Favoring the concubine and killing the wife? She divorced the concubine and lived with her concubine

When Xiao Lan returned from the county government office, she saw Mrs. Li coming to change Xin'er's medicine. When she arrived, the table was covered with various herbs, including fresh leaves.

"Madam, you're back!" Madam Li bowed and continued to change Xin'er's dressing. "Don't look at these herbs as ordinary. They are very effective in treating burns. Apply these after applying the ointment to relieve the pain."

Xin'er was very well behaved. She sobbed softly when the dressing was changed. Seeing Xiao Lan's bad expression, she comforted her, "Don't cry, mother. Xin'er is not in pain!"

Xiao Lan nodded. She didn't cry, just her eyes were red. She was very patient...

Seeing that Xiao Lan was in a bad mood, Fang Qingqing pulled Xiao Lan out of the house.

"You didn't sleep well last night. Do you want to get some sleep?" Fang Qingqing saw that although her eyes were covered with rouge, the fatigue was very obvious in her eyes.

"Well... go get some sleep." She looked at Fang Qingqing's dark circles and couldn't help laughing at her. "Your dark circles aren't much better. If you were like this before, I would have given you a beauty salon card. I can't stand it! You're already getting crow's feet in your twenties."

Fang Qingqing's skin wasn't very good due to her previous wasted time. Although she was a year younger than Xiao Lan, she had more wrinkles than Xiao Lan. Now that she had finally put on some weight, she was a little plump. This was why Xiao Lan had only felt that she looked familiar when she saw her so many times before, but didn't think they looked very similar.

"If you can't go back, Mr. Xiao, you can open a beauty salon here! I'll be the manager for you." Fang Qingqing joked.

"Do you know who I met today?" Xiao Lan looked around and saw that there was no one around, and her voice was still a little softer.

"Who is it... my old lover?" Fang Qingqing was very curious when she saw Xiao Lan's mysterious look.

"Su Ze."

"what?"

"Yeah!" Xiao Lan nodded vigorously to help Fang Qingqing dispel the doubt in her eyes.

"Oh my god, he's also here? What is he doing now? A stinky beggar?" Fang Qingqing guessed.

Xiao Lan shook her head, and Fang Qingqing was immediately dissatisfied. "We two injured women are living such a miserable life, don't say he is here to enjoy himself!"

Xiao Lan nodded. Seeing Fang Qingqing clenching her fists in anger and about to curse, she suppressed a smile and said, "Forget it, I won't tease you anymore. He doesn't look like he came from another world, he just looks exactly like him!"

"How do you know?" Fang Qingqing couldn't believe it.

"I tested him. When I signed and sealed my name, I used the same signature I had on the previous contract, and he looked at me like I was stupid." Xiao Lan couldn't help but laugh when she thought of Su Ze's expression. She laughed several times today, and each time it was from the heart.

"Then what exactly does he do? A constable?" Fang Qingqing guessed again.

"Sir, the county magistrate! If I hadn't lost my temper today and couldn't control myself, I would have knelt down and kowtowed to him in court!" Xiao Lan looked at him with disdain, rolled his eyes to the sky, and spoke in a very sinister tone.

"Oh my god, this is impossible!" Fang Qingqing really couldn't help it. Even if she wasn't transported here, she didn't want to see that scumbag living such a good life!

"Can you please change your catchphrase 'I'll go'? Xin'er will learn it soon. How are we going to survive in this feudal society?"

Fang Qingqing quickly covered her mouth, glanced around the room, and nodded repeatedly.

"Mr. Xiao, give the young people a chance. I won't do that again!"

Xiao Lan rolled her eyes at her.

The two of them chatted for a while outside the house, and then Jasmine and Haitang brought some snacks and fruits into the yard, probably to prepare for Madam Li.

The two of them were whispering to each other and didn't even notice Fang Qingqing and Xiao Lan in the yard.

"What are you talking about?" Fang Qingqing shouted loudly, scaring them.

Xin'er in the room heard it and followed suit in a baby voice, "What are you talking about?"

"I'll give you some candy after you finish taking the medicine! It's made from milk, so it's super sweet!" Haitang said to Xin'er outside. Then she turned to Xiao Lan and Fang Qingqing and said, "Moli just said that someone died outside this morning. They pulled the body out of the river, and it was horrible. You couldn't even recognize what it looked like. The fish must have eaten a lot of it!"

Xiao Lan thought about what Xue Wu had said to the county magistrate at the yamen this morning. Xue Wu had a voice like a bell, and even if he lowered his voice, they could still hear some of it.

"The dead one was a pregnant woman! It looked like she was about to give birth. Her belly was bitten by fish and the baby inside could be seen." Jasmine took over the conversation, and her description was too vivid, making everyone frown.

"One body, two lives lost. How pitiful! If we don't perform a ritual, I'm afraid we won't be able to go to the river anymore."

"The moat outside the city?" Xiao Lan was also curious. Gossip is a woman's nature.

"No, a little further away, there's a small river that flows in all directions. I don't know where the body came from." Jasmine fell into deep thought. Whose pregnant woman was thrown into the river when she was about to give birth? The most important thing is, I haven't heard of any family missing anyone?

