The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

In the entire Anlanyuan, apart from Zhou Boli and her, only Mother Chen knew that the father of the child in Cen Miaoxin's belly was someone else.

Lu Yun hurried into the house and saw that all the medicinal herbs had been opened, and mothers Chen and Dong were still checking them one by one.

"Princess." Mother Chen's face was solemn. "These herbs have all been soaked in a large amount of blood-activating herbs without exception. If you take them for half a month continuously, you will either have a miscarriage at best or hemorrhage and die!"

Everyone in the room gasped when they heard this. Cai He was terrified. "Master, the Hua family is so bold. They dared to send this harmful thing right under our noses in broad daylight."

Mother Dong was surprised and suspicious. "Everyone says that Concubine Cen has a very good relationship with the Hua family. Princess, please don't blame me for saying something unpleasant. If Concubine Cen had a good fortune, how could she forget the Hua family?"

Lu Yun gritted her teeth and said, "Do you think the Hua family will admit it if I take this poisonous ingredient to them?"

Mother Chen shook her head decisively. "Of course it's impossible to recognize it. It's like catching a thief and seizing the stolen goods. Besides, who can tell how many people this thing has passed through along the way?"

"Not only that, as Madam Dong said, everyone knows that Concubine Cen and Madam Tong are as close as mother and daughter. If Concubine Cen gets into trouble under my nose, who will everyone suspect first?" Lu Yun said in a cold tone. "I'm afraid the first person they'll think of is me, the mistress!"

The Hua family must have known that the child in Cen Miaoxin's belly was Hua Cheng's, and they were afraid that this matter would implicate themselves, so they simply took the initiative.

Lu Yun highly suspected that the Hua family had another trick up their sleeve.

In this case, they could only take advantage of the situation. After making up their minds, Lu Yun signaled Mother Chen to pack up the herbs and took everyone to Xiuzhu Pavilion.

The most crucial step is to make Cen Miaoxin recognize the true face of Hua Cheng and the entire Hua family.

In the main hall of Xiuzhu Pavilion, Lu Yun had just sat down when she caught sight of Concubine Cen's large belly and suddenly felt something was amiss. "Mother Chen, do you think Concubine Cen's belly is a little too big?"

Aunt Cen became nervous and shifted her body uneasily. "My Lady Princess, is there something wrong?"

Mother Chen's face gradually became serious. "Auntie Cen, please extend your hand."

Cen Miaoxin did as she was told. After taking her pulse, Mother Chen looked around and said, "Don't worry, Auntie. You are in very good health."

Lu Yun nodded slightly to Caihe and saw that the door was closed and there was no one else in the room.

Lu Yun looked at Mother Chen and asked, "What's the situation?"

Mother Chen smiled and said, "Your Highness, Madam Cen is pregnant with twins."

Cen Miaoxin was surprised and delighted, "I, I have two in my belly!"

As someone who had experienced this, Lu Yun was more worried than happy. Thinking of the batch of "poisonous" herbs sent by the Hua family, she cursed the unfaithful man in her heart a hundred times, but she still felt unsatisfied. "Mother Chen, I've heard before that twins will go into labor when they are eight or nine months old."

Mother Chen nodded and said, "Auntie, your baby is now five months old. The earliest it will be three months is three months, and the latest it will be four months."

Lu Yun regained her sanity and turned her attention back to Cen Miaoxin's belly. Twins would be more conducive to her implementation of her plan.

Signaling Mother Chen to leave, Lu Yun looked at Aunt Cen, who was still immersed in joy, with mixed feelings, and slowly said, "Aunt Cen, there is no one else in the room. I have something to tell you."

Cen Miaoxin was still immersed in joy, her face filled with a halo of happiness. "My Lady Princess, please feel free to speak."

Lu Yun said straight to the point, "The father of the child is Hua Cheng."

The smile froze on her face, and Cen Miaoxin immediately denied it. "My Lady Princess, please stop guessing. It doesn't matter to me who the father of the child is."

