Yuan Zhixi's maid came over and said, "Madam, please rest assured, Second Master, go back. She is here with the children to recover. Now that the old lady's letter has arrived, Second Master should not be absent. Opening the ancestral hall is a big event."
After hearing this, Mei Xuanqi took Weng Hui and Mei Ruolin and returned to the main house, feeling uneasy all the way.
In fact, these past few nights after Weng Hui fell asleep, he would wander around Yuan Zhixi and Shuxin's yards, but the lights in both yards were off.
Mei Xuanqi could hear the faint groans and cries of children in pain coming from the yard.
There were the sounds of daughters crying. The youngest daughter was crying to Yuan Zhixi: "Mommy, it hurts so much, Mommy, it hurts so much."
He even once heard his eldest son shout loudly, "I'm fine," and the voice suddenly became smaller, as if he had fainted again after saying these words.
There were four children injured in the yard, and Yuan Zhixi didn't know how to deal with the situation.
When he lost Wu Shuangshuang, he felt like he had lost half his life. Now he cannot repeat the same mistake and lose Weng Hui again.
He knew that he had wronged several children, including Yuan Zhixi and Shuxin, but those children were healthy, while Weng Hui suffered from heart disease and could die at any time. He couldn't ask the patient to accommodate them.
He wanted to treat Weng Hui as well as possible while she was still alive. People with heart disease cannot live to a ripe old age. When Weng Hui passed away, he would make it up to her.
Moreover, Mei Ruolin was the youngest. It was only right for the older brothers and sisters to be more considerate and caring. Even if something went wrong, since he had already issued a strict order, they should just bear with it and come back to him later.
Mei Ruolin was not only the youngest child, but also his and Weng Hui's son. Deep down, this was the kind of son he and Wu Shuangshuang had imagined, and he was somewhat partial to him.
After listening to the doctor's talk about the conditions of several children, Mei Xuanqi felt very nervous. He thought about how he had wronged Ruyi in order to protect Wu Shuangshuang, and Ruyi had lost her life.
He didn't dare to think any further. What would he have to sacrifice to protect Weng Hui? Would God punish him again?
He was upset. Even though Weng Hui and Mei Ruolin were right beside him, the happiness he once thought he had lost and regained was right beside him, and the child he once imagined was right beside him, he was still restless.
Yuan Zhixi and Shuxin had never come to make trouble for him, and no one had even said a word about the children being injured. Instead, they were very sensible and let him go first. He always felt that something was wrong.
When they returned to the main house, Mrs. Mei saw that only the three of them had returned and asked, "Zhixi, where is Shuxin, and where are the other children?"
Mei Xuanqi didn't know how to answer. After hesitating for a while, he could only say, "Several children are sick. Zhixi and Shuxin, stay and take care of them. You can return after the children are well."
Old Lady Mei gave her son a long look, but the ancestral hall was about to be opened. There was no time to ask about the details. She summoned the housekeeper and instructed, "Choose a dozen loyal and reliable servants and set off immediately to the Plum Garden to listen to Yuan Zhixi's instructions."
He then instructed the nanny beside him: "Send Yuan Zhixi, Shuxin, and a few other children in the courtyard who are loyal and reliable, and all the maids and servants they are used to."
With so many children sick and no reliable and capable people to take care of them, Yuan Zhixi and Shuxin would inevitably become ill from exhaustion. The current servants in Meiyuan were mainly skilled in gardening and flowers.
After making the arrangements, Mrs. Mei said, "The ancestral hall will be opened soon, let's go." Finally, she was still dissatisfied and glanced at her son: "It's really reassuring to leave the women and children there, and they are sick. Even if you have to rush back, you should have made proper arrangements." Mei Xuanqi followed his mother silently.
Mei Yinxi's amnesia has been completely cured, and now he stands there with a handsome appearance, a graceful and elegant young man.
Ma Jingling owed his own son for many years and thought that Jin Yuanlan should be nice to him. He asked all his sons' personal servants and wanted to drag the dead Jin Huanlan out and beat her again.
Fortunately, she now has a chance to make amends. Mei Yinxi heaved a sigh of relief after knowing the truth of the whole thing, and after a long while she said, "Now I can figure it out."
He used to envy all the children in the family. They were all loved and protected, including the silly Yinshan. Only he grew up like an orphan.
Now he has someone who loves him.
Today is his big day, and Ma Jingling specially dressed up her son. The already handsome boy looked even more upright with a jade-like face and starry eyes.
In the Plum Garden, after several children were beaten, Yuan Zhixi had already decided to leave.
Ever since Mei Xuanqi opened up to her and revealed his true feelings on their wedding night, she began to convert all of her dowry into cash and silver notes bit by bit.
Fortunately, the old lady no longer took charge of the rear house. She and her eldest sister-in-law each took half of the housekeeping responsibilities, and no one asked about her private vault of dowry, and the key was in her hands.
She did not touch the remaining shops, farms and houses in her dowry, but before leaving this time, she handed all the business deeds, land deeds and banknotes to her trusted personal maid.
Now she is betting that when Mei Xuanqi and the other two return, Old Lady Mei will send their personal maids over. When her personal maid sees that something is not right, she will take this important box out of the Mei family as she originally instructed.
As long as she got this box, which contained all her dowry and the eight shops that Mei Xuanqi had given her to manage for ten years, she planned to take the children away from the Mei family.
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