Chapter 147: The old lady gave a golden brick, and the marquis was delighted to receive a letter from home
Yun Qiao was just about to get up when she heard the old lady's words.
"Ma'am, the children are all inside."
The old lady looked at Yun Qiao with joy in her eyes, but then she became dissatisfied with her address. "You child, you've already given birth to my great-grandson, why are you still calling me old? You're just like Sanlang, calling me grandmother..."
Yun Qiao said, "That's not okay. Calling me that is against the rules. Although I gave birth to the Marquis's child, that was my previous status. Now I am a legitimate free man, unmarried. I can't call you grandmother for no reason, unless you acknowledge me as your granddaughter..."
For a wealthy lady like the old lady who loves to give out gifts and money at will, it would be perfect if she were to be her granddaughter.
As for the girl that Chen Jingyan later found, the old lady said that she disliked and found fault with her, but she actually spent real money on her.
The old lady also said that her granddaughter was useless and did not learn the rules well, so she should prepare more dowry when she gets married in the future, otherwise she would be bullied after she gets married.
At that time, Yun Qiao heard Mai Dong complaining in front of her.
It was said that the old lady felt that she had not learned the rules well, so she wanted to arrange a good marriage for her, but she was thinking of running away.
Yun Qiao was envious when she heard this.
If she had such a good grandmother, she would be so happy.
The old lady glared at Yun Qiao, "That won't do. If you become my granddaughter, how will my great-grandson call me and you?"
Yun Qiao just said something humorous to her, but she didn't expect the old lady to come with a serious face.
The old lady entered the house first, followed by a maid holding gifts in her hands.
The little girl was woken up and opened her eyes slightly.
"She comes, she comes, she comes bearing gifts."
"Lucky luck, reincarnation is a skill."
Yun Qiao listened to her daughter's excited little voice and felt happy too.
"Look inside. The children are all in bed."
The old lady looked at the three children lying in a row and was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
"What a bunch of little ancestors! Let me take a look at this..."
Madam Chang also interrupted, "Old Madam, please look at the Second Young Master. He looks exactly like the Marquis when he was a child."
"No, Madam Chang, why do I think the eldest son looks like Sanlang? He's so handsome. He's the legitimate eldest son of my mansion."
Yun Qiao laughed and joked, "Madam, you're right. I haven't even married the Marquis yet."
The old lady ignored her nonsense.
"Anyway, I'm sure this is the eldest son."
"My eldest great-grandson."
"Come, my dear great-grandson, Grandma has already prepared a big golden lock for you."
The old lady hung a big gold lock around the neck of each of the two boys. Just when Yun Qiao and everyone else thought that the old lady didn't care about her great-granddaughters, she took out two oversized gold bars.
"I dreamt of my little great-granddaughter last night. She said she loved me very much. Knowing we were having two children, I only prepared two gold locks and not one for my little great-granddaughter. So, I'll give you two large gold nuggets and ask your mother to make you a set of gold jewellery."
The two heavy gold nuggets were like gold bricks, and they obviously sank when they were placed in Yun Qiao's hands.
this……
Yun Qiao was dumbfounded.
At this moment, what she was thinking was that the old lady was really rich.
Then the old lady sat on the bed, looked at Yun Qiao, and said, "Your mother-in-law was unlucky not to see her son get married and have children, but don't worry, I have prepared everything that your mother-in-law should have prepared for you."
"These are for you, keep them for yourself."
After the old lady finished speaking, Mother Chang waved her hand and saw that the maids and servants gradually moved all the things they brought into the house, filling it up.
Yunqiao has a sense of evanescence, a feeling that a mother’s status is determined by her son.
"Thank you, ma'am."
She said with a smile.
The old lady was too lazy to argue with her about the address. She stared at the three children carefully and happily. If the children were not so young, she would have wanted to hug them.
"Mother Qiao, we've known each other for so many years, I won't tell you any rules anymore, and I'll just call you this."
Yun Qiao knew that the old lady was referring to the identity of the princess.
"Just call me what you always do. I'd be surprised if you called me something else."
The old lady laughed and said, "I'm not in good health. When the child is a little older, you can have the servants take turns bringing the child to me so that I can take a look. At my age, I don't know when I will die. This request is not too much, right? You have to promise me."
Yun Qiao: "May you live a long life. It's still too early to say that."
After a few joking remarks, he started to talk about some serious matters.
After sending the maids and old women out, the only people left in the room were the old lady, Chang Mama, Yun Qiao, and Xiao Tao.
