Chapter 103 Zi Tong Enters the Door

In Ye Zitong's room at Ye Zitong's house, Mrs. Ye was holding a cup of medicine in her hand and watching the old doctor take the pulse of her daughter worriedly. She discovered her daughter's retching three days ago. At first, she didn't care much, but soon she realized something was wrong. She didn't dare to speak out. After two days of enduring, she finally couldn't control her inner fear and invited an experienced old doctor on the excuse of treating her daughter.

There were also Ye Sutong and Qianqian, several maids and mothers in the room, as well as Ye Zitong's sister-in-law. Mrs. Ye was in a mess and had no intention of talking to Qianqian in depth. When her youngest daughter introduced her as the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, she agreed naturally, so that Mrs. Ye did not have suspicion.

Zi Tong's face turned yellow in the curtain, and her lips were not bloody. Dalang's letter to her was under her pillow. Before she could see her mother, she brought the doctor in. She originally felt that she didn't feel that much, but after being beaten by her father, her lower abdomen was often very uncomfortable, making her chest and abdomen feel like it was overturning. In fact, she had already faintly felt something was wrong in her heart. Her passion had not come for two months, which was a situation that had never happened before. She was anxious and scared, but she didn't dare to tell her mother. She just pressed her heart and gradually became seriously ill.

At this moment, the old doctor had finished diagnosis. He sighed and said to Mrs. Ye: "Madam, it is not convenient to speak here. Please follow me to the outside room."

Mrs. Ye's face was pale, and her legs came to the outside room like stepping on soft mud, and asked in a trembling voice: "Doctor Liu, is she really..."

The old doctor nodded slowly, "That's right, love is a happy pulse!"

‘Bang!’ The medicine cup fell from Mrs. Ye’s hand and was crushed. She shook her body and was about to faint.

"Mother!" Ye Sutong ran over and held her mother. Seeing that her mother was about to faint, she quickly said to the housekeeper: "Auntie, please go to the guest room to rest first, and leave it to me."

The room suddenly became chaotic, and the housekeeper invited the doctor away. Several maids rushed to help the wife sit down. Mrs. Ye sighed and said, "It's a sin!"

Ye Zitong was also in a state of despair in the room. She whispered: "Miss Qian, are you here?"

Qianqian quickly stepped forward, held her cold hand and said, "Miss Ye, what do you have to say to your elder brother? You can tell me."

Ye Zitong was already in tears. The anxiety she had been in for the past few days made her unable to suppress her emotions anymore, and she even started crying in a low voice. Qianqian was panicked. She didn't know what had happened, so she quickly comforted her and said, "Don't worry! I'll go back now and let my brother see you."

"No! I don't want him to come. I will deal with this myself. Tell him, everything is fine." Ye Zitong wiped away her tears and said to Qianqian: "Tell Dalang that no matter what happens, I will not resent him. As long as he can remember me, I will be satisfied."

Qianqian was shocked and suspicious. She patted Zitong's hand and walked quickly to the outside room. At this time, Mrs. Ye went to discuss with the old lady. Only Ye Zitong's sister-in-law was there. Qianqian bowed and smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I won't disturb you. Please tell Su Tong, I'll go back first."

Sister Ye didn't care about her, so she nodded and ordered a little maid to take her out. Qianqian got on the carriage and ordered the coachman to speed up and gallop towards the house.

Unlike Mrs. Ye's panic and at a loss, Old Mrs. Ye was very calm about this matter. She had experienced the turmoil in the late Yuan Dynasty and did not scare her any storms. Such a small thing is nothing. She pondered for a moment and then told Mrs. Ye: "You can't tell Tianming anyway, and we both can handle it."

"But mom, how do we deal with this matter?" Mrs. Ye's heart was already in a mess and she didn't understand the old lady's intention at all.

"Don't ask, go and invite your husband and talk to me."

After dinner, it has always been the tradition of the Ye family to talk together, but today the old lady brought it to the front of the supper. Although it was a little weird, Ye Tianming obediently came to the lobby of the back house to talk with his mother. Since Ye Zitong was injured by Ye Tianming, the old lady Ye was deeply dissatisfied with her son's brute force and ignored him for two days. Ye Tianming knelt outside his mother's house for all night, and spared no effort to find a famous doctor to heal her daughter. The old lady forced her to forgive him and forced him to make a promise that she would no longer beat and scold her children.

