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"Tan... call a doctor!"
When Zhao Mingyan looked carefully, there were two more drops of blood on the ground. They fell on the flowing tea, thick and eye-catching, which shocked and stunned her.
Squeak——
Hearing her panicked shout, Ayun forced the door open. When he saw the scene inside the room, he was stunned at first. He was about to speak, but when he saw Tan Linshuang waving her hand at him, he immediately closed the door and walked away.
Zhao Mingyan and Xiaozhu were both stunned and looked at each other.
"No need to call the doctor."
After a moment, Tan Linshuang spoke hoarsely. He had already taken out a handkerchief to wipe the blood from the corner of his lips. He then told Xiaozhu to clean up the debris and reminded him, "Be careful not to cut your hands."
“Yes… yes…”
Xiaozhu nodded tremblingly, frowning, not daring to ask more questions, and knelt on the ground to clean up quickly.
She moved quickly and her mind was racing.
Why did my uncle suddenly vomit blood? Is there something wrong with the tonic that the Second Master gave me?
Second Master wants...
Her pupils trembled and she dared not think about it any further.
After cleaning up the mess, he left in a hurry.
"I'll help you throw it away!"
At this time, Ayun, who was waiting outside the door, saw her hurriedly walking out, and hurriedly grabbed her arm and dragged her to the corner.
"you……"
"Shh!"
Ayun made a gesture to her to keep quiet, then took the fragments wrapped in a handkerchief from her hand and threw them into the flower bed next to her.
The soil in the flower bed was very thick, and the bag of debris made no sound when it hit it, only the slight sound of the fragments colliding...
"Husband, why don't you call a doctor to help you? Are you worried about the tonic..."
When only he and Tan Linshuang were left in the room, Zhao Mingyan asked the question that Xiaozhu was afraid of, but the words stopped abruptly at her lips.
Tan Linshuang had already wiped the corners of her mouth clean, then turned and walked to the basin, carefully washing the blood-stained handkerchief. "I'm fine, it's just that my body is reacting strongly to the tonic. I told you before that I can't take tonics casually, otherwise something bad will happen."
Zhao Mingyan did not forget, but she did not believe it completely.
However, the scene just now made her believe it.
"Husband."
Zhao Mingyan walked up behind him, bowed, and apologized solemnly: "I regret my mistake today. I was wrong. I hope you will forgive me!"
After saying this, he choked up.
Hearing her crying, Tan Linshuang was surprised.
He turned around and said with a soothing smile, "My lady, don't blame yourself too much. Just don't help me with supplements in the future. Especially don't accept anything your uncle gives you. He's been taking all kinds of supplements and has already damaged his health. But he has no taboos."
When he said the last sentence, his eyes became a little colder and sarcastic.
However, Zhao Mingyan had her head down and did not see the change in his expression.
Zhao Mingyan wiped away her tears, turned around and walked to the dressing table. She took out the small porcelain bottle from her dressing table and handed it to Tan Linshuang. "He gave me a whole bottle."
Tan Linshuang narrowed her eyes slightly, took the bottle and shook it to her ear, "My uncle really cares about our Zhougong ritual!"
Then he pulled out the cork, poured out a few pills and took a look.
Zhao Mingyan frowned and said, "My uncle said that this medicine is made up of aphrodisiacs such as Cuscuta seeds, Morinda officinalis, and Actinolite. He even took one pill with tea in front of me, and then I..."
She choked up again, "I'm not a good wife... nor a good daughter... I can't do anything well..."
When Zhao Mingyan thought about what she had experienced today, she was completely defeated. She sat down on the bed, hugged her knees and burst into tears.
"Why am I not a good daughter?"
Tan Linshuang was inexplicably amused. After putting the small porcelain bottle away, he came to the bedside, gently hugged her, and asked, "Since you were able to have tea with my uncle, you probably didn't stay in the shop too long, right? What happened? Did you have a disagreement with your mother?"
Zhao Mingyan pursed her lips and nodded, "Ever since I got married, she has only cared about whether I am pregnant or not. She doesn't care about anything else about me."
Hearing this, Tan Linshuang's expression turned a little embarrassed, "This matter can't be entirely blamed on you..."
Zhao Mingyan sniffed, lowered her head, and recalled, "My mother and I had a grudge many years ago."
Tan Linshuang frowned slightly, did not ask any questions, stroked her back gently, and listened to her patiently.
"I'm hungry." Zhao Mingyan said suddenly.
Tan Linshuang's mouth twitched, and then she remembered that Zhao Mingyan had not had supper tonight.
Then he stood up and opened the door, and told Xiaozhu who was guarding the door, "Prepare a box of fruit for midnight snack. Your young lady prefers sweets now."
Xiaozhu was a little confused, but didn't ask any more questions. Ayun's previous words were still lingering in his ears.
After closing the door, seeing Zhao Mingyan still sobbing softly, Tan Linshuang poured her a cup of tea and joked, "There's nothing adulterated in it, so you can drink it without worry."
Zhao Mingyan smiled through her tears, "Thank you, husband."
After drinking the hot tea, her mood improved a little. "No matter what my uncle's intentions were, it is a fact that I caused my husband to vomit blood. Even if you threw two boogers into this tea, I would be happy to do it."
"Well!"
Tan Linshuang's face trembled violently, and she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "My wife, I can't do that...my wife!"
He suddenly became serious, "Have you ever done such a thing?"
