Not only that, their whole family plotted to cause her to have a premature birth, and then secretly gave her the baby her aunt had given birth to, telling everyone that her aunt had given birth to a stillborn child.
In my opinion, they definitely have a backup plan.
They're definitely still plotting to kill my aunt, and then use her child to extort money from the Chi family.
Chi Qiao was already furious. Upon hearing this, she walked over to Zhuang Zilan and, without saying a word, raised her hand and slapped her twice across the face.
The Qi family elders knew how shrewish the Chi family women were.
Seeing Chi Qiao's impoliteness, she slapped Zhuang Zilan twice, causing her face to swell up and turn pale with fright.
As a scholar, Qi Mingyu, even when Chi Ye spoke of him in such a way, simply assumed that the person wasn't talking about him.
Seeing that Chi Qiao was being so impolite, as if she were slapping him in the face in public, he said unhappily:
"Sister-in-law, you really have a big ego!"
It was one thing for you to act like tyrants in your Chi family in the past, but today you actually came to my Qi family to show off your power.
Do they really think the Qi family is easy to manipulate, and the Qi clan is easy to bully?
Chi Qiao looked disdainful at him for bringing the matter to the level of the two families.
After giving it a cold glance, he turned his gaze to Zhuang Zilan, who had already opened her eyes.
She bent down, pulled a dagger from her deerskin boots, then squatted down in front of Zhuang Zilan and asked casually:
"You deliberately caused Xiaoyu to have a premature birth, and then you tried to steal her baby?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the gleaming dagger was drawn from its sheath.
Seeing the reflective dagger pressed against her face, Zhuang Zilan's eyes were filled with terror.
Fearing she might die there, she quickly shifted all the blame onto the elderly couple, Qi.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I know I was wrong. Please don't move around and don't let your hands shake."
To be honest, I was a victim too.
This is not something I can control, so don't blame me.
It was my in-laws; they came up with this plan because they didn't want me to remarry.
Zhuang Zilan knew that neither she, nor the Qi family, nor any member of the Qi clan were a match for the Chi family.
If her mother-in-law hadn't spread rumors that she and Chi Yu gave birth at the same time, and that Chi Yu's baby was stillborn, there would still be room for maneuver.
But now, any woman who has had several children can tell whether she has given birth or not.
Rather than denying it outright, it's better to just admit it and simply distance herself from any relationship between her and her brother-in-law.
As long as she doesn't admit it, and Qi Mingyu doesn't admit it either, and since they weren't caught red-handed and no one told anyone, Qi Mingyu is taking over two branches of the family line, then this is not true!
Old Qi was quick-witted; seeing that things had come to this point, he couldn't afford to argue.
For the sake of his second son and his family's reputation, he simply gritted his teeth and admitted to it.
"Yes! This was my wife's and my idea; it has nothing to do with the second son's or the eldest son's wife."
The second son didn't even have a wedding banquet, so how could he possibly be the heir to two families?
His relationship with his eldest son's wife was completely innocent!
And this is something else entirely; the second son was kept in the dark from beginning to end and had no idea what was going on.
I was thinking that the eldest son died so young, without leaving any descendants.
He thought that his second son and his wife were still young, and they could have as many children as they wanted in the future.
Fearing that his second son's wife would disagree, he took it upon himself to have his eldest son's wife pretend to be pregnant.
We'll find a way to get my second son's wife to give birth earlier.
That way, it would be acceptable to say to outsiders that she was born to the eldest son's wife.
All of this, no matter how wrong it may be, is my fault.
I didn't expect it to escalate like this, and I'm willing to take all the beatings and insults—do whatever you want!
As he spoke, he lowered his head in front of everyone.
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