Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 53 Debunking
Otherwise, I'm afraid that the ups and downs will be unbearable.

The doctor came soon.

It's pretty fast.

When Murong Wei saw the doctor, the corners of her mouth turned up.

"Doctor, come and see if my little concubine is happy?"

The doctor stepped forward, took the pulse through the veil, frowned after a while, then looked at Master Murong with some embarrassment: "Forgive me for my lack of talent, but I didn't find out that this aunt is pregnant."

Aunt Li couldn't believe it and shouted: "Impossible, I have been taking medicine these days, and I just vomited just now, how could I not be pregnant, you quack doctor!"

The doctor frowned and said: "Although my medical skills are poor, I can tell that you vomit because of a disharmony between your spleen and stomach. What does it have to do with pregnancy? I can't diagnose the Xi pulse, and besides, your body can't do it at all. Pregnant."

Aunt Li was hit hard and went crazy for a moment: "What are you talking about, why can't I get pregnant?"

The eldest lady reprimanded: "My sister is afraid that she has lost her mind and went crazy. If someone comes, why don't you send her away?"

"I do not go!"

Seeing the disappointment and shock on Master Murong's face, the doctor hesitated to speak.

With such sharp eyesight, Murong Duan immediately realized something was wrong: "Doctor, tell me, why on earth can't she conceive?"

"Little man... It seems that this aunt has been given a sterilization drug. It's just that the drug was injected little by little, and it's not obvious. Maybe there are some problems with the incense and other things she usually uses, but It exacerbates the problem.”

Master Murong looked in surprise at the eldest lady who barely kept her composure, and the eldest lady was also very panicked, that kind of medicine is something that ordinary doctors can't detect at all, unexpectedly this random person found out.

"It must be you, isn't it you?" Aunt Li was about to go crazy. Hearing people say that she couldn't conceive a child already caused her heart to be in turmoil. At this moment, she didn't care about the dignity of wives and concubines, and rushed to the eldest lady viciously: " You vicious slut, I knew it must be you, you didn't share the incense, no wonder no one got pregnant all these years, you must have been drugged!"

Madam Zhang, who was beside the eldest lady, hurriedly pushed Aunt Li away, and the eldest lady said angrily, "If so, how could Aunt Zhou get pregnant? There must be something wrong with the people around you!"

Murong Duan said with a sullen face: "Come on, go and call me the person who waits by Aunt Li's side!"

As she said that, Aunt Zhou suddenly panicked: "Master, I can't sleep well these days, and I also lighted some Milanese incense, will it..."

Murong Duan hurriedly asked the doctor to check her pulse.

Aunt Fang said on the side: "I don't believe it, is there a problem with the incense? Many people in our house have received the incense, Madam would never do that. Aunt Zhou, what do you mean?"

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows, but Aunt Fang really knows how to pretend.

Aunt Zhou had tears in her eyes: "The concubine is just afraid... Could someone outside try to use this to frame our family?"

After taking the pulse, the doctor frowned and said: "This aunt is a little hindered, I'm afraid there is really something wrong with the incense."

Murong Duan quickly asked: "How is it? Will it affect the child?"

"Fortunately, it was discovered early, and it may not be so in a few days. But I still need to prescribe a few doses of medicine. Looking at the situation, this lady seems to be a little difficult to conceive before, but she seems to have been taking medicine for conditioning. You can get pregnant only if you get rid of the medicinal property."

What else to say at this time, Murong Duan was angry when he saw Da Furen's face was sullen.

Okay, really good, he really didn't expect that this seemingly virtuous wife has been doing this kind of thing for many years.

If Aunt Zhou was not a coincidence, then she must have been unable to conceive like other concubines.

"Master, from the perspective of my concubine, it must be the work of the master's political opponents. I'm afraid there is something wrong with the things we bought." The eldest lady is worthy of being the wife of the family. After a brief panic, she thought of an excuse.

Murong Wei didn't speak, but Aunt Li next to her laughed like crazy: "You jealous woman, you must have touched every aunt, it must be so!"

Murong Duan snorted coldly, "Come on, go to the aunts and check it out!"

The chief follower next to Murong Duan took orders.

"Master, master, the villain just went to Aunt Li's place, and just happened to catch a maid who wanted to escape because of some rumors. It was Aunt Li's personal maid, Xiaotao."

Murong Duan's valet Qingfeng sent a maid over.

