When Sun Daoping performed acupuncture on Shen, Grandma Zhou told Rong Shu exactly the reasons for Shen's "illness".

More than two months ago, my father got drunk and stayed overnight in Qinghengyuan.

On the day Rong Shu returned home, Shen's baby was a few days late. At that time, Shen suspected that she was pregnant and wanted Aunt Zhou to get some medicine to abort the child.

But she was persuaded by Aunt Zhou, saying that she had already taken anti-pregnant medicine, and maybe she was tired from arranging Rong Shu's marriage, so she postponed the monthly letter.

Aunt Zhou had her own selfish motives for saying this. She had always hoped that Mrs. Shen would give birth to a boy, so that she could straighten her back in the Hou Mansion.

In Aunt Zhou's opinion, the reason why Qiu Yuntang was favored by the old lady and the Marquis was probably because she gave birth to the only male child in the three families.

But Mrs. Shen made up her mind not to give Rong Xun a second child. Seeing that Yuexin still didn't come, she asked the doctor to prescribe the medicine for childbirth after she left the house and found out the joy pulse.

But when Rong Shu came back to the Hou Mansion that day, she had no choice but to throw away the medicine. After Rong Shu returned to Gu's house ten days later, he had someone boil the medicine again.

After taking the medicine, Ms. Shen felt pain for several days and thought she had lost her child.

"That child wants to come to this world, but after taking a bowl of tiger and wolf medicine, he still doesn't want to leave." Aunt Zhou wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "But Madam is so cruel that she doesn't want that child, and I asked the old slave to prescribe a stronger dose of medicine. As soon as the medicine went away, Madam was in pain all day and night, and the bleeding couldn't stop this morning."

When Shen drank the second bowl of medicine, she couldn't help it . I shed tears, touched my belly and said I was sorry.

When he knew that the bleeding couldn't be stopped, he told Aunt Zhou, "Just think that this child can't bear to leave my mother and wants me to go down and accompany him. Fortunately, Zhaozhao is already married, so I don't have any regrets."

Aunt Zhou said again Thinking back to that time, my intestines almost turned green with regret.

She shouldn't have advised her in the first place. If she had beaten the child earlier, the madam probably wouldn't have suffered like this.

She was already prepared. If Madam couldn't survive, she wouldn't survive either.

But before she died, she had to go to He'an Hall to have a fight with Qiu Yuntang. After all, the eldest girl was getting married, so she didn't have to worry about her face.

After Rong Shu heard the cause and effect, his hatred for his father seemed to reach the extreme.

She was only four years old when she left the Hou Mansion. Her grandmother broke her leg. If it was not her fault, Aniang went to Qiu Yuntang to find her father in person. In the end, the two had a big quarrel.

My father was a filial son, but he was never a good husband or a good father.

After returning from Yangzhou, she discovered that A Niang's life in the Hou Mansion was extremely difficult. Everyone in this house knows that my father only has Aunt Pei in his heart, and he was just following his grandfather's orders when he married her.

But since you don't like it, why do you still touch A Niang?

If he was a good husband, why would my mother have to abort the child even by giving her two bowls of tiger and wolf medicine? If he could control himself when he was drunk, my mother-in-law would not have had this misfortune today.

Gu Changjin didn't like her, at least he never brought up his aunt to slap her in the face, nor did he dislike her and want her body at the same time.

Rong Shu thought to himself that if something happened to A Niang, she would make sure that no one in the Marquis' mansion would be able to live in peace for a day.

In the past, my mother-in-law had to give in at every turn for her sake.

For the sake of her mother-in-law, she endured everything.

In the end, is this the end?

Just as she was thinking, a knock on the door interrupted her thoughts.

Rong Shu pushed the door open and went out, and saw a woman wearing an autumn-colored cloak in the corridor, panting slightly, and said urgently: "Zhaozhao, how is your mother? My aunt went to the temple to perform rituals today. I will listen when she comes back. The people below said something happened here and hurriedly came over to ask, "

This woman is Rong Shu's eldest aunt, Mrs. Zhu."

