Yunchu fell ill after returning to Xie's house.
The illness came like a mountain, and she was in severe pain all over her body, and she could not sleep well.
The people who paid greetings in the morning were waiting in the side hall. Tingshuang came out and said softly: "Madam is sick. There is no need to come to pay greetings during this time."
Everyone knew that the lady was really ill this time, and several doctors were called in. The smell of medicine was everywhere in the yard.
Aunt Jiang said with a worried face: "Shengju is in a hectic state, why don't I stay and take care of Madam."
Tingshuang shook her head: "Madam, there are a few servants here to serve you, so I won't trouble Aunt Jiang. Please go back."
Xie Ping stood up and said, "My mother is sick. I shouldn't bother her with trivial matters, but I really don't know what to do. Can Sister Tingshuang help me come up with an idea?"
"The eldest lady wants to ask the old lady about her birthday, right?" Tingshuang replied, "Madam has told me that if the eldest lady is really undecided, she can ask the madam and the old lady."
Xie Ping pursed her lips.
She didn't understand. They were just two children who had been dead for four years. Why did her mother suddenly miss them?
For the sake of those two dead children, I slapped my father in the face without saying anything, and now I still claim to be ill and ignore the household affairs. Do I really want to completely separate from my father?
Is the mother really not afraid of losing her real power as the matron of the house?
After coming out of Shengju, Xie Ping took the account list and went to Anshou Hall.
The old lady and the madam were talking.
"Although those two children died young, they are still of the blood of my Xie family. How could they be buried next to the ancestral land of the Yun family?" The old lady gritted her teeth. "She Yun Chu is no longer a daughter of the Yun family, but the wife of my Xie family. How could she Can I, the Xie family, be humiliated like this?"
Yuanshi sighed: "Looking into this matter carefully, it is indeed the Xie family's fault."
The child's body was supposed to be taken back to the Xie family's old house in Jizhou and buried next to the Xie family's ancestral temple, but...
After all, Jing Yu still paid too little attention to these two children who died young, so it is understandable that the Yun family went to war.
"Jing Yu was supposed to be promoted to the fifth rank, but because of this incident, he became the target of impeachment in the court." The old lady was very angry, "If Yun Chu hadn't suddenly thought of reburying the child, the Xie family would How could such a thing happen? She said she didn't care about anything because she was sick, she felt so comfortable, and Jingyu was having a hard time in the court..."
Yuanshi didn’t know what to say.
At this time, Xie Ping walked in, greeted the two elders first, and then said: "Old lady, your birthday is coming soon. I still have two things that have not been finalized. Originally, I wanted to ask my mother for advice. , my mother was sick and couldn't get up, so I had to trouble the old lady and grandmother."
The old lady's face looked very ugly.
Xie's mansion is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more trivial matters. Yun Chu actually doesn't even care about such an important matter as birthdays, and leaves everything to Sister Ping, a girl who has not left the palace!
Is this because he is sure that the Xie family will not be able to survive without the head mother, and is he deliberately taking revenge on the Xie family for not properly burying their child four years ago?
Last time she shouldn't have given 20,000 taels of silver to let Yun Chu continue to manage the family. She actually made Yun Chu think that she had the entire Xie family under control.
A sneer appeared on the old lady's face and she said, "Sister Ping, tell us which two things have not been finalized and we will discuss them together."
Xie Ping replied: "One is the guest list, and the other is the dishes on the banquet. This is what I think..."
She spoke her thoughts carefully.
She still wants to invite some dignitaries to come. Whether they come or not is their business. They still have to invite them. What if they are willing to come to support her?
The old lady shook her head: "Because of what happened yesterday, the Xie family has become a joke in the capital. Who would be willing to come to celebrate their birthday?"
Xie Ping did not dare to say anything more, so she had to move on to the second topic: "I want to host a grander birthday party for the old lady, but the cost of a dozen tables is at least two thousand taels of silver. There is not so much money in the public account... "
The old lady nodded without thinking. She only celebrated her birthday once a year, so she naturally had to organize it better.
