"Second Master..." Qiao Lian looked at the hurried Wen Tingbai and became more and more frightened. She was worried and watched Wen Tingbai leave his yard.
There are always people guarding the courtyards of wealthy families at night, and it is no exception in the concubine's room. Moreover, it is not late that day, and the maids and servants who are usually busy have not rested yet, and just watched Wen Tingbai go out.
Cui Xiaoxiao, who was in the west courtyard of Lanyuan Courtyard, was the first to hear Tianxiang's message. "Auntie, I just passed by Auntie Qiaolian's courtyard and heard that Master Bai went to the courtyard to eat today and was originally going to stay overnight."
Tianxiang looked around and, seeing no one around, leaned forward and whispered, "But Mr. Bai came back a short while after entering the room, saying he had some official business in the study. When he came out, his face was so dark it was scary."
"Wen Tingbai, you've come to this day." Cui Xiaoxiao heard this and a pleased smile appeared on her face. "From now on, my child will be his only child. He will definitely have a share of the wealth and glory of this mansion."
"Auntie, Master Bai has an adopted son." Tianxiang reminded Cui Xiaoxiao, "That's also Master Bai's child."
"How can an adopted son compare to a biological one?" Cui Xiaoxiao snorted coldly. "That old man is the only one who wants to find him an adopted son. Once his biological child is born, there will be no need for an adopted son. Then he can just find an excuse to give up the adoption."
Cui Xiaoxiao never kept her mouth shut, and she didn't expect that while she was speaking, a figure flashed by outside.
As Cui Xiaoxiao spoke, another idea came to her mind. "Go out quietly and spread this news. Say that Mr. Bai is inhumane. The more people know, the better. Then no one in the entire capital will dare to marry him, and our good days will come."
"Yes." Tianxiang responded, turned around and went out to busy herself.
The news about the Marquis Zhongping's Mansion spread quickly. Wen Tingbai heard the servants gossiping and went to find Qiao Lian in anger.
"Second Master..." Qiao Lian stood beside the table, feeling a bit apprehensive. "Why did Second Master come here so suddenly?"
"Why am I here all of a sudden?" Wen Tingbai's face was filled with anger. He strode forward and slapped Qiao Lian's pretty face twice. "I really gave you face, but you actually dared to go out and say that I'm inhumane. Who gave you the courage?"
"Second Master, I didn't..." Qiao Lian said with horror, covering her face where she had just been slapped. "I haven't left the house all day. Heaven and earth can bear witness, Second Master, I haven't said a single bad word about you."
"If you hadn't said it, how could it have spread so widely outside?" Wen Tingbai's face was dark, and he didn't believe what Qiao Lian said at all.
"Second Master, I don't know. I don't know why it spread outside." Qiao Lian's eyes were blurred with tears, and she looked a little pitiful. "Second Master, how dare I say anything bad about you? I'm afraid it was the servant in the yard who spread the rumor. It's really not me..."
Although Wen Tingbo still had some doubts, seeing Qiao Lian's tearful face, he turned his head to look at the servants in Qiao Lian's yard and said, "Sell all of these, don't keep any."
"Yes..." Qiao Lian kowtowed to Wen Tingbo with tears in her eyes. Now, as long as Wen Tingbo didn't sell her out, everything would be fine.
People were coming and going in the yard. There were four maids in Qiao Lian's room, all of whom were crying heart-wrenchingly, alarming many people in the mansion.
When Mrs. Wang heard about Wen Tingbai's situation, she rushed over in a hurry.
Mrs. Wang looked at her son and the tied-up maids and asked in panic, "What's going on?"
"They went out and spread rumors and caused trouble, ruining my reputation, and then sold them all out." Wen Tingbai looked at Madam Wang with a dark face and said, "Mother must have heard those rumors too."
"There's no smoke without fire. How did those rumors come about?" Madam Wang looked at her son and finally said those two unpleasant words, "Son, you're not really..."
Wen Tingbo couldn't stand hearing this the most. He immediately flew into a rage, "Mother, how could you doubt your son based on rumors outside?"
"They are just some false rumors. Mother, don't take them to heart. Once these maids are sold, the rumors will stop." Wen Tingbai said, and left the yard with a dark face, leaving Mrs. Wang and Qiao Lian kneeling on the ground crying.
No one knows a child better than his mother. Mrs. Wang's heart immediately sank. She walked over to Qiao Lian and looked at her with complicated eyes. "Qiao Lian, tell me, Tingbai..."
Qiao Lian looked up at Madam Wang in fear and said, "I didn't say anything. I didn't say anything at all, Madam. I have never said a single bad word about the Second Master to anyone outside."
When Mrs. Wang heard Qiao Lian say this, she knew that what Qiao Lian said was true.
Unable to bear it, Madam Wang took two steps back, gripping the doorframe as she spoke tremblingly, "I was originally thinking of finding him a new marriage. It was already difficult to find a husband, and now it's even harder."
Wen Tingbai returned to his study and began practicing calligraphy, but soon he pushed all the books on the table away in frustration, "Ruiqing, come in!"
Wen Tingbai's personal servant heard the call and hurried into the room, "Second Master is calling me."
"Go find me a doctor." Wen Tingbai's face was now very ugly. "Remember to find a doctor secretly, don't let anyone see you."
"I understand, Second Master."
Ruiqing went out to call a doctor for Wen Tingbo, and the doctor arrived soon.
Wen Tingbai looked at the doctor who was taking his pulse and asked anxiously, "Doctor, what's wrong with me now? How did I get this disease? Can I get better?"
The doctor looked at Wen Tingbai, frowning, and said in a deep voice, "Second Master's current symptoms seem to be caused by poisoning. I know there is a medicine in this world called the root-killing medicine. Taking this medicine can make a man inhumane. I'm afraid that Second Master took this medicine."
"What?" Wen Tingbai stood up in panic, "Is there any way to break this medicine?"
The doctor looked at Wen Tingbai and shook his head woodenly. "I'm afraid there's no other way. This medicine takes effect quickly and has a strong effect. Once you take it, it's a lifelong condition."
Wen Tingbo's face was now extremely ugly. He reached out and grabbed the cup on the table, but in a moment the cup broke into pieces.
Seeing this, the doctor quickly picked up a few pleasant words and offered, "If Second Master takes good care of himself and then seeks out a famous doctor in the capital, I'm afraid there's still a chance of recovery."
Wen Tingbai coughed twice and said, "Doctor, please don't tell anyone about what happened today."
"Of course." The doctor bowed repeatedly and left the Marquis Zhongping's Mansion.
Wen Tingbai sat on a chair in the study, looking out with a gloomy face, "Investigate, find out who drugged me! I, Wen Tingbai, will definitely not coexist with him."
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