It's winter, and it's getting colder.

Fortunately, the relief grain in Shudi and the Lianghu area has been delivered one after another, and the disaster situation in Jingshi and Qingzhou has finally been completely alleviated.

One after another, people have begun to return to their hometowns, but there are still many young children and elderly people who have lost their loved ones and need to be resettled urgently.

Some people start to take advantage of the chaos to do evil, especially some children who seem to be in good health, and suddenly they disappear.

The government simply did not have enough manpower to investigate and deal with it, so Shen Qingyang took his subordinates and arrested dozens of men and women who stole children, and directly dragged them to the city gate to kill them in public.

Only then was the chaotic situation brought under control.

Mei Xue no longer has to go out every day to be busy, so she moves back to the inner courtyard to live, and only Jiu'er will go out of the city to help when she is free.

It was snowing lightly on this day, and seeing that it was almost dark, Jiu'er hadn't come back yet, so Mei Xue asked Mei Gang to drive a carriage to pick up Jiu'er outside the city.

When Jiu'er arrived home, it was already dark, Ping'an, Yurong and others had already slept, and only Mei Xue was still writing in the room.

Jiu'er was not tired, changed into dry clothes and went to eat, and after eating, she took a pot of hot water and went to the study to see Mei Xue.

Mei Xue looked up at the bright-eyed Jiu'er, and asked her with a smile:

"So happy, but what's the good thing?"

Jiu'er laughed, and said while pouring tea for Mei Xue:

"But there is really a good thing to tell the girl, today the last batch of victims who cannot return to their hometowns have also been resettled, especially those old people and sick and disabled children who no one wants to take in."

It turned out that the remaining children and old people were taken away by the second wife Huang Qingya herself, and it is said that they were to be placed in several Zhuangzi of the Huang family on the outskirts of Beijing.

Jiu'er drank two more sips of hot tea, and after a long sigh of relief, she said to Mei Xue:

"Girl, the second lady is different from the second master no matter how she looks at it, the second master likes to show off in a crowded place the most, but the second lady has always been low-key.

In this snowy night, no one recognized her, but she actually went to pick up people in person.

I saw it with my own eyes, a child covered in mud, and she didn't dislike it, so she just hugged it in her arms and took it away.

If it is pretended, then Mama Liu, who is following her, should always feel sorry for her own girl.

But I saw that Mama Liu was used to it, and she didn't even say a word of dissuasion. ”

Mei Xue smiled and asked Jiu'er if she liked the second lady very much.

Jiu'er nodded, thought about it and snorted again:

"When I was in Shudi, before the second lady married into our palace, many people talked about it behind their backs, saying that the Huang family was high.

Concubine Lin and the second master are even more aggrieved.

Now that they have arrived in the capital, there are more people who look down on the second lady, just like the county lord at the beginning, those ladies and nobles are used to only doing face-saving work. ”

Mei Xue nodded, and after packing up the manuscript she had written, she was ready to go to rest, and said to Jiu'er as she walked:

"Although everyone looks down on the second lady from a businessman, just from her good handwriting, you can see that she is not badly educated, and people with an unrighteous heart can't write such good words."

Jiu'er didn't understand this, but she still nodded in response, and accompanied Mei Xue to the bedroom to rest.

The next day, Li Jinzhi came to visit Mei Xue and her two children in Lilac, Mei Xue talked about the second lady's resettlement of the victims, Li Jinzhi nodded and said:

"Mr. Song also said that the second brother and sister are real people, and she has never publicized these many things."

Mei Xue thought of the purple jade bracelet on Huang Qingya's hand, so she couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook her head.

Li Jinzhi obviously understood what Mei Xue was regretting, but still persuaded her:

"You're a healer, and I know how you feel, but if she doesn't ask you for help, you'd better not meddle in their family affairs."

Mei Xue naturally knew that what Li Jinzhi said was reasonable, in fact, even if Huang Qingya asked her for help in the future, she couldn't help openly.

Li Jinhuan and Concubine Lin regarded her as a thorn in their eyes.

The next day, Mei Xue entered the palace to visit the Empress Dowager Jing'an and Princess Chenyang. When they were diagnosing their pulse, Yun'er, the maid of the county lord of Changle, happily entered the palace, saying that the lord of Changle county had diagnosed the happy pulse and asked her to enter the palace as soon as possible to report the good news.

