Becoming a literary master starting from the story of Minglan

Chapter 26 Attack
So when one plan failed, Lin devised another.

Adhering to the principle of finishing what one starts, Lin Qinshuang secretly instructed Zhou Xueniang to find some women with "special remedies" while Sheng Hong and Madam Wang were visiting relatives at the Wang family home, hoping to obtain some medicine specifically for treating fox spirits.

Of course, what she wanted was not some medicine that was easy for others to discover. The reason why folk remedies are called folk remedies is because of the word "folk".

However, Zhou Xueniang is really something else. I don't know where she got the information from, but she actually found a rare and hard-to-detect "folk remedy"!
After Lin Qinshuang subtly inquired with several doctors who claimed to be gynecological experts, she finally confirmed the secrecy surrounding this folk remedy.

Of course, there's also its medicinal effect!
So, with the two heads of the Sheng family absent and the old lady getting old and not caring about such mundane matters, Lin Qinshuang became increasingly bold and actually secretly added this "folk remedy" to Wei Xiaoniang's tonic, hoping her evil plan would succeed.

Therefore, this is the situation that Meng Yue observed.

……

Time, just like that, gradually slips away.

As for Bai Ye, or rather Gu Tingye, who was rumored to have been killed by an assassin, his story took an unexpected turn over time and a new opportunity arose.

It turns out that Gu Tingye's main purpose in returning this time was to inherit the property left by his maternal grandfather.

Gu Tingye's maternal grandfather, the patriarch of the Bai family, had a life full of ups and downs. He started from nothing and built his fortune from scratch. He must have gone through countless storms and overcome many hardships to finally earn such a huge fortune.

Moreover, this old man Bai was also unfortunate. He only had one biological daughter in his life, and after she married into the Ningyuan Marquis's family in the capital, she only gave birth to one legitimate son, Gu Tingye. Afterwards, his daughter died in childbirth, leaving behind only her old father and young son, all of whom remained in the world.

As the saying goes, "Don't let the good stuff go to outsiders." If Old Master Bai didn't leave his life savings to Gu Tingye, who shares the same bloodline, then to whom could he have given them?
Although Old Master Bai had such a wish, the rest of the Bai family did not share it!
Therefore, these greedy individuals orchestrated such a thrilling assassination attempt, attempting to humanely eliminate the successor chosen by Old Master Bai and end the matter once and for all.

Fortunately, Gu Tingye was prepared, and being from a noble family, he naturally possessed martial arts skills. So, with his intentions on the side of the unsuspecting, Gu Tingye managed to escape unscathed, pretending to be killed by an assassin and deliberately hiding his whereabouts until he made a special appearance on the day of Old Master Bai's funeral.

After a dazzling debate between Old Master Bai's relatives and his own grandson, the argument finally ended when Gu Tingye produced the will that Old Master Bai had written before his death.

The will stated that because both of Mr. Bai's parents died in his early years, he was forced to become an apprentice to make a living before he was even twenty.

Although in the end, Old Master Bai did manage to achieve wealth and status, it doesn't mean he would forget what his clansmen had done for him!
Thus, in front of everyone, the shameful deeds and ugly faces of the Bai clan were all vividly displayed in Old Master Bai's will. In the end, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the Bai family could only give up the fight for the property.

This whole thing is a classic case of getting nothing but trouble instead of getting any real benefit!

The Bai family's reputation was thus completely ruined!
After all, while similar phenomena exist in other families, they always happen quietly and never in the public eye like the Bai family, where they are seen by all the respected elders and gentry in Yangzhou.

Although all crows are black, as long as the light doesn't shine on them, all the other crows can think they are a noble phoenix.

However, Gu Tingye did not push too far. Out of respect for his maternal grandfather, he did not use the power of the government to investigate the cause of the assassination. After all, if Gu Tingye, the eldest son of the Marquis of Ningyuan in the capital, were to really investigate, the Bai family would be destroyed in the blink of an eye.

Although the Bai family matter had gradually subsided, Gu Tingye still frequently visited the Sheng family. On one hand, he needed to handle the affairs of Old Master Bai's funeral and assess his remaining assets, so he couldn't leave Yangzhou for the time being. On the other hand, Gu Tingye and Sheng Changbai of the Sheng family were truly kindred spirits, sharing common interests and hobbies, and thus they had a tacit understanding and were reluctant to part.

……

On this day, Wei Xiaoniang, who had been in labor for many days, finally went into labor.

"puff!"

Wei Shuyi, who had been sitting upright, suddenly felt a pain in his lower body, as if a silver bottle had broken.

"Oh no! My water broke!"

Having experienced the birth of Minglan before, Wei Shuyi easily assessed her own situation.

"Xiaoqin! Hurry!"

"Quickly, help me to the bed!"

"And Xiaoxue, hurry up and boil some water!"

"Also, Xiao Tao, go and tell the midwife to come over quickly!"

"Remember, be quick!"

Despite the danger, Wei Shuyi remained calm and, enduring the throbbing pain in his lower body, managed to utter a long string of words in one breath.

Fortunately, because the due date was approaching, everyone was in Wei Xiaoniang's courtyard, including Xiao Minglan and Xiao Xiaotao, who were quietly staying by their mother's side.

"Huh? Yes!!"

Xiaoqin and Xiaoxue quickly responded and then immediately set to work according to Wei Xiaoniang's instructions!
In fact, although Xiaoqin and Xiaoxue were maids sent by Lin Qinshuang, they were only there to pass on information from Wei Xiaoniang's courtyard. Lin Qinshuang had never told them the specific plans, so they didn't seem to have any ill intentions.

Of course, they didn't have any good intentions either!
The fact that they relayed messages from Wei Xiaoniang's courtyard to Linxi Pavilion meant that the person they chose to pledge allegiance to was not Wei Shuyi at all.

Therefore, after Wei Shuyi assigned the two of them to do the work, they immediately looked at each other and then followed orders to help people up and boil water.

As for the information about Wei Xiaoniang's childbirth, the two of them also planned to take the opportunity to pass it on.

(End of this chapter)