Zhao Mingyan shook her head.
Tan Linshuang breathed a sigh of relief.
"I only flicked eye boogers into my third cousin's tea. It's his fault for constantly encouraging my father to take another concubine." Zhao Mingyan said truthfully.
After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and took two more sips of tea.
Tan Linshuang's face trembled uncontrollably again, and then he said to her very seriously and sincerely: "My wife, if I make you angry in the future, just tell me directly, and don't mix anything else into my food."
"If scolding doesn't satisfy you, hitting him a few times is fine."
Zhao Mingyan couldn't help laughing, "I'm not a child anymore. I was only six years old when I did that."
At the age of six, she was already throwing eye boogers into her elders' tea. No wonder people called her "Zhao's Mother Demon".
Tan Linshuang secretly complained.
"Miss, uncle."
At this time, Xiaozhu came in with a box of fruit for midnight snack.
She quickly glanced at Zhao Mingyan, whose eyes were red, and stole a glance at Tan Linshuang, who was standing there with a serious expression. She pursed her lips, frowned, and retreated.
Tan Linshuang opened the lid, picked out a piece of candied candy and fed it to Zhao Mingyan's mouth.
As the sweet food entered his mouth, Zhao Mingyan's appetite was whetted, and he also began to talk, telling stories about his childhood.
"My parents have a very good relationship. They grew up together and were inseparable. My grandfather was my father's teacher, so they were a match made in heaven. Moreover, my father has always been very fond of my mother. Even after she gave birth to me and stopped getting pregnant, he never thought of taking a concubine."
"It was my mother who proposed the idea of taking a concubine, under pressure from the Zhao family. She said that if our Zhao family weren't a merchant family, it wouldn't be a big deal if we didn't have a son, but the Zhao family's lantern business is so big. If we don't have a son, will we let our daughter show up in public in the future?"
"So, my father reluctantly took one of her distant relatives as a concubine."
"Perhaps it's because our Zhao family is not blessed with children. My aunt was unable to give birth to a son or daughter for my father, so my third uncle urged my father to take another concubine."
"My father didn't agree, and later he died of illness. My mother wanted to adopt a son to continue our family line, and we had a big fight over this."
"I told her that my father had long given up on having a son, which is why he was so focused on training me to be the heir of Mingyuezhai. Our family doesn't need a son, as long as I can give birth to one."
"The matter was eventually left unresolved, but the relationship between us mother and daughter will never be the same again..."
"My mother is the only relative I have left, but this hurdle is always in my heart and I can't get over it!"
Zhao Mingyan poked his chest hard, grabbed a few pieces of candied fruit and stuffed them into his mouth.
"I know. My mother had no choice. As the head of our family, it's hard to win over the people without a son. She's also easily influenced and can't stand others' instigation. It was fine when I was with her before, but now I'm married..."
Zhao Mingyan frowned and grabbed another handful of candied candy into his mouth.
Tan Linshuang picked up a cherry, pulled out the stem, put it aside, then picked up another one... As Zhao Mingyan continued to ramble on about her memories, all the cherries in the grid had their stems pulled out.
He ate one and fed the rest into Zhao Mingyan's mouth.
"Hiccup!"
After clearing out the food boxes, Zhao Mingyan burped comfortably. "Actually, I don't blame my mother. I only blame myself for not being strong enough for her to completely rely on."
Tan Linshuang picked up the empty lunch box and said to her, "You must be tired from eating. Take a rest. I'll call Xiaozhu to come in and help you wash up."
"Well, thank you, husband."
Zhao Mingyan stood up and took off his coat.
Looking at her voluptuous figure, Tan Linshuang hesitated for a moment, then walked behind her, stretched out his left hand to rub her plump left shoulder, leaned over and whispered in her ear: "I'm going to the bathhouse to wash up, you wait for me in bed."
Zhao Mingyan nodded and continued to take off the red hairpin on her head.
"Prepare some soup. I want to take a bath."
After walking out of the bedroom, he handed the empty lunch box to Xiaozhu and asked her to help Zhao Mingyan wash up. Then, Tan Linshuang gave an instruction to Ayun and went to the bathhouse.
"Give me a hand to rub and clamp it. I'm going to do something big tonight."
Sitting in the bathtub, Tan Linshuang looked serious.
Ah Yun lowered his head and said, "Master, have you checked today's almanac?"
Tan Linshuang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "The almanac cannot be trusted."
After bathing, Tan Linshuang felt refreshed and full of vigor.
If Zhao Mingyan saw his appearance at this moment, she would definitely praise him: You are very fertile!
Unfortunately, Zhao Mingyan fell asleep and started snoring like a pig.
Tan Linshuang held his forehead and smiled bitterly, "The time, the place, and the people are not in harmony."
He climbed onto the bed lightly, lying on his side face to face with Zhao Mingyan, gazing at her peaceful sleeping face, and said confidently, "It's just about giving birth to a son. Your father can't do it, but I can."
"I owe you the Zhao family a betrothal gift, and I will repay it one day!"
"Hiccup..."
Zhao Mingyan burped again, and a sweet taste came out of his mouth.
"It's a deal." She murmured.
Tan Linshuang smiled, "Are you really sleeping or just pretending to be asleep?"
He propped up his head with one hand, observed for a moment, and after confirming that Zhao Mingyan was mumbling, he leaned over and placed a long kiss on her lips...
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