Xia Tian relaxed for two days, and Liu no longer made excuses for feeling unwell, and began to take her to handle affairs in the mansion.
There are only ten days left until Chen Ning's wedding on February 16th, and the necessary arrangements for the mansion have begun.
Summer has become busy again. Now I not only have to study in the morning, but also have to inspect various places in the afternoon.
Fortunately, Mrs. Liu did not make things difficult for her on small matters such as eating and drinking water, and asked her to go back to eat in the morning and at noon before coming back.
From time to time, he would serve her some snacks and make her a pot of tea.
On the surface, it looked like Liu was earnestly teaching her how to manage the household, causing Third Madam Ye to even start complaining to Second Madam, "Do you think the eldest sister-in-law has lost her mind? She's really so devoted to teaching that wild girl how to manage the household. Is she really planning to let that wild girl take over the Marquis' Mansion?"
The Second Madam was also a little confused at this moment, and couldn't see clearly what kind of maze Liu was setting up.
But based on her understanding of Liu, she would never teach that girl sincerely. Although she was not very clear about what she had done in the past, judging from Shen Nian's attitude, there was absolutely no possibility of reconciliation between the two.
The most likely scenario is that Liu is planning something big.
Second Madam Zheng thought so in her heart, but when facing Third Madam, she still laughed it off, "Who knows, maybe the eldest sister-in-law thinks so."
"Impossible, my sister-in-law doesn't like that wild girl." Sanfu immediately retorted.
However, she didn't understand what her sister-in-law was trying to do, but she wouldn't believe that she wanted to sincerely train that wild girl to take over the Marquis' Mansion in the future.
Fortunately, she has learned to be smarter now. She only complains to her second sister-in-law, with whom she has a relatively good relationship, and does not show it in front of other people.
If it were the past, she would have rushed to Liu to ask when she couldn't figure something out.
The third lady couldn't figure it out, and the second lady was still waiting and watching. Liu was indeed getting better and better to Xia Tian.
Not only did he keep her by his side every day to teach her how to manage the household, he also gently explained to her the complicated family relationships in the Marquis's Mansion.
Liu's abnormal behavior not only did not make Xia Tian relax his vigilance, but also made him inexplicably nervous.
It is said that "there must be something wrong when something is abnormal". The more polite Liu was, the more alert she had to be. She would not touch anything around Liu if possible.
If something enters your mouth and you really can't push it out, you can only use your wide sleeves to cover it and secretly put it back into the space.
Three days before Chen Ning's wedding, familiar relatives and friends began to come to her house to add makeup to Chen Ning's outfit.
Liu asked her to be responsible for entertaining the young sisters who came to help Shen Ning put on makeup.
Although it was called a reception, it was actually nothing serious. All the food and drinks were already prepared in the mansion. She was only responsible for leading the way and having people register the information of makeup items and so on.
In order to prevent Liu from getting any evidence, every time the information was registered, it was given to Miss Qiuyue, who was by Liu's side, to check and verify carefully before being put away.
She originally thought that Liu was just planning to embarrass her over these little things, but she just never found the opportunity. Unexpectedly, Liu actually had a big trick up her sleeve.
The day before Shen Ning's wedding, most of the people who were doing the makeup had left. Xia Tian was a little tired, so he sat in the house and talked with Shen Ning.
This room was specially cleaned up by Liu for the young ladies who came to play, and the maids who served them were also newly assigned.
Since most of the people who came here were young sisters who were familiar with Shen Ning, Shen Ning also stayed here to greet them.
The two sat down to rest, and a little maid who had been serving here for the past few days brought in two cups of tea.
Xia Tian didn't care at first, but the little maid accidentally shook the tea bowl when she was taking it out from the tray. Although the tea didn't spill out, the little maid's eyes flashed, and Xia Tian saw it when she looked up.
After the tea was served, the little maid retreated and stood outside the door, glancing over here intentionally or unintentionally.
Xia Tian's heart tightened, but he still picked up the tea bowl calmly, put it to his lips and blew gently, while secretly looking up at the little maid at the door.
Looking at her obviously nervous expression, Xia Tian could be sure that something else was definitely added to the tea.
Seeing that Chen Ning also picked up the tea bowl to drink tea, he hurriedly covered his mouth with his sleeve, coughed lightly, and winked at Chen Ning.
Shen Ning paused while holding the tea bowl, then calmly put it down and said, "The tea is a little hot, sister-in-law, please drink carefully."
"Well, it's okay. I've been talking for a long time and I'm so thirsty. I'll drink it slowly." Xia Tian said as he secretly poured the tea in the tea bowl into the space.
After finishing his own drink, he went to test Shen Ning's bowl, "Is it very hot? Let me try." With a wave of his sleeve, he transferred the tea to the space and refilled it with the tea originally stored in the space.
He put his hand down and said to Shen Ning, "It's almost done, you can drink it."
Chen Ning understood what Xia Tian meant and thought that she was looking for an opportunity to spill the tea, so she picked it up and pretended to drink the tea, but when she wasn't paying attention, she spilled it on her handkerchief and into her sleeves.
After finishing their tea, the two of them went out together and returned to their respective yards.
As soon as Xia Tian returned to Jinglan Garden, she asked Ningxue to find Muchen. She took out two small porcelain bottles, filled some of the two cups of tea that the maid had brought to her and Shen Ning into each of them, marked them, and gave them to Muchen to find a doctor outside the mansion for examination.
It was not until the lights came on that Muchen followed Chen Nian to Jinglan Garden.
As soon as Shen Nian walked in with a gloomy face, Xia Tian knew that the inspection results were not good.
Ningxiang and Ningxue went to guard the door tacitly.
"Tell me quickly, what did the examination find out?" Xia Tian saw that Chen Nian didn't say anything, so he could only ask Mu Chen.
"There's a sterilizing drug in the tea." Mu Chen replied with a bad look on his face.
"Infertility medicine?" Xia Tian was surprised. "Is it in both porcelain bottles? Or is it in just one?"
"Both." Mu Chen was gritting his teeth.
No wonder!
Chen Ning was still worried that Liu would cause trouble for her because she was close to her, but Liu did nothing.
Chen Ning thought that Liu didn't care about her close relationship with Xia Tian, or that she didn't take her, a concubine's daughter, seriously at all, so she didn't care.
It turns out that he didn't not care, but was waiting for her here!
It turns out that all the wholehearted kindness I had shown her these past few days was just a prelude to today.
But as the legitimate mother, Liu did not even let Chen Ning, a concubine's daughter, go. You can imagine how cruel she is.
In this era, if a woman is unable to bear children, not only will she not be able to hold her head up high in this life, she may also be divorced by her husband's family at any time.
What's worse is death or living a life of seclusion.
Thinking of this, Xia Tian felt a chill in her heart. If she had not been vigilant today, perhaps the two of them might have really been infected.
Although she doesn't care whether she can have children or not, that is based on whether she wants to have children or not, rather than being passively deprived of the right to be a mother.
"Since Liu has made a move, it would seem inappropriate for me not to return the favor." Xia Tian said in a cold voice.
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