His Rui

Li Qiang's eyes flickered when he saw a folded rice paper falling out from the basket. He was about to bend down and pick it up to check what exactly it was when the door of the room was suddenly knocked and his attention was then diverted to that place.

"Elder Brother"

It was Li Jiang's wife.

Li Qiang nodded his head softly when he saw his younger brother's wife at the door.

"Why is Third Younger Sister-In-Law standing at the door? Come inside."

Li Qiang said politely and Qin Fan, the wife of Li Jiang entered the room. Her eyes were filled with concern and they immediately went to the bed inside the room.

"Elder Brother, I came to know that Elder Sister-In-Law is unwell. So I came to check on her."

Li Qiang nodded his head hearing these words and said

"She has a slight fever. She had already drunk the medicine. Thanks for coming over."

Lin Fan smiled softly and then said

"What is Elder Brother saying? We are a family."

Li Qiang nodded his head lightly. However, inside his mind flashed Qin Fan's fearful eyes when she had come to know that Li Rong wanted Lord Xi to take Li Na as a concubine inside Xi Manor and she event went to meet Li Rui with this request.

He could actually understand what she was afraid of. She also had a daughter and after coming to know about Li Na and Li Caihong's deeds, she must be afraid that they would try to interfere with her daughter's marriage also in the future.

And Li Qiang was very true. Qin Fan was indeed afraid of thinking of this.

Li Sying had actually been betrothed to a boy of her age from Mu Clan a year ago. Both the clans were just waiting for Li Sying and that boy to come to the right age so that they can proceed with this marriage. At the time of this betrothal, Li Jiang had put forward a request and that was that this arrangement would only continue if Mu Yunci, the boy to whom Qin Fan was betrothed to, would vow not to take any concubine or any other woman except Li Sying in his courtyard.

He wanted a one-woman man for his daughter and Mu Clan had agreed with this request.

However, Qin Fan was still very afraid that in the future, Li Rong would come up with such a request again in the future. She would propose that Mu Yunci should take Li Na or Li Caihong as his concubine because Li Sying was their sister and hence they should be able to adjust easily even they shared the same husband.

The fact that Li Sying was still young didn't lessen her fear any less. After all, who would marry Li Na and Li Caihong now? So they would still be here when her daughter would reach marriageable age.

Qin Fan's fear was also not unreasonable. She had all the right to care for her daughter. Regardless of how popular Li Clan might be, it would be a stain on Li Sying's reputation to have a betrothal marriage that could not be completed if this marriage was broken because of Li Rong and her daughters.

However, in the end, she knew that they were still a family and hence she couldn't become iron-hearted and not come to ask about Li Rong's well-being.

Thinking all this, Qin Fan moved towards the bed to talk to Li Rong who was still awake and had sat on the bed when she saw that Lin Fan had come to meet her.

Her eyes flickered lightly as she suddenly remembered that Yi Jie didn't come to meet her even once. Before this, whenever she used to get sick, Yi Jie would always be the first person to come and how she was amongst the second and third households.

Li Qiang, on the other hand, decided to leave the room and let the two women have their conversation. He completely forgot about the letter that has just fallen out of the basket.

Li Rong's eyes, however, went to the letter for a moment. She only thought that letter fell out from her husband's sleeve or pockets.

She looked at her husband's leaving back and was about to ask him to pick it up but then decided to do it by herself later.

Qin Fan talked to Li Rong only for some time and then left the room asking Li Rong to take a good rest and don't worry about anything.

Li Rong nodded her head and thanked Li Fan for visiting her.

After these few formal and informal greetings and talks, Qin Fan left Li Rong's room.

Li Rong was about to lie down on the bed when her eyes suddenly went to the letter that was still placed on the ground again.

With a sigh, she climbed down from the bed and then went to pick up the letter. She opened it to check if it was something urgent. If it was then she would immediately send it back to Li Qiang through some servant.

Li Rong was illiterate when she had come to Li Manor. Since she was a concubine-born daughter, no one was really about her in Ci Manor and hence no one really appointed any teacher for her or sent her to the school where other girls from noble families studied.

However, her husband had taught her to read and write when she came to know about this and she was more than happy to learn from him.

She couldn't help but smile a little when she remembered the sweet memories from that day. They were still getting to know each other at that time.

But the smile on Li Rong's lips suddenly disappeared, when she opened the letter and read the content written inside it.

A moment later, she suddenly lowered it down.

With the letter in her hands, she walked back to her bed and sat on it in a daze.

In these few moments, many emotions flashed through her eyes but the more prominent was the hope.

Hope that her children's lives could still get on the right path.