Chu Wang Fei

by Ning er

  Truly, Xia mama already had the idea of risking herself along with Su Qing.

  After all, even back then everyone had been aware of Yun Xuan Zhi's love for Su Qing. Xia mama was uncertain that everyone would will believe in her about the incident after Qu Ruo Li's delivery more than ten years ago.

  Moreover, Su Qing had killed everyone who had any knowledge of it. Aside from her, everyone else who served Qu Ruo Li had been killed. She was afraid that they might not be able to accuse Su Qing with just herself. If Su Qing were to counter them, xiaojie could be caught in the crossfire. She would rather use her life to prove her statements. Even if xiangye would not believe her, he would surely doubt Su Qing because of it.

  This was the plan Xia mama had long thought of. She had not expected Yun Qian Meng to guess it right away. Aside from being shocked, she was also gratified and felt that xiaojie was really clever and observant.

  "Xiaojie, the most important thing right now is to take revenge for furen!" though, Xia mama was already very satisfied to have seen Yun Qian Meng grown up in her lifetime. The only thing that remained was to exact revenge for Qu Ruo Li. After accomplishing that, her task was done and she could die without any regrets.

  Hearing her words and seeing her firm expression, Yun Qian Meng unconsciously frowned. Her smile faded and her eyes grew serious. She stared at Xia mama and said clearly yet slowly, "Compared to mother's blood debt, I am more concerned with the people around me now. Mother is already gone. This is a fact that can't be changed anymore. Even if we're going to get revenge, we shouldn't harm ourselves to accomplish it. Otherwise, what would be the purpose of the revenge? Moreover, back then, mother told mama to pretend to be crazy to escape from Su Qing because she wished that mama could live happily without getting involved in these complicated matters. Now, it's already the biggest blessing for Meng'er that mama is still willing to go back to xiangfu with Meng'er to testify against Su Qing. How could I let you risk your life for me?"

  The sincere words that came from Yun Qian Meng's heart made Xia mama burst into tears. She was deeply moved by Yun Qian Meng and looked at her with trembling lips. She was at a loss and did not know what to reply to that.

  Yun Qian Meng knew that although Xia mama had been persuaded, her loyalty to Qu Ruo Li was incomparable to anything else. It was impossible to change her decision with just a few words. Thus, Yun Qian Meng continued, "Mama, mother told you to stay alive, wishing that you could return to Meng'er someday and help Meng'er! If you followed your own way and used your life in exchange for father to only doubt Su Qing, Su Qing would only need to say some sweet words to father and all your efforts would be ruined. Compared to this kind of dumb idea, you should live your life and let Su Qing live in fear forever."

  Recently, Su Qing kept having nightmares, possibly because of fear after knowing that Xia mama was still alive and had even entered xiangfu.

  Compared to Xia mama's method to prove herself sincere with her life, this was a hundred times better. For an enemy that one could defeat without doing anything, why would one need to risk their life?

  "Moreover, now that mama has revealed that you are in xiangfu, did you know that the people who wanted you to die the most are Su Qing and her family? If you died like this, they would even celebrate for eliminating an enemy without needing to take action. Does mama want to help them instead of us?" Yun Qian Meng finished speaking, but her serious face showed her heavy heart and complicated emotions.

  Xia mama choked with sobs. The last few sentences had especially touched upon what Xia mama was most concerned about. Xia mama changed her mind and took the handkerchief Mi mama handed over. She wiped away the tears on her face and said firmly, "Xiaojie, nubi has learned a lot. From now on, there won't be such stupid ideas anymore! Xiaojie is right. Why do we need to do things that will make the enemy happy and the family and friends sad? Su Qing is doomed to destruction because of her evil doings. We don't need to do anything because she would surely be punished for her sins."

  Seeing that Xia mama had thought things through, Yun Qian Meng regained her smile. She let Mi mama put away the breakfast and bring them some tea. She drank tea and chatted with Xia mama, as if nothing was happening, completely opposite from the chaos in Feng He Yuan right now.

  "Faster! Faster! Bring the hot water inside, you idiots! You all seemed quite intelligent normally, why are you so lazy when it comes to this important day?! Why are you still standing here? Didn't you hear that yiniang is having a hard time?" Wang mama was busy doing everything on her own. Seeing a yatou who was bringing in a whole basin of hot water, she was so impatient that she pushed the yatou from behind, almost causing her to spill the whole basin of water.

