Chapter 327: Aunt Lian
Qiu Wuhen walked to the next door while listening to his wife in the room saying, "Is it my husband back?"
Qiu Wuhen stood outside the window and said to the room through the window: "I'm back, I'll go and wash first. It's not good for the needlework to do your eyes at night. I've told you how many times I've told you."
There were two chucklings in the room and said, "Go quickly, it will snow again in a while."
Qiu Wuhen and his servants sent the water in, closed the door and washed it in a hurry, and then changed into clean clothes that had been sent before the snowflakes. The clothes were sewn by his wife with cotton cloth, which was very soft and comfortable.
When he entered the room, he saw that his wife had not done needlework, but was sitting on the bed with a miscellaneous note and reading it. When he saw him coming in, he wanted to put the book down and get off the bed. Qiu Wuhen waved his hand and said, "It's such a cold day. Now you are taking warm and tonic medicine every day, but it's not good to be cold. It's better to hide in the bed. I'll drink some water and come over."
Su Jinsong was obedient and sat on the bed and talked to his husband.
"I heard from the princess that the prince is not very healthy these days, so you have to go over and see him."
Qiu Wuhen paused with the cup, looked up at his wife, and said, "When did you tell me what happened? Why did you tell me now?"
Su Jinsong smiled and said, "When the princess saw that you were really busy recently, she told me not to tell you, just saying that the prince was just coming to see you, not for anything else, but for his poor health, so she told you not to think too much."
Qiu Wuhen walked to the edge of the bed with a cup and sat down, saying, "Is that important?"
Su Jinsong said: "The princess said it was not a big deal, but she went out for fun with a few friends a few days ago. It was probably because the wind was blowing."
Qiu Wuhen felt relieved and said, "It's probably only an idle person like him who can go out to play. I have nothing to do tomorrow, why don't you accompany me to see it tomorrow?"
Su Jinsong shook his head, "There are two days left and thirty nights. He is a sacrifice to the kitchen and worshiping ancestors. The family is really busy. Yesterday, his mother asked He's mother to send two experienced mothers to help the kitchen. Didn't you say you would treat a meal in the second day of the lunar month? You should prepare. At this time, our first year in Beijing, and we need to invite a lot of guests."
Qiu Wuhen didn't expect that it would be so soon in a flash. He couldn't help but sigh and said, "Why do you have to ask Mrs. Liu to send someone to help? Are you a capable person if you are not Li Niang?"
Su Jinsong said: "Although Li Niang is a good at housekeeper, she has been in the capital for too short and she is worried that she will not consider many things, so she asked her to come over to help."
The two of them talked a few more times. Qiu Wuhen was worried that his wife was too tired, so he asked her to go to bed earlier, and then he went to bed and hugged her and fell asleep together.
The next morning, when Qiu Wuhen woke up, Xuehua came in and served him to get up, while Lily and Hanxiang were helping.
"Did Madam go to work hard early in the morning?" Qiu Wuhen asked.
Hanxiang and Lily have already spoken much better in Chinese today. When they saw Qiu Wuhen asking, Hanxiang said, "Young Master, Madam, I'm going to prepare you for the gift to the royal palace today."
Qiu Wuhen then remembered that he was going to the palace today. He patted his head and said with a smile: "Fortunately, your wife is capable, so I forgot that I should eat quickly and go back early."
Xuehua smiled and said, "Young Master, I'm afraid I can't go back soon. When did you go to the royal palace? Did you come back early?"
Qiu Wuhen angrily said, "I'm not big or small, I've actually taken care of my master's affairs. Let the wife send you out early and get married, so as not to let me chat in front of me anymore."
Xuehua knew that his masters were kind-hearted, but he couldn't be too casual. She just laughed and said, "I know I'm wrong." Then she didn't say more.
After dinner, Qiu Wuhen took Niu Shui Gang to the palace in a carriage.
As soon as the carriage reached the door of the palace, he saw the butler of the palace hurried out from the door. When he saw that it was Qiu Wuhen's carriage, he was stunned for a moment, but still stopped and came over to greet him: "Sir, are you here?"
Seeing that the butler was so anxious, Qiu Wuhen thought that the prince's illness had worsened, so he quickly asked, "What are you doing in such a hurry? Is the prince's illness serious?"
The housekeeper shook his head quickly, called a servant standing by the side and whispered a few times. Seeing that the man ran away, he said to Qiu Wuhen: "Don't worry, it's not that my prince has something to do, but that Aunt Lian in the mansion is about to give birth. Although she has already hired a wife, because the time has been early, she is worried that something will happen, so she asked someone to go to the Imperial Hospital to invite a female doctor who is good at the female department to come over just in case."
Qiu Wuhen remembered that this aunt was the one who was pregnant before going to sea and asked her wife to make clothes for her children. She was just a concubine and even invited the imperial physician to come over. It seemed that Zhu Qi liked her in the mansion, otherwise how could she be so arrogant?
The housekeeper welcomed Qiu Wuhen into the door. When he arrived in the yard, the gatekeeper had already been sending messages to it. He saw Wang Linglong wearing a light pink cloud geese, a brocade dress with a dark pattern of flowers in the same color, and a coat with satin fox-breasted pleats and cloaked cloaks.
