Old Madam Yan was slightly stunned, she knew that Chonglan had reduced Yan Ning's diet, but she didn't think deeply, and turned her head to look at her when she heard the words: "There is really such a thing, why do you want to be like this?" ”

Although she inquired, her tone was not very angry. Chong Lanxing was sitting up straight, and there was nothing bad to say, he glanced at Old Madam Liu lightly, and put down the tea cup in his hand without hurrying.

"I saw that Brother Ning was panting after running two steps a few days ago, so I asked the doctor, and the doctor said that it was because he was too fat, and although Brother Ning was not a girl, he was too fat to look good after all, and the child was greedy, so I had to reduce his dishes and snacks a few things."

Old Madam Yan remembered that Yan Ning had indeed lost a lot of weight recently, and she didn't care much about whether she was fat or not, but she was very satisfied with Chonglan's attentive attitude, and nodded: "You bothered." ”

Old Madam Liu didn't hold her sore feet, she was unwilling, and said with a smile: "Brother and daughter-in-law really have a heart, but I am curious to ask, what about the silver money saved by reducing the dishes?" ”

Chonglan took a red date and played with it in her hand: "Seeing that the weather was cold, I added some silver taels to myself and bought a few clothes for Brother Ning." ”

She turned to Old Madam Liu and said with a smile: "The silver saved by those dishes is not a few taels in total, so I really bother you to interrogate you so much." ”

Old Madam Liu heard her teasing and snorted with displeasure on her face.

Old Madam Yan seemed to be moved on her face, and took Chonglan's hand and sighed: "It's hard for you, my son, let Gongzhong make up for the extra silver." ”

Chonglan smiled and said: "Look at what you said, we are all a family, and I am a sister-in-law, even if I live frugally, I can't wronged my younger brothers and sisters." ”

With her many years of experience in the business, people who just talk but don't do and don't say anything are generally not good, and they have to do and talk to buy well.

Mrs. Yan was very satisfied, Mrs. Liu originally wanted to embarrass her, but she didn't expect to let her take the opportunity to show her merit, and she was appreciated by Mrs. Yan, and she couldn't help but hate it in her heart.

Chonglan saw that her eyes were not good, and she pretended to be scared and turned her head. She couldn't figure out why Mrs. Liu targeted her so much, but later asked many old servants in the family to find out the reason.

Mrs. Liu resented her in her heart, firstly, because Liu Yuan came in unmarried, but let her take the lead, but secondly, because she was close to Mrs. Yan, and she had reaped a lot of benefits from the Qi State Mansion over the years.

In fact, these two things are one thing when discussed in detail, if Liu Yuan really marries in, their ancestors and grandchildren should be together, wouldn't they want to dig out the foundation of the Qi State Mansion?

While she was thinking about it, Mrs. Yan was talking to the two with a smile: "... Sister Yu is blessed, and the little son of Zhennanhou does not think she is sick and weak, and is willing to marry her as his wife. ”

She said and recited the Buddha: "This embroidery is better to finally be able to put her mind at ease, she has been beating Sister Yu and Xuan, I don't know how much worry about her marriage, I didn't expect that now a good marriage will take the initiative to send it to the door." ”

She said proudly: "Zhennanhou is now in charge of the old general Song, the old minister of the three dynasties, and the daughter-in-law of the family has a princess and a county lord. ”

Xiuning is Aunt Yan's maiden name, and the jade sister in Mrs. Yan's mouth is Aunt Yan's concubine. Female, she has always been frail and sickly, so although the family is good, she still hasn't said good family affairs, and she has been picking high or low for many years.

Chonglan remembered that she had seen Sister Yu at the beginning, although her face was delicate and tactful, she had to cough a few times when she said a few words, and she would hold her waist and gasp lightly when she walked two steps, and she was in stark contrast to Aunt Yan, who was neat and cheerful beside her, and it was indeed an excellent marriage to marry into such a family, even if it was not the eldest son.

