When Sun's mother blocked his way, Xie Jingyan's eyes turned cold. Sun's mother no longer dared to block his way and immediately moved aside.

Xie Jingyan carried Shen Wan away, while Sun Mama hurriedly headed towards Qinghui Courtyard.

The old lady leaned against the large pillow, her face looking very unwell.

Sun's mother hurried forward, and the old lady asked, "Has the doctor taken your pulse?"

"The doctor took my great-aunt's pulse," said Mama Sun.

They actually had a doctor take their pulse?

Shen Ying asked, "Has the doctor exposed her?!"

She even exposed him; Second Aunt is truly a troublemaker.

Sun's mother said, "My eldest aunt was so angry that she had a miscarriage. Prince Ling is very angry."

The old lady's already unpleasant expression turned even more so. Shen Ying was flustered, but she still retorted, "I only said a few words, and she had a miscarriage. I think she clearly came back to the Marquis's mansion while she was sick!"

Sun's mother moved her lips slightly, but ultimately didn't dare to say anything more.

My eldest aunt went to the palace for a banquet yesterday. The emperor and all the civil and military officials saw that she was fine. They said that my eldest aunt returned to the Marquis's mansion while she was sick. Isn't that just sophistry?

The Prince of Ling dotes on his eldest aunt so much that she suffers from pregnancy complications in place of his wife. If his eldest aunt becomes unwell, he will send her back to the Marquis's mansion.

If the eldest aunt is truly unwell, the old lady's insistence on Princess Huai'an inviting her back would only compound the mistake.

The Marquis is still at the military camp and hasn't returned yet. When he finds out that his second aunt has angered his eldest aunt to the point of fainting, who knows how furious he will be.

The Marquis no longer respects the old lady as much as he used to.

The old lady didn't stop, and even went further, which only made the Marquis more unhappy.

We must find a way to quell the Marquis's anger before he returns to his residence.

...

At the main gate of the Marquis's residence, Xie Jingyan carried Shen Wan onto the carriage.

The servant drove the carriage away.

Once the carriage had gone a little further, Xie Jingyan looked down at the person in his arms and said, "Why did you have to come back to suffer this humiliation?"

Although Shen Wan was not so angry that she threatened to miscarry, she was still very upset. She said, "If I don't come back, it will be Princess Huai'an who suffers."

The thought that Shen Ying dared to reprimand Princess Huai'an made Shen Wan unable to bear it any longer.

The matter of dividing the family property cannot be delayed any longer.

Seeing that Xie Jingyan was still angry, Shen Wan hugged his neck and gave him a quick kiss. "Don't be angry anymore, I won't do it again."

Men are so easy to coax; a kiss and their anger is gone.

The two of them rode back to the Ling Prince's residence in a carriage. Meanwhile, in the Imperial Study, the Emperor was reviewing memorials. He was getting a little annoyed by the sheer volume of memorials. There were a lot of important matters, but not many important ones. Instead, there were a ton of trivial things to report. If there was nothing to report, he could simply skip writing them.

The emperor picked up one book, glanced at it twice, closed it, and then picked up another one.

Eunuch Xiao Xizi rushed forward and exclaimed, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"

Eunuch Yuan scolded, "What are you shouting about? You've startled the Emperor! How many heads do you have to lose?"

Xiao Xizi's father-in-law hunched his shoulders.

Eunuch Yuan asked, "What happened?"

Then Eunuch Xiao Xizi said, "Princess Ling was so angry that she went into premature labor and fainted at the Marquis of Pingyang's residence..."

Almost instantly, the Emperor's brows furrowed into a deep frown. "Who in the Pingyang Marquis's residence dares to make Princess Ling faint?!"

His son wasn't even afraid of his father, the emperor; he dared to anger his queen to the point of fainting, and he wasn't afraid that he would destroy the entire Pingyang Marquis's mansion.

Grandpa Xiao Xizi quickly replied, "It seems she was angered to the point of fainting by the Princess Consort of Jin..."

The emperor's face was long, and he slammed the memorial in his hand shut.

Furthermore, when Shen Ying saw that the old lady's expression was not good, she knew that the old lady could not cover up the trouble she had caused. So she wanted to slip away and run back to the Prince of Jin's mansion. She was a married daughter and the Princess of Jin. Even if Shen Jing was angry, he could not reach into the Prince of Jin's mansion to punish her.

Shen Ying not only thought about it, but she also did it. However, she was blocked at the gate of the Pingyang Marquis's residence by a palace servant who came to deliver a message.

The messenger didn't even dismount his horse before saying, "His Majesty has summoned the Princess Consort of Jin and the Princess of Huai'an to the palace."

Shen Ying's face turned deathly pale.

The carriage slowly came to a stop in front of the Lingwang Mansion gate.

To put on a complete act.

Xie Jingyan carried Shen Wan onto the carriage and then carried her down. Shen Wan's face, which looked pale and powdered, made the gatekeeper and Steward Zhou's hearts jump.

She left home perfectly fine this morning, and returned to the Marquis of Pingyang's residence. How could she have been so upset that she went into labor? I hope nothing bad happens to the little prince in the princess's belly.

Xie Jingyan carried Shen Wan all the way back to Moyuxuan. Once inside, Shen Wan struggled and got out of Xie Jingyan's arms.

It was lunchtime. Shen Wan drank a cup of tea, and the kitchen brought the food into the room. Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan sat down to eat lunch.

Shen Wan was still waiting for the Emperor to get angry, and unusually, she didn't take a nap. After waiting for about half an hour, Dong'er came running in excitedly and said, "Your Highness, good news!"

Before Shen Wan could speak, Yin Shuang impatiently asked, "What good news? Tell me quickly."

Dong'er grinned, "After the Emperor learned that the Princess Consort had been angered to the point of fainting by the Princess Consort of Jin, he summoned the Princess Consort of Jin to the palace for questioning. He also summoned the Princess of Huai'an to the palace. He learned that the Princess Consort of Jin blamed the Princess Consort for not stopping the Prince from investigating the salt administration of Liangjiang, and also blamed the Princess Consort for not informing the Old Madam. He felt that the Princess Consort of Jin was wicked and unworthy to be the Princess Consort of Jin, so he demoted her to a concubine."

This is truly gratifying.

Silver Frost's anger, which had been building up for half a day, finally subsided.

Shen Wan was also in a good mood. Ever since the last time the Emperor spoke loudly, which startled her and made Xie Jingyan unhappy, the Emperor had never slammed his fist on the dragon table again when she was in the Imperial Study, no matter how angry he was. If the Emperor knew that Shen Ying had angered her to the point of affecting her pregnancy, how could he not ask about it? As long as he asked, he would surely know that Shen Ying was blaming her for not stopping Xie Jingyan from investigating the salt administration of Liangjiang.

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