"Fine, fine, you're stubborn, aren't you? Guards, lock this wretched woman in the ancestral hall. She'll only be fed when she tells the truth. Take the two children to the madam's courtyard to be raised."
Second Madam: "..." She only wanted to watch the show, not help raise someone else's child!
Upon hearing that her child was to be raised by her rival, the First Madam immediately struggled, shouting, "Ji Wuyou, how dare you!"
Don't forget, my dad's watching!
If you dare to lock me up or take my child away, you'll be stripped of your job tomorrow!
You heartless bastard, you won't listen to my explanation just because of a few words from an outsider. I told you I'm not pregnant..."
Ji Wuyou was furious and didn't want to hear another word from her. "Then you'll be confined to your own yard. Since you don't want anyone else to take care of your child, then you can take care of him yourself."
After saying that, Ji Wuyou turned and left.
The second wife quickly followed.
The master and mistress disliked the woman who put a green hat on their son, but they were also afraid of her family background. After cursing the first wife for being fickle, they left.
Ji Wuyou went straight back to the front yard and didn't sleep all night. The next day, after finishing his shift, he went to the old lady's yard.
No one knows what the mother and son said, but the power to manage the household was transferred from the first wife to the old lady.
From that day on, the management of the front and back yards became stricter. Servants were absolutely forbidden from passing through the second gate, and the entry and exit of servants in the back yard were strictly searched and controlled. It was no longer possible for them to go out at will.
Furthermore, only two personal servants and one old nanny remained in the First Madam's courtyard.
These three people had to serve three masters, making their lives extremely difficult.
The First Madam originally wanted to send a message home, but she soon discovered that, let alone leaving the Ji residence, her people couldn't even leave her own courtyard.
She's dreaming if she thinks her family will stand up for her!
What's even more alarming is that her morning sickness has become even more severe in the past few days.
The food eaten will be vomited up immediately, and the person will quickly become sickly.
She didn't want to move, so she just lay on the soft couch or bed every day, and then she tried desperately to figure out where the problem lay.
In the end, she could only think of one possibility: that Cui also knew the Second Master's secret and took advantage of his body to use this vicious scheme to make him despise her. Otherwise, none of this would make sense.
After she figured it out, she knocked on the door and asked the gatekeeper to send a message to the Second Master to come and see her.
But no one came, and no one came...
But she could no longer hold on.
One night, she heard Qiu'er's voice.
"Granny, forget about her. Only if the madam dies can the two young mistresses and us leave alive. Otherwise, we'll all die with the madam!"
With a "smack," followed by Qiu'er's shout, "You old hag, what right do you have to hit me?"
"Remember, once a slave, always a slave, and a traitorous slave has only one path: death."
If you dare to say you're abandoning Madam again, don't blame me for strangling you to death!
Qiu'er snorted coldly: "Fine, fine, you think you're a loyal servant? But am I doing this for myself? Haven't you noticed that the young master and young lady have been sleeping longer and longer these past two days?"
"Second Master is a beast. Even tigers don't eat their cubs; he doesn't even want the young master and young lady anymore."
The old woman was probably crying, her voice choked with sobs, "My poor young lady, how did things come to this?"
The First Madam was also thinking: Yes, she had schemed all this way, how did she end up in this predicament?
Where exactly did the problem lie?
...
The second wife's belly soon reached three months.
She was lucky; if the First Madam had announced her pregnancy a few days later, her baby would have been lost.
Therefore, sometimes no matter how much you plan, you can't outsmart fate.
This was also the day the old Taoist priest delivered the pills to her.
However, the household was very strict, and the old lady was reluctant to let anyone out. The second lady had no choice but to tell him about the old Taoist priest.
Upon hearing this, Ji Wuyou immediately slammed her hand on the table and stood up. "Why didn't you say something so important sooner? With such a good fertility medicine, wouldn't it have been better for me to present it directly to the Emperor?"
The Empress has yet to give birth to a legitimate son. If this medicine reaches her and enables her to bear a child, what worries will I have about not being promoted?
Throughout history, the only thing men have ever desired is power.
Even though Ji Wuyou was no longer alive, it was still the same.
As long as he can stand on high ground, women are nothing. Even if he is not good at it, he can still make those women fawn over him and flatter him when they see him!
The second wife came from a merchant family. At first, she asked the old Taoist for pills, hoping to use them to make connections. However, compared to her husband, she realized that her vision was far too limited.
"What does my husband mean?"
"Invite that Taoist priest into the mansion, and I will speak with him personally."
The second madam immediately ordered someone to go to the Taoist temple to deliver a message. When she heard that it was Second Master Ji who had invited her, Ning Yan began to overthink things.
After the messenger left, the old Taoist priest looked at Ning Yan, who had a half-smile on her face, and suddenly had a bad feeling: "What's with that expression? Why are you looking at me like that?" It made him feel really uneasy!
"Because, you're about to be in a lot of trouble."
The old Taoist priest was startled by Ning Yan. "You mean Second Master Ji wanted to harm me by seeing me?"
"Your information is really outdated. Master Ji is no longer able to perform in that area."
Now that he knows you have a secret formula for conceiving, won't he think you might be a legendary healer, and then ask you to treat his old ailments while you're at it?
The old Taoist priest looked horrified: "How can I cure it? I don't know how!"
He had a formula that could help women conceive, which he had sold to the women in the village before. The formula was left by the previous abbot, and its effects were so-so. It worked for some people, but not for others, and it didn't guarantee a son. He had both sons and daughters. He made a little money to support himself with that formula.
He does know a little about pulse diagnosis, but he's not capable of treating patients.
"So, how do you plan to deal with Second Master Ji when you go to the Ji residence tomorrow?"
The old Taoist priest had been in the underworld for over a decade. He lacked quick wit, but he knew how to escape: "Why don't we two run away tonight? We've got plenty of money on us. Once we leave the capital, we're not afraid of not having a good life."
"But the Ji family still owes us eight thousand taels of silver. Are you really willing to just run away like this?"
I'm not willing to accept this!
But my life is more important!
What if that wicked fellow surnamed Ji suddenly becomes wicked and ties him up to force him to treat his illness?
Ning Yan was truly impressed. No wonder he lived so long; with that kind of guts to panic at the slightest disturbance, he deserved to live to be a thousand or eight hundred years old.
“Here’s what you’ll do: when you get there, just tell him he’s been framed, that you can treat him, but you need to prepare the medicine first and make him pay a deposit.” Ning Yan finished speaking and looked at him. “Got it?”
"Really?"
"Why not? One should not have the heart to harm others, but one should not be without the heart to guard against others!"
What if Ji Wuyou tries to use us two as a ladder to heaven, and then uses us to his advantage? Wouldn't you feel wronged? (End of Chapter)
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