Jing'an Marquis Mansion, Bixian Pavilion.

Xie Jingyuan found a thin coffin and planned to bury Xie Qingwan in a small cemetery outside the capital. He ordered the servant to move Xie Qingwan's body into the coffin.

Just as the servants were about to take action, Xie Qingrou stopped them and said, "Father, Sister Wan'er hated strangers touching her when she was alive. Let her be touched by someone she was used to!" She pointed to the maids and old women guarding the room.

When a person dies, it is like a light going out. At this moment, Xie Qingwan is just a corpse. Xie Jingyuan didn't know why Xie Qingrou insisted on such a trivial matter, but he nodded.

The maids and servants hurriedly put Xie Qingwan into the coffin.

Qin Bitong was trying to attract Xie Jingyuan's attention at first, but when she saw Wan'er being put into the small and cramped coffin, her eyes were instantly filled with tears.

A child is the apple of a mother's eye, and now that piece of her heart has been gouged out! She could no longer hold on, her graceful figure leaning against the coffin, tears streaming down her fair face like strings of crystal clear pearls, falling on the bright red coffin wall and shattering into pieces.

This scene, like a touching picture of a beautiful woman crying, moved Xie Jingyuan. He suddenly felt that he owed Tong'er and her daughter a lot, so he decided to keep them for the time being and go to his mother to fight for her again.

Xie Qingrou's eyes were dry and she could no longer squeeze out a tear. Only when she saw the face in the coffin that looked exactly like her own would she be stunned for a moment.

Wan'er lived a short life, was arrogant and foolish, and her final destination was a thin coffin. If she hadn't helped to stop it, she would have been touched by a lowly and dirty man even after her death. How pathetic!

Such a pitiful Wan'er aroused a trace of pity in Xie Qingrou. She ordered the maids to place Wan'er's favorite clothes and jewelry next to Wan'er one by one, and even put her gilded flower-threaded pearl hairpin in it, which was the jewelry Wan'er had been thinking about for a long time.

Xie Qingrou secretly resolved that she would never let herself fall into such a situation. She would work hard to climb up, would become the noble queen of Dongling, would live to be a hundred years old, would be buried with great ceremony after her death, would sleep in a luxurious coffin made of golden nanmu, and would let the whole world mourn for her.

Xie Qingrou gave Xie Qingwan a last mocking look and nodded slightly to Xie Jingyuan, who ordered the servants to seal the coffin.

The servants closed the coffin lid, nailed the coffin one by one, and then lifted the coffin and walked out.

Qin Bitong, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly took two steps forward and shouted, "Stop, stop!" She turned to look at Xie Jingyuan and begged, "Yuanlang, let me look at Wan'er again, please!"

The guilt that had just risen in Xie Jingyuan's heart instantly dissipated. He scolded, "There's no point in opening the coffin when it's already sealed. Nonsense!"

Xie Qingrou hurriedly grabbed Qin Bitong and said in a deep voice, "Mother, please let Sister Wan'er go with peace of mind! You have to take care of your body!" As she spoke, she pinched Qin Bitong's arm hard.

Qin Bitong's body froze. She looked at the coffin that was gradually moving away, her eyes filled with endless despair and pain, and then she fell down softly.

Xie Qingrou exclaimed, "Mother!" She reached out in time to support Qin Bitong.

Xie Jingyuan, who had already walked to the door, stopped. He quickly picked up Qin Bitong and called out hurriedly, "Tong'er, Tong'er~" But Qin Bitong closed her eyes and did not respond.

Xie Qingrou quickly ordered, "Yinglan, go get the doctor!"

Yinglan responded and rushed out. In just half an incense stick of time, she returned to Bixian Pavilion with a doctor. That doctor was none other than Doctor Ge, who had treated Xie Qingrou and Xie Qingwan two days ago.

Doctor Ge stretched out his hand to take Qin Bitong's pulse. His face was extremely solemn and he remained silent for a long time.

