Harem Daily Life

Wang Jiao was really disappointed with his son.

She raised her hand and rubbed her forehead. After a long pause, she said, "Now that I have neither status nor position, how can I have a say in the court? You come to me to ask for help, how can I possibly help you? Go back. I don't need you to pay back the ten thousand taels, and don't come to me again in the future."

Wang Jiao's attitude was very clear, she was unwilling to interfere in the affairs of the two brothers anymore.

Wang Yin gritted his teeth and said, "Sister, we are from the same mother. I helped you a lot in the past. Now I ask you to use your connections to help us continue the business and make up for the money we owe you. Are you so heartless?"

Wang Jiao narrowed her eyes. "This is a different time now. I really don't have the ability to help you right now. Do you still want to make things difficult for me?"

Wang Yin said angrily, "Sister, you also said that this is a different time. You have been expelled from the royal family and are living in your mother's house. You don't help your brothers. In the future, when our parents are gone, you will still have to live with us two brothers."

Women were not allowed to live independently, and Wang Jiao had no sons. If she didn't live in the Wang family, she would have nowhere to go. Even if she wanted to buy a house to live in separately, she couldn't get a house deed.

Wang Jiao sneered, "A mere loss of a few thousand taels of silver has caused you to act like this? Fine, fine, you're truly my good brother. I took my money and didn't ask you to pay interest, yet you're threatening me? Get out! Get out of my yard right now! I don't want to see you!"

Wang Xian saw that the two were arguing so hard that they couldn't get out of it, so he immediately tried to persuade them: "Sister, brother, please stop arguing. Big brother, let's go find a solution first. Sister really doesn't have any other options right now, so let's go back and talk about it first."

Wang Xian smiled helplessly at Wang Jiao, and forcibly pulled Wang Yin out. He finally managed to drag him out of the yard.

"Why are you pulling me? Did I say something wrong? She is just watching someone die without helping!" Wang Yin was still angry and spoke in a harsh tone.

Wang Xian advised: "Don't make her angry. She still has money in her hands. She is the only rich person in our family. You can't offend her all at once."

After hearing this, Wang Yin calmed down.

"Brother, we only lost a few thousand taels this time. When we find a good opportunity in the future, we can ask her to lend us another ten thousand taels to invest. We might be able to make it back in no time. Don't fall out with her."

Wang Xian was more flexible than Wang Yin. After his advice, Wang Yin became more rational.

"Okay, let's wait and see what happens. We'll go see a doctor in a few days. If we can get away with it this time, we must not do it again in the future." Wang Yin said.

Wang Xian nodded and said, "Don't worry, big brother. I'll go out and ask around to see if there's any way I can help."

Three brothels in the north of the city were shut down, and riding on this momentum, the entire capital was conducting self-inspections. Imperial Physician Liu was focused on treating the sick. The disease couldn't be cured, so he could only temporarily slow the onset. If it got out of control one day, the patient would be beyond help.

As for the man who spilled the porridge that day, Doctor Liu sent someone to deliver medicine to him, but he also explained that the medicine could only treat the symptoms and not the root cause, and asked him to find a way out as soon as possible for the sake of his child.

Doctor Liu also revealed to the emperor the fact that the Wang brothers had invested in a brothel.

After hearing this, He Linzhang was really angry at the Wang family for not fighting back.

"The Duke's Mansion was once a prosperous one, but it became an Earl's Mansion, and later their official titles were stripped, gradually declining to its current state. One can only say that the Wang family's luck has run out. Their children were not well educated, and the entire family is tainted. Fortunately, they no longer have any entanglements with the royal family, otherwise, the entire royal family would be disgraced because of such a relative."

He Linzhang was very angry and his face turned ashen.

Doctor Liu didn't dare to say much. He was just a doctor, his job was to cure illnesses and save lives. He didn't dare to say a word more than necessary.

After coming out of the imperial study, Doctor Liu went to Changle Palace to check on Empress Tao's pulse. Now that the pregnancy was getting further and further along, it was time to diagnose the number of fetuses.

Tao Yanyan's morning sickness reaction has been a little less severe recently, but her appetite is still not big. At most, she eats some vegetarian dishes, which are the kind that are cooked in water without oil or salt.

Seeing that she had become thinner, Doctor Liu felt a little nervous. However, after taking her pulse, he found that she was in good health and there was no problem. Doctor Liu felt relieved again.

"Your Majesty, you are only pregnant with one child this time, so it should be easier than the last one. Your Majesty should think more about what to eat every day. As long as it is not cold, you can try it." Doctor Liu advised, and then adjusted the dosage of the pregnancy-stabilizing medicine before packing up the medicine box.

"I heard that you took a medical team to the north of the city some time ago? How's the situation there?" Tao Yanyan asked casually.

Doctor Liu thought about it, then briefly talked about the Wang family's affairs and mentioned the person who fell ill.

After hearing this, Tao Yanyan dry-heaved twice, feeling somewhat disgusted by the Wang brothers.

"Wang is also very foolish. She so easily gave so much money to her two younger brothers to do business without even considering whether they have the ability to do so."

However, ever since Wang entered the palace last time to take away the property, she really had nothing to do with the royal family anymore, so Tao Yanyan was too lazy to care about her anymore. After all, whether she lived a good life or not was her own choice, and no one else could interfere.

Thinking of syphilis again, Tao Yan said, "It's best not to let women with the disease have children, otherwise they will infect the next generation."

Upon hearing this, Doctor Liu thought for a moment and said, "Those people in the brothel can be given a sterilizing drug, but the wives of respectable families... can't care about so many things."

Tao Yanyan sighed, "That's right. If a husband is not up to the task and goes out to have affairs, and then comes home sick and infects his wife, then if she's still childless, the burden of having children is too much for her to bear. It's not easy to intervene directly and tell her to be determined not to have children."

The more she spoke, the angrier she became: "It's all because of these men who can't control their lower bodies. They have wives at home, but they still go out and fool around. I really want to castrate them."

Doctor Liu shuddered and suddenly felt cold.

Jin'an was on leave from elementary school and came in with a painting. Upon hearing what his mother said, he curiously asked, "Who do you want to castrate, mother?"

Tao Yanyan realized he had spoken out of turn and smiled sheepishly, changing the subject: "Did Jin'an create a new painting today? What is it?"

As expected, Xiao Jinan didn't ask about the previous topic anymore. He happily opened the painting and said, "Look, mother, I drew twins, a boy and a girl."

Tao Yanyan narrowed his eyes, glanced at the painting, and asked curiously, "This hairless baby with such a big and round head, is it Yu Cheng?"

It has a big head and a small body, the proportions are seriously unbalanced. Fortunately he said they were twins, a boy and a girl, otherwise I would have thought it was a pufferfish.

Xiao Jinan nodded and pointed at another one and said, "This one has all hair and no face. That's my sister."

Tao Yanyan was speechless and choked. Yunuo not only had no face, but in Jinan's writing, she looked like a fat cat with sloppy and ruffled fur.

"Haha, Jin'an, you should practice calligraphy more in the future. It's better not to learn painting."

Little Jin'an was very serious. "No, no, I have to learn. Calligraphy and painting are inseparable. If my father can paint so well, I can do it too." After saying this, little Jin'an looked at Tao Yanyan suspiciously. "Could it be that your mother thinks I haven't inherited your father's talent for painting?"