The next day, Shao Qing told Sun about this.
Sun nodded hurriedly: "Your brother is busy on duty now, leaving early and returning late, I am free."
The girl was delayed until she was old, fortunately she was found. Fu Yun has a good foundation in talent and appearance. Although she is pale and thin now, she just needs to be taken care of. With the identity of Wei Jing's cousin, it will not be difficult for her to find a satisfactory in-law family.
She agreed immediately and said, "It would be best to talk to Madam Meng and Wu Niang about this first."
That’s right, people have to be mentally prepared.
But perhaps the mother and daughter of the Meng family should be anxious now, and An An and the others also have good intentions.
Sun and Shao Qing went to Liuyunju hand in hand, and Meng's Fu Yun hurriedly welcomed them in.
"Thank you for taking so much trouble, Miss Sun. You've been thinking about us mother and daughter all day long."
Both parties sat down and talked to Meng. In fact, it was Meng who usually spoke. After Fu Yun experienced an accident, she no longer had the brightness and outgoing personality she once had. She seldom spoke and most of the time she sat in silence with her head slightly lowered.
Meng showed gratitude. In fact, compared with Shao Qing, Sun was actually an outsider, but she always cared about her daughter's affairs in her daily spare time. She often came to sit with Meng without being told, and got along with Meng's mother and daughter much more than Wei Jing and his wife.
"It's okay. I'm free too, so it's just right for me to keep Sister Meng company."
Sun waved her hand nonchalantly and looked at Fu Yun with a smile. She saw that the girl's sallow complexion had faded a little and her cheeks had gained some flesh back. Although there was still a gloomy look between her brows and she had become more reserved, she had regained some of her former beauty.
She smiled and said, "Girl, you are old enough, it's time to find a good husband. Fortunately, it's not too late now, it looks just right."
It was a very ordinary sentence, but Fu Yun seemed to be startled. She raised her head suddenly, stretched out her hand to gather her collar, and then pressed her thin and almost emaciated face: "No, it's not necessary."
Her face turned pale, and her reaction was really strange.
Sun was stunned for a moment, but she was not too surprised. Fu Yun's current condition was indeed very bad. She quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, wait and see, and take care of yourself first, then we can talk about other things."
Shao Qing also smiled and said, "Men should get married when they are old enough, and women should get married when they are old enough. If you find a good home, your mother will also feel at ease."
She sincerely hoped that Fu Yun could find a good home. It was not easy for women in this world. Fu Yun was Wei Jing's only blood relative. If she found a good home, he would feel more relieved.
But Shao Qing soon discovered that his sincerity did not seem to be rewarded as it should be.
It was Sun who told her first.
After the mother and daughter comforted Meng Fu Yun that day, Shao Qing continued to be busy the next day. She and Wei Jing had left behind a lot of things and had a lot to do. But who would have thought that a few days later, Sun came to talk to her.
"Yuan'er, you should pay more attention to Fu Yun. This mother and daughter seem to have other thoughts."
Other thoughts?
The only thing that Sun needed to seriously remind her daughter was that kind of thought.
Wei Jing.
Sun said seriously: "I have been in the back house for many years, I can't be wrong."
Shao Qing didn't notice anything, but she didn't question her mother's words. She frowned when she heard it.
But soon, she found that Sun was right.
As August arrived, it suddenly rained in the evening and the weather became much cooler. Shao Qing needed some time to relax after a busy day, so he simply asked his men to go back early.
After finishing my shift, I went to take a look at Wei Jing's study and saw that he was still writing furiously. She was a little sleepy, so she said goodbye to the guard and went back to take a shower.
But I didn't expect that after I got back, I couldn't take a bath because two more guests came to the main courtyard.
Meng and Fu Yun.
These two people came to bring Wei Jing a soup to replenish his qi and blood. It was said that Fu Yun cooked it herself.
Shao Qing sat down at the first table and said calmly, "The daily medicinal diet for your husband is prescribed by Doctor Yan after he took his pulse. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to add or subtract anything without your permission."
Fu Yun looked a little embarrassed. She glanced at her mother. Seeing that Mrs. Meng didn't say anything, she twisted her handkerchief and said, "We have asked the court doctor. This soup is refreshing and nourishing. It's fine."
Okay, just wait if you like.
Shao Qing responded indifferently, losing interest and feeling irritated again.
