Bai Shu had just gone to the kitchen to get dinner when Qiu Rui came over from Changfeng Garden.
Zheng Xiu felt that it was lonely to be alone on the Lantern Festival, and so did Princess Guihe.
After the two had a quarrel a few days ago, Zheng Xiu was very tactful and did not go to Changfeng Garden again, except for asking Bai Shu to send cakes over.
Princess Guihe was also taking the initiative to show goodwill this time.
Zheng Xiu asked someone to inform Bai Shu again, and then she and Wang Hanyu went to Changfeng Garden together.
Princess Guihe had already set the dishes and was waiting for them to come.
Because Zheng Xiu could not eat big meats recently, the dishes on the table were relatively light, and there was no seafood or the like.
Seeing this, Zheng Xiu said a little embarrassedly: "You don't have to accommodate me so much. It's a rare festival, so let's cook according to your taste. I don't eat much, so just eat whatever you want."
Princess Guihe curled her lips and said, "Who said I prepared it specially for you? I don't have much appetite today, so I just want to eat something light."
Wang Hanyu also said, "Indeed, I usually eat too much fish and meat, so it's good to change my appetite."
Zheng Xiu smiled gratefully and said no more. The three of them sat down together.
Because it was a festival, Princess Guihe told them not to be so particular, just eat when they should eat and talk when they should talk. Zheng Xiu hadn't come for a few days, and she was also bored for a few days.
When they talked, the topic naturally turned to the children.
When Xue Zhi took Xue Mian and other children out, he had already sent someone to inform Princess Guihe.
Xue Mian was also smart. He never mentioned his intention to go out in front of his mother. He started to instigate Zheng Yu and Xue Shao only after he started playing with them. Then he went to act coquettishly in front of Zheng Xiu...
Princess Guihe couldn't help but worry, "There must be a lot of people outside today. I don't know if Mian'er and the others will be squeezed out."
Zheng Xiu advised, "Don't worry, Azhi has experience in taking care of children. He also brought some guards with him when he went out, and they will definitely protect Mian'er and the others."
Princess Guihe frowned and said, "I don't know why, but I feel a little uneasy today."
Zheng Xiu made a look at Wang Hanyu, and Wang Hanyu understood and talked about some things that happened at home when she returned home today. This was considered to have changed the topic.
After dinner, Princess Guihe kept them to have tea and talk.
Zheng Xiu had been lying down more than sitting in Haoye Hall these days, and she felt tired after sitting for a while. She kept leaning on the back of the chair.
Princess Guihe asked her to lie on the kang, and the three of them moved from the outer room to the central hall of the room.
The kang was so small that Zheng Xiu lay on one side and Princess Guihe sat on the other. As a junior, Wang Hanyu had no place to sit, so she asked the maid to move an embroidered cushion and sit on one side.
The embroidered cushion had no backrest, and Wang Hanyu did not dare to relax when sitting in front of Princess Guihe, with her back straight.
Seeing that she was tired, Zheng Xiu felt bad for her, so she moved to the side and made room for Wang Hanyu, saying, "You can sit here with me."
Wang Hanyu smiled and shook her head, "Second aunt, just lie down peacefully. I'm fine. I ate too much at dinner just now, so it's a good time to sit down and have a small meal."
Princess Guihe said, "Mind yourself. You think it's all your fault. You want to lie down after dinner."
Zheng Xiu was definitely not lazy before, but since she got pregnant, she didn't know what happened. She just didn't care about anything and just wanted to lie down and rest. Whenever she felt tired, she would feel angry and had no way to vent. It was because of this before that her temper seemed particularly bad.
Zheng Xiu was told off, but she didn't take it seriously.
She smiled and said, "Just think of me as a born lazy person." Princess Guihe shook her head and said helplessly, "Before, I was worried that you were too thin and weak, and you would suffer during childbirth. Now that you look so soft and spineless, I'm worried that you will be too fat to walk in a few months."
Her worry was not unreasonable. Before, Zheng Xiu was terribly thin, but in the past half month or so, she has gained a lot of weight. The empty clothes on her body have become tight. Before the New Year, Minghui and others urged Xiu Niang to make a new batch of clothes for her.
Zheng Xiu touched her chin, which had become round again, and smiled: "You are right. Do I need to exercise?"
Princess Guihe recalled the time when she was pregnant with Xue Qin and said: "Eat more and move more appropriately, especially in the last few months. It is best to walk back and forth in the house several times a day, for a quarter of an hour each time, so that you can have strength when giving birth..."
Zheng Xiu listened carefully and nodded from time to time. She had never been pregnant in her previous life, and she lost her mother early in this life, and no one told her these things. Princess Guihe's talk of experience really benefited her a lot.
Princess Guihe said, "You don't know how to work, and there is no one with experience around you. This is not a solution. Let me go to the palace and ask my sister-in-law for two experienced midwives. I will put them by your side to take care of you, and return them after you finish giving birth." This is what
Zheng Xiu needed. She smiled and thanked Princess Guihe.
Wang Hanyu listened quietly on the side. For some reason, she thought of her mother's words again... She didn't know if Princess Guihe would be so concerned when she was pregnant. But she also made up her mind that the most urgent thing was to get pregnant as soon as possible!
Speaking of parenting, Princess Guihe, as an experienced person, naturally has endless experience to teach. This conversation lasted for nearly half an hour. She and Zheng Xiu exchanged the tea several times.
After a long conversation, Princess Guihe drank another cup of tea. While
the maid was refilling the tea, Zheng Xiu suddenly remembered and said, "What time is it? Why haven't Ah Zhi and the others come back yet?"
Princess Guihe said, "I'm afraid that boy Mian Ge'er didn't have enough fun and is making a fuss and refusing to come back." After saying that, she asked Qiu Rui to send someone to look for him outside.
Qiu Rui agreed, took the pair of cards, and went to tell the servants in the front yard.
The servants divided into teams and immediately went to the East Market to look for people.
Less than two quarters of an hour later, news came from the front that Xue Zhi and his companions had an accident on the way and had not returned home at this hour. It was not because they were playing around, but because their carriage broke down on the way. When
Princess Guihe heard the news, she immediately stood up from the kang and asked the servant who had brought the message, "What happened to the carriage? How could it break down when everything was fine?"
The servant was terrified when he reported it. He didn't dare to wipe the sweat off his forehead. "I don't know either. I went with a few brothers to look for the Second Master and his friends. On the way, we heard that a carriage had an accident. When we went over, we saw an empty carriage lying on the ground. There was a sign of our Duke's Mansion on the carriage, but it was empty inside... The others had already gone to look for the Second Master and the young masters separately. "I found the trace of Master, so I came back to report the news."
Zheng Xiu was also startled and immediately sat up from the kang, "Princess, don't worry, Azhi is here, and there are many guards around him. Maybe the carriage broke down on the way, and they found another way to rush home. The most urgent thing is to find him first."
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