The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 700: Are There Any Good Days Left?

Chapter 700: Chapter 700: Are There Any Good Days Left?

"Brother Liang, if you marry me, our child would still belong to the Zhou family. Why do you insist on separating me from my child? Is it because Madam Zhou still disapproves of our union?"

She knew it, that vile Madam Zhou must be against it. Otherwise, given Zhou Liang’s infatuation with her, how could he say these words to her?

"How could Madam Zhou be like this? I’m not asking to be your legitimate wife, I just want to stay by your side and serve you. Am I not worthy to be your concubine because of my status?"

Hearing this, Zhou Liang took a deep breath and shook his head.

"Yushui, I’ll be honest with you. My grandfather has already selected a wife for me. After I finish the autumn imperial examination, this marriage will be set, and we will be wedded next year."

"What?!"

Liu Yushui looked at Zhou Liang in astonishment.

He had visited so many times before, but he had never mentioned this.

No wonder he visited less and less these days, and his attitude towards her was not as passionate as before. It turned out it was because he was already engaged, and his fiancée was not the one carrying his child!

"Who is she? Is she a daughter of a high-ranking official? Maybe the county magistrate, or something else?" She asked in a fury.

"She... she’s the ninth daughter of the Prefect." Zhou Liang replied.

"The Prefect, huh..."

Liu Yushui started to laugh, tears streaming down her face, making for a desolate scene.

"The daughter of the Prefect, she ought to be pampered and protected."

She despised herself for being born into a merchant family, and ended up having such parents, falling to the lowest of lows, and was often abused by Liu Baixiao!

"Zhou Liang, since you’re marrying the Prefect’s daughter, aren’t you afraid that when my son is brought into the Zhou family, he will be hated by her, and when her wrath ensues, your whole family will be ruined?"

She scoffed at Zhou Liang, asking him.

"You don’t have to worry about that."

In response to her words, Zhou Liang laughed, not taking the malice in her words to heart.

"The mother of the Prefect’s ninth daughter died from childbirth complications, so, from the start, she agreed with my mother that after marrying into the Zhou family, she won’t give birth to any children for me. Whether I take in a concubine or find a woman outside, as long as a son is born, he can be raised under her name."

So, he was so eager to know if the child in Liu Yushui’s womb was a son.

"If she’s agreed for you to take concubines, why do you want to leave me outside?" Liu Yushui asked.

"If your son is raised under her name and calls her mother, how can I allow you to always see him and possibly compete with her for him in the future? She is the Prefect’s daughter. If she is angered, would we, the Zhou family, still have good days ahead?"

Zhou Liang immediately replied.

He wasn’t stupid. How could he possibly let the natural mother of his son stay in the Zhou household and be a thorn in the eye of the Prefect’s daughter? Not to mention him, even his mother and grandfather wouldn’t agree to this.

"Yushui, if you can behave yourself and give birth to this child for me to take back to the Zhou family, I can buy a house for you in town. You can still live well and comfortably, just like you did in the Liu Family. What do you think?"