As soon as she stepped into the Weibei Hou Mansion, Minglan felt that the atmosphere was not right, and subconsciously wanted to run away. She immediately smiled and said: "Recently, my aunt sent altar bracken, so she sent it to Sister Zhang. [Ye*] [*]

There’s nothing important, so I’ll take my leave.”

The one who came out to greet Zhang was one of Zhang's accompanying mothers, whose surname was Fan. Minglan had seen her several times and was the most steady one. At this time, her eyes were slightly red: "Mrs. Gu Hou is a noble person. If she leaves like this, what will happen to her?"

Don’t blame us for not knowing etiquette.”

Minglan had no choice but to follow inside and asked as she walked: "How is Sister Zhang?"

Fan's mother said hoarsely: "Something is wrong." After a pause, she added, "The Duke's wife is also here and has gone to invite the Duke. I am waiting outside."

Hearing that even the British father-in-law was coming, alarm bells rang in Minglan's head, but in front of him was the Zhang family courtyard. It would be too rude to turn back and leave at this moment, so she had to walk in, cursing her bad luck ten thousand times in her heart.

, I had known that Gu Tingye would come!

After entering the middle hall, there was no one inside. Mother Fan led Minglan directly to the west wing of the main house. The courtyard was full of maids and women coming in and out. Everyone was in a hurry, carrying water and basins, but there was no sound.

Then I walked west, and before I even entered the door, I heard voices inside, along with low cries.

"...I don't blame you for thinking about the wife in front of you. The bond between husband and wife for more than ten years is human nature." This was the voice of Mrs. Zhang, "But my daughter was also betrothed on the 36th, and she was given a marriage by the Holy Spirit. Could it be that she was married to someone else?

No one wants my daughter from the Zhang family, so I have to take pity on you, Uncle Shen Guo!"

Then a low male voice said, "Mom-in-law, calm down, this fact is an accident..."

Minglan was extremely embarrassed. She turned to look at Fan's mother and whispered: "There is a lot going on in your house today, why don't I come back another day..." Before she could finish her words, the maid standing at the door had already lifted the curtain and reported inside.

, "Mrs. Gu Hou is here."

——You are really quick to talk, but Minglan secretly grits her teeth.

The room was quiet. After a while, Mrs. Zhang's voice came from inside: "Please come quickly."

Minglan bravely walked in. The place was already crowded with people. Mrs. Zhang was sitting in a chair, holding a handkerchief and pressing the corners of her eyes. The Marquis of Weibei, Shen Congxing, stood aside with an extremely ugly face. Little Zou shrank in a corner.

Cry quietly.

When Shen Congxing saw Minglan, he lowered his hands and said with difficulty: "The Gu family brothers and sisters are here."

Minglan hurriedly blessed Mrs. Zhang and said, "Auntie is well, and uncle Guo is well."

Shen Congxing was actually born well. At the age of thirty-five or six, he was still straight-backed, tall, and handsome in appearance. Minglan had met him several times before. At this time, his face was filled with dark clouds. When he saw Minglan, there was relief in his eyes.

The meaning of the tone. Later, Minglan found out that before she came, Mrs. Zhang had been crying for a long time, and she had been lecturing Shen Congxing in front of everyone, making it difficult for her.

The atmosphere in the room was awkward, so Minglan had to speak first: "I got bracken today. I thought my sister would like to eat it, so I sent it over. Sister Zhang, is she... okay?" She felt that she was asking Zhenji. Looking at this situation, could she

Is it okay?

Mrs. Zhang shed tears: "Good girl, you remember her like this, and I remember you." She choked again and said, "Guifen... is about to give birth..."

Minglan actually guessed something, but she was still a little surprised: "Isn't it still more than half a month away?" She clearly remembered that Chang Feng's wife Liu was half a month earlier than Zhang's due date, and Liu hadn't given birth yet.

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After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang was furious. She glared at little Zou in the corner, covered her handkerchief and cried, "My poor daughter..."

The population of the Shen family was small, with neither mother or sister-in-law nor any older female relatives. At this time, Mrs. Zhang was crying so sadly that Shen Congxing couldn't help but no one could comfort her. Minglan looked around and had no choice but to He went over to support Mrs. Zhang and said softly: "Auntie, it's certain. Now that my sister is giving birth, it's time for you to hold on. You must not mess up."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang gradually stopped crying. She leaned on Minglan and slowly wiped away her tears. Shen Congxing felt slightly relieved.