She didn't doubt Wei Jing, but she was still annoyed. Meng and Fu Yun had special identities and she would have to come into contact with them in the future. No matter how well she handled it, she felt uncomfortable.
What a mess. She will never like anyone who has coveted her man.
Wei Jing came back soon after sitting there indifferently. He was also stunned to see so many people.
Shao Qing glanced at him and smiled: "My fifth cousin brought you some soup, would you like to try it?"
Wei Jing immediately heard that his wife was in a bad mood. Why? He glanced at Fu Yunmeng who had stood up to greet him.
Wei Jing is a perceptive person, unless he doesn't think about it at all. But his wife cared about this, and the string in his heart had long been taut. Fu Yun had come three or four times with either the sachet or the soup, and he had already felt it.
He refused all the calls and even used the excuse of being busy to avoid going to Liuyunju. The attitude of polite refusal was obvious, hoping that Fu Yun would give up. His aunt and cousin are his only relatives, and he hopes to resolve the issue in the best possible way.
But now it was obviously not going to work, and Wei Jing was not the type to drag his feet. He sat down and said straightforwardly, "No need for the soup. If it conflicts with the Cunshan recipe, it will be bad."
Without waiting for a response or looking at Fu Yun, he turned to look at Meng and said, "Aunt, I have asked Ah Qing's mother to find a good family. Once Fifth Cousin recovers, it will be the perfect time to perform the six rituals."
He emphasized: "I will take care of it, no matter which family it is, my fifth cousin will not be wronged, so don't worry, aunt."
Wei Jing was a man of great authority, and he kept his word. He spoke slowly and calmly, but there was no room for questioning.
Meng was stunned when she heard this, and blurted out in a hurry: "No, she can't marry someone else, she can't marry someone else!"
What's the meaning?
Wei Jing and Shao Qing were startled when they heard this. The couple looked at each other, and Wei Jing frowned: "How is that possible?"
Are you considering exiling the daughter of a convicted official?
He said: "The court of Great Chu is crumbling and no longer has the power to control others. Any Yizhou family would be extremely happy if they could marry my fifth cousin."
This statement couldn't be more true. Nowadays, the world is divided into many regions, so who cares whether someone is an exile or not? Wei Jing had only one cousin, and all the noble families under his sphere of influence were vying to marry her.
Wei Jing's words made sense, but Meng choked up and shook her head: "No, no, she, Wu Niang..."
“Ahhhh!!”
Fu Yun, who had always been introverted and reserved, suddenly screamed. She interrupted her mother loudly: "No, no, mother, don't say it, don't say it, I beg you!"
Fu Yun screamed desperately, the veins on her hands bulging as she covered her ears, and she closed her eyes and tears fell like rain: "Mother, I beg you!"
Mrs. Meng rushed over and hugged her daughter, crying, "Wu Niang can no longer have children. She, she can't marry into a good family!"
Wei Jing was shocked and stood up with a bang: "What's going on?!"
"Mother, please don't say it, don't say it..."
Fu Yun's cry was sharp and sad, and Mrs. Meng felt sorry for her daughter and kept silent. But it was impossible not to ask clearly about such a big matter. Wei Jing dismissed all the servants and asked repeatedly with a frown.
Finally, Meng had to cry and tell the truth: "She got pregnant and miscarried, got pregnant and miscarried again, over and over again. The doctor said that she would never get pregnant again in this lifetime!"
"how so?"
Why does miscarriage occur repeatedly? Has it reached the point where you can no longer conceive? Wei Jing was angry: "Who is it? Who did it?"
"Not alone!"
Amid Fu Yun's shrill cries, Meng was questioned and had no way to avoid it. She gritted her teeth and said sadly, "She was abducted to a private mine and forced to become a camp prostitute..."
“Aaaaaaaaah!”
Fu Yun screamed again, and this scream was so shrill that it covered up the second half of Meng's words. However, Wei Jingshao Qing had sharp ears and had heard the most crucial word.
The two looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.
…
Meng had a pair of children, but it was not only the son who had the accident that year.
After Fu Pei was robbed, the mother and daughter panicked and tried their best to chase after him, but unfortunately, Fu Pei was not able to catch up with him and Fu Yun was also separated.
It was at that time that Fu Yun was kidnapped.
Although she was displaced and looked pale and thin, she had been pampered for more than ten years and her good looks were still there. Even among the refugees and even among the common people, she still had an excellent appearance.
