Chapter 217 Conceptual Impact
When life comes to an end, it is nothing but a handful of dust.
"Find someone to send the ashes back to Chunniang's hometown."
Wenwan stroked the black wooden box with her fingers, her tone calm, without the big emotional fluctuations one might imagine.
She took out another banknote and said, "Give this to Grandma Chunniang as well. It can be considered as... completing our sisterhood."
Agui responded gruffly, but stared at her with a worried look on his face.
"Aunt Wan..."
Wen Wan raised her eyes listlessly, "I'm fine, and I'm not soft-hearted. No matter what Chunniang's reasons were, she was wrong to murder the General's Mansion. If we hadn't been careful, hundreds of people in the General's Mansion would have died right now."
She understood the reason, but she still felt a little depressed.
Maybe it's the helplessness of the fickleness of human nature.
People are always so complicated. Good and evil, love and hate, loyalty and betrayal are often just a matter of thought.
*
On the way back to the city, Wen Wan yawned while sitting in the carriage. At first she didn't take it seriously, but suddenly, her expression changed.
She lowered her head to glance at her lower abdomen, and the corners of her mouth twitched.
"I heard pregnant women tend to feel sleepy. Could it be that I've won the lottery?"
Thinking of this, she shuddered all over and her palms were sweating with nervousness.
She lifted the carriage curtain and said, "Agui, stop at the rouge shop on West Street. I'm going to buy a box of rouge."
Ah Gui was still hesitant, "Why don't we just go to the clinic or go back to the mansion to see the doctor?"
Wen Wan cheered herself up and said, "I just didn't sleep well last night. I dozed off and I'm fine now."
She smiled playfully, "Haven't you heard that saying? For a woman, only shopping can make her feel refreshed. I'm going shopping now!"
Hearing this, Agui smiled innocently, "Okay. Then buy as much as you want. Don't save money for the general. The more you spend, the happier the general will be."
Wen Wan raised the corner of her mouth, "Oh, I wish your general could be half as sweet-mouthed as you."
Agui: “…”
The carriage stopped at the door of the rouge shop. Agui, a grown man, was unwilling to go in, so he ordered a bowl of cold tea at the tea shop at the door.
Wen Wan entered the rouge shop, first walked around the shelves, and then avoided the gate and walked towards the backyard.
"People have urgent needs. I'm going to the bathroom."
She gave some instructions to the shop assistant who was leading the way, and then walked through the backyard corridor as if she were familiar with the route.
Coming out from the back door of the rouge shop is a not very wide alley, and deep in the alley is the back door of a medical clinic.
Wen Wan knocked on the door, and soon a medicine boy came over. Seeing Wen Wan at the door, the medicine boy was not surprised.
"Madam, are you here to see a doctor?"
Wen Wan nodded, "Yeah."
The doctor in this clinic specializes in gynecological diseases. The women who come to see him are concerned about their reputation and often enter through the back door to avoid being seen. The medicine boy is no longer surprised by this.
The old doctor stroked his beard and took the patient's pulse. After a moment, he came to a conclusion.
"Congratulations, ma'am, you're pregnant."
Wen Wan: “…”
Why does it feel like it's both expected and unexpected?
The old doctor saw that she didn't look as happy as other ladies when they found out they were pregnant. He frowned and asked:
"Madam, do you have something to hide?"
Wen Wan didn't know how to answer this question. To be honest, she hadn't figured out what to do at the moment.
All the doctors said that Shen Yu would have difficulty having children, but now, she is pregnant!
Is he too capable, or is she too lucky?
If she had such luck, she would have bought a lottery ticket eight hundred years ago and won hundreds of millions in prize money for fun.
"lady?"
Seeing that she didn't respond, the old doctor called her again softly.
Wen Wan finally came back to her senses and forced a smile, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. This child really came so suddenly that I haven't reacted yet."
The old doctor nodded and soothed her, "Madam, don't worry. As the saying goes, let nature take its course. Since it chose this time to come, it is fate between you two."
"Um."
Wen Wan agreed, paid the medical fee and prepared to leave.
"Madam," the old doctor hesitated for a moment, then added, "Every family has its own problems. If you don't want to keep this child, you can come to the clinic to get medicine within a month."
Wen Wan didn't know how she gave the old doctor the illusion that she didn't want the child.
Or is it that the old doctor has seen so many women from wealthy families secretly going to see doctors that he has become accustomed to the secretiveness of the backyard?
Wen Wan returned to the rouge shop with a confused mind, bought two boxes of rouge at random and walked out of the shop.
When Agui saw her, he stood up and came to greet her. He took the box from her hand and put it in the carriage without noticing anything unusual on her face.
*
The general's mansion is full of joy today.
Prince Anding was finally cleared of suspicion and released. Worried about his old mother, he did not return to the palace, but went directly to the general's mansion to report his safety.
When the old lady saw Prince Anding, she burst into tears of joy. It took Zhao and the old nanny to persuade her for a long time before she stopped crying.
After washing up, Prince Anding changed into the clothes that the old lady had prepared for him.
Lunch was ready in the main kitchen, and the old lady had a table set up in her room.
After Prince Anding sat down, he looked at Zhao Shi who was sitting opposite him, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Where is Aunt Wan?"
Hearing this, the old lady didn't react. Zhao then raised her head and said timidly, "Madam Wan went out early this morning. I don't know if she's back yet."
Prince Anding didn't comment, but simply instructed, "Send someone to check it out. If she comes back... let her have dinner with us."
Zhao agreed and immediately ordered the maid to go to the side courtyard.
After the maid left, Zhao looked at the table full of dishes and raised her head again to ask, "Then... shall we wait for Aunt Wan to arrive before we start eating?"
King Anding frowned but said nothing.
The old lady sitting at the head of the table picked up her bowl and chopsticks and said, "Eat while you wait. We can't have a whole family waiting for a concubine."
Hearing this, Zhao breathed a sigh of relief that was almost undetectable.
Zhao put a piece of braised pork into the old lady's bowl and said, "Grandma, the cook has been stewing this for the whole morning. It's soft, sticky, sweet, and your favorite."
The old lady responded indifferently and said with a smile: "You have always been a sensible person."
Zhao said gently, "It's all as I should."
The old lady nodded and said, "It is a blessing for Yu'er to marry a sensible and generous lady like you. The prince is not in a position to say more about the affairs of Yu'er's harem, and it is only for me, an old woman, to meddle in other people's affairs."
Zhao paused, "My grandson's wife is young, it would be great if you could guide her."
The old lady put down her chopsticks, took Zhao's hand, and said earnestly:
"Yu'er has been stationed at the border for many years, and it has been hard for you to guard this general's mansion. The prince and I have seen your hard work."
Zhao lowered her head, waiting for the old lady to continue. She looked melancholy, as if she had already anticipated what the old lady was going to say.
The old lady said, "This time, the prince's matter was solved thanks to Concubine Wan's efforts. She also saved everyone in the general's mansion. With such a great contribution, we must give her an explanation, don't you think?"
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