Chapter 99 The incredible secret
"This is too outrageous! No matter what, they can't treat you like this to a pregnant person!" Pomegranate was filled with indignation and said: "Let's go! I'll take you Go see my mistress and let her make the decision for you!"
Cuilan shook her head, "Forget it, it's Chinese New Year. I don't have to make the master unhappy. I'll stay at your place all night. I'll go back to the house early tomorrow morning to find the eldest young master and the eldest young lady to make the decision for me! In the worst case, I'll be with Suchuan. That loser is divorced!"
Shiliu was shocked, "You are angry, but you can't talk nonsense! After all, there is a child in the belly. Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the child. You can't even give up the child."
"That's impossible! This is my treasure. Let me give up on him for the sake of those bastards from the Su family!" Cuilan clenched her fists angrily.
He seemed to be disgusted with others getting his children involved with the Su family.
Pomegranate just felt baffled, thinking that maybe the pregnant woman had a bad temper, so she didn't mention it again.
She had to get up early to serve her master tomorrow, so she went to bed early with Cuilan, who was suffocating.
Cuilan had been struggling all night, and she was already feeling angry. In addition, she had changed places to sleep, and she had nightmares and talked in her sleep all night, which woke up Pomegranate.
Pomegranate was tossing and turning restlessly when she suddenly heard Cuilan talking in her sleep. She was so shocked that she sat up and could no longer sleep.
The next day, Pomegranate got up before dawn. Before Cuilan woke up, she hurriedly went to Bai's courtyard.
Bai and Ma Xingteng hadn't gotten up yet, but she couldn't wait any longer, so she had no choice but to knock on the door.
"What's the matter?" Bai let Pomegranate in with an unhappy look on her face.
Shiliu glanced at Ma Xingteng, who was lying motionless with his back to them, and said in a low voice: "Madam, last night Cuilan came to join the slave girl. She married Suchuan and was pregnant. She said she was raped by her mother-in-law. Kicked out of the house, with nowhere to go.
The slave took her in for one night, but Cuilan talked in her sleep, and the slave heard some things she shouldn't have heard."
Shiliu glanced at Ma Xingteng and didn't dare to continue talking.
Bai followed her gaze and turned back quickly. She was very calm and said, "Just tell me everything."
She wanted to see what big deal happened to make her personal maid act so recklessly.
Shiliu clenched her fists, took a deep breath, and finally said, "The child in Cuilan's belly is not Suchuan's, but the eldest young master's."
Bai's brows instantly furrowed, and she slowly sat down, lost in thought, "Does my sister-in-law know about this?"
Shiliu shook her head nervously, "I don't know, I heard this accidentally last night. If this thing is true, it's not a trivial matter! After all, the child is of the Bai family's blood, so he can't accept a servant as his father! But if things go wrong Come on, not to mention how angry the young lady is, I'm afraid the Bai family will have another laughing stock.
Also, Cuilan was wronged at the Su family in Dongmen Village last night, and she kept saying that she would go back to the eldest young master and eldest young lady to complain. If we neglected her, she might even tell us when we turn around. "
The master and the servant didn't care at all whether it was a joke or not. What they cared more about was their own interests.
Bai was originally a concubine. If it weren't for his aunt's favor, he wouldn't have been able to marry Ma Xingteng. Now that he has the handle on Young Master Bai, he naturally wants to think about how to maximize his interests. After thinking about it, she calmly ordered: "When Cuilan wakes up later, prepare a table of good food for her, and then arrange a carriage to send her away. In addition, give her two taels of silver from me, don't say it's me." Just say it’s your intention. As for other things, just pretend you don’t know.”
Pomegranate didn't understand Bai's intentions, but that didn't stop her from being obedient.
When she returned to the yard again, Cuilan had already woken up. When she saw Shiliu coming back from outside, her first reaction was to ask, "Where were you so early in the morning? You couldn't have gone to see the Suchuan family!"
"How could it be!" Pomegranate showed a kind smile and walked over quickly, "Today is the first day of the new year. My young lady is running a house for the first time. She has to be careful about everything. I can't go early to take care of things?
By the way? Let the kitchen prepare some hot food. After breakfast later, I will ask the coachman to take you back to the county. "
Cuilan was quite satisfied with Pomegranate's arrangement, but she was more concerned about the Bai family being in power. "Your young lady's parents-in-law are both here, and the Ma family has not been separated. How come Miss Rong is in charge of the family?"
"It's a long story."
Shiliu muttered a few words, then took out another two taels of silver and gave it to her, saying earnestly: "You are still being treated like this by your husband's family when you are pregnant with a child. I feel uncomfortable in my heart. After all, we all come from the same house. This little money Take it with you first, just in case you need it on the way. When you get to the county town, ask someone to send a message to me, so that I can feel more at ease."
Cuilan was somewhat shocked when she took the two taels of silver, and was slightly moved in her heart, "I didn't expect you to help me like this. Those people in the Su family can't even treat me as well as one of your fingers!"
Pomegranate smiled more and more kindly, "We are all sisters, you're welcome."
After Pomegranate sent Cuilan away, she immediately went to report to Bai.
Bai was drinking tea with Ma Xingteng. Hearing this, she nodded slightly and looked at the man next to her, "Do you think this is inappropriate?"
"Why did you say that?" Ma Xingteng raised his eyebrows.
Bai sighed and glanced at Ma Xingteng's injured leg casually, "Although I am in charge of the internal affairs of the house now, I am my daughter-in-law. If my mother-in-law makes things difficult for me, it will be difficult for me. My father-in-law also seems to favor my brother-in-law now. We naturally need to make plans as early as possible.
The name of the Bai family is nice to say, but after all, I am just a concubine. My aunt doesn't want to see me at all. My father doesn't care about the women in the house and can't ask for it. If I can get the handle on my eldest brother, I will really have to do it in the future. It can be used, don't blame me. "
Ma Xingteng silently held Bai's hand, with a look of emotion on his face, "What Madam did is for our family, how can I blame you? I was injured before, if you hadn't had someone notify the Bai family, my father-in-law would have sent someone to visit and put pressure on me." , I’m afraid I won’t be able to survive until now.”
Mrs. Bai breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "If your husband understands my painstaking efforts, my concubine will have nothing to ask for."
Cuilan was escorted by the driver and returned to Baifu, the county seat, after noon.
As soon as she entered the door, she went to Qiufengyuan pitifully. When she saw the young master Bai and the young lady staying together, her face froze. She took a deep breath to suppress the jealousy in her heart, lowered her head and walked in, "Slave. Meet the eldest young master and the eldest young madam.”
"Cuilan? Didn't you go back to the countryside with Suchuan's family to celebrate the New Year? Why did you come back so soon?" Zhu put down the tea cup in surprise.
Cuilan immediately shed tears and knelt down with a plop, "Madam, you have to make the decision for me!"