Over there, Mrs. Liu showed envy on her face, and still smiled: "Sister Yu's son is born well, the family is high, and the father, mother, brother and sister-in-law are all reliable, it is a matter of time before she marries a good family, I think it is the blessing of their Hou Mansion that Zhennan Hou can marry her." ”

Seeing that Old Madam Yan was extremely happy by these words, she glanced at Chonglan intentionally or unintentionally, and sighed: "It's just that I pity my daughter, who is so old and hasn't declined, what can I do in the future?" ”

Old Madam Yan didn't hear the deep meaning of her words, but just gently persuaded her: "Yuan'er's talent is horizontal, and she is also known for her reputation, and it is not difficult to get married, but a good marriage has not come to the door for a while." ”

The county lord of Qinghe said with a smile: "I heard that Yuan'er was originally going to discuss marriage with her eldest brother, but is there such a thing?" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the room fell silent. Mrs. Yan praised Chonglan too much, and she didn't want to slap her mouth, so she just lowered her head to drink tea, and Mrs. Liu put on a look of watching a good show, Chonglan pretended not to hear, and looked down at the green tea soup in the tea bowl.

After a while, Mrs. Yan saw that the atmosphere was really embarrassing, so she said: "It turns out that what we old people said when they joked and joked, I can't do it accurately, and the second daughter-in-law, you just came in and don't know the details, so don't tell it by hearsay, so as not to ruin Yuan'er's reputation." ”

The county lord of Qinghe sneered and pursed his lips, and then lowered his head and blocked it with the lid of the bowl.

Old Madam Liu's face sank, when Mrs. Yan pulled her and kept saying that she wanted Yan He to marry Yuan'er, how true her words were, and now it has become a joke in a blink of an eye, and it is really good to look at this merchant girl with a heavy surname.

She had a haze in her eyes, looked Chonglan up and down a few times, and suddenly showed concern on her face: "Second daughter-in-law, you have been married in for more than half a year, why hasn't there been any movement in your stomach?" ”

She glanced at the old lady Yan: "It's pitiful, my old sister has a lot of grandchildren in the family, but unfortunately I have never seen my great-grandson Chenghuan's knees, the heir is the foundation of the family's prosperity, and my brother and daughter-in-law, you are already a blessing to be able to marry in, but you have to pay more attention, don't just think about how to win people." ”

Her last sentence was not good, but Mrs. Yan didn't hear it, as if she was touched by the first few words, and thoughtfully: "What my sister-in-law said is also reasonable, why don't you invite a doctor to show her brother and daughter-in-law?" ”

The county lord of Qinghe smiled and helped: "What Mrs. Liu said is that the heir is the fundamental matter of the family, and it must not be neglected. ”

Fortunately, Chonglan is now confirmed to be pregnant, otherwise she would have to be anxious for a while when she heard this, she thought about it and couldn't help but glance at the county lord of Qinghe.

There are not a few people who have not moved for a year or two after getting married, according to Mrs. Liu's meaning, does everyone have to have a movement before marriage like the county lord of Qinghe to make the family prosperous?

She couldn't help but be happy on her face, but she quickly looked solemn, and sighed lightly with embarrassment: "What the second lady said is, it's a pity that the daughter-in-law is unlucky, unlike you, there is a movement when she gets married, I really envy my daughter-in-law, I am a stupid person, why don't you teach me, how can I conceive an heir as soon as possible?" ”

The main face of Qinghe County is dark, and her most contradictory place is that she is obviously pregnant with an adulterous child, but she hates people the most when she mentions it in front of her, and she obviously behaves misbehaps, so she has to pretend to be innocent and good.

But anyone who knows the details of the pregnancy of the county lord of Qinghe will not think that this is a compliment, but she said it very sincerely, as if she did not know it and sincerely asked for advice.

Qinghe County mainly fell into anger at this time, so Pi laughed without smiling: "The matter of the heir depends on the blessing, and the blessing will naturally come." ”

Chonglan smiled and said, "That's what you said." ”

Old Madam Liu snorted coldly: "Brother and daughter-in-law, talking about business here, what are you talking about him all the time?" Having children and continuing to have heirs is a human affair, but it is not for you to use it for casual child's play! ”

A sneer slowly rose on her lips: "At the beginning, I saw that you had no one to help you, and you had no children under your knees, so I kindly sent a maid to help you serve your husband, where is that maid now?" ”

Chonglan said lightly: "When you are old, you will go out to get married." ”

Old Madam Liu seemed to have finally pinched her sore feet, and slapped the table hard: "You dare to send the people sent by the elders kindly, you dare to send them at will, do you know that jealousy and non-emergence are seven out of seven, but with these two, your grandmother and father-in-law can make his brother out of wive!" ”

Old Madam Yan frowned slightly, even when she hated Chonglan the most, she didn't think about letting Yan He become a wife, for no other reason, the Qi Mansion couldn't afford to lose this person.

