Zheng Yu blushed and kept saying, "Sister, go out first."
Zheng Xiu took two steps forward and said, "Don't be shy, let me see the injuries on your body."
The two little ones were unwilling to let her see them, and immediately hid behind the screen, covering their important parts.
Zheng Xiu had no choice but to shake her head and said, "Okay, I won't look at it anymore, you can take a bath by yourselves."
Zheng Yu and Xue Shao responded and kept urging Zheng Xiu to go out.
Zheng Xiu said repeatedly, "Okay, I know, you guys go in the bathtub quickly, don't catch a cold."
After leaving the bathroom, Zheng Xiu returned to the room, feeling a little disappointed.
Xue Shao had been in her sight for two or three years, and Zheng Yu had only been separated for half a year. The two boys looked at her just now, as if they were treating her like a thief.
Not long after, Xue Zhi came back from Changfeng Garden.
Zheng Xiu put away her thoughts, stood up and greeted him.
Xue Zhi took off his cloak at the door and said, "You go in first. I'm cold. I'll pass it to you."
Zheng Xiu smiled and said, "I'm not that delicate." Then she sat on the kang and asked Minghui to serve Xue Zhi hot tea.
Xue Zhi shook himself outside, rubbed his hands, stood for a while, and when he felt that he was not so cold anymore, he sat down next to Zheng Xiu.
Zheng Xiu asked, "What did the princess say?"
Xue Zhi said, "We have already sent someone to investigate, and others have also begun to deploy, don't worry."
"Then... is it really the second prince who did it?" Zheng Xiu asked in a low voice.
Xue Zhi said, "It's almost certain, and we'll see what the investigation shows. It's easier to investigate if we have a target."
Zheng Xiu saw that he was confident, so she was relieved and stopped asking questions. Then she remembered that the two children had refused to show her the wounds on their bodies, so she said to Xue Zhi, "Ayu and Asha are bathing in the bathroom, go in and take a look. I'm afraid they have other injuries and I'm embarrassed to tell others."
Xue Zhi nodded, and immediately stood up and went to the bathroom.
Standing at the door of the bathroom were two maids from Hao Yetang, who naturally would not stop Xue Zhi.
As soon as the door opened, Zheng Yu and Xue Shao screamed in surprise, and then Xue Zhi and Zheng Yu were struggling to jump out of the half-person-high bathtub.
Xue Zhi said with a smile: "It's me, why are you so flustered?" As he spoke, he went inside.
The two of them stopped moving around in a panic.
Zheng Yu exhaled a breath and said: "It's my brother-in-law, I thought my sister was back again."
Xue Zhi knew that his wife had just been here. No wonder she spoke in a strange tone when she asked him to come over just now, so he wanted to laugh even more, "It's nothing for her to come and see, you two were raised by her."
Zheng Yu and Xue Shao pouted, and the two did not say anything.
Xue Zhi went to the bathtub and took a look. The two children were sitting together in the wide bathtub. The hot water was clear and you could see the bottom. He looked at them carefully one by one. Apart from some bruises on the joints, there were indeed no other major wounds. He felt relieved and let them continue to bathe while he closed the door and went out.
After returning to the main house, Xue Zhi had just sat down when Zheng Xiu asked nervously, "How are they? Are they okay?"
Xue Zhi nodded and said, "Nothing serious, just some scrapes. They'll be fine after a shower and some medicine."
Zheng Xiu was relieved and said sourly, "You two little brats won't let me see them, but I can show them to you."
Xue Zhi laughed, "Xiu, the children are grown up, it's really inconvenient for you to see them. In another two years, they will have to prepare to find wives."
In another two years, the oldest Zheng Yu will be twelve years old. People of this era get married early, and it is common sense to get married at the age of fourteen or fifteen. It is indeed time to get engaged at the age of twelve or thirteen.
Zheng Xiu had never thought about this before. She always thought that her younger brother and A Shao were still young, and she treated them as children. When Xue Zhi mentioned this, she frowned and said, "Our A Yu and A Shao are still children at heart. There is no need for them to get married so early." She could not control other people's children, but her own children were only fourteen or fifteen years old, which was the age for junior high school graduates in modern times. She always felt that it was inappropriate for them to get married so early.
Xue Zhi just thought that he was reluctant and said, "Even if you get married later, the marriage must be settled early, otherwise the girls from good families will be engaged." What he did not say was that Zheng Yu was not in a hurry. He could wait for Zheng Ren to make some progress in his official career. When he got a higher position, he could naturally choose a better family. But Xue Shao was neither high nor low, and his eldest sister-in-law was watching him. It was indeed a bit troublesome for him to get married.
Zheng Xiu didn't want to think about it, and said like a
quail: "Let's talk about it later. Anyway, there are still two or three years. We'll see when the time comes." After talking for a while, Zheng Yu and Xue Shao also finished their baths, changed their clothes and came out.
Both of them had red faces and asked for water as soon as they entered the house.
