Chapter 230 Yichuntang is out of medicine
As Mengxi became more and more successful in the Xiao Mansion, Xiu'er was not so happy. In the past, she was doted on by the eldest lady, and everyone knew that she was the best candidate for the future second wife. Therefore, she often played chess, piano, calligraphy and painting with her cousin in Xiaoxiang Courtyard. Except for the second master's concubine, no one said anything. But it was different now. The servants in the Xiao Mansion knew that unless she was willing to be a concubine, there was no hope for her to be with the second master. After all, she was the legitimate daughter of the current imperial censor, how could she be a concubine?
The servants in the Xiao mansion thought of her as a girl who used to live alone in a man's room every day, and her innocence was always ruined. So wherever the master and servant went, they would be pointed at and gossiped about behind their backs.
Xiu'er finally couldn't hold back her cousin's betrayal and the servants' strange looks. After smashing everything in the house, she insisted on going back to the Censorate to find her parents and demanding an explanation from the Xiao family. Seeing that the young lady was like a madman, cursing everyone in the Xiao family and clamoring to ask her parents to come to the Xiao Mansion, Bing Xin Yu Xin was so scared that she tried her best to stop her and had no choice but to find the eldest wife.
As soon as the eldest lady came, she sent away all the servants in the room and personally comforted Xiu'er. I don't know what the eldest lady said to Xiu'er. Bingxin Yuxin only knew that since that time, the young lady suddenly became gentle and no longer hostile to the second master's backyard. She often went there to sit and got along well with the second master's concubines. She was also very courteous to the second mistress.
As the saying goes, abnormality is a demon. The abnormal behavior of the eldest lady and Xiu'er made Mengxi tremble with fear. She always felt that behind this calmness, a bigger storm was brewing.
Er Ye's illness has been completely cured, and the wound on his hand has gradually healed. What surprised Meng Xi was that the healing medicine she prepared would not leave scars. She was very confident, but for some reason, Er Ye had a scar on his hand, a shallow scar.
Seeing Mengxi looking at the scar on his hand in surprise, Erye's eyes flashed a smile. When he heard that this healing medicine was bought by Zhixia from Yichuntang, and was exclusively formulated by the God of Medicine and would not leave scars, he asked Xiaoxia to secretly replace it the last two times that Mengxi changed the medicine for him. The wound on his hand was left by Xier, and he would never let it disappear. Seeing this scar would remind him of her vow, the vow not to marry anyone else but him.
Just like that strand of black hair, it was the only testimony Xier left for him.
If one day Xier dared to disobey and ran away to marry someone else, he would definitely take out this testimony and ask her for it.
Seeing Mengxi staring at his hands in a daze, the Second Master called out in a low, hoarse voice:
"Xi'er..."
Mengxi trembled, quickly let go of Erye's hand, and looked up at him.
The Second Master's increasing tenderness made Mengxi feel more and more suffocated. She could not accept everything about the Second Master. Not to mention that her identity violated the ancestral precepts and the Xiao Mansion could not tolerate her, not to mention that the First Wife could not tolerate her, just the fact that the Second Master had a horde of wives and concubines in his backyard was not something that a modern person like her could accept. She did not want to spend her whole life fighting with women just for a man, and even if she had children, she would have to worry about them being harmed every day. She could not forget that the reason she married into the Xiao family on behalf of others was the result of the fight between the women in the First Master's backyard. If the Second Master had not been harmed by the First Master's women, it would not have been her who married in.
Why not do something else with that time! Second Master, she couldn't afford to love him. If she really fell in love with him, she might not have such a broad mind to tolerate all this. She believed that her love was selfish and could not be shared by others, so she could only lock her heart tightly.
She understood the deep affection in the Second Master's eyes, so she was afraid that if she didn't leave the Xiao Mansion, she would leave her heart here. After all, she was too selfish to give equal love. The Second Master had fully recovered now, and it was time for her to leave. After staring at the Second Master for a long time, Meng Xi said:
"Second Master is now well, please let me go."
"Xi'er!"
"Second Master, we are destined not to be together. It is better to suffer a short pain than a long one."
"Xi'er, grandma has promised not to divorce you because of your illegitimate birth. As for mother, as long as we persist together, she will accept you one day."
After hearing what the Second Master said, Mengxi was speechless. Boundless desires can make people crazy. In order to fight for the position of head of the family for the Third Master, Aunt Zhang did not hesitate to murder the son of the man she loved deeply. Will the First Wife let her go for blocking the Second Master from ascending to the position of head of the family?
Looking at the Second Master who was surrounded by love, the Old Madam, the First Wife, and the First Master all held him in their hands. For his life, the Old Madam even disregarded her status and knelt down to her, a humble concubine. With such family affection, how could the Second Master believe the viciousness behind them?
At this time, if I tell the Second Master that she will die if she stays in the mansion, will he believe it? Seeing Meng Xi remained silent, Xiao Jun continued:
"Xi'er, your background is no longer a problem. Stay here. As the saying goes, a husband and wife working together can accomplish anything. As long as we don't give up, everything will be fine."
"Second Master, I am a simple person by nature. I don't like the life in this mansion. I don't want you to give up your position as the head of the family for me and become an unfilial person, being cursed by the world. Please let me go. My heart is not in the Xiao Mansion."
"Xi'er, if you really don't like the Xiao Mansion, give me a year. After I help my third brother take over everything, I will take you away from the Xiao Mansion and accompany you to do what you like!"
"Second Master, we..."