Since the death of the eldest uncle, the eldest aunt has been a widow at home and only lives with her eldest cousin. He lives in seclusion on weekdays and rarely goes out. Even when he goes out, he only goes to temples to perform rituals.

Although the eldest aunt and her aunt did not have much contact, Rong Shu's relationship with her eldest aunt and first cousin was actually very good.

When she was three years old, she got lost in the mansion and accidentally ended up in Shenyin Courtyard where her eldest aunt lived.

At that time, because of the old lady, everyone in the house regarded her as an unlucky person. Although she was young, she could still feel the likes and dislikes of others towards her.

She entered her aunt's yard by mistake, and she was panicking, fearing that her elders would scold her.

But the eldest aunt didn't mind at all. After a while of surprise, she hugged her and said gently: "Where did this Yuxue dumpling come from?"

Then she sent the maid to bring her some snacks and fruits, and also brought her a sheep's crutch. She played with it.

The eldest cousin came back from school and asked her to accompany her to make snowballs in the snow.

"Da Lang, this is your eldest sister Zhao Zhao'er. It's rare for a sister to come here. Please play with her for a while instead of spending all day reading in the study."

The eldest cousin Rong Ze is a very gentle and filial man. Hearing this He said hello and spent the whole afternoon playing with Rong Shu without any distractions.

In such a cold day, Rong Shu was sweating all over from playing. When Mr. Shen came to pick her up, she still hugged an old apricot tree in Shen Yin Courtyard and refused to let go, which made Mr. Shen both funny and angry.

On the day Rong Shu came back from Yangzhou, He'an Hall was packed with people.

Among the brothers and sisters, the eldest cousin was the first one to walk up to her and say with a smile, "Zhaozhao is finally home."

Rong Shu really didn't like this family, nor did he like many people in the Hou Mansion. But she always liked people with older families, whether they were eldest aunts or eldest cousins.

In Rong Shu's opinion, the eldest aunt is probably the only person with backbone in the Rong family.

As a lord, the Marquis of Cheng'an had a fief and food and salary, and every year he received grain, banknotes, silk, silk, Luo, winter and summer cloth, etc.

If the eldest uncle had not died, then the eldest cousin would be the heir apparent of the Hou Mansion, and he should inherit the Cheng'an Hou Mansion in the future.

Who in Beijing doesn't know that the Rong family's rise to greatness was due to Mrs. Rong and Rong Jun?

After Rong Xun became the Marquis of Cheng'an, he did not covet the little fiefdom and salary from the Marquis Mansion. Forty percent went to the first bedroom, 30% went to the second bedroom, and the remaining 30% went to the third bedroom.

Mrs. Rong, who was never clear about important matters, probably did it because she had a wealthy daughter-in-law, but she managed to clear it up once. The things that should be given to the first and second bedrooms were never checked.

Zhu relied on his meager dowry and the food and salary shared by his father-in-law to support his eldest cousin.

Her father was the former Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and in this regard, Zhu had the character of a noble daughter from an aristocratic family.

He would not please Mrs. Rong or deliberately make friends with Mr. Shen just to get more convenience, nor would he get too close to Qiu Yuntang because of the old relationship between Pei Yun and the Pei family.

She always kept herself in the Shen Yin Courtyard calmly, neither close nor far away, neither fighting nor grabbing.

If it comes down to it, Rong Shu trusts Zhu even more than Rong Xun.

As soon as Mrs. Zhu appeared, her eyes immediately turned red. She tried her best to suppress the soreness on the tip of her nose and said, "Dr. Sun from the Taiyuan Hospital has shown my grandma. Although she is out of danger, we still don't know when she will wake up. "

The little girl hadn't touched a drop of water all day, and her voice was still hoarse. Mrs. Zhu looked at her carefully and sighed immediately.

As both women, she had always known that Mr. Shen's life was not easy.

She lost her husband and her family was dead, so she could only live here as a widow with her children. But Mrs. Shen has a husband and a natal family, but her life is even more uncomfortable than that of a widow.

