Chapter 47: The Marquis's Adopted Daughter and the Cold Prince 19
The old lady's pen for copying scriptures fell.
The teacup in Lady Ning's hand fell.
When everyone heard that Cha Jiu was pregnant, their expressions were exactly the same as Ning Changting's: disbelief.
"What, what?" Lady Ninghou swallowed and turned to look at Nanny Wen: "Pinch me and see if I am dreaming."
Nanny Wen pinched herself hard, tears welling up in pain: "It's true, ma'am."
The old lady's voice was trembling: "Have you asked a doctor to come and see me?"
Cha Jiu answered obediently: "I asked for a doctor this morning. I have been feeling a little tired and nauseous recently, so I asked a doctor to see me. He said I am more than two months pregnant."
I got pregnant right after my wedding.
Lady Ninghou was so happy that her expression was out of control. She pulled Chajiu to look at her belly and laughed until tears came out.
"Has your appetite changed recently? Do you prefer sour or spicy food?"
The old lady said, "It doesn't matter whether it's a boy or a girl. Having a child is a blessing for the Marquis's family."
Cha Jiu smiled and agreed. She had taken a medicine to give birth to a boy, and in a few months, the eldest grandson of the Marquis's Mansion would be born.
The old lady asked Ning Changting to write a letter to inform Marquis Jingyuan at the border of this great event.
The only unhappy person in the Marquis's Mansion is probably the second wife.
After Ning Changwen recovered from his injury, he spent his days drinking and became even more brutal and violent in bed with his concubine and the maids around him.
When he heard that Cha Jiu was pregnant, he strangled a maidservant beside the bed to death.
"How could Ning Changting have a child!" Ning Changwen's eyes were red with anger and he roared.
He had originally dreamed of inheriting the position of the crown prince at the age of 30, but now all his dreams have been shattered!
Madam Zou just cried all day long and was of no help at all, which made Ning Changwen very annoyed.
"Mom! Please stop crying! If you really want to do this for my own good, why did you drown that bastard Shen Yanshu in the well?"
Lady Zou was shocked: "How can I do this?"
Ning Changwen closed his eyes and exhaled: "It seems that I can only look for that noble man."
Since the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion was so unkind and unjust to him, don't blame him for burying it with his own hands and setting up a new household.
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Ever since Cha Jiu became pregnant, everyone in the Marquis's Mansion has been revolving around her.
The people in Qingfeng Garden were replaced from inside to outside. Except for the personal maids and servants that Cha Jiu and Ning Changting were used to, Lady Ning Hou selected loyal and trustworthy people from her side to serve them.
The one to be on guard against is the wicked second wife.
Sure enough, several times the abortion-inducing safflower was found in the pregnancy-preserving medicines that were delivered to me.
Fortunately, there was a maid who knew medicine among the serving maids, and she discovered the problem early during a careful examination.
This made Lady Ning Hou very angry. She did not ask any questions and rushed directly to Ning Changwen's yard and had him dragged out and beaten half to death.
Madam Zou was unable to stop him. Ning Changwen was beaten so hard that he cried out in pain, "Hu Suyun! You slut! You are destined to die without any children or grandchildren!"
Ning Hou's wife spat at him and said, "You are a rootless person who will not have any descendants! Have you always thought that if you had a few children, you would have a chance to inherit the throne? Let me tell you, the Marquis told me personally that Jingyuan Hou's son only considered Changting from the beginning to the end!"
"Even if Changting is thirty and still childless, the eldest son's family will be succeeded by a branch of the family, and it won't be your turn, a little bitch!"
Lady Ninghou hated this doting concubine and her son.
In the past, I always thought about the dignity of the Marquis' Mansion and was unwilling to care about it, but I didn't expect that now they would dare to attack the eldest grandson of the Marquis' Mansion who was in Cha Jiu's belly.
Lady Ninghou didn't care about respectability or upbringing.
Today we are going to beat them half to death!
Cha Jiu, who was standing outside the yard, felt a little embarrassed and coughed lightly: "Mother."
