Chapter 536: Death is Imminent!【1】

Niu Yaodi's gaze was somewhat dazed, and she whispered to herself to comfort herself.

"I... I'm just guessing, it should... it shouldn't be a problem, right."

Dong Huang was so scared his face turned pale.

Originally, Dong Huang had felt some regret these past few days, regretting that he had listened to Niu Yaodi's nonsense that day.

But it was too late to regret now; the deed was done.

Dong Huang could only pray.

Pray that it would be successful.

Just as Dong Huang was thinking, a commotion suddenly came from outside the courtyard.

Dong Huang, coming back to his senses, immediately looked toward the outside of the courtyard.

Niu Yaodi's personal maid knocked on the door from outside: "My Lady, My Lady, General Duan has returned, and everyone in the office has run to welcome General Duan."

"Ah?"

Hearing the voice from outside, Niu Yaodi was stunned.

Duan Yu has returned?

He...

Why isn't he dead?

"This..."

Niu Yaodi looked at Dong Huang.

"Could it be that the maid you assigned didn't dare to make a move on Duan Yu?" Dong Huang lowered his voice: "But that's good, that's good, what if it was exposed, you and I would both be finished."

Niu Yaodi frowned and pondered: "That shouldn't be, how would that dead girl dare to disobey."

I don't know why, but hearing that Duan Yu was fine, Dong Huang felt a bit relieved.

"Forget it, forget it, don't mention this matter again." Dong Huang looked at Niu Yaodi.

But this sentence brought Niu Yaodi's contempt.

"Dong Huang, I really misjudged you." Niu Yaodi said with contempt: "Are you that afraid of Duan Yu?"

"Duan Yu's status today was all bestowed by your Dong clan; if it weren't for your uncle, Duan Yu would still be hunting in the mountains for a living."

"Everything he possesses today should have been your Dong clan's."

"You don't care, but what about the child in my belly?"

"The child in my belly is the legitimate son of the Dong clan; when he is born, is this vast family fortune of the Dong clan to be inherited by an outsider?"

Dong Huang, standing there, was flushed with shame.

"Then... then what do you want me to do?" Dong Huang glared: "Do you want me to go and kill Duan Yu?"

Niu Yaodi gritted her teeth and said: "I don't care, even if you can't kill Duan Yu, you go to Hedong Commandery yourself."

"We must do that salt-trading business."

After Niu Yaodi finished speaking, she flicked her sleeves and walked toward the outside of the house.

Inside the Prefectural Office.

Upon hearing that Duan Yu was returning, the entire Prefectural Office became busy.

Dong Yi, who was pregnant, along with Diaochan and Suhe, had already walked out of the office gate.

A carriage had already been prepared in front of the office gate.

The guards in the office had also gathered outside the gate.

Niu Yaodi and Dong Huang also arrived in front of the gate at this time.

"Yi'er, since my brother-in-law has returned, why didn't you come to notify me?" Niu Yaodi twisted her voluptuous waist and said while walking toward the outside of the gate.

Not far behind was Dong Huang.

Dong Yi, who was wearing a white fox-fur cloak and preparing to board the carriage with the help of a maid, stopped and looked back at Niu Yaodi and Dong Huang not far away.

Her joyful mood instantly plummeted to the bottom.

"Since... since sister-in-law and elder brother have come, then let's go together." Dong Yi said after hesitating.

Niu Yaodi nodded with a smile: "My brother-in-law has returned victorious, so as his sister-in-law, I should naturally celebrate for him."

"I'm afraid my brother-in-law will be promoted again this time."

Niu Yaodi said, and without ceremony, walked directly to Dong Yi's carriage.

Dong Huang followed behind.

On the other side, Jia Xu, Liu Bai Tu, and others had also arrived.

It was just that the two were standing near Diaochan's carriage.

Liu Bai Tu personally helped Diaochan board the carriage, and then the motorcade headed toward the east gate of Jixian.

In the motorcade, Dong Yi's spacious carriage held Dong Yi, Niu Yaodi, and Dong Huang's family.

Dong Yi, wearing a white fox-fur coat and holding a bronze hand-warmer, kept her gaze lowered.

Niu Yaodi glanced at Dong Huang, who was sitting silently on the side, and then looked at Dong Yi.

Then she smiled and said: "Yi'er, you're almost due in a few months, right?"

Dong Yi nodded: "The female physician says it's soon."

Niu Yaodi smiled and said: "Yi'er, you are truly blessed to have found such a good man, a capable man. In less than a year, he has been enfeoffed as a marquis and appointed as a general. At the speed of his promotion, it is not impossible for him to become one of the Three Excellencies or Nine Ministers in the future."

"It is truly enviable."

Listening to Niu Yaodi's words, Dong Yi just smiled slightly and did not express any stance.

Instead, Niu Yaodi seemed to have opened a chatterbox and kept talking endlessly.

"Yi'er, as a member of the Dong family, there are some things that others find hard to say, but as your sister-in-law, I must say them."

Niu Yaodi gestured mysteriously toward the carriage behind the motorcade.

The person sitting in the carriage behind was none other than Diaochan.

"Sister-in-law..." Dong Yi asked with her eyebrows slightly furrowed: "What does sister-in-law want to say?"

Niu Yaodi lowered her voice and said: "Yi'er, you know that since ancient times, there is a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate. The Marquis now has a large family and business, and the future family business and titles must be inherited by someone."

"I heard that you and that woman named Diaochan do not distinguish between big and small; how can this be?"

"And, you are both pregnant at similar times; if she gives birth first and it is a boy, and if you are also carrying a boy, then who will be the legitimate son and who will be the illegitimate son?"

"Who will inherit the Marquis's family business and title in the future?"

"Has sister not considered these things?"

Dong Yi pursed her lips, holding the hand-warmer with both hands.

To be honest, Dong Yi had not considered this question before.

Given her husband Duan Yu's age, it was still too early to talk about inheriting the family business.

Besides, it was not certain that the children she and Diaochan were carrying were both boys.

But ever since Niu Yaodi and Dong Huang arrived in Jixian and the subsequent events occurred, Dong Yi had considered it.

The Dong family had such a scandal.

It was one thing for Niu Yaodi and Dong Huang to commit adultery.

But they actually had thoughts of harming her husband Duan Yu.

This was equivalent to putting the entire Dong clan on a fire to roast.

It was no longer a question of considering legitimacy; Dong Yi didn't even know how to face Duan Yu now.

Originally, Dong Yi felt somewhat troubled.

Hearing Niu Yaodi still thinking about inciting strife in the inner household at such a time, Dong Yi didn't even have the interest to talk to Niu Yaodi.

Looking at Niu Yaodi, finding that Dong Yi's expression was heavy, she thought she had hit the mark, so she continued:

"Yi'er, I have been in this office for quite some time, and as an outsider, I am afraid I see things more clearly than you do."

"Haven't you noticed?"

Niu Yaodi glanced at Diaochan's carriage outside the rear window and said: "Look at these people in the Marquis's office."

"And those subordinates and generals." ===== CHAPTER 538 =====