Chapter 623 Are You Willing to Become a Father?

"Nannan..." Madam Shi quickly reminded her.

Su Youyue snapped back to reality, her emotions complex, but she stepped forward to receive the imperial edict.

The eunuch finally regained his smile: "Congratulations, Miss Shen, congratulations!"

Su Youyue remained silent for a moment, then untied a jade pendant from her waist and handed it to him as a reward.

The eunuch soon left with his entourage.

The young eunuch beside him, seeing that he received no reward, couldn't help but pull a long face: "Eunuch, Miss Shen's Madam Bai's cloth shop earns a fortune daily, yet she is so stingy with her rewards."

The eunuch glanced at him and pulled out the jade pendant from his sleeve: "Stingy? This jade pendant is of such high quality, it could easily sell for five or six hundred taels of silver! She didn't give a reward because she is utterly dissatisfied with this marriage."

Since the two following him were his godchildren, the eunuch didn't hesitate to teach them.

"Ah? Miss Shen is still dissatisfied? This is General Tuoba! Given her family background, marrying General Tuoba is definitely a step up." The young eunuch couldn't understand.

The eunuch tapped his head: "Just because it's a step up, does she have to be satisfied? It also depends on Miss Shen's own feelings. She is a person, not an object. But we know this ourselves, in the palace we must keep our mouths shut. This is an imperial marriage, who dares to gossip? Take this jade pendant and pawn it later. Give me three hundred taels, and you can split the rest."

"Thank you, godfather!" The young eunuch happily agreed, then remembered something, "Godfather, that day I didn't expect it was the Shen family deliberately targeting Miss Shen. Luckily, Miss Shen was smart enough to have her maid find me and have the wine returned to the one who sent it, otherwise Miss Shen would have fallen into their trap."

The eunuch narrowed his eyes: "The Shen family brought this upon themselves. If it weren't for the third young master of the Shen family, the Emperor would have long lost patience with them. If this time the third young master doesn't return, you'll see if the Emperor will still tolerate them! Just wait and see!"

The young eunuch pondered deeply but couldn't figure out what had happened to Meng Ziyu and the third young master of the Shen family, so he could only return and wait to see what the court would uncover.

After they left the Bai family, Su Youyue followed the Bai family members into the house.

Seeing Su Youyue in a bad mood, Madam Shi wanted to comfort her, but she asked the servants to prepare a meal and planned to have lunch directly.

Madam Shi was confused, unable to tell whether her niece was in a good or bad mood.

"Sister, do you really want to marry General Tuoba?"

At the dinner table, Bai Ming'an cautiously asked.

Su Youyue put down her chopsticks, her expression returning to its usual calmness, even with a faint smile at the corner of her lips: "Of course not."

The Bai family was stunned. Hearing this, Bai Ming'an completely put down his chopsticks, clenched his fists, and said seriously: "Sister, I understand. I will go to General Tuoba and tell him your feelings, asking him to inform the Emperor to cancel this marriage!"

"..."

Su Youyue was amused by the boy's naivety: "He's a madman, begging him is useless."

Bai Ming'an thought for a moment: "Anyway, if sister doesn't want to marry, then don't marry him. Can he force it?"

Bai Rui and Madam Shi thought the same.

"Yes, Nannan, at most, we can give up Madam Bai's cloth shop. We can't ruin your lifelong happiness because of this. We can find another way to avenge the Shen family." Bai Rui advised.

Madam Shi also took Su Youyue's hand: "Nannan, don't worry. If you don't want to marry, we will protect you no matter what."

Seeing the sincere faces of the family of three, Su Youyue was moved.

But the matter wasn't as simple as they thought. They were trying to understand Tuoba Xiao's thoughts with normal logic.

The key point is, Tuoba Xiao is not a normal person.

"Uncle, aunt, Ming'an, don't worry. I already have another plan for this matter," she said, picking up some food for Bai Ming'an. "Don't worry, Tuoba Xiao won't succeed."

The Bai couple looked at each other. Although they didn't know what method she had, they knew this niece was capable. Since she said so, there must be a way.

Bai Ming'an hesitated for a while, but could only nod. However, he secretly made up his mind that if he had the chance to meet Tuoba Xiao, he would definitely tell him that his sister didn't want to marry him at all.

As they were eating, the servants in the courtyard were quietly waiting outside.

Su Youyue was eating when she suddenly covered her mouth and stood up.

"What's wrong, Nannan?" Madam Shi asked with concern.

Su Youyue retched once, then shook her head after recovering: "It's nothing, just some discomfort in my stomach. Taking some medicine will be enough."

Knowing her medical skills were superb, Madam Shi felt reassured, but still reminded her: "Then I'll tell the kitchen to make lighter meals these days."

Su Youyue nodded.

After the meal, she took her people back to her own courtyard.

"Miss, didn't you say you haven't been experiencing morning sickness these days?" Qingluo said heartbrokenly as she brought her hot water.

Su Youyue took two sips, lifted the cloak covering her front, revealing a clearly rounded belly, and gently stroked it: "Yes, maybe it's because I ate something greasy today. It'll be fine in a few days."

Outside the door, a man who overheard their conversation widened his eyes.

He couldn't suppress his curiosity, stretched his neck, and peeked through the crack in the door. He clearly saw Su Youyue's bulging belly, and his heart started pounding like a drum.

But the next second, he accidentally bumped the door, causing it to creak. In an instant, his heart almost jumped out.

However, Su Youyue and Qingluo didn't hear it.

"Then I'll go get you some more water later. Ah, Miss, why did the Emperor arrange your marriage so suddenly? Originally, we planned to do it a year later, when you could feign illness and secretly give birth to the child first. Now that the wedding date is so close, what should we do?"

"If it really comes to that, we can only take advantage while no one knows..." Su Youyue looked at her belly, not finishing her sentence. "Let's solve it quickly. Buy the medicine for me in a couple of days."

"Yes, Miss," Qingluo also sighed.

After speaking, she headed out of the courtyard.

The eavesdropping man was so scared that he quickly hid behind the wall. Watching Qingluo's departing figure, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Great, great, after lurking for so long, he finally got a bombshell piece of news!

Now, the second young master should reward him well!

He had to send the message out quickly, lest Shen Nan abort the child, leaving no evidence.

The man was almost ecstatic. Seeing no one around paying attention to him, he took off running.

Unbeknownst to him, shortly after he left, Qingluo, who hadn't gone far, returned.

"Miss, that man went back to report the news..."

Su Youyue nodded, her eyes extremely satisfied: "That's good. The Shen family will surely make a big fuss. I want to see if Tuoba Xiao is still willing to be a stepfather."