Chapter 58 Chapter 58 He lied to her about having a baby?
For a moment, the air was almost silent.
This news was like a bolt from the blue, leaving Zhu Yinluan dumbfounded.
She even thought she was hallucinating, "You...what are you talking about?!"
How is that possible?
How could she be pregnant? Wasn't it difficult for her to conceive?
"Did you... take the wrong pulse?" Zhu Yinluan realized that her voice was too loud just now, so she quickly lowered her voice and asked Chen Kouyu.
"Sister-in-law, there's no way I can't tell the simple pulse of pregnancy."
Zhu Yinluan looked at her face, still couldn't believe it, she was pregnant with Shen Jingzhan's child?
What is wrong? What went wrong?
Chen Kouyu didn't know what she was thinking, and she also felt strange, "Sister-in-law's pregnancy is not something to be happy about? Why does sister-in-law seem to..."
She looked terrified and shocked? Did she and her brother never think about having children when they got married?
Zhu Yinluan came back to her senses and interrupted Chen Kouyu's thoughts. She smiled awkwardly and said, "I, I was too surprised. You... you also know that I haven't been pregnant for four years since I married into the Wei family. I had been taking fertility-enhancing prescriptions, but... it seemed to be useless. Why did I get pregnant as soon as I arrived at the Shen family..."
It’s only been a short time, and he’s already pregnant?
Is it because Shen Jingzhan is too strong? But it was too fast.
Chen Kouyu smiled, "How can Wei Ruzhuo be compared with my brother! When it comes to pregnancy between a man and a woman, we can't just look at the woman's body. Speaking of the Wei family..."
Chen Kouyu lowered her voice, "Sister-in-law, you may not know this, but the Wei family has had a hard time recently."
"What?" Zhu Yinluan hadn't recovered from the fact that she was pregnant yet, when Chen Kouyu threw another thunder at her.
It is said that Wei Ruzhuo was impeached on the eve of his promotion to Minister of Rites.
"Impeach Wei Ruzhuo for what?" Zhu Yinluan asked.
"There are many charges."
Chen Kouyu counted on her fingers, "The Wei family's relatives accepted bribes, the amount was as high as tens of thousands of taels. He abused his power in the Ministry of Rites, deceived his superiors and subordinates, and interfered with the employment of the four departments. This also involved a murder case."
"A murder?" Zhu Yinluan was horrified.
"Yes, I don't know the details. I heard about it from Princess Feng'an's letter. It seems that... because a case in the Ministry of Rites was uncovered, this matter involved the Minister?"
"In order to please the Minister, Wei Ruzhuo took the initiative to handle the case. Anyway, the person who filed the complaint is dead. He died in a dry well and has been sent to the Dali Temple."
After listening to this, Zhu Yinluan fell silent and thought, "..." If she remembered correctly, didn't Wei Ruzhuo already have the favor of the Shangshu?
The news about the Wei family was heard some time ago when Shen Kouyu had just returned home. At that time, the second wife mentioned that the family was thriving and had already caught the attention of the high-ranking families in the capital and became a topic of conversation.
It has only been a short time. Today I learned that something might happen to the Yao family, but I didn’t expect that something might have happened to the Wei family.
"What happened next?" she asked again.
"Your Majesty hates corrupt officials the most. The previous palace exam leak case has not been completely resolved, and this kind of thing has happened again. Your Majesty is naturally furious. This time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Wei family to turn things around."
"Sister-in-law, don't you think this is very gratifying?" Chen Kouyu smiled.
Zhu Yinluan nodded after a long pause, "...Yes, that's right..."
She hated Wei Ruzhuo and Pang Shi. Now that something happened to the Wei family, she naturally felt happy.
Another thing is, if something happens to Wei Ruzhuo, then there is no way that my eldest sister will marry him.
My father and mother are so opportunistic that if anything happens to the Wei family, they will definitely distance themselves from the two families as quickly as possible and will never become relatives of the Wei family again.
The affairs of the Wei family and the Zhu family have nothing to do with her anymore.
But right now, her problem is the most difficult. How could there be a child in her belly?
She had been looking forward to getting pregnant for the past four years, but now she doesn't want it, but she is pregnant. Is this just fate?
But she still couldn't understand how she could be pregnant.
It's obviously difficult to conceive, right?
Zhu Yinluan recalled the original reason why she went to Chen Kouyu to feel her pulse, and asked her hurriedly, "Aunt, can you feel my pulse again to see if my body is having difficulty in giving birth?"