The servant girl had a panicked look on her face, when the eldest lady saw the servant girl, she immediately became nervous, and Nanny Zhang's expression also changed slightly.

She clearly ordered someone to deal with some maids when the accident happened, but she still missed it.

There was a smile in Murong Wei's eyes. Since she was prepared, how could she let some people escape?
If you don't sit back and wait for the rabbit earlier, how can you catch them all?
Thanks to Aunt Fang, if it wasn't for the maid beside her who lost a golden hairpin and appeared on Xiao Tao's head, how could Xiao Tao be entangled?

Murong Wei just had someone use a little trick to lure Aunt Fang's maid on purpose.

Now it has nothing to do with her. It's not so easy for Aunt Fang to stay out of it.

When Aunt Li saw Xiaotao, she suddenly stopped going crazy. She stepped forward and grabbed Xiaotao's neck angrily: "You bitch, you must be the one who drugged me, right? Tell me, who told you to do it?"

Xiaotao was almost breathless by her pinch, Aunt Fang stepped forward and grabbed Aunt Li, cursing: "Are you crazy? Master, send her back, this woman is crazy."

Murong Duan said with a sullen face: "Xiao Tao, if you don't want to die, you'd better tell who is the mastermind, otherwise your family will not be able to survive tomorrow. I am in charge of the criminal department, and there are ways to make life worse than death."

Xiaotao looked at the eldest lady in fear, saw the poisonous snake-like eyes of the eldest lady, and was threatened by the master again, after much deliberation, the master was still the head of the family, and cried: "Master, slaves don't dare, this is the madam Madam said that if the slave does not obey, the slave and the family will be killed!"

"You lowly servant girl, how dare you slander Mrs. Ben? Let me ask you, what evidence do you have for what I ordered you? How can you prove it with empty words?"

Up to this moment, the eldest lady still looks confident and confident, and Murong Wei also admires it.

This woman is indeed capable, but how could she let her wish come true today?

Xiaotao was at a loss for words for a while, after all, the eldest lady had never approached her personally, and the money was given to her in the past, how could this money be counted?

"I, I, Zhang Momo came to look for me. She gave me a lot of silver. How could a servant girl get so much money? I don't believe that the servant girl carried it with her." Xiaotao took out the cloth bag, and there was really something wrong. Not much, it's just that it's not enough to see in front of the admirers.

"Hmph, how dare you slander me with the silver you stole from nowhere? Master, look, this girl must have been used by Aunt Li to frame me."

The eldest lady directly beat her up.

Murong Wei frowned and said: "Father, my daughter is a little worried. If there are really bad people who deal with our family, will everyone in our family be recruited. Our sisters are not married yet, and the eldest sister, Sister-in-law, what can I do?"

Yunxia's complexion changed when she heard that, even Murong Duan also changed slightly.

"Quick, take their pulses and see if there's anything wrong."

The eldest lady's expression fluctuated, and after the doctor checked her pulse one by one, she was sure, only those aunts had physical problems.Either under the drug, is the long-term use of contraceptives.

Murong Duan narrowed his eyes, glanced at the eldest lady coldly, and snorted heavily.

He is not a fool, how could he not understand?
If it was really done by outsiders, wouldn't it be better to just deal with his concubine's room, and simply deal with his entire Murong family?

He already has a son and a daughter, how can others make a fuss about this?

At this time, she still wants to quibble!
At this time, the old lady was also alarmed and rushed here.

It just so happened that Murong Duan's long follower also brought some people to search for some incense and other things from the aunts.

"What's the matter?" The old lady asked coldly, "There's such a commotion here, what's wrong with it?"

"Mother, my son's concubine has been drugged and can't bear children. It was Aunt Zhou who was able to conceive because of taking medicine all year round, and the medicine had conflicting properties. , I didn’t expect that my son can’t even manage the Qi family, how can he have the face to govern the country?”

Murong Duan was full of guilt and anger.

The old lady's eyes immediately turned to the stiff-faced daughter-in-law, who was still upright, and snorted.

How could she, a mature person, not know about this kind of thing?

"Didn't the doctor find out all these years?"

"Old madam, this medicine is very secret. I heard that it may be a secret medicine in the palace. The villain also heard about it from a retired imperial physician."

In the palace?

Da Furen's complexion changed, and she forced herself to be calm and said: "This matter must be thoroughly investigated. My daughter-in-law did not manage the affairs of the house well, so she was punished voluntarily."