"Mother Qiao, what's wrong with your marriage to Sanlang? Tell me directly and I'll take care of it. I'm already old, and if Sanlang's marriage doesn't go through, I'll be worried about it forever."
The marriage of Gu Heng, the second master of the Marquis' Mansion, has been decided.
They got married at the end of the year.
Yun Qiao knew about this. As soon as the marriage was decided, Li Yuan wrote to her and told her about it.
In the letter, she said with a smile that she was going to become Yun Qiao's second sister-in-law. Yun Qiao could imagine how arrogant Li Yuan's smile was when she said this.
But Yunqiao was also happy for them.
She was just waiting for Gu Heng and Li Yuan to get married, and then she would go and give her blessings.
The old lady loved the three children and stayed here for most of the day and refused to leave. Yun Qiao was afraid that it would be unsafe to go back after dark, so she did not let the old lady stay in the princess's mansion for dinner. She also instructed several farmhands to escort the old lady back.
Looking at the things in the house, Yun Qiao called someone to move the things to the warehouse and register them one by one.
For a baby, his daily routine is eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping.
Yun Qiao rested for three days and gradually recovered. Only then did she start to bring out the people in the backyard for interrogation.
Zhang Rou also stayed in the house for three days in agony.
At this moment, she, Nanny Zhang and another Nanny Wang were all brought here.
When Nanny Zhang saw Yun Qiao, she immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Princess, please forgive me."
"Sister Rouniang, please plead for me."
Zhang Rou is now frightened when she sees Nanny Zhang. She is really afraid that she will be implicated by Nanny Zhang.
"Your Highness, please be clear. I introduced Nanny Zhang to us, but I'm not familiar with her. Back then, when our family was in trouble, it was Nanny Zhang's parents-in-law, my cousins, who helped us. I remember this favor, so when they asked for my help, I helped them. I truly had no idea that Nanny Zhang was involved in the murder."
"Nanny Zhang, you need to give me a reasonable explanation for the murder of the princess's offspring. Otherwise, you may never be able to leave the gate of this princess's mansion in your lifetime."
When Nanny Zhang heard Yun Qiao's words, she was so frightened that her whole body went limp as mud.
"Princess, it's not like that. It's really not like that. I was blinded by money and was deceived. I really don't know. I don't know anything."
"Yeah?"
Yun Qiao shouted coldly, "Drag him away and give him ten lashes with a stick first. If you don't tell me, I'll hand you over to the authorities for investigation. By then, I'm afraid you won't have the chance to speak up anymore."
Soon, the sound of beating was heard in the yard.
After ten blows of the stick, the doctor's butt was broken into pieces.
She trembled and cried out, and confessed everything.
It turned out that when the doctor first came, she was fine, but later she was corrupted by someone and listened to that person for thirty taels of silver.
"I really didn't know who that person was. She just told me that if I put the child down and went to relieve myself, she would give me thirty taels of silver. I thought it was such a simple matter, so I left."
"Is this a simple matter? You clearly know what that person is thinking, yet you still do this? Is the salary I pay your wet nurse low? Ten taels a month, and there are rewards for good work. Didn't I make it clear to you?"
This wet nurse knew that there was something wrong with wet nurse Zheng and she took her money and helped her murder the newborn baby. She was an accomplice.
"Dr. Zhang, this is the person you brought here. I've dealt with him. Do you have any objections?"
How could Zhang Rou dare to have any objection?
She quickly said, "I dare not. I will obey the princess's orders. Her crime is unforgivable. I will sentence her as she deserves."
"Send off to the official."
Yun Qiao waved her hand and asked the maid and the servant to send Nanny Zhang to the authorities.
As for Nanny Wang, after checking around, she was found to be honest and reliable, but she also noticed that the problem had not been reported, so Yun Qiao sent her away and never used her again.
Nanny Zhang was a wet nurse hired from outside. She was from a decent family. She was either a household slave in the princess's mansion or a household slave in the princess's mansion. She could not be beaten to death without permission. If something happened, she would have to be reported to the authorities. This was stipulated in the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
After this incident, Zhang Rou fell ill.
After being bedridden for several days, she was afraid that the disease would be passed on to the host family, so she went to ask Yun Qiao for help, wanting to go home to recuperate.
Yun Qiao didn't make things difficult for her because she was doing her job well.
Not only did he send a carriage to take her back, he also prepared a lot of other things and sent Zhang Rou directly to the door of Zhang's house at the entrance of the alley.
Zhang Rou was helped out of the carriage by a maid.
She looked at the coachman and Qiu Ye who came to see her off.
