The pregnant woman pressed down on the wife, and the cousin collapsed into the prince's arms.

Pei Jingnian picked up his silver chopsticks, looked up and said, "Madam, please eat too."

However, with just one sentence, the bitterness in Su Wanrou's heart just now turned into sweetness.

Pei Jingnian has always been a man of few words. At first, she had envied her younger sister's husband for his sweet words, but her own husband was so outstanding in other aspects. One cannot have everything, and she had gotten used to it. So even from this short sentence, she could sense his thoughtfulness.

In Su Wanrou's view, this meant that they had made up.

Zhou's mother watched from the side, feeling very gratified.

The more relaxed and happy Su Wanrou felt, the more she became carried away. While eating, she suddenly brought up the orchid again. Zhou's mother, who was standing next to her, suddenly froze, wondering why Su Wanrou would bring it up again after agreeing to it earlier.

Su Wanrou naturally had her own thoughts. Zhou's mother didn't want her to express her dissatisfaction with her mother-in-law, so she wouldn't. But since Shen Yunshuang was doing this, she had to put a bad impression on her husband and let him know that his cousin was such a reckless person.

Thinking about it, she sighed: "If my cousin likes orchids, she can just tell me directly. Why be so roundabout? And husband, please don't blame me for being petty. Putting aside whether the orchids are rare or expensive, it is still a token of my affection for my mother-in-law."

After listening to this lawsuit for no apparent reason, Pei Jingnian suddenly thought of his cousin whom he had only met once. He felt that such a beautiful and refined person did not seem like the kind of person who would ask for orchids.

"Did she ask her mother for orchids?"

Su Wanrou was so engrossed in her own story that she didn't notice the subtle expression on Pei Jingnian's face when he heard the name Shen Yunshuang.

Hearing her husband's question, she felt a little angry. Without thinking, she replied, "Yes, the whole household saw it. She moved the orchids from Fuxi Hall and was quite pleased with herself."

Pei Jingnian frowned and said nothing more. Su Wanrou naturally knew when to stop and did not continue speaking.

After dinner, Pei Jingnian stayed at Jinlan Courtyard to rest. The next day, Su Wanrou was no longer gloomy and seemed to have straightened her back.

The wife, however, was very anxious. She no longer cared about her son and daughter-in-law; what she cared about most now was when her grandson would arrive!

So, at her urging, Rouge quickly entered the mansion. Since she was a maid and a concubine, there was no need for a big fuss.

A small sedan chair entered through a side gate, and after paying respects to the Madam and the Lady, and offering tea, the formalities were considered complete.

When Rouge entered the mansion, Linglan and Ruichu were also promoted to concubines. The madam didn't care what Su Wanrou thought, probably thinking of making a lively scene, and prepared a meal.

Shen Yunshuang naturally went as well. She knew everyone else at the banquet, except for this Rouge, who was someone who had never existed in her previous life, so she couldn't help but take a few more glances at her.

She had a round face and bright almond-shaped eyes. Her appearance was only average, but she gave off a sense of good fortune.

Especially her plump figure; Su Wanrou must have been attracted to her because she was good at bearing children.

Shen Yunshuang lowered her eyelashes. In fact, she was chosen in her previous life for a similar reason.

She clearly remembered that when Su Wanrou returned to the manor, she specially brought a gynecologist to examine the pulses of each of the maids to be selected.

Presumably, in this life, Rouge has also gone through this process, and is a "fertile" person carefully selected by Su Wanrou.

The two concubines, Linglan and Ruichu, were very well-behaved at the banquet, completely invisible. For them, being promoted to concubine was a happy event, but it didn't seem to bring them any joy—their bodies were ruined, and they would only be able to endure their days in the mansion in the future.

Ruichu has always been very honest, even a bit dull. Linglan was originally quite proud and had a bit of a temper, but now she is suffering from severe financial loss and looks like she has insufficient blood and qi. Moreover, she was the one who exposed the matter of the contraceptive soup, which can be considered as completely offending the mistress.

Her illness hasn't gotten better yet; I wonder how much of it is due to Su Wanrou's influence.

In Shen Yunshuang's memory, Linglan died of illness not long after.

She sighed inwardly, torn between saving Linglan and not wanting to reveal her medical expertise to the public.

Moreover, in this life, she is not there to save others' fates; the only one she needs to save is herself.

The day after the banquet, which was also the second day after Rouge entered the mansion, Pei Jingnian went to her Begonia Courtyard. Unfortunately, less than an hour later, Pei Jingnian left with a dark face.

Everyone could tell that Rouge hadn't served them well, but the situation was actually worse than that.

On her first night with Pei Jingnian, Rouge got her period! Needless to say, Pei Jingnian was extremely unhappy.

This is simply disregarding him, the young master!

In fact, Rouge was truly wronged. Her period was usually very regular, but this month, whether it was due to the tension of entering the manor or something else, it came so early.

However, she was more afraid of angering Su Wanrou than displeasing Pei Jingnian, since her mother's life was in Su Wanrou's hands.

So Rouge went to Jinlan Courtyard to apologize without taking a break at all.

Su Wanrou was furious, almost to the point of being enraged. After all, Rouge was the person she had chosen. If she was so disappointing, wouldn't that mean she didn't care about the young master?

To punish Rouge, she made Rouge kneel outside all night.

Rouge had just started her period and was already feeling unwell; she practically fainted at the entrance of Jinlan Courtyard the next day.

When Madam Wang heard about this, she smashed her cup! She didn't think that a concubine was deliberately unwilling to serve her; she just thought it was a coincidence.

However, Su Wanrou's actions were hardly those of a magnanimous matriarch; she knelt for an entire night... no one should be tormented like that.

What, is this concubine's body going to be ruined too?

Wang was so angry that her heart ached.

How could she have thought Su Wanrou was virtuous before?

Being good at managing a household is commendable! But when it comes to Pei Jingnian's concubine, Su Wanrou, the legal wife's actions are truly chilling!

Wang took it upon herself to send Rouge a nourishing soup so she could rest well.

Su Wanrou was puzzled as to why her mother-in-law was going against her at every turn. Why was she trying to humiliate her over a concubine? She had just finished punishing the concubine when her mother-in-law brought her a tonic soup.

Isn't this just trampling on her dignity?