Jiang Songyi never expected that Jiang Dinglian would actually hunt a bear for her just because she mentioned it casually that day.
"You just need to answer me, do you have bear paws?" Jiang Dinglian picked up the bear's arm and waved it, splashing blood everywhere.
Xu finally lost her patience and gave Jiang Dinglian a gentle push. However, Jiang Dinglian couldn't help but cry out in pain and gasp.
Xu looked at the blood oozing from his back, staining her palm, and asked in astonishment, "Are you hurt?"
Jiang Songyi also looked over following the voice.
Without further ado, Xu tore off Jiang Dinglian's dark outer robe, revealing a large area of his white inner garment stained with blood. Scratches left by the bear's paws and blurred flesh and blood were faintly visible through the torn cloth, which was a shocking sight.
"It's just a flesh wound. If you hadn't pushed me just now, it would have healed long ago."
Jiang Dinglian pulled his outer robe back to cover the wound, and did not forget to tease Xu.
Jiang Songyi suddenly turned around and walked straight into Xu's room. After a moment, she took out a bottle of Yulu ointment and threw it to Jiang Dinglian.
Jiang Dinglian raised his eyebrows and looked at Jiang Songyi in confusion.
Jiang Songyi turned away and said calmly, "This is a good medicine for scar removal."
[This Jade Dew Cream was meticulously developed by my master in his previous life. It not only smoothes the skin, eliminates blemishes, and repairs scars, but is also an excellent elixir for healing wounds.]
Jiang Dinglian thought to himself that the name sounded rather like something women might use for facial masks, suggesting a certain feminine, delicate quality. He didn't take it too seriously. After all, in the military, he had long been accustomed to using the finest healing herbs for wounds.
However, this was ultimately out of his daughter's sincere concern, so he gladly accepted it and hid the medicine in his arms with a smile.
Jiang Yuyao watched Jiang Songyi, Jiang Dinglian and the Xu family laughing and talking happily, feeling like she was an unnecessary bystander.
She felt unwilling in her heart. Although she did not have much affection for the Yongding Marquis Mansion, the warmth and respect that originally belonged to her were now easily taken away by others. This feeling of loss made her feel extremely tormented.
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In the past, Xia Zhiyu always liked to rely on her cousin Hao Ren's status to contradict Jiang Shu. However, ever since she became Hao Ren's concubine, she began to strictly abide by the duties of a concubine and often came to pay her respects to Jiang Shu.
Jiang Shu was already more than seven months pregnant at this time. As long as Xia Zhiyu came to pay her respects, she would see her, without any worry that Xia Zhiyu would have any bad intentions towards her.
After all, she is currently taking the medicine that Jiang Songyi carefully prepared for her to dissolve the resentment in the fetus. The fetus in her belly is destined to be difficult to preserve. If Xia Zhiyu really has malicious intentions, he can only be regarded as walking into a trap.
Xia Zhiyu suddenly asked curiously, "Madam, your pregnancy is now stable. Are you feeling a little tired of staying in the Marquis' Mansion all day?"
Jiang Shu replied lazily, "That's why I asked you to come and help me relieve my boredom."
Xia Zhiyu suddenly felt like he had become a monkey for people's entertainment.
She temporarily suppressed Jiang Shu's sarcasm, stared at Jiang Shu's abdomen, and asked, "Madam, aren't you curious about whether it's a boy or a girl?"
Jiang Shu gently stroked her belly and said calmly: "I have figured it out. It makes no difference whether it is a boy or a girl."
Jiang Songyi nodded slightly and added, "That's true. She is destined to have a hard time surviving anyway." In the name of his master, he prepared a potion for Jiang Shu these past few days to dissolve the resentment in the fetus. He came to visit her from time to time to ensure the stability of the medicine's efficacy.
Whenever Xia Zhiyu stepped into the mansion, Jiang Shu would always let her sit by her side, under the pretext of guiding her on how to properly handle the delicate relationship with the concubine.
In fact, what Jiang Shu had in mind was nothing more than a wonderful drama.
Xia Zhiyu was somewhat stunned. She tried her best to correct Jiang Shu's misunderstanding. "Madam, the difference between boys and girls cannot be underestimated. If your baby is a boy, then he will be the heir to the Duke's Mansion! I've heard that there's a fortune teller in the capital known as a half-immortal. His skill in deducing the sex of a baby is even better than the accuracy of the imperial physician's pulse diagnosis. Why not seek his help? What do you think?"
However, Jiang Shu had no interest in this proposal. As Jiang Songyi said, a baby destined to die, whether it was a boy or a girl, was irrelevant. She also had no intention of raising a child for Hao Ren and shouldering the heavy responsibility of a mother.
Xia Zhiyu has been repeatedly trying to invite Jiang Shu out lately. Could it be that she has ulterior motives and is trying to frame Jiang Shu for a miscarriage?
abortion?
This thought suddenly stirred up a ripple in Jiang Shu's heart.
She is struggling to find a reasonable reason for abortion!
At present, she lives in the Yongding Marquis Mansion. As a married daughter living in her brother's house, she has already caused her brother a lot of troubles. Naturally, it is inconvenient for her brother to bear all the troubles for her.
But if Hao Ren's cousin took action secretly, the situation would be very different!
If she met with misfortune, such as miscarriage or child loss, her brother would have ample reason to hold Hao Ren accountable!
"This half-immortal's divination skills are actually better than those of the imperial physician? I'd like to meet him. Songyi, please come with me."
Out of caution, Jiang Shu decided to bring Jiang Songyi along as a companion.
"That's great." Jiang Songyi readily agreed, because he loved watching a good show.
Xia Zhiyu was overjoyed and immediately led Jiang Shu and Jiang Songyi onto the carriage and rushed to an inn in the capital.
"That master has been traveling around and is currently staying in this inn. However, his schedule is irregular, so we might as well wait patiently in the next room." Xia Zhiyu led Jiang Shu and Jiang Songyi into a guest room, his eyes flashing with uncontrollable excitement.
However, the person living next door was not some demigod, but Liao Qianqian!
While staying at the Duke's Mansion, Liao Qianqian harassed Jiang Shu's brother every night, leaving Jiang Shu alone in the empty room, feeling lonely and desolate.
Xia Zhiyu was deeply conflicted. She didn't dare expose Liao's actions, fearing that doing so would provoke Hao Ren's dislike for her. Therefore, she could only choose to endure it silently, secretly adding several maids to take care of Liao, preventing her from having secret meetings with Hao Ren in the Duke's Mansion.
As expected, Liao Qianqian took the initiative to move out of the mansion shortly afterwards and moved into an inn in the capital.
However, this behavior caused Hao Ren to often stay out all night and spend the whole day having fun with Liao in the inn.
Xia Zhiyu endured the inner torment, and the handkerchief in her hand had been torn into pieces. Finally, she made up her mind and decided to use Jiang Shu to expose the true face of Liao!
In this way, she could not only use Jiang Shu to deal with Liao, eliminating the possibility of Liao entering the Marquisate as a second wife and suppressing her in the future, but also make her cousin bear a grudge against Jiang Shu instead of herself. More likely, Jiang Shu accidentally miscarried in this incident, cutting off her only chance of giving birth to an heir!
Xia Zhiyu was secretly delighted, thinking that this move of his was like shooting three arrows at a time, killing two birds with one stone!
The moonlight shines on the tops of the willow trees, and the shadows of the bamboo are reflected on the windows.
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