Chu Yunli lowered her eyes: "I thought I would never leave the woodshed."
Mrs. Shi looked at her coldly: "Are you blaming me?"
"I don't dare." Chu Yunli reached out and touched her belly.
Mrs. Shi snorted coldly: "It's okay if you don't dare. You take good care of the baby, and I won't treat you badly. I will also help you raise the maid named Hong'er. You grew up in the building, so you should know that trouble comes from the mouth.
Come out, you have to know in your mind what you should say and what you shouldn't say."
After saying this, she stood up and said, "Let's rest early!"
Chu Yunli raised his eyes: "Madam, I...will someone make things difficult for me?"
"No." Mrs. Shi walked to the door and said without looking back: "Zhikang's wife cannot enter this yard."
Chu Yunli said again: "I want Hong'er to come back to serve me."
"Don't even think about it!" Mrs. Shi said in a stern tone: "The most important thing in being a human being is self-awareness. Don't talk about impossible things."
Chu Yunli raised her chin slightly and threatened: "Madam, it is difficult to live, but it is easy to die."
Mrs. Shi, who was about to go out, paused when she heard this: "Are you threatening me?"
Chu Yunli emphasized: "I only want Hong'er!"
The two looked at each other, Chu Yunli refused to give in, but Mrs. Shi was defeated first: "I will send people here later."
Chunfeng walked in and looked at Chu Yunli again with a bit more respect. Those who can make Madam compromise are not ordinary people.
Not long after, Hong'er was sent over. She was in much better spirits than yesterday. After seeing Chu Yunli, she gave a weak smile and said, "Auntie, I hope you're fine."
Chu Yunli held her hand: "We will be fine."
Hong'er was very happy and said, "Auntie, don't worry about me. The maids who sent me here just now said that my aunt wanted to ask me to come over, and Madam was very unhappy."
"Don't worry about her." Chu Yunli originally wanted to ask Hong'er about her situation these days, but seeing that she was weak and tired, she asked her to rest next door.
Chu Yunli lay like this for two days. During these two days, except for the occasional appearance of the mother-in-law and maid beside Mrs. Shi, Chunfeng and the two little maids were the only ones left in the house to take care of Chu Yunli.
Two days later, although Chu Yunli was still quite weak, she was able to go out for a walk. She got up and went to the yard outside.
The spring breeze did not stop it, which is what the doctor meant. It is not good for pregnant people to stay in bed for a long time.
Lou Jiaojiao has lived in this courtyard for more than a year. As a concubine, it is not easy for her to go out and walk around. She is extremely familiar with every place in this garden. Chu Yunli has tried it. As soon as she walks to the door,
Chunfeng is very nervous.
Two days later, Chu Yunli's energy improved a lot, and when Hong'er next door could barely get out of bed, she walked to the arch of the courtyard that day, and instead of stopping as usual, she walked straight out.
Chunfeng rushed forward in two steps: "Auntie, you can't go out."
Chu Yunli scolded: "Back off!"
The spring breeze refuses to let go.
Chu Yunli stretched out her hand to cover her stomach, with a look of pain on her face: "You just pushed me, I think I had fetal force."
Chunfeng was stunned: "Where can I find it?"
"Yes." Chu Yunli said plausibly, "Tell me! Who ordered you to attack me?"
Chunfeng felt that his whole body was full of words and he couldn't speak clearly: "Auntie, I take good care of you with good intentions, please don't accuse me so unfairly."
"Good intentions?" Chu Yunli said bluntly: "You just listened to my wife's instructions, and you didn't really mean it. Anyway, I am going out today!"
Chunfeng said sternly: "Madam is unwilling!"
Chu Yunli acted rogue: "You just pushed me."
spring breeze:"……"
She is the person close to the madam, and no one knows better than her how much the madam attaches to this child. Even if Lou Jiaojiao talks nonsense, the madam does not really doubt her, but she will not let someone who is suspected of harming Shi's eldest grandson stay here.
Lou Jiaojiao's side.
As a servant, it is not a good thing to be suspected by your master.
Chunfeng looked embarrassed: "Auntie, it's really impossible to go out. Whatever you want, I'll try my best to find it for you."
That's pretty much it.
Chu Yunli thought for a while: "I want you to help me deliver a letter to the Lou family."
Chunfeng: "..." It's better to just let the person out!
The Lou family doesn't care about the situation of their adopted daughter after she gets married, but that's for others. The Shi family has a low status. If the Lou family learns that the girl they sent to the Shi family is being bullied, they might actually come to ask for justice.
Looking at her face, Chu Yunli knew that she was in trouble, and said: "You can't make the decision, so I won't make things difficult for you. Go call your wife and tell her that I have something to discuss with her!"
I was going to say it that day, but I wasn't in a good mood at that time.
When Mrs. Shi learned that Lou Jiaojiao was making trouble again, and she had just woken up from her nap, she came over angrily.
When she arrived, Chu Yunli was eating snacks.
If you are pregnant, you have to nourish the fetus and eat more of everything. In other people's homes, they might worry that the adults are too fat to give birth, so they would control their food a little, but they should not eat too much. But Lou Jiaojiao is different, Shi Jiaojiao is different.
The madam didn't want them to be safe, the more they ate, the better.
"I heard that you want to deliver a letter to the Lou family?" Mrs. Shi stood in front of her and said, "What do you want to say to Mrs. Lou? Just tell me directly and I will run for you later."
"I was very unpleasant when I was in my parents' family. Among so many sisters, my mother didn't care much about me." Chu Yunli held a bowl of soup, shook it, and said slowly: "I don't have to send a letter back.
