Chapter 109 Attending the Banquet in An Mansion
“I’m not sure. It seems that Old Lady wants to beat the eldest Madam.”
On the way to Old Lady Su’s yard, Su Muge couldn’t help but speed up.
Zhao had spent very little time in Peachblossom Courtyard these days. Sometimes she had to serve Su Lun at night. When Su Muge got the news that Old Lady Su was to punish Zhao, Zhao had already been kneeling in the courtyard.
“How dare you encourage my son to take my baby grandson away?! Let me tell you, as long as I’m alive, the child is mine. Don’t think you have much credit for delivering him. Believe it or not, I can let my son divorce you!”
On arriving outside the courtyard, Su Muge heard Old Lady Su’s vulgar scolding. Zhao was kneeling in the courtyard; Su Lun was standing aside and wanted to stop, but he was afraid of hurting Old Lady Su. So he could only watch Old Lady Su slap in Zhao’s face.
The maids and mamas in the courtyard were all standing aside and watching the fun. Even Su Lun’s concubine, who usually dared not to appear in front of him, was also standing aside and watching the scene with her two daughters.
Su Muge immediately put on a stern look, stepped forward to hold Zhao up, and grabbed the old lady Su’s hand.
“What are you doing, Grandmother?!”
With her hand grabbed by Su Muge, Old Lady Su was even angrier. “How dare you stop me?! You money-losing proposition!”
Su Lun found Old Lady Su’s scolding more and more vulgar, just like those rough countrywomen, so he winked at his follower to clear all the outsiders out.
“Mother, you’ve hit and scolded, you should calm down. Don’t hurt yourself.”
“Yes, Old Lady. Don’t hurt yourself. Madam is worried about the young master. She is not disrespecting you.” Haitang also stepped forward to hold Old Lady Su.
Old Lady Su had already calmed down, but she was irritated again when she heard this. “Worry about the young master? Will I be bad to my grandson!?”
“No, no, Madam absolutely doesn’t mean it.” Haitang was a little guilty that she had said the wrong thing and looked at Su Muge apologetically, who gave her a cold glance.
Meihua and others ran up to support Zhao. Seeing Zhao’s face inflamed, they were all angry with red eyes.
“Oh, no! Old Lady, the young master vomited the rice milk he has had today.” The nanny ran out of the room in a panic and shouted.
Hearing this, Old Lady Su instantly turned around and ran into the room.
Zhao was also extremely anxious.
“Mo’er, my Mo’er.”
Su Muge also quickly followed in.
Little Wenmo was sobbing in the arms of a maid; he had spit out everything he had eaten today.
“What are you waiting for? Go to find a doctor, go to find a doctor!”
“Mother, Muge has medical skills. Let her see him first.” Su Lun said in a low voice.
Old Lady Su didn’t think too much at this time, and Su Muge took the opportunity to walk over.
Little Wenmo had gaseous distention after eating something difficult to digest. Fortunately, he could spit it out; otherwise, it might lead to more serious problems!
“There is something wrong with his stomach and intestines. He has had something he can’t digest. Put the young master on the bed.”
The maid did as she said. Su Muge undressed Little Wenmo and gently rubbed several acupuncture points on his body.
In a while, little Wenmo began to vomit again.
Su Muge held him up and patted his back. After he had almost finished vomiting, she fed him some warm water before the little guy calmed down.
“What happened to my grandson? Let me see!” Old Lady Su wanted to step forward but was stopped by Su Lun.
She had heard it clearly that Su Muge said little Wenmo had eaten something wrong!
“Mother, you must have been tired. Take a rest for a while. Mo’er will be fine with Muge.” After that, Su Lun turned to Su Muge, “Hurry to pack up and take the young master back for recuperation.”
“Yes.”
Without taking a look at Old Lady Su, Su Muge carefully held little Wenmo out of the room.
Her poor brother had been tossed about like this just a few months after being born.
“You! Where do you take my grandson? Stop! Give my grandson back to me!”
“Mother, take a rest. When Mo’er is recovered, you can see him again.” Su Lun was also annoyed about Old Lady Su; he didn’t know how his mother had become like this.
After everyone had gone, Old Lady Su stomped angrily in her yard!
“This Zhao, I used to think her honest, but now she has also learned to fool me!” From Old Lady Su’s point of view, little Wenmo must have been made sick by Zhao. She felt nothing wrong with the things she fed little Wenmo.
Haitang approached her and said softly, “Old lady, after all, Madam has been with My Lord for so many years …”
“He’s my son! Huh, Zhao has a son. Can’t anyone else give birth to a son?!”
Hearing this, Haitang held Old Lady Su even more tightly.
“Huh, when my son takes another concubine who delivers a son, she can be nothing!” Old Lady Su said to herself. After sitting on the chair, she kept scolding for a while before calming down.
