It is not easy to be the fourth master's wife

Chapter 52

When Zhou Ting paid her respects to the Empress Dowager, several sisters-in-law with sharp eyes and ears had already received the news. Before Zhou Ting entered Ningshou Palace, everyone knew that she was pregnant.Sanfujin smiled at her, and Huirong kept secretly looking at Zhou Ting's belly. Zhou Ting smiled back at her and breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that there are really no secrets in the royal family.

Concubine De smiled kindly, beckoned her to go, took Zhou Ting's hand and asked her softly with a smile on her face: "You child is too confused, I heard that it has been two months?" The low-key route that Zhou Ting planned to take could not be achieved, so she had no choice but to respond generously: "I still think it's strange, I usually use incense in winter, but this time I smell nothing, and I only know after the diagnosis. It turned out to have a body."

Eight Fortunes had been looking forward to it for such a long time, seeing that Zhou Ting was pregnant, it was unavoidable that her eyes would be hot, and the words she said were somewhat sour: "This is the blessing of the fourth sister-in-law."

Even the empress dowager told her: "Take good care of it, and ask your mother-in-law to take care of you during the Chinese New Year. It will be cheaper to pay your respects."

This is a good thing, there is no special grace, and her belly has not yet shown during the Chinese New Year, so she still has to kneel with other sisters-in-law. Zhou Ting stood up and bent her knees: "Thank you ancestor for loving me."

The empress dowager is getting old and likes the juniors. Zhou Ting's belly is born again, so she pondered twice: "It would be great if I were a little elder brother." Everyone understands the meaning of the words. After giving birth to a son and growing up After becoming a family, one can adopt Honghui's name, which can be considered as his incense. Thinking of this, the eyes of the sisters-in-law who were a little bit envious of Zhou Ting all faded away. No one in the family has been favored. As for the concubine, thinking about it this way, the smiles on the faces of the Fujins seemed much more sincere.

Concubine De turned to thank her: "I have borrowed the good words from my ancestors."

The Empress Dowager brought up Princess Wen Xian with one hand, and she was closer to Concubine De than the other concubines. At this time, Concubine De thanked her and waved her hand to Zunzi Guanyin: "I have to enter several concubines here every year. Yes, the big one was given to Shisan’s daughter-in-law, and the smaller one is given to you first, and I’ll fill it up when the new one comes in.”

"Okay, this time I got something from my ancestors, and I have to give birth to a fat little elder brother." Bafujin restrained his disappointment, looked at Bai Yudiao's little boy, and hoped that he could conceive tomorrow. But how many times I recited this scripture, it was useless. I couldn't express my envy in my heart, for fear of being underestimated.

Zhou Ting was anxious, and she lowered her head and showed a gentle smile: "I think this child is very honest. When she was pregnant with Honghui, she didn't give me a lot of trouble. I think it's a bit of a joke."

The concubines had all given birth to daughters, and they chattered about it, even Concubine De and the Empress Dowager also remembered the fifth princess, and recited it once: "No, it is difficult to be pregnant with Yinzhen, The fifth princess really didn’t make me suffer at all.” When Huai Yinzhen was pregnant, Concubine De hadn’t been promoted yet, and the cost of food and clothing couldn’t be compared with what it is now. Even if Kangxi wanted to spoil her, he couldn’t make a mistake. Looking back now It is naturally difficult to get up.

"The fifth princess had a slap-sized face when she first brought her here, but she grew up and married in a blink of an eye." The empress dowager gestured with her palms, tears streaming down her face. The others were especially good, but Concubine De was the first to hold back. Covering her face with a handkerchief for a while, it was Concubine Tong who started the conversation: "I'm talking about a happy event, don't ask people to feel at ease." The fifth princess is a married woman and a junior, according to etiquette, it is classic Don't let the elders talk about it.

Concubine De hurriedly stopped crying, and stood up to apologize to the empress dowager. The empress dowager was in a bad spirit after all this trouble, and she left early. The sisters-in-law talked to Zhou Ting and promised a few things. The little thing went to her mother-in-law, and Ba Fujin followed Concubine Hui, forced a smile and turned away.

Zhou Ting is enviable. Just look at the concubines in the palace. The only one who can give birth to Kangxi after the age of 25 is Concubine De. up.Kangxi is now even more fond of those beautiful women who have just been selected. Except for the four concubines whose position has been determined early, all the other women have to wait until they give birth to a son before they can be promoted. Became an old man.

Everyone's envy is more due to Yinzhen's love for Zhou Ting. Waiting for his wife at the gate of the palace has only been done by the eighth elder brother. Although his tongue has been chewed by his sister-in-law a few times, there is no envy in his heart. of.What happened in Sibeile's house can't be hidden from the past. First, Da Gege was handed over to Zhou Ting to be raised, and then the two sons were given to his wife. on the body.

Everyone felt that Sifujin had turned around, and Concubine De was the happiest. In her eyes, Yinzhen had suddenly enlightened.This daughter-in-law is good at everything, but she can't win her son's heart. Now that she has a child again, the two of them will definitely get along better.

When there were only two people left, Zhou Ting immediately started flattering her mother-in-law, and attributed all the credit for her pregnancy to Concubine De: "Nurse Gu has only been here for three months, and the daughter-in-law was found pregnant at the doctor's office. Er Niang was thinking of me, if there were no soup cookers, how could I have this child, even a daughter, I would be happy." Now she seized the opportunity to say a few words, fearing that she would really give birth to a daughter , Disappointed from top to bottom, she is fine, what will my daughter do in the future?
Concubine De was really happy, and held Zhou Ting's hand: "Be careful, and ask the mothers around you more about everything." She also faintly felt that Zhou Ting's birth was due to her, and she cares more about this child inadvertently. She valued it very much, and Zhou Ting dedicated the red coral ganoderma lucidum she brought to Concubine De: "This is specially selected by our master, and it is said to be filial to Er Niang. Now that I have a body, the muff originally promised to Er Niang We're halfway there, so we need to stop."

