The days outside are passing one by one.
But in the marquis' mansion, every day felt like a year.
"What's going on? Have the people been arranged?" Fang Rou paced back and forth in the room anxiously. She couldn't calm down at all. The whole room was filled with her anxious figure.
In the afternoon, news came from Zhuhong that the attack was about to begin!
The midwife arranged by Shen Ruoyan had entered the mansion three days ago. She was now making arrangements in an orderly manner without any panic.
The people arranged by Madam Lu also served them with good food and drinks, and asked them to help out, but they didn't seem to be able to help with the important matters at all.
However, the nanny on the old lady's side was also very smart. She saw through it but didn't make any trouble.
Anyway, her job is to ensure that the child is born safely. So what does it matter who does it?
As long as the result is good, that's enough.
She was enjoying her leisure time, but the people on Fang Rou's side were extremely anxious.
"It's all that old woman's fault. I don't know what's wrong with her that she actually wants to guard against me?" Fang Rou was furious. The person she arranged for has now become the midwife's errand boy. How can she not be anxious?
"Chen Ruoyan's son is a mute! If we want to take action, we should be on guard against her! My brother Kang is so outstanding, why would I be afraid of a child born to a concubine like her?"
Fang Rou felt that Madam Lu was a bully who only cared about the weak and the strong. She felt that Shen Ruoyan was born in the Shen family and was the legitimate daughter of a noble family, so she would not do such dirty things.
But I am just a girl from the common people, so naturally I am narrow-minded and intolerant.
I'm so angry!
Xiao Tao knew what she was thinking, but at this critical moment, she didn't dare to tell the truth, for fear of upsetting Fang Rou again.
So all he could do was persuade her, "Don't worry, Auntie. Although our people can't get in, everything has been arranged inside and out, so no one else can get out!"
Yes, the child in Zhuhong’s belly is of illegitimate origin.
Then on the day of her delivery, she would definitely make preparations to give the child a correct name.
How could Fang Rou let her get what she wanted?
As long as Zhuhong dares to arrange someone, she will expose it in public!
Then let her experience what it feels like to fall from heaven to earth!
Zhuhong was launched ahead of schedule. When Lu Jing received the news, he hurried back from outside. When he heard that there was no movement inside, he asked someone to bring a chair and sat down in the yard.
When Shen Ruoyan hurried over, Lu Jing was very dissatisfied, "Why are you here now, as the mistress?"
I am the mistress, not her grandmother!
Shen Ruoyan smiled perfunctorily, saying, "Hong Yi Niang started the movement early, and there were too many things to take care of at the mansion, so it was delayed for a while."
As he spoke, he looked inside again and said, "It's not convenient for you, my Lord, to go in as a man. Let me take a look."
She was a woman who had given birth and was also the mistress of this mansion, so it was naturally the most appropriate person for her to enter.
This is also the reason why Lu Jing got angry when he came over just now and didn't see her.
"Go in and see how Hong'er is doing!" Lu Jing was a little impatient. He had been getting more and more impatient recently. It was only when he was with Zhu Hong that he could find some peace and quiet.
Now the child in her belly is the hope for the future of the Marquis's Mansion.
If it wasn't unreasonable, Lu Jing would have wanted to go in himself!
Shen Ruoyan did not delay and led people in. She took the lead and directly lifted the heavy curtain, "What's going on?"
The people outside were in chaos. I heard that there had been no movement since Aunt Hong launched the attack.
The midwife who was in charge of the delivery also became flustered from her initial leisurely attitude. Even the one assigned by the old lady was sweating profusely. Judging from her appearance, it seemed that the situation was getting a bit tricky.
The servants didn't dare to even breathe a word, they just did whatever they were told to do very efficiently.
I'm afraid that if I'm a step late, I'll be regarded as a scapegoat.
The situation inside was even more tense. Zhuhong was lying on the bed, sweating profusely, and she looked like she had just been fished out of the water.
Shen Ruoyan was shocked when she saw it, "The birth hasn't even started yet, how come you're so tired?!"
All the midwives in the innermost part had been arranged by them in advance.
The people sent by the old lady were all busy outside at this time, and the midwife didn't dare to step in and get involved, for fear that if something happened, the responsibility would be put on her.
As for Fang Rou... her hands are not that long yet.
Shen Ruoyan sat directly beside Zhuhong's bed and looked at her weak appearance. Even though he knew that today's battle would be difficult, Shen Ruoyan did not expect that Zhuhong would torment him like this.
"Why are you doing this?"
When a woman gives birth, she has to go through the gates of hell. It is not easy to get through it safely, but Zhuhong deliberately made herself like this.
Yes, as soon as she sat down, she discovered that Zhuhong's weakness was not really due to childbirth, but was caused by herself.
Her bed was emitting a constant stream of heat, and she could feel it as soon as she sat down.
"Madam, if you don't act tough enough, the show will fall apart." Zhu Hong closed her eyes, a drop of sweat sliding down her forehead. She forced a smile, "From now on, I'm counting on you, Madam..."
Even before giving birth, Zhuhong knew that she was being targeted.
I don't know when it started, but the news that she was pregnant with a boy spread like wildfire.
Although no one publicized it, Zhu Hong could clearly feel that someone was keeping a close eye on her from Madam Lu's increasingly caring concern and Fang Rou's close watch.
She has strategies but not great strength.
What's more, if she doesn't do it right, she will be shattered to pieces - she can't take the risk!
When you know that your strength is not enough and you still want to fight against a rock with an egg, you can only do it with the belief that you will die.
But Zhuhong doesn't want to die yet.
So, she sat quietly in the room all night, and when she got up early the next morning, she went to find Shen Ruoyan.
"Please, Madam, save my life!"
Zhu Hong knelt in front of Shen Ruoyan with her big belly. She spoke in a pleading tone, but her eyes were more determined than anyone else's.
A person like this doesn't need others to save her.
Instead, give her a helping hand.
Shen Ruoyan was very interested. She had actually thought about how Zhu Hong would deal with the current situation, but she didn't expect that she would come directly to her.
"Oh? What do you mean, Auntie?"
Zhu Hong raised her head and looked directly into Shen Ruoyan's eyes, without any guilt or avoidance, "Because the child in my belly is not the Marquis's!"
“Bold!”
Shen Ruoyan slammed the table and stood up, "How dare Zhu Hong confuse the bloodline of the Marquis Mansion! Come, drag her away!"
Chunxi and Qiuye immediately stepped forward, grabbed Zhuhong's hands on the left and right, and tried to pull her up.
But Zhu Hong didn't move. Not only did she not move, but even her gaze towards Shen Ruoyan did not waver.
"Ma'am, you won't touch me."
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