Zheng looked at the imperial physician who was taking her pulse, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter, her heart seemed to be gripped by someone, and she couldn't help but ask, "Imperial physician, how is my nephew doing?"

After a few seconds, the imperial physician let go of his hand, looked at Zheng seriously, and shook his head.

"Old Madam, please accept my condolences. The young master suffered a vital injury. If he had received timely medical treatment, there might have been a glimmer of hope. However, he has been injured a second time, affecting a vital part. Now even a god cannot save him. I am afraid that his virility will be gone and he will never have children again."

Hearing this, Zheng's face turned pale and she staggered back two steps.

Even though she had heard Master Wuming's diagnosis before in Lanruo Temple, her mind went blank when the imperial physician said the same thing.

"Then his life will be safe, right?"

Damaging the foundation of future generations is already a serious matter. If Zhou Lai loses his life, the matter will become even more serious.

The imperial physician glanced at Zhou Lai, who lay unconscious on the bed, and sighed softly, "Young Master's injuries are serious. Whether he can wake up depends on his luck. I'll prescribe some medicine for him, you guys give it to him and try."

Zheng's face was pale. She didn't expect Zhou Lai's injuries to be so serious.

After a while, he nodded to the doctor and said, "Thank you, doctor."

The imperial physician shook his head and wrote out a prescription. Then, Zheng's personal nanny, Mama Li, stuffed a silver note worth one hundred taels into the imperial physician's pocket and sent him away.

Zhou was unconscious, and Zhou Lai's life or death was unknown. Zheng held her head in her hands, her brows furrowed as if she could pinch a fly to death.

After the imperial physician left, Xu Rong entered the room and glanced at Zhou Lai who was unconscious on the bed.

"Mother, Jiang Xiyu has harmed my aunt Kelai and cousin like this. I'm afraid we won't be able to explain to my uncle and the Zhou family."

Zheng frowned and glanced at Xu Rong, her annoyance growing even stronger. She said impatiently, "This is all your bad idea. Now you've ended up losing more than you gained. If the Zhou family makes a fuss about this, both you and I will be in trouble."

It would be fine if Zhou Lai's father, Minister of Rites Zhou Qin, was easy to talk to, but he is a person who will not release the eagle until he sees the rabbit. This time, the foundation of Zhou Lai's descendants has been affected and the Zhou family's incense has been cut off. He will definitely not let them go easily.

Xu Rong was unhappy to see Zheng putting all the blame on her, but remembering the purpose of her visit, she suppressed her displeasure and smiled, "Don't be angry, mother. I have a plan that can give an explanation to my uncle and the Zhou family."

"Really?" Zheng looked at her doubtfully.

"Mother, please listen to me."

As he spoke, he whispered a few words into Zheng's ear.

After hearing this, Zheng's eyes widened, and she was a little embarrassed. "Is this really okay? Didn't Jiang Xiyu say that your brother is not dead yet? If your brother comes back and finds out about this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resolve."

Seeing that she still believed Jiang Xiyu's words, Xu Rong couldn't help rolling her eyes.

"Mother, how can you believe Jiang Xiyu's words? Not to mention that it was His Majesty who notified me of my brother's death. How could His Majesty be wrong? Besides, even if my brother is really still alive, Jiang Xiyu has been defiled by my cousin. How can she still be worthy of my brother?"

"Didn't you come here and accomplish nothing?"

"Mother, do you believe this? With cousin Lai's physique, if Jiang Xiyu hadn't attacked him while he was doing that, do you think Jiang Xiyu would have been able to escape? And if nothing had happened, why would Jiang Xiyu have injured cousin Lai so badly and even crippled him? Also, if she didn't feel guilty, why did she move from Fenglaiju to the shabby Taolinyuan after returning? She has done something wrong to her brother and dares not live in Fenlai anymore."

After hearing what Xu Rong said, thinking about Jiang Xiyu's current situation in Taolinyuan, he suddenly felt a little shaken.

Originally, if Xu Rui was gone, it wouldn't matter whether Jiang Xiyu was a virgin or not. If Jiang Xiyu could give birth to a child, even if the child was Zhou's, it would be considered as continuing the Yonglin Marquisate's family line and preserving Xu Rui's title of Yonglin Marquisate.

But if Xu Rui was still alive, Jiang Xiyu's defiled body would definitely not be worthy of his son, and she would no longer be qualified to give birth to children for their Xu family.

Seeing Zheng's expression, Xu Rong knew that her words had worked, and she quickly continued speaking.

"Mother, if my brother were still alive, he would definitely not want Jiang Xiyu. When Jiang Xiyu dies, not only can we explain to my uncle and the Zhou family, but we can also use Jiang Xiyu's dowry to find a new wife for my brother. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone?"

It has to be said that Xu Rong's words were extremely tempting to Zheng.

The Yonglin Marquis' Mansion was short of money, but Jiang Xiyu's dowry was full of it. Not to mention the money, even a few of the shops, houses, estates and fields that came with her as a dowry were enough to make them envious.

The most crucial thing is that Zhou Lai is the only son in the Zhou family. Zhou Lai must give an explanation to the Zhou family regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, otherwise this matter will definitely not be resolved.

There is no other good solution now. All the troubles are caused by Jiang Xiyu. As long as she dies, all problems will be solved.

**

Taolin Garden.

The clouds in the sky obscured the moon, the yard was pitch dark, and everything was quiet.

"Pumbaa."

Suddenly there was a hurried knock on the door.

A lot of things had happened in the past few days, and Jiang Xiyu was very tired both physically and mentally. While she was half asleep, she heard someone knocking on the door, and she felt inexplicably irritated.

"Who is it?" Qing'er was also in her sleep. When she heard the knock on the door, she put on an outer coat, yawned, and got up to open the door.

"Auntie Li, is there something wrong so late?" Seeing that it was Auntie Li next to Zheng, Qing'er instantly became respectful.

Mother Li ignored Qing'er with a haughty look on her face, and shouted into the house, "Madam, the old lady wants you to go to the ancestral hall."

Jiang Xiyu lay on the bed without moving, pretending not to hear.

Seeing no movement from inside for a while, Madam Li did not give up and raised her voice again, threateningly saying, "Madam, the old lady said it's urgent. If you don't go, she will be angry."

Usually, because Jiang Xiyu loves Xu Rui, she always agrees to everything her mother-in-law Zheng asks and goes along with her in everything, and is particularly afraid of her getting angry.

Now that I think about it, I was really stupid. I didn't even know that I was being manipulated and plotted against, and I still gave everything foolishly.

Jiang Xiyu originally didn't intend to pay attention to it, but then she thought that she might be worried about the Zhou mother and son. They were injured so seriously, something must have happened, otherwise they wouldn't come to her in the middle of the night.

How could she not watch this excitement!

"Mom Li, wait a moment, I'll be there soon." Jiang Xiyu said.

Qing'er didn't expect Jiang Xiyu to agree, but thinking about how respectful Jiang Xiyu was to Zheng, she didn't dare to refuse when Zheng asked her to go. She could only walk back to the yard with frustration and go to the wing room to help Jiang Xiyu change and dress.

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