Murong Duan was laughed angrily by her, and scolded: "I have known your virtues for a long time, how many disturbances have you caused since last year? I gave you face for the sake of the children, but you have long since ignored me. Now Are you still making unreasonable words? Come on, Da Furen is not feeling well, she has a mad attack, go to the Buddhist hall to clean up!"

Murong Duan had long believed what was going on, she had harmed Aunt Zhou and Murong Wei before, and he endured it at that time.

Later, she made waves again and ordered people to tarnish Murong Wei's reputation.

As long as he wants to check the current affairs, he will definitely check one by one.

"Master, how can you wrong me so much? If I think so, don't you have these children besides your sons and daughters? How can I feel sorry for you?"

The eldest lady complained full of grief and indignation.

The old lady's complexion also darkened, her family ugliness should not be publicized, so naturally she couldn't publicize the reason for this matter.

Thinking that she is a daughter-in-law, Yunxia knelt down and persuaded her: "Father, think twice, this matter has not yet been investigated, how can you convict mother like this?"

"That's right, Dad, please forgive my mother. She has been busy all these years for our family, and she has worked hard without credit. And the marriages of our daughters have to be arranged by the mother. We can't live without a mother."

Murong Wei stepped forward and knelt down, and the sisters pleaded together.

Murong Wei said sincerely: "Father, for the sake of our children, give mother a chance to defend herself."

"If it wasn't for the sake of the children, I'd let her go to the Buddhist hall to live quietly for a while? That's fine, don't say anything. I know who she is better than you. I will give her a clear explanation and let her She is convinced!"

The eldest lady said bitterly: "Since the master has wronged people so much, I will not be wronged for nothing. If I am that vicious, how can I let these children be born?"

The old lady thought for a moment, and said: "Boss daughter-in-law, after all, you have some doubts about this matter. In this case, you can go to the Buddhist hall to be quiet for a few days. If it is found out that it has nothing to do with you, I will naturally return your innocence."

At this time, Aunt Zhou suddenly paled and supported her stomach and screamed for pain. Everyone was startled. Murong Wei hurried over to help her: "Auntie, what's wrong with you, don't scare me!"

Murong Duan was exhausted physically and mentally by all these incidents, the old lady hurriedly asked the doctor to see him.

Then my doctor said solemnly: "Did Mrs. Ru eat something taboo just now? Pregnant women already have yin deficiency and internal heat, but they are prone to tires after eating something."

Aunt Zhou said in panic, "What should I do, I just ate some pastries here."

Sure enough, the doctor found longan meat in the cake that Aunt Zhou ate just now, which was quite a lot.

"Longan is pungent and warming, although it has the effect of nourishing blood and calming the nerves, nourishing blood and nourishing the spleen, but it is too hot in nature, and pregnant women are prone to blood flow and fetal movement after eating it; not only cannot protect the fetus, but are prone to symptoms of threatened miscarriage such as redness and abdominal pain. , so it is not suitable for consumption. Fortunately, it was discovered early, and it should be a male fetus, Mrs. Ru Ru, so I need to take some tonic."

Murong Duan's face was a little gloomy, and he glared fiercely at the eldest lady: "It seems that this punishment is still light, you must kill my son? Doctor, how are you sure it's a boy?"

But the doctor said: "My lord, there is a method of diagnosing the pulse that can tell the difference between a man and a woman. You look like a wife, but you look like a male fetus. The skill of this villain is not as good as that of the Imperial Physician Zhu of the Imperial Hospital. Said he was always accurate."

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Murong Duan, even the old lady's expression became ugly.

Especially Murong Yue's biological mother, Second Aunt Niang, recalled that she was seen by Imperial Physician Zhu when she was pregnant with her first child. Not long after that, she was tricked by others and gave birth to a well-formed boy.

Later, when Murong Yue became pregnant, it was also seen by Imperial Physician Zhu, but she was born safely.

She has been unable to give birth since then.

Thinking of this, the Second Aunt felt angry, and suddenly smiled and said: "Princess Zhu's medical skills are superb, and he said that giving birth to a child is categorical. Man Jingshi is famous."

The old lady said coldly: "My daughter-in-law is really capable. Whoever wants to have a son can have a son. After all these years, I don't know your methods. Even I didn't stop those concubines from having children. "

Of course, the old lady is not so kind. It doesn't matter whether the child can be born or not. It's hard to say whether the child can grow up after birth.

