"Uncle, you've already made up your mind, but you're just reluctant to give up the marriage with the Deng family, right?"
An Dafu sighed and said, "The child in Gao Xiaoyu's belly is Xiao Jiang's. The child is innocent, after all. I definitely won't agree to her being a concubine. I'm thinking of making her a concubine, since the child is innocent. I'm just worried about the Deng family..."
"It's normal for the Deng family to be unhappy. Uncle, do you know that in those high-class families outside, unless the matriarch has been childless for many years, they do not allow the existence of illegitimate sons and daughters before the birth of a legitimate son?"
Concubines were required to drink contraceptive soup. If a concubine secretly became pregnant, a kind-hearted mistress would simply abort the child, but a ruthless mistress would not spare the concubine at all.
If Gao Xiaoyu gives birth to a son, the marriage with the Deng family will most likely fall through. Besides, Xiao Jiang isn't suited to work under Manager Yu. Even if Manager Yu doesn't give him the cold shoulder, it will be difficult for him to learn any skills from Manager Yu.
An Xiaojiang wants to be the manager, and since his fiancée Deng Shuyun is Manager Yu's niece, Manager Yu will also mentor An Xiaojiang and give him pointers. If the marriage falls through, won't the two of them be embarrassed?
An Dafu understood this principle, and he said with a bitter face, "Then what can we do? The child is innocent."
“Uncle, if Gao Xiaoyu is really pregnant with Xiaojiang’s child, he certainly can’t shirk responsibility. But if it were me, I still wouldn’t let Gao Xiaoyu into the family. This girl is too cunning and has despicable methods. She is definitely not a good match. She won’t be well-behaved as a concubine. Once she enters the family, there will definitely be no peace in the household.”
"She can give birth to the child, whether it's a boy or a girl. You and your aunt can raise it. There will always be a distance between you and the child who isn't your own, and being a stepmother is difficult. So, this child shouldn't be raised by Xiao Jiang's future wife. It's better for both the child and Xiao Jiang's future wife if you take care of the child."
"What if Gao Xiaoyu doesn't want to give birth to the child?"
Yang Cui shook her head: "No, she's determined to get into the An family. The child is her only bargaining chip. She won't refuse to have it, and she'd love to have a son in one go."
In other words, even if she aborted the child, that's her right. To be selfish and cruel, the child's death is a good thing for you. Bringing Gao Xiaoyu into the house will please her and fulfill her wishes.
An Dafu fell silent. In fact, he didn't want to be schemed against and preferred to do as others wished.
After An Dafu left, Xi Hongmei looked at Yang Cui with a hint of something unsaid.
"Do you have something to say?"
Xi Hongmei nodded: "Madam, I saw Miss Gao in the county town before, and I think that perhaps the child in Miss Gao's belly is not Young Master An's."
Yang Cui was somewhat shocked: "Did you discover something?"
“I saw her arguing with a scholar on the evening of the day before the Lunar New Year last year. I heard the scholar say with my own ears: ‘You want to marry me? Don’t even dream about it! What is my status, and what is your status? I’ve seen plenty of women like you. I’m just playing with you.’”
This "playing around" is interesting. In Yang Cui's view, it must be that a real relationship has taken place for it to be considered "playing around".
How do you remember it so clearly?
Upon hearing this, Xi Hongmei smiled bitterly: "The reason I remember it so clearly is because... I also heard similar words back then."
Upon hearing this, Yang Cui immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I reminded you of the past..."
"This lowly servant is unworthy of Madam's 'I'm sorry,' it's too much for me."
"Do you still remember what the scholar looked like?"
"I only remember that he had a mole under the right corner of his mouth."
Yang Cui immediately summoned Ma Ming and asked him to investigate Gao Xiaoyu's past.
Yang Cui originally wanted to tell An Dafu about this, but then she thought that since there was no evidence yet, it wouldn't be good to say it.
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