Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

Taking advantage of Nanny Lou's words, Ye Jintang found an excuse to get up and prepare to have breakfast.

When she came to copy the scriptures, she only ate a roasted sweet potato. After working for so long, she was really a little hungry.

Just as Ye Jintang was about to stand up, her legs suddenly went weak and she almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, someone grabbed her in time, otherwise she would have hit her head on the table.

"Sixth Miss, be careful."

Jiang Zhi's voice was a little anxious.

"Master Jiang?"

Looking at Jiang Zhi in front of him, Ye Jintang couldn't help but be a little surprised.

When the two came to Beijing from Xingnan, she thought that they might never have any intersection in this life.

But in the following days, they always met each other.

We meet again by chance at the White Horse Temple. The word coincidence is really amazing.

"As soon as I entered the White Horse Temple gate, I heard that a very filial girl had come to the temple and was kneeling in the main hall copying scriptures. I didn't expect it to be the Sixth Girl."

"But my legs are numb from kneeling. Can I walk now?"

"It shouldn't be a big problem."

Ye Jintang tried to pull her arm back inconspicuously, but Jiang Zhi's hand was like an iron claw and she couldn't pull it back at all.

"girl."

Liuli followed Nanny Lou into the hall, and seeing that it was Jiang Zhi supporting Ye Jintang, she hurried forward.

"I'm fine, my legs are just a little numb. Help me back to the dormitory."

As he spoke, Ye Jintang bowed to Jiang Zhi again, thanking him for his help just now.

Looking at Ye Jintang's distant yet polite appearance, Jiang Zhi felt inexplicably annoyed.

"Master, let's go. General Shi is waiting for us."

Seeing that Jiang Zhi was staring at the direction where Ye Jintang disappeared, Le Chuan whispered a reminder.

"Well, let's go."

On the way to the dormitory, Madam Lou couldn't help but nag, "Tomorrow, young lady, you must not go to the main hall to copy scriptures. You only need to stay in the east wing."

"The hall is full of people coming and going. It's really not a good place to copy scriptures."

"Madam Lou, are you the master, or am I the master? I have just explained the reason to you. The main hall is very popular, so it is naturally much better for me to copy scriptures in the main hall than in the east wing."

"If you are not satisfied with me copying scriptures in the hall, then I will not copy them. Let Madam Lou do it for you."

Ye Jintang sneered, she was still a little naive to play tricks on her.

"Sixth Miss, this old servant is also for your own good. According to the old lady's instructions, to show your piety, you will fast for three days starting tomorrow."

"During the fast, only 81 grains of rice are eaten for each meal. After the fast is over, every time the girl copies the scriptures, she has to bathe and change clothes, and then burn incense and copy the scriptures."

"If it snows recently, you can't drink the water in the temple anymore, but you have to collect snow water yourself."

The latter one was a trick that Nanny Lou came up with herself. Although she was a slave, she still had some face in the Marquis' Mansion. Ye Jintang always reminded her from time to time that she was a slave, which made Nanny Lou hate her very much.

This would give her the opportunity to torture Ye Jintang to death.

"Madam Lou, were all these things ordered by the old lady?"

"Yes."

"Very good, I will start fasting tomorrow."

After saying this, Ye Jintang took Liuli back to the house. Nanny Lou and He Xiang wanted to go in to serve her, but they were all chased out.

Such a big thing happened in the temple today. Nanny Lou hesitated for a long time and felt that it was not enough to just wait there.

"He Xiang, you should go down the mountain and return to the capital now to report the recent events to the old lady."

"Today's incident has caused quite a stir. I don't know if it will spread to the capital. Go back and give the old lady a heads up in advance."

"Okay, I'll leave now."

He Xiang was just a maid, she didn't have a carriage. Besides, the roads were slippery due to the snow, and by the time she came down from the mountain and looked for a carriage to return to the capital, she had already wasted most of the day.

She was walking halfway and suddenly had a severe stomachache for some unknown reason.

"Uncle, let's go to Guanning Hutong."

He Xiang entered a small courtyard in Guanning Hutong.

"Guizhu, go and call the Second Young Master and tell him that I'm sick."

Guizhu is Hexiang's younger brother, who is about 13 or 4 years old. When he saw that Hexiang looked unhappy, he responded and ran away.

Ye Rui was confused when he received the news. Didn't He Xiang go to the White Horse Temple? Why did she suddenly return to Beijing and go to Guanning Hutong?

He didn't dare to delay and immediately went to see He Xiang quietly.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw He Xiang lying on the bed with a very pale face.

"Guizhu, go get a doctor quickly. Your sister is sick."

Ye Rui and He Xiang have a very special relationship. It breaks his heart to see her lying sick in bed.

"He Xiang, what's wrong with you?"

"My stomach hurts so much that I can't stand up."

He Xiang was in so much pain that Ye Rui didn't ask too many questions. Soon the doctor came over to take her pulse.

"Congratulations, Madam is pregnant and has been pregnant for more than two months. She must have caught a cold and her pregnancy has changed. I will prescribe a dose of medicine for her to calm her nerves and nourish her pregnancy. She will be fine after taking it for two days."

The doctor's words stunned He Xiang and Ye Rui. Neither of them had ever thought that they would suddenly have a child.

After sending the doctor away, Ye Rui asked the maid serving in the yard to boil the medicine.

He sat on the edge of the bed in silence.

When He Xiang saw that there was no joy on his face, she immediately guessed that he didn't want the baby in her belly.

Ye Rui has not married yet. If he lets the eldest son of a concubine be born first, it will be difficult for him to marry a noble lady in the future.

No woman wants to have another child as soon as she enters her husband's home.

"Second Young Master, don't say anything. I don't want this child."

He Xiang, who was usually strong, bit her lip to stop herself from crying out loud.

She was a slave, and it was not easy for her to have the opportunity to become a concubine, so how could she dare to ask for the eldest son of a concubine.

"Don't cry, take the pregnancy-preserving medicine first and take care of yourself. We will make other plans."

He Xiang nodded and stopped talking, just shed tears silently.

Soon Guizhu brought the medicine. Hexiang drank the hot medicine and took a nap. When she woke up, her stomach didn't hurt much anymore.

"He Xiang, what's the matter with you returning to the capital?"

"Well, something happened to the Sixth Miss in the temple, and I have to come back to consult the old lady."

He Xiang told Ye Rui the reason why she came back. She glanced out the window and saw that the sun was already setting.

"I can't delay any longer. I have to return to the Marquis' Mansion as soon as possible."

"How are you, are you okay?"

"I have to do it even if I have to. I'm afraid I'll be scolded by the old lady if I go back too late."

Even if He Xiang flew to Old Madam Ye at this moment, it would be too late.

The pilgrims who went to the White Horse Temple to burn incense in the morning had already returned to the capital, and the news of Ye Jintang kneeling in the main hall and copying scriptures had also spread.

Before Mrs. Ye had lunch at noon, Nanny Sun told her the rumors outside.

"How dare you, Sixth Girl?"

Halfway through listening, the old lady felt a sharp pain in her chest. She was not sick, but Ye Jintang made her sick.

Once Ye Jintang knelt down in the main hall of the White Horse Temple, the reputation she had accumulated over half her life would be destroyed, and she would even be known as someone who was harsh on her granddaughter.