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Aunt Min was leaning on her Noble Consort chair, rubbing her stomach and talking with her child. Suddenly, she saw Xue Liuhua rushing up the stairs like a majestic general.

Xue Ronghua, who was following behind, greeted the Aunt Min: "Greetings, Second Aunt."

The Aunt Min smiled sweetly. Xue Ronghua was a noble person who accompanied her child in her womb, she would definitely come today to congratulate her.

Xue Liuhua placed her hands on her hips between Xue Ronghua and Aunt Min, and said with a smile that was not a smile: "Has Second Aunt had lunch yet?"

The Aunt Min saw that Xue Liuhua did not come with good intentions, but she did not dare reveal a cold expression, and could only force a smile: "I have used it just now, have you eaten with Eldest and Second Miss?"

Xue Liuhua sneered, leaned towards the room and sniffed, "Second Aunt ate steamed carp in the afternoon?"

Aunt Min laughed: "That's right, have you eaten lunch young miss? The servants in the manor caught them from the ferrying river. They have too much meat and juices, it's too big for one."

Xue Liuhua chuckled: "Second Aunt sure eats happily, she's not like us' servants'. It took so much effort to get a carp, and she's not even as big as the tail in Aunt's plate."

Aunt Min was startled, then smiled apologetically: "Eldest Miss is too serious, what 'servant'? I am just a 'servant'."

"How are you a servant? You wear the best satin," Xue Liuhua coldly snorted as she walked around Aunt Min, "You eat the best food, so you're clearly half a wife."

Xue Ronghua, who was at the side, saw that the Aunt Min's face was pale white, and advised falsely: "Second Aunt is currently pregnant with father's future son, our little brother, it is only right that he ate a little better."

"Aiyaya," Xue Liuhua laughed while covering her mouth, "I only said a few words, and you already reached peace. As expected of people of the same level, when they helped each other out in front of me, it actually made me seem extremely overbearing just because I'm the big miss."

"The same level" clearly meant that Xue Ronghua, Aunt Min and her unborn child were all born out of wedlock. Xue Liuhua really, really wanted to use her identity as the direct descendant to trample on others at all times.

Aunt Min's heart froze for a moment, she no longer had the energy to laugh, and could only say slowly: "Eldest Miss, I don't know how you ate today, and how you dressed tomorrow, after all, all of this is under the care of the butler, it can't be blamed on me."

Xue Liuhua's eyes flashed a trace of disdain, "Can't rely on you? Second Aunt was pregnant with a child and moved to Penglai Island, but no one else had any connections at all. "

Xue Ronghua saw that both of their faces were pale and laughed: "Alright, alright, we're family, let's talk less."

"Young miss," Aunt Min saw that Xue Liuhua had made things difficult for her so she became angry, "I have always been very polite to Eldest Miss and Madam, I wonder why Eldest Miss would say such things today, I am pregnant with my master's child now …"

"It's your duty as a concubine to be courteous," Xue Liuhua said as she raised her eyebrows and glared at the Aunt Min, "Don't think that you can be disrespectful just because you're pregnant."

Aunt Min was furious. After being angered by the mother and daughter duo for so many years, she never thought that he would be stepped on by them even when she was happy. The eldest young miss was very careful with her tongue. In the end, I am still your concubine mother.

Xue Liuhua hated these bastards who did not know what was good for them, and did not care that Aunt Min was still pregnant, she grabbed her sleeve and said while gritting her teeth: "My mother is only Madam Ye, who are you, what are you?!"

Xue Ronghua quickly grabbed Xue Liuhua's arm and said anxiously: "Sister, Second Aunt is still pregnant, quickly let go sister."

Aunt Min pinched Xue Liuhua hard, then scolded him with a smile: "First Miss, don't be so arrogant. When I return to my Master, watch him punish you!"

Xue Liuhua painfully pressed the Aunt Min against the doorframe, "You relied on your pregnancy to put on a ladylike attitude. If you weren't a son when you gave birth to your child, I'll bury you to death!"

