Quick Wear: The Enchanting Concubine, Rules of Survival and Plunder

When Xiao Chen returned to the front yard to rest, someone soon came to Liu Hanqing to report that Xiao Chen was resting in the front yard.

Xiao Chen did not go to Jiang Chunxi's room, which naturally made Liu Hanqing feel relieved, but Xiao Chen did not come to her place, which made her feel bad: "Tell me, is the prince still angry with me? Otherwise, why would he prefer to rest in the front yard instead of coming to my place?"

"Master, it is certain that the prince is angry," Dong Ling advised, "but I believe that as long as you are willing to bow your head first, the prince's anger will definitely subside."

"Yes, Master," Xichun also advised, "If the prince won't come to see you, then you can go see him! As long as you give the prince a way out, will he still be angry with you?"

"How about this! I will have someone watch the front yard tomorrow. Once the prince comes back, you can go to the front yard to look for him. After all, it's late now. The prince is probably asleep by now. It's not appropriate for you to go to the front yard to look for him now."

"Alas! This is the only way." Liu Hanqing sighed and said:

But what she didn't know was that the Duke's wife was so angry that she hardly slept the whole night, waiting for her to pay her respects in the morning to settle the score with her?

So the next morning when Liu Hanqing came to pay her respects to the Duke's wife, she was yelled at by the Duke's wife and asked to kneel down.

"Mother, I don't know what my daughter-in-law did wrong to make you so angry." Liu Hanqing said stubbornly, and naturally she was unwilling to kneel down.

"You still have the nerve to ask me what you did wrong," the Duke's wife sneered, "Don't you know what you did? You are pretending to be confused in front of me. Besides, does a mother-in-law need a reason to punish her daughter-in-law?"

"Kneel outside. Do not get up without my permission. Of course, if you don't want to kneel outside, I don't mind having someone force you to kneel outside."

"Madam, please spare the Crown Prince's Consort!" Xichun and Dongling immediately knelt down and begged for mercy:

"Madam Liu, take these two slaves out and give them ten spankings," the Duke's wife said fiercely, "It's because I've been too good-tempered these years that the slaves around Liu Hanqing dared to ignore me. If I don't assert my authority today, I'm afraid Liu Hanqing will be the one in charge of the Duke's Mansion."

Naturally, Matron Liu immediately ordered people to take Xichun and Dongling out, and Liu Hanqing was of course also anxious.

She was not feeling sorry for her maids, but if Xichun and Dongling were beaten with a stick, then what prestige would she, the Crown Prince's Consort, have in the Duke's Mansion.

"Mother, you can't do this," Liu Hanqing said angrily, "How can you humiliate the people around your daughter-in-law like this? Aren't you afraid that the prince will be angry if you do this?"

"Haha!" The Duke's wife was so angry that she laughed, "You are still using Chen'er to threaten me. You, Liu Hanqing, really rely on Chen'er's favor and don't take me, your mother-in-law, seriously at all."

"What's wrong with humiliating the people around you? I have humiliated you, so why would I care about you, a servant girl around the Crown Prince's Consort?"

"Someone come!" The Duke's wife shouted outside, "Come in and drag the Crown Prince's Consort out and make her kneel down."

As the Duke's wife finished her words, two maids came in and dragged Liu Hanqing out.

In this way, Liu Hanqing experienced the kneeling punishment that Jiang Chunxi had inflicted yesterday, while Xichun and Dongling were also beaten with ten boards.

However, Liu Hanqing did not make any prior preparations like Jiang Chunxi did. In addition, she was fat and weak, so she fainted after kneeling in the sun for almost half an hour.

Liu Hanqing fainted. The Duke's wife was of course shocked. She immediately had Liu Hanqing carried back and asked the court doctor to give her a thorough check-up.

"That bitch couldn't be pretending!" The Duke's wife said to Madam Liu worriedly, "Otherwise, with her huge body, how could she faint after kneeling for less than half an hour?"

"What a damn bitch! She tricked me again. Just wait and see! When Chen'er comes back, she will probably come to make trouble again."

Although she said so, the wife of the Duke did not regret punishing Liu Hanqing. She was so angry that she did not sleep the whole night. If she was not allowed to vent her anger, she would be suffocated to death.

"If the prince wants to make a scene, then he can make a scene!" said Madam Liu. "As long as you treat his anger as nothing, what can he do to you?"

"Yes! You are right," the Duke's wife nodded and said, "If that unfilial son of his dares to come and settle accounts with me for Liu Hanqing, I will have him beaten out directly. It is because I gave him too much face that the unfilial son dared to ride on my head and bully me."

When Liu Hanqing was carried back to her courtyard, the court doctor quickly came over to feel her pulse and found out that she was pregnant.

Logically speaking, Liu Hanqing shouldn't be pregnant at this time, and with her current fat body, it's not easy for her to get pregnant.

But doesn’t Jiang Chunxi have a golden finger?

More than a month ago, Jiang Chunxi gave Liu Hanqing a pregnancy pill. Not only did the pill make Liu Hanqing pregnant, but the child would also be unhealthy and could only live to three years old at most.

After all, the original owner's wish was to let Liu Hanqing experience the pain of losing a son, so Jiang Chunxi naturally wanted Liu Hanqing to give birth to a son.

"What?" The Duke's wife was immediately anxious when she heard the news that Liu Hanqing was pregnant. "The Crown Prince's wife is pregnant. The palace doctor did not diagnose her pulse wrongly."

"Madam, it is absolutely true. The Crown Prince's wife is really pregnant and has been pregnant for more than a month." The maid who reported it said with certainty:

"What did the court doctor say?" The Duke's wife became anxious. "Is the Crown Princess healthy? Has her fainting affected the baby in her belly?"

At this moment, the Duke's wife was filled with regret and fear. If she had known that Liu Hanqing was pregnant, she would have endured her anger.

It was okay to feel aggrieved, but as long as Liu Hanqing could give her a grandson, she could endure any anger and frustration.

"The palace doctor said that the Crown Prince's wife is not seriously ill. She will be fine after she wakes up and rests in bed for two days. She doesn't even need to take pregnancy-preserving medicine." The maid said:

Jiang Chunxi would certainly make Liu Hanqing's pulse particularly strong and powerful, and would not give her the opportunity to pretend to be weak.

"That's good, that's good," the Duke's wife said with a sigh of relief, then looked at Madam Liu and instructed, "Madam Liu, quickly go to the storehouse and pick out some top-quality supplements to send to the Crown Prince's Consort."

It’s not that the Duke’s wife doesn’t want to see Liu Hanqing now. After all, Liu Hanqing is pregnant with her grandson. How can she not want to see Liu Hanqing?

But wasn't it her who punished Liu Hanqing, causing her to faint? So she couldn't bring herself to look at Liu Hanqing now.