The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 186: The Family's Upside-Down

Bai Shi was startled, tears streaming down her face, and she cried out in surprise, "Grandma, Grandma!"

Shi Yao hugged Tao Ziyi tightly and exclaimed, "Third sister-in-law, third sister-in-law! Third brother, third sister-in-law must have fainted because of excessive worry! Quickly send her back to Shaohua Garden and ask the doctor to treat her!"

Many masters of the Shi family were waiting at the second gate for them to return.

The third master Shi Jian'an was instructing the maids to carry Shi Mingzhu away on a soft couch and return to Lanpei Courtyard.

Shi Mingkui had invited a doctor early and was waiting in a courtyard not far away. He hurriedly asked someone to invite the doctors, four or five of them, one to go to Shaohua Garden, and the rest to Lanpei Courtyard to see Shi Mingzhu.

He also asked Shi Mi and Lian Qiao to stay, and appointed two maids from the Chanmao Pavilion to serve Shi Mingzhu.

Shi Mingzhen frowned, took Tao Ziyi, picked her up, and hurried into the second door.

Shi Yao went to Ganlu Hall with everyone else to reply.

After a lifetime, the taste that was familiar to the bone, the embrace that she once loved so much, now made Tao Ziyi feel sick.

Before she was halfway through the journey, she could no longer bear it, opened her eyes, struggled to get down, and threw herself on the side of the road to vomit.

Shi Mingzhen held her arm and asked worriedly, "Ziyi, what's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

He thought Tao Ziyi was pretending to be faint, but he never expected that she was really feeling unwell.

When Tao Ziyi heard his voice, her arm felt as if it was burned through by his burning palm. She trembled all over and vomited even more. She pushed him away with all her strength:

"You, stay away from me. You smell like cows and horses, I can't stand the smell."

Bai Xi hurried forward to support Tao Ziyi, and was so anxious that tears were about to fall.

Shi Mingzhen took a step back. He had just gotten off the carriage halfway and came back on horseback, so there was probably some smell of horse on his body.

"Ziyi, come and wipe your mouth. Someone, go to the nearest Tangxi Courtyard and get some water to rinse your grandma's mouth."

A little maid hurriedly responded and ran to Tangxi Courtyard.

Shi Mingzhen took out a handkerchief and handed it to Tao Ziyi.

Tao Ziyi was like a frightened bird. She knocked the handkerchief out of his hand and said weakly, "Stay away from me. There is a strange smell on the handkerchief."

Shi Mingzhen had no choice but to pick up the handkerchief and take two steps back.

Tao Ziyi raised her head and saw him frowning and looking at her worriedly.

She sneered inwardly.

This man is really good at pretending.

It was like this in her previous life. Whenever she was about to despair, he would always reach out and give her a hand, but he was unwilling to save her completely. He would keep her hanging, neither up nor down, for her entire life.

If she was deceived by him again, she would deserve it.

After a short pause, Le An Ning hurriedly brought a copper kettle over, took the tea bowl from the maid, poured a full bowl of tea, handed it to Tao Ziyi, and asked in a loud voice:

"Hey, Third Sister-in-law, what happened to you? Why are you vomiting so hard? Rinse your mouth quickly."

She looked closely at Tao Ziyi's expression.

She had looked at Tao Ziyi with this kind of eyes before, and Tao Ziyi was confused and didn't know what she meant by that look.

Now, she knows.

Le Anning is the same kind of person as her, they both have memories of their past lives.

She didn't want to get mixed up with the sisters-in-law. They were not good people and only wanted to create chaos in the world. The entire Zhenguo Mansion was full of upstarts and downcast women. She wished to stay away from them. She just lowered her eyes and didn't look at Le An Ning. She rinsed her mouth and said:

"Thank you, second sister-in-law. I will come to thank you in person another day."

Le An Ning was disappointed. She thought Tao Ziyi was reborn. Seeing that the third brother looked very bad and seemed impatient, she secretly advised:

"Look at the state of my third sister-in-law. She seems to be suffering from morning sickness. Is she pregnant? I'll ask the doctor to take her pulse carefully. My third brother should also be careful not to disturb her pregnancy."

