The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 109: A charmingly picturesque rainy day

Holding Marquis Moyu's hand, Liu Hanyun led him to the cushioned couch to sit down.

She quietly said, "Madam said there's a woman outside the capital named Lady Shi. She endured a lot of suffering in order to carry her baby to the eighth month of pregnancy. But, her husband had several concubines. Day after day, these concubines would slanderously say Lady Shi was having illicit relations with another man and that she was pregnant with someone else's child. Their testimonies were supposed to be conclusive proof. At first, Lady Shi's husband believed in her. But after repeatedly listening to these slanderous words so many times, he started to doubt her. In the end, he ordered the innocent, pregnant Lady Shi to be locked into a bamboo cage and tossed into the river to be drowned."

After retelling the gist of the story, Liu Hanyun felt slightly despondent. "Pregnancy is naturally difficult for a woman. This servant can see this just from looking at Madam's swollen ankles and feet. Working so hard to give birth to the next generation, isn't it just in hopes of ensuring that one's family will be prosperous? And yet, there will always be people that love to speak lies behind other people's backs. That Lady Shi was such a virtuous woman, but she was so easily wrongfully misunderstood by her husband, and her baby lost its life with her too."

Marquis Moyu slightly froze for a moment. He lowered his eyes. "That really is kind of pitiful."

"Exactly, this servant felt really sad after hearing that story."

Feeling somewhat uneasy, Liu Hanyun added, "Now that this servant thinks about it, it would better for me to go back to being an ordinary concubine. It's dangerous at the top, and this servant doesn't want the same fate as Lady Shi."

Ning Yuxuan gently patted her back and quietly said, "You saved my life, that means I owe you for a lifetime. No matter what other people say, I won't harm you."

Liu Hanyun wryly smiled, "If you say it like that, then this servant is more fortunate than other people."

"You don't need to think so much," Ning Yuxuan said, "You just need to work on taking care of your health and the baby's."

These women, one side was slandering Nie Sangyu and the other side was speaking on her behalf. Did they really think he was an idiot? However, Marquis Moyu had to admit that Nie Sangyu had her tricks. He had almost half-believed Wen Wan's side. But, Nie Sangyu had known that using Liu Hanyun's voice to tell him a story would be the most effective method.

After hearing this story, he clearly understood what was going on. Wasn't it just a case of a person at the top being pushed down by others? Her baby would be the oldest child in this household, and there were many people fixing their attention on it.

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Ning Mingjie was currently relaxing in Ning Residence. By his side, the old housekeeper, Changshan, was reading aloud a letter from Marquis Jingwen.

After Marquis Jingwen had gotten news of woman after woman in the marquis's household getting pregnant, he had started feeling impatient and wanted his son to get married soon. Even if Ning Mingjie didn't want to marry yet, it would be good if he got a few concubines to start with, right? After all, he was a marquis's heir and also an important official in the imperial court. And yet, he still didn't have any concubines. He only had two bedroom servants to serve him. Compared to the sons of other noble families, Marquis Jingwen thought that his son was a little too pure-minded.

As always, his father's words went in one ear and went out the other ear. After Ning Mingjie finished writing one set of words, he thought it still didn't look as elegant and unrestrained as the words he had written for "Inviting you to drink wine".