Chapter 318

She was not angry when Mu Linyuan scolded her, and Xue Liu was not too angry when Mu Linyuan asked Chu Lingxiu to divorce her because he could not bear her. But when she learned that Mu Linyuan accepted Jiang Li's money, Xue Liu felt that her face was burning and painful, as if she had been slapped hard by someone, and there were countless people watching.

Bihen was also angry and cursed directly. For the sake of money, Mu Linyuan really didn't care about his face at all!

But he was shameless, so why did he implicate Xue Liu?

When Chu Lingxiu left the morning court, Jiang Li repeated the matter to him in detail, and stated that the money given to Mu Linyuan was kept secret from everyone in the mansion, because she was afraid that Xue Liu would know that she had a miscarriage.

Although Chu Lingxiu felt sorry for Xue Liu having such a father, he still held Jiang Li's hand and praised her: "Thank you for your hard work, Li'er."

Jiang Li shook her head and said with concern: "Your Highness, Li'er is more concerned about another matter now. Yangling Hou's behavior today can be regarded as a tearing of the skin, but he is the father of Concubine Mu after all. If there is a next time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with."

As the current marquis, no one dared to drive Mu Linyuan away, but they couldn't let him act like this or be threatened by him every time.

Originally, it would be the safest for Chu Lingxiu to come forward to solve this matter, but Mu Linyuan was not stupid. He always came when Chu Lingxiu was in court.

Chu Lingxiu was so angry that he wanted to report it to the emperor on the spot, but he changed his mind and gave up the idea. If the matter got out of hand, how would Xue Liu deal with herself in the prince's mansion?

She was such a proud person, how could she bear such humiliation.

After thinking for a long time, Chu Lingxiu still chose to go to Yangling Marquis Mansion, and at the same time told Jiang Li that what happened today must be kept secret, and not a single word could be heard by Xue Liu.

Jiang Li agreed solemnly, but he knew in his heart that Xue Liu was about to vomit to death at this moment, right?

Jiang Li felt it was worth it to exchange one thousand taels for Xue Liu's unhappiness in the future.

As for whether Xue Liu would complain to Chu Lingxiu? Jiang Li was not afraid, because Jiang Li was sure that Xue Liu would not.

In a sense, Jiang Li and Xue Liu were actually the same kind of people, so no one knew better than her how to deal with Xue Liu, which was really bloodless and painful.

Jiang Li always knew that Xue Liu was smart and resourceful, but she couldn't stand it. She had a mother's family that would only hold her back, and this was also the biggest reason why Jiang Li and Xue Liu were now at two different levels.

Chu Lingxiu went to Yangling Marquis's Mansion to warn Mu Linyuan in person, and threatened him with his son with Qin Luan, and Mu Linyuan finally behaved.

But the fact that Mu Linyuan accepted money from Jiang Li was a matter that Xue Liu had been upset about for a long time before it was resolved.

Forget it, her situation is already so difficult now, why should she care about those empty faces? As for the ridicules of those concubines, she just ignored them.

As long as the child in her belly is still there, she has the capital to turn over, so now, the most important thing she should do is to prevent those pervasive and insidious means.

Because Xue Liu has always been very cautious, and Chu Lingxiu has been paying attention to her blatantly, nothing has happened to Xue Liu.

Except for the new concubine Cui who would secretly find some trouble from time to time, Xue Liu is fine.

After another month, Xue Liu's belly has been bulging obviously, and Jiang Li directly sent someone to tell Xue Liu to avoid paying respects every day, so that she can rest assured to take care of the baby.

Chu Lingxiu was very satisfied with Jiang Li's thoughtfulness, but the resentment of the concubines towards Xue Liu was secretly increased.

On August 20, Jiang Li followed the queen to Chenglu Temple outside the city to pray for blessings early in the morning. Chu Lingxiu went to court again, so the mansion regarded his father as Concubine Cui, who was highly valued in the court.

In the name of visiting, Concubine Cui humiliated Xue Liu. However, from beginning to end, Xue Liu had a calm expression, as if she didn't care about her provocation at all.

Concubine Cui left in anger. Before leaving, Xue Liu's eyes stayed on the maid next to her for a moment, and then she chuckled: "Concubine Cui has a prominent family background, and she is undoubtedly an excellent chess piece."

As soon as the voice fell, Xue Liu saw the maid next to Concubine Cui frowned slightly, and Xue Liu's guess in her heart had been verified.

Concubine Cui was confused and thought Xue Liu was mocking her. She cursed "inexplicable" and walked away.

Xue Liu carefully reminded Bi Hen, "You must carefully check my diet and the things I use in the next few days. Don't let Concubine Cui find an opportunity to take advantage of you."

Bi Hen agreed and explained it again to the maids. During this time, Bi Hen found that one of the maids had a guilty look in her eyes, and she immediately looked at Xue Liu.

The meaning of Xue Liu's words was very clear: keep an eye on them first, don't make a fuss.

Only after dismissing all the maids did Bi Hen say coldly: "Master, Concubine Cui has already placed people around us."

Those maids just now were all trained by Xue Liu since she entered the mansion. Now, someone still chose to betray Xue Liu.

Xue Liu looked out the window. Although she knew that people were cold-hearted, she couldn't help but feel a little cold when things happened frequently.

After two years of promotion and favors, they were not as tempting as power and money.

After a long time, Xue Liu replied softly, "It's not her."

Concubine Cui didn't have the ability to place someone next to her, so it was Jiang Li who did all this.

So Xue Liu couldn't help but wonder, what was Jiang Li's intention? Wait until she gave birth, kill the mother and leave the child?