Xin'er couldn't stay in there. It was still a little painful when changing the dressing, and she was a little upset.

"I want to eat lactose to change the medicine! Mother..."

"Yeah!" Xiao Lan responded quickly and led Haitang and Moli into the house.

After a busy day, Xin'er sat contentedly on her bed, eating candy while Haitang fed her water. She felt better than she had the night before thanks to the new medication, and her mood was better too. She pestered Fang Qingqing to tell her a story.

Xiao Lan led Madam Li out.

"Thank you, Madam, for coming so early and making the medicine."

"No, Miss, you shouldn't be in so much pain this morning. After lunch, give her the remaining medicine warm to drink. She'll feel better this afternoon."

Xiao Lan wondered if there were any painkillers or anesthetics in it, and she was a little worried, "Will it have any effect on the child?"

"Don't worry, ma'am. My doctor Li is not a skilled doctor, but he does know his limits. He's just trying to make the child feel better and won't cause any harm. But all medicines are toxic. After he recovers, he'll still need to recuperate for a while and do more exercise to keep fit!" Madam Li said this sincerely, so Xiao Lan naturally believed it.

"Any news about my parents?"

"Madam, we sent the message yesterday through a trustworthy person. Mid-Autumn Festival is just seven days away. If you want to come back, you should get a reply in a day or two."

"Okay, thank you!" Xiao Lan bowed to Madam Li, and Madam Li hurried to help him.

"Madam, we've been with the Xiao family for so many years, and now we can help a little. How dare you ask me to do this? Please don't embarrass me." Madam Li took out a bottle of medicine from the medicine box and handed it to Xiao Lan. "This is a Qi-tonifying pill. Doctor Li said yesterday that you have a deficiency of Qi and blood, and two pills a day will be beneficial. Today, the pharmacy is short of an herb, so I will bring your medicine tomorrow. However, the medicine should be taken while it is hot, so please ask the servants to boil it for you at home."

Xiao Lan took the medicine and shook Mrs. Li's hand, "Thank you!"

"Don't be so polite! We have been replenishing medicinal materials at home these two days, and Doctor Li can't come out. I can't diagnose pulses well, so he will come back later to take a closer look at you, madam, and also take a look at that young lady." Madam Li was referring to Fang Qingqing.

Xiao Lan smiled and said, "She's even weaker than me!"

Doctor Li smiled but said nothing. The two of them walked side by side out of the yard. Sun Shaohua led Chi Yu and several servants and walked quickly over.

Xiao Lan instantly became nervous and took two steps back, looking at the person coming vigilantly, while not forgetting to protect Madam Li behind him.

She was scared. The Sun family was full of psychopaths. Who knew if they would suddenly do something weird to cause trouble for her?

Sun Shaohua saw Xiao Lan's reaction, and the past events unconsciously emerged in his mind, and he gradually slowed down his pace.

"This must be the doctor's wife! I'm sorry to trouble you with my daughter's health!" Sun Shaohua nodded and appeared very polite.

Madam Li saw the scene and knew something had probably happened to the Sun family. However, seeing Xiao Lan was too nervous, she couldn't bear to leave her alone. She stepped forward and returned the greeting, "Master Sun, you are too polite. Doctors are like parents. We can't bear to see the child suffer. We will take good care of him for the next few days. I just said I would stay to take care of him, Madam. Otherwise, I'm afraid the servants will overwarm the medicine and lose its effectiveness."

Xiao Lan naturally knew what Mrs. Li meant. When she saw Sun Shaohua change his expression and slow down his pace because of her nervousness, she knew that he was not targeting her.

"No need, Mother Xu has already learned it. You can go back quickly! Didn't you say you are still missing one medicine? I wonder if you can make up for it today."

"I'll go back and urge them to bring it to you tomorrow!" Mother Li also understood. "Please stay, Madam!"

"Chi Yu, go see the Madam off!"

Chi Yu received Sun Shaohua's order, turned around and respectfully led Madam Li out.

After seeing the man walk away, Xiao Lan asked, "Master, what are you doing?"

"Butler Wang and Mother Yu both ran away, but they probably didn't leave the yard. There were people watching the front and back doors." Sun Shaohua explained.

"Run away?" Xiao Lan was also surprised. These two weren't bandits or thieves, so how could they run away by climbing walls and flying over rooftops?

"I'm taking people to search the house now. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find at night. Besides, Steward Wang still has a bunch of account books that he hasn't handed over!"

Sun Shaohua now feels a little regretful that he didn’t find the account book overnight yesterday!

"Even if you don't take the account book, you have to take the looted money. It's possible that he would hurt others to vent his anger when he is at his wit's end!" Xiao Lan began to worry. What if Yu's mother was so angry that she broke into the house with a knife in the middle of the night? No one of the old, weak and sick people would be able to beat her, and they would be injured at least.

"I'll send four servants to guard your yard, and ask Chi Yu to take two people to check out the house they bought outside! And send a few more people to mother's yard!" Sun Shaohua made arrangements, and Xiao Lan called Jasmine.

"Jasmine, take me to that dog hole."