Qiu Yan: "Lord Tang, what's wrong with merchants? They earn money through their own abilities, why should they be discriminated against?"
She looked at Tang Yi indifferently; the calmness of her gaze made Tang Yi turn his face away.
They're a married couple, and Qiu Yan, being an outsider, can only offer a few words of fairness.
This shop doesn't belong to her; she has no right to claim it.
Tang Yi realized that he had long lost his place in Jiang Liu's heart.
He actually became jealous of Qiu Yan.
Unable to refute Qiu Yan's words, he could only give the order, "Jiang Liu, starting tomorrow, I forbid you from leaving the Tang residence without permission."
He refused to believe that Jiang Liu would stay out all night.
Tonight, when Jiang Liu goes home to sleep, he must send several guards to watch over her day and night in shifts.
At that time, even if Jiang Liu had wings, she wouldn't be able to get out.
"Put me under house arrest? Don't even think about it!" As soon as Jiang Liu finished speaking, she felt the pain in her abdomen intensify. She hugged her knees, curled up into a ball, and squatted on the ground.
"Sister Jiang," Qiu Yan asked, supporting Jiang Liu as she nearly fell.
"Madam!" Cui Zhu's expression suddenly changed, her face full of worry. She and Qiu Yan immediately helped Jiang Liu up.
"Madam has become increasingly pampered lately." Tang Yi thought that Jiang Liu's stomach pain was caused by anger.
He turned his head and met Hu Ying's smug face, and annoyance welled up in his heart. "Hu Ying, quickly go and fetch a doctor for the lady."
Hu Ying pouted, feeling resentful.
"My lord, I am not feeling well today, so please let Cuizhu go instead."
Tang Yi wanted to say something more, but seeing that Jiang Liu had already entered the backyard of the clothing shop, he flicked his sleeves and turned to go to Ren'ai Hall.
"My lord, wait for me!" Hu Ying lifted her foot to follow, but was startled to stop by a glare from Tang Yi.
As soon as Qiu Yan and Cui Zhu helped Jiang Liu to the backyard, they discovered that her bright red dress was mixed with blood.
Because the colors are too similar, they are not clearly visible.
"Sister Jiang," Qiu Yan called out worriedly, and Jiang Liu's breathing trembled as she replied, "I'm fine."
She said she was fine, but inside she was in excruciating pain.
As for Cuizhu, she struggled to control her limp body and had already begun to sob.
"Cuizhu, go and get me a clean dress from the front."
Cuizhu nodded, "Mm."
After Jiang Liu removed her dirty clothes, Cui Zhu prepared appropriate items for her, and Jiang Liu changed into new clothes.
She lay weakly in bed, gazing at the shop in front of her, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that opening the shop was the right decision, as it provided her with a sufficient source of income.
She has never felt so certain of her decision as she does today.
She looked at Qiu Yan in front of her and said, "Thank you for coming today."
Qiu Yan took the brown sugar ginger water from Cui Zhu's hands, saying, "Sister Jiang, there's no need to be so polite with me."
Jiang Liu got up and leaned against the edge of the bed, trying hard to control her emotions so that she wouldn't cry. "My baby is already three months old."
She touched her lower abdomen, feeling extremely reluctant to let go.
When she found out she was pregnant, she originally thought that for the sake of the child, she would just make do with Tang Yi.
But now, the last connection between the two has been severed.
Right now, she can't wait to part ways with Tang Yi.
Although she didn't want to tell anyone about her pain, and even less did she want to see pity in other people's eyes, she knew that Qiu Yan was no stranger. She wouldn't pity her; she would only encourage her.
Qiu Yan paused slightly, feeling a pang of regret. She had already learned of it just moments before.
Tears streamed down Cuizhu's face; she seemed even more sorrowful than Jiang Liu.
"Liu'er, what did you say?" Tang Yi pushed open the door and entered, looking apologetically at the woman before him. "Child? What child?"
Behind them, Dr. Bai from Renaitang caught up, panting.
