noffsinger Chapter 1199 The Sickly Child Who Was Schemed Against 23
Chapter 1199 The Sickly Child Who Was Schemed Against 23
When Song Zhende arrived at Jiang Chunxi's courtyard, Granny Liu was whipping Liu Meier again.
Song Zhende frowned, his eyes filled with heartache.
Despite Liu Meier's drastically changed appearance, she is still the person Song Zhende cherishes most. But what can he do? After all, he is powerless to help Liu Meier in her current situation.
In short, Song Zhende could only harden his heart as usual and not look at Liu Meier suffering any longer, and strode into the house.
Liu Meier glanced resentfully at Song Zhende's retreating figure, then quickly lowered her head and silently endured the beating from Granny Liu.
“Chunxi, it’s not good for Granny Liu to keep whipping the maids like this,” Song Zhende said as soon as he entered the room. “She’s ruining your reputation, after all, it’s unacceptable for a servant to be so cruel…”
"Oh! From what you're saying, does that mean the Prince Cheng's mansion is like a sieve, letting everything slip out? And now my reputation outside is that of a mean and cruel master?" Jiang Chunxi slightly raised her eyelids and glanced at Song Zhende before turning her gaze back to the embroidery in her hands.
Yes, Jiang Chunxi is embroidering, preparing to make herself a sachet, an essential skill for women in ancient times to pass the time.
"How could that be?" Song Zhende sat down next to Jiang Chunxi. "My mother has always been strict in managing the household affairs. How could things in this mansion get out? I was just worried that the servants in the mansion would gossip about you in private. That's why I thought I'd have you talk to Granny Liu. Even if a maid does something wrong, she can't be beaten or scolded at will!"
Jiang Chunxi put down her needlework: "From what you're saying, if a maid does something wrong, she can't be punished? Does that mean we have to treat her like royalty so that I, her master, can appear kind?"
“Husband, you are now a person who has entered the officialdom, how can you still be so ignorant about things? If everyone were like you, wouldn’t servants be able to climb over their masters and rebel against the heavens?”
"I misunderstood," Song Zhende said awkwardly. No matter how angry he was, he dared not reveal a trace of it. "I just kept seeing Granny Liu beating and scolding people, and it was a bit annoying to watch, so I thought I'd ask you to restrain her."
"Alright, it's just a matter of scolding a servant who doesn't do his job well. Is it really worth getting upset over? You're lucky you didn't go to work in the Ministry of Justice, otherwise, with your personality, it would drive you crazy. After all, the Ministry of Justice is known for its severe torture of prisoners." As she spoke, Jiang Chunxi looked at Caiyi and said, "The young master has returned. Hurry up and bring up the dinner!"
"Oh! By the way, is the tonic for the young master ready yet?"
“It’s ready,” Caiyi replied. “You can drink the tonic immediately after the young master finishes his dinner.”
Song Zhende's face almost turned into a bitter gourd: "Chunxi, why don't you stop taking that tonic? I feel like vomiting as soon as I smell it, and I really can't continue drinking it."
Jiang Chunxi's face suddenly turned cold: "Husband, do you only feel happy when you make me angry again? Don't you think about it? It's been half a year already, and none of the concubines in the backyard have gotten pregnant. To put it bluntly, they haven't conceived at all."
"Under these circumstances, it's one thing that you're not anxious, but you don't even want to drink any tonics. What, do you care so little about having offspring? Are you only happy if you have no descendants?"
The way for a man to prevent a woman from getting pregnant is very simple: just don't leave the seed inside her body during the crucial moment of intercourse. At first, Song Zhende did just that, not wanting to break his promise to Liu Meier.
However, he was so terrified by Jiang Chunxi's tonics that he only persisted for two months before forgetting his promise to Liu Meier and only wanting his concubine to get pregnant so he could be free from the daily tonics.
Several months have passed, but none of his concubines have become pregnant. How could Song Zhende not be anxious, after all, he longed to escape his misery every day?
“When I went to pay my respects to my mother today, I asked her to find a Taoist priest to come to the mansion to take a look,” Jiang Chunxi continued. “Your health is fine, and the concubines’ health is fine too, so why is it that none of the concubines can get pregnant?”
"So that's why! Maybe it's some kind of evil spirit causing trouble, or maybe there's something wrong with the feng shui of the mansion. Otherwise, how can you explain the difficulty you're having in having children?"
Song Zhende nodded: "What you said makes some sense. It seems we really need to find a Taoist priest to come to the manor and take a good look."
“Of course!” Jiang Chunxi continued, “Even if there are evil spirits at work, or if there is a problem with the feng shui of the mansion, you still have to drink the tonics. In short, you must not stop drinking the tonics every day until those concubines get pregnant.”
"Sigh!" Jiang Chunxi sighed softly, looking at Song Zhende with a pained expression. "Husband, I know it's really tough on you to drink tonics every day, but for the sake of having children, you have no choice but to endure this hardship."
"Don't worry, as long as one of those concubines gets pregnant, I will stop forcing you to drink the tonic."
What could Song Zhende say, or rather, what did he dare to say?
After the two finished their dinner, as Song Zhende painfully drank the bowl of dark tonic, Jiang Chunxi urged him to go to his concubine's place to have a baby.
Once a man indulges in lust, he becomes completely absorbed in it. Therefore, even though Song Zhende still loved Liu Meier, he had no resistance to going to the concubine's room every night; on the contrary, he enjoyed it very much.
After Song Zhende left Jiang Chunxi's courtyard, Granny Liu was instructed to give Liu Meier a chance to slip away.
After all, it would be too cruel to keep those two lovers separated forever. Jiang Chunxi said that she is still very kind, and she really couldn't do something so cruel.
So today she's taken pity on them and let the two of them have some fun.
"Song Lang." Liu Meier caught up with Song Zhende, panting.
When Song Zhende saw Liu Meier, he was initially delighted, but then panicked. He immediately grabbed Liu Meier's hand and led her to the rockery in the garden, while also having his personal attendant keep watch.
As Song Zhende's trusted attendant, he naturally knew about his affair with Liu Meier.
"How did you get out?" As he spoke, Song Zhende immediately hugged Liu Meier tightly. "Meier, I've missed you so much. You have no idea how I've suffered these past six months."
Immediately, Song Zhende eagerly kissed Liu Meier's lips, and the two of them couldn't wait to become entwined together, wishing they could merge each other's bodies into their own.