"Father, please go and find the royal physician to examine Mother!"
Upon hearing this, the Marquis of Zhenbei sighed and said, "Wanqing, your father... how could he not wish for you to be recognized as ancestors and return to your clan?"
"Don't be sad yet. Just bear with it for a few more months. After the exams in August, the spring imperial examinations will be held next February. At that time, your father will definitely give you and your mother a legitimate status."
"No!" Zou Wanqing screamed, "Father, I don't want to! Why can that bastard openly claim my status as the legitimate daughter? While I, the legitimate daughter, have to live a wretched life here..."
"Smack!"
A crisp slap landed, the echo reverberating inside the room.
The Marquis of Zhenbei stared blankly at his hands, momentarily stunned.
Zou Wanqing covered her face, looking at the Marquis of Zhenbei in a daze, "Father, you hit me?"
"I..." Zhenbei panicked, and he said helplessly, "Wanqing, Father didn't mean it."
"Just now, Dad..."
"Waaaaah, Father, you hit me!" Zou Wanqing burst into tears, shoved the Marquis of Zhenbei away, and roared, "Get out! You're not my father!"
"You'd rather love that bastard than have me, your own daughter."
"In that case, I will never write poems for my brother again!"
As soon as Zou Wanqing finished speaking, the Marquis of Zhenbei panicked even more.
Not writing poetry? How can that be acceptable?
He knelt down and hugged Zou Wanqing. "Good daughter, Father didn't mean it. Father apologizes."
"Father has been enduring Ye Lanyin's arrogance to protect you."
“Now your elder brother is about to become the top scholar in the imperial examination, and His Majesty likes him very much. Your father does not want any trouble at this time.”
"Father promises you, he'll secretly add you to the family genealogy, okay?"
Upon hearing this, Zou Wanqing asked excitedly, "Is what Father said true?"
"Really, Father will write your name on the book tonight."
Zou Wanqing could no longer contain her excitement and hugged the Marquis of Zhenbei.
When Zou Wanqing smelled the stench of his sweat, she almost vomited.
"Father, that's wonderful."
"Then, will you continue writing poems for your brother?"
"good."
Marquis Zhenbei breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes flickered slightly as he thought of the family genealogy.
Zou Wanqing looked at the woman on the bed and did not want to help her.
But she is still young, and not having a mother is not a solution; she needs the status of a legitimate daughter.
"Father, could you please call the royal physician?"
"The imperial physician has been out of the manor for the past few days." Marquis Zhenbei was also puzzled, wondering where the physician had gone.
"What should we do? Mother is unconscious and has a high fever." Zou Wanqing looked at the Marquis of Zhenbei with concern. "Father, why don't you go outside and ask someone for help?"
The Marquis of Zhenbei sighed and said apologetically:
"Wanqing, it's not that your father doesn't want to invite you, it's just that the Marquis's mansion doesn't have much money left."
"When your elder brother got married, the dowry was twice as much as usual. After finally bringing the bride into the family, there was a problem with the food, and all the remaining money was used to buy food from Hongxinglou."
"Wanqing, your father's salary has not yet been paid. I am truly willing but unable to do so."
Zou Wanqing hurriedly said, "Father, that... is called Ye Lanyin. Ye Lanyin has money."
Upon hearing Ye Lanyin's name, the Marquis of Zhenbei recalled what had happened yesterday.
But now that Zou Shuang'er is in a coma, he can't get any information from her.
"She won't take it. Your mother is a concubine, how could the legal wife possibly save a concubine?"
"You vicious woman!" Zou Wanqing cursed viciously.
Marquis Zhenbei thought for a moment and said, "Father, I've heard there's a method that works very well. Why don't we give it a try?"
"What method?"
"Use feces!"
Marquis Zhenbei didn't want this either, but he really had no money left. He needed to bribe Lin Shixuan with the remaining money, so this was the only solution he could come up with.
Zou Wanqing glanced at her mother on the bed, and finally gritted her teeth and made a firm decision.
"A daughter listens to her father."
As long as she wakes up, that's all that matters. Zou Shuang'er can't die.
…
at night.
Liu Ruyan, wearing a thin gauze undergarment, nestled against Lin Shixuan's back.
Feeling his intense body temperature, Liu Ruyan trembled slightly.
"My husband," she called softly, her delicate fingers touching his firm chest.
Lin Shixuan reached out, took her fair hand in his, and slowly turned around.
Looking at the delicate woman in front of him, Lin Shixuan couldn't help but cup her face in his hands.
"Ruyan, where did you go today?"
Liu Ruyan was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "I went to pay my respects to my mother today."
"Anything else?"
"there is none left."
"Really none left?" Lin Shixuan asked again in a low voice.
"I... am gone."
Upon hearing this, Lin Shixuan suddenly pushed her away. Liu Ruyan was caught off guard and fell heavily against the wall behind her.
Liu Ruyan let out a muffled groan.
"Did you go and beat someone up today?"
"How did you know, my husband? Did Cuiyun tell you?" Liu Ruyan retorted, her face filled with anger.
"no."
"You hit Father's concubine. Do you really think no one saw it?"
"That concubine was my father's darling, how dare you lay a hand on her? You caused her to fall into a coma and be bedridden, what were your intentions?"
As he spoke, Lin Shixuan stepped into the bed, half-squatting down and grabbing Liu Ruyan's chin. "Do you want to kill her?"
Liu Ruyan quickly explained, "No, no, my husband, she ruined our wedding banquet first, and I was so angry that I went to teach her a lesson."
"I didn't cause her to fall into a coma; she already had a fever."
Upon hearing this, Lin Shixuan increased the pressure on his hand and said viciously, "You knew she had a fever, yet you still went to teach her a lesson. Liu Ruyan, I must have been blind to have fallen for such a vicious woman like you."
"If anything happens to her, I will never let you off the hook!"
After saying that, he forcefully shook off Liu Ruyan's chin.
Then he got out of bed, grabbed the clothes beside him, and stormed out the door.
Liu Ruyan cried out, "My husband..."
Seeing this, Cuiyun, who was outside the door, hurriedly ran in.
"Young Madam, what's wrong? What's the young master doing out?"
Liu Ruyan glared at Cuiyun and said angrily, "It's all your fault! If it weren't for your terrible idea, my husband wouldn't have treated me like this."
"Get out! Get out of here!"
Cuiyun was terrified, fearing that Liu Ruyan would blame her again, and quickly left the room.
Liu Ruyan sat in her seat and cried sadly for a long time, then thought about what had happened that day.
Suddenly, she remembered what Zou Shuang'er had said—'If Lin Shixuan finds out, he definitely won't let you off the hook.'
She suddenly came to her senses.
Could it be that she and Lin Shixuan are secretly in love?
It's not impossible; she and Lin Shixuan were...
Thinking of this, Liu Ruyan trembled uncontrollably.
No wonder, no wonder Zou Shuang'er ruined her own wedding banquet, so that's why!
Lin Shixuan took the clothes and went straight to the study, intending to rest.
Suddenly, a figure crawled out from under the bed and grabbed Lin Shixuan by the neck.
"who!"
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