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  Li Mingyu held Lin Lan's hand, smiled slightly, and his lips had a beautiful, warm voice like a clear spring. He said: "Lan'er, I've said it before, you're the mistress of this house, and you can make decisions about everything here. How could I ask for more when you've already done so well?"

  Lin Lan glared at him: "This person is really very annoying."

  Li Mingyun smiled and said, "As long as you like it."

  Lin Lan felt stifled and withdrew her hand, muttering: "Who wants to like it." She got up and went to open the medicine box, took out a package of silver needles and put them in her purse.

  "What's with the needle?" Li Ming Yun looked at her curiously.

  Lin Landa said: "Liu Yiniang said she was a bit uncomfortable, and asked me to help her take a look. I promised her that I would go see her after dinner."

  "She actually believes it." Li Mingyun chuckled and shook his head.

  "What's wrong with her? She's not even his concubine, why should I be afraid of her?" Lin Lan hummed.

  Li Mingyun quickly buried his head and ate wine-steamed buns, Lin Lan was still in a huff! It's better to avoid provoking her.

  "But wait a moment, I'll go and tell Father first, saying that Liu Niang's body is not well, she doesn't dare to ask for a doctor, and has come to me instead. Let's see what Father means. Father and the old witch are currently having an unpleasant time because of Liu Niang, if there isn't Father's instructions, I'm afraid the old witch will know about it and won't let me off." Lin Lan reminded.

  Li Mingyun disagreed, saying: "The old witch has been at odds with Father for Liu Niang's sake for quite some time now. Since she pretended to be generous in the first place, why is she being petty now?"

  "This time it's different, Father plans to let Liu Niang give birth to a child for the Li family, to have a younger brother or sister, and today this old witch is furious." Lin Lan said.

  Li Mingyun was stunned for a moment, then coldly snorted: "You really think this family isn't lively enough."

  Lin Lan rolled her eyes: "Isn't the excitement good? This family is already in a mess, so it's better to make it even more chaotic. Besides, it's not possible for Ming Zhu and I to be as close as siblings. Once Liu Niang gives birth to the child, we can raise our younger brother and sister well and cultivate our fraternal affection."

  Li Mingyun smiled and said, "I'm not interested in younger brothers and sisters. If I can have a son or daughter...". As Li Mingyun spoke, his gaze fell on Lin Lan's still flat abdomen, perhaps here had already begun to nurture their new life. Thinking this way, he felt a warmth in his heart, and his eyes also became scorching hot.

  Feeling his strange gaze, Lin Lan stretched out her hand to block his line of sight: "What are you looking at? Hurry up and eat, the time for rest is almost here."

  Li Ming allowed her hand, put it on the edge of his lips and kissed it, with a soft glow in his eyes, whispering: "Lan, have a child for me!"

  Lin Lan's face turned red with embarrassment, and she stuttered: "We still have a lot of things to do, the old witch hasn't been driven away, and we haven't gotten back what belongs to us..."

  This is a sufficient reason, she doesn't want to get pregnant or have children in the future, and then be constantly on guard against someone harming her child. An old witch like that would definitely do anything. Secondly... it's for her own consideration, after the New Year, she will only be seventeen years old. Why was childbirth so dangerous for women in ancient times? One reason is the backwardness of medical equipment and methods, and another is that the age of childbirth for women in ancient times was too early. Their bodies were not yet fully developed when they gave birth, which caused great harm to their health. It's best to wait until after eighteen years old to give birth. So she has been secretly drinking an abortion potion.

  Li Mingyu felt a little disappointed, but Lin Lan's words also made sense. After all, the old witch had released poisonous snakes to stop him from taking the exam, and what if she harmed their child? Li Mingyu shuddered at the thought. But what if Lin Lan did get pregnant? Li Mingyu smiled slightly: "Then we'll just go with the flow. If it happens, trust me, I'll be able to protect our mother and child."

  After eating the wine-steamed buns, Li Mingyun went to the study room to find his father, but was told that as soon as his father returned, he was called away by his grandmother and is still in the Chaohui Hall. He then rushed to the Chaohui Hall. Taking the opportunity, he tactfully mentioned Liu Niang's request for Lin Lan to examine her illness. Li Jingxian suddenly became anxious and restless, wishing he could go see Liu Niang immediately. However, his mother had just scolded him for being too indulgent towards his concubine, so he could only endure it, with his heart not in it.

  Before long, Lin Lan and Ding Ruoyan supported the old witch on either side as she also came over.

  The old lady was busy letting someone give Han a seat and said with concern: "If you're not feeling well, don't come over, just take good rest."

  Han smiled weakly: "I've been lying down for most of the day, and I'm feeling a bit better now."

  After Han entered the house, she didn't even glance at Master Li, treating him as if he didn't exist. Li Jingxian tried to exchange glances with her several times and then say a few words, but every time his eyes met hers, Han would deliberately or unintentionally look away. Jiang Mama secretly pulled on Han's sleeve to remind her, but Han still ignored him. This made Li Jingxian very embarrassed, so he also put on a stern face.

  The old lady glared at the two of them, who were giving each other the cold shoulder. Her grandchildren and daughter-in-law all looked at each other in dismay, not knowing what to say. So she smiled and said: "Jingxian was in a hurry to go see his father, but I stopped him and told him some important things."

