This is to curry favor with them.
Women with brothers suffered even more.
They would be 'sold' for a good price, and the dowry would be used to help their brothers get married.
Because they haven't been to school, they naturally assume that everyone is born that way.
Yan Xia's words opened the door to their hearts.
Words, like threads threaded through a needle, slowly pierced my chest, leaving me both pained and numb.
Sun Yingyun, lying on the ground, was so angry that her hands began to tremble. She wanted to retort, but Yan Xia's words shut her up as soon as she opened her mouth.
"The officials will be here soon. You know right from wrong. I thought you were smart because you've been to school, but you've wasted your education. You dream of climbing to a high position through your children and grandchildren, but you'll never achieve it in this lifetime. Your ambitions are higher than the sky, but your fate is thinner than paper. Your son is a good-for-nothing, and your grandson is a useless person. You'll never be a proper lady in this lifetime because you're just a mistress who can't be seen in public!"
Yan Xia's voice grew louder and louder in Sun Yingyun's ears.
She was stunned when the mistress revealed that she was a mistress.
She felt all eyes on her.
And the fig leaf covering her body was completely removed.
A daughter born to a mistress is even more detestable than a child born to a mistress in modern times, since in modern times people laugh at poverty but not prostitution.
They were hated by everyone, like rats crossing the street.
Women who become mistresses are not from respectable families.
"You wretched creature, go to hell! I'll pretend you were never born! Go to hell, go to hell!"
Sun Yingyun suddenly became agitated. Her eyes widened like a bull's, her cloudy pupils bloodshot, making her look terrifying. She pulled out the hairpin from her hair, and her long, not-so-soft hair fell down, its white and black strands revealing her old age.
Sun Yingyun raised the hairpin high and thrust the pointed end toward Yan Xia. Just as she was getting closer, Yan Xia was about to kick her, but her eldest daughter-in-law, Shi Xiaohe, stepped in front of her and pushed her aside.
"Mom—be careful—"
Shi Xiaohe was closest to Yan Xia, and when Sun Yingyun took out the hairpin, she moved closer to her mother-in-law.
Yan Xia didn't react in time and was pushed and stumbled.
In an instant, the three people's positions changed, a sound of a hard object piercing flesh rang out, and Xiaohe cried out in pain.
"Pfft—"
"ah--"
The hairpin was inserted into Shi Xiaohe's back.
The depth is unknown; only the head of a hairpin remains on the outside.
She collapsed from the pain.
Blood instantly gushed out from the light pink dress.
Sun Yingyun was terrified. She pulled out the hairpin and tried to run away.
But Zoli had already arrived with his officers, pinned her to the ground, and arrested her.
Yan Xia's older brother, Yan Chun, ran away with his two sons, presumably to go home and tell his father that something had happened.
It is extremely fast.
"Little Lotus, Little Lotus—"
Jin Fu was stunned by the scene. He scrambled to Xiao He's side and tried to pick her up.
"Don't touch her, she's injured. Go get a doctor, quick—"
Yan Xia roared; this was the first time she had lost her composure.
As the hairpin was pulled out, the bloodstain on the daughter-in-law's back gradually widened.
"Mom, I'm so glad you're alright."
She lay on the ground, raised her head, glanced at Yan Xia, and seeing that she was alright, she finally felt relieved and fainted.
Yan Xia quickly squatted down beside her, protecting her.
"It's alright, Xiao He, you'll be alright, Mother is here—"
She gently picked up her daughter-in-law.
They laid her face down on the bed in the backyard bedroom and cut a round slit in the clothes near the wound so the doctor could observe it.
Xiaohe's lips were deathly pale.
Yan Xia was a little confused. Although the hairpin had pierced her deeply, it shouldn't have caused her to faint immediately. Could it be that Xiao He had a health problem?
Just as she was worrying, the doctor arrived.
He put down his medicine box, examined the wound, and then took Xiaohe's pulse. He first wrinkled his nose, then raised his eyebrows, and after a while, his expression became serious.
Yan Xia simply couldn't understand his expression.
"Doctor, is my daughter-in-law alright?"
The doctor then released his grip and sighed.
"The wound is a bit deep, but thankfully it didn't pierce her heart. With careful care, it will be fine. However, she has had a miscarriage, probably due to fright and overwork. Let her do less work and make sure she stays in bed for at least 49 days, otherwise the pregnancy may not be safe. Since she is pregnant, I dare not prescribe blood-tonifying herbs indiscriminately. Instead, I will prescribe a bottle of hemostatic powder and three doses of pregnancy-preserving medicine. Remember, this medicine only needs to be taken once a day, boiled down to half a bowl with two bowls of water."
The doctor gave detailed instructions.
"Okay, I got it."
Yan Xia nodded.
But the next second she was dumbfounded.
"What? Pregnant? My daughter-in-law is pregnant? How come I didn't know? How far along is she?"
"It's been over two months already, and I estimate my pregnancy will show in about half a month."
Does this mean Xiaohe is already two and a half months pregnant?
Didn't she get pregnant at the same time as Zhu Wenjuan?
But she remembered that Xiaohe had told her last month that she had her period.
Yan Xia told the doctor about the situation.
"It's normal. The woman is newly pregnant and her body is unstable. She may bleed a little due to emotional fluctuations and fatigue, which makes her think it's her period. That's why I prescribed medicine to prevent miscarriage. Remember to take it on time, either in the morning or at night, before meals. Then rest for forty-nine days. Send someone with me to pick up the medicine. I won't charge you for the consultation fee. Just give me half a tael of silver."
It wasn't expensive. The doctor seemed to have good medical ethics. He gave her instructions again, afraid that Yan Xia would make the pregnant woman work in the fields.
Yan Xia took out two ounces from her purse and handed them to him.
"Thank you very much. Consider it a gift of good fortune. Jin Fu, go back with the doctor to get the medicine."
Thank you.
The doctor didn't refuse, stroked his beard, and left with a big smile.
It seems he misunderstood.
I thought she was a mean mother-in-law tormenting her daughter-in-law.
Someone who can give money so generously must not be a bad person.
After Jin Fu retrieved the medicine, Yan Xia instructed him to decoct the medicine and serve it to Xiao He.
Only then did he feel relieved enough to leave.
She has important business to attend to.
Zuo Li had been waiting for her in the shop. When she came out, he had his men escort Sun Yingyun, who was gagged and had her arms tied, to the yamen.
Zuo Li reported to the county magistrate for a long time, and in less than half an hour, the court session began.
This is enough to show how efficient Shuangqiao Town is.
Yan Xia felt relieved; the county magistrate must be an honest official.
"mighty--"
"Knock knock knock—"
The low growls of the constables, along with the sound of the wooden boards pounding against the bluestone floor, made the scene solemn and terrifying.
Yan Xia stood outside the door, exhaled a breath of stale air, and then walked in with light steps.
Outside the hall, the same group of people who had been watching the play were still there.
Sun Yingyun was seen kneeling beneath the high hall, trembling with fear.
Yan Xia also knelt down. After all, she wasn't some princess or young lady, and she didn't have that kind of noble destiny. Rather than offending the county magistrate, she might as well play the victim.
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