Chapter 363 Marrying a Wife After the Seventh Day
"Of course I remember our plan, but Chu Ziyi is our stepping stone. If I can't become his principal wife, how can we implement the plan?"
Li Yan spoke with a cold tone, lacking any of the gentleness and grace she had when she was with Chu Ziyi.
Thinking of the agreement with Doctor Zhu, Li Yan fell into memories.
That day, while Fuping was in the palace, Li Yan bribed the servants to escape from the Princess's Mansion. Although she had not yet figured out how to leave the city, she really could not stay in the Princess's Mansion any longer.
Fuping must have known everything during this trip to the palace. If she didn't run away, she would surely die when Fuping came back.
The day she escaped from the Princess's Mansion, she hid in deserted places and did not dare to come out until dark to find something to eat.
During this period of time, she accidentally discovered that Chu Ziyi actually had a young woman outside, but she did not take it to heart. After all, with Chu Ziyi's identity, if she went to find Chu Ziyi, she would be doing a good deed for Chu Ziyi.
After a few days of being in a daze, she never expected that her identity as a young woman wandering alone at night would be noticed by Doctor Zhu.
There is an extremely important ingredient in face-changing surgery - bone powder. Yes, it is human bones ground into powder. As long as it is human bones, it will do. Among them, the most effective ones are fresh bones from young women.
Before, Doctor Zhu dug up bones from people's graves, but Li Yan had been wandering alone at night for several days in a row, and it was obvious that he was homeless. For Doctor Zhu, who was pursuing the efficacy of medicine, he was absolutely attractive.
So on a dark and windy night, Doctor Zhu knocked Li Yan unconscious and dragged her into his room.
When Li Yan woke up, he felt that he was tied up and saw Doctor Zhu approaching him with a sharp knife.
Later, after her battle of wits, Doctor Zhu revealed the face-changing technique, which immediately reminded her of the young woman who was kept outside by Chu Ziyi.
If she swapped faces with that woman, she knew Chu Ziyi best and would be the easiest person to control, which would solve her dilemma of having nowhere to go.
So she put forward a condition, asking Doctor Zhu to change her face, and then use Chu Ziyi as a springboard to plan a bigger conspiracy.
Doctor Zhu has always felt that his talent has not been recognized. He worked for a man before, but he didn't expect to get any benefits in return. Now, the conditions proposed by the young woman in front of him make him very excited.
If the plan succeeds, he will be able to soar to the sky. Then, won't the Medicine King Valley be under his control?
Later, Li Yan looked for an opportunity, until she saw Chu Ziyi having physical contact with the woman, she knew that the opportunity had come.
In the month that Chu Ziyi was away, she and Doctor Zhu kidnapped a young woman and successfully changed her face. Then, in order to avoid Chu Ziyi's suspicion, she starved herself to the point that she looked like she could be blown away by the wind for a month, and also took Doctor Zhu's medicine to make her voice hoarse.
She then pretended to be pregnant to make Chu Ziyi feel guilty and bring herself to the Chu residence, and everything went according to plan.
"This is medicine. Remember what you promised me." Doctor Zhu's words brought Li Yan back to reality. It was obvious that he was convinced by Li Yan.
"Don't worry, I will do what I promised you." Li Yan took the medicine, the fierceness in his eyes remained the same.
Since Chu Ziyi's father was seeking death, it was not her fault.
Over the next few days, Chu's father was always in a daze for a while. On the first day, he fell and hit his head. On the second day, he refused to walk on the right path and insisted on climbing a tree, and fell again.
The doctor came and looked at it but couldn't figure out what was going on, so he just asked people to pay more attention.
At dawn that day, a man yawned and came to the well to fetch water. When he threw the wooden bucket down, it obviously hit something, and a dull sound came from the well.
The servant was doubtful and stretched his head to take a look into the well. The water in the well was not deep and the well mouth was large. It was daytime, so the servant saw a pale human face soaking in the well.
The servant met those wide-open eyes and was so frightened that he staggered and almost fell in.
"Someone's dead!" The servant's shrill scream woke up everyone in the Chu Mansion.
Then several servants gathered around the well and fished the person from the bottom of the water out. Everyone's face turned pale with fear when they saw this. Could it be none other than their master?