Jiang Liu looked at Tang Yi, who had returned, and turned her head away from him, not wanting to say a word to him.
When Qiu Yan saw this doctor, four words came to mind: quack doctor harms people.
Tang Yi quickly sat down next to Jiang Liu and said to Doctor Bai, "Quickly take a look at the madam."
"Yes, yes." The doctor was no longer as arrogant as he had been that day, and his face was full of respect.
When he saw Qiu Yan, his expression showed surprise for a moment, but then he put on a fawning smile.
Jiang Liu felt extremely uncomfortable when she thought that the doctor had been invited by Tang Yi.
"I know my own body well, I don't need treatment, you can leave."
She was in a bad mood and just wanted to talk to Qiu Yan.
"This..." Doctor Bai glanced at Qiu Yan again. Could it be that this girl was badmouthing him to the magistrate's wife?
"Liu'er, avoiding medical treatment will only delay your recovery. Let a doctor take a look at you."
Seeing that her mistress refused to seek medical treatment, Cuizhu said with concern, "Madam, your health is your own responsibility."
Jiang Liu was already in a bad mood, and she snapped at Doctor Bai:
"go out!"
"Liu'er, the child..."
Jiang Liu took the soup bowl from Qiu Yan and threw it directly at Tang Yi, yelling, "Get out!"
In an instant, Tang Yi was covered in brown sugar ginger water, and his body was unfortunately hit.
His face was extremely ugly, and he turned and left.
The doctor followed suit, looking rather embarrassed.
After the two left, Qiu Yan wrote down a prescription and handed it to Cui Zhu, saying, "Cui Zhu, go to the clinic and get some tonics for your wife."
"Yes." Cui Zhu had some doubts, but she didn't ask any more questions and hurriedly ran to the clinic.
Jiang Liu was surprised, "Qiu Yan, I didn't expect you to know medicine."
Qiu Yan replied, "I've briefly read a few medical books."
Jiang Liu stretched out her arm toward Qiu Yan, forcing a smile: "Let me see what's wrong with my body."
Although she was heartbroken by what had just happened, she was worried about how she would live her life if her health collapsed.
Qiu Yan placed one hand on Jiang Liu's pulse and sensed for a moment. "Your body is very weak. You need to rest well during this period and not overwork yourself. Leave the business matters entirely to the manager."
Jiang Liu nodded, "Yes. He won't let me do business, but I'm not only going to do it, I'm going to make even more money. I'll make him unable to reach me."
After she finished speaking, she lay down and fell asleep shortly afterward.
A distinguished guest moved into the Tang residence yesterday, and Tang Yi kept insisting that Jiang Liu keep him company while they exchanged pleasantries. Jiang Liu was not in the mood to entertain guests, so she thought she should stay at the clothing shop instead.
Qiu Yan looked at Jiang Liu's sleeping face, and at the tear-streaked corners of her eyes, and felt a little depressed.
If it were her, she would never allow herself to live such a repressed life.
When Cuizhu returned, Qiu Yan gave her some instructions and then left.
After she came out, she thought of the ancient woodblock printing and went to find a skilled craftsman who could carve seals for people, so that he could carve a recipe for her.
She requested that the woodblock print be the same size as the Xuan paper.
She wants to print recipes.
After hearing the explanation, the seal engraver asked Qiu Yan some more questions. The two parties agreed on a price and began making the food watermarks.
For someone who carves seals, these things are not difficult for him, but they are somewhat time-consuming.
After finishing all this, Qiu Yan looked at the sky; it was almost noon.
It's time for the end of the semester at Luming Academy.
As Du Shanzhang watched Qiu Xu's departing figure from afar, he said to his son beside him, "That student is quite good; he helped me a lot. If it weren't for him, Elder Mu wouldn't have agreed to withdraw."
Du Changjun curled his lips slightly, "I've heard that his family has a bad reputation. His sister not only sent his grandmother to prison, but also abused his third uncle's family."
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