Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Capítulo 913: Chapter 728: Princess Liyang, Why Do You Look Like This?

What is most abundant in the Capital City? Officials! As the saying goes, if a plaque falls, it can hit seven or eight people wearing official hats. Thus, in the Capital City where officials are everywhere, the most common households are those with wealth and power. Naturally, truly affluent families would never hire outsiders to do their laundry; they have family servants for that.

Families that wish to maintain appearances but don’t have enough family servants would hire laundresses.

Of course, these small households, in Yuan Bao’s eyes, are already impressive when compared to Wang Man’s family, who make a living selling clay dolls.

In the Capital City, not far from West County Alley, at the backyard of a small residence.

Wang Man’s wife had a baby still in swaddling clothes strapped to her back with a cloth strip, diligently scrubbing clothes in the washbasin. Her hands were swollen and white from soaking in water, with a pile of dirty and messy clothes stacked high beside her.

The Guo Residence was considered a wealthy household on these two streets. They dealt in fabric trading and had some financial foundation, and they paid well for laundry work. Securing this job, Wang Man’s wife worked very hard and diligently.

For the sake of livelihood, she never complained.

Only after finishing the pile of dirty clothes did Wang Man’s wife straighten her aching back, carrying the child, and calculate the time, knowing it was time to go home to prepare lunch for her husband and deliver it to his stall. She then went to find the steward of the Guo Residence.

“Master Steward, I have been doing laundry at the Guo Residence for seven days. According to our agreement, it is time for settlement,” Wang Man’s wife said, lowering her head. Even though prolonged labor had made her complexion slightly sallow, it still couldn’t conceal her graceful curves.

“Aiya, is the young lady asking for payment? You may not know that being able to do laundry at the residence is by the young master’s selection. To settle payment, naturally, you should seek the young master.” The steward of the Guo Residence’s backyard, a woman in her forties with a sharp and mean demeanor, looked at Wang Man’s wife with a sycophantic smile, carrying a hint of disdain. “The young lady is quite fortunate to have caught the young master’s eye. He has high standards and even favored the top girl of Red Sleeves Beckoning for only half a month…”

“You…” Wang Man’s wife stiffened at these words. Realizing that she would not easily get the payment for the past seven days of laundry, and not wanting to cause trouble, she quietly pulled her child closer and turned to leave.

“Where do you think you’re going? The Guo Residence is not a place where you can come and go as you please,” the steward old woman yelled. “Someone, seize her for me. The young master has been waiting for seven days, and he cannot wait any longer! Be quick, don’t delay the young master’s good time!”

“Yes!”

Immediately, several strong women moved towards Wang Man’s wife.

Seeing this, Wang Man’s wife turned pale.

Carefully protecting the child on her back, she retreated step by step, “How dare you! Let me go, I don’t want the payment anymore!”

“Ha! It’s not whether you want the payment or not, it’s whether the young master wants you!” The steward old woman laughed loudly and waved her hand towards her subordinate women.

“How dare you! Let me go! Let me go!”

Panic engulfed Wang Man’s wife immediately. She knew the secret dealings of these affluent families, and despite her caution over the years, she had believed it wouldn’t happen to her. Yet today, it unexpectedly did.

With several strong women eyeing her tigerishly, Wang Man’s wife dodged left and right, appearing particularly miserable.

“Stop! How unkind to beauty!”

At this moment, a slick voice interrupted the women’s actions. They paused, immediately letting go of Wang Man’s wife and taking a step back.

Freed from restraint, Wang Man’s wife’s face changed when she heard this voice.

Guo Rong! The infamous young master of the Guo Family! He wasn’t loitering around Flower and Willow Alley; he was right here in the residence!

“Young master.” Although there were many rules for small households, the steward old woman respectfully greeted.

But her actions and demeanor, in Wang Man’s wife’s eyes, were entirely inadequate, with a sense of Dongshi imitating the beauty’s charm.

However, now was not the time to care about these things as her situation was dire.

Can’t evade it? After three years, is it finally unavoidable?

“Beauty, put down the baby on your back, let me pamper you…” Guo Rong, a full-fledged debauchee, approached Wang Man’s wife with a face full of flesh, rubbing his hands licentiously.

“Don’t come near! Let me go, and we will have peace. Otherwise, we’ll end up in a situation where both sides suffer, bringing disaster to the entire Guo Family!” Being touched by the rough women was tolerable, but as for Guo Rong, Wang Man’s wife would not allow him to approach her.