sjar Chapter 279 Contraceptive Soup, Stop It
Chapter 279 Contraceptive Soup, Stop It
"Him? How can a man drink contraceptive soup?"
Xie Zhaozhao denied it, "He said I was still young and wanted to wait two years before having another child. Medical books record that it would not harm a woman's health if she were to have a child after the age of eighteen."
Concubine Xi was angry and anxious: "Zhao Zhao, how can you believe a man's words? Children are a woman's lifelong confidence. Without children, what future can you talk about?"
Concubine Xi said that a family like the Xie family had a deep foundation, and even if a woman did not rely on a man, her dowry would be enough to ensure that she would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life.
However, it is precisely because of the Xie family's background that many men with ulterior motives want to step on the Xie family to gain power.
Even more despicable ones may do it to swallow up your dowry.
If a man is unwilling to give you a child, it only means that you are not in his heart at all and he just wants to use you.
"Zhao Zhao, men are unreliable! Husbands, fathers, brothers... none of them can be relied on. A woman can only rely on herself."
Concubine Xi was very emotional. "Men in this world say they love you, but they marry someone else. They pity you, but they are afraid of you. They say they are considering the overall situation, but they sacrifice you without hesitation..."
Xie Zhaozhao fell silent as she thought about how she had miscarried one child after another and eventually could not have another.
Her aunt might be a little extreme, but she didn't think she was malicious.
He reached out and hugged his aunt's arm, saying, "Aunt, I remember everything. I'll go back and ask Mr. Gu if he's secretly drinking the contraceptive soup."
"If he loved you, he wouldn't have used the excuse of hurting your body and not giving you a child!"
Concubine Xi looked gloomy and said, "You can still choke while eating. Are you going to stop eating because of choking? If he drinks the contraceptive soup and refuses to let you get pregnant, I will kill him."
Xie Zhaozhao opened her mouth but didn't say anything to refute. Her aunt was doing this for her own good.
Concubine Xi calmed down and her tone became gentle again: "You haven't been in contact with Dong Qin recently?"
"So many things happened during this period that I didn't pay attention to it... What happened to Dongqin?" Xie Zhaozhao asked in surprise, "He has always been doing well in Baiyue City."
Concubine Xi smiled and said, "Since I gave him to you, he has never come to my place again."
"Aunt, do you have anything to say to him?" Xie Zhaozhao said sincerely, "Aunt, you can write a letter and I will help you mail it."
"No need. If he comes to the capital, tell him to come to the palace and play."
"Okay, as long as he comes to Qingpuyuan, I will tell him."
Concubine Xi smiled gently.
Suddenly he asked why Xu died?
Xie Zhaozhao said: "I went to Huguo Temple to pray for my third sister. On the way, the horse got scared and fell off the cliff. My third sister is pregnant. The queen has met her mother. I think she values this baby very much."
These words were true and false. Imperial Concubine Xi looked at her meaningfully, and saw that her expression was normal and indifferent. She was so well behaved that Imperial Concubine Xi couldn't detect anything on her face.
Concubine Xi couldn't help but sneered: "Xu Yingrong has been scheming all her life, but in the end, she has nothing left, Xie Tingting..."
There were spies everywhere in the palace, so she didn't continue talking and Xie Zhaozhao didn't respond.
The Xie family is a royalist family. Xie Tingting becomes the prince's concubine and joins the Wei family's party. This is equivalent to forcing the Xie family to side with the Wei family, making the Xie family disloyal and unrighteous. How could Xie Anfeng lead the entire family to help her?
Xie Zhaozhao didn't stay in the palace for long before she said goodbye and left.
Liuli watched Xie Zhaozhao walk out of the palace step by step, and said softly: "The old lady has changed."
Concubine Xi sighed and said, "Yes, I have grown up..."
When I returned home, I saw Gu Shaoyu holding a shovel and looking for small holes in the ground in the yard to dig out cicadas.
Xie Zhaozhao got off the carriage. Gu Shaoyu stared at her with his deep black eyes, but unfortunately, no emotion could be seen.
Xie Zhaozhao walked up to her, squatted down, and watched him catch cicadas in the small hole.
The courtyards of the Xie Mansion and the Bo Mansion were originally paved with bricks and stones, and she had never caught a cicada with her own hands.
