Chapter 21: Aunt Liu is Pregnant
Chen Heng raised his eyes and glanced at Chu Xinrou, then lowered his eyes indifferently. When he looked at Chen Shuwei, he raised the corners of his lips and said, "Third sister, come and drink the soup. I made it myself. Come and taste it to see if it's salty."
Seeing that Chen Heng, who used to be the gentlest, ignored her, Chu Xinrou's eyes widened in disbelief and she screamed, "Brother! I am your third sister!"
Who the hell is she, Shen Shuwei? How could she be worthy of calling them brother?
Chen Heng put down the bowl and looked at Chu Xinrou with a calm gaze, without any joy or resentment.
"Since you have chosen to return to the Marquis' Mansion, then live a good life there and don't come to the Shen family anymore."
Everyone was unhappy when she came.
Chu Xinrou and Ji Jinglan were finally "invited" out by Yun Ling and others.
Before leaving, Chu Xinrou was still looking at the few people crying, sobbing as if she had suffered a great injustice.
When Shen Zhang saw her like that, he couldn't help but think of the weak and frail vixen in Shen Shuwei's room, and his temples twitched suddenly.
While drinking chicken soup, Shen Shuwei thought of something.
Ji Jinglan mentioned that the old lady's headache reminded her of a wandering miracle doctor who came to Luojing in her previous life. He had profound medical skills and cured many stubborn diseases of nobles in Luojing.
He came to Luojing to look for his missing granddaughter.
In her previous life, Chen Shuwei wanted to ask him to check the old lady's headache to see if it could be cured, but he was so preoccupied with his granddaughter that he refused her request.
Because of this, Chen Shuwei was scolded by the old lady, who blamed her for not being able to invite the wandering miracle doctor, which made her happy for nothing. If Chu Xinrou hadn't told her that the miracle doctor was unwilling to come, she wouldn't have known about it.
To be frank, she said that she wanted to invite a miracle doctor just to curry favor with her superiors. She said nice things, but in the end, she couldn't even get the shadow of a miracle doctor.
Shen Shuwei put down the spoon and looked at Shen Heng, who had been frail and sickly since childhood.
It is said that they have more than one medicine bottle in their house. Let's ask the doctor to check them all.
"What's wrong, Third Sister? Is the chicken soup too bland?" Chen Heng covered his lips and coughed lightly a few times, his handsome face revealing a lingering sick look.
He was weak and couldn't eat strong-flavored food, so he used to cook light meals. This time, in order to cater to his third sister's taste, he added a little more salt.
But looking at the third sister, it seems that the chicken soup doesn’t taste good.
Chen Heng was feeling a little lost when he heard Chen Shuwei say, "Have the eldest and second brothers ever been to a brothel?"
In his previous life, the granddaughter of the miraculous doctor was abducted and taken to a brothel in the capital. Unfortunately, she was already dead when she was rescued. The miraculous doctor took his granddaughter's body and left Luojing, never to be heard from again.
“Cough cough cough!”
"Bang!"
Chen Heng coughed so hard that it shook the earth. Chen Zhang threw down the cup in his hand with a dark face and looked at Chen Shuwei with a gloomy expression, "Who told you about the brothel? The vixen in your room?"
He said that the vixen was not a good person and should be driven out as soon as possible.
Shen Shuwei repeatedly explained that it was not Jing Yin who instigated her to go to the brothel, but she just mentioned it casually. However, Shen Zhang was still skeptical.
Looking at the two of them talking about Hualou, one with red ears and evasive eyes, and the other with a gloomy face who was about to pick up a knife and chop someone in the next second, Shen Shuwei sighed secretly.
She originally wanted to bring her two brothers along, but now it seems she can only secretly lead people to find the whereabouts of the granddaughter of the miracle doctor.
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Ji Jinglan and Chu Xinrou returned to the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion with gloomy faces. Before they could sit down to rest, they were summoned to the main hall by the maid, saying that the Marquis wanted to discuss something with them.