However, she was cautious and her hands, face and clothes were very dirty. She thought she was safe, but she still underestimated the bottom line of the human traffickers. Young women, whether beautiful or ugly, can be sold for a profit.
After Fu Yun was separated and left alone, she was knocked unconscious by another group or the same group of people, not sure whether she was attacked.
Because she was well disguised and her body was too dirty and smelly, the kidnapper was unwilling to clean her and simply transported her to the next destination and sold her with a batch of inferior goods.
Since she was a low-quality product, she naturally had nowhere to go, so she was sold to a nearby private mine and became a camp prostitute.
A group of the hardest-working and most tired miners, after washing the iron and finding it to be good stuff, naturally rushed over. Those were the darkest days in Fu Yun’s life. Her struggles and screams only aroused her animal nature. She was invaded day after day, and finally became numb and empty.
However, the worst was yet to come.
It is very normal for a young girl with normal physiology to get pregnant without taking any special medicine. Unfortunately, she found out about the pregnancy when she had already miscarried. That kind of thing happened too frequently and violently, and someone dropped it in the process.
After she fell, she had no time to rest and recuperate, but the miners didn't care and continued to act without any scruples.
In the past six months, Fu Yun got pregnant at least three times, and all of them ended in this way.
She was tortured to the point of being on the verge of death and thought she would die. But there is always a way out. The mine collapsed, and the ore and many miners were trapped underneath, including her group.
The guards rushed over in shock, and the camp was suddenly emptied. Fu Yun and several of her companions got up, stumbled, and escaped.
She begged for a living for more than a month in a daze, and finally met Meng, who had been looking for her children, and the mother and daughter were reunited.
"…I searched for a very long time before I found Wu Niang. She was no longer in human form."
Mrs. Meng sobbed, "We don't have much money, and the clinic won't let us in. Luckily, we met a kind country doctor later. Unfortunately, it's a pity for Wu Niang. The doctor said it was not easy for Wu Niang to survive, and she should never think about having a child in this lifetime..."
"Stop talking, don't talk..."
Fu Yun kept shaking her head in pain and struggling. Meng tried to hold her tightly. At the end, Meng burst into tears and was temporarily freed by her daughter.
“Ahhhh!!”
That painful memory was brought back to her mind, and Fu Yun lost control of her emotions. She rushed towards the center pillar.
With this force aimed at the top of the head, if it really hits you, you'll be dead.
Shao Qingmeng screamed, luckily Wei Jing was there, he was quick-witted and agile, with a tip of his toes, he chopped Fu Yun on the back of the neck with a knife, and the latter fainted immediately.
"Someone, call Yan Ming here immediately!"
Wei Jing frowned, glanced at Meng who was crying while holding Fu Yun, and gave orders in a loud voice.
Yan Ming came very quickly. He was not very happy to be called up from the dinner table. His brows furrowed even more when he heard the crying sound. However, he did not ask any questions and went straight to check Fu Yun's pulse.
"Great sorrow damages the heart, but she fainted at the right time. I'll give her a few needles. When she wakes up, just don't stir up trouble again."
Wei Jing asked Yan Ming to come, not just for this matter. Yan Ming is an excellent doctor, and he doesn't know if there is still a chance to cure Fu Yun's old illness.
This time Yan Ming took a little longer to feel the pulse. After he put it down, he shook his head and said, "A woman's fetal energy is stored in her uterus. The damage to her uterus is like a thousand holes. It cannot be repaired by human power."
These words were like ice water, instantly extinguishing all the hope in Meng's eyes. She stared blankly at Yan Ming's figure walking away, and she burst into tears again.
"…Your Highness, please forgive me. Wu Niang had no such intention at all. I was the one who persuaded her."
Meng's body went limp. She wanted to bow and apologize but she fell to the ground instead. Wei Jing held her up and frowned, "Aunt, if you have anything to say, please sit down and talk."
"I have no other wishes in this life. I only wish that Ngapei is safe and that Wuniang finds a good home. Even if I close my eyes right now, I will be happy."
"But, but Wu Niang, how can you marry into a good family?"
Offspring are the lifeblood of a woman, not to mention Fu Yun's unbearable experience. Two lines of turbid tears flowed silently along the fine wrinkles at the corners of Meng's eyes. She murmured, "That's why I had such a foolish dream, thinking like this..."
