"Mama Cen, the young lady is awake," Chunqing, the maidservant, reported to the woman before her.

Cen Ang nodded and went with her to Fanghua's room, where Liuxu and Chunying were already there.

"You still want to die? I'll make your wish come true. Don't try to die in front of me next time."

"Wherever I die, it's none of your business! Mind your own business, do you live by the sea or something?"

Before Cen Ang even stepped into the house, he could hear their voices. These two are such troublemakers, they argue every day and fight whenever they meet. Aren't they tired of each other?

"Alright, you still have the energy to argue? You seem to be recovering well," the woman said.

The three girls bowed as they saw Mother Cen enter.

"Peace be with Mama Cen"

"Thank you so much, Mother Cen, for rescuing and taking me in. I will never forget your kindness."

Fanghua is still unable to get out of bed and needs to rest for a while. She inhaled too much aphrodisiac in Fanghua Tower, and the miscarriage damaged her health.

"It's alright. You risked your life to deliver this message to us; it's what Fengyue Tower should do. Just rest and recover here. This girl will take care of you during this time," Madam Cen said, pulling Chunqing over to stand in front of her.

When Fanghua woke up, the first thing she saw was springtime.

This girl had just been sold into Fanghua Brothel. The madam was forcing her to sell herself, but Chunqing wouldn't listen to reason or coercion. This angered the madam, who was about to force-feed her drugs when Fanghua said...

"Mom, I need a maid. Let her come with me."

I don't know what came over me that day, but looking at Chunqing reminded me of the chattering maids behind the girls at Fengyue Tower. Those girls were very well raised, even a little naive.

She thought that perhaps she could also keep a maid like that; she wanted to give it a try.

As it turned out, Chunqing was a quiet person who only focused on her work every day. Fortunately, she was efficient and capable, so Fanghua kept her by her side.

Perhaps this is a case of reaping what you sow. The moment she woke up, that little girl Chunqing had already given her her indenture.

Yes, while the girls at Fanghua Tower were scrambling to buy their own indentures, Chunqing brought Fanghua's indenture with her.

Although it was just a piece of paper, and it could have disappeared in the fire along with Fanghua Tower, the little girl still took it out. She said...

"This is the piece of paper that led us into Fanghua Tower, and we're going to take it with us when we leave, swaggering around with it."

The pale-faced woman on the bed smiled; she had walked out of the hell her biological parents had pushed her into, head held high.

Fanghua looked at Cen's mother and asked...

"How is Wei Ci? Has he left?"

The woman in black sitting on the edge of the bed shook her head and said...

"No, they brought him back. We interrogated him for almost a whole night, but he won't say anything."

"Does Mom want to find evidence?"

Cen Ang sighed and said...

"It's not just about evidence; we also need to find Wei Ci's contact and communication with the Xiongnu, as well as the exact hiding places of the Xiongnu cavalry deep in the mountains. Only by knowing their exact locations can the border garrison send troops over. Otherwise, the mountain terrain is treacherous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and countless people will die needlessly inside."

Fanghua listened and said

"Wei Ci has a water jug ​​that he carries with him every day. It's evidence of his communication with the Xiongnu. As for its location... only he should know... however..."

However, it's not impossible to get information out of him. Wei Ci is a stubborn and cruel person. It's normal that you can't pry his mouth open with torture, but everyone has a weakness.

Fanghua untied a red rope from her waist and handed it to the people in front of her.

"Wei Ci has a knot in his heart about children. This red string was brought over by a servant the morning after I finished serving him. The servant said that every woman who served him would wear one, and this red string has been blessed to help women give birth to a son soon."

Cen Ang took the red rope and remained silent for a long time. Such a heartless beast actually wanted a child of his own.

"He's been using Five-Stone Powder for years, so he probably can't get pregnant anymore. As for me, I've been taking aphrodisiacs at Fanghua Tower for years, so getting pregnant is very difficult. That's why I didn't drink the contraceptive soup."

Fanghua sighed deeply. These two people, who had been condemned to death on the path of having children, ended up having a child together. But he didn't even have time to see the child in this world before he hurriedly returned home.

Mother Cen pinched the red string in her hand and said...

"Don't worry, my dear child, I understand. Take good care of yourself, and I'll come see you again tomorrow."

Having obtained useful information, she was eager to gather evidence and find a way to get Wei Ci to talk as soon as possible.

Inside the room, the three women stared at each other. Chunying felt a little embarrassed. She had been asked by Long'er to bring her scar removal cream, but they ended up arguing again.

"Here you go, this is for scar removal. I'm off."

The girl put the scar removal cream on the table and quickly walked out of the room.

"She reacted like this whenever she saw you, I don't know what got into her," Liu Xu said with a smile, addressing the woman on the bed.

Fanghua shook her head. She felt the same way. Whenever she met Chunying, an unnamed fire would surge from her body to her brain, and she couldn't control it.

—Inside the darkroom

Cen Ang removed the blindfold from Wei Ci's eyes, then spoke to him through the fence.

"All your evidence is here."

Beside her was a disassembled water jug ​​containing secret letters, irrefutable evidence of his correspondence with the Xiongnu Grand Preceptor.

"So what? You can't prove that I wrote this, even if the handwriting is the same!"

The man's eyes were bloodshot, and his hair was disheveled, making him look like a hungry ghost from hell.

Fanghua is pregnant.

Upon hearing this, the man's expression stiffened slightly, and he asked the question.

"What did you say?"

"Fanghua, the woman who was given to you, she's pregnant."

"Hahahaha, you people really will stop at nothing! How could she be pregnant?! I have so many women and none of them are pregnant, but she is?! Why is she pregnant?!"

Cen Ang put down his teacup and said to him

"Why don't you think about it again?"

Fanghua has been taking care of me for more than a month and a half. During this time, she has never had any discomfort. It's as if I've never heard her mention menstruation.

"Impossible...impossible"

The man looked panicked, his hands gripping the door tightly, his fingertips turning white, and his arms trembling uncontrollably.

"You're definitely lying to me, I don't believe you... I don't believe you!!"

Cen Ang remained silent, quietly observing Wei Ci's every move. Her unhurried demeanor made the man inside increasingly flustered.

"Make her come to see me! Make her come to see me! If it's true... I'll tell you everything you want to know! Everything!"

She looked Wei Ci up and down, then picked up the teapot and went outside.

Why would someone like that be so obsessed with children? What's the point? Even if you have children, can you really raise them well? Cen Ang didn't believe it; he couldn't imagine what kind of children Wei Ci would raise.

The miscarriage was the best life Fanghua could have saved for her child.