Before Chen Kouyu even felt her pulse, she said, "Sister-in-law, your body is very fertile."
"If you don't believe me, I'll take your pulse again." She took Zhu Yinluan's pulse again and told her how her body was.
Not only that, she could also accurately tell the date of Zhu Yinluan's last menstrual period, and even more details, such as the color of her menstrual blood...all accurately.
Look at her expression and tell where she felt pain or discomfort in the past.
Zhu Yinluan had originally doubted her medical skills, but now she had no choice but to believe it.
She fell into deep thought, so what the imperial physician said at the Wei family at the beginning was correct, there was nothing wrong with her body, and it was indeed easy for her to conceive.
But later... when I was at the Shen family, the imperial physician still said so.
He is clearly an imperial physician!
If it was true, how could Shen Jingzhan tell her that he had arranged for the imperial physician?
And why didn't he care when he had sex with her later?
Didn’t the imperial physician tell him at that time that her body was suitable for conception?
Does Shen Jingzhan know?
If he knew, then he did it on purpose?
Zhu Yinluan was confused in her heart, would Shen Jingzhan lie to her? Was his purpose to make her pregnant?
Chen Kouyu didn't know what Zhu Yinluan was thinking, so she just asked her to keep it a secret and not let Shen Jingzhan, Madam Shen, and Old Lady Shen know that she knew medical skills.
Otherwise, the family will start quarreling and making trouble again, and I’m worried that something might go wrong.
Zhu Yinluan nodded, "I understand." She promised to keep Shen Kouyu's secret and not let anyone know that she knew medical skills.
As they were talking, Madam Shen came back and asked the two to go to the courtyard to talk and have dinner there. She also said that Shen Jingzhan and Lord Shen would be back soon and the whole family would eat together.
Chen Kouyu knew that Madam Shen was going to nag her again and ask her to go pick someone, so she pretended to be sick and had a headache, and asked the little maid to reply that she couldn't go over, and asked Zhu Yinluan to help her refuse.
Zhu Yinluan could only say hello.
Shen Jingzhan came back later today than usual, saying that there was something going on in the court.
He asked her what she had done today and whether she was bored at home.
Looking at the man's gentle eyes and eyebrows, Zhu Yinluan inexplicably thought of the dream again. She compared the man's figure in the dream with Shen Jingzhan's figure in her mind and in front of her eyes.
Or it seems...it seems...
Chen Kouyu said that Chen Jingzhan was vicious, but he would not show it in front of her.
So she had never seen this face of Shen Jingzhan.
If Shen Jingzhan showed it, would he be exactly like the man in her dream?
Will Shen Jingzhan pretend in front of her and lie to her?
She didn’t dare to think about what it would be like if Shen Jingzhan really lied to her.
The person she trusts the most now, besides Mingya and Jiaohui, is Chen Jingzhan.
What would she do if Shen Jingzhan was hypocritical and different from the Shen Jingzhan she knew?
Zhu Yinluan was in a state of confusion. Not only was she eating slowly, she was also absent-minded.
“What’s wrong?” Even Mrs. Shen noticed her restlessness.
Zhu Yinluan quickly forced a smile and said it was nothing, she was just thinking about something.
"Are you too tired today?" Shen Jingzhan picked up some food for her and blocked Mrs. Shen's questioning.
Mrs. Shen's dissatisfaction was on the tip of her tongue, but she could only swallow it back when she saw her son caring so attentively for the girl from the Zhu family.
"No...it's okay." Zhu Yinluan avoided his gaze, but quickly realized that this was in front of Madam Shen and Lord Shen, and the two were putting on a show.
She couldn't let Lord Shen and Madam Shen see that there was a problem between her and Shen Jingzhan, so she raised her face and smiled at Shen Jingzhan, thanking him for picking up food for her.
After dinner, Mrs. Shen gave Zhu Yinluan some supplements and said some polite words, asking her to get enough rest.
Although Mrs. Shen didn't like her daughter-in-law, she did a pretty good job both in terms of appearance and in terms of her inner feelings.
On the way back to the courtyard, the two of them took a slow walk, with the maids following behind them. Shen Jingzhan asked her what was wrong and if she had anything on her mind.
What he didn't expect was that Zhu Yinluan would say, "I was just wondering, would a perfect person like my husband have any weaknesses?"