The living room was very deserted, Zi Tong was injured and could not come out, while Su Tong said she was uncomfortable and did not want to come over. Her granddaughter-in-law had to take care of Zi Tong, but she couldn't get rid of herself. One of the two grandsons returned to her hometown to take the provincial exam, and the other was studying hard. There were only Ye Tianming and his wife and the old lady in the living room.

The three of them said nothing. Old Lady Ye's face became more and more gloomy. She paused her crutch and angrily scolded her son: "Look at the good things you did, and injured Datong Tong. Now there are no ones to talk to. In the past, grandchildren, and granddaughter-in-law were all together, how lively it was. Now? The three of them stared at each other with big eyes like black eyes. I simply didn't want you to accompany you. Go!"

Seeing that his mother was angry again, Ye Tianming hurriedly knelt down and said, "The child is angry with his mother, please punish him!"

"Punishment?" Old Lady Ye sneered: "How dare I punish you? If I dare to punish you, wouldn't you remove one of my old bones?"

When Mrs. Ye saw her husband kneeling down, she quickly knelt next to Ye Tianming and said, "Mother, Tianming punished her daughter for her good. We were too indulgent to Zitong before. If we no longer disciplined her strictly, she might cause a big disaster in the future."

When Mrs. Ye saw that his wife had knelt down, she sighed and said, "Get up! I hate him for being an official for so many years, and he can't even calculate the minimum account. He is such a big man, and he speaks like a child. He always yells about breaking the Li family with one stone. If you really dare to do that, our Ye family's reputation in his hometown will be ruined. Do you understand?"

Ye Tianming stood up, stood beside his mother with his hands hanging down, and whispered: "Children are stupid, please teach me."

"Do I have to teach this?" Mrs. Ye glanced at him and said, "One daughter can't get married, but someone is infatuated with you, but there are other daughters who don't like it, but how many people are rushing to ask for it. If I were you, I will fulfill Zi Tong. Anyway, don't you think he is an Embroidered Uniform Guard? In this way, the little Tongtong is free. You can find a son-in-law who can really like you and help you in the officialdom. Wouldn't this kill two birds with one stone?"

The mother's meaning is already very obvious. She wanted to marry Zi Tong to Li Weizheng in exchange for the Li family and Su Tong to terminate the engagement. Ye Tianming was actually unwilling to do this. Wouldn't he also have a relationship with the Jinyiwei if he gave his eldest daughter? When he was a hundred households in the past, he might have expected him to leave the Jinyiwei, but now it is even more difficult to be a thousand households. Although he was unwilling in his heart, he dared not disobey his mother's orders. He sighed inwardly and said, "My mother would like to let me think about this matter."

"Okay! I'll let you think about it again, but don't think of dragging me back. At the latest, you will give me a clear answer tomorrow."

Ye Tianming returned to the room with doubts. He didn't understand why his mother was so anxious to marry Zitong out, and forced him to give an answer tomorrow. How could he ask him to answer? Ye Tianming sat depressedly on the chair without saying a word. At this time, Mrs. Ye also slowly walked into the room, moved her mouth, wanted to speak but stopped, but sighed deeply.

"What happened?" Ye Tianming couldn't help but feel a little suspicious when he saw his wife's worried look.

"Master," Mrs. Ye said hesitantly: "We should marry Zi Tong to Li Dalang as soon as possible!"

"What happened! Tell me quickly."

Ye Tianming finally discovered the abnormality. Something must have happened, otherwise the mother and wife would not be so weird. Seeing that her husband had been hesitating, Mrs. Ye thought that as long as he told him the truth, he would marry Zi Tong out to cover up the ugly things. Under her husband's repeated urging, she could no longer hide it, so she whispered: "I just asked the doctor to diagnose it. Zi Tong was happy."

"What!" Ye Tianming was stunned. He slowly turned around and looked at his wife indisputably. "Happy Mai?" His mind was blank. Suddenly, an unprecedented anger rose from the depths of his heart. He hysterically erupted, picked up a chair and rushed out, roaring: "I'll kill that evil man!"

Mrs. Ye was so scared that she was out of her mind. She hugged her husband's legs and cried, "Master, you can't! She has been hurt by you. If you hit her, it will really kill her. My mother will not be able to support her. Our family is over."

