Let's not talk about Wan Fuxiang and Zhao Shuxian's "killing" and Jiang Cuilian and Wan Fuxiang's separation. Let's pull back the lens back to two years ago.

Jiang Cuilian's "dragon seed" grandson is gone! Zhao Shuxian's girl again! Master Long and Mrs. Long put the matter of taking a concubine for Long in Tian on the agenda again. Zhao Shuxian heard that Master Long and Mrs. Long were going to take concubines for Long Zaitian, and she went crazy and made a fuss.

After Zhao Shuxian made a fuss for a while, she suddenly realized that if she wanted to be invincible in Longfu forever, the first thing to bear the brunt of was to give birth to a son herself. But how can you have a son? I have been infertile for many years, and I finally got pregnant! And he gave birth to a daughter. After this birth, I don't know when I will be able to conceive again; It's just that I'm pregnant, and I don't know if I can have a baby.

What to do? Zhao Shuxian suddenly thought of her former maid Shan Wushuang - Shan Wushuang gave birth to a boy in the second year after marrying Zhao Tong, named Zhao Ming. Now I'm pregnant again! Will you be pregnant with another child? Why don't I...... Thinking of this, Zhao Shuxian asked her personal maid Lan Xinmei to take good care of Xiao Fengyi, and she went back to her parents' house alone!

Zhao Shuxian returned to her parents' house in a hurry, and when she heard Xin'er's Shan Wushuang, she hurried over to meet her old master.

"Young grandma! How did you come back today? Shan Wushuang asked respectfully.

"Peerless! I'm coming back today to look for you. ”

"What's the matter with Grandma looking for me?"

"Peerless! You know I'm weak and unpopular in the Dragon Mansion. I thought about it, if I want to change the current situation, I must have a son myself, so that the mother can value the son. ”

"Yes...... But what you are giving birth to now is ......" Shan Wushuang means that Zhao Shuxian gave birth to a daughter.

"I'm having a daughter this time, but I might be able to give birth to a kid next time."

"Young grandma, are you pregnant again?" Shan Wushuang asked in surprise.

"I'm not pregnant right now, but I can get pregnant right away." Zhao Shuxian looked unfathomable.

"Can you get pregnant right away? You can also predict this? Shan Wushuang was even more surprised.

"Don't make a fuss! Aren't you pregnant? ”

"What does it have to do with my teenage grandmother getting pregnant?"

"It matters! Your pregnancy is equal to my pregnancy. ”

"I'm pregnant and you're pregnant?" Shan Wushuang is incomprehensible.

"That's right! Your pregnancy is equal to my pregnancy. ”

"What the hell is going on? Please also ask the young grandmother to make it clear. "Shan Wushuang, who was made misty by Zhao Shuxian, had to ask Zhao Shuxian for advice.

"You stupid girl! You don't understand it for a long time? Now you're pregnant! I will go back and pretend to be pregnant, and when you give birth to a child, I will say that I gave birth to a child. Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds? I have a son, too! Your son can also go to Hehron's Mansion to enjoy his blessings! ”

"This ...... Is this possible? "Shan Wushuang thinks that Zhao Shuxian's plan is too mysterious; The second is not very willing to give away their own flesh and blood to others.

"Why not? As long as we take every step of the way and be careful everywhere, it will be seamless. Zhao Shuxian said with confidence - Zhao Shuxian only thought of being cautious and would not show her stuffing; didn't think about giving away for the sake of Shan Wushuang - in Zhao Shuxian's opinion, she has the right to ask for a child who was once a subordinate; There is even a kind of charity, an idea of letting Shan Wushuang take advantage.

"That'...... What if I give birth to a baby girl? ”

"Give me even a baby girl! It is better for your daughter to go to the Dragon Mansion than to be in your house. I have two daughters who are also more powerful than one. Zhao Shuxian looked strategic.

"Then I'll call Zhao Tong over, and you can tell him in person." For such a big event, Shan Wushuang would not dare to be the master alone.

"You go and call Zhao Tong over, and I'll tell him personally."

