bullyxtreme Chapter 347 She is pregnant
Chapter 347 She is pregnant
As Li Yuzhu leaned forward, Su Jixiang saw her bulging belly under her wide skirt.
"Are you pregnant already?" Su Jixiang asked in surprise.
When Li Yuzhu came before, Su Jixiang had not arrived yet. After Li Yuzhu sat down, her chest-length skirt was quite loose and you couldn't see her belly. But when she moved just now, her pregnancy was obvious.
"Yes." Li Yuzhu was startled, then she touched her belly subconsciously, "I'm already four months pregnant. My husband is not in good health right now, and I'm afraid this child may be our only child, so I cherish it very much. If it weren't for the fact that the fetus is already stable, I wouldn't dare to go out."
She raised her eyes to look at Su Jixiang, with a bit of sincerity and pleading in her eyes, "I know my husband has done something wrong to the Black Tiger Army, and he has been expelled from the Black Tiger Army. But madam, I am pregnant now and I have to make plans for the child in my belly. I want him to go to the school run by the Black Tiger Army. I know this is a bit wishful thinking, but I will work hard. Please give me a chance."
Su Jixiang's eyes fell on Li Yuzhu's face. After staring at her for a moment, he smiled slightly. "I have also heard that women are weak by nature, but they become strong as mothers."
Her husband, Lin Xuwen, was expelled from the Black Tiger Army by Wei Ling and was beaten with many military sticks because he had falsified accounts for the previous rebels and embezzled the Black Tiger Army's property.
He was originally a weak scholar, and after being beaten so many times by the military, he should have been sent to the frontier to do hard labor. However, Li Yuzhu paid a fine of 500 taels of silver for him, which exempted him from hard labor and allowed him to return home.
Su Jixiang heard that Lin Xuwen had been ill for a long time after returning home. After Li Yuzhu recovered her five thousand taels of silver, she had not left the house and had been taking care of Lin Xuwen.
"My husband is not a bad person, he just felt a little helpless in that position. I am not speaking well of him to exonerate him, I know he was wrong and he was wrong. He has received the punishment he deserves, but he still wants to do something for the Black Tiger Army. He does not resent the Marquis's judgment, and he knows that he was able to save his life because the Marquis and Military Advisor Xie had shown him special favor." Li Yuzhu stood up, took two steps forward, and her knees softened as she prepared to kneel in front of Su Jixiang.
Su Jixiang was quick to pull Li Yuzhu up and said, "What are you doing? You are pregnant, don't make such movements. Don't scare me."
She helped Li Yuzhu back to the chair and let her sit down. "If you have any difficulties or ideas, just tell me directly. As long as it is reasonable and I can do it, I will help you."
In fact, although Li Yuzhu verbally provoked her a lot, it was just verbal provocations, and did not cause any substantial harm.
Su Jixiang was not a person with an overly virtuous heart, but she had no reason to hold a grudge against Li Yuzhu.
After all, in the palace, there was no one like Li Yuzhu who could bully Su Jixiang, and with her status, she would always have to find someone to rely on if she wanted to gain a foothold among the palace concubines.
This inevitably leads to people taking sides in the palace.
Li Yuzhu was also unknown when she was a concubine.
She followed Zhao Xiuwan all the way from the palace to Mangcheng, hoping that Zhao Xiuwan would protect her as much as possible.
But it turned out that Zhao Xiuwan only knew how to cheat her.
Speaking of which, Li Yuzhu is still quite pitiful.
"Madam, please take a look at these prescriptions." Li Yuzhu took out a booklet she had brought and handed it to Su Jixiang solemnly.
"I want to open a medicine shop with you. Here are some mature prescriptions, which are handwritten scrolls of my mother's family who have been practicing medicine for generations. Don't worry, these prescriptions are very effective and easy to use. I know that if I open a medicine shop alone, I may still lack a lot of strength." Li Yuzhu said, "Madam, you also know the current situation of my family. If there is no income and I rely on my money alone, there will be a day when I will run out of money. I am pregnant now. If I don't find a way to make money, what will happen to my child in the future. I hope you will understand."
"Do you want to open a pharmacy with me?" Su Jixiang asked.
She did not reach out to take the prescription booklet.
"Yes. Madam will set the conditions." Li Yuzhu said, and she looked at Su Jixiang with sincerity in her eyes. "I know I don't have enough capital, and I only have these prescriptions."
"Does your mother's family run a pharmacy?" Su Jixiang asked.
"My mother's family had lost many talents by the time it reached her generation, and she was the only one left. So these prescriptions were passed on to my mother." Li Yuzhu said, "My grandfather wanted my mother to study medicine, but she was not cut out for it, so he could only find a scholar as her husband, who was my father. Later, my father passed the imperial examination and was appointed as a county magistrate. My mother took these family prescriptions and left their hometown with my father to where he was working. Two years after my mother left, my grandfather passed away. This prescription is in my mother's hands."
She paused here and said, "I was later selected to enter the palace, and my mother gave all these things to me. My family is small, so I can't compare with those beautiful ladies from wealthy families when I enter the palace. My mother thought that these things might save my life at a critical moment."
As Li Yuzhu spoke, her eyes started to turn red.
But she still took a deep breath and suppressed the tears that were about to well up.
She said to Su Jixiang very earnestly, "I know that Madam is not an ordinary person. I was not blind on the way to Mangcheng, but I stood on Zhao Xiuwan's side at that time. If I turned to Madam, I'm afraid that Zhao Xiuwan would hate me. You also know her... Later, Madam helped me regardless of the past, and I knew that if there was anyone I could trust in the whole Mangcheng, it must be Madam."
After she finished speaking, she handed the booklet in her hand to Su Jixiang again, "Madam, why don't you take a look, my mother's family has a very long history. These prescriptions are the result of the hard work of several generations of my mother's family. I guarantee that they have been verified hundreds and thousands of times, and they can really save lives! There are two volumes in this booklet, and I brought them all with me. Madam, you can ask someone to check them, and I can take them out for you to see."
Only then did Su Jixiang pick up the booklet that Li Yuzhu handed over.
As expected, it is divided into two volumes, a thick stack.
She glanced at Li Yuzhu and knew that Li Yuzhu really wanted to work with her. After all, the booklet consisted of two volumes. If Li Yuzhu wanted to keep something to herself, she could just take out one and let her read it first.