Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 778 - 731 Surprise (2)

After lunch, Li Yuzhu was taken by the housekeeper beside Mrs. Pei to administer acupuncture to Prime Minister Pei, while the idle Li Yuwen brought Lady Sun to see Old Madam Pei.

Li Yuwen walked for a while, feeling tired, she found a shady spot to sit and rest.

Lady Sun held her small fan, fanning a cool breeze towards her.

The two chatted idly about domestic affairs, when a few people rounded the corner not far ahead.

Those people saw Li Yuwen, hesitated, whispered something to each other, and then walked towards Li Yuwen.

"Young Mistress, it’s Third Young Madam Pei and Fourth Young Madam Pei." Lady Sun quietly reminded Li Yuwen upon seeing those two arrogant women.

"I saw them. When they get here, slap each of them twice." Li Yuwen smiled slightly, "I didn’t provoke them, yet they dared to sow discord in front of the madam and incited the Great Princess to discipline me. Are they too free?"

Lady Sun raised her eyebrows, "Understood, Young Mistress."

Soon, Third Young Madam Pei and Fourth Young Madam Pei walked up to Li Yuwen.

"Is it Fifth Sister-in-law? What are you doing sitting here?" Third Young Madam Pei looked around, "Servants come and go here, sitting here doesn’t look good."

This was a corridor.

On both sides were small gardens, shielded from the sun but breezy.

However, there was nowhere to sit in the corridor; Li Yuwen was currently sitting on a stone pedestal by the railing.

"Did you sit like this in the countryside?" Fourth Young Madam Pei pointed to the stone pedestal, covering her mouth with a smile.

Although Mrs. Pei had reminded them that Li Yuwen was Prince Luling’s eldest daughter, the former Great Princess.

But they still didn’t care; Li Yuwen’s princess status had been stripped, her standing lower than theirs.

Li Yuwen stared at them coldly, not speaking.

Lady Sun rolled up her sleeves, walking towards the two, smilingly, "You really are idle. Our Young Mistress can sit wherever she wants. What’s it to you?"

She aggressively charged forward, slapping the two women on both sides.

The two women didn’t react, only hearing two sharp sounds, and each received two slaps.

Suddenly, their faces burned with pain,

The two maids accompanying them were startled, staring dumbfounded.

The two women regained their senses, pointing at Li Yuwen angrily, "You... you... you dared to instigate servants to hit us?"

"So what if I did?" Li Yuwen raised her head, her expression indifferent, "Want more?"

The two women, "..."

How dare they fight back?

Li Yuwen’s nanny was as fierce as a banshee.

Mr. Pei, accompanied by a servant, also walked into the corridor from the corner. Seeing Li Yuwen’s people hitting others, he was so terrified he ran away, clutching his robe.

This scene was witnessed by Third Young Madam Pei and Fourth Young Madam Pei, only then did they realize that Li Yuwen was indeed domineering.

Covering their faces, they could only slink away.

"Really just too idle!" Li Yuwen flicked her sleeve, stood up, "I’ve had enough rest, Lady Sun, let’s go and speak with Old Madam."

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Third Young Madam Pei and Fourth Young Madam Pei, feeling wronged after being hit, went together to complain to Mrs. Pei.

Mrs. Pei, seeing their state, not only didn’t speak for them but coldly laughed, "Didn’t I warn you? Don’t provoke the Li Family; she’s not easy to deal with, why didn’t you listen?"

Third Young Madam Pei held her face, "Mother..." How was she to know that Li Yuwen would really dare to hit people?

"Enough, enough, it’s just a couple of slaps, no arms or legs broken, what’s the big deal? Go to your yard, find some cooling medicine to reduce swelling, it will be gone in a couple of days. Father is receiving treatment, I need to go and attend to him, you may go." Mrs. Pei stood up.

This was a dismissal.

Third Young Madam Pei and Fourth Young Madam Pei looked at each other, swallowed their anger, and returned to their rooms.

Their husbands asked them why they were beaten; they feared their husbands would be beaten by Li Yuwen, for they saw with their own eyes that Mr. Pei fled like a rat before a cat upon seeing Li Yuwen.

Mr. Pei was so fearful; how could they dare tell their husbands the truth, risk them getting hit?

They only brushed it off by saying the hot weather caused the skin on their face to inflame.

As for their maids, they dared not say another word.

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Li Yuzhu administered acupuncture treatment to Prime Minister Pei, working until evening, prescribed some medicine, agreed on the next visit.

Mrs. Pei, as usual, gave the consultation fee, and Li Yuzhu accepted it openly without hesitation.

Mrs. Pei thought to herself, they all said Prince Luling’s youngest daughter was a muddle-headed person, how come after more than two years, she has become so clever?

Could the rumors be false?