Mrs. Zhu stepped forward and held Rong Shu's hand, comforting her and said: "Three younger brothers and sisters will surely be able to turn bad luck into good luck. Zhao Zhao, don't worry too much."

Mrs. Zhu still had a strong scent of sandalwood on her body, and Rong Shu gently said, " "Yes." He said, holding back the tears in his eyes, and said, "Auntie, I have been busy in the temple all day. Go back and have a rest. Otherwise, if I wake up, I will say that I have no rules." Zhu

said softly: "My third brother and sister love you the most, how can I let you go?"

Seeing Rong Shu's face turned pale, he said again: "I'm covered in dust, so I should go back and change my clothes. If something happens, just let me go." I'll send a message to Shen Yin Yuan. Don't worry about disturbing the eldest aunt, the eldest aunts on the left and right are fine."

Rong Shu agreed and sent Zhu out of Qingheng Yuan in person.

Zhu's visit made Rong Shu's almost suppressed anger dissipate a lot. She leaned against the bed, pressed against Shen's hand, and slowly closed her eyes.

The night slowly falls.

The moonlight fell like gilded silver from the gaps in the old locust trees outside the gate of the Criminal Department.

An old green-covered carriage was parked under those trees.

Gu Changjin lowered himself into the car, and Chang Ji immediately offered him a cup of cold tea.

The master likes to drink cold tea recently, so he made the tea two quarters of an hour early so that the tea would be cold at the moment.

Gu Changjin took the tea, moistened his dry throat, and said, "How is she?"

Chang Ji was a little confused whether the "she" here referred to Madam Hou or the Young Madam.

After thinking about it, he said: "Dr. Sun arrived just in time and saved Mrs. Hou's life in a very dangerous way. We just don't know if she will wake up or when she will wake up. Dr. Sun said that she must at least go to Hou's Mansion for treatment." After half a month, we will probably know whether Mrs. Hou is okay. As for the young lady, my subordinates have not been able to see her, so I think it will be uncomfortable."

Gu Changjin was silent.

She and her mother have always had a good relationship, and Shen is half her life. Now that Shen's life is hanging by a thread, how can she feel better?

"Did you give her the medicine?" he asked calmly.

Chang Ji's eyelids twitched and he said bravely: "Young Madam has never left Qinghengyuan, and my subordinates have no chance to give Young Madam any chance."

Gu Changjin raised his eyes and stared at Chang Ji quietly with his dark eyes.

Chang Ji was most afraid of his look, so he simply broke the jar and said: "The old doctor only gave five pills. I, Hengping and Shiiyun took three pills, and now the master only has two pills left. This is life-saving medicine." , I don’t want to waste this medicine. Besides, with the young lady’s stable temperament, how can she dare to give it to Mrs. Hou rashly? She must have been checked by Dr. Sun before she dared to take it.

” Xiao, maybe he still doesn’t know who made this medicine, but his grandfather, who is like a man, will definitely know.

Changji couldn't let his master take this risk.

Call him cold or cruel, in his opinion, Shen's life is not worth wasting a medicine that can save his master's life at a critical moment.

Chang Ji would rather suffer the pain than to save this medicine.

"My subordinates are good at making opinions, so I ask the master to punish me."

Gu Changjin said nothing and only slowly lowered his eyes.

How could he not know what Chang Ji said? But knowing that her mother was critically ill at that time, and thinking about her relationship with her mother, she subconsciously asked Changji to deliver medicine.

The behavior at that time was more like an instinct overriding reason.

And he really shouldn't be like this.

"Go find Hengping and get twenty sticks by yourself."

Chang Ji breathed a sigh of relief. He was rough-skinned and thick-skinned. For him, twenty sticks was just a matter of lying down for one night. The master was really merciful this time.

However, he was not happy for a long time when he heard Gu Changjin say: "In the next half month, you can only eat steamed buns."

Chang Ji: "..."

Chang Ji had eaten enough steamed buns for half a month, and Sun Daoping also went to Qinghengyuan for treatment. It took half a month of injections.

