Chu Yunning followed the little boy all the way down the mountain and rushed to Xinghua Village. It was the first time in his life that the little boy got on such a good carriage. He nervously clutched the corners of his clothes and stammered: "I... you guys are seeing a doctor.
How much does it cost and are two bags of white flour enough?”
This was all that was left at home, and he originally planned to leave it to his sister for food after she gave birth to the baby, but he had saved it for a long time.
"Don't worry, we don't want anything from you." Chu Yunning reached out and touched the little boy's head.
I can't help feeling that my younger brother was very rebellious when he was his age, and I don't know how he is doing now.
"Ahem!" Emperor Mingwen covered his mouth and coughed twice, staring at Chu Yunning's hand on the little boy's head: "Men and women are not seated at the same table at the age of seven. You should avoid taboos and pay attention to propriety!"
Chu Yunning was stunned. She had such dirty thoughts. She only felt pity for the little boy as a younger brother.
But she didn't need to explain to him, so she took her hand back, which was much more honest.
After sitting on the carriage for more than half an hour, we arrived at Xinghua Village. Two villagers saw such a good carriage at first glance. The little boy actually jumped out of the carriage and was a little surprised: "Silly Zhu'er, who is this?"
It turns out that the little boy’s name is Silly Zhuer.
Silly Zhuer scratched his head, wondering how to explain it. After thinking for a long time, he said: "They were sent by Bodhisattva to save my sister."
The villagers laughed, as if they were laughing at Silly Zhuer, but Silly Zhuer didn't care and pointed to a muddy road: "My home is here."
This rugged road was not easy to walk on, and there was a lot of mud on the skirt. Silly Zhuer looked guilty, and Chu Yunning smiled disapprovingly.
After walking for a while, Shazhuer stopped in front of a shabby thatched hut. This pile of thatched huts was crumbling and was about to fall down at any time.
"elder sister!"
It was very humid inside, and there was a woman lying on the wooden board. The woman was clutching her raised lower abdomen, curling up in pain, her face was pale, and a lot of blood had oozed from her lower body.
"Sister!" Silly Zhuer shouted, frightened and at a loss.
Chu Yunning stepped forward to check the woman's pulse. She had begun to have regular contractions, and she might have had her fingers opened.
"Si Zhu'er, go and prepare hot water and clean gauze, as well as some scissors, spirits, and candles."
Silly Zhu'er was so anxious that she almost cried. The family's conditions were limited and they couldn't provide anything except boiling hot water. Chu Yunning took off a jade bracelet from her wrist without saying anything and handed it to her: "Take this."
"Thank you, beautiful sister!" Silly Zhuer took the jade bracelet, kowtowed to Chu Yunning, and ran away quickly.
Chu Yunning set up a simple delivery room to clean up the woman's mess, and the woman couldn't help but exclaim.
"Come on, breathe out."
"Breathe in."
"Breathe again, relax, that's good, keep it up."
Sha Zhuer quickly prepared the things. Chu Yunning took a look and saw that the woman was very thin, so the child could not be born for a long time.
After a delay of half an hour, the woman finally gave birth to the child with Chu Yunning's encouragement.
As he cried, Emperor Mingwen who was standing outside also became excited and asked, "Are you giving birth?"
"She's born, she's a little girl." Chu Yunning helped wipe the blood on the child and wrapped the child with a clean cloth.
The little baby had beautiful features and looked around with its mouth open. Chu Yunning looked at the woman's shriveled body and saw that there was no milk supply at all. The baby was so hungry that he cried loudly.
The woman looked up at the baby, feeling guilty and helpless. She stretched out her fingertips and bit it, then stuffed it into the baby's mouth. Chu Yunning was so frightened that she took two steps back: "No."
"I can't watch her starve to death."
Chu Yunning smiled: "I'll think of something."
She walked out and said to Emperor Mingwen: "The child is crying from hunger. Can you think of a way to find a ewe for the child? Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Your Majesty, I will consider it as a good deed."
Emperor Mingwen raised his eyebrows and hummed lightly.
After a while, a ewe was brought over. The baby drank the goat's milk and whimpered and fell asleep.
Seeing this scene, Chu Yunning's heart almost melted.
The woman lifted the quilt and kowtowed to Chu Yunning: "Thank you for saving our mother and daughter. We have nothing to repay. We will repay you as cows and horses in the next life."
"You have just given birth and are still weak. Don't hurt yourself." Chu Yunning helped the woman back to the bed. The quilt was moist when she touched it.
How can people live in such an environment?
"I heard from your brother that your husband went to join the army. Do you know where he joined the army?" Emperor Mingwen stood at the door and asked in a deep voice.
The woman was stunned.
"Don't be afraid, we won't harm you, and maybe there is a way to find your husband for you."