Suddenly, Shan Wushuang called Zhao Tong over; Zhao Shuxian explained the situation to him. Although Zhao Tong was a little reluctant to give away his own flesh and blood, it was not good to go against Zhao Shuxian's wishes; And if a child can go to the dignified Dragon Mansion, he will not suffer in his life; Zhao Tong also promised to give birth to his cousin Zhao Shuxian whether he gave birth to a boy or a baby girl! Zhao Shuxian took out twenty silver yuan to let Shan Wushuang, who was not too pregnant, go back to her parents' house to protect the fetus, of course, in order not to let or let people know that Shan Wushuang was pregnant-because Shan Wushuang would "not give birth" in the future.

The event was finalized, and Zhao Shuxian beckoned Zhao Tong and Shan Wushuang to eat together. During the dinner, the three of them discussed some specific issues - everyone thought that as long as they were cautious, things would definitely succeed!

After Zhao Shuxian came back from her mother's house, she went to Mr. Sun's clinic in the north of the street.

"Mr. Sun! You're busy! ”

"Yo! What are the instructions for the young grandmother to come? Mr. Sun said respectfully.

"I didn't tell me, it's just that my belly has been getting bigger recently, please help me diagnose it, whether I'm pregnant!" Zhao Shuxian first set the tone.

"Oh! That's it! Grandma, please take a seat! Have a seat! I'll take a look. ”

Mr. Sun gently put the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger of his right hand on Zhao Shuxian's wrist and tested the pulse calmly, but it didn't look like a happy pulse.

"Grandma! You...... You're not pregnant! ”

"Mr. Sun! Give it a try! How can you not be pregnant? I haven't had my period for two months! Zhao Shuxian said as she handed a red envelope wrapped in twenty silver yuan to Mr. Sun's left hand.

"This ......" Mr. Sun looked at the red envelope in his left hand, knowing Zhao Shuxian's bad intentions, and his right hand no longer checked the pulse. Big young grandma! This...... That's not going to work! I've been practicing medicine for decades, and I've never made a big mistake. If you haven't been pregnant, if you insist on being pregnant, your Dragon Mansion will smash my brand. ”

"If I'm really pregnant, and you insist that you're not pregnant, then I'll smash your brand!" Zhao Shuxian said in a fierce voice.

"This ......"

"Don't want this and that! No matter who asks you, you say I'm pregnant! I'll give birth to a baby for everyone to see. Zhao Shuxian said that, and walked away.

"Phew! Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Shameful conspiracy! A conspiracy to ruin my name! Mr. Sun looked at Zhao Shuxian's back and scolded angrily.

Everything is done! Zhao Shuxian saw an opportunity to talk to Long Zaitian.

"Young Master! I...... I look like I'm pregnant again! ”

"What? Are you pregnant again? You're crazy about kids! "Zhao Shuxian didn't get pregnant a few years ago, but now she just gave birth to Xiao Fengyi and is pregnant again! This made Long Zaitian surprised—mainly because he didn't believe it.

"Young Master! I went to see Mr. Sun a few days ago! Mr. Sun said I was pregnant! ”

"I'm really pregnant!" The upright-hearted Young Master Long Zaitian thinks that there can be no such thing as pregnancy - Mr. Sun used to say that Jiang Cuilian was happy, and Jiang Cuilian was really pregnant! Moreover, Zhao Shuxian said that she was pregnant, and she would have to give birth to a child at that time!

In order to verify the situation, Young Master Long Zaitian also went to the north of the street to ask Mr. Sun if Zhao Shuxian was pregnant. Mr. Sun, who was coerced and bribed by Zhao Shuxian, said that he was pregnant, but the expression on his face was obviously not in harmony with his words; And it was so cold that he didn't even say a word of congratulations - Long Zaitian had doubts in Young Master Heaven's heart.

After a few more days, Zhao Shuxian suddenly proposed to Young Master Long:

"Young Master! Mr. Sun said that in order to have a good fetal position and give birth to a smart and beautiful child, he suggested that the two of us should not have the same room (live as husband and wife) from now on, and also said that it is best to live in separate rooms. ”

"Mr. Sun suggested that the two of us should not have sex together from now on? Have we been in the same room lately? He said we'd better live in separate rooms, so we'll live in separate rooms. "Young Master Long Zaitian doesn't love Zhao Shuxian at all, and he doesn't know when he has had a married life. He heard Zhao Shuxian say that Mr. Sun asked for a separate room to live, and actively agreed-Young Master Long Zaitian moved to the study on the same day.