The birthday banquets in the past three years have been particularly grand. It seems that Yun Chu put in some dowry money.
This year, Yun Chu claimed that he was ill and didn't care about these things. If the birthday banquet went wrong, the first people to see the Xie family's joke would be the Yun family.
She turned to look at Zhou's mother beside her: "Take three thousand taels of silver and give it to Sister Ping."
A smile appeared on Xie Ping's face: "Thank you, old lady. I will definitely hold a glorious birthday party for the old lady."
If this birthday banquet is successfully held, her reputation as a good housekeeper will surely spread, and people who propose marriage to the Xie family will definitely cross the threshold.
With the money, Xie Ping could do things more smoothly, and she put all her energy into the birthday banquet.
After Yun Chu was raised for three days, her body gradually recovered, but her mood was still a little depressed. She sat by the window reading all day long, which made Ting Shuang and the other girls worried.
"Madam." Qiu Tong boldly walked in and lowered his head and said, "After three days of rest, Madam has recovered from her illness. The matter of learning martial arts can no longer be put on hold."
Yun Chu closed the book: "Look, I forgot such an important thing. Let's go and practice martial arts."
She changed into crisp clothes and followed Qiu Tong to the yard to squat on horseback.
Although it was spring, the air was cool, but I squatted in the yard for most of an hour, and my body soon became tired with thin beads of sweat.
Qiutong said: "Madam, the time has come."
Yunchu remained unmoved: "I can still persist."
She had wasted three or four days, and it was time to make up for all the wasted time.
At first, she could keep her figure steady, but gradually her strength began to fail and her body swayed from time to time.
Tingshuang tried to persuade her several times, but she refused and insisted on squatting for two hours.
After noon, Yunchu finally rested. Tingshuang bathed her and changed her clothes, and finally she felt a little energetic.
"Madam, the old lady's birthday banquet will be here in a few days." Tingshuang said while wiping her hair, "This year's birthday banquet will be all hosted by the eldest lady. After a little inquiry, I felt that there are many problems. Madam You still have to give a heads up to the eldest lady, otherwise something might go wrong on the day of the birthday banquet."
Yun Chu looked at himself in the mirror: "If you let me out, you will say that Mrs. Xie is sick and can't get out of bed."
Tingshuang said hurriedly: "Madam, don't curse yourself like this."
"If just saying something casually can come true, wouldn't it be chaos?" A faint smile appeared on Yun Chu's face, "If I am sick, no matter what goes wrong at this birthday banquet, it has nothing to do with me, do you understand?"
Tingshuang's eyes lit up: "This slave understands."
After she dried Yun Chu's hair, she hurried out of the backyard and called Chen Defu over to give him some instructions.
The news that Mrs. Xie, the eldest daughter of the general's palace and the household doctor, was ill spread throughout the capital in an instant.
"A few days ago, Mrs. Xie reburied her child who died young and dragged two coffins from the south to the west of the city. Did you all hear about it?"
"The Xie family are really bastards. Although the child died in infancy, he is still of direct blood. How could he just find a hill and bury him without fear of retribution?"
"The good eldest daughter of the general's palace actually married Xie Jingyu, who was only in the seventh rank at the time. I really don't know how the Yun family would choose such an in-law!"
"..."
"I heard from the shopkeeper of Shandetang Pharmacy that there was no peace in the back house of Xie's house, and the aunts poisoned each other to have babies. I'm sure Mrs. Xie's child who died in infancy was also killed."
"I heard from people in the Xie Mansion that Mrs. Xie is very ill. She can't even hold Mrs. Xie's birthday banquet. It seems she can't even get out of bed. Maybe she was poisoned by the aunt in the backyard."
"The mistress of the house cannot have children, and all those aunts have given birth to sons. I'm afraid they may have the delusion that if the mistress dies, they can be rehabilitated."
"Master Xie can't even manage the women in the back house, how can we expect him to be a good official..."
