Then Xue Meiren snorted coldly: "You steal the things given by the emperor, treat your mistress and your legitimate daughter harshly, and you have committed many crimes. How can you be worthy of your mother?"

Madam Ninth immediately said: "Can you allow me to explain?"

Xue Meiren said: "Is there anything else to explain? Come here, drag him out and give him fifty sticks, and drive him out of Xue's house."

Two guards immediately stepped forward to pull her away, and Madam Ninth shouted: "It is not a pity to die, but the flesh and blood in my belly are of Xue family blood!"

When the old lady heard this, she immediately said: "Beauty, calm down, she is indeed pregnant with a son of the Xue family."

Xue Meiren bit her lip and said, "Call Dr. He."

After a while, an old man dressed as a royal doctor walked in. He saluted Xue Meiren: "I wonder why the beauty calls me?"

Xue Meiren pointed at Madam Nine and said, "Let's see if she is really pregnant."

The imperial doctor put down the medicine box and professionally tied a red rope around Jiu Yiniang's wrist. After holding it for a long time, he said: "This lady is indeed pregnant, but the fetus is a little unstable. I'm afraid she ate too much blood-activating food."

Yes, as long as you take a few doses of anti-fetal medicine, everything will be fine."

Xue Meiren's eyes flashed with evil, and she said: "I'm afraid this child is not a descendant of the Xue family, otherwise why would she eat so many blood-promoting things? Is she trying to use this fetus to assassinate the lady?"

Madam Ninth immediately kowtowed and said, "It's unjust. If I was pregnant with an evil child, I would not have a good death."

Seeing that she didn't look like she was lying, the imperial doctor asked: "May I ask what your wife has been eating recently?"

Madam Ninth said: "I have been feeling tasteless lately and want to eat something sour. Master Chui Ai bought a lot of hawthorns and sour plums."

The imperial doctor smiled and said: "That's it. Hawthorn is a thing that promotes blood circulation. Eating too much is not good. You should not eat it in the future. If you want to eat sour food, eat more sour plums and it will be fine."

Madam Ninth gritted her teeth and said, "This is what the Fourth Madam told me. She said she ate hawthorns to get a boy when she was pregnant. In order to give birth to a boy, I ate more hawthorns, but I didn't want her to harm me."

Xue Rouer's heart moved. The Fourth Madam didn't look like she could harm others. She actually told the Ninth Madam that eating hawthorn could give birth to a boy. It seemed that she was still too young to judge people accurately.

Xue Li said: "What Yi Ting told you? Come, bring the fourth lady."

Not long after, the fourth lady came in, still looking as obedient and submissive as before. She was a little panicked after entering the house. She saluted and said, "I have seen the old lady, the master, and the eldest lady."

Xue Li asked: "But you told Jiufeng that you can get a man by eating hawthorn?"

Unexpectedly, the fourth lady made no secret of it: "Yes, it was my concubine who said it. I saw that she had no appetite in those days, so she said that eating more hawthorn can stimulate the appetite. In this way, eating more can keep the body strong, and it will be easier to attract men in the future."

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Xue Li asked again: "Your family is a medicine shop. Don't you know that hawthorn is a medicine that promotes blood circulation?"

The fourth lady said: "I know."

Xue Li slapped the table: "I know you still let Jiufeng eat it? How can you feel at ease?"

The fourth lady said: "She is not pregnant yet. What's wrong with eating some hawthorn? My concubine also often ate hawthorn before she was pregnant!"

Xue Li was stunned and said, "Don't you know Jiufeng is pregnant?"

The fourth lady panicked and knelt down and said: "Master, I really don't know that I'm pregnant. She didn't tell me. She just said that she had a bad appetite and couldn't eat. I asked her if there was anything I could do that wouldn't hurt her."

The medicine can stimulate appetite."

Xue Li looked at Madam Ninth and said, "Is this possible?"

Mrs. Ninth thought about it carefully and said, "Sir, it's my fault. I didn't make it clear to the fourth sister. It was also my fault that I misunderstood what the fourth sister said." She felt that it was better not to make a fuss. The fourth sister must have known.

She hid because something happened today, otherwise her face wouldn't look like someone suffering from the cold.

Xue Li said: "Since it's a misunderstanding, it's okay. Yi Ting rarely goes out of the yard. It's normal for me not to know that you are pregnant."

When Xue Meiren saw this, she wanted to use the fetus to fool her, and immediately said: "No, the Yanzhan matter has not been explained clearly yet."

Madam Ninth said: "It is true that Concubine Jian helped me collect the Yanzhan and jade bracelets, but I didn't want Xinzi to throw them away. That day when the eldest lady came to pick them up, Concubine Jian didn't take a closer look because she was tired. It really wasn't Jian.

I stole it intentionally."

Xue Rouer thought to herself: "It turns out that she is really pregnant. If she is punished for this, fifty people can still live, but the child will definitely not be saved. It is an innocent life. I also promised the old lady not to take action against innocent lives.

So even if she’s lucky this time, let’s help her.”

Thinking of this, Xue Rou'er said: "No wonder Xinzi was secretive when he brought the things that day, deliberately blocking Jiu Yiniang's eyes. It turned out that he was afraid that Jiu Yiniang would see that the things had been exchanged."

Her words immediately exonerated Madam Ninth, and Xue Li couldn't help but look at her deeply. Even Madam Ninth looked at her in disbelief, but there was no trace of gratitude in the eyes of these two people.

Instead, it was the old lady who reached out and patted the back of Xue Rouer's hand, smiling kindly at her.

Seeing that Madam Ninth was absolved, Meiren Xue felt extremely unhappy. She simply stood up and said: "That's it, that's all. Anyway, I have already entered the palace. I can't take care of the affairs of the Xue Mansion. You all can handle it yourself. Come, come back to the palace."

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After returning home, she was separated unhappy by a series of things. Before leaving, Meiren Xue glanced at Xue Rou'er, her eyes were very complicated.

After Meiren Xue left, the old lady took the gift list and said with a smile: "The emperor is very kind to us three girls. Look at these gifts, which one is not priceless?"

Xue Rou'er didn't want to get involved in sharing the gifts, so she said: "Grandma, my mother is weak and has been out for a long time. Rou'er helped her back to rest first. As for the gift, Rou'er's share is to honor my grandmother by borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha."

The old lady smiled and said: "Silly boy, if you don't want grandma to keep it for you, it will be your dowry in the future, so go ahead."

Xue Rouer supported the eldest lady, bowed to everyone, and walked out of the room.

The rest of the people also dispersed, Xinzi was fined fifty boards, and only the old lady and Xue Li were left in the room. The old lady said: "Li'er, you have to have a clue about what happened today, so as not to be unable to control those little hooves in the future.

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Xue Li said: "My son, please keep this in mind."

The old lady thought for a moment and said, "Do you remember what the fortune teller said when Rou'er was born?"

Xue Li nodded and said: "Remember, this is also the reason why my son has alienated them all these years."

The old lady nodded and said: "You have seen what happened today. Rou'er is not a cruel person, otherwise she would not lie for Jiufeng. You see..."

Xue Li interrupted the old lady: "Mom, it takes time to see people's hearts, wait and see."

The old lady hummed and said nothing more. Xue Li said, "Mom, would you like to find a Taoist priest to come and take a look?"

The old lady asked: "Why?"
Chapter completed!