The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Granny Wang rolled her eyes in a very unseemly manner. "No one would want to serve others and do these things, okay?"

“Look, Mr. Niu fed me medicine because he was afraid I would run away. But I am a weak woman, and there are so many people in the mansion. Where could I run to? You stayed by my side every step of the way.”

“I don’t want to take medicine because I don’t want to feel so uncomfortable. I feel like if I lie down any longer, I’ll really become completely immobile. If you pretend to give me medicine, I can move around, which will save you a lot of work.”

"From now on, he'll just talk to me every day, and life will be pretty good."

Du Mingxian tried to coax her, keeping her eyes fixed on Granny Wang, afraid that she might change her mind.

Granny Wang was weighing her options. What Du Mingxian said really appealed to her. Who would want to take care of a paralyzed person every day? It's hard to pick them up, and they have to clean up their excrement.

Even if she were just a lowly maid, she wouldn't want to.

“This silver was given to me by Mr. Niu today. He had some silver on him, but I told him I wouldn’t feel at ease without it. I only felt secure with silver, so he gave it to me.”

Granny Wang snorted coldly, "So what if you have money? In your current state, whatever you have can be mine if I want it."

"Really? Then try it. If you snatch it directly from my hands, I'll wait until the next time he comes and tell him that you stole my money."

“A servant who bullies his master, do you think you can still stay in this manor?” Du Mingxian’s words were full of threat.

When Wang Pozi was young, she was a wicked woman. Now, hearing Du Mingxian's threat, she got a little angry. However, she had one advantage: she was pragmatic and quick-witted.

She had scoffed at it just now, but upon closer inspection, Du Mingxian was right.

Mr. Niu and she were the closer ones. She was just a servant sent by the Sun family and could never compare to her. Moreover, Mr. Niu was now deeply favored by the madam.

Granny Wang felt distressed at the thought, but Du Mingxian forced her, and she, being a woman of rebellious nature, said, "I don't want the gold, but you must drink the medicine."

"You don't even want the gold? Just to force-feed me medicine? You..." Du Mingxian was speechless. After observing for many days, she realized that Granny Wang was a greedy person. How could gold be useless to her?

Granny Wang picked up the medicine bowl again, her face contorted as she prepared to force-feed Du Mingxian the medicine.

Du Mingxian hurriedly called out again, "Wait a minute, I have a way to get you close to the coachman and let you beat that old woman Dong."

Wang Pozi was interested in this matter. She certainly wouldn't mind having too much gold, but she was still a servant in the Sun family. She only had so much stuff so that she could have something to rely on in the future.

Mr. Niu can walk, and so can this woman, but the coachman cannot. Once she gets rid of the coachman, she can basically do whatever she wants in the mansion.

Granny Wang put down the teacup laced with medicine, looked down at her, and said, "Tell me what you think, and I'll see if it works."

"It's useful, of course. I wouldn't tell you if it wasn't, but... there's one thing you need to think about. According to you, the stableman isn't easy to get along with. What if he torments you if you really go with him?"

“At your age, if you had children, your grandchildren would already be born. What’s important to you now is not having a man, but having a child, so that he can take care of you in your old age.”

Granny Wang scoffed, this time genuinely disdainful. "What's the use of having children? It's better to live well in the present. The stableman has a high status in the mansion; following him will bring you a lot of benefits."

Du Mingxian discovered that Granny Wang's idea... was very avant-garde.

"Then forget it. You can feed me the medicine. I'll drink it myself. Don't force me to drink it. I was originally thinking of taking you with me when I left with Mr. Niu. After all, we've spent so many days together, and I really like you."

"I prefer chatting about gossip with you, come on."

She was all ready, opening her mouth to drink the medicine, but Granny Wang hesitated. She was tempted by the previous medicine, but this was the one that tempted her the most.

"You really want to take me out? Let me tell you, I, Wang Pozi, am a woman of principle. If you promise me and then fail to keep your word, I will make you wish you were dead."

"Don't worry, I always keep my word." Du Mingxian said very seriously, "Mr. Niu has money, and I will live with him from now on. I won't have to worry about food and clothing, and I'll definitely have someone to take care of me."

"When I have another child, if I take you with me, I'll feel most at ease leaving the child in your care. You can take care of the wet nurse and the others. Think about it, isn't that better than being a miserable old woman in the Sun family?"

This life is indeed very good, but what if we can't make it?

Granny Wang wasn't some naive old woman; she was shrewd and calculating. "You're saying all this just because you don't want to take your medicine. Are you up to something else?"

"What bad intentions could I possibly have? Don't you think about it? I'm a woman, and now I want to live with Mr. Niu. Do you think I can run away or what?"

“With such strict regulations outside these days, I don’t have a household registration if I go out. I’ll be arrested in no time. Between going to jail and staying in the government, I would definitely choose to stay here. Only a fool would choose to run away.”

Du Mingxian spoke with such seriousness and earnestness that it was impossible to tell she was lying.

Wang Pozi's doubts lessened somewhat. After hesitating for a while, she poured the medicinal tea from the cup into the chamber pot on the side before putting the teacup back.

She sat down next to Du Mingxian again, took the gold from Du Mingxian's hand first, played with it for a while with great interest, and then looked at Du Mingxian and said, "Tell me, how can I get the groom to come down?"

Du Mingxian was happy that Granny Wang hadn't given her any medicine, and that she was genuinely concerned for her. "You really want to go with the coachman? What kind of person is he? You'd better not get close to him."

Granny Wang rolled her eyes. "Do you think I'm that kind of person? You're the one who wants to take me out, and I'm thinking that once we're out there, I'll seduce the coachman and be arrogant for a while."

"Haha, your idea...aren't you afraid that the coachman will really take a liking to you, and then I won't be able to take you away even if I want to?" Du Mingxian began to brainwash her, "What you need to do now is not to maintain your good reputation in the mansion, but to reduce your presence."

"If your presence is less noticeable, it will be easier for me to take you with me when I leave. You're so popular in the manor, who would be willing to let me take you away?"

“I’m afraid Madam won’t be willing to let go then. What can I do? I can only rely on Mr. Niu. If Mr. Niu leaves, Madam will definitely get tired of him. Mr. Niu’s words won’t work on Madam, so I can only… stay here.”

Wang Pozi was now thinking about leaving with Du Mingxian, and she was overjoyed. When she heard Du Mingxian say that, she felt that it made a lot of sense. "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll try not to go out for the next few days and try to minimize my presence."

“That’s right. Go out less. When everyone starts to forget that you even exist, Madam probably won’t care about Mr. Niu anymore. I said that taking you with me will make things go more smoothly.”

Du Mingxian began to paint a rosy picture for Wang Pozi, saying, "I can tell at a glance that you are capable. Just thinking about having someone like you by my side makes me feel at ease."