Hatred Hard to Quell, Second Madam's Amorous Longings Begin to Stir

Second update.

After seeing Li Wan off, Wang Xifeng had even less desire to go outside and manage affairs.

Yet after reclining on the inner room's bed for quite some time, she felt empty inside and simply could not settle down.

So she opened her sewing basket, hoping to find some needlework to pass the time.

But she spent every day busy coordinating matters above and below, and might not touch a needle more than a few times in a year. The sewing basket had long since been put away, and she could not find it for the moment.

She had originally wanted to call Ping Er over to help, but the words reached her lips when she suddenly remembered that she had sent Ping Er to Sun Mansion with congratulatory gifts.

With no other choice, she could only rummage around the room herself—over the past two years, she had hidden away some private belongings and naturally did not dare let others search through them carelessly.

Clatter~

As she searched through a cabinet, a small booklet slipped out from a crack. Wang Xifeng lowered her head and saw that it was the Prayer for Son Secret Recipe she had copied down back then.

Remembering how wholeheartedly she had once wanted to bear Jia Lian a son, painstakingly practicing that Prayer for Son Secret Recipe, Wang Xifeng's anger flared. She snatched up the booklet, tore it viciously in two, then threw it to the floor and stomped on it several times.

"Madam, what are you digging around for now?"

Just as she was in a foul mood, Ping Er's voice came from the doorway. Wang Xifeng turned and saw Ping Er hurrying in, with a small bundle tucked in her hand.

"Nothing much."

Wang Xifeng brushed it off casually, then tipped