Su Jingwen was choked with some water, and when she was lifted to Orchid Courtyard, she had fainted.
An loved her daughter best and she was heartbroken when seeing that.
“My lord, if something bad were to happen to Wen, I will die with her.”
Su Lun was also worried about Su Jingwen.
“Don’t worry, Wen will be OK.”
The doctor came soon and felt the pulse for Su Jingwen.
“Doctor, how’s my daughter?”
The old doctor stood up and said, “My lord and madam, don't worry. The lady is just choked and scared. It's OK after taking the medicine for two days.”
“Thank you, doctor.” An winked at Li Mama, an old maid of An, and Li gave a pouch having some money in to the doctor.
“I will walk you out.”
“Good bye.”
Su Jingwen woke up after taking some medicine.
Her eyes were red with blood because of congestion.
“Mom, I will kill her, kill that bitch!” Su Jingwen was furiously rage when thinking of Su Muge pressing her head into the water and how she scared.
An was more furious than Su Jingwen, but she had calmed down. She said, “Wen, trust me, I won’t let them live a peaceful life!”
Hearing that, Su Jingwen added a sparkle in her grudge eyes.
An’s eyes that Su Lun thought charming flashed a sinister look.
“You act as I say...”
Su Jingwen smiled ferociously.
“Mom, you are so smart. We will make them never recover!”
……
It’s in the late autumn, and there was a bleak scene in the Peachblosoom Courtyard.
Muge leaned on the couch, which was quiet like a picture.
“Miss Muge, something happened. The madam Zhao fell on the ground while she was taking a walk in the yard just now. Now her face is pale due to collywobbles.”
Meihua, a maid, ran into the room with pale face and shivering voice.
Muge closed the book quickly and stood up.
Muge was calmer than Meihua. Her skinny and serious face shocked Meihua.
The eldest Miss really changed a lot. If she was the before one, she would faint when knowing such condition.
“My mom fell down? Relax, tell me the detail on the way.” Muge walked out of the room while talking.
Meihua focused her attention and followed Muge, saying, “Madam Zhao is restless. Even if she is heavy with child now, she will walk in the yard every morning and night. Today, madam was walking in the yard as usual, but somehow Chunju came to tell me that she slipped and fell down accidentally.” Chunju was another maid.
Just finished the sentence, Su Muge arrived at Zhao's door and heard Zhao groaning when she entered the room.
In the Peachblosoom Courtyard, there were only several maids such as Meihua, Chunju, Yueru and an inferior woman who cleaned the yard. Meihua went to ask Muge, there was no one who could go to invite a doctor.
Muge walked quickly to the bed of Zhao, seeing she was so pale and colorless in the face and her hair was wet heavily. Chunju did nothing but knelt and cried.
“Stop crying, go to ask An to invite a doctor!” Muge roared at Chunju, which made her shiver a bit. Chunju wiped her tears and staggered out.
“Mumu, why are you here? Go out. You, take Muge out...” Zhao said weakly when she saw Muge in the room. The fetus was startled, and she would give birth to a child. The unmarried girl entering a delivery room was unlucky.
Su Muge stepped forward and held Zhao's hand. Her eyes were soft but firm. “Mom, don't be afraid. I will make you OK. Don't talk. Keep your strength. Do as I say.”
“But...”
“Shh.”
Muge hinted her not talk and felt the pulse for her.
Zhao was very skinny. She lived a farm life when she was a child in the peasant family. She ate the worse food then than in Su mansion, so her body was still very good, even though An treated her harshly these years. Except being thin, she was healthy.
Now the fetus was startled, and she had to give birth to a child early.
Su Muge uncovered Zhao's quilt and took a look. The water has broken, but the cervix had not opened.
Clarifying the situation, Su Muge released a breath.
“Meihua, go to prepare some hot water and some nutritious or sugary food.”
Meihua nodded, “Yes, I’ll be going right away.”