Unfortunately, not long after, a woman with blood-stained clothes rushed into the room in a panic, knelt down with a plop, and screamed: "Madam, please go and have a look, the girl is dead..."

There was a bang in Minglan's mind, and Mrs. Zhang had already staggered out and rushed out. Because she was holding Mrs. Zhang's arm nearby, she followed unconsciously.

After walking through half of the courtyard, we came to the door of a side room. We saw maids and maids standing outside the house, delivering basins of blood and water. Not to mention women, even Shen Congxing was heart-beating.

Waves of weak cries of pain came from the room, and Mrs. Zhang shouted through the window grille: "Fen'er, nothing can happen to you..." She was about to go in. At this moment, a smartly dressed young man came out in a hurry. Rushing into the courtyard, still holding the riding crop in his hand, he knelt on the bluestone in front of Mrs. Zhang and shouted, "Madam, the Duke is here!"

Mrs. Zhang stopped and shouted into the room: "Good boy, your father is coming soon! You have to hold on!"

Mrs. Zhang seemed to have heard this, and her screams of pain stopped for a moment. But for a moment, Po Hu in the room exclaimed: "No! Get the handkerchief quickly!" Then, there was a shrill scream, heartbreaking, as if Penetrating everyone's heart——

"Dad, my daughter has fulfilled her filial duty!"

"My lord!" the boy kneeling in the courtyard suddenly shouted.

Everyone turned to look and saw an old man in military uniform covered in dust standing with his hands on the pillars of the corridor, his body trembling slightly.

…

Little Shen's face was pale, and the fingers that were holding the handkerchief turned white, "Sister-in-law, she...really said that?"

Minglan wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and said weakly: "I have never heard such a cry. I didn't sleep for half the night after I went back."

Seeing that little Shen's face looked very frightening, she comforted her, "Finally, she was born, and her mother saved her life. Don't take it too seriously."

She was so frightened yesterday that even the imperial doctor finally came. Mrs. Zhang finally gave birth to a boy in the evening. When Minglan saw the situation, she quickly slipped home. When she met Gu Tingye, she said that she had suffered eight generations of bad luck. This kind of person can be so secretive that he can bump into him, and then he told what he saw and heard, and the couple sighed for a long time.

Minglan was worried that it would be a hindrance and she would not be killed to silence her.

Gu Tingye laughed, thought for a moment, and said, "I guess the Zhang family is causing trouble."

Because she didn't sleep well at night, Minglan slept hard for half the next day. In the afternoon, someone came to invite her from General Zheng's mansion.

"Okay, why did it happen like this?" Xiao Shen also got the letter last night, but the Zheng family didn't let her move. They sent several women to ask, but they didn't give a clear answer when they came back.

Minglan sighed: "It's just a trivial matter."

Ever since she became pregnant, the doctor who diagnosed Zhang's Ping'an pulse would come every ten days. Xiao Zou would have a headache and foot pain every time. He would detain the doctor for about half a cup of tea and then release him, although it was not a long time. It's okay, but she feels comfortable adding trouble to Mr. Zhang.

Ms. Zhang is cold-tempered and is too lazy to talk to her, but her mother beside her is not angry anymore.

Yesterday morning, the doctor came. As usual, Mr. Zou pretended to be sick and detained someone for a while. Unexpectedly, the uncle and his wife of the Zou family happened to come. Knowing that the doctor was a famous doctor in the city, he came to diagnose Mr. Zhang's pulse, so he immediately put on a show.

, let the doctor look at the couple from head to toe, and prescribed many expensive medicines, which were naturally recorded in the uncle's house.

Such a delay lasted for most of the day. This time, let alone the mothers, even Mrs. Zhang was secretly angry. For a long time, she and Xiao Zou had almost reached a tacit understanding. They usually only detained him for a while, but this time he didn't come for a long time.

Mrs. Zhang asked the people around her to call. After a while, a little girl came back crying and said that the uncle of the Zou family said that the visitor was disrespectful and asked the servants to tie him up and beat him up. Mrs. Zhang was finally aroused and angry.

Regardless of everyone's obstruction, he went to argue with his belly in his hands.

The uncle and his wife of the Zou family were very arrogant and said a lot of unpleasant things. They couldn't stand up to Mr. Zhang in person. Ms. Zhang was so angry that people on both sides began to push each other. Young Mr. Zou saw that the situation was not right and hurriedly came out to smooth things over. In the chaos,

Mrs. Zhang was pushed to the ground for some unknown reason. Then the scene became chaotic, and the uncle and his wife took advantage of the chaos and ran home.

