bookrandom Chapter 1117: The Prime Minister Has a Difficult Time to Decide Family Affairs
Chapter 1117: The Prime Minister Has a Difficult Time to Decide Family Affairs
Chapter 1117: The Prime Minister Has a Difficult Time to Decide Family Affairs
In a house in Tianshui Lane in Beijing.
It was snowing lightly.
There was a woman of ordinary appearance sitting in the courtyard.
The woman was dressed simply, like an ordinary woman, but there was a stubbornness between her eyebrows. Her belly was bulging, and it was obvious that she was pregnant.
At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.
The woman frowned, and one of the two maids serving her comforted her to sit down, while the other closed the door.
The outdoor door creaked open.
Someone outside said, "Doctor Sun!"
Hearing the sound, the maid immediately opened the door.
Soon, a doctor carrying a medicine box walked into the courtyard and went into the house.
The doctor, named Sun, bowed respectfully to the woman sitting on the couch and then took her pulse.
Doctor Sun was also very tactful. He didn't ask or say anything except the patient's condition. He could see that although this was a small family, there were several strangers guarding the place along the way.
The two maids behind the woman looked like servants, but they were actually monitoring her.
But Doctor Sun didn't care about that, he just wanted to get the consultation fee. The other party was very generous, giving him three strings of cash for one visit.
And we use the best medicinal materials.
Doctor Sun was a considerate person. After checking her pulse, he said, "The pulse is stable. The baby will be born in the next few days."
"I've heard that Doctor Sun is a master of medicine. Do you know if the baby in my belly is a boy or a girl?"
Doctor Sun smiled and said, "You have asked the right person. There are no more than three people in the capital who can tell the gender of a child by feeling the pulse. I happen to be one of them. If I am right, it should be a boy."
After Doctor Sun finished speaking, he looked at the woman's expression and saw that she had an expression of both joy and sadness.
Doctor Sun was curious, but he didn't dare to ask, so he stood up and said goodbye.
Doctor Sun walked to the gate, and a man came up to him and put the medical fee in his hand with a smile, saying, "Doctor, thank you for your help."
Doctor Sun touched the medical fee and asked in surprise, "Are there two?"
The other party bowed and said, "Please keep the secret for me, Mr. Sun."
Doctor Sun smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir. I have always been careful with my words. I have eaten rice all my life and have never knocked out a tooth."
The other person smiled, and after Doctor Sun left, he saw a carriage parked right in front of the door.
The man breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhang Yue getting off the carriage.
"I've met the Prime Minister."
Zhang Yue said, "Huang Si, don't bow here, or people will see you."
Huang Haoyi said yes.
Zhang Yue asked: "How is that woman?"
Huang Meiyi said: "I'm having dinner in the house."
"What meal?"
"A big sheep was slaughtered."
Zhang Yue nodded.
Zhang Yue walked to the door and looked at the pregnant woman sitting at the dining table.
But the maid brought a big bowl full of rice. The woman took the bowl, put the dishes on the table on the rice, and started to eat them vigorously.
Zhang Yue was surprised that Zhang Zhi would fall for such a woman.
Isn’t it about marrying a virtuous wife and taking a beautiful concubine?
Zhang Yue asked Huang Haoyi, "Is it the same every day?"
Huang Haoyi said: "After knowing that Ah Xi was surrounded in Mingsha City, he first cried all day, and then ate and drank to his heart's content."
Zhang Yue nodded and thought, it turns out that she didn't want to mistreat the baby in her belly.
Zhang Yue looked at the woman and saw that she chewed the food before forcing it into her mouth.
Zhang Yue shook his head and walked into the house.
When the woman saw the visitor, she did not ask any questions but just focused on eating.
Huang Haoyi wanted to remind her, but Zhang Yue signaled her not to ask any questions and sat on the chair watching her finish the meal.
After she finished eating, she looked up at Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi who was standing respectfully behind him. Then she asked, "Can you return my eldest son to me?"
