Chapter 263 I rely Want to Have a Kid of My Own
Qiu Yelan was curious, “We need to figure out a comprehensive plan. One reason is that Qiu Jinzhu will not doubt her parents as she even does not doubt what Kuang Qingwu said to her. The second reason is that she depends on her parents in every respect, including her expenses and foods, which gives the couple a good chance to kill her without costing much effort. Even she dies, the public, to so extent, will suspect of Kuang Qingwu instead of her parents!”
Jiang Yashuang smiled, “Your reasons sound right. However, Qiu ngmin and Princess Yang are not on the sa page at all.” A maid rushed in with a smile while they were reasoning the situation. She even did not salute before she said, “Young master, young mada! Old master has woken up! The imperial doctor said you could go and see him. Mada asked to co here, asking young master to go there imdiately!”
“Really?” Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Yelan looked at each other for seconds. They both looked surprised but with happy faces: It was two days earlier than expected!
The maid seed to rember that she forgot to salute. She saluted and said, “How dare to lie to young master and young mada!”
“You go there now. Don’t let grandfather wait too long!” said Qiu Yelan, pushing Jiang Yashuang out of the room. They now had no ti to discuss what was going on in the Prince’s Mansion of Xihe. “Su He, you go and get so refreshnt. You eat while walking there... To see grandfather is the first!”
Seeing off Jiang Yashuang, Qiu Yelan sighed for Marquess Qin’s importance to the Jiang Family after feeling an air of happiness in the house. Even her maids such as Su He and others bead with joy after they heard old master was much better now. It seed that the dark clouds overhead were shattered.
“But anyway, it is a good piece of news!” thought Qiu Yelan after a sigh. Her lips curved in a smile. “As grandfather wakes up, he can decide on the big events. Both the Empress and Jiang Tianao will feel relieved...”
The Empress and Jiang Tianao had their backbones now. Qiu Yelan, as a grandson’s wife, had to stand aside and watched what was going on. Although she could not voice her ideas about the national business, she had the chance to voice concern about the family business. “You go and pack so nutritious herbs. We go and visit Mada Tao Junior in Mada’s house and then go to see Sheng Shishui after we finish our breakfast!”
They were not only her sisters-in-law!
“And ask the chef to make so unique and delicious cookies. If we can co back early after seeing Sheng Shishui, we need to go to see Jiang Qizheng—” On the night when Marquess Qin felt sick, she eavesdropped the news when she chased after Xin Fubing, which was also serious! It had been days now, but no further news was heard. She was not reported that Jiang Qizheng ntioned a divorce to the seniors. The divorce must be delayed because of Marquess Qin’s sudden illness. Qiu Yelan wondered what was going on about Jiang Qizheng and Qiu Feng now.
Qiu Yelan had a quick breakfast and asked Su He and Chen Shui to go out with her. They went out after checking the herbs Chunran prepared for them.
When they arrived at Mada Tao’s house, it was just then Mada Dou Junior led Jiang Huizhi to go out. They used to have spats, but they seed to stand on the sa side now due to the misfortune Mada Tao Junior encountered. Hence, Qiu Yelan walked forward and saluted to them, “Sister, you co and see grandmother?”
Mada Dou Junior smiled, said yes and thanked her. And then she asked Jiang Huizhi to greet Qiu Yelan. After the empty words, she said, “I got ti today. So I ca here to visit Mada Dou Junior... But Mada Tao is busy now. So we did not bother her. Please tell her we have been here if you have a chance to et her later.”
“I also co to see Mada Tao Junior,” said Qiu Yelan. Qiu Yelan knew that the revived Marquess Qin wanted to et family mbers. It must be Mada Tao who was concerned about Marquess Qin’s health, so she stayed there in person, taking care of him. Hence, she was busy, leaving no ti to et Mada Dou Junior and her daughter — Qiu Yelan knew Mada Tao must also have no ti for her, either. So, she said, “As grandmother is busy now. I dare not et her if I am not summoned.”
