Liang Residence.

Qin Shuying had a long dream.

In the dream, Liang Zhe was fighting with someone, being pressed step by step until he was forced to the edge of a cliff with no retreat possible. He shouted with all his might: “Shuying, you must live well…”

Then, Liang Zhe, covered in blood like a bloody man, leaped down from the cliff.

Qin Shuying startled awake. Under the heavy lamplight, Liang Zhe’s lips were tightly pressed together, his face pale, with only weak breathing reminding her that Liang Zhe was still alive.

“Ziyu!”

Qin Shuying called out softly, then tears filled her eyes, dropping to the ground with a “patter.”

How had she fallen asleep again?

Had Ziyu suddenly awakened while she was sleeping? If he had awakened while she was asleep, he must have been very sad. Or perhaps he needed something that she failed to provide in time…

Ziteng was also nearby. Seeing Qin Shuying wake up, she hurried over and said, “Madam, you have a little master in your belly. You should rest quickly.”

Only then did Qin Shuying notice that she was actually lying in a comfortable chair—Ziteng and the others must have carried her into it while she was sleeping.

Lu Ye also came over and said, “Madam, Master’s fever has broken. The imperial physician said Master is fine and will probably wake up this evening. This servant had the kitchen prepare easily digestible thin porridge that Master can have some when he wakes up.”

Qin Shuying’s tears fell even more, murmuring: “Good…”

As she spoke, her hand unconsciously moved to her abdomen.

During this period of exhausting herself mentally and physically, she hadn’t noticed any discomfort in her body. When she was followed by the black carriage outside Duke Chen’s mansion, Qin Shuying had discovered it just as she turned around.

When she got out of the carriage for the first time, she had already had Liang Yanjun disguise himself as her and get into the carriage with Ziteng.

To confuse those people, Liang Yanjun and Ziteng later got out of the carriage once more.

So when the carriage accident happened, it was Liang Yanjun and Ziteng who were sitting inside. They had been prepared, so there was no danger to their lives. To make things look more realistic, they had even prepared some chicken blood to take with them when they got out the second time, which indeed came in handy.

However, Ziteng had really fainted at the time. After all, that crash was too violent, and Ziteng had no martial arts to protect herself. Even though Liang Yanjun tried his best to protect her, Ziteng was still thrown about dizzy and confused.

Returning home, Qin Shuying was afraid Liang Zhe would worry, and because there had been so many recent incidents, she sent someone to deliver a message to Liang Zhe to report that she was safe.

Who knew that Zhou Li had already made arrangements—just when the carriage accident happened, he had already sent someone to the garrison to deliver a false message to Liang Zhe, saying that Qin Shuying was dying.

Later, Liang Zhe’s colleagues said that when Liang Zhe heard that something had happened to Qin Shuying, he believed it without doubt and rushed back through the night. When Liang Zhe was carried back, Qin Shuying took one look and immediately fainted.

Liang Zhe looked so tragic!

After Qin Shuying woke up, she learned that she was actually pregnant. These five days, she felt like she was living in hell. Looking at Liang Zhe’s handsome face, she had no appetite for food and couldn’t sleep peacefully. She didn’t know how many times she had cried. Fortunately, Nanny Fu was there to take care of her and earnestly persuade her, so she occasionally found time to take short naps.

Liang Zhen happened to enter and stopped Qin Shuying from trying to get up. “Shuying, you’re pregnant, so rest well. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of everything inside and outside the house.”

Qin Shuying grasped Liang Zhen’s hand. “Elder Sister! Thank goodness for you…”

The two embraced and silently wiped away tears for a while. Liang Zhen forced a smile and said: “Ziyu is slowly getting better. As long as he wakes up and is willing to eat something, with his good foundation, he’ll surely recover quickly.”

Qin Shuying suppressed the heartache in her chest and nodded.

Liang Zhe didn’t have a good foundation at all—his foundation was poor. His back and waist had countless scars. Even if he had bones of copper and tendons of iron, he couldn’t endure such torment again and again.

Since they were so vicious, then don’t blame her, Qin Shuying, for being ruthless.

These past few days, even though she knew she was carrying a child, she hadn’t been idle. While caring for Liang Zhe, she had also arranged one command after another with lightning speed.

Liang Yanjun, Zhao Yuanji, and others had previously received strict orders from Liang Zhe that they must obey any command from his wife. Therefore, they had an elite force under their command, and these past few days they had all followed Qin Shuying’s deployment.

Combined with previous momentum-building and the force in Mi Luo’s hands, Zhou Li’s two night raids were quickly delivered to Lü Qing, including all those who had intercepted Liang Zhe were uncovered.

At the same time, she also learned that it was Zhou Qin who had told Zhou Li about her drawing the map.

Zhou Li had already been confined. Now, it was time to deal with Zhou Qin.

He truly never repented, time and time again, using her to the extreme in every possible way!

Could it be that if she died, those 1.6 million taels of silver would fall into Concubine Lian’s hands?

Zhou Li was certainly detestable, but Zhou Qin and Concubine Lian were even more disgusting.

Qin Shuying realized she had been too soft-hearted. When Xu Shi treated her and the Zhou family that way, she actually let Xu Shi live for so long.

Concubine Lian had repeatedly made moves against her, using every available opportunity to drain Qin Shuying’s value, and to this day she had not punished Concubine Lian.

Perhaps she still cherished the affection the old ancestor had shown her in two lifetimes, cherished the Qin family as her natal family.

This consideration had ultimately almost cost her Liang Zhe.

After eating some food that tasted like chewing wax, Qin Shuying called Ziteng over: “Ziteng, take this key and go see Uncle.”

After hearing Qin Shuying’s instructions, a cold gleam rose in Ziteng’s eyes. “Madam, rest assured, this servant will definitely handle the matter properly.”

Ziteng left with Hui Yun, Bai Yun, and several guards, heading straight for the Qin residence.

When Qin Yongtao heard that Ziteng had come, he hesitated for a moment—should he see her or not?

Liang Zhe had been unconscious for five days, which was already known throughout the capital. Second Master Liang had become a fool from fever, so wouldn’t Liang Zhe end up the same way?

If Liang Zhe became a fool, what would Qin Shuying have to rely on?

On the contrary, with Fifth Prince confined, among the Emperor’s adult sons only the Crown Prince and Sixth Prince remained, and Sixth Prince’s status had improved considerably.

In other words, from now on, he, Qin Yongtao, didn’t need to consider Qin Shuying’s feelings. So at this time, was it necessary for him to be polite?

Moreover, those things of Qin Shuying’s had already been stolen when Zhou Li sent people to night-raid the Liang residence, with many given to the Chen family and some remaining at Fifth Prince’s mansion. Although His Majesty hadn’t said Zhou Li should return them, Qin Shuying no longer had those good things anyway.

So since she had neither jade artifacts nor backing, he didn’t want to bother with her.

Furthermore, at this moment Qin Yongtao was…

He was embracing a voluptuous and curvaceous maid. The two had just removed all their clothes and were about to proceed when someone spoke outside. The maid, who had just learned about pleasure from his teasing, immediately stiffened her body and wanted to escape.

Seeing the expanse of white flesh about to flee before his eyes, Qin Yongtao couldn’t care about anything else. He covered the maid’s mouth with one hand, held her down with the other, and thrust forward.

He didn’t forget to reply to the servant: “I won’t see her!”