The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 67 Brother-in-law, you're so confused!
"Silence!" Lord An's face was stern. "There are still doubts in this case; we cannot make hasty judgments. We should..."

"What did you say?!"

A gasp interrupted Lord An's unfinished words. He looked over with a dark face and saw Fang Bao staring at Doctor Sun in shock, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

Fang Cailian looked dazed, her face deathly pale, almost like a corpse.

Lord An, displeased, demanded, "What's all this noise about?"

Doctor Sun clasped his hands in a respectful bow and said, "Your Excellency, this young lady is already one month pregnant."

Everyone:? ? ?
Wasn't she only humiliated today? How come she's pregnant?

Manager Ge said urgently, "Impossible, they must have misread the pulse!"

"I have practiced medicine for forty years, and I can still accurately diagnose a mere pregnancy pulse." Doctor Sun was displeased that his medical skills had been questioned to his face. "If you don't believe me, you can always ask other doctors to come and make a diagnosis together."

Not wanting to offend Doctor Sun, Manager Ge smiled sheepishly and said, "I spoke without thinking, please forgive me, sir. Your medical skills are superb, I trust you completely."

He glanced at the slender Fang Cailian, a mixture of joy and worry flashing in his eyes.

Mr. Sun snorted coldly, "I am not worthy of your trust. Please ask the magistrate to invite a few more doctors back to examine the pulse together, so as not to delay the case due to my mistake."

Lord An has already sent someone to invite him; he wants to see what surprises await him in today's case.

Three well-regarded doctors in the city were summoned back by the yamen runners. The three took turns checking Fang Cailian's pulse, and their conclusions were consistent with those of Doctor Sun: it was indeed a pregnancy.

If Fang Bao hadn't caught her quickly, Fang Cailian would have fallen to the ground.

She raised her hand and gently stroked her still flat stomach, biting her lower lip, her heart filled with panic and helplessness.

This child shouldn't have come.

"She's pregnant out of wedlock, who's the lover?"

"Indecent and shameless!"

"What virgin? She's been a worn-out shoe all along! I feel sorry for this scholar Lu who picked up someone else's used shoe."

"Perhaps the adulterer is Scholar Lu?"

"Oh dear, the two of them got together so early? That scholar's wife is so unlucky."

The people whispered among themselves, speculating about the identity of the adulterer.

Lord An was also curious.

Ahem, he wasn't gossiping; he was simply investigating the case.

"Fang Cailian, I ask you, who is the father of the child in your womb?"

The crowd fell silent instantly. Whether inside or outside the courtroom, everyone stared at Fang Cailian, waiting for her answer.

Fang Cailian gripped the hem of her skirt with her hands hanging by her sides, struggling with inner turmoil and hesitation.

Manager Ge looked at her with concern and advised, "Cailian, don't be afraid. You've just been deceived. Just tell us who it was, and the master will definitely stand up for you."

Fang Cailian looked up at him, her eyes brimming with clear tears that slid down her cheeks, her voice as soft as willow catkins, "Do you really want me to say it?"

"Of course." Manager Ge's eyes flickered, and he looked away slightly, saying righteously, "We cannot let that villain who deceived you go unpunished."

Fang Bao looked at the expressions of the two people and felt that something was wrong.

Fang Cailian wiped away her tears, tilted her head back, and took a deep breath. "Okay, I'll talk."

“It’s him!” She pointed at Lu Chengjing. “He’s the father of the child.”

Lu Chengjing: "..."

With so many people present, is it really that hard to find someone else to take the blame?
So you're just targeting him, aren't you?
Shang Wan whistled and teased, "Not bad, you've got an heir." "I've had one for a long time." Lu Chengjing pinched his round, chubby cheeks, completely unconcerned about Fang Cailian's accusation.

He didn't care, but others couldn't help but care, especially Fang Bao, who was the older brother and hated Lu Chengjing so much that he wanted to pounce on him and bite him to death.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Manager Ge badmouthed Lu Chengjing in front of Lord An, denouncing him as a beast and praising Fang Cailian as pitiful.

