The Hidden Beauty

Chapter 45: She is not allowed to get close to the young master

Pei Qing looked at the silent main room and said, "Miss Lu Jin should have told the Madam."

She didn't react at all.

Although it was expected, Meng Tingzhou still felt looked down upon.

Maybe in her eyes, I am not even as good as the grass on the roadside.

When Jiang Shiwan walked out of the house, Meng Tingzhou was standing outside, and the two almost bumped into each other.

"Did Lu Jin come here just now?"

"Ah."

"What did you say to her? Why did she leave crying?"

Jiang Shiwan raised his eyes and said, "You should know better than me what she said to me."

Seeing that she was about to leave, Meng Tingzhou grabbed her wrist, and she whispered, "Let go!"

"I guess she told you that the emperor wanted to marry me. What do you think?" His chiseled face was close at this moment, his eyes were sharp, "The daughter of the Dali Temple Minister will be his co-wife after she comes in. Do you know what this means?"

Jiang Shiwan naturally knew that having a co-wife meant that the Governor's Office would have two wives. The other party had a clean family background and a prominent status. How could she, the daughter of a criminal, be on an equal footing?
"I know what it means. Even though I don't want to get involved in the disputes in the backyard, I can't face you with a smile."

Jiang Shiwan lowered his head, a barely perceptible flash of pain in his eyes, "If the Governor's Office needs a lady with a clean family background and a prominent status, you should accept His Majesty's gift."

Meng Tingzhou pushed her against the door frame with his backhand: "Jiang Shiwan, I really want to dig open your heart and see what's inside?"

He had captured countless prisoners of war and tried every possible means to make them surrender, but with this woman, his soft and hard tactics were to no avail.

Jiang Shiwan closed his eyes: "Meng Tingzhou, if you don't want to let me go, I will stay. What else do you want?"

He increased the force of his hand against her body and said, "Are you staying here because of me? If it weren't for Ah You, would you be willing to stay here?"

Yes, Ah You was born after she went through the pain of pregnancy. He carried the surname "Jiang". He drank breast milk every day and babbled in her ears...

There were times when, because of Ayou's company, I even forgot all the hatred and pain.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and Jiang Shiwan said softly, "I will do my best to be a good mother to Ah You."

"Dutifully?" Meng Tingzhou sneered, "Then are you willing to let the child you are diligently taking care of call someone else mother? Or... let someone else raise him?"

Jiang Shiwan bit his palm, and Meng Tingzhou immediately let go in pain.

She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said, "I will always stay by your side. The only thing I cannot promise you is Ah You. I will raise him myself. I am his only mother."

Meng Tingzhou looked at his bitten palm and said nothing.

Although he could not occupy her heart, he knew her weaknesses well, so he was able to keep her by his side and make her his canary time and time again.

"Jiang Shiwan, I have given you chances more than once, spoiled you, loved you, and indulged you, but you ignored me time and time again. Don't you hate me? You can hate me for the rest of your life, but don't negotiate with me anymore, because you don't deserve it."

Meng Tingzhou turned around and ordered, "Go and bring the young master here. From today on, the wet nurse will breastfeed him. Without my permission, she is not allowed to get close to the young master."

"Meng Tingzhou!" Jiang Shiwan felt as if something in his heart suddenly collapsed. "Are you going to kill me like this?"

"Are you trying to kill me? This is just the beginning." Meng Tingzhou showed a cold smile, "I want you to watch me marry a concubine, watch someone else raise Ah You, watch Ah You call someone else mother. Jiang Shiwan, is it painful just to hear that? It's right to be painful."

"No!" Jiang Shiwan almost lost his mind and grabbed his arm, "Give Ah You back to me."

Meeting his cold and fierce gaze, she stammered, "I beg you."

Meng Tingzhou took away her fingers one by one: "It's too late." "Meng Tingzhou!"

Jiang Shiwan missed his target and fell to the ground.

The wet nurse followed closely behind, holding the little master in her arms. As if she heard her mother's cry, Ayou also started to cry restlessly in her arms.

"Governor." Pei Qing felt a little reluctant.

Meng Tingzhou said with a stern face: "Stop her."

Listening to Ah You's crying gradually getting farther and farther away, Jiang Shiwan just stared blankly in that direction with empty eyes.

At night, Ayou, who had finally stopped crying, started crying again.

Meng Tingzhou, who was in the study, showed impatience when he heard the child's hoarse voice and walked out: "What's going on? I've been coaxing him for a long time but it still doesn't work."

The nurse was also sweating profusely and anxiously: "Please forgive me, Governor, the young master does not want to drink my milk."

Meng Tingzhou's voice suddenly turned cold: "As a wet nurse, the young master doesn't drink your milk, so what do you do on weekdays?"

The nurse was already anxious, and she almost cried when she heard the governor's displeasure: "I usually feed the baby myself, and occasionally when I feed him, it is Madam who stays by his side, holding his hand to comfort him."

She felt heartbroken seeing the little prince crying all the time!

"Useless thing!" Meng Tingzhou was furious. "Whose prince is not raised by a wet nurse? We must appease the little prince today! Otherwise, all of you should be dismissed!"

"Pei Qing!" He ordered in a deep voice, "Send someone to find the wet nurse. Whoever can make the young master drink her milk will be rewarded handsomely!"

He doesn't believe this evil!
The Governor's Mansion paid a large sum of money to hire a wet nurse, and for several days in a row, there was an endless stream of wet nurses coming in and out.

Ayou was also a stubborn person. Even with dozens of wet nurses taking turns to fend for him, he refused to open his mouth.

After finally drinking a few sips of milk from one of the wet nurses, he started crying loudly again in a moment.

Not to mention that the young master was visibly losing weight, even Meng Tingzhou and the servants who served him had dark circles under their eyes and looked exhausted.

Meng Tingzhou frowned and looked at the child who still had no intention of stopping, his eyes were full of emotion and anger: "I don't know who you took after, this stubborn donkey."

Yu Feng was also very concerned about this young master. For several days, he was worried that the young master would cry and choke.

"Commander..." He said with gritted teeth, "If this continues, I'm afraid the young master won't be able to bear it..."

"What good ideas do you have?"

"Uh..." Yu Feng thought for a while and came up with a bold idea, "Can Madam feed the baby every day and let the young master stay here the rest of the time?"

After saying this, everyone around looked at Meng Tingzhou's expression.

Pei Qing also said: "Commander, the young master is born weak and can't stand this kind of torture. I hope the commander will think twice."

Meng Tingzhou glanced at Ah You's face, which was quite similar to his own, and said coldly, "Go and call her over."

Yu Feng was overjoyed and immediately went to invite Jiang Shiwan over.

The waiting time seemed particularly long, and coupled with Ayou's continuous crying, Meng Tingzhou became more and more upset.

Seeing that he was about to have an outburst, Pei Qing went to the door and looked several times. Finally, someone came, but he saw Jiang Shiwan being carried and supported from the front and back.

(End of this chapter)