The story was a bit long, and Xingxing listened with great interest, but Bai Yue'e and her child couldn't stay in the carriage forever; they needed to find a doctor to examine them.
Madam Yan, who was standing to the side, also didn't have the patience to listen to Bai Yushuang's account of how Master Yan and Bai Yue'e met, fell in love, and got married. She wasn't stupid; she had realized early on that this little girl had a high status. She knew that the little girl was there to support Bai Yue'e, that bitch.
Given the circumstances, Madam Yan decided to suppress her desire to deal with Bai Yue'e for now. She would wait until the girl left before looking for an opportunity to confront her directly. There was no need to confront her head-on at the moment.
Seeing that Madam Yan was about to leave, Xingxing didn't have anyone stop her. She took Bai Yushuang's hand and got into the carriage, saying in a soft voice, "Auntie, don't worry. I'll have someone find a doctor to check on Aunt Yue'e. She'll be fine. Let's talk as we go. You said you fled to Qingyang Prefecture and then met Master Yan here. And then what?"
Bai Yushuang looked at the little girl's big, watery eyes, which were full of gossip, and felt a little amused. However, the little girl had helped her a lot along the way, so she had nothing to hide.
"Back then, we fell off a cliff and got separated from our families. After finding an exit from the cliff, we didn't know where we ended up. Eventually, we wandered around with other refugees until we reached Qingyang Prefecture. At that time, I was badly injured; half of my face was mangled, and I had a broken leg. It was Yue'e who gritted her teeth and carried me all the way to Qingyang Prefecture."
It's so hard for her, a frail woman. We had no money or food; she was the one begging in Qingyang Prefecture to support us both. But my injuries are getting worse, and the doctor said I'd die if I didn't get treatment soon. She's at her wit's end.
She washed her face, hung a sign on her body, and said she wanted to sell herself to me for medical treatment. You saw how beautiful Yue'e is; such a beautiful young woman would naturally find buyers. But she doesn't want to sell herself in a brothel; she only wants to sell herself to a respectable family, even as a concubine. This is her final insistence.
Later, the madam of the brothel took a liking to her. Two years ago, Yue'e was already twenty-three years old. Although the madam thought she was a bit too old, she was really beautiful and gentle, the kind of delicate and gentle that many men liked. The madam and her men forcibly tried to buy her.
Bai Yue'e resisted fiercely, broke free from the thugs' restraints, and seeing a carriage approaching, she lunged at it, flying through the air and leaving a large pool of blood on the ground as she fell.
Seeing that someone had died, the madam cursed her bad luck inwardly and quickly left with her men. The owner of the carriage got off and took Bai Yue'e to the clinic for treatment.
The owner of the carriage was Master Yan, a wealthy merchant who had just turned fifty. He had a refined appearance and did not have the typical merchant's stench of money. Instead, he had a scholarly air about him, a kind nature, and a good heart.
Master Yan saved Bai Yue'e. Bai Yue'e knew he was a kind-hearted person. With nowhere else to turn, she cried and begged him to take her in, saying she would do anything for him and ask him to save her sister. She promised to deduct the cost of her sister's medical treatment from her monthly allowance.
At that time, Master Yan smiled gently and said, "You are quite clever. You not only asked me to help you, but also to help your sister get treatment, and in the end, you even found yourself a job. I've become the sucker."
He knew perfectly well what was going on, but he wasn't angry about it. He still took Bai Yue'e in. At that time, Master Yan was doing business in Qingyang Prefecture and stayed there for half a year. Bai Yue'e had become his personal maid.
Half a year later, Bai Yushuang's injuries had healed, but her leg was still a little lame. They had nowhere to go and could only continue to rely on Master Yan.
Bai Yue'e and Master Yan spent their days together and gradually developed feelings for each other, but neither of them confessed their feelings at first. When Master Yan finished his business in Qingyang Prefecture and was about to return to Xiyan City, Bai Yue'e felt uncertain.
Master Yan has a legal wife, and I've heard he also has two concubines. If she goes back with him, I wonder what the situation will be like.
After a restless night, Bai Yue'e made a decision. That night, she offered herself as a concubine to Master Yan. She knelt before Master Yan and said, "I dare not hide it from you, Master. I am afraid that after returning to Xiyan City, no one will protect my sister and me. It is not easy for my sister and me to survive until now. I want to find a backer. I love you, Master. If you are also interested in me, please accept me."
At that time, Master Yan just sighed softly. Although he had a legal wife and two concubines, he didn't have much romantic feeling for them. He only had needs. He needed a wife and someone to help him have children.
He never imagined that he would fall in love with a woman at the age of fifty. Bai Yue'e was beautiful, and he liked her appearance as well as her gentle and graceful nature. In fact, he had long intended to take her as his concubine.
However, the two were twenty-seven years apart in age, and he felt it would be unfair to her to take her as a concubine. Master Yan suppressed his emotions, thinking that he was getting old and could not stay with her for many more years. He decided to take her back to Xiyan City first and then help her find a reliable man to marry later.
But Bai Yue'e herself came to him, the moonlight was hazy, the candlelight inside the room was dim, and the beauty took the initiative to throw herself into his arms. He was already fond of her, so how could he resist?
So that very night, their love affair was consummated. Later, Master Yan took Bai Yue'e back to Xiyancheng and settled her in the small courtyard closest to his own, where he doted on her greatly.
The first wife and her two concubines all regarded Bai Yue'e as a thorn in their side and were always thinking about getting rid of her. However, Bai Yue'e and Bai Yushuang stayed in their own courtyard all day and never came out to meet them.
Master Yan truly loved Bai Yue'e. He personally instructed her not to pay her respects to his wife every day and even arranged for guards to protect the two sisters in the courtyard.
Therefore, Madam Yan and her two concubines could never find an opportunity to deal with Bai Yue'e. They couldn't even find a chance to make things difficult for her, let alone take her life.
A year later, Bai Yue'e became pregnant with Master Yan's child. Madam Yan was worried, fearing that her position as the legitimate wife was in jeopardy, and even more worried that the concubine would give birth to a son who would replace her son's position.
They waited and waited, and finally their chance came. During their escape, Madam Yan took advantage of Master Yan's inattention to kick Bai Yue'e and Bai Yushuang off the carriage, hoping they would die on the road.
At that time, a torrential rainstorm was hitting, and everyone was fleeing for their lives in a panic. But when Master Yan discovered that Bai Yue'e was missing, he was anxious to find her.
"Master, she's just a woman. The Yan family has a fortune; you can have as many women as you want. Why bother with Bai Yue'e?" The first wife grabbed Master Yan's arm, preventing him from getting off the carriage.
Master Yan shook off her hand and said coldly, "There are many women in the world, but there is only one Yue'e. I only want her. She is carrying my child, and I will definitely find her."
Before leaving, Master Yan glanced at Madam Yan with a gloomy look, and Madam Yan shivered.
He found out. He knew that she had deliberately abandoned that bitch. Would he then divorce her and make that little slut his wife?
Madam Yan stopped the servants, "You are not allowed to go! No one is permitted to go looking for that little slut. The floodwaters are rising; you'll all be throwing your lives away if you go."
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