Zhao Shuxian, who lives alone in the west room, has a belly that is "getting bigger and bigger", and although she has a lot of winter clothes, her belly is still shy and high. At this time, Zhao Shuxian proposed to Young Master Long Zaitian:

"Young Master! My mother didn't worry that I would give birth in Longfu, and asked me to go to a hospital with good birth and recuperation conditions for confinement. What do you think? ”

"What? Your mother said that the birth and breeding conditions of our Dragon Mansion are not good? Do you want to go to a hospital with good birth and maintenance conditions for confinement? Aren't the conditions of our dignified Dragon Mansion inferior to that of the hospital? ”

"Some conditions are not as good as the hospital."

"What conditions are not as good as the hospital? Well! Why don't you give birth in the house, you must go to the hospital to give birth? You're afraid you're going to do something, right? Young Master Long Zaitian, who had always felt that Zhao Shuxian's "pregnancy this time" was weird, couldn't help but ask.

"I'm all for the good of our children, but you say I'm going to do something. The dragon is in the sky! What the hell am I going to do, you say? Zhao Shuxian was afraid that the conspiracy would be revealed, so she hurried to the evil - she slapped her bulging belly as she spoke.

"Good, good! Okay, okay! You can give birth and raise wherever you like, I will do whatever you want! "As soon as Zhao Shuxian messed around, Long Zaitian had a headache. Long Zaitian, who didn't want to be verbose with Zhao Shuxian, let the young master toss as she wants.

"Then I'll go to the hospital for confinement in a day or two!" As long as Zhao Shuxian can succeed in the conspiracy, she doesn't care about Young Master Long Zaitian's contempt and ruthlessness towards her.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, Zhao Shuxian went to the West Ear Room to get (steal) two boxes of shark fin and sea cucumbers, which she did with Shan Wushuang. Later, Mrs. Long opened a breakthrough from Shan Wushuang and solved the case; made Zhao Shuxian a lot darker. Therefore, Zhao Shuxian went back to her parents' house this time to discuss with Shan Wushuang about the fake pregnancy, as well as the intimidation and bribery of Mr. Sun, but she didn't bring her personal maid Lan Xinmei. But this time, if you want to "go to the hospital to give birth", you can't go without Lan Xinmei.

On March 8, 1903, Zhao Shuxian didn't want anyone from the Long family to take care of her, so she and her mother, who received her notice to come, took her personal maid Lan Xinmei and "admitted" to Jiangzhou Hospital. The reason why the words "in" are in quotation marks is because Lan Xinmei went through the procedures for Zhao Shuxian to be hospitalized in obstetrics and gynecology, and Zhao Shuxian herself was not admitted to Jiangzhou Hospital. As long as the hospital can receive the fee, it will save trouble.

I suspect that the conditions for birth and rearing in Longfu are not good, so I have to go to the hospital to give birth; However, when she arrived at the hospital, she thought that the conditions for birth and recuperation in the hospital were not good, and Zhao Shuxian, who wanted to give birth to her mother's house, "gave birth" to a baby boy on the sixth day of her mother's house - March 14, 1903, and February 16 of the year of the Lunar New Year.

Before Zhao Shuxian "gave birth", she gave Lan Xinmei a two-day holiday. The reason for the holiday is that there may be several days before giving birth, so Lan Xinmei should hurry up and come back immediately. But when Lan Xinmei went home two days later, Zhao Shuxian had already "given birth".

Zhao Shuxian gave birth to a baby boy, and immediately asked her personal maid Lan Xinmei to return to Longfu to report the good news. When Master Long, Mrs. Long, and Long Zaitian heard the news, they were overjoyed and surprised - they were happy that Zhao Shuxian finally gave birth to a son; What is shocking is that Zhao Shuxian, who has been infertile for many years, gave birth to two children in nine and a half months - this is rare in the history of human birth.

No matter who this kind of seed is, since it fell in the Long family's field, it is considered a seedling of the Long family! The suspicious Master Long, Mrs. Long, and Long Zaitian still "washed the three" for this child, ran a full moon wine, a double full moon wine, and made a "hundred dew". And the name of Long Fengyi was named Long Zhengyi.