The old man is a shrewd person, and he didn't take many concubines, so the old lady is very stable.

At this time, the eldest lady was speechless, and Murong Fu who had rushed to this place was speechless for a while after hearing this, not knowing how to intercede for his mother.

Now that both his grandmother and his father were in a rage, he could only kneel in front of his father and plead guilty: "Father, grandmother, mother may have done something wrong, but mother has been working hard for this family all these years, and my son enjoys the teachings of his parents. I would like to make atonement for my mother."

Murong Duan was furious, so he kicked his son away with his words, and scolded: "You atone for her? What did I do to her? If it wasn't for your sake, I would have divorced her a long time ago. Just let her go to clear her heart, how do you think your father will tolerate it? Being played for a fool?"

The old lady frowned: "Come here, take my wife to the Buddhist hall. Nanny Zhang will help the master to deceive the upper and lower, murder the heirs, pull them down and beat them to death, and all the family members will be sold to others."

The eldest lady was taken aback, stood up and shouted: "I am not wrong, this is the crime I want to impose. There is no excuse! Mother, Zhang Momo didn't do anything..."

"Pull it down." The old lady's face was very majestic and cold at the moment.

The madam who was shouting endlessly was dragged away. Madam Zhang was so frightened that she fell to her knees and begged for mercy, trembling: "Old madam, this servant did not murder the heir, old madam, please spare me!"

The old lady glanced coldly, "Take her out!"

Murong Duan wanted to speak, but was winked by the old lady.

It seems that my mother is trying to scare Madam Zhang, to see if she can get some news.

Murong Duan was also furious, and immediately asked people to help their concubines to go back, and strictly ordered everyone not to leak any news.

Murong Wei glanced at the doctor before leaving, and the doctor nodded.

The corners of Murong Wei's mouth rose.

Murong Duan waited for everyone to leave, and interrogated the doctor with the old lady: "Did you really learn about this secret medicine by chance? From which Zhixiu imperial physician?"

The doctor said: "It was the Imperial Physician Xie who was retired before. I was a fellow villager with him, and I visited him only because I yearned for his knowledge. I had some contacts with him. Only last year, the Imperial Physician Xie passed away."

Murong Duan frowned, there should be no problem with this matter, but everything feels like a coincidence.

"What happened to Aunt Li?"

"She probably had a bad stomach, and some women are eager to get pregnant, which can also cause symptoms of false pregnancy."

Murong Duan interrogated for a long time, and finally gave a stern warning. The doctor said: "Now that the villain exposes this matter and offended your wife's family, I'm afraid you won't be able to stay in the capital."

The old lady said lightly: "Don't worry, let someone go to your home to pick up your relatives and leave the capital immediately. With the protection of my clan, it's okay to go to the south."

"Be more kind-hearted old ladies."

The doctor soon left the capital with his family, but this time he got rewards from both parties, enough for him to spend two lifetimes.

The old lady ordered people to go down, this time there was a lot of commotion in the mansion, several aunts in the yard had changed their maids, or were sold or assigned to the Zhuangzi.

For example, Xiaotao's family was sent to Zhuangzi.

No one knew whether Nanny Zhang had confessed to the old lady. Anyway, Nanny Zhang died afterwards, and her family was assigned to Zhuangzi, but she was not sold.

Master Murong was also very upset, and said to his mother: "I always thought it was not that simple, is it too coincidental? I asked someone to check, that maid named Xiao Tao was caught by the maid next to Aunt Fang, It must be that she stole the hairpin. I don’t know if it was Aunt Fang who instigated this matter. Also, Aunt Fang has seen the doctor in Huichun Hall before, does that person know something?”

The old lady raised her eyebrows: "Even if your concubine did it, it's not surprising. Aunt Fang doesn't seem to have such a brain, but neither do the others. It may also be a joint effort to do this."

Master Murong was silent for a while.

"The affairs of the family cannot be left unattended, so let's leave it to Yunxia for the time being. I will watch from the sidelines. After all, the marriage between the second girl and the third girl must be paid close attention."

"Mom, you are so old, and my son still has to trouble you, it's really..." Master Murong felt a little sorry.

After much deliberation, he said, "Since Aunt Zhou is pregnant with a boy this time, my son might as well promote her as a wife. Let her help you. Wei'er is going to marry King Luo too. It's not good to be low."

