Chapter 117: Breaking Through the Mossy Path

Chapter 117: Breaking Through the Mossy Path

Generally speaking, the fate of a maid in a room is often to sell or marry someone else, and to be able to become a concubine is already burning high incense, like Huoxiang's grandmother, it is very rare to ascend to the sky in one step and become a wife.

Taking a concubine as a wife, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, you have to have a hundred rods, let alone a maid as your wife, that is to be imprisoned for two years, the reason why Xiao Jiuxian was not imprisoned at that time was because he paid enough silver.

Fortunately, Xiao Jiuxian is a common person, and his parents are afraid that if he does not agree to this request, he will run away again, so that he can successfully straighten out Huoxiang's grandmother.

For Chen Lifei's mother, Xiao Jiuxian is affectionate, but for Huoxiang's grandmother, he is ruthless, although he takes care of her food and clothing, and gives her the status of far more than a maidservant, however, throughout her life, Huoxiang's grandmother may not have received the true love of men and women from him.

Perhaps, deep affection for one person is affection for other people!

Huoxiang's grandmother is a very contented woman, for her, to be able to become the wife of a famous local man from a servant girl, enjoy the days of abundant food and clothing, and be a polite and humble gentleman, her fate can be said to be admired by everyone, and what is the reason to be sad?

In her insight, she was sad when she saw flowers and tears, and she was sad when she saw the moon, and she was bored when she was full of food and had nothing to do.

After her grandfather's death, Huoxiang's mother asked her grandmother strangely how she could put the portraits of other women in her father's coffin. My grandmother told her about this public case, and lamented that she had been married to the Xiao family for many years, and the two respected each other like guests, raised their eyebrows together, and regretted each other.

Huoxiang still remembers that her mother once lamented her grandmother's generosity, and she was able to love the house to such an extent.

Although for women, before getting married, they will be repeatedly warned by their mothers not to be jealous, and their wives and concubines must be at peace with each other, and after getting married, they will strive not to be jealous of their husband's cheating behavior, jealousy, which is not in line with the three obedience and four virtues of women, and is the root of the disorderly family, and it is a crime of seven outs, but like my grandmother, I can accompany the portrait of the woman he likes into the coffin after the death of my grandfather, and it is still very rare to take care of it like this.

Unexpectedly, this woman turned out to be Chen Lifei's mother, and she and her grandfather were childhood sweethearts!

Chen Lifei's eyes were filled with tears, "Come to think of it, Uncle Xiao must have thought that my mother had broken the appointment, so he left his hometown in anger. As everyone knows, the news was leaked by her mother's personal maid that day, and her mother was locked in the room by her stepmother, and she was escorted to the family temple the next day, and she didn't return to the house until the day of the wedding......

From Concubine Chen Lifei's choked cry, Huoxiang knew that the poor woman had failed to seek death several times, and later found out that she was pregnant, and she was also damaged by depression, and after giving birth to Concubine Li's three brothers, she was even worse in her body, and when she heard that her grandfather returned home from a trip and helped her grandmother as a wife, the two were already far apart, and it was impossible to even see each other.

When she was middle-aged, she was pregnant with Concubine Chen and barely gave birth, but she has been lingering on the sickbed, so Concubine Chen Li died of illness before she was ten years old.

And because of the early death of her mother, Concubine Chen resented her cowardly grandfather, hated her vicious stepgrandmother, and even refused to call the woman her grandmother, and after her grandfather died, she refused to go to see her again.

Because of that vicious woman, her mother died of illness and early, and her father was in her prime, how could Concubine Chen not resent or resent, in her memory, her father loved her mother, and even told her about the past. In her memory, her mother and father were in harmony with each other, looking at each other and smiling in the beautiful spring scenery, as beautiful as a painting, but providence made people, and the youthful love affair in the past is still a knot in the mother's heart.

Concubine Chen has seen the portrait in her mother's hand many times, so after seeing Huoxiang, she has a sense of familiarity, and after several inquiries, she finally determined that she is Xiao Jiuxian's granddaughter.

Uncle Xiao's granddaughter, perhaps, will be able to save her life one day. Concubine Chen once heard her father say that Uncle Xiao's medical skills in his later years had reached the level of life and death, so his granddaughter might have obtained his true inheritance and be able to save her life.

Or, one day, there will be a chance to leave this palace and go back to serve his father.

Because of the mother's weakness, after giving birth to herself, she never came out, and since the mother entered the door, the father has never married a concubine, six brothers, three of whom are the same mother as her, three were born to the previous aunt, and were placed in the mother's name, and after she died of illness, the father neither straightened the aunt nor remarried.

Come to think of it, my father is lonely, otherwise how would I talk to myself about the old things many years ago, he has been in the palace for several years, he has been guarding Ningxia, although he was promoted to Ningyang Hou in the seventh year of Yongle, but it is far away from Beijing, it is rare to see.

The harem has always been a place of right and wrong that leans into each other, here, there are those who compete for favor and beauty, and there are those who have ghosts in their hearts, since Concubine Chen Li entered the palace, she has been obscure, avoiding its edge, and even in order not to arouse the jealousy of other concubines, she deliberately dressed up her old appearance, just hoping to live safely and smoothly.

Because she knows that only by living can she help her father and brother; Only by living can there be hope of seeing your family.