  The old madam, in the meanwhile, sat with Yun Yi Yi outside. Even though Wang mama was clearly so busy, she still had no plans of helping out and just sat on the chair with her eyes closed, resting. She felt that Su Qing's cries and screams were very amusing.

  "Wang mama, where is sister? Why isn't she accompanying Su yiniang here?" Yun Yi Yi innocently asked Wang mama who was coming over with a roll of white cloth. She stayed beside Wang mama, not allowing her to move a step forward and kept staring with curious eyes at Wang mama, who now looked rather annoyed.

  Wang mama glanced at the old madam and Yun Yi Yi. The two of them must have already known that furen was going into premature labor and thus had intentionally come over to laugh at them. Especially when Feng He Yuan was already in complete chaos, this Yun Yi Yi was such a nuisance. Despite knowing that she was already so busy, Yun Yi Yi still had the face to ask her such useless questions! This made Wang mama rather angry and her face suddenly turned gloomy as she said, "Fourth xiaojie! This is a woman giving birth! Second xiaojie is a xiaojie from a prestigious family. How could an unmarried lady come here to see this? Only someone as bold as fourth xiaojie would dare to do so, which is really impressive."

  Yun Yi Yi originally wanted to bother Wang mama so that she could not attend to Su Qing, but she had not expected Wang mama to sneer at her instead. Her face turned red from anger and embarrassment. Coldness crept into her eyes as she retorted, "Wang mama, you shouldn't take your anger out on me even if you're worried that Su yiniang isn't able give birth! Today, I accompanied zumu to come visit Su yiniang. How could you treat your guest like that? Moreover, I am a lady from decent family, Su Qing is just a yiniang. It's a blessing for her to have me come here and visit her! When did a nucai like you have the right to tell me what to do? Be aware of your status."

  Afterwards, Yun Yi Yi arrogantly went back to the old madam's side, while Wang mama was unable to say anything from her fury towards Yun Yi Yi. She could only despise the two of them in her mind: 'What decent lady? Just a daughter of the second master! Her name, Yun Yi Yi, isn't even included as an honorable xiaojie of xiangfu! Now, she even dares to call herself a xiaojie just because the old madam is here and furen is giving birth. Look at her attitude! People may even think that she was a wild yatou from the mountains.'

  Yun Yi Yi's voice had been very loud and everyone could hear Su Qing's loud screams from her room. Yun Yi Yi's words might have already been heard by Su Qing, and must have screamed even louder in her anger.

  Now, Yun Yi Yi was massaging the old madam's shoulders. Althoughthe old madam's eyes were closed, her lips showed a complacent smile.

  "Wang mama, what are you doing? I told you to get the cloth! Why are you so slow? Don't you want your yiniang to be well?" Su furen, who had come from Su Qing's side, suddenly opened the curtain and angrily screamed at Wang mama with her face covered in sweat. Wang mama did not even have the time to bother with the two of them anymore and immediately ran into the room with the white cloth in hand.

  But when the curtain was lifted then closed, the deep smell of blood immediately came out, makingthe old mada frown suddenly. It was too bloody here and since that might not be good for Yun Yi Yi, she said, "Yi Yi, you go back first. This place is not suitable for a lady like you."

  But Yun Yi Yi ha
d never seen a woman give birth. Especially since Su Qing was the one who was the cause of her father's weak body, how could she give up such good opportunity? She tried to convince the old madam with all she could and said, "What if they bullied zumu if I leave zumu alone? If Yi Yi is here, Yi Yi could still help zumu with your difficulties. Zumu, don't force Yi Yi to leave."

  At her fawning words,the old madam's smile grew bigger. She patted Yun Yi Yi's hand and did not force her to leave anymore.

  "Midwife, how's our furen?" Su Qing had already been in pain for more than two hours, but the head of the child had not come out yet, so Wang mama was very worried. She kept asking questions while following the three midwives.

  This reaction was actually quite reasonable. Since this was already the second time Su Qing was giving birth, it should have been so much easier than her first. But looking at the situation now, she was only screaming in pain, but the child still was not coming out. Wang mama had a bad premonition at Su Qing suffering a lot of pain.