The young master Long Zaitian is handsome and dignified, and the dragon and phoenix yi born are also beautiful. But Long Zhengyi, the child, is a vulgar appearance with roe deer's eyes, thin and black.

The vulgar appearance of a roe deer, thin and black? Where have you seen this? Well! This looks like he-has been pondering this question in his heart, and Young Master Long Zaitian, who has always been looking at this child, suddenly thought of Zhao Tong who was making his wedding banquet.

If this child is related to Zhao Tong, there are three possibilities: first, Zhao Shuxian was born to Zhao Tong; the second is as the folk say, "the adopted son is like an uncle"; The third is that the child was born to Zhao Tong and others.

The first of these three possibilities can be ruled out; The second can be referred to; The third option, if true, is to be investigated.

Young Master Long Zaitian handed over this matter to the experienced Steward Feng to investigate secretly.

The housekeeper Feng Changwen only took three days to basically find out the situation - several neighbors of the Zhao family had heard Zhao Tong's wife Shan Wushuang say: she is "pregnant again!" Later, Shan Wushuang returned to his parents' house and did not return for several months. But at the end of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, someone saw Shan Wushuang coming back at night with a big belly; Soon Zhao Shuxian was born! Later, the Zhao family said to the outside world that Shan Wushuang was not pregnant with a second child at all.

Zhao Shuxian's abnormal behavior before giving birth, and the results of Steward Feng's investigation showed that Shan Wushuang's "non-pregnant" had a problem - Zhao Shuxian's pregnancy and childbirth had problems.

There are many things in the world that are better than figuring them out - Master Long, Mrs. Long, and Young Master Long Zaitian did not continue to investigate this issue - once the truth of such a thing is clarified, it will disgrace the Dragon Mansion, it is better to "make mistakes wrong" and "take the false as true" and keep quiet. But the family's suspicions about this matter have not been dispelled.

Zhao Shuxian "gave birth" to a "suspicious child", how could the huge family property of Longfu fall into the hands of others? Master Long and Mrs. Long thought of letting Long give birth to a concubine in Tianna, and let Long give birth to a true dragon seed in Tianzi - this time it was "heaven's wish".

The iron-clad official of the yamen and the flowing water. In the summer of the 29th year of Guangxu, there was a great flood in Quanzhou, which flooded many villages and market towns, and caused heavy casualties among people and animals. Xiao Yuxuan, the provincial governor who had long had a problem with Cao Shihong, the prefect of Jiangzhou, took the opportunity to "promote" Cao Shihong to Quanzhou as a consolation envoy and let him go to Quanzhou for disaster relief and relief of the people.

As soon as Cao Shihong left, Master Long Qingyun had no scruples! He immediately convened a family meeting, claiming that the Dragon Mansion had strong assets but no successors; In order to expand the connections of the Long family, he specially instructed his wife Li Xiangjun to go to Jiangzhou City to find a talented and plump girl to be the concubine of Long in the sky.

Because Lord Cao has been transferred, Zhao Shuxian has no worries, so she has reined in and stopped messing around. Mrs. Long followed Master Long's order and set out to handle this matter.

Mrs. Long is very self-aware, and she secretly thinks in her heart: Although the Long Mansion is an official eunuch, it is not easy to find the daughter of a wealthy family as a concubine; It seems that you can only settle for the next best thing, and it is still possible to find a girl from a medium family.

Hard work pays off. After Mrs. Long's secret visit, she finally found the daughter of a family surnamed Qin who opened a gold shop in the north of the city, and came back to pay her husband. Master Long saw that his wife was happy, and estimated that the girl was good, so he authorized his wife to be the master.

The next morning, Mrs. Long specially invited her neighbors in the north, Su Chen, the second young master, and Xu Qian, the second young grandmother of Su, who came back from studying in Japan on vacation, to take Long Zaitian and his party of four to the Qinji Gold Store in the north of the city for a blind date.

The owner of the gold shop is surnamed Qin Mingtang. He had two sons and two girls. The two sons have become self-reliant, the eldest girl has been out of the cabinet, this second lady is named Qin Keqing, and she is twenty years old. Because she was the youngest of her brothers and sisters in the family, and she was born smart and charming, the boss of Qin Tang and his wife Lin Xianglan regarded her as a pearl in their palms, so they refused to marry easily.

