Li Yunyan, who was standing quietly, was startled by her sudden reprimand.
Holding her stomach, her eyes red-rimmed, she said, "Cousin, how could you say that? You were the one who lunged at me! I..."
Tears, like pearls, rolled down her cheeks one by one, Li Yunyan's face filled with grievance and disbelief.
A beautiful woman shedding tears evokes pity, especially since there were many witnesses present at the time of the incident.
Everyone glared angrily at Fang Zhiyue on the ground.
Xia's mother was even more furious. She had just felt sorry for Fang Zhiyue for suffering so much and was thinking of giving her some compensation when she got back. She never expected that Fang Zhiyue would make such slanderous remarks so easily!
He's rotten to the core!
She shouted, "Fang Zhiyue, do you think we're all blind? You deliberately tried to pounce on Yan'er. Luckily, heaven had eyes and let you fall into the water. Otherwise, who knows what would have happened to Yan'er? If anything had happened to the child in her womb, could you have taken responsibility?"
"No! Aunt! You've all been fooled by her!"
Fang Zhiyue stood up, clutching her clothes. "Aunt, it was Li Yunyan who tripped me, which is why I rushed into the water!"
"So where did you originally intend to rush to?"
"Of course I want to rush to you..." Fang Zhiyue stopped herself in time, but it was too late.
Everyone understood what she meant.
Fang Zhiyue originally intended to rush onto Li Yunyan, hoping to kill her and her unborn child, but she went astray and ended up falling into the water herself.
Li Yunyan was devastated. Holding her stomach, her brows furrowed even more. "Cousin, I have no grudge against you. Why would you do this to me?"
Fang Zhiyue was now completely desperate. "It's all your fault! Because you stole my cousin! That's why I've ended up like this, forced to marry a good-for-nothing! It's all because of you! Li Yunyan, why don't you just die?!"
As she spoke, she tried to rush up and bump into Li Yunyan, but was stopped by Xia's mother, who raised her hand and slapped her twice.
"Snap! Snap!" Two crisp sounds rang out, the force showing no mercy.
"Fang Zhiyue! The matter has already been explained, yet you're still clinging to it relentlessly; it's utterly unreasonable!"
Fang's mother was completely flustered. Her daughter had just said that her future son-in-law was a good-for-nothing, so this marriage...
She turned around in alarm. She had brought her future mother-in-law with her today so that she could see for herself the close relationship between her family and the Xia family. This way, when Zhiyue married into the Xia family, she would have more face in her husband's family.
Although the future son-in-law is only a minor official of the seventh rank, he is of excellent character and learning. He is young now, and with more experience in the future, his future will surely be limitless.
She went through a lot of trouble to secure this marriage for Zhiyue!
But now...
Will Zhiyue still be able to marry him properly?
She didn't have time to deal with the chaos here for the moment, and walked over to her mother-in-law with a smile on her face. "Mother-in-law, Zhiyue was frightened today. What she said just now was nonsense. Please don't take it to heart!"
The mother-in-law smiled coldly: "The Fang family's daughter is of noble birth. A poor, insignificant family like ours dares not presume to associate with her! Farewell!"
"Mother-in-law! Mother-in-law!!"
Fang's mother anxiously followed in her direction.
Because Fang Zhiyue had fallen into the water, she was too angry to do much and was easily stopped by the two old women, unable to get close to Li Yunyan at all.
At this moment, the doctor finally arrived in a hurry. He had been called by Xia's mother to save Fang Zhiyue.
But right now~
Li Yunyan was both heartbroken and aggrieved. After crying a few times, she suddenly hugged her stomach.
"ah!"
"Yan'er, what's wrong?"
Li Yunyan was almost unable to stand, and looked at Xia's mother, saying, "Mother, my stomach... my stomach hurts so much!"
Xia's mother was extremely anxious. "Could it be that she just had a miscarriage?"
"Doctor! Doctor, come quick!"
Li Yunyan clutched her stomach and fainted in Su Mama's arms.
"Miss! Miss, don't frighten this old servant!"
"Waaaaah!!! Miss!!!"
The group left in a hurry, leaving Fang Zhiyue standing in the wind, shivering with cold.
Beside her stood only the servant who had just rescued her, his eyes revealing no emotion.
*
When Li Yunyan woke up, Xia Xiunian had already returned and was staying by her bedside with his mother.
Even Xia's father had someone waiting outside so that if she woke up, someone would immediately notify him.
Li Yunyan took a nap and felt refreshed.
She slowly woke up, and the first thing she did was nervously touch her lower abdomen. When she found that her belly was still swollen, she breathed a huge sigh of relief.
She looked at the two of them and said hopefully, "Husband, Mother, is the child alright?"
"The baby is fine!" Xia's mother wiped away her tears and said gently, "The doctor said you had a miscarriage scare, so you need to rest well. Remember not to get upset or angry recently!"
"But my cousin..." She remembered her sad memories again, and tears welled up in her eyes once more.
"Yanyan, don't be afraid!" Xia Xiunian's eyes were bloodshot. "You'll never see her again!"
Li Yunyan's eyes widened. Xia Xiunian, afraid of frightening her, squeezed her hand and said, "The marriage proposal from the Fang family was rejected. Fang Zhiyue's reputation is now ruined, and it's all over the capital. Just then, the stable boy asked for her hand in marriage, and the Fang family agreed."
"A stable boy?"
A dark glint flashed in Xia Xiunian's eyes. "Hmm, a stable boy."
Li Yunyan secretly admired Xia Xiunian's efficiency; in just half a day, the news had spread throughout the capital.
And that servant was actually a stable boy!
Fang Zhiyue, with her proud and arrogant nature, probably wouldn't have the face to live on after all her scheming and plotting, only to end up marrying a stable boy.
Mother Xia said indignantly, "Yan'er, you don't need to be sad about Fang Zhiyue's matter. Do you know that Xiu Nian's people captured her personal maid? That maid confessed everything! She told her maid to let all the horses in the stable run away to distract Xiu Nian, so that you would be alone! Today's events were all arranged by her, with the aim of harming you!"
"My cousin, she actually hates me this much!"
Li Yunyan burst into tears again, looking at Xia's mother with a wronged expression, and then at Xia Xiunian.
Xia Xiunian was heartbroken. He had been too careless. He never expected that Fang Zhiyue would have such a vicious heart!
"Yanyan! Don't cry! I'll never leave your side again!"
Li Yunyan stroked her belly, sobbing between tears, and said, "I don't want to cry, but the thought of her harming our child terrifies me!"
Her expression brought tears to everyone's eyes, and everyone except Xia Xiunian was wiping away tears.
Miss/Yan'er is so pitiful!
Xia Xiunian was heartbroken. Ignoring his mother's presence, he hugged her and comforted her until she finally stopped crying.
After leaving the room to the young couple, Xia's mother said to the nanny beside her, "Tell that stable boy not to give her a friendly look!"
"Yes, madam."
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