She was about to speak, when she saw Chonglan's face slowly sinking, but she didn't see the slightest panic: "Jin Nian is busy with official business all day long, and he is not interested in the concubine's room, even if I stay in the house for a while, he will be annoyed." Yinqiu's maid saw that she was old, and she didn't want to be so stumbling, so she begged to go, and if her uncle didn't feel ashamed, she called the maid to confront her, and saw if I forced her to leave, or if she wanted to marry. ”

Yinqiu only married a shopkeeper who she could use a few days ago, she got the status of a lover and a dowry, and her life was nourishing, and she would never help Mrs. Liu speak.

She wiped the corners of her eyes, her face full of grievances: "Speaking of which, before Yinqiu got married, I thought that she was the one sent by the elders, not only did she work hard to choose a good family for her, but also accompanied a dowry out. ”

Old Madam Liu's face was very ugly, she said that after all, she was just a relative of the Yan family, and she was not a direct elder of Chonglan, and her reputation for such an aggressive spread was also ugly, but she was not comfortable in her heart if she didn't say it.

She gritted her teeth, took a deep breath and said, "What about this, it's always true, right?" Since you are so virtuous and generous, then simply accept two maids for Brother He into the room, and you can't watch your eldest son and grandson die. ”

The county lord of Qinghe had already stopped talking, but when he thought of Yan Sansi's room full of concubines, goodbye Chonglan and Yan He were deeply affectionate, and half of the excess in the house could not be accommodated, and he was very happy to see this scene, and followed to help:

"What my uncle said is also reasonable, in a family like ours, which family is not a man with three wives and four concubines, how can you force yourself and your brother to only guard you? Besides, it's not difficult for an heir to prosper if you're a solo pet in a special house, not to mention that you don't have an heir yet. ”

After the two of them finished speaking, they all stared at Chonglan in unison, looking like a cat teasing rats, she had always shown herself to be well-behaved, if she refused openly, the reputation of virtue that was easy to stand up would be completely ruined.

Old Madam Liu waited for a while, and when she saw that Chonglan was silent, her heart was even more happy, and she asked urgently: "Brother and daughter-in-law, whether this matter will be successful or not, you should give me the right words." You have no queen now, and it just so happens that I saw an innocent girl's family, who is also from a merchant family like you, and just brought it to his brother and his concubine, so that he could give birth to an heir as soon as possible, what do you think? ”

The fire in Chonglan's heart couldn't help but burn, what Mrs. Liu meant by this was that the daughter of a merchant family was at most given to Yan He as a concubine.

She was full of anger, but her face was silent, and Mrs. Liu said impatiently: "Why don't you talk to your brother and daughter-in-law, isn't Fang Cai quite able to speak?" I'll say something you can't wait to refute! Why are there no words now? ”

She thought that she had finally gotten Chonglan's sore feet, and she pressed it tighter and tighter: "You and Brother He'er are a good husband and wife, and you have no children yourself, do you want to watch him die?" ”

Old Madam Yan opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but she felt that Old Madam Liu's last sentence was quite reasonable, so she closed her mouth and said nothing.

Chonglan finally raised her head, but the expression on her face was by no means the resentment and panic that Old Madam Liu imagined, but with a little shyness, she half-covered her face with a silk and said shyly: "Granddaughter-in-law originally wanted to talk to grandmother later, but since Mrs. Uncle said this, then granddaughter-in-law will say it." ”

She said softly: "I just went to Lang Zhong yesterday to check the pulse, and said that I have been pregnant for more than four months. ”

As soon as these words came out, it was tantamount to a thunderclap on a sunny day, and the three people in the room were stunned, speechless for a long time, but Mrs. Liu reacted the most, and said loudly: "Impossible, how can there be such a coincidence in this world?" I just said here that you are pregnant, even if you send a child Guanyin, it is not so fast! ”

As she spoke, she felt a little more confident, and sneered: "I just persuaded you to take a concubine, you just said that you are pregnant, don't do a foolish thing for the sake of anger!" ”

Old Madam Yan was also full of disbelief, and said with a slightly sinking face: "If you don't accept a concubine, how can you use this kind of thing to deceive your elders?" ”

The calmest of the three was the county lord of Qinghe, who frowned slightly, not knowing what she was thinking.