Xue Ronghua gave Little Zhui a look and quickly bound the two of them.

Mingyue watched as her young miss and her concubine became entangled with each other, not knowing who she should help.

Xue Ronghua shouted to Mingyue, "Hurry and pull sister."

Mingyue had no choice but to go over to the eldest miss and hold her hand. Xue Liuhua pushed the skinny Mingyue to the ground and fiercely stretched out his hands towards Aunt Min.

Seeing that the two of them were fighting, Xue Ronghua and Little Zhui quickly brought them to the stairs.

"Elder sister, be careful. Second Madame's children are the most important."

Xue Liuhua became even more unhappy after hearing this. She pushed both of her hands towards Aunt Min and only saw her rolling down the stairs like a ball.

Bright red blood flowed out from Aunt Min's lower body, causing Xue Liuhua to be stunned in place.

What was going on?

The people in the Prime Minister's Mansion had toiled for an entire night, but they still could not save the children of the Aunt Min. Xue Longhu walked out of the room with a tired expression and sighed heavily.

Seeing his father's gloomy face, Xue Liuhua's heart trembled, he anxiously knelt down in front of him, "Father!"

Xue Longhu glared at her fiercely, and bellowed with boundless anger: "What exactly happened today?"

Madam Ye immediately grabbed the old master's sleeve and said softly: "Master, Liuhua, she …"

"I didn't ask you!" Xue Longhu roared in anger, "I'm asking her!"

Xue Liuhua was so scared that her body trembled, and she suddenly sat down on the ground.

"You clearly know that the Aunt Min is pregnant, yet you deliberately went to the East Garden to find trouble with her. What are your intentions?"

Xue Liuhua said with a trembling voice, "... I... I don't! "

Hearing Xue Liuhua's words, Xue Longhu became even angrier, "You still said that you didn't, and you went to find the Aunt Min to argue, but in the end, you angrily pushed her down the stairs. You personally killed my son!"

Xue Liuhua panicked, "I didn't try to kill my father's son, she fell down herself!"

Madam Ye was afraid that his daughter would be framed by her concubine, so she said gently, "Master, Liuhua has always been a kind person, she wouldn't do such a thing …"

"Kind?" Xue Longhu's eyes flashed with extreme disgust, "To find trouble with someone who is pregnant, and still dare to call him kind with such shamelessness, your heart is truly like a snake and scorpion, extremely venomous!"

Xue Liuhua's tears slowly rolled down her face as she cried out, "Father, our daughter doesn't have any! Our daughter really doesn't want to harm father's child!"

Xue Longhu gritted his teeth as he glared at Madam Ye, "These are all good daughters that you taught, girls with the same moral character as you."

Madam Ye's face paled as she knelt on the ground in panic and cried, "Old master, what do you mean by this? I didn't do it, I won't hurt old master's child!"

When Xue Longhu saw the mother and daughter, he shut his eyes in panic. "What do you mean?

Xue Liuhua was afraid that Xue Longhu would shift his anger onto her mother, and immediately said: "Today's matter has nothing to do with mother, it is all my fault, I deserve to die!"

Xue Longhu glared hatefully at Madam Ye, "It must be you who ordered her to go to the top of Aunt Min today, to kill my son."

Madam Ye shook her head, her face filled with tears, "No, Master, I did not!"

Xue Longhu grabbed Madam Ye's chin, gritted his teeth, and said, "You wretched woman, how dare you kill my only son!"

Xue Liuhua stepped forward and wrapped her arms around her father's arm, then anxiously said: "Father, Mother did not instruct me, it was because I didn't like Aunt Min taking advantage of her pregnancy and pampering her in the palace, that's why I …"

"Domineering in the manor?" Xue Longhu was not angered, but instead laughed, "No matter how tyrannical she is, he's not even a tenth of your level. Aunt Min hid in his East Garden every day, afraid that he would disturb you, yet you actually came knocking on his door. I'm always so lenient towards you! "

Xue Liuhua cried until she was hysterical, "It's all that Aunt Min's fault, if she was not pregnant, how could you let me move to the Western Courtyard, if she really gave birth to a son in the future, would father still see me then?"

