Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

In Su Bai's eyes, the slightly closed eyes behind Doctor Jiang's glasses were the hammer that sentenced him, and the wrinkles on his upper eyelids were the ravines that he could never cross.

After Dr. Jiang treated his left hand, he moved on to his right hand. His upper and lower lips kept opening and closing slightly, but no sound came out.

Su Bai's heart was about to jump out of his throat.

She looked back at the second wife and said, "If I die, you won't be able to live!"

An unexpected scene happened. Doctor Jiang released Su Bai's wrist, opened his eyes, and bowed to Master Kong with both hands: "Congratulations, Master. Congratulations, Master. The eldest young lady is pregnant with a boy!"

Kong Dai, who was standing by, knelt down in front of the master's bed and cried loudly: "May the ancestors of the Kong family bless us. The young master will have an heir. Our Kong family will have an heir!"

Su Bai sat in the chair, all the muscles in his body were stiff, and he couldn't even feel his own breathing.

To describe what was happening as jaw-dropping was not enough.

Not only did the miracle doctor diagnose out of thin air that she was pregnant, but it was a boy!

The miracle doctor said that the young lady's left pulse was much more stable, stronger, and especially clear than her right pulse. Based on his many years of medical experience, he determined that it was undoubtedly a boy.

Su Bai knew that there had never been a complete and detailed record of cases in which Chinese medicine could determine the gender of a person by taking the pulse, but the legend had always existed, especially among people of this era, who believed in it.

There is no doubt that this was all the work of the Second Wife. She must have colluded with Dr. Jiang to help her put on this show. It must be said that this woman is meticulous and has done everything she could think of.

Kong Dai, with tears streaming down his face, showed his true feelings and loyalty to the Kong family, which was not an act. Based on this, Su Bai could be sure that Kong Dai was definitely not the Second Wife's man, and he would not help the Second Wife to plot against the Kong family's property.

Moreover, once she really took over the Kong Mansion as the Second Madam had expected, and if the scam set by the Second Madam was not exposed, Kong Dai would definitely be loyal to her as the eldest lady.

To be precise, he was loyal to the Kong family and to the fetus in Su Bai's belly that did not exist at all.

The master has more than one son, the eldest son. Why is the second wife so sure that he will hand over the Kong Mansion to her?

At this time, Su Bai did not know the rumor in Longxing County that the second and third young masters were not the master's biological sons. He thought that this was a difference between legitimate and illegitimate children, and that the eldest young master was born to the original wife, while the other two were born to the concubine.

Since the master is so orthodox and old-fashioned, it is understandable why he does not allow the eldest son to marry a foreign woman, and even threatens to sever the father-son relationship as a means of forcing him to do so.

"Okay, okay..." The master uttered two more words with difficulty.

Kong Dai turned around and said to Zi Yan who was standing behind him: "Serve the eldest young lady well. If there is any mistake, I will take the lives of your whole family!"

People from warlord families are domineering and unreasonable. Even a housekeeper can be so fierce.

However, when he turned around and spoke to Su Bai, he was smiling and humble: "Madam, if you need anything in the future, just tell me."

He actually called himself a slave, which was probably a name left over from the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, the second wife had already sat next to the master, holding his left hand with both hands, and kept saying something similar to what the housekeeper had just said, such as blessings and protection.

She also told the master about her afternoon arrangements and offered incense to the eldest young master. The master was too weak to answer and closed his eyes several times to show his agreement.

After coming out of the master's room, the second wife took Su Bai to meet the wives of each room.

All the concubines, including the second wife, lived in the side courtyard of the Confucius Mansion.

Marshal Kong's concubines were all beautiful. Although the third and fourth concubines were already in their forties, they still had charm and charisma. Even Su Bai, who was also a woman, couldn't help but take a few more glances at them.

The fifth concubine was a little younger, in her thirties, but she gave birth to two daughters for the master, the third and fourth daughters.

The Sixth Concubine was taken in by the master after the Confucius Mansion moved back to Longxing County. She was very young, only a few years older than Su Bai.

