SBCEJM -Chapter 237 The Evil Mother-in-Law Had a Stone Baby in Her Belly! The Daughter-in-Law Turned Her into a Living Bodhisattva Instead!

Wang Jufang instinctively crossed his arms over his chest protectively.

The defensive gesture made him look exactly like an innocent maiden cornered by a shameless rogue.

“Third, he has to have the perfect seven-head-body ratio. And of course, his face must be sharp and handsome — absolutely not ugly!”

“Fourth, and most importantly: he has to cry prettily.”

A spark flashed through Feng Zexuan’s mind.

“I get it now!”

“This beautiful lady’s fetish is finding a strong, muscular man, bullying him until he cries, and then admiring his tearful, pear-blossom-in-the-rain expression!”

Everyone: “……”

Xiao Juechen: “……”

What kind of outrageous nonsense was this?!

Across the court, countless officials silently lowered their noble heads, using every ounce of self-control they possessed to stop the corners of their mouths from splitting into grins on the spot.

So although Lord Wang had stepped on her landmine… he had also perfectly hit her target.

Feng Zexuan nodded solemnly.

“It’s only human nature! Who doesn’t like watching handsome men cry?”

“So that means Lord Wang, who acts so honest and simple outside, probably goes home every day, shuts the door, and spends the night going… boohoohoo?”

“That image is way too stimulating!”

“And there’s more, Host!” the system dropped another bombshell.

“This system also scanned that Madam Wang has recently been researching a brand-new washboard with barbs on it…”

“She even said she wanted to see what her husband would look like crying while kneeling on it. She called it an absolutely breathtaking sight!”

Everyone suddenly felt a chill in their knees and subconsciously shifted their legs.

Too vicious. This kind of pain was beyond what they could bear!

Wang Jufang himself even felt his knees beginning to ache faintly.

His married life had started with a cold water vat.

But that had merely been the appetizer.

“After taming her husband, the next target was naturally the mother-in-law who wanted to dominate her daughter-in-law — Madam Xu, Wang Jufang’s mother.”

The system continued its vivid narration.

Wang Jufang’s body stiffened again.

If the water-vat incident had been physical torment, then what happened to his mother completely overturned his worldview.

“When Madam Xu saw her son being thoroughly subdued by his bride on the wedding night, she was furious.”

“She was illiterate and only knew old-fashioned tricks — pretending to be sick.”

“One day it was stomach pain, the next day leg cramps. Anyway, she kept inventing illnesses to make Kong Mengqi wait on her bedside, hoping to wear her down into obedience.”

The officials all understood. This was a common tactic in household disputes — nothing unusual.

Feng Zexuan curled her lips.

“Too cliché. Sister Kong definitely had a backup plan.”

“Wise as always, Host!” the system flattered her.

“Not only did Miss Kong show no resentment, she acted more filial than anyone else.”

“She personally served tea and medicine every day, flattering Madam Xu until she floated with pride, while simultaneously telling everyone outside that her mother-in-law was gravely ill and inviting famous physicians from all over the capital.”

“In the end, she even spent a fortune to invite an imperial physician renowned for treating rare and difficult illnesses.”

“The old doctor had white hair and a youthful face, with the air of an immortal sage. The moment he entered, he dominated the room.”

“He examined Madam Xu through observation, listening, questioning, and pulse diagnosis. After checking her pulse for a long time, he pressed on her slightly swollen, somewhat hard abdomen, and his expression grew increasingly grave.”

“Finally, stroking his beard after a long silence, he delivered a diagnosis that terrified everyone present out of their wits.”

The system deliberately dragged out its tone.

The color drained completely from Wang Jufang’s face, leaving only an ashen white. His lips trembled uncontrollably.

“The old physician said: ‘The old madam’s illness lies neither in the heart nor the liver, but within the abdomen. This is neither a tumor nor indigestion.’”

“He then revealed a horrifying truth word by word: ‘What lies in the old madam’s belly… is a stone fetus!’”

A stone fetus?

What was that?

The entire court looked bewildered.

Feng Zexuan had never heard of it either.

“What does stone fetus mean? Kidney stones?”

The system explained:

“Nope! In the physician’s original words: ‘It is the remains of a stillborn fetus from twenty years ago. The flesh and blood were absorbed by the mother’s body, leaving only the skeleton…’”

“‘Now, this skeleton has fused together with the old madam’s organs and blood vessels, surviving within her until today!’”

“‘Thus forming the “tumor” that neither aches nor causes illness, yet continues to slowly grow.’”

“The physician’s final conclusion was: this condition had penetrated into her very bones and blood. There was no cure.”

Inside the Golden Throne Hall, everyone’s thoughts seemed frozen solid, their minds blank.

A dead fetus… a skeleton… remaining inside its mother’s belly for twenty years?

This… this was no illness. This was something straight out of a supernatural tale!

Even the Crown Prince’s gentle face filled with horror. His stomach churned violently, and he nearly lost his composure on the spot.

“Madam Xu fainted immediately from fright. After waking up, memories buried for twenty years suddenly resurfaced.”

“Back then, her belly had swollen, and everyone believed she was pregnant. But after the full term passed, her stomach mysteriously shrank somewhat instead.”

“The village barefoot doctor merely assumed she had overeaten and suffered indigestion.”

“For all these years, aside from being unable to eat too much and having some difficulty moving around, she truly hadn’t felt seriously ill, so she never paid it much attention.”

“Who could have imagined that inside her belly… she had been carrying the skeleton of her own child for twenty years!”

An icy chill crawled up everyone’s spines to the backs of their heads, making several ministers’ scalps tingle numb.

When they looked at Wang Jufang again, their gazes had shifted from pity to profound sympathy.

A wife like that… and a mother with such a horrifying condition…

How had Lord Wang survived all these years?

Wang Jufang felt his legs go weak, almost unable to stand.

He remembered it clearly: from that day onward, he no longer dared look directly at his mother’s stomach.

Before, he had thought it was merely the mark of a hardworking mother supporting her family.

But afterward, every glance at it made him feel cold winds blowing from within…

Like a tiny grave mound!

Even Feng Zexuan was stunned.

“My god! Did Sister Kong hire someone to trick her mother-in-law?”

“Nope!”

The system’s voice carried a strange hint of amusement.

“That really was a miracle doctor. Miss Kong had only intended for him to invent some bizarre illness to scare the old lady.”

“But after diagnosing her, the physician discovered that the true cause far exceeded everyone’s imagination. So this counted as… an unexpected bonus!”

What kind of ridiculous ‘unexpected bonus’ was that?!

The entire court screamed internally.

Feng Zexuan also found it unbelievable.

“A dead fetus from over twenty years ago, and the mother never got an infection? That’s basically a medical miracle!”

“System, could modern medicine treat this?”

“No,” the system answered quickly.

“In modern times, if the mother were younger, surgery could possibly remove it. But at Madam Xu’s age, conservative treatment to maintain the status quo would be the only option.”

On the dragon throne, Xiao Juechen thoughtfully rubbed the jade ring on his thumb.

Modern medicine… could actually cut open the body and operate?

“Madam Xu was scared out of her wits and never dared fake illness again after that.”

“But Miss Kong felt that merely scaring her wasn’t enough. She needed to reform her at the root.”

“So she invited yet another enlightened monk…”