Volume 2: Eagle vs. Dragon Chapter 62: Good News
When Ye Youyu heard that she was pregnant, she was overwhelmed with emotions and didn't know how to react.
Mr. He was not surprised, thinking that after all, it was the first time for a woman to get pregnant, so he said to the maids around him, "Why don't you go to the backyard and tell Mr. Wu the good news."
Dongxue and the others finally reacted and rushed out. Chunrui wanted to move, but stopped before she could move. Dongxue called Changzi over, "Quick, quick, go to the backyard and tell the old man the good news! The Third Young Lady is pregnant."
Changzi was stunned for a moment, then jumped up happily and ran to the backyard.
Chun Rui then said, "We have to tell the eldest young lady the good news. Xia Qing, you go."
Changzi ran and jumped, fell down in the middle, ran to the backyard and rushed in.
Wu Guoying was drinking tea. When she saw the word "impulsive", before she could curse, she heard Changzi stuttering, "Pregnant, pregnant! Third, third, third young lady, pregnant."
Wu Guoying turned from anger to joy and asked, "What?"
"Er He, sir, check my pulse. It's a positive pulse. It's a positive pulse."
Wu Guoying was overjoyed: "This... Great, Great! Come on, I'll go see Xi Jiasao."
Aunt Yang beside him hurriedly supported him and said, "Master, you can't do that. Although it is a big happy event, the Third Young Lady is still too weak to move around. Just let the Third Young Lady come over to congratulate you later."
Cai Qiaozhu heard the news from Xia Qing and was extremely happy. She said, "That's great! Our Wu family has so many happy events." She immediately brought her maid to the left courtyard.
The sisters-in-law met and shook hands with each other. Cai Qiaozhu supported her. Ye Youyu quickly said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I don't feel anything myself."
Mr. He laughed and scolded, "This is indeed a new daughter-in-law. She hasn't had her period for so long, didn't you notice?"
Cai Qiaozhu helped Ye Youyu finish the operation, then came to see Mr. Er He. She first thanked him, and then asked about all the details in detail. She was relieved to know that the fetus was stable and the mother was strong.
The two sisters-in-law invited Mr. He to come to the backyard again.
Wu Guoying was already waiting there. When he saw Ye Youyu coming, he laughed.
When Ye Youyu wanted to pay her respects, Wu Guoying waved her hand and said, "Forget about that. From today on, all these formalities are excused. Don't run around anymore. Just stay in Henan and take good care of your pregnancy. If you're worried about the loneliness over there, you can take care of your pregnancy here."
Suddenly he remembered something and asked, "Where is Haoguan?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Ye Youyu said, "Maybe he's discussing business outside."
Wu Guoying waved her hand: "Hurry up and find someone to tell him!"
Changzi was then assigned to inform Wu Chengjian.
Today, when he went to look for Wu Chengjian again, his status and position were different from before. With Wu Guoying's instructions, he was confident in everything he did. He was dressed in a bright and shiny outfit, and had two servants as his followers. He asked around along the way, and no one dared to hide it from him. He knew that Wu Chengjian was in Shenxianzhou, so he came all the way to find him.
After getting on the dock, someone led him all the way to Qiubinju. Qiubinju was a small suite, divided into inner and outer rooms. Changzi stood in the outer room and vaguely saw a man and a woman in the room through the beaded curtain. The man was tall and slender, and the woman was slim. The man asked, "Who is it?"
Changzi recognized it was Zhou Yijin and called out, "Master Zhou, yes, yes, it's me."
Zhou Yijin said, "Come in."
As soon as Changzi entered the room, the first thing he saw was Yu Lian'er. She was different from a few months ago. After more than a hundred days of recuperation, Yu Lian'er was no longer as immature as she was a young girl. After being trained by Zhou Yijin, she had a hint of wealth and elegance. When Changzi saw her, he was stunned and did not respond even when Zhou Yijin called him twice.
