Chapter 177 Ridiculing

Xiao Jue blushed, a rare occurrence for him: "Sister-in-law, please don't tease me."

"I'm not making fun of you. I'm happy to see that you're about to have children. I'm genuinely happy for you."

Qin chuckled softly, placed a chicken leg on Xiao Jue's plate, and her eyes were slightly moist.

It's wonderful to see that the Xiao family is about to flourish again, with more children and a new addition to the family. This is truly a great thing.

Once you have popularity, everything will be fine.

After having dinner, Xie Qingran went directly to Xue Lu.

As soon as she entered, she pulled the miracle doctor into the inner room.

"Let's begin."

Without hesitation, Xie Qingran loosened her belt, then took the towel she had prepared and stuffed it into her mouth.

Seeing her like this, the divine doctor knew that she had come prepared. He took a deep breath, took out a sharp blade, and plunged it into Xie Qingran's chest.

The pain came quickly, tearing open Xie Qingran's chest. As she watched the bright red blood gushing out, Xie Qingran's lips curled up slightly, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The doctor was quick and efficient; after taking the blood, he swiftly stopped the bleeding and bandaged Xie Qingran's wound.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid it will take you ten days to half a month to fully recover."

"Remember to change the dressing during this period."

The divine physician felt a pang of sympathy upon seeing Xie Qingran's pale face and softly offered a word of advice.

After hearing this, Xie Qingran simply gave a faint smile: "Let's prepare the medicine first, otherwise it might lose its potency."

"Um."

Knowing that further words would be of no use at this point, the doctor could only turn around and quickly prepare the medicine. Just as Xie Qingran had said, the medicine had already been taken out, and if it wasn't prepared quickly, it would be a waste of this pain!

Xie Qingran took a deep breath, quickly put on her clothes, and without lingering, got up and walked outside.

She was in pain, in excruciating pain, but in both her past and present lives, she had honed the ability to endure. Even with a scar on her chest, she could still walk out of the Snow Hut without changing her expression.

When the divine physician returned with the medicine, he was somewhat surprised to find that Xie Qingran was no longer in the room.

He had never seen such a composed girl as Xie Qingran, who could be so nonchalant in the face of such a situation.

Xie Qingran had already made preparations before entering the house, so after leaving Xue Lu, she got into the carriage and headed towards the nearest manor.

Xiaozaozhuang was the estate that Xie Qingran's family brought as part of her dowry, so it was a place Xie Qingran trusted. After entering the room, she lay silently on the bed without saying a word.

Seeing Xie Qingran like this, Baozhu couldn't help but worry: "Princess Consort, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing," Xie Qingran smiled faintly, "I'm just a little tired."

After saying that, Xie Qingran leaned against the pillow and drifted off to sleep.

On the other side, when Xiao Jue arrived at Xue Lu, he keenly smelled a faint scent of blood. Although it was faint, he was a great general, so he was very familiar with this smell.

Especially when the miracle doctor brought the medicine, his eyebrows furrowed tightly: "What's in this medicine? Why does it smell so fishy?"

"I added pig's blood." The divine doctor already knew he couldn't hide anything from Xiao Jue, so he simply started making up lies.

Anyway, it was pitch black, and we couldn't see what was inside. So whatever he said was fine with us.

“Your Highness, you will be staying at the Snow Lodge for at least ten days.”

"I have to take medicine and get acupuncture every day."

The divine physician looked at Xiao Jue with a serious expression.

He deliberately delayed the matter here in order to help Xie Qingran keep it a secret.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jue's eyebrows furrowed tightly. He downed the bowl of medicine in one gulp, wiped his mouth in dissatisfaction, and said, "Do I have to stay here?"

If it were before, Xiao Jue would have stayed here without a care, but he had just eaten meat last night and was in the middle of a great time, so he really couldn't bear to stay here.

"I have to stay here."

The miracle doctor had no idea about all the intricacies involved, and simply made the decision.

Although Xiao Jue was very unwilling, he finally agreed, giving the divine doctor a disgruntled glare.

Shen Wenyuan quickly learned that Xie Qingran had gone to the manor, so he eagerly followed her. Lu Jinzhi had also finally found an opportunity, so the two were somewhat surprised when they met in Xiaozaozhuang.

Xie Qingran was exhausted, both physically and mentally. Seeing the two of them gave her a headache. She frowned and looked at Lu Jinzhi: "Young Master Lu, why aren't you at home taking care of the children? What are you doing in my little Zaozhuang?"

Lu Jin's affair with his mistress and child was already common knowledge and caused quite a stir. However, because of his good family background and the fact that it was just a youthful fling, it did not cause him any real harm. He was just ridiculed. But Yu Niang gave her own life to save her child.

Lu Jinzhi looked at Xie Qingran's pale face, his eyebrows furrowed tightly: "You've already accepted the gold, why did you betray me?"

"Because you've always been relentless in your pursuit of me," Xie Qingran said matter-of-factly.

She looked at Lu Jinzhi coldly: "What, you're allowed to humiliate me, but I can't fight back? Why should I?"

Xie Qingran is by nature vengeful, so how could she easily let go of the person who hurt her the most in her previous life!

"Xie Qingran!"

"You are so vicious!"

Lu Jinzhi suddenly stepped forward, but was stopped by Shen Wenyuan.

"Enough, Mr. Lu. Miss Xie didn't say anything wrong, did she?"

Shen Wenyuan looked at Lu Jinzhi with some dissatisfaction. He had seen Lu Jinzhi bullying and making things difficult for him all this time, and it was indeed going too far!

"You...you're crazy, you're protecting her?"

"You haven't forgotten, have you? We're the friends who grew up together!"

Lu Jinzhi looked at Shen Wenyuan in disbelief, never expecting that he would rush out to stop her at this moment, claiming that he was speaking up for Xie Qingran.

Xie Qingran, on the other hand, was quite self-righteous.

She looked at Lu Jinzhi coldly: "I was the one who brought this up, but wasn't it you who did it? Did you think I was the one who dragged you to take off that girl's clothes? You can't give her a proper status but you still want her body, and after she had the child, you couldn't protect her. In the end, it's all your own incompetence. How can you blame me?"

"presumptuous!"

"Xie Qingran, who do you think you are? How dare you talk to me like that!"

Lu Jinzhi finally broke down and yelled at Xie Qingran.

Xie Qingran patted off non-existent dust from her clothes and smiled faintly: "I am the rightful heir apparent of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion!"