In the inner courtyard of the Hu family, Fang Wen, who had vomited blood and fainted, was lying quietly on the bed, her eyes closed and her face pale, looking pitiful as if she was seriously ill.

The county magistrate's wife sat beside the bed and wiped away her tears worriedly. From time to time, she complained in a low voice that her husband was too harsh and actually helped outsiders bully her own family members.

The distraught Magistrate Hu paced back and forth in the room, ignoring his wife's nagging and just urging the doctor to diagnose and prescribe medicine.

If he wanted to advance in the future, he would have to rely on Fang's father's money to support his official career, so Fang Wen couldn't let anything happen to him, otherwise Fang's father's difficult temperament would cause everything to turn upside down.

The doctor frowned and examined for a long time, and said solemnly: "Ms. Fang should be suffering from heart disease, and judging from the pulse, it has been for some time. Today, she may have been stimulated and attacked her heart with anger, which triggered the heart attack.

It leads to vomiting blood and coma, and then you have to stay in bed to rest and calm down, so that you can reduce the number of attacks and barely extend your life."

When the county magistrate's wife heard this, she was so panicked that she wished she could pass out with her. Her good niece contracted this fatal disease less than half a year after coming to her home. How should she explain to her eldest sister and brother-in-law?

"Poor Sister Wen! A mere merchant girl actually forced my niece to suffer from such a serious disease! Master, you can't let that bitch go. I don't believe that the Marquis Mansion can protect her for the rest of her life!"

Listening to her sad cries and complaints, Magistrate Hu felt a headache. He also felt a little more disgusted with Song Xi and the Yu family. However, the top priority was that Fang Wen's condition should not be revealed. He couldn't bear it now.

The consequences of breaking up with Fang's father.

So he pulled the doctor aside and warned in a low voice: "Sister Wen's heart disease is innate, not a recent one. Do you remember it? If you can't remember it, you won't need to practice medicine anymore!"

The doctor was frightened by these words and quickly agreed. He didn't want to get involved in these inner affairs, so he would naturally keep his mouth shut to save his life.

The county magistrate's wife beside the bed was stunned at first when she saw this. Then she understood her husband's thoughts, but she did not object. She just lowered her head and wiped her tears while looking at Fang Wen with a keen eye, for fear that she would suddenly wake up at this moment.

Afterwards, the doctor prescribed medicine and repeatedly warned the patient to stabilize his mood and not to be overly sad or overjoyed, so he quickly left Hu's house with oil on his soles.

Fang Wen woke up soon after taking the medicine. When she learned that she was born with a heart disease and could not get angry, her first reaction was disbelief. She even cried and made a fuss and wanted to see a doctor again. Later, after the county magistrate's wife spoke with sincerity,

After some persuasion, and the eloquent maids and women took turns analyzing her condition and counseling her, she managed to stabilize her mood.

As soon as the foresighted Mrs. Hu learned of the situation here, she immediately summoned the county magistrate, his wife and Fang Wen, planning to marry off this troublemaker as soon as possible to prevent her from doing anything irreversible in the future.

"I have some friendship with Magistrate Hong's aunt. I heard that Hong Lei, the second son of the Magistrate's family, has just reached the age to propose marriage. I am going to let Sister Wen meet him. If there are no problems, we can get married before this autumn.

engagement."

Madam Hu announced her decision with a majestic look, her tone leaving no room for doubt.

The county magistrate's wife looked hesitant, "I heard that the second son of the Hong family is a bit lustful. He has no fame and no real job. It's really not a good home..."

Mrs. Hu, who was holding the beads, raised her eyelids and glanced at her, and said disdainfully: "Then what better choice do you have? Although Sister Wen is the daughter of a member of the party, no matter how rich the man is, it is impossible for him to marry an official.

Compared with my younger brothers, I have sacrificed my old face to get this marriage. If I don’t like it, then the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng will live alone in his old age.”

