Young widow in her boudoir

When the door was opened, Pei Zhiheng was seen to have already taken a bath, wearing only a snow-white undergarment, his dark hair half-wet and draped over his shoulders, making his profile appear even more refined and jade-like.

After she entered the room, a faint, lingering fragrance of a married woman wafted from her clothes and sleeves.

A woman with an overly full bust and a slender waist is likely to be fertile.

Pei Zhiheng's face was cold, but his eyes deepened slightly.

Not long after entering the study, Xie Rutang suddenly clenched his sleeves.

My mother-in-law had just sent over some bird's nest that she had been given to drink, and there was something wrong with it. Her fair cheeks turned red, and her breathing became warm and moist.

She's been drugged with aphrodisiacs!

Xie Rutang could only bring the soup to the desk. "Second Master, I wish to have a child to rely on. I'll tell everyone that it's A Yuan's posthumous child, just so I can stay in my husband's family legitimately and not be kicked out..."

"Today is the day when Rutang is most likely to conceive."

Pei Zhiheng's eyes darkened instantly. He swallowed hard and picked her up, placing her on his lap.

Xie Rutang endured the discomfort, her nails digging into her palms; she had been driven to a dead end.

This morning, before dawn.

Sister-in-law Lin Yan, along with her two children, knelt before the door and begged her.

Lin Yan grabbed her sleeve, her voice hoarse, "Ru Tang, your brother can't die in prison. The children are still young; they can't be without a father. Your sister-in-law is kowtowing to you. Your brother loved you the most when you were young; you can't just stand by and watch him die..."

Xie Rutang squatted down and hugged her nephew and niece, feeling extremely sorry for them. "Sister-in-law, please get up first. I'll think of something."

But her throat was blocked.

What can she do?

She was just a widowed daughter-in-law of the Shen family, her husband had died young, and she had no one to rely on.

After her birth mother died, her father remarried and ignored her and her brother.

The stepmother constantly stirred up trouble, making the relationship between the father and the elder brother irreconcilable. This time, the father was so angered by the elder brother that he even declared that if he died in prison, it would have nothing to do with him.

Imprisonment is no child's play; every day of delay means another day of suffering. Even though she secretly pawned her few decent pieces of jewelry, the money she raised was still far from enough.

If she listens to her mother-in-law and tries to seduce Pei Zhiheng, she can get two hundred taels of silver, which can solve her family's urgent problem.

With nowhere else to turn, she had no choice but to enter Pei Zhiheng's room.

She had planned everything perfectly, but she never expected that her mother-in-law would give her an aphrodisiac!

Such underhanded tactics made Xie Rutang tremble with anger. If A Yuan were still alive, he would never have allowed her to suffer such humiliation.

Thinking this, a bitter, glistening tear fell from the corner of her eye.

In the blink of an eye, the man's thin lips covered her red lips.

Xie Rutang sat on the man's lap with her clothes half off, struggling to maintain her last shred of sanity.

When she looked through the bronze mirror in the room, she saw that her cheeks were flushed from the kisses. Even she was surprised that she could be so alluring.

After a long while, Pei Zhiheng finally released her. "This medicine, was it given by Madam?"

I thought that she had loved her brother for many years and would definitely remain chaste for Shen Yuan.

In the month since her husband died in battle, Xie Rutang had always been well-behaved and had never done anything out of line or to betray her brother.

Xie Rutang's nails dug into the cold silk, and the man's deep gaze sent a chill down her spine.

She absolutely must not betray her mother-in-law.

Otherwise, she will be in big trouble.

Moreover, he regarded the old lady as his own mother.

The old lady had been a Buddhist for many years and was known for her kindness, so Pei Zhiheng would never suspect her.

That's the most vicious!

As the moonlight faded, Xie Rutang's spring eyes welled up with tears. "It was my idea."

Pei Zhiheng, being old-fashioned and refined, couldn't stand widows who couldn't bear loneliness.

But Xie Rutang's skin was flushed and she was dressed in plain clothes.

Then his long, slender fingers traced her waist, encircling her. "When was the last time you made love, Madam?"

"How many times have you slept with him?"

Xie Rutang gripped her sleeves tightly, her face flushed.

I never expected him to ask that!

