135 Dystocia(1/2)
Shen's first child had a difficult time, which was equivalent to walking to the gate of hell.
Looking back on the past ten years ago, she felt that it almost seemed to be a matter of her previous life. "I also thought at that time that everything was over, and I didn't want you to worry about it in vain, so I didn't say it."
"It is said that having a baby is like walking through life and death. At that time, it took me two days and two nights to give birth to Sister Huang. When Sister Huang was born, her crying loudly. The woman said that I gave birth to a girl. I wanted to see the child, but I couldn't hold on. When I closed my eyes, I fainted..."
Mrs. Mu opened her eyes slightly and interrupted her: "Did you faint?"
"Yes." Shen nodded and gave his mother a comforting smile. "I saw my grandmother when I was unconscious. My grandmother told me that I was not yet at the right time, so I forced me back."
"I opened my eyes and realized that I had been in a coma for a whole day and night due to heavy postpartum bleeding."
She was injured because of her first child, so she took several years to recuperate before she recovered, and then she became pregnant with Chu Yunmu.
Mrs. Mu felt sorry for her daughter, and at that time she sent an old lady who knew medicine and was good at delivering children to take care of her. Her second child was very smooth. Now, Chu Yunmu has grown up healthily.
Thinking of her Brother Mu, Shen's lips bent and comforted Duke Mu and said, "Mother, why do you do these old things? Am I fine now?"
Mrs. Mu didn't say anything, lowered her eyes and stared at the deep and floating tea leaves in the teacup, as if she was in deep thought.
At the beginning, she only knew from the mouth of the third daughter Shen Wan that the eldest daughter had a difficult birth and had severe bleeding, and she died of death. However, it was the first time she heard that she had been in a coma for a day and a night after giving birth.
After a while, Duke Mu raised his head again and looked at Shen. He wanted to speak but stopped, as if he was hesitating, as if he was a little entangled, and as if he was worried.
Mrs. Mu opened her lips slightly and was about to say something, but at this moment, the curtain was beaten up, and a maid hurried in and reported, "Master, Princess Jing County is here."
The wife of Duke Mu moved her eyebrows, and a little surprised expression appeared.
She didn't know that Shen Wan would come today, so she originally planned to talk to her eldest daughter.
Of course, she could not have issued an order to expel the three girls and asked someone to bring Shen Wan.
After a cup of tea, Shen Wan entered the room under the guidance of a maid. She wore a lilac skirt, her hair was tied with a simple one, and only a red gold-embedded Eight-Treasure Flying Swallow Hair, and she dressed very casually.
Her face was a little pale and her expression was gloomy. When her eyes met her mother and elder sister, she smiled and called out, "Mother, elder sister."
The wife of Duke Mu could see that Shen Wan was worried, but she didn't rush to ask. She waved to Gu Zhiyan beside her, "Qianniang, come here!"
Gu Zhiyan held Shen Wan's skirt tightly with one hand, firmly sticking to Shen Wan like a small tail.
The little girl's face was fair and flawless, her facial features were delicate, and her pink and jade was like a porcelain doll, but her eyes were dull. She seemed to have never heard of Mrs. Mu's call.
Mrs. Mu couldn't help but sigh in her heart, feeling very distressed.
Shen Wan gently patted Gu Zhiyan on the shoulder and said patiently: "Qianniang, grandmother is calling you."
Gu Zhiyan was still indifferent.
In the end, Chen Wan personally handed Gu Zhiyan's hand to Mrs. Mu.
Mrs. Mu said with distress: "Awan, didn't you ask Master Xuanjing to do the trick for Qi Niang? Last time I saw Qi Niang was obviously much better, why is it now..."
When Shen Wan brought Gu Zhiyan to the Duke's Mansion last time, Gu Zhiyan would clearly respond to her call and call her grandmother, but now she seems to have returned to the past, dawn and mum.
Chen Wan was angry when she heard Xuan Jing's name and pouted, "Don't mention Master Xuan Jing, I think he is a liar in the world!"
Since Master Xuanjing gave Gu Zhiyan the second time last time, Gu Zhiyan has not improved, but has been getting worse... Because of this, Chen Wan was worried that she could not sleep at night.
"..." Shen looked at Gu Zhiyan blankly, as if thinking about something.
Chen Wan rubbed her eyebrows and changed the subject: "Mother, I want to go back to the Duke's Mansion to stay for a few days."
Mrs. Mu frowned, and her first reaction was-
"Did you have a fight with your son-in-law?"
Chen Wan waved her hand and said angrily: "Don't mention it, it's just that Mei!"
Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Shen were both shocked.
They all knew that the Mei family was the outer room that Prince Jing raised before the wedding.
Prince Jing was frivolous when he was young. He was the second son of the family. No one expected that he could inherit the throne of the county. When he was young, his family was a little tempted by him. He had caused many ridiculous things before he was sixteen or seventeen years old, and the Mei family was just one of them.
Later, his father and brother died unexpectedly, and he became the heir to the title and grew up overnight.
When Prince Jing came to Duke's Mansion to propose marriage, he promised to break up with Mei's family. Only then did Duke Mu agree to the marriage.
As he promised back then, Prince Jing sent Mei away and gave her a sum of money. After marriage, he and Chen Wan had a deep affection and did not keep a concubine.
Mrs. Mu was very satisfied with this third son-in-law, but no one expected that Mei would return to the capital in a few years and steal Gu Zhiyan...
Mrs. Mu was squeezing the Buddhist beads in her hand and silently chanting the Buddhist verses in her heart.
Shen asked, "What other demon did that Mei do?"
