IACF [QT] Chapter 75.1

The news that Princess Rui was pregnant spread quickly in the capital. Many people were extremely surprised.

They remembered that when Princess Rui got married for the first time, she was neglected in the Shen Mansion because she couldn’t give birth to a child.

How come she is pregnant now, less than half a year after marrying King Rui?

If we really want to investigate, is it Princess Rui who can’t give birth, or is it Second Master Shen… who can’t?

Everyone already had the answer in their hearts.

Even though the second branch of the Shen family already had several illegitimate sons and daughters, which was enough to prove that Second Master Shen was indeed capable of being a man, others had long since laughed at him for being stupid and letting such a beautiful woman go.

Now that the beauty was pregnant, it further proved that Second Master Shen was a real fool, mistaking a pearl for a fish eye. He should beat his chest, stamp his feet, and regret it for the rest of his life.

Ever since the Second Madam and Second Master divorced, the atmosphere in the Shen mansion has been somewhat depressing.

Now that the news of the princess’ pregnancy has spread, people from the other two branches try not to pass by the second branch’s door unless necessary.

The people in the second branch are even more trembling with fear, not daring to raise their voices when speaking.

Originally, because the mistress did not take care of things, the backyard of the second branch was a bit like a monkey claiming to be king when there was no tiger in the mountain. The concubines were unwilling to submit to each other and always wanted to compete for supremacy.

After Su Yi moved out of the Shen Mansion, they found that the Second Master had changed before they had time to be happy.

The man who used to be so elegant, gentle, and considerate now had a gloomy face all day long and lost his temper at the slightest dissatisfaction.

The concubines had been the first to be irritated by him. They were frightened by his angry look and no longer dared to take the initiative to approach him.

In the past, several women quarreled all day long to compete for favor.

Now there is no favor to compete for, and they are trapped in the backyard day after day, which is really boring. Instead, they often get together to talk.

“Second Master drank again last night. I heard that several vases in that room were broken.” Yiniang Zhang said in a low voice.

Yiniang Zhou picked up an apricot and curled her lips sarcastically, “You didn’t go to comfort him?”

Yiniang Zhang said self-deprecatingly, “What’s the point of me going? I’ll just be a punching bag.”

Yiniang Zhou asked again, “Is Yiniang Lan still the same?”

Hearing the other party mention her former rival, Yiniang Zhang sighed, “I went to her room yesterday and saw that she was still listless and not very angry. Alas… Second Master’s heart is really cruel.”

The person who had been so affectionate with them in the past suddenly tore off his face and revealed his hideous true face, saying that he only treated them as substitutes and trampled on their true hearts.

They could have tolerated such a blow, but how could Yiniang Lan, who had always been favored and arrogant, bear it?

Yiniang Zhang looked at Yiniang Ding who was silent and asked, “We entered the mansion late and have not had contact with the former madam. Sister Ding, tell us, is she really so stunning and charming that the Second Master is so obsessed with her?”

Yiniang Ding had always been silent and only said, “Madam’s beauty is still unmatched.”

When Yiniang Zhou heard this, she subconsciously reached out and touched her face.

She has been beautiful since she was a child. When she was a child, her grandmother always said that she was a blessed person and would marry into a wealthy family in the future.

Facts have proved that the old lady’s words are correct. She did enter a wealthy family that she had never dared to imagine before.

Although she was just a concubine, when she went back occasionally, who in the village didn’t envy her?

In their eyes, she was like the bright moon in the sky, unattainable.

But she knew from the Second Master’s drunken words that he took her as a concubine not because of her face, but because her figure and back resembled someone.

The blow she suffered at that time was no less than that suffered by Yiniang Lan today. She was even disheartened, packed up her bags, and returned to her parents’ home.

As a result, she was scolded by her mother.

Her mother told her to go outside and look at the farmers who had no food to eat all year round and whose cheeks were sunken from hunger; look at her childhood friends who married into farmers’ families and looked more than ten years older than her; and look at the two children next door who were rolling in the field and stuffing mud and weeds into their mouths.

Yiniang Zhou looked at them, touched the silk on her body and the jewelry on her head, and thought about the children in the mansion who were surrounded by wet nurses and maids.

What else could she not understand?

From then on, she put away her extravagant dreams and obediently served as a concubine in the backyard of the Shen family, vying for favor when necessary, being jealous when necessary, and being content when necessary.

But no matter how open-minded she was, she still felt a little bit uneasy in her heart.

She thought more than once, was Miss Su really that beautiful, or was it because the Second Master couldn’t get her that he regarded her too highly?

Only on the day when Miss Su left the mansion, she deliberately took a detour and took a look from a distance.

At just one glance, Yiniang Zhou recognized her. She had always boasted of her beauty, but this look was not even a bit comparable to others.

Not long after that, she heard that King Rui, who was like the King of Hell, fell in love with their former madam at first sight. There was an uproar in the mansion and no one believed it, except Yiniang Zhou.

It was from then that the Second Master began to drink heavily.

Yiniang Zhou could guess a little bit of his thoughts.

He didn’t really want a divorce. He probably wanted to wait until his wife’s anger subsided before marrying her back.

Or maybe he subconsciously felt that no matter how beautiful she was, no one would be willing to marry a divorced woman, so he simply agreed to let her go.

Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, not only did someone admire his wife, but also the person was King Rui, whom he could never compete with?

Only then did he realize that he had really lost her.

Now, she is not only a wife, but is also about to become a mother. How can this not make people feel miserable and desperate?

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