Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

Chapter 233 A Damn Life

Yunyi nodded: "There might be a chance."

"That's wonderful!" Xiao Jinxiu was so happy she almost jumped for joy.

Yunyi wondered if she could remove the glass and then make a magnifying glass or something similar, which would be very helpful for the surgery.

She then sighed. She had originally planned to come here to retire, and her idea of ​​retirement was to have money, leisure, and good looks, with handsome young men to accompany her on trips, eating and drinking.

And what's the result? Now she still has to struggle and make a fuss. A whole family in the village is waiting for her to eat, and a whole family in Heicheng is waiting for her to survive.

Why is she destined to be so hardworking?

What a messed up life.

Sixteen sensed Yunyi's resentment. Originally intending to make her presence known, she now simply disappeared, knowing that rushing up would only result in being scolded.

The capital city, the residence of the Third Prince.

After reading the letter he received, Zhou Jingxuan's face darkened, and he suddenly swept everything on the table to the ground with a slap.

The pine tree that was delivering the message was so frightened that it quickly lowered its head and dared not speak.

"They're all useless." Zhou Jingxuan took a deep breath. "What kind of work does Huo Qingyuan do?"

"We haven't heard from Commander Huo recently; this message came from Rongniang." Qingsong secretly glanced at his furious master. "I've already sent a secret message to Commander Huo."

"Hmm." Zhou Jingxuan's anger subsided a little. Just as he was about to say something, a steward outside requested an audience. A message had arrived from the Imperial Concubine, asking him to come to the palace.

The third prince pondered for a moment, then turned and left to enter the palace without saying anything more.

At the same time, Princess Qiaochu also received a letter from her son. After reading it, she slammed her hand on the table in anger.

Just as Marquis Ningxun of Yong'an was about to step forward to check his wife's hands, he saw her turn around and start gagging.

"Chu'er, what's wrong with you? Quickly call the imperial physician." Ning Xun was startled.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Princess Qiaochu hurriedly waved her hand. "I was just disgusted." She then handed the letter to Ning Xun. "You'll see when you take a look."

Ning Xun took it and his expression changed: "This..."

"Luckily, I don't believe in that stuff and have never eaten it." Princess Qiaochu turned back to her bedroom and took out a brocade box from the drawer of her dressing table. "This thing can't be kept."

"Don't rush," Ning Xun quickly stopped his wife. "Keeping this might be useful."

"What's the use?"

"Chen'er went to Longxi and ended up thwarting such a huge conspiracy. Do you think he could have done it on his own?"

"You mean he has someone helping him?"

"Although Chen'er didn't go into details in his letter, I think there must be someone involved. This thing... many noble ladies in the capital have used it, and it was that lady in the palace who used it first. What if there's something fishy going on?"

Princess Qiaochu's face paled again, and she threw the box on the table, looking completely distraught.

"We'll talk about everything when Chen'er comes back." Ning Xun put the box away, his mood somewhat heavy.

Who would have thought that these miraculously effective beauty pills were actually made from a child's essence, blood, and brain marrow? Luckily, my wife didn't believe in those things, otherwise...

Thinking of how many people had eaten the children's flesh and blood, he couldn't hold back any longer and turned around to vomit as well.

So the couple each grabbed a spittoon and started spitting.

The servants were puzzled and thought it was probably just food poisoning. The people in the kitchen were especially frightened and hurriedly cleaned and wiped all the ingredients and cooking utensils, afraid that their masters would blame them.

Ning Wushuang's scars have faded a lot, so she no longer hides in her courtyard every day, and she has regained her former liveliness.

Hearing her parents vomit, she rushed over without even putting on her veil: "Mom and Dad, what's wrong? Did you eat something bad? Did you call a doctor?"

Princess Qiaochu hurriedly waved her hand: "No, we haven't eaten yet. We're just feeling nauseous. We don't need a doctor, we just... vomit..."

Ning Wushuang frowned. What could be so disgusting? She couldn't help but look at Ning Xun: "Father."

"I was disgusted too, Shuang'er, don't worry, we'll get used to it after throwing up." Ning Xun hurriedly waved his hand, "You go back first, I... ugh..."

"Alright then, I'll go check on you in the kitchen. You've all vomited bile, you must be hungry soon. I'll have them bring over something easily digestible, like an egg custard or some tofu pudding..."

"Ugh!" The couple, who had just calmed down, vomited even more violently.

"Granny Qin, what exactly happened?" Ning Wushuang's face turned pale with fright.

"It's alright, Princess, please go back." Granny Qin pulled Ning Wushuang away from the main courtyard. "The Princess and the Marquis will be well soon." She was the one who delivered the letter, so she naturally knew its contents. However, since her mistress didn't want the Princess to worry, she naturally wouldn't say anything either.

The Marquis of Zhenbei's residence, Bailan Courtyard.

After reading the letter in her hand, Nan Zhiyi couldn't help but sneer: "Bai Jianming is really..." She didn't finish her sentence because she was angry.

Granny Yang hurriedly brought over a cup of hot tea: "Madam, don't be angry, your health is important."

Nan Zhiyi took a deep breath, calming herself down considerably. She took the teacup, took a sip, and then put it down. "Although the Nan family is not as prestigious as the Bai family, we are a family with a long tradition of scholarship and are the most renowned in Qingcheng. My father is a great Confucian scholar of the time, with students all over the place. It was Bai Jianming who personally came to propose to me. He once said that he would respect and love me for the rest of his life, but what happened?"

Granny Yang could only silently pat her back gently. After all, she was the girl she had raised herself, and she truly felt sorry for her.

"That Ge Yun is clearly his childhood sweetheart, clearly the person he cherishes most. It's only because the Ge family can't help him that he married me. He only staged this 'hero saves the beauty' act after I got pregnant, saying that he touched the girl's body while rescuing her from the river and couldn't let her die. So, he could only take me as a concubine. It won't affect me in any way. Marrying me is just for show. It's utter nonsense." Nan Zhiyi, who had been elegant her whole life, couldn't help but swear at this moment.

"Granny, how could he treat me like this? If it weren't for Ge Yun's provocation, I wouldn't have gone into premature labor, and my Yang'er wouldn't have faced death so close to death. How hard Yang'er worked to gain his father's approval! But what did he do? All he saw was that bastard, and now he wants to give the title of heir to Bai An? Just because my Yang'er passed the imperial examination, just because he might be the top scholar next year? Just because Bai An is trash? But why should he?"

"Madam, the Marquis was confused for a moment, please don't be angry. After all, that memorial hasn't been submitted to the palace yet, and besides, the old master and madam wouldn't agree to it if they found out," Granny Yang hurriedly comforted her.