The system's voice was cold, but Yun Jiaojiao felt that it sounded a bit mean and a bit disappointing.
Yun Jiaojiao was excited when she heard the system's voice.
"Why are you back?" she asked in surprise.
She has always communicated with the system through consciousness, so she didn't need to speak, and wouldn't alarm Dingxiang next to her.
[I came back to laugh at you. So, I didn't scare you back then, did I?] The system voice remained calm.
Yun Jiaojiao was not surprised at all. When she first bound herself to this system, it brought her many benefits.
Of course, it was bound to her body and must be very familiar with her physical condition.
Now that it has returned, it doesn't even need to ask. Just by looking at her physical condition, it knows who won the bet.
Unfortunately, Yun Jiaojiao was confused by the situation and only saw through things now, which she should have discovered long ago.
[Look at this frail body. It seems your money man doesn't love you.] The system spoke again, stabbing Yun Jiaojiao's heart with a knife.
Yun Jiaojiao's tears streamed down her eyes, and she couldn't find any words to refute the system.
After the system stabbed her heart, it probably didn't get a response from Yun Jiaojiao, so it went offline directly.
Yun Jiaojiao knew that he had come back to fulfill the bet, so she didn't ask any more questions.
After a sleepless night, her eyes were swollen when she woke up the next day.
Before daybreak, Dingxiang was helping her to wash up when there was a knock on the door.
"Madam, she's been up for a while now. Why haven't you come over to serve the medicine yet?"
This is Nanny Zhen who serves the wife of the Marquis.
Ding Xiang's eyes turned red when she heard this. She held the copper basin and looked at Yun Jiaojiao: "Madam, are you still going? Why don't I go and tell Aunt Zhen that you are not feeling well and won't come today."
In fact, Yun Jiaojiao was disdainful of these ancient etiquettes at the beginning. What about serving the mother-in-law? There were hundreds of servants in the marquis's mansion, so there was no need for the daughter-in-law to do it herself.
But Qian Yu said that she had no family to begin with, and if she did not serve her parents-in-law and was accused of being unfilial, others would have even more reason to force women on him.
He doesn't want to.
In order to grow old with him, Yun Jiaojiao forced herself to do these things.
For three years, he helped his mother-in-law to wash and dress in the morning, personally served her nourishing medicine, and waited for her to have breakfast before she could go back to her own yard to eat.
Not to mention lunch and dinner, she absolutely cannot sit down to eat until her mother-in-law puts down her chopsticks.
As a time traveler, she has done these things skillfully and orderly in the past three years.
Thinking about it now, Yun Jiaojiao finds herself ridiculous.
"Madam." Dingxiang called her softly.
She felt sorry for the lady, but she would not take the initiative to reply to Nanny Zhen without permission.
Yun Jiaojiao gently put the towel she used to wipe her face back into the copper basin and stood up with difficulty.
"Go and have a look," she said.
There are some things she also wants to figure out.
"But Madam, your body..." Dingxiang put down the copper basin and hurriedly put a cloak on her.
It is late autumn and it is not yet time for snow, but when I woke up in the morning, the thick layer of white frost outside was no better than snow.
With Yun Jiaojiao's current physical condition, just walking would probably take up all her strength, so she has no room to catch a cold.
Smiling gently at her, Yun Jiaojiao said, "Please prepare some hot water for me. I will come back later to take a bath."
She had experienced a major blow yesterday, and after returning home, she only washed up and went to bed. But after sleeping all night, her bed was still cold.
If Dingxiang hadn't changed her hot water bottle several times throughout the night, she might not have been able to get up today.
Now her body was so worn out that she couldn't even keep her blanket warm.
Ding Xiang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go get ready. When Madam comes back later, she can take a bath before dinner."
She lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes, but she forced them back.
The master and servant had just exchanged a few words when Nanny Zhen outside couldn't wait any longer.
"Madam, can you be quicker? It's so cold and Madam is still waiting for you to serve her medicine." She urged again.
The corners of Yun Jiaojiao's mouth twitched slightly.
When she was serving the medicine, those who didn't know would have thought that it was not her but her mother-in-law who was going to die in the marquis's mansion.
A middle-aged woman of fifty years old, takes blood-warming and qi-replenishing medicine every day. Her qi and blood are many times better than Yun Jiaojiao's current weak body.
But for three years, she had to wait for Yun Jiaojiao, whose health was getting worse and worse, to serve her every day.
After leaving her room, Yun Jiaojiao felt the cold autumn wind and felt the chill penetrate her bones.
But what was even colder was her heart.
She made this special trip not because she wanted to seek trouble, but because she wanted to see if her mother-in-law knew that Qian Yu had a mistress outside.
In fact, she had the answer in her heart, but just like seeing the concubine with her own eyes, she still had a glimmer of hope in her heart without verifying it in person.
There was a long distance between Linglu Courtyard where she lived and Hongmei Courtyard over there.
Yun Jiaojiao, who was already feeling cold, looked even worse after walking this distance.
Even with the hand warmer and deerskin hand guards on, the backs of her hands were still ice cold.
Even so, her mother-in-law still had a cold look on her face when she entered the room.
"What season is it now? Is it so cold that you have to use the hand warmer?" she asked with a stern look on her face.
Yun Jiaojiao handed the things in her hand to Nanny Zhen, but Nanny Zhen simply took off her cloak.
It was late autumn and there was no floor heating or brazier in the house. Taking off the coat in such a temperature would actually be very dangerous for Yun Jiaojiao.
But she tried to pull with Nanny Zhen, but she was not as strong as her and could only let her take her cloak away.
She took out her handkerchief and covered her mouth and nose with it, coughing for a long time before she said, "It's cold, I'm afraid of catching a cold."
If you catch a cold, you will have a fever and cough, and you will have to drink bitter and nauseating medicine.
Even if she didn't have much time left to live, she didn't want to suffer that pain.
The wife of Duke Qian was surnamed Yue. When Mrs. Yue heard what she said, she not only did not understand at all, but also sneered loudly.
"Your body is even worse than your grandmother's before she died. It's a sin that I married a daughter-in-law like you, but my son can't take a concubine."
His words were full of dissatisfaction with Yun Jiaojiao.
Yun Jiaojiao didn't say anything, but didn't move either.
If it were usual, she would have gone to the kitchen to get the medicine and carefully selected the candied fruits to present to Yue.
Yue looked at her standing there and immediately became furious.
"Are you stupid? Why did I call you here? Go get the medicine!" she asked harshly.
Yun Jiaojiao looked at her face and saw only deep disgust in her face and eyes.
"I'm not feeling well today. Let Nanny Zhen or the maid help you drink the medicine." She coughed twice and said weakly.
With this broken body, I can't even muster the energy to argue for myself.
Whatever, she was going to be wiped out anyway, whether she cared about it or not, that was it.
The question lingered in her mind for a long time, and she didn't know how to ask it. Finally, the moment Yue threw the cup down, she walked out of her room.
She didn't ask anymore, there was no point.
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