One hundred and eight sons and daughters
Mrs. Lin shook her head and smiled: "Others are desperately pulling credit for themselves, but you are shaking your hand and pushing it out, which shows that you are different from others." I don't mean to exalt you, so I can't come to the stage so that I can ask you for something. ”
Fang Shanggong also smiled.
The two sat down again, and Mrs. Lin said with emotion: "My niece has a hard time, and after his father went, the Xie family couldn't accommodate them, and my sister-in-law could only take the child back to her parents' house, and she passed away in a few years." Ning Ning is just like my daughter, I raised her from a little bit old to a teenager, thinking about finding a good in-law for her, not seeking to be rich and rich, as long as she can live a peaceful life. The old lady of the Xie family said that she missed her and asked her to take her back, and whoever wanted them to send the child into the palace. I actually didn't know about it until two years later, I really feel sorry for this child, really sorry for her, how can I, as an aunt, still have the face to see her. Because her uncle is sick and my daughter is pregnant, I can't take care of her, and I will be ashamed of her for the rest of my life. ”
Fang Shanggong persuaded her: "Xie Jieyu is not that kind of person, she will never think in a narrow place, and you don't suffer yourself." You love her so much, and you raise her so well, anyone can see this. Lord Lin was sent to the north, and it was too cold in winter, so this disease must not be light, right? ”
Mrs. Lin only said, "Fortunately, it is almost cured now." ”
Fang Shanggong understood that the illness must be not light, otherwise, with the affection of Mrs. Lin and Xie Jieyu, he would never have been fooled by the Xie family for so long.
"I also know that I am very rude and reckless to come here today. You agreed, but it was difficult for you. If you don't agree, you're afraid you'll offend me again. But after thinking about it, I still came, and I have no one else to trust but you. ”
Fang Shanggong didn't say anything.
Mrs. Lin's mood, she actually understands. Mrs. Lin is such a strong person, and it is more difficult for her to be soft in front of others. If it were for her own business, her husband's children's business, she would not have opened her mouth.
But now, for Xie Jieyu's sake, she has put all the strong aside, and what she said is true.
"Our family is not the kind of high-ranking family, and no one like you will beg us. I feel embarrassed to say this myself. How can anyone ask for something and not give it any benefit? ”
Fang Shanggong saw that she was uncomfortable, and he felt uncomfortable in his heart.
"But the child I raised I know that Ning Ning is not the kind of ungrateful and ungrateful character, others treat her well, and she can't wait to repay it. You are also a lonely person in this palace, you must have a sustenance? Ning Ning, she really respects you as an elder......"
Mrs. Lin's face was hot, and she had never said such a thing in her life.
Fang Shanggong gently stretched out his hand and stuffed a handkerchief into her hand.
Mrs. Lin was shocked to realize that her face was hot and stained with tears, and hurriedly raised her hand to wipe it.
Fang Shanggong waited for her to wipe her face, and her expression was calmer than just now, then he held her hand and said softly: "Mrs. Lin, I know who you are, and you also have a heart for your children." Although Xie Jieyu is your niece, you see her as no different from your own child. In fact, even if you don't come today, I don't plan to leave Yong'an Palace. ”
Mrs. Lin was stunned, and heard Fang Shanggong continue: "I have also been in the Needlework Bureau for twenty years, if I hadn't wanted to move it myself, I wouldn't have gone to Xie Jieyu's side in the first place." ”
"When I reach this age, I often think, what do people want to live for a lifetime?" Fang Shanggong didn't know why, maybe Mrs. Lin's sincere care for Xie Jieyu touched a place in her heart, there were some things she had never said to others, put them in her heart, the longer she put it away, the longer she put it on, the longer she even forgot about it.
"When I first entered the palace, I wanted to save some self-esteem and stay up until I went home from the palace, maybe I could get married. If you can't get married, you will follow your brother and sister-in-law. Fang Shanggong smiled slightly: "My brother and sister-in-law are also good people, and they won't think anything about me like those snobs." Within two years, I heard that my hometown had been hit by a disaster, and the whole family was gone. Later, I couldn't get out of the palace, so I stayed up in the palace day by day, afraid of illness and death, and didn't ask anything about staying in the needlework bureau. Looking back now, I don't remember what I've done in the past 20 years. I've lived a very peaceful life in the past 20 years, but it's the same as vain. After another twenty years like this, there is still nothing I can remember, just a blank slate. ”
Her tone was flat, but Mrs. Lin couldn't say uncomfortable in her heart when she heard it. It's like a big rock pressing down on my chest, and I can't breathe.
Sometimes Mrs. Lin lay in bed in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep, and there was no sound outside. She felt that this palace was too big, and the big people made it impossible to find the direction to go out.
"I came to take care of Xie Jieyu, I was willing to do it, and since I came, I won't give up halfway." Fang Shanggong held Mrs. Lin's hand and said slowly, "Even if you don't come here today, I won't leave Yong'an Palace." ”
Mrs. Lin's thank you word is stuck in her throat, and this is not a thank you word that can be said to be finished.
She held Fang Shanggong's hand, but after a moment, she reached out to wipe her tears in embarrassment.
On the second day, Xie Ning sent Mrs. Lin out of Yong'an Palace.
Obviously, there is only one person missing, but most of my heart seems to have collapsed. This time they were even more uncomfortable than the last.
She hugged the second prince for a long time, and when it was time to eat, she didn't feel hungry at all, so she drank two mouthfuls of soup, and she didn't taste the soup at all.