  Han's smile was not a smile, she was very clear that in the matter of having children, the old lady would absolutely be biased towards the old master, so she couldn't count on the old lady to help her, she could only rely on herself. As long as she dragged this matter until after the new year, she wouldn't have to worry about Liu's wife causing trouble for her anymore.

  Mr. Han smiled but said nothing, letting the atmosphere become awkward once again.

  The old lady glared at her son with dissatisfaction, this tactless and uncooperative person wouldn't even say a few pleasant words, yet he expected his mother to clean up the mess he had created. The old lady let out an almost inaudible sigh and asked Mrs. Han: "Are the sugar fruits, red horse, pig head and double fish for the stove festival all prepared?"

  "Everything is ready, tomorrow Master will bring Ming'er and Mingyun to perform the sacrificial ceremony."

  The old lady nodded slightly: "So be it, worshiping the stove is a big deal, can't be careless, tomorrow I'll let Auntie Zhu go over to help."

  "Never mind, never mind. Mother can't leave anyone's side except for Auntie Zhuo. Everything has been arranged properly and with Auntie Jiang watching over her, nothing should go wrong."

  The old lady was displeased in her heart. How could such a big event as the ancestor worship be arranged by a servant? Her gaze fell on Ding Ruoyan and Lin Lan. This eldest daughter-in-law had a sickly appearance, with a pointed chin and pale complexion, and looked like she would fall over in the wind. How could she possibly take charge of things? Moreover, it was an important event like ancestor worship that required good luck. Looking at Lin Lan again, if it weren't for Autumn Moon's dislike of her, Lin Lan would be quite capable of taking charge.

  Li Jingxian was getting more and more annoyed as he watched Han Shi pretending to be ill, what a big deal, he just wanted a child, so what? The Minister of Rites was even older than him! Last month, he had his sixth son. Li Jingxian was not bad himself, among all the officials in the imperial court, who else could compare with him in terms of being chaste and having few desires? She still wasn't satisfied, she still wanted to use her age to threaten him, making his mother worry at her old age.

  "Mother, in previous years, it was the son who presided over the sacrifice to the stove god. As long as everything is prepared, other matters can be handled by the son himself, and mother does not need to worry." Li Jingxian said respectfully.

  The old lady smiled helplessly and waved her hand: "Let's have dinner first!"

  Ding Ruoyan supported the old witch and walked ahead, Lin Lan deliberately fell behind, exchanging eye contact with Li Mingyun, Li Mingyun winked at her, indicating that she had already passed on the message.

  After dinner, Li Dage wiped his hands with a hot towel and said in a low voice: "Lin Lan, Liu Niang's body has not been well lately. If you have time, go and take a look."

  There was a loud crash, and everyone turned towards the Han family. A blue ceramic bowl fell to the ground and shattered. Mr. Han seemed to have been startled himself, and he stood there in a daze.

  Mrs. Jiang hastily apologized: "It's all this old servant's fault, this old servant was careless for a moment and didn't catch it."

  Han Qiuyue covered her mouth and started coughing, her expression becoming flustered.

  Mom smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, it's just a peaceful year after all!" And then she called out: "Pei Huan, aren't you coming to sweep the floor?"

  The maid immediately came over and used a handkerchief to pick up the broken porcelain pieces one by one and took them out to throw away.

  Lin Lan smiled secretly, she was sitting right in front of the old witch, earlier she had clearly seen that the old witch hadn't even handed a bowl to Jiang Mama, but as soon as she heard Lao Die's words, the bowl fell, and her reaction was really big.

  "Oh! I'll go take a look later." Li Ze's father spoke up, and she immediately followed suit, responding in unison.

  The old lady looked gloomy, first glaring at her own son, then glared at Lin Lan, and Lin Lan lowered her head innocently.

  "Lin Lan, your mother-in-law is still coughing! Go and take a look at her first." The old lady said sternly, openly playing a opposing role with her son.

  Li Jingxian was speechless, and his mother knew that she was only helping the Han family. Didn't she just see the Han family eating a lot of shrimp balls? Can a patient have such a good appetite? Liu Niangniang is really sick, otherwise, she wouldn't have asked Lin Lan to come over. Poor thing, when her body isn't feeling well, she doesn't even dare to ask for a doctor on her own initiative.

  Lin Lan looked at Li Ze, then at the old lady, and finally at Ming Yun. The old lady was intentionally making things difficult for her! Ming Yun shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "Why don't we let Lin Lan see to Mother first, and then go take a look at Liu Niang?"

  Han Qiuyue coughed twice more and said weakly: "I'm fine, let Lin Lan go see Liu Niang instead!"

  "No, my mother-in-law is ill, how can I let outsiders see her first?" The old lady insisted. She was so hardworking in doing things, but Rong'er not only didn't take her words to heart, but also became more aggressive, showing concern for Liu's wife in front of so many people, and ignoring Han Shi's illness, which made Han Shi feel unbearable.

  Li Jingxian raised an eyebrow and said lightly, "Alright! I'll have someone go invite a doctor for Liu Niangniang. That way, there's nothing to dispute about."

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