has visited all the noble families in the capital.
There were families like the Li family who treated her as a guest of honor and invited her to their hundred-day banquet. Naturally, there were also families who invited her to treat their illnesses but then pretended not to recognize her when they met later.
Of course, more often than not, even if you are not close to someone in your heart, you will still be polite on the surface and say hello when necessary.
Mrs. Tang smiled and said, "That's because you are a great doctor, especially since you are a female doctor. In the future, you will be useful to women when they have children or are sick."
Mrs. Tang knew Manbao's upbringing and said directly, "Even though we have enough food, clothes, and medicine, the chances of death from illness and childbirth are still very high."
She said, "Your mothers, Brother Tang, Brother Yang, and hers, all suffered from poor health after giving birth. They didn't manage well enough and eventually died from illness. So, to save their lives, they treated you with courtesy out of their own conscience. But right now, they don't need to give birth, and they're not sick. Treating you like a guest of honor is premature and would be embarrassing for them, so they're keeping their distance."
She sighed and said, "You only think that life in the countryside is hard because of the lack of food and clothing, but you don't know that life for us women in the inner chambers is not that easy either. If we run into those scheming people, the dangers are no less than those in troubled times. We never know when we might lose our lives."
Manbao was stunned when he heard this. "Could they kill people in the backyard?"
Madam Tang raised her lip and said, "Things have been better in the past ten years or so. The Empresses in the Palace are generous and Your Majesty respects the Empress, so there are no quarrels in the harem, and few princes and princesses die young. As a result, our families' harems have been more peaceful."
Manbao was even more shocked. "Can this be related to the imperial palace?"
"Of course," Madam Tang said with a smile, "This is what the superiors do. Your Majesty respects his legitimate wife, and the Empress caresses his children. Naturally, other families follow their example. In the previous dynasty, the harem was full of fierce fighting, and the fighting between legitimate and illegitimate children was also serious."
"What do you mean by favoring concubines and neglecting wives? The mistress of the house is ruthless. You beat me to death, and I poisoned you," Madam Tang said in a low voice. "The Cui family is a large family. Although she is a daughter of the legitimate branch, her life is not easy. Otherwise, she would not have been allowed to see you before the New Year and then conceived a child."
Mrs. Tang did not continue. After all, this was the Cui family's private matter, and it was also a scandal. If she talked too much about it, it would annoy people.
Besides, things are not very peaceful in the Yang family.
Although Lord Yang dotes on Yang Heshu very much, giving him money and people when he wants, and arranging for him to become an official wherever he wants, Lord Yang still has little say in the harem.
Manbao glanced at Cui, who was still sleeping, and remembered something. He asked quickly, "Mrs. Tang, who does Yang Xuexiong look like?"
Madam Tang looked at Manbao carefully. Seeing that she was simply curious, she smiled and said, "He looks like both Lord Yang and his mother. I heard that his mother was very beautiful when she was young."
Manbao then said, "Mrs. Yang is also pretty. If they have a child who takes advantage of their strengths..."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Tang became envious, "That's truly beautiful."
The two of them chatted about beauty. Manbao's mouth was dry from talking, so he took a sip of tea and continued the topic, "If Brother Yang were to be sent out, Madam Yang could go with him. That would save us a lot of trouble, right?"
"How could it be that easy?" Madam Tang said, "If he brings up the idea of sending her out now, she will most likely be asked to stay home, and then have Master Yang take two concubines and send them out."
Madam Tang looked at the stunned Manbao and said meaningfully, "This is called putting offspring first."
God’s descendants are the most important!
Wouldn’t this cause trouble for pregnant women?
It would be strange if the child could feel good in the mother's womb.
Manbao couldn't quite understand their logic, but Mrs. Tang said that this was the rule in a big family.
Then he mentioned, "The Bai family is also a noble family. They should also have these rules, right?"
Manbao shook his head directly, "Bai Shan's family doesn't have these rules."
Mrs. Tang said happily, "You are so full of yourself now, but be careful not to get slapped in the face later."
Manbao snorted, "If he dares to slap me in the face with this, then I will really slap him in the face."
Mrs. Tang once heard them quarrel and couldn't help but be curious, "Did you really fight often when you were young?"
"No," Manbao flatly denied, "I'm a girl and never fight. They're my junior brothers, so they fight."
Mrs. Tang was a little suspicious, but she didn't ask any more questions because Cui turned over and opened her eyes drowsily. When she saw the two of them, she closed her eyes again, yawned, and then opened her eyes completely...
The sunlight from the window shone in, half of it falling on her, making her feel warm. She felt her bones were soft and tender. She simply lay there lazily and asked, "The sun is shining so brightly, why don't you sleep?"
Mrs. Tang smiled and said, "It's so hard for us to get together, so naturally we have to talk. It's still early, why don't you lie down for a while?"
See you at 10pm
(End of this chapter)
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