The cause of the miscarriage was the accidental ingestion of barley and the coffin was concluded. As soon as the news came out, rumors immediately spread in the house, implying that Ma Xiuying deliberately invited everyone to eat duck barley pot at the chrysanthemum banquet because she was uneasy and kind, and wanted to attack the pregnant concubine.

Guo Hui and Guo Ninglian hurriedly called a doctor to see a doctor for themselves, and they were relieved to make sure that the child was fine.

Li Qi'er and Li Guihua jointly visited Ma Xiuying and told her about these rumors. Li Qi'er's first child was kept by Ma Xiuying, and she didn't believe that Ma Xiuying would harm the children of other wives and concubines. Li Guihua has followed Ma Xiuying for many years, knows Ma Xiuying's personality well, and also doesn't believe that Ma Xiuying will do such a vicious thing.

Ma Xiuying thanked the two for their kindness, she had already known about it from Xun Ying's mouth, she had thought that she would take the blame for the miscarriage of the Yan family, but she didn't expect that someone would use this matter to criticize herself and cause a bad influence in the house. It seems that her last punishment of the evil servant was not heavy enough, and she had not yet deterred the ghosts and charms of the palace.

Xun Ying was annoyed by this, and cried in front of Ma Xiuying and blamed herself, "If it weren't for the slave and maid who arranged those dishes on their own initiative, they wouldn't have caused trouble for the master." ”

"You mean well, how can I blame you." Ma Xiuying said lightly, she is not afraid of real knives and guns, not to mention these rumors. However, the shortcomings were exposed from this incident, she used to be too laissez-faire with slaves, so much so that she punished a group of slaves and some people were thieves.

Ma Xiuying called Steward Ding over and announced: "Guogong has always advocated diligence and thrift, and I also plan to open up sources and reduce expenditure, and I am ready to cut off one-third of the servants in the house." You pass down the notice, a one-month assessment time, at the end of the period, the good performance will be retained, the poor performance will be removed, and so on, only the best will be kept, and if anyone dares to cover favoritism, they will also be dismissed together. ”

Steward Ding's heart trembled, there were nearly five hundred servants in the mansion, if Ma Xiuying wanted to cut one-third, at least one or two hundred people would be driven out of the palace, which would inevitably cause great panic among the servants, and besides, the specifications of the palace were there, and it was a little unreasonable to say that there were too few servants, and he knew that there were nearly a thousand servants in the mansions of individual officials

He was just about to say that this method was a bit arbitrary, but Ma Xiuying said undoubtedly: "In addition to cutting off some people who steal and cheat, I also plan to recruit some down-to-earth and diligent people again." In the future, there will be no idlers in the house, and those who rely on their qualifications and connections to make a fortune outside the house tell them to be careful, so as not to be bumped into by me! ”

Ma Xiuying decided to liquidate all the servants who were attached to Guo Hui and took refuge in Guo Ninglian, she wanted a harmonious and stable backyard of the palace, not a bunch of small groups of gangs. Since killing chickens and monkeys can't deter a few people's small hearts, then drive all these silverfish and borers out of the palace.

Steward Ding suddenly realized that Ma Xiuying was going to clean the palace. Also, there are really some things in the house recently, and they dare to quietly arrange the housewife, and even some concubines send stewards to do business in the name of the palace outside, he knows these things, but he is not good at beaking, and now Ma Xiuying wants to make a big move, it is estimated that she is going to these people.

As soon as the news came out, the servants rushed to inform their masters, many people quietly withdrew their business, and some unbelievers still sent stewards to continue to use the name of the palace outside, but the next day the shop was closed and all the materials were confiscated.

As a result, some concubines suddenly lost all their money and complained bitterly. Among them is Guo Hui's business, she opened a grain shop, when the steward ran back to the palace to tell her that the grain was pulled away by the government servants, and there were no particles left, she still thought she was dreaming, where did the officials of Ying Tianfu dare to touch her things, don't you know that she is Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine?

She angrily went to see Zhu Yuanzhang to clarify her intentions.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at her coldly and said: "I asked someone to seal the grain shop, and the princess told me that someone in the house was doing business outside without authorization, but I still don't believe it, I can't imagine that it is true." Is there a shortage of money for you in the house? Do you still have to run for small profits? I've never liked mercenary businessmen, and you still want to be willing to degenerate into a businesswoman? Do you think that the position of this concubine has wronged you? ”

The last sentence exploded in his ears like thunder, Guo Hui was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground, and hurriedly explained: "I beg the prince for forgiveness, I want to save some money for my children in the future because I don't have my mother's family to rely on, and I don't mean anything else." ”

Seeing Guo Hui mention the child, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression slowed down and said: "I have my own arrangements for the child's future, so don't worry about it, in the future, you will be safe in the house, and don't think about what you have or don't have." ”

Guo Hui was taken aback, Zhu Yuanzhang has always been very fond of her, and rarely says such heavy words, did he notice something, or did Ma Xiuying say something unfavorable to him in his ear?

This time, because of Ma Xiuying, not only suffered heavy losses, but also suffered Zhu Yuanzhang's reprimand, Guo Hui hated Ma Xiuying to death, she left Zhu Yuanzhang's room with her front foot, and hurried to Yan's courtyard with her back foot.

After a few days of recuperation, his spirit gradually recovered, although he was still depressed, and finally he did not go hysterical when he heard the child as before.

Lu Ji persuaded her that this was her fate, and perhaps the heavens would not agree to the arrival of this child.

After listening to Lu Ji's words, he thought that maybe the heavens didn't want to see her in a dilemma, so he helped her make a choice. Just like Lu Ji said, if this child is not Zhu Yuanzhang's, the ending may be worse than leaving quietly now. Thinking about it like this, she reluctantly accepted the result and was willing to drink medicine and eat.

She had just served the medicine here, and when she heard that Guo Hui was visiting, she was very surprised, except for Ma Xiuying, who came to see her after the miscarriage, other women were indifferent, what did Guo Huilai mean?

However, Guo Hui's status is higher than her, and she has no right to refuse to see her, so she can only put down the bowl and salute Guo Hui who came uninvited.

Guo Hui actually helped her personally and said: "Your body is like this, what kind of etiquette, drink the medicine quickly, it won't disturb your rest." ”

Guo Hui, who has always been disdainful of her, suddenly approached her! Yan Shi was frightened, and he became more and more energetic to deal with Guo Hui.

I only heard Guo Hui say: "I am really sorry for you when I hear what happened to you, but it's a pity that your child was killed by a bowl of old duck barley pot, otherwise you will be able to be a mother in a few months." ”

This statement aroused the sadness of the Yan family again, and tears couldn't help pouring out, "It's all to blame for the concubine's carelessness, and she shouldn't be greedy." ”

Guo Hui said meaningfully: "In my opinion, if someone hadn't deliberately misled us at the Chrysanthemum Banquet, why would you have suffered such a big loss." I almost wanted to drink barley soup that day, but luckily, fortunately. ”

Yan's heart was sudden, Guo Hui was clearly talking about Ma Xiuying. In fact, Lu Ji also mentioned the same thing to her, if they didn't think that the old duck barley pot was a good thing to nourish and nourish the skin, who would have thought of drinking it. Could it be that Ma Xiuying is really harming her and doesn't want her to give birth to this child? But Ma Xiuying can tolerate Li Qi'er's child, why can't she tolerate her child, could it be that Ma Xiuying is also doubting the origin of this child?