"I only asked you to move here, and you still have such ridiculous thoughts!" Xue Longhu's eyes had turned blood-red from anger, "You are the eldest miss of the Xue Family, you are my only direct daughter. Even if Aunt Min really gave birth to a son, you are still the most respected person in the palace."

"Father …" Xue Liuhua bit her pale lips and collapsed to the ground in a daze.

"Enough," Xue Longhu controlled the hot tears in his eyes, and turned around to no longer look at her. "From today onwards, kneel at my home and pray for my unborn child of Aunt Min, until spring of next year."

Xue Ronghua took out those dark yellow Gardenia petals from her scented bag and sprinkled them into the bowl of clear water that Zhu Tong had brought.

"Does the quasi wangfei not like the spices made by servants?" Zhu Tong asked.

Xue Ronghua washed her hands with Gardenia water and said, "I'm used to this fragrance, I want to exchange it for something else."

"Then, this servant will go and pick the purple flowers and the jasmine flowers. The spices made from them are fresher and more elegant than those made from gardenia."

Xue Ronghua smiled, "You sure have a lot of ideas."

Little Zhui suddenly knocked on the door and came in, whispering into Xue Ronghua's ear: "Miss, Aunt Min swallowed gold and committed suicide last night."

Xue Ronghua's hand trembled, and said in a daze: "How could she …"

"It could be that Aunt Min has bet all her honor and reputation on this one pregnancy, so after knowing that her child is gone, she can't help but be distracted …"

"Although Aunt Min is not a good person, she wouldn't go so far as to swallow gold and commit suicide," Xue Ronghua said, feeling a little reluctant, "In the end, I was the one who used her. Little Zhui, get the scholars on the street to make two copies of the scriptures and send them to the temple."

Little Zhui replied softly: "Young miss is such a kind-hearted person."

Xue Ronghua sighed, "They're just pitiful people."

Zhu Tong quickly said: "Quasi Royal Consort, last night, I took advantage of the chaos to sneak into Aunt Min's room and destroy the medicine."

Xue Ronghua praised: "You did think about it quite thoroughly, I almost forgot about this matter."

"Did Miss go to the East Garden last night to take a look?" Little Zhui covered her mouth and laughed.

Xue Ronghua wiped off the water droplets on her hands and laughed: "Last night's main character was not me, but went to steal a show?"

Little Zhui laughed, "Master got so angry, the Madam and First Miss got scolded miserably, they cried until tears fell from their eyes."

"No matter how much the old master loves Xue Liuhua, he can't stop her from personally killing her son."

"But even so, Master did not do anything else except go to the monastery."

Xue Ronghua went silent and no longer spoke. In Xue Longhu's eyes, Xue Liuhua was like a pearl in the East Sea, incomparably precious. Offending such a heinous crime did not mean that he was willing to cruelly punish her, and she was unsure if the matter this time would be able to shake her position in Xue Longhu's heart.

"Little Zhui, what about Madam?"

"Madam cried once last night, then went to visit the Aunt Min at East Garden. Then, she went back to her room to rest."

Xue Ronghua asked curiously: "She went to visit the Aunt Min after her child is gone? What about Master? "

"Master was too upset. After reprimanding Eldest Miss, he was afraid that the Aunt Min would feel uncomfortable so he went to sleep in the Western Courtyard."

Xue Ronghua's eyes dimmed, the Aunt Min was such a beautiful and lively lady, yet she suddenly swallowed gold and committed suicide, as expected, there was someone who did it.

"Miss, what's wrong?" Little Zhui saw that her expression was strange and immediately asked.

"It's nothing," Xue Ronghua waved her hand. "Let's go to the study to see old master."