Ye Yunniang's eyes were blindfolded, and she screamed in terror, "What are you doing! Let me go!"

Ye Yunniang struggled fiercely, but the other person held her too tightly, making it hard for her to breathe.

"Let me go! I'm calling for help!" Ye Yunniang's voice was filled with shock and fear. How could someone have entered the Jiang residence?

Clothes were pulled open...

What am I going to do in the future? How am I going to face my mother-in-law?

The other party didn't listen to me...

Aside from her two children, no one had ever... Ye Yunniang felt a mix of shock, fear, and indescribable emotion.

Ye Yunniang raised her leg to kick the other person away, but the other person grabbed her and pressed her down, preventing her from moving.

"I'll eat it. Then your milk won't get engorged."

Ye Yunniang: Hmph... Should I be grateful to you?

"Let go of me, don't touch me. Go away. Bastard, go away..." Ye Yunniang didn't know how to curse, she just kept repeating these few sentences.

"If you shout again, I can't guarantee what I might do?" The man's tone held a hint of threat.

"I won't scream, let me go," Ye Yunniang said, negotiating her terms.

The voice sounded familiar; she couldn't place it before. Ye Yunniang couldn't quite place it.

"etc."

...

I opened my eyes, and it was broad daylight.

I must have had a nightmare last night.

Ye Yunniang tried to sit up, but the blanket slipped off, and when she looked down, her expression changed drastically.

real!

Everything is true.

Last night wasn't a dream; a real man entered my room.

I've been dreaming about men every night lately, is it just a dream or...?

Ye Yunniang dared not think any further.

I'm feeling extremely anxious, what should I do?

Ye Yunniang immediately thought of Cai Damei.

"Yunniang, don't panic. The more panicked you are, the more mistakes you'll make. Take a deep breath and calm down."

Take a deep breath, take a deep breath...

Ye Yunniang took deep breaths again and again to calm herself down.

After calming her racing heart, Ye Yunniang wondered, who was that person?

The voice sounded familiar; she had heard it before.

But the only man she met when she came to the Jiang residence was Fourth Master Jiang.

No, Master Jiang's voice is that of a clear-headed young man.

The man's voice was deep and resonant, somewhat like the voice of the Second Master that I heard in the Plum Garden.

It's the second master of the Jiang family!?

No, that's impossible.

Ye Yunniang shook her head.

A man that powerful could have any woman he wanted. Why would he sneak into a wet nurse's room in the middle of the night?

Ye Yunniang was somewhat absent-minded all day.

At night, I bolt the windows and doors, then hug my blanket and wait.

My eyes closed without me even realizing it.

He nodded, instantly becoming fully awake, his round, black head revealed.

"Second Master?" Ye Yunniang asked, guessing what was going on in her mind.

His head paused for a moment, then he raised it. The face with its sharp eyebrows and bright eyes truly belonged to Jiang Mingzhe, the second master of the Jiang family.

“You,” Ye Yunniang didn’t know how to say it, “Second Master, if you want, you can find many wet nurses. I am your little nephew.”

Ye Yunniang thought Jiang Mingzhe had a fondness for drinking milk, and made a suggestion.

“He can’t finish it. I’ll give you 100 taels of silver each time.” Jiang Mingzhe said, taking out a silver note.

Ye Yunniang shook her head and backed away, trying to escape. Aside from her own man, she had never been this close to any other man.

“No. I have a man. This is wrong,” Ye Yunniang refused.

Faced with Ye Yunniang's refusal, Jiang Mingzhe remained silent, only glancing at her quietly before getting up and leaving.

After watching the person leave, Ye Yunniang took a deep breath and quickly got up to close the back window.

I hope I never have to see Jiang Mingzhe again.

After recovering from her injuries, Ye Yunniang went to Fanghua Courtyard to meet with Chunyao.

After not seeing Jiang Tingjun for several days, Ye Yunniang missed him very much.

