Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 176 Dystocia

But when he thought of Yuan Cuo, he felt a burning hatred in his teeth, completely unable to understand why Yuan Cuo had the right to do so.

He was the heir of the Zhenning Marquis's mansion. His ancestors had made outstanding contributions. He had a solid foundation and worked hard to choose sides. He barely managed to become a sixth-rank county magistrate in the capital by marrying a woman he didn't love.

Yuan Cuo was only a top scholar in the imperial examination, yet he was appointed as a sixth-rank official and even received special permission from the emperor to attend court and participate in government affairs—something that had never happened before.

Not only that, even Liu Yuechu's business dealings were tacitly permitted.

Thinking back to his past life, when he always looked down on her for being obsessed with money... Wei Gongming suddenly felt a lump of cotton stuck in his heart that he couldn't get rid of.

Wang Quan'an didn't understand what he had just said and kept looking at him strangely.

Wei Gongming still did not return to his residence; he ate some late-night snack and rested at the county government office.

But that night, Tian Ya-yun suffered a difficult childbirth.

Ms. Guan initially ignored it; what woman doesn't suffer during childbirth?

But when she was asleep in the middle of the night, the servants at home hurriedly woke her up. Tian Ya Yun suddenly had a massive hemorrhage and was in grave danger.

Mrs. Guan was so frightened that she immediately got up. She had already invited the best doctor to watch over her; how could this have happened?!

Having no other choice, she could only send someone to the Li family to have Li Shu invite the imperial physician in the name of the Vice Minister's residence.

Li Shu was urgently woken up in the middle of the night, and when she heard Guan's demands, she was so angry that her lungs almost exploded!

"I'm not their servant, why should I be the imperial physician when she gives birth!"

"If you still want to marry, it would be best to help with this. In the future, when you go to the Zhenning Marquis's mansion, you will have a strong backbone. Whenever you encounter a problem, you can use this as an excuse to fight back. When people from other mansions hear this, they will think that the young lady is magnanimous and tolerant, and all the past filth will disappear."

“If you really can’t get over this, then continue to delay the time; life and death will be none of your concern. But life must go on, and I think it’s better for you to choose the first option,” Li Shu’s wet nurse said calmly.

Li Shu felt a tightness in her chest. "Is there a way to gain a good reputation without making her unable to give birth?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" the wet nurse quickly shut her up. "If you're going to do something like this, do it respectably. Otherwise, it'll be very embarrassing if you get caught doing something wrong, and it will backfire."

Li Shu hesitated for a moment, then got dressed and got out of bed. "Let's go and invite the imperial physician. Let's invite Physician Xiao, who is on good terms with Father. Things happened too suddenly, and we don't have the ability to invite the chief physician."

The wet nurse accepted the order and immediately instructed the steward to take people from the Zhenning Marquis's residence to invite them.

Li Shu also got dressed and took her wet nurse to the Zhenning Marquis's residence, ready to put on a good show.

The two families spent the whole night and day in this state of turmoil, and Tian Yayun finally gave birth to the child the following afternoon.

The boy was good-looking, as dashing and handsome as Wei Gongming, and with the alluring fair skin of Tian Yage.

Madam Guan knelt before the Bodhisattva and kowtowed repeatedly, thanking heaven and earth. "This is my eldest grandson, the future of the Zhenning Marquis's mansion. Judging from his appearance, he is sure to have a bright future."

"Why hasn't Brother Gongming come back to visit yet?" Li Shu had been staying at the Marquis's residence, hoping that Wei Gongming would praise her for her magnanimity.

But after waiting a day, there was still no news from him.

A servant stepped forward and reported, "The Zhang family's case hasn't been resolved yet. The master personally escorted them to the mass grave early this morning..."

"Pah, pah, pah! What nonsense are you spouting!" Madam Guan was instantly displeased. This was a joyous occasion for the Marquis of Zhenning's mansion, yet such a sordid matter had been brought up.

"Madam, don't be upset. It was His Majesty's decree. There was nothing Brother Gongming could do." Although Li Shu felt a little disappointed, she was also happy when she thought that Wei Gongming didn't care about this son.

