The physician, Bian Que, stood up angrily and wiped the spittle from his face with his sleeve: "You old woman, you really don't know anything. I have been practicing medicine for many years. Even a newly trained medical apprentice can accurately diagnose the pulse of a pregnant woman, let alone me. Let me tell you, I am a descendant of Bian Que, and my medical skills have been passed down through generations. Who are you insulting?"
Yan Hong, feeling refreshed, quickly added, "Madam, you may not know, but Doctor Bian is known as the 'Surpassing Bian Que' (a legendary physician).
The doctor, fuming, picked up his medical kit and was about to leave without writing a prescription.
At this moment, the frail and helpless Madam Yu hurriedly and weakly sobbed, "Cousin, you, you should say something for me!"
Lin Ziqi then seemed to wake up from a dream and stopped the doctor, pleading with him to prescribe medicine.
Lily said coldly, "Oh, so the child in Miss's belly is the son-in-law's."
He pulled Sai Bianque away, saying, "The child in the cousin's belly, regardless of whose it was, is gone. The child in our young lady's belly is the most important."
Madam Yu was so struck by those words that she burst into tears.
Lin's mother panicked and quickly blocked Lin Ziqi's path, gesturing with her eyes, and said, "A woman who has suffered a miscarriage can only eat good food and recover slowly. Right now, the baby in Wan'er's belly is the most important thing."
Regardless of the fact that the child is gone, there's no rush to get medicine.
Lin Ziqi, who had lost his composure because he felt sorry for Madam Yu, realized what had happened and quickly followed the maids toward Qin Wan.
He ignored how heartbroken Madam Yu was crying behind him.
They were stopped at the door. Baihe said coldly, "Young master, please sit outside. It's a bit crowded inside, and the smell is foul if there are too many people. I'm afraid it will make Miss uncomfortable."
That's an exaggeration!
Is it because they think he's corrupt?
But this is not the time for it to flare up.
Lin Ziqi had no choice but to endure it.
These days, Qin Wan's attitude towards him has been fluctuating, and she is no longer as easy to control as she was when they first got married.
When Baihe first came to the house, she was quiet and obedient, but today her expression suddenly changed, which was obviously because of the change in their master—Qin Wan.
Lin Ziqi could only pace back and forth outside the door with his hands behind his back.
After a while, Yan Hong hurriedly came out and called the kitchen maid to come in and talk. Lin Ziqi seized the opportunity to ask, "Is Madam alright?"
Yan Hong only replied with one sentence: "Not very good."
Lin Ziqi asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"
Yan Hong sneered, "That's a question for Miss Biao about all the good deeds she's done."
Lin Ziqi's face turned pale and then red.
"How dare you speak to your master like that!"
Yan Hong took two steps back, and Qin Wan's sharp and angry voice came from the inner room, "Speaking of your darling, you treat my dowry maid like this? Do you want your darling to ride on my head in the future?"
Lin Ziqi wanted to go in and explain, but Baihe stopped him again, and urged Yan Hong, "Hurry up and go call someone."
Yan Hong said, "I need to find someone to watch over the medicine for Miss. What if someone takes advantage of the situation and tries to steal it?"
Lily disagreed: "Just have an old woman keep an eye on things, and make sure the Lin family doesn't get close. Their cousin has already gotten her comeuppance and is lying in bed groaning. She probably won't have time to do anything dirty again."
These words struck Lin Ziqi like a bolt from the blue.
"You...you, you, explain yourself clearly. You can't just spout nonsense and falsely accuse people out of nowhere."
Baihe said impatiently, "Young Master Lin, you can't get involved here. You should go back to your room and rest so you don't get another headache. Besides, you can go back and check on Miss Lin."
Lin Ziqi blushed and retorted, "What nonsense are you talking about? We're a man and a woman alone together..."
Before he could finish speaking, he shut his mouth under the mocking gazes of Lily and Crimson, and could only stand aside resentfully.
The maidservant, having received the order, came over carrying a medicine pot.
Lin Ziqi's eyelids twitched.
A sense of foreboding washed over me.
"What... what is this?"
Lily just sneered.
The maid said, "Young master, this is the medicine pot I used to brew your medicine."
Yan Hong said, "Take it inside and let Sai Bianque take a look."
The maidservant didn't even have time to talk to Lin Ziqi before rushing inside.
Lin Ziqi asked, "What do you mean by this?"
Lily sneered, "Young master, why don't you go ask Miss Cousin what she did? It's better to say it sooner rather than later, so you don't have to go to court. Otherwise..."
Lin Ziqi angrily said, "Absurd! What did she, a weak woman, do to deserve an official visit? You can't just spout such nonsense."
He then tried to barge inside.
This time, Lily didn't stop him and let him barge in.
The Lin family home was small, and the noise Baihe made could be heard by Lin's mother, who was guarding Yu Niangzi's room.
Lin's mother panicked and asked, "Xiaolian, you didn't do anything wrong, did you?"
Madam Yu's face was deathly pale, and cold sweat poured down her forehead. She forced herself to say, "Aunt, what could I possibly do under your watchful eye every day?"
Lin's mother gave her a meaningful look.
Madam Yu also realized what was going on.
Didn't she and Lin Ziqi get together right under everyone's noses?
Saying this now seems even less convincing.
Madam Yu tightly gripped Lin's mother's hand and said, "Aunt, you've seen how arrogant the Qin family girl is. Even the maid she brought with her can step on my cousin's head. If she gains power in the future, won't she be able to shit on your and my cousin's heads? You and I are on the same side."
Lin's mother hesitated for a moment, then said, "You are my niece from my maternal family, and you have consummated your marriage with my son. I have to give you an explanation, otherwise I won't be able to go back to my maternal family. Don't worry, I will have Ziqi give you a proper status."
Madam Yu whispered, "Aunt, you are like my own mother now. I will serve you, help you, and side with you like a daughter from now on. Ziqi said that my cousin-in-law married into the family for his future. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so generous and docile. I heard that she was very spoiled when she was at her parents' home. She even trampled on the lady of the Marquis's mansion in her boudoir. If she gains the upper hand and finds out Ziqi's weaknesses, how could she be willing to continue to speak nicely to us?"
These words struck a nerve with Lin's mother.
Lin's mother said, "That's right, the one who was engaged before was that person."
She pointed discreetly in the direction of the Marquis's residence, "They say that when you marry off your daughter, you should look up and when you take a wife, you should look down on her. I was originally worried that the Grand Master of Ceremonies' family was too prestigious and that we would be looked down upon for marrying above our station. But after seeing that girl, I was very satisfied. She is beautiful and gentle, and she has lost her mother and is an illegitimate daughter, so I wasn't worried about not being able to handle her. I didn't expect that she would be replaced by this one on the eve of the wedding."
Lin's mother pouted.
Qin Wan initially looked down on them, mother and son, and was only maintaining a superficial relationship. Unexpectedly, she later eagerly snatched the marriage and became subservient after marrying into the family.
"Although she is a legitimate daughter, she is not very bright, otherwise your aunt would not have been able to subdue her so easily. However, you cannot do something like this again today. Her mother is very capable, and Ziqi will need his father-in-law and brother-in-law's connections to become an official in the future."
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