Perhaps because of his mother, Ye Tianming calmed down. He put down the chair, sat down dejectedly, and asked weakly: "How many people know about this?"

“So far, no one knows except me and my mother.”

Ye Tianming was silent again. After a while, he suddenly asked coldly again: "Is that doctor still here?"

A word reminded Mrs. Ye. She asked the doctor to rest, but forgot him. She hurriedly said, "I don't know if he has left, so I'll ask someone to go and have a look."

"No need, I'll go and talk to him in person." At this moment, Ye Tianming finally made up his mind.

In the guest room, the doctor was restless and paced back and forth. His name was Yang Hongjian, a famous doctor in the capital. He waited in the small guest room for almost an hour, but the master had not met him. He also knew that the Ye family had already had a turmoil and had no time to meet him again. He put away the medicine box and was about to leave, but the door opened. Ye Tianming walked in quickly.

"Let Doctor Yang wait for a long time!" Ye Tianming bowed and apologized.

"No! No! Lord Ye is busy with official business, so he only waited for a while, so it's okay."

Ye Tianming smiled and asked him to sit down. At this time, the maid came to serve tea. Ye Tianming waved his hand and ordered everyone to retreat. Only the two of them were left in the room. Ye Tianming sighed softly and said, "I am unfortunate to have this ugly incident. I am the one who cherishes reputation. I also beg Dr. Yang to keep this matter confidential."

Doctor Yang quickly stood up and said, "Don't worry, Lord Ye, I am the one who eats this bowl of rice. I will never disclose the patient's privacy. If I leak it, how can I do it in the future?"

Ye Tianming heard what he said makes sense and felt relieved. He smiled and pushed a heavy bag in his hand to Doctor Yang and said, "This is two hundred taels of silver. Thank you for coming to the doctor."

Doctor Yang was shocked. He only charged two taels of silver at most when he went to the hospital. How could he ask for two hundred taels of silver? He waved his hand and said, "Mr. Ye is still worried about me, so I just said that it will never be revealed. This is the rule of our industry. I must not collect the silver. I am sorry! I have said goodbye."

After saying that, he got up and wanted to leave, but Ye Tianming grabbed him and said with a smile: "This money is something for you, not a medical treatment. Doctor Yang, please sit down."

Doctor Yang sat down again and looked at him hesitantly, not understanding what else would be worth 200 taels of silver. Ye Tianming hesitated for a long time and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I want to ask Doctor Yang to prescribe a medicine to abort this evil fetus for me!"

Doctor Yang was shocked and wanted him to have an abortion. No wonder he had to pay 200 taels of silver. This abortion is extraordinary. As the saying goes, "Abortion is like miscarriage". On the one hand, it is extremely harmful to the pregnant woman's body and it is very likely that she will finally be infertile. Moreover, if it is a male fetus, the blow to the man's family is also extraordinary. There has been such a precedent before. The woman's family secretly aborted her without hiding the man's family. As a result, the doctor was injured and beaten to death by the man. Moreover, Ye Zitong's fetus has been formed for three months. More importantly, this is also a violation of medical ethics for the doctor. Doctors with a little reputation will never do it.

Doctor Yang's face immediately sank. Ye Tianming asked him to have an abortion, which was simply an insult to him. He stood up and said coldly: "Mr. Ye, don't say that you paid 200 taels of silver, even if you paid 1,000 taels of silver, this kind of thing is contrary to the harmony of heaven. I'm sorry, I can't obey my orders. Please ask Gao Ming!"

After saying that, he ignored Ye Tianming and turned around and left. As soon as Doctor Yang left, Mrs. Ye, who had been eavesdropping, rushed into the room and knelt down, begging Ye Tianming, saying, "Master, I beg you to spare Zitong! The child is ignorant and made a mistake, but she is your child after all, so you should do as your mother says and marry Zitong to Li Dalang. This is the best of both worlds. Master, I beg you!"

"Don't say it anymore. I have decided to do this, don't worry about it!" Ye Tianming's heart was as cold as iron. Since Doctor Yang refused to abort him, he would send Ye Zitong back to his hometown and let people in his hometown use abortion. He would not care about his daughter's life or death. In any case, he would never let his daughter affect his future. And he would leave overnight tonight. If his daughter had the life and death, he would let her become a monk and become a nun.

