The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 1211 - 280: Great Aunt_2

"If you’re thinking that this is a good opportunity, you should also consider, can you really win such a battle? Besides, even if it truly is Mo Heng’s child, can you ensure its safety? Don’t end up not only disgraced and ruined but also having risked your life and your whole family’s downfall!" Eldest Madam Zheng instinctively felt that this matter was not so simple. Given that Pei Qin had achieved such a position, she was certainly not foolish. Could Xie Yi have really become pregnant with Mo Heng’s child right under her nose? Anyway, this was a mess she absolutely did not want to be involved in! She might envy the wealth and status of the noble households, but she would never follow the example of the Second Concubine, green with envy and scheming, only to end up not knowing who’d be the death of whom!

Elder Master Zheng still wanted to persuade her, "It looks like Xie Yi might just have that kind of good fortune."

Eldest Madam Zheng let out a cold snort, "If the master wants that benefit, then we should get a divorce first! I’ll take the children away so we don’t have to stay here, faceless!"

"You..." Elder Master Zheng saw her resolute attitude and felt somewhat helpless.

Eldest Madam Zheng continued, "If there really are benefits, do you think they would be your turn? How do you know it’s the Son of the Marquis of Xining that was born? Madam Pei cannot have children, but Marquis Mo certainly can. He could take several beautiful concubines, have sons, and have them registered under Madam Pei’s name, counting as legitimate heirs. Do you think others would have a chance? The Zheng family is already in such a state, still dreaming of good fortune!"

Elder Master Zheng’s breath caught as he thought about losing his job at the Imperial College, and with no one visiting the Zheng household this year, it wasn’t even sure if Xie Yi would give birth to a boy or a girl. There were plenty of women who could bear sons for Mo Heng, to birth one that Pei Qin liked. Since Xie Yi’s hand had been chopped off, she was definitely not favored. Moreover, she had previously agreed verbally to a marriage with Pei Wendong but ran off with Mo Heng instead.

"You’re still not sober!" Eldest Madam Zheng scoffed.

Elder Master Zheng’s face turned red, "Then... let’s split the household!"

Both spouses were adamant, and Old Lady Zheng cried many tears to no avail. With people from the Second Concubine stirring trouble underneath, the Zheng family’s main and second houses finally split.

The main house moved out, and Eldest Madam Zheng, with the money she managed from her dowry and her share from splitting the family property, quickly bought and cleaned up a two-courtyard residence and moved away. Old Lady Zheng temporarily stayed in the old house.

With the people from the main house out of the way, Second Madam Zheng and Second Old Master Zheng immediately came knocking with Xie Yi in tow.

Old Lady Zheng wanted to send a message to Mo Heng in advance, but Xie Yi stopped her, "If they got the news beforehand, they might deal with me quietly again. If everyone knows, and they can’t avoid it, only then could I enter Marquis Mansion Xining and ensure my and my child’s safety!"

Second Madam Zheng felt her words made sense, "Previously I did not realize, but it turns out you are also cunning! If you had just listened to me earlier, maybe you would already be Madam Marquis by now!"

Xie Yi regretted it too. At that time, Pei Qin was recuperating in Daxing, and it should have been the best opportunity to move against her. But now the opportunity was missed, and she could only be counter-schemed by them. However, now, she would fight for her life just to ensure they received the retribution they deserved!

Before Pei Wendong went to participate in the imperial examination, Zheng’s Second Concubine, accompanied by Xie Yi, arrived at Tiance Mansion, bringing with them a large crowd of onlookers eager to witness the excitement.

Xie Yi knelt outside the gate of Tiance Mansion, crying out, "Marquis, in your drunken stupor, you mistook me for your wife. I did not take my own life, yet now I carry a child. I know I have acted shamelessly. But in my belly is your flesh and blood, Marquis! Marquis! Madam! Please, do not let the Marquis’ flesh and blood be cast out! I can give up everything, but I cannot allow my child to be born fatherless!"

Second Madam Zheng didn’t make a scene either, but tearfully pitied her niece who got pregnant and was thrown out, "She has already had one hand cut off, and if she now has to wander with Marquis Mo’s child, it would be too pitiable!"

The onlookers who came for the spectacle began to stir, "Marquis Mo and General Pei share deep affection. This Xie Yi, I heard, was someone Young Master Pei saved. Last time she tried to seduce Marquis Mo with her cousin from the Zheng family and failed. Now she’s pregnant with the Marquis’ child? Who would believe that? Marquis Mo has already made it clear that he disdains their kind!"

"Exactly! This child could be any vagrant’s seed, and she has the nerve to claim it’s Marquis Mo’s! General Pei can’t conceive, so she claims to bear a bastard and accuses Marquis Mo, maybe hoping to later claim a share of the inheritance or aim for the Marquis Mansion’s titles! Truly sinister and vile!"

"This Zheng family isn’t good stuff! This Xie Yi is ungrateful for the life-saving favor, turning kindness into enmity, no better!"

"Even if staying in Tiance Mansion, Marquis Mo, when drunk, is definitely not in the front courtyard but rather in the main one. How could Xie Yi have been mistaken for General Pei unless she went there herself!?"