Chapter 357: Coincidence Resolved
Faced with such an embarrassing situation, Qin Xiaoning smiled faintly. She opened her red lips and replied to Jiang Fu: "Cousin Jiang, are you jealous of my pregnancy?"

As soon as Jiang Fu said this, her face turned red immediately.

For a married woman, it is understandable to envy others' pregnancy, but Jiang Fuke is still an unmarried girl, so hearing these words would be a great humiliation to her.

Jiang Fu had met Qin Xiaoning several times before, and she still remembered that the Jiang family wanted to marry her to Lu Ji. At the banquet in Lu's Peach Blossom Land, Qin Xiaoning was silent and docile. Jiang Fu believed that she was just using her beauty to please men and was weak and could be bullied. She never thought that this seemingly silent little woman could squeeze out such an aggressive sentence.

"You——" Jiang Fu's face flushed: "Qin Xiaoning, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Seeing Jiang Fu getting anxious, Qin Xiaoning pretended to be in a daze: "Cousin, you are not married yet, so I am not very polite when I joke with you like this. But I saw that you are cheerful and talkative, and I thought you were the most casual person, so I joked with you without restraint."

The little woman had a gentle attitude, and even her tone of voice was soft and gentle. The contrast between the two made Jiang Fu look even more rude and uncouth.

Jiang Fu's face flushed red and it took her a long time to calm down. She secretly rolled her eyes at Qin Xiaoning and said unwillingly, "My second cousin said this to me without restraint. She must be blaming me for being reckless just now."

She paused, continued to stare at Qin Xiaoning's slightly bulging belly, and then said: "It's just that I've never seen a woman like you with a bulging belly just after getting married. I'm just surprised. I hope you can forgive me if my words offend you."

This is naked humiliation.

In this world, getting pregnant before marriage is not a good thing for a woman.

Therefore, before Lu Ji brought Qin Xiaoning back to the capital, he had already ordered people to go back to prepare for the wedding without telling his parents. He was worried that if time was delayed, people would see Qin Xiaoning's bulging belly at the wedding and people would gossip about her.

But, if such a thing can be concealed for a while, can it be concealed for a lifetime?

As soon as Jiang Fu said this, even the usually calm and composed wife of the Duke looked a little embarrassed. The Second Lady was so angry that her face turned pale, and Li Lanchun was about to roll up her sleeves and punch Jiang Fu.

Qin Xiaoning first quietly pulled Li Lanchun to stop her impulse, and then slowly said to Jiang Fu: "My cousin said that she has never seen a woman like me who got pregnant before marriage. It's not your fault that you are surprised by what you have seen, but women like me are really rare in the world."

No one knew what Qin Xiaoning was up to, and everyone's eyes fell on her again.

Qin Xiaoning still had a calm demeanor, and continued, "Cousin, may I ask, have you ever seen a concubine from a high-ranking family become the master's legal wife?"

Jiang Fu remained silent.

Qin Xiaoning continued, "Let me ask you again, cousin, have you ever seen a woman from a humble background marrying into a wealthy family and still being loved and respected by her husband's family?"

Jiang Fu glanced at the Duke's wife who was sitting beside her.

The Duchess's wife had no time to look at her. At this moment, the Duchess's wife only had Qin Xiaoning in her eyes, and she looked at her with undisguised love and satisfaction.

Seeing that Jiang Fu was still silent, Qin Xiaoning continued, "A concubine of humble origin who can make her master disregard etiquette and marry her as his wife, and who can also be loved and respected by her husband's family, is a rare woman in the world, and I am such a rare woman." Qin Xiaoning looked at Jiang Fu with a calm expression on her face, "Cousin, you are surprised by what you have seen, but I can tell you that there will be many more things that will amaze you in the future. We are in the capital together, so just wait and see."

Because she was worshiping Buddha today, the little woman wore plain clothes and a light makeup on her face. This light makeup made her look more extraordinary and otherworldly. Now, facing the provocation and insults from people with ulterior motives, she remained calm and composed, with the demeanor of being calm in the face of thousands of troops.

She is fragile, yet powerful, making people look at her with admiration.

When Qin Xiaoning said this, everyone present was shocked and speechless.

A few rounds of applause broke the silence. The Duke's wife, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but applaud her daughter-in-law and said proudly, "This is my daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law of my Lu family should have such a broad mind and courage."

After a heated exchange of words between the two female members, the seemingly weak Qin Xiaoning finally got the upper hand.

Everyone in the Lu family was delighted. Looking at the dusty Wang family and Jiang Fu, the Second Madam couldn't hide her gloating. Li Lanchun simply laughed and teased Wang Fengyi and Jiang Fu, "Hahaha, my two cousins, our families are deeply connected. At the beginning, you two almost became wives of our Lu family, but in the end, it was taken by Ning. You probably didn't accept it before, but now, you should be convinced. Tell me, except that Ning's family background is not as good as yours, how are we not better than you two in other aspects?"

Li Lanchun was a straightforward person. Since the other party was blatantly trying to embarrass the Lu family, she didn't bother thinking about it and simply returned the favor in disgrace.

The faces of the Wang family and Jiang Fu became increasingly ugly, especially Wang Fengyi, who could no longer maintain her dignity and was about to get angry at the Lu family.

"Forget it." The Duke's wife spoke at the right time: "Sisters can just argue with each other a little bit, just stop when it's time. Don't keep arguing. It will hurt the harmony, which is not good."

Only after the Duke's wife spoke did everyone shut up.

At this time, a young monk came out from the hall and said that the pilgrims inside had left and invited everyone to go in and see the master.

Since they were already waiting in one place, everyone entered the hall together.

The Duke's wife and the second wife knelt down in front of the cushion, and the rest of the younger generations knelt down behind them. The young monk took the lot holder, and everyone drew lots one by one.

The fortune slip may be a poem or a sentence, seemingly simple, but it contains a mystery.

The Duke's wife's was a sentence: on the pomegranate branch.

After reading it, she smiled and said to the Second Lady beside her: "I don't need to ask the master to interpret this. I can interpret it myself. This 'pomegranate' means many children, which is in line with the fact that Ning is pregnant with twins."

The Second Lady nodded after hearing this, and then showed her own fortune slip to the Duke's wife: "Look, this is a poem: It is not a human seed, but was transplanted from the moon.

The Duke's wife didn't know anything about poetry, so she was confused when she saw this. The Second Lady saw this and explained to her, "This is about osmanthus trees. Could it be that the Fourth Prince will pass the imperial examination this year?"