Cui Yulu casually took out their indentures.
This surprised Zhu Xin.
"Impossible, this contract cannot be with you."
"Hmph, you're ridiculous. Where else could your servants' indentures be if not with me? You're so naive."
Cui Yulu selected Zhu Xin's contract from among many contracts.
I waved it in front of her.
"Is this your indenture? Can I do whatever I want with you now?"
Zhu Xin tried to reach out and grab the contract, but Cui Yulu quickly snatched it away.
“Guards! Zhu Xin has stolen valuable items from the Prince’s mansion without permission and has also spoken disrespectfully to the Princess. She has been locked in the woodshed and will be sold to a slave trader at a later date. She will never be allowed to enter the Prince’s mansion again.”
Zhu Xin panicked and immediately knelt down to beg for mercy.
"Your Highness, I really didn't mean it. Please forgive me. I know I was wrong. I didn't mean to take anything from the Prince's residence, nor did I mean to talk back to Your Highness. Please forgive me."
As he spoke, he kowtowed forcefully on the ground.
Tears streamed down her face.
But at this moment, the tears falling had a rather crocodile-like quality.
"Stop crying here. This Prince's mansion will never allow you to stay."
The more impressive Zhu Xin's words were just now, the more pathetic her tears became.
“Your Highness, I have my reasons. My uncle is sick and needs money. My younger brother is still in their hands. If I can’t afford to pay for his treatment, they will sell him. I don’t want that, so I had no choice but to do this. I beg Your Highness to be lenient and not hold it against me.”
Zhu Xin spoke with tears streaming down her face, her face streaked with tears, completely unlike her previous arrogant demeanor.
"Hmph, I will send someone to verify what you said, but you absolutely cannot stay in the Prince's mansion any longer. Your disrespect for elders and open contempt for the Princess Consort show that you are really not suitable to be here."
After Cui Yulu finished speaking, she ordered her servants to lock up Zhu Xin.
The rest will be decided after the facts are clarified.
After the incident with Zhu Xin, the servants in the Prince's mansion became much more obedient, and the previous gossip decreased significantly.
This helped Cui Yulu establish a strong image of a princess in the eyes of the servants.
"I didn't expect you to have a backup plan, Yulu. I thought you would always be bullied by them."
“I didn’t want to argue with them. They all come from poor backgrounds. In the past, when I heard some unpleasant words, I just let them go in one ear and out the other, saving them face. But I didn’t expect them to start openly slandering me this time. This time, I will definitely not let them get away with it.”
Third Sister nodded in satisfaction. Cui Yulu's style of doing things was becoming more and more like Fu Xiaoyu's.
“I am pleased with your growth. If I go to a foreign land in the future, I can rest assured.”
"I don't want you. I can't bear to see you go. Please stay with me a little longer. It's so boring for me to be alone."
Cui Yulu tugged at San Niang and acted coquettishly. With this older sister-like person by her side, she felt much more at ease.
"Look at you, so silly. You're about to become a mother, and you're still acting like a child. I'm not leaving. I'll at least watch you give birth before I leave."
Third Sister had a vague feeling that this child wouldn't be born smoothly.
A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and Cui Yulu is almost four months pregnant.
Winter has arrived, and snow is an indispensable sight in Jingyuan Town.
"Why does your belly look bigger than mine when I'm six months pregnant?"
Han Chunying looked curiously at Cui Yulu's belly. Now she had a big appetite and ate everything with gusto. At this moment, a table full of delicious food was placed in front of her, and she was like a squirrel, her mouth moving non-stop.
"Yes, maybe it's because I love to eat so much that my belly is bigger than yours."
Cui Yulu patted her belly and then casually put a plum blossom pastry into her mouth.
"Hmph, what pregnant woman eats as much as you and doesn't like to exercise? You'll suffer a lot during childbirth."
Third Sister couldn't help but move the snacks next to her to the other side, so that she could eat less.
He also didn't forget to criticize her a bit.
"It's not that dangerous. People say that when I eat, it's not because I want to eat, but because the little one in my belly wants to eat. You can't help him, or he'll be born with a bad temper."
As she spoke, Cui Yulu seemed to feel the little one in her belly move twice.
It felt like a little fish blowing bubbles inside its belly; it was quite strange.
"He's moving, Third Sister Chunying, he's moving inside my belly, how amazing!"
Cui Yulu excitedly showed them her joy and surprise.
"Haha, look at how surprised you are. Isn't it good that he can move? It proves that he's a little person now. You'd better watch your words in the future, because he can hear you."
Third Sister was genuinely happy for her and offered her guidance as someone with experience.
Cui Yulu nodded happily. From this moment on, she truly felt that she was not alone and had a greater responsibility behind her.
She had a weakness; this child was both her armor and her Achilles' heel.
"By the way, have you told Fu Xiaoyu about your pregnancy?"
It's been two months since Fu Xiaoyu went on this expedition. There were a few letters at the beginning, but now there's been no news at all.
"Not yet. I was thinking of giving him a surprise when he comes back, but it seems this battle will probably take a while longer."
Cui Yulu was somewhat disappointed. She had been sending letters home recently but had not received a reply. She wondered how Fu Xiaoyu was doing.
Are you injured, or have you encountered some difficulties?
The thought of all this made Cui Yulu feel uneasy.
Seeing her anxious expression, Du Sanniang didn't press the matter further and instead changed the subject.
"Once the baby is born, I'll reserve a godmother for her, and you're not allowed to give her to anyone else."
He then stuffed a gold lock into Cui Yulu's hand.
“This is my gift as your godmother. Now that you have accepted it, the child can only recognize me as his godmother.”
"Look at this! Where did these robbers come from? I haven't even accepted it yet, but they just shoved it into my hand. They're treating it like they've accepted us. What if I'm carrying two babies? One gold lock won't be enough to go around!"
The crowd burst into laughter, noticing that her belly was much larger than usual.
“I think you should prepare another gold lock, Third Sister. I think you should be a godmother for two.”
Xia Lan'er looked at her belly and compared it with her own; it had grown a whole size larger.
It's definitely twins.
I was immediately filled with a mixture of envy and worry.
Twin pregnancies are inherently risky, not to mention that it's questionable whether Cui Yulu can even give birth.
"Haha, you believe me when I say I have twins? I just eat a lot, there's only one in my belly."
As she spoke, she could clearly feel four little hands moving inside her belly, which made her less confident in the second half of her sentence.
"We'll find out if it's twins by having Ji Xiaotang come over tomorrow."
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