Flowers are expensive

Chapter 493
The three chatted for a while, Xixi sent Wuye to invite Cuiyue to have lunch, and then ordered the girl to go to Baoyun Tower to arrange a sumptuous banquet.Not long after, Wuye came back and said that Cuiyueren was not in the city and had gone to Jingyin Temple to burn incense.

At noon, Xixi and Xie's family had a lively meal, and after distributing gifts one by one, they got up to go to the workshop.Mo Xiang wanted to go and have a look with her, and Mrs. Zhuang was also interested, and graciously helped Mo Xiang hug the swing and said to Xixi with a smile: "Madam, I have the cheek to ask you for favor, can you see if it's okay?" ?”

"You said."

"You see, Manxing and I have been idle all the time. We originally wanted to find a job in the city. When you mentioned that workshop, I wanted to ask with a shy face if there is any work we can do in the workshop. ah?"

Xixi has a good impression of Mrs. Zhuang. Although there are some women who are greedy for petty gains and care about things, she is very down-to-earth, knows how to measure, and is hard-working, so she nodded and said: "That's easy to say, let's talk about it with us today." Go and have a look, and I'll discuss it with Sister Cuiyue later, and see what work I can assign you."

Mrs. Zhuang hurriedly bent down and thanked: "Then I will thank you first, Your Majesty!"

Then the three of them took the swing to the workshop.Xixi led Moxiang and Zhuang to look inside and out, and when she was about to leave, Mother Yin came back from outside.She was very pleasantly surprised when she saw Xixi, looked her up and down and said, "It really is all right! I heard from Shopkeeper Long that you woke up, but I still don't believe it! I was just about to ask her to take me to see you someday." , who knew you would stand in front of me! Are you okay?"

Xixi smiled and said, "It's all right! Where have you been?"

"Go out and send a letter to our family, Yaoyin. By the way, there is something I want to tell you alone," Yin's mother smiled politely at Moxiang and Zhuang, and then pulled Xixi aside and bowed down. He listened to a few words.

After Xixi listened, Xiumei asked with a slight frown: "Really?"

Mother Yin put her lips together and said softly: "I can't be wrong! It looks like it! Tell me, is Shopkeeper Long being bullied by someone? Don't you know about it?"

Xixi guessed what was going on, nodded with a smile and said: "I probably understand, don't worry, I will ask Sister Cuiyue about this matter."

The next morning, Xixi sent someone to invite Cuiyue, who knew that the girl came back and said that Cuiyue was still in Jingyin Temple and hadn't come back.Xixi is a little strange, sister Cuiyue still has pillows at home, how could she spend the night in the temple?Jingyin Temple is so close to the city, it shouldn't be!She vaguely felt that something was wrong, so she went to Cuiyue's house in person.

Knocking on the courtyard door, the little girl panicked when she saw Xixi.Without waiting for her to speak, Xixi asked, "Is Sister Cuiyue there? Tell the truth!"

"This..." The little girl lowered her head in disbelief, "Ma'am, our shopkeeper...she..."

Before the words were finished, there was a sudden scream in the courtyard.Xixi hurriedly pushed the little girl away, and went straight in.Following the sound, she pushed open the door of Cuiyue's room, and saw Lu'er standing beside her, with an anxious expression on her face, and Cuiyue with a yellow and white complexion lying on top, her expression distorted, looking a little painful!
"What's going on?" Xixi asked anxiously across the door.

Lu'er was startled when she saw Xixi, and hurriedly stepped aside.Xixi looked down at Cuiyue and asked: "Could you be giving birth?"

Cuiyue clutched her lower abdomen, curled up, the corners of her mouth were crooked in pain, she couldn't answer at all!Lu'er next to him hurriedly said: "I've already persuaded the shopkeeper, but she insists on doing this, empress..."

"What are you still doing in a daze? How long have you been drinking?" Xixi asked anxiously as she sat by the side holding Cuiyue's hand.

"Just a little while!"

"Xin'er, go find Mr. Zhao Xun!"

"Don't go!" Cuiyue tightened the hand held by Xixi, and shouted with difficulty, "Just bear with it for a while... just bear with it for a while..."

