Chapter 92: Birthdays (Foam and Shi Bi 3+)

  "Does Empress Dowager disagree? Is there a problem with the medicine?" Sheng Siyan asked in surprise, "Has it been given to Da Bai before? What was Da Bai's reaction?"

  Da Bai refers to many rabbits raised in the imperial palace for testing medicine, each one called Da Bai.

  Sheng Qiye said with a worried expression: "Dabai is fine, anyway he didn't die. But..."

  "What is it?" Wang asked following.

  However, the eunuch Yao beside Empress Dowager said that Dabai not dying only proves that this medicine is non-toxic and cannot prove its effectiveness. He also said that now the weather is extremely cold, if there's any mishap, Your Majesty's condition will worsen. At this time, it's not about seeking merit but avoiding mistakes is best. Seventh Prince let out a sigh, even more listless, "Empress Dowager also expressed her agreement."

  "I'm afraid that's what the Empress Dowager meant..." Wang said leisurely, putting down her ebony and silver chopsticks and wiping the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief.

  Sheng Siyan was shocked, "...... Does Her Majesty the Empress Dowager want to maintain the status quo?"

  Wang looked at her and smiled: "The phrase 'maintaining the status quo' is well said. The Empress Dowager probably has this in mind."

  Sheng Siyan suddenly understood.

  Firstly, Xiaoming Emperor cannot die, because once he dies, the Crown Prince can ascend to the throne in a legitimate and proper manner, and Empress Dowager will no longer have any reason to continue holding onto state power.

  However, Empress Dowager did not want Seventh Prince Sheng to give Xia Mingdi new medicine, probably also not wanting Xia Mingdi to truly recover.

  As Xia Ming Emperor recovered, Empress Dowager could no longer control the court and had to return it to Xia Ming Emperor.

  "...But that's her son." Sheng Siyan sighed, is the temptation of power so great? Beyond the life and death of one's own child.

  Wang smiled and said: "The Empress Dowager has never given birth to a child in her life."

  So Xia Ming Emperor wasn't born to Empress Dowager?!

  Sheng Siyan let out an "oh" and had a thoughtful expression on her face, which was quite amusing, making Wangshi and Sheng Qiye both laugh.

  "Alas, Your Majesty is also a pitiful person. For so many years, living was worse than death..." Sheng Qiye bowed his head in contemplation.

  "He's pitiful," Sheng Siyan said softly, "but isn't our Sheng family even more pitiful?"

  More than 300 people were killed overnight, if it weren't for Sheng Qiye being removed from the family tree after becoming a monk at a young age. The entire direct line of the Sheng family would have been wiped out.

  Sheng Qiye and Wang Shi both turned serious.

  Wang nodded and said: "Siyan is right, Sheng's family injustice has not been redressed, this matter...is not over."

  Sheng Siyan nodded vigorously. Since she had become a member of the Sheng family in this life, she must clear the name of the Sheng family.

  But after all this time, the half-dead Xiaming Emperor is now their only hope. But the Empress Dowager won't let them save the Xiaming Emperor...

  What a headache.

  Sheng Siyan thought for a moment, completely at a loss, and furrowed her brow as she looked at Wang Shi.

  Her delicate little face scrunched up into a ball.

  "Never mind, just take a good rest. These things are for your parents to worry about."

  Sheng Siyan's smile blossomed like spring breeze sweeping across the land, with a hundred flowers blooming in splendor.

  Sheng Qiye and Wang Shi were dazzled by that smile, their eyes narrowing into slits.

  The Sheng and Wang families had never seen such a beautiful child.

  This kid is really growing up!

  At night, Sheng Qiye lay on the bed stroking Wang Shi's abdomen and said with a smile: "Give birth to a son, it's good for Siyan to rely on in the future. Our Siyan is born so beautiful, I don't know how many people will come to rob her later. We must choose a good husband for her."

  The Wang family looked forward to a prosperous future with many descendants. They were all people who came to ask for relatives, and they were very yearning. She said: "It's good to choose carefully. After the New Year, Siyan will be twelve years old."

  "This reminds Sheng Qiye, who said with great interest: 'When is Siyan's birthday? I remember that when I left, you were already six months pregnant. When I left in February, Siyan should have been born in June, right? In the 15th year of Mingli, was it in June? Which day in June was it? Let's prepare a birthday gift for her.'"

  Wang suddenly fell silent. She didn't make a sound, turned over, and after a long time, she said: "In the 15th year of Mingli, on June 6th..."

  "June 6th! What a great day! Let me calculate... " Sheng Qiye counted on his fingers, arranging the four pillars and eight characters, "Not bad, not bad, a lifetime of turning disasters into blessings. Meeting difficulties and presenting good fortune, she's a girl with a good fate!"

  Wang thought back to the summer of 15 years ago with a hint of melancholy, recalling those piercing pains and helplessness, and softly said: "Yes. She's a lucky girl. Without her, I wouldn't have made it."

  She will probably remember until her death the small Siyan smiling at her in his swaddling clothes, although Siyan's eyes were gray and white. She couldn't see him, but on that palm-sized little face there were still bloodstains from tears.

  But her smile was so pure, like a vast summer sky.

  That day, she held Little Siyan tightly and warned herself to live on, to live on with Little Siyan. She couldn't be defeated by bad luck!

  She has been through such a difficult time and now she is pregnant again...

  Wang felt a surge of strength and turned to hold Sheng Qiye's hand, resting her head on his shoulder, murmuring: "Yes, in June, we'll throw her a birthday party and arrange another good marriage for her."

