To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

Fu Jingsheng was in a hurry and didn't know what his mother had said behind his back. Now, hearing Su's mother's warning, he stood up and said, "Mother-in-law, my mother was just anxious. She may have said something wrong in her haste. I will try to persuade her properly."

“I’m not advising her, I’m insisting she change. There are some things that can be said, and some things that cannot. She’s lived to be this old, doesn’t she understand such a simple principle? If she doesn’t understand these things, there’s no need for her and Ziyu to live in the same courtyard in the future.”

Su Ziyu could guess what Qian had said.

When she left, she suspected that the child in her belly wasn't Fu Jingsheng's. But was her mother-in-law really going to spread this around?

“Mother, my pregnancy was indeed quite sudden, and that doctor, I don’t know who sent him, maliciously fabricated the month of my pregnancy, which is why my mother-in-law doesn’t believe me. With so many guests here today, if word gets out, people will probably laugh at us behind our backs. Husband, what Mother said earlier is also true. You still need to persuade Mother-in-law not to believe everything you hear. If people laugh at us, it will affect your future.”

Before entering the house, Su Ziyu thought she would get along well with her mother-in-law.

Now it seems how naive she was.

Her mother-in-law seems to thrive on chaos. It's highly unlikely she'll be able to get along with her.

"I'll try to persuade my mother. Mother-in-law, please stay here and keep Ziyu company. I'm going out to entertain the guests." Fu Jingsheng was naturally a little unhappy that neither mother nor daughter liked his mother.

Secondly, that doctor definitely wouldn't have any problems.

He trusted this doctor more than the one he consulted later.

After Fu Jingsheng left, Su's mother dismissed the maids and took Su Ziyu's hand, whispering, "What's going on? I heard it's been two months? Are you hiding something from me?"

“Mother, really no. I suspect that doctor was invited by Su Mingyue. She wants to cause trouble, so she had someone exaggerate the pregnancy. You'd better arrest that doctor and interrogate him severely. Nothing that happened today is normal. I don't believe there's no one behind it.”

“It was my carelessness. I didn’t expect her to have such a skilled person by her side. That beggar was originally someone I arranged to go out, but I didn’t expect him to end up working for her. This matter cannot be investigated, because if it is, it will lead back to our Su family.”

It's impossible to investigate the incident of that beggar causing trouble.

"Then let him shut up forever." Su Ziyu's eyes flashed with hatred: "This is so annoying, nothing went right today."

"Don't worry, that beggar will definitely shut up. Just be careful with your mother-in-law's mouth. If all else fails, send her back to her hometown so she won't disturb your life as a couple."

"I have a feeling that someone is manipulating things behind the scenes today. Mother, you have to investigate how Su Mingyue got together with the War King, and what she's up to?"

"Why are you worried about her? She's just a country woman, what trouble could she possibly cause?" Su's mother still didn't know who Su Mingyue really was. She genuinely thought she was just Fu Jingsheng's cousin from the countryside.

Su Ziyu bit her lip: "She is Su Mingyue, my father's eldest daughter, the one who ran away from home ten years ago."

Su Mingyue didn't want her to have an easy time, and she wouldn't let her have an easy time either.

Upon hearing Su Mingyue's words, Su's mother paused, her expression turning incredulous: "It's her?"

Su Ziyu nodded.

"You brat, why didn't you say so earlier? Why are you only saying it now?" Su's mother tapped Su Ziyu's forehead. "What, are you still trying to cover up her identity?"