Chapter 1394: Extra Story 22: Pregnancy, Suspicion
When the chubby little girl was two years old, Mo Yan was urged to have a second child, but she felt that her daughter was still too young and needed her mother’s care, so she decided to postpone it for another year.
By the time the chubby little girl was three, Mo Yan had thrown away the Contraceptive Grass she had worn for three years and tuned her body into its most ideal condition, ready to conceive a child.
However, a year went by and there was no movement in her belly. She checked her own pulse and found no issues, but she didn’t understand what was going on. She could only take care of her chubby daughter while hoping to become pregnant.
Now that Cui Qingrou had brought it up, Mo Yan couldn’t offer an explanation, and she began to feel that she might indeed only have this one daughter. Although it was regrettable not to have a son to complete the "good" character, she felt it wasn’t bad to focus on raising her chubby girl.
"You and your nonsense!" Cui Qingrou slapped her daughter’s hand and scolded, "Your husband has already reached the position of a first-rank Great General and he is also Lord Hou. So many people are watching from below, not to mention, is there a shortage of rumors around Jing City?"
Upon hearing this, Mo Yan frowned slightly, "Mother, your daughter understands what you mean, but who can say for certain about these things? It wouldn’t help even if your daughter was in a hurry."
In the eyes of the people at the time, a daughter will eventually marry off, and a son is the one to carry on the family name and support the parents. Not having a son meant the family line would end, and in old age, there would be no one to see them off, leading to a very bleak existence in the afterlife.
Therefore, even after Mo Yan gave birth to her chubby little girl, the Xiao Family was considered to have no heirs. Because of this, she hadn’t been spared from gossip and even members of the Xiao Clan put pressure on Mo Yan, suggesting she should allow Xiao Ruiyuan to take several concubines. Mo Yan flatly rejected this proposal without mercy.
Some meddlers in the capital were even more absurd, claiming that Mo Yan couldn’t bear a son because Xiao Ruiyuan had created too much bloodshed, dooming him to a childless fate; others speculated that it was her womb that was at fault. To climb up to the branches of the high-ranking Xiao Ruiyuan, some had sent women with large breasts and hips, who appeared likely to bear children, to his door.
Of course, all these women were turned away by Xiao Ruiyuan with a dark expression on his face. He treated the people who had sent them without favor, digging up scandals about them, causing many to lose their official positions and their entire families to be driven out of Jing City.