The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 121

"Girl, you have to listen to me. I'm leaving the person with you; this is a contract of indenture. I have other things to do, so I'm leaving now."

What?
Who's that domineering!

No, how could he be so domineering towards me?
After watching General Xia leave, Mo Lan quickly went into the house.

"Miss?"

“Du Ruo will stay with me, and Du Xuan will be sent to Panpan’s side.”

"Miss?"

Mo Lan even wondered if she hadn't served him well enough.

"General Xia said they are skilled and can protect us in critical moments."

This is truly a skill that we ourselves lack.

Okay, as long as it protects the master.

They don't have to do any other work; they're the ones who handle any dangerous situations.

"Miss, General Xia..."

"Go and make the arrangements first. Let me have some peace and quiet!"

Xiao Chunyu herself never expected that the person who saved her life back then would be him, and she never expected that when everyone else was avoiding her, he would stand up and say that he would protect her and her daughter.

suddenly!
Xiao Chunyu didn't even dare to think about what he meant by "protecting everyone".
Or perhaps, it's just about taking me into the backyard?

No, no, the Xiao family's ancestral precept is: men do not take concubines and women do not become concubines. This is absolutely unacceptable.

When the Xia family's matriarch heard that her son had gone to the neighbor's house again, she sighed.

She wanted to stop him, but she was powerless to do so. No wonder her son, at his advanced age, was always finding fault with everything and everything; it turned out that he was the one who was truly incapable.

You think this is going to kill you?
The Xia family's legacy!

I can't help but beg the ancestors for forgiveness. I failed to protect my son and caused the Xia family bloodline to end. I really can't face my master even after I die.

As I thought about it, tears welled up in my eyes.

"Madam, the General has arrived."

The old lady quickly wiped away her tears.

"Mother is fine."

"install."

What a load of rubbish! You didn't come to pay your respects this early in the morning; you went to the neighbor's and then came back.

"Perfect timing, now that you're here, I'm heading home today."

I don't want to watch anymore; it's better to go back to the General's Mansion.

They said they came to the village to relax, but in reality, they came to get frustrated.

Nothing was going right, and she really didn't want to stay another day.

“Mother, you may return to the manor, but I need your help with something.”

"what's up?"

"Please have the official media propose marriage to the Xiao family."

"Are you..."? Are you serious? Are you in such a hurry?
Madam Xia held back her words.

Sigh, her son is ill and they need to hurry up and get married. She no longer dares to even think about the daughters of the most prestigious families she has ever admired. However, she just can't bring herself to marry a woman who is avoided by all the ladies in the capital.

"If the mother is unwilling to take care of it, the son will have to hire someone else."

"What? They say that once you marry a wife, you forget your mother. You haven't even married a wife yet, and you're already forgetting your mother?"

"No, Mother, I know you're upset, but you're getting old and your health isn't very good. I'm afraid you'll suffer." So why did he come to his mother to arrange for someone to propose marriage? He could do these things himself.

"Alright, let's talk about it later."

Madam Xia was truly disgusted!
She doesn't even like her own son anymore.

"Yes, son takes his leave." General Xia came out of the old lady's inner courtyard, looked up at the sky, and suddenly remembered something.

Okay, let's do it this way!

To Madam Xia's surprise, on the third day after returning to the General's Mansion, she received an imperial decree: the Emperor himself bestowed a marriage upon General Huaiyuan and Xiao Chunyu, and they were to be married on an auspicious day!
This stone has caused quite a stir.

If many people didn't know who Xiao Chunyu was before, everyone knows her name—no, no, her reputation—after the Wu family's incident!
Everyone avoided this woman like the plague, but who would have thought that one day, she would be personally betrothed by the emperor to General Xia Guangcheng of Huaiyuan?

Say anything.

Some say that the emperor deliberately suppressed General Xia's power, after all, he was young and his achievements overshadowed the emperor, so he had to be given a warning.

Some say that the emperor was indirectly making amends for the wrongful killing of Physician Xiao back then, which is why he bestowed a divorced woman upon General Huaiyuan.

In short, this marriage has been the hottest news in the neighborhood these past few days.

When Zhuang Shang Xiao Chunyu received the imperial edict, he was completely stunned.

Needless to say, he obtained this imperial favor by petitioning the palace.

Rumor has it that the emperor values ​​him highly.

Indeed, how many people can receive a marriage decree from the Emperor?

"Miss, you and General Xia?" Mo Lan was still a little afraid of him. His eyes could really kill. If Miss was going to marry him, would he treat her well?

"Sigh..." Xiao Chunyu sighed, "I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse."

"What should I do?"

"What can we do? Set your young lady up, prepare her dowry, and get her married!"

That was a marriage bestowed by the Emperor himself; how could she dare to resist?

What kind of face does one need to be to receive a marriage decree from the emperor? One should be content and cherish one's blessings.

When she left the Wu family, she was utterly despondent and went to file a complaint with the emperor with the intention of dying together with him.

In the end, she won, and she survived.

She survived, riddled with wounds, shattered into countless pieces.

Heal your wounds in this village, and start afresh with a fresh start.

As life improved day by day, she had her own goals and direction. She felt that she could still live a good life with her daughter without relying on a man or marrying one.

She's prepared to remain single for life.

Who knew that fate would play such a cruel joke on her again, sending her a royal marriage arranged from the heavens, to marry the most powerful and eligible bachelor in the capital, General Huaiyuan.

Is this a blessing or a curse?
Countless young ladies from noble families have gritted their teeth and cursed her.

What is certain is that when she, as the general's wife, goes out into the world, she will evoke both hatred and envy from many people.

“Miss is right,” said Granny Zhou to Mo Lan. “Our mistress is pregnant, we should be happy, why are you looking so gloomy?”

"Granny, I just feel..."

"Shut your big mouth. Whether you think it or not, it's the truth." Granny Zhou said, "Miss, let's take a look at the dowry."

"Okay, let's take a look."

This can be considered good luck, right? If this had happened a year ago, she definitely wouldn't have been able to come up with any valuable dowry. But after more than a year of hard work, Qingcheng Pavilion has produced batch after batch of good products, and her family fortune has become quite substantial.

The mistress and servants were discussing the dowry when the gatekeeper came to report that the palace had sent a gift.

What kind of reward is this, given out of nowhere?
Only when I knelt to receive it did I realize that it was a dowry gift from the Empress.

They have gold, silver, jewelry, fabrics, and the like.

"This humble woman thanks Your Majesty the Empress."

I'm so touched! The Empress really gave me something this time!
“Miss Xiao, these things were actually given to you by the First Prince,” said Granny Lin. “The First Prince misses Miss Panpan very much…”

"Tomorrow I will take Panpan to the palace to express my gratitude."

"Very well, this old servant will now return to the palace to report."

No wonder she is so well-liked by the Empress and the Crown Prince; she is truly insightful!
(End of this chapter)