Inside the Tai Chi Hall.

"I, my concubine, see you, Your Majesty."

Concubine Zhou bowed gracefully.

Xie Rong glanced at her and said, "Stand up."

"Did you meet Yuan'er?"

The smile on Concubine Zhou's lips froze, and then she said softly and flatteringly, "Yes, Your Highness seems to be in much better shape. I believe your health will soon be well again."

Xie Rong smiled contentedly, "He's gotten much better. The director said Yuan'er is fine now. I've already planned to have him report to the Ministry of War in two days."

Yuan'er has been in poor health for the past six months, and he has been worried about her. Now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Concubine Zhou's face changed drastically when she heard this.

How can it be!

That little bastard was clearly infected with a strange poison, and his body is getting weaker day by day. How could he be okay now?

Although the emperor blocked the news, she bribed the medicine boy beside the abbot, who said that the abbot had not found out that the little bastard was poisoned.

Concubine Zhou thought of how that little bastard had suddenly started an incident a few days ago, causing all the ministers who were on good terms with An'er to be reprimanded by the emperor, and her face suddenly turned ugly.

Could it be that the little bastard has already discovered that he has been poisoned and has already detoxified himself?

Xie Rong saw that Concubine Zhou looked unhappy and asked with some concern, "What's wrong?"

Concubine Zhou came back to her senses instantly. She said with some worry, "I was thinking that His Highness had just recovered from a serious illness, and the Emperor sent him to the Ministry of War. I don't know if his body can handle it."

"Don't worry, my son is not that fragile." Xie Rong said with a relieved look.

"Sooner or later, he will have to be tempered in the court, so that I can be at ease in the future."

As Concubine Zhou listened to the emperor's unfinished words, she clenched the handkerchief in her hand with a gloomy expression.

-

Yunmengxuan.

The sun sets in the west and the dusk falls.

Shaoyao heard the noise and went forward to hang up the bed curtain. She said, "Miss, Miss Wu called a doctor half an hour ago and has been sent to Rongde Hall."

Shen Qionghua's face changed when he heard this, and his originally groggy mind immediately became clear.

Ever since she came back from the family dinner, she asked Shaoyao to pay attention to what Wu Minke was doing.

She only remembered the approximate period of time, but couldn't remember the exact day. She didn't expect it to be today.

Today, Wu Minke will be drowned in a pond.

A trace of struggle flashed in Shen Qionghua's eyes.

-

Rongde Hall

The old lady was sitting at the top, her face full of anger. She picked up the teacup at hand and smashed it into the face of the woman kneeling on the ground.

"Evil creature, the Marquis' Mansion provides you with food and clothing, is this how you can ruin the reputation of the Marquis's daughter?"

The porcelain fragment scratched the forehead and blood slid down the fair face.

Wu Minke knelt down and trembled, but did not dare to cry out in pain. She held her lower abdomen tightly with her hands, and a sense of joy surged in her heart.

This is her child with the prince.

Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Wu, the second wife, sat on the stools with grim faces.

Second Madam Wu was the first to lose patience. She rushed forward and kicked Wu Minke on the thin shoulder. "You shameless thing, how dare you do such a shameful thing in the Marquis' Mansion."

"The obedient and honest appearance I pretended to be in the past was all fake!"

"Mother, this matter must not be made public. If people find out, will the girl from our marquis's mansion still be alive?" Wu cried.

She really hated this bitch. For so many years, she had only one daughter, Sister Fu, and she raised her like a treasure. Now that they were about to get married, such a scandal happened.

Lin was so angry that she almost fainted. She felt that nothing had gone well recently.

If this matter were to get out, Yier would not only not be able to become a queen in the future, but even marrying a nobleman of equal status would be a pipe dream.

"Mother, I have sent people to block the news. All the servants and maids in the mansion who knew about this have been tied up and locked up in the woodshed."

"This matter must not be spread out, otherwise it will not only implicate the Marquis' Mansion, but the Empress and His Highness in the palace will also be affected." Lin said.

The old lady had obviously thought of this as well, and her expression became even uglier.

What she cared about most in her life was the future of the Marquisate and whether her grandson could ascend to that position. Wu Minke simply touched her heart.

She looked at Wu Minke and said, "You evil creature, tell me who the adulterer is!"

Wu Minke looked at the old lady's furious expression, his palms sweating, his heart filled with fear, his lips trembling, and he opened his mouth to speak but no sound came out.

Seeing that Wu Minke was still trying to protect this person, Wu couldn't stand it anymore. She rushed forward and slapped Wu Minke in the face, "Bitch, hurry up and tell me!"

If the adulterer were to escape and the news were to spread, her sister Fu would be dead!

The more Wu thought about it, the angrier she became. Not only did she attack Wu Minke left and right, she even raised her foot to kick her in the stomach, scaring Wu Minke so much that she quickly dodged.

"Second Madam, I'll tell you, I'll tell you!"

Only then did Mrs. Wu stop what she was doing.

Wu Minke touched her belly and said softly, "The child in my belly is... the prince's."

what?

Zhou Jinlin's!

"Impossible!" Lin stood up suddenly.

It’s not like she hasn’t taken a concubine for Lin’er before, but Lin’er has always been indifferent. Wu Minke is not a fairy, so how could Lin’er touch her!

"Shameless thing! You got pregnant with a man outside and you dare to put the blame on me, Lin'er!" Lin said angrily.

The old lady couldn't believe it either. In her mind, Zhou Jinlin had always been an excellent and well-behaved child.

"You evil creature! You dare to blindly accuse the Marquis's son of this? Someone, knock that bastard out of her belly!"

Nanny Kong immediately came forward with a bowl of abortion pills, which had been prepared by Lin as soon as she heard that Wu Minke was pregnant.

When Wu Minke saw the abortion pills in Madam Kong's hand, she panicked.

She knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the old lady, "Old lady, please, don't abort my child. I'm really pregnant with the prince's child!"

Wu Minke's forehead was bleeding soon after the blows he had landed on.

"Madam, it really is the prince's flesh and blood. If you don't believe it, you can call the prince over!"

Seeing that she still insisted that the child was Zhou Jinlin's, the old lady felt a little uneasy.

"Someone, go to the front yard and invite the prince over." The old lady ordered.

It just so happened that the eldest grandson had not yet returned to the camp outside Beijing.

Lin didn't want her son to be involved in anything with this dirty thing. Even if Wu Minke was really pregnant with Lin'er's child, she didn't want it.

Lin opened her mouth to stop her, "Mother——"

"Sister-in-law, don't be anxious. Everything will be clear when Brother Lin comes." Mrs. Wu was no longer anxious and was happy to see the excitement in the main room.

While Wu was interrupting, the old lady's confidants had already left the yard, and Lin shut up angrily.

Soon, Zhou Jinlin, dressed in a dark purple brocade robe, arrived at Rongde Hall.

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