Legend of Concubine's Daughter Minglan 知否知否 应是绿肥红瘦

C196. Dine Out, Family Affairs, National Affairs, Hualan, Hacking... (121.3)

He Youchang respected his wife a lot. He smiled and said, "Of course! Before we left our family, my father has lectured me over two nights. He said that it was the best that we could have a wise madam. He also told me that as long as we were loyal to our madam, we wouldn't be mistreated."

In fact, Minglan didn't want Cuiwei to get too busy. Not only because Cuiwei's daughter was still too young, Minglan also wanted Cuiwei to have more sons so that Cuiwei could have someone to count on in the future. After all, she was in the ancient time. For example, if Minglan had to choose one of Hai shi and Hualan to give birth to a son, she would choose Hualan to have son and Hai shi to have a girl. Because Hualan was still having a hard time now while Hai shi lived quite well.

After a few days, someone came to report that Hualan really had given birth to a son.

In order not to get late, Minglan began to dress up early in the morning on the baby's Three Shower Day. She put on a plain lunar-white coat embroidered with dark threads and flower patterns and a purple waistcoat with the same patterns. The maids had combed her hair into a oblique bun under which were three to four round and pure large pearls. Then after a super delicate gold hairpin with a colorful butterfly on the top had been anchored under the hair bun, the hair was done. The cirrus of the butterfly kept shaking. Then, Xiaotao brought an armful of fresh flowers which still had morning dewdrops on them. Minglan picked a magnolia flower which was as big as the rim of the teacup and inserted it by her temple. As she looked at herself in the mirror, she found herself looking even more gorgeous than before being around the fragrance.

This was the Nth time Minglan had to sigh and let her imagination run away, 'This face really is so pretty! If I travel back to the troubled times, I'm even eligible to be the enchanting Imperial Concubine. Just don't know if I will die with the fatuous emperor or marry to the next emperor.'

Marquis Zhongqin's mansion was situated in the Third Ring Road. So it had taken two hours for Minglan to arrive there. Xiaotao climbed into the coach and helped Minglan fix her make up. Then they both got off the coach. Wang shi, seeing Minglan arriving early, showed a smile on her face. Aunt Kang still stood there with sarcasm on her face. The moment Rulan saw Minglan being there, she dragged Minglan's sleeves and whispered to the latter's ear with a smile, "Today my husband will pick me up!" On these words, she glimpsed at Minglan with a beaming smile, looking extremely complacent.

Minglan was completely speechless. After she had gritted her teeth, she also approached to Rulan and whispered, "It was worthwhile to meet him privately in the midnight."

Rulan blushed right away while glaring at Minglan indignantly. However, the smile on her face was hard to cover. Then she pinched on Minglan's arm violently, which made Minglan moan in a soft voice. The wolf back at her house had just pinched her yesterday.

Molan only looked on them indifferently on the side.

As Minglan met Hualan, she was shocked. Right now, Hualan was reclining on the bed with a handkerchief embroidered with spring flowers on her head. Although it was clear to see that she had neatened her clothes, her sallow and withered face was still unable to be covered. Comparing to Hai shi who was plump and healthy, Hualan looked like as if she was suffering from a serious illness instead of giving birth to a baby.

Wang shi threw herself at Hualan right away while shouting "My daughter!" Hualan only laughed and said, "... I wasn't in a great condition when I was pregnant with the baby. Just need some time to recover. I'll be fine." She spoke those words weakly and couldn't help panting.

The baby also looked sickly. He was thin and didn't even let out a cry. When the maids were taking off his clothes to shower him, he only sobbed for a short while like a little sick cat before he stopped moving. Minglan still remembered when Hai shi's daughter had been showered, that little girl's chubby hands had struggled so hard that she had splashed the water all around the floor. That really was a strong baby!