Reborn to Be A Noble Wife - Chapter 241

Chapter 241 If I Don’t Have a Miscarriage, I Will Give Birth to the Baby

“Hai Lan, am I really not doing well?” After the doctor left, Yu asked Hai Lan, who was standing on the side, from behind the gauze curtain.

This was already the fourth doctor she had sent for, but every doctor’s words were the same. Yu was very anxious. She had gained some weight in the past few days. Her figure was almost the same as before, but she looked a little gloomy.

“Madam, if you take good care of yourself, you might be able to give birth to the baby.” Hai Lan didn’t dare to answer too straightforwardly, so she phrased her words cautiously. She went up to lift the gauze curtain. Yu was sitting on the bed and stroking her belly.

Yu was pregnant. She found it after coming back from Crown Prince’s Mansion, but at that time, she had already taken a lot of powerful medicines because her body was too weak. Only after consuming all those medicines did she survive.

Yu’s face was gloomy, covering her belly with her hands, not saying a word.

The room quieted down. After a long while, Yu said, “If… something really happens, blame it on that blind girl.”

Hai Lan was shocked and looked up at Yu. “Madam… are you going to give birth to the baby?”

The doctor said that the child was not in good conditions. Even if Yu could give birth to it, it might not be a normal child.

The medicines she took before were really too strong, and the child was bound to be severely affected.

“Even if I can’t give birth to the baby, I can’t just let her go. It was that blind girl who harmed my child and me. I won’t let her get away with it.” Yu said, gritting her teeth.

Yu had already heard that Qu Moying had come back safely. Yu realized that her brother had failed again. Thinking of this, Yu became even angrier. She thought Qu Moying had been lucky to survive till now.

She had taken action before. Whether Qu Moying was in the village or in Qu Mansion, Yu had plotted against her many times.

Hai Lan’s expression was a little weird. As Yu’s confidant, she certainly knew the truth. But even if she was Yu’s confidant, she could not bear to blame Qu Moying.

She knew the cause of the matter as well as Yu did.

Hai Lan lowered her head and asked, “Madam, what should we do?” She was Yu’s confidant, so she would follow Yu wholeheartedly. She didn’t bother to care about Qu Moying because Qu Moying was not her master.

“Go get another doctor.” Yu said.

Hai Lan hesitated for a moment and said, “Madam, we have sent for so many doctors, and they all said the same words.”

“Go find Third Lady and ask her to send for another doctor for me. Tell her that I am not feeling well all of a sudden and that I seem to be dying.” Yu said.

Hearing Yu’s words, Hai Lan knelt down in horror. “Madam, please don’t say such inauspicious words. You will be fine.”

Yu shook her hand. “It doesn’t matter. Let Third Lady go get me a doctor first, then think of a way to let that blind girl know…”

Yu paused. She touched her belly with her hand, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes. “Lure that blind girl over here and make her a scapegoat. No matter what she will do, or even if she doesn’t do anything, as long as she comes, she won’t be able to get away with it.”

“Madam… are you really going to give up this baby?” Hai Lan asked in a trembling voice. Being unable to keep the baby and taking the initiative to give up the baby were totally different.

“What is there to be afraid of? I’ve been through this before.” Yu said coldly, a trace of coldness flashing through her eyes.

It reminded Hai Lan of what happened more than ten years ago. At that time, Yu was going to give birth, but she used the child in her belly to plot against Yue. She gave birth to the child early and blamed it on Yue, forcing the latter to leave. Later, Yue died in difficult labor in the nunnery because of the poor delivery conditions.

“At that time, I was pregnant with Yan and Cheng, yet I dared to do so. Now I am afraid of nothing. At most, I will have a miscarriage. If I could still carry the baby, then I will give birth to it.” As Yu spoke, she clasped her hands together in the air and closed her eyes. She muttered to herself, “Bodhisattva, please bless me. After this matter is over, I will definitely get your body gilded. Bodhisattva, please bless me!”

Hai Lan didn’t dare to move as she knelt in front of the bed.

When Yu opened her eyes again, her expression became kind. She reached out to pull Hai Lan. Hai Lan did not dare to struggle, and she stood up in response. Yu said, “After dealing with this blind girl, you can retire. I will give you a house. You and your child… you can enjoy family life in the future.”

“Thank you, Madam. Thank you so much.” After hearing what Yu said, Hai Lan choked and repeatedly kowtowed, her expression no longer as nervous as before.

The child was Hai Lan’s secret. No one else knew about the child. The child was now living and raised in Yu Mansion.

“You have served me so many years. You don’t need to thank me. Look around, the two of us actually depend on each other.” Yu let go of Hai Lan and pointed at the surroundings with a mocking smile.

“Madam, everything will be fine. I will go find Third Lady later and ask her to send for a doctor first. Then, I will let Third Lady spread the news.” Hai Lan said.

