Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 150 Canglan Ferry (20)

Upon hearing this, Xu's smile faded.

My son has been home for more than 20 days now, and he stays in the Bamboo Garden every night. He has never even stepped into the Brocade Garden.

She knew about this.

Xu was an experienced woman, and Pei Yuanhong also had several concubines. She knew very well the hardships and difficulties of being a woman in the inner quarters.

Seeing Yan Jinhe's bitter expression, which she couldn't express due to her status as the principal wife, and recalling the troubles Yan Jinhe had caused for the Duke's mansion in the past two years since her marriage, Xu felt a surge of guilt and pity for her, which overshadowed the joy of receiving Jiang Li's gift.

They even felt that Jiang Li was taking advantage of her son's favor to bully Yan Jinhe, which was really wrong.

"I'm sorry to have troubled you." Madam Xu put down the beauty cream and said, "Don't worry, I'll go talk to Jiang Li right now. If she tries to take over the beauty cream business, I will definitely not forgive her!"

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On the other side, after finishing his work, Yan Zhen asked Mingyu to move a rocking chair to the shade of a tree in the yard, where he lay down to cool off and eat chilled watermelon.

On a hot summer day, a cool breeze blew under the shade of the trees. She lay on the chair, rocking back and forth, feeling quite comfortable.

Before long, Mingyu came in to report that her mother-in-law, Madam Xu, had arrived.

Yan Zhen replied with "I know," and after a moment's thought, he could roughly guess why Madam Xu had come all this way.

The beauty cream business couldn't be kept secret once it grew big, and she didn't intend to hide it anyway, as Yan Jinhe was bound to be envious.

In order to prevent her from monopolizing the huge profits from the beauty cream, Yan Jinhe will most likely use the pretext of seeking profits for the Duke's mansion to have Xu Shi step in and force her to hand over the formula for the beauty cream.

Once the formula falls into Yan Jinhe's hands, given her connections in the capital, she will completely eliminate her once she gets her hands on it.

Just as Yan Zhen had figured out what had happened, Madam Xu came in.

Yan Zhen lay still, supporting her belly with one hand, and slightly raised her head, her eyes and brows showing signs of fatigue: "Mother."

Xu had come in a huff, intending to give Yan Zhen a hard time and then take the opportunity to get her to hand over the beauty cream recipe.

But when she actually stood in front of Yan Zhen and saw her tired face, and thinking of the pile of good stuff she had collected in her room, her tone immediately softened: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Yan Zhen sighed: "I've been working non-stop these days, busy making beauty cream. My body can't take it anymore, so I can't greet Mother. I hope Mother won't mind."

The young beauty in her teens spoke in a soft voice, revealing such a vulnerable expression, and Madam Xu's heart softened immediately: "Don't mention it, you're carrying a heavy load, just lie down if you're tired."

Yan Zhen asked Mingyu to bring out a chair for Xu Shi to sit on. Before she could speak, he preemptively began to complain: "Making the beauty cream is not easy. My body is getting heavier and heavier. I don't know how much longer I can continue. If I hadn't sworn a solemn oath before my master that the family secret recipe would not be passed on to outsiders, I would really want to hand over this business and save myself from working so hard every day."

Madam Xu was taken aback: "Swear a solemn oath never to reveal the secret recipe?"

"Correct."

Madam Xu muttered, "Isn't it said that doctors have a benevolent heart to help all under heaven? Your grandmaster is really stingy, holding onto such a good prescription and not letting it be passed on..."

After she finished speaking, she advised Yan Zhen: "Oh dear, oaths and such are meaningless. It doesn't matter if you break them. Since you can't stand the hard work, give me the prescription and then focus on your pregnancy. If you give birth to a healthy baby boy for Zhou'er, you will be a great contributor to our Duke's Mansion."

Yan Zhen sneered inwardly; Xu Shi had indeed been instigated to come and ask for the prescription.

She looked troubled: "Mother, it's not that I'm unwilling to give it, but if I give out the prescription, my unborn child and I will not survive, and it will also implicate the Duke's mansion."

Madam Xu was startled: "Why?"

Yan Zhen took out a purple clay teapot from his sleeve and opened it in front of Madam Xu.

A plump worm slowly crawled out, its ferocious appearance startling Xu, who jumped up and backed away, asking, "What is this thing? Why are you carrying it with you?"

"There are three Gu worms in total for the Poison Oath Gu. One is here, one is inside my body, and the other is being raised in my sect. The three Gu worms are interconnected."

Yan Zhen spoke nonsense with a straight face, “The sect has an order that all disciples who have entered the sect must swallow a Gu worm and swear a poisonous oath not to pass on what they have learned to anyone outside the sect. If they break the oath, the Gu worm in my body will become poisonous and kill me, and the Gu worm I carry with me will die suddenly. When the Gu worm in the sect senses this, the master will lead people down the mountain to kill all those who have obtained the secret formula.”

Madam Xu was stunned: "This...is it true?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Yan Zhen smiled bitterly. "Even if I said that making beauty cream to sell for money, it is not allowed according to the rules of the sect. However, Pei Lang needs money to bribe officials and the family is really short of money, so I had no choice but to risk taking out the recipe to make beauty cream."

When Xu heard that she was risking her life to sell the beauty cream for her son's career, she was deeply moved. She immediately gave up the idea of ​​asking for the recipe, told her to rest well and not to overwork herself, and then left.

Xu returned to Jinxiu Garden and relayed Yan Zhen's words to Yan Jinhe.

Yan Jinhe knew immediately that Yan Zhen was talking nonsense. She quickly said, "Now that Sister Jiang has entered our Duke's Mansion, she will be a member of the Duke's Mansion. How can we let her be controlled by a Gu worm for the rest of her life?"

"Why not use this as an excuse to reveal the formula and lure out her sect? A mere martial arts sect wouldn't dare oppose the Duke's mansion, would they? Then we can have her sect cure the poison, free Jiang Meimei, and we can take over the beauty cream business and expand it. What do you think, Mother?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Xu gave Yan Jinhe a strange look.

"Jinhe, you're risking Jiang's life!" Madam Xu was simple-minded, but not brainless. "Jiang said that if she breaks her oath, she will die from the poison. What if it affects the child in her womb?"

Yan Jinhe paused, realizing that she had been a bit too hasty.

Before she could explain, Madam Xu continued, "I know you've suffered these past few days, but we women consider our husbands our heaven. Since Wangzhou likes that Jiang woman, as the mistress of the house, you should be more tolerant of her. You must not resort to those underhanded tricks just to compete for her affections."

As the old saying goes, "It's not the light in the front yard that's worrisome, but the fire in the back." Strife among wives and concubines is the root of family calamities. You mustn't make that mistake, understand?

Yan Jinhe almost ground her teeth to powder after being "reminded" by her, but she still had to put on a submissive look: "Mother is right."

Madam Xu gave a few more words of advice before leaving.

As soon as she left, Yan Jinhe said resentfully, "That soft-hearted idiot!"

She believes whatever people tell her!

And then there's Jiang Li. She refuses to hand over the recipe for the beauty cream. I can't just stand by and watch her grow stronger and win over the hearts of everyone in the Duke's mansion.

Since she wasn't willing to share, she decided to ruin the business.

She quickly came up with an idea that would not only ruin the business, but also bring Jiang Li to her doom!