Shen Jingzhan paused and looked towards her. "What?"
I don’t know if Shen Jingzhan heard it clearly, but the feelings she inadvertently revealed could not be said a second time anyway.
She wanted to clear her mind, but she felt as if she was in a fog.
The days were quiet and peaceful, and she didn't know what was wrong with her. She always felt that there was an endless storm hidden under the peace and quiet.
Could it be because she’s pregnant that she’s so suspicious?
But there are many things that I can’t put into words.
The only person she could talk to right now was Shen Jingzhan, and it happened to be him who made her feel strange.
Therefore, she couldn’t tell Shen Jingzhan.
"Of course I have weaknesses too." He heard her clearly and replied.
"But... why did Luan'er suddenly ask this?" He spoke to her with a smile.
"I..." Zhu Yinluan couldn't help but get nervous, "I just think my husband is too perfect."
Would Shen Jingzhan guess what she was thinking? She did not forget that Shen Jingzhan was very good at seeing through people's hearts.
Now she couldn't let Shen Jingzhan discover her dream.
She regretted revealing her true feelings, but couldn't help wondering how she could change the subject without making any noise.
"It seems that Luan'er still doesn't understand me very well." He smiled again and walked a little slower.
Zhu Yinluan quickly thought of an excuse, "Didn't my husband ask me to pay attention to your likes and dislikes before?"
"I have observed him for some time and asked people around him. They all said that he is a very good person and treats people very well..."
She couldn't find any words to describe it.
"Really?" Shen Jingzhan asked casually.
Just from this short sentence, Zhu Yinluan felt that he might have noticed something and couldn't help feeling nervous.
"Yes..." She didn't even ask anyone.
If Shen Jingzhan asked someone, he would know that she had never asked.
It's possible that he noticed it, but he didn't expose her.
"I still have many weaknesses and flaws, which others may not be able to see. If Luan'er wants to know, you need to pay more attention. Or do you want me to tell you directly?"
Zhu Yinluan's heart skipped a beat, and she cleverly changed the subject, "Husband, what weaknesses and flaws do you think you have?"
Shen Jingzhan smiled, "Luan'er still wants me to tell you?"
Zhu Yinluan's expression showed a little unnaturalness, but she quickly adjusted herself.
"…If you don't want to say it, you don't have to."
She and Shen Jingzhan walked into the water pavilion unknowingly and sat down opposite each other.
The maids brought tea and cakes.
There are glass lanterns hanging everywhere in the Shen family's house. The lanterns are basically not very effective, but they complement the glass lanterns and bring out a different kind of beauty.
After Shen Jingzhan came back, when the two of them talked, the little maids would all quietly retreat outside the pavilion so as not to disturb them.
Zhu Yinluan held the teacup and looked at the wisps of smoke rising from the small incense burner. Some memories came to her mind again, and the two memories overlapped in her mind.
She remembered that she once... seemed to smell a fragrance on Shen Jingzhan.
It was faint and subtle. At that time, she couldn't remember what the fragrance on Shen Jingzhan's body was similar to. Now looking at this incense burner, she suddenly remembered that it seemed to be similar to the incense burner placed in the inner room.
Then I remembered that Shen Jingzhan had stood next to the incense burner. Was he contaminated by the smell from the incense burner?
Apart from this, she could not think of anything else.
Maybe.
I heard that noble families are very particular about burning incense and drinking tea, and he should be no exception.
"Luan'er wants to know, there's nothing that can't be told." Shen Jingzhan told her that he actually had a bad temper.
"Ah?" Zhu Yinluan was stunned.
Her attention was diverted and she didn't even think that the man opposite her was setting a trap for her.
Although Shen Jingzhan didn't know what she was thinking specifically, since there was a "trick", he had to take the initiative to make it clear, lest she think he was evasive and there was something fishy, which would trigger her deeper suspicion.
"Is it hard to imagine?" Shen Jingzhan pushed the cakes in front of her, saying that he brought them from the palace. She didn't use much for dinner, so he asked her to eat some.
Zhu Yinluan did not resist Shen Jingzhan's caring kindness and reached out to take a piece of cake.
While she was eating, Shen Jingzhan told her about his temper.
He said that there were too many things to learn in the early years, and Lord Shen and Madam Shen had high hopes for him. He could not disappoint them, so he could only work harder. Sometimes he was very annoyed with studying, and when no one was around, he smashed his pen and ink, and even wanted to tear up the policy paper.