He broke free from his wife's hand, lowered his head and threatened her, "You are not allowed to tell your mother what you heard just now, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude to you."

Mrs. Ye was sad and thought of her husband's cruelty and her daughter's misfortune. She had no choice but to hold her face and cry.

The night had quietly come, and the moon had not yet come up. The lights in the streets and alleys of the capital were lit one after another. In the room, Li Wei was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back. After Qianqian came back, she had already told him about Zi Tong's serious illness. She didn't know the specific situation. She just told Dr. Li Wei Zheng that after seeing the disease, Mrs. Ye was a little disobedient and Zi Tong was also very sad.

Li Weizheng was in an extremely heavy mood. He vaguely guessed that Zi Tong might be pregnant, otherwise the Ye family would not be so nervous and Zi Tong would not be so depressed. He also knew that this was his responsibility. His momentary recklessness caused serious consequences to Zi Tong. He was also very regretful, but the matter had been done and there was no regret. Now he only needs to do one thing and take on this responsibility.

At this time, someone outside knocked on the door gently, "Come in!" Li Wei was awakened from his thoughts. The door opened. He personally led a person in front of Jiao Sanlang. It was Yang Hongjian, a famous doctor who treated Ye Zitong in the afternoon. He was invited by the Jinyiwei and said that Qianhu was looking for him. Yang Hongjian was uneasy. He was not good for the passing of time today. Ye Tianming just asked him to have an abortion. Now Qianhu was looking for him again. He lamented in his heart, but he didn't dare not come.

"See Lord Qianhu!" Yang Hongjian's attitude towards Li Weizheng was obviously much more respectful. Ye Tianming was a civil servant and dared not do anything to him, but Li Weizheng was a Qianhu, a Jinyiwei, who killed people without blinking. If there was any mistake, he would be arrested and tortured in the imperial prison. Why don't he know how to die?

"Mr. Yang, please sit down." Li Weizheng was also very polite, asking him to sit down, and then he had to have a tea again, but the more this happened, the more uneasy Yang Hongjian felt. Logically, if you see a doctor, you should go to see the patient first. Why sit down and drink tea first? He blew a little drum in his heart and asked nervously: "I don't know if the adults are asking me..."

Li Wei was just seeing his nervousness, and then smiled and said, "I asked you to ask Lord Ye for his daughter. I heard you had treated him in the afternoon."

Yang Hongjian still didn't understand what it had to do with Miss Ye's illness. He suddenly had an idea, could it be that the person who caused Miss Ye to become pregnant would be wrong, so the Jinyiwei was catching evidence.

With this idea, he became even more frightened. He didn't want to get involved in any major case. His teeth couldn't help but start a fight. Li Wei was stunned when he saw that he was so scared. He immediately understood that it must be the doctor who thought he was handling the case. He didn't know how to speak about this matter. Seeing that the doctor misunderstood, he simply made a mistake and said coldly: "Since you have guessed it, I won't hide it from you. I want to investigate Ye Tianming. If you know this, take this opportunity to tell you what you know. I will let you go home. This matter has nothing to do with you from now on. Otherwise, you will talk in the Jinyiwei Yamen tomorrow morning, and you will have no tea at that time."

Yang Hongjian could no longer sit still, so he stood up and bowed and said, "Please ask Master Qianhu, I will tell you everything."

Human nature has weaknesses. The reason why Yang Hongjian refused Ye Tianming was because abortion would ruin his reputation and he was not short of money, so Ye Tianming used money to bribe him. More importantly, Ye Tianming was a civil servant. He was not afraid of such a gentle and polite civil servant, but Li Weizheng was different. Although he had no money, he had a power that made Yang Hong afraid the most, that is death. Li Weizheng could make him disappear in the world like a kill an ant. This is exactly what Yang Hongjian was most afraid of. Under the threat of death, all professional ethics and principles of life became unimportant.

"Very good, let me ask you, what kind of disease does Miss Ye have? Is he pregnant?" Li Weizheng asked in an understatement, as if he was really investigating the case.

Yang Hongjian said tremblingly: "Yes! She is indeed pregnant, the villain infers that it has been three months."

Li Wei hadn't spoken for a long time, but it was exactly as he guessed. Zi Tongzhen was pregnant, and he felt like he was experiencing a tide in his heart. He really wanted to fly to the Ye family, but his face was still very calm. He took a sip of tea and asked, "What's the attitude of the Ye family? Is there any reaction?"

