Yu Shida quickly helped him up, "Master, how are you feeling?"
As the head of the Yu family looked at the person in front of him, a metallic taste surged from his throat, splashing all over Yu Shida's head and face. The anxious look on his face before he fell into darkness was imprinted in his mind.
"Quick! Call a doctor!" Yu Xunmei stood up and shouted.
The three people in charge of the Yu family left, leaving only the subordinates and managers looking at each other in the council hall.
After this incident, they all knew that the future of the Yu family was bleak, and they might very well be doomed to failure.
It seemed that no conclusion could be reached today, and everyone got up and left.
After the doctor came, he said one sentence and then shook his head and left.
"You must not be stimulated in the future and need to rest quietly, otherwise it will affect your lifespan."
Mrs. Yu had cried until her tears ran dry, and she kept pleading with the doctor to do his best to save her.
The situation was exactly as Yu Xunmei had expected. She glanced at her father lying on the bed, but turned and left without saying a word to Madam Yu.
Now that they could no longer control or restrict her, they felt an immense sense of joy.
It feels so good to be in charge!
Inside the house, Yu Shida was still comforting Madam Yu, "Madam, please take care of yourself and don't be sad. The doctor said that the head of the family needs to rest and recuperate, and he will need your care in the days to come."
Upon hearing his words, Madam Yu was overcome with grief, and tears streamed down her face.
After a long while, Yu Shida finally came out of the house.
As he left the main courtyard, he saw Yu Xunmei standing under the flower corridor waiting for him.
Her face showed no emotion, neither joy nor sorrow.
What are your plans next?
He pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "I will personally lead troops to Xihe County and take back everything the Yu family has lost!"
"When are you leaving?" Yu Xunmei asked.
He was personally trained by his father, so his abilities must be considerable.
"I probably won't have time to come over these days. As for the rest, you can make your own decisions. If you encounter any problems that you can't solve, listen to the opinions of the managers."
"Okay, I understand." Looking at his handsome profile, Yu Xunmei felt a little tempted and continued, "Those people in Xihe are not easy to deal with. Don't fight them head-on. If you can't beat them, come back and we'll think of another way."
Yu Shida said firmly, "If we can't win this over, and given the current state of the family head, the Yu family will never be able to hold its head high in front of the aristocratic families again."
"Okay, you handle it."
Winning or losing is not important to Yu Xunmei. She has no grand ambitions and doesn't care whether the Yu family can maintain its position as the number one family in the South.
The two walked side by side. Out of the corner of her eye, Yu Xunmei caught a glimpse of a man laughing and playing with a maid in another open courtyard.
It's that Japanese man, Nobuaki!
Yu Xunmei tilted her chin in that direction. "What should we do with the Japanese? We can't keep them in the Yu family forever, can we?"
Upon seeing this scene, Yu Shida frowned slightly, and his eyes immediately turned cold.
Did he say anything?
"He had previously asked the Yu family to provide him with a boat to return to his hometown."
The Japanese ships have been destroyed one after another by the group in Longtan, and they probably won't send anyone else anytime soon. Besides, Xihe is still in the hands of others.
Thinking this, Yu Shida said, "Ignore him. If he doesn't behave, we'll figure out how to deal with him."
Now that we can't even contact each other when we need to solve something together, they've lost their value.
Upon sensing Yu Shida's attitude, Yu Xunmei's lips curled slightly, and a hint of mad killing intent flashed in her beautiful eyes.
Just then, a maid rushed in to report.
"Young Miss, something terrible has happened!"
Yu Xunmei glanced at the maid with annoyance, "What's the matter that you're in such a hurry?"
"Aunt Tao was pushed down by her mother, and now her belly is very big; she's probably about to give birth."
"Hurry up and call a doctor!" Yu Xunmei shouted.
The maid trembled with fright and said in a trembling voice, "We've already called for help. The doctor said the baby is premature and the fetus is too big, so it won't be easy to give birth."
Stared at by Yu Xunmei's murderous gaze, she didn't dare to mention the difficult childbirth.
“I’ll go take a look,” Yu Xunmei said to Yu Shida.
Although she had seized power from her elder brother, she didn't want anything to happen to his child.
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Yu Qiutao got up in the morning, ate breakfast, took a walk around the courtyard twice, and then asked her maid to bring her some snacks.
Just as she was eating her snacks, her mother, Yu Suqin, rushed in.
"You can go down now."
Every time her mother came to see her, it was never anything good, so Yu Qiutao dismissed the maid.
Yu Suqin hadn't even caught her breath when her eyes lit up at the sight of the pastries on the plate. She reached out, picked one up, and put it in her mouth. In the blink of an eye, she had stuffed the pastry into her mouth, causing her to choke and roll her eyes back. She clenched her fists and pounded her chest.
Yu Qiutao poured a glass of water and pushed it in front of her in an annoyed tone, "Mom, have some water, no one's going to take it from you."
Yu Suqin gulped down three cups of water in a row, then roughly wiped her mouth with her patina-covered sleeve.
"You have no idea, I haven't eaten for days since those two brats left."
Yu Qiutao looked away in disgust, wondering when her mother had become increasingly vulgar.
"What are you doing here again? I have no money left to give you."
"What kind of person do you take me for? I'm not here to ask you for money. I'm telling you, something big happened today," Yu Suqin said mysteriously.
"What important matter?"
Yu Suqin peeked at the maid standing under the eaves and said in a low voice, "This morning, the Chen family shop in the city is selling salt at a low price. Coarse salt is 110 coins and fine salt is 130 coins."
"So cheap?"
Although Yu Qiutao lived a secluded life in the inner quarters, the price of salt was already two or three hundred coins before she married into the Yu family.
Yu Suqin then asked, "Do you know where this salt came from?"
"Oh, stop being so mysterious, just tell me already." Yu Qiutao stroked her high, protruding belly and leaned back on the low couch.
"Now you know that these Dragon Pool teas come from the Southern Barbarian Prefecture, right?"
"The clan leader and the Yun family are at Dragon Pool? You mean they..." Yu Qiutao's eyes widened in surprise.
Yu Suqin nodded smugly, "That's right, I made a special trip to find out, and they're the ones who produced this salt."
Her words were like a thunderclap, leaving Yu Qiutao's mind blank and unable to recover for a long time.
"My goodness, selling it so cheaply, they probably own an entire salt field. Heavens! They must be making a fortune!" Yu Suqin muttered to herself.
Yu Qiutao snapped out of her daze and saw her expression, as if she were also involved in all of this. She rolled her eyes.
“Mother, don’t forget that we have no connection with Linjia Village anymore. When we left, the clan chief said that our branch had become an outsider.”
Her words were like a bucket of cold water poured over her head, and Yu Suqin was suddenly jolted awake, her mind snapping back to reality.
Yes! They have no connection with Linjia Village anymore, and no one will stand up for them if they are bullied here.
Then she thought, what does it matter?
My daughter will enjoy endless wealth and luxury after marrying into the Yu family, which is better than being a peasant for the rest of her life.
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