Concubine like a house

Chapter 30
After being grounded from Yunqi, the days in Lixinhou's Mansion seemed to be nothing special, except for one thing - Mrs. Tai closed the garden to worship the Buddha, she didn't hear anything, and she didn't see anyone.Including cloud words.

To the outside world, Mrs. Tai only claimed that she was praying and chanting scriptures for this plague, and devoted herself to worshiping the Buddha for ninety-nine and eighty-one days; but Yunci knew that her mother did this just because she didn't want to see him.

She was annoyed that he, as a dignified Marquis of Lixin, ignored the whole mansion because of a mute girl who was infected with the epidemic; she also used this to refuse to give Xiu a title, after that night.Yunci even suspected that his mother already knew Chuxiu's true identity.

He faintly felt that the road between him and Chuxiu was not easy to walk.

That night, Yunci thought of his mother's attitude, tossed and turned and couldn't sleep at night, suddenly missed Chuxiu very much, so he put on his clothes and got up, sitting in a wheelchair alone to see her, even Zhu Ying was not disturbed.

The night is deep, and the newly renovated courtyard is silent, only the lonely starry sky reflects the lights of the Chuxiu house.Seeing this, Yun Ci couldn't help frowning, pushed the wheelchair up the slope, and knocked lightly on the door: "Come out of Xiu."

There seemed to be a rustling sound of flipping books in the house, and after a while, seeing Chuxiu urgently came to open the door, he called out with a evasive look: "Master Hou..."

Yun Ci looked out of Xiuxiu in front of the door for a while, then said: "Push me in."

Chuxiu followed suit, but saw Yun Ci looking back and forth after entering the house, as if he was looking for something.After observing for a while, he pointed to the head of the bed: "Chuxiu, what's on the bottom of your bed?"

After hearing the words out of Xiuxiu, he hesitated for a while, but seeing that he couldn't escape, he moved a stack of books from under the bed and handed them to Yun Ci.

Yun Ci only took a few glances, and his face sank like water: "You are so tired these days, just to copy these account books?"

Chuxiu didn't dare to say much, so he lowered his head.

Seeing this, Yun Ci was angry and distressed: "What are you spending all this time on?"

"I read the account books reported from various places, the calculations are confusing, and the handwriting is not easy to read. I just think of it as practicing handwriting, and at the same time, check the old accounts to see if there are any mistakes in the calculations." Chu Xiuyue said in a lower voice.

Yun Ci naturally knew that this reason was lame, her real intention was just to relieve his worries.Thinking about it like this made her feel even more distressed, and couldn't help pulling her pair of catkins, and stroked them in the palm of her hand: "Silly girl, don't do this anymore."

Chuxiu's cheeks blushed immediately, and she looked like a flying cloud under the candlelight, but she felt that Yunci's gesture was too ambiguous, which made her a little bit unbearable.

The two have been abiding by etiquette since that night, and they have never had physical contact again. This is what Yun Ci meant, and they wanted to give Xiu a title first, and then act as a husband and wife.

But now, things backfired... Thinking of his mother's attitude, Yun Ci couldn't help sighing softly, and suddenly changed his mind.He played with Chuxiu's slender jade fingers in his palm, thinking of her calligraphy and her piano, his heart was full of knots, and gradually moved.

"Come out of Xiuxiu and give birth to a child for me." In this way, there should be no reason for the mother to stop it.

Having a baby... Chu Xiuwen was stunned for a moment.In fact, she is not obsessed with fame, as long as she can stay by this person's side, everything is fine.Of course, if there is a child...

The tip of Chuxiu's nose was sour, and at the same time she was shy, she still pursed her lips in acquiescence.Blowing out the candles by Yun Ci, unbuttoning each other's clothes in the sultry night, this body and this heart blend again...

The morning sun has not yet risen, and the clear light is hazy. When I wake up from Chuxiu, I don't see Yunci by my side.Thinking back to last night, his legs were inconvenient, and he was so emotional... In the end, both of them were lingering and tired...

Just thinking about it a little bit, Chuxiu already felt his cheeks burning up.She forced herself not to think about what happened last night. After all, she made up her mind to stay with her from now on, and skin-to-skin contact is inevitable.It's just that she never thought that Yun Ci could wake up so early after a beautiful night.

Chuxiu understood his thoughts, so she got up silently, and went to Qingxinzhai to serve as usual.As soon as he walked to the gate of Qingxin Zhai, he felt a sweetness in his throat, and quickly covered his mouth and coughed lightly.I thought it would be fine, but in that palm... there was another smear of bright red blood.

