Chapter 44 Pre-Show (Pink Tickets +20 More Added)

  "The girls didn't even say a word about the arrival of the elder lady." Ding Gui's family helped Shu Hua into the house, and after helping her take off her outerwear, they discovered that she was wearing very thin clothes underneath. Her arms and hands were frozen stiff, so they quickly had the maid bring over a heater to warm her up. The sudden change from cold to hot made Shu Hua shiver twice, and her lower abdomen began to ache. She slightly bent forward, gritting her teeth in pain, as the maids supported her onto the bed.

  Ding Gui's family way: "Don't worry, madam, I've got your back." With that, he bid farewell and left.

  Ding Gui's family returned to Cai Furen's residence, where they saw Qiuhua had been driven out and was standing under the eaves, shivering with cold due to wearing too little.

  Qiu He saw Ding Gui's family and hurriedly said: "Mom, I don't know when the lady will ask questions? Can I go back first..."

  Ding Gui's family heard this and couldn't help but curl up the corners of their mouths. Now, still holding onto Da Yaru's qiao, they exchanged a smiling face, "The madam is just taking a nap, she won't wake up for a while, young lady please wait for a bit." Without saying anything else, they dispatched the servant girl to send a cloak over to Qiu He.

  A thin cloak can't keep out the wind, and Autumn Lotus waited for several more quarters of an hour. The mistress's first words were to see her, which must be related to being a concubine. Autumn Lotus was worried about the title of concubine, so she didn't dare leave. Her whole body was almost frozen stiff, and her hands and feet had lost all sensation. It wasn't until the lights in the mistress's room went out that Autumn Lotus dared to shiver back to her living quarters.

  Shu Hua was worried about Qiu He, and with the sudden chill and heat, she felt unwell all over her body. She had a lump in her throat that wouldn't go away, and after lying down for a while, she felt like bleeding nonstop from below. When she got up to take a look, fresh blood had already seeped through her clothes onto the bed sheet. She hastily called in the maid to change the sheets and wash them. After all this commotion, her body was again covered in cold sweat, and her elbows and knees were also aching unbearably. She no longer knew whether she was hot or cold.

  It was easy to drag on until the next morning, and a maid was called in to ask Autumn Lotus to come in for questioning. Who knew that the maid came in and reported that Autumn Lotus had been frozen all night and was now running a fever.

  Shu Hua was taken aback and didn't understand what had happened, so she asked, "How did you end up freezing for a whole night?"

  Miao Tong and Qiu He were close, but just now she saw Qiu He lying on the kang, talking nonsense like a piece of charcoal. One moment she called out "Big Sister", the next she was calling out for "Big Brother". Her eyes turned red as she came to report back to Shu Hua, "I don't know if Big Nai knows, but last night Ta Tai had Qiu He wait outside her room. Who knew it would be until midnight? Later, some medicine was sent from the small kitchen to Ta Tai, and Qiu He asked the serving maids if Ta Tai had mentioned anything about her."

  Those maids said, "The mistress is ill and the house is busy with a lot of work. Miss, even if you don't help, you should have some idea in your heart." Autumn Lotus heard these words and didn't dare to leave, until she saw that the lights in the mistress's room had gone out before returning to her living quarters.

  Shu Hua couldn't help but hold back another breath, and this thing happened in the mistress's room. As a daughter-in-law, she couldn't ask or say anything. Just as she was thinking of going to find the little maid in the mistress's room to ask carefully, someone came from outside and said: "The mistress asked me to bring some supplements for you, Big Nai." It was a bowl of blood swallow's nest soup.

  Shu Hua had eaten downstairs. She asked the little maid, "Where is Madam?"

  The maid replied: "Madam left early this morning, saying she was going to Big Nai's house."

  Shu Hua felt a lump in her throat, and she didn't even mention it when she went to her mother's house. Thinking about the marriage of the two younger sisters in the mansion, she herself was running around for the Hou Mansion. The third sister and fourth sister were married off not badly, but that was because they listened to Mrs. Cai's words, all for the sake of the Hou Mansion. Now this matter was for what? Mrs. Cai didn't even mention it when she went to her house, at least she should have asked if she wanted to bring any messages back to her mother's house.

  Last night, Zhao Xuanhua gave her the cold shoulder, and Qiuhe fell ill again. Shuhua thought of the days when she was at home with her parents, who doted on her in every way. Whenever she had a minor illness, her mother would come to see her three or five times, unlike now when she lay alone in bed... Her heart couldn't help but feel sad.

  Miao Tong handed over the blood swallow and advised Shu Hua to eat it: "A big milk body is precious, so let's take the supplement while it's still hot."

  Shu Hua's body was also weak, and she barely managed to prop herself up to finish the bowl of bird's nest. Who knew that after eating it for a short while, her body would start feeling half cold and half hot? Shu Hua thought it was just her imagination, plus she was tired all over, so she told Miao Tong to go find a doctor to take a look at Qiu He, and then she fell asleep in a daze.

  As soon as Mu Jin entered the house, Jin Xiu asked, "How was it? Have you arrived?"

  Mugwort Road: "I think it's almost here, Mrs. Ya Qin let Eighth Miss go to the main room."

  The second and third wives will enter the mansion today, they must go to the front to welcome them.

  Ronghua, who was already in the inner room, heard this and called for Mugen to come in. From a trunk, she took out a goose-yellow robe with a pine-patterned border and put it on. As Mugen helped Ronghua adjust her clothes, he said: "The woman from Zhao's house at the back door likes to take care of flowers and plants. I'll invite her to teach us how to arrange the potted plants in our house. After all, she knows more than we do. She claims to know many servants from aristocratic families, so she also talked about some things related to those families. When she mentioned the Wu Mu Marquis's residence, I saw that Feicui was listening intently, so I didn't interrupt Zhao's wife's conversation."

