The Love of Passerby A

Chapter 502: A Survival Guide for Women in the Old Republic of China (41)

"Hello, Miss Hongdou!" Sister Yue Niang changed her usual arrogant attitude and bowed deeply to Hongdou respectfully.

"Oh my! Could this be Aunt Yue's sister-in-law?" Hongdou did not answer, but the little maid standing beside her spoke first, her tone full of surprise and confusion, "What's going on with you? You actually bow to us servants.

You may have come to the wrong place! The big kitchen is not here. If you want to find something delicious to eat or drink, you should go in that direction. We definitely don’t have it here.”

"No, no, no, I didn't come here to ask for any benefits." Sister Yue Niang waved her hands and explained, with a flattering smile on her face, "To be honest, I was ignorant and lacked discipline in the past few days, so I made many mistakes.

I have come here today to apologize to Madam, and I hope you can give me a chance to make amends for my crime."

Hongdou stared into Sister Yue Niang's eyes, keenly aware that there seemed to be some other intentions hidden in them, but she did not expose her thoughts on the spot, but nodded and agreed readily: "Okay! In this case, then you can come with me to meet the lady!"

After saying that, the two turned and walked towards the courtyard where Cao Wanning was.

With a plan in mind, they deliberately chose a secluded path with few people on their way to their destination, so as to avoid being discovered by other people in the mansion that Sister Yue Niang was going to look for Cao Wanning.

Therefore, apart from the three parties involved, no one else knew about this.

Sister Yue Niang was just a peasant woman. When she saw Cao Wanning, she knelt on the ground and told him everything she had heard yesterday, and emphasized that this matter had nothing to do with her.

"Madam, I am a person who is greedy for small gains, but I would never dare to do anything to frame you." Sister-in-law Yuenian assured again and again, "This matter has nothing to do with our family!"

Sister Yue Niang actually thought very clearly that her sister was destined to be sacrificed by Master Su, but their family did not want to be dragged down. Since they had to choose a backer, they might as well find Madam Su. At least the information would be useful to her.

"Hongdou, give Sister Yue Niang five dollars." Cao Wanning turned around and gave Hongdou another instruction, "Then send her out of the house and invite Doctor Liu over as well."

When she heard that there was such a large sum of five dollars, Sister Yue Niang no longer felt guilty for stabbing her sister-in-law. She thanked Hong Dou profusely and followed him out of the Su Mansion, even giving away the clothes she had brought with her when she entered the mansion.

In fact, it wasn’t that she looked down on her old clothes now that she had money, but Hongdou simply didn’t allow her to go back to Yunniang’s yard for fear of alerting the enemy.

When Hongdou sent people out of the Su Mansion, she deliberately went through the side door, and the clinic where Doctor Liu worked was very close to this door.

Therefore, it didn't take long for Doctor Liu to be invited by Hongdou. Cao Wanning did not tell him the real purpose of inviting him. She just asked him to go to the Su Mansion to give Su Weichen a follow-up visit because she was worried about her husband's health.

"Madam, the medicine I prescribed is not a panacea. It will not work after just one day." Doctor Liu said helplessly, "It will take at least ten days or half a month to get results."

"It was I who was rude." Cao Wanning apologized to Doctor Liu.

Afterwards, he didn't let him go, but chatted with Doctor Liu about some health-preserving methods, but he kept going back and forth on this topic several times.

Just when Doctor Liu was getting a little annoyed, Hongdou came to report that the master had returned, but had gone to Aunt Yue's yard.

"Let's go! Doctor Liu, please come with me to the next yard and take my husband's pulse again!" Cao Wanning's face was filled with a mixture of sadness and helplessness.

"Fool!" Doctor Liu sighed, "Forget it, I'll go with you and show Master Su another look!"

Then Cao Wanning brought Hongdou and Doctor Liu to Yue Niang's yard.

As soon as I entered the yard, I was told by the servant that two of them were drinking in the house.

The expression on Cao Wanning's face had turned into anxiety, and he pushed open the door of the room regardless of any obstruction.

What came into view was the scene of Yue Niang feeding Su Weichen wine.

"Master, you are taking medicine, how can you drink alcohol?" Cao Wanning snatched the cup from Yue Niang's hand with great sorrow.

Yue Niang took advantage of the situation and sat on the ground, holding her stomach and crying in pain.

"Yuen Niang, how are you?" Su Weichen also felt that this was a good opportunity, so he cooperated and said, but just when he wanted to get closer to Yue Niang, he was stopped by Cao Wanning.

"Master, what are you doing?" Cao Wanning said with a face full of reproach, "Have you forgotten what Doctor Liu said yesterday? Before you recover, the chances of you getting a woman pregnant are extremely low. We were all deceived by her. She didn't know whose bastard she was carrying, but she framed you."

After these words were spoken, not only Su Weicheng was stunned, even Yue Niang on the ground stopped shouting.

Yes! He couldn't let his concubine get pregnant, so Yue Niang naturally wouldn't get pregnant either.

At this time, Yue Niang was already in a difficult situation. It was a problem whether she admitted to the fake pregnancy or insisted that she was pregnant.

She looked at Su Weichen sadly, blaming him for not explaining things clearly to her yesterday.

In fact, Su Weichen was so confused by the pain yesterday that he only cared about his face and forgot to tell Yue Niang about this matter.