The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1508 does not deserve the son-in-law

Chapter 1508: 1508 does not deserve the son-in-law

She wasn’t afraid that the guard carrying out the punishment would overhear these words, after all, he was one of her confidantes.

"Thank you, Lady."

...

In the side room of Qin Garden, Xiao Yuchuan helped Su Qingyue out of her outer garment, "My wife, let me help you undress..."

"I can do it myself." She took off her outer garment and placed it on the chair beside the bed, then got into bed, "Third Brother, do you believe that what happened tonight had nothing to do with Shen Yun?"

"How could it not involve her?" Xiao Yuchuan pondered for a moment, "The maid Minxiang and the guard named Hu Hong thought I was unconscious and only exchanged a few brief words; their tone was clearly not that of lovers, but rather one of loyalty to a command from above. It’s clear that Minxiang dared to plot against me because Shen Yun instructed her. Since she wants to wash her hands clean of this matter, it means she is considering my feelings, and I’m too lazy to expose her."

"Mm." Su Qingyue pulled over the quilt and lay down.

Xiao Yuchuan lay beside her, wrapping his arms around her, "Wife, in this life, besides you, I will touch no other woman."

"You’d better keep your word," she said.

"I swear on my life that I will," he said, turning over to press her down, with kisses soft as rain falling on her brows, eyes, nose, and lips... His warm breath scented with wine on her pure white skin, "My wife, you’re all I have; you must let me love you enough..."

She wrapped her arms around his neck, enthusiastically responding to his longing...

The bed curtains fell, and the intimate romance within continued until the break of dawn.

The next day, by the time Su Qingyue got up, it was already noon. Xiao Yuchuan had gone to the store, while she had lunch and then went to enjoy the cool air in the yard.

Maid Yinzhu brought over a plate of fruit with several bamboo sticks inserted in them.

Su Qingyue picked up a bamboo stick with a slice of apple and put it in her mouth.

"Young Lady, I’ve heard some unpleasant rumors outside..." Yinzhu hesitated.

"What did you hear?" Su Qingyue raised an eyebrow.

"The Su Dashui couple were sentenced by the county magistrate to serious theft charges, thrown into prison for ten years. Everyone says you are the daughter of a thief, claiming a thief’s daughter is not worthy of the son-in-law..." Yinzhu was furious, "Some gossipy women even say you’re utterly unworthy of the son-in-law. They say the son-in-law is the legitimate son of a first-class family. They say that a thief’s daughter, even if she were to marry an ordinary great landlord, it would still be marrying above her station, how could she deserve to enter the gates of a first-class aristocratic family... It’s infuriating! They don’t know how good you were to the son-in-law, how you saved him at his poorest, they just blabber without knowing the facts."

After hearing this, Su Qingyue showed no particular reaction.

The more Yinzhu spoke, the more angry she became, "What’s worse, even those who know the facts still say that even if you didn’t mind the son-in-law’s poverty, it’s a fact that you’re not a good match for him. They also say it’s shocking you made him break off the Gongsun family’s marriage proposal, standing in the way of his future, obstructing a first-class aristocratic family from becoming more powerful. They call you a jinx, saying you’re not a good wife and mother... Some even suggest you’re barren... In short, they say that you’ve been married to the son-in-law for so long without getting pregnant. They claim that there is no greater shame than to have no descendants and that the son-in-law could completely cast you off. I don’t know what’s going on, but these last few days, there seem to be more and more people speaking ill outside..."

Su Qingyue bit her lip slightly, "It must be the Xiao Chonghuan couple inciting people to spread these rumors. They call them rumors, but it seems there is some truth to them."

"I didn’t dare tell you, for fear of being so angry that I almost fought with people several times."