The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 89 The Innocent Son
Jiang Fuhai's voice came from outside the house.

"Miss Duan, please stop. The master and his wife are having dinner. If you have anything to say, please wait a moment. Please come back after the two masters have finished their meal. Please go back to your room and have a good rest."

Duan's voice came.

"Eunuch Jiang, please move aside. I am pregnant with the master's child. If you accidentally touch me and something goes wrong, you will not be able to bear the responsibility."

Su Peisheng looked at Yinzhen's expression and walked out of the house in two steps.

"Why are you making such a fuss? The two masters are having dinner. If there is anything, can't we wait until they finish their meal?"

When Duan saw that it was Su Peisheng who came out, she spoke politely.

"Please be lenient, Eunuch Su. Just tell them that I heard that the master is here and I want to pay my respects to him."

Su Peisheng did not report immediately. He looked at Duan and replied.

"Miss Duan, I just said that the two masters are having dinner. If you want to pay your respects, you have to rest for a while before coming back."

As he spoke, Su Peisheng winked at Qiang Wu behind Duan.

Qiang Wu spoke cautiously.

"Miss, why don't you go back to your room first. I will wait here and let you know when the master has finished his meal."

Duan turned around and slapped Qiang Wu.

"You are such a careless bastard. Do you want to show off in front of the master because I am pregnant? Don't you even consider whether you are worthy enough?"

Qiang Wu's face flushed instantly, and she cried out in humiliation: "Miss, I am loyal to you!"

After all, the noise outside the house prevented Yinzhen from eating peacefully, so he put down his bowl and chopsticks with a sullen face.

"Su Peisheng, let Duan come in."

Su Peisheng had no choice but to move aside to make way for Duan.

Duan lifted her skirt, stepped over the threshold, and entered the lady's room with a happy look on her face.

"I greet the master, and I greet the mistress. I pay my respects to the two masters, and wish them good health and happiness."

Yinzhen looked at Duan coldly without calling her out. He turned to Ulanara.

"How does Fu Jin deal with these servants' unreasonable troubles on a daily basis?"

Ulanara knew that Duan was stupid, but she did not expect her to be so arrogant.

Ulanara just felt tired, she stood up and replied.

"Please forgive me, Master. I guess Sister Duan hasn't seen you for a long time, so I came here to pay my respects."

"Haven't you seen me for a long time? I remember seeing you just a few days ago."

After saying that, he looked at Duan again. Duan could no longer stand in the posture of greeting.

Yinzhen looked at Duan's originally pretty face, which had become rounder due to her uncontrolled eating in the past two months. Then he looked at Duan's figure, which was obviously not even three months old, but she was so fat that her clothes were too tight on her body, making her look a little clumsy.

The disgust in his heart overflowed little by little, and coupled with Duan's disturbance today and the red left cheek of the maid following behind her, Yinzhen could not bear it.

"Duan is spoiled by her pregnancy. She is rude to her superiors and violent and arrogant to her servants. You are punished to be confined to your room for three months and are not allowed to leave Xingfu Courtyard. Take good care of your baby!"

After saying this, he still ignored Duan and walked away.

"I respectfully send you off, Master."

Ulanara sent Yinzhen away, then looked at Duan and sighed.

"Okay, the master has left. You should get up too, stay in your room and don't run around. All the things you need to take care of your pregnancy will remain the same as before."

Duan had already become weak and limp, and Qiang Wu hurriedly supported her.

"How could my master be so cruel? I am pregnant with his child."

Ulanara looked at the tears on her face and felt extremely annoyed.

"Duan, please don't lose your temper. The master has been merciful enough. He only confined you for three months, which is just enough time for you to take good care of your pregnancy. If the master was really cruel, you would not be here. Go down, don't cry here and make the servants laugh at you."

It was the next day that Nian Shilan heard about the incident at Xingfuyuan.

She went to Xingfu Courtyard to pay her respects. Ulanara had not come out yet. She overheard the servants gossiping. Songzhi glanced at her and quietly stepped back to inquire.

When she returned to Cheng'en Garden, Nian Shilan heard Songzhi's gossip while having breakfast, and then she found out what was going on.

She said casually.