Chuxiu was very surprised. Since he coughed up blood that day, there was nothing different in the past [-] days. How could he be... In a trance, Chuxiu seemed to grasp some idea, but it only passed by for a moment. Thoughts have vanished without a trace.

Out of Xiuxiu, afraid of delaying Yunci's affairs, he hurriedly waved away his wild thoughts, hurried back to the courtyard to wash his hands, and changed his clothes again.After tossing around like this for a long time, when I went out of Xiu and then entered Qingxinzhai, it was of course nearly half an hour later than before.Fortunately, Yun Ci didn't think much about it, she just thought that she was tired last night and woke up late.

Obviously there have been two lingering skin-to-skin dates, but when Chuxiu sees Yunci, he still feels ashamed.Her pair of brimming water eyes matched the red glow on her face, just like the crimson color of the sky before the sun rises.Yunci saw it in his eyes, with endless affection.

"Why don't you rest?" He deliberately teased her, and smiled slightly, like Qinghui.

Hearing this, Chuxiu's complexion became even more rosy, suppressing the panic and suspicion of coughing up blood, forced a smile, and did not speak.

Yun Ci knew that she was very thin-skinned and couldn't stand being teased, so she also knew that she would just accept it.Thinking of the heavy stack of account books when I visited her last night, her tone changed to light reprimand: "I can't stay up late in the future, those account books are not your job."

Chuxiu bit her lips: "I don't want to be a useless person."

Yun Ci comforted softly: "You are the woman I like, how can you be useless?"

Chuxiu finally raised her eyes, took a quick look at Yun Ci, her face was blushing, "It's all just putting on airs, so I can't help you."

Yun Ci only held her hand and said nothing.

The fingertips of the two intertwined, and his palm was pressed against the back of her hand, which was warm, thick, and had an unforgettable touch.It is said that "ten fingers connect with hearts", Chu Xiu thought, if it is true that hearts are connected, then he and her are also considered to be in harmony at this moment.

The feeling came so quickly, so unexpectedly, that she was hardly ready to accept it.But now, after all, she followed Yunci's intention and set foot on the road he paved for her.Since then, no matter whether the sun is shining brightly or the wind and rain are blowing, he will go hand in hand with her, regardless of the wind and rain.She doesn't want a status, and she knows that she is from a humble background, so she will definitely not be able to get the position of his most legitimate wife, but she wants to be with him for such a long time, and her wish is enough.

The two felt the warmth from each other, and there was a kind of warmth that was inseparable from each other.But for some reason, the origin of these four words suddenly popped up in Chuxiu's mind——

"The spring is dry, and the fish are on the land, and they are wet with each other, and they are wet with each other. It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes."

In just a split second, the tenderness and tenderness just now had been replaced by fear and restlessness, Chuxiu's heart sank, and then thinking of his coughing up blood this morning, he felt a sense of dying soon.

Thinking wildly like this, Yun Ci tightened his grip: "What are you thinking?"

Chuxiu quickly regained consciousness, smiled and shook his head.

"When you lost your voice, you always lost your mind. Although you can talk now, you can't get rid of this problem." Yun Ci let go of his hand at the right time, with a gentle smile, "It's not a good thing to be too thoughtful. It's even more harmful to your body to think wildly .If you have something on your mind, you can tell me."

Chuxiu looked at Yunci's calm and clear gaze, pondered for a moment, wondering if he should tell about his coughing up blood again.Just as he was deliberating, at this moment, Zhu Ying said: "Master, Divine Doctor Qu is here!"

"Please!" Yun Ci showed a bit of joy, he didn't expect that Qu Fang had arrived in Fangzhou from the border of Nanxi in just over [-] days.He looked at Chuxiu again, and said with a smile: "You were infected with the epidemic a month ago, and I ordered people to go to various places to find Qu's miracle doctor. I thought I could cure you, but now that the epidemic has passed, I found it."

"Wouldn't Miracle Doctor Qu want to make a futile trip?" Chuxiu said with a soft smile.

"How could it be?" Looking at her ruddy complexion, Yun Ci still felt uneasy, so he smiled, "I have to ask the genius doctor to take a look at your throat disease, so that there is no root cause of the disease." He deliberately avoided coughing up blood I'm afraid she will worry too much about it.

Chuxiu pursed her lips and smiled, no longer speaking.

A moment later, Zhu Ying led Shen Yu's master, Qu Fang, a master of medicine, into the room. "Master Hou, Miss Chuxiu, long time no see." Qu Fang entered the room while bowing his hands in salute.

"Miraculous doctor Qu is polite." Yun Ci lived in Qu Fang's residence for several years, and he has become close friends with him, so he was not polite, and cut straight to the point with a little apology: "This time, please ask the divine doctor to return to Yanlan City. For the plague. But God bless Fangzhou, the plague is over, but there are still a few small things to trouble you."

