Chapter 71 There was no shyness in their eyes when they looked at him, only ridicule
The emperor is still angry, so it is not advisable to confront him head-on. Moreover, the imperial edict only said to confine the queen to house arrest, but did not touch Prime Minister Yang, which shows that they should be safe for the time being.
Just when everyone thought that the emperor was going to punish Xu Miaoyan and Lu Changqing, the old emperor said he had a headache and returned to the palace. He only asked Concubine Song and Concubine Yun to investigate the reasons for the poor harvest of mulberry leaves on behalf of the queen. As for the punishment of Xu Miaoyan and Lu Changqing, it was just a lot of noise but little action. He just scolded them a few times and finally let it go.
Although the emperor did not punish her, Empress Yang took out all her anger on Xu Miaoyan. Before she was sent back to Fengqi Palace for house arrest, she glared at Xu Miaoyan fiercely.
Because of this resentful look, Xu Miaoyan was so frightened after returning to the Lu Mansion that she rolled around on the bed. Not long after, she started to bleed. By the time Xiuqiu found out, it was too late.
The doctors at the Tzu Chi Clinic said that there was nothing they could do to save Ms. Xu’s baby.
"What should we do?" Chen looked at the little maid who came out of the house carrying the blood, and held Lu Changqing's hand and kept complaining, "I said that Xu was unlucky. Look, she miscarried before she even got married! It's really unlucky!"
"Mother, please stop talking." Lu Wanrou supported Chen, feeling somewhat frightened, although she felt that Xu's miscarriage had nothing to do with her.
"Mother," Lu Changqing had some feelings for Xu Miaoyan, and was sad to see her miscarry. "This is not Miaoyan's fault. She is already pitiful enough. Please stop saying these irritating words to her."
"What did I do to irritate her?" Chen pointed at the pine and bamboo trees under the veranda. "You also know that I like cleanliness the most. She had a miscarriage in my Songsheng Residence, which ruined my feng shui!"
"..." Lu Changqing was speechless.
Fortunately, Xu was in the house and Chen was outside, so she probably couldn't hear what Chen said.
"It's all your fault. You hid Xu's pregnancy from me and even had the audacity to let her attend the silkworm ceremony," Chen pointed her finger at Lu Changqing's forehead. "I think your head was caught by the door. You are so stupid! This time, His Majesty has shown mercy. Otherwise, you will be charged with deceiving the emperor. Wanrou and I will be implicated by you!"
"It was my son's mistake! I didn't tell my mother because I was afraid that the news would leak out. I don't know which bastard spread it everywhere..." Lu Changqing regretted it so much on the way back. If he could do it again, he would rather not let Xu get in the spotlight.
Although the emperor did not punish him, the way his colleagues looked at him was simply infuriating. Only today did he understand what "disgraced" meant. The way he felt walking in the court now was even more embarrassing than when he was bald and wearing a hat.
His previous spotless and handsome image was gone forever. In the past, when he went out and threw fruits into the car, the little girls would blush when they saw him, but now there was no shyness in their eyes when they looked at him, only ridicule.
Lu Changqing felt like a clown on the stage being amused by others. This feeling was terrible.
Lu Wanrou was so frightened that she trembled all over.
What happened? When she heard the words "damn it", she automatically thought of herself.
No, no! It had nothing to do with her. When she had an argument with Fang Qianxue that day, Concubine Song and Concubine Yun were not there at all! They must have gotten the news from somewhere else.
"Hey! Divine Doctor Feng!" Chen saw a doctor in a gray cloth gown coming out of the house and called him quickly, "Divine Doctor, please stay. How is Xu doing?"
The doctor came running over with a medicine box in his hand, bowed and said, "Madam, Second Master, I tried my best, but Xu was too frightened and had a hemorrhage. The child cannot be saved."
"Don't force anything. If you can't keep it... forget it." Lu Changqing said.
"There is one more thing that Second Master must be prepared for." Doctor Feng sighed lightly.
"What is it?"
"I just took Mrs. Xu's pulse and found that she has a cold body. After this miscarriage, I'm afraid... she will have difficulty getting pregnant again." After Doctor Feng finished speaking, he saw that both Mrs. Chen and Lu Changqing's faces were pale.
"You mean, Xu can't get pregnant again?" Chen frowned. "She's so young, how could that happen?"
Isn't it said to the outside world that the two houses are for the sake of leaving a descendant for Lu Changli's lineage? But in the end, marrying a hen that can't lay eggs, what kind of thing is this?
"Doctor Feng, you must have made a mistake. Miao Yan has always been in good health. How could she have a miscarriage and then..." Lu Changqing could not accept this result.
"Alas! I didn't lie to you. Anyway... her body is not good. You should seek help from someone else!" After saying this, Doctor Feng took the medical fee from Nanny Zhao and left, leaving Chen, Lu Changqing and Lu Wanrou standing in the corridor.
"Second brother," Lu Wanrou frowned and said, "Xu Shi will never be able to get pregnant again, so why did you marry her?"
Lu Changqing struggled in his heart and said slowly: "How can it be so bad? I will find another doctor to take a look in a few days. He will definitely be able to cure Miaoyan."
"Changqing." Chen frowned.
"Mother, please speak."
"No matter what, your wedding to Xu... let's postpone it for now!" Chen glanced in the window and shook her head in disappointment, "How can we get married after a miscarriage? Let's talk about it in a few months."
"Yes." At this point, Lu Changqing could only postpone the wedding.
The end of the hour of Hai.
Fang Qianxue had just coaxed her two children to sleep and returned to her room when she saw Lu Changqing sitting on the couch in front of the window, looking at her as if he was interrogating a criminal, his eyes filled with a mixture of fatigue and hatred.
Sui Qiong winked at her, but how could Fang Qianxue not see it? Lu Changqing was in a bad mood tonight.
Of course, anyone who encounters what he encountered would not be in a good mood.
"Suiqiong, you two go out first." Fang Qianxue sent the maid away and sat down at the round table. "I heard something happened at Songshengju. How did Second Master find time to come here?"
"Of course you are gloating over Miao Yan's misfortune and wish she would die!" Lu Changqing leaned forward and looked at her threateningly, "Fang Qianxue, did you tell Concubine Song that Miao Yan was pregnant?"
"I don't understand what you mean, Second Master." Fang Qianxue poured herself a cup of tea from the teapot on the table and gently shook it in her hand. "You didn't tell me that Miss Xu is pregnant, so how can I tell others?"
"Don't play dumb! You have so many spies in the mansion, it's impossible for Miao Yan to hide her pregnancy from you." The man's originally handsome face became very distorted at this moment, "It's you, it must be you! I was wondering why you didn't react at all when you learned that the queen had granted the marriage. It turns out that you have long wanted to kill Miao Yan. Fang Qianxue, why didn't I realize that you are so vicious before?"
"It really wasn't me," Fang Qianxue took a sip of tea, "but yesterday outside the altar, Wanrou did mention it in front of everyone, saying that Xu was pregnant. I thought she was deliberately trying to piss me off, but who would have thought..."
"Wanrou?!" There was a loud bang in Lu Changqing's head.
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