A few days ago, Li Xiangjun was recommended by someone to go to Qin's house to make jewelry, and he peeked at Qin Keqing and was very satisfied; also frankly explained the true intention to Qin Tang and his wife. The Qin family has heard the reputation of Longfu for a long time, and knows that it is not an idler; As for Long Zaitian, they have also met a few times, although they have no relationship, but they can see that he is a talented person; The second girl married into his family, but she was also relieved. It's just to be a concubine, I don't know what my daughter wants, so the two parties agreed to meet today.

Mrs. Qin, Lin Xianglan, heard Qin Tang in the store say that the guests were coming! hurriedly came out of the back room, and after a few words of greeting, he pulled Li Xiangjun with one hand and Xu Qian with the other, nodded at Su Chen and Long Zaitian, and invited the guests to the back room; Boss Qin still stayed in the shop to take care of business.

Everyone entered the house, sat down one by one, and the next person gave sugar, tea, cakes and fruits.

"Mrs. Qin, is the second miss at home? Can you please come out and show us what it's like? Xu Qian, who can speak well, made an elegant and funny start.

"Here, at home, this girl is afraid of seeing people." Lin Xianglan agreed and instructed her subordinates: "Mother Li, you go and invite Keqing out." ”

"Yes, ma'am." Mother Li immediately turned around and went upstairs to invite Qin Keqing.

Suddenly, the jade pendant jingled, the fragrance rippled, Qin Keqing came down from upstairs and came to his mother's side; Everyone's eyes immediately focused on her.

"Qing'er, this is Mrs. Long, this is Second Young Master Su and Second Young Grandma, that's in the sky." Mrs. Qin introduced them one by one.

"Hello Mrs. Long, hello Second Young Grandma." Qin Keqing stepped forward to salute, and after greeting the two female guests, he raised his apricot eyes slightly and tilted towards Su Chen and Long Zaitian; That gaze seemed to stop on Young Master Long's face for a moment, then lowered his head, and stood behind his mother in shame.

"Hello, hello." Li Xiangjun and Xu Qian hurriedly returned the salute and looked Qin Keqing up and down.

Mrs. Long had already seen Qin Keqing last time, and she was very impressed. Today, Keqing slightly applied fat powder, dressed up a little, more like a hibiscus out of the water, radiant; Lady Long was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.

Xu Qian saw Qin Keqing for the first time, and only saw her:

The eyebrows are the same as the crescent moon, the eyes are like autumn waves, the face is like Fu powder, the lips are painted with Zhu, the two rows of silver teeth are snow-white, and the three thousand green silks are black.

Su Chen glanced at Qin Keqing, and also marveled that Qin Keqing was indeed born with a fairy jade quality and a natural charm; Although it is not "to take care of the country again." But "taking a look at the river city" is still not an exaggeration.

Young Master Long lowered his head and raised his eyes to secretly glance at Qin Keqing a few times, only to feel that it was a flower and a moon, which was different. is really like the son of the great beauty owner in Song Yu's pen: "If you increase one point, it will be too long, if you subtract one point, it will be too short, if you are powdered, it will be too white, and if you are Shi Zhu, it will be too red; The eyebrows are like green feathers, the muscles are like snow, the waist is like bundles, the teeth are like shells, and the smile is ......"

"Miss Qin Er is really a great beauty, quiet, and sensible, she is a rare good girl. If you can form a relationship with Long Gongzi, it can be said that it is a good fate. Grandma Su Er pointed to the topic: "Actually, Young Master Long is also very good, knowledgeable and talented; The two of them can be regarded as talented and beautiful, made in heaven. ”

"Miss Keqing is really good, if she can tie the knot with Zaitian, it is really a blessing in heaven, and it is also a blessing for our Long family!" Madame Long was in a hurry, and hurriedly made a clear statement.

Xu Qian continued: "It seems that everyone feels good, but how? I'll listen to your letter in a few days—if both parties have intentions, I'll recommend myself and get a matchmaker to do it, and make it a good thing for your two families. ”

"Okay, okay, please, please, you'll be at your disposal then." Li Xiangjun and Lin Xianglan are almost in unison.

Everyone chatted for a while, and Li Xiangjun, Xu Qian, Su Chen, and Long Zaitian got up to say goodbye; Qin Keqing leaned over and said to everyone, "Go slowly!" Then he went back upstairs.