"What's the matter? If something happens, where do you tell Zhen'er to find your mother? Xin'er hurry up, hurry up!"

Xin'er didn't dare to be negligent, and rushed back to the palace to find Zhao Xun.When Zhao Xun arrived, the fetus was not born yet, so he hurriedly rescued him first.While Zhaoxun was saving Cuiyue, Xixi pulled Lu'er out and asked, "When did it happen?"

"A few days ago, the shopkeeper found out that something was wrong with him. He went to the next county to find a doctor and got his pulse. Then he found out that he was pregnant. He brought back a dose of abortion medicine. He had to drink it to make the fetus fall off! I also persuaded her. , but she refused to listen, saying that the child cannot be kept!"

Xixi gently shook her head and said, "It's all the fault of that Qixiang! That dead turtle ran back to the capital to have fun! That's all, let's not talk about the past, taking good care of Cuiyue's body is the main thing Son." After she finished speaking, she turned her head and told Wuye, "Go back and get some good ginseng, jelly, and donkey-hide gelatin, don't let other people know, so as not to spread gossip!"

Wuye took the order and went, while Lu'er went back to the house to help.Xixi waited outside the house for a while, then Zhao Xun came out with the prescription, and handed it to the little girl to order the medicine.Xixi hurriedly asked: "What's the matter? Has the baby come down?"

Zhaoxun shook his head and said, "I don't know which quack doctor prescribed the prescription for pregnancy, but it didn't work out!"

"Can you keep it?"

"For the time being, it is saved, and we have to wait for a few more days. If it bleeds again, it will not be saved."

"It's all that Qixiang!" Xixi shook her fist and said, "If I want to see him again, I have to give him two hard punches!"

"Qixiang has gone back to the capital, do you want to bring him a letter?"

"Why not? He is the father of the child, shouldn't he come here to take a look? He is almost finished, what about Sister Cuiyue?" Xixi said angrily, "I will ask Bing Shuai to bring him a letter when I go back. I have to ask him to come here in person, can I hide there? What should I do, he has to come up with an explanation!"

"But I just heard Miss Long's tone, it seems that I don't want him to know!"

"I understand Sister Cuiyue's thoughts, she wants to secretly remove the child, and just pretend it's nothing. But something has happened, can you keep Dong Guo Qixiang from knowing?"

Zhao Xun nodded and said: "That's fine, I'll tell Brother Bingcan when I go back, send someone to chase after the people from the Qi Palace. They're probably still on their way back to Beijing right now!"

Afterwards, the little girl came back after grabbing the medicine, and Zhao Xun carefully explained how to decoct it, and then left.After Cuiyue drank the medicinal soup, Xixi backed away, sat on the edge and looked at her and asked, "Sister Cuiyue, why didn't you tell me? It was so scary just now!"

Cui Yue, with a pale face, sighed lightly and said, "I didn't expect it to be just that one time... this child cannot be kept, you should understand what I mean."

"But you really don't intend to let Qi Xiang know? He is the child's biological father after all!"

Cuiyue smiled miserably and said: "So what about my own father? Is it possible that I can use this child to force him to marry me, and to force people in the Qi Palace to accept me? One more thing is worse than one less thing. I already have a pillow, don't you?" I'm begging for something else. Just destroy it, and it's over. Xixi, can you not tell the little prince?"

"I understand what you mean. You don't want Qixiang to marry you for the child, but even if you really want to get rid of the child, he should know about it! Don't think too much, Sister Cuiyue, take care of yourself before Make a plan."

During the few days when Cuiyue was recuperating at home, Xixi took over the affairs in her hands, the shop in the palace, and Cuiyue's family ran three ways.Yuan Yin is not around, no one can control her, even if Bingcan wants to ground her feet, she can't.She arranged a job for Manxing in the workshop, and assigned Zhuang's family to Yin's mother, and the couple were very happy with it.

Mrs. Zhuang heard that Cuiyue was ill, so she went to help take care of the pillow after work, or help with other tasks.Cuiyue was so sorry that she often left Zhuang and Runhu at home for dinner.Mo Xiang has nothing to do for the time being, and will bring a swing to join in the fun.