I just feel that staying in this courtyard every day is too boring. Madam, as a concubine, I always keep it in mind if I don’t go to say hello to my mistress, so I just want to go outside and say hello to my mistress and you."
"I won't let you go out to protect you!" Mrs. Shi was displeased: "Stop making trouble and just stay still!"
Chu Yunli raised his eyes and looked at her: "That said, it's too difficult to live, but it's easy to die." She stretched out her hand to touch her belly: "It's not that I want to make trouble, it's that the child wants to go out for a walk."
Mrs. Shi frowned: "Others can be discussed, but not this matter!"
Chu Yunli turned around and said, "Madam, the child in my belly will be known to outsiders sooner or later. Why do you keep it secret? Aren't you afraid that others will become suspicious?"
Mrs. Shi's face turned ugly.
Ordinary people would not think that the child in Lou Jiaojiao's belly was of Shi Zhilin's blood. She was ready to silence everyone who knew the truth. She had already killed two maids before, in addition to other members of the Shi family, Hong'er and Lou Jiaojiao.
Outside, no one knows the inside story.
Hong'er was already dead originally, but then there was an accident. When the child lands, Lou Jiaojiao will also die.
Chu Yunli didn't look at her and continued: "If you don't let me out, I will try my best to seek justice for myself. The Lou family didn't send me here just to serve the two brothers."
"Lou Jiaojiao!" Mrs. Shi was angry. Things had already happened, and she was most afraid of someone mentioning it. If walls had ears and someone heard about it, it would be another trouble.
Chu Yunli was not afraid: "I just want to pay my respects to the mistress. A girl raised by the Lou family cannot be disrespectful to the mistress!"
For Mrs. Shi, this matter is tricky because Lou Jiaojiao comes from the Lou family, where things are always delivered during the New Year and holidays. If one day she suddenly wants to meet someone... Lou Jiaojiao will have to help cover it up.
two.
That's why she compromises everywhere.
She thought for a long time and finally agreed: "Jiaojiao, you have to know that you are now a member of my Shi family. If anything happens to my Shi family, you will not be able to get away with it. Don't even think about asking the Lou family to protect you.
To put it bluntly, they have too many daughters to take care of you. If you want to live a good life, you still have to rely on yourself."
"I understand." Chu Yunli said obediently: "I won't say a word about things that shouldn't be said. But, I have to go out for a walk!"
Mrs. Shi walked away with a puff of sleeves.
If there is no objection, does that mean you agree?
Chu Yunli knew that there would be many risks if Lou Jiaojiao went to the garden. But she insisted that Mrs. Shi could only bear it.
In fact, the Shi family's yard was not very big. Chu Yunli didn't want to come out to enjoy the scenery. She just wanted to go to Shi Zhikang's wife Luo Xiang'er for a walk.
Lou Jiaojiao had already accepted her fate when she walked in. She never thought about leaving. She just wanted to serve Shi Zhikang wholeheartedly and get a good death in the future. She didn't want to die so much as to seduce other men.
That night, she lay with Shi Zhilin inexplicably. If she said that this matter had nothing to do with Luo Xiang'er, she wouldn't believe it even if she was beaten to death.
The courtyard where Lou Jiaojiao was staying was separated by a road from where Luo Xiang'er lived, so she went straight there.
There was a woman at the door of the yard. When she saw her coming, she looked surprised and said, "Auntie, why did you come out?"
"I'm here to pay my respects to Madam." Chu Yunli walked directly in: "It's rude that I haven't been here for so many days. I hope Madam is not angry with me."
The mother-in-law stepped forward and stopped him: "Please let me go and report!"
Chu Yunli didn't stop her, but she didn't stop either. She followed her mother-in-law and entered the door.
Luo Xiang'er was trying on jewelry in front of the mirror. There will be a wedding in the county magistrate's house in two days. She must come to congratulate her, and her clothes should not be too shabby. However, the Shi family has limited financial resources, and most of her own dowry is old items from a few years ago.
She couldn't find the right jewelry. She was irritated when she saw someone who made her even more irritated.
"If you don't stay in the yard, why are you here?"
If her mother-in-law hadn't spoken first, she would have really wanted to take action. This Lou Jiaojiao was so lucky that she could turn around even after she had reached such a stage.
"I'm here to say hello to Madam!" After Chu Yunli finished speaking, he looked apologetic: "But I'm pregnant, so it's not convenient for me to salute you. Madam, you probably didn't expect to see me again, right?"
Luo Xiang'er snorted coldly: "They say that disaster will last for thousands of years, and those who have a long life are not good things."
Chu Yunli didn't answer the question, and said with emotion: "The Shi family really has no rules. If the daughter-in-law of the Lou family did the same thing as you, even if she was not divorced and returned to her parents' family, she would be saved by the Qing Deng Ancient Buddha.
Live the rest of your life!”
Luo Xiang'er did do some things, but she didn't want to admit it: "Please tell me clearly, what did I do?"
Chu Yunli said "Ah" and took several steps back: "My stomach hurts."
Luo Xiang'er: "..."
Chunfeng, who had just been waiting outside, was startled when he heard this movement. He took two steps forward and saw Lou Jiaojiao with a painful look on his face. He ordered someone to fetch the doctor, and at the same time asked the little maid to fetch the madam.
"I haven't touched you, so stop pretending to me."
Chu Yunli held on to the door frame: "I couldn't stand firm on my own, and no one touched me."
Chunfeng rushed over to support her, with a look of sorrow and anger: "Madam, my aunt has a child in her belly!"
Luo Xiang'er: "..."
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