Zhang Yue was stunned, then looked at Huang Haoyi.
Huang Haoyi said, "I had a cough the day before yesterday, and Doctor Sun said that I should take good care of myself, so I was placed in another room."
Zhang Yue frowned and said, "Why not leave the child next to his mother? Bring him here."
Upon hearing this, Huang Haoyi immediately went out and carried a child who was less than two years old into the house. As soon as the child saw the woman, he pounced on her.
The mother and son cried facing each other.
Zhang Yue looked at the child and found that he had some similarities with Zhang Zhi in his features, so he couldn't help but like him.
His smile flashed across his face, and he asked the woman solemnly, "How did you get to know Ah Xi?"
The woman wiped her tears and put the child down from her body.
"I was originally from a good family, but because I offended the Shezha people, my father and brother were stabbed in the face and exiled to Xizhou, and we followed them here. Since I am quite nimble, I went to clean the Jinglüe Mansion and got to know Ah Xi..."
Zhang Yue said, "You said your family offended a wealthy person. Who was that person and how did he get into the Jinglüesi residence? Please tell me in detail."
"Yes."
The woman told them one by one.
Zhang Yue questioned her on several key points and verified them one by one with the information he remembered about the woman, confirming that what she said was basically true.
He was worried that Zhang Zhi was bewitched by this woman and was trying to get close to her in order to help her father and brother turn things around.
But after a closer look, this woman was only of average appearance, and she was also a very honest person in her conversation. Zhang Yue sighed in his heart that Zhang Zhi really had a unique vision.
However, Zhang Yue knew that the marriage between Zhang Zhi and Lu was not harmonious.
Lu was a woman with a sharp tongue, and her temper was even stronger than that of Shiqi Niang. Because she was a daughter-in-law of a rich family, Zhang Shi and Yu were particularly respectful and polite to Lu. Not only did they not act like parents-in-law, but they also listened to Lu's opinions on all matters, big and small.
In this way, as the eldest grandson's wife, Lu has the final say.
Zhang Zhi was of course somewhat dissatisfied with this, but these were minor reasons.
Since Lu was always by his side, Zhang Zhi didn't dare to do anything.
But this time Zhang Zhi went to Daizhou first, and then to Xihe Road to lead troops. He inevitably felt lonely, and finally did not tell his parents. In fact, he was afraid that Lu would find out, so he secretly took Miao to his side.
Miao asked Zhang Yue, "Is there any news about Ah Xi's whereabouts now?"
Zhang Yue shook his head and said, "I don't know. If there was any news, the Western bandits would have publicized it, but our spies didn't report any news."
Miao nodded and said, "Then there is still hope."
Zhang Yue said: "Yes."
"Then how do you plan to place the children of these women?"
Zhang Yue said: "Your child is also the blood of my Zhang family, so he must return to the clan, there is no doubt about that."
Miao nodded and said, "That's great. Where is I?"
Zhang Yue said: "This... I can't make the decision, so I would like you to meet my brother and sister-in-law and let them decide."
"Brother and sister-in-law?"
Zhang Yue said: "They are Axi's parents."
Hearing this, the other party said, "Axi's parents... So you are Mr. Zhang. I am sorry for the disrespect."
Zhang Yue said: "Husband is a name that outsiders call him. Family members don't talk about it."
"Although I am the prime minister in the court and I have to decide the affairs of the world, I still have to deal with family affairs. It is not my decision whether you can enter my Zhang family or not. You still have to listen to the opinions of my brother and sister-in-law."
"I know what you're worried about. To be honest, twenty years ago, my Zhang family was still a poor family. Although we may seem high and mighty now, we are nothing special. But Ah Xi's wife is from the Donglai Lu family, and her father is a Hanlin scholar. You need to ask her whether you can get in."
The woman said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang. Your words are enough. I don't ask for status. I am willing to be a slave or a maid in the Zhang family as long as I can see the children."
(End of this chapter)