Chapter 134 - Who Was Playing Dumb?
Chapter 134 Who Was Playing Dumb?
It was the best moment for them to leave.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Wanru finally calmed down. She lowered her eyes and it seemed that she didn’t want to pursue any more and didn’t want to hear Madam Di’s lie. She said to Shui Ruolan and headed for the door.
Shui Ruolan seemed confounded a moment, then stood up quickly, and followed Qin Wanru.
“Ah…” Madam Di said with her face turning pale. She wanted to order her servants to stop Shui Ruolan but Nanny Zhou stopped her first and warned in low voice. “Madam, don’t act rashly!”
Looking at the mob scene in the room, Nanny Zhou waved her hand and then other servants left one by one, only leaving Madam Di and Nanny Zhou in the room.
“But, but what a good chance…” said Madam Di. Setting her eyes on Shui Ruolan’s receding figure, Madam Di tugged her handkerchief in her hand fiercely, gnashed her teeth, and said, “If this b*tch has a son, I would be looked down upon by everyone in the mansion.”
For the first time, Qin Yuru, who sat beside her mother, heard such a thing. With her eyes wide open, she tried to calm down and said nothing. Sitting aside, she just listened to Nanny Zhou and Madam Di quietly.
“Madam, you don’t know whether it is true. If a doctor comes, she would only claim that she is tired or she is just unaccustomed to the climate here. You know, they have never been to the capital city before. Madam, we can discuss it later. However, you have to explain what Second Lady did to the general. It is not the best moment now!”
Nanny Zhou said to Madam Di with the tongue in her cheek.
Somebody told Nanny Zhou that Shui Ruolan saw a doctor. When hearing this, Nanny Zhou quickly told Madam Di. As she knew it, Madam Di associated it with Shui Ruolan’s pregnancy immediately and kept walking around in the room anxiously. Nanny Zhou then told her that it was perhaps false and that they had to investigate. Once they were sure that Shui Ruolan was pregnant could they plot against her.
Originally, they were ready to implement their plan after they got clear together. However, they didn’t expect that Qin Yuru would have a fight with Qi Rongzhi. When Madam Di came here in a hurry, she was devastated after seeing the mess. But when Nanny Zhou reminded her that it would be a good chance to check, she understood immediately.
Shui Ruolan, who now was in charge of the backyard, definitely would come here to deal with this matter when things got worse like this. Then no matter whether Shui Ruolan was pregnant or not, once they irritated Qi Rongzhi, led her to push Shui Ruolan “incautiously” and then Shui Ruolan would miscarry if she was pregnant.
If she did miscarry, she could not blame them. She only could send Qi Rongzhi back. Actually, Madam Di didn’t like Qi Rongzhi but she had to tolerate her because of Qin Yuru.
Madam Di didn’t expect that Qin Wanru would beat Qi Rongzhi off. Without Qi Rongzhi, who could “complete Madam Di’s plan” and could take the responsibility, things would become complicated. However, Madam Di didn’t give up and tried to find another chance under the cover of the mess. She didn’t expect that things got worse and worse when Qin Yuru lost her head and shouted at Qin Wanru without thinking, making Qin Wanru get this opportunity to ask about her parents.
However, in the end, there was no chance for Madam Di to complete her plan when Qin Wanru left sadly and Shui Ruolan followed her. What she could do was only to see them off.
She was to find out whether Shui Ruolan was pregnant at the very beginning. Now she suddenly realized something.
Gritting her teeth, she said with a hint of malice flashed in her eyes. “Does the little b*tch do this deliberately in order to protect Shui Ruolan?”
“It, it cannot be. Second Lady is still small. Even though she suddenly becomes mature, she would not know too much. Maybe it was a coincidence, wasn’t it?”
Nanny Zhou could not believe Qin Wanru would do that deliberately.
“Then would it be so coincidental? Nanny Zhou, have you ever felt how strange the little b*tch has been during these events? She escaped every time safe and sound but Yuru and I have always got embarrassed!” said Madam Di. Thinking about those events, Madam Di looked ferocious.
“I think it must have something to do with Madam Shui!” said Nanny Zhou. She still thought that an eleven-year-old girl could not be so calculating but Madam Shui might be because she was an adult. Nanny Zhou hesitated and tried to remind Madam Di. “Madam, would Madam Shui play dumb before?”
When hearing Nanny Zhou’s words, Madam Di turned to be suspicious of Shui Ruolan immediately. Two black figures appeared in her eyes. She said, “It must be Shui Ruolan. When this b*tch has not married the general, she has played me all the time. If she gives a birth this time…”
Madam Di gradually became scared and she did not want this result.
“I would not allow her to give a birth!” she said coldly, gnashing her teeth.
“If you want her to miscarry, well… actually I have an idea!” Nanny Zhou said in low voice.
“What?” asked Madam Di.
Nanny Zhou hesitated and asked, “Madam… Do you want to give a birth?”
“What do you mean?” asked Madam Di. With her face turning red, she looked at her daughter and said, “Yuru, go to the inner room. I need to have a talk with Nanny Zhou.”
It was quite inappropriate to discuss this in front of her daughter.
“Yes, mother!” answered Qin Yuru. She stood up and headed for the inner room obediently. However, when she got to the door of the inner room, she stopped. She closed the door slightly and stood behind the door. Holding her breath, she listened carefully.
