<h4>Chapter 196: Dine Out, Family Affairs, National Affairs, Hun, Hacking... (121.3)</h4>


    Trantor: Iris


    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, Minn didn’t want Cuiwei to get too busy. Not only because Cuiwei’s daughter was still too young, Minn 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 Minn had to choose one of Hai shi and Hun to give birth to a son, she would choose Hun to have son and Hai shi to have a girl. Because Hun was still having a hard time now while Hai shi lived quite well.


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


    In order not to gette, Minn began to dress up early in the morning on the baby’s Three Shower Day. She put on a in lunar-white coat embroidered with dark threads and flower patterns and a purple waistcoat with the same patterns. The maids hadbed her hair into a oblique bun under which were three to four round and purerge 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. Minn 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 Minn 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 Minn to arrive there. Xiaotao climbed into the coach and helped Minn fix her make up. Then they both got off the coach. Wang shi, seeing Minn arriving early, showed a smile on her face. Aunt Kang still stood there with sarcasm on her face. The moment Rn saw Minn being there, she dragged Minn’s sleeves and whispered to thetter’s ear with a smile, “Today my husband will pick me up!” On these words, she glimpsed at Minn with a beaming smile, looking extremelycent.


    Minn waspletely speechless. After she had gritted her teeth, she also approached to Rn and whispered, “It was worthwhile to meet him privately in the midnight.”


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


    Mn only looked on them indifferently on the side.


    As Minn met Hun, she was shocked. Right now, Hun 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, Hun looked like as if she was suffering from a serious illness instead of giving birth to a baby.


    Wang shi threw herself at Hun right away while shouting “My daughter!” Hun onlyughed 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. Minn still remembered when Hai shi’s daughter had been showered, that little girl’s chubby hands had struggled so hard that she had sshed the water all around the floor. That really was a strong baby!


    The guests all got suspicious and turned around to look at Old Madam Yuan and First Madam Yuan. Thetter seemed to be ill at ease and only talk to her mother, Aunt Zhang, with her head lowered. However, Old Madam Yuan was perfectly calm. Seeing the doubts in others’ eyes, she only mentioned lightly, “I have already told my second daughter-inw that she should be more careful this time since her condition was not so well during her pregnancy. But she had to...”


    As she was talking, she even tried to imply that Hun was to me for all of this. The other guests felt inappropriate to respond her, so they just listened to her with a smile. Wang shi, feeling resentment towards Old Madam Yuan inwardly, couldn’t question thetter in front of everyone. So she had to bear that feeling with her teeth gritted. Mn, with a calm look on her face, only lowered her head and drank her tea, feeling quite joyful.


    Minn then nced at Hun, finding her lowering her head with vague hatred in her eyes. Minn who felt very upset sat by Hun’s bed and touched her skinny hand. Suddenly, Minn felt something hot dropping on her hand. Then she saw a teardrop on the back of her hand.


    That gave Minn a bitter feeling. Then she held Hun’s hand tightly.


    Rn, as insensitive as she was, always reacted slower than others. It took her very long to find that Hun was not well. After that, Rn lost her temper right away. She stood up and said to Old Madam Yuan loudly, “Why is my sister so skinny? Is she sick?”


    After she had said that, there was a deadly silence in the room. Sometimes only rudeness could conquer the outrageousness. Rn red straightly at Old Madam Yuan and First Madam Yuan. Then with Old Madam Yuan’s face being abruptly sullen, she said, “Why are you talking like this, sister of my daughter-inw? Every pregnant women will get sick! You’ll see when you get pregnant!”


    Those words might be useful to retort normal madams. However, Rn was one of a kind madam. She was Cui Yingying (T/N: A female character of a famous novel in Tang Dynasty) of this generation who had climbed the mountains to meet her lover in the midnight. As expected, she stepped forward and said in an even louder voice, “I don’t want to wait for that. Let me just ask you! Have you sent a bunch of girls to my brother-inw again?” That was the thing which Old Madam Yuan had done when Hun had had her first miscarriage.


    “What the hell are you talking about?!” Old Madam Yuan’s face was covered with redness and the tea cup in her hand kept shaking. There were already titters around her.


    “Then you must have forced my sister to stand all day when she was pregnant!” Rn pointed to Old Madam Yuan with her finger almost touching Old Madam Yuan’s nose- That was Old Madam Yuan’s creation when Hun had been pregnant with Zhuang.


    “You rude girl! How dare you!” Old Madam Yuan was trembling now while the guests already stopped hiding the irony look in their eyes.


    “Or you have forced my sister to handle the family affairs for you during her pregnancy!” Old Madam Yuan was not Sheng Hong, so Rn had no fear for her at all- That was Old Madam Yuan’s new move when Hun had been pregnant with Shi.


    “You, you, you...” This was the first time Old Madam Yuan had met such a frank and provocative girl like that. So she didn’t even know what to say for the moment. In the meantime, Minn only felt cheering up secretly.


    Except for the wife of Marquis Shoushan who couldn’te because she had to deal with the affairs in her hometown and Yuan Wenying who had got married, most of the madams who were presented today were old acquaintances of Marquis Zhongqin’s family and knew lots of details of Yuan’s family. And lots of guests only watched the fun with joy. Only a few of them frowned slightly.


    First Madam Yuan supported her mother-inw with her hand and said in a sharp voice, “Mydy, please save your tongue. Are you going to me us for all the things happen to my sister-inw?”


    However, Rn only refuted her with great confidence, “Of course I am! As long as something bad happen to my sister, you and your mother-inw must behind that! Look at the two of you, so chubby with double chins! If you really treated my sister nicely, you should have got thinner taking care of her!”


    Minn almost burst intoughter. Rn was being unreasonable as always and Wang shi had no intention to stop her. Then First Madam Yuan could do nothing but shut up and stroke her double chins secretly. After that, she only turned around and sat down with her head lowered, feeling extremely humiliated. Hun said weakly, “Rn, stop saying anything...”


    Then Old Madam Yuan who finally came to herself shouted angrily, “You Sheng’sdies are all delicate girls. Our family is not able to take care of Hun! Please bring her back to your mansion!”


    Seeing the situation bing intense, the guests all started to persuade Old Madam Yuan to calm her down. However, Old Madam Yuan still struck a pose with a cold face. Hun felt both angry and anxious. At the moment, Minn suddenly stood up and stared at Old Madam Yuan with coldness in her eyes, “Old Madam Yuan, please be specific! What do you mean by bringing her back? Do you want to show us a divorce paper!” She sounded ruthless and tough.