Chapter 56：

The next day, Qin Yue brought people to kowtow to Shen Xiangyan. Before Shen Xiangyan could stop him, Liu Ran knelt down and kowtowed to him three times, "Thank you, Lord Hou, for taking me in these days. Liu Ran is very grateful." do."

Shen Xiangyan saw that Liu Ran was still very thin although he didn't look as ill as before, so he asked one more question, "I wonder what the young master Liu plans to do in the future?"

Liu Ran's heart was miserable. With what happened before, his father would definitely not recognize him again, and naturally he couldn't go back to that family. He didn't know whether he should breathe a sigh of relief or be sad, but he had the cheek to get shelter from Lord Shen for so long, and he really didn't have the face to stay any longer. place, not to mention that there is no unparalleled road.”

Shen Xiangyan saw that although Liu Ran was down and out, he had a rare bit of backbone, which was also rare in Shuang'er. He looked up and saw that Qin Yue had lost his soul because of Liu Ran's words just now, forget it, and help the two of them, "Benhou heard from Shen An that you have a talent for making incense. Don't mind, I'll stay in Xiangzi to help in the future."

He was already planning to leave after today, but as for Lord Shen, if he can repay his kindness in this life, Liu Ran is obliged to do so, and if he does not have this opportunity, he will repay in the next life. I originally planned for the worst, but I didn't expect to be able to stay in the end. Liu Ran was momentarily overwhelmed by the huge surprise. It wasn't until Qin Yue reminded him that Liu Ran couldn't hide his excitement and thanked Shen Hou God's grace.

Seeing his grateful expression, Shen Xiangyan smiled and said, "You don't have to be too grateful, Benhou's shop is not a place to eat for free, and if you don't do well by then, the manager won't keep you for my sake What Shen Xiangyan didn't elaborate on was that Liu Ran did have some talent for making incense. Shen An had mentioned this matter to him two or three times, so he was kept. Shen Xiangyan also had a selfish heart. The future development is also good.

Liu Ran understood. During his temporary stay in the shop, he had already seen that Xiangzilai's management was quite different from other shops. Everything was done in accordance with the regulations, and there were rules for rewards and punishments. Compared with other store managers who bullied the subordinates at will, Liu Ran felt that this method was more than a little bit better, so he didn't mind Shen Xiangyan's words very much.

"Don't worry, Lord Hou, Liu Ran will definitely live up to Lord Hou's high expectations." After saying that, he kowtowed again, and Shen Xiangyan sat down and accepted his gift this time.

After Shen Xiangyan dismissed these two people, he looked at the accounts again, and saw that it was getting late, so he prepared to get up and go back to Haitang Courtyard. On the way, he met He Xin who was about to look for him. Seeing that his expression was not right, Shen Xiangyan knew that there must be something wrong. He was afraid that something happened to Xia Rong, so he asked before he could open his mouth, "But Zhengjun?" What happened then?"

He Xin could tell the priority of the matter clearly, and did not dare to hide it, "The tourmaline who shared the room with Fei Cui told the servant a few days ago that Fei Cui's recent behavior was a bit suspicious. Now that Zhengjun's health is in critical condition, the servant would rather I didn’t dare to let it go if I missed it, so I decided to bring a few women to arrest Fei Cui, and found this from her.” He said and handed a pack of white medicine powder to Shen Xiangyan.

Shen Xiangyan took the package of medicinal powder, "What's in it? Does Zhengjun know about this?"

He Xin didn't dare to catch his breath at the moment, Master Hou was obviously still the same, but for some reason, he felt chills all over his body, and when he saw Master Hou's question, he hurriedly replied, "This servant showed this to Dr. Li, Li The doctor said it was Yinyue pollen, and using it several times in a row would cause dystocia, and the cause would not be found out. Zhengjun didn’t know about it yet, and this servant will come to you as soon as he finds out.”

After hearing He Xin's words, Shen Xiangyan couldn't hide the anger in his heart, and said coldly, "Drag them out and beat them until she reveals what is behind the scenes."

After Shen Xiangyan gave his orders, he continued to walk towards the Haitang courtyard. He still had to see Rong'er for himself before he could rest assured, and he didn't know who had the guts to do something to his Rong'er. This is more unbearable than directly attacking him. Unfortunately, the emerald is still used to call out the mastermind behind the scenes, so he can't directly kill him for the time being. Otherwise, he doesn't mind learning from Brother Lu to make an example to others.

When Xia Rong saw Shen Xiangyan coming in, she groped him left and right, thinking it was the aftereffect of his too much trouble at night recently. Knowing that she was wrong, Xia Rong obediently let her husband go up and down her hands, until his hand was getting lower and lower, and Xia Rong couldn't bear it anymore and knocked off the troublesome hand. It was still broad daylight.

Shen Xiangyan also knew that he had gone too far, grabbed Xia Rong's hand that had just hit him and kissed it, and said with a smile, "Did the little guy mess with you?" "Today is pretty good, I just kicked me this morning." At that time, Xia Rong's expression on her belly was very soft and focused, and Shen Xiangyan suddenly felt a little apprehensive. Before this came out, she was robbing him. No, he needs to hire a few more wet nurses, and let them take care of the little one after he is born, but Rong'er belongs to him alone.

