Chapter 164
Qiannan, West Street
"Ugh—ugh—" Wei Qiuyu felt like he was vomiting sour water.
Cuixiang patted her back and asked hesitantly, "Master, are you pregnant?"
Wei Qiuyu paused in her retching, hesitantly rubbing her belly. Pregnancy? Was it even possible? You know, when they first started dating, Wang Lang was furious, so angry he had someone give her a huge bowl of contraceptive soup. Later, when she was able to help a little, she called the doctor, who said she was too weak to conceive, and she acted like a spoiled child, only to be excused from the contraceptive soup after each session.
Wei Qiuyu finally held Cuixiang's hand and wrote, "Don't tell anyone about this."
Cuixiang nodded heavily.
Qiannan, Wangfu
"Over on West Street, I heard she's pregnant."
Bang! Upon hearing this news, Lei Qian threw the tea bowl in her hand to the ground. "How dare that bitch get pregnant?" And Wang Lang actually allowed that bitch to give birth to a son or daughter out of wedlock before him?
Some time ago, because of her father's affairs, she had a miscarriage. At that time, her husband was having an affair with that Wei woman, and she was truly heartbroken. Now, she was still recuperating, hoping to conceive another child. And yet, the woman on West Street was pregnant? This was unbearable! She wanted Wei Qiuyu dead! She gave orders for what she was going to do. Fortunately, she had someone in the outer house on West Street, so it wasn't difficult to do it.
The confidant hesitated and said, "Madam, why don't we wait a little longer? Pregnancy isn't always certain in the early stages. It's not too late to make plans after we've consulted a doctor and received definitive information."
Lei Qian sneered, "She must be hiding it. She wouldn't dare ask a doctor to confirm it. If she doesn't dare ask a doctor to prove her innocence when she's suspected of being pregnant, it proves that she knows there's a possibility of pregnancy. What does that mean? It means she didn't drink the contraceptive soup at all!"
She had absolutely no intention of enduring Wei Qiuyu. Most importantly, Wang Lang hadn't forced her to drink the contraceptive soup, so he didn't care whether Wei Qiuyu would give birth to a son out of wedlock. This was also unbearable for Lei Qian. She was determined to kill Wei Qiuyu!
After drinking her daily serving of sweet soup, Wei Qiuyu felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach. At this time, she did not suspect that there was anything wrong with the sweet soup, and just asked Cuixiang to help her lie down on the couch.
"Master, you should have a good rest. I will guard the door for you." Cuixiang tucked the quilt for her before going out. After going out, she sent all the maids outside the door to do other things.
But after lying down, Wei Qiuyu felt a dull pain in her stomach, which was getting worse. She clutched her stomach, curled up, groaned, and groaned, her forehead covered in cold sweat. She couldn't stand it anymore. She wanted to see a doctor, immediately!
But she was so exhausted that she couldn't even stand up. She couldn't speak either, so she could only stretch out her hand and push the object on the bedside to the ground with great effort, making a loud noise.
Hearing the noise in the room, Cuixiang pushed the door open and walked in, "Master, what's wrong with you?"
When Wei Qiuyu saw the other person, her eyes lit up. She covered her stomach, acted as if in pain, and mouthed "Save me" to her.
Cuixiang acted as if she didn't notice her distress and continued to clean up, "Master, you should rest if you want to. Why did you carelessly throw the jade pillow to the ground?"
"Ah...uh..." Wei Qiuyu shouted at her anxiously.
"Don't worry, okay, I've picked up the jade pillow for you, you can continue to rest."
What was wrong with Cuixiang? She was so stupid that she hadn't understood what she meant. Wei Qiuyu was extremely anxious and angry. While she was covering her with the quilt, she grabbed her hand and, trembling through the pain, wrote on her palm, "Call a doctor!"
"Master, what do you want to say?" Cuixiang looked puzzled.
Looking at her calm face, Wei Qiuyu was stunned at first, then he widened his eyes and looked at her suspiciously.
Wei Qiuyu realized that something was wrong and decided to ignore her and save herself. But she was in so much pain, the kind that felt like her internal organs were shifting. She didn't even have the strength to lift the quilt, let alone get up from the bed.
Just then, she felt nauseous and vomited blood.
Seeing her vomiting blood, Cuixiang was frightened and ran out of the door to shout, "Help, hurry up, the master is vomiting blood, go get a doctor!"
