Ning Yuqin's pupils darted around, and she was rendered speechless.
After being stopped from banging her head against the wall, her courage had vanished in that instant.
At this moment, she didn't want to die, nor did she dare to!
But Ning Yowan clearly had no intention of sparing her.
Even though Ning Yuqin was wrapped in the brocade quilt, it felt as if a chilling aura was burrowing into her body.
It made her hands and feet icy cold, her body stiff and frozen, and she didn't dare to move.
"Afraid to speak? Well, you don't have the right to choose anyway."
Ning Yowan raised an eyebrow and sneered. Her cold gaze slowly moved downward and finally landed on Ning Yuqin's lower abdomen.
"You haven't yet experienced the hardships I, Ning Yowan, once endured."
Her voice was soft and low, like the whispering of a vengeful spirit.
It sent a shiver down Ning Yuqin's spine. When she listened more closely to the words, she shrank deeper into the brocade quilt, not daring to raise her head.
The person in front of her was definitely not the old Ning Yowan!
She was the "savior" that Ning Yowan had summoned in her nightmare, coming to make her suffer a thousand cuts and meet a miserable end!
The scenes from the nightmare kept swirling in Ning Yuqin's mind. It was the same person, with the same intention to harm Ning Yowan.
Only in the nightmare, Ning Yuqin had succeeded.
In reality, she had failed.
But she didn't have the ruthless determination of the Ning Yuqin in the nightmare and didn't dare to think about the tragic state of Ning Yowan in the nightmare.
"What are you afraid of? You've done all the most despicable and vicious things."
The cold jade-like finger slowly traced across Ning Yuqin's face. The latter was so stimulated that fine beads of cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
"Drink the fetal protection medicine first."
Ning Yowan's tone was cold and sinister. She pinned down Ning Yuqin's chin with one hand and held a porcelain bowl with the other. Her imposing manner was like that of Pan Jinlian feeding medicine in the classical story.
Ning Yuqin was as panicked as a dog that had fallen into the water in winter. She shook her head desperately. "I won't drink it. I won't drink the poison you gave me!"
She was so panicked that her mind was in a complete daze.
She didn't even hear clearly what kind of medicine Ning Yowan was talking about.
"How could it be poison?"
Ning Yowan laughed out of anger. She looked down on Ning Yuqin haughtily, and there seemed to be glimmers of golden light deep in her eyes.
"You're pregnant now. You're extremely precious. You must take good care of yourself first."
"Pregnant? What are you talking about?"
Ning Yuqin's movements stopped in shock. Her gaze was especially dull. "What are you talking about?"
"You're incredibly stupid."
The corner of Ning Yowan's lips curled up. She watched with satisfaction as Ning Yuqin was helpless and afraid. "I thought you'd be smarter and notice it earlier. I didn't expect that you've been pregnant for over two months and still don't know?"
The uneasiness in Ning Yuqin's heart gradually grew. She seemed to understand what Ning Yowan meant.
Her fingers trembled slightly and then slowly moved under the brocade quilt, resting on her lower abdomen.
She used to have a slender figure, but recently her waistline had become a bit looser. She thought she had just gained a little weight and become a bit rounder.
Who would have thought that...
"I'm pregnant?"
How could that be possible?
Ning Yuqin had only been with Tang Sanjin twice and had never slept with anyone else.
And both times, she had taken a powerful abortifacient to prevent pregnancy.
She had been so cautious. How could she be pregnant!
Under the brocade quilt, Ning Yuqin clenched her cold fingers tightly. It must be Ning Yowan in front of her scaring her!
She had seen pregnant women before. They would feel nauseous and vomit due to morning sickness and couldn't eat anything.
But she could eat anything and enjoyed her meals.
Only...
The fact that her menstrual period hadn't come for two months was a bit similar to pregnancy.
But her menstrual cycle had always been irregular, and she had been slowly recuperating.
So she hadn't paid much attention to this small matter.
