Chapter 357 New Year's Eve 2

The reward money that Qingyun and Li Yue had just received was confiscated. Qingyun was furious. Even if it was confiscated, so what? The girl is so rich, she can give as much as she wants. Besides, she is the one who manages the treasury. I really want to ask, what's the meaning of this!

She was angry but dared not speak. Lu Jing was in a high position with great power. Although he was young, he had a strong influence. No one in the mansion dared to act unruly in front of him. Li An and Li Yue, who had followed him since childhood, did not dare to joke with him easily, let alone others.

Su Qingwan watched with regret as the pot was taken away. What she was eating was not the clear soup pot, but the one with a lot of ingredients. She had a stronger taste for spicy and oily food, otherwise she would not be satisfied. Although her appetite had been good during this period, she could not eat anything with strong taste. Her mouth felt a little bland, and Lu Jing was strict. It was not easy for Lu Jing to be away from home at night, so she could have a meal to her heart's content. She did not expect to be caught.

"I'm just greedy, no, it's your daughter who is greedy." Su Qingwan laughed and put the blame on the baby in her belly. Her fetus had been stable for a long time and she had passed the period of morning sickness. She was in very good health. Lu Jing usually didn't care much about her eating unless it was too much. She was a little greedy during this period.

Lu Jing recalled a case he encountered when he was a member of the Jinyiwei. It was also a case that was implicated. There was an official whose wives and concubines lived in harmony, but strangely, all the concubines died in childbirth, and only one concubine gave birth to a daughter. Strangely, the children born to the wife of the main wife were all healthy.

It is normal for many people to be unable to get through the gates of hell when a woman gives birth. Lu Jing once talked about this with Zhang, and Zhang said that it was the wife of the principal wife who was cruel and deliberately killed the child and the concubine, resulting in two deaths. When a woman is pregnant, supplements are sent to her like water, and concubines will take a lot of supplements for the sake of the child. Women should not eat too much when they are pregnant, and they should control their weight. When she was pregnant, her mother took care of her for a while, and occasionally asked her to restrain herself and endure hunger, not wanting the child to be too big and difficult to give birth.

Although Su Qingwan was in good health, she was too thin. Lu Jing was afraid that she would be greedy and the baby would be too big to give birth to, so he was very strict and didn't listen to the doctor at all.

"Nian Qing received your letter and sent some specialties to the capital. I have sent someone to receive them to the warehouse. There are edibles and useful things. If you miss the taste of Huainan, let the cooks make them for you." Today is New Year's Eve, and Lu Jing didn't want to spoil the fun. He removed the pot because he thought Su Qingwan had eaten enough.

"Nianqing has sent a letter. Where is the letter?" Su Qingwan was very happy to receive the letter from her family on New Year's Eve. Lu Jing also wanted to make her happy, so he left the table early and brought the letter and local specialties back to the palace.

Lu Jing smiled and said, "Nian Qing only wrote you a letter and sent you some local specialties. The princess didn't receive it. You don't know how upset she was."

"Why?" Su Qingwan raised her eyebrows. She and Nian Qing had a good relationship. It was good before their identities were exposed. He treated her as a sister when she was young. But no matter how good their relationship was, it was not as good as that between them as mother and son. On such an important day as New Year's Eve, and Nian Qing being filial and sensible, how could he not write a letter to the eldest princess.

Nianqing was a very well-educated child. Although he grew up in the mountains, he was very knowledgeable about the ways of the world. It was impossible for him to write a letter to his aunt, send local specialties, and neglect his mother.

Although very few people in the capital knew about his relationship with the eldest princess, he could send it secretly, so how could he hurt the eldest princess's feelings?

"I don't know. I saw that His Highness looked unhappy, so I sent someone to check. It is true that Nian Qing did not send anything to the Princess's Mansion." Lu Jing was very sensitive to politics. Although the eldest princess and Nian Qing were mother and son, they were not ordinary mother and son. Their relationship would also involve changes in the political situation, and even the slightest changes would affect the situation.

Su Qingwan seemed to be thinking about something. She had no idea what had happened during this period. She just took care of her own business and hadn't asked about Nian Qing and the princess for a long time. Nian Qing never said anything either.

"Let's not talk about these troubles for now. Today is New Year's Eve. Do you want to go out for a walk?"