Chapter 454 Shen Yuantang is pregnant and wants to go home!

Zhou Ruyuan's expression stiffened, and he looked at Shen Lanxi with dark eyes.

"I'm concerned about you."

Shen Lanxi: "Then thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I have my own way of dealing with it. Your Highness should think about how to deal with the two envoys of the rebellious king!"

Emperor Renxiao naturally did not want to let them go, but killing them would be difficult to satisfy the public opinion.

Whether to kill or release, Zhou Ruyuan would be wrong no matter what he did.

He hasn't even cleaned the burrs off his own body yet, how can he have the mind to care about others?

I really don't know how to spell the phrase "meddling in other people's business"!

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In the blink of an eye, more than three or four months have passed since Shen Lanxi last stepped into the house.

Upon returning to the Duke of Huguo's residence, the envoy from Yue Kingdom was not present.

The entire Duke of Huguo's mansion was quiet.

"My lord, the Tenth Princess suddenly fainted today, and everyone has gone to her courtyard," the subordinate reported.

Shen Lanxi: "What is it?"

Subordinate: "A few days ago, they secretly called a doctor outside; it seems she's pregnant."

Shen Lanxi asked coldly, "Whose child is it?"

The subordinate replied, "It's hard to say." There were four or five men involved with Zhou Yunhui who would often sneak into her room and not come out for several hours. He genuinely didn't know.

Shen Lanxi sneered: "That must not be of my Shen family bloodline. Since it is not of my Shen family bloodline, there is no need to keep it."

Subordinate: "Is it to be handled secretly, or..."

Shen Lanxi: "She did something so shameful, my Shen family will not bail her out!"

Understood.

"I'll arrange it right away!"

The news of Shen Lanxi's return to the manor quickly spread throughout the residence.

Before long, the old lady sent someone to fetch her.

"Lanxi, the princess is pregnant."

Shen Lanxi showed no emotion on her face, and even chuckled.

"That's great. The whole mansion is thanks to Grandmother's management."

Madam Shen hesitated for a moment before saying, "The princess means that there are too many people in the mansion, which is not good for her pregnancy, and she wants to move out."

Shen Lanxi: "Sure, Grandmother can arrange it herself."

Madam Shen was furious, but out of respect for Princess Zhou Yunhui's status, she said with a dark face, "Her idea is to take some of the property with her."

"Dividing the family?" Shen Lanxi raised the corners of her mouth.

Madam Shen said angrily, "While parents are alive, the family doesn't separate. Even if she is a princess, she is a princess who has married into the family and must abide by the etiquette passed down from our ancestors."

Shen Lanxi sneered: "Grandmother, what did Shen Yuanxin say?"

Madam Shen said with a dark face, "How can he possibly control the princess?" If he hadn't married the princess, he would still be an illegitimate son. Naturally, he relies on the princess as a powerful figure and listens to her in everything.

"What does Father mean?"

Madam Shen sighed in a low voice, "Your father doesn't care about anything anymore, he says he'll do whatever he wants!"

Shen Lanxi sneered: "Does our manor own any properties?"

Madam Shen: "Of course not." But since the princess has asked for it, they can't just kick her out without giving her anything!

"Lanxi, do you think it's possible to ask His Majesty to bestow a princess's residence upon the princess?" They could then give her some other things, which would save face. At least they wouldn't have to provide her with a house anymore.

Shen Lanxi's eyes flashed, and she reassured her, "Grandmother, please calm down. Several of the new wives in the manor are about to give birth. If the princess wants to separate the household, just tell her that it will happen after the new wives have finished giving birth."

"Since we're going to divide the family property, we should do it thoroughly. Let's just separate the other branches as well!"

Old Madam Shen grew anxious: "Lanxi, your second uncle and the others don't want to divide the family property, so they don't need to, right?"

“Grandmother, I asked you to say this to Zhou Yunhui, in case she doesn’t want to separate the family after a while?”

Madam Shen pressed her head down: "This is something Grandmother needs to think about carefully."

Shen Lanxi left to visit her mother; Shen Yuantang was there just now.

"Big sister, I have some good news to tell you."

Shen Lanxi: "Speak."

Shen Yuantang held her belly with a happy expression: "I'm pregnant! I've come today to give my mother the good news!"

Shen Lanxi calmly looked her over. Last time she said so much, and it turned out that Shen Yuantang only took the word "offspring" to heart.

"Congratulations!"

Shen Yuantang's face was full of sweetness: "The prince loves me dearly, and Consort Shu also values ​​me. They have both sent me a lot of tonics and gifts!"

Shen Lanxi couldn't help but laugh when she thought of all the nonsense Zhou Ruyuan had said before.

"Yes, take good care of her!" After all, there is still the principal wife, Bai Qingling.

Shen Yuantang's smile froze, and he then sat down next to Zhou Xinrou.

"Mother, I'd like to move in with you for a few days until my pregnancy is more stable before going back!" If she weren't worried about becoming estranged from the prince, she would have liked to stay here indefinitely until she gave birth.

Zhou Xinrou glanced at Shen Lanxi and gently refused.

“You’ve already married into the Prince of Zhennan’s household, how can you stay at home to prepare for childbirth? If the court officials find out, I don’t know how they’ll criticize your family.”

Shen Yuantang had anticipated that it wouldn't be that easy, and she had already prepared her response.

"Mother, what if the Prince agrees?"

Zhou Xinrou shook her head: "Then that's even more impossible." The relationship between the two families was already quite delicate.

"Yuantang, don't make things difficult for your older sister!"

It's the eldest sister again. Does everyone only care about whether the eldest sister lives or dies, and no one cares about her?

"Big sister, didn't you say you would protect me and the baby? Now that I'm pregnant, Bai Qingling will definitely try to make my pregnancy unstable. I'm definitely not safe in the Prince's mansion. Big sister, you must protect me and the baby, you promised me before!"

Relying on what Shen Lanxi had said before, Shen Yuantang spoke with impunity.

Shen Lanxi: "I did say that, but I didn't say you had to come back to live here. I'll go find Zhou Ruyuan and have him warn the people in the inner quarters. In the Prince of Zhennan's mansion, his words carry more weight than mine!"

Shen Yuantang was anxious and frowned, saying, "How can that be the same? If something happens to me in the Prince's mansion and we can't find out who did it, wouldn't that be like suffering in silence?"

"Big sister, you keep saying you're protecting me and my child, but you won't even let me live in your house. How can that be considered protection?"

Shen Lanxi: "There are women in your family who are about to give birth, and there are women who are newly pregnant. With so many people in the family, if something happens to you at the Duke of Huguo's mansion, will the Prince's mansion hold the Shen family responsible?"

Shen Yuantang's eyes flashed, and he said reluctantly, "How could something happen to me at home?"

Shen Lanxi smiled silently: "Many things happen in their own homes. If you, the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion, and the palace can guarantee that they won't blame you if something happens in the Duke of Huguo's Mansion, I'll let you live in my mother's courtyard."

How can you guarantee that?

What if someone deliberately harms her because of this guarantee?

“Mother, I’m just staying at home for a few days. My eldest sister said that Namado definitely doesn’t want me to stay at home. Wouldn’t it be better for me to stay in your courtyard and be able to show my filial piety to you?”

If she didn't already know what kind of person her mother was, she would definitely think that these words would move her mother.

What pure filial piety!