The house is two rooms inside, and there are two people in the room. A young man was lying on the bed, his cheeks sunken and pale, and he was sleeping. Another woman, dressed as a young woman, was sitting on the edge of the bed, making a tunic for her.

Yinzhu's voice alarmed the man, and his brow moved slightly, as if he would be woken up at any moment. The woman hurriedly reached out and patted him gently, until her expression calmed down again, then she frowned and glanced back at Yin Zhu, and said in a low voice: "What is the urgency like this, Wei Lang took medicine and fell asleep." ”

The woman with the woman's hair in a bun was Cui Xiuwan, and when she saw Yinzhu coming back, she said, "What happened?" ”

Yinzhu couldn't care about the person on the bed at this time, so he pulled Cui Xiuwan to the outhouse and said, "Girl, it's not good!" ”

Cui Xiuwan felt anxious when she heard the words "no".

Nanyuan hunted, first Cheng Enbo was violently ill, and then the epidemic broke out in the two counties, and in the chaos, she escaped with Yinzhu and met her sweetheart. In order to prevent the Cui family from looking for someone, they went the opposite way and decided to go out of the capital to the north for a while, and then turn back and take a boat south.

However, perhaps her luck was all used up at this point, and the three of them walked to this town, Wei Yuan started a cold and fever, and asked Lang Zhong to come to check the pulse, it was malaria!

At this moment, the malaria epidemic occurred in the two counties, and although the town was far away from the place where the epidemic occurred, it also heard that the malaria epidemic was coming, and immediately detained the three of them.

Fortunately, the county magistrate here was a kind person, so he only left them in the medicine hall in the town, and although his actions were restricted, he let Lang Zhong continue to treat Wei Yuan. That is, three or five days later, the method of treating malaria with stinky artemisia water came out from the epidemic area, and Lang Zhong also learned to use it, so Wei Yuan's life was finally saved.

Count, they've been living in the town for more than a month. Because she escaped from Nanyuan, Cui Xiuwan didn't have much money on her. Wei Yuan brought a lot of silver with him when he came out of the house, but he lived in the capital for several months, and now he has asked for a doctor, medicine, and daily expenses, and he has gradually become empty.

Cui Xiuwan has been pampered since childhood, and Wei Yuan is also the only son in the family, neither of them is a person who can be wronged, and he doesn't know how to be frugal when he spends money, so he was suddenly delayed for more than a month because of this illness, and it was time to be a thing.

Wei Yuan's illness was fierce, and when he burned badly, he only thought he was dying, shouting that he wanted to go home, and he would die at home. But how could he travel a long way back to Fuzhou like this, so he had to send one of the little guys around him back to deliver the letter.

Cui Xiuwan didn't go through any major events, seeing Wei Yuan's appearance, she was also scared, tossed until a few days ago, and finally couldn't help but let Yinzhu go back to the capital, nominally to be some expensive jewelry, the pawnshops in the capital gave out a lot of money, but actually wanted Yinzhu to go back to Cui's house to see.

As a result, Yinzhu went for a whole day, and when she came back, she looked so depressed, Cui Xiuwan's heart unconsciously twitched: "What, yes, was discovered?" "Will the family come and get her back? But now that the marriage period has passed, Youwan may have married Shen Shu, right?

"No, it's not-" Yinzhu grabbed Cui Xiuwan's sleeve tightly, "Girl, there's a funeral at home!" ”

"What funeral?" Cui Xiuwan didn't understand yet, "Who had an accident?" Is it the father or the mother? ”

"It's you, girl!" Yinzhu seemed to cry instead of crying, as if smiling instead of laughing, "The slave maid went to inquire, we were gone for less than ten days, and the family told the palace that the girl had died of a violent illness, and the funeral had been done, and even the girl's coffin was sent back to her hometown!" ”

Cui Xiuwan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly understood the meaning here: "What are you talking about!" Father and mother - they said, "I'm dead?" "That's not right! The letter she left behind clearly told her parents that she was seriously ill!

