Since Chen Lijiao was diagnosed with pregnancy, she has not found a chance to go out for many days.
After marrying into the He family, Zhen always wanted to find opportunities to make her behave, but with the pressure from Old Madam He, Zhen didn't dare to do anything. Chen Lijiao also didn't take her seriously. Sometimes she would go out without informing her, and Zhen didn't bother to pay attention to her.
But things are different now. She is pregnant with Zhen's future grandson. Zhen has changed her previous indifference. Although Zhen herself doesn't want to come, she asks the servants to send her a stream of supplements, and she wouldn't stop until the servants see her eat them with their own eyes.
However, Chen Lijiao was not grateful to Zhen Shi for this. Instead, she felt extremely annoyed because she knew very well that Zhen Shi was not doing this for her, but entirely for the child in her belly.
If it were an ordinary family, the mother-in-law would reward her daughter-in-law with some gold and silver jewelry if she was happy, and some would even reward her directly with silver. However, Zhen Shi only asked people to send supplements, and did not give her any real gold or silver. Chen Lijiao was really annoyed when she saw this.
Chen Lijiao was in the period of morning sickness, and even if she didn't eat anything, she would often feel nauseous. What's more, Zhen had sent her those supplements, and when the servants delivered them, they also instructed that she must see Chen Lijiao eat them with her own eyes. Chen Lijiao didn't want to eat, so the servants said, "Madam said that the young lady has to consider the baby in her belly even if she doesn't eat for herself. She has to eat even if she can't."
That would have been fine, but when it was time to eat, Zhen kept putting food into her bowl, and all of it was extremely sour. Over time, Shen Lijiao's belly grew bigger, and her teeth became sour.
As for He Zhen, since Chen Lijiao was diagnosed with pregnancy, Chen Lijiao has not seen He Zhen again, and he never comes back even when they are having dinner together. Zhen explained that He Zhen is studying hard, and now that he is going to have a child, he has become more motivated and said that he wants to fight for a good future for the child.
Chen Lijiao naturally didn't believe these nonsense of the Zhen family. If He Zhen could make progress, even a sow could climb a tree.
But Shen Lijiao didn't care about He Zhen's absence.
Because she had other worries.
In fact, Shen Lijiao has been uneasy since she was diagnosed with pregnancy.
Because she was not sure who the child belonged to, and she privately felt that the child was most likely Master Zhou's.
Shen Lijiao was not unaware of the dirty things that happened in He Zhen's room, she just didn't care and was too lazy to care. She felt that He Zhen was not worthy of being considered a man, and she was happy and comfortable as long as He Zhen didn't come to see her.
Although He Zhen only has one concubine, how many of the maids serving in his house has he not touched? For so many years, no one has become pregnant, and Shen Lijiao doesn't think she is so "lucky" to be pregnant with He Zhen's child.
On the contrary, it was Master Zhou. She had never been shy about anything when she was with Master Zhou, and she hadn't even taken the contraceptive soup when she came back. If it was really Master Zhou's...
Shen Lijiao even felt a little secretly happy, but was also very uncertain.
That day, Zhen received a message from He, saying that He had not been feeling well recently and asked Chen Lijiao to go home to see her.
Upon hearing this, Zhen Shi said displeasedly: "If you are not feeling well, please ask a doctor. Chen Lijiao can't treat illnesses, so why ask her to go back?"
Madam Zhou, the housekeeper beside Zhen, said, "That's true, but it doesn't make sense for a mother to be sick and not allow her married daughter to visit her."
Zhen snorted coldly: "It's their family that has so many things to do! What if the disease is passed on to Shen Lijiao and hurts the child in her belly?"
Nanny Zhou said, "I don't think that's necessary. Just tell her to go back and stand further away from Auntie."
Zhen thought about it and realized that she couldn't stop Chen Lijiao from going back, so she sent someone to call Chen Lijiao over and told her in a long-winded manner:
"Your mother sent word that she's sick and wants to see you, so you should go back to the Shen family. Just one thing: stay a little further away from your mother so she doesn't pass her illness on to you. You're different now, so the most important thing is your own health."
Shen Lijiao didn't react much when she heard that her mother was sick, but she felt a little anxious. She was suddenly let out, but she didn't have the opportunity to pass on the message to Master Zhou in advance. She didn't know if she could see Master Zhou today?
Zhen rambled on and on, but when she saw that Chen Lijiao didn't say anything but frowned, she thought she was just concerned about her mother, so she stopped talking and waved her hand to let her go.
But Zhen was still worried, so she sent two servants to follow Chen Lijiao. In name, they were protecting Chen Lijiao, but in fact, they were secretly monitoring Chen Lijiao to prevent her from taking the opportunity to run away.
After Chen Lijiao left the He family, she told Zhen'er, "Go find Mr. Zhou and tell him that I want to see him this afternoon. Tell him to go back to Huazhi Lane and wait for me."
Zhen'er agreed and was about to go. As soon as she took a step, she was seen by the two servants sent by Zhen to accompany her back to the Shen family.
"Miss Zhen'er, what are you going to do? Aren't you going back to the Shen family with the young mistress?"
Zhen'er was suddenly called and was a little at a loss.
Seeing Zhen'er like that, Chen Lijiao felt a little angry. She had been with her for so long, why couldn't she learn to be smarter? If Zhen'er didn't know her secret, she wouldn't want to bring Zhen'er with her.
So Chen Lijiao said, "Mother loves to eat the butterfly cakes from the Lotus House. I haven't been back for a while, so I asked Zhen'er to buy some for her. Do you even want to take care of this?"
Upon hearing this, the servant hurriedly said, "Young Madam, you are too kind. I was just asking casually, and I didn't mean anything else."
Shen Lijiao snorted, not intending to argue with them, and turned around and got on the He family's carriage.
Sitting in the carriage, Chen Lijiao was still sneering. Things were different now. In the past, when she left the He family, she had no privilege of riding in a carriage. She was asked to walk by herself wherever she went. Fortunately, there was no carriage, so Chen Lijiao was free to go wherever she wanted. Otherwise, her affair with Master Zhou would have been discovered long ago.
Shen Lijiao thought to herself, and just like that, she arrived at the Shen family.
Mrs. He was really sick.
But the onset of this illness was very strange. Two days ago, she suddenly felt dizzy and then fell ill inexplicably.
The doctor who came to see her couldn't tell her the cause, he just said she was overworked and needed to rest in bed more.
As soon as Shen Lijiao returned to the Shen family, she went to her mother's room. After entering the room, she stood far away at the door, refusing to approach He's bed.
Poor He Shi hasn't seen Chen Lijiao for a long time. In the past, Chen Lijiao always went out under the pretext of visiting her mother, but never really came back to see He Shi.
Now that Mrs. He saw her daughter while she was sick, she couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness in her heart.
When He was ill, Shen Wanghong did not allow his son to come to her house, fearing that she would pass her illness on to his son.
Seeing that her son could not be relied upon, He sent someone to call Chen Lijiao back. Seeing Chen Lijiao, He felt a little comforted. Fortunately, she still had a daughter. Her daughter could come back to see her, and her daughter could still be relied on.
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