The whole house was in chaos because of her words.
When Cuixiang led the nearest maid back into Wei Qiuyu's boudoir, Wei Qiuyu had already become a bloody person. Not only did she vomit blood, but black and purple blood also flowed out of her other six orifices. She looked very scary.
"Why?" Wei Qiuyu stared at Cuixiang, mouthing the words. Who could it be? Who had taken her life? She reflected on her recent actions, and a sudden realization dawned on her. Could it be Lei Qian or Yao Chunnuan who had poisoned her? The former because she was pregnant, the latter, surely, because she had revealed the oil secret and ruined her plans?
Cuixiang threw herself on her, crying and shouting, and refused to give her any explanation. Master Yao once said that at the critical moment, just do it, don't talk nonsense, or you will end up dying from talking too much.
Without getting an answer, Wei Qiuyu felt unwilling to give up, and the light in her eyes gradually faded. She knew that this time she probably couldn't make it. In her final moments, Wei Qiuyu repented. This is not a society ruled by law. No one here will tell you, "Although I don't agree with your point of view, I will defend your right to speak." No one will say that illegitimate children have the same rights as legitimate children. No one will say that in love, the one who is not loved is the third party, not the one who comes later.
It turns out that the afterlife is the best protection for people like them, because there, no matter what they do, as long as they don't break the law, their lives will not be in danger. Moral flaws are irrelevant as long as they are thick-skinned enough. Even if they continue to oppose certain people, they can't do anything to them. Unfortunately, she realized it too late.
When Wang Lang was invited to Wei's house on West Street, Wei Qiuyu had already died with blood oozing from all seven orifices.
Cuixiang led the servants to kneel in the yard, waiting for Wang Lang's decision.
Wang Lang had no time to pay attention to them. After having the doctor he had invited examine Wei Qiuyu's body, he concluded that Wei Qiuyu had been poisoned by a highly toxic poison that took effect quickly. Unless a doctor was present and could provide prompt treatment, she would likely be saved. However, in most cases, the poisoned person would have already died before the doctor arrived.
After Wei Qiuyu died, Wang Lang naturally wanted to investigate. However, his investigation led him directly to his wife.
Wang Lang returned to the main courtyard of the palace with a sullen face, and Lei Qian was already waiting for him.
"Did you have someone poison Wei Qiuyu?"
"So what?"
"Why?"
"You still have the nerve to ask me why? Wei Qiuyu is pregnant, she deserves it!"
Wang Lang felt his heart pounding. "If you suspected she was pregnant, why not give her an abortion pill? Why did you take her life? Don't you know she's useful to me?"
Wang Lang was very angry. Lei Qian had no idea that she had poisoned Wei Qiuyu to death, and what he had lost! But Wang Lang had a premonition that he had lost something very important.
Lei Qian looked up at him and said sarcastically, "Useful? What's the use? In what way?"
Wang Lang was speechless. What should he say?
"Of course I hated her, that's why I killed her. How can just letting her lose her child alleviate the hatred in my heart?"
"You're crazy!"
"Yes, I'm crazy! What did you say when you took her with you? You said you two wouldn't have that kind of relationship, that she would be useful to you. And then, you two ended up together when I was at my lowest point!"
"It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. She's just a concubine. Does that bother you in any way?"
"That's perfectly normal, but you can marry anyone, but not Wei Qiuyu! If you marry Wei Qiuyu, you're cheating on my feelings! I hate being cheated on the most in my life! Now that she's dead, and I admit I was the one who poisoned her, just tell me what you think!"
What should he do? What can he do? If he lets Lei Qian die, can Wei Qiuyu be resurrected? No, and he still has to manage Qiannan, so Wei Qiuyu's matter needs to be reduced to a small matter!
North
After General Huo announced the marriage between the Huo family and Xing Changfeng, the soldiers from the northern border quickly became angry with the soldiers brought by Yu Chen. The soldiers from the northern border were very curious about everything in Yichun, and the generals were even more curious about what Yu Chen had said to the commander of the Western Rong that made the other party withdraw its troops.
Yu Chen was so frustrated that he could only ask, "Do you all still remember why Xirong launched the war in the first place?"
"It seems that Xirong is dissatisfied with the quality of the official salt traded to them by Daliang?"
