In fact, according to reason, no matter which son has a stepmother, it is the stepmother who should take the lead in making arrangements. However, the current situation between her and Song Chengze is not convenient, and she is afraid that Song Chengze is not completely confident in her.
"Don't bother watching the eldest young master's affairs. Just let the servants report back whatever they want. When I get the chance in a few days, I will find out what the prince means."
The two girls looked at each other and responded in unison.
"Princess, would you like to see the clothes my son will wear when he enters the palace?" Yuan Yue asked.
Meng Qi hummed. Since she'd married, she'd only been to the palace twice, aside from paying respects on the second day of her wedding. Unaware of how Song Chengze defined their relationship at the time, she didn't dare to overreact and simply followed her usual path.
Because the Emperor was not present during those two occasions, everyone was not interested. In addition, Concubine Zhen was implicated in her brother's affairs and was under house arrest. Without such a troublemaker, things became much easier.
(Let me say this about Concubine Zhen. She is the niece of Concubine Xian and gave birth to the Eighth Prince. Concubine Xiang originally wanted to ask for her nephew to marry the granddaughter of Minister of War Lu, but Concubine Zhen said that good girls should be left to Prince Rui. The emperor was suspicious and did not agree to Concubine Xiang because of her words, fearing that it would help Prince Duan. Later, it was not known whether Concubine Xiang or Concubine Zhen suggested to the emperor that a princess should be hired for Prince Rui, and Meng Qi was pushed out again. Although Meng Qi is the daughter of a marquis, the Huainan Marquisate is on the decline, and there is no one in the family who can stand up. Since they met the requirements for a prince's consort, the emperor granted their marriage. Because it was Concubine Zhen who initiated the plot, Song Chengze exploited the land grabbing incident involving Concubine Zhen's brother to implicate her, resulting in her being confined for six months. A reminder: if you want to understand the story in detail, I recommend reading the Meng Wan series first before reading this one; you'll gain a deeper understanding of the characters. I can't rewrite every character I encounter, nor can I elaborate further. Please take the trouble to read it; I'm not promoting it. You can also choose not to read it; you can understand the content here by carefully reading it.
I'm afraid it will be much more lively if we go the day after tomorrow because the Queen's Thousand Years Banquet is coming soon.
The master and his two servants were looking at the clothes. Yuanyue even took out the jewelry she had worn that day to match them. When San Ya came in from outside, she said that Concubine Lin wanted to see her.
At this time, Lin was standing in the corridor, looking at San Ya, who looked much better than she did in her own yard, with her eyes slashing up and down like knives.
Lin took two steps forward and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Don't think that no one will dare to do anything to you just because you're in Jing'an Garden. I'm telling you, if I hear you say even one word, I have plenty of ways to punish you."
San Ya has been following Lixia for a while and has learned a lot of skills. She is no longer as fearful as she was at the beginning.
She originally thought that she was doomed to die. After all, she had discovered such a horrifying "truth", and she was bought and an orphan, so no one would help her.
During the days when she was locked up in the woodshed, she even gave the few copper coins she had to the old woman who brought her meals, hoping that she would buy her a straw mat.
However, she did not expect that after the prince's wedding, she did not wait for the people sent by Xiao Lin, but was taken away by the maid in the princess's courtyard.
She still remembered that when she was taken out of the woodshed, the maid in the yard stopped her and said that this was Concubine Lin's person, and that he had committed a serious crime and would be punished, and could not be handed over to the people in Jing'an Garden.
It was her sister Yuanyue who came to pick her up that day. When Yuanyue heard this, she raised her hand and slapped the old woman, saying that all the servants in the mansion belonged to the princess, and no one dared to say who belonged to Concubine Lin.
I followed Yuanyue to Jing'an Garden. After a few days of fear, nothing I'd worried about happened. I just boiled water and added firewood in the small kitchen. Sister Suxin also told me not to go out alone and just stay put.
Later, Mother Liu arranged for herself to stay with Sister Lixia and Xiaoman. With them around, she was no longer afraid of the people in Huamu Garden when they went out together.
Later, when Mother Liu had no other work to do, she only had to guard the upper room and not allow anyone to come in without the princess's permission.
She took on this task. She didn't have to go out and there was no danger. She just had to sit here and keep an eye on everything every day, paying attention to who came to look for whom, who went out when they had no tasks to do, etc., and then tell Sister Lixia about it.
She only found out later that it was the princess who asked Sister Yuanyue to go to the woodshed and bring her out. She didn't know why the princess did this. In the first few days, she kept waiting for the princess to ask her. She thought the princess rescued her because she heard something and wanted to find out what happened to deal with Concubine Lin.
But the princess didn't. Not only that, when she mustered up the courage to talk to her, the princess waved her hand, and she didn't know why.
But she knew that the princess didn't let her speak, perhaps because the time was not right. No matter what, it was the princess who gave her a second life, and as long as the princess needed it, she would be happy to give it back.
"I don't know what the concubine said." San Ya has learned not to reveal her thoughts to others. When she heard Xiao Lin say this, she just lowered her eyes.
"Hmph, you're sensible. Remember, if you tell this, whether the princess believes it or not is another matter, but your life will definitely be in danger."
After Xiaolin finished speaking, Yuandong lifted the cotton curtain, came out, bowed to Xiaolin, and invited her in.
Kobayashi raised her chin and walked into the upper house proudly.
As soon as she entered the room, she saw Meng Qi sitting in the armchair in the main hall, and it was obvious that she had no intention of entering the east room.
Xiao Lin was dissatisfied in her heart, but when she thought of Song Chengze's anger in Bi Bo Hall just now, and the letter brought back by Xiao Songzi, saying that the prince arranged for Hu Changsheng to choose a room for the eldest young master in the outer courtyard, she was really anxious.
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