Yinzhu felt that he couldn't cry at this time: "Yes." In the capital, it was said that he had encountered a quack's wrong medicine, and he became ill at night, and he went early the next morning. King Anjun has already said that he will keep it for you for a year. Now the funeral has been done, and the coffin has been sent back to his hometown - girl, what can I do! ”

"No, it won't......" Cui Xiuwan never expected that her family would make such a decision, she only felt dizzy and sat down in her chair, "I, I'm obviously not dead...... I left a letter for my mother - could it be that I didn't see it? ”

Yinzhu's tears finally came out: "Girl, we are not being found in the capital......" If you don't see the letter left behind, the princess of Zhun Jun is missing, how can you find someone in the capital. But now all the news is Cui Xiuwan's death, which is enough to prove that the Cui family made a decision after seeing the letter.

"No-" Cui Xiuwan burst into tears, "Mother won't be so ruthless...... announced her death to the public, so how will she deal with herself in the future?

"Girl, that's already the case now." Yin Zhu was stunned by this blow on the way back, but now he came to his senses faster than Cui Xiuwan, "What matters now is to think about it, if the Wei family comes, what will they do?" ”

Speaking of the Wei family, Cui Xiuwan finally had a little spirit: "By the way, there is also the Wei family, and Wei Lang!" Just wait for someone from the Wei family to come! ”

Yinzhu was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "Girl, I don't know what the Wei family will do!" This, this is all said to be hired as a wife, Ben, Ben is a concubine! ”

Cui Xiuwan retorted: "That's someone else's house!" If you bring back a strange woman without the order of your parents, you can only be a concubine. My cousin of the Wei family has always liked me, and if I go to the Wei family, I naturally can't be like others. ”

"That's from the old days, girl......" Yinzhu was not so optimistic.

"What happened to the past?" Cui Xiuwan was straightforward, "In the past, I also had a marriage contract, if my cousin didn't like me, she would naturally let Wei Lang avoid me a long time ago." ”

Yin Zhu had nothing to say, but the worry on his face was not less: "Girl, even if your aunt is still there now-what identity can the girl use now?" "Cui Xiuwan is dead, can you still marry in the name of a prefect's girl?

This time it was Cui Xiuwan's turn to have nothing to say, and she said after a while: "I have Wei Lang's flesh and blood, even if the Wei family looks at this, they can't do without me." ”

Yin Zhu felt that it made sense: "The girl hasn't told the young master about this yet." ”

Indeed, for fear of being discovered, Cui Xiuwan's letters to Wei Yuan were extremely short, just a narrow piece of paper, which was convenient to hide anywhere. The letter only said that Wei Yuan wanted to pick her up in Nanyuan, but did not say that she was pregnant. When they met, they first thought about how to avoid the Cui family's search, and then Wei Yuan was sick, which made Cui Xiuwan forget that she was pregnant.

"This kid is sensible, he hasn't bothered me these days......" Cui Xiuwan lowered her head and stroked her lower abdomen.

"Yes, he will be a filial one in the future." Yin Zhu hurriedly agreed. This is true, since she left Nanyuan, Cui Xiuwan didn't vomit anymore, she took care of Wei Yuan so much every day, and there was nothing sad except for exhaustion, which shows that this child is really not noisy.

The master and servant said a few words, and Cui Xiuwan's eyes fell on the door: "I don't know when the Wei family will come." "Now Weiyuan's malaria is almost better, but his body is too weak to recuperate. And apart from him, there is no malaria in this town, and the county order has been relieved, no longer staring at them like a great enemy before, as long as the Wei family comes, they can take it away.

"There's movement—" Yin Zhu pricked up his ears, "Girl, you listen, it seems to be the voice of Xiaoluzi." ”

Xiao Luzi is the little guy next to Wei Yuan, the one who sent the letter back to Fuzhou. Cui Xiuwan listened attentively, and sure enough, it was like his voice, and she suddenly stood up excitedly: "Could it be that the Wei family is here?" ”

It was the Wei family who came, and it was Wei's father and mother who came together. When Cui Xiuwan saw Mrs. Wei, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she greeted her as if she had seen a relative: "Cousin-"

Mrs. Wei reluctantly squeezed out a smile from her red face, and then saw that Wei Yuan was still lying on the bed and asleep, so she rushed over: "Yuan'er! ”

"Cousin, Wei Lang - cousin, he's fine, he doesn't have cold and fever anymore, Lang Zhong said, as long as he is healthy and recuperating." Cui Xiuwan wiped her tears and followed, "There are no good things in this town, I have wronged my cousin." ”

Master Wei was standing outside talking to Lang Zhong. He is a lifter, and he only resigned and returned to his hometown after only a few terms as a county minister, but he saved some family property for his son to study, hoping that his son will be righteous in the future.

