Chapter 101 Pregnant
Chapter 101 Pregnant
Shen Qingyu tore up the letter bit by bit.
Xiangyu still found it outrageous. How could a concubine bypass the mistress of the house and take charge of the affairs of the mansion?
"Second Miss, this is impossible!"
"How can it be impossible? The situation in the mansion is like this now. Nothing is impossible," Shen Qingyu said, "Madam Liu is pregnant."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned. Now that Concubine Liu was pregnant, the master would naturally no longer care about the mistakes she had made. The master only had two young masters. The eldest young master was frail and sickly, and in the master's heart, he was as good as non-existent. Although the younger young master was good, it was always a pity to have an only son.
Now that Concubine Liu is pregnant with the Shen family's child, the master cannot dote on her enough. Not to mention letting her take over the Madam's management temporarily, I'm afraid it won't be long before she is promoted to the position of co-wife.
A little young master has allowed Aunt Liu to be so arrogant in the Shen family for so long. If she gives birth to another son, wouldn't she be even more arrogant?
Xiangyu was very worried. "Second Miss, Aunt Liu and you are at loggerheads, and the eldest lady hates you to the core. You can't go back home right now. In my opinion, we should wait until the eldest master's condition gets better before going back home."
Once the eldest young master's condition improves, Madam will certainly not worry about him so much anymore, and will start to take care of the affairs of the mansion again. By then, with Madam's supervision, people like Aunt Liu will naturally not be too arrogant.
Shen Qingyu smiled bitterly, feeling a dull pain in his heart.
That day will never come, Shen Youhong's illness will not get better, and she can't do anything about it.
She was not a miracle doctor and could not save Shen Youhong's life. Bai Ying herself came from a family of doctors, but she was of no use. How could an ordinary person like her who knew nothing about pharmacology save Shen Youhong?
Madam Liu has ordered people to stop sending things to the villa, and has also ordered the mansion not to transfer any money over. Her purpose is to force her to return home. Shen Qingyu has very little of the 5,000 taels of silver left, and it will not last until the time to pick new tea in the spring of next year. Besides, she can't bear to see those innocent people implicated because of her.
After all, the tea houses, villas, and hundreds of farmers here all depend on the Shen family for their livelihood. If the mansion doesn't pay them a tael of silver, what will they eat and drink?
"But Second Miss, if we go back now, we will undoubtedly be doomed. Aunt Liu will definitely make a fuss about you not having the tea house business done, and the eldest lady will definitely still be resentful of you for whipping her with the whip."
Xiangyu knelt on the ground and begged, "Second Miss, you can't go back home now!"
Xianghe and Xiangyun also started crying and knelt down.
"Second Miss, if you go back now, the eldest lady and Aunt Liu are in the limelight. You will definitely be bullied by them when you go back!"
"Yes, Second Miss, you must not go back. We would rather eat wild vegetables and collect firewood to keep warm than let you go back and be humiliated by the eldest lady!"
If Shen Qingyu doesn't go back, Aunt Liu and Shen Xitong, mother and daughter, will definitely try every possible way to deal with her and force her to return to the Shen family.
You can hide for a while but you can't hide forever.
Although Shen Qingyu's original purpose of coming to this villa in Yuntaishan was to let Aunt Liu and Aunt Xu fight each other to the death, it now seems that Aunt Xu is far from being a match for Aunt Liu. In addition, Aunt Liu is pregnant again, and she has taken advantage of the opportunity to seize power and eliminate dissidents.
After many twists and turns, she was still forced into such an embarrassing situation by Aunt Liu. Shen Youhong could not survive, and she could not turn things around.
She was really unwilling.
He had worked so hard to get to this point and used Aunt Xu to contain them, but it was ultimately useless. Aunt Liu got pregnant. Did he have to stuff a bowl of safflower into her belly in order to turn the tables?
As expected of the protagonists, they always find a way to turn danger into safety.
She took advantage of the child in her belly to elevate the status of Aunt Liu and Shen Xitong in the Shen family, and took advantage of Shen Youhong's serious illness to completely suppress Bai Ying, the mistress of the family.
Are they feeling proud in their hearts? Even if she is a concubine, so what? She can still sit firmly in the high position. Even if she is a concubine, so what? She can still get along among the girls from aristocratic families. She is the real jewel in the crown of the Shen family.
Shen Qingyu smiled silently, feeling it was ridiculous. "I know what you said in my heart. The Shen family is now in the hands of Aunt Liu and Shen Xitong. Although my father is the head of the family, he will not pay attention to the infighting in the house, let alone care about my life or death."
"If I go back, I will be trapped and die. But if I don't go back, how long can the teahouse keep us? Madam Liu has cut off the money now, and she wants me to admit defeat and go back by myself. If I don't obey, Madam Liu's people will find me sooner or later."
Rather than waiting to be tied up and taken back home by the people sent by Aunt Liu, it would be better to find an opportunity to go back with a legitimate reason.
It's not that she couldn't stay in the teahouse and continue to fight with Aunt Liu, but their fight was time-consuming and laborious, and Shen Youhong's life could not be delayed.
Even if she couldn't save Shen Youhong's life, she should go back to see him, even if it was just for the last time.
After all, this child had at least called her sister, and she had accepted a candy from him. She had received blood ties from this child that she had never felt before.
But she was really useless, and he was going to die anyway.
"Second miss..."
They tried their best to persuade her, but ultimately they were unable to change Shen Qingyu's mind.
"Since they want me to go back, I will go back. But they must not regret it after I go back!"
Who said she would be the one who was bullied when she returned?
With her cold bare hands, she held the small hand warmer carved with purple gold patterns tightly in her bosom. Her skirt, which was dragging on the ground, gradually faded from the sight of Xiangyun and the others, and she went out the door.
"Second Miss, it's cold outside, put on another piece of clothing!"
Seeing this, Xiangyun hurriedly stood up, picked up a mink fur coat and went after Shen Qingyu.
"Don't follow me, I want to walk alone." Shen Qingyu said lightly, but the unquestionable majesty in her voice made Xiangyun, who was holding the sable fur coat, stop. She was so anxious that tears almost fell from her face. The second young lady was weak and couldn't stand the cold.
The autumn leaves have fallen and the grass has withered.
What else is there on Yuntai Mountain besides tea trees all over the mountain and endless green bamboo forests?
They were used to a good life in the mansion and had no idea of the hardships outside. They had to dig wild vegetables and collect firewood. Before they could start, hundreds of farmers nearby had already snatched away all the edible and useful things on the mountain, leaving them no chance of getting anything.
When hunger threatens people's lives, people will do anything.
For these women who are powerless and unable to even lift a chicken, staying here is a dead end.
It also implicates others.
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