HCB Chapter 146 Apply eye drops
Chapter 146 Apply eye drops
Shi Mingzhen asked in confusion, "I heard that Aunt Liu Hua went out of the house to deliver money to temples and orphanages for Shi Yao. Occasionally, she would buy some small things and bring them into the house. They would check at the second gate and there was nothing dirty."
Shi Mingzhu's green jade fingers grasped her skirt tightly, her eyes drooped slightly, her delicate and sickly face made me feel pity for her, and she whispered softly:
"Don't be afraid of being laughed at by Third Brother. I always feel that Shi Yao has ill intentions towards me. Although it is supernatural, Brother is a scholar and does not believe in it. But I have been ill for so many days, and all I have been thinking about is random thoughts.
I often have the illusion that perhaps my long-term illness is due to Shi Yao using silver to make a wish in front of the Bodhisattva.
Shi Mingzhen poured a cup of ginseng tea and pushed it in front of her. Hearing what she said, he paused and looked up in surprise.
Shi Mingzhu grabbed his sleeve and begged, "Third brother, good brother, I know I am just imagining things, can you please help me?
There are many families in the capital who do good deeds. Shi Yao's donation is not a big deal. It can help her save some money and give me peace of mind. I will also donate some money to temples and Taoist temples as compensation to Shi Yao.
Good brother, good brother, just agree to my request. It’s just not to let Aunt Liu Hua go out. Just raise your hand and it will be done! When I recover from my illness, I will prepare a feast to thank you very much, brother! "
Since Shi Mingzhu was ten years old, due to the strict rules between men and women, she seldom acted affectionately and coquettishly towards her brothers.
Shi Mingzhen was quite pleased. After hearing her call him "good brother" more than ten times, he was about to agree when he heard Shi Mingkui's laughter from outside:
"I want to see who Zhuzhu's good brother is?"
Shi Mingzhu was glaring at him and asked angrily, "Third brother! Do you agree or not?"
Shi Mingzhen hooked his sister's nose with his finger and said, "Promise! Isn't it enough to promise you?"
Shi Mingkui pulled aside the curtain and came in, pretending to be displeased and asked, "Why is it Third Brother?"
Shi Mingzhen asked proudly, "Why can't it be me? What are you doing here?"
The three siblings greeted each other. Shi Mingkui smiled and said, "I came to visit Zhuzhu. I haven't seen her for a long time and I was always worried about her illness. From what I see, Zhuzhu is indeed getting better."
Shi Mingzhu's eyes sparkled, illuminating her sick face. She smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you brothers for visiting me. The doctor also said that I am much better now. I can rest for a few more days and then go out for an outing and attend the Spring Festival. Fourth brother, please sit down. You look worried. Do you have something to tell me?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Mingzhen put down his teacup and asked, "I should avoid it?"
Shi Mingkui lifted his robe and sat down, saying, "It's not a big deal. It's just that last night, my sixth brother's wife took in three concubines for me, and I came to complain to her."
Shi Mingzhen and Shi Mingzhu were both stunned.
Shi Mingzhu asked with concern: "Did Sixth Brother and Sixth Sister-in-law have a quarrel?"
Shi Mingkui sighed and said, "They are as close as honey and oil. The Sixth Brother's kindness was all in his mother's womb and was not brought out when he was born. The Sixth Brother's wife is also very kind and sweet-mouthed. How could they quarrel? It's all for the sake of offspring."
Shi Mingzhen didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the third house, so he said casually, "Sixth brother's wife is too anxious. Sixth brother is not anxious, but she is anxious first."
Shi Mingzhu thought that there was no point in being anxious. In her previous life, her sixth sister-in-law had struggled for several years but still couldn't give birth to a child.
It's probably that Sixth Brother and His Wife are not meant to have children, and it can't be forced.
However, the sixth sister-in-law seemed to have been reborn and got involved with the eldest and second sisters-in-law.
She took Sixth Brother as a concubine. No one knew what her intention was. She had refused to do so in her previous life, so why did she suddenly come to the decision in this life?