Seeing Mengxi was about to say something, Erye suddenly picked her up and kissed her. Seeing Erye's head lowering, Mengxi felt flustered and quickly reached out to cover his lips. Erye didn't force her anymore, but just gently bit the soft hand beside his mouth and looked at her silently...
The tingling sensation from the fingertips made Mengxi feel an unprecedented panic, and she struggled hard. Looking at the panic that flashed in Mengxi's eyes, Erye sighed inwardly, she still couldn't accept himself.
He lowered his head and whispered in her ear:
"Xi'er, don't mention leaving the house again. Give me one year, and I won't let you suffer any more injustice."
After saying this, Erye gently let her go, turned around and walked out.
One year! In this mansion, maybe in less than a year, there will be nothing left of her! Looking at the back of the second master leaving, Mengxi unconsciously put her hand to her lips. The warm feeling was still there, and Mengxi sighed faintly.
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"Second Madam, I feel that the Second Master is really good to you. What he said is right. I also feel that the First Madam's attitude towards you has changed. Maybe things are not as complicated as we thought. Why don't we stay here? If anything really happens, the Second Master will make the decision for you."
Helping the Second Madam back to the east wing, Zhixia could not help but persuade her. After all, she was from the ancient times and did not have Mengxi's concept of monogamy, nor the concept of emotional equality. She only had the idea that women should be faithful to one man. In her opinion, it was because the Second Master did not favor the Second Madam and the First Wife made things difficult for her in every way. Therefore, she did not object to the Second Madam leaving the house.
Now, Second Madam can be said to have everything she wants in the mansion, and Second Master dotes on her to the sky. There is really no need for Second Madam to go through the trouble of leaving the mansion.
Mengxi glanced at Zhixia. She understood what Zhixia was thinking. She felt like a stone was pressing on her heart because she couldn't leave the house. She didn't feel like saying anything more and just asked casually:
"Is there any news about Zhiqiu these two days?"
"Zhiqiu has been worried about you leaving the house. Every time she writes to you, she asks when you can leave and says that they have prepared everything."
"It seems that it is impossible to get the divorce letter out openly. The only thing I can do is find a chance to sneak out of the house and escape."
"Second Madam, didn't you see that the Second Master has replaced the people at the Second Gate? As soon as we leave this courtyard, whether we like it or not, we will be followed by a bunch of people. It looks impressive, but we are not as free as before. It is impossible to sneak out of the house."
"I'm afraid it's because Xiao Xia told the Second Master about our last attempt to leave the mansion. The Second Master is worried about me and is on guard against me, so he arranged so many servants to follow us. They're not serving us, they're simply monitoring us!"
"Second Master did this for your own good. He was afraid that you would get upset somewhere or something would happen and no one would come back to tell you, so he sent so many people to follow you. Second Master was also worried that you would be left alone and that the First Madam would try to harm you. Don't think too much about it. I think Second Master really loves you."
Zhidong, who had been silent the whole time, saw that Second Madam was dissatisfied with Second Master's arrangement of people to protect her, so she hurriedly spoke up to persuade her. She also couldn't bear to see the relationship between Second Master and Second Madam, which had been restored with great difficulty, in crisis again.
Mengxi glanced at Zhidong and found that the two girls she had trained with great effort seemed to have been bribed by the Second Master overnight. They had been speaking for the Second Master every day these days. At this time, she missed Zhiqiu especially. It would be great if Zhiqiu was here, as he would definitely help her teach these two girls a lesson.
I didn't want to talk to them anymore, so I stood up to find a book to read. Suddenly I thought of something, sat back down and asked:
"The pharmacy in the backyard has been demolished. I haven't had any medicine dispensed for a while. How is the business of the pharmacy going?"
When Zhixia heard the Second Grandma asking about business, her face changed and she turned her head away quickly, not daring to look at the Second Grandma. She hesitated for a long time but said nothing.
Mengxi was shocked when she saw this and asked again:
"What happened to the medicine hall?"
Seeing that the Second Mistress was anxious, Zhixia said with gritted teeth:
"Replying to Second Madam, the pharmacy's business is very good, but a few days ago, Zhiqiu wrote to say that several kinds of medicines that you must personally prepare are out of stock. Firstly, the east wing and the backyard have been cleared by us, so we can't prepare the medicine. Secondly, I saw that Second Master was ill and you were taking care of him day and night and couldn't leave the house at all. I was also very anxious when I knew about it. I didn't want to worry you, so I kept it a secret from you. I beg Second Madam to forgive me."
It turned out that the business had expanded in the past two years, and the medicine shipped to branches in various places no longer needed to be prepared by Mengxi himself. It was handed over to the pharmacy and Baicao Garden for preparation. Mengxi just strengthened the segmented control in the process, and the preparation of the secret recipe was divided into different people, so that the same person would not know the whole process of preparation, in order to control the loss of the secret recipe. Over the past year, the effect has been very good. However, the key links of those rare and scarce drugs are still controlled by Mengxi himself, and they come from the East Wing. This is why these drugs are only bought in a few big cities.
When Mengxi heard this, he couldn't help but stand up and asked:
"It's out of stock. How long has it been out of stock?"
"Since the day after you came back from Qingxin Temple, Zhiqiu wrote to say that several kinds of medicine were out of stock. Several more have been out of stock in the past few days. Fortunately, only the branch store is out of stock. There are still some at the main store. Zhiqiu said that it was originally intended to be shipped to the branch store, but later heard that you were invited back to Xiaoxiangyuan and could not leave the house for a while, so they did not send it. But there are not many left. I am afraid that it will be out of stock in the next day or two."
"It seems that we must find a way to leave the Xiao Mansion as soon as possible. If we delay any longer, Yichun Hall will have to close down."