"How can this be considered a bad temper?" Zhu Yinluan said it didn't count.
"Luan'er asked the servants below, and they should know that I was not easy to talk to in the past, right?"
Zhu Yinluan had never asked, and after thinking about it, she decided to nod along with him, "Hmm..."
Before she married Shen Jingzhan, Ming Ya did say that Shen Jingzhan was cold? His younger sister Shen Kouyu also said that.
"I'm really not very human."
"You are not very kind to others, so why do you choose to be kind to me?" After saying that, she felt it was too ambiguous, so she changed the subject, "Why are you nicer to me?"
"When we first met, you were very kind to me. Later, you gave me the ambergris I needed. And later... you helped me many times."
Not many times, I help her almost every time we meet.
“If you must ask why…” The man tapped the edge of the table with his knuckles. His eyelids drooped slightly, and Zhu Yinluan could no longer see the emotion in his eyes.
I have no idea what he is thinking.
The natural thing is to get close to her, improve the relationship between the two of you, let her guard down, and take advantage of the opportunity.
The man said he didn't know either.
"Don't know?" Zhu Yinluan was surprised.
“Yeah.” Shen Jingzhan said.
After a while, he added, "It was just that I saw that Luan'er was alone and weak and seemed to be in a difficult situation, so I wanted to help her."
"That's all."
"Later, I married Luan'er because... I wanted to help you, but I was afraid you wouldn't want to, so I was more roundabout."
He told the "truth".
Faced with the man's words, Zhu Yinluan didn't know what to say.
After a moment of silence, she felt something was wrong. She originally wanted to test Shen Jingzhan's attitude, but why did it suddenly become a reminiscence?
Yes, reminiscing about the past.
Even during the reminiscence, she found that she began to feel guilty again. Shen Jingzhan was so good to her and helped her so much. How could she feel that he lied to her? Did she think he had bad intentions?
It is said that everyone in the world comes for profit. What on her body can Shen Jingzhan plot against? There is nothing at all.
While Zhu Yinluan was daydreaming, her eyes dropped to her lower abdomen.
Does it count that Shen Jingzhan lied to her about having a baby?
If he had already known from the imperial physician that she could easily conceive, and had coaxed her into having sex, and had stayed there for so long, how could that not be considered deceiving her into having a child?
Yes, the more Zhu Yinluan thought about it, the more she felt that many things made sense.
For example, the positions that Shen Jingzhan used during sex, and the long stays, were often positions that helped with pregnancy...
She had been paying attention when she was at the Wei family, so there was no way she could have made a mistake.
On the bed, Shen Jingzhan had tossed and turned with her many times, penetrating deeply, all to help her get pregnant.
He grabbed her waist, lifted her up, and tucked the quilt behind her waist.
She was propped up high by him...
What had the greatest impact was Shen Jingzhan's long stay. At that time, she was thinking that if she could get pregnant, she would have been pregnant long ago.
Unexpectedly, you hit the nail on the head.
Thinking back on those details, she felt terrified.
Regarding this matter, she still hasn't decided whether to tell Shen Jingzhan. More importantly, she has been with Shen Kouyu today. If she tells her, she is afraid that Shen Kouyu will be suspected. She cannot betray Shen Kouyu.
"I'm sorry. I'm just distracted today. I don't know what's wrong with me. Maybe it's still affected by the nightmare I had a few days ago."
She pinched her brows, lowered her eyebrows, rolled her eyes, and came up with an idea.
I took the opportunity to say to Shen Jingzhan, “Husband, you should find an imperial physician to see me. If this goes on, I’m afraid I’ll have another nightmare.”
She couldn't just go find a doctor to check on her body, what if Shen Jingzhan got suspicious?
Anyway, Shen Jingzhan had said some time ago that she was not feeling well, so she asked the imperial physician to take a look.
When the imperial physician came, he found out that she was pregnant.
She was in the Shen family, and her pregnancy would be hidden sooner or later. She let Shen Jingzhan know about her pregnancy through the imperial physician and see how he would explain it.
"Okay, it's best that Luan'er is willing to see the imperial physician." He said that he would take a leave of absence tomorrow to stay at home with her.
"Aren't the affairs of the court very busy? How come you still have time to stay at home?"
Zhu Yinluan blurted out the words, and only after she finished speaking did she realize that her reaction seemed a little too hasty. Even she felt as if she was pushing Shen Jingzhan away and didn't want Shen Jingzhan to be at home.
