Chapter 4: Besieged on All Sides

  At the banquet to welcome the new arrivals, Wei and Liu were allowed to sit at the table and were excused from serving. Wei took advantage of the opportunity when Fu Yao looked over and smiled slightly, her slender neck like a white lotus root standing upright. Wei was originally born with good looks, and after giving birth, her figure was even more slender and delicate, her face as lovely as a peach blossom, charming and captivating. In Fu Yao's eyes, it was a deep and mysterious glance.

  Wei's heart was filled with joy and pride. Although the madam had caught the old master's eye before, she was just a dignified wooden person after all. She knew that although the old master didn't say it out loud, he wasn't fond of the madam's stiff movements, which were as rigid as a ruler. Having followed the old master for so long, she knew what kind of posture he liked best.

  How could Fu Yiyang and Wei's interaction escape the notice of the women who were paying attention to Fu Yiyang's movements at the table? Su Ying glanced at Wei, whose smile still lingered on her lips, and thought to herself, "Idiot, doesn't she know that she should be more restrained at this time?" If it were... Ugh, old habits die hard. Even if Wei had caught Fu Yiyang's eye, he wouldn't be spending the night in her room tonight. On his first night back from outside, Fu Yiyang would definitely be sleeping in his wife's room, as a man who respected his wife and followed the rules.

  Su Ying's expression didn't change, she continued eating by herself, without even sparing a glance at the flirtatious couple.

  Liu raised an eyebrow and took a glance, with Wei's self-satisfied expression floating between her eyebrows, the elegant and seemingly unaffected madam pondered to herself.

  After dinner and tea, Fu Yiyang still had official business to attend to in his study, as it was not yet dark.

  Without waiting for Wei and Liu to speak, Su Ying didn't even glance at them, waving her hand: "You're all tired too, go back and rest." Lu Hui supported Su Ying's arm from behind, following a string of maids back to the main house. Along the way, she said: "Madam, it seems the dishes cooked in the kitchen didn't suit your taste, I saw you only ate half a bowl of rice." This truly made her heart ache for her.

  Su Ying pursed her lips and sat in the warm pavilion, "Bring me the needlework I did over the past few days."

  Lü Huai took out five or six small pieces of clothing from the trunk, made of cotton fabric, soft and delicate, with dense needlework, showing that they were carefully crafted. Su Ying's pale hands stroked them, her heart feeling suffocated, filled with pain, depression, anger, and helplessness, all swirling in her chest, making it hard to breathe.

  Lu Xi looked at her, only stroking her little clothes and not speaking, panicked: "Madam? Madam?" Su Ying reacted and lifted her head to look at her. Lu Xi saw that she was full of tears, and one tear couldn't hold back, came down: "Madam don't be too sad..." Choked words couldn't be said anymore.

  Tears fell on the cotton cloth, dyeing out a few water flowers. Su Ying only then realized she was crying, wiping away the tears all over her face. Her heart ached severely, as if a piece of flesh had been cut off. Even when she first saw Fu Yao Yang, she hadn't felt this way. But seeing the small clothes she made back then, after five years of marriage to the Fu family and finally getting pregnant, the joy of becoming a mother for the first time suppressed all the bitterness of seeking medical treatment, the difficulties of being an illegitimate daughter, her mother-in-law's troublemaking, and the icy respect between husband and wife. But in the end, the long-awaited child was gone, and she fell to the ground, never getting up again...

  "Ding——Triggering the original host's resentment, the host is at risk of being counterattacked, hold on."

  Su Ying's eyes turned black, and she had been searching the system for over a thousand times. [Do you know why you haven't had children in five years? The child was only one month old and couldn't be kept safe? You don't know, do you? That set of ceramic dishes you often use has been soaked in medicine for many years. It takes a long time to get rid of the medicinal properties before you can conceive. And that Qilin pendant also has problems. You didn't miscarry because of overwork, but because you smelled too much medicine and miscarried. I will avenge your child; he is waiting for you on the other side to grow up!]

  Ahh... As the oppression in her chest slowly dissipated, Su Ying's body went limp and she fell onto the warm kang. Lu Hui was thoroughly frightened, just about to shout for help, when Su Ying grabbed his hand, "I'm fine, pour me a cup of tea."

  Su Ying coughed, and Lu Hui didn't even have time to wipe away her tears. She quickly took out a Xiangxue Ruanjin Dan pill and Su Ying swallowed it with some tea. Only then did her face start to look a bit better.

  Congratulations, host, for successfully defending against the original owner's resentment. Reward: one Nine-Petal Jade Dew Pill.

  The firecracker exploded loudly, how could she bear to take out the Nine Flower Jade Dew Pill? For her now, everything else is just floating clouds, taking good care of her body is what's truly important. The original owner's body was really too weak, it was a mess inside and out, in short, the whole person was like a broken rag doll. Plus, after having a miscarriage, she felt hopeless. Su Ying came for half a month before she could barely get out of bed and walk around. This Nine Flower Jade Dew Pill can warm and nourish her body, eliminate internal impurities, and nourish her lungs, achieving the effect of nourishing from the inside out.

  The body is the capital of revolution. After a bubble burst, the system died again.

  Su Ying came back to her senses and pinched aloe vera's hand: "Help me wash up, the old master will be here soon."

  The lotus broke into tears and laughed, and immediately responded with a series of calls to the little maid, changed into casual clothes after washing up, and was dressed in a short while, also took out a mirror for Su Ying to look at.

