In the following period, life seemed to have become very comfortable, except that Qiu Qi went in and out of Taiwei's Mansion more frequently, but she was only a third-class girl in the house, and no one paid attention to her, which made it a lot easier for her. After Zheng Wan came back that night, she often practiced secretly at night, reading, writing, painting and painting during the day, and occasionally playing the piano, like a lady. After a few days, I went to visit the woman in the Tingwei Division, obtained some information that was not important, and came back from time to time to report to Zheng Nangong,

Ning Yan wandered around the Taiwei Mansion when he had nothing to do, the eldest young master stayed at home every day, Sun Min rarely went out of the house, and the midwife and the imperial doctor were always nervously prepared. The second lady is still so willful and arrogant. The third young master often works as an errand in the palace, and sometimes he doesn't return to the house, but he is a relatively generous person in the house, and he is very gentle to his subordinates. In Zheng Ling's small courtyard, Ning Yan was reluctant to go in every time she walked to the door, Xu knew that the girl had passed away not long ago, and there was always a faint sadness.

On December 6th, it rained, the rain was very heavy, dripping, the sky outside was low, and the sky was gray between heaven and earth, Ning Yan didn't like the rain very much, and always felt that there was a kind of dampness spreading.

Zheng Wan stood by the window, watching the heavy rain falling from the sky, and her thoughts seemed to drift far away.

"Miss. Miss. Qiu Qi held an oilcloth umbrella, hurriedly walked inside, just arrived at the door, put down the umbrella, patted his body, and the raindrops fell with the trend.

Zheng Wan slowly walked to the door and opened the door, "Reckless." ”

Qiu Qi was shocked by his shouting, and immediately stood up straight, his hands slightly on his waist, "The slave is abrupt." ”

"What?"

"The young lady is going to give birth. Now everyone in the house has rushed to the east courtyard. Qiu Qi said in a low voice.

Zheng Wan was slightly stunned and breathed a sigh of relief, "Then we should also go to the East Courtyard and wait." lest we be blamed for being rude. ”

"No." Qiu Qi hurriedly picked up the oil-paper umbrella to cover the pouring rain for Zheng Wan, Zheng Wan walked out of the small courtyard and turned to the corridor, Qiu Qi put away the oil-paper umbrella and slowly followed behind Zheng Wan. Zheng Wan's heart seemed to be full of doubts. After a few turns, I finally arrived at the East Courtyard.

The people inside were all running, Zheng Wan motioned for Qiu Qi to stay in the courtyard, and went straight into the house, except for Zheng Nangong, who was in the court, Zheng Pingcheng, and Zheng Pingxin, who was on an errand in the palace, most of the Zheng family were present. Zheng Wan saluted respectfully to the eldest lady sitting in the right seat, and then saluted the mother and the second aunt on the side respectively.

The eldest lady Zheng Zizhi nodded slightly, and she knew it. Zheng Yue, who was standing on the side, twitched his eyes, still arrogant. Zheng Wan stood sideways to the side.

"Ahh Sun Min in the back room screamed hoarsely, Ning Yan listened to the panic, this was the first time he heard the sound of a pregnant woman giving birth.

The slave went in with hot water from time to time, Sun Min's voice weakened, and the eldest lady frowned, "Ling Yuan, you go to the gate of the mansion and wait, and when the lord and Pingcheng go down to the court, they will be invited here directly." ”

"No." Ling Yuan, the personal girl beside the eldest lady, took the order and went out.

"Mother, it's been hours." Zheng Yue sat down next to him. Tilted his head and looked at Zheng Wan. "What are you doing here?"

"My sister-in-law is about to give birth, and that is the eldest grandson of the Zheng family. Nature is waiting. Zheng Wan said calmly.

"Then it's expensive, you still have a third aunt? Don't bring anything with you. Zheng Yue looked at Gu Qianqian when he said this. Gu Qianqian's face changed slightly, but the displeasure disappeared in an instant, and he calmed down.

"Yue'er, don't be presumptuous." The eldest lady interrupted Zheng Yue's words. The already tense atmosphere was even more cramped. The second aunt on the side was not affected, she was still chanting the scriptures silently, the Buddhist beads in her hands kept turning, Zheng Yue pursed her lips and stopped talking.

Ning Yan looked at the quiet second aunt Wu Qingyun, and couldn't imagine that she was once such a brave and decisive person.

