After the replacement marriage, I was forced to fight at home

In fact, she knew that Chuntao had bad intentions when she tried to get close to her. When Chuntao awkwardly told her about her plan at first, she disagreed. The Second Master and Second Mistress had just been married for a month. No matter how much the Second Master disliked the Second Mistress, how could she, a wet nurse, intervene in the matter of finding a concubine for the Second Master when the Second Mistress was not pregnant?

Chun Tao said that she just felt sorry for the Second Master. He had just been married for a month and he had asked for water four or five times. They were newly married. It must be that the Second Madam did not like the Second Master, or that the Second Madam did not know how to serve the Second Master. The Second Master was just at an early age, how could she treat him badly like this?

Besides, the Second Master is married now, so even if he does it for others to see, he can't go to that alley every day, right? If he can't get relief from Second Madam, what should he do? If he gets hurt by then, it will be fatal.

When Mother Fan heard Chuntao say this, she sighed helplessly. She had thought about all this, but she couldn't say anything or do anything. She could only watch Second Madam causing trouble from time to time to upset Second Master.

Then Chuntao blushed and said what she thought. Everyone in the mansion knew that the princess sent her to Qinghe Garden to be Zhou Yu's concubine. Before the Second Mistress hadn't entered the house, it was naturally difficult for Mother Fan to ask her to open the door, but now the Second Master has been married for a month. If the Second Mistress had served him well, she wouldn't think too much about it. But the current situation is that the Second Master has not enjoyed the happiness of his marriage from the Second Mistress.

So, Chun Tao gritted her teeth and said, "I know my identity, and mother is relieved. I don't have the heart to compete, nor do I have the qualifications. I just want to serve the Second Master and don't want him to be depressed. If mother can help me realize my wish, in the future in Qinghe Garden, mother's business will be my business.

"I'm not afraid that Mom will be angry. I saw clearly how Second Madam treated Mom after she came in. I really feel sorry for Mom, but as servants, we have to listen to our master's arrangements no matter how angry we are. It's just that Mom has been working hard for so many years.

"I think it will be hard to get along with Second Grandma in the future. It's fine for us, but it's impossible for Mom to be ignored like this. We have to stick together so that Second Grandma can know Mom's status in the yard."

Mother Fan looked at Chuntao's flattering smile, frowned and thought carefully, that's right, if it goes on like this, even if Zhou Yu dislikes Second Madam, for the sake of the overall situation he won't offend Second Madam too much. Then in the matter between her and Second Madam, she is the one who suffers. At the beginning, Second Madam didn't let any of the four maids who were instigated by her come back. Who knows if such a thing will happen again in the future? By that time, what face will she still have in Qinghe Garden? How many people will listen to her?

No, I can't just wait like this. Chuntao is right, she also needs to win people over. Even if she can't win people over, she should let Second Mistress know that she has the ability to embarrass her and make her suffer in silence. In this way, Second Mistress will think twice in the future.

Therefore, Mother Fan decided to help Chuntao and use the days when Meng Wan was not in the mansion to find an opportunity. Of course, she also told Chuntao clearly that if she was really taken in, she must drink the contraceptive soup. If she found out anything, she would be the first to kill Chuntao.

The two began to plan, and when everything was almost ready, Zhou Yu still didn't come to the inner house. Chuntao thought that just waiting like this was not a solution, so she bribed a servant outside the second gate and finally helped Zhou Yu into the house when he was drunk yesterday.

After hearing the news that Zhou Yu was going back to the inner house, someone took a bamboo tube and quietly blew the sleeping pills into other people's rooms.

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The room gradually became warmer. Mother Fan took off her padded jacket, took the boiling water off the stove, and brewed tea in the pot.

There was a knock on the door outside. Mother Fan put down the half-poured tea and pushed the door open. After a while, a girl wearing a green cotton jacket and purple wide-leg pants came in with a box in her hands.

"It's really cold today. I'm afraid it's going to snow heavily." The girl came into the house, put the box aside first, and put her hands under the quilt at the head of the kang.

