She thought for a moment and said to Han Cui apologetically, "Miss, can you please go to the inner room to take shelter? My cousin is very sensitive. If she knew how much the old lady took care of me, I'm afraid she would think too much and affect the child."
Han Cui didn't think much about it, thinking that Su Qingyu knew that the old lady disliked Aunt Cheng and didn't want to cause trouble.
Han Cui sat in the inner room, while Su Qingyu sat in the outer banquet room, and told Zhenzhu to invite her cousin in.
As soon as Cheng Ruijin came in, she said to Zhenzhu and Feicui, "You all go down. I have something to say to my cousin."
The two girls naturally refused, especially Feicui, who not only showed no intention of leaving, but also took two steps closer, fearing that Cheng Ruijin would suddenly attack and hurt their young lady.
Su Qingyu signaled Zhenzhu and Feicui to leave. She wanted to see what Cheng Ruijin was up to. If her predictions were correct, Cheng Ruijin's child should have been gone.
She looked at Cheng Ruijin's face carefully again. It was as pale as paper and showed obvious signs of illness.
But I didn’t hear anything about her miscarriage at the Shen family today. Didn’t she tell anyone?
"What do you want to talk to me about, cousin? Sit down and tell me." Su Qingyu's expression was gentle and her tone was calm. She poured a cup of hot water and handed it to Cheng Ruijin.
Cheng Ruijin took the teacup and threw it directly to the ground. Su Qingyu took a few steps back to avoid being affected.
"Miss, are you okay?" Feicui's hurried voice sounded outside.
Su Qingyu said softly: "It's okay, don't worry about it."
She glanced at the celadon fragments on the ground, then looked at Cheng Ruijin, "What are you doing, cousin? Have I offended you in any way?"
The tone was much colder than before.
Cheng Rujin snorted, "Su Qingyu, you don't have to pretend with me. You were trying to sow discord between me and Brother Shen Zhao behind my back. Now that Brother Shen Zhao is ignoring me, are you satisfied?"
"If you still like her, you can just marry him openly. Why did you break off the engagement before, and now you're hooking up with him?"
Su Qingyu frowned, sighed and said, "Cousin, you are still pregnant, don't get excited."
As she spoke, she stared closely at Cheng Ruijin's expression.
When Cheng Ruijin heard the word "child", his eyes moved obviously and his face twisted, as if he thought of something he didn't want to face.
Su Qingyu concluded that the child was gone. Why didn't Cheng Ruijin take good care of herself and come to her just to talk nonsense?
Su Qingyu was extremely alert in responding to the situation, as she always felt that there was something she had not expected.
Glancing into the room, I could vaguely see Han Cui's shadow falling on the ground.
Su Qingyu said to Cheng Ruijin, "Cousin, you don't have to doubt me and Young Master Shen. I already despise him because he was able to do something like having an affair with my cousin before we got married."
"Our relationship was arranged by our parents and matchmakers, so there's no real affection between us. I'm very angry about what you did, but anyone would be angry if they did something like that."
"Now that you've entered the Shen family and I've been engaged to Third Master Shen, I will never do anything so dirty."
"Go back. I will pretend I didn't hear what you said today and won't tell anyone."
Su Qingyu is like an older sister, patiently teaching her younger sister at home.
These words were more intended for the old lady than for Cheng Ruijin.
She secretly inquired about it today. When Chen Zhao returned home that day, he went to find the old lady and said that he wanted to marry her, but was rejected by the old lady.
She believed that what she said today should be able to dispel the old lady's doubts.
Cheng Rujin looked at Su Qingyu in confusion. Given her temper, shouldn't she have scolded her or even hit her directly? Why was she constantly trying to persuade her?
She didn't understand why Su Qingyu suddenly changed her temper, but she didn't have time to continue to stalemate, so she could only take the initiative.
"Su Qingyu, if I'm not well, you can't expect to be well either."
As he spoke, he rushed towards the nanmu square table next to Su Qingyu.
She also shouted, "Cousin, why did you push me?"
Immediately afterwards, Cheng Ruijin hit the edge of the table, slid down and fell to the ground.
Yuxiu was the first to run in. "Miss, what's wrong with you? I'll go get help. Miss, hold on. You're pregnant."
The next moment, Cheng Rujin clutched her stomach, frowned, and cried, "It hurts. Yuxiu, go and tell the eldest and old ladies that someone is trying to harm the eldest grandson of the Shen family."
Su Qingyu stood aside and looked at Cheng Ruijin coldly. This blackmail trick was really clever.
Yuxiu ran out, and Su Qingyu ordered Zhenzhu and Feicui to carry Cheng Ruijin to the bed.
Han Cui, who had been hiding in the house, nodded at Su Qingyu and left quickly. It was unclear whether she was going to call the doctor or report to the old lady.
Soon, the old lady came with the first lady Chen, followed by a large group of maids and servants.
Since it involved the descendants of the Shen family and it was a day like this, both of them had gloomy faces.
Aunt Hua, who was beside the old lady, stepped forward to check it out first, then walked up to the old lady, shaking her head and said, "Old lady, I'm afraid it can't be saved."
Chen frowned, "What on earth is going on? Why did Aunt Cheng come to Tingxue Hall? And why did she fall?"
Cheng Rujin's maid Yuxiu took two steps forward and said, "Reporting to the old lady, the eldest lady, our aunt heard that the eldest lady was coming today, so she wanted to come and see my cousin."
"My cousins were talking in the room and sent us out. From outside, I heard the eldest lady insulting our aunt, saying that she was a foxy woman and seduced Young Master Shen. She even threw a teacup."
"Our aunt felt guilty and kept apologizing to the eldest lady. Then I heard her yell, 'Why did you push me, cousin?' Then I heard her fall."
"When I went in, my aunt had already fallen on the table and was crying out for stomachache."
Upon hearing this, Chen looked at Su Qingyu and asked sternly, "How can you be so cruel? This is our eldest grandson from the eldest house. How dare you do this to us?"
Although it is not appropriate for a concubine to get pregnant before the principal wife enters the house, if she is already pregnant, the pregnancy cannot be aborted.
In addition, Shen Zhao is the eldest grandson of the Shen family. If a concubine's son is born at this time, it will have a better chance of winning when fighting for the inheritance. They have already discussed it and will tell the public that the child was conceived before the death of Mr. Shen San.
So after Cheng Ruijin came into the family, Chen was still concerned about her and hoped that she could give birth to a son.
Su Qingyu looked at the old lady and said, "Old lady, I didn't do this. The maidservant beside me can testify to this."
Zhenzhu said hurriedly, "This Yuxiu is just confusing right and wrong. As soon as the cousin came in, she started scolding our young lady and even broke the teacup."
Yuxiu retorted, "You are the eldest lady's maids, so of course you should speak for her. Do you think our concubine can bang her head against the table?"
Su Qingyu thought to herself, wasn’t it her own fault?
"Madam, my cousin's health is very important. Let's wait for the doctor to come and see what he says. As for who is right and who is wrong between us, we can confront each other face to face when my cousin is better."
The old lady pondered and said nothing, not knowing what she was thinking.
Chen was relentless, "Mother, how can such a person marry into the Shen family? If it were you, I'd just cancel the marriage and we'd find someone better for Zhixiu."
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