Chapter 232 Was he cuckolded again?
Yun Xiuwen was ordering something when he heard the commotion and looked over. He was immediately enraged. "Wang, are you crazy? You poisonous woman, how could you kick Rou'er in the stomach? She's carrying my son!"
Yun Xiuwen raised his hand to slap her, but Wang Shi offered her face and said arrogantly, "Go ahead and hit me! If you've got the guts, beat me to death."
Yun Xiuwen thought about arriving in Jiangling the next day, and how his whole family would rely on her to get in touch with the Marquis of Jiangling. He couldn't afford to offend him. His raised hand froze in mid-air, his palm trembling, and finally he lowered it with a trembling hand.
Aunt Chen looked pained and reached out to her, saying, "Master, my whole body and stomach hurt so much."
"Rou'er, someone come quickly! Imperial physician, come and take a look."
Yun Xiuwen was so anxious that he wanted to pick the person up and find a doctor, but he almost strained his back before he could even pick him up, so he quickly put the person down.
"Ah!" Aunt Chen fell back to the ground, luckily landing on her back and not hitting her stomach.
Physician Chen rushed over to take his pulse.
"The pregnancy is unstable, and there are signs of miscarriage. How did it turn out like this?"
Every family takes good care of a pregnant woman. This is incredibly dangerous. Does she even want to keep the baby?
Aunt Chen's voice trembled, "Madam, she kicked me in the stomach."
Physician Chen assumed it was a fall and was immediately alarmed, “…kicked her? You can’t just kick a pregnant woman like that, a slight mistake could result in the death of both mother and child.”
"Imperial Physician Chen, you must save my son no matter what method you use."
I'll give it my best.
Physician Chen had the patient lie down and began administering acupuncture.
Wang was even hoping she would miscarry, thinking, "So what if a mere illegitimate son dies?"
She already has no good reputation, so it doesn't matter if she makes her concubine miscarry. She can just wait until her eldest son passes the imperial examination, move the whole family back to the capital, and then rebuild her reputation.
Yun Xiuwen said, "Wang, don't go too far. Get out! Get as far away as possible and stop making sarcastic remarks."
Yun Jiaoyue got off the carriage and saw that a dispute had broken out at the Yun family's residence. She walked over and asked, "Mother, what's wrong? Did the guards hit you again?"
Wang recounted what had just happened in a few words.
Yun Jiaoyue told her, "She didn't run away, nor did she go to see a doctor. She went to find her biological family, the Pei family of Jiangnan. Pei Huaiji, the apprentice of Doctor Hua, is her biological brother."
Upon hearing this, Madam Wang suddenly burst into laughter, disregarding her composure. "The Pei family? The Pei family is actually the Pei family! Hahaha!!!"
"So what if they are the richest family in Jiangnan, a mere lowly merchant family? They would have to bow and scrape before even a minor official in the capital."
Physician Chen administered acupuncture to Aunt Chen to prevent miscarriage and also prescribed medicine. Before setting off, she hurried to the pharmacy to buy the medicine. Whether she could save the child depended on her future fate.
Yun Xiuwen begged Physician Chen, "Physician Chen, you must help me save my child."
Although Yun Yanzhe is his biological son, he only listens to Wang Shi and does not respect his father.
The son in Liu's belly was her only hope.
Physician Chen waved his hand and said, "Master Yun, I am no longer a physician."
Yun Xiuwen then changed his tune, saying, "Dr. Chen, you must help me save my son. Money is no problem."
He took out a tael of silver from his sleeve and placed it in his palm.
Physician Chen put away the silver, picked up his medicine box, and said, "I will try my best to keep her on the ground when we get on the road. Let's put her on a cart and push her along."
"Alright, alright, I've got it all in mind. Let's travel together, just in case something happens to Rou'er on the way..."
Physician Chen reluctantly agreed, considering the money involved, "Alright then."
When Wang heard that he had used the money given to him by his own family to help his concubine with her pregnancy, she was so angry that she almost vomited blood.
Suddenly an idea struck him, and he pointed at Aunt Chen and shouted, "Master, she's not carrying your son at all! Everything you've done is just a favor to someone else!"
"Stop talking nonsense! Rou'er's body and soul belong to me, unlike you who are so lowly as to have given birth to that bastard child with the steward, making me a laughingstock in the world." Yun Xiuwen pointed at Yun Yanyang standing beside her.
He wanted to strangle this bastard child, but dared not offend the Wang family, so he had to give up.
Yun Yanyang was pointed at and called a bastard, his small fists clenched so tightly that his body trembled uncontrollably. His once fierce eyes instantly became dull and lifeless.
He shook his head blankly, "No! I am the young master of the Marquis's mansion, not some bastard."
"Yang'er, don't be afraid, your mother is here." Wang covered her youngest son's ears to prevent him from hearing.
"To tell you the truth, ever since I gave birth to Yang'er, I've given you a drug that will prevent you from having children. That's why none of the concubines in the inner courtyard have had any offspring in all these years. You can't have children anymore; their children aren't yours at all!"
