Volume 1: Yun Family Has a Daughter Chapter 29: The Mystery of Infertility

  Yun Yue was overjoyed when she heard this. This Tong Shi is weak and incompetent, stupid like a pig. As long as she says some good words, it's likely that she will take into account her own efforts to serve her every day and won't heavily punish them.

  Yun Yue's face was covered in tears, and she looked at Tong Shi with a hopeful expression. Although she didn't say anything, her pitiful appearance made people feel sorry for her.

  Tong's complex expression changed as she glanced at her, gritted her teeth, turned away and ordered: "Guan Housekeeper, let's follow the rules of the mansion! Li Niangniang gave birth to a son and has merit in the Yu family, so give her thirty slaps and confine her for three months. A minor punishment is enough! As for Second Miss, do as Guan Housekeeper said!"

  "Yes! Ma'am!"

  Guan Ping nodded in agreement, a look of relief flashing across his face. He waved his hand and several servants came forward to drag Li Niang out.

  It wasn't until then that Li's wife realized she was scared, and she struggled with all her might. Her mouth still didn't yield, but just now Wu You had slapped her in the ear, so what she said was unclear, yet still vaguely audible - she cursed Tong Shi for "not giving birth to a son" and "having no one to send her off in death", which made Mo very angry and want to go up and kick her.

  Yun Yue and others, the Tong family, came back to their senses after finishing the punishment, but they had already been taken away by Tan's family. As she walked into the courtyard, she suddenly turned her head and revealed a very gloomy smile to the Tong mother and daughter, making people feel chilled to the bone!

  Suppressing the anger in his heart, he looked at his pale-faced mother with worry, apparently she was also infuriated, but more likely to be heartbroken.

  "Mother, don't bother with her, she's just a madwoman!"

  Mo Mo held onto her mother's arm and comforted her in a low voice.

  Tong smiled weakly and gently patted his daughter's hand, indicating that everything was okay.

  Outside came the sound of Li's wife's painful cries and the dull thud of a board, Guan Ping was a fair person and would not show mercy, this time she had it coming!

  ……

  In the Anhe Courtyard, Yun Zhan returned from his morning court session and sat in the main seat, listening to his daughter's account of today's events with a changing expression. After Momo finished speaking, he was so angry that he almost made a hole in the table.

  Tong's wife looked at him worriedly, afraid of being blamed for her own initiative.

  Mo Mo didn't seem worried at all and didn't add any embellishments to the story, instead telling it clearly and truthfully from start to finish.

  Yun Zhan was angry, but he still tried his best to hold back his anger and said in a gentle voice: "Wife, you did the right thing this time. The household chores should still be handled by you. I don't feel at ease if I leave it to someone else. I have something to do, so you two don't need to wait for me for lunch."

  Having said that, he turned around, his face darkened, and strode out of Anhe Courtyard with large strides.

  Tong's family stared blankly at the outside of the door, their faces looking very unsightly.

  Mo Mo let out a faint sigh in her heart, naturally knowing that although Mother had steeled herself to punish Yun Yue today, she didn't feel good about it inside. Otherwise, she wouldn't have sent over such precious medicine.

  Although I think my mother is too soft-hearted, but thinking that it's her kindness and gentleness that earned Father's love and respect, perhaps in Father's heart, after a lifetime of battles and struggles, he hopes the people around him are simpler, so he can also be more at ease.

  Thinking of this, Meng Meng suddenly felt relieved. As for her mother, she really couldn't force her to change much. As long as her father was still around and watching over her, her mother could actually live a more carefree life, maintaining her kind nature.

  But that annoying Li Yiniang is really asking for a beating, how dare she insult me like this? Who can tolerate someone like her? Now that I think about it carefully, the things Li Yiniang scolded her for actually reminded her.

  At this thought, a flash of inspiration occurred to me. I quickly stepped forward and sat down opposite my mother, took her wrist in my hand, and carefully felt her pulse.

  Tong's family was startled by her daughter's sudden movement, and seeing that her daughter was so cautious, although she was puzzled in her heart, she didn't say anything.

  He carefully felt the pulse, his brow furrowed tighter and tighter, his expression growing increasingly solemn, until finally he was on the verge of exploding in rage.

  Tong Shi was also frightened by her daughter's expression. She knew that her daughter had studied medicine with the abbot of Gu Yun Temple, and if she could make her daughter like this, it must be because of her own fault. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel afraid in her heart.

  Momo felt her mother's emotional fluctuations, snapped back to reality, saw how tense her mother was, and knew she had scared her. She silently scolded herself for not being calm enough, quickly smiled, and comforted her mother by saying:

  "Mother, you're all right! You're just a bit weak, that's all. As long as you take good care of yourself every day, you'll be fine!"

  "Really? I thought you had contracted some serious illness!"

  Tong's family asked with a questioning tone, earlier daughter's expression looked too scary!

  "Of course, how could a daughter deceive you? Wait for a while, and the daughter will write a prescription for a tonic, and after taking it for a period of time, Mother will be fine."

  Tong simply saw that his daughter was telling the truth and finally put his mind at ease, scolding her with a few words of laughter.

  Mo Mo saw Tong Shi finally smiled and also echoed a few words, found an excuse, and returned to Si Mo Ge with Wu You.

  Those girls were all driven away, and Mu Mu stood with her back to Wu You, her face solemnly standing beside the table, her fingers tapping on the tabletop, "dang dang dang" lightly echoing, adding a bit of annoyance.

  Wu was very clear about her habit. Every time she encountered a difficult problem or couldn't think it through, she would unconsciously tap the table with her fingers.

  "Is there something wrong with your wife's body?"

  "My mother not only took 'cool medicine' for a long time, but also drank 'infertility soup'!"

  She gently stroked her temples, she really hadn't expected that things in this mansion would become more and more complicated!

  In modern times, the country implements family planning, and most families only have one child. So since she came into this world, for the Tong family, there was only her as a daughter, and it didn't feel strange at all. But today, Aunt Li kept mentioning it, and only then did she realize that something wasn't quite right!

  It's said that Mother is still young, and she and Father are so loving, they should have more than one child. But over the years, there has only been her. Originally thought it was because of Mother's physical problem, but after the pulse diagnosis just now, it was discovered that Mother's pulse showed that she had been taking contraceptive medicine for a long time, and even took infertility medicine at some point!

  How could this discovery not enrage her! Mother couldn't have avoided it herself, nor could she have drunk the contraceptive soup by herself. Yet both medicines were found on mother's body, clearly not done by the same person. Apart from Old Madam and Li Dajie, was there someone else in the manor secretly plotting against them?

  Digression

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