Yu Chen nodded, "It's very simple for the Western Rong to withdraw, it's because our general agreed to trade them the salt they wanted at the price of official salt. Of course, the most important thing is that this war has lasted long enough, and you are not spineless. After more than half a year of stalemate, you didn't let the other side advance much towards Daliang. When the Western Rong found that there was no advantage to be gained, they naturally agreed to withdraw." Yu Chen did not take all the credit, but attributed most of the credit to the soldiers, and even gave a small compliment to the generals present.
The generals present thought his words were pleasing to the ear, and many of them proudly declared, "As long as the Huo family army defends the northern border, the Western Rong will never be able to enter the Central Plains from the northern border!"
Huo Bing: "Wait, Xirong wants that kind of high-quality iodized salt, right?"
The other side had previously been clamoring for this salt, and the court refused to provide it, so they launched an attack. The Western Rong received Yu Chen's promise to withdraw their troops, which means that the Western Rong were very satisfied with the salt that Yu Chen agreed to trade them. Could the salt that Yu Chen agreed to trade be the kind he had in mind?
This speculation made him breathe faster.
Yu Chen smiled and said, "You should have guessed it. Yes, the premium iodized salt is indeed a product of our Yichun Juntun."
The generals present were all surprised when they heard this. They really didn't expect that the high-quality iodized salt was also made by the Yichun City Lord's Mansion? In this way, the court's strict control over salt and iron was completely useless to Yichun.
Huo Bing had a blank expression on his face. No, he didn't guess it. He only dared to guess that the other party had the contact information of the owner of the salt field who produced the high-quality iodized salt. He never expected that Xing Changfeng and the others themselves were the owners of the salt field.
Yichun
After the Huo family agreed to fulfill the marriage contract and marry Huo Wei to their general, Yu Chen sent someone to send the news back to Yichun as quickly as possible.
Upon receiving the news, Yao Chunnuan happily told the members of the City Lord's Mansion present, "The Huo family has agreed to the marriage! Also, the Xirong troops have withdrawn."
The Huo family agreed to the marriage, which not only meant that their Yichun's strength would increase greatly with the marriage, but also that they had dealt a double blow to Daliang.
Everyone was very happy to hear the news.
"The Northern Di have retreated, the Western Rong have withdrawn, and the North is now completely pacified. The Southern Barbarians are the most cunning and treacherous. Just wait and see, the Northern Barbarians will definitely retreat as well."
Yao Chunnuan looked at the map. As long as they could connect with Jiachuan and capture Huanhua, they could connect with the northern border and dominate the northern region. In this way, one-seventh of Daliang's territory would be in their hands.
Later, Yao Chunnuan also received the news of Wei Qiuyu's death.
When dealing with Wei Qiuyu, Han Chaosheng felt that he could make the decision, but now that the result is out, he should inform his master.
Upon seeing this secret letter, Yao Chunnuan was silent for a moment. Wei Qiuyu was dead? Or was she poisoned to death by Lei Qian? After reading the letter carefully, Yao Chunnuan felt that Wei Qiuyu's fate was inevitable. But the key point still lay with Wang Lang. If Wang Lang wanted to use Wei Qiuyu, he shouldn't have slept with her.
Yao Chunnuan had never expected Wang Lang to get involved with her. But thinking about Wei Qiuyu's behavior in later life, it seemed like she was in the right place. After all, after she was poisoned and silenced, Wang Lang was the most powerful person around her. Even if Wang Lang had no such intentions, Wei Qiuyu would have devised a plan to capture him, and it was entirely reasonable for Wei Qiuyu to become Wang Lang's mistress. Furthermore, Wei Qiuyu plotted against Wang Lang because she felt insecure, a consequence of Wang Lang's failure to grant her the necessary power.
In addition, it is normal that Lei Qian cannot tolerate Wei Qiuyu. When she married Wang Lang, she was still resentful of Wei Qiuyu as Wang Lang's ex-wife. She wanted to kill her for a while, but she finally used some means to transfer the couple away from Yichun before the resentment settled.
Wang Lang didn't love Lei Qian. He wasn't promiscuous in matters of the sexes, but he wasn't very self-disciplined either. He probably didn't care, thinking such things were unimportant. But Lei Qian did care. A woman like Lei Qian wouldn't tolerate any other beautiful women around Wang Lang.
It is not surprising that the personalities and methods of these three people led to such a result.
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