Chapter 46 (2/2)

Mu Shuiqing paused for a moment, then she kneeled and quietly said, “Old Madame, please don’t be angry. This servant didn’t try to cause trouble by going on a hunger strike. This servant had eaten a large bowl of food during lunch and is feeling fine.”

Old madame carefully looked her over before relaxing her expression. “It’s naturally good that you’re willing to be more well-behaved.”

“Yes.” Mu Shuiqing agreed. She stood up and took over Nie Sangyu’s previous position to ma.s.sage old madame’s back by lightly pounding on

pounding on it with her fists.

Standing nearby, Ji Man was smiling as she brought over the items that she would be applying to old madame’s face today.

Old madame felt that it was extremely strange that these two people, who usually argued the most with each other, were now on good terms with one another in front of her. But, she didn’t ask any questions and only quietly observed these two people.

As they were leaving the main courtyard, Mu Shuiqing harrumphed, “Don’t expect me to be grateful towards you.”

Ji Man indifferently smiled, “If you’re too grateful towards me, my life will definitely be shortened*. You should go back and focus on taking care of your health and unborn baby.”

* T/N: Ji Man uses the word zheshou, which is a superst.i.tious idea that being too favored will lead to a shorter life.

Mu Shuiqing flung her handkerchief as she left. Even though she remembered Nie Sangyu’s previous unpleasantness, she still put those thoughts down anyways. Moreover, even though she knew that Nie Sangyu probably wasn’t actually this kind-hearted, she still felt grateful towards her.

When everyone else in this household didn’t care about her unborn baby, Nie Sangyu was the only person that pointed out a clear path for her and didn’t try to harm her.

She slightly looked down. For a moment, Mu Shuiqing even felt that the current Nie Sangyu was quite likable.

Mu Shuiqing stopped causing trouble and peacefully focused on the health of her unborn

of her unborn child. She even regularly went to serve old madame. Mu Shuiqing was very good at speaking. It only took her a few days to coax old madame into a happy mood. As a result, the marquis finally came to her courtyard to see her.

“Just focus on taking care of your health and the unborn baby.” Although Marquis Moyu only said this one sentence, Mu Shuiqing was already very happy. This was better than when he didn’t say or ask anything.

Wen Wan was the only person that continued to be unhappy. Mu Shuiqing’s pregnancy was like a thorn in her heart. Every time she thought about it, there was a difficult to endure pain in her heart. And so, she usually avoided any place where Mu Shuiqing would be and her mood continued to be bad. There hadn’t been any smiles on her face in a while.

At first, the marquis stayed in Qiangwei Courtyard every day to keep her company. However, it seemed that he had become busier with his work in the palace and he would return home very late. Occasionally, he would sleep in Qi Siling or Qian Lianxue’s place instead.

When Ji Man heard of this information, she thought that this man truly didn’t take her words seriously. At this juncture, when madam was still feeling upset, he was going over and sleeping at another woman’s place.  It would be strange if Wen Wan didn’t become angrier.