  Su furen angrily glared at Wang mama then said, "This is how you take care of her? When I left yesterday, she was still pretty fine, how come she's giving birth prematurely? Do you know that premature children are always harder to raise? You wasted all my efforts in going back and forth every day! You all-"

  Before Su furen had not even finished her words and she immediately felt cold rays aimed at her from behind. Su Qing's screams had also stopped.

  Su furen slowly turned around and, as expected, saw Su Qing tightly biting her lips and glaring at her coldly. She could not help but tremble under the cold stare. Thus, she tried to smooth things out by currying favor, "What have I said! This child is already 9 months old. He surely is a plump and healthy little boy! Qing'er, just do your best in giving birth, there's no need to worry about anything."

  Afterwards, Su furen did not dare to even took look at Su Qing again. She went behind the midwives and urged them to think of some other way to help the delivery.

  Su Qing, in the meanwhile, let go of the cloth in her hand and reached towards Wang mama, beckoning her to come closer.

  Wang mama immediately wrung out a warm cloth, and sat on the edge of the bed. She comforted Su Qing while wiping away her sweat, "The most important thing now for furen is to give birth to the child. It's not too late if furen recovered first before taking care of other matters. Don't be bothered by other people's words. This also won't be good for the child."

  Su Qing nodded with great effort. She was surely suffering from severe pain. She was drained and did not even have the energy to speak.

  But no matter how Wang mama comforted her, Su Qing knew that she would surely have a difficult birth this time; otherwise, why did the child's head not come out yet after so long?

  Su Qing had already been shouting herself hoarse the whole morning. At lunch, Wang mama had someone bring noodles in, and made Su Qing eat almost half the bowl while pinching her philtrum, so she was able to recover some energy. But she was only had the strength to breath now. The hardships of giving birth had already taken all her energy. No matter how strong the child in her body was kicking, Su Qing still could not exert any force.

  The three midwives were already drenched in sweat from their anxiety. They immediately told Wang mama to get some ginseng slices to make a ginseng tea then pinched Su Qing's nose to forcefully pour the tea into her mouth.

  Strangely enough, after drinking the ginseng tea, Su Qing regained half her strength back. She held the cloth and started to give her best shot again.

  The old madam and Yun Yi Yi, who were originally sitting outside, thought that it had already been so long but Su Qing still had yet to give birth, thus, happily left the Feng He Yuan for a while. They went back to Bai Shun Tang to have lunch and rest, then went back to Feng He Yuan energetically and continued to listen to Su Qing scream.

  Wang mama had never seen people with such thick skin. She ordered a yatou to wait in the front yard and, once Yun Xuan Zhi came back, immediately bring him over.

  After giving her orders, she went back to the room with a gloomy face.

  Although Su Qing was giving birth, she was very aware of what was happening outside. Though Wang mama was always smiling in front of her, the anger in her face as she entered the room had been seen by Su Qing. Su Qing let Wang mama take the cloth from her mouth and said, "They're… here again?"

  Since Su Qing had already guessed, Wang mama could only nod. She then comforted, "Furen doesn't need to be worried of those people. If furen gives birth to the legitimate son of xiangfu, there would be tons of chances to pick at their mistakes. Let them remain arrogant for a while. Nubi doesn't believe that that fourth xiaojie would stay beside the old madam her whole life, unless she doesn't intend to ever have a child."

  Hearing Wang mama's words, Su Qing coldly smiled. But the severe pain from her stomach made her scream loudly again.

  Chapter 105: Part 2: Yiniang is Having a Difficult Birth and Mama Reveals Herself | Chu Wang Fei

  By evening, Su Qing was already out of strength but still had not been able to give birth. Wang mama also could not handle it anymore and cold sweat started to trickle from her forehead. She could only keep wiping the sweat on Su Qing's head and feed her a cup of ginseng tea from time to time.

  "How is it? Has she given birth?" Yun Xuan Zhi, lead by a yatou, rushed over. Before reaching the entrance of the room, he unexpectedly saw his mother sitting in the outer room. He immediately hid the concern on his face and respectfully greeted the old madam, "Why is mother here?"

  The old madam was unhappy at his words. She was the old madam of this xiangfu! Why should she not be here? Could the status of a yiniang be higher than hers?