Yu Lian'er saw his dumbfounded look and chuckled, "This guy is interesting."
Her stuttering had been treated recently but the improvement was not obvious. Zhou Yijin taught her some techniques to cover it up. However, Changzi himself was a stutterer and felt the same way when he heard it. He thought, "She is actually the same as me."
Yu Lian'er, however, didn't remember him, so she pushed him and said, "Master Zhou is asking you a question."
Changzi cried out, and quickly retracted his soul, stammering, "Announce, announce the good news." In front of Yu Lian'er, he was somehow more nervous than usual.
Zhou Yijin asked: "What's the good news?"
Changzi said: "Three, three, three..."
Zhou Yijin asked, "Third Young Lady?"
Changzi nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, happy..."
Zhou Yijin raised his eyebrows: "Is the Third Young Madam pregnant?"
"Yes, yes," Changzai said, "Master, please make way..."
Zhou Yijin asked, "Mr. Wu asked the Third Young Master to go home quickly, right?"
Changzi nodded repeatedly, secretly cursing himself for not doing well today, while at the same time being glad that he met the knowledgeable Master Zhou today.
Zhou Yijin said, "You wait here, I will go tell Officer Hao."
Before leaving, he suddenly looked at Changzi, then at Yu Lianer, and said to Yu Lianer: "Have a couple of drinks with him, he is a man of merit."
Yu Lian'er knew what Zhou Yijin meant. It was a reward for his contribution. She smiled slightly and stretched out her hand to call Changzi over. Changzi walked forward blankly, as if in a dream.
After Zhou Yijin went out, he came to Chunyuanzhi, where there was laughter all the time. He opened the door and went in. The room was filled with the smell of alcohol. It was Wu Chengjian, Liu Sanye and Foshan Chen, who were accompanied by three courtesans. The one accompanying Foshan Chen was naturally Chunyuanzhi's owner Qiu Ling, the one accompanying Liu Sanye was Dongwangmei's owner Wang Ronger, and the one accompanying Wu Chengjian was Xia Lujun's new owner Yuechaner.
Unlike the last time, although this time there was news of Qianlong's abdication and Jiaqing's accession to the throne, Wu Chengjian still firmly controlled Shenxianzhou. With the examples of Shen Xiaoying and Ginkgo in mind, those sisters and eunuchs did not dare to go against Haoguan's wishes before the situation became completely clear.
When Mr. Liu saw Zhou Yijin, he said with a smile, "Master Zhou, you missed a good joke of Mr. Chen when you went to change your clothes."
Perhaps the joke just now was really funny, the three courtesans laughed together, and Wang Ronger even pushed Liu Sanye coquettishly.
In the past few months, Wu Chengjian and Foshan Chen have cooperated to make two big deals, and the brothers of Hongmen have also benefited greatly from it. Liu Sanye's prestige in Hongmen has increased as a result. Therefore, although the situation in Beijing is turbulent, it will not destroy the interest alliance of the three people all at once.
Zhou Yijin smiled and said to Wu Chengjian, "Your father asked you to go back quickly."
Wu Chengjian felt a little strange because Wu Guoying hadn't cared about him for a long time.
Zhou Yijin said: "Your Wu family's third young lady is pregnant."
Everyone in the room was surprised. The three courtesans congratulated him in unison. Mr. Liu San shouted, " Then we have to go back! Go back quickly!"
Chen from Foshan also smiled and said, "For such a big happy event, we dare not keep anyone here, dare not, dare not."
Wu Chengjian also stood there, his mouth wide open. Zhou Yijin pushed Wu Qi next to him and said, "Help Haoguan change his clothes quickly."
Not to mention that Wu Chengjian returned home in surprise, but the news that his wife's third young lady was pregnant spread throughout the entire Shenxian Island in an instant - however, this was just ordinary news, and it would not have any big impact on the flower girls and turtle slaves of Shenxian Island. At most, they would just think about saying a few good words from Wu Chengjian next time and asking for more rewards.
