Chapter 245 Xie Wanniang is Pregnant
The Prince of Nanyang's mansion did not suffer any actual losses. Although the Princess Consort of Nanyang was "invited" to the capital to receive punishment, the Prince of Nanyang, who was only reprimanded by the emperor, continued to live a comfortable life as always.
On the contrary, the Nanyang Princess's family suffered serious losses because they provided the "tools of the crime"—the twenty skilled guards—to the Nanyang Princess.
The Princess of Nanyang's own brother, who was the head of the family, was directly demoted by the emperor to a minor prefect in the far south. Other members of the Princess of Nanyang's family who were officials in the court were also either demoted or transferred to sinecure positions in insignificant government offices. The punishment was severe.
If this were their own mistake and they were being punished, that would be one thing, but apart from the Princess of Nanyang's own brother, no one else knew anything about it.
After finally finding out the real reason why all the officials in the clan had been reprimanded by the emperor, the innocent relatives of the Princess of Nanyang who had been implicated immediately erupted in anger.
Unable to see the Princess of Nanyang, who was imprisoned by the royal family, they directed their anger at the Princess of Nanyang's own brother, who was acting as her accomplice.
Leaving aside the infighting within their clan and how the collateral branches joined forces to overthrow and suppress the main branch, let's just talk about Xie Wanniang, who has been paying close attention to the development of the situation.
After learning the latest developments in the matter from Jiang Yuan, Xie Wanniang was not happy that the Princess of Nanyang had been punished and that her family had suffered the aforementioned series of misfortunes.
She nestled in Jiang Yuan's arms with some emotion, and sighed as she said to the person closest to her, "If the Princess of Nanyang hadn't sent someone to kill me, I wouldn't have wanted to become her enemy."
According to her logic, shouldn't her mother Xie Jingshu and the current Princess of Nanyang both have a clear objective and take direct action against the man who wronged them and made them unhappy?
He started the affair and then abandoned it; he deserves to die.
He can't have children himself, yet he expects his wife to hold her nose and register other women's children under her name, while she watches helplessly as those women inherit everything in the Nanyang Prince's Mansion, including her dowry. What right does that scoundrel have?
She's keeping a man who can't have children but still has women on both sides, and even has people pretending to be magnanimous to manage his household and handle his affairs. She's clearly the Princess of Nanyang.
She endured the bitterness, yet she had to hand over the peaches to someone else to pick. If Xie Wanniang were in that situation, she would definitely not be able to swallow this humiliation either.
Well, that doesn't seem quite right either. If it were Xie Wanniang, she would most likely have tried to divorce or become widowed as soon as the Prince of Nanyang took a concubine, instead of enduring humiliation and resentment all this time.
Naturally, she wouldn't target others who were also powerless to control their own destiny.
If we identify the root of the problem, wouldn't it be much easier to just deal with that person directly?
However, it is quite obvious that the Princess of Nanyang and she do not think in the same way.
She smiled and tolerated the heartless, cold-hearted man, but Xie Wanniang, who had no intention of acknowledging her ancestors, became a huge threat that she wanted to kill as soon as possible.
Even Xie Jingshu, who had no intention of reconciling with the Prince of Nanyang and whom the Prince of Nanyang had no intention of bringing back to his residence, was regarded as a lifelong enemy by the Princess of Nanyang.
It's like she has a dog that always likes to run into other people's flowerbeds and roll around, and then comes back covered in flower petals every time. But she never scolds the dog for being too naughty. Instead, she ignores the dog and directly resents the beautiful flower petals that interest the dog.
Xie Wanniang felt that the Princess of Nanyang was both hateful and pitiful. However, most women in the inner quarters of the world lived similar self-deceiving lives as the Princess of Nanyang.
She couldn't possibly offer her life just to put the Princess of Nanyang at ease; she wasn't so kind as to make a fool of herself. So, she had no choice but to retaliate.
But the person she most wanted to deal with was never the Princess of Nanyang, but the root cause of all this misfortune—her scumbag father.
Jiang Yuan knew what she was thinking, but that Prince of Nanyang was just making baseless accusations, submitting a memorial accusing him of abducting respectable women. The fact that the emperor issued a serious decree to reprimand him was only because Jiang Yuan was a border general. If it were any ordinary official, the emperor wouldn't have gone to such lengths.
He comforted Xie Wanniang, "Take it slow, there's plenty of time."
As long as that person doesn't give up his wicked intentions, he will definitely continue to cause trouble. Whenever he crosses the line, Xie Wanniang will be able to fight back against him with a clear conscience.
Although this passive defensive posture of waiting for the opponent to make the first move inevitably makes one somewhat passive, Xie Wanniang is the biological daughter of the Prince of Nanyang, so she can't be too aggressive.
Xie Wanniang sighed and hugged Jiang Yuan's waist, "That's all we can do."
Jiang Yuan stroked the top of her head and said, "You're pregnant now, so try not to think about these things as much as possible."
Xie Wanniang was in good health, and her morning sickness symptoms were not severe, but she would still feel uncomfortable. Jiang Yuan did not want her to worry about those messy things at this time.
Xie Wanniang's independence and resilience always surprised him.
This girl is not only capable of earning money, protecting herself, and supporting a family on her own, but she also kept her pregnancy a secret until he came home on leave, only then casually telling him about it.
When Jiang Yuan heard her say she was pregnant, he thought he must have misheard.
It wasn't that he hadn't considered that the two would welcome a new family member after their marriage; rather, when Xie Wanniang said "I'm pregnant," her tone and expression were so flat that anyone who didn't know better would think she was saying "I'm full" or "I'm sleepy."
Moreover, she didn't blame Jiang Yuan for his absence at all. Xie Wanniang had always been able to fully understand and generously tolerate his helplessness.
Of course, Xie Wanniang didn't care, but Jiang Yuan himself cared quite a bit.
He felt he was neither a good husband nor a good father.
Out of guilt and a desire to make amends, he treated Xie Wanniang even better.
Everyone in the house, including Haitang, Xiaoyang, and Xiaomei, could feel his increasing indulgence and excessive pampering of Xie Wanniang.
Xie Wanniang herself was certainly aware of it, but she said nothing.
Although she is a female eagle capable of flying independently, it doesn't mean she doesn't enjoy being pampered and cherished by her husband occasionally.
After the short holiday ended, Jiang Yuan said to Xie Wanniang with great reluctance, "I will apply for a house as soon as I get back. Once I have the house furnished, I will take you to live in Zijingguan."
Xie Wanniang smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for you to come back and pick me up."
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