A faint smile appeared on his haggard and pale face. "Miss Qiuye, thank you for taking me here specially. I'm already home, so you should hurry back."
"Mrs. Zhang, please be patient. My princess said that once you are well again, you can come back to work at the Princess's Mansion and receive the same treatment as before."
"Besides, the princess said that your brother's matter is easy to handle."
Zhang Rou became excited when she heard this.
"Yes, Miss Qiuye, please tell the princess that once Rouniang is well again, she will be back to work in the Marquis' Mansion."
Qiu Ye nodded and asked the coachman and the servant to move the things down and send them to Zhang's yard.
Zhang Rou's father was dismissed from his official post and exiled to the border for only five years. He returned a long time ago, but his health was damaged at the border. The bones in his legs were frozen to death, and now he can't get up. His mother was helping people wash clothes at that time, which damaged her health.
Originally, my brother could have passed the exam to become an imperial physician, but now he encountered this kind of thing and failed the exam. In addition, due to his status, he cannot become a doctor, so he can only be a traveling doctor.
It would be great if my brother's identity could be solved.
Zhang Rou went back to the house and told her parents this.
Mother Li was extremely happy.
"Finally you have met a noble man, my son. It's pitiful that you have been wronged. You were once a pampered young lady, but now you have to work as a doctor to earn money to support the family."
Zhang Rou said, "The princess is a very nice person."
As long as you don't violate her taboos, it's great.
But if you offend your superiors and bully your master, the consequences will be...
"My aunt's sister-in-law is probably dead. Mother knows something about this matter. If my aunt asks about it later, I will tell the truth. It was her greed for thirty taels of silver that caused such trouble."
"What's the big deal?" asked Zhang Rou's mother, Mrs. Li.
"The conspiracy to murder the princess's child was discovered, and the mastermind committed suicide by poisoning himself. The mastermind could not be found. Afterwards, Nanny Zhang tried to escape but was caught red-handed."
Li, who had experienced some trouble, staggered when he heard this.
"But our family wasn't affected, was it? Back then, your father was dismissed from his post and investigated just for saying a few extra words in court. Not only did he lose his official hat, he was also left with a lifelong disability."
"Rouniang, are you okay?"
She was just happy when she saw her daughter coming back.
Only now did I see how pale my daughter's face was.
Zhang Rou nodded slightly. "Mother, this is what I meant by the princess being kind. She knew this matter had nothing to do with me, so she didn't implicate me. But my health isn't good. I'm sick and haven't gotten better after taking medicine, so I thought I'd come back and stay for a few days."
"The princess took pity on me and gave me a lot of things. She said they were all things I was used to using in the princess's mansion. You can take them and divide them among my sister-in-law and the girls at home. I feel very dizzy right now and want to go back to my room and lie down."
Li then called out, "Sang girl, come quickly and help your aunt go back to the house to rest."
***
After searching for several days without finding the person behind the scenes, Yun Qiao felt annoyed and always felt that there was a hidden danger.
Wu Yue was asked to check on Nanny Zheng. Wu Yue had been out for a few days and had not returned. However, she received a letter from Lu Jingyan of the Northeast Military Camp.
The letter was written in a hurry, with long and sloppy handwriting, and it took up three whole pages.
At the end I wrote, I miss you and think of you day and night!
The lines between his words were filled with his thoughts about the child and her, but he didn't mention naming the child.
Originally, when he was about to go to the Northeast Military Camp, he talked about naming the child. Chen Jingyan said that this was their child and the name should be decided by both of them together.
I've thought about it over and over again, but still haven't come up with a name.
Yun Qiao randomly picked names for the three children.
The eldest is called Chao Chao, the second is Mu Mu, and the third is Nian Nian.
She wrote back.
When Chen Jingyan in the Northeast Military Camp received the letter, it was Chinese New Year. He was drinking with the generals in the army when he suddenly heard the guards outside the door report that the Marquis had sent a letter from home.
Chen Jingyan thought it was a letter from Yun Qiao, and it was time for her to write a letter.
"Give it to me, let me see it."
Today is New Year's Day. He is drinking with his soldiers and has to be on guard against Tang Mingyao. Chen Jingyan is naturally not idle.
When I opened the letter, I could see the joy on his face.
The deputy general asked cheerfully, "The last time you wrote home, the Marquis was delighted to receive three treasures. What is it about this time that has the Marquis so happy? Please tell us, and let us brothers be happy too."
"Have some wine, have some wine. I'll have the kitchen slaughter ten pigs for you all to eat."
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