Chapter 159: The monstrous waves rise from tiny waves
After dawn on the second day, Xue Hengzhao and others had breakfast at the Prince's Mansion.
Before going back to the palace, I came to Lan Ning's place. After a night, both mother and son were in good condition, and Grandma Qi and Xue Hengzhao were completely relieved.
Since everyone was in front of them, Lan Ning couldn't explain anything to Xue Hengzhao alone, so she said: "Go back and say hello to the empress, saying that we are all well here, so don't worry about it."
Aunt Qi also said: "The prince and concubine must have a good time and rest. We went to the palace to announce the good news."
Granny Ghost left as early as midnight yesterday. Although everyone didn't know why she left so early, they thought it might not be a bad thing for such a person to leave early. People would probably discuss her if they saw her.
When Xue Hengzhao and Nanny Qi returned to the palace, Concubine Fu had just had breakfast and was about to go to the Queen's Palace to pay her respects as usual.
Aunt Qi's face was full of smiles: "Congratulations to the empress, congratulations to the empress! The fifth prince and concubine gave birth to the emperor's grandson at midnight last night. Both mother and son are safe. I wish you congratulations!"
Concubine Fu almost didn't sleep all night. When she heard the news, she couldn't help but feel happy at the corners of her eyes.
He kept saying: "Okay, okay! As long as you are safe!"
So he called Wei Zhong again: "The Queen, as I said when I went over to say hello, your Majesty is going to court now. You just need to tell Eunuch Shang, and remember not to be too happy."
Concubine Fu was able to live a relatively peaceful life in this palace, largely due to her low profile.
She doesn't like to show off, let alone compete for the limelight, which has saved her from a lot of trouble.
Also staying up all night was the Ma family. People in their mansion have been snooping around the Fifth Prince's mansion.
Wait until daybreak and come back to report to Ma.
"It was going on until midnight yesterday, and it stopped in the latter half of the night.
When Dr. Zhou came out, his servant came up to inquire about it. He said that the fifth prince's concubine had given birth to a boy."
When Ma heard this, his eyes widened.
I was frustrated and angry, and couldn't say a word.
"The fifth prince's concubine is really lucky. Isn't it difficult to give birth?" Linghua said from the side, "Who went to deliver the baby?"
"None of the midwives in the capital who have heard of the baby dare to go." The messenger said, "The little ones are guarding not far away, and those who go to invite midwives come back empty.
Only one was picked up, a beggar woman, and Dr. Zhou also said that she was the one who delivered the baby."
"They found a beggar woman to deliver the baby, are they crazy?" Ma's maid Xiaocao looked disgusted, "How embarrassing!"
"They probably felt embarrassed, so they sent the woman away early.
The person guarding the back door said that the woman left before midnight, and there was no one to see her off," said the messenger.
"Although the woman I found was terrible, since I used her and treated her so coldly in the end, it can be seen that Lan Ning and the others are just pretending to be kind and kind." Ma said coolly.
But no matter what, Ma was still unhappy.
No matter how thrilling Lan Ning's delivery was, she finally gave birth to a child, and he was the emperor's eldest grandson.
Although she still refuses to give up, thinking that she will take action if there is a chance in the future.
But this time, I was finally discouraged.
The Fifth Prince's Mansion was naturally in a happy mood. The housekeeper called the servant who traveled far away and asked him to go to Longxi to announce the good news to the Fifth Prince.
They also killed sheep and geese to prepare for the emperor's grandson's bath.
Before noon, the palace had already sent people to deliver many rewards.
After the emperor came to court, he was naturally overjoyed when he heard about the birth of his eldest grandson. He said he would reward her with tens of thousands of colorful silks and satins (Emperor Jiajing once rewarded Princess Yu with 100,000 pieces of silk for giving birth to his grandson). p>
Because of the birth of the emperor's eldest grandson, everyone in the fifth prince's residence felt that their faces were bright, and they were very happy when they came in.
The steward stood at the second door, watching everyone carrying rewards inside, while telling everyone to be careful.
"If we don't have enough manpower, we'll call some from the backyard." The housekeeper said, "Everyone who can walk will come over."
Immediately, someone went to the backyard to call for help, and after a while, more than twenty people came.
"Why don't you see Mr. Hu?" The housekeeper frowned.
"I was drunk and slept there, and I couldn't wake up no matter how I screamed." The person who called me said, "It's just a piece of mud, and I can't hold it up against the wall."
This Hu Laoba is the most useless servant in the house.
Just because his parents are both old people in the house, and they are both diligent and honest. As the only son like him, he just works in the house.
He has been spoiled by his parents since he was a child. He has always been lazy and easy-going, but he also has a smooth tongue and can deal with it.
The old couple died two years ago. Before he died, he begged the housekeeper to take care of Mr. Hu.
Since the housekeeper had a good relationship with Hu Laoba's father, he came down and assigned him to the backyard. He usually turned a blind eye.
Who would have thought that Hu Laoba has no self-awareness and is becoming more and more of a jerk.
The housekeeper no longer wants to keep him, but he hasn't found a suitable opportunity yet.
This time I heard that he was drunk and lazy early in the morning, so I went to the backyard in person, had someone tie him up, and poured cold water on him to wake him up.
"You stupid thing! You really think you are an uncle! The house is so busy that you can't even find anyone to spare. Instead of getting up and working, you get drunk and fall asleep!
I’m telling you, I won’t let you show up here today, so pack your things and get out!” the housekeeper scolded.
But Hu Laoba still argued, "Isn't it because I was happy that I got drunk? Why should you be angry about such a happy event?"
"Come here, give him a few whips, and let me see if he is still happy!" The steward asked someone to beat Hu Laoba, and then said, "Don't let him go, and tie him up for a day and a night. Wouldn't he be happy to lie down?"
Let him lie down as long as he can!"
Hu Laoba was given a whipping, his hands and feet were tied, and he was thrown into an empty room. In order to prevent him from shouting, his mouth was even gagged.
The next day, a steward brought someone over, bundled his luggage and clothes into a package and threw it on the ground. He untied the rope and said, "Let's go quickly! The house doesn't have idle people. What little people you have is what makes me happy."
It has also ruined you. May you be blessed in the future!"
Hu Laoba angrily picked up his luggage and limped out of the house through the west corner door. The door slammed shut behind him.
He stopped, looked back, spat hard, and murmured: "I don't want to leave you here, I have my own place to stay! Now that your control is in your hands, this is called Tianwujue."
Where is the human path!"
After saying that, he tightened his clothes and walked away into the north wind.
Ma fell ill for no apparent reason. She only felt chest tightness, shortness of breath, sore eyes and a bitter mouth.
I asked a doctor to tell me that it was liver qi that was not feeling well, and he prescribed a prescription to relieve the heat.
Ma looked at the prescription and sneered: "This medicine contains Coptis chinensis. Do you think it's not bitter enough for me?"
At this time, the housekeeper from their house hurriedly came in. Ignoring Ma's frown, he stepped forward and said, "Master, I wish to congratulate you."
Then he spoke a lot in Ma's ear. After hearing this, Ma was overjoyed, tore up the prescription and said, "Is there such a thing? In this case, I don't need to take medicine.