When dinner was being arranged at the mansion, Pei Shenyan and Mu Yuanxiu came to pick up the two sisters to go back home.

Li Yuzhu and Li Yuwen didn’t have dinner at the Pei Family, but took a carriage back to Pei Shenyan’s new residence. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

After the four of them got off the carriage, Mu Yuanxiu said he would go arrange dinner and headed to the kitchen with Li Yuzhu.

Li Yuwen grabbed Pei Shenyan’s hand, starting to act coquettishly, "Husband..."

Her voice was soft.

Pei Shenyan, holding her hand in return, smiled and said, "Tired? I’ll give you a shoulder rub when we get back inside."

Li Yuwen looked at him, lifting the corners of her lips with a smile on her face.

Seeing her smile so oddly, Pei Shenyan asked, "Why are you so happy today?"

"If you carry me back, I’ll tell you." Li Yuwen stood her ground, refusing to walk.

Lady Sun noticed how the two were getting all lovey-dovey again, held back a laugh, and walked away.

Pei Shenyan cleared his throat, embarrassingly squatting down, "Come, get on."

Li Yuwen happily climbed onto his back, "Let’s go."

Pei Shenyan glanced back at her, smiled, and carried Li Yuwen back to their bedroom in the East Courtyard.

"Alright, we’re here, you can get down now." Pei Shenyan squatted down to let Li Yuwen dismount easily.

But Li Yuwen remained hanging on Pei Shenyan’s back, hugging his neck, "No, I’m tired."

Pei Shenyan was slightly taken aback; today Li Yuwen was unusually clingy, which wasn’t her usual demeanor.

"Yu Wen, are you feeling unwell somewhere?" Pei Shenyan removed her hands and turned around to look at her.

Li Yuwen stood up, bent over, and rubbed her stomach, "Stomach..."

Pei Shenyan was shocked, "What’s wrong with your stomach? You’ve had a poor appetite these days, could it be heat stroke? Lie down on the cool chair, and I’ll go get some cooling pills from third sister."

Li Yuwen, holding back laughter, pulled him back, "I don’t need cooling pills, I want abortion prevention pills."

Pei Shenyan froze, "Wha... what?"

Li Yuwen pursed her lips, smiled, and glanced at him, "You’re such a bookworm, haven’t you considered that with your nightly efforts, there would be results?"

Overjoyed, Pei Shenyan embraced Li Yuwen, "Yu Wen, are you saying, I’m going to be a father?"

"Gently, I’m starting to feel breathless." Li Yuwen gently pushed Pei Shenyan.

Pei Shenyan released her, laid her on the recliner comfortably, "Wonderful, I’m going to be a father. By the way, how big is the baby? Have you had third sister check it?" Saying this, Pei Shenyan reached to touch Li Yuwen’s stomach. After a while, he frowned, "Why is the stomach flat? Where’s the baby?"

Li Yuwen, "..." She laughed with exasperation and patted Pei Shenyan’s hand, "It’s been only a few days since we consummated, and you’re asking how big the baby is? I asked third sister, she said it’s at most the size of a bean."

Pei Shenyan tilted his head, trying to imagine the size of a bean.

Unable to come up with an idea, he looked up and saw the earrings on Li Yuwen’s earlobes, tiny pearl earrings the size of beans.

Pei Shenyan frowned, their child, is only this small?

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Li Yuwen, feeling fatigued, didn’t go to the kitchen for dinner. Pei Shenyan brought the meal to the bedroom.

Besides the meal, there was a bowl of medicine, and a small bottle of pills.

Li Yuwen looked at the steaming medicinal soup, frowned, "I don’t have heat stroke, no need for cooling medicine."

Pei Shenyan, holding the medicine bowl, blew on it, smiled at her, "This is the abortion prevention soup personally brewed for you by third sister, one bowl morning and evening every day, until childbirth. These pills, too, once in the morning and once in the evening, one pill each time."

Li Yuwen’s face became longer, "Is she making fun of me?"

Pei Shenyan laughed, "You two sisters really have mutual understanding, yes, you guessed right. She also said, this medicine isn’t too bitter, there’s ejiao in today’s dose."

Li Yuwen sneered, "Just you wait, hmph, I’ll make fun of her too!"

She glanced at the medicine bowl, sighed, and drank it all in one go.

It was unbearably bitter, not sweet at all!

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Though Third Young Madam Pei and Fourth Young Madam Pei didn’t dare to tell their husbands about being beaten by Li Yuwen, they did reveal Li Yuwen’s identity to them.

Third Young Master Pei and Fourth Young Master Pei had only seen Li Yuwen from afar in the previous days and had never spoken to her.

Once they heard that Pei Shenyan’s wife was actually Li Yuwen, the eldest daughter of Prince Luling, they were both greatly startled.