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Chapter 1711 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 32
In fact, Aunt Zhou certainly didn't want to suffer, so she asked someone to send a message to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, hoping they would rescue her, but no one paid any attention to her.

She also sent messages to her two aunts, but of course, no one paid any attention to her. After all, with such a thing happening in the Duke of Ying's mansion, who would dare to get involved with her, for fear of being implicated?

Because the Duke of England's mansion was in trouble, the villains he had trained were naturally dealt with as well. Among them were people who had been ordered to kill Master Zhou.

With this person arrested, naturally no one would kill Master Zhou anymore, allowing Master Zhou to escape a calamity.

Of course, Master Zhou had no idea that he had just narrowly escaped death.

After dealing with Aunt Zhou, the two aunts, unaware that Aunt Zhou had been framed by Linlang, naturally didn't stop their previous plan and continued to drive the Zhou family away.

However, Aunt Zhou's matter still has some impact on them—they are currently focused on Aunt Zhou's affairs, so they don't have the energy to do anything else for the time being.

This was naturally a good thing for Linlang, because it allowed her to rest for a while and avoid having to figure out how to deal with these people again.

Since the two haven't taken any action yet, she can take this opportunity to investigate their situation and see how to deal with them.

Leaving aside the fact that the two aunts were temporarily too preoccupied with the downfall of the Duke of England's mansion to cause trouble for the Zhou family, let's just talk about Linlang's side. Concubine Wu was worried about her son, Master Li, who had suffered a stroke and become paralyzed. She was also getting on in years, and with the change of seasons, she quickly caught a cold, which made her illness worse. It seemed that she might not be able to hold on any longer.

Even if she could withstand it, there would be someone who wouldn't let her. Don't forget, Consort Liu, the mother of Master Li, could have become a concubine three years ago, but Princess Ying persuaded Prince Ying to make Li Yu's grandmother a concubine, so she never became a concubine. Now that Consort Wu might not be able to make it, a position will be vacant, and she will naturally be determined to take it. So she naturally hopes that Consort Wu will die. Even if Consort Wu doesn't die, she will find a way to kill her so that she can take the position. After all, that Consort Zhang is really living. Three years have passed and she is still alive. Moreover, she seems to be in good spirits and won't die anytime soon. So when will she be able to become a concubine? Naturally, she is hoping that Consort Wu will die because she is not able to make it.

Consort Wu, lying on the bed, couldn't understand how things had turned out this way.

How could her son, who was perfectly fine, suddenly suffer a stroke and become paralyzed? Thinking of this, she hated that brothel even more. She felt that it must have given her son some kind of drug that was too strong, causing her son's accident. Otherwise, how could her son, who was just enjoying a drink at a brothel, suddenly suffer a stroke and become paralyzed?

If her son hadn't suffered a stroke and become paralyzed, she wouldn't have caught a cold from overwork and worry.

She knew that some people wanted her dead, and she knew that the medicine they brought might be inedible, but if she didn't drink it, her illness wouldn't get better, and she would still die.

What she needed to do was to brew the medicine herself, because anyone around her could be bribed, and the medicine they brewed was unreliable.

But she was so ill, how could she have the strength to brew medicine? Besides, even if she brewed the medicine herself, she didn't trust the ingredients. She was afraid the doctor might have put something forbidden in it. After all, if Consort Liu wanted her dead, she would always find a way.

In fact, Linlang could have saved her, but after weighing the impact of Consort Wu's presence or absence on Madam Chen, Linlang concluded that even if Consort Wu were gone, Madam Li would not dare to torment Madam Chen. After all, without Consort Wu's protection, Madam Chen would be helpless in the mansion. Would Madam Li dare to torment Madam Chen? She would definitely be afraid that if she protected Madam Chen, and then discovered that she was tormenting Madam Chen, her entire family would come after her.

Thinking that Consort Wu's death wouldn't have much impact on Madam Chen, Linlang naturally wouldn't try to save her. After all, she knew that Consort Wu's son bullied Madam Chen, but she had never said a word to her son telling him not to go too far. Why should she save someone like that?

Since Linlang didn't come to her rescue, Consort Wu did indeed die. Whether she died a natural death or was killed by Consort Liu, we don't know.

Anyway, Consort Liu was overjoyed to see Consort Wu dead, and was just waiting for the Prince of Ying to make her a concubine.

Princess Consort Ying naturally did not want to see the currently favored Consort Liu made a concubine, after all, Consort Liu was only in her twenties, while she was in her fifties or sixties and could die at any time.

What if she dies and the King of Ying, because he favors Consort Liu, makes her his second consort? Given how favored she is, it's entirely possible that he might kill her son and make Consort Liu's son the crown prince. How could she possibly accept that?

However, last time, she said that Consort Zhang was too old and asked her to become a consort, which made Consort Liu postpone becoming a consort for three years. This time, she might find another unfavored consort to act as a shield and ask the Prince of Ying to make that person a consort. But that probably won't work. After all, some things can only be done once.

Sure enough, as soon as she started to suggest candidates for a secondary consort, the Prince of Ying immediately rejected it, saying that since Consort Liu had not been made a secondary consort three or four years ago, it was time to make her one.

Upon hearing this, the Princess Consort could no longer continue arguing about the topic and could only watch with frustration as the King appointed Consort Liu as a concubine, which was extremely infuriating.

Actually, she had previously found a good doctor for Consort Wu, because she didn't want Consort Wu to die and allow Consort Liu to take over.

Unfortunately, Consort Wu's health was poor, and she eventually passed away, which led to Consort Liu's rise to power, making Consort Wu unhappy.

Consort Liu was promoted to concubine, which not only elevated her status but also made her more favored. As a result, Concubine Liu became even more prominent in the Prince Ying's residence than the Princess Ying. Everyone flattered Concubine Liu because she had the Prince Ying backing her up. Who would dare not flatter her? If she said anything to the Prince Ying, she would be in deep trouble.

Of course, it's not that anyone would dare not flatter the Princess Consort. It's just that if there's a situation where the Princess Consort and Consort Liu give different instructions, then everyone might do what Consort Liu says instead of what the Princess Consort says. After all, if they don't do what Consort Liu says, she might complain to the Prince, which would be troublesome. But if they don't do what the Princess Consort says, even if the Princess Consort punishes them, they can still plead with Consort Liu, and then Consort Liu might speak to the Prince, and they might be fine, preventing the Princess Consort from punishing them.

Seeing this situation, people naturally flattered Consort Liu even more, which made Princess Ying furious. She cursed Consort Liu countless times in secret and tried many ways to deal with her, but Consort Liu was not to be trifled with and managed to evade them all.