Mrs. Pei had consumed too much energy, and after giving birth, she fell into a coma all day.
Chunxiao would use her hand to check Mrs. Pei's breath every once in a while.
Liu Qiaoer said, "It doesn't matter. She is recovering by sleeping. As long as she has enough water, she won't die easily."
Indeed, Mrs. Pei would wake up for a while every day, and had no time to feed her child. Just eating, drinking water, and going to the toilet would make her tired and out of breath.
Fortunately, Liu Qiaoer can make rice soup for the children in the space.
The space was fully stocked with everything except baby formula, which she didn't have.
She also never imagined that one day she would need to take care of a baby.
They walked all the way north like this. On the seventh day, Mrs. Pei's energy began to slowly recover and her face regained color.
"Miss Liu, where are we now?"
Liu Qiaoer had just finished feeding the child rice soup and put the child next to Mrs. Pei. The child fell asleep, and his innocent look made people sigh.
"We are in the carriage."
Mrs. Pei forced herself to sit up, lifted the car window curtain and looked out. It was already winter, and the further north you go, the colder it gets. There was a faint feeling of snow these days.
"Aren't we in the exile group?"
Liu Qiaoer shook her head: "You gave birth to a child. Pei Yuanshan gave the official money to let you stay at the post station until you give birth before leaving."
Mrs. Pei was a little tired, so she lay back down again and glanced at the sleeping child in her arms. She couldn't tell how she felt.
"It was not easy to have this child. I didn't expect it to be a girl."
Pei Yuanshan and Mrs. Pei have been married for three years. Mrs. Pei has been pregnant twice during this period. The first time, it was her first pregnancy and she had no experience, so the baby died before it was even formed.
The second time, she had a miscarriage because of Su Xueying.
This is her third pregnancy. From being very cautious at the beginning, to spotting in the middle, to realizing someone was trying to harm her, to now giving birth, she has experienced the most and it is the most complicated.
Now that the child is finally born, the initial joy is gone.
"Does my husband know?"
Liu Qiaoer didn't know what to say, so she took out a bowl of chicken soup from the food box beside her.
"I've already written to inform him. Drink this bowl of soup first."
Mrs. Pei swallowed her saliva and ate up everything, including the soup, the meat, and the cake.
This was the fullest she had eaten since giving birth.
Finally having the energy, she sat up, half lying on the pillow, looking Liu Qiaoer up and down with her clear eyes.
"You are not our maid. I seem to have seen you there. I just saw Mr. Lu Yunzheng. If I remember correctly, you are the female doctor that Mr. Lu likes."
Lu Yunzheng's affairs were no secret in the capital, and anyone interested could find out about them. The same was true for Liu Qiaoer's affairs.
Although Liu Qiaoer was a female doctor of lowly status, many people knew that she saved Prince Yi and worked with Princess Mingxin to deal with the Tang Clan in Shu.
Liu Qiaoer didn't try to hide it: "I am Liu Qiaoer."
Mrs. Pei's eyes suddenly narrowed: "You are the one who poisoned my husband."
Liu Qiaoer was slightly stunned. She didn't expect that Mrs. Pei still remembered such an old story.
Liu Qiaoer sighed and said, "Back then, the Lu family was wrongly accused and imprisoned. I rescued Lu Yunzheng from the dead. I don't know how the news leaked out, so the capital sent Pei Yuanshan to kill him."
"I am a maid of the Lu family. Magistrate Lu is also a good official. I poisoned him because we each serve our own masters and had to do so."
Mrs. Pei didn't seem to have thought of blaming Liu Qiaoer at all, and her expression was indifferent.
"I heard that Su Xueying and Mr. Lu are from the same hometown?"
Liu Qiaoer sighed again: "Not only are they from the same hometown, they were also engaged before. When Su Xueying saw that the Lu family had failed, she called off the marriage. Then she met the elegant and graceful Lord Pei, and not only did she pay for him, she even almost betrayed the Lu family."
Mrs. Pei's eyelids drooped, and a sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth: "I know this. I heard that the Su family's warehouse was robbed completely... The Su family was also wiped out."
Yes, the Su family was wiped out. Except for Su Xueying, everyone else died. The Su family’s house is now deserted, and the family business has been completely divided up by side branches.
"The government hasn't found the murderer yet, so it's an unsolved case," said Liu Qiaoer.
Mrs. Pei: "If I say I did it, will you report me?"
What? Liu Qiaoer looked at Madam Pei in surprise. She couldn't believe that such a weak woman could do such a shocking thing.
"Why?"
Mrs. Pei smiled bitterly: "I just want to stop Su Xueying from entering our Pei family."
When Mrs. Pei learned that Pei Yuanshan had gone out and brought back a beautiful woman, she felt uncomfortable. The guards around her gave her advice and asked her to find a way to get Su Xueying to leave the capital.
Mrs. Pei just wanted to teach the Su family a lesson and burned down one of their yards.
Who knew that after the guards went in, they discovered that the Su family had been robbed and that officials were coming in and out. They became anxious and revealed their true identity, which was seen by the maid.
As a result, in order to cover up his tracks, he had to kill all the members of the Su family.
It was cruel, but even so, it couldn't stop Su Xueying from entering the mansion.
Later, Mrs. Pei discovered that Su Xueying had poisoned her. She got the evidence and beat her up and sold her out.
Liu Qiaoer thought about it and realized that someone like Mrs. Pei, who had such ruthless means, would kill people often.
"It's over. Su Xueying is dead. I won't care about her affairs."
The implication is that he would not report her.
Madam Pei also sighed quietly: "Actually, I dare not tell my husband about this, because I found out that Su Xueying is still involved with the Right Prime Minister of the Su family. After the Su family was destroyed, the Right Prime Minister had their shop taken away. In this way, my husband has no connection with the Right Prime Minister."
Liu Qiaoer frowned, looking at Mrs. Pei's guilty expression, and said, "Is it possible that Master Pei doesn't want to have anything to do with the Su family in the capital at all?"
"How is it possible?" Madam Pei stared at Liu Qiao'er in disbelief. "Concubine Su is the biological mother of the Third Prince, and the Right Prime Minister is the Third Prince's uncle. They are all working for the Third Prince, so how could they not want to get in touch?"
Liu Qiaoer couldn't say for sure, but she always felt that there was something fishy about Pei Yuanshan.
But now Pei Yuanshan is in this state, and it is hard to tell whether it was the action of the crown prince or the third prince.
Liu Qiaoer took out a piece of paper from her arms and handed it to Mrs. Pei.
"Now that Master Pei has been exiled and you just gave birth to a child, Master Pei doesn't want to implicate you..."
Before Liu Qiao'er could finish her words, she saw Mrs. Pei's face suddenly turn pale and the tears on her face could no longer be stopped from flowing.
She murmured, "I know, I know, he doesn't like me, and it seems that he has never liked me..."
Mrs. Pei looked down at the child and was surprised that she did not faint this time.
Instead, she wiped her tears, threw the divorce letter into her arms, pursed her lips, and a hint of determination appeared in her eyes.
"I won't let him succeed so easily. We are husband and wife. We are not like birds of the same forest flying away separately. The more difficult the time is, the more I will stay by his side, accompany him, and share the joys and sorrows with him."
"In that case, I don't believe that he doesn't like me."