The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 559: Carrying a Nezha in the Womb (6)_1

Chapter 559: Chapter 559: Carrying a Nezha in the Womb (6)_1

Sister Peiqin and her brothers did not set up their stall again, Lady Yu said Peiqin was so upset that she was unwell, and those vicious tactics of Old Pei’s House that plotted against human life, "... are just the work of those who can’t stand to see others become rich and successful, who, after listening to a few instigations, blindly throw mud, becoming accomplices to the Pei family, helping them to harm others!"

With this said, many people dared not say anything further, and some, who were indifferent and believed that Peiqin had been involved in a suspicious marriage and had become pregnant before her wedding, also refrained from speaking about it in public.

Sun Xiujin had not expected that the uproar caused by Grandma Fang and Lady Yu at the market would silence those people, which infuriated her.

Both Grandma Fang and the mother and daughter-in-law Yu were the Scholar’s mother, and with three scholars produced from the same family, even though Magistrate Wu had left, Peiqin was still an imperial merchant, and the imperial gift of the Pai Building was still standing amidst the sweet potato fields. Those who repeated rumors hesitated to spread them further, and began to question whether the Pei family’s spread of such rumors, tarnishing Peiqin’s reputation, was really an act of plotting against someone’s life!?

Zhang Shiqian, infuriated, walked around the street and noticed that no one was speaking ill about Peiqin anymore. Instead, there were whispers that Old Pei’s House was employing their old tricks to harm others. Clutching the musk sachet on his body, he gritted his teeth and began thinking of new plans. To show these people by causing that wretched woman to have a premature birth!

However, before he could use his musk on Peiqin, Li Baolian, who was on her way to the Sun family to visit Sun Xiujin, suddenly felt abdominal pain and started bleeding from below.

Passersby were frightened and quickly called for help, supporting her to the nearby pharmacy to see a doctor.

The doctor diagnosed that she had accidentally ingested ’Duan Menzi,’ leading to a miscarriage.

"What is ’Duan Menzi’? We don’t have any of that at home!" Grandma Zhang had been eagerly waiting for grandchildren after her son got married. The eldest grandson was nearly grown, and with the younger son married as well, it was time for babies!

The doctor also looked at them suspiciously, "Duan Menzi is also known as musk, a precious fragrance material. However, it’s severely forbidden for pregnant women; not only accidental ingestion but even wearing it can lead to miscarriage. Not to mention non-pregnant women, constant exposure to musk can lead to infertility. Usually, only those involved in the making of incense use Duan Menzi. It’s rarely seen among common folks. Where did your daughter-in-law accidentally ingest Duan Menzi?"

Grandma Zhang and her party were all clueless and suspected that it might have happened at Sun Lizheng’s house, or perhaps at Peiqin’s place.

But ever since Li Baolian married Zhang Shiqian, she hadn’t been allowed to enter Liu’er Alley, nor did she wish to go.

They were all angry and puzzled while Zhang Shiqian stood by, his face turning pale and his expression stunned.

The doctor leaned in and immediately smelled the scent on him, "It’s on you... you actually carried Duan Menzi..." Baffled, he looked at him. As a newlywed, one would expect him to desire to proliferate his family, yet he carried Duan Menzi, leading to his wife’s miscarriage.

People who came for treatment began to grow suspicious.

Zhang Shiqian wanted to deny it but found himself unable to speak, standing there cold, staring at Li Baolian, whose face was pale and bloodless, with a blank gaze. Was he aiming to use this to harm that wretched Peiqin, but instead, it backfired and harmed his own child?

Grandma Zhang couldn’t believe it, told him not to listen, and upon searching his body, found a small paper package. The doctor checked and confirmed it was powdered Duan Menzi.

The Zhang family was taken aback, thinking who could have harmed Li Baolian’s fetus, not expecting that it was medicine carried by Zhang Shiqian.

The news spread swiftly, and Pei Qian clung to the issue of Zhang Shiqian’s actions, "He initially conspired with that beast Zhao Junchao to covertly harm my eldest sister, and ended up caught and thrown in jail. My eldest sister released them, but he held a grudge against her, carrying Duan Menzi, definitely aiming to harm my sister and nephew! And he ended up killing his own child instead, serves him right! The retribution for harming others has come!"