After Su Muge returned to Peachblossom Courtyard with little Wenmo, she inserted a pill into his a.s.s.
The little guy hadn’t defecated after eating supplementary food for two days. The longer the waste remained in his body, the worse it would be to his health. So she could only adopt medicine to expel those dirty things out.
After everything was cleared up, Su Muge asked Yueru to bring some hot water, bathed him, and rubbed his hands and feet before putting him back on the bed.
“Mother, don’t worry. My brother will be fine tomorrow.”
“Mo’er is really just dyspeptic?” Zhao was still afraid of the filarial worms.
“Well, I’m sure my brother is fine.” Su Muge asked Yueru to bring her some medicine for Zhao and applied it to her face.
Su Lun was completely neglected by Su Muge in the room. She felt extremely disgusted at Su Lun’s standing aside and doing nothing at all when Zhao was slapped.
“Luckily, Mo’er is fine. Don’t worry too much.” Seeing that both the mother and daughter ignored him, Su Lun could only step forward to show his existence. He was indeed very worried about little Wenmo.
“My Lord, it’s getting late. Please go back for a rest. You have to attend the morning court tomorrow.”
Su Lun nodded; he was so tired after Old Lady Su’s troubles.
“Okay, you should also take a good rest. And there is no need to greet my mother tomorrow morning. I’ll send someone to inform her.”
“Yes.”
After taking good care of Zhao, Su Muge returned to her room.
After Old Lady Su made a fuss that day, the following two days were quite tranquil.
As usual, Zhao went to her yard to greet her but was driven away by Old Lady Su.
Su Muge thought it just fine; at least, they didn’t have to suffer from Old Lady.
However, Zhao and Su Muge had to face Old Lady Su today. It was Minister An’s birthday, so they had to follow Su Lun to attend the banquet in Minister Mansion.
Su Muge didn’t have to attend, but she was afraid that Zhao would be framed up and could only go with them.
Su Muge dressed up and followed Yueru and Xinlan out of Su Mansion; Zhao had already been waiting outside with little Wenmo.
As soon as Su Muge came out, Old Lady Su came over held by Haitang.
“Mother.”
Zhao stepped forward to greet her, but Old Lady Su snorted and directly got on the carriage without looking at her.
Zhao was a little helpless, but looking at little Wenmo in the nanny’s arms, she felt much relieved.
After all of them got on the carriages, the carriages moved forward slowly.
Su Lun and Old Lady Su were in a carriage, while Zhao and Su Muge sat in another.
“I shouldn’t take your brother out, but I can’t leave him alone at home.”
“There will be a lot of people in An Mansion, so you must keep the young master in your arms and follow us, you know?” Su Muge looked at the nanny in the carriage and said in a low voice.
“Yes, I’ll follow you, Miss and Madam.”
The carriages finally stopped after half an hour.
An Mansion was located on a relatively prosperous street in the capital. When the Su family arrived, An Mansion had already been surrounded by plenty of carriages.
There were certainly a lot of people coming to celebrate the birthday of Minister An.
Su Muge helped Zhao get off the carriage. As soon as she looked up, she saw Madam An and Minister An standing outside the gate of the mansion. Next to them were Su Jingwen who had been dressed up and several young ladies and masters who must be their grandchildren.
Just as Su Muge got off the carriage, Su Jingwen caught sight of them.
She raised her chin proudly as if she were the master of An Mansion.
When Su Lun and others came closer, she glanced at Su Lun with resentment.
“Father-in-law, mother-in-law.” Su Lun stepped forward and greeted Minister An and Madam An respectfully.
The paunchy Minister An put on a smile on his round face, making him look like Maitreya Buddha. Su Muge felt that his belly seemed to be larger than before.
“Well, here you are.”
Madam An responded indifferently with no good att.i.tude even to Old Lady Su.
“Jingwen, what are you waiting for? Hurry to go in with your father!” Minister An glanced at Su Jingwen and said.
Meeting Su Lun’s cold eyes, Su Jingwen was unwilling to go with him.
“Jingwen rarely has the chance to be with her cousins, so let her stay here for a little longer. Come on! Welcome Lord Su into the mansion.” Finally, Madam An suggested making Su Jingwen stay.
“That’s your sister with excellent medical skills? Now that she can cure other people, why can’t she cure the disgusting red spot on her face?”
Su Muge glanced around and saw a woman in a silk dress embroidered with hibiscus looking at her with disdain.
“Ying’er, shut up!” The woman standing beside her in a blue corseted long dress embroidered with peach blossom reproached her in a low voice.
An Ying’er snorted and stopped talking.
Su Muge didn’t care and followed Zhao quietly.
As soon as they stepped into An Mansion, an uproar broke out behind them.
“Infanta Ceylon! It’s Infanta Ceylon!”