Lady Xu hurriedly stood up and steadied the elderly Lady Yun as she sat down, recounting the events and then covering her mouth to chuckle.
"You two are such characters!" the elderly Lady Yun also burst into laughter, remembering Xu Ximin’s wedding preparations, "Is everything ready for Ximin’s marriage?"
"Mother, rest assured, everything has been prepared!"
Lady Yun nodded, "What about the midwife and the wet nurse?"
"They have been arranged as well!"
Lady Yun couldn’t help but be sentimental, "I remember when you gave birth to Ximin, I was so anxious and worried that I couldn’t sleep for days. Now, in the blink of an eye, Ximin has grown up, and in a couple of years, I’ll be able to hold my great-grandson!"
"When the time comes, your daughter-in-law will certainly urge the new bride!"
"No rush, no rush, these matters should take their natural course. We must not ruin the affection between Ximin and his wife!"
"We will listen to you, mother!"
In comparison, the Yun Family was rather lively and harmonious.
Just as Lady Xu number three had also walked properly and was preparing to come over, the elderly Lady Yun was still sitting while Lady Xu had stood up ready to help, but then she saw a figure hurriedly running over.
It happened so fast that it took everyone by surprise. Lady Xu number three’s maid hurried to intercept her, trying to prevent a collision.
But upon release, Lady Xu number three couldn’t stand firm and fell to the ground.
"Third sister-in-law!"
"Lady Xu number three!"
Everyone was calling out, while the troublemaker Xinmo stood there petrified after being stopped, unaware of what she had done.
Lady Xu number three screamed, as pain spread from her abdomen throughout her body.
Blood had already soaked through the fabric beneath her.
"She’s bleeding, she’s bleeding..."
"Fetch the doctor, the midwife... the midwife..."
"Hurry, call for Third Master Xu to come back!"
For a moment, the garden was thrown into chaos.
Lady Xu number three was carried away, and before she left, she cast one glance at Xinmo, recognizing her.
Xinmo’s return to the Yun Family was known to her, but as an elder, she obviously couldn’t cause a fuss.
Thus, knowing that Xinmo had gone to ascend the heights, she came out for a walk as usual.
People in the household knew that this pregnancy had been challenging for her, and not even the adults, but even the children would tread lightly around her. Who dare act as wildly as Xinmo?
"I hate you, Xinmo, I hate you!"
Naked hatred, unmasked.
"Hate me, for what? I didn’t bump into you, you fell on your own!" Xinmo retorted sharply.
Back in the Yun Family, everyone looked at her with suspicious eyes as if she had committed some unforgivable sin.
Even the servants showed no respect for her, giving her dirty looks right at the front door; out of anger, she ran back, ready to pack up her things and return to the Yun Family.
There she had her maternal grandmother who loved her.
"Yes, I’m wrong, it’s all my fault, I should never have pitied you for losing your mother at a young age, doting on you wholeheartedly. It’s my fault!"
After Lady Xu number three finished speaking through clenched teeth, she cried out in pain again, clutching the hand of the elderly Lady Yun, "Mother, you must save my child, no matter what, save the child!"
"Susu..." Lady Yun called out urgently, then ordered, "Send her back to the Yun Family, right now, immediately. Tell Lady Yun the old dowager that our Xu Family’s home is too small to accommodate such a great Buddha, and she is not to come back here again!"
Xinmo stood there, stunned.
There was a difference between wanting to go back herself and being cast away as if she were an unwanted burden.
"Let it be, who longs to return? Just wait until I’m rich and you come begging to me!" she said, then, dragging the dumbstruck Daidai back to her quarters to pack.
It took a while for Lady Yun to begin weeping and exclaiming, "What a disaster, such a disaster!"