So all the servants dispersed and stumbled to report to Chu's mother and Chu Ziyi.
Soon, everyone in the mansion gathered at the well. Mother Chu knelt on the ground, lying on Father Chu's body and crying loudly, while Chu Ziyi stood aside with a complicated expression.
How could my father die in this well?
"Ziyi, I heard a lot of noise over here, what's going on?" At this time, Li Yan walked towards Chu Ziyi with a concerned look, but when she saw Chu's father who had been soaked in water and turned pale, she screamed and fainted in Chu Ziyi's arms.
Suddenly, the scene became even more chaotic.
"Change father's clothes. Let's find a doctor to see if he's been poisoned or something." Chu Ziyi looked at the fainted woman in his arms, thought of the baby in her belly, so he picked up Li Yan and left the well.
Li Yan, in Chu Ziyi's arms, was completely relieved. As long as Chu Ziyi was not around, everything would be easy.
Later, after a doctor's examination, it was found that Chu's father had no unusual injuries on his body and was not poisoned. He must have accidentally fallen into the well.
Chu Ziyi endured the great grief and had to start handling the funeral.
At this time, rumors spread in the mansion that Ning Xiang was a jinx who killed the master. This made Chu's mother, who had lost her husband, impulsive and rushed directly into Li Yan's room.
"You bitch, not only did you ruin my son's future, you even killed my husband." As soon as Chu's mother entered the room, she slapped Li Yan hard, and Li Yan collapsed on the ground.
"Madam, it's not like that. These are just rumors." Li Yan touched her hurt face and tears instantly flowed down her face.
"You bitch, get out of the Chu Mansion." Seeing that the woman in front of her still deserved a beating after being slapped by her, Chu's mother stepped forward and kicked her hard. However, she still had some rationality and did not kick Li Yan in the stomach.
"Ah!" Unexpectedly, when Chu's mother kicked Li Yan, Li Yan let out a shrill scream, which made Chu's mother stunned for a moment.
"Why are you pretending, bitch? Since you came here, my good family has been broken up. Now Ziyi's father has passed away, and he has to observe mourning for three years. I want to see how you marry into my family. When Ziyi gets tired of you, I will just throw you out!"
Mother Chu was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses. She looked at Li Yan, whose face was in pain, and cursed again. Then she raised her foot, ready to kick again.
Chu Ziyi, who received the news, arrived just in time. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Li Yan lying on the ground with a clear slap mark on her face. She was curled up in pain.
"Mother, what are you doing?" Chu Ziyi, dressed in mourning clothes, hurried forward and prepared to pick up Li Yan, but he felt something sticky on his hand.
"Ziyi, my stomach hurts so much." After Li Yan said this, she fainted again.
Chu Ziyi opened his eyes wide and pulled his hand out, only to see that it was covered in blood.
"What's going on? I clearly avoided her stomach, how could this happen?" Mother Chu was stunned when she saw this situation. She saw that a lot of blood had already flowed from Li Yan's body.
"Mother, even if this child is gone, I, Chu Ziyi, will marry her. After father's seventh day, I will marry Ning Xiang!"
Chu Ziyi glanced at his mother who had a dazed look on her face, and thought of what his mother had just said about observing mourning for three years. After that, he picked up Li Yan and went straight to find Doctor Zhu.
"Rebellious son, rebellious son! How could I give birth to such a son!" When Chu's mother heard that Chu Ziyi actually said that he would get married after the seventh day, she was so angry that she collapsed on the chair, stroking her chest and crying.
Later, Li Yan lost the "baby" in her belly. This made Chu Ziyi, who knew that his mother was the culprit but could do nothing about it, love Li Yan even more. He promised his father in person that he would marry Li Yan after the seventh day, and he didn't even care about the three-year mourning period.
All of this was within Li Yan's calculations, and the plan was going smoothly.
The news that Chu Ziyi's father slipped and fell into a well and drowned reached Yufei's ears. Yufei was already heartbroken over the death of her son, and now her own brother was gone too. She almost couldn't recover.
The emperor allowed her to leave the palace to attend the funeral, so Concubine Yu brought Fuping to the Chu Mansion.
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