Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 167

Even if she had contacted him, she would have given him medication, so there was absolutely no way he could have gotten pregnant.

"Guards! Tie Aunt Qing up!"

Qinghe was immediately terrified and hid in Shen Yue's arms.

"My lord, you and Consort Qing haven't been intimate recently, how could she be pregnant? Especially since she's been pregnant for over two months," Lin Bao'er said angrily.

"She is unfaithful and has an affair; she should be drowned in a pig cage to avoid tarnishing the reputation of the Marquis's mansion."

Shen Yue protected the woman, saying, "Qinghe is pregnant with my child. Two months ago... I went to see her again."

Lin Bao'er's face turned pale; she never expected him to secretly eat with her.

"I was drunk at that time. Now that I am pregnant, I should rest well."

The doctor said, "Aunt Qing is showing signs of miscarriage. She must have eaten something she shouldn't have to cause her stomach pain."

The maidservant beside Qinghe immediately produced evidence: the items were delivered by someone from Lin Bao'er's courtyard.

Upon examination, the doctor discovered that the sachet contained a drug that would prevent pregnancy; frequent inhalation of the sachet could lead to miscarriage and lifelong infertility.

Shen Yue's face immediately turned ashen. When Li Shi and Madam Shen learned of this, they also cursed Lin Bao'er for being vicious, saying, "My lord, this Southern Qiang princess is so ruthless. We cannot let her be our principal wife, otherwise she will kill all your children in the future!"

Both the Dowager Lady and Lady Li believed that, "Besides, she is the princess of the Southern Qiang. If it weren't for the Zhou family's help, the emperor would have suspected us long ago."

"So you should marry a daughter of the Zhou family, preferably Zhou Zhilan. Now that her appearance is ruined, it's like God is helping you. She can't enter the palace to become the Empress. Take this opportunity to ask for her hand in marriage. She hates Yun Xiyue in her heart, so she will help us against that bitch."

Shen Yue had considered it, but felt that it was necessary to take a longer-term view.

Lin Bao'er was placed under house arrest. She denied committing such a heinous act but could not produce any evidence.

"My lord, don't you believe me?"

Shen Yue rubbed his temples. "Did you give me the sachet?"

“Yes, but I absolutely did not put any medicine that would kill my child,” Lin Bao’er said.

She then added safflower, a contraceptive herb.

However, the sachet also contained a large amount of musk and other cold-natured substances that are bad for women, which can lead to female infertility.

"So you mean Aunt Qing did it herself? Do you think that's possible?" Shen Yue's eyes were a little cold. No matter how much he doted on her, he couldn't tolerate her doing something so cruel and harming her own offspring.

"From now on, you should stay in Baohua Garden. We'll discuss everything when the Southern Qiang envoy arrives. Otherwise, we won't be able to explain it to your grandmother."

The man left after saying a few words, and Lin Bao'er was so angry that she smashed everything in the room.

Qinghe sat on the bed, rubbing her belly with a smug look on her face. "Pass the message on to the young lady!"

With the help of people sent by Yun Xiyue, she was able to conceive the child successfully and also take care of that bitch Lin Bao'er.

Finally, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief and feel relieved. Now, she just had to see what Yun Xiyue would do. As long as Yun Xiyue could help her become the wife of the Marquis, she would obey her arrangements.

Yun Xiyue was somewhat surprised but not too surprised when she received the message, "Did Lin Bao'er and Shen Yue have a fight?"

“They argued, and Old Madam Shen even said she wouldn’t make her the principal wife.”

Granny Cao asked, "What does the eldest young lady plan to do next?"

"Let's wait and see! I'd rather they reap what they sow and see how Madam Shen makes her move." Yun Xiyue sneered, "The Shen family has been much more obedient lately because they took advantage of the Zhou family, hiding behind the scenes and reaping the benefits."

The Shen family wanted the scar-free ointment, but they didn't have the power to pressure the Empress Dowager.

The Zhou family, however, could.

"Wouldn't this make Zhou Zhilan's disfigurement exactly what they wanted?"

Yun Xiyue laughed and said, "Right now they think I'm the one who caused Zhou Zhilan's disfigurement, but what if that's not the truth? They haven't found Qiu Xiang yet, have they?"

She hid the person.

"Young Miss, someone from the palace has come again."

Now the Yun family is afraid that someone from the palace will come looking for Yun Xiyue.

I don't know who's looking for her this time.