Chapter 117 You are the one who should atone
Wei Lingze broke into Xiao Qinghe's room and locked the door. A group of maids and servants were running around anxiously outside.
"Sir, please open the door. If you have anything to say, please talk to me nicely. Don't hurt the young lady."
"Young Madam, are you all right? Do you want me to go and get Madam?"
Inside the room, Xiao Qinghe had just bandaged the wound on her neck and changed into light clothes before lying on the beauty couch. Seeing Wei Lingze barging in, she grabbed her hairpin and pressed it against her throat, "Get out!"
What happened in the carriage really made her sick, and she was still scared. She didn't want to see Wei Lingze.
After learning about her miscarriage, Wei Lingze lost his previous impatience. Even when Xiao Qinghe told him to get out, he still spoke gently: "I just want to talk to you for a few words, and then I'll leave."
"There's nothing much to talk about between us."
"What about the child? Do you have the heart to let it become a wandering ghost?"
Xiao Qinghe's hands trembled for a moment. She had finally been hit in the soft spot. After a moment, she put down her hairpin and said to the people outside, "I'm fine. You can leave."
Only then did it become quiet outside.
Wei Lingze walked closer to Xiao Qinghe: "That's my child too. Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant? If you had told me, I wouldn't have treated you like that in the study that day."
Wei Lingze's tone was still gentle, but it was clearly reproachful.
Although Xiao Qinghe was extremely disappointed in him, she still laughed out loud in anger when she heard this.
"I just got married and didn't know I was pregnant. I just thought it was because the weather was too hot and my appetite was poor. I clearly told you that I didn't want to eat Huainan cuisine, but you still spent a lot of money to have someone prepare those dishes. I also told you that I didn't want to, but you still forced yourself on me. You don't care about me as a person, how could you care about the child in my belly?"
"Of course I care about you. I just said that I just lost control that day."
Wei Lingze did not hesitate, Xiao Qinghe said coldly: "You killed the child in my belly with your own hands, this is what you care about!"
"I didn't even know you were pregnant at the time. If I had known, I definitely wouldn't have..."
Wei Lingze tried to defend himself, but Xiao Qinghe interrupted him directly: "So you came here to quarrel with me?"
Wei Lingze was speechless, pursed his lips and said, "I'm here to atone for my sins. You can hit me and scold me, but don't hold your anger in your heart. I've sent someone to the palace to invite the imperial physician. You need to take good care of yourself."
Of course Xiao Qinghe would not joke about his own body.
She didn't refuse the imperial physician's help, but whispered, "I won't hit you or scold you. If you really feel you have let that child down, go to Yunshan Temple and copy the mantra for him to be reborn."
The child is innocent, and she hopes that the child will be born into a good family next time.
As for her, this was her choice, and now she deserved what happened, so she accepted it.
Since Xiao Qinghe could make such a request, Wei Lingze would naturally satisfy her. He nodded and said, "I will ask for leave tomorrow, and we can go to Yunshan Temple together."
"You are the one who should atone for your sins, why should I go?"
Xiao Qinghe asked back, with sharp malice in her eyes. She didn't want to be alone with Wei Lingze at all. Wei Lingze had no choice but to give in: "Okay, I'll go by myself. You rest well at home. I'll apologize to you slowly when I come back."
Xiao Qinghe stopped talking and returned to his previous lifeless state.
Although he already knew the reason, Wei Lingze still felt that the atmosphere was so quiet and depressing that it made him very irritable. He didn't want to lose control and get angry in front of Xiao Qinghe again, so he opened the door and left.
Arriving in the study, he coldly instructed Xingzhou, "I'm going to Yunshan Temple for a few days. Find a few reliable people to watch over the young lady. If anyone from the Xiao family or the young lady shows any abnormality, send a pigeon to inform me immediately."
"yes."
After Xingzhou left, Wei Lingze sat at his desk and thought about a lot of things, including the friendship between him and Xiao Qinghe over the past ten years, and the little things Chunxi had done to take care of him over the past three years.
He had indeed been very bad to Xiao Qinghe during their marriage. Even if he still had a grudge against the Xiao family for delaying the wedding, he could not treat Xiao Qinghe like this. After all, Xiao Qinghe was of noble status and had the reserve of a noble lady, unlike Chunxi, who could be manipulated by him.
It was Chunxi who disrupted him.
If Chunxi stayed in the mansion, he only needed to give Chunxi a status and then pamper Chunxi, which would be enough to take revenge on Xiao Qinghe.
Chunxi was very sensible when she was in the Wei family. No matter where he wanted to do that to Chunxi, she would probably cooperate. Moreover, she had good physical strength and was definitely not as rigid as Xiao Qinghe in that kind of thing.
More importantly, Chunxi drinks contraceptive soup and won't get into trouble because of offspring.
At the end of the thought, the only thing left in Wei Lingze's mind was Chunxi's name.
He seemed to be possessed by a demon, and only wanted to kill Shen Qingyuan and take Chunxi back.
Only in this way could he suppress the restlessness in his heart and become the noble and decent eldest son of the Wei family.
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It was not until the evening that Quezhi was sent back to the Wei family by a carriage sent by Mrs. Xiao.
As soon as she entered the yard, she heard that Wei Lingze had broken into Xiao Qinghe's house, and she rushed into the house to check on Xiao Qinghe's condition.
Xiao Qinghe had already calmed down and was looking through the account book. Seeing her come back, he spoke softly, "Why are you back so late? What happened?"
Quezhi knelt down with a plop: "I was afraid that the uncle would hurt the young lady, so I chased after the second lady's carriage, and then the second lady brought me home to see the lady."
Although Quezhi's indenture is in Xiao Qinghe's hands, she grew up in the Xiao family since childhood. Madam Xiao wants to force her to ask about Xiao Qinghe's recent situation, so she has to answer.
Xiao Qinghe had anticipated this and only asked, "Did you tell me about the child?"
Quezhi quickly shook her head: "I didn't say a word about this matter, but I told you that the son-in-law has been ignoring the young lady recently."
Xiao Qinghe's miscarriage was very sudden, and it was caused by forced intercourse. In the entire Lingfeng Courtyard, only Quezhi knew about it. Once this matter was made public, the two families might become enemies. Quezhi knew the seriousness of the matter and kept her mouth shut.
Xiao Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief and helped Quezhi up. "You're not to blame for what happened today. You did a great job. Mother has worried too much about me over the years. I don't want to make her worry anymore. Besides, Wei Lingze already knows about this. He will go to Yunshan Temple tomorrow to pray for the child's soul. Let's not mention this matter again."
"Yes, I understand."
Quezhi nodded repeatedly, and then heard Xiao Qinghe say, "My aunt is wronged because of Wei Lang in the Marquis' Mansion. You can ask someone to send 100 taels of gold to the Marquis' Mansion and say it's a little gift from me."
When Bai Richunxi made a scene at the Taifu Mansion, Quezhi could vaguely tell that she was making a scene because of Xiao Qinghe. Now, after hearing Xiao Qinghe's words, she was even more certain and nodded immediately: "I understand. I will definitely have someone hand it over to Madam Shen in person."
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