Chapter 66 Degraded to Concubine
"Mother, this has nothing to do with my husband. I didn't want to commit suicide. It was really Xu Qingyan who pushed me into the water. If you don't believe me, you can ask my maid!" Xu Qingyue explained anxiously, and then her eyes were looking for her personal maid Fang Dong.
She took her maid to look for Xu Qingyan and the others. There were witnesses to this. And didn’t Pei Jinyu also see it at that time?
Thinking of this, Xu Qingyue looked at Pei Jinyu again and said, "And Jinyu, she saw it too! Jinyu, do you think it was Xu Qingyan who pushed me into the water?"
Pei Jinyu glanced at her calmly after hearing this, and then said, "Second sister-in-law, it's obviously you who can't get over it. Fortunately, the eldest sister-in-law was kind enough to save you. Why are you repaying kindness with hatred now?"
When Xu Qingyue heard Pei Jinyu's words, she wondered why even Pei Jinyu would lie! Suddenly, she felt as if she was a dumb person eating coptis root.
When Xu Qingyue was about to question Pei Jinyu, before she could open her mouth, the Duke's wife scolded her again, "I think you are really crazy! The conflict between you two young husband and wife has become like this! Especially Qingyue, you actually want to repay kindness with enmity and put the blame on your sister-in-law! Go to the ancestral hall later, kneel there for two hours, reflect on yourself, and write a letter of repentance to your sister-in-law. She was wronged by you today!"
"Mother..." Xu Qingyue shouted unwillingly.
The Duke's wife said sternly: "If you say one more word, then add one more hour!"
Xu Qingyue originally wanted to explain further, but when she met the Duke's wife's cold gaze, she had to shut up in frustration.
It was obvious that she was the real victim, but now she was the one being punished. The Duke's wife even said that Xu Qingyan was wronged! She was the one who was really wronged, okay?
"Mother!" At this moment, Pei Jingchuan's voice came from outside the house.
Pei Jingchuan was still wearing his crimson official uniform, standing outside the door with an upright posture, like a towering pine tree, with an air of majesty all over his body.
He had just returned from outside and learned about what happened in the mansion. After listening to his subordinates report the cause and effect of the matter, he could roughly guess that Xu Qingyue wanted to frame Xu Qingyue, but Xu Qingyan cleverly avoided it.
"Second brother, what kind of conflict did you have with your sister-in-law? How could you force her into this state?" Pei Jingchuan stepped over the threshold and walked in calmly.
When the Duke's wife saw Pei Jingchuan, she was surprised and asked, "Jingchuan, why are you here all of a sudden? Qingyue was upset and jumped into the lake, luckily Qingyan saved her. The quarrel between your second brother and his wife was caused by his plan to marry a concubine, and mother has already dealt with it."
"Really? Mother, today when my servant went to the pharmacy to get medicine, he discovered something. This matter is of great importance, and I think mother should know about it." Pei Jingchuan said seriously to the Duke's wife.
Xu Yunyue, who was sitting on the bed, was terrified and thought: Pharmacy? Could it be that someone had discovered that she was buying medicine? How would she explain this later?
"Oh! What's the matter?" The Duke's wife asked with some confusion.
"The servant in the pharmacy said that a maid in our Duke's Mansion went to them and bought an abortion drug this month. I don't know which concubine in the mansion is pregnant and wants to abort the Duke's Mansion's offspring." Pei Jingchuan said lightly without even raising his eyebrows.
After hearing this, Xu Qingyue's heart sank to the bottom. She didn't expect that the pharmacy boy would tell the Duke's Mansion about such things!
Because Xu Qingyue had no idea that the pharmacy she asked Fang Dong to go to was actually owned by the Duke's Mansion, and was managed by Pei Jingchuan's people, so when she bought the abortion medicine, the servant was naturally cautious.
Upon hearing this, the Duke's wife was furious and asked, "Who is it? How dare they buy abortion drugs! But, has no concubine in the Duke's Mansion been pregnant recently? Your father hasn't visited his two concubines for many years. You don't have any concubines, could it be Jing Yuan's two concubines?"
After the Duke's wife finished speaking, she looked towards Pei Jingyuan.
"Mother, they are not from my side. The two concubines have not had the chance to touch them yet." Pei Jingyuan saw the Duke's wife looking at him and hurriedly explained.
Although he took in a concubine out of spite last time, he was indeed very busy, so he sent the concubine aside and ignored her.
"Not a concubine? Then..." The Duke's wife's gaze finally fell on Xu Qingyue.
Xu Qingyue was already so frightened that her body was shaking slightly. How could she dare to admit that she was the one who bought the abortion drug just to frame Xu Qingyan!
But in this situation, the evidence is right in front of her, and it seems there is no point in her denying it.
So, her mind raced, and she immediately burst into tears, "Wow... I lost my mind because I had a quarrel with my husband and I was angry that he wanted to take a concubine, so I thought of buying an abortion drug and taking it to have two babies. But who would have thought that after I took the drug, the baby was gone, but I didn't die, so I couldn't get over it and jumped into the lake to commit suicide!"
There is no other way! At this moment, admitting that he committed suicide is better than admitting that he framed Xu Qingyan.
"Did you abort the child yourself?" The Duke's wife's gloomy and stern gaze instantly fell on Xu Qingyue.
In fact, she had already known the ins and outs of the matter from Xu Qingyan's voice. Now that she saw Xu Qingyue was forced to admit it, she actually felt quite happy.
Ever since she found out that Liu Rumeng's family would be detrimental to her and her son's future, she actually hated and loathed them in her heart, but she had no solid evidence to punish them.
After all, Pei Jingyuan was the flesh and blood of the Duke, and Liu Rumeng was also very cautious and did not let herself be caught. If she dealt with him casually, with their scheming, it would inevitably give them a bad reputation outside, and even affect Jingchuan's future.
Now, when she saw that Xu Qingyue was forced to admit her evil deeds by the evidence obtained by her son, she felt so happy.
"Yes... I aborted it." Xu Qingyue said with hatred in her eyes.
"How dare you! Jingyuan, you two are really great! You actually dared to privately decide to abort the offspring of the Duke's Mansion, and this is the legal wife's! Whether you know it or not, you are responsible for this matter! In this case, it is not as simple as kneeling in the ancestral hall as punishment! Let's wait for the Duke to come back and await our punishment together!" The Duke's wife roared when she heard this.
Pei Jingyuan felt that he was completely in the dark at this moment. He had done nothing, but was still implicated by Xu Qingyue. He knew that Xu Qingyue might have wanted to frame Xu Qingyan, but he didn't expect that she would end up making things worse.
When the Duke of England came back and learned about this, he was naturally furious. He first scolded Pei Jingyuan, and then punished him according to the family rules, whipping him thirty times with his own hands. He was beaten so hard that his flesh was covered in blood and he couldn't even stand up.
As for Xu Qingyue? She was directly ordered by the Duke of Ying to be demoted from Pei Jingyuan's wife to a concubine, and moved from the main courtyard of the second room of the Duke's Mansion to a remote small courtyard. Moreover, she was also asked to kowtow to Xu Qingyan to admit her mistake and thank her for saving her life.
Xu Qingyue almost died of anger when she heard this, but Xu Qingyan was extremely surprised.
"Since you already know your mistake, that's enough! From now on, don't have these evil thoughts again. I can't always be so kind to save you." Xu Qingyan accepted Xu Qingyue's apology with a smile.
"You..." Xu Qingyue was so angry that she gritted her teeth when she heard that. She couldn't bear it for a moment and fainted from anger.
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