The legitimate daughter becomes cannon fodder? Rebirth to overthrow the system's fatality

When Lin returned to the main courtyard, the servants in the main courtyard all looked happy.

"Madam, please sit here. This is covered with animal skins and is soft."

"I have sent someone to wait for you at the palace gate."

"Madam, this preserved fruit tastes sweet and sour, and it will make you feel less uncomfortable."

Lin sat on the couch and calmed herself down.

She finally had her own child.

"Oh! Madam, you are so happy." Zhou said with a smile as she entered the room.

Nanny Wang looked alert and Lin frowned slightly.

"What are you doing? I'm here to congratulate Madam." Zhou walked forward and her eyes fell on Lin's abdomen. Her look was very strange.

Nanny Wang stood in front of Lin cautiously and said, "Madam is pregnant and needs to rest. Please go back, Auntie."

"Why are you in such a hurry to get me out? After all, I gave birth to two children, so I can pass on my experience to you, Madam."

"No need, Madam will give birth to a legitimate son for the Prime Minister's family."

Lin also smiled and said, "Not only must the child be born well, but he must also be educated well. Otherwise, if he turns out to be like the eldest son... how can I face the ancestors of the Cheng family?"

The smile on Zhou's face froze. She sneered, pushed Nanny Wang away, and slowly approached Lin.

Nanny Wang was shocked and was about to step forward, but Lin raised her hand to stop her.

Lin sat on the chair, motionless and smiling as she looked at Zhou who was approaching her.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, Zhou was not a fool and did not dare to do anything openly.

Zhou stopped when she was an arm's length away from Lin, with a contemptuous and weird smile on her face.

"I thought the ladies of the government were pure and innocent, but I didn't expect them to do something so unexpected."

Lin looked at her coldly, but her hands in her sleeves clenched into fists.

What does she mean by that?

Zhou leaned forward and Lin leaned back slightly.

"I most hope that Madam can give birth to this child. I am very curious about who this child will look like." Zhou's voice was very low and only Lin could hear it clearly.

Lin's face turned pale when she heard this.

What does she know?

Nanny Wang pulled Zhou away and asked, "What are you doing?"

Zhou smiled and said, "Madam, take good care of yourself and give birth to a baby soon. I'll take my leave."

After saying that, he walked out with a smile, leaving Lin with a pale face.

"Madam? Madam, what's wrong with you?" Nanny Wang called out twice worriedly.

Lin came back to her senses and held Nanny Wang's hand tightly. Nanny Wang then realized that her palms were full of cold sweat and had no temperature at all.

"Hurry up and buy some clothes for the lady, and go make some light hot food."

Lin held Nanny Wang's hand tightly, feeling somewhat uneasy and hesitant to speak.

"Ma'am, what happened to you?"

At this time, there was a flurry of footsteps outside the yard, followed by the voice of a maid announcing the good news.

"Congratulations, sir."

Cheng Zongyang walked quickly into the room and looked at Lin who was sitting on the couch. Although his expression did not change, his eyes were full of joy.

"Congratulations, Prime Minister. You have finally achieved your wish." Nanny Wang congratulated with a smile.

Cheng Zongyang raised his hand: "Reward! Reward everyone in the mansion!"

"Thank you, sir."

Cheng Zongyang stepped forward and held Lin's hand, then frowned slightly: "Why is it so cold?"

Nanny Wang took the clothes from the maid and put them on Lin.

Lin shook her head and said gently, "It's nothing. My hands and feet always behave like this when the weather gets cold."

Cheng Zongyang said gently: "I will ask the imperial physician to come and see you tomorrow and treat you."

"Thank you, Prime Minister." Lin leaned in Cheng Zongyang's arms, smiling happily, but with a hint of uneasiness.

In Qiu Shui Garden, Cheng Yun Ge felt a little restless as he watched Zhou, who was busy applying makeup in front of the mirror.

"Auntie, the one in the main courtyard is pregnant, and you are still so calm?"

Zhou smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? It would be best if she gets pregnant, and it would be best if she gives birth to the baby."

"What do you mean?" Cheng Yunge asked doubtfully, "Do you have a plan already?"

Zhou curled her lips: "You will know when the time comes."

She turned around and washed the skin cream off her face with clean water. She turned to face the mirror and the smile on her face froze.

"Splash——" Zhou knocked over the basin of water in the maid's hand.

"What's going on! What's wrong with my face?!"

She has tried every possible method in the past few days, but her face is still visibly aging and her white hair has increased a lot.

"Pull out my white hair!"

The maid tremblingly helped her pull out the white hair, fearing that she would anger her.

Cheng Yunge walked up to her and looked at her, frowning fiercely.

"You... burp!" Cheng Yunge was about to speak when he burped.