The county magistrate's wife was worried, and she was a little afraid that Mrs. Hu would really give up on Sister Wen. After all, she had no connections in this area and could only rely on Mrs. Hu to pull strings.

"Although Magistrate Hong's official position is not high, he works for the eldest prince and will make great contributions in the future. A third- or fourth-grade official in the capital is just a thief. It is a great blessing for Sister Wen to marry into such a family.

Take a longer view.”

Mrs. Hu added a few more words, she really wanted to promote this marriage. If her son could climb up to the eldest prince through the ladder of Magistrate Hong in the future, his career would be just around the corner. By then, she might also have the opportunity to become the imperial concubine.

Magistrate Hu and his wife's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they all looked at Fang Wen expectantly.

When Fang Wen first heard that she was going to marry a dandy from the prefect's family, she felt angry and sad inside. She wanted to object loudly, but her heart hurt badly.

Later, after Mrs. Hu analyzed the pros and cons, she felt that this was indeed a good marriage.

The son of the prefect... even that bitch of the Yu family couldn't get into such a good marriage, right? Even if the prince's son treated her differently, there was no way he would marry a lowly merchant girl like her.

Fang Wen nodded under the expectant gazes of everyone and said softly: "But it's up to the old lady to make the decision."

When she becomes the prefect's daughter-in-law-to-be, and takes advantage of the opportunity to climb up to the eldest prince, the Yu family and the prince's son will all be ants under her feet!

…

After Yu Yalan came back from Dafeng Village, she learned that Fang Wen had been secretly released home by the county magistrate to recuperate.

The secret guards of the Hou Mansion even found out everything about Fang Wen's sudden heart attack and decision to marry the son of the prefect of Bianliang. Song Xi shared all the news with her that day and told her to be careful of the Hu family.

revenge, and finally promised that the Hou Mansion would always protect their siblings.

When Yu Hongxuan heard that his sister was plotted by Fang Wen, he was so angry that he wanted to rush to Hu's house and shave the evil girl's head again. This time he wanted to carve the word "shameless" directly on Fang Wen's face!

Yu Yalan didn't take it seriously. The Heart-Eating Pill attack to the point of vomiting blood was equivalent to a terminal illness. Whether Fang Wen could live to the day of her marriage was a question. There was no need to fight back to avoid exposing herself.

Yu Hongxuan was temporarily stabilized by his sister's persuasion, but he secretly decided to give Fang Wen some stimulation from time to time to speed up the frequency of her poisonous attacks and return to the west early to avoid causing trouble again.

After returning from the countryside, Yu Yalan plunged into the library of the space. While reviewing relevant information on ancient and modern agricultural tools, she designed new agricultural tools suitable for the people of the Zhou Dynasty based on local conditions.

Mu Yang and Chi Xue were also assigned new tasks by her. The former was responsible for decorating and preparing Yu Yalan's clothing store, Yuefang Pavilion, while the latter was busy selecting and purchasing thirty acres of fertile land to prepare for planting high-yielding grain seeds.

Go to Yahang and buy a few suitable slaves to manage the new shop and fields.

The entire Yu family is in a busy state, and even Yu Hongxuan will take time to help his sister do whatever he can.

Song Xi learned that Yu Yalan was busy improving farm tools, so she didn't rush to disturb her.

Seeing that Yu Hongxuan complained that it was not easy to find suitable tenant farmers, he took the initiative to introduce some orphan soldiers who had fought under his father and brother and were later disabled due to injuries to do long-term labor for the Yu family.

The Yu siblings were very grateful and gave Song Xi several baskets of fruits and vegetables produced in the space to taste. Song Xi also gave them some specialties from the capital from time to time. The two families had close contacts and their friendship grew day by day.

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[Tips on nouns]

【元外】: Refers to landlords, gentry, wealthy people and the like. It sounds like an official title, but it is not an official title. In ancient times, it was a vanity title that could be bought with money.
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