When she saw her aunt leave just now, she really wanted to be able to become smaller, and hide in her aunt's sleeve and follow her. Just like when she was a child, her aunt loved her so much, and she loved to be clingy, and whenever her aunt wanted to go out, she would run to the mule cart early and wait, and sometimes she would hold the footstool in her arms, for fear that she would be left behind as soon as she let go.
Fang Shanggong saw Xie Ning sitting on the edge of the couch through the window, and waved his hand to Qinghe silently, signaling her not to go in and disturb.
Qinghe Tongfang Shanggong bypassed the corridor and asked softly: "The slave is stupid, and I don't know how to persuade the master, so let the master hurt his mind, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?" ”
Fang Shanggong only said: "Xie Jieyu can figure it out herself, let her stay alone for a while." ”
When it was time for dinner, the emperor came.
This is not an uncommon thing in Yong'an Palace, and the emperor will not come to see the second prince one day, but he is afraid that he will not be able to sleep well.
It's just that the emperor didn't come alone today.
There are also two dolls sitting on the royal chariot, the eldest prince and Princess Yuyao, one on the left and one on the right, sitting on both sides of the emperor. The eldest prince was thin and frail, and when he sat there, he could hardly see where the people were, only a brocade robe. Princess Yuyao was holding a round golden melon, and there was no expression on her round face.
The emperor got off the imperial chariot, did not let the nurse and the eunuch come forward, he took the two children off the imperial chariot, and walked into Yong'an Palace with one in one hand.
The palace gate was okay, but when I arrived at the palace gate, the threshold was too high, and the two dolls couldn't step in, so the emperor simply coerced them one by one.
Xie Ning was stunned, and even forgot to salute the emperor.
When she came back to her senses, the emperor had already put down the two children.
Xie Ning bowed his knees: "The concubine greets the emperor." ”
The emperor raised his hand: "No courtesy." ”
Then he glanced at the children standing on either side of him.
The eldest prince raised his arm and bowed, although he was thin as if he would be blown down by the wind in the next moment, this salute was not ambiguous at all, and whispered: "I've seen Xie Jieyu." ”
Xie Ning hurriedly said: "The eldest prince doesn't need to be polite. ”
Princess Yuyao didn't react, she still stood there stupidly.
The emperor gently touched the small piece of hair on her head, and his eyes looked gentle and helpless: "Yuyao, this is Xie Jieyu, why can't you salute?" ”
Princess Yuyao tilted her head to look at Xie Ning, but still didn't say a word.
Shainin also saw that something was wrong.
She had seen Princess Yuyao, but it wasn't like this. Princess Yuyao said that she was more than four years old, but if she was about three years old, she would already be able to speak, and she had already seen it with her own eyes when she was in Concubine Shu.
But now this kid doesn't look right.
"On the day Concubine Shu's coffin left the palace, she stopped talking, and the servants of Honghui Palace were afraid that they would not report it because they had been hiding it."
Xie Ning looked at Princess Yuyao's appearance, this child looked like he had lost his soul, his eyes were not bright, just like a doll doll.
"Has the doctor seen it?"
"After reading it, I said it was a palpitation, and I prescribed a prescription."
As for why I got this disease, there is no need to say why. first separated from Concubine Shu, and then it was the mother's funeral. For such a young child, it is strange not to be shocked to leave the place where she has always lived and lose her biological mother.
Xie Ning took the hand of the eldest prince, and the emperor took Princess Yuyao into the inner hall together. Dinner was served, and the eldest prince and Princess Yuyao's nurse came forward to serve the meal.
The eldest prince ate as if he had been sinned, and his brows were furrowed, as if he was chewing sand instead of a delicacy. The nurse didn't dare to feed more, because the eldest prince couldn't digest it, and his stomach would be swollen and colic.
Princess Yuyao gave her what to eat, but just like just now, she opened her mouth to eat when the spoon touched her lips, and she would swallow it when she chewed, but her eyes were still blank and she didn't pay attention to everything outside her body.
When I didn't have much to eat, two bowls of medicine were served. One bowl is the tonic of the eldest prince, and the other bowl is the tranquilizer of Princess Yuyao.
Xie Ning really didn't know what to say, on the one hand, he felt that the two little children were really guilty of drinking such a bitter medicine, and on the other hand, he was a little happy, fortunately, the second prince was strong and healthy, so he didn't have to suffer this hardship.
The eldest prince is obviously used to drinking, and he does not resist. Princess Yuyao still didn't react, she just fed her and drank it, and she didn't make any noise about the medicine and didn't drink it.
Xie Ning glanced at the emperor, and the two of them found a look of worry in each other's eyes at the same time.
The eldest prince won't talk about it, Princess Yuyao's disease, can a pair of medicines cure it well?
No one knows if this medicine is effective.
Although Xie Ning doesn't know medical skills, he has also heard a saying that heart disease requires heart medicine. Princess Yuyao's disease is obviously a heart disease, and with just a few medicines, I am afraid that she will not be able to cure her.
Not long after drinking the medicine here, the little ancestor of the second prince woke up again, and he had to change his clothes and diapers as soon as he woke up.
When he was brought over after feeding, the second prince was in good spirits, wearing a red silk shirt, and his flesh was white and fat.
The eldest prince looked at the second prince curiously, and the emperor took the second prince and hugged him on his lap, and beckoned to the eldest prince: "Come, come and see my brother." ”
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