"These are the herbs the Hua family gave you." Lu Yun didn't argue with her, but opened the wooden box she had brought. "Mother Chen said these herbs were previously mixed with a large amount of herbs that can cause miscarriage. If you take them for more than half a month, you could end up with a miscarriage at best, or hemorrhage and death at worst."

Cen Miaoxin's face was filled with disbelief, but she subconsciously moved away from the wooden box on the table. "How is this possible?"

People's subconscious reactions are always the most real.

Lu Yun took out the account book and handed it to her. "You once said that you gave the fifty taels of silver you received as compensation from the palace every year to Hua Cheng to purchase supplies for General Cen's injured and disabled former soldiers. I sent someone to investigate and compiled this. It shows the supplies Hua Cheng purchased over the past three years to support the dead and wounded soldiers, and I've estimated them based on the market prices of that year."

Cen Miaoxin reached out with a trembling hand and opened one of the pages. The account was clear and easy to read. Even with her limited literacy, she could roughly understand it with the few words she knew.

"But according to the investigation, the things Hua Cheng gave away each year were only worth forty taels of silver at most. This means that not only did he not give you a penny, he actually made ten taels of silver out of your pocket."

Cen Miaoxin's face turned pale, but she still refused to believe it, her voice tinged with tears, "How could it be? He wouldn't do this to me."

"Now everyone outside is talking about the good things about Hua Cheng Hua Gongzi, and never mentions the name Cen." Lu Yun was almost aggressive. "He cheated you out of the pension money you saved by working day and night on embroidery to gain fame for himself, and you—"

"Stop talking!" Cen Miaoxin threw the account book to the ground and cried bitterly, "I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

Lu Yun remained unmoved, as ruthless as if she had killed a fish for ten years in a supermarket. "Cen Miaoxin, think carefully about what happened that night. Who had the ability to send you to Zhou Boli's bed in the Hua family!"

"They devoured you completely, then plotted to give you away as a concubine, and now they're trying to harm the child in your belly."

"Did you know that a single orchid from the flower garden can cost more than fifty taels on the market?"

Cen Miaoxin was trembling all over, her face filled with despair. "My Lady Princess, please stop talking."

Lu Yun gently placed her hand on her shoulder, half-crouched, and said softly, "Cen Miaoxin, you have a child, a child that belongs exclusively to your Cen family."

The body beneath his palm gradually stopped trembling. Cen Miaoxin's eyes were red and she was filled with despair. "My Lady Princess, why are you telling me this? I don't care."

Lu Yun held her chin and forced her to look directly at him. "Cen Miaoxin, you may not care about your own life or death, or even the reputation of your Cen family, but what about the two children in your belly?"

Big, hot tears fell on the back of her hand, and Cen Miaoxin burst into tears.

Lu Yun sighed silently, hugged her gently, and stroked her back again and again.

Cen Miaoxin seemed to want to pour out all the grievances and bitterness. After an unknown amount of time, she gradually stopped crying and laughed a few times, her voice full of self-mockery.

She placed her hand on her lower abdomen and said bitterly, "Not long after that incident, Hua Cheng and I met."

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The tightly closed gate of the courtyard opened a crack, revealing a tall figure standing outside.

"Miao Xin, do you know? Mother has already agreed to let me marry you."

"But you disappoint me so much. It's my Hua family that's not worthy of you. Go and pursue your glory and wealth!"

After saying this, the man flicked his sleeves and left, leaving behind a few heartbreaking words, like a steel knife that stabbed the woman behind him, leaving her body covered in wounds. Looking at her lover's resolute back, Cen Miaoxin lost all the courage to defend herself.

"That night, I wanted to end my life." Cen Miaoxin has dreamed of that night countless times. "There was a well in the yard. The moon was bright and round. I stood by the well, looking at the moon below my feet, and thought about many things."

"But I suddenly felt nauseous. My mother—" Cen Miaoxin suppressed her grief. "After she knew she was going to die, she taught me a lot of things. I estimated the time and suspected I was pregnant."

Lu Yun listened quietly, feeling mixed emotions.

"Sure enough, my period didn't come that month." Cen Miaoxin slowly stroked her belly and cried and laughed, "My Lady Princess, am I really useless?"