Thinking that the little guy in his stomach might rob him, Xia Rong asked him to touch his stomach, but only in a perfunctory way. Fortunately, Shen Xiangyan saw He Xin poking in with sharp eyes, and knew that it was Fei Cui who had the result, so he found an excuse to go out, otherwise Xia Rong would be suspicious.

"Master Hou, Fei Cui recruited, saying that a steward of the magistrate's mansion asked her to do this, but she didn't know who the master was behind the other party. The other party came to her with her sister's token, saying that it was not what they said If you do what you want, her sister will be finished. Fei Cui has no choice but to act according to the other party's orders." When He Xin replied, she didn't dare to look up at all, Master Hou is really terrible now.

Shen Xiangyan sneered, he really had an affair with Yezhi County, first it was his nephew, and now he didn't know who it was, but when he mentioned this, he thought of someone, "How does Fei Cui contact the other party, let Feng Qin go, try to get that The steward made an appointment to arrest him."

He Xin quickly understood the meaning of the master, said "yes" and went down.

Two days later, Feng Qin was ordered to press the steward who came out for the appointment, and went directly to see the magistrate's wife. The magistrate's wife was shocked when she knew the whole story. Knowing that this was Shen Xiangyan returning her favor, he didn't make the matter worse, otherwise it would be a serious crime to murder Mrs. Kang Ninghou and the future young master.

Madam Zhixian knew about this matter, although Shen Xiangyan showed her affection, she had to give him an explanation. At the moment, he was also unambiguous, and directly ordered someone to use torture. The person in charge was just deceived by money, and the peach branch was pushed out in a few strokes. The magistrate's wife did not expect that such a shameless thing would almost cause the magistrate's government to suffer along with her.

Madam Zhixian made a decisive decision and grabbed Taozhi in front of Feng Qin. Regardless of the other party's cries, she was beaten heavily and kicked out. Thinking about it, Taozhi was kicked out of the house with serious injuries and penniless, even if he survived, he would not have a good life.

And Fei Cui's younger sister was originally a little girl sent by the county magistrate to serve Taozhi. Ever since Taozhi knew that this little girl had an older sister who lived in the Marquis of Kangning and was serving in Xiarong's yard, Taozhi started calling her idea. Why is Tao Zhi better than Xia Rong in everything? Master Shen looks down on him, and Xia Rong can't get what Tao Zhi can't get. There are so many people of all kinds in the world, it's so easy to breed jealousy.

Feng Qin saw that Madam Magistrate's treatment was fair, so he didn't stay any longer, and went back to report his orders.

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Xia Rong's due date soon arrived, and the two of them were eating dinner together when Xia Rong suddenly clutched her stomach and groaned in pain. Shen Xiangyan was taken aback, and hurriedly put down the bowl and chopsticks to check Xia Rong's situation, "What's wrong, Rong'er? If you feel uncomfortable, tell your husband."

After finally relieving the pain, Xia Rong's head was covered with cold sweat, and she grabbed Shen Xiangyan's sleeve, "Master, I, I seem to be about to give birth."

Shen Xiangyan was also anxious when he heard it, and hurriedly shouted for help. Fortunately, the delivery room was already ready, and the five Wen women and Dr. Li also lived in the house. Walk to the delivery room.

Shen Xiangyan put the man on the bed in the delivery room, seeing Xia Rong's pain was severe, his heart ached so much, he took Xia Rong's hand to comfort him, "Rong'er doesn't hurt, good boy, my husband is right here, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt." When Xia Rong was in pain, Shen Xiangyan stretched out his hand and grasped it. He couldn't help using his strength, but Shen Xiangyan didn't dare to pull his hand out, so he could only bear it.

The midwives had also arrived at this time, and they were all taken aback when they saw that Lord Hou was still in the delivery room. One of the older ones hurried forward and said, "Master Hou, you should go out, the delivery room is very dirty, you should go out and wait." Right. We are all experienced, we have shown Zhengjun before, the fetal position is very upright, absolutely no problem."

Shen Xiangyan was so annoyed to death by these stable women, he didn't see Rong'er holding his hand and screaming that it hurts, how could he leave at this time, "Don't worry about Ben Hou, Ben Hou will stay here with Zheng Jun today Come on, hurry up and do your work."

The stable women looked at each other in blank dismay. They had seen some self-proclaimed affectionate people in this industry, but they had never seen such a person who didn't even shy away from this kind of thing. Seeing that Master Hou insisted on this, they didn't say anything, and got busy with division of labor.

With such a big incident, the servants of the entire Hou Mansion are also busy tonight. Those who boiled hot water heated water, and those who laid hands did not work, all of them hoped that Zhengjun would give birth smoothly.

Seeing Xia Rong working so hard, Shen Xiangyan wished he could take him to suffer, "Rong'er, good boy, we won't give birth after giving birth, pay attention to breathing in and exhaling."

Xia Rong didn't hear what Shen Xiangyan was saying clearly during the whole process, but with her husband by her side, Xia Rong still insisted on hearing the cry of the child, and then completely fell asleep. Seeing that Fulang had passed out, Shen Xiangyan couldn't care less about the newborn baby, so he hurriedly asked Dr. Li to come in.

It wasn't until Dr. Li gave the pulse that Xia Rong was fine and fell asleep only after exhaustion, then he was relieved and remembered the child.

This time, Granny Wen has seen what true love is. She said several times that the baby was a boy, but she didn't see any reaction from Lord Hou. Instead, she only cared about the child's father all the time.