After Zhou Jiyuan finished eating, Xu Miao helped him lie down: "Ayuan, lie down. Sister will give you a gentle back massage. Otherwise, it will be uncomfortable to lie down right after eating."

As Xu Miao spoke, he began to gently massage Zhou Jiyuan's back with his hands. Zhou Jiyuan lay there like a cat whose fur was being stroked, and soon he began to snore.

Seeing Zhou Jiyuan fall asleep again, Mrs. Yang gave Xu Miao a thumbs-up and said, "The new wife is really good!"

Seeing that Xu Miao and the others had nothing to do, Mrs. Yang spread out her legs and trotted off to deliver a letter to the Duke's wife.

"Madam, great news! The young master woke up from his afternoon nap and didn't cough up blood. The new wife even coaxed him into eating a lot, and now he's asleep again."

Old Lady Yang happily knelt before the Duke and his wife and described to them what had just happened.

"The new wife wasn't pretentious. She went back to her room and immediately started preparing food for the young master."

"Madam, you don't know that the new lady keeps calling A Yuan the bravest and A Yuan the best, coaxing the young master into calling her sister. She also told him to call her sister. She also said that eating white radish nourishes the lungs, coaxing the young master into eating several mouthfuls of radish and white porridge. Now she has coaxed the young master to sleep again. I see that the young master really listens to the new lady."

When the Duke's wife heard that Zhou Jiyuan did not cough up blood, she began to wipe her tears again.

Duke Zhou Chenli quickly began to coax her: "Everyone said Yuan was fine, why are you crying again? You're about to burst into tears."

His wife's tears came so easily, without any preparation. I don't know how much water this woman has in her body, she cries when she's happy or sad.

The Duke waved his hand at Mrs. Yang and said, "Go back and watch carefully. If anything happens, come back and report it promptly. Go to the steward and get a silver ingot as your reward. When the young master is well again, I will reward you."

Mrs. Yang said auspicious words and ran happily to the housekeeper to receive the reward.

As for Xu Jingyi, he started to feel nervous ever since he saw Xu Miao riding in the bridal sedan to be married to the Duke's Mansion.

As the saying goes, the first thing you fear is the last.

Just now, the servant came back to report that the emperor had sent the Sixth Prince to deliver a gift to the Duke's Mansion. Xu Jingyi was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. He kept pacing around the yard with his hands behind his back.

He was now hanging here in a state of life and death, thinking that if Xu Miao succeeded in getting married, he would be promoted to a high position, but at the same time he was worried about how he would deal with it if it didn't work out.

Xu Jingyi even thought about his escape route. If anything really happened, he would run back to his hometown in the mountains at night and hide. The mountains in his hometown were a primeval forest, and even if the emperor sent troops to search the mountains, they might not be able to catch him.

Xu Jingyi wanted to slap himself twice. He regretted that he was so impulsive and agreed to the wedding.

Xu Jingyi now cares more about the young master in the Duke's Mansion than anyone else. If anything happens to the young master, he will probably be dead.

Xu Jingyi spun around while muttering, "I hope that damn girl can wash the young master away. She must wash him away. Damn girl, if you wash the young master to death, I will kill your whole family. No one of us will survive."

"Pah, pah, pah, if you want to say something nice, that damn girl will definitely be able to do it."

Xu Jingyi turned and left the courtyard, calling the servant beside him and handing him two hundred taels of silver notes: "Go, spend money or climb the wall, you go and guard the gate of the Duke's Mansion for me. You must do everything you can to find out the first-hand information about the wedding at the Duke's Mansion."

"Whether it's good or bad, you must come back quickly and tell me."

If he wasn't afraid of being recognized, Xu Jingyi would have wanted to squat at the door of the Duke's Mansion and wait for news.

They say wealth and honor are found in danger, but this is too exciting. It's life-threatening!

Zhao, the stepmother, was also anxious. But her anxiety was twisted. She wanted to see Xu Miao laugh, but she was also afraid that if something really happened, it would implicate the Xu family and herself.

Sitting in her room, she scolded Xu Jingyi in front of Xu Mingzhu: "Your father is scared now. He shouldn't have agreed to let that slave marry into the Duke's Mansion. He should have sent her to the countryside, and sent her little wife along with him. I get angry when I think of them now."

"And you, you useless thing, if you hadn't insisted on not marrying the young general, would you have caused so much trouble? If you had married him to bring good luck, how could that servant have taken advantage of you for nothing?"

Xu Mingzhu sat across from Zhao, listening to her scolding with a sullen face: "Mom, please calm down. I know you're worried, but there's nothing you can do. No one could have imagined it would turn out like this."

"Zhang Jingyi was so sick that he was barely alive. Who knew he could recover? If I had known it would only bring good luck, I would have gone a long time ago."

Xu Mingzhu also regretted it. If she had been the one to bring good luck, the General's Mansion would have owed her a huge favor. She would have been able to walk all over the General's Mansion without any need to flatter Zhang Ruyi.

Zhang Ruyi is a vampire, he only knows how to ask her for things.

Now that she saw Xu Miao marrying into the Duke's Mansion, she was even more angry. She didn't care about good or bad, she just hoped that Xu Miao, that damned girl, would kill the young master of the Duke's Mansion, and then Xu Miao would die with him.

In the Zhang residence, Madam Zhang said to the old lady with a bitter face, "Mother, did you know? Today, that Xu Miao married into the Dingguo Duke's residence again to bring good luck. If it works out the same way as Cheng Yi did before, then the Dingguo Duke will definitely cause us trouble. You stupid slave, I was wondering why he was so determined to divorce his wife back then. It turns out he already has someone else to marry."

Madam Zhang: "Just wait and see, it's still uncertain what will happen. Why are you panicking? How can a servant like her always have such a good life?"

Zhang Chengyi: Marry whoever he wants, but he wants to marry Mingzhu.

Duke Dingguo and his wife were worried about everything, especially his wife, who insisted on going to Zhou Jiyuan's courtyard to take a look.

"Duke, please let me go to A Yuan's yard to take a look. I'll be back soon. If I don't go, I'll be a little worried."

The Duke's wife pulled the sleeve of the Duke Zhou Chenli and acted coquettishly at him with her big eyes.

Zhou Chenli: I can't let her go, even if I kill her. She'll cry when she comes back. I'll have to comfort her for a long time, and she won't be able to sleep.

Zhou Chenli: "Madam, don't worry. I just asked Butler Qian to go to A Yuan's yard and make thorough inquiries. It's the same as what Mrs. Yang said. A Yuan is very happy with the new wife. He can eat and sleep well and hasn't coughed up blood."

"I've asked Steward Qian to stay in Yuan's yard and report back early tomorrow morning to see how Yuan fared overnight."

"Don't you trust Steward Qian? She's the one who watched you grow up, and she's the most capable person. If you go now, you'll disturb them."

"Have a good sleep and get up early tomorrow. Then we can go see Yuan together."

After hearing this, the Duke's wife thought about it and realized that this was the case, and finally calmed down.

Zhou Chenli: What sins did I commit in my previous life that I am punished in this life by marrying such a wife and having a son who wants to kill him.

Mrs. Yang: I will stay outside the bridal chamber tonight. Tomorrow morning I will be the first to deliver a letter to Madam. Maybe I can even get a silver ingot.

Silver ingots smell so good, it makes me happy just thinking about it.

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