Wu Xiaoman, a gynecologist, was named by her parents after the solar term near which their children were born.
She brought back a letter to Sun Yanan. The host who invited her this time heard that Wu Xiaoman came from the Pingchang County Magistrate's Mansion and the young lady's name was Sun Yanan, and wrote this letter in surprise.
Sun Yannan opened the book and read a few lines. He was indeed surprised, but gradually his mood became much gloomier.
This is a letter from Ling Ruofei, the third daughter of the Ling family, who was bullied by Ren Jiayu and forced to become a nun like her.
Since the gynecological expert Wu Xiaoman was invited, Ling Ruofei must no longer be in the nunnery.
They should have been married and pregnant. Sun Yannan was happy that Ling Ruofei had gotten over the hurt caused by Ren Jiayu, but when he read on, he found out that she had married Ren Jiayu's eldest brother, Ren Changan...
According to Ling Ruofei's letter, when Ren Jiayu's eldest brother returned to Beijing to report on his work on behalf of the Ren family army, he heard many strange stories about his sister Ren Jiayu.
Ren Chang'an was a brave warrior, but he was a dull and honest person. He felt that his sister had bullied others and felt upset. He went to the Sun Mansion, Chen Mansion, and Ling Mansion to apologize, but was turned away. Ren Chang'an then went to Yunlan Temple to find Ling Ruofei, looking for any way to make amends. After all, Sun Yannan and Miss Chen were no longer in Kyoto, only Ling Ruofei was still there.
After he arrived, Ling Ruofei ignored him. During the incense-burning time when the temple was open, he carried water, chopped firewood, and repaired the roof, doors, and windows, and took care of various minor problems for the temple.
Ren Changan later told Ling Ruofei that he went there to apologize at first, but after meeting Ling Ruofei, he could not let her go.
After returning to the border, he wanted to write her a letter but didn't know how to write it. So he often copied the letters his brother Ren Changlin wrote to Ye Wan. (Ye Wan was the daughter of another concubine of Ye Zhou and the younger sister of Ye Qiu.)
He sent things to Ling Ruofei from the border, and then found various excuses to return to Kyoto. He stood foolishly at Yunlan Temple for a whole day just to see Ling Ruofei.
Later, they gradually fell in love and informed their parents. Because Ling Ruofei didn't want to meet Ren Jiayu and didn't want to live in Kyoto, Ren Changan took Ling Ruofei to the border, held the wedding there, and settled down there.
After Ren Jiayu found out, she went to the border and complained that Ling Ruofei had seduced her brother to get revenge. After being scolded by her father Ren Jiayong, Ren Jiayu acted like the third prince's consort and scolded her father, brother, and her sister-in-law.
Not long ago, Ren Jiayu learned that Ling Ruofei was pregnant and sent food to the three of them. Ren Changan always wanted to give his wife all the good things he had, and Ling Ruofei was poisoned after eating it, and she bled profusely.
The doctors at the border were helpless. Ren Chang'an asked his sister for the poison formula and antidote, but Ren Jiayu refused to give them and instead said that Ling Ruofei deserved it because she was greedy.
The food was not originally meant for Ling Ruofei to eat. She poisoned the man and nothing happened to him after he ate it. It was specifically designed to target greedy pregnant women.
It has become a habit for the Ren family to look for He Qing when they are in doubt. Although He Qing felt a little embarrassed, he still contacted Shang Huaitang for them.
Shang Huaitang asked his wife to take care of it, so Wu Xiaoman actually went to the border to help Ling Ruofei take care of her pregnancy. Now that the pregnancy is stable, Wu Xiaoman came back.
Sun Yannan remained silent after reading the letter. She was determined to avenge the humiliation she had suffered that year, but she did not expect that the person she thought shared the same hatred with her and might even fight alongside her had become a relative of the person who had hurt them.
But because of her husband, no matter how much she quarreled, she could not really take revenge.
In Sun Yanan's mind, Ling Ruofei used to be a reliable ally, but now he can only cross her out.
After my father-in-law Shi Chongwen had been going out early and coming back late for a long time, he suddenly brought home a boy of about twelve or thirteen years old, who lived with Shi Chongwen in the front yard.
Sun Yanan received the report immediately and sent his servants to ask his father-in-law whether the child would stay for a long or short time, whether a courtyard should be arranged for him, whether a monthly allowance should be given, and whether the food and clothing standards should be set separately or added to the father-in-law's courtyard.
Sun Yanan thought: My father-in-law is bringing someone home. Even if he doesn’t need to tell her the whole story, he should at least tell my grandmother.
Sun Yannan also sent people to the villa where Jinshu used to live and the academy where his father-in-law taught to inquire secretly.
The news that came back was that there was no child in the villa, but there was a child in the academy. He was the only son of a Confucian teacher who died of illness two years ago. The teacher's wife died early, and he raised the child alone. Unexpectedly, he also fell ill and could not get up.
After his death, the academy raised the orphan. The child ate and lived in the academy. At night, he and the night watchman who looked after the yard and the aunt who boiled water and cooked all slept in the academy.
Now the child has been brought back by Shi Zhongwen. Sun Yannan was pondering this when Shi Yue came in dejectedly: "Grandmother said that Wu Shengshou should rest for the first two days after returning, so she has asked someone to take your pulse.
Now, I can no longer hide the fact that I colluded with the court doctor and the outside doctors."
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