  This was Su Ying's second time looking in the mirror, the first time being when she put it on, at that time the person in the mirror was thin and pale, with a waxy yellow complexion, dry hair, purple lips, and if her hair had been disheveled, she could have gone to play the role of a female ghost. After half a month of nursing, she finally looked a bit better, with good bones, her eyebrows were like willows and her face was like peaches, but the original owner had been worn down by life and looked five or six years older than her actual age, looking even older than Wei Shi who was two years older than Fu Ye.

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  Name: Fu Su

  Protagonist's wife

  Age: Twenty

  Proficiency: ★

  What kind of surname is Fu Su anyway!

  Su Ying took out the map and found that the red dot marked as "Fu Yeyang" was moving from the front yard to the back yard, but it turned a corner on the way to the main house. Su Ying thought to herself: It's likely that Wei Shi deliberately intercepted Fu Yeyang, is she eager to give her a lesson? Thinking of Wei Shi's half-new and half-old shabby dress, as well as her deliberate smile at the dinner table, it was too intentional and not beautiful.

  Fu Yiyang indeed was a man of strict rules, and after staying in Wei's western courtyard for only a moment, he took his leave and headed to the main house. Su Ying thought maliciously: With that four-star endurance, they probably didn't do anything in that one moment.

  Su Ying glanced at the rouge box, used a lip brush to apply some rouge to her cheeks, and then covered her mouth with a handkerchief, coughing violently. Lu Hui hurried over, patting her back and speaking anxiously: "But you're not feeling well after catching cold? Originally, your illness hadn't healed, and outside it's still chilly in the spring, why must you pretend to be strong?"

  Su Ying forced a smile and said, "It's not that serious, I'm just feeling a bit uncomfortable." As she spoke, she had already coughed three or four times. Lu Hui was bringing over a cup of water, saying, "Why don't we call the doctor again? After drinking this bitter medicine for so long, how come you're still not getting better? What an incompetent doctor!"

  "I'm still not clear about my own body, I guess it's 30% illness and 70% nurture. Besides, Master just... never mind." The voice was somewhat disheartened, with a hint of bitterness that rarely showed in front of people.

  The little maid who was shaking out the curtains called out loudly: "Master is here."

  Just as Fu Yiyang lifted the green soft curtain and came in, the original weakness and bitter smile were well taken away by Su Ying, clutching her handkerchief to make herself look more spirited, with only an abnormal flush on her face, her eyes calm and waveless, her plain white fingers contrasting with the peach-red handkerchief, striking a shocking sight.

  "The old master is drinking tea." Su Ying herself held the cup and slowly took a sip, moistening her throat, then used a handkerchief to cover her mouth and lightly coughed once, catching her breath.

  Fu Yiyang picked up the teacup and took a sip, his thumb rubbing against the edge of the lid. He glanced at Su Ying, who was sitting upright, and for the first time that day he really looked at her. Under the lamplight, he saw that the skin under her eyes had a bluish tint, and he recalled how chilly to the touch her fingers were: "Don't you have anything to say?"

  Su Ying knew it in her heart, thinking that a scumbag is just a scumbag. On the surface, however, she seemed somewhat bewildered and forced out a dignified smile, "Master has had a hard time going out on official business."

  Fu Yiyang grunted, and the room fell silent again. The two of them looked at each other without speaking. Finally, he coughed: "Get some water." After walking a few steps away, he faintly heard a muffled coughing sound, probably with his handkerchief covering his mouth. Fu Yiyang felt inexplicably annoyed and quickened his pace.

  Fu Yiyang just left, and the system came out to die. [The green was turned red, the peach waves were stacked, *one moment is worth a thousand dollars, but considering your physical condition, I don't recommend such intense poses.]

  And yet, judging from his three-star proficiency, he won't be able to kill this fragile body like a broken doll.

  Is this a rhythm of self-abuse...?

  Su Ying only responded with a "heh heh", not intending to reason with the system anymore. After a while, her voice lowered slightly, with a hint of mechanical tone, and she seemed somewhat guilty. "Isn't this rewarding you with Nine Flower Jade Dew Pills? What more do you want? With the game system crossing over, this is the golden finger among golden fingers, don't you know how many people are envious?"

  "Reset my experience points to zero, and the fully-stocked rewards in my backpack were eaten by a dog? I could have sworn that even the worst of the restorative potions in my original backpack were only slightly inferior to the Nine-Petaled Jade Dew Pill. If that's the case, then I'm truly honored."

  Su Ying's original role was a concubine in the palace, thinking that she had climbed from the lowest-ranking concubine to a favored imperial consort, her status was quite high. The rewards and spoils of war obtained by merging with other players' backpacks were overflowing - after crossing over, Su Ying discovered that her backpack was a dull gray color and couldn't be opened at all. To say nothing of anything else, Su Ying was extremely dissatisfied and resentful about this.

  "… Ah, that's because of the system's materialization, I said it from the start! Besides, your body recovered all at once, isn't that suspicious? And didn't I compensate you already?" With an overtly fierce yet inwardly weak tone.

  If you're talking about "The Art of Seduction" and so on.

  What the heck is "hehe" supposed to mean? The supposedly highly intelligent system suddenly went haywire, with every single "hehe" being followed by "Did I buy a watch last year?"

  I thought you didn't know. After teasing the system a bit, Su Ying's mood improved slightly. In fact, Su Ying didn't have much resentment towards transmigrating; no matter what, it wouldn't be worse than before she transmigrated.

  Fu Da Guan Ren has returned after taking his bath.