The Empress Dowager Jing'an and Princess Chenyang were both overjoyed, and they both urged Mei Xue to hurry up and go to the Shen Mansion to visit the county lord of Changle.

Yun'er also smiled and said:

"When the slave maid came to the palace, the adults had already rushed to Lilac to invite Miss Mei, and they didn't want the girl to be here."

Very curious about what kind of expression Shen Qingyang would have at this moment, Mei Xue smiled when she thought about it, and rushed out of the palace with Yun'er to the Shen Mansion.

Shen Qingyang ran away and had already returned home to wait, and Mei Xue saw him and said, "Congratulations to Lord Shen."

Shen Qingyang was obviously very nervous and happy, and when he saw Mei Xue and Yun'er looking at him and smiling, he instantly blushed.

The county lord of Changle pouted and lay on the bed, and when he saw Mei Xue entering the house, he complained:

"I said it was okay, but my husband had to let me lie down."

Shen Qingyang's face turned even redder, Mei Xue also smiled, sat down on the edge of the bed, shook the hand of the county lord of Changle and said:

"Although the county lord has always been in good health, this is your first child, and the weather has suddenly become much colder, so it's always good to be careful."

Mei Xue gave Changle County the main pulse diagnosis and found that she was indeed pregnant, and it had been almost two months.

After carefully inquiring about the daily diet of the county lord of Changle, Mei Xue said to Shen Qing:

"It's all good, the county lord is in good health, his daily diet is good, don't take too much extra supplements, so as not to make the fetus too big and difficult to give birth in the future.

In addition, you don't need to lie down and rest all the time, and it is better for your body to walk around in the garden every day. ”

The county lord of Changle was very happy, and hurriedly asked if he could ride a horse in the future.

Mei Xue was amused and laughed, Shen Qingyang didn't wait for Mei Xue to answer, he glared at the county lord of Changle and said:

"If you dare to touch the whip again, I'll ...... I'll just ......"

But looking at the aggrieved appearance of the county lord of Changle who instantly turned red, Shen Qingyang couldn't say any more, turned around and fled.

After a while, Yun'er came in with tea and handed it to Mei Xue, and said with a smile:

"The adults were so happy that they didn't know what to do, so they went to the kitchen to kill the chickens in person, and frightened the ladies in the kitchen."

Mei Xue was so amused that she almost squirted the tea in her mouth.

Because the county lord of Changle had just become pregnant, she did not participate in the New Year's palace banquet.

Everyone knows that the county lord of Changle is the heart of the Empress Dowager Jing'an and Princess Chenyang, and even Li Jinyu and Empress Xie love her very much.

Therefore, at the palace banquet, almost all the female relatives were saying hello to the Empress Dowager Jing'an and Princess Chenyang, and when Shen Qingyang followed everyone in to kowtow, several old feudal lords in the clan also cordially asked him about the condition of the county lord of Changle to show concern.

The second lady Huang Qingya had been sitting lonely in the corner, Mei Xue glanced at her from a distance, and then silently turned her face away.

When I left the palace, it was already full of stars.

The palace road is long, Mei Xue walked for a while, and when she was about to reach the gate of the palace city, she suddenly found that the second lady Huang Qingya had been walking behind her.

Looking at each other, Mei Xue didn't speak, Huang Qingya's face was tired, and she smiled reluctantly and said:

"Miss Mei, will you visit the county lord during the Chinese New Year? Can you take me with you? I handed the post to the county lord, but I haven't been to Lord Shen's mansion yet. ”

Mei Xue was silent for a while before nodding, neither of them spoke again, and continued to walk forward one after the other.

Next to the two carriages of the Shu Palace, Li Jinzhi and Li Jinhuan, who had stepped out of the palace first, were standing side by side and talking.

Mei Zhai's carriage stopped not far away, and Mei Gang and Jiu'er were also waiting for Mei Xue.

Li Jinhuan didn't speak, and Mei Xue ignored him, only nodded to Li Jinzhi and walked towards Jiu'er.

Mei Xue knew very well that from the day Concubine Lin wanted people to strangle her, there was no possibility of reconciliation between her and the mother and son.

As for the work on face, since Li Jinhuan disdains to do it, she can just save some effort.