She refused to marry.

"All of you, get out of here," Wang ordered the crowd.

"Yes." The servants all withdrew.

"Why are you all staring at me?" Su Jinse asked, fanning herself with a round fan.

Wang looked at Zhao and asked, "My dear sister, what have you done to Jinse?"

Zhao was also stunned. She frowned, walked up to Jinse, and slapped her across the face. "You're a disgrace!"

Su Jinse touched her face, staring in disbelief. "Mother, you're the one who told me to do this. Why are you denying it now?"

"When did I tell you to do this?!" Zhao pointed at her stomach.

"Mother promised Jiang Qing that if I marry into the family, she would provide you with a house in the capital. Isn't that right?" Su Jinse stood up angrily.

"It's not like I'm letting you ruin it like this!" Zhao said angrily.

"Ruin?" Su Jinse sneered. "Your mother has long since stopped caring about her daughter's reputation."

"You! You're going to drive me crazy!" Zhao reached out to hit him again.

Su Wanwan quickly stepped forward, wrapped her arms around Zhao's waist, and stepped back. "Third Aunt, there must be some misunderstanding. Jinse is already pregnant. She can't get agitated. You can't hurt her."

They dragged Zhao back to her seat and poured her some tea.

"My sister is already pregnant. Putting everything else aside, if anything unexpected happens, our Su family will still support her. Third Aunt, why are you doing this? Let's find out what the situation is and what the best course of action is."

"How are you going to support her?!" Zhao said fiercely. "I only asked her to get along well with Jiang Qing, and now look what's happened, they've gotten along so well that they've created a terrible mess."

Looking at Zhao's face, Su Wanwan thought that, given her personality, she should be happy right now.

Jiang Qing was a talented young woman who became the Vice Minister of Works at a young age, and her future was bright.

However, Jiang Qing had already married and had children, so if Jinse were to enter the palace now, she could only be a concubine.

If my third uncle knew, he would be furious.

"Mother, if you hadn't let someone reveal my feelings for Jiang Qing, and he hadn't tampered with the drinks at the banquet, I wouldn't be in this situation today." Su Jinse sat on the stool, her anger palpable. Jin Ning stood behind her, protecting her, afraid that her mother and elder sister would start fighting.

"Good sister, we're not afraid." Su Jinning said she wasn't afraid, but her palms were trembling.

"You're the same, it's not my fault either." Su Jinse glared at Jin Ning.

"How dare he treat you like this! Let's go settle accounts with him!" Zhao got up and started to walk out.

The crowd quickly stopped them.

"Good sister, you're being foolish!" Madam Wang stood up and stopped her.

Su Wanwan also grabbed Wang's wrist, not daring to let her step out of the house.

For the sake of wealth and status, she actually did something so shocking and infuriating.

Su Jinse's affair might have been orchestrated by the Zhao family.

"Go ahead and make a scene. Let everyone in the capital laugh at you. If it gets back to Suzhou, how will your mother face people afterward? Humph, you can't very well say that your daughter became someone's concubine because of her pregnancy."

"You! You're going to drive me crazy!" Zhao said, sitting on the stool, panting heavily.

"Third Aunt, this matter must not be publicized. Even if they don't acknowledge Jinse's affair, our Su family will. Su Xian is not yet married. If you spread this around, who will dare to marry into the Su family in the future? Besides, the Jiang family's methods are so despicable that we will not gain anything from them," Su Wanwan comforted her.

Madam Wang frowned and earnestly tried to dissuade her, "Good sister, please don't go. I've met Jiang Qing. He's easy to talk to, but his wife is a different story. She's a domineering person. If things get out of hand, not only will Jinse be driven away, but our Su family will also lose face. Jinse is such a good girl. Even if she has a child first, she can still remarry without any problems. Why do you have to do this..."

Su Jinse looked at everyone and laughed triumphantly.

"What are you laughing at, sister?" Su Jinning asked in a low voice, frightened.

"What am I laughing at? I'm laughing at how smart you are than me. Mother's wholehearted cultivation of me was only for the sake of making a fortune in the future, so that my brother and I could benefit from it. She said she was sending me away to avoid trouble, but little did she know that she was planning to sell her daughter. With such methods, did Mother ever think about my future? No wonder Father told me not to listen to you. Fortunately, those two fools listened. Only I am on your side, yet you treat my heart so cruelly!" Su Jinse threw the teacup away.

Seeing that she had thrown caution to the wind, Zhao's chest pain disappeared. "I'm doing this for your own good. I'm living a life of dependence. Even if I were a concubine, I'd be in a wealthy family's household, which would be better than me begging from others!"

"Is that so? Haven't the money we've saved over the years been enough for Mother's needs?!" Su Jinse stood up angrily. "Or are you saying Mother is going to use the money to support other men?"

Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in shock.

"Jinse, you are pregnant, you mustn't get angry." Su Wanwan's voice rose slightly in fright.

Zhao rushed over, yelling, "I'll tear your mouth off!!"

Su Xian quickly stopped her mother, her face cold, and said, "Mother, what my sister said is the truth!"

"She's lying. I only asked her to be a concubine in the Jiang family," Zhao said angrily.

"Mother, Father is not in the manor now. This matter must be discussed first, and there is no room for error. Jinse is my sister. I will not forgive anyone who dares to wrong her. Mother, are you trying to break the hearts of your children before you will stop? If this is really what you did, then from now on, you will not be in charge of the family's weddings." Su Xian stood between the two of them with a serious expression.

"You?! You dare defy me!" Zhao's brow furrowed. "Have I raised you for nothing all these years?"

After saying that, she pretended to cry, sitting on the ground wiping away her tears and snot.

Wang hurriedly helped the person up, "Jinning, come and lend a hand, let's take your mother back to her room first."

"Oh." Su Jinning hadn't quite recovered from the conversation when her second aunt called her, and she finally came back to her senses.

Everyone had left.

Su Wanwan poured tea and handed it to Su Jinse, "Are you feeling better?"

Su Jinse took the tea. "I feel much better."

"What do you plan to do?" Su Wanwan asked softly and gently.

Su Jinse shook her head.

Su Xian slammed her fist on the coffee table. "Mother is confused, and so are you."

Su Jinse raised her eyes and looked at her younger brother triumphantly, "This is the first time you've protected me."

Su Xian squatted down, looked up and said, "Sister, what time is it? Why are you still like this? What are you going to do about this important life event? If it really doesn't work out, I'll take care of you for the rest of your life."

Su Jinse chuckled and gently rubbed his forehead. "I don't need it."

"You have a plan?" Su Wanwan asked worriedly. "Jiang Qing's wife is no ordinary person. If you go, you'll only suffer."

"Well, I should thank her for this."

"Huh? What did you say, sister?" Su Xian frowned deeply.

"Everyone drank wine that day. My cousin-in-law kept a close eye on Jiang Qing, so it was Jiang Zizhu who came instead. This child is Jiang Zizhu's." Su Jinse lowered her voice.

"Does he know? Why hasn't he come to propose marriage?" Su Xian pressed.

"He had also been drinking that day, and I didn't dare to cause trouble, so I ran away. After that, I hid in the house and didn't go out." Su Jinse finished speaking and took another sip of tea.

"Sister Wan, you have the best ideas. What should I do now to protect myself?"

Su Wanwan thought for a while, recalling how she often forgot things after drinking.

He may still be unaware of this.