Lang Zhong spoke straightforwardly: "Ling Lang's illness is fierce, don't tell the old man, if it is changed from the past, I am afraid that this town will not be cured." It is also in a hurry this year, a few days ago, the two counties of Lantian and Luonan launched the malaria epidemic, and the women's hospital that went to treat the epidemic judged a prescription to use cold-soaked stinky artemisia water to treat malaria, saving the lives of thousands of people in the two counties. This method came out, and Ling Lang's illness was also cured in this way. In addition, Ling Lang is young and in good health, and now he has nothing to do, as long as he is healthy and recuperates, he can use more medicines and meals to replenish blood and qi. If it is raised, it will not hinder it in the future. ”

Master Wei let go of an old heart. Wei Yuan is an only son, and he is more enlightened than him in reading, and now he has won the lift, which is the treasure in the eyes of his father. As soon as Xiao Luzi ran back and said that he was too sick to die, Mrs. Wei was almost scared to death, and now that she heard Lang Zhong say it so surely, she finally put her heart back in her stomach. Only then did I have the energy to inquire about some gossip: "The female court judges? Is it too hospital? When did a woman get a court sentence? ”

This is the big news in the capital this year, they are all peers, and Lang Zhong also feels honored, so he immediately said it.

Mrs. Wei was not interested in these things, but when she heard that her son was indeed fine, she immediately put the epidemic behind her, and just went to see Wei Yuan.

There were so many voices in the room, Wei Yuan was also woken up, and when he opened his eyes and saw his mother, he was also surprised and delighted: "Mother-" Speaking of which, although he is twenty years old, he has never had such a serious illness, and now he only feels that he is going around the ghost gate, and he can't help but feel weak when he sees his mother.

This call immediately brought Mrs. Wei into tears: "My son, you are—what is the trouble!" "When Wei Yuan first entered Beijing, he said that he wanted to study in a college near the capital, on the one hand, he had a long experience, and on the other hand, he also adapted to the capital, which was also good for the spring of the next year.

Although Mrs. Wei was reluctant to let her son go so far, she also knew that he would always have to go to Beijing to take the exam in the future, so she specially arranged for someone to send someone over. Hou Wei Yuan used the excuse that the academy did not allow so many subordinates to send people back, she was a little worried, otherwise she was worried and worried, and something really happened!

"Auntie, my cousin really doesn't have to worry about it anymore." Cui Xiuwan saw Wei Yuan struggling to sit up, lifted a corner of the quilt, and hurriedly went over and gently tucked it up, "It's just that I'm sick, and my body is still weak, so let's lie down and talk." ”

Mrs. Wei glanced at her out of the corner of her eye and swallowed back the words that came to her lips.

In the past, she liked Cui Xiuwan very much. A Cui Zhifu official residence four products, if this relative can get along well, Wei Yuan will have a great help in the future. And Cui Xiuwan is the future princess, and she is even more heavenly to the Wei family. Second, Cui Xiuwan was born beautiful, quiet and quiet, Mrs. Wei has no daughters, and she naturally loves the Cui family sisters, if it weren't for the difference between the two families, she would say that she took these two girls as her daughters.

From this point of view, Cui Xiuwan's self-confidence is well-founded, but it is only half right - Mrs. Wei only treats her as a daughter, but she does not mean to treat her as a future daughter-in-law, and the Wei family knows that she has a marriage contract. Of course, Wei Yuan also knew, so when he said that he was going to come to the capital, Mr. and Mrs. Wei didn't expect him to come after Cui Xiuwan.

As soon as Xiao Luzi went home and said this, Mrs. Wei fainted. At that time, I thought that my son was sick to death, and I couldn't care about anything else, but now that I see that my son is fine, I just remembered that my son had seduced the princess of Zhun County! If this incident breaks out, it will not be Wei Yuan who will die, and the entire Wei family will probably be finished.