But she knew that Wei Jing was a man of his word, so she raised her hands in panic and waved them repeatedly: "Your Highness, please forgive me! Your Highness, please forgive me! I was wrong, it has nothing to do with Wu Niang, she had given up such thoughts a long time ago!"
"I dare not think about it anymore, Wu Niang is the same!"
As a woman, she also knew that Shao Qing was unhappy. She looked at Shao Qing again and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. If I have such thoughts again, teach me..."
They were both the eldest wives, so apologies were useless. Of course, Meng knew that. Since she had not originally wanted to get close to Wei Jing and had completely given up on the idea, she gritted her teeth and said, "If I ever have this thought again, I will never see Apai again in my life!"
"We, mother and daughter, only ask for a place to stay. Please forgive me, Your Highness..."
Fu Yun had just been pricked with an acupuncture needle. She woke up faintly, got up in panic, and knelt on the couch: "Your Highness, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
The look in her eyes when she looked at Wei Jing was clearly filled with fear, without any emotion between men and women or anything else. Her body was shaking uncontrollably like a sieve.
The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, making assurances again and again. Their hearts, which had not yet completely calmed down, became frightened again.
It is certain that her husband would feel uncomfortable if someone coveted him, but in this situation, Shao Qing also had complicated feelings.
She also disliked certain behavior.
Even if Meng said that she no longer had such thoughts, she could still gain people's trust by asking Fu Pei to swear.
I just have to say that the two people in front of me are both pitiful people.
well.
Wei Jing was much simpler. He said directly: "If you can't have a child, just adopt one."
According to the concept of people at that time, dying alone is the most miserable thing. If this is the case for Meng, then it must be the same for Fu Yun, who has lost all hope.
Wei Jing did not think that being unable to conceive and bear children was a big problem. It was not uncommon for noble ladies in large families to be unable to give birth to legitimate sons. There were many ways to do this, such as having a son born out of wedlock or through adoption.
Forget about the illegitimate child and just adopt him.
He directly asked Yan Ming to spread the word that Fu Yun had caught a cold due to years of tossing and turning and that it was difficult for her to get pregnant.
Maybe some families would avoid it, but certainly more people would not.
She is Wei Jing's only remaining blood relative, and marrying her is much more important than having children.
And it doesn't necessarily mean to curry favor with the powerful.
In a large family, the second son or the youngest son is married into the family and the offspring is adopted. The purpose of marrying a wife in a noble family is not just to give birth to children.
"Don't worry, aunt. With me taking care of her, Fifth Cousin will have a good life and won't have to compromise."
"Really?"
Meng looked up suddenly, hope showing on her face again.
Fu Yun also stopped crying, but she frowned and tightened her collar, muttering, "No, I can't..."
"Of course it's true. Do you remember Princess Pingyang, aunt and cousin?"
Princess Pingyang, the elder sister of the two previous generations of the Great Chu Emperor, was born infertile. However, because of her noble birth, she would not choose a son of a powerful aristocratic family as her husband. No matter how the political situation changed, her husband would naturally stay with her for the rest of her life, living a carefree life and never worrying about having children.
When such an example was given, Meng's eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, yes, aren't the officers or noble families under Wei Jing just like the prince consort without any background?
After getting Wei Jing's assurance, Meng was overjoyed and took her daughter's hand: "Fifth Lady, don't be afraid, you can find a good family!"
Fu Yun's eyes, like a dry riverbed becoming moist, gradually became more lively: "Is it true?"
"Really, really, thank you, Your Highness!"
Fu Yun came back to her senses after hearing her mother's joyful voice. She thanked Wei Jing first, then looked at Shao Qing and kowtowed uprightly: "I am sorry for the offense, Fifth Lady. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Her mother urged her to do so, but she did not make any excuses. She only said, "If I ever have any more delusions or transgressions in the future, I will be struck by lightning and I will never be able to be reborn."
She kowtowed deeply and said, "Wu Niang has failed the Majesty's care."
At this moment, Shao Qing was sure that Fu Yun really had no extra thoughts about Wei Jing. She was more like a drowning person trying to grab a piece of driftwood.
Of course, no matter what the reason, Shao Qing could never forgive anyone for coveting her husband.
But Fu Yun in front of him did not refuse or evade, which made people look at her with higher regard.
It's probably best that things can be resolved this way.
well.
Shao Qing didn't say whether she forgave him or not, she just supported him and said, "Find a good husband in the future and live a good life."
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