"Young master, do you miss me?" Ye Yunniang asked softly. "Do you miss me? I miss you very much, young master."

Jiang Tingjun responded with "Ah..."

After handing over to Chunyao, Ye Yunniang returned to Zhiyuxuan to rest.

When she woke up, Pear was carrying a food box into the room.

"Sister, thank you for having Granny Shi bring me food." Pear had been bedridden for two days, and thanks to Granny Shi's help in taking care of her.

Granny Shi didn't hide it; it was Ye Yunniang who paid her to help take care of the child.

Li'er, who was initially upset because she was implicated in the gossip among her roommates, felt grateful to Ye Yunniang. She had previously thought she should treat Ye Yunniang even better.

Ye Yunniang was unaware of Li'er's thoughts. She only felt that Li'er treated her with greater sincerity. Ye Yunniang reciprocated the kindness shown to her; she remembered all the good others had done for her.

After dinner, there was still an hour left before leaving Fanghua Courtyard.

Ye Yunniang pulled Li'er aside to talk, inquiring about Jiang Mingzhe.

"How did you find out about Second Master, sister?"

"That day at the plum garden, it was fortunate that Second Master appeared. Otherwise, you and I would probably have been beaten a few more times. We are grateful and wondering if we could repay him," Ye Yunniang explained.

Pear was very grateful to Second Master Jiang and told Ye Yunniang about his situation.

Jiang Mingzhe is the second master of the Jiang family. He showed a talent for business at the age of seven.

He took over the family business at the age of 13 and transformed the Jiang family from an ordinary wealthy household into the richest household in Jiangcheng.

"I heard that the reason why the eldest master was able to get a smooth official position in the capital was because the second master spent money to protect him." Li'er was very impressed.

"He's so amazing."

"Yes, it's a bit of a pity." Pear sighed as she said this.

"What's a pity?" Ye Yunniang pressed.

"It's a pity that Second Master has been married for 12 years and still has no children." Pear sighed for Jiang Mingzhe.

"A man who sneaks into a widow's bed deserves to be childless," Ye Yunniang thought to herself.

"The second wife is pregnant now and will have a child soon."

Li'er glanced outside and said, "It's uncertain whether the Second Madam will be able to give birth to this child."

"How so?"

"After the Second Master and his second husband had been married for five years without having any children, the Second Madam arranged for the Second Master to take in seven or eight concubines, saying that whoever could give birth to a child would be promoted to a concubine."

Three of them got pregnant, their bellies were big, and then various accidents happened and they died.

Later, several more women were taken in, but each time something unexpected happened. There were whispers in the household that it was because the Second Master was making too much money that he was envied.

"Nonsense," Ye Yunniang said, not believing it.

“I think so too. But that’s what everyone in the manor says. If that’s not the reason, why can’t the child sit still? Look, the eldest master already has four children, and now he’s had a seventh young master. It seems the Jiang family will belong to the eldest master in the future.”

After hearing this, Ye Yunniang felt a pang of pity for Jiang Mingzhe. But then she shook her head inwardly, thinking she shouldn't pity him.

My mother once said that the time when women suffer is when men are pitiful.

"I hope that when Second Master returns, he will see the birth of the young master."

"Is Second Master going out?"

"Yes, the old lady asked the second master to prepare the dowry for the fifth young lady." Li'er mentioned again that the old lady and her son Jiang Mingzhe were not on good terms. This was not a secret in the mansion, and many people knew about it.

"Why? Second Master is so capable, why doesn't the Old Madam like him?"

Pear shook her head; she didn't know why. She only knew that Old Madam Jiang favored the eldest master the most and doted on the fourth master the most. She treated the second master worse than the third.

Ye Yunniang listened without any doubt. She had seen a lot in the village: the old man valued the eldest son, liked the youngest son, and disliked the middle son.

Ye Yunniang was happy to know that Jiang Mingzhe was not at the Jiang residence.