With this thought, the husband and wife hurriedly rushed to the capital, inquiring carefully along the way, but did not hear that the Cui family had a funeral, and the husband and wife were nervous and confused, and they couldn't wait to get to the place in one step.

finally saw her son, Mrs. Wei's sweat on the road didn't go away, she just wanted to close the door and ask her son, but Cui Xiuwan didn't have any eyesight, and she was still crowded on the edge of the bed, which made Mrs. Wei angry, anxious and annoyed, and it was difficult to say anything.

After saying a few words to Lang Zhong outside, Master Wei also remembered that his son had stabbed a hornet's nest. He didn't want to enter the house, so he turned around and asked Lang Zhong: "On the way here, I heard that there are nobles in the capital who are gone?" ”

Cui Xiuwan and Wei Yuan said to the outside world that they were a young couple who came to join their relatives, and Yinzhu was her sister. However, none of them knew how to act, Lang Zhong had already seen that something was wrong, but he just didn't say it, he was happy to gossip with Master Wei, and when he heard it, he said: "It's not." The former four princes, who are now crowned the king of Anjun, were supposed to get married in September, but the princess of Zhun County suddenly fell ill and died. ”

Master Wei hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" How do you say that if you don't have it, it's gone? ”

Lang Zhong also said by hearsay: "It was said that he had a sudden illness, and Lang Zhong used the wrong medicine, and the person disappeared all of a sudden." When he went to look for it at home, Lang Zhong had already run away, and he didn't catch it in the end. "The same is Langzhong, he made up two more sentences, "But I heard that this princess of Zhun County was born weak, and she has been unaccustomed to the water and soil since she arrived in the capital, and she can't be cured by changing a few stubbles......

"What about the county king?"

Speaking of this, Lang Zhong said with relish: "I heard that King Anjun is very sad and wants to guard the princess who has not passed through the door for a year." However, the princess also has a younger sister in her family, and I heard that she married this girl in a year. Hey, too, what about a good family affair with the royal family...... "Who is willing to miss it like this?"

Master Wei said tentatively: "In the palace, didn't you say anything? Didn't ask the princess about her mother's sin? ”

Lang Zhong was a little strange: "Ask for sin? What sin is this to ask? "When someone dies, their daughter is uncomfortable, and they still have to ask for sin? That's too impersonal, even if it's royal.

Looks like it's okay? Master Wei's heart was half relieved, and he turned around and called Mrs. Wei out, and the husband and wife closed the door and said about it: "The Cui family seems to want to press this matter." ”

Mrs. Wei understood these inner house methods better than him, and immediately understood: "If this matter is going to get out, the Cui family will also be unlucky." This is a lost pawn to protect the car. She said, on the one hand, she was glad that she didn't have a girl, and she had to be scared to death if she wanted to have such a girl, "I used to look at the show girl as a good person, how can I be so unorthodox!" ”

"If you don't have a legacy, your son will have a share." Master Wei was sure that there would be no people from the palace who would come out to arrest Wei Yuan, and as soon as his heart was put down, Father Yan's posture naturally stood up, "It's just not like words!" asked him to come to the capital to study, and he did such a humiliating thing! ”

Mrs. Wei was not happy when she heard this: "What are you talking about!" Xiao Luzi didn't say it all, it was Xiu Yatou who proposed to elope! ”

"You still know it's an elopement!" Master Wei was also annoyed, "If he is clean and self-conscious, will other people's daughters insist on eloping with him?" ”

"Be quiet!" Mrs. Wei was more annoyed than him, "She has a mother, a sister and a subordinate by her side, if she doesn't respect herself, wouldn't Yuan'er force her out?" ”

The husband and wife both had their own reasons, and after a few quarrels, Master Wei was defeated first: "What are you talking about, just what to do now?" ”

Mrs. Wei also knows that she will accept it when she sees it: "What else can I do, I can't marry her anyway, and I can't touch it!" ”

When Master Wei heard this answer, the fire came up again: "The raw rice has been cooked, how can you ignore it?" ”

"What kind of raw rice is cooked—" Mrs. Wei scoffed, "and your eyes are just a change of hairstyle." Looking at Cui Xiuwan's gait and expression, the two of them didn't succeed at all. Once upon a time, there was an aunt in her mother's family, who was released from the palace, and she would watch this. Mrs. Wei was already getting married at that time, and she should also receive a little education in this area. This aunt was close to her and taught her a lot of things in private, but unfortunately she didn't give birth to a daughter, so she was useless as a hero.

