Chapter 139 Everyone Has Selfish Motives
Driven by selfish motives, she wanted to establish herself in front of the legitimate wife, and the way she thought of was to suppress the princess to establish her authority.
But what she didn't think about was, how could such a person from the royal family be controlled by you, a concubine?
After figuring it out, Song's mother stayed in her yard and did not go out.
After Jiang Ce learned about it, he sighed and walked into the Jiang Mansion in the evening.
That night, the mother and son had a good talk, and Song's mother's calm temperament appeared again.
These days she was blinded by wealth and glory in the imperial city, but now, she has finally found herself.
Jiang Ce can also fall asleep with a smile.
These past few days, he really couldn't sleep at night or during the day.
I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight.
Before we knew it, another twenty-three years of Dayan had passed.
After the emperor put down his pen, he hosted a banquet for ministers from all parties in the palace, which was considered a reward.
This is the mentality of an emperor. Every emperor in power plays this way, and the ministers also fall for it.
This year's New Year's Eve is different because the two princes are married. After entertaining the ministers, it will be a royal family banquet.
On New Year's Eve, the emperor, his concubines, princes and princesses all gathered together. They ate, drank, said auspicious words and strengthened their relationships with each other.
Sitting next to Concubine Yuwen were her sons and daughters-in-law. There were few children in the harem, so each of them sat next to their mother.
In fact, to put it bluntly, only the second prince and his wife were sitting next to their mother.
Besides, there are not many concubines in the harem, and Ouyang Rui has not done much harm to women in this regard.
And the eldest prince sits under the emperor, why?
After all, his mother is the queen.
That's where his place is.
No matter how unpopular he is, his status is there and no one can rival him.
Even though he had not attended palace banquets in the past few years, his seat was always there, even if it was vacant.
That's the rule.
"Is it delicious?" Wen Li asked as he watched Xia Yutong eating with such relish.
He really didn't like the food in the palace. It was not as good as a bowl of noodles cooked by his own wife.
Xia Yutong didn't even look at him and just kept eating: "It's delicious." After saying that, she put her empty plate in front of him.
Wen Li was helpless.
Others serve their men food, but what about him?
Well, you chose it yourself, so you can spoil it yourself.
After the emperor started eating, everyone started eating, but few people were as eager as Xia Yutong.
When the Second Prince's wife saw this scene, a smile appeared on her face.
She was not in the mood to serve the Second Prince, so she let the maidservants around her serve him.
After the cold dishes, the hot dishes come up.
Xia Yutong had no interest in beef, mutton, etc. She preferred the snacks in the palace.
"Why don't you eat anymore?" Wen Li asked worriedly when he saw her put down her chopsticks.
Xia Yutong looked around and shook her head: "I don't want to eat, I'm full." She would never say that the meat smelled very strong.
Before the two of them could finish showing their affection, there was movement from the Second Prince not far below.
Not long after the second prince's wife served the hot dishes, she started to act unwell.
She couldn't help wanting to vomit, but this was a palace banquet, so she tried to hold it in. But she really couldn't help it and vomited to the side.
"Ugh, ugh."
The Second Prince immediately became unhappy when he saw her making such a big fuss.
"What are you doing?" The voice was a little loud, and everyone around heard the second prince's scolding.
Xia Yutong raised her head and looked over, frowning.
Looks unhappy.
I didn't expect that the second prince was so bad and treated his wife so badly.
Wen Li held her hand tightly, "Don't worry." He was on guard, not knowing what he was going to do.
But who was the imperial concubine? She had given birth to a prince herself. When she saw Yu Wen Xiu Lan like this, she immediately stood up.
"Chen'er, how can you talk like that? Hurry up and help your wife up." The imperial concubine said to her silly son with a smile on her face.
The emperor also put down the wine glass in his hand and looked down.
"What's going on?" he asked aloud.
The imperial concubine had a smile on her face. She had just asked someone to call the imperial physician and had some guesses in her mind.
"Your Majesty, we may have good news today." The imperial concubine said shyly.
At such an age, acting like that is really shocking. Well, actually, the imperial concubine has maintained herself very well and doesn't look like a person in her forties at all.
"Oh, what good news?" The emperor had some guesses in his mind, he turned his head and glanced at Xia Yutong below.
Sighed silently.
It would be great if this girl got pregnant.
After a while, the imperial physician came over. After greeting him, the imperial concubine asked him to take Princess Chen's pulse.
The pulse of pregnancy was easy to feel, and the imperial physician withdrew his hand after a while.
"Congratulations to the Second Prince, congratulations to His Majesty, and congratulations to the Imperial Concubine. Princess Chen is pregnant and has been pregnant for over a month." The imperial physician said with a smile.
"Haha, okay, reward, a big reward." Without waiting for His Majesty to speak, the imperial concubine spoke first.
The palace maids immediately congratulated him.
Yu Wen Xiu Lan didn't expect that she was pregnant, but she was still looking forward to the child.
It would be fine if she married a husband she was not happy with, but the child was innocent; it was her own child.
The emperor could not save the reward given by the imperial concubine, so he also gave rewards to the public.
Not only that, he also rewarded Princess Chen. In fact, he was a little unhappy in his heart.
It would be great if this child was Xiaotong's.
Even though he was unhappy, he still had someone reward Princess Chen specially.
The emperor's resentful look was too obvious, and Xia Yutong felt goosebumps all over her body.
Wen Li glared at the emperor sitting above him and asked him to restrain himself.
The protagonist of a palace banquet changed drastically.
When the second prince learned that his princess was pregnant, he gave his best friend a provocative look.
Don't show off too obviously.
Xia Yutong also stood up and stepped forward to congratulate Princess Chen.
After saying that, she returned to her seat.
The palace banquet also ended early because Princess Chen was pregnant.
On the way back, Xia Yutong was full of complaints.
"That's him, not me. I think it's better not to have children." Wen Li felt very aggrieved after listening to this all the way.
He's really not that anxious about the child.
"Hmph, you've passed." She didn't want to have a baby so early, she had to wait at least two years.
Well, she has stopped taking the medicine now, and the child will be born after the new year.
Compared to the hustle and bustle at Prince Chen's Mansion, it is much quieter here at Prince Li's Mansion.
First, there are not as many servants in Liwang Mansion as in Chenwang Mansion.
Secondly, the mistress is pregnant, so of course it's lively.
However, after Xia Yutong and Wen Li returned home and the mansion held a grand reward, it became lively.
Twenty-three years of Dayan passed like this.
Because of Princess Shanning's wedding in the first month of the year, the Ministry of Rites was busy throughout the entire New Year.
Whether it is the princess or Lord Jiang, their marriage is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites.
Therefore, except for the second prince, no one in the Ministry of Rites was idle.
They didn't dare to complain.
Fortunately, the eldest princess was in charge and had people send them all very generous New Year gifts, and they were all very happy.
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