It must be that Ning Yowan had found out in advance and deliberately made up such nonsense to deceive her.
She thought carefully and shook her head and nodded for a while.
But she didn't expect that Ning Yowan, who was holding the medicine beside her, had already lost her patience. While she was in a state of doubt and stiffness, Ning Yowan forcefully poured the fetal protection medicine into her mouth.
Ning Yuqin tried to shake her head to resist, but Ning Yowan's strength was much greater than she had imagined.
Suddenly, the bitter and thick medicine rushed into her throat.
The bitter and fishy taste seemed to have ten pounds of Chinese goldthread added to it. She felt nauseous and wanted to vomit. "Ugh!"
But what came out was also bitter water. The brocade quilt was also dotted with layers of dark and strange patterns.
Realization dawned on Ning Yuqin. This bitter taste was really familiar.
It was exactly the same taste as the abortifacient that Hong Ye had bought back.
Could it be that the medicine she had been taking all along was actually fetal protection medicine?
Ning Yowan had already replaced her medicine!
Her thoughts raced. Her eyes were full of bitterness, and the reflection of Ning Yowan in her eyes was also a bit blurred.
"Ning Yowan, if you want to kill or torture me, just do it directly!"
Ning Yuqin showed a bit more spirit, but Ning Yowan didn't care.
She waved her finger slightly, and a huge transparent water mirror appeared in front of Ning Yuqin.
In the water mirror, the scenes that Ning Yuqin had seen in her nightmare were replayed one by one.
Ning Yowan was pregnant but was kicked violently by her mother-in-law and husband until she had a miscarriage.
Especially the just-formed baby with all its limbs intact, its whole body blue and purple and lifeless, completely frightened Ning Yuqin.
"Ah!"
She wanted to close her eyes, but her eyes were forced to stay wide open. She watched it once, twice, three times, and even more times.
Until she remembered every detail in the water mirror clearly.
She remembered that she had paid a large sum of money to Tang Sanjin to torture his wife. She remembered watching from afar as Ning Yowan was tied up and drowned. She also remembered the boundless resentment and curse of Ning Yowan in the lake.
"Evil deeds bear bitter fruits. This will also be your fate."
Ning Yowan's critical and condemning voice rang in her ear, and the water mirror slowly disappeared.
At the same time, Ning Yuqin could finally close her eyes and cover her ears. "It wasn't me. I didn't do it!"
She even deluded herself into thinking that it was just a nightmare, even though in the depths of her heart, she vaguely guessed that it might be the evil debt of her past self.
"I didn't do it this time. You're not dead either. So it has nothing to do with me, right?"
She suddenly opened her eyes and grabbed Ning Yowan's wrist. Even though the latter's body was cold, she still wanted to confirm the result.
"If I'm not dead, then who are you holding onto now?"
A cold and deep voice sounded. Ning Yuqin then realized that the person in front of her was actually a cold corpse.
Especially those wide-open eyes that refused to close in death, revealing endless anger and resentment.
It was Ning Yowan!
It was the dead Ning Yowan from the nightmare!
Her belly still seemed to be swollen high, and she was holding a baby's corpse in her arms, as if she had just given birth.
The damp moisture permeated the entire room. Ning Yuqin seemed to have fallen into the lake with Ning Yowan and felt the suffocating pain.
"Ah!"
Her shrill scream echoed through the house. Ning Yuqin couldn't bear the scare any longer and fainted.
Ning Yowan slowly withdrew her spiritual power. Her face was pale. She had used up all her spiritual power.
This was the last illusion she had arranged for Ning Yuqin.
From then on, it would be Ning Yuqin's turn to reap the bitter fruits of her own evil deeds.
"Princess Consort, Tang Sanjin is waiting outside."
Lianzi gently knocked on the door. She had been standing outside all this time but had never heard Ning Yuqin's shrill screams.
It was as if nothing had happened in the room.
After a moment, Ning Yowan's calm and indifferent voice came from inside the room. "Throw Ning Yuqin out!"