Lin Xianglan must stay for everyone to eat, but Mrs. Long said that she would not say anything; Mrs. Qin had no choice but to send the guests to the store. Everyone said a few more polite words to Boss Qin, and then said goodbye and went home.

After three or four days, Mrs. Long, who was full of satisfaction, invited Xu Qian to Qin's house to see the situation of the discussion.

"Mrs. Qin, the Longfu family likes your second lady, I don't know what your opinion is?" As soon as Xu Qian sat down at Qin's house, she expressed her intentions directly.

"Qin Tang and I have a good impression of Young Master Long, and Keqing's impression of Young Master Long is also good, that is, Keqing and her two brothers both feel that it is not good to be a second room in Longfu, so they ......"

"I don't think there's anything wrong with going to the Dragon Mansion to be a second room - the Long family is a well-known official family, and there are only a handful of them in Jiangzhou City. Besides, the eldest grandmother, Mr. Zhao Shuxian, has a daughter, and the kid born later is not ideal. As the saying goes: 'Mother is precious to the Son!' 'In the future, such a beautiful Keqing of your family will give birth to one or two, three or four smart and lively fat boys in the Long family, and you will not become a great hero of the Long family? At that time, not only will she not be small, but she will also have a better face than her grandmother! Xu Qian has a mouth that can speak well, and she insists that being a concubine is better than being a wife.

"We think the same way, so my family Qin Tang and I have repeatedly done the ideological work of Keqing and her two elder brothers, but they refuse to nod. Later, I asked my uncle to come forward and repeatedly analyze the pros and cons, so that I could say it, but Keqing and her two brothers basically agreed! ”

"Great! That's great! Then I'll hurry back and reply to Madame Long, so that she won't be anxious at home. ”

"You can go back and reply to Madame Long, so that she can rest assured." Mrs. Qin was very understanding, and she didn't keep Xu Qian, so she let her go back to her life.

Mrs. Long was overjoyed when she heard that the Qin family had agreed to the family affair, and then asked Xu Qian to go to the Qin Mansion again tomorrow and said to Mrs. Qin: Let the woman also invite a matchmaker, choose a good day to open Miss Qin's birthday, and we can marry the two children.

The next day, Xu Qian came to Qin's house again and told Mrs. Qin what Mrs. Long meant. Although Mrs. Qin felt in a hurry, she didn't want to say more hurtful words, so she reluctantly agreed to Xu Qian's invitation to a matchmaker and set a date on the tenth day of August.

On the tenth day of the eighth month, Mrs. Long arrived at the Su family early in the morning and asked the second young master and the second young grandmother of the Su family to go to the Qin family to listen to the letter; The two did not shirk, and set off.

When Xu Qian and his wife came to the Qin Mansion, they learned that the Qin family had invited a matchmaker - the Qin family invited Du Zhixin, the provost of Beichen Academy, and his wife; Knowing that Xu Qian was coming today, Mrs. Qin had invited the two of them to her home first.

Qin Tang and his wife made an introduction to everyone, and the elders of both sides sat down in turn; Someone had already sent refreshments and fruits, and everyone talked while eating - everyone finally agreed to go to Long's house on the auspicious day of the 16th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and asked Xu Qian to be responsible for conveying it.

The matter was decided, and everyone went back to their homes.

The so-called folding post means that before making a parent, the woman writes the girl's name, place of origin, year, month, day, and hour on a piece of red paper, as well as the name and occupation of the parents. Then fold the red paper from the middle of the four sides, and finally fold it into a rectangular red paper post of 32 opens, which is called Geng post, also called eight-character post; It was given to the man's parents through a matchmaker. If the happy event can be fulfilled, this post will be kept in the man's house forever.

Xu Qian and Su Chen came directly to the Dragon Mansion when they came out of the Qin family, and conveyed the auspicious day of the Qin family's folding. Li Xiangjun repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Xu Qian and his wife, and decided to leave the two of them for dinner. Xu Qian and Su Chen couldn't shirk it, so they had to stay. Master Long personally accompanied, and everyone enjoyed themselves, eating until the evening.

The happy event was initially decided, and Li Xiangjun happily prepared to receive the post.