Chapter 553: Chapter 554: Bully the Weak, Fear the Strong
After taking the medicine prescribed by Imperial Physician Zhang, Yun Jinnian’s Auspicious Water remained unclean, and in fact, it increased even more.
Frightened, Mrs. Yuan no longer dared to give it to Yun Jinnian.
Mrs. Han couldn’t care less and personally invited Han Xuzi to come over.
After Han Xuzi took Yun Jinnian’s pulse, he was somewhat puzzled.
"Father?" Mrs. Han called softly.
"Jinnian’s body appears to be quite robust," he noted, seeing Yun Jinnian’s rosy cheeks and excellent color.
The pulse was calm and steady, showing no signs of weakness.
"Then why?" Mrs. Han questioned.
Yun Jinnian was silent for a moment, pursed his lips, and then gathered the courage to say, "Grandfather, I feel as if some filthy substance is being expelled from my body!"
Han Xuzi nodded his head in agreement.
This was also what puzzled him.
Yun Jinnian’s constitution had improved a lot compared to before.
Previously, she was frail and seemed difficult to nurture back to health, but after her menstrual cycle began, her body started to recover.
"In that case, let’s wait a few more days!"
Yun Jinnian nodded her head in agreement.
When Han Xuzi was leaving, Yun Jinnian asked him to help find some Medical Books on women’s diseases.
Having lain in bed for so many days, she had begun to want to read Medical Books again.
Han Xuzi nodded, "Alright!"
Mrs. Han saw off Han Xuzi from the residence, watching him board the carriage before she prepared to turn back, but then she saw Yun Qi’s carriage approach, and her brow furrowed slightly.
She turned and quickly left.
She didn’t bother to look back as Yun Qi got out of the carriage, carefully assisting the lavishly dressed Shuangxi.
"Be careful!"
Shuangxi burst into laughter, "Second Master, I am fine!"
But, looking at Mrs. Han’s receding figure, "Second Master, that’s the Lady!"
Yun Qi turned his head to look, seeing Mrs. Han walking unhurriedly and leisurely, and asked Shuangxi with a smile, "Would you like to become a concubine?"
Shuangxi was taken aback, and then quickly asserted, "This servant is willing to serve the Second Master all my life!"
Yun Qi laughed.
He was taking Shuangxi to Qingjue Academy, but Bai Que blocked their way.
"Second Master, the Lady does not wish to see you. If you are here for Shuangxi, the Lady has said to reward this hairpin to Shuangxi, and from now on, she will be Lady Xi!"
In this way, it was also a clear path.
Whether to drink tea or not no longer mattered.
Yun Qi looked at Bai Que, "Are these Mrs. Han’s exact words?"
"Yes!"
Bai Que felt a sense of astonishment inside.
The relationship between Yun Qi and Mrs. Han was now truly beyond any chance of reconciliation.
"Go tell your mistress that I am asking her to go to the main hall to grant Shuangxi her status!" Yun Qi finished speaking and pulled Shuangxi away with him.
Bai Que stood stunned for a moment then quickly entered the house.
She opened her mouth, uncertain of what to say.
Mrs. Han, however, was very composed as she looked up, "I heard it all. Does he think he can humiliate me like this? Yun Qi really underestimates people too much!"
She stood up and straightened her creaseless dress, "Let’s go see this Lady Xi!"
Mrs. Han felt somewhat amused in her heart.
She schemed to bring Concubine Lian to Yun Qi’s side, yet Concubine Lian foolishly brought Shuangxi into the residence; she would have her own difficulties to face in the future.
Mrs. Han walked ahead, with Bai Que following respectfully behind her.
As they passed maids and old women of the residence, who paid their respects, they also discretely sized up Mrs. Han with scorn, pity, or even disgust in their eyes.
Mrs. Han’s lips curled up slightly as she asked Bai Que, "Bai Que, what would you say is the appropriate way to deal with insubordinate servants in a residence?"
"In response to the Lady, for those with Servitude Contracts, beating, killing, or selling them away is possible. Even those without contracts can be taken to Jingzhao Prefecture for record, and expelled!" Bai Que’s voice was calm, but it scared the onlooking maids and old women into scattering.
It was then that Mrs. Han said to Bai Que, "You see, they’re all a bunch of people who bully the weak and fear the strong!"