Her red lips trembled as if afraid of being ridiculed.

She hasn't told anyone about her marriage since then.

Shen Yuan... might have some issues in that area.

She originally wanted to find someone to help Ah Yuan take a look, but a month later he died on the battlefield, and she became a widow.

The man's fingertips lingered on her snow-white skin, lightly brushing against the corner of her lips, then roughly kneading her swollen lips, causing her to shiver.

Xie Rutang closed her eyes, feeling deeply humiliated, and lied, "...I forgot."

Now that A Yuan has passed away, she has no way to defend herself.

Upon hearing this, Pei Zhiheng's brows slowly relaxed.

In that case, if he agrees to the old lady's request, he won't feel guilty.

Pei Zhiheng frowned. In previous years, Madam Shen had sent concubines to his room, but he had never had such thoughts.

Soon, Pei Zhiheng's eyes deepened, and as if possessed, his breath unconsciously drew closer, and he caught a whiff of the faint rose fragrance emanating from her.

She had a graceful and dignified demeanor. Pei Zhiheng glanced at her slender waist, but it was too thin to support his offspring.

Realizing he had been bewitched by the widow, Pei Zhiheng's eyes turned icy.

The female doctor, secretly invited by Yuejian, arrived quietly.

Xie Rutang was helped onto the couch by her maid, and the aphrodisiac was removed a quarter of an hour later.

She tried to hide her disheveled appearance by covering her exposed neckline with the quilt.

He didn't look at her, but the woman was sobbing softly in the corner of the bed, her beautiful eyes brimming with tears, her clothes soaked with tears. The sound of her sobbing was like a very fine thread wrapped around his heart.

Pei Zhiheng stood with his hands behind his back in the study, his face hidden in the shadows, deep and solemn. "There is still a memorial tablet for Brother Shen in Madam's room. I wonder if Madam feels ashamed of this."

He humiliated me with those words.

Xie Rutang's last remaining sense of shame was also crushed by him.

"Go back. I have no intention of inheriting either family business."

The old lady had mentioned this to him before, but he refused.

Unexpectedly, Xie was so unable to bear the loneliness and did not uphold the virtues of a wife. Tonight, she came into his arms almost naked.

Pei Zhiheng's voice was icy; he had no interest in married women.

I also don't like to touch second-hand items.

……

The doctor took the aphrodisiac off me.

Xie Rutang was helped by her maid Jin Yue to walk on the stone path. A night wind blew, and a chill crept up her spine, making her feel a chill run down her spine.

The shame and indignation in my heart had not yet dissipated.

Fortunately, Pei Zhiheng acted prudently. The female doctor he secretly invited was unknown to anyone in the manor except for the people in his courtyard.

Her intrusion into his study tonight was kept perfectly secret, and no one noticed.

The effects of the medicine hadn't completely worn off, and Xie Rutang was still weak. As soon as she returned to Wutong Courtyard, the old lady summoned her and, in front of all the servants in the room, gave her a severe scolding.

"You're a married man, Zhiheng, in your early twenties, and you don't even have a concubine. I thought you were something special, but it turns out you can't even handle a man with a pure yang body!"

Xie Rutang clutched the silk handkerchief, unable to lift her head from the scolding.

But I felt wronged.

She hadn't had sexual relations with Shen Yuan in the year since their marriage.

Her son is no good, but she can't say anything about it!

She pitied that her husband died young, and there was no one in the household who cared for her.

Xie Rutang suppressed the surging grievances in her heart, her eyes slightly red and her voice trembling slightly: "Why did Mother drug me? Aren't you afraid that my husband is watching from heaven?"

Caught off guard, the old lady was both angry and embarrassed. "Using Yuan'er to pressure me, do you really only want to live a life of status and prestige? I think you're just clinging to the Shen family's wealth and glory. I'm just trying to find you a way out, and who are you putting on this pitiful act for? You really don't know what's good for you!"

"If it weren't for my poor son, why would I do something that invites gossip?"

The continuation of the main branch of the family line is of utmost importance; she absolutely cannot allow the main branch to die out!

Xie Rutang was forced to kneel in the cold courtyard by the maid.

The old lady said coldly, "You've done a poor job and disobeyed your elders. Kneel here for two hours. Lin Mama, you keep an eye on things."