Chapter 256 Pregnant
"I'm a newcomer and don't understand much about the affairs of the mansion. That's why I said something wrong. Please forgive me, Master."
Lu Guanxuan did not mean to blame her, but he was in a bad mood at the moment and had no intention of comforting her.
Lu Zhiran said with a half-smile, "Since Aunt Qiu knows that you are new here, then you should talk less and observe more. That way you will not make any mistakes."
Qiu Li lowered her brows and eyes, "Miss is right."
Zijuan finally let go of the worry in her heart.
She was really afraid that Fang would be released, and even more afraid that Lu Guanxuan would believe what Fang said.
Fortunately, the eldest lady is on his side.
Lu Zhiran looked at the woman who had just exposed Zijuan and said calmly, "Father, this matter concerns the descendants of the Lu family. We must not listen to anyone's one-sided words. Whether this woman's words are credible remains to be verified."
"My daughter suggested that we first send someone to investigate this person to see if she has behaved abnormally recently. In addition, we should also thoroughly investigate everyone in Aunt Zijuan's Jing'an Residence to see if there is anyone who has been disloyal and stolen Aunt Zijuan's personal belongings to frame her."
"My daughter is not favoring Aunt Zijuan, but for the sake of the Lu family's bloodline. If Aunt Zijuan is indeed pregnant with your child, but was set up by someone with ulterior motives and suffered such an unjust injustice, causing you to lose the child you worked so hard to get, wouldn't that cause your loved ones pain and your enemies joy?"
Lu Zhiran's words calmed Lu Guanxuan's anger a little, and he calmed down.
Lu Guanxuan ordered, "You're right. Investigate thoroughly! If I find out who dared to plot behind this, I will not let them off lightly!"
Qiuli subconsciously clenched his palms, and a sense of unease inexplicably arose in his heart.
"Father, until the matter is fully investigated, let Aunt Zijuan sit down and have a good rest."
Lu Guanxuan didn't say anything, so Lu Zhiran took it as his consent and personally stepped forward to help Zijuan up.
Zijuan had been kneeling for so long that her legs were already a little numb.
She looked at Lu Zhiran gratefully, and Lu Zhiran gave her a comforting smile in return.
At this time, Li Rongfa spoke, "Master, I have something to say."
Lu Guanxuan turned to look at him, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
"There's nothing wrong between me and Aunt Zijuan. This is just a deliberate frame-up! I don't know what happened to those clothes that were found, but I know who wrote those letters!"
His gaze turned and fell directly on Qiu Li.
"I found those letters in Concubine Qiu's courtyard! Master, they are clearly evidence of Concubine Qiu's affair with her lover. I have been hiding them and not showing them because I am afraid that I will misunderstand Concubine Qiu."
"I have been secretly investigating for the past few days and have just confirmed this. Who would have thought that before I could report it to the master, this thing was found. I was even accused of having an affair with Concubine Zijuan. I feel so wronged!"
After hearing this, everyone was stunned.
Qiu Li widened her eyes, her face filled with shock and disbelief at being wrongly accused.
"Doctor Li, you, you are talking nonsense. How could these letters be mine?"
Lu Guanxuan also felt that Li Rongfa's words were ridiculous and seemed to be a groundless accusation.
"Li Rongfa, do you know what nonsense you are talking about?"
Li Rongfa said excitedly, "Master, I'm not lying. I did pick up these letters from Concubine Qiu's room. Concubine Qiu was unwell at the time, and I came to treat her. I found this and thought it was a prescription I accidentally left behind. When I returned, I discovered it was actually a letter to her adulterer!"
"Aunt Qiu must have discovered later that the letter was missing and suspected that the villain had picked it up. That's why she set up today's trap. She's here to play the thief crying 'stop thief', wanting to kill two birds with one stone: get rid of the villain and Aunt Zijuan at the same time!"
A hint of panic flashed in Qiuli's eyes, and she felt a sense of panic that things were out of her control.
"Nonsense! I, I, how could this be written by me? This was clearly written to you by Aunt Zijuan!"
Li Rongfa countered, "Neither of our names appear on it."
Qiuli quickly recalled the letter she had just read.
Do their names appear on it? Apparently not.
Lu Guanxuan's face was gloomy. "It's true that your names don't appear in the letter, but it mentions that the writer is my aunt, who is pregnant, and the adulterer is also a doctor. In the entire Lu family, besides you and Zijuan, who else meets these conditions?"
It was precisely because of these clearly pointed messages that Lu Guanxuan immediately determined that this was evidence of Zijuan and Li Rongfa's affair.
A hint of panic flashed across Qiuli's eyes, and she subconsciously touched her lower abdomen.
Li Rongfa pointed at her and said, "Master, don't you know by now? Concubine Qiu is already pregnant."
Everyone looked at Qiu Li.
Lu Guanxuan also looked at her suddenly, with a hint of disbelief in his eyes, and a hint of hope.
She was pregnant too? She was pregnant so soon?
At this time, Lu Guanxuan had automatically ignored Li Rongfa's accusations against Qiu Li, and subconsciously felt that the child was his.
But then Li Rongfa said, "According to my deduction, she was probably pregnant before she entered the mansion!"
The glimmer of hope in Qiuli's heart was shattered in an instant.
The panic in her eyes was almost impossible to conceal.
It was only after she entered the mansion that she discovered she was pregnant.
In order to cover up the matter, they set up this trap, which could not only get rid of Zijuan and her unborn child, but also replace Li Rongfa and arrange for Chen Hong to enter the mansion.
Chen Hong is one of her own and will help her lie about the month of pregnancy. Then she can naturally give the child to Lu Guanxuan and use this child to further consolidate her position in the Lu family.
This matter should have gone very smoothly, but Qiu Li never expected that Li Rongfa had discovered her pregnancy at some point, and he even figured out the month of pregnancy!
I was so careful and didn't reveal any flaws at all, how could the other party find out?
A few days ago, she pretended to be unwell and did not show up when her pulse was taken. It was done through a gauze curtain. In fact, Li Rongfa was taking Xiangcao's pulse.
He had never taken his own pulse, so how could he know that he was pregnant?
Qiuli didn't have time to figure out the mystery, she was completely confused at this moment.
She originally thought that today's situation was a natural outcome and that she would walk into a trap, but she never expected that in the end, the mantis would stalk the cicada while the oriole would be waiting behind!
The anticipation and joy that had just emerged in Lu Guanxuan's heart were instantly extinguished, and turned into earth-shattering shock.
Qiu Li denied it eagerly, "You're slandering me! My body is innocent. How could you slander me like this?"
Li Rongfa said firmly, "Whether it's slander or not, we can tell by asking a doctor to take your pulse. But don't ask that Chen, he's your adulterer!"
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