Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 102 Uninvited Guest

Not long after the scholar left, the young lady was diagnosed with pregnancy. The old woman was overjoyed, as this was her first grandson. Little Xingxing was also happy that the young lady had a baby, and if her son-in-law passed the imperial examination, it would be double happiness.

Not long after, the brother-in-law came back in person with the good news. He was among the top three and the emperor personally selected him as the second place. After being paraded through the streets, he was temporarily arranged to serve in the Hanlin Academy. After reporting to the Hanlin Academy, he asked for leave from his superiors, saying that he came back to take his family to the capital. He was a filial son and wanted to make a name for himself, so how could he let his mother and sister suffer in this remote place.

Looking at her husband who was full of vigor and vitality, the young lady was so excited that she could not express it in words. She was not wrong, her husband was a very talented person. The scholar was also very happy to know that his wife was pregnant. The family packed up and took away all the money and everything they could take from the Poison Doctor Valley. They might never come back to this place in this life.

In fact, the Poison Doctor Valley at this time had become an empty shell. All the valley masters in previous generations were obsessed with curing poisons and were not good at running the business. By their generation, there was nothing left. However, as the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Compared with ordinary people, the Poison Doctor Valley was still wealthy. For example, when they came to the capital, it was more than enough for them to buy a three-story house.

They bought a house and servants in the capital. The scholar's family had no money, so they used the money brought by the young lady. Xiao Xingxing became the young lady's maid, responsible for her food and daily life. Except for the young lady, no one knew that she knew medicine, including the brother-in-law. They all thought she was the young lady's personal maid. The valley master asked her to call him senior sister for the sake of face.

As time passed, the young lady gave birth to a son, named Yi Ge'er, and the son-in-law, because he was quick-witted and good at scheming, and with the money in the young lady's hands, he got a position in the Ministry of Personnel. He was indeed a man of some ability and was greatly appreciated by his superiors. He was like a fish in water in officialdom and was the most talented young man in the capital at that time.

A few years passed, Yi Ge'er was already nine years old, Da Jie'er was seven years old, and Xiao Xingxing had become a twenty-year-old old maid. The young lady was worried about her marriage, and she felt that it was unfair to marry her to a servant. The men with better family backgrounds were unwilling to marry a maid. She was not in a hurry. If she couldn't get married, it would be good to accompany the young lady for the rest of her life.

At this time, the young lady's life was already very difficult. Ever since her son-in-law's official position became higher and higher, the whole family began to dislike this daughter-in-law who came from a small mountain village. In addition, the young lady was short and ugly, and did not know the rules and etiquette of the capital. In the words of the old lady, she was not presentable and was a burden to her son.

As soon as Yi Ge'er and Da Jie'er were weaned, they were taken to the old lady's yard and were not allowed to be touched by the young lady at all. Therefore, the two children were not close to their mother at all. Instead, they were close to their grandmother and aunt. Those two people disliked the young lady very much and often said bad things about her in front of the children. Gradually, the two children stopped calling her mother, and the young lady cried a lot for this.

It’s a pity that the son-in-law is so heartless, and he becomes more and more disgusted with the young lady. Ever since the eldest daughter was born, he moved into the study room on the pretext of letting the young lady recuperate, and he never stepped into the young lady’s bedroom door again. The young lady was very upset, and became thinner and thinner, and in poor health. If it weren’t for Xiao Xingxing taking care of her carefully, who knows what would have happened to her.

In the spring of that year, an uninvited guest came to the door.

It was a sunny spring day. My son-in-law was already the youngest minister in the Ministry of Personnel, and it was a good time for him.

It happened that the son-in-law was at home on a day off, and the family was having lunch. As usual, the young lady stood to serve food to her mother-in-law (she was not qualified to eat at the table). The two children only talked to the three people sitting at the table, and did not even glance at their mother. The young lady could only see her children when eating.

At this time, a maid came to report that a carriage had arrived in front of the gate. In the carriage was a young lady who claimed to be the daughter of the old lady's cousin. Her father was the Tongzhi of Jingzhou, and she was sent by her mother to come to the capital to visit her aunt.

The old lady suddenly remembered that her second uncle had a daughter who was sold to an official family as a concubine. She and this cousin were more than ten years apart in age, so they did not have much friendship. Later, she heard that the family got promoted and moved away, and there was no news of them since then. She didn't expect her daughter to come to her door today, and she didn't know what it meant.

The old lady ordered someone to be brought in. That day, Xiao Xingxing stood behind the young lady. When the young lady came in, Xiao Xingxing felt that the words "the whole room is full of light" were the right words to describe her. She was extremely beautiful, with bright eyes and white teeth, tall and slender figure, and gorgeous clothes. Behind her followed a little girl, who was also well-dressed and brightly dressed. Xiao Xingxing felt that the son-in-law's eyes suddenly brightened up a lot.

The young lady came in and started to pay her respects immediately, saying, "Rong'er pays her respects to my aunt, my cousin and his wife." She followed all the rules and etiquette, acting like a noble lady.

"I've always felt that the young lady deliberately chose to visit when the son-in-law was at home. She had been planning this for a long time, and she just wanted to seize the position of the mistress of the house." Jingzhen said.

"Unfortunately, facing her aggressiveness, the young lady and I were powerless to fight back."