Lady Ninghou's body froze, and she quickly put away her fierce expression. She turned around with a gentle and loving face: "Yanshu, why did you come to such a place? It's unlucky here, be careful not to bump into anything."
Madam Zou bit her hard from behind.
Lady Ninghou gave Nanny Wen a look to "continue beating" and then took Cha Jiu away.
Cha Jiu is now three months pregnant. After taking the health-enhancing drugs, she has experienced almost no adverse reactions from the pregnancy.
But lately she has been feeling a little uneasy.
"Mother, ever since the marquis brought back a letter from the border yesterday, Changting was summoned to the palace overnight. She hasn't come back yet. I always feel something is wrong." Cha Jiu frowned.
Lady Ning Hou patted Cha Jiu's hand and soothed him, "This has happened before. It's possible that the Marquis mentioned some important border issues in his letter, and the Emperor summoned several ministers to the palace to discuss the matter for several nights. Don't worry too much."
Cha Jiu frowned: "I hope so."
Unexpectedly, just as the words fell, there was a loud noise outside the door. The servant stumbled to the two of them and said in panic, "Madam, Young Madam, no, it's bad, someone from the palace has come to confiscate the house!"
What
Lady Ninghou and Cha Jiu were both shocked.
Cha Jiu calmed down and asked calmly, "Did you tell me why?"
"The leader said that it was the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion that colluded with the enemy!"
At the same time, a large number of officers and soldiers rushed into Qingfeng Garden. They drew their swords and threatened anyone who stood in their way, causing the servants to shudder and hide.
Among the leading officials were Chen Qu and Han Ping.
Lady Ninghou pulled Chajiu behind her and protected her silently.
Chen Qu raised his hand with a proud look on his face, "Search for me! Take all the letters away from me!"
At this time, Lady Ning finally put on the attitude of a lady of imperial order, and said calmly and loudly: "I wonder why the two gentlemen broke into the official residence to search for the emperor's order?"
Chen Qu raised his hands to the sky, his face full of smugness: "I am ordered to search for evidence of Jingyuan Marquis and Ning Changting's collusion with the enemy! Anyone who dares to hinder me will be killed without mercy!"
Cha Jiu suddenly asked: "Where is Prince Ning now?"
Compared with the current predicament of the Marquis' Mansion, she was more worried about Ning Changting's safety.
Chen Qu glanced at her with a greedy look in his eyes.
He was about to walk towards Cha Jiu, but was stopped by Han Ping: "The emperor only allowed us to search, not to harm innocent women."
Chen Qu had to give up for the time being.
However, he had already made up his mind. When the Marquis's house was convicted and confiscated, these women would also be sold. Then he could buy Ning Changting's stunning wife back home and play with her as he pleased!
Chen Qu was so itchy that he wanted to confiscate the mansion immediately.
Lady Ning looked at Han Ping anxiously: "What on earth is going on?"
Han Ping sighed and explained, "Someone reported that Marquis Jingyuan and Prince Ning were secretly colluding with foreign enemies, and evidence of collusion was indeed found in the family letters intercepted from the Marquis's mansion yesterday. Therefore, the emperor sent Chen Qu and me to search."
“Where is Changting now?”
"He is being held in the Dali Temple," Han Ping said. "Don't worry. The emperor has issued an order that no torture be used before the investigation is complete."
Only then did Cha Jiu and Lady Ninghou breathe a sigh of relief.
The searching officers and soldiers soon uncovered a pile of family letters from the border, the secret pages of which contained confidential information from the imperial court.
Chen Qu clapped his hands and laughed: "Haha, the Marquis' Mansion is indeed colluding with the enemy! Ning Changting, do you still have a chance to survive now?"
The wife of Ning Hou sternly denied: "Impossible! Our Jingyuan Hou Mansion is full of loyal people and would never do anything to collude with the enemy! These letters are fake!"
“These letters are real!”
A sound of gnashing teeth came from far away.
Ning Changwen was covered in wounds, and was supported by Madam Zou and the servant as he walked over, his eyes filled with the joy of revenge.
He insisted: "These letters were written by Ning Changting himself, and then given to the servants to pass to the border!"
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