Chapter 262: Exposing the Fake Pregnancy
Zhao Jue was stunned and looked at the second master in disbelief.
The second master's hands were shaking. This was not Yu Niang, but Yue Niang.
The madam said that Yue Niang was redeemed by a young man.
Could this young man be Zhao Jue?
The second master couldn't imagine it, it was too absurd.
He could not accept the facts before him, let alone tell the relationship between him and Yue Niang.
The second master raised his hand and slapped Zhao Jue in the face again.
Zhao Jue reacted quickly and grabbed the Second Master's wrist: "Dad, what are you doing?"
Shen Mingzhu endured the pain in her lower abdomen and took the opportunity to say, "If you divorce your wife and remarry, how will your father-in-law live in the future? How will you ever turn things around?"
She looked at Yue Niang, whose face was filled with tears and looked pitiful, and felt even more angry.
Shen Mingzhu gritted her teeth and continued, "Third Master, don't make the same mistake again. If you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your father-in-law."
When the second master heard Shen Mingzhu's words, he agreed in his heart that Zhao Jue didn't care about him as a father at all.
At the beginning, he asked Zhao Jue for the money to redeem Yue Niang, but Zhao Jue said that he had no money on him.
Now, not only has Yue Niang been redeemed, but there is also money to hold a wedding for her.
And she lied to him that Yue Niang was an orphan who married into the family with a fortune.
"You can't marry her." The Second Master looked at Yue Niang, who was silently crying and looked so pitiful, and said in a tough tone: "Mingzhu is pregnant with your child, and you haven't divorced her yet. It's simply outrageous to marry another wife."
Shen Mingzhu hugged her belly, wiped her tears, and choked up as she said, "I'm all alone now. If the Third Master divorces me, I'll have nowhere to go. This is going to drive me to death. I'm going to die anyway, and even if I die, I'm going to report today's incident to the government and ask the officials to make the decision and give me justice."
Yue Niang seemed frightened by Shen Mingzhu's words. Her face turned pale and she was at a loss. Her delicate fingers tightly grasped Zhao Jue's sleeve and she defended him, "If this gets to the authorities, Sanlang will be ruined. If there are any misunderstandings, let's resolve them privately first."
"There is no misunderstanding. Zhao Jue did not divorce his wife. Mingzhu is still his wife. He divorced her and remarried. This is not only a violation of ethics, but also the laws of the Great Zhou. He will be punished."
Seeing that Yue Niang's heart and eyes were filled with Zhao Jue, the Second Master's suppressed emotions surged out. He clenched his fists tightly and said sternly, "Zhao Jue, if you let her go, I will not acknowledge this daughter-in-law as my son."
Zhao Jue's cheeks tightened. The final push was about to happen, but complications arose. Yue Niang's money was about to be in his hands. If he let it go, his efforts would have been in vain.
"father……"
"Shut up." The second master scolded, "If you insist on marrying her, we will sever our ties today."
Yue Niang's face changed and she pushed Zhao Jue away. "Sanlang, you want to give me a place to stay, give me support, and always think of me. I can't selfishly drag you down and damage your reputation."
Tears welled up in her eyes, and she looked frail yet strong. "Sanlang, thank you for saving me and giving me my freedom. If you need me in the future, I will definitely repay you."
After saying this, Yue Niang's clothes were wet with tears. Before leaving, she glanced at Zhao Jue and walked out of the mansion without looking back, as if she was afraid that if she looked back, she would be reluctant to leave.
Zhao Jue saw that Yue Niang's face no longer had the shyness she had when she married him, but instead looked pale, fragile, sad, and resolute. He had clearly deceived her, and she knew the truth, but she didn't hate him, instead she still cared about his reputation.
He subconsciously chased after Yue Niang.
The Second Master's eyes were stung by Yue Niang's attitude of ignoring him and defending Zhao Jue.
He stood in front of Zhao Jue and said, "Aren't you embarrassed enough?"
Zhao Jue looked at the angry Second Master in disbelief, not understanding why his father suddenly objected. Before the proposal, his father had clearly agreed.
It was too abnormal, so abnormal that it made him suspicious.
