The Marquis's line has ended? The pregnant maid is pregnant again!

Yuhetang.

The inner hall was in chaos, and Lu Huai'an's legal wife, Madam Qin, was calling people to go and see Madam Li and the old lady.

"Grandmother, Grandmother! How are you? Are you feeling unwell?" Qin asked, her eyes filled with worry for the old lady.

"Physician Wu, how are they?! What happened to the Old Madam and Sister Qin? Did they eat something wrong??"

Following Qin's gaze, one could see Li leaning against her personal maid, her face pale and weak, while the physician from the Wu family was taking her pulse.

The physician from the Wu family looked at her, shook his head with a troubled expression, and immediately turned to reply to Madam Qin: "Reporting to Second Young Madam, judging from the symptoms, it seems that both the Old Madam and Second Young Madam have eaten something, but to find out the specific cause, I need to examine carefully what they ate."

Madam Qin reacted immediately: "Someone, quickly bring up all the dishes that the Old Madam and Young Madam Li ate for the physician of the Wu family to examine. Also, that exquisite peony sliced ​​dish!"

The servants were terrified and moved quickly. The physician from the Wu family examined each of the dishes that were presented, and when he came to the exquisite peony slices, he frowned.

"Reporting to Second Young Madam, it was this exquisite peony dish that caused the vomiting and diarrhea of ​​the Old Madam and Young Madam Li. It seems that a lot of tapioca flour was added, which caused indigestion. It also clashed with the medicinal properties of other ingredients at the Autumn Begins Banquet."

The physician from the Wu family quickly said, "I must go and prescribe medicine immediately so that the old lady and the second young mistress can vomit up the tapioca flour."

Upon hearing this, Madam Qin immediately agreed to let the physician from the Wu family prescribe the medicine, and then instructed Granny Kang to take the old lady and Madam Li to the back room to take care of them.

After the old lady and Madam Li were helped away, Madam Qin said with a serious expression:

"Who made this exquisite peony slices?! Find them for me!!"

After saying that, Madam Qin turned and gave Zhou's mother a look.

Madam Zhou immediately realized what was happening and said uncertainly in front of everyone, "Madam, I heard that it was Miss Qinghe who specially made the exquisite peony dish for the Old Madam. But Miss Qinghe has always been caring towards the Old Madam, she wouldn't do such a thing, would she?"

How could Qin not know that this exquisite peony dish was made by Shen Qinghe?

Ever since Shen Qinghe entered Lu Jihan's room with her cooking skills and gained the young marquis's favor, she has become one of the objects of observation in the eyes of all the maids and servants in the entire Zhenguo Marquis's mansion.

During this time, Shen Qinghe went to great lengths to prepare food for the young marquis and the old lady, always managing to make the old lady laugh heartily. This matter was known throughout the entire marquis's mansion.

The news that Shen Qinghe had prepared a delicate peony dish for the old lady at the Autumn Equinox banquet had already spread far and wide.

As for who put the cassava flour in, Madam Qin didn't care. All she knew was that this was a golden opportunity to drive Shen Qinghe out of the Marquis's mansion!

At worst, it could make Shen Qinghe lose favor with the young marquis and the old lady.

Shen Qinghe was forced to kneel down by Zhou's mother and several other elderly women.

The old women held wooden sticks as thick as a baby's arm, staring intently at Shen Qinghe.

"Madam, your servant has been brought here!" said Zhou Mama, her voice filled with barely suppressed anticipation and excitement.

She had long wanted to get rid of this lowly maid for her mistress's sake!

Madam Qin sighed, feigning regret: "Qinghe, you must have heard what Physician Wu said earlier. What else do you have to say? I thought you were obedient and sensible, but you've done something so cruel to your grandmother! If you can't explain yourself clearly, I'm afraid this Marquis's mansion can no longer keep you!"

Shen Qinghe straightened her back and glanced at Shen Yun'er, who was now gloating in the corner.

Still laughing? You're such an idiot.

Soon, she'll show Shen Yun'er what it means to try to steal a chicken but end up losing the rice instead!

Shen Qinghe clenched her hands: "It wasn't this servant's doing!"

