I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 44: The Favored Lady Li
Mother Tang completely put aside her doubts and went back to report to Xiao Shirong.

Xiao Shirong raised her eyebrows when she heard this, "Is he seriously ill?"

"It's serious. Her body is covered with red rashes. Her face is scary. I thought it might be contagious, so I didn't dare to force her to come back."

Mother Tang exaggerated a few words to avoid Xiao Shirong scolding her.

Xiao Shirong said irritably: "She got it for free!"

After waiting for a long time for the Double Ninth Festival, the old lady went to the temple to burn incense and was not in the house.

I thought I could call Xie Fei back home and kill two birds with one stone, but I didn't expect Xie Fei to have problems at this critical moment.

Is it really the blessing of gods and Buddhas?

Seeing that Xiao Shirong was still thinking deeply, Madam Tang advised, "Madam, you can put the Xie family's case aside for now. It won't cause any trouble for you. But you can't delay the Miao family's case."

Xiao Shirong tilted her head and her eyes fell on a bowl of chicken soup.

In the backyard, Miao was lying on the bed, with a maid kneeling beside her, feeding her bird's nest.

But after only taking a few bites, Miao vomited heart-wrenchingly.

Since she became pregnant, she has had severe morning sickness and can't even eat her favorite bird's nest, let alone other foods.

"My dear, are you okay? Do you want me to call a doctor?" The maid quickly wiped her mouth.

Miao pushed the maid away and vomited violently into the spittoon again. In the end, she could only dry heave and couldn't even spit out clean water.

She lay weakly on the edge of the bed and asked weakly, "Where is the master? I vomited like this, and you didn't even think of asking the master to come and see me?"

The maid held up the spittoon, her shoulders trembling, "Master, Master, he, he is..."

Miao's eyes narrowed, "My Lord is out flirting with other girls again? Hmm? Tell me!"

The little maid cried until she was out of breath, and was frightened by Miao's howl. Finally, she cried, "The master went to Li Xiaoniang's room!"

When Miao heard this, jealousy burned in her eyes.

This Li Xiaoniang is Pei Yuan's new concubine, and also Miao's personal maid. She is only twelve or thirteen years old, and is very pretty and delicate, even more delicate than a flower bud.

Originally, after Miao became pregnant, she was worried that others would share her favor with her, so she sent her maid to Pei Yuan's bed.

Pei Yuan also accepted all the offers. After a few days, he became addicted to Li Xiaoniang's gentleness and completely forgot about Miao, his pregnant concubine.

Miao gnashed her teeth in hatred and said angrily, "Li Die'er, that vixen, I asked her to serve the master, but she was acting coquettishly all day and got entangled with me!"

The young maid trembled and said, "The master stayed in Li Xiaoniang's room all day long and never cared about our courtyard. Xiaoniang, you really shouldn't have..."

Snapped!
Miao held on and slapped the maid in the face.

"Bitch, I want you to be the last one to do this!"

She slapped the little girl in the face but still not satisfied, so she kicked her hard. Finally, she lay on the bed, holding her stomach and gasping for breath.

Now that things have come to this, even if Miao regrets it, it will be of no avail.

She thought in panic that Li Die'er was younger than her and as tender as a baby bird. If Pei Yuan spoiled her for a while and she got pregnant, the child might climb over her head.

Just as the master doted on her in the past, he will be able to dote on Li Die'er in the future.

She dropped her eyes and covered her belly with her hands.

A man's favor is like a passing cloud, but the flesh and blood in her belly is her greatest support in the future.

Just as he was feeling frightened and regretful, a report came in from outside that Mother Tang was sending chicken soup over on the orders of the mistress.

At the beginning, Miao respected the people in Xiao Shirong's room more than anyone else.

But now, she felt that she was pregnant with Pei Yuan's eldest son, and her status was higher than Xiao Shirong.

Even for the sake of the child, he couldn't be too servile to Xiao Shirong, lest the child couldn't hold his head up in the future. "Ask her in."

Miao didn't move, and didn't say a word until Mother Tang came into the room carrying a food box.

Mother Tang bowed and said, "I heard that Miss Miao is in poor health, so the mistress specially asked me to send you ginseng chicken soup. I hope you won't dislike it."

Miao said, "Thank you for your kindness, Madam. Let's put it aside for now."

Mother Tang didn't try to persuade her, she just put the chicken soup down and left.

The maid held the bowl of soup and asked timidly, "Girl, would you like some?"

Miao stared at the chicken soup and thought for a long time, then said, "Forget it, just pour it out secretly like before."

Ever since she became pregnant, Xiao Shirong sent her chicken soup every day, but she never drank it once.

Although, she felt that Xiao Shirong was a noble lady from an aristocratic family and would definitely not resort to such despicable means as secretly administering abortion drugs.

But the baby in her belly is her only support, and no matter who sends the food, she will never trust it.

The maid carried the chicken soup out and said, "Madam, it's strange. You know you can't even eat bird's nest, but you still bring me soup every day and never get tired of it."

Miao suddenly stopped her and said, "Wait."

The maid stopped and asked, "What do you want, young lady?"

Miao said, "You secretly send this chicken soup to the doctor and ask him if there is anything wrong."

The maid thought so too, and hurried to find a doctor.

Many thoughts were flooding Miao's mind.

If there really was something strange in this chicken soup, maybe she could take the opportunity to bring Xiao Shirong down.

Looking at the flickering candle flame, Miao murmured softly.

"Madam, you are of noble status, so you don't know the hardships of us. If there is a chance to become the main wife, no one would stay in the status of a concubine and do nothing, don't you think?"

Before the Double Ninth Festival, Fu Yu went to Pei Mansion to collect the extra money given out during the festival.

After coming back, she and Xie Fei made Chongyang cake in the kitchen together, and talked about the gossip of Pei Mansion.

Xie Fei rolled up his sleeves and kneaded the dough, wondering, "Where is this little Li girl?"

Fu Yu said, "It's the girl next to Miao Xiaoniang, who is very well-behaved and doesn't like to talk."

Xie Fei thought hard for a long time, and finally remembered. He was immediately surprised, "The child is only a little bit old, right?"

"Yeah, a little younger than me," seeing Xie Fei finally remembered, Fu Yu said, "In order to consolidate her favor, Miao sent the maid to the master's bed. Now compared to Miao, Li Xiaoniang is more favored."

Xie Fei almost vomited.

She had only met Li Die'er once, and her impression of her was that she was a gentle and honest little girl who didn't even dare to raise her head.

It is said that she is about ten years old, but she is malnourished due to lack of food and clothing. After being raised in Pei Mansion for a period of time, her face has become more beautiful, but her body is still thin, like a girl of seven or eight years old.

How could Pei Yuan, that playboy, be so cruel as to do that?

She found this man more and more disgusting. He was just like a dirty ladybug who would get his hands on any girl.

She was afraid that she would contract a serious disease if she had to lie in the same bed with such a person.

Fu Yu didn't have any opinion on this. After all, in that era, girls from wealthy families got married at the age of fourteen to eighteen. Any older than that would be considered old.

For ordinary families who cannot afford to raise many children, why not marry off their daughters early so that there is one less mouth to feed and they can get some money in exchange for betrothal gifts?

She poured the soaked red beans into the pot, added firewood and boiled it vigorously, and then said, "I heard from the people in the mansion that Miao is picking on Li Xiaoniang every day."

(End of this chapter)