The people no longer dared to take sides easily, and instead craned their necks to watch silently.

After Manager Ge finished his complaint, his throat dry, Lu Chengjing said, "Sir, I have a question I would like to ask Miss Fang for clarification."

An Daren was annoyed and waved his hand, telling him to hurry up.

"Miss Fang, you say the child in your womb is my flesh and blood. May I ask when and where we met?"

Fang Cailian lowered her eyes and said, "On the ninth day of last month, at Qingfeng Pavilion."

Upon hearing the words "Qingfeng Pavilion," Manager Ge was startled, and a bad premonition immediately welled up in his heart.

Lu Chengjing's eyes darkened slightly as he gave Fang Cailian a deep look.

Shi Tou's eyelids twitched. His brother-in-law had indeed gone to Qingfeng Pavilion that day. He hadn't gone with him because he was delivering a painting to the study.

Oh no, oh no, could it really be true?

Xiao Huan noticed his strange expression and looked at him suspiciously.

Shi Tou quickly adjusted his expression, not daring to look at Shang Wan even once. The scene of Lu Chengjing being beaten half to death by Shang Wan and thrown to the wolves had already automatically appeared in his mind.

Waaah, brother-in-law, you're so silly!

“I did go to Qingfeng Pavilion on the ninth day of last month,” Lu Chengjing said slowly. “However, I was pulled away by a friend before I even entered the gate of Qingfeng Pavilion, and we went to Yunshuizhai to drink tea.”

Lord An: "Who can prove this?"

“Besides my friend, the manager and staff of Yunshuizhai can also testify for me,” Lu Chengjing said. “In addition, on the day we were brewing tea and discussing poetry, my friend wrote the title of our collaborative poem on the screen wall, along with the date. Your Excellency can send someone to Yunshuizhai to check and find out.”

Lord An immediately sent someone to summon Qiao Yu'an, and also sent Shan Dajun and Shen Qi to Yunshuizhai and Qingfengge respectively to find out the truth.

Xiao Fei was filled with unease and turned to his manager for comfort, only to find that Manager Ge was sweating profusely.

Qiao Yu'an arrived very quickly.

Hearing that Lu Chengjing was having an affair and was being tried in the county government, he rushed over as if his pants were on fire, and just happened to run into the yamen runner who had come to summon him at the door.

“My lord, I can testify on behalf of Lu Chengjing.” Qiao Yu’an said in a loud voice, “On the ninth day, the two of us stayed at Yunshuizhai for most of the day. After lunch, we went to the Lu family and did not leave until it was almost dusk.”

“Lu Chengjing did not leave the house during the journey, so it was impossible for him to go to Qingfeng Pavilion to see this young lady. There were also many students from the county school who saw the two of us that day, and they can also testify on Lu Chengjing’s behalf.”

He rattled off a whole bunch of things, afraid that Lu Chengjing would be wrongly accused.

After saying that, he glared at Shang Wan. Shang Wan had clearly come to Lu Chengjing's study that day, so why did she just stand there and not say a word?

Shang Wan was bewildered by his glare and rolled her eyes at him.

Qiao Yu'an: Hmph! This woman is completely useless; we still need him to save Chengjing.

Dan Dajun returned shortly after he left, carrying a pile of jujube paste cakes in both hands.

A yamen runner reached out to take it.

Dan Dajun dodged, saying, "Go away, this isn't for you to eat."

Lord An thought that Shan Dajun had gone off to do his duty and even brought pastries to the court. He was about to reprimand him, but when he saw that many of the jujube cakes were covered in mud, he was puzzled and kept quiet.

"My lord, when I returned, I encountered a group of wild cats. They surrounded me and insisted that I take these jujube paste cakes back to the yamen before they would leave." Shan Dajun handed them over so that Lord An could examine them closely. "This is strange. Please make a decision, my lord."

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