The old lady thought for a while, and said: "That's okay, she is the lady of an official family, so it should be so."

Seeing that his mother agreed, Master Murong didn't say anything more.

He intends to investigate carefully what happened in the backyard so that he won't be fooled by women again.

"You can figure out the rest, mother. My son will go to the front yard to deal with things."

The old lady said: "Brother Fu is a filial child, you kicked him hard just now, didn't you?"

Master Murong snorted and said, "Isn't it natural for me to teach my son a lesson?"

The old lady sighed: "Look at the disturbance that caused the house to be restless. Your daughter-in-law's temperament is not guilty. I'm afraid I will have to invite people from their Zhang family to come and talk about the matter."

Master Murong said coldly: "When I come here, I want to ask the Zhang family how to teach their daughters, to see if they still have face."

The two mother and son talked for a while before going back separately.

Murong Wei helped Aunt Zhou back to Yunge, seeing that Aunt Zhou was a little tired, she asked, "How does Auntie feel?"

Aunt Zhou said with a smile: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if you take a few doses of medicine."

In fact, she didn't eat the pastries at all, and those pastries were not placed there before, she brought them with her.

Everything today seems to be a coincidence, but in fact it is not that simple.

Aunt Zhou was a little worried: "What if Madam comes out again?"

Murong Wei said lightly: "She should stay in the Buddhist hall for a while, and she just came out. She still has to take care of the child so that nothing happens, otherwise everyone will suspect her. Point the finger at her. Father will never tolerated her."

Aunt Zhou thinks about it too, and this is actually the biggest effect of this matter.

As long as the safety of the child can be guaranteed, Aunt Zhou is willing to do anything.

"Don't worry, Auntie, this matter has nothing to do with us. You can wait for the birth in peace and give birth to a little brother for me."

Murong Wei hopes that this child will be born safely and grow up safely, at least Aunt Zhou will have something to rely on.

She is a daughter and cannot always go back to her mother's house. Although she can take care of Aunt Zhou, it is not enough.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Aunt Zhou caressed her belly lovingly.

Murong Wei ordered a few words before going back to her room.

Things really looked like a battle this morning.

For this battle, she planned for a long time, and finally designed everything in all aspects. With the help of her uncle, she did everything she could do.

In this way, it is just to fight for a chance to live a better life.

That's how people are, always fighting for life.

Others did not give her a chance, so she had no choice but to squeeze out the opportunities of others.

The eldest lady was beaten up by her this time, but the eldest brother is her son, so he has to be filial to her, so if he really wants to take revenge on her, it is just to reduce her influence and make her father dislike her.

She doesn't have that much compassion abuse.

Either you die or I die.

If she didn't do this, her unborn little brother would not be able to come to the world safely.

The impact of this incident caused quite a disturbance in the entire Murong Mansion.

Many servants didn't know what happened, and those aunts couldn't tell.

Even Aunt Li was put under house arrest.

Outsiders only know that the eldest lady voluntarily went to the Buddhist hall to fast for a few days, but they don't know what happened.

After all, family ugliness should not be publicized, and the concealment is still very tight.

Murong Lan didn't know what happened, she didn't see her mother once when she returned home, her elder brother fell ill again, and her eldest sister-in-law didn't say anything.

Murong Lan sent someone to investigate, and after hearing some rumors, she realized that something happened to her mother and she was uncovered on the spot.

She was shocked, and wanted to plead with her father when she went back, but Murong Duan refused to accept this time, Murong Lan had no choice but to go back to Feng's house.

After all, she is a married daughter, so it's not good to go to her mother's house every day to let people see what she looks like.

Now it is March when the apricot blossoms are white and the peach blossoms are red. The garden is full of spring scenery, and the courtyard is full of vitality.

It is just in February that the spring breeze is like scissors, the new willows are drooping, and the green grass is luxuriant by the pool, and the Murong family is even more lively today.

Just in time for the day when Xiao Mingrui came to give the bride price, Yunxia has been taking care of this matter since the morning, and since the eldest lady is not around, she has to deal with everything.

Fortunately, her housekeeping ability is good, and the old lady gave advice from the side, so she did it very well.

There are quite a lot of betrothal gifts given today, apart from those bought by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are also those added by Xiao Mingrui himself.

Not to mention those exquisite utensils and furniture, high-quality silk and satin, and several boxes of gold and silver jewelry.

(End of this chapter)