Chapter 25: Just avenging my child.
Huo Yunzhan immediately noticed the glaring red blood beneath Yue Niang's body. His throat bobbed, and he rushed over in a panic, looking at Shen Qingci: "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
Shen Qingci's lips curled into a mocking smile, his eyes filled with malice: "Didn't the Marquis say that I would handle this courtesan and the child in her womb?"
"The Marquis says that she wanted to harm me and get rid of the child in my womb. If that's the case, then what's wrong with making her pay with her life, using the child in her womb to avenge my child?"
"Or were those words you said before just to comfort me? In reality, you don't want me to harm this woman and the child in her womb at all?"
Huo Yunzhan felt his blood rush to his head and his heart clench.
He did say those words, but he never expected that Shen Qingci would actually do them!
"My lord, save me! Save my child!"
Despite the excruciating pain in her abdomen, Yue Niang quickly crawled over and grabbed Huo Yunzhan's clothes.
Huo Yunzhan saw the winding trail of blood behind her, and the veins on his forehead throbbed. Just as he was about to speak, he noticed Shen Qingci's gaze coming his way.
Shen Qingci's eyes were full of stubbornness, yet tears still streamed down her face uncontrollably: "Who dares to save her?"
"She's the murderer who killed my child!"
Moon Lady felt her flesh being peeled away from her abdomen, and she became increasingly panicked. She hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, I didn't, it wasn't me!"
Shen Qingci had been waiting for this very sentence. She quickly walked up to Yue Niang and forcefully lifted her face: "Not you? Then tell me, who was it?"
Yue Niang raised her head and looked at Huo Yunzhan, only to meet Huo Yunzhan's sinister gaze.
Huo Yunzhan took a deep breath. Now that things had come to this, he could only protect the most important people first.
"With so much blood loss, the baby is most likely going to die."
Yue Niang shuddered and immediately realized that what Yongning Hou meant was that the child could not be saved. If she dared to say anything she shouldn't, she would lose everything he had promised.
And... the people she cares about might also be in danger.
Moon Lady clenched her teeth, tears streaming down her face: "I don't know who it is! I... I know nothing."
Hearing her say that, Shen Qingci knew she wouldn't tell the truth.
She scoffed, raising her eyes to look at Huo Yunzhan and Liu Ruolan, who stood behind her with a look of amusement.
Whether Mother tells the truth or not this month is no longer important.
In short, she has achieved her goal.
Shen Qingci lowered her eyes and looked down at Yue Niang: "That day, I also lost this much blood, even more than this."
“That Bitao is the Lady of the Marquis’s maid. The servants are from the Prime Minister’s residence. I originally thought that the Lady of the Marquis was jealous that I was pregnant with her child before her and would give birth to her child before her, so she deliberately wanted to harm my child.”
"It was the Marquis who said that you admitted that you did all of this."
"It was also the Marquis who said that although the child in your womb is Huo Yunzhan's, the Marquis's mansion will never acknowledge the child. You and the child in your womb are both at my disposal."
"Don't blame me, I'm just avenging my child."
If she had to blame someone, she should blame Liu Ruolan, and the "Marquis of Yongning" in front of her.
After Shen Qingci finished speaking, he extended his hand to Wanqing: "Wanqing, let's go back inside."
"yes."
Wanqing helped Shen Qingci out of the courtyard. They hadn't gone far when they saw Huo Yunzhan's servants hurrying out from inside.
"They should be going to call the doctor."
Shen Qingci nodded: "Have you taken care of the doctor?"
"Don't worry, Miss. Even if the baby in Yue Niang's belly doesn't come out completely, the doctor will prescribe more medicine to help."
"Anyway, this child has absolutely no chance of surviving."
Shen Qingci looked at the secluded courtyard not far away and took a deep breath: "Do you think I'm ruthless? I've already given the medicine. Now that Yue Niang's child is gone, Huo Yunzhan will be completely childless."
"But how innocent are Yue Niang and her child as well?"
Wanqing gritted her teeth and said angrily, "What kind of ruthlessness is this, Miss? It's clearly that scumbag Huo Yunzhan! He went back on his word! He betrayed you, Miss! He hooked up with this Yue Niang and even got her pregnant!"
“Since ancient times, there has been a rule that concubines cannot become pregnant if the principal wife has not given birth to a legitimate son! Moreover, that Yue Niang is not even a concubine.”
"And this month, it was also he who personally delivered the maid to the young lady."
"It was that despicable man who used Yue Niang as a scapegoat, dragging her out to take the blame for Liu Ruolan."
"Miss did nothing wrong!"
Wan Qing's face was full of indignation, and her voice was firm and resounding.
This prompted Shen Qingci to chuckle, "Yes, I also think I didn't do anything wrong."
After all, in her previous life, how innocent were she and the child in her womb?
Not long after Shen Qingci returned to her courtyard, Huo Yunzhan arrived with Liu Ruolan.
Huo Yunzhan's expression was rather grim: "The child in Yue Niang's belly is gone."
He looked at Shen Qingci's still pale face, his emotions a jumble of complex feelings. After a long silence, he finally spoke again: "You..."
He frowned, somewhat unsure how to begin.
Shen Qingci lowered her eyes, her whole body trembling slightly: "Does the Marquis want to say that he never expected me to be so ruthless?"
"If I love Yun Zhan so much, why would I want to get rid of his only child in this world?"
Shen Qingci raised her eyes, tears streaming down her face: "My lord, do you know that I always thought Yun Zhan loved me the most? I always thought he would never betray me! I always thought I was his only one!"
"So, after learning of his death in battle, I attempted suicide several times, wanting to follow him in death."
"But now, a moon goddess has appeared!"
"She and the child in her womb remind me that Huo Yunzhan betrayed me! He betrayed the promise he once made to me!"
"Moreover, she is not only evidence of Huo Yunzhan's betrayal, but she is also the murderer who indirectly caused the death of my child!"
"Tell me, Your Excellency, how do you think I should accept this? How do you think I should forgive you?"
"You want me to keep her? To allow her to give birth to her and Huo Yunzhan's child?"
Shen Qingci's smile was incredibly sarcastic, but the tears welling up in her eyes only made her seem more pitiful: "I can't do it!"
Huo Yunzhan's expression shifted slightly. No matter how many times, he would be attracted by Shen Qingci's beauty that occasionally blossomed.
Therefore, even though he was forced to change his identity due to circumstances, he still wanted to bring Shen Qingci to his side so that she could rightfully become his woman.
With this face, no matter what Shen Qingci did, he was willing to forgive her.
That Yue Niang was just a mistake he made while drunk, and the child in her womb took the blame for Liu Ruolan, so it wasn't a loss.
He could take this opportunity, using his identity as Marquis Yongning Huo Yunting, to try and persuade Shen Qingci to allow him to inherit both branches of the family line...
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