Without a doubt, Xue Liu immediately thought of the truth.

Jiang Li had always known that Xue Liu was like a white moonlight to Chu Lingxiu, so as long as she was alive, Jiang Li would never be able to enter Chu Lingxiu's eyes, so she had to die.

White moonlight should live in memory.

As for the child in Xue Liu's belly, since Chu Lingxiu liked her so much, Jiang Li naturally didn't mind raising her under her knees.

Of course, if the child didn't even have the blessing of living to be born, it wouldn't be her fault.

Jiang Li had never taken direct action against Xue Liu, but she wouldn't stop Concubine Cui from doing anything she wanted to do.

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After a day and a night, Bi Hen didn't find anything unusual, and even the girl who had been found to have strange thoughts before was always well behaved.

However, the more this happened, the more uneasy Xue Liu felt.

Because it was like the calm before the storm.

Around noon, news came from the mansion that Jiang Li was stabbed by a sword and was now in a coma.

Not long after, Chu Lingxiu brought the seriously injured Jiang Li back with a group of guards, and four imperial doctors rushed to the Prince's Mansion to treat Jiang Li.

As the future mother of a country, Jiang Li's body was extremely precious.

Seeing the chaos in the mansion, Xue Liu had to tell Bi Hen again. At this time, it was the easiest time to cause trouble.

Bi Hen checked more carefully, and Concubine Cui had no chance to attack at all.

Concubine Cui was a little anxious, thinking that Xue Liu was too difficult to deal with. Until the night of August 25, Concubine Cui finally found an opportunity.

The personal maid told Concubine Cui that a maid next to Xue Liu was her old acquaintance, and she had been secretly in contact with her for quite some time. Tonight, the maid was finally persuaded by her. As long as Concubine Cui promised enough, the maid agreed to secretly help Concubine Cui. Concubine Cui, who had admired Chu Lingxiu for a long time and didn't have much brains and was eager to be favored by Chu Lingxiu, naturally agreed without thinking. In this way, Concubine Cui put a little safflower powder in the water where Xue Liu bathed. Because she was afraid that Xue Liu would find out, Concubine Cui prepared to do it several times, but she didn't expect Xue Liu's body to be so bad that she gave birth prematurely after only one time. Xue Liu's miserable screams spread throughout half of the prince's mansion, and Chu Lingxiu stood in the yard and paced back and forth anxiously. After tossing until the second half of the night, Xue Liu finally gave birth to a son, but the child died just after birth. Xue Liu couldn't bear the blow and fainted on the spot. Chu Lingxiu was also heartbroken, and immediately asked his confidant to investigate the matter. However, after a whole night of tossing and turning, they finally found out that it was Concubine Cui.

Chu Lingxiu was so angry that he wanted to hand Concubine Cui over and implicate her whole family, but after thinking it over, he still endured it.

Now the court was in chaos, and Minister Cui, as his best weapon, could not be abandoned in any case.

In the end, Chu Lingxiu could only suppress the matter with great pain and announced to the public that Xue Liu had a premature birth due to excessive worry.

As for the culprit who killed Xue Liu's child, Chu Lingxiu only confined her for three months on the charge of contradicting him.

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When Xue Liu woke up again, it was already the last night of August.

After learning about the punishment of Concubine Cui by Chu Lingxiu, Xue Liu smiled, and her smile was heartbreaking.

Bihen grabbed her hand and comforted her: "Master, everything will be fine. You should take care of yourself first."

Xue Liu closed her eyes and did not respond. She heard the diagnosis of the imperial physician after giving birth to the child: they said that Xue Liu's body was not good to begin with, and now she was induced to give birth prematurely by cold things, which seriously damaged her body and made it impossible for her to have children in the future.

Without children and without her mother's family, Xue Liu had only one way left: to waste the rest of her life in the prince's mansion until she died.

And Xue Liu's pride would not allow herself to end up like this.

Not long after Xue Liu woke up, Chu Lingxiu came. Looking at Xue Liu's pale face, Chu Lingxiu grabbed her hand distressedly, "Xue'er, don't be sad, we will have children in the future."

Xue Liu did not respond, only a line of tears fell from the corner of her eyes.

Seeing this, Chu Lingxiu became more and more panicked, and his fingers holding Xue Liu tightened, "Xue'er, you still have me."

Xue Liu looked at Chu Lingxiu's panicked eyes, but she smiled suddenly. She had Chu Lingxiu, but Chu Lingxiu couldn't protect her. Not only could he not protect her, but he also tried every means to exonerate the murderer who killed her child.

"Why? Why let her go?"

Xue Liu's eyes were almost questioning, but Chu Lingxiu didn't dare to be angry at all, "Xue'er, listen to my explanation. Now the situation in the court is unclear, and I still can't leave the Shangshu Mansion. When the situation stabilizes, I will definitely skin Cui to avenge our children!"

The future is too far away, and Xue Liu doesn't want to listen. So Xue Liu, who has always abided by the rules since she got married, issued an order to expel Chu Lingxiu for the first time: "Your Highness, go out, I want to be alone."

Chu Lingxiu wanted to say something else, but saw that Xue Liu's expression became colder and colder, and finally had to compromise, but before leaving, he told Bihen to take good care of Xue Liu.

The night gradually deepened, but Xueliu did not feel sleepy at all. Bihen did not say anything, but just stayed beside her quietly.

It was not until the fifth watch that Xue Liu called Bi Hen over and whispered something in her ear. Bi Hen was shocked, but she saw that Xue Liu's eyes were full of death.