Guan's eyes darted around, and she thought of her youngest son again. "You said he works so hard day and night because he's all alone and has no brothers to take care of him. If only my youngest son could be released sooner..." She wanted Li Shu to finish the sentence.

Li Shu turned a deaf ear; she had already realized that Guan was an insatiable wolf.

Seeing that Li Shu remained silent, Guan Shi's good mood vanished instantly. She looked at her grandson in her arms with great joy and immediately put on the gold lock she had prepared.

Li Shu couldn't stand the child no matter what she did, but she was helpless. She got up to go see Tian Ya Yun, "She has worked very hard to give birth to Gong Ming's son, so I'll go see her now."

Guan glanced at her and then let her go.

Tian Ya Yun had exhausted all her strength, and her face was as pale as paper.

When she saw Li Shu come in, she hid in the corner of the bed. "I gave birth to my cousin's son. On your wedding day, he will also marry me. This was agreed upon beforehand."

Li Shu pulled her handkerchief from her sleeve, as if it were Tian Ya Yun's mouth, "I'm just looking at you. As for whether or not you marry him, you have to do it for his sake."

"You've seen it, aren't you leaving?" Tian Yage was thankful to have survived; she didn't care whether it was the imperial physician Li Shu had invited or not.

"I will be leaving, but I also need to tell you that the child you gave birth to is very weak, and you need to take good care of him. In addition, you are malnourished and cannot breastfeed the child at all, so you must find a wet nurse."

“But if I get involved in this, you’ll worry, so I suggest you take good care of yourself and breastfeed the child yourself, so that if something happens to the child, you won’t blame others…”

After Li Shu finished speaking, she got up and left.

These words were taught to her by her wet nurse, just to upset Tian Ya-yun.

And she, with her frail body, was going to feed the child? Either she would die, or the child would starve to death.

Li Shu would be happy no matter who died.

After leaving the Zhenning Marquis's residence, she still went to the county government office to find Wei Gongming.

Since we've done something good, we should let Wei Gongming know.

But as she passed by Guiyue Tower, she saw Liu Yuechu greeting guests who had come to offer their congratulations at the entrance.

The person who offered congratulations was naturally Yuan Cuo, who had become the top scholar in the imperial examination.

Li Shu's fingernails were so sharp they almost scratched her palms until they bled.

She was about to pull down the curtain and pretend not to notice when she suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure.

"Father?"

She saw her father enter Guiyue Tower with the Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies, chatting and laughing.

"Stop the car!" she finally snapped, unable to contain her anger.

She could accept anyone getting close to Liu Yuechu and his wife, but she couldn't stand that her father had also become a traitor.

At this moment, Minister Li was also very pleased to see Liu Yuechu's smiling face.

Previously, when she and Li Shu had frequent interactions, the Li family officials also doted on this young girl who had to support the Liu family at such a young age.

But unexpectedly, Li Shu ruined their good relationship.

Now that Yuan Cuo has become a favorite of the court, Vice Minister Li intends to recommend two men from humble backgrounds to work under Yuan Cuo in the Surveying and Mapping Department.

He felt embarrassed to come alone, so he dragged Wei Tianxuan along. As soon as he brought up the matter, Yuan Cuo readily agreed, "The Surveying and Mapping Bureau is a busy and arduous place, as long as they don't mind the dirt, hard work, and tough days!"

Li Shilang naturally guaranteed that the two students would not slack off, and Yuan Cuo was happy to accept them.

"But regarding the salary..." Vice Minister Li was still worried, "Living in the capital is not easy, I wonder if you could make some arrangements?"

"Uncle Li, rest assured, I have already had several vacant houses belonging to the Liu family prepared for my husband's staff to stay temporarily. They won't be short of food either; once the houses are ready, we'll choose a cook."

Liu Yuechu smiled and said, "Because the Liu family funded the Surveying and Mapping Bureau, although the salary is paid through the Ministry of Revenue, it is actually paid by our family. It is paid in accordance with the regulations of the court, and it will be more than expected. You can rest assured."

"All you ever talk about is money. You still reek of money." Li Shu said this as soon as she entered the room, and the atmosphere instantly turned cold.