"Since I'm here, I'll do whatever I want. Lord Hou said it's all right." Qu Fang couldn't hide his servant, and said with a smile.

"After going through a epidemic in Xiuxiu, I can talk now. It's just that I suddenly coughed up blood a few days ago. Although the pulse condition is not very symptomatic, I still want to ask you for diagnosis and treatment." Yunci said.

"Can you talk?" Doctor Qu stroked his beard and looked towards Chuxiu, "Congratulations girl."

"I'm sorry to trouble the genius doctor." Chuxiu bowed in a low voice and thanked him.

Doctor Qu stretched out his hand to greet her, not shying away from male and female, pinched Chuxiu's pulse for diagnosis and treatment, and probed her throat with the light.For a long while, I didn't speak.

As time passed slowly, Yun Ci felt that his heart was gradually suspended, lest Dr. Qu would assert that Xiu had some serious illness.I don't know how long it has been like this before I heard Qu Fang laugh and say: "The girl is coughing up blood, it should be the congestion of the throat caused by the long-term loss of voice, it is not a serious problem."

Chu Xiu heard the words and let out a long sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, Qu Fang laughed again and said: "Master Hou, since I am coming down this time, I will also give you a diagnosis of Ping'an Pulse."

Yun Ci's heart sank suddenly, but his face was normal, he just nodded and said, "Thank you." He stretched out his wrist while speaking.

Qu Fang probed for Yun Ci's pulse again, thought for a moment and said: "It's okay." After saying that, he withdrew his hands and returned, calmly said: "The last time I came to Yanlan City was invited by King Mu, and I came and went in a hurry. And met the fourth aunt, I wonder if there is a chance to see her this time?"

Fourth aunt?Chu Xiu was a little puzzled.Don't say that the female family members of Yunfu shouldn't meet people easily, even if they want to meet, shouldn't Qu Fang meet Mrs. Tai first?How could he propose to see the fourth aunt?
Speaking of the fourth aunt Tailuanqing, when she came out of Xiu, she only heard her name but did not see her person.All her impressions of the fourth aunt came from a few words that seemed to be absent from others.For example, she is young, beautiful, and in full bloom; for example, she lives in a private courtyard and does not go out easily; for example, the other concubines accompany the wife to have breakfast every day, but she never shows up.

These rumors all outline the fourth concubine of Yunfu as a mysterious figure, and one cannot help but want to find out more.Among the news Chu Xiu knew about the fourth concubine, the most down-to-earth one was that this concubine lived in "Lengbo Garden" at the west end of the inner courtyard.

Chuxiu was thinking about all kinds of rumors about the fourth concubine, but Ting Yunci smiled and said to Qu Fang: "Fourth concubine does not step out of the garden gate all day long, but today the divine doctor Qu is visiting, she must be very happy to see her." See you." After saying that, he turned to Zhu Yingming and said, "You go to Lengbo Garden, and just say that the divine doctor Qu is in Qingxinzhai to invite you."

Zhuying led the way and left.

Only then did Chuxiu realize that he forgot to serve Qu Fang tea.She hurried in and out just after making hot tea, Yunci smiled at her again: "I haven't seen Doctor Qu for a long time, let's chat for a while, you go back first."

Chuxiu was a little disappointed, she wanted to take this opportunity to meet the fourth aunt, but she couldn't disobey Yun Ci's intention, so she had to leave with a smile.

Seeing the graceful back gradually drifting away, Yun Ci slowly withdrew his smile, and looked at Qu Fang seriously: "Please speak frankly, what's wrong with coming out of Xiu?"

Qu Fang pondered for a moment, and said first: "May I ask, did Lord Hou and Miss Chuxiu ever have a physical relationship?"

Yunci acquiesced very frankly.

Seeing this, Qu Fang sighed softly: "Now I don't dare to make a diagnosis, so I can only ask my fourth aunt to come for another diagnosis."

Want Fourth Aunt to come for a diagnosis?An ominous feeling rose in Yunci's heart: "Could it be poisoned by something?"

Qu Fang didn't answer immediately, but replied after a while: "Si Yiniang is from the Jiang clan, and she is the best at Gu poison. Whether it is true or not, she will know it at the first diagnosis."

Hearing this, Yun Ci lowered his eyes and frowned, his expression became more and more serious.The room fell silent, and a worrying and flustered silence slowly drifted, until Zhuying's report sounded again: "Master, Fourth Aunt is here."

