Chapter 132: Way Out, Get Rid of the Mother and Keep the Son
Mansion of Duke Song.
Because of Ye Lanyin's blood transfusion after giving birth, Lu Zhiyi almost turned the Duke's Mansion upside down.
Not only the servants in the mansion, but even the masters of each room in the mansion and the eldest princess in the next courtyard did not sleep well.
The second branch was the worst affected, with complaints raging in several courtyards.
"What is this? It's the middle of the night, can't we sleep?" Lu Zhixing, the eldest son of the second wife, was woken up from his sleep. He pinched his eyebrows in annoyance and cursed outside.
He was a light sleeper and had a bad temper when he woke up, so the girl who kept watch at night was always worried.
Just after he finished cursing, he heard a trembling voice from outside, "Reply, reply to the Second Young Master, there is a noise coming from the Fifth Young Master's yard. The Fifth Young Master's wife is about to give birth, and it seems that there was an accident..."
"Among so many women giving birth, she has the most to do. The fifth brother is the same. He spoils that woman beyond measure!" He said as he put on his clothes and stood up.
He pushed open the door and walked into the yard, startling the maid who was on night watch, "Second Young Master, what are you doing..."
"It's making so much noise that no one can rest in peace. I'm going to take a look."
The maid hurriedly stopped her, "Second Young Master, please don't go. The Fifth Young Master's wife is bleeding heavily. The Fifth Young Master is now looking for people to bleed the Fifth Young Master's wife all over the mansion. Even the wife couldn't escape..."
Lu Zhixing's eyebrows jumped fiercely when he heard this. "It's just a woman, but Lao Wu made such a big fuss. Is he crazy?"
How can a mother-in-law be allowed to bleed her daughter-in-law?
As soon as I walked out of the yard, I saw a white figure in the pavilion not far away.
The dim moonlight, the sad figure, and the low sobs, like a ghost, frightened Lu Zhixing so much that a chill ran down his spine.
He calmed himself down and said, "Who is playing tricks there?"
"Second brother." The woman turned around.
Lu Zhiyi was startled by her, "Fourth brother's wife?"
How come she has become like this in just two months?
The woman was so thin that she was just skin and bones, with only a slightly bulging belly and dark circles under her eyes. At first glance, he thought she was a ghost collecting debts.
"Second brother, please save me, I can't live happily anymore..."
"Lu Zhixing frowned slightly.
Xia Yi cried, stroking her slightly bulging belly, and said sadly: "I am carrying your child in my belly, and it will be five months soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Zhixing's eyes darkened, "What nonsense are you talking about? The baby in your belly is Fourth Brother's child!"
Xia Yi looked at him in disbelief, "You clearly know..."
"Shut up! Mother told you clearly that day that you are Fourth Brother's wife. So the child in your belly can only be his!"
At the garden party that day, the fifth child revealed that she was pregnant, and the scandal between the two of them was almost implicated.
In a large family like theirs, especially one with unmarried brothers and sisters, it was customary to drown the offending men and women in a pond to quell the scandal.
He was the eldest son of the second wife, and his parents didn't want him to die.
Because the Duke's Mansion had few heirs in this life, and his mother couldn't bear to give up the baby in Xia Yi's belly, the two of them saved their lives.
Finally, the father stepped in and forced the fourth child to acknowledge the child in Xia Yi's belly.
But everyone in the second house and even the entire Duke Song’s Mansion knew exactly whose child she was pregnant with.
For the sake of reputation, the mother took Xia Yi under direct control.
Just for the baby in her belly.
But Xia Yi is not him, a woman who lives under the strange looks of the elders and the pointing and criticizing of the servants all day long. Even if she is not crazy, she has been tortured beyond recognition.
But Lu Zhixing didn't feel distressed, nor did he feel any guilt in his heart.
The fourth brother and that bitch had wronged him first, and he was just doing this to get revenge on them.
Xia Yi's body was shaking, she was in complete despair.
She had known it for a long time, hadn't she? The man in front of her was only using her, so how could there be any friendship between them?
It's just a child. As long as he wants it, there are many women who will give birth to it for him. He doesn't care about the life or death of the mother and child.
She regretted it.
She shouldn't have acted so recklessly with him just because of a momentary anger.
This kind of thing does not cause any loss to men, but it is a fatal blow to women.
Back then, she was also a noble lady from a famous family in Shengjing who was renowned for her needlework.
Although their Xia family is not as well-established as the Duke of Song's Mansion, it is also a prominent family, good enough to match the second son of the second branch of the Duke's Mansion.
I don’t ask for love between husband and wife, but I ask for mutual respect.
But she didn't expect that her husband already had a lover, and that person was his sister-in-law.
Not only did he refuse to consummate their marriage, he even refused to set foot in her yard.
She became a laughing stock in the Duke Song’s Mansion.
After being married for more than three years, they still had no children and were almost divorced by her mother-in-law.
And her husband was indifferent to this and only thought about the person living next door. How could she not hate him?
She thought she could get revenge on her second brother by getting involved with him and ruining his reputation.
But he didn't care at all, and she got herself trapped in it.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but regret her decision.
In this huge Duke's Mansion, where is the way out for her and her child?
"The house is in chaos today. You should go back quickly and don't cause trouble for your mother." Lu Zhixing said impatiently and started walking.
Xia Yi looked at the man's heartless back and smiled foolishly.
Her mother-in-law wanted the baby in her belly, so from the day she revealed her pregnancy, she had people control her and monitor her every move, making her feel suffocated.
She knew very well that her purpose in doing this was to get rid of the mother and keep the child.
She couldn't survive if something like this happened.
But she was unwilling to give up.
Even the woman in the next yard was alive and well, so why did she have no chance to survive?
Speaking of the second sister-in-law who made her husband infatuated, she was also a poor person. It was said that the person she was looking at was her husband and the person she liked was also her husband. But on the wedding night, when the red veil was lifted, it turned out to be the second brother.
She has a hard time expressing her grievances.
And the culprit of all this is her good mother-in-law.
I heard that my fifth brother's wife gave birth prematurely, and it was also due to my mother-in-law. With such a mother-in-law in charge of the family, how can the family be prosperous?
It’s a pity that she won’t be able to see that day.
Stumbling in the darkness, she heard the noise again and subconsciously looked towards the courtyard not far away.
At this moment, she inexplicably envied Ye Lanyin.
So what if she has a wicked mother-in-law? She still has a husband who protects her wholeheartedly.
Unfortunately, she has nothing.
She can't survive.
"thump!"
As a loud sound of falling into the water was heard, the maid screamed, "Oh no! The fourth young master's wife jumped into the well!"
However, this incident did not cause any waves in the Duke of Song's Mansion.
The Second Master of the Duke's Mansion had long since lived in a separate room from his wife, Wang, and had no interest in the affairs of the mansion.
Wang was unable to sleep at night because of the noise in the yard.
She asked the nanny behind her: "Why, Ye Lanyin hasn't been born yet?"
She slammed the table in anger, "How come everyone else can give birth but she can't?"
At this moment, a little maid ran in with a happy face, "It's born, it's born, congratulations, Madam, the Fifth Young Master's wife gave birth to a little boy!"
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