"How dare you! The physician from the Martial Academy has testified beforehand. The Old Madam and the Second Young Madam have been tormented like this because of you. How dare you be so stubborn?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou's mother frowned and glared angrily.

"I didn't do it, that's all! That exquisite peony dish wasn't made by me at all!"

Shen Qinghe spoke each word with conviction.

"How dare you be so stubborn! You even dare not kneel before our lady! This servant will definitely avenge the old lady!"

As Zhou's mother spoke with a fierce but cowardly tone, she was about to kick Shen Qinghe in the back of the knee when the other mothers were about to swing their wooden sticks at Shen Qinghe!

Shen Qinghe looked at Madam Zhou with a pale face: "Madam Zhou, at least... I am also the young marquis's person..."

"Bah! How dare you say that? You're just a lowly concubine, a worthless thing. Who gave you the right to talk to an old woman like that..."

Mrs. Zhou spat angrily, about to scold Shen Qinghe, when suddenly she screamed "Ah!" and flew out of control, landing face-first on the ground!

"Aunt Zhou!"

Qin gasped in surprise, frowning as she was about to lash out, when she looked up and saw that the person who had just kicked Zhou Mama out was none other than Lu Jihan, who had arrived late.

Shen Yun'er laughed even harder when she saw this. She had only asked Hongdou to switch the exquisite peony dishes she and Shen Qinghe were eating.

She only wanted to steal Shen Qinghe's thunder, but who knew this girl would be so clever, directly adding tapioca flour to Shen Qinghe's bowl. It was indeed simple and crude!

Now that Lu Jihan has come, Shen Yun'er is secretly overjoyed. She knows very well what kind of ruthless person Lu Jihan is; he's practically a cold-blooded and heartless living devil.

Lu Jihan cared most about the old lady.

In her previous life, she had only embroidered a Buddha image that wasn't very pretty, but the old lady was furious. Lu Jihan directly fined her several months' worth of wages and beat her with a board, leaving her bedridden for a month.

This time, Shen Qinghe has harmed the old lady. Won't he be severely punished and thrown out?

Thinking of Shen Qinghe's impending fate, Shen Yun'er was overjoyed, her shoulders shaking as she suppressed a laugh, waiting to see Shen Qinghe get kicked out.

Lu Jihan, with his left hand behind his back, strode into the hall with a cold rage. "You old hag, who gave you the audacity to act so arrogantly in my Zhenguo Marquis's mansion? Qin Shi?"

Lu Jihan rushed over and heard Zhou Mama bullying Shen Qinghe in a show of bravado but inwardly cowardly manner.

Lu Jihan's gloomy and cold gaze fell on Qin Shi, and he casually threw his cloak onto Shen Qinghe, covering her slender body.

Like a dodder flower struggling to grow in the wind and rain, it finally gets some shelter from a big tree.

"My husband is back!" Qin Shi quickly stood up and invited Lu Jihan to sit in the main seat. She hurriedly explained:

"My lord, you may have misunderstood. Madam Zhou did not mean to bully Qinghe. It's just that today, Grandmother and my second brother's wife both suffered from vomiting and diarrhea after eating Qinghe's exquisite peony slices, and they haven't recovered yet. Madam Zhou must have acted rashly in a moment of panic."

"You're being foolish too!" Lu Jihan looked at Qin Shi, his tone becoming harsher. "Even if it was truly an accident, my Zhenguo Marquis's mansion, a family of great wealth and honor, has plenty of ladies in charge of affairs. How dare a mere servant punish her?"

His words made Madam Qin's face turn pale. She gripped the armrest tightly and said, "My husband is right. I was too worried about my grandmother's condition, so I lost my composure in a moment of panic."

Lu Jihan couldn't bear to see her so frail, so his voice softened, but his tone remained stern:

"Besides, Shen Qinghe is my woman, how dare a shrew like me interfere?!"

One sentence struck a chord with everyone present, like a mountain pressing down on some, making it hard for them to breathe.

Qin was stunned, and Shen Yun'er frowned deeply, completely unable to believe what she had just heard!

Shen Qinghe, the person in question, simply wrapped her cloak tighter around herself.