Every day, I come at Chen time and leave at noon.

During the past half month, Rong Shu had been serving soup and medicine in Qinghengyuan. When he was tired, he would rest on the imperial concubine's couch next to the Babu bed.

I don't know what Rong Xun said to He'antang. Mrs. Rong has not sent her mother-in-law here for the past half month.

The second aunt, Mrs. Yu, personally sent a root of old wild ginseng and comforted Rong Shu with a few words.

Mrs. Yu is a person who knows how to get things done. Over the years, she has made good friends with Qiu Yuntang and will not offend Qinghengyuan.

When meeting Mr. Shen, his face was always enthusiastic, but that was all.

The old lady was in charge of Zhongnan. When she needed money, she sent someone to Qinghengyuan to ask for money. As soon as the first of the even-numbered months arrives, the mother-in-law of Heantang will send over the account books.

For example, which house's yard needs to be repaired, which house's husband needs to buy pens, inks, paper and inkstones, which house's young lady needs to have new clothes made, these large and small expenses require money from Hengyuan.

Mrs. Shen was generous but also shrewd. She calculated every expense carefully and would never give anything that shouldn't be given. Mrs. Rong looked for various excuses to ask for money, but Mr. Shen refused mercilessly.

As for the money-making shops and properties in Shen's hands, which had made Mrs. Rong jealous for a long time, Mrs. Rong couldn't get any of them.

This is also the reason why Mrs. Rong dislikes Mr. Shen.

At first, the Shen family could not escape the fate of being confiscated. After they arranged a marriage with the Rong family, and with the mediation of Mr. Rong, they were able to survive the turmoil of that year without any danger.

If Old Master Rong hadn't been there to mediate the matter, he wouldn't have been frightened and fell off his horse. The root cause of his illness would have been that he would have died within two years.

In Mrs. Rong's view, Mrs. Rong died because of the Shen family, and the Shen family owed it to the Rong family.

If the Shen family hadn't relied on the big tree of the Rong family, how could they have escaped that disaster back then, and how could their business have been so prosperous in the past twenty years?

Rong Shu heard Mrs. Rong say more than once that the Shen family owes its current status and wealth to the Chengan Marquis Mansion.

After hearing this, Mrs. Shen sneered and said: "When I first married and came to Beijing, your maternal grandfather sent half of the Shen family's assets to the emperor through your grandfather's hands. The emperor credited the Rong family with this credit. . Without this merit, how could the Rong family get a title in the Marquis House so easily, let alone these years-"

Shen had never wanted to let Rong Shu know about these things in the Rong family and the Shen family. He quickly stopped.

In the past, Rong Shu didn't want to know the twists and turns of the marriage between the Rong family and the Shen family, but now, she can't care less.

Apart from serving soup and medicine for Mrs. Shen, she would look through the account books whenever she had free time.

Calculate one by one how much money Shen has spent on He'antang, Qiuyuntang, and even the second room over the years. Zhang's mother came in with a bowl of soup and medicine. Seeing that she was reading the account books again, she felt distressed and said, "Girl, take a rest and

look carefully. It's hurting your eyes."

Let's sort out these old accounts."

Rong Shu closed the account book, took water to wash his hands, and took the soup from Zhang's mother.

The prescription prescribed by Sun Daoping was very effective in replenishing the blood and locking the veins. Shen's previously pale and pale face now gradually gained color.

When Sun Daoping left today, he looked relieved.

"Although Mrs. Hou's pulse is weak now, she is stable after all. She should be able to wake up in three days as quickly as ten days as slowly as possible. But her body has suffered too much this time, and she will have to drink for at least another year. The medicine will take care of your health, so you should spend less time worrying about it. It is best to have a calm mind and avoid being angry or sad. "

Rong Shu knew very well that in an environment like the Rong family, it was not easy to have a calm mind.

In the past, my mother-in-law had suffered countless injustices for her and the Shen family.

From now on, she will never let her mother suffer such injustice again.

Grandma, it’s time to leave here.