The beauty of the lady

Chapter 137 Lies (3)
Although Grandpa Guo didn't come out in the study at this time, she knew how messed up Grandpa Guo might be in his heart. Whenever this happened, he would use writing to divert his attention.

Zhou Mei was talking with her mother and aunt in the living room, but there was no sign of Xuan Qingrong.

"Auntie, where's Rong'er? Isn't she in the mansion?"

"She went to your cousin's house, and it will take two days to come back. Besides, she is still young, so don't let her know about this kind of thing, it will only add to the chaos."

"Sister-in-law, don't say that. It would be a bad thing if you don't pay attention." Zhao comforted, then looked at Zhou Mei and said, "Did you tell your grandmother when you came out?"

"I've said it, don't worry, mother."

"Then your uncle's leg..."

"It will be all right next summer, soon."

"That's good."

After lunch at the Duke's Mansion at noon, the old man woke up not long after noon. After Zhou Mei said a few words to him, she got into the carriage and braved the storm to return to the Hou's Mansion. The old man was worried and asked Xuan Shao Ling sent her back.

After returning to Hou's mansion, Xuan Shaoling went back. It's not a new thing to pass the mansion but not enter, and Zhou Mei didn't keep it. She watched the carriage disappearing around the corner before going to the Sandalwood Court. up.

There, he told Mrs. Sun about the situation of the Duke's Mansion, and then returned to Shicui Courtyard.

"Miss, you're back, hurry up and warm up, isn't it cold outside?" Xia Qi took the fox fur from Zhou Mei, and quickly asked Dong Hua to serve hot soup to warm her up.

"It's not cold when it's snowing..." After thinking for a while, he asked again, "Is there anyone here in the nursery today?"

"Miss, don't tell me, there really is." Xia Qi changed her into plain clothes, "It's Aunt Zhao, she said she wanted Miss to help Second Young Master see if there is a possibility of healing. The maid told Aunt Zhao that Miss is going today. I went to the Duke’s Mansion as a guest, and I won’t be able to come back until the afternoon, I guess I can come back there later.”

Zhou Mei pondered for a moment, and then a smile appeared on the corner of her lips: "Huh, so, Master Hou is not feeling well, and even Aunt Zhao is in a hurry?"

"Isn't Lord Hou's body all right?"

"How can it be all right? Now he is just hanging his life with medicinal materials. His body has already suffered a serious loss. In my opinion, he can't live for more than two years. If the scar continues to heal and forget the pain, next year Today is probably his death day." After speaking, he seemed to sense Xia Qi's puzzled look, and said with a smile: "Don't blame me for being cruel, after all, I am not a god."

"No, the servant girl definitely doesn't have such an idea. I always feel that if Master Hou leaves at the wrong time, wouldn't it delay Young Master Sun's marriage?" Zhao Yuanming is 15 years old this year. You have to keep filial piety for three years.

"At that time, who will care about what's there or not." If the three-year filial piety period is used to keep uncle Chengjue, I believe my cousin will not hesitate.

Afterwards, Xia Qi felt that she could not hear the next words, so she waited for her to wash and rest, and then went back to her room.

When he woke up again, he was woken up by Qiu Shu.

"What's the matter?" she asked sleepily.

"Miss, Aunt Zhao is waiting for you in the main hall."

"Here?" She sat barefoot on the bed, asked Qiu Shu to wait for her to put on her clothes, tidied up a little, and went to the main hall with a plain face.

Aunt Zhao is not young anymore. Although she is only a 40-year-old woman, she has the appearance of nearly fifty.

Zhao Chengli is her old son, not to mention that it is not easy to conceive a child, but the birth is already blessed by the Buddha, who knows that life is safe, but he was damaged in the womb, and his mind has some problems.

In the past, she might guard her son until he grows up, find a filial and considerate daughter-in-law, and the mother and son will live alone. She continued to waste time.

Don't say that Master Hou's body can't live long enough for her son to grow up, even the second young lady's extreme activity recently made her feel uneasy.

Even the second young lady, who was usually almost transparent, started to make plans for herself. As the biological mother of the second young master of the Houfu, how could she fall behind.

"This is the first time for Aunt Zhao to come to Shicui Courtyard, right? But do you need me?"

Aunt Zhao heard the voice, looked up at Zhou Mei coming out with a smile, with mixed feelings in her heart, got up and blessed her, and then sat down together after she returned the gift.

"My concubine came to look for Miss Biao today. She was desperate and hoped that Miss Biao could save the second young master." After finishing speaking, she knelt down.

Zhou Mei's eyes remained unchanged, she didn't even tremble with her thin eyebrows, she just looked condescendingly at the woman kneeling in front of her.

"This is a big gift for Aunt Zhao, so get up and talk about it slowly." While talking, she looked at Aunt Zhao's drooping head and said coldly, "Of course, if you want to continue kneeling, I won't advise it anymore."

After speaking, seeing Aunt Zhao's slightly astonished expression, she finally stood up after a long while and sat down on the chair next to her.

"Aunt Zhao said to save the second young master, but what happened to the second young master?"

Aunt Zhao hesitated again and again, and finally looked into Zhou Mei's eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty is running out of time, and I know about it. When Master Hou leaves, there will be absolutely no concubines in this mansion." And the shelter of the second young master. Miss Biao has been in the Hou's mansion for nearly two months, and she must have understood the situation of the Hou's mansion. Although the second young master is now 17 years old, his intelligence is still at the age of seven or eight. I have tried all kinds of methods on my child, but there is no improvement, I heard that Miss Biao is a miracle doctor, so I took the liberty to come here and ask Miss Biao to treat the second young master."

"Please forgive me for refusing. The second young master's illness is not to be blamed on me, even the master is difficult to cure." The brain is the most complicated part of the human body, and the neurological aspect is even more difficult. It is only said that there is neurosis that has been diagnosed since the late stage of depression. But born mentally handicapped, even the medically advanced modern times are helpless, let alone in the Great Yan Dynasty.

Zhou Mei's words, like the last straw, completely crushed Aunt Zhao's already fragile shoulders and back, and her face looked mournful.

Zhou Mei couldn't bear to see her like this.

"Aunt Zhao, don't worry too much. Even if Lord Hou is gone, there will be a next Lord Hou. I'm afraid that the big Hou Mansion won't be able to support a brother?"

Aunt Zhao shook her head in a daze, and murmured: "You don't know, when the eldest son succeeds, the second young master will never have a good time. No, there is no need to inherit the title. As long as the Marquis is gone, the Sun family will not be restrained. The Second Young Master is like this again, the Hou Mansion will never tolerate our mother and son. Absolutely not..."

"Aunt Zhao!" Zhou Mei raised her voice slightly, calling back her drifting emotions.

(End of this chapter)