  Mu Yan smiled, "According to Zhao Si's family, the engagement of Wu Mu Hou was previously set with the daughter of Sun Zhangyuan, the former head of the Hanlin Academy. However, when the engagement was settled, Sun Zhangyuan had already retired, and the Sun family had a sparse population..."

  Rong Hua was stunned, and unexpectedly chose this marriage.

  Mu Gei paused and continued: "Zhao Si's family also said that in the past, both the Cheng Guo Gong Fu and the Guangping Cai family wanted to form an alliance with the Wu Mu Hou through marriage."

  Chengguo Gongfu she although not clear, however...

  Rong Hua asked: "Is Lady Cai of Yicheng Marquisate from the Cai family of Guangping?"

  Mù Huā nodded slightly.

  The ancestors of the Cai family were meritorious in founding the country and were enfeoffed as kings with a different surname in the first year of Chongyuan, but later lost their royal title due to mistakes made while supporting the crown prince. Cai's father, Cai Yong, was a martial arts champion who died for his country on the western border in the fourth year of Jingde and left no descendants. The three daughters were all married off: the eldest daughter married the Marquis of Yicheng, the second daughter is the current Empress Huagui, and the third daughter was enfeoffed as Princess Honghua and married far away. Cai's elder brother is currently serving as the commander of the Xishan Ruijian Camp. The Cai family has a deeper foundation than the Sun family, which has retired from office, but the Wu Mu Hou Mansion chose the Sun family over the Cai family.

  As for Wu Mu Hou, she still knew very little. The rumors outside said that Wu Mu Hou was a fierce and evil person, but what kind of person was he really? Rong Hua suddenly remembered, "What about Fei Cui?"

  Mugwort smiled and winked: "Of course, Feicui has 'something' to attend to." She went to her master's second miss to pass on the message.

  Yao Hua knew how it would be?

  Jinxiu came in and said: "Today is quite coincidental, Yicheng Houfu also sent someone to say that Mrs. Cai wants to come over."

  They all arrived together, what a coincidence.

  Ronghua had everything packed up. Before leaving, she put on a new dark green outer jacket with a hem of otter fur and a pattern of chrysanthemum flowers, "What about the Ma Dao's affair?"

  Mu Yan shook her head, "I haven't heard anything about this, but today Lady Cai is coming to the mansion, she might bring some news. At that time, I'll go and talk with the maids of Yi Cheng Hou Fu."

  Rong Hua nodded, "Be careful, don't let people notice, it's best to follow Chun Xiao and Fei Cui, if you don't ask, someone will naturally ask."

  Ronghua went out to the house of the elder lady, and Yaohua had indeed arrived. Yaohua wore a pink lotus-patterned jacket with a peach-red embroidered cloak outside, and on her head was a coral-inlaid golden hairpin. She smiled slightly, and the faint redness on her earlobe matched her delicate red lips. She looked elegant and refined, noble and dignified, without a hint of illness on her face.

  Late-arriving Yanhua was also dressed to the nines, wearing a bright red flowered green leaf jacket with a five-colored interlocking dark flower satin skirt, and the few golden leaves on her head were also breathtakingly beautiful, but compared to Yaohua, she seemed a bit more common.

  She was dressed more simply compared to Second Miss and Sixth Miss.

  Yao Hua was already seated to the right of Madame, Yan Hua didn't wait for Rong Hua to sit down, and instead walked over to sit on Madame's left side, smugly raising an eyebrow at Rong Hua.

  A legitimate young lady, a spoiled sixth miss, where is the position of eighth miss.

  Ya Qin moved to Jin Quan, and Rong Hua sat on top of it.

  The old lady looked at her three daughters, with a kind smile that reached the bottom of her eyes. She then asked Dong Rui to bring in the tea that Master had brought back for the three young ladies to drink, filling the whole house with maternal love and filial piety.

  Before long, a maid came in and said: "The wife of Lord Yi Cheng is almost here."

  Mrs. Lai stood up and took Yaohua, Yanhua, and Ronghua to the Weeping Flower Gate to welcome her. Mrs. Cai got out of the sedan chair and saw Mrs. Lai, instantly revealing a warm smile. Her gaze then shifted to Yaohua behind Mrs. Lai, and her eyes lit up as she showed a few hints of astonishment. "Which young lady is this? She's so beautiful?"

  The lady smiled and said: "This is the second young lady, Yao Hua. She had been ill previously and hadn't come out for a long time. Thanks to her husband's good fortune, she has now recovered from her illness, so I let her go out more often."

  Yao Hua went forward and saw Mrs. Cai, Yan Hua and Rong Hua also followed to pay their respects. Mrs. Cai's eyes lingered on Rong Hua for a moment, the eighth young lady was still delicate and refined, with a clear heart and a jade-like appearance, her beauty had an otherworldly quality that set her apart from her three sisters.

  Third Sister was different from the other Cai ladies, cultivating her mind and nature in her boudoir, which allowed her to develop a calm and composed temperament. As for Second Sister entering the palace early, that's not worth mentioning. After Third Sister reached adulthood, suitors almost trampled down the threshold of the Cai household.

  Mrs. Cai pondered slightly, then looked at Yao Hua beside her, "Where does she look like a sick person? I think the second young lady's illness is fake, and it's true that Lady Qin has been hiding something."

  The lady's face showed a hint of pride, and the wine hidden in the deep alley finally released its fragrance.

  The teacher on this side has given New Year's greetings to the classmates, wishing everyone a happy new year, everything goes well, and all wishes come true. Unmarried classmates will get married happily, and those who haven't had babies will have noble sons (or daughters).

  Career advancement is thriving, academic achievements are outstanding with honors, and business ventures are lucrative.

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