Although Mada Dou Junior ca to see Mada Tao on purpose but failed. Actually, she did not take it seriously. The first branch did more and severer deeds than this before. In particular, she took daughter to see Mada Tao Junior, Mada Tao’s favorite. Mada Tao, naturally, would not care about her impoliteness.
Hearing Qiu Yelan’s words, she put aside the impoliteness that she disrespected Mada Tao because she did not greet her. She said instead, “Mada Dou Junior is more haggard now. I am so concerned about her!”
“ too!” sighed Qiu Yelan. To marry Jiang Yadan, a ruthless and inactive husband, was a disaster. Anyone who even could deal with family interpersonal relationships skillfully could do nothing about him.
They were standing in front of the Mada’s house, talking for a while. After a short ti, they both realized that it was inappropriate to stand there for a long ti. Hence, after so words, Mada Dou Junior ntioned that Mada Dou asked her to do sothing. So she said good-bye to Qiu Yelan and walked away with her daughter Jiang Huizhi.
After saying good-bye to her, Qiu Yelan walked into the room where Mada Tao Junior was living. She heard coughs when she was walking into the house. She took a deep breath, running into the room!
Mada Tao Junior looked haggard when she got sick in the capital. She looked more tired now in the Mount Dizi. Over the past ten days or so, Qiu Yelan shuttled between the Sumr Palace and the side yard because of Marquess Qin’s illness. She was so busy that she had no ti to see Mada Tao Junior. But now, Mada Tao Junior was almost reduced to a skeleton!
Looking at the skinny sister-in-law, Qiu Yelan couldn’t help but fall tears although she used to be a tough girl, “Mada Tao Junior, how can you beco this? You have a grandmother. You have Yashuang. Even if you have a divorce with Yadan, we will be on your side and support you.”
Although Mada Tao Junior was skinny, she was full of energy weirdly. She smiled at her, “I have crept out of the divorce thing, but I am falling sick now. Maybe, this is my fate!”
Qiu Yelan had no clue how to answer her. She cried beside the bed for a while and asked, “You really want to bow your head to your fate like this?”
“Anything else I can do?” asked Mada Tao Junior, sighed slightly. She began to comfort Qiu Yelan instead, “Don’t cry for . I feel sad when you are crying! I know mydays are numbered. I have no other requests but I want everyone to co here, talking with for a while happily... That’s it. So, please, don’t cry. Please.”
Qiu Yelan wiped her face quickly but tears fell again. She wiped again. She did it several tis. At last, she twisted her head, not showing her face with tears in front of Mada Tao Junior. Mada Tao Junior knew her aning, though she could not see her face. She sighed, “I used to worry that I can’t get along with you and Shishui. Now I know that I am a shallow girl who mistreated you two. It’s a pity that we did not et each other earlier... If I could turn ti back, I would have t you and Shishui the day when grandmother moved to the next door of the Prince’s Mansion of Xihe!”
As a matter of fact, what she said was not totally what she was thinking at that ti. Back then, Mada Tao Junior did not know so much. It was Mada Tao who worried about it actually.
With the way Mada Tao Junior bore herself, she would not drive a wedge between Qiu Yelan and the seniors even she was in her last breath. Hence, she took the bla for it all on herself.
Although Qiu Yelan did not know the inside story, she did not have misgivings about what she said, which, at least, seed reasonable on the surface at the mont. All that she was thinking about was the sister-in-law lying on the bed now. She was soft and tolerant but she suffered a lot in the past. She tried to exercise restraints and protect the family... Only because she was not pretty, she was driven to die in her thirties. Thinking of this, Qiu Yelan couldn’t help but cry again.
Seeing Qiu Yelan was indulging in deep sadness, Mada Tao Junior tried to say sothing else to distract her, “Just a mont ago, Mada Dou Junior ca with her daughter to see . I know we have quarrels with them, but she ca here in person with her daughter Zhi. We are a family, indeed.”
Qiu Yelan tried to hold her tears from falling. She was afraid that when she spoke, she might burst into loud sobs. Hence, she just nodded silently.
