When Jiang Shu heard Jiang Songyi's thoughts, she couldn't help but smile bitterly. Yes, how could she not have noticed it before?
Hao Ren also heard the thorn in Cuiying's words, and angrily waved his sleeves and gave Xia Zhiyu, who was standing beside him, a loud slap in the face.
Xia Zhiyu raised her face, her eyes full of shock and disbelief. Her cousin, who had always been gentle and amiable, actually hit her?
Hao Ren's face turned pale, his eyes revealing deep disappointment. "Zhi Yu, you make me feel so hopeless! Ah Shu was infatuated with you and had never married in many years, so she took pity on you and decided to give you a home, so she welcomed you into her family. However, you pushed her down, causing her to have a miscarriage!"
Xia Zhiyu's gaze fell on the back of Hao Ren, where Liao's figure was vaguely visible, her eyes wide open and full of anger.
Over the years, she had remained devoted to her cousin, enduring countless taunts and insults from Jiang Shu. Yet, her cousin had always kept Liao hidden and protected her. Now, even though everything was caused by Liao, her cousin was still trying to protect her and make her bear the blame for her?
Xia Zhiyu rushed forward, slapped Liao with a resounding slap, and pulled her out of her hiding place. "Cousin, I just gave her a light push. Madam fell to the edge of the bed without any injury. Her miscarriage was not caused by me, but by the anger of this shameless widow!"
Liao was secretly rejoicing and admiring Jiang Shu's blood-stained and pale appearance, but was suddenly slapped by Xia Zhiyu, leaving her hair disheveled and her face in a mess.
At this moment, she was pretending to look at Hao Ren with a pitiful expression, which made Xia Zhiyu even more angry because she knew that they had a pair of children in secret.
"You slut, you've betrayed the Madam's kindness. She didn't mind your humble background and was willing to take you into her family! I never thought you'd be even more despicable than those prostitutes! Back then, you were so audacious that you even dared to swap the Marquis's wife's daughter, leaving the Madam's niece stranded outside. Now, you've taken advantage of your son's status as the Duke's protégé to seduce him, causing the Madam to misfortune and miscarriage!"
"Come here, take this vicious woman to the authorities!"
Xia Zhiyu took Jiang Shu out to catch an adulterer today, and specially brought enough servants with her. At this moment, she turned her head and gave an order, her tone firm and decisive.
In the eyes of the servants in the Duke's Mansion who were unaware of the truth, Liao had angered the mistress of the mansion and the powerful concubine. Simply because they obeyed Xia Zhiyu's orders, they stepped forward without hesitation to subdue Liao, dragged her roughly, and prepared to send her to the authorities for questioning.
In desperation, Liao looked at Hao Ren eagerly for help.
Hao Ren's eyebrows furrowed slightly, his face livid as he shouted angrily, "Stop! Xia Zhiyu, aren't your actions shameful enough? If anything happens to Jiang Shu, all of you will be imprisoned!"
He swept his cold eyes over the servants and uttered one word in a cold and hard tone: "Get out!"
The servants then let go, and Liao was able to catch her breath.
"The doctor is here!"
The people sent by Cuiying finally invited a nearby doctor who was good at gynecology. Everyone stepped aside, and the maids quickly pulled up the screen to block everyone's curious gazes, allowing the doctor to step forward and take Jiang Shu's pulse.
The servants of the Duke of Protector's Mansion were guarding outside the screen. Inside the screen, besides the doctor and Cuiying, there were only Jiang Shu, Hao Ren, Jiang Songyi, Xia Zhiyu, and Liao who was curled up in the corner.
"Doctor, please diagnose my wife's condition as soon as possible. If you can ensure that they are safe and sound, I will generously reward you!"
Hao Ren knew that Jiang Shu was pregnant with a ghost baby and there was no hope for the safety of mother and child, but he still pretended to be worried in front of everyone.
[He truly deserves to be called a veteran actor. Jiang Shu should learn from Hao Ren's acting skills.]
Jiang Songyi seemed to be worried about Jiang Shu, but her eyes kept hinting: "Aunt, how are you feeling now? You have lost too much blood, are you in severe pain..."
In reality, Jiang Shu didn't feel any pain at all. The ghost fetus transformed into blood and drained out of her body, instead making her feel an unprecedented sense of relief. However, seeing Hao Ren and Jiang Songyi so devoted to their performance, she also pretended to be in pain, clutching her abdomen tightly with her hands and moaning continuously.
She stretched out her hand weakly to Hao Ren, saying in a weak voice, "Hao Ren..."
"Ashu, I'm here." Hao Ren responded immediately, his tone full of concern and anxiety.
Hao Ren immediately sat down beside her and held her hand tightly.
However, immediately afterwards, Jiang Shu seemed to be in severe pain, and she suddenly grabbed his hand and bit it without hesitation.
"ah!"
Hao Ren let out a terrified scream and subconsciously tried to push her away.
But at this moment, the doctor beside him hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Duke! Please be patient for a moment. Madam is in excruciating pain from a miscarriage and needs a distraction. You must stay by her side!"
Hao Ren could only endure the excruciating pain in his arm, silently muttering to himself, "Compared to the agony Ah Shu went through during childbirth, this little pain of mine is nothing."
What's wrong with this doctor?
In the past, didn’t midwives and imperial physicians always ask their husbands to wait outside when their wives were about to give birth?
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shu increased the force of her bite, biting his arm until it was bloody!
Her hatred for Hao Ren runs deep in her bones!
If Song Yi had not solved the problem of the ghost fetus for her in time, she would have died painfully today under the tearing of the ghost fetus!
Liao hid in the dark, watching Jiang Shu in excruciating pain, with uncontrollable ecstasy flashing in her eyes. She held a spell in her hand, stimulating the resentment in Jiang Shu's body, and eagerly awaited the arrival of the ghost fetus.
The moment she took action, Jiang Songyi, who was also good at metaphysics, immediately noticed something was wrong.
Previously, Jiang Yuyao had tried every possible means to place the item that would trigger the ghost fetus near Jiang Shu, but each time she was successfully stopped by the people of Rongxiyuan. Now, Liao Shi actually took action personally.
Unfortunately, the ghost fetus in Jiang Shu's body has been removed!
Even if the resentment of this ghost fetus is aroused, it is impossible to present the scene she expects - the tragic scene of the ghost fetus appearing in the world and blood flowing like a river!
Jiang Songyi had originally planned to completely eliminate Jiang Shu's resentment after she successfully aborted the fetus. But at this moment, looking at Liao, a new idea suddenly emerged in her mind.
"Cause and effect. Since this evil fetus was brought about by Liao, let her suffer the consequences."
While Liao was trying his best to stir up the resentment of the ghost fetus, Jiang Songyi stood silently behind Jiang Shu and quietly made a mysterious hand seal.
At this moment, Jiang Shu let out a shrill scream, and the blood under her body gushed out like a spring and gathered into a lake. What others failed to notice was that a ball of dark energy surged out of her abdomen, like dark clouds in a storm, spreading around.
Liao stared at Jiang Shu eagerly, her eyes red with excitement. She thought she had accomplished her mission, but she didn't know that the resentment that was scattered everywhere was quietly condensing behind her, gradually forming the shape of a baby with bared fangs and claws, and then fiercely piercing into her waist and abdomen.
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