Qiu Wuhen saw it from a distance and couldn't help but feel a little stunned. He often came to the prince's mansion, but this was the first time the princess went out to greet him in person. And he knew very well that Wang Linglong did not like extravagance. Today, it seemed that the person who was happy with this outfit was not someone else, but himself. He couldn't help but lit up. After all, he was a beautiful person, but he was very plain on weekdays. It was rare to dress up and make people shine.
"Please pay tribute to the princess."
Qiu Wuhen bowed and bowed, very respectful, but did not look at the princess. This was a politeness. Although he was very close to the husband of this woman in front of him, and the princess also called him elder brother, he could not lose his composure. After all, he was not his biological child, but he could not be complacent.
"Brother is here, why don't you say it in advance? The prince is in Lianyuan now, and I have asked someone to call him. Brother will go to the house first. The weather is too cold, don't get cold."
Qiu Wuhen thought that this Lianyuan was probably the yard of Aunt Lian, and even the name of the yard was related to the aunt's own name. He was very curious about the concubine of this younger brother who had never met before.
"It's okay, don't call me. I don't know if there is something happening at home today. I just heard from someone who says the prince is in a bad condition, so I come and take a look."
Qiu Wuhen thought the princess was going to accompany her in, but saw her instructing a maid beside her and said, "Take the master to sit in the prince's study and serve him. Then send someone to urge him."
Then he said apologetically to Qiu Wuhen: "Today, the third daughter of the Minister of Rites, I will go over and take a look, and I will come back in the afternoon. Please don't blame me."
Only then did Qiu Wuhen realize that he was just being self-indulgent. He was not there to greet him in gorgeous clothes. It was just that the princess was going out and happened to meet him.
Qiu Wuhen quickly leaned over and said, "I dare not, the princess goes to work hard, don't worry about me, I will see the prince and leave too."
The princess smiled and nodded, and just took two steps, then stopped and asked, "I heard from Xiaosong that you are going to compete with the Imperial Hospital doctor tomorrow?"
Qiu Wuhen didn't leave either, and wanted to wait for the other party to leave before leaving. This was also a politeness. When he heard this, he nodded and said yes.
The princess thought for a while and said, "I know that stubborn old man. Do you need me to do something? Don't make it difficult for the people in the Imperial Hospital to make things difficult for the elder brother."
Qiu Wuhen felt warm. Thinking that the princess had never seen her medical skills before, she was worried that she would be embarrassed, and after a kindness, she quickly said, "No, no, please don't worry, the princess."
The princess nodded and then turned around and left.
Seeing the princess walking away with the man, Qiu Wuhen turned around and walked to Zhu Qi's study led by the maid. Halfway through the way, he heard a familiar voice calling him.
"Big Brother"
Qiu Wuhen turned around and saw Zhu Qi coming quickly. He stopped and looked at the other party with a smile, saying, "I thought you couldn't afford to get sick anymore, so I came over and took a look. I didn't expect that you can not only walk as fast as you fly, but also look good."
Zhu Qi walked to Qiu Wuhen, waved his hand to signal the people around him to retreat, and said, "What's so good? Brother, I'll tell you, you must not get three wives and four concubines at home in the future. I will sooner or later make these uneasy women angry to death." After saying that, he looked angry.
Qiu Wuhen knew that this was in the palace, so he didn't have to worry about speaking. And when he saw the princess leaving just now, he whispered: "What? Are you angry with your brother and sister?"
Zhu Qi shook his head and said, "You don't know her yet. She is a big-hearted person. Look, Aunt Lian in Lian Garden is about to give birth, but she went to someone else's house to see other people's children. You said that you can just give a gift? You don't have to go there in person."
Qiu Wuhen thought, what does it mean to be a big heart? As long as you are a woman, how can you give your husband to another woman? Moreover, you, Zhu Qi, have three wives, four concubines, and seven women. Ten fingers are not enough to beat them. When someone goes out, he will be clean.
"You seem to like this Aunt Lian very much?"
"I don't like it very much, but her sister was Concubine Su who died of childbirth three years ago. At that time, Concubine Su and the princess had a very good relationship. When she left, she entrusted her sister to the princess to take care of. The princess was just passionate and took Concubine Su and the sister who had just been buried in the mansion. Oh, I won't say it anymore... Anyway, I'm just for Concubine Su's face."
Qiu Wuhen said: "What? As long as it is something you don't want, will there be someone who forces you?"
Zhu Qi said with a bitter face: "I don't want to accept the person. The princess just wanted to come and live there for a while. Haha, forget it, it's all about tears when she said it. Now that she is going to give birth, we won't say anything."
Qiu Wuhen suddenly had the scenes of the house fighting in his heart. It seemed that this kind prince and the princess were ruthlessly plotted against him. No wonder the princess was not taken care of in the mansion at this moment, but instead hid out. It seemed that he really didn't like this woman. He also thought that this woman was shameless and wanted her wife to make her a female lover. He didn't like this woman either.
The two of them said and walked into the room.
Chapter completed!