Chapter 358 Living Ancestor
"Hey brother, I've been talking to you for so long, and there's not even a tea server?"
Ignoring Xiao Qingyuan's unpleasant expression, Xiao Qingxi shouted loudly, "Xiao Qingyuan, is your maid named Huayi deliberately ignoring me, or is she just being lazy and shirking her duties? How can she have no manners at all? I, a princess, have arrived, and she's just standing there like this?"
Xiao Qingyuan was in a real bind; he felt like blisters were starting to form on the corners of his mouth—he was really stressed.
He said with a toothache, "No, how could Huayi ignore you? She's pregnant and weak, so I specifically told her not to do anything. Besides, here I am..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Qingxi interrupted him, "Does being pregnant make you weak? I don't feel that way at all. I eat and drink as usual, and I even went to Shen Wantang's place and snatched four maids for you, brother!"
Xiao Qingyuan was internally screaming: Who can compare to you?! Pregnant, yet you're as energetic as an ox! Always picking fights, your energy is outrageous!
Could it be that Huo Yunzhou couldn't stand her anymore and deliberately provoked her to return to the Prince's mansion? Damn Huo Yunzhou, he's too scheming!
Xiao Qingxi had no idea what Xiao Qingyuan was thinking. She glanced at Huayi with disdain: "What's going on? A maidservant, more pampered than me, a princess? Asking her to pour me a cup of tea is too much for her? If she's so delicate, brother, you can just kick her out!"
Hua Yi looked panicked and immediately knelt down in front of Xiao Qingyuan: "Your Highness... Your Highness, please don't send me away. I'm not delicate. I can do any kind of work. Please, Your Highness, let me do some work!"
Xiao Qingyuan was extremely annoyed, but he couldn't scold Xiao Qingxi. He was so angry that he felt like he was about to explode.
"Huayi, get up! You're pregnant, why do you keep kneeling on the ground? What if you kneel and lose the baby?"
"Your Highness, I... I was wrong. I'll go and boil water for the princess to make tea right away!"
"No need for you! Mo Ji, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and make tea for the princess!"
As Xiao Qingyuan spoke, he bent down to help Huayi up and then shielded her behind him.
"Oh, brother, I never realized you were so considerate to a maid! I'm your own sister, and I've never seen you treat me this well!"
Seeing how protective he was of Huayi, Xiao Qingxi was very unhappy. Her tone was tinged with bitterness: "Once a man has a woman, his heart is completely skewed. He forgets his own mother, forgets his own sister, and only has a maid in his eyes!"
"I think this maid is a femme fatale. Get rid of her as soon as possible to prevent her from ruining the entire Prince's mansion! Granny Kang, sell this painting for me!"
Xiao Qingyuan finally lost his temper and shouted angrily, "Qingxi, stop making a scene! Huayi is carrying my child, how could you sell her off?! You are pregnant yourself, don't you know how important a child is to me? If you insist on selling Huayi, you're just deliberately making trouble for me!"
Xiao Qingxi's eyes were dark and her voice was even louder than Xiao Qingyuan's: "I'm deliberately trying to make things difficult for you, so what? If you don't let me have a good time, I won't let you have a good time either! You betrayed me and betrayed me to Huo Yunzhou, I'm not letting this go!"
"Xiao Qingxi, are you ever going to stop? I just told Huo Yunzhou that you're pregnant, so what? Huo Yunzhou is the father of the child, he has the right to know that you're pregnant! It's wrong of you to keep it from him!"
"Xiao Qingyuan, you shameless! My child is my decision, it has nothing to do with you! It has nothing to do with that bastard Huo Yunzhou either! You really don't think you've done anything wrong? You men are all the same, protecting each other, not a single one of you is good! All you know is taking concubines, taking concubines, taking concubines, you'll all die at the hands of women sooner or later!"
The brother and sister, neither willing to back down, started arguing and hurling insults at each other.
They argued for an unknown amount of time, until Qin Xin and the others started to feel sleepy, and then they finally stopped.
But it wasn't because they had argued enough, but because Xiao Qingxi suddenly had a stomachache, which scared Xiao Qingyuan so much that he didn't dare to argue with her anymore.
Granny Kang was also afraid that something might happen to Xiao Qingxi, so she persuaded her and finally managed to pull her away.
Xiao Qingxi had just left, and Xiao Qingyuan was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Huayi let out a painful groan. She had also started to have stomach pains.
Xiao Qingyuan was both shocked and furious: "Imperial Physician! Quickly, go and fetch the Imperial Physician!"
Qin Xin said unhurriedly, "Which imperial physician would the young master like to invite? Physician Qin costs twenty taels, Physician Wen costs twenty-five taels, Physician Zhang costs thirty taels, Physician Zhou..."
"Shut up! Go and fetch the best imperial physician for me!"
"Physician Zhou wants fifty taels of silver. Please, Your Highness, give me the money!"
"you--!!"
Xiao Qingyuan was so angry he almost fell over backwards: "You know perfectly well I have no money and you still want money from me?! Go ask Shen Wantang for a hundred taels, I don't have a single tael here!"
Qin Xin replied in a stiff tone: "Has Your Highness forgotten that I am now your maid, not the Princess Consort's maid? I have no right to ask the Princess Consort for money."
"Without money, we can't afford to hire the imperial physician. Let Huayi fend for herself!"
"By the way, the princess also had a stomachache earlier, but she didn't call the imperial physician. Huayi is really more delicate than the princess. This servant has truly learned something new!"
Xiao Qingyuan gritted his teeth: "You're not here to be my maid, you're here to be my ancestor! Get out of here, go back to Shen Wantang!"
Qin Xin pretended not to hear and continued, "However, it's not impossible for Hua Yi to invite the imperial physician. I heard that Hua Yi has a lot of money. Last time, when Aunt Chu invited the imperial physician, wasn't it Hua Yi who provided the money? This time, let her pay for her own treatment!"
Hua Yi said weakly, "I... I have no more money, I've spent it all... Your Highness, please don't worry about me. Hua Yi is not fortunate enough to keep your child..."
"No! Huayi, hold on! I will definitely be able to get a royal physician for you, and I will definitely be able to save our child!"
Xiao Qingyuan's eyes were red. He instructed Mo Ji, "Go to the Wenbo Mansion and find Yuan Zheng! Borrow ten thousand taels from him and tell him that I will repay him double once I earn the money!"
Mo Ji hesitated for a moment, but still went out to borrow money.
Xiao Qingyuan then picked up the painting and placed it on the bed.
Seeing that Huayi's face was pale and her hands were cold, he warmed her hands while coldly ordering Qinxin, "Go to the kitchen and bring Huayi a bowl of ginseng chicken soup!"
Qin Xin: "No!"
"Say that again?!"
"The kitchen didn't make chicken soup today. Even if Your Highness wants it, I can't conjure it up."
"Then let the kitchen make it right away!"
"The kitchen purchases a fixed amount of ingredients every day. If you want the kitchen to cook fresh, you have to pay for the chickens and ginseng yourself. Your Highness, please bring the money."
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