"Reported to Qianhu, after seeing the disease, I went to the guest room to wait. I really don't know what the Ye family's attitude is, but Lord Ye later asked me and he wanted..."

"What is he going to do?" Li Weizheng's voice suddenly became stern, and the tension on his face could no longer be concealed.

"He wants it, he wants me to help him with an abortion, but I will never agree."

In an alley, Li Wei was riding on a horse in a Jinyiwei flying fish suit, wearing an embroidered spring knife, and staring indifferently at the gate of Ye Mansion fifty steps away. At this moment, his heart was dark. Ye Tianming's decision to have an abortion cut off his last fantasy of Ye Tianming. If it weren't for Ye Zitong's father, he would have pulled him into Zhou Dexing's case without hesitation. Perhaps Li Weizheng himself did not realize that when he seized the power of the three institutes with the most bloody and cruel means, his heart gradually became darker, and he was in a dyed vat, and his clothes were not white.

Ye Zitong is his woman, and the child in her belly is also his flesh and blood. Without his consent, Ye Tianming actually wanted to kill his child. A trace of murderous intent burst out in Li Weizheng's eyes.

Behind him, fifty fully armed Jinyiwei Captains did not say a word, waiting for Qianhu's order. After a moment, the door of Ye Mansion opened, and Ye Tianming walked out in the darkness. He looked at Li Weizheng who had been dozens of steps and shouted: "Li Weizheng, do you still have the face to see me?"

"Where are hers?" Li Wei was saying coldly.

Ye Tianming sneered, "Li Qianhu is actually wearing official uniforms. Are you not afraid that I will impeach you for public purposes to the emperor?"

"Where are hers?" Li Weizheng asked coldly again.

Ye Tianming was also a little nervous. Li Weizheng's indifference made him unable to see the image of the gentle and polite Li Dalang in the past. He was really a cruel and vicious Jinyiwei Qianhu. He knew that Jinyiwei always adhered to the principle of "preferring a thousand people by mistake" than letting go. Under this principle, the emperor would not blame his hawks. This is also the main reason why Ye Tianming dared not to break the marriage explicitly. He did not dare to really offend Li Weizheng in his bones.

Ye Tianming coughed and said loudly: "You know what you have done yourself. I have sent Zi Tong back to my hometown a few days ago. She has married someone else and has nothing to do with you from now on."

Li Wei was staring at his eyes. After a while, he suddenly turned around and left. In an instant, the front of the Ye Mansion was deserted and there was no one left. Ye Tianming touched the back of his head. Of course, he knew that Li Weizheng would not give up. In fact, he had forced Ye Zitong away two hours ago. He suddenly shuddered in his heart. Could it be that he was going to chase him?

As soon as he thought of this, Ye Tianming was anxious. He immediately ordered someone to get on the carriage and chase him towards Jubao Gate. He also admitted his truth. No matter what, his daughter could not enter the Li family's door.

As soon as Ye Tianming left, two Jinyiwei lieutenants appeared in the dark, one followed Ye Tianming, while the other reported to Li Weizheng.

Ye Zitong's carriage had been ten miles away from the capital. More than a dozen servants were guarding the left and right. They were ordered not to let Ye Zitong escape and took her back to her hometown. Even the car window was nailed with wooden strips from inside. Ye Zitong looked through the wooden strips and looked at the shadow of the city wall that was getting farther and farther away, and her heart was filled with sorrow. Is this her life? The road ahead was covered in black fog, and the dawn was no longer visible.

"Miss, how can the master do this? Do you treat us as prisoners?" The little maid next to him looked at the wooden strips on the window and said angrily: "How can a father treat his daughter like this? What mistake did his daughter make? He first beat and scolded him, but now he is escorted back to his hometown. It's a pity that he is a scholar!"

"Stop talking." Ye Zitong stared at the official road outside the car window. At this moment, she was so eager for Dalang to ride on his horse, take her away, take her to the ends of the world, and bring her to the uninhabited mountains. She was tired of the world, but she also knew that this could only appear in her dreams.

"Dalang, goodbye forever!" Ye Zitong murmured to herself in a low voice, "I will give birth to your child, raise him well, forget me! Dalang, I wish you happiness."
To be continued...