She shut up, and nothing unusual happened.

She spoke again: "Auntie...hiccup! Auntie...hiccup——"

Cheng Yunge widened his eyes. Why did she hiccup when she spoke, but not when she closed her mouth?

Zhou looked at her and said, "Just drink more water if you have hiccups."

Cheng Yunge drank a full glass of water and thought he would not burp anymore, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he started burping again.

"Useless? Then just wait for a while." Zhou didn't take it seriously and turned to look at the mirror.

"Hiss! Be gentle! Be careful not to pull out the black hair."

"Yes."

Cheng Yunge turned around and went back to her own yard. She thought that the hiccups would stop in an incense stick of time at most, but unexpectedly, after several hours, she still hiccuped every time she opened her mouth.

She then panicked.

If she burps every time she opens her mouth, won't she become mute in the future?

She hurried to find Zhou.

Only then did Zhou realize the seriousness of the matter and asked someone to invite Cheng Zongyang.

After a while, the maid came back, but told her that Cheng Zongyang was in the main courtyard accompanying Lin to watch the moon and was not available.

"Oh! Your own daughter is in such a state, yet you still have the heart to accompany a bastard."

Zhou brought Cheng Yunge to the main courtyard angrily.

Seeing them rushing in, Cheng Zongyang's face was full of displeasure.

"How dignified!"

Zhou bowed and said anxiously, "Master, the eldest daughter is sick. She burps constantly when she opens her mouth. The palace doctor can't help. Can you please ask an imperial physician to come and see the eldest daughter?"

Cheng Zongyang frowned and looked at Cheng Yunge.

Cheng Yunge opened his mouth and said, "Dad, I...hiccup——"

Lin's smile was filled with a bit of gloating: "This is the first time I've heard of this disease. Why do all the young ladies have strange diseases?"

A hint of impatience flashed across Cheng Zongyang's eyes.

Zhou came forward, tears welling up in her eyes: "Master, please ask someone to call a doctor to take a look."

In the past, perhaps Cheng Zongyang would have appreciated Zhou's frail appearance.

But Zhou came in a hurry, with her face bare, and without the rouge and powder to cover it, the wrinkles on her face became more obvious.

The contrast is especially strong when standing next to Lin, who has smooth and rosy skin.

Cheng Zongyang took a few steps back and helped Lin Manqing sit down. "It's already night, how can we disturb the imperial physician? Tomorrow I will invite the imperial physician to treat Madam and he can also see Yun Ge while we're at it."

Lin smiled and said, "Yes, why bother the imperial physician to make an extra trip? I'll just have to ask the young lady to stop talking for now."

Cheng Yunge was furious: "You...hiccup!"

Seeing her look so ugly, Lin Manqing laughed even more happily.

Cheng Zongyang said impatiently: "Go back to your own yard, and don't ask for help when you go to sleep at night. Just make do with it for one night and we'll talk tomorrow."

Cheng Yunge gritted her teeth, and Zhou immediately took her aside and bowed when she saw this.

The mother and daughter turned and walked towards the gate of the courtyard, and heard Lin's voice coming from behind them.

"Master, I originally thought that the eldest daughter was the lucky one, but now it seems that the lucky one is the second daughter."

Lin also knew Cheng Zongyang's plan, so she naturally didn't want Cheng Zongyang to pay attention to Cheng Yunge. If Cheng Yunge gained power, then Zhou would also be able to gain power because of her daughter. In comparison, she would rather Cheng Jiuyuan gained power.

Cheng Zongyang didn't say anything, and Lin continued, "Is the eldest lady possessed by some unclean thing? Why are the diseases she has contracted one weirder than the other..."

Cheng Yunge, who was standing at the gate of the courtyard, was so angry that he was about to turn around to argue, but was grabbed by Zhou.

"Don't be impulsive, Yun Ge. This bitch won't be able to keep her arrogance for long."

Cheng Yunge endured it.

She couldn't speak now, and even if she could, Lin was pregnant and Cheng Zongyang valued her more than his own eyes, so she couldn't do anything.

She had no choice but to leave the main courtyard and complain to the system in her heart.

"Tongtong, what's wrong with me? Why am I getting weird diseases?"

"Host, I don't know about this either."

"Damn it, if this continues, how can I complete the mission? Last time, I lost face in front of Chu Ze, and I was thinking about finding a chance to save face. Now I can't even speak, how can I save face!"

"Host, don't worry. Maybe this strange disease will heal in a few days just like the last time."

"I'm really going crazy! Didn't you say that my luck would get better after Cheng Jiuyuan came back? Why do I feel like things are getting worse and worse recently?"

"This... I need to report this to the main programmer and have him check it out."

"Then ask it to check faster."