Chapter 104: The Ruthless Actor (12)
The fifth concubine and driver Liu were beaten half to death and locked up in different rooms by the butler, who had them guarded.
Mr. Zhan was sick in bed, feeling drowsy, with numb hands and feet, and he couldn't even get out of bed.
It has been three days and the condition has not improved at all.
When he was conscious, he kept insisting on continuing to interrogate the fifth concubine and driver Liu, and no one could persuade him to stop.
I consulted traditional Chinese medicine doctors and Western doctors, and they both said that it was a case of anger attacking the heart. In addition to taking medicine, the most important thing is to eliminate depression and calm the mind, otherwise the condition will be difficult to improve.
But how could he feel at ease?
"Dad! You have to get better. Our business is closed and the poor people are making a fuss!"
The second son, Zhan Deyun, wanted to cheer up his father by doing business.
But Mr. Zhan was thinking about other things.
"Those rioters...just deserve a beating. Whoever causes trouble should be beaten...You...go and invite Master Guang'an first..."
"Dad, I sent someone to ask him a long time ago, but Master Guang'an said he was in seclusion practicing and refused to see anyone! There's nothing serious going on at the company yet. The most important thing right now is Lieutenant General Davis. He sent someone to ask about the arrangements for the opium yesterday..."
"Alas..." Master Zhan groaned, "Take your men and... bring back the cigarettes, and then distribute them to the various gangs..."
Mr. Zhan is a cruel and ruthless person, and is extremely wary of outsiders.
After so many years in business, he has done everything himself and has never given power to his subordinates.
So now that I'm sick, the person I can trust the most is my son Zhan Deyun.
But it would be a lie to say that Mr. Zhan is not worried... He knows his son's capabilities best.
He was worried that Zhan Deyun wouldn't be able to handle things properly. If he offended Lieutenant General Davis, it would be no joke.
Just at this moment Miao Jue brought in ginseng soup.
Although she had never consummated her marriage with Mr. Zhan, she was still legitimately known as the Sixth Madam.
"Master, it's time to drink soup."
Miao Jue suppressed his nausea, scooped up a mouthful of soup, and brought it to Master Zhan's mouth.
"By the way..." Master Zhan suddenly grabbed Miao Jue's wrist.
Miao Jue subconsciously dodged backwards and accidentally spilled half a bowl of ginseng soup on the bed.
"It's all my fault for being careless..." Miao Jue quickly put down the soup bowl and wanted to clean the soup stains on the quilt.
However, Mr. Zhan grabbed the corner of her clothes and gasped to signal her not to move.
"You... go with Deyun... to see Davis..."
oh.
Mr. Zhan remembered that Miao Jue had met Davis before and knew foreign languages, so he wanted her to help Zhan Deyun.
Miao Jue had no choice but to agree.
But secretly, she also had some thoughts in mind.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, could she do something... something to stop the Zhan family from killing their compatriots...? !
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In the room where the fifth concubine was imprisoned.
The fifth concubine had disheveled hair and a pale, bloodless face. Her feet were tied with hemp ropes as thick as thumbs. She was curled up in a corner of the room, dying.
The second wife stood beside her, holding a bowl of medicine in her hand.
"Sister, you've suffered. Drink this. I made it especially for you."
The second wife placed the medicine in front of the fifth concubine.
The medicine was purple with black in color, and it looked poisonous at first glance.
The fifth concubine shrugged her shoulders and laughed loudly and uncontrollably.
"Are you so eager to kill me?! You have such a cruel heart!"
Since there were no outsiders around, the second wife stopped pretending.
She grabbed the fifth concubine's hair with all her strength, her eyes flashing with murderous intent.
"You did it all yourself! I warned you long ago to behave yourself! You've made a mistake like this, and you'll die sooner or later. Just accept your fate!"
"How many times have I helped you to persuade the master over the past few years?!" The Fifth Concubine roared in tears, "Not only do you not want to help me, but you actually want to kill me?!"
The Second Wife snorted coldly, "I'm doing this for your own good! You know exactly how your daughter came to be! If the Master knew the truth... tell me for yourself, can you still save your daughter's life?!"
"But back then, it was you who told me to find a man to help me get pregnant! Second Madam! I refused at first, but you forced me to do it!!"
The fifth concubine excitedly pulled the second concubine's dress with her sharp nails, and the hem of the skirt was torn!
The second wife got anxious and took two steps back, allowing the fifth wife to tear off a piece of her hand-embroidered robe!
"Without any children, do you think you could have stayed in favor for so many years?! Without my planning, you would have been despised just like that loser Fourth Concubine after just a few days of marriage!!"
The second wife came from a family of doctors. Long before the third and fourth wives came into the family, she had already known from his pulse that Mr. Zhan had kidney deficiency and it would be difficult for a woman to get pregnant.
The Second Wife arranged for the Fifth Concubine to climb into Mr. Zhan's bed and become pregnant with a child that was not his.
The second wife wouldn't be stupid enough to keep a time bomb next to her.
The child’s father is not really Driver Liu, but someone else.
Driver Liu was someone that the fifth concubine had hooked up with.
The second wife did all this for only one purpose - to consolidate her own position in the Zhan family and ensure that her son would inherit the Zhan family's property in the future!
If the son born to the first wife had not been taken back to Hangzhou... he would have been unable to escape her clutches.
"I allowed you to get pregnant secretly, but I didn't allow you to have an affair!" The Second Wife scolded the Fifth Wife fiercely. "You don't understand the situation! You messed up a good hand, who else can you blame?!"
The fifth concubine stamped her feet and sobbed, covering her face with her hands.
The second wife took the opportunity to step forward, picked up the medicine bowl, pinched the fifth wife's chin, and wanted to force it down her throat.
"Drink! Drink now! Using your life in exchange for your daughter's life is worth it, right?!"
The Fifth Concubine's psychological defenses had already collapsed, and she opened her mouth reluctantly...
But at this moment, a laugh suddenly rang out in the room.
It was a baby-like, clear and loud laughter.
The laughter was originally only as loud as a cat's meow.
But it gradually became louder and more cheerful.
"Hehe~ Hehehe~"
It is particularly sensational in a closed room.
“…Go…go away!!”
The second wife looked around in panic and screamed in an attempt to give herself courage.
But the child's voice did not subside, instead it began to sing a ballad.
"The little mouse climbed up the lampstand to steal some oil and couldn't get down. He cried and called for his mother and rolled down with a gurgling sound."
Along with the eerie singing, a vague and short figure suddenly appeared on the wall of the room.
It was white and hazy, and I couldn't see the face clearly, but I could clearly feel a cold wind blowing through the room, which made my hair stand on end.
That was the vengeful spirit of the third concubine's daughter that Shi Sui released.
“Ah—there’s a ghost—!!”
The second wife screamed in shock, her grip loosened, the bowl fell to the ground, and the medicine spilled all over the floor.
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