Chapter 546 Mother and Daughter's Plan
The wife of Marquis Weiyuan directly sent the doctor away and immediately ordered someone to invite Fubao.
Li Ruiyang waited until the doctor left before holding the wife of Weiyuan Marquis and anxiously saying, "Mother, I told you that Fubao is really capable. She also said that she could cure my face and restore my face to its original appearance. If she can cure me, I will adopt her as my goddaughter. I will never have another child in this life. There will only be two sons in the mansion. I also like that little girl very much. I always feel that she was sent to me by God. Otherwise, why is it such a coincidence that I met her?"
The wife of Marquis Weiyuan could not help but believe it now, after all, it concerned her daughter's life. However, when she thought of her daughter's plan, she felt it was a little risky.
"Ruiyang, are you really going to..."
The marquis's wife glanced at the servants in the room, waved her hand, and sent everyone out. Now there were only the mother and daughter in the room.
The Marquis’ wife then continued, “Are you really planning to get rid of that mother and son?”
"Humph, getting rid of them is too easy for them. Mother, I went back last night and asked someone to check on my mother-in-law's distant niece. It's just as the old woman said. The woman has already given birth to a daughter and is now pregnant. It looks like she will give birth in a few months. They teamed up to harm me. I am the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's Mansion. How can I let them harm me?"
"My son, mother knows that you have suffered, but now his power is growing stronger and stronger, and the Left Prime Minister is old, and he probably won't be able to hold on for a few more years. I heard that he intends to retire and return to his hometown. By then, no one will be able to suppress him. Are you sure?" The Marquis's wife was a little worried.
"Mom, don't worry. I've been collecting evidence of his corruption and abuse of power over the years. After all, we are husband and wife, and he has never been on guard against me before. But I only found out yesterday that he has embezzled a lot of money over the years and put it all in the hands of his mistress, but he still complains in front of me. All the money spent in the mansion is my dowry, and his salary is not enough to fill the gaps in his teeth."
Li Ruiyang's eyes were filled with hatred. She wished she could eat Xu Liangping alive, this beast. She wanted to make him fall from the high altar into the dust, strip him of all his dignity, and let him experience what it meant to be worse off than death.
"But, mother, I need your and my sisters-in-law's help."
"Just tell me, what are your plans?" The marquis's wife also hated her son-in-law very much.
"I want to quietly transfer my dowry back to the Marquis' Mansion before the house is confiscated. In addition, the silver and dowry I have used to subsidize the Prime Minister's Mansion over the years is at least 100,000 taels. I can't just accept it like this. Didn't he put all his money in the hands of his mistress? Mother, please help me find a group of people, without leaving any traces, to rob the mistress, as compensation for me."
"Give me the concubine's residence and I will arrange it." The Marquis's wife said in a deep voice.
After the mother and daughter had discussed it, the person sent out to look for Fubao just came back.
"Madam, I went to the inn but didn't pick him up. The innkeeper said that the young doctor had been taken away."
Pearl lowered her head and stepped forward to answer.
Because it was Zhenzhu who delivered Fubao personally last time, the Marquis's wife sent Zhenzhu to pick him up again this time.
The marquis's wife and her daughter looked at each other, and a trace of anxiety flashed in their eyes.
"Pearl, did the shopkeeper tell me who took the little doctor away?"
Li Ruiyang asked immediately.
"Madam, I asked, and the shopkeeper said that it was someone from the Zhenguo Mansion who took him away early in the morning. The little doctor's father was also taken away. It seems that the little doctor knows the Zhenguo Mansion, and he came here to look for his relatives."
Pearl told him everything she had learned.
The Marquis's wife frowned slightly.
"This young genius doctor actually knows someone from the Duke's Mansion? Or is he a relative? His accent doesn't sound like someone from the capital. When did the Duke's Mansion have relatives from other places?"
"Mom, maybe he is a cousin? Which family doesn't have a few relatives from other places? Maybe he is not a particularly close relative, but now that he has entered the Duke's Mansion, how can we invite him?" Li Ruiyang touched her face. She was a little anxious. If she couldn't find Fubao, her face would be a very tricky problem. Fortunately, she gave Fubao one hundred taels of silver yesterday.
"Yang'er, we didn't explicitly say yesterday that the little doctor's medical book was not good. She is so young that she certainly can't see anything. She said yesterday that she would prepare ointment and send it to us today. Let's not go to the Duke's Mansion to disturb the Duke's wife. Let's wait and see at home. The most important thing now is that you have to detoxify first. Since the doctor said that the prescription can be used, mother will ask someone to get the medicine. You take it back first. I will send someone to tell you as soon as I have any news."
"Well, this is the only way now. My daughter shouldn't be out for too long. I'll go back first. I'll have someone get the medicine. Don't worry, mother."
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Fubao had already seen most of the scenery in the Duke's Mansion. The old lady's courtyard and the courtyards of the second and third rooms were all empty now, so those places seemed a little deserted. Fubao stood on the attic, pointed at these courtyards and asked Qingmei.
"Sister Qingmei, are there no one living in those courtyards?"
Qingmei looked in the direction of Fubao's finger and saw that it was the residence of the deceased old lady.
"Miss Fubao, those courtyards were where the old lady lived. But she died on the way to exile and never came back. The people from the second and third houses also didn't come back, so a large area over there is now empty. The Duke said he was going to build a large horse racing track and martial arts training ground over there, and they all needed to be flattened."
"Ah? Such a beautiful yard is going to be demolished? What a pity."
"There are few people in the mansion, and too many empty houses could easily cause trouble. It's better to push it off to save trouble. Besides, our Duke's Mansion has always been a military mansion. The Duke said that we should have a horse racing field and a martial arts training ground, so that all the men, women, young and old, masters and servants in the mansion can go there to practice. He said that people who go out of the Duke's Mansion should have the spirit of the Duke's Mansion."
"That's true. I also think you are too weak, not as good as a child like me. Especially Sister Rou, she is too thin. If she runs more, she can eat two more bowls of rice. If she grows as strong as Fubao, she can go upstairs without breathing hard."
As Fubao said this, he was about to lift up her sleeves to reveal her white and tender fleshy arms, but Qingmei quickly held them down.
"Miss Fubao, women should not expose their arms casually. You must never roll up your sleeves casually in the future, especially outside. It will damage your reputation."
Fubao blinked. What does this have to do with reputation? What is reputation? When she was eating at home, her mother would roll up her sleeves to prevent them from getting greasy.
But Fubao did not argue and put down her sleeves obediently. She knew that wealthy families had many rules. Anyway, she could not stay here for a few days. After buying things, she would go to find her father and get things done quickly. She wanted to go back to Shizi Village.
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