“That’s good. Remember to remind Third Lady that she must get that blind girl here using whichever method she can think of.” Yu said with a gloomy face. This time, even if she had to risk her life, she would try her best to drag Qu Moying into the mire. She believed that if Qu Moying “deliberately” caused her to lose her child, Qu Zhizhen would mind.

Although Qu Zhizhen still had Yu locked up after knowing that she was pregnant, he treated her much better and had even come to see her once.

Qu Zhizhen only had one son. If Yu could give birth to another son, it would mean a lot. Even if the child might be sick, Yu still wanted to give birth to it.

However, the child might be defective, and Yu could not stop worrying about this, so she decided to let nature take its course. If she didn’t have a miscarriage after framing Qu Moying, she would give birth to the baby because it meant that heaven was blessing her, and she would give birth to a healthy baby.

After getting rid of Qu Moying, the entire mansion would be hers again. Moreover, she would give birth to a baby, so even if the Old Lady disliked her, the Old Lady should think carefully about how to treat her.

At this time, Yu was trying to perfect her scheme against Qu Moying, but she did not expect that something had happened to Qu Qiuyan. Qu Qiuyan was not in the mood to do anything for Yu. Hai Lan was driven out before she could see Qu Qiuyan. She was told to go to the Old Lady if she had anything.

“Did Hai Lan go to Third Sister?” Qu Moying put her hands on the qin strings in front of her and gently plucked them as she asked indifferently.

“Yes, but she didn’t see Third Lady. Third Lady’s maid came out and said that Third Lady wanted to copy the scriptures quietly. She said that if Madam really had something to do, she could go to the Old Lady.”

“Did she go to the Old Lady?” Qu Moying frowned slightly and asked slowly.

“No, Aunty Hai Lan walked around outside Third Lady’s room for a while and went back helplessly.” Yu Chun reported, “Miss, are they planning to harm you again?”

Qu Moying pondered for a moment and thought about Yu’s current situation. She suddenly smiled. “Did Hai Lan say that Madam is not feeling well?”

“I am not sure about this, but I heard Granny Miao say that Aunt Hai Lan said something like this. However, everyone in the mansion knows that Madam is not feeling well. Otherwise, why would she send for so frequently? Even now, she is still lying on the bed.” Yu Chun said indifferently. Back then, Yu was able to escape the punishment thanks to her poor body. Now, even if she wanted to “recover”, she probably couldn’t.

“She is so seriously ill that she might not recover in a year or so.”

This was good. At least during this period of time, Yu would be locked up so that she wouldn’t be able to gang up with Qu Qiuyan to harm Qu Moying.

“Tell Granny Miao to keep an eye on them.” Qu Moying already had some clues. The corners of her lips curled up slightly. Yu had always been thinking about harming her, and she was still trying to harm her even in this situation. But Qu Moying thought it was alright because after she returned from Dabei Temple, Yu could no longer keep her secret.

Yu Dong hurried in. Seeing that there was only Yu Chun and Qu Moying, he directly walked up to Qu Moying to report, “Miss, Granny Qing secretly went out. She went to Minister Liu’s House.”

After Granny Qing left the mansion, Yu Dong had specially asked his subordinates to keep an eye on her. He did not expect to find such a big surprise this time.

“Minister Liu of the Ministry of Works?” Qu Moying was slightly stunned. Her long eyelashes fluttered, and her eyes were full of surprise. It was really unexpected.

The connection between Qu Mansion and the Liu Family was that Qu Zhizhen was Minister Liu’s subordinate, and there seemed to be nothing else. Except for this trip to Duke Qi’s Mansion, Granny Qing had been behaving properly after entering Qu Mansion. How did she get involved with Minister Liu’s House now?

“Yes, she entered Minister Liu’s House. Granny Qing was very cautious. She walked around Minister Liu’s house several times and even walked around the backyards of nearby mansions before entering Minister Liu’s House through the back door. Fortunately, the people I sent out were not ordinary people. They kept a close watch on her and found out where she went in the end.”

“Is it County Lady Jingyu?” Yu Chun interrupted.

“What does County Lady Jingyu mean? Why does she want to deal with Miss? Is she helping Third Lady to plot against Miss? She wanted to frame Miss in Duke Qi’s Mansion. Now, what does she want to do?” Yu Dong’s face darkened. After linking everything, he thought of this.

In Duke Qi’s Mansion, Qu Qiuyan had framed Qu Moying once. If there was no one familiar with Duke Qi’s Mansion who wiped out everything for her, she would have left traces. The maid who sent the letter disappeared all of a sudden, which meant something was fishy.

Could it be that there was a grudge between Qu Mansion and the Liu Family? Qu Moying quickly denied this possibility. She had heard that Minister Liu and Vice Minister Qu were congenial. They were not only superior and subordinate, but they also had a good relationship in private. Minister Liu had no reason to deal with Qu Zhizhen. Moreover, the backyard was involved.

Apart from this, it would only be related to her. Did Liu Jingyu have any enmity with her?

Her heart skipped a beat. She slowly linked some things together…