Chapter 54 How can you have a child if you can't get erectile dysfunction?
In the afternoon, Chen Jinghe arrived as scheduled with the official from the Ministry of Rites, and they also brought three horse-drawn carriages.
Without saying a word, the guards went straight in and started moving things, leaving Tao Tao completely bewildered.
The doctor cupped his hands and smiled, "You must be Miss Tao from the Tao family, right?"
She nodded: "Exactly."
Chen Jinghe stood behind her with his arms crossed, occasionally directing the guards to keep an eye on the items in the shop.
"You don't need to worry. At the latest, the supervisor of the Taifu Temple's miscellaneous purchasing affairs will come with the agreement and silver before evening. The prices of these items will be based on your market prices."
"This is so fair and just. His Majesty is leaving tomorrow, and preparations are in a hurry, so I'll take these with me first."
Tao Tao returned the greeting with a cupped hand: "It's alright."
Seeing that the shop was almost empty, she suddenly felt that having a powerful backer wouldn't be so bad.
The large-scale relocation attracted the attention of many neighbors, who were filled with surprise and curiosity, wondering if the Tao family was going out of business and planning to start over elsewhere.
As the carriage drove further and further away, she turned to Chen Jinghe and asked, "Is your Fourth Master going along too?"
He knew what she was asking in an instant.
"Of course I'll go. What? You really admire our Fourth Master?"
He increasingly felt that this young lady had ill intentions. She was trying to find out Fourth Master's preferences and whereabouts, and nothing seemed right.
Tao Tao took a deep breath, speechless. "Do you really think your Fourth Master is some kind of hot commodity? Just ask yourself honestly, if you were me, wouldn't you have any improper thoughts about him?"
If she were me…
Chen Jinghe stroked his chin, standing at the doorway deep in thought.
Less than two seconds later, he suddenly shivered. This was even under the bright sunshine. He thought that she was a woman and that he might have been deceived by her face at first.
However, if I were to witness his methods, I would definitely stay as far away from him as possible.
"Okay, you're right."
Thinking to myself, "Fourth Master, I'm sorry, it's not that I don't want to stand by your side."
After he left, the stall owners who loved watching the excitement couldn't help but come forward to find out what had happened. Tao Tao told them the truth, which immediately made them so envious that they beat their chests in envy.
The news quickly reached the ears of the other three funeral parlor owners, who were so angry that they couldn't even eat.
Tao Tao took a broom and went out to sweep the area in front of the door when she suddenly heard people talking.
"Liu Rong was beheaded in the marketplace, and surprisingly, no one disposed of his body..."
"That Liu Rong is cunning and lazy, a good-for-nothing. He finally married such a formidable wife, and he went crazy and killed her too. Tsk tsk tsk..."
The man was very disappointed; wasn't having a wife who could earn money enough?
"If you ask me, Liu Rong didn't do anything wrong. It's all because this Lady Liu committed one of the seven grounds for divorce! Not having children is the biggest crime! Isn't that cutting off the family line?"
"Why doesn't he just divorce his wife? Why pretend to be all lovey-dovey?"
"Are you stupid?! The land deed for this tofu shop is in Liu Niangzi's hands, and only Liu Niangzi knows how to make good tofu. If you divorce your wife, the mother and son will starve!"
"But I heard that he brought a mistress into the family, and they had a son. Why didn't they collect Liu Rong's body?"
One of the men asked, puzzled.
"Who knows? Maybe she's already run away. What kind of woman could she be if she became a mistress? It must be because Liu Rong gave her a lot of money before he died that she didn't get away."
His tone was both disdainful and sarcastic.
“I’ve seen her from afar before, and her figure, her waist and hips, are indeed more attractive than Liu Niangzi’s.”
"How do they compare to the women of the Spring Candle Pavilion?"
"I think it's a good idea."
Another burst of lewd laughter, accompanied by vulgar words, truly offended the ears of others.
Whoosh!
"You little shrew! What are you doing?!"
A large basin of dirty water was suddenly splashed at their feet, and they picked up a lot of dust and mud, which dirtied their trouser legs.
The man looked down at his dirty pants, then looked up and glared angrily at Tao Tao, who was holding a wooden basin.
"I'm sorry, the officials came to my shop to buy sacrificial items and emptied it out. I'm just taking this opportunity to clean up."
Tao Tao's lips curled up in a forced smile, her eyes gleaming with coldness.
Remembering how familiar the official and she had been talking, the group suppressed their anger and left dejectedly with grim expressions.
Watching their departing figures, she pondered for a moment, thinking of that woman's child.
Aunt Liu was imprisoned, and Liu Rong was beheaded and his head displayed in public. Regardless of the circumstances, he was the father of the child, so there was no reason not to prepare the body for burial.
But Tu Miaoling said that Liu Rong was impotent, so how did this child come about?
She was really curious, so she turned around, put down her things, closed the shop, and walked onto the street. When she passed the tofu shop, the door was closed.
When she arrived at Liu Rong's door, she reached out and knocked.
Fangyun, who was looting the place inside, suddenly stopped, glanced at the child sitting on the chair eating pastries, and limped carefully into the yard.
The days I spent in prison were not only physically painful, but also a source of psychological trauma.
Fortunately, she had a child. It was because of this child, and because Liu Rong firmly believed that she had nothing to do with this matter, that the government sentenced her to ten strokes of the cane. However, considering the young child, she was released after the beating.
The knocking continued, unhurried and not sounding like someone was there to cause trouble.
She was afraid that Liu Rong might be in debt and wouldn't dare to open the door. Anyway, she had the land deed for the tofu shop, so she simply ignored it and turned to go inside.
Suddenly, a clear and pleasant voice came from outside the door.
“I know there are people inside. I am Tao Tao, the young lady of the Tao family.”
Fangyun stopped in her tracks, staring at the doorway with resentment.
It was that arrogant young lady who slapped her twice!
What's this unlucky thing doing here! Is it here to laugh at us? She'd like to see what it's up to.
She walked over angrily, but the movement pulled at the wound on her buttocks, causing her to gasp in shock.
With no other option, he limped slowly over, opened the door angrily, his eyes wide with hatred as he glared at the young woman before him.
"What are you doing here? Did you come to see me make a fool of myself?!"
"Isn't Liu Rong the father of your child? Why don't you go and prepare the body for burial?"
Fangyun's face stiffened, and she said in a very aggressive tone, "None of your business!"
Tao Tao glanced inside and saw the messy courtyard, as if it had been ransacked, and immediately guessed the intention of the person in front of her.
"You're leaving?!"
She didn't answer, rolled her eyes, and was about to close the door.
“That child isn’t Liu Rong’s child at all. He gave you the land deed for the tofu shop, but you didn’t even wait for your mother-in-law to come out, nor did you collect his body. Do you think he might come looking for you in the middle of the night?”
Fangyun's face instantly turned pale, her eyes filled with shock, and she cried out in disbelief, "How did you know?"
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