Chapter 2 Knowing Her Body Well
Wen Ning shook her head helplessly and placed a hand on Master Liu's wrist. Her pulse was intermittent, like a dying bird pecking at food.
Sure enough, within an hour or so, Master Liu passed away.
Instead of bringing happiness, it turned into a funeral. The Liu family cried and wailed, and felt extremely resentful towards her.
They called her a nemesis, saying she killed her husband as soon as she got married.
After scolding her, he still didn't feel satisfied, so he decided to go all out and sold Wen Ning to the Marquis' Mansion as a servant.
The Nanny Li in front of him was a distant relative of the Liu family. The Liu family had specifically instructed them not to be polite to a jinx like her, and to make her life a living hell.
That's why Nanny Li is so confident in her.
Wen Ning stood up hurriedly, but she hadn't eaten for two days and her vision was getting darker. She wanted to reach out to hold on to something, but accidentally knocked over the pile of firewood beside her, and the dry firewood scattered all over the ground.
"Okay! You dare to lose your temper with me? I'll teach you a lesson, you little bitch!" A fierce light like a knife flashed in Li Ma's triangular eyes, and the fire poker in her hand swung towards Wen Ning's back with a sound of wind.
One, two, three times...
Wen Ning only felt her skin go numb at first, and then the pain continued to explode. She was like a wounded little animal, and her cries of pain leaked out from between her teeth. No matter how she bit her lips, she couldn't stop it.
"Madam, spare me, I didn't do that. I dare not lose my temper with you..."
Nanny Li finally stopped and looked Wen Ning up and down with a sharp gaze.
It was already dark when the Liu family brought her here yesterday, and she didn't get a clear look at the unlucky girl. But now that she looked at her, although she looked a little haggard, she was still stunningly beautiful - she had a slender and well-proportioned figure, a waist that could be held in one hand, a pretty little face, and was as beautiful as a newly blooming jasmine. Just looking at her made people feel fragrant and tender.
Nanny Li snorted coldly and poked Wen Ning's shoulder hard with the fire poker. "The Liu family must have sold you to the wrong place. They should have sold you to a brothel. Look at you, you're such a coquettish woman! You're a jinx! You little widow! Now that you've entered the Marquis' Mansion, you must recognize your status. You must behave yourself under my command and don't harbor any inappropriate thoughts that might cause me trouble!"
Wen Ning's lips turned pale from the pain, but she still managed to answer, "Don't worry, Ma'am. I will be obedient."
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In Yifu Hall, the old lady of the Marquis's Mansion was kneeling on a cushion embroidered with the pattern of "hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren", with her hands folded together.
"Merciful and compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, please have mercy on this only child of the Xie family and bless my grandson Xie Jinglan to have children for the Marquisate. If you can give me a son for the Xie family, I am willing to reduce my life span by ten years..."
The Anyuan Marquisate has been loyal and brave for generations, with iron cavalry and golden swords, and has made countless achievements, but the population is small, and there are more cenotaphs enshrined in the ancestral hall than living people.
By this generation, there was only one male left in the mansion - Xie Jinglan.
Xie Jinglan had made great military achievements at the age of 21. He should have been at the age of high spirits, but he was accidentally poisoned and nearly died. Although he survived by chance, the doctor asserted that he would never have children.
Xie Jinglan grew up under the care of his grandmother. Old Madam Xie loved him very much. After hearing the doctor's words, she was struck by lightning. She cried all day long and prayed to gods and Buddhas everywhere, just hoping that the Xie family bloodline would continue.
But Old Madam Xie had no idea that the Xie family's bloodline had already taken root and sprouted in Wen Ning's womb...
After enduring a night of burning meridians, Xie Jinglan finally recovered from the pain. He leaned against the bathtub, tilted his head back, closed his eyes, and his Adam's apple rolled slightly with his breathing.
This time the poison has seeped through the skin into the meridians, and blue-black poisonous lines are spreading under the skin like a spider web.
He had originally thought that the poison he had taken that day was nothing more than some kind of aphrodisiac, a commonplace possession. He thought that if he had taken the woman that night, he would be alright. But he had no idea that the poison was like a nasty cancer, lurking for half a month before it began to eat away at his internal strength. Now, even when he was exercising, his meridians felt like they were being cut by a knife.
The memory is always particularly clear when the poison takes effect - the thatched cottage halfway up the mountain, the soft and seductive woman that night kept circulating in his mind. She was obviously trembling, but still stubbornly asked him if he was a good man?
He drew out the dagger at that time, just to play hard to get, but he didn't expect that she would actually give herself to him.
He was so addicted to it that night that he became too reckless and repeatedly lied to her that the poison in her body had not yet been completely eliminated. He ignored her repeated pleas for mercy until she fainted.
When I think about it this way, I really am not a good person.
"Interesting..." Xie Jinglan couldn't help but chuckle.
Outside the door, Qing Feng was holding clothes scented with sandalwood. Hearing some movement inside the house, he tentatively asked, "Master, do you want to change clothes?"
After the people in the house agreed, he carefully pushed open the door.
"Has the woman been found?"
Before Qing Feng could even stand firmly on his feet, he heard his master's resounding question. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, when did his master become so concerned about a woman? It almost became a daily question. Could it be that the person who saved his life was really different from others?
Even though he was thinking this in his heart, he still looked serious on the surface and replied respectfully: "Master, since you don't remember the woman's appearance or her age, and you know very little about her, I'm afraid it will take some time to find her."
Xie Jinglan thought for a moment, his throat rolling slightly. He knew the woman's body very well, so how could he be considered to know very little?
He even knew that the woman had a unique fragrance, like the scent of medicine mixed with jasmine. He had consulted several perfumers, but no one could create that scent.
However, he would never let others know these clues!
Xie Jinglan gathered his thoughts and glanced at Qingfeng. "That woman was still innocent before she saved me. Go check all the unmarried girls near that mountain, especially the pharmacies and clinics."
"Yes, Master."
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The masters have already had their breakfast, and now is the time for the servants to eat.
In the side room behind the kitchen, there were several long elm tables, on which two rows of large coarse pottery bowls were neatly placed.
Wen Ning, who had been hungry for two days, thought she could finally have a meal, but unexpectedly, Nanny Li called all the people in the kitchen to the yard and started to lecture them.
"The Marquis's medicine was delivered half a quarter of an hour late the day before yesterday! The old lady's chicken porridge was undercooked yesterday! And the young lady forgot to add milk to her almond tea today! You guys really made me proud!"
"The Marquis's Mansion has only the old lady, the Marquis, and one young lady in total. Compared to other mansions, our duties as servants are already much lighter. Three masters in other families would love to have eight stoves, but we don't even have an extra kitchen in our mansion. Master, please understand us, so we servants must work even harder. If you find anyone napping or playing tricks on the stove, watch out for them!"
"And that new guy!"
When Wen Ning heard Nanny Li calling her, her heart skipped a beat when she met her sharp eyes.
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