Chu Yunning saw that the woman was a little scared and kept trying to comfort her.
The woman saw that Chu Yunning did not look like a bad person, so she said: "Not only my husband, but also other strong men in the village, a total of twenty people came, and each of them was given ten taels of silver before leaving. It seems that they went to Dong'an.
"
"Dongan?"
"It's Dong'an. Aunt Li's son from the village couldn't bear the hardship and ran back secretly. He was drunk and told the truth."
Emperor Mingwen's eyes darkened slightly.
"Since you have money, why do you still live in such a shabby place?" Chu Yunning didn't react yet, but she just felt that the environment was too bad.
The woman seemed to have thought of something, bit her lip and said angrily: "My brother-in-law's family occupied my property and took away my husband's money."
Just as he was talking, there was a sharp shout from outside: "Okay, you actually dare to hide money secretly, silly girl, quickly take out all the money in the house, or I will beat you to death today...ah..."
There was a scream outside.
Silly Niuer was so frightened that she retreated to the corner of the bed, hugging her baby tightly. Silly Zhuer stood in front of Silly Niuer, holding a wooden stick in his hand and baring his teeth fiercely: "Sister, I won't let Chen Er hurt me.
you."
Looking at the expressions of the two siblings, it was clear that Chen Er had bullied them. Chu Yunning was angered and comforted the two siblings: "Don't worry, as long as I am here, he will not dare to bully you."
After saying that, Chu Yunning walked out and saw Chen Er lying on the ground, and Emperor Mingwen stepped on Chen Er's face with one foot.
"Bah, you must be Chen Er. Your sister-in-law is pregnant with your eldest brother's child. You actually bullied your sister-in-law while your eldest brother was away. Are you still a human?"
Seeing Chen Er's wretched face, Chu Yunning became furious and kicked him twice, causing Chen Er to scream.
"Bah, she is a nemesis. If it weren't for her, would my eldest brother have been taken away? That money was originally given to the Chen family. She, a bitch, doesn't deserve to take it away. Besides, this child is not rare for our Chen family!"
Listening to Chen Er's indiscriminate scolding, Chu Yunning thought of Prince Xiao, who had always questioned Beibei's identity, too much!
Chu Yunning picked up a wooden stick and beat Chen Er randomly. The man's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he cried and begged for mercy.
"Let me tell you, from today on if you dare to bully Silly Zhu'er and the two siblings again, I will kill you!"
Chu Yunning angrily threw the wooden stick aside. She hated men the most when they bullied the weak. They were simply useless!
"Who are you, and what is your relationship with Silly Zhu'er?" Chen Er covered his face and looked at the two people in front of him in disbelief. He has never seen such good clothes in his life, and the same goes for the man.
She looked so violent and scary, the woman looked like a tigress, Chen Er was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly.
There was no way to reveal his identity, so Chu Yunning threatened: "I am sent by the Bodhisattva to protect the Silly Zhuer siblings. I will watch you all the time!"
"Ah!" Chen Er was so frightened that he got up and left.
Silly Zhuer stood at the door and was stunned: "Beautiful sister, are you really sent by the Bodhisattva to protect us?"
Chu Yunning turned back and smiled at Silly Zhu'er, turned around and entered the house again, throwing down some silver coins before leaving: "I will say hello to the village chief, you guys build a house as soon as possible, and then raise the children well.
"
"Can my husband come back?" Sha Niuer asked expectantly.
Chu Yunning was in trouble. She didn't know where Dong'an was at all, so she turned to look at Emperor Mingwen. Silly Girl said to Emperor Mingwen, "Sir, please do me a favor. Can my husband come back?"
"I will send someone to inquire, and I will tell you if there is any news."
Upon hearing this, Sha Niuer kowtowed to the two of them excitedly: "Thank you both."
Before leaving, Chu Yunning touched the baby's pink cheek. The baby seemed to be aware of it. It hummed and smacked its lips. Chu Yunning couldn't put it down.
"It's getting late, it's time to go back." Emperor Mingwen reminded him.
Chu Yunning then left.
After getting on the carriage, Emperor Mingwen sent a guard to the village chief's house. He must let Sha Niu'er's family build a house and not let the Chen family bully Sha Niu'er again.
At this moment, Chu Yunning suddenly had a good impression of Emperor Mingwen: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Emperor Mingwen squinted his eyes at Chu Yunning: "In terms of thanks, I still want to thank you very much."
Chu Yunning was confused.
"Dongan is the territory of King Huai. I have never recruited troops in the past few years, but King Huai is recruiting troops under my nose. What's even more ridiculous is that he didn't tell me about such a big move!"
Emperor Mingwen was trembling with anger. If he hadn't happened to know about this today, he would still have been kept in the dark.
Chu Yunning was surprised. She didn't expect that a mistake would help Emperor Mingwen.