Zheng Xiu asked Minghui to make them honeysuckle tea to reduce internal heat.
The two of them took the teacups and drank it in a few gulps.
Zheng Xiu watched from the side and could not help but said: "Drink slowly, you must be thirsty after washing for so long."
Zheng Yu put down the teacup and said: "I could have washed faster, but A Shao's hands were inconvenient, so I washed him first, and then washed myself."
"You are injured, it's good enough that you can take care of yourself, and you still want to help A Shao. You said it would be great if I could wash A Shao." Zheng Xiu said with some complaints.
Zheng Yu glanced at Xue Shao, and Xue Shao shook his head and said: "A Yu washed me very well, I really don't need your help."
Zheng Xiu was very sensitive at that time, and she felt like something was blocking her heart when she heard them say that.
Xue Zhi saw that she looked unhappy, and quickly made a face to the two children, saying: "It's getting late, you should apply the medicine quickly and go back to sleep."
The two children understood, and Zheng Yu came to Zheng Xiu's side with an obedient face, and said coquettishly: "Good sister, please apply the medicine for us."
Zheng Xiu then put away her lost and hurt feelings and asked Minghui to bring the medicine.
The two children lined up and let her apply the medicine one by one.
Zheng Xiu was so distressed when she saw the large bruises on their joints, and she cursed the culprit who wanted to hurt them thousands of times in her heart. However,
the two children were very well-behaved, and did not cry out in pain, and let her apply the medicine obediently.
After applying the medicine, Zheng Xiu helped them put down their sleeves and trousers, and asked them to go back and rest early.
After such a noisy night, Xue Zhi was afraid that Zheng Xiu was also tired, so he asked Ming Hui to cook a soup medicine to calm the mind and stabilize the fetus, and asked Zheng Xiu to drink it before going to bed at night.
Zheng Xiu was always a little worried about the two children, and she suddenly woke up in the middle of the night.
Normally, she would have fallen asleep because she was sleepy, but this time she forced herself to be alert and sat up.
In the past, she always slept on the outside and Xue Zhi slept inside. Ever since she was diagnosed with pregnancy, Xue Zhi was worried about her getting up alone at night, so he let her sleep inside. As
soon as she sat up, Xue Zhi woke up and asked her in a slightly hoarse voice: "What's wrong? Do you need to go to the bathroom?"
Zheng Xiu shook her head and said softly: "It's okay, you go to sleep, I'm just worried about the children and want to go over to check on them."
Xue Zhi even followed her when she urinated on the toilet in the house, not to mention that she was going to go out of the house to the private room to see Zheng Yu and Xue Shao.
"I'll go and see. You stay in bed. It's so cold outside. Don't catch a cold." Xue Zhi said as he pressed her shoulders and tried to push her back into the quilt.
Zheng Xiu also became stubborn and said, "If I don't go and see her in person, I'll always be worried. How can I sleep?" Xue Zhi couldn't persuade
her, so he had to get up and put on his clothes first. He asked Fen Ge, who was on night watch, to come in and warm up the clothes, and then help Zheng Xiu get dressed and get up.
"It's just a few steps. There's no need to be so troublesome." She originally wanted to put on a cloak and go to the bedroom to take a look, but Xue Zhi asked her to put on her blouse and skirt.
Xue Zhi also said firmly: "Either go back and lie down, or get dressed before going over, it's your choice."
Zheng Xiu was speechless, and asked Fen Ge to help her get dressed, put on a thick sable cloak, and went to the chamber.
Zheng Yu still slept with Xue Shao, and both of them slept very soundly, and they didn't even notice Zheng Xiu and Xue Zhi coming in.
Zheng Yu was probably afraid of touching Xue Shao's wound, so he shrunk as much as possible into the bed, while Xue Shao lay flat on the outside, a little stiff, with his hands holding the splints placed neatly on both sides of his body.
Zheng Xiu tucked their backs and touched their hands. Feeling that their palms were sticky and sweaty,
Zheng Xiu asked Xue Zhi to move a charcoal basin out. After everything was arranged, Zheng Xiu felt relieved and went back to sleep.
The child's recovery ability was amazing. After the first month of the year, Zheng Yu and Xue Shao were no longer seriously ill, and Xue Shao's external injuries were almost healed. However, he still couldn't remove the splint with his hands, which caused him many inconveniences in his life. Xue Zhi assigned him a servant named Afu to take care of Xue Shao's daily life.
Afu was thirteen or fourteen years old, not very old, with a round baby face, but very smart. After spending not long with Xue Shao, he understood his thoughts. Many times, before Xue Shao even opened his mouth, he already knew what to do. Xue Shao's life became much more convenient because of him.
Although the children were not in danger, the adults were all scared for a while.
Even Zheng Ren, who was always the calmest, had no intention of reviewing for several days since the incident on the Lantern Festival.
In February, Zheng Ren was going to take the imperial examination.
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