Chapter 242 – I don’t like you 1 (2/2)

Muxu's expression slightly changed. Staring at Xia-shi with narrowed eyes, she said, ”Why didn't you come here looking for the marquis when you got pregnant? Why did you wait until your baby was already so big?”

Frightened by Muxu, Xia-shi retreated a step and said, ”This servant is from Jiangnan. This servant couldn't tire myself out when this servant was pregnant. When my baby was too young, it wouldn't be good if he was jolted and bumped during traveling. This servant had sent a letter to the marquis in advance. The marquis didn't come to pick us up until now.”

Her words were very reasonable, but Muxu wasn't willing to accept them.

She didn't have Marquis Moyu's favor or affection. Fortunately, Nie Sangyu lost her child, and she had given birth to the oldest son instead. As long as the main wife's child didn't reappear one day, then her child would inherit the marquis's title, and she could hope that her future days would be good.

However, out of nowhere, a son that was older than Fu-er had appeared.

Muxu tightened her grip. Fu-er was probably feeling uncomfortable from the pressure and started crying. Young children tended to be influenced by other children's reactions. Once Fu-er started crying, the baby in Xia-shi's arms started crying too.

Xia-shi felt slightly panicked. She looked at Muxu with a displeased expression and hurriedly tried to coax the baby in her arms.

”Madam has also ordered for Xia-shi to stay in Cailian Courtyard for now. Mistress Zheng if you have any problems with this arrangement, you can go to the main courtyard and ask Madam about it,” Dengxin defended Xia-shi. Then, she saluted Muxu and led Xia-shi to walk around Muxu and continue walking down the path.

As Muxu coaxed her son, she watched them heading towards the southern part of the estate.

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Outside, it was already winter. It just hadn't snowed yet this year. Old Madame's illness had come and gone several times this year. She was already at the point where she couldn't fight it off anymore.

With reddened eyes, Ji Man was sitting by her bed and holding her hand.

Old Madame slightly moved. With her eyes half-opened and unfocused, she unconsciously looked at her daughter-in-law.

Ji Man lowered her head and gently said, ”Old Madame, Sangyu is here. If you want something or want to do something, just tell Sangyu.”

Old Madame's eyes turned. She opened and closed her mouth, but wasn't able to utter a sound. Her face was deathly pale. The next second, she fell unconscious again.

Ji Man pressed her lips together and gently covered her with quilt.

On the side, an imperial physician sighed and said, ”Medicine can only do so much for Old Madame's illness. Who knows when she'll pass? Madam, you should make the preparations.”

Her heart skipped a beat. Ji Man felt alarmed. ”Old Madame isn’t even fifty years old yet. Why has she aged to the point that she looks like she's eighty years old?”

”She's physically and mentally exhausted. People that have to much to worry, they all get older faster.” The imperial physician wrote out a prescription. All the ingredients were valuable and rare.

Ji Man pasted on a fake smile. She also worried a lot. Would she also prematurely age like Old Madame in the future?

Translator Ramblings: Feynite has recently written an amazing Scum Villian fanfic that’s based on The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir. Click here to read. Even if you haven’t read The Scum Villian’s Self-Saving System, you’ll still be able to enjoy their story.

My favorite lines from their story are, “I guess it’s more that I wonder why you find that a suitable defense,” he countered. “Should faithfulness [to a marriage] really only apply when there’s a lack of temptation to stray? Isn’t the point of making a commitment like that to say ‘even if tempted, I won’t betray you’, rather than ‘I don’t think I’ll ever be tempted’?”