Chonglan made enough gestures as a newly pregnant daughter-in-law, lowered her eyes and said, "Since the two elders don't believe it, then ask the doctor to come and take a look." ”

In fact, she didn't want to say it when she saw that Mrs. Liu was here, but the words were all said for this part, and it would be harmful to hide it again, so it was better to say it and give her a good slap in the face.

Mrs. Yan hurriedly instructed someone to invite the doctor to come over, and after the pulse was diagnosed, the doctor congratulated with a happy face: "Congratulations to the old lady, the eldest young lady has been pregnant for more than four months. ”

Mrs. Yan thought that Yan He would have a future from now on, her face was full of joy, and her eyes were full of kindness and pity when she looked at Chonglan, and ordered someone to change the tea in front of her with ginseng soup: "This is really a great joy, and my brother is finally going to have a future, you are so good that you will be raised, you don't have to come to my house to ask for peace in the future, let's go to the temple in a few days to worship, bless your mother and son safely." ”

Chonglan responded with a smile, Mrs. Liu's face was the same color as the pork liver in sauce, and the folds on her face trembled layer by layer, and she squeezed out a smile after a while: "Congratulations to my brother and daughter-in-law, why didn't you tell your grandmother earlier about such a big pregnancy, and what are you doing so tightly?" ”

Chonglan didn't seem to understand her words, and said with a red face and a bowed head: "I heard people say that pregnancy is all about joy, and I didn't feel happy in this fetus, let alone have no side reactions. ”

Mrs. Yan's face was full of joy and couldn't hide it: "It's possible to be pregnant, I vomited so much when I was pregnant that I couldn't eat anything, but I was able to eat and sleep when I was pregnant with Xiuning, and I didn't react at all." ”

She turned to Mrs. Liu and said, "She is just newly married, how can she know this, and the sister-in-law is too strict." ”

Old Madam Liu's face was extremely ugly, she smiled reluctantly, said a few flattering words against her will, and saw that she couldn't get anything good, so she got up and said goodbye.

The county lord of Qinghe also got up at this time, and the two of them walked out of the courtyard and walked into the secluded courtyard, and Mrs. Liu sighed as if unintentionally: "Brother and daughter-in-law see that they have a son-in-law, and my sister-in-law also values her, it seems that the position of the prince of the country must fall into the hands of Brother He." ”

The county lord of Qinghe moved his lips slightly, sneered, and strode back to his yard, she wanted to discuss with Yan Sanle secretly, and saw a beautiful young man in the main hall drinking tea and laughing with Yan Sansi, seeing her coming, he smiled slightly:

"Eldest sister, I've been waiting for you for a while."

......

Chonglan was pulled by Mrs. Yan and told her a lot of precautions during pregnancy, she knew that these were good for herself, so she listened carefully, the two rarely talked very happily, and when it was time for lunch, she got up to say goodbye, and Mrs. Yan ordered someone to send her a lot of tonics.

She sighed while being helped by Qingyun: "Old Madam Yan doesn't care about me, it's really good to the eldest young master." ”

Qingge said: "In the end, it's my own grandson, can you not think about it in your heart?" ”

Qingyun spoke quickly, and said on the side: "Even my uncle's wife is also angry, and it's not their family, are you pregnant, and it is her turn to jump up and down?" The old lady didn't say anything about the concubine, but she hurriedly pasted it! ”

Chonglan patted her: "Don't go out and talk nonsense, otherwise I won't be able to save you." ”

She smiled and said, "My uncle is not Jinnian's own grandmother, I wish our family was turned upside down, and she could benefit from it." ”

The three of them laughed and returned to the courtyard, and saw that Yan He was already waiting in the courtyard, and saw her coming up to help: "All said?" ”

Chonglan snorted: "Can you not say it?" My uncle's wife forced me to take a concubine for you with no reason, and if I hide it any longer, we will have to add more people to our courtyard. ”

Yan He sighed, obviously not very interested in the topic of concubines, and changed his mind and said: "The emperor has rewarded the governor's mansion down, and we will be able to move in in a while." ”