“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 has no efforts to raise a baby. I’m willing to look after the young master until Zhao recovers, OK?”
“Good idea.” Su Lun didn’t want his precious son to be raised by the humble Zhao.
They talked with each other in their own world, ignoring Zhao who almost died during labor.
Muge guided Yueru and Meihua to knead some certain acupuncture points for Zhao to ease her.
Muge was to stop the bleed with her hand. Suddenly, her hand heat and the heats became more and more to gather in her palm center. It seemed there was a strange power to lead her hand moving on Zhao.
“Miss, the blood stops. It stops!” Meihua cried with surprise.
Muge looked down and saw there was no more blood indeed.
However...her arms and legs were too weak to move.
“Miss Muge, are you OK?”
Yueru stepped forward and held up Muge hurriedly.
Muge had a respite sitting in the chair and felt better.
“Take good care of Madam.”
She talked to Yueru and then walked out of the room with a blank face and weak body. She noticed Su Lun who didn’t intend to enter the room to see Zhao at all.
She heard their conversation clearly!
“Daddy, you can’t only care about your son but disregard my mother.”
Su Lun was shocked by Muge because it’s true that he didn’t think of Zhao just now.
“How’s your mother?”
“My mother went out an early and difficult labor. She is exhausted now, but you only care about your son and ignore her so much. You are so callous!”
“How dare you talk to me in this way!” Su Lun was embarrassed and stopped smiling.
“Here is a prescript. You’d better send somebody to get medicine hurriedly, otherwise, if something happens to my mother...You will not live a peaceful life.”
Su Lun understood that Su Muge was threatening him!
At that time, the story of Zhao was told by the picky officials to the emperor who loved the former empress so much and wouldn’t condone his courtiers abandoning their original wives.
The emperor criticized Su Lun in front of all the officials and told him to treat Zhao well. The reason why An didn’t kill Zhao was that the emperor was concerned about her.
He guessed it’s Zhao who told Muge the past!
“Go to get the medicine!” Su Lun talked to a servant. Su Lun thought much. He thought there had been a doctor to see Zhao and write a prescription, but they were stopped from taking medicine.
Muge looked at An, wearing a faint smile on her face and said, “The baby is so noisy that my mother would have no efforts to take care of him. So I hope Madam An can look after him until my mother recovers.”
An was surprised that Muge would let her raise the bitch baby, but on second thought, she thought Muge was too young to protect her brother.
“My young brother is a premature baby and he is too feeble. You’d better to send someone to report to me about his condition every day. After all, he's my brother but I can't accompany him every day. I feel so guilty. If I can't know his condition every day, I will be rather useless as a sister.”
Muge had no alternative but to give her brother to An, because the Peachblosoom Courtyard was too shabby for living and An would continue making difficulties. It’s a good idea to let An take care of the baby temporarily.
Moreover, the baby was the only son of Su Lun, An won’t harm him, otherwise, Su Lun would punish her.
Su Lun was satisfied that Muge didn’t embarrass him. “She is right. You must take good care of my son without any mistakes.”
An smiled unnaturally. She felt bad that Su Muge agreed even though that’s her own idea!
“Yes, my lord, I’m sure I will.”
Su Lun ordered a maid to hold up the baby and left. The Peachblosoom Courtyard was quiet again.
The most blood had been stopped, but Zhao hadn’t been out of danger and still needed careful care.
“Miss Muge, the medical herb’s here.”
Muge took the herbs and checked carefully. She was sure that it was safe and ordered Meihua to boil the herbs.
Meihua just turned around to leave, and Muge almost fainted.
“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
“There is an assassin. Catch him!” The soldiers rushed to the man in black from the front yard.The man in black saw so many soldiers coming to him, and he was about to grab Su Muge. Su Muge tended to avoid him, but it was too late to escape. She was finally caught by the man in black and controlled before his chest, and the sharp point of his sword was against her neck.“Don’t push me, or I’ll kill her!”Su Muge closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She told herself to be calm!The soldiers hesitated for a while when seeing Su Muge was caught, but instantly they relaxed.For them, saving a common person was less important than catching an assassin aiming at the princess!“Catch him, and he must be alive!”Bastards!Su Muge didn’t expect them to save her, but she was still angry when hearing that. She bit the man on the hand when he didn’t pay attention to her. “Ah
It was not only his face but also his lofty and noble temperament that fascinated others. He seemed to be a sword to be unsheathed. Even if he stood still, he looked scary.The man wore a white gown with dark patterns and had a jade belt on his waist, which demonstrated he was slender and straight. Despite this, Su Muge thought his white gown was like a battle robe because of the formidable ambiance.Xia Houmo looked ahead, without giving a glimpse to Su Muge without any rest.Hua Zheng wore a sweet smile on her dainty face the moment she saw Xia Houmo and said, “Your Royal Highness, were you OK last night?” “Is everything done?” Xia Houmo ignored Hua Zheng’s inquiry and said to his bodyguard.“Your Royal Highness, everything is OK.”“Start off.”What Xia Houmo said made Su Muge returned to herself. She thought that man didn’t know a little about romance and didn’t have any tenderness toward