Chen Qingyin was amused by the little guy and scratched her nose.
"You, are you just thinking about those delicious foods? Okay, we will leave early and mom will take you out. But, don't pretend to have a stomachache. We can leave whenever we want."
It was a great honor for her to bring her daughter with her.
After saying that, Chen Qingyin carried Hu Mianmian to the front hall where the banquet was held.
When the mother and daughter arrived, some guests had already arrived.
As expected, they were all unfamiliar small families who were obviously here to eat for free.
Chen Qingyin responded to these people with a cold smile, then hugged Hu Mianmian and sat alone in the pavilion.
In order to save face and let others see that she was not in such a bad state, Mrs. Hu deliberately held the banquet in the courtyard.
There are only a few flowers, not even a sight to behold, and she is so nice as to let everyone stay here to admire them.
Chen Qingyin felt that her daughter's idea was right. It was so cold to have dinner in the courtyard, and she didn't want to bring the little one here to suffer the cold.
Hu Mianmian was in her arms, hugging the heater herself, with a look of comfort on her rosy face.
At this time, she blinked her big eyes and turned her head to look not far ahead.
Liang Yunyan and Liang Ruosheng, mother and daughter, were seen whispering to each other, their eyes looking straight in their direction.
When the mother and daughter realized that Hu Mianmian was looking at them, they looked away.
Hu Mianmian narrowed her eyes.
What are these two people feeling guilty about? There is something fishy going on.
It seems that there will be something interesting to watch at the banquet today.
After a while, Mrs. Hu held Hu Lan's hand and arrived with Mr. Hu and Madam Gao.
Mrs. Hu's inner clothes were worn out from washing, but at least she was wearing a new robe outside.
The entire bun was specially wiped with water to make it look meticulous.
After she came out, the guests who came to the banquet today stood up and congratulated her.
However, Mrs. Hu's smile did not last long.
Obviously, she also realized that there was not even a prominent family attending the banquet.
Not only are the people who come here small and medium-sized, but there are also very few of them.
All together, there are only twenty people.
The more Mrs. Hu thought about it, the more she felt that things were no longer the same as before. She felt a huge psychological gap and naturally looked unhappy.
She sat on a chair and waved her hand perfunctorily: "Everyone please sit down, Lan'er, let the kitchen serve the food."
Because there was only one cook in the mansion, Liang Yunyan was responsible for helping to serve the dishes.
When she brought the dishes, Hu Mianmian was stunned.
What is this?
There are two green vegetable leaves floating in a pot of soup, which looks like clear water.
Needless to say, the remaining meat dishes had so little meat that they were invisible.
Hu Mianmian pouted and looked up at her mother and said, "Mom, if I give this to Yoyo, it will say it's eaten by a dog."
Chen Qingyin gently covered her daughter's mouth and held back her laughter.
"Shh," she whispered, "Mom will take you out to eat later."
At this moment, Liang Yunyan walked up to Old Madam Hu and whispered a few words with her head down.
Madam Hu slammed the table angrily and said angrily, "How can such a filthy thing happen in the mansion?"
If it were in the past, Madam Hu would definitely not have publicized it.
But the wasted time these days has made her anger reach its peak.
She desperately needed a reason to vent.
Especially after knowing this, Chen Qingyin became even more annoying.
Mrs. Hu ignored the other guests and said directly, "Qingyin! Come here."
Chen Qingyin paused and walked over without knowing why.
Hu Mianmian blinked her big eyes.
Oh? Is the fun about to begin?
Chen Qingyin asked in confusion: "I wonder why my mother called me?"
"What's the matter? I want to ask you, what's the matter with the pregnancy-preserving medicine in this mansion!" As she spoke, Liang Yunyan took out a bag of boiled medicine residue from her sleeve and threw it at Chen Qingyin's feet.
Chen Qingyin was startled, and looked down, her brows gradually relaxed from being tightly furrowed.
"Abortion-preserving medicine? I don't know where it came from. Mother wouldn't think it was mine, would she?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Hu Lan out of the corner of her eye.
Sure enough, Hu Lan walked to the front of the crowd nervously, craning her neck to look in her direction.
Liang Yunyan stood beside Old Madam Hu and said in a gloomy tone, "Don't misunderstand, Madam. The old lady didn't say it was yours directly. It's just... In this mansion, apart from the old lady, it can't be that the widow belongs to me."
"The second young lady hasn't married yet, so it's even less likely that it's hers. The old lady just wants to ask the first lady if she knows the origin of this medicine."
Chen Qingyin smiled slowly, her beautiful face filled with a hint of calmness.
"If it's not yours, why is it mine? What if it's Aunt Gao's?"
"You!" Madam Hu slammed the table, "Do you still have any shame?"
Liang Yunyan pursed her lips and said, "Mrs. Gao is old, it's impossible that it's hers. But the eldest lady took the young lady to live in another man's house not long ago. Doesn't she need to explain the origin of this pregnancy-preserving medicine?"
The guests below immediately started talking in an uproar.
"I didn't expect that the eldest lady of the Hu family, who was said to be from a famous family, would be so unruly."
"Yeah, her husband is not dead, he's just in jail, so she took her daughter to live in another man's house, tut tut."
"If my daughter-in-law was like this, I would have put her in a pig cage long ago."
"The Hu family is so pitiful. Their daughter-in-law is pregnant with someone else's child. They will be ridiculed to death by others."
What these people said did not hurt Chen Qingyin, but instead made Hu Lan turn pale.
Chen Qingyin naturally heard these remarks.
However, she was not panicked at all.
She just looked at the faces of Old Madam Hu and Liang Yunyan and smiled slightly.
"I understand. Mother and Madam Liang both suspect that I am taking pregnancy-preserving drugs. They think that I am secretly giving and receiving drugs to others?"
She emphasized the last eight words and deliberately said them in Hu Lan's direction.
As expected, Hu Lan avoided her gaze guiltily.
Madam Hu snorted heavily, "You are the best if you know what's good for you. If you tell the truth now, I can still let you off the hook. But if you lie, I will make it known to everyone in the capital what kind of person you are."
"Chen Qingyin, my son has treated you well. If you betray him like this, you will be punished by God."
Chen Qingyin waved her sleeves and said, "Yes, anyone who has a mistress or has an affair with someone else will be punished by God."
Liang Yunyan's face turned pale: "Madam, let's stick to the facts. Don't try to change the subject."
"You have no right to speak here." Chen Qingyin scolded heavily with thunderous momentum.
In comparison, she was beautiful and flamboyant, and her speech was dignified and noble, while Liang Yunyan was like a maid with shifty eyes.
Chen Qingyin said directly: "Since you doubt me so much, if I don't prove anything today, my innocence will be ruined by you."
"Okay, you said I took the pregnancy-preserving medicine, but first of all, I have to have a baby in my belly. Linlang, go get the doctor and have him check my pulse in public to see if I'm pregnant!"