However, there were still other people who cared about her. After Yu Lian'er sent the guests away, she thought about it and named Qiu Binju, and asked people to prepare the boat to board the Huacha. Before she entered the cabin of the boat, she was suddenly hugged by someone. She was startled at first, and then she felt that the person smelled familiar . It was Pan Youjie's son Pan Zhenghuan. A few months later, he had grown up a lot.
Yu Lian'er patted him and said, "What's wrong? You're here. You scared me."
Pan Zhenghuan laughed and said, "I've been waiting for you for quite some time. Humph, it's all because of that Master Zhou who's been bullying you."
Yu Lian'er tapped his forehead: "You are, afraid, Haoguan."
Pan Zhenghuan looked gloomy. He was indeed afraid that Wu Chengjian would tell his father, so he did not dare to show his face.
The two of them wandered around together all the way, and the boatman was tactful enough to let the boat circle around Baietan before sending Yu Lian'er on the Huachai.
On the Hua Cha, the crabapples were in full bloom, but the entire deck was very quiet - Wu Chengjian would come occasionally after his marriage, so the people of Shenxianzhou knew that Tan Sanniang had not fallen out of favor. However, Wu Chengjian only stayed for a short time each time, and no longer stayed on the Hua Cha for several days as he did before, so the people of Shenxianzhou had some discussions in private. In addition, Tan Sanniang did not like people to come on board for no reason, so everyone kept their distance. As a result, the Hua Cha was very quiet recently, with only Yu Lian'er coming up every few days, so she had become familiar with the people on the ship.
Bihe saw her and happily served her tea.
Tan Sanniang was playing with a bird—Wu Chengjian had someone weave a few flower branches into a natural birdcage, and kept a thrush inside—when she noticed Yu Lian'er approaching, she said, "My sister is here."
Yu Lian'er called her sister and sat next to her. She didn't know how to start the conversation for a long time.
Tan Sanniang suddenly asked, "Are you here to tell me that the Third Young Mistress of the Wu Family is pregnant?"
Yu Lian'er was slightly surprised, thinking that her third sister was not in Shenxian Island, but the news came so quickly.
Tan Sanniang smiled slightly and said, "That's good, that's good." She turned back to look at Yu Lian'er and said, "That's thoughtful."
Yu Lian'er originally thought that Tan Sanniang would be unhappy, but seeing that Tan Sanniang was still enjoying the flowers and playing with the birds, she seemed to be in a good mood. She was not speaking smoothly and didn't know what to say at this time, so she sat with Tan Sanniang for a while and then returned to Shenxianzhou.
Before leaving, Tan Sanniang suddenly said, "Sister, although you are now enjoying great success, the glory of being a brothel owner cannot last forever. If you have the chance, you should find an honest and decent person to go ashore with you."
Yu Lian'er responded, but she thought in her heart: "If I can find someone as romantic and affectionate as Hao Guan, even if I can only be his mistress, it would be better than marrying those filthy men."
After Yu Lian'er left, Bihe came over and said, "Miss, why do you need to do this?"
Tan Sanniang frowned slightly: "What did you say?"
Bi He said: "Since Hao Guan got married, every time he came on board, you always advised him... those moralistic words, which made him feel bad and unwilling to stay any longer. Girl, why do you have to do this? You know Hao Guan still has feelings for you."
Tan Sanniang said, "Then should I learn from those prostitutes who seduce other people's husbands and ruin other people's marriages and pester Hao Guan to stay with me more and not go home?"
Bihe was stunned: "This..." She could do it but couldn't say it.
Tan Sanniang said, "I don't want to be such a person."
Bihe said: "But, but..."
"I know what you are going to say." Tan Sanniang said, "I also know that many people think I am stupid for my current situation... I am stupid, so what? If I really end up in a bad situation, I will accept it... This... This is my fate."
