"The Bai family...is not a small family"

Bai Rui Niang whispered: "Although we are not a noble family, we are also a family with a family tree. The Bai family is based on medicine, and several generations ago, there were famous doctors."

"Originally, the Bai family's medical skills were passed down to men, not women. However, there are some diseases that are inconvenient for men to treat, so the Bai family let their daughters learn some. But they were only used to treat the inner courtyards of some dignitaries..."

"Just a few generations before us, the Bai family had a female doctor with superb medical skills. She even cured the hidden illness of the empress in the palace at that time. When the empress gave birth to a prince, she conferred a title on the Bai family. At that time, the nobles and noble families in the capital were proud to have a female doctor from the Bai family in their homes."

Speaking of this, Bai Rui Niang's face was full of sarcasm.

"But it is because of this that the daughters of the Bai family have been pushed into a situation from which there is no recovery." Bai Rui Niang's voice gradually became higher.

"In the beginning, the Bai family's cultivation and selection of daughters were all voluntary. But later on, the Bai family's medical skills had long been shattered by wealth and fame, and became just a facade."

"The head of the family changed it to a voluntary requirement that all daughters of the Bai family must learn medicine, and the head of the family will decide who to send. If they cannot learn advanced skills, they can learn..."

Rui Niang's tone was already filled with grief and anger.

"Of course, not all descendants were coerced by them. Some who loved their daughters either left the Bai family or arranged marriages for their daughters early on. Therefore, in order to enrich the Bai family, the head of the family went out to buy some girls from poor families and adopted them to the Bai family members who had no daughters."

"In short, this rule must be passed down. And the children born to these people are the people from the outer courtyard."

"Because they were originally beneficiaries of the Bai family, they had no right to refuse. Some of them were lucky enough to get married and have children when they were old enough, and they could live safely, but most of them..."

"My aunt's father was from the outer courtyard. His mother was lucky. She later married a doctor from the Bai family, and only then did she have the opportunity to learn medicine. And she got married and had children. Originally, his daughter didn't have to be chosen. But because of his uncle..."

"He passed away early, so he begged his uncle like that before he died. At that time, his aunt had just reached the age to be selected, and he was afraid that after his death, his daughter would be left alone and persecuted by the clansmen, so he begged his uncle. Even if she became a concubine, it was better than being forcibly sent away..."

"Oh my God! How could this happen? Then...where are you? Are you from the outer courtyard too?" Qin Qiong was really shocked.

"Haha..." Rui Niang suddenly laughed with tears in her eyes, stroking her chest and said, "I'm not, my family is not, and it's because my family is not, so..."

She clenched her fists in pain.

After a while, she slowly continued: "My aunt's father married my adopted daughter. At that time, he was often not at home because of his medical practice, so he sent my aunt to my house. Therefore, she was very close to my mother. My sister and I have been very close to my aunt since we were young."

"Although my father is from the same family, his medical skills are not very good. In addition, my grandfather did not want to send his adopted daughter away against his conscience, so he married her to my aunt's father. Therefore, he was ostracized in the clan. Our family was not well off, so my sister and I learned some medical skills to help our father from time to time..."

"Later, my aunt married and moved to your family. A few years later, Prince Zheng's palace asked our Bai family to send a female doctor from our family to treat Princess Zheng."

"As I said before, the Bai family once had a senior who could help a 40-year-old lady give birth to a prince. There is a rumor out there that the Bai family's female doctor has a prescription passed down from generation to generation that can cure female infertility, but it is only for daughters of the family."

"So the clan leader chose my sister..."

Qin Qiong frowned and asked, "Can't our family members not be chosen? Were you forced? But... will this work? If you are forced to go, and the disease cannot be cured, isn't it the same?"

"Yes, we don't have to go, so they are using another method..."

Rui Niang slowly took out a piece of paper from her arms and handed it to Qin Qiong.

Qin Qiong took it and took a look, and found that it was the love letter that was said to be the evidence of his crime during the day.

It says "My Dearest Love" at the top, with no signature below.

The content only consists of four sentences and seven words. Because it is written in cursive script and traditional Chinese characters, Qin Qiong could not recognize all the characters at first.

It roughly means the longing for a woman.

The reason why Qin Qiong knew this was because there were two words in it, which were "Si Mu".

"This..." Qin Qiong was a little confused.

"This was found in my sister's medical box. The clan leader used this to say that my father failed to educate his daughter properly and expelled him from the family! My sister behaved promiscuously and was unfaithful to her husband. She also brought disgrace upon the Bai family's reputation as a female doctor..."

"According to clan rules, the ancestral hall must be opened and we two sisters must be drowned in a pond."

"No way! This is a poem written by a man who longs for a woman. At most, it means that the man has feelings for your sister, and your sister accepted it. This can be considered as being unfaithful to one's wife. You must be crazy!"

Qin Qiong almost shouted.

"This is a false accusation! It's so blatant. Is there no one in your Bai family who can speak up for justice?"

"Fair words? What is that?" Bai Rui Niang suddenly laughed, but tears started to flow at the same time.

"When we were about to send you out yesterday, didn't everyone in the room let us talk? Was there anyone who came out to speak a fair word for you, a young lady?"

"People in this world are cold-hearted. Everyone only looks at the situation. As long as it has nothing to do with them, no one will care about the life or death of others. What's more... If my family doesn't have a daughter, then maybe it will be their daughter."

Bai Rui Niang almost cried while laughing.

"......What happened next?" Qin Qiong was speechless.

"Later, of course, my sister volunteered to go to Prince Zheng's mansion to work as a doctor. However, after only three months, she came back with the news that Princess Zheng was pregnant."

"What? Really? Do you really have that recipe at home?" Qin Qiong almost jumped up.

"The Bai family does have some prescriptions for female infertility," Rui Niang said harshly, "but this has nothing to do with this matter. Princess Zheng is simply infertile."

".....How do you know?"

"The Bai family has sent female doctors to the Zheng Palace every year for the past three years. The female doctors from other families have already examined the Zheng Princess's body, but they just didn't dare to speak out."

Rui Niang narrowed her eyes and said fiercely: "This was secretly told to my mother by an aunt from my mother's family who was on good terms with her."

"She said that originally the female doctors were there to treat the women who had served the King of Zheng. At first, they were mainly there to prevent them from getting pregnant and giving birth to children."

"But in the past two years, Princess Zheng suddenly began to take care of her body and often had sex with Prince Zheng. However, the aunt said that Princess Zheng's body was cold and weak, and she had been injured in the past, so she couldn't get pregnant."

"Now that she's pregnant, I'm afraid... I'm afraid there's only one outcome for my sister."

"After mother found out, she was heartbroken and desperate, but there was nothing she could do. She just wanted my sister to come back alive. But she didn't expect... this was not the end yet," Bai Rui'niang suddenly raised her voice.

"Less than a month after the news came out, the clan leader came to my house and said that my sister was unable to take care of the princess alone, and wanted me to go to the palace to look after the princess, and come back with her after the little prince was born."

"My mother fainted when she heard this. She wrote a letter that day and asked me to change my clothes and disguise myself as a man to escape."

"I disguised myself as a man all the way and walked for a whole month before I found my aunt. I finally survived..."

"My mother told me that my uncle is an official and the clan members dare not do anything too much. And I must not go back, otherwise my sister, father, mother, and our family may all be gone. Then our branch will disappear from the Bai family tree."

"So, I can't go back. If I leave, my parents can say whatever they want, but if I go back, they will have to let the tribe members deal with them..."

"I'm not going back! I want to live!".

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