The man who was called was Yin Guang, the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Works. The so-called third wife was actually just a concubine in his house, but she was not an ordinary concubine, but his sweetheart who grew up with him since childhood. Originally, the two had a very deep relationship and made a promise to spend their lives together under the moonlight. However, like Feng Jinyuan, he went to Beijing, participated in the imperial examination, passed the examination, became an official, and then naturally married another official daughter.
But the difference is that Feng Jinyuan's marriage to Yao was premeditated for the power of the Yao family, but Lord Yin Guangyin was forced to do so. It was the official's daughter who took a fancy to him and forced his father to ask the emperor for this marriage. The emperor's order was difficult to obey, and he had no way to refuse, so he had to accept his fate and marry. After the marriage, the official's daughter, who was the mistress of the house, took the lead again and sent the maid who had served her for many years to Yin Guang's room as a concubine.
Later, the childhood sweetheart from his hometown hanged himself after hearing about it, but fortunately he was rescued and sent to the capital by his family to settle accounts with Yin Guang, the heartless man. This incident was quite a big deal at the time, and the whole capital was in an uproar. Everyone knew that their marriage was granted by the emperor, and it was the father of the official's daughter who begged Emperor Tianwu for a month, and Yin Guang himself was not very happy. For a time, the childhood sweetheart won the hearts of many people, and the official's daughter could not bear the pressure and had to nod and agree to let her enter the palace as a concubine.
According to the order, the childhood sweetheart is naturally the third one. Originally, she should be called the Third Aunt, but Yin Guang insisted that the servants call her the Third Madam, and his attitude was very tough. He protected her many times, so that no matter how difficult it was for the mistress, the official's daughter, she could not get past Yin Guang<=".
However, it is not easy to give birth to a child in such a mansion. The mistress of the house is not a person without means. After so many years of marriage, the third wife has been pregnant twice, but she has not been able to give birth to a child safely. Now the baby in her belly has finally reached full term, and she is saying it is a difficult delivery?
As soon as Yin Guang heard the news, he could not stay any longer. Without even saying hello to his colleagues, he followed his servants into the carriage and hurried back home.
When he arrived at the mansion, the mistress and the maid and concubine were standing at the door of the delivery room. The mistress looked nonchalant and said sarcastically, "You are unlucky and you still dream of giving birth to the master's child? Bah! There is no need for me to deal with you, God will take you away! Just scream! No one will care even if you die of exhaustion! We have invited a doctor for you, but the doctor shook his head and said there is nothing he can do. Humph, even if the master comes back, it is your own destiny, don't blame me."
The maidservant next to her also echoed, "That's right! You can't keep your child again and again, which means God won't let you have one! I don't know what sins you committed in your previous life, you deserve to see the King of Hell soon!"
Snap! Snap!
Suddenly, two slaps came over, knocking the maid to the ground. Just as she was about to continue to curse, she looked up and saw that it was her master Yin Guang who was beating her. The maid was so scared that her face turned pale, and she quickly knelt down and dared not say a word. The mistress was also insecure, but at least she knew that Yin Guang would not hit her, but he would not give her any face either, so she could only say angrily: "Master, we have invited three doctors back, and they all shook their heads. We have no choice." She did not dare to look at Yin Guang. Now Yin Guang is the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, and he is no longer the young scholar he used to be. Her mother's family can no longer control Yin Guang. But she couldn't swallow the anger she felt when she saw the maid being beaten. Thinking about how favored the Third Auntie was, she couldn't help but mutter, "I wanted to use ginseng to hang on, but you know, Master, the storehouse in our house has been emptied. At this moment, we need a hundred-year-old ginseng, but we can't even get one that's ten years old."
Yin Guang stamped his feet: "If you don't have it, go out and buy some!"
"Where can I get the money to buy it?" The mistress said, "My family is so poor that we can't even get fifty taels of silver together. How can I buy it? Even if I invite those three doctors to come, I still have to use my private money to hire them! That little witch is usually disrespectful to me, and I don't care about her, but today I really did my best for her! Even if the master is to blame, it can't be my head."
"No money?" Yin Guang glanced at his wife, then suddenly raised his hand to grab her head, and in a few seconds he grabbed a handful of jewelry. "Why do you bring so many valuable things when you have no money?" He threw them to the housekeeper beside him, "Take them, and exchange them for a hundred-year-old ginseng!"
The mistress of the house was so angry that she cried loudly, but Yin Guang ignored her and broke into the delivery room despite the servants' objection. In the end, he was stopped outside the screen separating the inner and outer rooms, and stood with the three doctors.
He suppressed his anger and asked the three doctors: "What happened? Why is the birth difficult?"