The reason why Minglan knew so clearly was because she was so frightened that her legs were weak yesterday and she heard it while she was sitting in the corner having a cup of tea to calm down.

"Why did you give birth so early?" - She just asked casually at that time, but Mother Fan who was standing next to her did not hesitate and immediately told her everything, which scared her to death.

After thinking about it, how could Mrs. Zhang be a rash person when she married her mother? Since she dared to say it, it seems that the Zhang family does not intend to take this matter lightly.

The exciting thing is at the back.

After Mrs. Zhang gave birth to the baby, Mrs. Zhang went in to comfort her. After her daughter fell asleep, she suddenly became stunned and scolded little Mrs. Zou crazily. As soon as Shen Congxing defended her for a few words, Mrs. Zhang pointed her nose at her.

Called 'sightless'.

Then a mother knelt down and said loudly: "Master Hou, do you think Aunt Zou is a good person? I wonder if she has been deceiving you for a long time."

Then he pointed out that when the little Zou family went into the water to save the older Zou family's baby, it was all a lie. ~ It turned out that her fetal condition was already unstable at the time, and the doctor had already said that the fetus could not be saved, so the Zou family discussed putting on a show to let the baby die.

Shen Congxing will always remember the benefits of little Zou.

Of course, Xiao Zou refused to admit it. Mrs. Zhang said that her daughter had already checked everything and did not say anything for the sake of the peace of the family. Now that she is in this situation, she doesn't care about anything - she diagnosed Xiao Zou's pulse at the beginning

The doctor, the doctor that little Zou saw after falling into the water, and the doctor who gave him the prescription, and the mother-in-law who coaxed the child to go to the pool...

Minglan took advantage of Mrs. Zhang to pass on witnesses and physical evidence, and quickly rubbed oil on her soles.

Little Shen's lips trembled violently: "...the Zou family...how dare you deceive us like this!"

Minglan patted her hand comfortingly: "You are also thinking about the sister-in-law in front of you, so you treat the Zou family so well. I can't blame you."

Little Shen was stunned for a long time, and the expression on her face changed for a few moments. She suddenly threw herself on the bedside and burst into tears. Minglan was startled and asked why, and then she sobbed.

"...I, it's not because of my former sister-in-law that I hate my current sister-in-law! I deliberately treat Aunt Zou well because...before we came to the capital, the Zhang family and the Zheng family were already discussing marriage, and it was delayed because of the death of the late emperor.

…My husband was originally going to marry that Zhang family!”

Xiao Shen's face turned red from crying, and she seemed to be infinitely ashamed, "...After we passed away, my parents-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law were all the best people, and my husband-in-law treated me like this...Every time I think about my sister-in-law's bad life, I feel like I have done something wrong."

Like a thief, I feel so sick..."

Minglan opened her mouth wide and her mind was confused for a while: "You heartless person, in this case, you should treat her better!"

"I know my mistake, I know my mistake! I will treat her well in the future...I won't be angry anymore..."

Little Shen cried so hard that she couldn't speak. She threw herself on Minglan's arm and kept sobbing. Minglan had no choice but to pat her back and comfort her for a long time before little Shen gradually recovered.

Mrs. Zheng walked in, followed by two women carrying soup bowls. She put down the bowls and pushed them away. She sat down by Xiao Shen's bed and said softly: "You kid, please don't pry.

You must ask clearly. Now that you know everything, you can no longer worry about it in the future... You even cried, what a child..."

Little Shen leaned in Mrs. Zheng's arms and said softly: "Let sister-in-law worry about it, I will take good care of myself."

"That's right." Mrs. Zheng touched her head, turned to Minglan and smiled: "I told you to watch a joke."

Minglan repeatedly waved her hands and said no, but she thought of that pale and weak girl in her heart. Alas, if it weren't for fate, it would be Mrs. Zhang who is currently nestling in the arms of her generous elder sister-in-law and can safely raise her baby.

When he returned to the house, he saw that Gu Tingye had gone back to the house and was sitting on a wicker chair playing with the little fat man. Minglan changed her clothes and leaned over to sit, and then slowly talked about today's events. After hearing this, Gu Tingye did not agree with it.

He shook his head and said: "After all this trouble, my husband also fell ill. I will go to court early today."
To be continued...