Time Travel and Love

"Replying to the Princess, she is not pregnant." Quan Si replied to Chu Qingmeng according to the servants' address in the mansion.

Mo Jiangche was completely stunned! He looked up at the concubine. Not pregnant?!

The concubine, feeling guilty under his gaze, struggled and cried out, "Second Master! The court doctor took my pulse, and I'm really pregnant. You saw it with your own eyes! Are you going to believe the random words of this unreliable person?"

Mo Jiangche was furious. How could he not know the Fourth Master's medical skills?! He stood up and wanted to slap the concubine who had deceived him, but Chu Qingmeng heard his heavy breathing and knew what he was going to do. He shouted, "Kneel down!"

Mo Jiangche's eyes turned red with anger, but Chu Qinglemeng's scolding made him dare not move.

Chu Qingmeng waved her hand and whispered to Chunhe whether she could do with this concubine as she pleased. Chunhe also whispered back, "Miss, I'm a trader. But a family like ours wouldn't bother using someone else's. It's just a toy, you can beat or kill it if you want."

Chu Qingmeng took a deep breath, stood up, and helped Chunhe out. "Go, tell someone to call all the concubines and maids of the eldest and second young masters to the main hall in the second young master's courtyard. Also, call all the palace doctors and the executioners in the front yard."

Someone brought a chair and sat at the door of the main hall. Mo Jiangche knelt at the foot of the steps, and the concubine had been gagged by the maid.

"Princess, everyone is here." Chunhe took the tea bowl from Chu Qingmeng's hand.

"Hmm." The voice was low, but there was no movement. The concubines and maids had never seen Chu Qingmeng before. Now, seeing the Second Young Master kneeling before her and Aunt Chunhe, who had raised both young masters, calling her the eldest princess, they knew this was the mother-in-law they had never met.

"My son." Chu Qingmeng stretched out his hand and called out.

Mo Jiangche crawled to Chu Qingmeng on his knees and held her hand. He was panicking. He didn't know what his mother was going to do. He only knew she was very angry. He had never seen Chu Qingmeng lose her temper before. "Mother."

"Which doctor is the one who took your concubine's pulse?" Though he couldn't see, Chu Qingmeng was now furious, his aura surging. After Mo Jiangche finished identifying her, Chu Qingmeng still held onto his hand, placing it on her lap. She raised her head and whispered, "Doctor Jiang, you have two choices now. First, tell me yourself. Second, let me ask."

The court doctor refused to admit it and kept saying that he was wronged. Chu Qingmeng frowned, "Xia Zhi. Tell the truth."

"Yes." Shuang Cheng walked down the stairs. He only used a little torture, and even without seeing blood, the court doctor confessed.

"Princess! I confess! I confess!" The palace doctor begged for mercy. "My aunt said that the Second Young Master hasn't been to her room much lately, so she gave me some money to pretend she was pregnant. She also asked for some aphrodisiacs to give to the Second Young Master to get him pregnant."

Chu Qingmeng frowned, "All four."

Quan Si stepped forward to feel Mo Jiangche's pulse and said, "Princess, it hasn't been used on the Second Young Master yet."

Chu Qingmeng was relieved and spoke again, "Uncle Fu, this palace doctor?"

The housekeeper was the same one who had been there when Chu Qingmeng first moved into the mansion. He understood Chu Qingmeng's thoughts and said, "Replying to the Princess, the old princess once ordered that anyone entering the mansion must sign a contract to sell themselves in order to be restrained. The master will decide whether to punish or kill them."

Chu Qingmeng nodded and spoke again softly, "Everyone, watch over me! Concubine Chen, the doctor in the Jiang residence, the chess book, and the caning."

As soon as he finished speaking, the executioner began to pack up his things.

"I never beat or kill servants at will. Today is the first time! Chen's crime is one, faking a pregnancy to win favor! Two, seducing the master and distracting him from business! Three, intending to use medicine to harm the master! Thirty strokes of the cane!" Although Mo Jiangche hated the concubine for deceiving him, she had been with him for three years after all. Just as he was about to plead for mercy, Chu Qingmeng spoke again, "Dr. Jiang's crime is one, betraying the master! Two, daring to use any medicine on the master. Forty strokes of the cane! Qishu, for failing to persuade the master, will be punished with five strokes of the cane. Execute!"

The concubine was almost terrified and struggled non-stop. If she was beaten with the stick thirty times, she would surely die! But she could not speak. The maidservant beside her pleaded for mercy, but was silenced by Chu Qingmeng's servants. Hearing the sound of the beating, Chu Qingmeng scolded again, "Xinglong, didn't you eat? Are you trying to curry favor with the Second Young Master?! Don't think I don't know your skills! I will examine the injuries after the punishment! If it's just a flesh wound, then my people will use you as an example to show you, the torturers, how to carry out the punishment!"

The executioners shrank their necks. They didn't expect that the eldest princess, who was blind, could know these things. They had no choice but to beat her with all their strength.

"Everyone, keep your eyes open and watch carefully! Flattering your superiors to seek their favor, then committing treason, this is the fate! All four! Watch out! Anyone who dares to faint will be awakened immediately!" Chu Qingmeng was furious, having anticipated all the possible solutions. "Bring a chair for the pregnant woman in Qing'er Hospital to sit down, and prepare the pregnancy-preserving medicine in advance, so she won't be startled."

No one dared to speak. Mo Jiangche, listening to the sounds of the execution, felt heartbroken and couldn't help but plead, "Mother..."

"Che'er," Chu Qingmeng interrupted him softly, "You've forgotten everything Mother said this morning. Please don't make Mother feel bad anymore, okay?"

Mo Jiangche didn't dare to speak again and could only watch the concubine being beaten with red eyes.