In Su Bai's opinion, except for the Sixth Concubine who was a bit cynical and had neither good feelings nor hostility towards Su Bai's arrival, the other concubines just went through the motions in their courtesy visits to Su Bai and responded coldly.

The only ones who expressed enthusiasm for Su Bai were the eldest daughter, who was born to the same mother as the eldest young master, and the fourth daughter, who was in her early teens.

"I should have brought some candies or something with me." After coming out of the fifth concubine's room, Su Bai said to the second wife that seeing how cute the fourth lady was, she really should have brought her some small gifts.

She was immediately scolded fiercely by the Second Wife: "Do you really think you are the eldest young lady? These people in the Kong family are our potential enemies!"

The second wife revealed a truth to Su Bai, that is, the rumors about the second and third young masters' life stories were that they were indeed not born by the master, but were born by the third and fourth concubines when the master was leading troops in battles outside.

"Didn't the master pursue it?"

Although the master had suspicions about this matter, he had no evidence. Due to the Kong family's reputation, he just asked Kong Dai to investigate the matter secretly. So many years have passed, and no results have been found.

"If we can't find out the truth, there must be some other hidden story..." The Second Wife stopped talking here.

She told Su Bai that she was the only one in the mansion who knew for sure that the third and fourth concubines had an affair, but she did not tell the master because she wanted to have the evidence against the third and fourth concubines and keep them firmly in her hands.

Su Bai was the second person to know the truth. The reason why the Second Madam told Su Bai all this was to reassure her that the Master would definitely hand over the Kong Mansion to her. From now on, she would only have to obey the Second Madam in the Kong Mansion and she would not have to pay any attention to the other concubines.

After Su Bai officially took over the Confucius Mansion, no matter how much they disliked Su Bai, they had to be respectful to him, because their food, clothing and other expenses were all in Su Bai's hands.

The second wife specifically reminded Su Bai to be careful of the housekeeper Kong Dai.

After taking over the Kong family, Su Bai will have a lot of contact with Kong Dai.

Too much talk will lead to mistakes. In front of Kong Dai, try to speak less and listen more to avoid revealing flaws.

Kong Dai was a die-hard member of the Kong family and was also cruel and brutal. His brother also worked in the Kong Mansion. Just because he stole something worthless, Kong Dai broke his leg in front of everyone in the Mansion and threw him out of the Mansion, leaving him disabled for life.

The Confucius Mansion...a living, terrifying den of tigers and wolves.

Su Bai thought that if he wanted to escape from the Kong Mansion, he should have a helper. Before the second wife's scam was exposed, this helper could be the eldest daughter, the housekeeper Kong Dai, or even the fourth daughter who was only in her teens and still ignorant.

She also thought of someone, Zi Yan.

Su Bai knew very well that Zi Yan was sent by the Second Madam to monitor him, but in the eyes of the Second Madam, she was just a servant, not her confidant.

In her eyes, she is the eldest lady of the Kong family.

She accidentally saw the second wife poking her head today. She wondered what she was thinking and how she viewed this matter.

Su Bai's situation meant that she had no qualifications or conditions to choose a 100% reliable person to be her helper. She could only give it a try and take a gamble.

At lunch, Su Bai asked Zi Yan to eat with him again, but she had already eaten in the front yard with the servants.

She brought the dishes to Su Bai and heated the wine like she did yesterday.

"Do all the ladies in the mansion drink alcohol?" Su Bai asked.

"Sometimes, I drink a little when I'm happy."

"Then I won't drink it. Don't heat up the wine for me in the future." Su Bai pushed the wine glass forward.

Su Bai didn't like drinking, and he drank two small glasses yesterday just because he was upset.

"Madam, the medicine is ready. It's warming on the stove in the front yard. I'll bring it to you after dinner."

"Medicine? What medicine?"

"This is the pregnancy-preserving medicine that Dr. Jiang prescribed for you. Take it after meals."

Su Bai threw down his chopsticks and said, "Nonsense, what kind of pregnancy-preserving medicine did I drink?