After drinking a sip of tea, Chen Wan sneered, "I haven't seen anyone who is so cruel to be a mother. She threw a seven or eight-year-old boy in Jingzhao Mansion and said that this was the prince's outer room. Now all the censors were moved. In just half a day, at least seven or eight impeachment of the prince were sent to the imperial study."
Speaking of Mei, Chen Wan's expression was a bit disdainful, a bit ridiculous, a bit resentful, and a bit of anger at Prince Jing.
Chen Wan is the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion, and Mei is just a female singer who sings a small song. The two are so different, so Chen Wan never took Mei in her eyes. She knew that it was impossible for Prince Jing to have a relationship with Mei.
People have to look forward, and she just needs to have her in her heart.
Until last Mid-Autumn Festival, Mei kidnapped Gu Zhiyan.
When the Prince Jing’s Mansion found Gu Zhiyan, Gu Zhiyan was frightened. Not only did he ruin his appearance, but he also had absent-mindedness. Chen Wan hated Prince Jing for his daughter.
The couple had a cold war for more than half a year. It was not until recently that Gu Zhiyan's face was cured and her absenteeism had been improved for a while, and the couple began to reconcile.
Chen Wan curled her lips and said sarcastically: "Mother, elder sister, the palace is very lively now. My younger brothers and sisters and aunts all come to care about me..."
How could Chen Wan not know that these women are watching jokes and are too lazy to pay attention to them?
"If he doesn't handle this matter well, don't think I will take Qi Niang back!"
After she spoke to the two of them as if she was venting, she felt much more relieved and felt a little thirsty. She put a toothpick in her hand and ate it.
Mrs. Mu: “…”
She looked at Chen Wan with a complicated expression, feeling it was hard to describe it, and sighed in her heart: Her daughter, she is already twenty-five years old, she has been married for so many years, and she still has the temper she was as angry as a girl... Alas, it is what the prince is used to.
Mrs. Mu Guogong was devoted to his daughter and advised softly: "You, your son-in-law is considerate of you, and you can't really be the boss and be angry with him. The husband and wife must always support each other and understand each other before they can move forward."
Duke Mu was clear-headed and would persuade Chen Wan like this, but would not persuade Chen Zhi like this.
Although the third son-in-law, Prince Jing, did some uncontrollable things when he was young, he felt Chen Wan in his heart and felt guilty about this. Therefore, it is not bad for Chen Wan to have a little temper on her daily life.
And Chu Lingxiao...
This man was terrible from the inside out, and he would be helpless unless he changed his core.
Mrs. Mu picked up the teacup and drank another sip of tea. She felt more and more that the establishment of the prince of the Marquis's mansion should be done as soon as possible.
Chen Wan stuck out her tongue and acted coquettishly at her mother, "Mom, I didn't really leave for this. It's just a child. At worst, I can stay there. The royal family has no shortage of chopsticks."
"Qian Niang has not been very good recently, and I am upset, so I took her back to her parents' home to relax."
Gu Zhiyan sat next to Mrs. Mu, playing with Mrs. Mu Mu's Buddhist beads, twisting them one by one, as if this single move could last forever.
If you don't know, others will only think that this is a quiet and elegant little girl.
My daughter will definitely be fine. Chen Wan said to herself in her heart, feeling a little better, and turned her eyes to Shen, who was sitting on the other side, and joked: "Big sister, why are you here today? Are you going to come to Xiaoguan too?"
She originally just said it casually, but after she really said it, she had a hint of hope in her expression. It would be great if the elder sister agreed to stay in the Duke's Mansion for a few days. They could lie on a couch and chat until dawn when they were in the boudoir.
Shen saw what Chen Wan was thinking at a glance, and laughed and said, "I brought Sister Chen to pay my respects to my mother."
As she said that, she glanced at the pot on the desk and said, "Mother, it's getting late. It's time for us to go back. The Office of the Interior will come to the job tomorrow."
Shen ordered a maid to call Chu Qianchen back.
"Big sister, you've just arrived not long ago, why are you leaving?" Chen Wan said sweetly, "Isn't it just a recruit? Anyway, I have the responsibility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites."
Chen Wan felt that the elder sister was too good to this concubine daughter. Forget it, but a concubine daughter could make the elder sister happy. It was her luck.
Chen Wan diligently inserted a piece of melon for Shen's food, and looked at her with a smile.
Mrs. Shen swallowed the cantaloupe and slowly wiped the corners of her mouth with a veil. Then she teased her sister in a playful tone and said, "Sister Chen is here later. Should you call me Aunt Third or your cousin-in-law when you see you?"
Chen Wan: "..."
Chen Wan's mouth opened slightly, speechless.
She really thought about this question: Yes, Chu Qianchen will be her sister-in-law or her niece in the future?
Before she could figure out what was going on, Miss Shen brought Chu Qianchen back.
The moment the cousins entered the house, Chen Wan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said to Shen with a smile: "Don't worry, wait until she passes the door!"
Anyway, Chu Qianchen is not Princess Chen yet, so he should have called himself the third aunt.
At this time, Gu Zhiyan, who was originally sitting on the Arhat bed, suddenly jumped up and rushed towards Chu Qianchen like a flexible puppy. An unusually bright light also bloomed in his dull eyes.
"elder sister!"
Gu Zhiyan stretched his arms and hugged Chu Qianchen's slender waist. His little face rubbed against Chu Qianchen, as if he was leaving his own smell. Then he raised his little face and looked at Chu Qianchen.
Mrs. Mu: “…”
Chen Wan: "..."
Miss Shen: "..."
Everyone was shocked and looked at the scene in amazement.
To be continued...