But where was Chen Wanyue going to find proof?
She did have proof. 'In my past life, my cousin was married to Li Cun for ten years but never had a son or a daughter. Isn't that enough to prove she's infertile?'
But she couldn't say that now. No one would believe her even if she did.
So Chen Wanyue made something up. "One time I went to the county town and happened to see my aunt taking my cousin to an apothecary. I was curious, so I followed them to have a look…"
Chen Wanyue spun a web of lies, painting her cousin's marriage to Zhao Jing as a scheme by the first branch of the family, full of ulterior motives. She claimed they were planning to wait a while after the wedding, then have her cousin fake a pregnancy. Using the excuse of severe morning sickness, her cousin would return to her maiden home to "nurture the fetus," only to come back ten months later with a baby they had acquired elsewhere.