As soon as the words fell, a young woman walked in outside the door, wearing a dark blue to almost black tight-sleeved tulle, the skirt dangling at her feet, not swaying.She has an unusual bun on her head, long gold-painted earrings on her ears, and a gold belt half a foot wide on her waist, decorated with wildly dancing golden snakes, giving her a wild and glamorous look. amorous feelings.This attire does not look like an ordinary woman, it can even be described as "weird".

The person who came was the fourth aunt Tai Luanqing, with sculpted eyebrows and a straight nose, her complexion was extremely white, compared with her white skin that was rosy, she was as white as smoked silk, especially the bridge of her nose was extremely high, and her pupils were almost light brown , like... a cat's eye.If she really came from the Jiang family, this fourth concubine, Tai Luanqing, has a kind of exotic beauty.

She walked into Yunci's study on her own, without bending over to salute, she just nodded and said: "Hou Ye." That look was indifferent, without a smile, just like her residence "Lengbo Garden", Cold waves floated all over his body.

Just now Zhuying said on the road that the divine doctor Qu is here, so Luanqing asked bluntly: "Master Hou and the divine doctor Qu called me here, why?"

Before Yun Ci could speak, Divine Physician Qu had already explained the symptoms of Chuxiu and Yun Ci.

Luanqing heard the words without pretending to ponder, stretched out a dazzlingly white jade hand, and said to Yunci: "Master Hou, please let me explore the neck." She took a step forward and slightly lifted Yunci's lapel Before, took a look.

"Master Hou and that girl from Xiuxiu, is there a physical relationship?" Luanqing and Qu Fang asked exactly the same thing.

Yun Ci frankly said "Yes", his brows were as tight as mountains and rivers, and he did not hide his worry: "Do you need to call Xiu in again?"

"No need." Luan Qing retracted her hands and folded her waist, her expression was cold and decisive, "I have only examined Lord Hou, and I can already confirm that the two of you are poisoned by love." After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment, and added , "It is exactly the same as the poison that the old Hou Ye and his wife suffered back then."

"Exactly the same?" Yun Ci looked at Luan Qing in shock, "Possibly a diagnosis?"

"If I am not very sure, I will never say it." Luanqing said lightly.

Hearing this, Qu Fang and Yun Ci were silent.

The fourth concubine, Tai Luanqing, is only 25 years old this year. When she entered the mansion ten years ago, although Yunci was under 11 years old, but she knew the personnel affairs, and felt extremely absurd about her father's marquis marrying a 15-year-old girl as a concubine.

But when Luanqing passed the door, his mother did not object, which was completely different from his father's reaction when he married his second and third aunts.Yunci knew that the third aunt had followed her father for many years and was truly loved by her father, but in terms of status, her mother would rather let Hua Shi, who was born as a maidservant, start first than recognize the third aunt Wen.

For this reason, the mother had been in trouble with the father for a long time.In the end, it was Wen who was obedient and sensible, and got her mother's approval, and when she passed the door, she was already eight months pregnant.This incident made Yun Ci understand that no matter how jealous and harsh her mother was, she attached great importance to Yun's children.This is also the reason why Yun Ci was eager to give up Xiu to give birth to an heir.

The past is vivid in my memory. When Luanqing was recruited, his mother uncharacteristically accepted her, which made Yunci very puzzled.Only later did he know the reason. It turned out that Luanqing had diagnosed that his father had been poisoned by love for many years, and that he had already passed the poison to his mother during a skin-to-skin date, and the mother passed it on to him when she was pregnant.

Love Poison is a unique poison technique of the Jiang family. As the name suggests, it is passed down from male to female.If a man has the poison of love in his body, it will be passed on to the woman during the skin-to-skin contact, and the woman will pass it on to the flesh and blood in the abdomen after conception.Moreover, this poison is very strange, and the symptoms of the attack also vary from person to person.The poison can only be dropped on the man, and it will only be passed on to the first woman who has intercourse with him after being poisoned, and the woman will pass it on to the first child conceived in the womb.

Therefore, the second concubine Taihua and the third concubine Taiwen have never been poisoned, Yun Qi and Yun Xian are also fine.

Yun Ci was thinking about the past, only to hear Qu Fang sighed to him: "When the old Hou Ye and Mrs. Tai were poisoned, there were no signs of poisoning, but you, the eldest son, were born with deep fetal poisoning. Recall next Entrusted by the old Hou Ye to detoxify you, you can only cross the river by feeling the stones. You only know the method of detoxification, but you don’t know the cause of the poisoning. If it weren’t for this, you wouldn’t know that the old Hou Ye and the wife were both poisoned.”

At this point, Qu Fang sighed again: "It's because your medical skills are not good enough to eliminate all the fetal poison in your body. This is why you contracted lifelong leg problems in order to save the life of the young master."

(End of this chapter)