That evening, Wuye gave away two pheasants that the generals had hunted in the woods outside the city as a gift.Zhuangshi tidied up neatly, and stewed ginkgo ginseng bean curd stick soup on the stove.Run Hu came here directly after school, ran to the kitchen to say hello to Mrs. Zhuang, and then went to play with pillows and swings under the pergola in the yard.

Mrs. Zhuang finished tidying up. When she came out of the kitchen, she saw Runhu stuffing something into the swing's mouth, and hurriedly shouted, "Don't feed the swing, you'll choke!" Runhu shook the pastry in his hand and said: "This is pancake, it won't choke on the swing."

"Hey, where did you get it?" Zhuang looked at the pastry in Runhu's hand, patted his head and asked with a smile, "Who bought it for you? Moxiang?"

"No, it's brother-in-law!" Runhu said with a sip.

"Brother-in-law? Which brother-in-law?"

"How many brothers-in-law are there?" Run Hu blinked and looked at Zhuang Shi and asked back.

Mrs. Zhuang suddenly remembered who it was, sat down quickly and asked, "Did you see the little prince Qixiang? Didn't your fourth aunt say that he is not in the city?"

"I'm back! He was waiting for me at the gate of the school when school was over today, and gave me a tael of silver to buy some snacks." Run Hu said with a smile.

"Damn child!" Mrs. Zhuang scolded with a smile, "Take the money from the little prince again, and I'll eat your mouth! How can this pastry use a tael of silver? What about the rest?"

"Here!" Runhu took out a few scattered silver coins from the bag and handed them to Mrs. Zhuang.Mrs. Zhuang dialed it in her hand, and asked with a smile: "What is your brother-in-law looking for you for? Did you send money for you?"

"Brother-in-law asked me what sister Cuiyue is doing these days? Why didn't you go to the shop?"

"What did you say?"

"I said sister Cuiyue is sick and resting at home!"

"Then he didn't say he came to take a look?"

"No," Run Hu shook his head and then hissed to Mrs. Zhuang mysteriously, "Mother, brother-in-law said, don't let me tell others that he has returned to the city, you can't tell others, or else I won't tell you next time."

"I'll come back when I come back! Can't people know?"

"I can't say that, my brother-in-law and I have made an agreement!" Run Hu said seriously.

"Okay, okay, don't talk if you don't say it, what are you doing so mysteriously?"

At this moment, Moxiang came out of Cuiyue's room, and asked with a smile, "What's so mysterious?"

"Oh, it's nothing, Runhu was talking to me for fun! What's the matter? Shopkeeper Long fell asleep?"

"No, she said she was a little hungry, I came out and asked if your chicken soup is ready?"

"It's not enough time yet, but it's okay to make a bowl of soup for her to taste, just wait, I'll scoop it up right away!"

Mrs. Zhuang got up and was about to go to the kitchen when Lu'er suddenly came back with a lot of effort.Mo Xiang and Zhuang quickly helped her pick it up.Mo Xiang asked: "You bought so many things, why didn't you ask the shop to deliver them?"

"I didn't buy it, I don't know who put it at the door. I saw the shopkeeper's name written on it, so I carried it back." Lu'er went out to fetch medicine for Cuiyue, and saw a pile of boxes just as she walked through the door Putting it at the door, Cuiyue's name was written on the box, although it felt strange, but she was carried back first.

Moxiang looked through the two boxes curiously, they were all things for women to make up for their bodies, she couldn't help but asked wonderingly: "Who would have sent it? It shouldn't be the palace, it doesn't make sense to just deliver it to the door!"

"Could it be the young prince?" Zhuang blurted out.

"Who? The little prince? Has the little prince returned to the city?" Lu'er asked immediately.

"Oh," Mrs. Zhuang hurriedly waved her hand, "I'm just guessing casually. Who knows where to go? I went to ladle the soup for shopkeeper Long. Miss Lu'er, come and taste a bowl of fresh pheasant stewed soup. It's thick!" She said and hurriedly dragged Runhu to the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)