Su Yujiao slammed the hairpin on the table a few times, and a capsule-sized voice recorder poured out of the hairpin.
What is this?
“Talk to it.”
Lu Ziwei looked completely bewildered: "What did you say?"
Su Yujiao turned the capsule recorder around, and it emitted the sentence, "What did you say?"
Lu Ziwei stared wide-eyed in shock, as if she had seen a ghost, at the small oval object in Su Yujiao's hand.
"What is this thing? How can it mimic my speech?"
Su Yujiao gave a brief introduction to the functions and usage of the voice recorder.
Does every pearl hairpin have this inside?
"Um."
"It lets you know the most authentic side of everyone."
"Your mother-in-law always praises you to your face, don't you want to hear what she says about you in private?"
“When you give them the hairpin, whether they wear it in their hair or keep it in a box, you can hear their truest thoughts.”
Lu Ziwei frowned: "Isn't that a bit inappropriate? Everyone has their own selfish motives. Why should I pry into other people's thoughts?"
Don't you want to find out who's behind this?
"What if he's among these people?"
"It's a pity that hairpins can only be given to women, not men, otherwise you would have been in a much easier situation."
Lu Ziwei thought about it and finally agreed.
She has given so much to the Li family, and she also serves her parents-in-law wholeheartedly, treating her sister-in-law and sisters-in-law kindly.
Actually, she also wanted to hear how they evaluated her and see if her efforts were worthwhile.
"Give the biggest one to your mother-in-law; that will show your filial piety."
"Okay, I'll bring it to you in person at dinner time."
At dinner, Lu Ziwei took out five beautiful brocade boxes and opened them in front of everyone. The boxes were filled with dazzling jewels, leaving all the women of the Li family stunned.
"Mother, this biggest one is for you. Your daughter-in-law will put it on you herself."
"This large pearl perfectly complements your elegant and noble demeanor."
"Eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, these are for you."
“Rongniang, Rongyan, you have some too.”
The maid immediately brought over a bronze mirror, and Madam Li touched the large pearl on her head, completely captivated by it.
"Weiwei, what are you doing? This hairpin must be very expensive."
"You should go back now. Your mother is too old to wear such expensive things."
Madam Li said she was going to step back, but her hand kept touching the beads, showing no intention of taking them off. She didn't even dare to pretend to take them back, for fear that they would really be taken away.
The others didn't even dare to take back their words, and even pretended not to hear Madam Li's words, only admiring the hairpins on their heads.
"These beads were custom-made from the East China Sea. I originally intended to give them to you and your sisters-in-law on New Year's Day."
"That's why my mother made such a scene at home today; it really shouldn't have happened."
"I couldn't get over it, so I thought I should apologize on behalf of my mother."
"Mother, please accept it. Otherwise, your daughter-in-law will never feel at ease."
Madam Li couldn't stop smiling, and the other women kept praising her.
Su Yujiao was speechless watching from the sidelines. This group of people was even more hypocritical and disgusting than the second branch of the Lu family.
"Please sit down and eat. We're all family, so don't be so polite."
"Don't even mention apologizing. If anyone should apologize, it should be us apologizing to our mother-in-law."
“My leg doesn’t matter in winter, otherwise I would have chased her all the way to the capital to apologize to my mother-in-law.”
Lu Ziwei smiled awkwardly, for some reason she felt that her mother-in-law was extremely hypocritical at that moment.
Knowing full well that his mother was staying at an inn, he still said such disgusting things.
For some reason, before Jiaojiao came, she thought her mother-in-law was wonderful and sincere.
But after Jiaojiao arrived, she heard how her mother treated her daughter-in-law and compared it with how her mother-in-law treated her, and she began to feel dissatisfied.
"Weiwei, try this fish. It was just caught from the river. The fish meat is tender and incredibly fresh."
Mrs. Li was in a good mood and, unusually, showed her true feelings.
"Thank you, Mother."
Lu Ziwei took a bite, then suddenly made a vomiting motion, and quickly drank a sip of tea to calm herself down.
"What's wrong?"
"Are you feeling unwell?"
"Go quickly and fetch a doctor."
Madam Li was adept at putting on a show, especially in front of outsiders.
Now, in front of her daughter-in-law's family, she needs to act like a good mother-in-law even more.
"Mother, no need, it should be fine."
"Auntie, let me take your pulse."
"Jiaojiao, do you know medicine?" Madam Li asked with curiosity.
Lu Ziwei said proudly, "Jiaojiao has been a medical prodigy since she was a child. She is the apprentice of Doctor Mo and came here specifically to treat my infertility."
Madam Li's expression changed, but she quickly recovered and pretended to be excited.
"That's great! Vivi has hope now."
Fortunately, they are cautious and are not afraid of being discovered now.
Actually, the Li family was wary of the General's Mansion's power and dared not give Lu Ziwei any strong medicine, fearing that the Lu family would invite the imperial physician.
Therefore, they did not give Lu Ziwei any infertility drugs. Instead, they would tamper with her pregnancy-preserving medication each time she became pregnant, so that she would only miscarry without causing too much harm to her body.
Su Yujiao took Lu Ziwei's pulse, then suddenly opened her eyes and looked at her with surprise: "Auntie, this... seems like a pregnancy pulse."
Lu Ziwei was very cooperative, excitedly standing up and covering her mouth to cry.
Su Yujiao almost burst out laughing when she saw her aunt acting so well.
She knew it! There are no fools in the Lu family; they're just temporarily blinded by love.
"Really? I'm really pregnant?"
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