She sent someone to invite Wang Fan, but Wang Fan said that she wanted to pray for a child devoutly and refused to come. Therefore, she did not have the time to test what Wang Fan thought after his rebirth.
She became increasingly anxious.
The fact that Wang Fan could not be invited showed that Wang Fan had a grudge against her.
The eldest sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law, and the eighth sister-in-law were reborn in front.
What about the remaining sisters-in-law?
If one or two people were reborn, they could be silenced. But if all the sisters-in-law were reborn, there would be chaos in the mansion!
The eldest sister-in-law wanted to divorce, so the eldest brother went to the border. The second sister-in-law wanted to kill her husband, and the second brother slammed the table to divorce his wife but still couldn't get her divorced. The sixth sister-in-law took a concubine and hurt the sixth brother's heart. The eighth sister-in-law broke off the engagement and ruined the eighth brother's reputation.
What about the other sisters-in-law?
Shi Mingkui let them know so that they wouldn't be surprised by the news outside. After he finished speaking, he put it down, frowned slightly, and asked:
"Zhuzhu, last year, did you tell me that you had a nightmare?"
Shi Mingzhu's heart skipped a beat, and she asked in surprise, "Why are you asking this, Fourth Brother?"
Shi Mingkui said, "I'm just confused. My eldest sister-in-law, my second sister-in-law, and my sixth brother's sister-in-law are all acting abnormally. They all use nightmares as an excuse. When they wake up from a dream, they become different people. Before my fourth sister Ge shouted that she wanted to cancel the engagement, she also said she had a nightmare."
Shi Mingzhu was happy that someone finally realized something was wrong, but then her heart sank.
If they knew that in her previous life she married a scumbag and killed her entire family, would they blame her?
After hesitating, she gritted her teeth and nodded. Her sisters-in-law were malicious after their rebirth and were working together to cause trouble. If her brothers were kept in the dark, they would be harming them.
She alone cannot deal with so many sisters-in-law.
"Indeed. I also had a nightmare. I dreamed that I married the fourth prince Zhou Shao. Zhou Shao was an ungrateful person. The person he had always wanted to marry was Shi Yao. After ascending the throne, he demoted me... to a concubine, then to a noble concubine, and finally executed the entire Shi family. After killing us, he married Shi Yao as his queen."
Having said that, she stopped talking, with intense hatred swirling in her eyes.
Shi Mingkui and Shi Mingzhen listened to it for the second time and still found it absurd.
Shi Mingzhen couldn't help but say, "This is just a dream. Shi Yao is a country girl, how can she compare to my sister? Unless that man is blind, he would mistake fish eyes for pearls."
Because it was so absurd and impossible, they once again felt that it was all a dream.
Shi Mingzhu smiled bitterly. She also felt it was extremely humiliating to lose to "Shi Yao".
It is like lifting mud to the sky, but then picking the clouds from the sky and stepping them into the mud.
If she had lost to a woman who was a thousand times better than her, she would have accepted it with all her heart, but she would never be able to swallow losing to a girl like "Shi Yao".
Shi Mingzhu looked at her brothers' unbelieving expressions and added, "I also dreamed that auspicious signs fell from the sky in Guanzhou. Guanzhou is the hometown of Concubine Ning and the Ning family of Anyuan Marquis's mansion. On the fourth day of the second lunar month, the Ning family will come to the palace to offer auspicious signs.
On the tenth day of February, Cheng, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, who was born in Fengzhou, will impeach Concubine Ning and the Ning family, saying that Fengzhou had a flood due to the melting snow, and the Ning family deliberately suppressed the flood report in order to please the emperor with auspicious signs, and deliberately prevented people from Fengzhou from going to the capital to report the flood, thus delaying disaster relief. "
Shi Mingzhu hated herself for being blinded by love in her previous life and was obsessed with Zhou Shao. She thought every day about how to meet him, how to please him, and how to make him love her.
She had never paid attention to court affairs at all, and only vaguely remembered a few things that were known to everyone. She had to rack her brains to remember the specific time, which made it so difficult for her to gain the trust of her brothers now.