"My father-in-law, your son-in-law does not dare." Pei Qing'an quickly explained.
"You do not dare?" Minister Jiang frowned, and suddenly brushed the teacup off his desk.
"Crash!"
The teacup was smashed into pieces.
"I think you dare very much!"
"It was you who begged to marry Yue'er as your first wife. But less than three months after the wedding, you took a concubine, and now the concubine is pregnant before Yue'er! Have you ever put Yue'er in your heart?"
Each word was like a hammer, Pei Qing'an pursed his lips tightly and remained silent.
It was the wife of the Marquis of Pingning who quickly tried to smooth things over: "Brother-in-law, it is true that Qing'an did not handle this properly, but since things have already happened, we naturally feel sorry for Fuyue and will surely find a way to compensate her."
An Shi lovingly embraced Jiang Fuyue: "Compensate? That concubine is already pregnant, I wonder how sister-in-law plans to compensate Yue'er?"
"Of course it is... is..."
Seeing the wife of the Marquis of Pingning stuttering for a long time without being able to say anything, Minister Jiang had already lost his patience.
"The eldest son and the legitimate son can only be born by Yue'er, what does Academician Pei think?"
Although this seemed like a question, it actually contained a warning and a threat.
How could Pei Qing'an not hear the deep meaning?
Minister Jiang was not only reminding him, but also asking him to get rid of the child in Yuehua's belly.
Pei Qing'an clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white. Finally, under Minister Jiang's intense gaze, he opened his mouth.
"Please rest assured, father-in-law, your son-in-law will surely handle this properly and send that concubine to the other courtyard to give birth."
Although he did not dare to offend Minister Jiang and could not directly refuse, after all, it was his own offspring, how could he let others tell him what to do?
As a man, Minister Jiang naturally understood what he was thinking.
So Minister Jiang was silent for a long time, and stared at him meaningfully: "Yue'er is my most beloved daughter, son-in-law, do it yourself."
...
Minister Jiang and An Shi left, but the anger in Pei Qing'an's heart was burning more and more.
He looked at Jiang Fuyue coldly: "I was pressured by your father and mother, are you satisfied now?"
Jiang Fuyue was deeply hurt by the coldness and heartlessness in his eyes.
This Qing'an was someone she had never seen before, someone who made her feel extremely strange.
"Qing'an, I did not mean this. Father and mother only said that they came to visit and wanted to see mother. I did not know that they would..."
Any of her explanations seemed pale and weak in Pei Qing'an's eyes.
"So you were just thinking like this, and you told your father and mother about the trivial matters between our husband and wife, causing me to be pointed at by them? Even my mother had to smile humbly?"
Jiang Fuyue was in a complete mess, no longer the happy and proud person she was before: "Qing'an, I did not mean this..."
The anger in Pei Qing'an's heart was burning high, but it was completely extinguished by a basin of ice water.
Reason told him that the only way for him now was to: use Jiang Fuyue's deep love for him to temporarily comfort her.
"Fuyue, you misunderstood my meaning."
He pretended to sigh helplessly, and then put his arm around her waist, his tone extremely doting: "I want to tell you that since you mind Yuehua, you can just tell me directly. There is no need to tell your father and mother. They are old, and the thing they want to see the most is our husband and wife living in harmony. I am sure you do not want them to worry about this matter, right?"
Such a warm embrace and gentle tone, Jiang Fuyue had not felt it for a long time.
At this moment, she was so dizzy from being coaxed by him that she did not even care to distinguish the deep meaning in his words.
"What Qing'an said makes sense. It is me who is too ignorant and has caused father and mother to worry." Jiang Fuyue nodded repeatedly, and did not forget to guarantee: "I guarantee that I will never be so willful and reckless again."
"Good." Pei Qing'an gently kissed her forehead: "I will move back to your room to live with you tonight."
"Then I will ask the maid to prepare!"
Jiang Fuyue was extremely happy, and did not notice the flash of calculation in his eyes.
The so-called sharing a room was just him going through the motions around her, and it ended quickly.
But for Jiang Fuyue, who had suffered enough from being ignored, this was already a great happy event.
"Qing'an, you were really amazing just now~"
"En." Pei Qing'an closed his eyes to rest, and did not want to look at her.
She was like an octopus, tightly wrapping around his body: "Qing'an, let us work harder. Just like you promised father, let me give birth to a eldest son and a legitimate son for you, okay?"
The four words "eldest son and legitimate son" were undoubtedly a sharp blade, once again reminding Pei Qing'an of the criticism and warning he received in the main hall.
He suddenly opened his eyes, and pushed her away from his body.
"You said that, does it mean that I have not shared a room with you?"
"Qing'an, we have shared a room many times, but the matter of having offspring still requires the husband and wife to work together..."
Pei Qing'an only felt that his ability as a man was being questioned by her.
"Yuehua can be pregnant, which already proves that there is nothing wrong with my ability."
He suddenly sat up, his eyes deep and obscure: "If you are eager to have offspring, we can directly adopt one from the clan and record it under your name. It will have the name of the eldest son and the identity of the legitimate son."
"That will not do." Jiang Fuyue refused simply.
"Qing'an, I will take good care of my body. If I cannot take good care of my body in the future, we can discuss this matter again, okay?"
Seeing him not saying anything, Jiang Fuyue added another sentence: "If it is really my body that is not good, I think father will understand us more after he knows."
Being threatened by her with Minister Jiang, Pei Qing'an's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness.
"Of course." He raised a gentle smile: "As your husband, I naturally want to have a legitimate eldest son with you."
He once again suppressed the disgust in his heart, and put his arm around her waist: "Tomorrow I will go to the capital to invite the best gynecologist to take good care of your body, and strive to let you have a legitimate son as soon as possible, okay?"
Jiang Fuyue was overjoyed: "Good! I will listen to you!"
...
There was only a wall between them, and of course the matter of Minister Jiang and An Shi coming to the Marquis of Pingning's mansion to support Jiang Fuyue could not be hidden.
In just half a day, everyone in the Duke of Zhennan's mansion knew about it.
Many servants were discussing it.
"Both are daughters of Minister Jiang, why did Minister Jiang come to our mansion to support our wife of the heir apparent?"
"I heard earlier that Minister Jiang is partial to the one next door. I did not expect the rumor to be true..."
All kinds of discussions even reached Lady Lu's ears, and even she could not help but call Lu Huaizhou over and tell him: "Huaizhou, brother-in-law is so partial, Fuying will surely be sad. As her husband, you have to remember to comfort her more..."
"Mother, you do not need to say this, I have already prepared." Lu Huaizhou confidently patted his chest: "You can rest assured when I handle things."
Looking at her own son like this, Lady Lu was a little worried instead.
"Can Huaizhou really comfort Fuying like this? I am a little skeptical."
Nanny Hu comforted her: "Madam, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Maybe this is the way the heir apparent and the wife of the heir apparent get along."
Lady Lu blinked.
She still felt that something was not right, especially when she vaguely saw the... costume that Huaizhou accidentally showed in his clothes just now!