Houmen's concubine

Chapter 102 A New Life
Wang Tong'er showed that she was not afraid of death after taking poison, closed her eyes, threw the pill that Nanny Xu handed her into her mouth, and swallowed it vigorously while drinking tea, frowning.

Mother Xu and Xiaoxue couldn't help comforting her when they saw that she was as afraid of taking medicine as she was with his young lady.

Xiaoxue had long since changed back to female attire. She had served Qin Yu personally as a servant girl in Qingzhou.

At this moment, he was still silent in Miss Miss's grief, sitting in the corner of the carriage with blank eyes.

Recalling the winter when I was five or six years old, with snowflakes in the sky, my cruel grandmother left me on the street of Qingzhou City when my mother's own brother died of dystocia.

That day Qin Yu went out with his mother in a carriage to visit his sick grandmother.

Just as he was going to the alley in front of his grandmother's house, Uncle Yang, who was driving the carriage, found a child who had passed out from freezing by the side of the road.

The kind-hearted Qin Yu mother and daughter immediately asked Madam Xu to carry her into the carriage, which saved Xiaoxue's life.

Qin Yu passed away, how can you make Xiaoxue not grieve?
Wang Tong'er saw that she had a deep love between master and servant, and she couldn't adapt to the life without a young lady for a while, so she didn't disturb her for a while.

With the rumbling of the carriage, Wang Tong'er was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery along the way.

All three of them were listless and indifferent.

Wang Shoudao thought that the young master was frightened when he met the mountain bandits, and he was ill and did not come back, so he was not energetic.

Therefore, they waited carefully along the way, and did not rush on the road. When they passed through the county town, they would go early to find an inn and arrange food and lodging for their master and servant to rest.

Seeing that there is still one day to go to Qinzhou, in the carriage, Wang Tonger sees that Xiaoxue is still missing her young lady and cannot extricate herself, it is time to untie her.

She lowered her voice and said to Xiaoxue seriously: "Xiaoxue, I am as sad as Madam Xu when your young lady passed away. However, the days to come will go on. It is inevitable that people will not see the clues when you look like this." At that time, not only the three of us will end badly, but the mistress who is far away in Qingzhou will also be dragged down.

Wang Tong'er found that after taking the secret medicine given by Nanny Xu, her voice had naturally dropped, and it was no longer the soft and sweet voice it used to be.

Mammy Xu wiped her tears with her hands, and explained from the side: "Yes, Xiaoxue, if you want to say you are sad, it should be the old man who is the saddest! Miss is the child with the eldest mother..."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Xiaoxue lay in Nanny Xu's arms and sobbed softly. Nanny Xu lovingly reached out to caress her back. After a while, she raised her head with tears in her eyes, and quickly wiped away her tears with her sleeves. Looking at Wang Tong'er, she said in a low voice: "Miss Wang, no, from now on, you will be my young master! Don't worry, young master, this maid will regard you as loyal to her own lady!"

Wang Tong'er looked at Xiaoxue's eagerness to make a promise, and met Madam Xu's eyes. Both of them were sincerely relieved. Seeing Xiaoxue's cute appearance, they couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The little girl is reasonable, not stupid.

The haze buried in their hearts for many days was blown away by this laughter, and a new trio of master and servant was born from then on!

From now on, the master and servant will start a new life, and the uncertain days of Qinzhou are still waiting for them...

Along the way, Wang Tong'er learned about the only information about the members of the Qin family from Nanny Xu, and these alone were not enough.

She asked Nanny Xu to ask steward Wang about the Qin family's affairs in Qinzhou in a circumstantial way while they were having dinner.

After several days of investigation, we have roughly figured out the personnel and business of Qin Baozhen's family.

The Qin family started their business by doing tea business, and then involved other industries, including porcelain and cloth.

Qin Baozhen's father, Qin Yanzhi, had a wife and three concubines.

The main wife gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and the third concubine gave birth to a son and two concubine daughters.

More than ten years ago, that is, the year when the Yu family and Qin Baozhen got married, Qin Baozhen's eldest brother and his second brother were robbed and killed by pirates when they were trading at sea, leaving only his wife, concubine and two daughters.

Now Qin Baozhen's two nieces have already married as wives.

Like his father, Qin Baozhen also had a monogamous family and three concubines, and had several other concubines.

For unknown reasons, heirs are difficult, and his wife and concubine have only given birth to five daughters for him over the years.

Qin Baozhen's business is getting bigger and bigger, but he doesn't have a son to be his successor behind him.

In other words, the Qin family is a country of daughters.

He was ridiculed by outsiders as——extinct family!
In ancient times, unless you gave birth to a son, you were considered an heir. After giving birth to a son, you would be at least three or four sons.

However, there can only be one descendant who is the head of the family, and he is the eldest brother, so the son can be the head of the family.

Therefore, in order to compete for the right to be in charge of the family, there are not a few brothers fighting against each other, not to mention those brothers who are at odds with each other.

Regardless of whether they are rich or not, the custom of adopting sons from the same clan to inherit the incense has also grown up in families that only have daughters but no sons.

Qin Baozhen had no choice but to think of his son Qin Yulai from his hometown.

Then he sent a letter to his hometown in Qingzhou, so that Qin Yu, the only concubine he had never met, received the letter and hurried to Qinzhou. He wanted to train him well so that he could take over the Qin family's business.

If he knew that the only son in his hometown in Qingzhou was a genuine girl, he would probably spit out a mouthful of old blood with anger!
Seeing that she was about to reach the gate of Qinzhou city, Nanny Xu took out a small package of oiled paper from her bosom, and took out a purple-red pill the size of broad beans from inside, "Master, take the medicine quickly."

Wang Tong'er didn't know why, Xiaoxue pointed to her Adam's apple, poured a cup of hot tea from the small table in the carriage and served it to Wang Tong'er.

"Oh."

It was only then that Wang Tong'er remembered that when she first met them, Nanny Xu said that taking some secret medicine once every four days would reveal the false Adam's apple.

It has been exactly four days since I left Laoba Town that day.

Wang Tong'er saw that there were only a few pills left in Nanny Xu's greased paper bag, and asked worriedly, "Mommy Xu, where can I buy the pills after I'm done eating them?"

"You don't need to go out to buy these pills. These pills are bought from herbs by the old slaves and brewed by yourself." Madam Xu said as she showed Wang Tong'er a prescription that was also wrapped in oil paper in her underwear .

"Actually, this old servant doesn't need to look at the prescriptions. He can remember which medicines cost and how to prepare them." Madam Xu said proudly.

Ever since Wang Tong'er impersonated Qin Yu, Nanny Xu has changed her name to an old slave.

In the afternoon, the carriage gradually slowed down, and Wang Youdao, who was riding in front, tightened the reins of his horse, got off his horse, and when he reached the door curtain of the stopped carriage, he cupped his hands and said, "Master, the city of Qinzhou is ahead."

Wang Tong'er let out an "oh", and finally arrived at Qinzhou City.

　From now on, Wang Tong'er began to impersonate Qin Yu's life.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)