She said with certainty, "Old Yuan is in very good health, otherwise he wouldn't have married three of us wives!"
He said that he had difficulty having children because he was destined to be alone among the five afflictions: widowed, orphaned, lonely, and disabled, and that his master had no son to please him.
Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang chuckled.
He sneered and said, "That's just his charlatan's explanation. From our doctors' perspective, he's infertile and has fertility problems!"
Upon hearing this, Mei Fang said: ...
Looking completely bewildered, she asked, "Is...is that so?"
Yu Mingxiang nodded, "Mm."
She said, "If you don't believe me, have him come to me tomorrow to see."
Mei Fang: ...
It's probably...
It's a bit difficult.
but……
Old Yuan is a dead man. If anyone dares to cause her trouble on this matter, then don't blame her for being ruthless!
With that in mind, Mei Fang was already itching to get started.
Upon seeing this, Yu Mingxiang chuckled to herself, then turned and pulled her daughter to wash up.
The room was warm and cozy, with a heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) inside.
After the three of them lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed), Mei Fang thought about what Yu Mingxiang had just said and began to toss and turn.
if……
She meant if...
If she could leave a child for Old Yuan before he passed away, then she...
Even if I turn around and see my two older sisters, I'll have something to say.
But……
Can it really work?
After she and her two older sisters married Old Yuan, although there wasn't the usual power struggle among wives and concubines in wealthy and powerful families, they were incredibly determined to produce an heir for the Yuan family.
Her two older sisters were both older than her and had been with Lao Yuan since their early years.
After she married into the family, her two older sisters moved back to Hong Kong to ensure the Yuan family line continued, pushing her as close to Old Yuan as possible, all because of her…
Younger than them!
They are more likely to have children than they are.
But……
There has been no news of her for so many years.
Over time, even the two older sisters began to despair.
In the ancestral home in Yuanjiagang City, baby clothes were piled up like a mountain, but...
But not a single child was attracted.
The room was dimly lit.
Yu Mingxiang and Mei Fang spoke almost simultaneously, after Mei Fang had turned over for the nth time...
Mei Fang: "Can I really have children?"
Yu Mingxiang: "Why did you marry Lao Yuan?"
Mei Fang: ...
Why did she marry Lao Yuan?
Mei Fang, lying on the bed, chuckled softly and said, "Everyone says that I married him to repay a debt of gratitude, but in fact, that's both true and false."
"Old Yuan saved my life and was kind to me, but Old Gu also saved my life and was kind to me. The main reason I married Old Yuan was because..."
“We share the same interests. Although he is several years older than me, I like him.”
"Originally, because he already had two wives, I considered giving up. After all, sharing a husband with another woman is commonplace in our Hong Kong elite circles, but I still had some reservations, until..."
"His two wives, along with members of the Yuan family, came to visit."
"Old Yuan's first wife came from a scholarly family. She and Old Yuan were betrothed since childhood. Old Yuan... originally refused this arranged marriage. However, when the war broke out, his fiancée's family suffered a great disaster and the family declined. The Yuan family originally wanted to take advantage of the situation and break off the engagement. Unexpectedly... Old Yuan returned to the port city in time, disregarded the opposition of his clansmen, fulfilled the engagement, and married the eldest sister."
"With the help of the Yuan family, my eldest sister's family managed to pull through."
"My eldest sister has been married to Old Yuan for three years without bearing a child, and she feels guilty. When she accidentally learns that the imperial chef family is in trouble, she starts to have designs on him..."
"Old Yuan was greedy for food, and the family of imperial chefs happened to have a daughter who had just come of age. With the eldest sister's matchmaking, the matter was settled."
"As for me, I got to know Lao Yuan because of Lao Gu. At that time, Lao Gu wanted to build up his influence in Hong Kong, and I was the person he chose..."
Mei Fang recounted how she met and fell in love with Lao Yuan, and concluded by saying, "My two elder sisters personally came to propose marriage and promised that the three of us sisters would not distinguish between senior and junior. I... had no more concerns and naturally married him."
As she spoke, she smiled and nudged Yu Mingxiang, saying, "Don't think that marrying Old Yuan as a concubine is a loss for me. Actually, it's not."
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