The mother and daughter looked at each other, both feeling uneasy.
Could it be that something happened in the mansion again, or that the old lady's illness, which had just stabilized, had relapsed?
The two of them arrived at the main hall with trepidation and saw the old lady sitting in the first seat with a happy look on her face, and the person serving her was unexpectedly Concubine Liu.
Seeing the old lady holding Aunt Liu's hand and telling her something with a smile on her face, Ji Jinglan felt resentment in her eyes.
That was her position as the mistress of the house. How could she, a lowly concubine, have the qualifications to stand beside the old lady?
"They are all here." The old lady looked at Ji Jinglan and Chu Xinrou, and the smile on her face faded a little.
When she thought about how her granddaughter Chu Xinrou had hosted a grand family reunion banquet, but had secretly kicked out her doctor Lin for cost-saving reasons, and even had no ginseng in the storeroom, her love for her granddaughter suddenly waned, and she also became tired of the taciturn Ji Jinglan.
She was a girl who had just returned home and dared to do this. Who knew if her mother Ji Jinglan was giving her guidance behind the scenes.
Chu Xinrou keenly noticed that the old lady's attitude towards her had deteriorated considerably. She quickly put on a smile and stepped forward to warmly take her hand. "Grandma, my mother and I have been busy looking for a doctor for you these days. I heard that a miracle doctor who can cure all diseases has come to Luojing. Your granddaughter will definitely invite him to treat you."
"Doctor Lin can only relieve your headache, Grandmother. This miracle doctor is different. He has cured many nobles' chronic illnesses. Even the Empress in the Palace wants to see him."
"With him here, your headache will definitely be cured. By then, we'll have a miracle doctor, and there won't be any need for Doctor Lin anymore."
Chu Xinrou did not forget to step on Doctor Lin so that the old lady would not be so angry about her driving the doctor away.
After the suffering she had endured over the past few days, the old lady didn't completely believe Chu Xinrou's words. She pulled her hand away calmly and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. I have something happy to tell you."
"Sheng'er, you tell me." The old lady called Marquis Jingning by his childhood nickname.
Chu Xinrou was just feeling unhappy about the old lady's cold reception when she heard Marquis Jingning say with great joy and energy, "Ruoshuang is three months pregnant. I plan to expand her courtyard and hire more staff to take care of her."
"But that's not all. The doctor who came to see her said that this baby is most likely a boy. In my opinion, we need to add more servants and buy expensive supplements. I can't let my grandson suffer." The old lady was so happy that her eyes narrowed into slits. She looked at Aunt Liu's belly and praised it again and again, wishing she could see her eldest grandson in the next second.
Chu Xinrou's head buzzed, and she looked up at Aunt Liu in disbelief, with cold sweat breaking out on her palms.
How come Aunt Liu got pregnant out of nowhere, and it’s a boy.
Originally, her eldest brother was the only son in the mansion, and his position as the crown prince was a sure thing. Even if her mother was no longer favored by her father, she still had a place in the mansion.
But if Concubine Liu gave birth to a boy, and her father always doted on her, would there still be room for her and her mother in this family? Would even her eldest brother's position as the crown prince still be secure?
Ji Jinglan couldn't even smile, and replied coldly: "The Marquis knows the current account of the mansion. Where would the money come from to expand the courtyard and add maids for a concubine?"
"Mother, is it because you despise me for being a concubine and because I am the illegitimate daughter born from my womb that you withhold food and clothing from both of us?" Chu Mingyi, who was standing next to my concubine Liu, suddenly complained.
Hearing that Ji Jinglan had withheld the concubine's daughter, Marquis Jingning's expression suddenly changed, "What's going on?"
Chu Xinrou had secretly thought that something was wrong when Chu Mingyi started speaking, but before she could stop him, she saw Chu Mingyi complaining to Marquis Jingning with red eyes and aggrieved look.
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