Xie Jingyuan was anxious and asked hurriedly, "Doctor, is there anything wrong?"

Doctor Ge slowly withdrew his hand and seemed to consider for a long time before speaking, "This lady is pregnant, but she has been overly worried recently, causing the fetus to become unstable and there are signs of miscarriage."

Xie Jingyuan was surprised and happy when he heard this. Could he still have another child at his age?

Xie Qingrou seemed relieved. She smiled gently and said, "Mother is actually pregnant. It's really a blessing from God! She just lost her sister Wan'er. God must have had mercy on her mother and allowed her sister to be reborn in her womb!"

Upon hearing this, Doctor Ge simply stretched out his left hand and stroked his beard with four fingers, without responding.

Xie Qingrou was a little annoyed. This abominable old man actually raised the price at the last minute. With a sullen face, she quietly gestured to Doctor Ge and asked in a cold voice, "Doctor, is my mother pregnant with a girl?"

Doctor Ge paused for a moment before replying in a rather profound tone, "Miss, this lady is over three months pregnant. Based on my many years of medical experience, I believe the baby is most likely a boy."

Xie Jingyuan was overjoyed when he heard this. His lips trembled slightly with excitement. He was actually going to have another son!

Xie Qingrou felt that this bargaining chip was not enough, so she asked, "Doctor, my sister and I are twins. Is my mother also pregnant with two younger brothers?"

Doctor Ge rolled his eyes in disdain and said perfunctorily, "Yes, there's a high possibility that they're twins."

After Xie Jingyuan's excitement, he sat down and stood up again quickly. He was so excited that he was a little overwhelmed. He wanted to announce to the world immediately that he, Xie Jingyuan, had two sons!

Xie Qingrou exclaimed in surprise, "Father, this is such great news! We should tell Grandma about this and make her happy too!"

Xie Jingyuan kept saying, "Yes, yes, Wan'er is the most thoughtful one." Xie Jingyuan ran out excitedly. He didn't remember that only an hour ago, Xie Qingwan had been put in a coffin and carried out of the Marquis' Mansion.

Xie Qingwan was right. Xie Jingyuan and Qin Bitong both sided with her, but Xie Qingrou didn't care. At least she, Xie Qingrou, was the one who survived!

Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Xie Qingrou sneered and said, "Doctor Ge must have gone crazy because of poverty. We clearly agreed on it before, but you suddenly asked for double the money!" The original price was twenty taels, and Xie Qingrou's heart was bleeding.

Doctor Ge changed his previous profound look and grinned, "It's true that I'm a little short on money, young lady, you guessed right! But didn't you also have an extra child, turning a single pregnancy into twins? We're evenly matched, so it's the same for both of us!"

Xie Qingrou took out a small bundle from her dressing table, which contained the savings she had saved since she was a child, exactly forty taels.

Doctor Ge reached out to pull the bundle, but Xie Qingrou was reluctant to let go. Her mother and Wan'er were both spenders like water, and they would spend all the money they got immediately, so they didn't have much savings, and this was all her assets.

Doctor Ge sneered and said, "Young lady and Madam will soon become wealthy and will certainly be extremely wealthy. Naturally, they won't mind giving this old man such a small gift!"

Doctor Ge pulled hard and the bundle fell into his hands. He did not rush to open it to check, but weighed it hard and nodded with satisfaction.

Xie Qingrou warned coldly, "My mother's pregnancy will require Doctor Ge's care. Please do your best. If you do a good job, you will definitely get some benefits. But if you mess things up..."

Doctor Ge immediately nodded and said, "Of course, I will do my best. It's a pleasure to work with you!"

Then, he wrote out a prescription for maintaining the pregnancy in a proper manner and left with satisfaction.

Qin Bitong opened her eyes only after Doctor Ge left. She said worriedly, "Rou'er, is this plan really feasible? What if it gets exposed? After all, I don't have anything in my belly..."

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