One of them said quickly, "Your Excellency, your wife's body was originally deficient in Qi and blood. I'm afraid that she didn't take any tonics during the ten months of pregnancy. The child was only sustained by the little Qi and blood originally in the mother's body. By the time it was about to be born, it had sucked the mother's body dry. Your wife was deficient in Qi and blood and had no strength. In addition, the fetus was in an abnormal position, and the baby's head was facing upwards, which caused a difficult delivery. Now she is bleeding heavily, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."
"Deficiency of Qi and blood? Has she never taken any tonic?" Yin Guang's mind was focused on these two sentences, and he didn't understand. "During her pregnancy, I had people take good care of her every day. Whenever I was in this mansion, I would personally watch over her. She ate bowl after bowl of tonic, how could she have deficiency of Qi and blood?"
The doctors were also very surprised after hearing this. They looked at each other, all of them were a little confused. The person who spoke before spoke again: "But we checked and found that Madam is not in a state of daily nourishment! We have been practicing medicine for more than 20 years, so it is impossible for us to be wrong about such a small matter."
Yin Guang's eyebrows knitted together, as if he suddenly understood something. He turned around and shouted, "Come here! Go and arrest all the servants in the Third Madam's yard! Take them outside and make them kneel. I will interrogate them in person after the Third Madam gives birth!"
Yin Guang got angry, and the mistress and the maid outside heard it, and they couldn't help but get scared. The Third Madam did have tonics stewed every day, but those things had long been replaced by the servants they secretly arranged and bribed. They were all low-quality medicinal materials and could not play any tonic role. Now that Yin Guang wants to investigate, he will definitely find them. The mistress winked at the maid, and the other party immediately understood and quickly got up and ran to the backyard. She had to act before the person was taken away, no matter what, she had to kill him first.
In the delivery room, the third wife was barely breathing and her voice was getting weaker and weaker. Yin Guang was so anxious that he kept asking the three doctors, "What should we do? Tell me, what should we do?" At the same time, he kept urging the servants, "Go and see if the old ginseng that is keeping her alive has been bought back? Go!"
Unfortunately, the doctors said, "Sir, even if we bring back the old ginseng now, I'm afraid her life won't be saved. In fact, there is only one way to ensure that the Third Madam can give birth smoothly and both mother and child are safe."
"What's the solution? If you have one, just tell me now!" Yin Guang was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.
One of the doctors said, "If you want to save your life, you can only ask for help from Princess Ji'an, because Princess Ji'an knows a way to deliver a baby, which is to cut open the mother's belly, take the baby out of the belly, and then sew it up. After that, take care of it for six or seven days, and it will be fine. Or..." He thought for a moment, and then said, "I heard that there were two female doctors in Baicaotang before, and they also learned this skill."
"Princess Ji'an?" Yin Guang was shocked. Princess Ji'an had already left Beijing. She left this morning, and... she was forced to leave by them. Now that something like this had happened to his family, he didn't have the face to go to her house and beg her even if she hadn't left yet! And even if he begged, she wouldn't be able to help. Cutting open the belly to take out the baby, and then stitching it up to help the mother recover, it was horrifying to talk about, but he absolutely believed that Princess Ji'an had the ability to do so. Unfortunately... "Alas!" He stomped his feet and shouted towards the delivery room - "Nian'er! Yin Guang is sorry for you!"
After shouting this, the person inside used up the last bit of his strength and closed his eyes in despair. Instantly, the room was filled with crying.
Such an incident at the residence of the Right Assistant Minister soon spread throughout the capital. No one knew who had leaked the news, but the next morning, the streets and alleys of the capital were all talking about it. Everyone said that Lord Yin had it all to himself. If they hadn't joined forces to force Princess Ji'an to close Baicaotang and force Princess Ji'an to leave the capital, would such a thing have happened? Princess Ji'an was a kind-hearted person. Whenever she was in the capital, she would definitely help someone with such a matter of life and death. Lord Yin's evil deeds were always punished, and it had only been a few days before the retribution came to him.
When Yin Guang heard this, he surprisingly did not get angry. Instead, he nodded and said to himself, "Indeed, evil will be punished! I planted the seeds, but Nian'er suffered the consequences. I am sorry for Nian'er. I harmed her and our child." Yin Guang gritted his teeth and felt that he could not be blamed for this matter. In the final analysis, it was the fault of the Eighth Prince. If the Eighth Prince had not planned in advance to eliminate Princess Ji'an's power in Kyoto step by step, how could they have said that Princess Ji'an would close Baicaotang? If the mansion was left with nothing, who would be held accountable?
Yin Guang was also a man with a bad temper. His eyes rolled and his thoughts came out. He immediately summoned his confidants and told them what to do. After they left, they exaggerated the grief of the Yin Mansion to other officials of the Eighth Prince's Party.
The Yin family was in a pity, but Princess Ji'an could save them, but they were driven away by the Eighth Prince. If this happened to the Yin family today, who knows what other families would be in the pity tomorrow. When the officials thought about this, they soon began to feel sad as well...
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