Chapter 55: A Pool of Muddy Waters
At the Qi Mansion, Chen Tang and his wife had just gotten off the carriage when Qi Huaijing was hugged by Madam Yue, who wiped away two tears on his body.
"Son, you're finally back! What's so good about that country place? Why did you stay away for so long? Why didn't you write me a letter? Oh, I see you've lost weight. Don't run around anymore in the future... My dear, next time you want to go out and play, let's go to the capital. I'll go with you, okay..."
This was the same scene when he returned home from going out in previous years, so Qi Huaijing was not surprised.
But this time, he really didn't want Chen Tang to see him being coaxed like a child by his own mother, so he gritted his teeth and struggled to free his arms from his mother's arms.
Unfortunately, he had just taken two steps forward when he was hugged again.
Chen Tang watched it with great interest for half a day. Seeing that Madam Yue's heart and eyes were full of her own son and she, the daughter-in-law, had nothing to do with her, she raised her eyebrows slightly, winked at Qi Huaijing, and smiled as she left him to enjoy the motherly love and filial piety in front of Madam Yue. She then stood up, said goodbye, and returned to Wutong Garden to prepare gifts for each room.
After all, it was a long journey, so Chen Tang prepared some simple yet elegant ceremonies, including a pen holder carved from a whole bamboo root, a flower vase made from red pottery, and incense holders made from gourd shells... They were not very expensive, but they were full of rustic charm.
When she was checking the gifts sent to Mingfang Pavilion, Bai Lu came over and quietly reported an important event to her.
Aunt Xue had a miscarriage.
Chen Tang was a little surprised. He dismissed everyone and only left Bai Lu, and asked her the reason in detail.
The water in Mingfang Pavilion was too muddy. Although Bai Lu had carefully inquired about it, she could not tell the reason.
"I heard that she was fine. She even went out of her room during the day and fed the birds herself. But in the middle of the night, she suddenly had severe abdominal pain. When the next morning came, she started bleeding. Several doctors came to her house and felt her pulse. They all said that she couldn't keep the baby. So they gave her medicine to abort the baby. She finally saved her life... I'm afraid she'll have trouble having children in the future."
Qi Chengzhou was furious about this matter. He beat half of the maids in the yard and drove away four or five people. However, after investigating again and again, he could not find out the cause of the miscarriage.
Not only was Aunt Xue injured, but she also had a fever for several days after the miscarriage. After the fever subsided, her voice became hoarse and she could not speak, and she became half-mute.
In Mingfang Pavilion, Qin Jiangyun received the gift sent by Chen Tang, but there was no smile on his face.
"Chun'er, has Third Madam sent it to the West Wing?"
"I gave it to you. It's the same as mine, so it's fair to say."
"She is very patient. She didn't come to congratulate the woman in the west wing when she was pregnant, and she doesn't act like a jerk now that she has lost her child."
"Third Madam has never been such an arrogant person. Unlike the one in the West Wing, once she gained power, she looked down on everyone."
"It's inevitable! When people are in power, they become proud, and when they are proud, they want to show off. Once they show off... they will inevitably be hated. Chun'er, what happened in the West Chamber, wasn't it your credit?"
Aunt Chun shook her head and smiled bitterly: "It's really not true. Our master is very strict, and his food and drink are so carefully controlled, there is really no chance to do it."
Aunt Chun secretly suspected that it was Qin who did it, and she deliberately asked her this question to get rid of her suspicion.
But Qin was also puzzled.
Her idea was to wait for half a year, and when the pregnancy was over, she would do it all, kill both the fox and the fetus, and get rid of them together.
Unexpectedly, before the first three months were over, the evil spirit disappeared on its own.
"It is God who has a good eye and protects my Luan'er, not wanting her to be stepped on by the child of a bitch."
At the beginning of the miscarriage, when Aunt Xue woke up from a high fever, although her voice was hoarse, she could still say a few words. When she heard with her own ears that the child was gone, even such a cold-hearted person shed tears.
Qi Chengzhou checked everything in the west wing, including food, drinks and daily necessities, but he could not find the cause. He could only think that it was fate's difficulty in having children.
Over the years, there have been constant intrigues among his wives, concubines and maids, both overtly and covertly. This is not the first child he has lost.
He had seen a lot, and although he was depressed, he could still force a smile.
"It doesn't matter. I guess these aren't the children I'm destined to have. I'm not blessed at all, so I'll just give up."
Aunt Xue was filled with hatred, and seeing him so calm, she leaned on the pillow with tears in her eyes, turning her head away from him. Although she gritted her teeth and refused to cry out loud, her frail body was shaking under the quilt.
Qi Chengzhou felt a little impatient when he saw that her clothes were disheveled, her hair was messy, and she ignored him.
"If you want to cry, just cry a few times and then leave. What a shame!"
After saying this, he felt a little soft-hearted when he saw how sick Aunt Xue was. He sat down beside the bed, turned her face over, and stroked her snow-white cheeks with his fingers.
"It is important that you take good care of yourself. You can give me a son in the future."
Aunt Xue tilted her head slightly and glanced at him sideways. Her voice sounded hoarse, but her tone was firm.
"Having me as your family's lifelong slave is not enough? If I risk my life and work hard to give birth to a little slave for your family, you will feel satisfied!"
Qi Chengzhou was already unhappy, and when he heard this, he immediately became furious.
"What nonsense are you talking about! I am tall, I am short, who said you were here?"
Aunt Xue sneered, her pair of black and white eyes were full of coldness.
"Do you need me to tell you? I am the servant of both of you masters. I gave birth to this evil creature so that I can be the servant of the little master."
These words touched Qi Chengzhou's sore spot. A burst of cold anger emerged from his chest and he slapped her in the face.
"Bitch! You are so ungrateful! Do you know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is?"
Aunt Xue was beaten so hard that she fell on the bed with her head folded, and her originally pale cheeks suddenly became red and swollen.
Qi Chengzhou was still not satisfied, so he reached out and pinched her chin, forcing her to look up at him.
"Who are you talking to? Who am I? I am your husband and your lifelong support! I have given you face time and again, and you have become so arrogant! You don't want to have a child for me? Oh, who do you want to have a child for? Do you want to have a child for your little lover? What a pity..."
Qi Chengzhou suddenly smiled, gritted his teeth, stretched out a finger, and wiped away the tears on her cheek.
"...It's a pity that those who are completely dead and rotten can't even crawl out."
Qi Chengzhou suddenly loosened his grip and threw the man onto the bed.
Aunt Xue fell on the bed, coughed suddenly, took a long breath, felt dizzy, and fell softly into the heavy quilt, with blood flowing from her body again.
There were two or three maids standing in the room serving her. They all knew Qi Chengzhou's temper, so they hid aside, not daring to speak or come up to check.
Qi Chengzhou looked at her coldly for a long time, until he saw that the brocade quilt under her was soaked with blood, then he spoke.
"Go get the doctor."
The doctor was called and the bleeding stopped, but Qi Chengzhou never entered the west wing again.
The house, which was originally as warm as spring, became colder day by day with the arrival of early winter.
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