  Sheng Qiye smiled and kissed Wang Shi's cheek, then said: "But in June, you'll be eight months pregnant, can you hold on?"

  "It doesn't matter." Wang said with a smile, as if he had put down a load in his heart, and fell fast asleep.

  ……

  After the fifteenth day of the first month, Haitang's family arranged a marriage for her.

  Wang's family took charge and graciously allowed Haitang to return home. Her slave status was also abolished, and she became a daughter of a good family.

  The Wang family also gave her a set of cosmetics, which was the standard configuration for the mistress of a noble family in the capital to send her maid out for marriage.

  A wardrobe, a bathtub, a foot tub, plus a cedar bucket. Also several pairs of chopsticks and a headrest.

  Haitang's mother brought up this marriage with Haitang.

  "I and your father both went to see, very satisfied. The man's family has three large tile houses, ten acres of land, no other concubines or servants, born well, strong and healthy, still the head of the village, not bad."

  Haitang was very disappointed. She had been looking forward to being an official's wife, but it turned out he was just a village head.

  "...... Daughter, choose again." Haitang said unwillingly, twisting a handkerchief in her hands.

  "Not getting married?" Haitang was surprised, "How can you not get married? Your father and I have already chosen a good match for you! The betrothal gifts have been received, the engagement letters have been exchanged, how can you say you're not getting married?!"

  Haitang was also shocked, "I've already said I won't marry, why are you still accepting the betrothal gift? Don't you return it?"

  Wang was lifted high up in the inner courtyard. Suddenly she fell heavily to the ground, and she couldn't accept it at all.

  "What are you taking back?! The silver has already been given to your brother as a betrothal gift, what can be returned?!" Haitang also got angry. What's wrong with this daughter? She wasn't so picky before!

  "How much? I'll pay!" Haitang said loudly, and then remembered that she had given her mother a gold ingot. She hastily said: "Didn't I give you a piece of gold?"

  "That little gold, worth only twenty taels of silver, is for your brother to marry a wife." Haitang's eyes flickered as she looked at Haitang, "Do you still have money?"

  The peony has bloomed, and originally she didn't want to take out the remaining golden hairpin, but now in this situation, if she doesn't take it out, she'll have to marry the village head and become a farmer's wife.

  Haitang gritted her teeth and took out another gold ingot for her mother.

  "Haitang girl smiled and said: 'Not enough.'"

  Haitang took another piece.

  "It's still not enough."

  Haitang took out the last piece of gold and shouted: "Isn't it enough? How much did he actually spend?"

  "Five hundred taels of silver!" Haitang stretched out one hand.

  ……

  March in Yangchun. The peach blossoms have fallen.

  After she got married, she found out that the betrothal gift given by this man was actually fifty taels, which he had borrowed from someone else...

  She was filled with bitter resentment and finally tasted the bitter fruit of being betrayed by someone she trusted.

  She never thought that her own parents would deceive her, just like Sheng Siyan didn't think that her personal maid would collude with outsiders to cheat her.

  This man is not a landlord, but a tenant farmer. He's over 40 years old and his wife died earlier, leaving him with three daughters and two sons. As soon as Haitang married into the family, a group of children pounced on her, grabbing her hair and telling her to cook for them.

  From being a top-ranking maid serving the eldest daughter of the Duke's family, to becoming a filler wife for a tenant farmer in the countryside, this gap is really too big.

  Haitang really couldn't bear the heavy farm work and endless household chores, several times she wanted to sneak out.

  But it seemed like someone was staring at her, and when she ran, that man chased after her and beat her up.

  After being hit several times, Haitang finally behaved and didn't dare run again.

  Another month passed and Haitang became pregnant, she had no choice but to accept her fate.

  With a big belly, busy in the fields and at the head of the land. Haitang sometimes also thought of the good days in Shengjia Guogong Fu, just like the night-blooming cereus in the eldest girl's courtyard, which withered before dawn.

  ……

  Wang brought Sheng Siyan in an unassuming large carriage to quietly visit the Sheng family's seaside villa to check on Haitang's situation.

  That woman with a grey cloth on her head, protruding belly, coarse skin and yellowish eyes is actually the delicate Haitang who was by her side back then?!

  Sheng Siyan couldn't believe her eyes.

  "What's unbelievable about that? This kind of person, if you can't knock her down with one punch so she can't get back up again, once she gains power she'll bite people." Wang said in a low voice, "Remember. If you don't take action then so be it, but if you do take action, make sure to make her unable to show her face for the rest of her life."

  Sheng Siyan nodded. Wang's move was very measured. Some people can't live, some people can't die, all are grasped well.

  Returning from outside the city, Wang said to her: "Your birthday is in June, I've discussed it with your father, and we're preparing a birthday gift for you. Who do you want to invite?"

  "Never mind, Mother. By June you'll be eight months pregnant and shouldn't overexert yourself. Let's just forget about it this year."

  No matter how much Wang tried to persuade Sheng Siyan, she wouldn't listen, and had no choice but to agree to postpone the birthday gift until next year.

  But soon in June, they received a post about birthday, it turned out that old man Zheng was having his 60th birthday.

  Mr. Zheng was actually sixty years old in virtual age, but the rules of the Great Xia Dynasty were to celebrate virtual birthdays and not actual ones, so his birthday was always celebrated ahead of time.

  "Old Master Zheng also has a birthday in June." Sheng Qiye said with a smile, planning to take Sheng Siyan alone to the Zheng family for a banquet. Wang Shi's body was heavy and it wasn't good for her to go to other people's homes as a guest.

  The third block of foam for the reward and the additional sent to Shi Bi. Goodnight everyone. o(n_n)o

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