Mother Fan poured her a cup of hot tea and said, "That's right. It got cold early this year, but it didn't snow. It's been cold and dry all the time. If it snowed, maybe it would be warmer."

The girl took the teacup and asked, "Is mom's cotton-padded jacket ready?"

"I can't even wear what the government gives me every year. It's enough."

"You older people are afraid of the cold, so the clothes given by the government are still a little thin. I went to the street a few days ago and bought a few pounds of new cotton. I will ask my mother to make a thick coat for Mom."

Mother Fan was touched when she heard this. "Don't bother me. I don't go out much. It's okay."

"It's not a big deal. My mother's sewing skills are not the best, but they are still pretty good. I hope you don't mind."

"Is this the medicine?" Mother Fan asked, pointing at the box.

The girl put down the teacup in her hand and nodded. "It took a lot of effort to get all the ingredients together. One of the ingredients was found in Tongzhou. Mom will take it to the pharmacy tomorrow. After all, it's an old recipe. There's no problem grinding it."

I watched the girl open the box, there were some familiar ones and some unfamiliar ones. I took out an unfamiliar one and smelled it, except for the faint grass fragrance, there was no other special smell.

“That’s red peony.”

"Red peony root?" Mother Fan nodded. In the past, the medicines she used were semi-finished products. She had never seen a whole root like this one. It looked a bit like ginseng.

"Thank you for your hard work. How much money are these?"

"Mom, please don't say that. We all work in Qinghe Garden for the good of Second Master. If Second Madam can achieve her wish after taking this medicine, then it will be worth it no matter how hard I work." The girl said with a smile, "But Second Madam doesn't know that Mom is thinking about her so much. She even has to keep this medicine away from everyone. Sigh... I feel so sorry for Mom."

Mother Fan put the medicine back into the box and gently closed the lid. "It can't be helped. Second Master is in such a situation now... someone should think more about him."

"But even though the medicine is ready, how is mom going to get Second Grandma to drink it?"

"I will think of a way. After all, Second Madam was a woman... She came down from the mountains, so her daily maintenance must not be too meticulous. She must take care of her body."

The girl nodded and stood up. "Okay, my mission is accomplished. Only the ginseng and the hard-to-find flavor are expensive. The rest are nothing. Mom, just give me twenty taels of silver."

"Is it enough?" Mother Fan saw that the ginseng was quite thick.

"It's enough, it's enough, but the taste is hard to find and the validity period is limited. Mom, you should go and verify it early and grind it for Second Grandma to drink."

Mother Fan took out her purse from her waist, took out two ten-liang silver notes and handed them to the girl, "Don't worry, I'll rest these few days and go tomorrow."

"Mom is really loyal to Second Master and Second Mistress. I'm just afraid Second Mistress won't understand my feelings and won't know how good you are. She will lose face for you when she comes back. Sigh... We can't stand it anymore."

Mother Fan was heartbroken by what the girl said, and she thought about how regrettable it was that Chuntao's plan yesterday did not come true.

"She doesn't need to know. As long as the Second Master is well, I will be relieved. I will have no regrets when I go to see the late Princess in the future."

The girl put away the banknotes and said, "Okay, I won't disturb Mom's rest. Although the Second Master and Second Mistress are not in the yard, you and Chuntao are both resting, so I'm really too busy." She said as she walked out, "By the way, why did Chuntao also rest?"

"I accidentally fell when I was bringing water to the Second Master last night."

"Oh? That's really strange. How come we didn't know that Second Master came back yesterday? It left only Mom and Chuntao running around. Next time something like this happens, Mom must call me. Although I can't go upstairs, I can fetch water and serve tea. I can't let you hurt your waist again because of fetching water."

When Mother Fan heard this, she seemed to just remember that she came back to rest under the pretext of spraining her waist, and she awkwardly supported her lower back with her hand.

The girl looked at Fan's mother and a scornful smile appeared on her lips, but she immediately put it away.

Behind an old tree in the back street, a short figure stood up after watching the girl walk away, turned his head and glanced at Mother Fan's gate, stood there thinking for a while, and then walked out of the back street.