Although this dynasty said that a man can have three wives and four concubines, in fact, there is only one wife, and the others are just concubines, and the second aunt was also a famous lady back then, speaking of which, the power of the Wu family is not weaker than the eldest lady's family, but the husband chosen by the mother for her is not Zheng Nangong, but Huo Zhongqing, the eldest son of the Jiangmen Huo family. In the 16th year, she and Zheng Nangong met at the temple fair, love at first sight, some people missed life at first sight, Zheng Nangong was her robbery, Zheng Nangong at that time was also young and vigorous, relying on his grandfather is Zongzheng, and he was also related to the royal family, and he was even more arrogant, I heard that my parents chose a Shangshu family daughter for themselves, and they were extremely unhappy, so they eloped with Wu Qingyun, in the eyes of everyone, what a ridiculous thing, it was a big rebellion, and lost the face of the four families. How could they escape the search of their families when they were young, and it didn't take long for them to be caught, and at that time, the matter spread all over the world, and the reputation of the second aunt Wu Qingyun was also lost, and the Huo family canceled the marriage contract. Although Zheng Nangong is determined to be with Wu Qingyun, sometimes the world is so cruel, elopement is not blessed, the Wu family and the Zheng family will not admit it, if they want to be together, Wu Qingyun can only be a concubine, and will not enter the door as a wife. At that time, how many grievances Wu Qingyun had, I was afraid that not many people could understand it, she agreed, and she was willing to enter the Zheng family with the side of the concubine. Since then, Zheng Nangong has changed suddenly, and he began to be angry and strong, reading the most is the book of war, and also petitioning to lead the troops to fight, learning everything about the art of war, Xu is for Wu Qingyun not to regret the choice of the year, to be able to sit in the position of the captain step by step, it is very within the reach of people, and it also has the meaning of competing with Huo Zhongqing. Whether it is Zheng Nangong's love or the power of the Wu family, they are Wu Qingyun's backers in the Zheng family, which is why Chen Zizhi never troubles Wu Qingyun. The second aunt actually gave birth to two children, the eldest died shortly after birth, which hit her very hard, and she hurt her body when she was born, so it took many years before Zheng Pingxin was born. When Zheng Pingxin was a child, he was frail and sickly, Wu Qingyun kept praying for blessings, and gradually lived a life of chanting and chanting Buddha.

"Big lady, congratulations, it's a little boy." The midwife walked out with a little swaddling baby in her arms.

"Quick, bring it to me." The eldest lady finally smiled. Zheng Yue also got up from the chair and leaned over to the eldest lady, "Mother, this child is really cute." It's like a big brother. ”

"That's nature."

"My lord, the eldest prince has arrived." Ling Yuan shouted at the door.

The eldest lady hurriedly stood up and hurriedly greeted her, "Congratulations, my lord, I have a little grandson."

Zheng Nangong nodded slightly, but did not show any special emotions, Zheng Pingcheng was full of smiles, and he had already looked at the baby in swaddling clothes. Zheng Pingxin stood quietly behind, with a smile in the corner of his eyes.

Everyone was around the baby, and the corners of Zheng Wan's mouth showed a perfect smile, and she seemed to be happy, but Ning Yan couldn't feel the joy in Zheng Wan's heart.

Soon, the eldest lady sent everyone away with Sun Min and the child in need of recuperation.

Zheng Wan silently followed behind Gu Qianqian, all the way to Gu Qianqian's yard, "Useless things, get out of here." As soon as Gu Qianqian entered the courtyard, he turned his head and scolded Zheng Wan fiercely. Get lost. He walked inside huffing.

"The third aunt should rest early." Zheng Wan still saluted respectfully and turned to leave.

"Miss." Qiu begged to keep up with Zheng Wan, and Mrs. took out her anger at Miss again.

"I'm fine." Zheng Wan was still calm, and Gu Qianqian's words did not affect Zheng Wan.

"Qiu Qi, how are you looking for the dead baby?" After entering the house, Zheng Wan walked to the desk.

"Slaves are incompetent. Not found yet. After a few days, I went to the black market. That's better-informed. ”

"Not yet?" Zheng Wan whispered softly and put down the teacup, "If you can't find it, what do you say about the East Courtyard?" Ning Yan was stunned. What does Zheng Wan mean by this.

Qiu Qi raised his head suddenly, "Miss! If the eldest prince finds out about this, he will cut the young lady with a thousand knives. ”

"Heh, a thousand cuts?" Zheng Wan laughed, her eyes overflowing with pain, "Then it depends on his ability." ”

Qiu Qi thought for a moment, "Maybe go buy a baby instead." ”

"Smack." A slap in the face of Qiu Qi.

"The slave is wrong." Qiu begged to kneel on the ground.

Zheng Wan stared at Qiu Qi who was kneeling on the ground, and only spoke for a long time, her face was cold, "Aren't other people's children dead?" is also the descendant of the Zheng family, why do one of them have to die as soon as they are born, but the other can be high up and enjoy glory and wealth, why? Zheng Wan's hand was clenched tightly, and the unwilling resentment in her heart was indescribable.

"Miss." Qiu Qi looked at Zheng Wan worriedly.

Zheng Wan's brows became tighter and tighter, "No, no, why are they so insistent on killing that baby, it's unreasonable." Zheng Wan's face became more and more serious, and she was no longer so resentful.

"Xu Yes, that is the widow of the second son. After all, the death of the second son has nothing to do with them, and they want to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. Qiu Qi made a hypothesis.

Zheng Wan waved her hand, "No, as soon as the woman dies and sends the child away, then the secret of the child's identity will only be in the hands of a very few people, and there are many ways to save the next child." Even if it is sent to the palace, it is also a choice. If you keep the child, you can still give Zheng Nangong a favor. But all the while, I felt that the child couldn't stay, I tried it, my father wouldn't let me ask more, I don't know what the reason for this must be. What exactly is this for? ”

"I'll find out eventually." Qiu Qi comforted.

"I hope so, get up."

"No."

With the coldness of the winter evening, Ning Yan sat on the roof, looking at the sky, her heart was empty, Zheng Wan, this name appeared repeatedly in Ning Yan's mind, and the conversation between Zheng Wan and Qiu Qi just now made Ning Yan at a loss. For Zheng Wan, perhaps except for Zheng Pingsheng, everyone else is an inconsequential existence, even if it is just a child. What would I do if it were me? Ning Yan's mood became heavier and heavier, and he looked at the sky in a daze, preventing Zheng Wan's murder and ensuring his safety. Can I do it?