  The old madam's expression suddenly turned gloomy and she coldly responded, "What is xiangye saying? Is it wrong for me to be concerned of my future grandson? This Feng He Yuan is just the place of a yiniang, I disdain coming here! But for the sake of my grandson, how could I let my grandson be unable to see his grandmother's face when he first comes to this world? But xiangye's words makes it seem I'm doing something unnecessary."

  The old madam then abruptly pulled Yun Yi Yi's hand and made to leave.

  Yun Xuan Zhi immediately smiled and apologized, "Mother, please don't be angry. Your son was just distraught. Since mother is already here, please stay longer. When the child is born, he still needs his grandmother to bless him."

  The old madam felt a sense of pride at getting Yun Xuan Zhi to admit defeat, and thus listened to Yun Xuan Zhi and settled back, but said with worriedly, "It's been a day already, but the child still hasn't come out yet. I'm afraid she will have a difficult birth this time. What is this Su yiniang doing regularly? It's rather rare to still have difficulties on the second birth."

  The old madam's seemingly unintentional murmur was heard by Yun Xuan Zhi, who was originally planning to go in the room, but he sat outside and waited for the news instead.

  Yun Xuan Zhi proceeded straight to Feng He Yuan right after he had arrived at the fu. When they heard of this, all of the other yiniang who had been staying in their respective courtyards gathered at Feng He Yuan with gifts. Each one of them dressed up gorgeously and stayed beside Yun Xuan Zhi to comfort him.

  Yun Ruo Xue had also rushed over anxiously. But she did not expect to see so many people sitting outside of the room. She went over to greet and bow to both the old madam and Yun Xuan Zhi. Looking at all the annoying yiniang in there, Yun Ruo Xue became annoyed herself and her previous thoughts of not wanting Su Qing to give birth to a son immediately changed. She now wished that her mother would give birth to a little boy to suppress all these arrogant yiniang.

  "Xue'er, why did you come? You're an unmarried lady, you shouldn't be here." Yun Xuan Zhi still loved this daughter of his very much. Although Yun Ruo Xue often drove him mad recently, he was still unconsciously worried for her.

  This made Yun Ruo Xue feel special and she looked at Hua yiniang and the others with more arrogance, but still remained good an
d humble in front of Yun Xuan Zhi. She politely replied, "Daughter is worried for mother and little brother. I originally thought that I shouldn't come because of my position, but it's already been a day. Daughter was really worried, thus decided to come over and see what was happening without permission. But seeing zumu and sister already here guarding mother, it makes daughter rather embarrassed."

  Yun Ruo Xue's words made Yun Xuan Zhi realize something. If Ruo Xue was worried for her mother, then Yun Yi Yi most probably just came to laugh at the spectacle!

  Especially when Su Qing still had yet to give birth after such a long period of time, he could not imagine how happy Yun Yi Yi would be. She probably even agitated Su Qing with words a while ago, causing this difficult birth.

  Yun Xuan Zhi's face became cold the longer he thought upon it. His eyes unconsciously glanced at Yun Yi Yi with deep anger, which made Yun Yi Yi so afraid that she tried to hide behind the old madam.

  For a while, the place was almost in complete silence except for Su Qing's continuous screams.

  At this moment, Liu Han Yu smilingly brought over a mama who was in her fifties.

  Seeing the mama, Yun Xuan Zhi's expression eased considerably. He even smiled and said, "Why did mama suddenly come here today?"

  Everyone in the room did not understand why Yun Xuan Zhi was so polite to an old mama.

  The mama glanced around then smiled and said, "Yun xiang is having a happy event. Chu xiang ordered nubi to send a pair of golden qilin over to congratulate Yun xiang in advance for having a son."

  Afterwards, the mama handed over the red box in her hand to Liu Han Yu, while Yun Xuan Zhi welcomed the mama to sit and have a cup of tea before leaving.

  Only until now did everyone understand that this mama was Shang Guan mama, the deceased Chu wangfei's handmaiden.

  When Chu wangfei had passed away, Shang Guan mama vowed never to get married and to keep guarding over wangfei for the rest of her life. Chu wang was so moved by her loyalty and thus let her take care of Chu Fei Yang, who was still a baby at the time. Because of that, Chu Fei Yang also honored this old mama very much.