“Zhi is much more beautiful than the last ti I saw her,” said Mada Tao Junior. “The day when I got married, she was a baby held in arms. At that ti, she was like a ball of white at. Shortly, look at her, a big girl now. Ti flies!”
Qiu Yelan still knew that she must let her finish her sentence. So, Mada Tao Junior continued, “As I don’t have kids, my dowry will be returned to the Tao Family after I die. There is a pair of phoenix-shaped hairpins in the box. They are the most important things in my dowry. I planned to send them to Zhi as a gift when she marries... If she thinks that they are ominous gifts, it’s okay for her to refuse. There are two bracelets in my box too. I want to give them to you and Shishui as souvenirs. I will ask Cuizhan to tell grandmother my will. The reason I tell you this now is that I want you to be the witness if there is unexpected trouble occurring in the future...”
Her words made Qiu Yelan cry heavier. She knew that the reason Mada Tao Junior said this to her was not for being a witness or sothing else. The things Mada Tao Junior left for her husband’s family were a pair of phoenix-shaped hairpins, two bracelets, which were even not added up to a makeup box. If Mada Tao managed the things she left behind, the Tao Family would not be so stupid to try to get them back. Qiu Yelan did not need to be a witness at all.
What she wanted to underscore was the phoenix-shaped hairpins — Qiu Yelan had a big fight with the first branch when she just got married. The reason for the fight was the phoenix-shaped hairpins awarded by Marquess Qin. Now Mada Tao Junior wanted to give a pair of phoenix-shaped hairpins to Jiang Huizhi as a gift. She worried that her move might provoke Qiu Yelan. So she told her about it in advance.
“I understand. Mada Tao Junior. You just want to ease the tensions between the first branch and the fourth branch. The phoenix-shaped hairpins are the gift the first branch wanted, but it was awarded to by Marquess Qin and you know that I will not give them to the first branch. You want to give the most important things in your dowry, the hairpins, to Jiang Huizhi to ease the tensions. To be sure, even Mada Dou, if she is here now, cannot bear to say no to you considering your situation,” thought Qiu Yelan, biting her lip tightly. Mada Tao Junior was on the verge of the cliff, but she still tried to ease the tensions between the family mbers...
Qiu Yelan heard Mada Tao Junior saying sothing while she was in deep grief, “What a pity. I have no chance to see Shishui’s kids. I have many regrets in my life, of which the most regretful one is that I don’t have kids of my own. I just wish I have one, growing up safely, no matter it is a girl or a boy... But this is my fate... Fortunately, you and Shishui are lucky girls. I will pray for you in heaven every day after I die. Beg God to give you and Shishui many kids and prevent you two from trouble!”
Fingernails unknowingly pinched into the palm. Qiu Yelan turned her head suddenly, asking Cuizhan, Su He, and Chen Shui to wait outside. And then she whispered to Mada Tao Junior, “Mada Tao Junior, you... really want to have a kid of your own?”
Seeing all maids being out of the room, Mada Tao Junior realized that Qiu Yelan must have sothing big to say to her. But her words shocked her anyway. She mocked herself, “Yes, definitely. I am not joking. Over the past years, I have been thinking about it, even in my dreams... But, what can I do?”
“I have a prescription. You will be pregnant after you have it once. I promise,” said Qiu Yelan, taking a deep breath. She tried to look believable, “As long as you take care of yourself from now on and after you recover, I promise...”
Mada Tao Junior looked at her, smiling, “Yelan, I know you want to live longer. But, I really...”
“Sister-in-law, you don’t believe ?” Qiu Yelan looked at her softly. The soft eyesight had diminishing effects on Qiu Jinglan but it still worked for Mada Tao Junior. Mada Tao Junior sighed, “I know you are good to . I just told you that I’ve been thinking about the kids like crazy. As a woman, I definitely want to have my own kids. If you have the prescription, you must have told at the mont when you entered the room. That is your personality.”
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