“Madam, if you don’t want to give a birth, you could make the general…” Nanny Zhou lowered her voice and continued, “I once knew an old female doctor who knew how to do this. It is said that her husband was an imperial physician in the royal palace but he was kicked out because of his mistakes.”
“No!” Madam Di understood and shook her head with her voice trembling. If Qin Huaiyong found out, her happy life would end. She dared not do that!
“Then we could only turn to Shui Ruolan!” said Nanny Zhou.
“How?” asked Madam Di. She thought it was a good idea to plot against Shui Ruolan and she also wanted to do that before. She continued, “Then we should consult a doctor, right?”
“No, Madam. If we find a doctor, then they would know it is Madam who makes this plan when she loses her unborn baby!” said Nanny Zhou. She shook her head and said, “There are not many our people here. If we were in Jiangzhou, we could make it. But we could not do it here!”
“Do those servants whom my sister-in-law sent me arrive?” asked Madam Di immediately when hearing Nanny Zhou’s answer.
Nanny Zhou told Madam Di her idea, “They will come here soon. At that time, we have more people than now. So no matter whether Madam Shui is pregnant, now we could take for that she is pregnant!”
Then they both lowered their voice. Madam Di kept nodding her head when hearing Nanny Zhou’s idea. Qin Yuru who put her ear on the door heard clearly…
Shui Ruolan accompanied Qin Wanru and went back to her room. She was worried about Qin Wanru.
They went into the room. When they just sat down, Shui Ruolan asked her worriedly, “Wanru, are you okay?”
“I am fine!” answered Qin Wanru. She shook her head and said, “Mother, I just found out that Madam Di has doubted you. You have to be more careful!”
Shui Ruolan covered her belly with her hands subconsciously. Her face turning pale, she asked, “Does she know?”
“It seems that she still doesn’t know. She only doubts you. It is not a secret in the mansion that you invited a doctor to check. If she does want to find the answer, she could make it!”
“But she could not doubt me only because of this!” said Shui Ruolan hesitantly.
Qin Wanru bit her lips with her eyes looking cold, and said, “Mother, you know Madam Di’s temper. She would rather kill all just for one!”
“Madam Di has been so malicious. She would plot against him or her swiftly only if she doubts somebody. If I guess correctly, she would definitely use Qi Rongzhi to plot against Shui Ruolan just now.”
As Shui Ruolan’s face turned pale, she asked Qin Wanru spontaneously because Qin Wanru looked sober. “Then, then what should I do?”
Although Shui Ruolan preferred a quiet place and seldom walked out of the backyard in Qin’s Mansion, she had known Madam Di’s temper. She suddenly understood as hearing what Qin Wanru said.
“Mother, Madam Di definitely would do something soon. If you need to go out, you must ask more servant girls and old maidservants to go with you. Remember, never let anybody to rush up to you. As for father, you have to explain what happened in Yalan Pavilion to him in case Madam Di would plot against you and then pretend not to know it before everything is clear!”
To avoid that event like this would happen again, Qin Wanru thought that it would be better to tell Qin Huaiyong. At first, in case Madam Di would find out that Shui Ruolan was pregnant, she didn’t want Shui Ruolan to tell him until her pregnancy was in a stable condition after three months. However, Madam Di had doubted her now so they had to race against the time and tell Qin Huaiyong before Madam Di.
“Okay, I would ask more people to go with me. Then I would let your grandmother and father know!” said Shui Ruolan. As Qin Wanru thought, Shui Ruolan also wanted to wait until her situation became stable before. Now she thought that Qin Wanru’s idea was reliable.
“As for mother, you must check her belongings again and again, and especially keep her away from those things with smells. You must let person we trust to tidy up mother’s clothes. By the way, it would be better to build a small kitchen for packing foods because there are too many people in the main kitchen and you never know whether they would make a mistake.”
Qin Wanru warned those things very carefully again and again.
Hearing Qin Wanru’s words, Shui Ruolan’s back was in a cold sweat and she gradually felt uneasy. She thought that it would be fine to tell Qin Huaiyong but now, thinking carefully, she realized that her cousin lived in the outer court, indicating that he might not know the way to the inner court and at that time he could not protect her baby when something happened.
She put her hands over her belly and looked severely. She was meek before but now she had to be strong in consideration of her unborn baby because Madam Di would try everything to make her miscarry. She now became determined because she must protect her baby no matter what happened to her.
“I would ask cousin to build a small kitchen for me and also Madam Di!”
In Qin’s Mansion, there was only a small private kitchen in Old Grandma’s room. Both Madam Di and Shui Ruolan had no small kitchen. If Shui Ruolan built a kitchen only for herself, it was inappropriate firstly, and secondly, more importantly, Madam Di would take this opportunity to plot against Shui Ruolan. Thus, the best way to deal with this was to build a small private kitchen for two madams.
“Mother, about this, Madam Di would make a fuss soon. Be careful!” Qin Wanru warned her again and continued to say, “Not only the kitchen, but also others! You must watch out and be careful of Yulan Pavilion!”
“Okay!” said Shui Ruolan. She nodded her head with a solemn look.
While they were still talking, Qing Yue suddenly ran inside and said, “Madam! Second Lady! General is here!”
Since they arrived in the capital city, Qin Huaiyong had never come to Qin Wanru’s Zhifang Pavilion. They were totally stunned.