Although she really didn't want Shen Jingzhan to be at home tomorrow, she just wanted to see the imperial physician first and tell him when he came back.
But you can't say that right now.
The man looked up at her.
Zhu Yinluan received his gaze and felt a little guilty. She slightly looked away and explained,
"No... I mean, there's no need to ask for leave. I'm fine anyway. I'm just feeling uneasy."
"You..." You don't need to be at home, and she replaced it with "I don't want him to be too tired."
But after saying this, Zhu Yinluan felt that her words and actions were contradictory.
Can't Shen Jingzhan rest only when he is at home?
She asked him not to take leave, and what she said about not wanting him to be too tired was just... nonsense.
After all the talk, she was almost confused. Zhu Yinluan thought she should not speak any more. The more she spoke, the more mistakes she would make, so she just kept silent.
Shen Jingzhan looked at her for a long time, and she didn't dare to look back.
After a while, Shen Jingzhan asked her if she knew something?
Zhu Yinluan suddenly clenched the cup, "...Hmm?"
Shen Jingzhan took in her reaction and his eyebrows moved slightly, "..."
"What is my husband talking about? I don't know."
Why did he suddenly ask this? Was he trying to trick her?
Could it be that he really did deliberately trick her into having a child?
Even if…even if this matter is true, why did Shen Jingzhan lie to her about having a baby?
With his status and position, who can't he cheat?
There were so many people who wanted to have children for him, why couldn't he find anyone else? Why did he lie to her? What was so good about her?
Even Yao Zi, who came today, is the daughter of the Grand Commandant. She wants to marry Shen Jingzhan. Why doesn't Shen Jingzhan lie to others?
Zhu Yinluan couldn't figure it out, she felt like she had reached a dead end.
"Really?" Shen Jingzhan's words were vague.
The next sentence surprised Zhu Yinluan, because Shen Jingzhan said, "Isn't it because you found out about the Wei family?"
He mentioned the Wei family.
Zhu Yinluan couldn't hide this fact and simply nodded, "Yes, I know about the Wei family's affairs."
"So...after learning that Wei Ruzhuo was in trouble, Luan'er was worried about him?"
Um?
Is she worried about Wei Ruzhuo?
Zhu Yinluan looked puzzled and frowned. She did not show the worry that the man expressed, only disgust.
Seeing this, his brows relaxed slightly.
"I'm not worried about him, what makes you think that?"
Shen Jingzhan asked this question as if he was jealous.
Jealous?
Zhu Yinluan felt that her thoughts like this were even more bizarre.
"Besides that, I can't think of why Luan'er is so uneasy."
"I've already said it, it's just because of that dream, I dreamed of some bad things."
"What kind of dream is it?" Shen Jingzhan asked.
Zhu Yinluan pursed her lips and said that it was a thing of the past. She didn't have a good time when she was in the Zhu family. She dreamed that her mother passed away and she dreamed of her dying moments.
"So that's how it is. I shouldn't have exposed Luan'er's scars."
Zhu Yinluan shook her head, afraid that Shen Jingzhan would continue to ask questions, so she quickly changed the subject and asked about the Zhu family.
Originally, she wanted to ask the Wei family, but she was afraid that Shen Jingzhan would think that she was concerned about it, which was not a good idea.
"The Zhu family and the Wei family were originally planning to discuss marriage, and the betrothal gifts had already been agreed upon. But now, all the gifts that the Wei family sent to the Zhu family were returned by the Zhu family, and it was a very ugly situation."
After hearing this, Zhu Yinluan nodded.
She has always been very clear about the behavior of her stepmother and father. To put it nicely, they seek profit and avoid harm; to put it bluntly, they curry favor with the powerful.
The last time the eldest sister married into the Luo family, the people in the Wei family were not aware of it. Wei Ruzhuo thought that the eldest sister had to marry because Luo Xuan liked her. Pang Shi even said that she had snatched the eldest sister's marriage and that she was lucky.
The reason why the Wei family thought so was mostly because of the face-saving efforts made by her stepmother and father, who said that they felt sorry for her because she was the youngest in the family and wanted to love her more, and only then did they marry her into the Wei family.
Now...it's time for the Wei family to see the true face of the Zhu family.
Zhu Yinluan thought to herself, not prepared for Shen Jingzhan to say,
"Luan'er really doesn't want to ask Wei Ruzhuo?"
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