The labor pain became more intense after Zhao eating some sugar porridge.Su Muge took a look at Zhao’s private part. The cervix had opened two centimeters. “Mom, hang on, the cervix is to open.”Zhao was healthy generally, but she had been bullied by An for many years, which harmed her health to some extent, and she went into labor early. She was dizzy but she made all her efforts to keep a clear mind. She had no energy to think why Muge knew a lot about labor.Su Muge sent Yueru to collect all she needed, at the same time, the cervix was open fully.“Mom, listen to me, breathe in and breathe out, try hard!”Zhao grasped the quilt and obeyed Muge unconsciously.Zhao had given birth to a child and this was her second labor. It should have been smooth. However, it’s been a long time, there was no more progress.Meihua and other maids were too young to know the childbirth things, and they were a
“Congratulations, my lord, Madam Zhao has given birth to a boy.”Su Lun was back from drinking, and everyone congratulated him on having a son. He was so excited that he treated the maids of Peachblosoom Courtyard better.He was in his thirties and expected a son for a long time, so he was so excited to see the baby.An followed Su Lun and she forced herself to smile, pinching Li Mama with her sharp fingernails so heavily that Li was frown for the pain.She really gave birth to a baby, and it’s a boy!“Congratulations, my lord, heaven is blessing you.”“It’s right, my lord. Madam An prayed for Madam Zhao in the temple in the daytime, and Madam Zhao gave birth to a boy in the evening.”Su Lun looked at An gently. “You are so kind.”An glanced at the yard and said, “My lord, the young master is precious and he should be taken good care of, but Zhao is so weak after a labor that she
“I want to strangle that bastard!”“Peng!” An pounded on the pear wooden table heavily.“Oh, my Madam. What are you doing? It will hurt yourself.”“Why didn’t she go to die!” An was so furious, up and down in the chest. For many years, she designed numbers of methods for killing Zhao and Muge, but she didn’t put into practice. The reason why she permitted Zhao being pregnant many months was because she was intended to make Zhao and her fetus both die and no one can suspect her. “Relax, my Madam. Now the baby is here. What are you worrying about?”“That bastard? You think I should bring up him? Don’t forget, he is Zhao’s son and with her blood, that bitch!”Li Mama understood that An had a higher birth than Zhao who was humble and An looked down on Zhao. However, An couldn’t give birth to a boy.But Li couldn’t say that out.“Madam, the young master is a treasure of the lord and n
“Madam, Chunju is kneeling in the yard. She said the eldest Miss was to drive her out of the mansion. She begged you to save her.” Li Mama opened the curtain and walked into the room, whispered to An.An was upset about Su Wenmo’s ceaseless crying. Su Wenmo was the name of Zhao’s son. And Su Lun gave the name to him.The baby had been always crying since he was sent here. An was so angry that she wanted to throw him into a well.Chunju was a spy that An placed around Zhao in those years. It wasn’t strange that she came here now. “What’s wrong with her? Just because she couldn’t call a doctor, Su Muge then drove her out of the mansion?”“I heard it’s because...” Li Mama told An the sequence of events about Muge’s grandmother—Zhang.Hearing that, An became calm.“Now that she made such a big mistake, isn’t driving her out a bit too easy? You know what I mean, Li Mama.”Li Mama knew
“Why?”“Mom, don’t worry. Nancheng prefecture is close to Shunyang prefecture. I will be back ten days later.”“But I will worry about you.”“There is no need to worry. I will go along the official road and I have bodyguards. I’ll be safe.”Zhao worried about Muge, but she saw Muge was determined and she was concerned about Zhang, so she said yes finally. “You are away from home. Promise me to be very careful.”“Mom, take it easy. I’ll be OK.”Before she left, Muge enjoined Yueru on many things.“The eldest Miss, I’ll remember.”Su Lun was told that Muge would go to Nancheng prefecture. It’s rare that he kindly arranged a carriage, three bodyguards and one driver for Muge.“You are a young lady. Why don’t you bring some maids when you go out?” Su Lun noticed that there was no one around Su Muge and frowned.She was his daughter who was born
“Crack!”A bolt of lightning lit up the temple, and Su Muge could see the statue, dilapidated and hideous, which made her frightened.The temple was shabby but it’s a shelter from wind and rain. Su Muge lit the wood and straw with Huozhezi, a roll of paper that could be blown to fire. Her clothes were wet from the rain and it’d better dry them. Otherwise, she would catch a fever by wearing wet clothes.Su Muge took some food from the carriage and she put a wooden stick behind the door of the temple for safety.Despite this, the temple was in the middle of nowhere and no one could come here.She took off her outer clothing and dried it by the fire.“Ah Qiu” Muge sneezed.It’s darker outside, but the rain continued.“It’s so cold.” After a long journey and all-time tension, she was so tired that she leaned on the pillar to have a rest by closing her eyes. However, she
“What did you say?” The man squinted at her frighteningly.Su Muge rubbed herself between her eyebrows and wore her outer clothing. She had a fever and felt cold so she made the fire hotter.“You are wounded on the waist. If you don’t take off your clothes, I can’t deal with it.”Hearing that, the man stared at her and observed her carefully.She covered one of her eyes with a handkerchief. She looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old, but she was audacious and calm when facing him.He pulled his clothes off. Muge caught sight of his muscle on the chest.She hated to admit it, but he was really in good shape, and there is literally no flab on her body at all.“Stop staring at me.” His voice was still ice-cold.Su Muge got closer to him and stared at his body more carefully. “If I don’t observe carefully, how can I know where the wound is?”She squatted down to
Su Muge started the carriage and continued her journey to Nancheng prefecture. She wanted to visit Zhang on behalf of Zhao since she had made the promise.She took a whole day to travel along the official road and finally saw the lofty gate of Nancheng prefecture.When she entered the prefecture, it was already dark and too late to continue the journey. She had to head for Zhao village till tomorrow.Several days’ journey made Su Muge exhausted, so she found an inn to accommodate herself after buying some medicine she may need.“Please arrange a first-class room for me.”The innkeeper took a look at her covered eye, freezing a bit, and said, “OK, lady. Please wait for a moment.”“Where is the manager? Come here quickly.”A yell burst out outside when the innkeeper just finished his words.Su Muge turned back and saw two soldiers wearing military uniforms, followed by a man wearing