"Shame on you?" Zhao Jue sneered. "If you felt ashamed, why would you stay in a brothel every day? You even sold your house for money to spend on pleasure? Everything you've done, one by one, do you have any shame?"
When the word "brothel" was mentioned, Zhao Jue's face was filled with disgust, as he thought the people inside were dirty.
How could a person who cares about face and is particular about status hang out in a brothel?
"I'm your father. It's not your turn to teach me how to behave." The second master looked around and took out a horsewhip from somewhere. He shouted angrily, "Rebellious son, kneel down."
Zhao Jue stood with his back straight.
When the second master saw that Zhao Jue didn't take him seriously at all, the tense string in his head broke, and he raised the whip and lashed at Zhao Jue.
Shen Mingzhu quickly protected Zhao Jue and pushed her away with one hand.
She was like a piece of paper, light and floating, and she rushed forward uncontrollably.
With a "bang", Shen Mingzhu's lower abdomen hit the corner of the table heavily. Severe pain came over her. Her face turned pale, and she slowly slid down and curled up.
"It hurts... My stomach hurts..."
Shen Mingzhu hugged her belly. She had a fake belly stuffed in, but the place where she was hit was one finger below her belly button. There was no fake belly there, so there was no cushioning at all.
During the past few days in the villa, she felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen and began to wonder if she was pregnant again.
After all, when she was in the Duke's Mansion, she seduced Zhao Jue to sleep with her in order to have a child.
Counting the days, if she is pregnant, she will be more than a month pregnant.
She begged the maid who was guarding her to go and get a doctor for her.
The maidservant was afraid that she would run away, so she refused her request.
Shen Mingzhu was in so much pain that she couldn't even straighten her back: "Child...save my child..."
The second master was frightened by this sudden change and dropped his whip.
Zhao Jue looked at Shen Mingzhu with cold eyes. If it weren't for her, he would have successfully married Yue Niang and his plan would have been successful.
Now that she has interfered, all my efforts have been ruined.
Zhao Jue glanced at Shen Mingzhu's belly. Worried about the child, he carried her to the backyard and told the maid to call a doctor.
After an unknown amount of time, the doctor came hurriedly with a medicine box on his back and took Shen Mingzhu's pulse.
"This..." The doctor looked at Shen Mingzhu's bulging belly and took her pulse again uncertainly. He felt her pulse with both hands and frowned as he said, "This young lady's pulse indicates that she is only a little over a month pregnant."
Zhao Jue frowned: "More than a month?"
"No matter how poor my medical skills are, I can at least detect a pregnancy." The doctor glanced at Shen Mingzhu's belly and said seriously, "I originally thought the young lady had other illnesses, but after taking her pulse carefully, I'm sure she's fine. It's just... the fetus in her belly is moving, and there are signs of miscarriage."
Shen Mingzhu asked hurriedly: "Can my child be saved?"
"Your body is weak in both Qi and blood. Did you have a miscarriage?" The doctor deduced the result from Shen Mingzhu's pulse and the fake belly. "You didn't take good care of yourself then, and you got pregnant again. The fetus was already unstable, and now it's been severely damaged. It's difficult to save it."
After a pause, he continued, "I'll write you a prescription. Take it first and try to stay in bed to take care of the baby. Whether you can keep the baby or not is up to fate."
The doctor wrote down a prescription and left in a hurry.
Shen Mingzhu was hit hard on the head and her mind went blank.
She had worked so hard to get the child, but she was about to lose him just as she knew he existed.
The first child was killed by her mother.
The second child was killed by his father.
Zhao Jue stood beside Shen Mingzhu and asked coldly, "Your previous child is long gone. Are you pretending to be pregnant to secure your position?"
Shen Mingzhu clenched her fingers on the mattress. The fear of losing her child in the wedding hall just now made her forget to hide it.
Because her period was delayed, the pain in her abdomen was very similar to the symptoms of her first pregnancy.
She thought that even if her pretense of pregnancy was exposed, she could still cover it up by having another child in her belly.
Unexpectedly, the child could not be saved.
"You're right. I shouldn't divorce my wife and remarry." Zhao Jue said coldly, "I should divorce you."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