In her previous life, Tao Ziyi was also pregnant with her third child at this time.

Shi Yunxiao's second child was not even one year old at that time. Because she got pregnant in a hurry, she hurt her body after the third child was born and suffered from some gynecological diseases. She never had any more children after that.

Shi Mingzhen's solemn face finally showed some joy. He was going to be a father again, and he was naturally happy to have a new baby in the family. He hurriedly said:

"Quick, Bai Xi, help Third Madam back to Shaohua Garden. Second Sister-in-law, if Ziyi is pregnant, I will definitely reward you handsomely later."

Le Anning did a good deed that day. He smiled, went forward to help Tao Ziyi and sent her back.

She just thought that Shi Mingzhen was unwilling to hug his wife in public, and felt deeply sympathetic towards Tao Ziyi. In her heart, she cursed the third brother for being hypocritical, heartless, and a good-for-nothing.

His wife was pregnant with his child, but he was unwilling to hold her, or even to support her.

The doctor followed behind and entered Shaohua Garden. After Tao Ziyi changed her clothes, lay down on the bed and lowered the curtains, the doctor took her pulse.

"It seems to be a slippery pulse, the pulse is shallow and not very clear. However, grandma is depressed, so you must open your heart and take care of yourself."

The doctor prescribed some medicine to protect the fetus and calm the nerves, then left.

At this chaotic moment, Shi Mingzhen was both happy and worried when he heard that his wife was pregnant for the third time. He asked gently through the curtain: "Grandma, why are you so upset? But what did I do wrong?"

Tao Ziyi thought he was questioning her. He was obviously a very competent husband, so how could she dare to be dissatisfied? So she said indifferently:

"Nothing else. Today everything went wrong. The noble ladies bullied Zhuzhu. I didn't protect her well, so I was anxious. Once this matter is resolved, my anxiety should be gone."

Shi Mingzhen's eyebrows relaxed: "You have always loved her. I heard from Lianqiao and Shimi about what happened in the villa. Zhuzhu was indeed wronged today.

Since you are pregnant, don't worry about so many things. I, the elders and brothers are here to take care of you. Just rest and take care of your baby. I will go to Ganlu Hall to report and visit Zhuzhu by the way."

Tao Ziyi felt sick again after hearing this. She swallowed and then spoke, "I'm very tired. I need to lie down for a while. This pregnancy is premature and not very stable. Please tell Zhuzhu that I can't help with the housekeeper's matter."

Shi Mingzhen's heart sank and he sighed silently.

How come I got pregnant at this time?

My fourth brother’s wife is also pregnant.

This child came at a really bad time, as the family was in need of someone else.

Forget it, let him take care of the rear house more.

Shi Mingzhen agreed and said a few more words of comfort, telling her to be at ease and not worry about Shi Mingzhu. Then he lifted the curtain and came out. When he looked up, he saw Le Anning looking inside. He coughed lightly, told her the doctor's pulse diagnosis, and sent her away.

We walked all the way towards Ganlu Hall.

Who knew that Le An Ning would follow him.

He asked, "Second sister-in-law is also going to Ganlu Hall?"

Le An Ning quickly put on an expression of concern for the country and the people and said, "Yes, I just heard that my elder sister came back drunk, and that she offended some princess or prince, and that she was engaged. It's a mess of news, and as her sister-in-law, I have to pay more attention to her."

Shi Mingzhen was upset.

This second sister-in-law, wherever there is fun, she is there.

That's not concern at all, that's clearly gloating.

He ignored her.

When the two arrived at Ganlu Hall, Shi Mi and Lian Qiao had finished their conversation, explaining the whole process and consequences, leaving out only the part where Shi Mingzhu made it difficult for Shi Yao to catch her to write poetry.

Shi Yao was shocked.

She only knew that Shi Mingzhu had offended the princess, but she didn't know how exactly she had offended her. It turned out that it was related to her.

Shi Mingzhu must have been so jealous of her and had imagined the famous scene of "plagiarizing others by copying poems" so many times in her mind that she could fluently accuse her of being a "plagiarist" when she was drunk.