Now this yard is mostly a garden, and there are many cicadas in the land under the trees.
"How did you find the cicada?"
"Come and see--" Gu Shaoyu pointed to a small hole on the ground. The hole was irregular and only a thin layer of soil was left at the entrance.
Through the thin soil, it seemed that there was some living creature in the hole.
Xie Zhaozhao was a little scared and stepped back.
Gu Shaoyu gently lifted the small hole with his fingers, revealing a small hole as thick as a thumb. Sure enough, there was a light brown cicada (cicada larva) inside.
He took a small branch and put it into the hole. When he pulled it out, he saw a fat cicada, which was caught with its two pincers tightly holding the small branch.
Nanxing took a pitcher, put the cicada in it, then brought a basin and asked Gu Shaoyu to wash his hands.
The couple walked in the yard, talking while looking at the scenery.
"What does the Imperial Concubine want to see you about?"
Xie Zhaozhao smiled bitterly and said, "It seems like we have no choice but to have children."
"how?"
"Doctor Wen took my pulse again and said that I am in good health and suitable for having a baby."
"Induced labor?"
Xie Zhaozhao smiled. Actually, Concubine Xi asked her to go today not only to induce labor, but more importantly, she wanted to find out what she and Dong Qin were doing.
Or wondering what she was doing.
Dong Qin may have stopped reporting Xie Zhaozhao's situation to Concubine Xi, which made Concubine Xi suspicious.
"Jingchen, I will be eighteen next year and can be a mother." He did not mention that Concubine Xi suspected that he drank the contraceptive soup, nor did he mention that he wanted to kill him.
"Want a child?"
"Ah."
"You are not yet eighteen years old, and your body is not fully grown yet."
"But you've grown up." Xie Zhaozhao said with a smile, "Aren't you afraid that when you take the child out in the future, others will say to you: Lord Gu, this is your grandson?"
"..." Do you think he's too old?!
Qingpu Garden is naturally different from other courtyards. It has such a large lake and is surrounded by flowers and gardens. You can feel the tranquility and beauty of nature in the courtyard.
The frogs croaked among the lotus leaves by the lake. The breeze was mixed with the fragrance of the watery lotus and the scent of the Osmanthus fragrans, making this garden both luxurious like Kyoto and leisurely like the mountains and wilderness.
It would be perfect if there were a few more children, surrounding him, running around and calling for their parents.
Gu Shaoyu asked someone to pick a basket of apricots from the yard, wash them and put them up.
The apricots were as big as dates, very fragrant, sweet, and round. He helped Xie Zhaozhao cut the apricots one by one and separate the flesh and the core.
Gu Shaoyu picked up two round apricot kernels, cleaned them, and grinded small holes on the whetstone.
Use wire to dig out the almonds from the small hole, clean them up, and then use sandpaper to grind them into a round shape.
When I blew it into my mouth, it was surprisingly loud.
Everyone gathered around, vying to see what was happening, and they all praised Lord Gu for his skillful hands.
Gu Shaoyu said: "When I was studying abroad, I would grind apricot kernels into whistles in my free time, and I could actually play tunes."
Xie Zhaozhao couldn't let it go and tried to blow it a few times. It didn't produce a tune, but it was quite loud.
"Keep it and give it to the children to play with later." Xie Zhaozhao said casually without thinking much about it.
Lord Gu fell silent immediately.
Zhao Zhao really wants a child.
That night, Gu Shaoyu waved in the yard and a dark shadow jumped out.
"Stop the contraceptive soup!"
"Yes."
Finally, I don’t have to secretly make contraceptive soup for the elder minister anymore!
A few days later, Gu Shaoyu came back from court and told her a piece of news: Princess Roudan went to see the Prince of Kang, wanting to borrow two large ships from him.
"Did Prince Kang agree to her?"
"No, the canal ships are all in service, how can they be lent out for a year or two? Prince Kang didn't dare to offend her, so he wrote a memorial to report to the emperor. Princess Yurong couldn't wait."
Can't wait? She was sure that the route was opened secretly by Duke Cheng'en because he was afraid that the news of the Silk Road would leak out and be known by Duke Cheng'en, and even more afraid that His Majesty would know!
Gu Shaoyu smiled and said, "Zhao Zhao, remember I used a small stick to catch cicadas a few days ago? I have a plan, how about catching a big fat cicada?"