"Furthermore, Yun Zhaoxue's biological father has been found. The Pei family of Jiangnan, the high and mighty eldest princess, would rather submit to a lowly merchant than even glance at you!"
Wang wanted to kill everyone; if she was miserable, no one else would be.
Yun Xiuwen's chest heaved violently as he gasped for breath. Having been attacked twice in a row, he was so angry that his body stiffened, as if he would collapse at any moment.
"...The Pei family? It could actually be the Pei family?"
If it were the Crown Prince of Dajing or the Prince of Nanzhao, someone of higher status than him, he would accept it; it was his poor birth that led him to become the Pei family.
"ah!--"
He acted like a madman, pushing through the crowd to confront Yun Zhaoxue, demanding, "Your biological father is Pei Yanping? Why??"
Anger made him lose his mind, causing him to overlap the face in his memory with the person in front of him.
"You said you wanted someone who was pure in body and soul, and devoted to you. You rejected me because I wasn't pure, but Pei Yanping already has wives and concubines, and a whole brood of children. What makes him better than me? Tell me!"
He excitedly stepped forward and tried to shake Yun Zhaoxue's arm to question her.
Zhuiying teleported forward and raised his hand to stop the man, preventing him from getting any closer to Yun Zhaoxue.
Yun Zhaoxue found his appearance ridiculous. "You've got it wrong, you're not the head of the Pei family."
"Master Yun is a regular at brothels. He has brought back so many concubines and mistresses from brothels that you can't count them on one hand. Who is he pretending to be affectionate for now?"
I heard that you and my mother had a prenuptial agreement that neither of you would interfere in the other's private life. As the prince consort, she allows you to take concubines and have children; you should be content.
The original owner's biological father only had one woman, the eldest princess, and he died saving her. This is something that cannot be compared to mere words of liking and loving her today.
"If it's not Pei Yanping, then who is it? Tell me..." Yun Xiuwen wanted to ask who the man was, but Zhuiying pulled him away.
Madam Yang pulled Yun Zhaoxue aside and inquired about her well-being.
"Xue'er, how are you feeling? What did the divine doctor say?"
Yun Zhaoxue replied, "It's nothing serious, I just need to rest and recuperate."
“Ce’er, go and talk to Master Liao and see if Xue’er can ride in a carriage.”
"Um!"
Zhuiying pushed Xiao Xuance to find Lao Liao and told him to let Yun Zhaoxue ride in the carriage.
Old Liao agreed; he owed him a life-saving favor several times, so he had no choice but to agree.
Zhao Jiu gave a thumbs up, "Brother Liao, you're a good person."
Old Liao glared at him and said, "Bullshit, don't flatter me. I'm not a good person, I'm a bad person."
Good people don't get good rewards, but evil people live on for a thousand years. He hasn't lived enough yet.
The other families, seeing that the Xiao family could ride in a carriage, wanted to ask Old Liao if they could also ride in a carriage. Old Liao punished them with a whip.
Those people obediently went back to riding the cart.
Wang sat on the cart waiting for Lao Liao, thinking to herself, "Damn it! When we pass through Jiangling City, you're going to die a horrible death!"
"Hurry up, hurry up, those behind, keep up. We must reach the ferry before dark. Arrange the boats today, and cross the river early tomorrow morning."
The imagination is beautiful, but reality is harsh; the road surface was just after a heavy rain.
The cart's wheels got stuck in the sticky mud, making it difficult to push by hand.
Some families had already abandoned their handcarts and were now traveling light, carrying their own bundles.
The Yun family provided two horse-drawn carriages.
Wang Shi, the old lady, Yun Xiuwen, Yun Yanzhe, and Yun Yanyang all sat on the cart.
Everyone else had to push the cart, otherwise they wouldn't get any food.
Once you arrive at the Marquis of Jiangling's residence, no one can expect to gain any advantage there, let alone return to the capital.
No one else dared to refuse; they pushed the cart with all their might, trying their best to please Wang.
Aunt Chen also wanted to push the cart.
Clutching her stomach, her face contorted in pain, she looked pleadingly at Yun Xiuwen, crying, "Master, my stomach hurts so much, please save our son..."
She was too weak to walk, let alone push the cart.
Yun Xiuwen was cheated on by the three most important women in his life. He was heartbroken and didn't want to talk to anyone. He turned his head away indifferently.
Aunt Chen pleaded with the old lady again: "Old lady, old lady, I have not betrayed you or been perfunctory. The child in my belly is the Yun family's own grandson..."
The old lady said, "Aunt Chen, you are not a virtuous woman and have confused the bloodline of the Marquis's family. I have already been merciful by not drowning you. The child in your belly should not be kept, lest it grow up to be an ungrateful wretch who will take revenge on the Yun family. I have spared your worthless life. You should be content."
"Madam, I truly have not betrayed the Marquis. I swear on my life and on the child in my womb that if the child I am carrying is not the Marquis's, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death. Please save my child."
"snort!"
"Madam, how could the bastard in your belly possibly be of the Marquis's bloodline?"
The person at the back of the Yun family's procession pointed to the ground and said, "Blood, blood, there's blood on the ground..."
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