Zhou Ting thought about Concubine De like this, so Concubine De was naturally willing to plan for her: "You have a body, how can you touch needlework again, I am not bad here." After drinking a sip of tea, she ate two slices of Zhou Ting's skin. Her orange, squinting her eyes, patted her finger and pointed at the screen, saying: "When it's time to choose, I called someone to drink tea and have snacks. Come and palm your eyes and choose the one that suits you."

This was much better than what Zhou Ting had expected. Although she felt uncomfortable in her heart, picking a good girl to be her husband's concubine was better than picking someone who didn't know the details. She sighed and nodded and smiled: "My mother hurts." Me, I never knew." She swayed on De Fei's body for a long time.

On the way back, the car was full of tonic jade wares, and after hearing good things about it, Huirong even sent a set of porcelain dolls, and Zhou Ting stretched her legs on the pillow.The driver who was driving the car got his words, and walked slowly along the way. As soon as he got home, Ba Fujin came over.

As soon as you enter the room, you can feel a sense of warmth, and Ba Fujin can see the difference with a glance. The heating bed is covered with a whole piece of white fox fur mattress, and the porcelain screen painted with flowers and birds is used as a partition. The large and small glass flower bonsai are all full of spring. Zhou Ting changed into a rose-purple homely dress, with sable fringe around the neckline and cuffs, which set off her face as crystal clear as jade, and there was no trace of the ashen look on Honghui's face after he left.

Bafujin sighed for a moment: "Your life is getting better and better." Things are not rare. According to Zhou Ting's status, she can ask her servants to handle them, but in the past, Nala was always cautious and refused to pretend. She was gorgeous, but now she let go, and tidy up the house so well, it can be seen that her husband dared to take care of it.

"It's a good time, and it's a bad time." Zhou Ting pushed the plate of snacks towards her: "Is it still a bad life?" After speaking, she pinched a piece of plum snowflake candy and put it in her mouth, squinting her eyes With a smile: "Life is made by people. I can live like this to the current situation. What are you afraid of?"

Ba Fujin almost shed tears when he said a word, and it took him a long time to confide: "You are pregnant this time, what is the secret recipe?" She is younger than Zhou Ting, and she thinks she can conceive, she is sure There is still hope, and besides, Zhou Ting is just pregnant again, so it would be nice to sit here and feel happy.

Zhou Ting groaned and didn't know what to say. There wasn't a single child in the backyard. This problem must be caused by Eight Princes.It's not easy to pour a basin of cold water on her head, and after thinking for a long time, she said: "It's just those left, I usually take good care of it, and count the days, besides... there is a mother who stews black-bone chicken soup for me every day. My name is Biyu, and I will tell Jingui about the medicinal materials, and let her stew them for you to drink."

The eight blessings were like Feng Lun's voice, and hurriedly asked Jingui to learn from Biyu. Jingui knew how powerful she was and pulled Biyu to sit in the outer room and questioned her carefully for a long time. Be anxious, this child, if you don’t want it to come, it will come when you don’t want it.”

"How can I not think about it now?" Bafujin was down for a while and then put away the worry on his face: "Look at me, I forgot the business. After the new year, it will be the Queen Mother's birthday. Are you ready?"

"I've been doing it for a long time. Fortunately, I have prepared the needle and thread a long time ago. Otherwise, this will be missing." The glass peach tree bonsai is as tall as a person, and Feng Ji put a lot of effort into it. Yes, last time the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent someone to ask Feng Ji if it was Yinzhen's private property, but now that he is famous, the business can continue.

While the two were talking, Agate came in and reported to Zhou Ting: "Gege in the backyard fell from the swing frame and broke his leg."

"Have you invited a doctor? Why did you fall off the swing? Which one?" Zhou Ting frowned. It was snowing in winter, so how could she play on the swing?
"It's Niu Hulu Gege." Manao's face was troubled, and she could still sneak into the yard after being restrained. I'm afraid Fujin would lose her temper. It's not worth it for someone who is restless.

Unexpectedly, before Zhou Ting could speak, Ba Fujin laughed first: "Luoxue Zhuzi is playing on the swing, she is rushing to fall, and she should be in pain for two days."

"Hurry up and invite the doctor. The mother-in-law at the gate of the courtyard is paying two months' money. She is already under confinement. Who is so bold as to let her out? What about the girl next to her?" It's not surprising that Zhou Ting picked up the walnut cheese and took a sip, then turned to Fujin and said, "This is also Xiaoxuan who just came in."

"I said, it turned out to be taught by a master. Just wait and see, maybe the injury will heal, and you will go to the backyard to recite poems." Bafujin mocked, and Yingui supported the pine nuts with a handkerchief Ren handed it to her, and she pinched one and chewed: "This one is fragrant, and it's different from what I usually eat."

"It was brought by our grandfather, who said it was a pine nut from a red pine." Zhou Ting also squeezed one, and put it in her mouth in no hurry: "What, the one in your yard is tossing again?"

"That's right, standing in the yard wearing white clothes at night with loose hair, half-chanting and half-singing, the eunuch who opened the way thought he had encountered a ghost." Ba Fujin laughed "chih": "I don't need to speak this time. , Our master said that she was in a nightmare and asked someone to watch her."

Zhou Ting was dumbfounded, and it took a long time before she could say: "Then I really have to be on guard. You know our master's temper, and the minions who offend him are not good. The Chinese New Year is coming, so we have to keep a close eye on the door." Really, maybe, what are these one and two thinking, is it really taught by a master?
(End of this chapter)