Chapter 396 Sister, this is not good
About two incense sticks later, Cui Si saw Cui Hao, who had come rushing in, exhausted.
After not seeing her for more than half a year, she had grown a little taller and was wearing a pink winter coat with a white and green rabbit fur cloak on the outside. Perhaps it was because the weather was too cold these two days that her little face was a little red from the cold.
Cui Si was waiting for her at the corridor. When she saw her, she called out "Sister" from afar and then ran over quickly.
Cui Si smiled and quickly shouted, "Run slower! The ground is slippery due to the snow. Be careful not to fall."
Cui Hao ran over quickly and saw Cui Si's big belly. He was shocked and a little cautious, not daring to come forward: "Sister, sister..."
"I'm fine." Cui Si put the hand warmer in her hand and asked her, "Are you cold on the road?"
Cui Hao held the warm hand warmer and shook his head quickly. "It's not bad. It's just been a little cold these past few days. There's a blast stove in the carriage, and with the charcoal burning, it's not cold. It's just a little long. But no matter how hard we try, we'll finally arrive today."
"That's good." Cui Si breathed a sigh of relief and quickly pulled her into the house.
In this mansion, underground heating systems were dug in the main houses of each courtyard. When the weather got cold, they would start burning, and there were also braziers in the houses.
As soon as Cui Si got up, she asked someone to add charcoal to the brazier. The charcoal fire was burning brightly at this moment. As soon as she walked in, it was as if she had walked from the cold winter to the warm spring, and a wave of heat came over her.
Cui Hao took a deep breath and felt like he was alive again.
"Come and sit here, wash your face and feet." Cui Si asked her to sit next to the brazier, and a maid brought hot water for her to wash her hands and face, and then asked her to take off her shoes and soak her frozen feet in the hot water.
Cui Hao felt a little embarrassed and shook his head to refuse.
Cui Si said, "It's okay. He's not here, and there's no one else here. Warm your feet first. They must be cold."
Cui Hao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that someone was not there, and soaked his feet in slippers.
At this moment, a maid brought up three bowls of ginger soup, one for Cui Hao and one for each of her two maids.
After drinking the ginger soup, Cui Si said to Song Lu, "Take them to your room first to wash and warm up."
The two maids hesitated and turned their gaze to their master.
Cui Hao waved his hand and let them go: "Go wash up, it's very cold. I'll stay here by the fire and talk to my sister."
The two maids then responded "yes" and followed Song Lu down to wash and soak their hands and feet.
After drinking ginger soup, soaking her feet, and warming herself by the fire, Cui Hao quickly warmed up. She tugged at Cui Si's sleeve and asked, "Sister, are you really pregnant? The Lord sent someone to pick me up and gave me a letter, but I didn't believe it."
Cui Si was slightly surprised: "He also wrote a letter to you?"
"Yeah, he said there weren't many people around you to talk to, so he asked me to come and keep you company so you wouldn't be lonely or bored."
That's quite troublesome.
But Cui Si had another worry: "Have you told Grandmother?"
"No..." Cui Hao shook his head. "The master said not to tell grandma yet. You can tell her when you want to. So I didn't tell her."
"Then why did grandma agree to let you leave home?"
"The Lord personally sent someone to pick her up, and they came to my sister's place, so Grandmother naturally agreed. My sister hasn't been home for a long time, and Grandmother is worried, afraid that something has happened to her."
Cui Si's face turned pale. "I've let her down and made her worry. When the child is older, I'll go back to Xianyang."
"Sister, why don't you get married?" Cui Hao was really confused. In her opinion, her sister was an extremely intelligent and capable person. She really couldn't understand why her sister had a child before getting married.
And it’s not that Yan Xingchuan is unwilling to marry her, but she just refuses to marry him.
Isn't it embarrassing to not get married and have a child? If people knew about it, they would gossip about me.
And there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with marrying Yan Xingchuan, right?
"Okay." Cui Si smiled. "It's my wish not to get married, and it's also my wish to have a child. Although it's a bit willful, it's also my choice."
"But what if the Lord marries someone else? What if the Queen can accommodate you and the child?"
"Besides, you could have been the queen. Regardless of the child's gender, they would be the eldest legitimate son or daughter of Northern Yan. Now that you've done this, it's no longer legitimate."
"Sister, this is not good."
Cui Si touched her belly and said, "I know what you said makes sense and it's my best choice, but I still can't get over this hurdle. I can't be his wife, and there's still Lin Qingning."
"Mrs. Lin has done a great deed. I actually have some understanding of her. She has suffered too much and lost too many relatives. All she wants is to be respected and served by everyone, and she also wants to hold on to those relatives one by one."
"She has her own standpoint. As long as she doesn't provoke me or steal my things, I won't judge her right or wrong. However, Yan Xingchuan will never be able to get rid of her in this life, and he will never be able to ignore her."
"Of course, this isn't Yan Xingchuan's fault. He owes it to the Lin family and Lin Qingning, and it's his responsibility to pay it back. If he doesn't pay it back, then he's not himself anymore."
"I don't want to bear the consequences of this, nor do I want to bow my head when I'm bullied repeatedly. I'm afraid she'll provoke me again, and I can't help but slap her."
"I think the way it is now is good. I won't marry, and he won't marry me either. We can just live like this. He can handle the responsibilities of his family, and I can just be a good girl of the Cui family."
"Sister, do you mind Madam Lin? Sister, don't you know that Madam Lin married Prince Yan?" Cui Hao suddenly said.
Cui Si asked curiously, "Marry the Prince of Yan? Which Prince of Yan?"
Cui Hao said, "Of course he's the master's brother. I heard he got married in early September. At that time, the master even returned to Beiyan City. I heard that on the day of the wedding, General Shen represented the prince of Yan to welcome the bride, and the Yanyun Guards led the way and escorted her. It was a grand occasion."
Cui Si was stunned for a long moment, unable to recover. "Are you talking about Prince Yan of Yan Xingshan? But isn't he gone?"
Now that everyone is gone, what is Lin Qingning thinking?
"Yes, she would marry him even if he's gone." Cui Hao sighed with emotion, her tone somewhat sad. "Marrying him would mean being a widow. I don't know what she was thinking. Maybe it's like what people say, she was deeply in love with Prince Yan and hated that they couldn't be husband and wife in life. She only hoped that they could be together in death."
"If you mind Madam Lin, then there's no need to worry. She will only be the master's sister-in-law in the future. You just need to take good care of her and keep a decent appearance."
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