With tears in her eyes, Xue Ruoyu nodded: "I just found out today. It's been just over a month. The doctor said that I'm weak and the fetus is unstable. If I really ate persimmon cake by mistake today, the child would be in danger."
Having said that, Fu Ling no longer cared about punishing Xue Zhiyi, and hurriedly helped Xue Ruoyu up.
"Alright, alright, I won't say anything about her anymore. Ruoyu, don't be angry. The ground is cold. Hurry up and sit down."
After Xue Ruoyu stood up, she said, "Mother, you know the ground is cold, but why don't you sympathize with Zhiyi because she just dipped in the lake today and have the heart to let her kneel for so long?"
She held out her hand: "Zhiyi, get up."
Xue Zhiyi felt her eyes were hot. She had no mother in her life, and only her elder sister was like a mother to her, who could give her some comfort.
Perhaps because of the turmoil today, she felt cold all over, and she felt that Xue Ruoyu's palm was particularly warm.
Looking at Xue Ruoyu's gentle eyes, she felt more and more uncomfortable. She really wanted to take revenge on Fu Ling, but now, she didn't know how to face Xue Ruoyu if she really did so.
How could Xue Ruoyu be the child of Fu Ling and Xue Zhentong? How could these two evil men deserve such a daughter?
When Fu Ling's gaze shifted from Xue Ruoyu to Xue Zhiyi, it faded a little: "Alright, go back to your own bedroom and reflect on this."
Perhaps he caught a cold, Xue Zhiyi felt a little tired. When he thought about the things he still had to do, he didn't want to argue anymore. He replied yes and turned to leave.
After sending Xue Zhiyi away, Fu Ling took Xue Ruoyu's hand and began to ask about her well-being with great concern: "After so many years, you're finally pregnant. It's really not easy. The Tang family will definitely be happy when they find out."
Unlike when she faced Xue Zhiyi, Fu Ling's face was full of joy and satisfaction at this moment, and her eyebrows and eyes were curved with a smile.
But Xue Ruoyu's expression didn't soften much: "Mom, I like to eat sea bass. Everyone in the family knows it, right?"
Fu Ling's smile froze.
"Rongxin has often come to our house since she was a child. She should know about this, right?"
Xue Ruoyu looked at her seriously: "I suspect Rong Xin is coming for me today."
"Impossible!" Fu Ling retorted immediately.
"Why not?" Xue Ruoyu asked her back, "I don't like to judge people by appearance, but I always feel that Rongxin's eyes and eyebrows are full of calculation. I can feel that she doesn't like Zhiyi, and she doesn't like me either."
"No." Fu Ling shook her head. "Rongxin is a good child. She has extraordinary talents, extraordinary temperament, and knows how to act appropriately. She has never done anything wrong since she was a child. You have watched her grow up. You are her elder sister. How could she not like you?"
Looking at her mother, Xue Ruoyu suddenly felt a little strange, and frowned unconsciously: "But Zhiyi is also very good, but I never remember my mother praising her like this."
"How can she be compared with Rong Xin?" Fu Ling almost blurted out.
"Rongxin is superior to Zhiyi in everything, whether it's poetry, literature, rituals, music, or appearance and demeanor. Zhiyi was raised in a wealthy family in Huajing, but she's not as good as a girl from a merchant family. This shows how much of a difference there is in talent."
"Yeah?"
Xue Ruoyu refuted her again: "But I remember that when Zhiyi was little, she learned poetry, books, and mathematics very quickly, and she never put down her books. It was my mother who said that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent, and the most important thing for a girl is to learn needlework. From then on, Zhiyi devoted a lot of energy to needlework. However, even so, when Zhiyi grew up, her poetry, books, rituals, and music were not outstanding, but she was still better than most people. She never made any mistakes in dealing with people, otherwise she would not have been helping my mother manage banquets at such a young age. I..."
"Are you trying to say that I deliberately ruined that girl?"
Having her secrets exposed, Fu Ling flew into a rage, "Is it harming her by letting her improve her needlework?"
This reaction also scared Xue Ruoyu.
Fu Ling finally realized what was happening and quickly stopped talking, softening her voice: "Did Mom scare you?"
Xue Ruoyu gently stroked her belly and shook her head with lingering fear: "Of course I didn't mean that, it's just... Mom, Zhiyi is really a good child, you are too harsh on her."
Fu Ling said nothing, the Bodhi seed she was holding tightly was deeply embedded in her palm.
That little bitch Xue Zhiyi, it would be better if she didn't study and didn't understand anything. Only when she was so ignorant and naive, she would obey orders and be controlled by me...
Now, she didn't know what kind of nonsense he had learned from somewhere, or whether the despicable and lowly blood in his body had awakened, and he actually dared to contradict her.
A bastard is a bastard after all, and there is sinisterness and cruelty flowing in its lowly blood!
Xue Ruoyu had no idea what she was thinking at the moment and thought she had listened. She finally smiled and said, "My daughter knows that among my cousins, only Rongxin looks somewhat like you, so I love her. But in the end, you know which one of Zhiyi and Rongxin is your daughter.
This made Fu Ling's heart skip a beat. Her eyelids twitched slightly: "Of course I understand... Zhiyi is my child."
Xue Ruoyu placed her hand on the back of her hand in a comforting manner: "Then from now on, mother will love Zhiyi more, okay? She is now approaching marriageable age, and she won't have much time with mother. Mother, please don't separate from her anymore."
Fu Ling finally realized that he had gone too far today. It was not that he was too harsh on Xue Zhiyi, but that he had shown too much preference for Rong Xin. If he continued like this, it would probably arouse suspicion.
She agreed perfunctorily: "As long as you take good care of yourself and give birth to the baby in your belly safely, I will do whatever you want."
At this time, Mother Xing knocked on the door and came in: "Madam, Miss Rongxin..."
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