mesbooks Chapter 229 What nonsense are you talking about!
Chapter 229 What nonsense are you talking about!
The housekeeper in An Luhai's backyard knew Tu Ye. As soon as she saw him, she guessed the identity of the girl next to him, so she came up and tried to pull Luo Xiaoran.
"Miss Luo, you are finally here. Our masters have been waiting for you for a long time."
Luo Xiaoran dodged her sideways and said calmly, "Lead the way!"
The housekeeper got a cold face and was unhappy. Naturally, her voice lost its previous enthusiasm: "Follow me!"
Passing through the crowd of people walking back and forth, Luo Xiaoran followed the housekeeper to a large courtyard.
There were three chairs in the middle of the courtyard, and in front of each chair was a brazier with red charcoal burning fiercely.
This courtyard is so simply decorated. What were those people running around outside the courtyard just now doing?
Luo Xiaoran was wondering when she heard many footsteps at the door.
Turning around, I saw two pretty women walking in.
They had no makeup on their faces, and in front of each of them there was a person holding a burning mugwort and waving it in front of them, as if clearing the way.
Behind them stood two maids and a old woman, all of whom were watching them closely, fearing that they might make any mistake.
Luo Xiaoran narrowed her eyes slightly. These two must be An Luhai’s pregnant concubines!
As expected, the housekeeper who had just brought Luo Xiaoran here saw the two pretty girls, and immediately threw Luo Xiaoran aside and licked them:
"Ouch! My dear Yingchun and Qiuxiang, you have to walk slower and watch out for your stomach!"
Belly? Luo Xiaoran looked at the two girls' flat bellies and sneered secretly. They haven't even shown their pregnancy yet! Where did the belly come from?
The housekeeper led the two young ladies to sit on the chairs on both sides, leaving the chair in the middle empty. It should be reserved for An Luhai, Luo Xiaoran thought.
At this time, An Luhai also walked in.
He was dressed in casual clothes, with thin cheeks and a goatee on his chin that fluttered in the wind.
Seeing Luo Xiaoran, An Luhai's eyes sparkled and he said with a smile: "Miss Luo, thank you for coming to help."
Luo Xiaoran waved her hand and said politely, "Don't thank me yet. I don't even know what this favor is, let alone agree to help."
An Luhai's smile remained unchanged. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking very relaxed: "All I need is a little bit of Miss Luo's hair."
"Hair?" Luo Xiaoran was surprised. "What does my hair have to do with your two pregnant concubines?"
"Haha," An Luhai chuckled, "Miss Luo is indeed as smart as I imagined. I really need your hair to protect my pregnancy."
Luo Xiaoran scratched her ears, thinking she had heard it wrong. Using hair to preserve the fetus, or using her, Luo Xiaoran’s, hair?
An Luhai, what nonsense are you talking about!
This news is too explosive, Luo Xiaoran needs to take it slow.
Not to mention that Luo Xiaoran had to slow down, the reactions of other people in the yard were also very intriguing.
The first ones are the mothers of the two babies that An Luhai wants to protect, Yingchun and Qiuxiang. They looked like puppets from the moment they came in.
They were originally kidnapped into the mansion by the bully An Ruquan. They finally waited until An Ruquan was punished by heaven and died, and thought they would be released.
It turns out that An Ruquan's father, An Luhai, was not a good guy either. He even spared no effort to harm the people in his own son's room.
During that time, he was like an old dog in heat, crawling into several beds every night.
Moreover, An Luhai was not a sexually aroused person. He only had sex to sow seeds, which often made his concubines very uncomfortable.
Compared with An Luhai's concubines who were in their thirties and forties, Yingchun and Qiuxiang, who were less than twenty years old, were much younger and healthier, so it was normal for them to become pregnant first.
Since the news of morning sickness spread, the two have not gotten out of bed. Every day they were told repeatedly to take good care of the fetus and give birth to a son for An Luhai, so that they would have wealth and glory for the rest of their lives.
Bah! Whoever wants this wealth can take it!
They wanted to leave the house and look for their parents, but none of the An family's father and son were good people!
But this will never be possible, because they are carrying An Luhai's child in their bellies and they will never be able to escape.
Perhaps it was because Yingchun and Qiuxiang were feeling depressed, or perhaps it was because An Luhai was really old and there was something wrong with the essence in his bed every night, so both pregnancies were unstable.
Although Yingchun and Qiuxiang were cared for like porcelain dolls, both of them showed signs of menstruation before March, which made An Luhai very anxious.
An Luhai consulted doctors in Fuyuan and Yizhou, but they all said that it was difficult to save the two pregnancies.
Just now, the place where Yingchun and Qiuxiang lived was fumigated with mugwort, and then they were brought to this yard and forced to sit on stools.
There was also a beautiful girl in the yard whom they didn’t know, and An Luhai actually said that he would use her hair to help them get pregnant?
Yingchun and Qiuxiang looked at each other. They had never been happy since they had morning sickness, but tonight they finally smiled at the same time.
An Luhai is desperate and is trying all kinds of methods. He must be crazy!
Mr. Tu was standing not far from Luo Xiaoran, and he heard An Luhai's words very clearly. He began to recall what Lord An had said to him before he went to find Luo Xiaoran.
"Go and ask Luo Xiaoran to come over to me. I have something to do and need her help.
Remember, you must bring the person to me before midnight, otherwise, all of you will be in trouble!"
Master Tu brought Luo Xiaoran on time, but Lord An said he wanted to use her hair to protect the fetus. Isn't this ridiculous?
The housekeeper looked at the master she had taken care of for more than 20 years and wondered if she had heard it wrong because of her old age and hearing loss, or if the master was just getting confused because of his old age.
She had lived for more than 40 years and had never heard of using hair to preserve a pregnancy! And it was the hair of a person who had nothing to do with her!
An Luhai doesn't care how his words will make others feel. He must get Luo Xiaoran's hair tonight.
Looking up at the sky, I saw that clouds were indeed covering the moon, making the candlelight in the yard look even brighter.
"Time's up, let's get started!"
After An Luhai finished speaking, the two servants who had just been burning mugwort in front of Yingchun and Qiuxiang immediately took action.
They each grabbed a handful of mugwort and put it into the brazier in front of Yingchun and Qiuxiang. The strong fragrance immediately made them burst into tears.
Luo Xiaoran was dumbfounded. Was An Luhai's move to protect the fetus or to murder him?
"Please sit between the two of you, Miss Luo. All I need is for my two concubines to cut off a lock of your hair and burn it in the brazier in front of them."
An Luhai's voice came again, and Luo Xiaoran shook her head without hesitation:
"I can't promise you to let two people I don't know hold scissors next to me. If I get two bloody holes stabbed in the neck, who can I turn to for justice?"
An Luhai wanted to say something, but Luo Xiaoran continued, "But I am kind by nature and very willing to help others.
It's just two strands of hair, right? I can just cut them off myself!
But let's make it clear in advance, I don't know why Lord An believes that my hair can save the two ladies' pregnancies. If I give my hair and it doesn't have any effect in the end, it can't be blamed on me."
To be honest, regarding An Luhai's ridiculous behavior tonight, if he is not really crazy, then he is pretending to be crazy and has an ulterior motive. Luo Xiaoran cannot help but be on guard.