However, one day the emperor collapsed, the concubine was martyred, and the childless Chen Lifei knew that she must be one of them, but in the past few years after entering the palace, the imperial doctor has also diagnosed and treated her many times, but she has not been able to conceive. Even, since the birth of Princess Xianning, the palace has not seen the birth of a child for more than ten years, she vaguely feels that maybe it is not her own problem, and Huoxiang's maternal grandfather Xiao Jiuxian, is not only proficient in medicine and surgery, especially good at gynecology, if Huoxiang has its true inheritance, maybe it will be able to solve her heart disease.

But all of this must be Huoxiang's willingness in order to cooperate sincerely, so Concubine Chen Lifei left Huoxiang in the palace, and said that Emperor Yongle sent her to the Tai Hospital, and patiently waited for her to ask her why.

After listening to what Concubine Chen Li said, Huoxiang was stunned, "What does Niangniang mean is that if the problem is with the emperor, Niangniang will not be pregnant anyway, and he will be buried one day?" ”

Concubine Chen Li gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "The matter is big, and I don't dare to leak the slightest rumor, so I sent all the palace people who were waiting, and I wanted Yining to guard the door of the dormitory, in case someone eavesdropped, that is, I want to entrust my life to you, please remember that our two families are old friends, and my mother and your grandfather have such a past, save my life." ”

After speaking, Concubine Chen Li bowed down.

From beginning to end, she didn't claim to be this palace in front of Huoxiang.

Bluffing Huoxiang hurriedly supported her, "Niangniang, you are like this, why don't you kill me, and regardless of your identity and status, even in terms of generation, I want to call you a little aunt, how dare you worship me." ”

"You're just refusing to save my life?" Chen Lifei hid her face in disappointment and cried.

"No, no, you get up first." Huoxiang didn't let Concubine Chen Li bow down, and pulled her up and pressed her on the chair.

solemnly said: "What Niangniang said, the stakes are very high, Huoxiang can't act cautiously, if you are really sure that the emperor can no longer make you pregnant, then there is only one way to escape, but the kind of recipe you heard can make people fake their death for seven days, and then come back from the dead, is still being explored, Huoxiang really dare not accept Niangniang's entrustment." ”

Chen Lifei asked in surprise, "Then what do you mean, it's not that you don't want to save me, but that recipe hasn't completely succeeded yet?" ”

"Hmm." Huoxiang nodded, "Grandfather's day, in order to make people unconscious, the effect of stitching the wound will be better, so I studied the lost Huatuo secret recipe, and found this recipe that has a similar effect to Ma Boiling San, and accidentally found that this recipe can also make people fake their death, but the effect has been unstable, so I haven't used it, Niangniang, where did you get the news?" ”

"Your grandfather once saved a woman who was designed by a concubine and had to flee but was on the verge of giving birth, when the woman had a difficult birth and had to take out the child by breaking the abdomen, in order to prevent the woman from dying of pain when the abdomen was broken, after obtaining her consent, your grandfather used this recipe and successfully helped her take out the fetus in her womb."

"But how did the lady find out about that?" Huoxiang had heard her grandfather talk about this, although she kept the mother and daughter safe, but the mother was unconscious for seven days, and she couldn't even hear the sound of her heartbeat.

Now it seems that it is really unreliable to ask women to keep secrets.

And my grandfather's father used small animals to test many times after that, but he never succeeded, and because of this, he never used the recipe on people again, so few people knew about it.

"The fetus that your grandfather saved was Aunt Yining in front of me, she saw that I was sad day and night, so she secretly told me about it, saying that your grandfather might be able to save my life, but unfortunately, after years of searching, I only got the news that Uncle Xiao had passed away! Fortunately, knowing that he passed on everything he had learned in his life to you, God is pitiful, you have arrived in Beijing again, and we are destined to meet. ”

Only then did Huoxiang understand why Concubine Chen Lifei was sure that she had medical skills and dared to entrust her net worth and life to herself.

"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not give up, not to mention, you are now in the Tai Hospital, and you are studying in Liu Hospital, according to his superb medical skills, you will be able to benefit you, think about it, over time, you will be able to succeed."

Seeing Concubine Chen Li's confident appearance, Huoxiang couldn't bear to pour cold water on her, but said worriedly: "Even if the recipe is completed one day, there are many other links, a little business trip, Niangniang and I, and Aunt Ning are not able to live, and I hope that Niangniang will think twice before acting, and don't show a little bit of horse's feet." ”

"This is natural, don't worry, except for the three of us, no one else will know the reason for this matter, and besides, the emperor is now in the prime of life, we should have many years of preparation time, and we can plan well." Concubine Chen Lifei looked at Huoxiang gratefully, "After all, because of my mother, your grandmother has been looking forward to her husband for many years, and your mother has not been loved by her father since she was a child, but you were able to release your suspicions and agree to this, I really don't know what ......to say."

yes, why did you promise her? Maybe it was her grandmother's love for the house and Wu that affected her, or maybe it was the impression that her grandfather's expression was too sad every time he took out the portrait, which made him feel pity for Concubine Chen Li.

Perhaps, I was just moved by the poor woman in front of me, who desperately wanted to live.

The heart of the doctor's parents, how can they not save them when they see death, and sit idly by!

In this way, Huoxiang started her life as a medical woman in the palace, and Sun Qingyang was still ignorant, completely unaware that there was a person's fate that had changed, and would have so many intersections with her in the future.