"It's easy for things to go wrong, especially now that the old concubine is critically ill, and people are leaving, so no one will care about Zhou Xia's marriage." Yang Ruoqing said.
Xiao Huan nodded repeatedly, "That's the reason. Even the other ladies in the palace wish their elders would forget this matter."
"They themselves are coveting the position of Prince Yun's concubine, and they don't want the sweet spot to fall on Zhou Xia!" Xiaohuan said.
Yang Ruoqing nodded, "So, even if Zhou Xia goes to Xiangyang Prince's Mansion on her own this time, unless the old concubine is still there, she can still make the final decision for her."
"Otherwise, she would really have gone after him and been rejected!" she said.
Xiaohuan glanced at the shack over there again, and then whispered to Yang Ruoqing: "There are some things that Brother Zhou Wang doesn't know. I dare not tell him for fear that he will be anxious."
"What's going on?" Yang Ruoqing asked.
Xiaohuan said: "It was the coachman who told me privately that once when he was in the palace, he was seriously ill and was about to die. It was my father who gave him medicine and saved his life."
"He is very grateful to me. In the past few years in Zhoujiacun, he has secretly sent me money here several times. Although it is not much, it can alleviate the urgent needs of Brother Zhou Wang and me."
"Didn't the coachman go to the capital to deliver a few letters? Someone there said that the old concubine is probably dead."
"Besides, the King of Xiangyang doesn't know how he told the old concubine. Before the old concubine fell ill in bed, she entered the palace once."
"That was the last time I entered the palace. Not long after I came back, the royal family sent the chief eunuch to the Xiangyang Prince's Mansion to give me a betrothal gift."
"Not for King Yun, but for the Crown Prince."
"The position of the crown prince's concubine has fallen to the princess who is the direct descendant of the palace. It is already a certainty." Xiaohuan said.
Yang Ruoqing frowned slightly, "If this is the case, then Zhou Xia will have no chance. This trip is destined to be in vain."
Xiao Huan said: "Yeah, I'm worried that after she gets this bad news, she won't commit suicide after being completely desperate, right?"
"I don't dare to tell Brother Zhou Wang about this, for fear that he will go to the capital to look for her if he gets anxious."
“It’s a huge crowd and the journey is far away, how can I find it?”
"I can't do it at home with my children, and now my mother-in-law broke her leg again..."
Yang Ruoqing shook her head and said, "There's no need to say it. Just let her go. She won't die until she reaches the Yellow River."
"If you call Brother Zhou Wang, not only will she not appreciate it, she won't think it's because the family is worried about her."
"On the contrary, she will feel that you are holding her back and do not want her to fly high."
"So, we have to let her suffer on her own!" Yang Ruoqing said.
The best thing is to never return to one area.
They were abducted by gangsters and sold into the poorer and more backward villages. Seven or eight brothers shared the same daughter-in-law, and even when the baby was born, it was impossible to tell which brother was which.
Call her a prodigal, tell her to be too narrow-minded, tell her not to care about family ties.
Death, for people like Zhou Xia, is a mercy.
Xiaohuan and Yang Ruoqing were talking to each other again and again, while they cleaned the old hen neatly and chopped it into pieces.
A temporary small stove was built with stones in the yard to avoid the discomfort of being choked by fireworks in the shack.
Then Xiaohuan brought an iron pot and placed it on the stone, put firewood in the gap between the stones and lit it.
Put water in the pot and start stewing it with the mushrooms.
"As for my mother-in-law, I used to blame her and hate her because if it weren't for her, my first child wouldn't have slipped away."
After the pot lid was closed, Xiaohuan stuffed a handful of firewood into the stove mouth, squatted there and fanned the fire in the stove mouth with the broken cattail leaf fan in his hand, and then talked to Yang Ruoqing.
"I just thought, even if I hate her to death, can my child come back? No!"
"Besides, I am marrying Brother Zhou Wang, not my mother-in-law."
"I want to live with Brother Zhou Wang for the rest of my life. If I really hate his mother so much that I quarrel every day and make everything crazy, the person who will suffer in the end will be Brother Zhou Wang!"
"I don't want Brother Zhou Wang to be caught in the middle, especially when I later give birth to another child,"
"I just thought, this must be God's compensation, because the child who let me slip away back to me is back!"
Hearing Xiaohuan's words, Yang Ruoqing's face was full of sighs.
Xiaohuan, this woman, is really kind-hearted and open-minded.
"Aunt Da'e has broken her leg now. She probably won't be able to get out of bed for ten and a half days." Yang Ruoqing continued.
"Even if she can get out of bed, I look at her old and haggard look. It's obvious that Zhou Xia has taken away most of her life. It will be good if she can take care of herself in the future. As for the rice, grain and silver, I guess she has nothing to do with it. . What are your plans next?" Yang Ruoqing asked again.
I just didn't ask directly, for such an evil mother-in-law, do you still want to support her until she dies?
Regarding this question, Xiao Huan frowned slightly.
"She didn't have Qingfeng before, but now she is old and helpless. Apart from Brother Zhou Wang, she has no one else she can count on." Xiaohuan murmured analyzing the situation.
"Based on what I know about Brother Zhou Wang, he probably won't leave his mother alone."
"Besides, if you really don't care, the people in this village will just talk about other people's things."
"They will definitely accuse Zhou Wang of being unfilial and so on. Even if we left home two years ago, no one would understand our difficulties and would only see us not supporting the elderly."
"If someone is crushed to death under his tongue, he won't be able to pass his test, so my mother-in-law will definitely still be our burden in the future." Xiaohuan said.
Yang Ruoqing said: "In that case, I think you won't need to build a new house after you finish the herb collection team at the end of September."
"For those who have two entrances to the old house, can't we just move there?"
"It saves money and makes it easier to take care of her."
Regarding Yang Ruoqing's suggestion, Xiaohuan shook her head slightly.
"Qing'er, I don't know why, but I'm a little panicked about living under the same roof as my mother-in-law."
"My teeth and tongue are always bumpy, let alone my mother-in-law's personality? I'm worried that we will have quarrels every day and there will be no peace." Xiaohuan said.
Yang Ruoqing smiled, "You don't understand this. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law live under the same roof. As long as you show enough courage to come out, there won't be much quarrel."
"You have to know that things are different now. It's you who support this family now. Your mother-in-law is a casual person. She has no confidence to dominate you anymore."
"Moreover, the key figure in this is Brother Zhou Wang."
"As long as you stand firmly with Brother Zhou Wang and let him protect you, my Auntie Da'e, who is difficult to get along with, is not stupid and will adapt."
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