"Ms. Duan is asking for trouble, and no one can save her. I originally thought that she was pregnant and the child was innocent, so I wanted to protect her. In this case, I can only mourn for her in advance." Only Songzhi and Xiao Linzi were serving in the room today.

Songzhi was puzzled.

"Master, why are you protecting her? I have to say something unpleasant. If she wasn't there, wouldn't there be one less woman in this courtyard?"

Nian Shilan put down her chopsticks, looked at Songzhi and smiled.

"How old are you? You have such a vicious mind. I am not protecting her, I am protecting the baby in her belly. The baby is innocent, but she is not doing well now. No one can do anything. It depends on her luck."

Xiao Linzi interrupted.

"The master is kind-hearted, but Sister Songzhi is also planning for the master. I am also confused. The wife and the master are not pregnant yet, but she got pregnant first."

Nian Shilan couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Are you so eager to defend your sister Songzhi? Do you think being pregnant is a good thing? Look at that Duan, it's only been two months since she was diagnosed with pregnancy, but her face has changed. I don't want to become like that."

After saying that, he picked up the chopsticks again and started eating slowly.

Xiao Linzi and Song Zhi said no more.

Nian Shilan knew that Ulanara had promised on the surface that she would do her best to take good care of Duan's fetus, but in her opinion, this child might not be so easy to give birth to.

Didn’t Shu Gege already take the purse that she saw that day?

Shu Gege doesn't seem to talk much, but he is actually very cruel and ruthless.

In the previous life, there was no such person in the palace.

At noon, Shu Gege was fiddling with her bottles and jars in Liufang Pavilion again.

Her maid Zijing was drying some lily petals in the yard, and Hu Gege leaned against the door and looked into the yard.

"What is your master doing? The whole yard is full of drying flower petals."

Bauhinia replied as she spread out the petals.

"Reporting to the princess, my princess is going to make some rouge and powder. The princess said that the rouge bought is not as reliable as the one made by yourself."

Hu Gege sneered.

"I think your princess is too idle. There is a quota of rouge and powder in the mansion, but she has to take the trouble to make rouge herself. She might as well practice dancing instead of wasting time. We followed the lady into the mansion together, but I didn't know that my sisters could dance. I wonder if that dance is specially learned to seduce men?"

Zijing looked up at Hu Gege.

"Princess, be careful with your words. We princesses have to apply rouge and powder, and practice dancing. We can't stay in Liufang Pavilion forever."

After saying this, he ignored Hu Gege's anger and turned into the house.

Shu Gege heard the noise in the yard from the house. She looked at Zijing coming in and said in a calm voice.

"You too, why bother talking so much to a vulgar woman like her. Remember in the future, never tell others about things that you haven't done yet. Besides, you are too talkative. Whether or not we can live in Liufang Pavilion is not up to us. If you can win the master's favor in the future and make further progress, it will be great. If not, won't what you said today be a slap in the face?"

Bauhinia was indignant.

"Gege is too cautious. Are we afraid of her? She is always sarcastic when she speaks. She is obviously much worse than you. Although there are people in her family serving in the army, I have inquired and found that he is just a soldier. How can he compare to your father who is a scholar? It is only because you have a good temper that you are always bullied by her words."

Sugar held a small bottle and held it up to the light from the window.

"Since you know she is rude, you don't have to bother with her. What's the point of her speaking louder? You will still have to kneel at my feet in the future."

Zijing was overjoyed to hear this, and she moved closer to Shu Gege.

"Did you study the book left by our grandfather thoroughly, elder sister?"

Shu Gege turned around and looked at Zijing.

"You just can't keep your cool. I've told you so many times that in this palace, even if it's just you and me, you should call me Gege, so that there won't be any ears. Don't worry, I haven't been idle these days. I will make those who bullied us pay the price for my father's injustice and my mother's illness."

Zijing stuck out her tongue and bowed to Shu Gege.

"As you command! I will follow your command! Then, Princess, do you need me to sew another set of underwear for you?"

Shu Gege remained indifferent.

"Make another set, this time with the finest yarn. Go and get the money from my dressing-box, and buy the best cloth."

Zijing took the order and left.

Shu Gege looked at the sunlight coming in through the window covered with bright paper, and she thought that she must gain the favor of her master.

(End of this chapter)