Master Wei didn't dare to believe it: "Really? If that's the case, it's okay...... "It's good that I haven't touched it, then I can find a way to settle down."

"When I took it back, I said that it was a distant relative, and I stayed at home first-" Mrs. Wei said and felt that it was inappropriate, "No, when I returned to Fuzhou, there were many people with mixed eyes, and they all recognized her...... If it doesn't work, she can't be allowed to go back! ”

Old Man Wei thought and said, "Otherwise, send her back to her hometown?" "The ancestral home of the Wei family is Jingxiang, far away from Fuzhou, and no one will recognize Cui Xiuwan over there.

The husband and wife were discussing, and Mrs. Wei's personal maid had already come in with a panicked face: "Madam, it's not good-"

"What's so brazen and panicked?" Mrs. Wei is worried.

The maid looked at Master Wei and hesitated, but still said, "The slave maid just heard Miss Cui's maid say that Miss Cui is already happy." ”

"What!" Mrs. Wei stood up with a sigh of relief. What kind of joy is this, it's just a □□ annoyance!

"This son of a!" Master Wei was furious, if it weren't for the outside, he would want to drag his son up and beat him now.

Or Mrs. Wei calmed down quickly: "No......" Obviously looking at Cui Xiuwan has not changed, could it be that she looked away, "I'll ask Yuan'er!" ”

"My son and Xiuwan have always been affectionate and polite!" Wei Yuan was asked by Mrs. Wei behind closed doors, and immediately became anxious, "There is no place to cross half a point!" "He grew up reading the books of the sages, and he is definitely not a disciple like that! The most daring move was just to kiss Cui Xiuwan, at that time, I felt that Cui Xiuwan was about to get married, and it would be impossible to get close in the future, so I made such a move under impulse.

Mrs. Wei naturally believed in her son, and she herself saw that Cui Xiuwan was not pregnant, so she immediately put her heart into practice, nodded and said: "Mother believes in you, but the house in this place is shallow and narrow, and it is not like you living together like this." It's late today, so we'll change places tomorrow morning. "I left here first, and then it was not too late to invite someone to diagnose Cui Xiuwan's pulse.

Wei Yuan's body was still weak, and he gasped a little when he was in a hurry, and said: "Mother, now Xiuwan is running out with me, and she doesn't even want her life, and her son can't bear her." ”

She doesn't want to die, and she may even lose her life to Cui Wei's family. Mrs. Wei scolded secretly in her heart, and her face was silent: "I'll talk about it when you're sick." She can't wait to take her son home now, but Wei Yuan is so weak that she can't rush in the cold.

Since the malaria did not spread, and Wei Yuan's illness was cured, no one restrained him, and the family quit Langzhong and moved out the next day. When Mrs. Wei was leaving, she asked Lang Zhong to give him a silver ticket of two hundred taels, saying that she was thanking him for his medical expenses, and Lang Zhong knew in his heart that this was a hush money, otherwise even if all the medicine expenses for these days were counted, it would not be able to make so much.

Lang Zhong's mouth must be tighter, otherwise he will not be able to move around in the house door at all. This Lang Zhong took the silver ticket, and only said that a relative came to pick up the little couple, which is a later story.

Besides, the Wei family and his entourage left the town, walked more than ten miles east to the county seat, and stayed in the inn, so they invited a Lang Zhong to come and first diagnosed Wei Yuan's pulse, and then gave Cui Xiuwan a pulse diagnosis by the way.

The news that Cui Xiuwan was pregnant was naturally Yin Zhu's words that leaked out in front of the Wei family's maid after she was instructed, and she thought that Mrs. Wei would ask her immediately, but who knew that there was no movement. No matter how sure she was, when Mrs. Wei came, her expression was quite cold, and her heart was empty, and she didn't sleep well all night. On the second day, when I rode in a carriage on the road, I felt that my lower abdomen fell to the ground, and I went into the inn to take off my clothes and take a look, and there were a few dark red spots on my trousers.