Jinmo Curry
"Concubine, the princess has just returned from the palace."
Li paused, "Just the princess herself? Where's the prince?"
Mother Jin nodded and said, "Yes, the princess came back by herself. The concierge didn't see the prince."
Mrs. Li stood up and said, "When the prince and the princess left in the morning, they did not take the same car, but when they came back, it was the princess who came back alone."
Mother Jin followed Li who had walked to the window and said, "Yes, we had originally prepared a carriage this morning, but after the prince came back from his sword dance, Changshou went to the stables and had another one prepared."
"I don't know what happened last night. It seems that the prince must be unhappy." Li sighed.
Mother Jin whispered, "The new princess has sent out all the servants assigned by Nanny Hai to serve her. Only the two maids she brought with her are left in the upper room. How about I send someone to find out more?"
Li waved her hand, "No need. I just feel sorry for the prince. I was reluctant to marry her in the first place. I thought that marrying her would satisfy the prince, but I didn't expect that after only one day, people would notice it."
Mother Jin also sighed, "When Luo Lan came back, she saw Jin Zhi heading towards the second courtyard gate."
Mrs. Li smiled slightly and said, "I heard that the eldest lady was not feeling well again yesterday?"
Mother Jin smiled disdainfully, "In our mansion, the eldest young master and the eldest young lady are truly siblings. If you're good, I'm good too. If you're not, I'm not good either. It's always a coincidence."
Mrs. Li snorted, "What a bunch of shallow-minded people! What did the child do wrong? Why are they using him as a pretext? Aren't they afraid of retribution? Have Roland tell everyone in the courtyard to behave themselves. Unless there's something special going on, don't wander around the mansion, especially Jing'an Garden."
Mother Jin bent down and retreated.
Li looked out the window. As a maid who had served Song Chengze since she was a child, she was already very content with the good fortune she had today. Many of the girls who entered the palace with her back then, some chose better places because they were serving a less-appreciated prince. Some had improper thoughts, causing the prince to dislike them early on. Only she, wholeheartedly serving, kept her mouth shut, and always put the prince first. When the prince opened his mansion to marry, she was personally chosen by Concubine Lian to accompany Matron Hai to the palace.
When Princess Lin became pregnant, Nanny Hai asked Princess Lian for permission and decided to promote herself to a concubine. Later, when she gave birth to a son, she was promoted to a concubine.
Thinking of her son who had died young, Li sighed, her heart aching. If only her son were still alive, how much better it would have been. She knew her own limitations. Whether her son was alive or not, the position of princess would never have been hers. Her family background was too low, and being a concubine of the prince, a concubine with a jade plate, was a blessing she had earned over hundreds of years.
Li's maid, Luo Lan, lifted the door curtain and came in. "Concubine, Liu Nian said that Concubine Lin asked you when you would go to pay your respects to the princess?"
Li turned around and said, "Tell her that we will listen to Lin."
Alas, everyone is holding back their energy and exerting it on the new princess, but I don’t know if the eldest daughter of the Meng family can handle it.
But what does this have to do with me? It just makes things difficult for the prince. It’s difficult in the palace, and he has more headaches when he returns home.
Yinyan Pavilion
Mrs. Wu was staring at the maid as she dipped the handkerchief into the cold water again.
"Auntie, the water is so cold." Four-year-old Song Nongyu frowned and dodged the hand extended by the maid.
Wu took the handkerchief and said, "Yu'er, be obedient. Didn't you say you missed your father too? Rub it on more often to cool your body, and your father will come to see you more often. Don't worry, after your father leaves, I will make you something delicious."
After hearing this, Song Nongyu nodded obediently and let Wu put the cold handkerchief into her back. The little girl shuddered and said nothing.
"Concubine, I'm back." Jinzhi said as she lifted the curtain and walked into the room.
Wu threw the handkerchief to the maid and walked out of the inner room, "How is it? Have you told the prince? What's the princess's expression?" Her face was full of excitement and nervousness.
"The prince didn't come back, only the princess came back by herself."
"What? The prince didn't come back? Did he go directly to the outer courtyard instead of the inner house, or didn't come back to the palace?"
"I went to the gatehouse to ask, and they said that the princess came back on her own, and was escorted by Lord Chu. She didn't see the prince."
Wu frowned. What had happened? Why did the princess come back alone? Then she suddenly felt happy and covered her mouth. "Ha! I heard the prince's angry voice in Jing'an Garden last night. He didn't even take a carriage this morning, and now the prince actually let the princess come back on her own. Not bad, not bad."
"Concubine, maybe the prince was left in the palace for something?" Jinzhi said.
"How is that possible? Everyone knows that today is the first day after the prince's wedding. If he were to stay in the palace, it's impossible that he would be the only one. Oh, he came back at lunchtime, and he was alone. What does this mean?"
"What does it mean?"
Wu reached out and tapped Jinzhi's forehead. "This shows that our new princess is not only not favored by the prince, but also not valued by the palace."
After saying that, he clapped his hands and said, "That must be it. That's it. If that's the case, I know what to do."
Then, as if remembering something, he hurried to the inner room and said, "Stop wiping it. Stop it."
Huamuyuanli
Xiaolin spread her hands and admired her freshly painted nails. This bright red color suited her perfectly. She had always felt that red was particularly suitable for her. Whether it was clothes or jewelry, it could only highlight her fair skin and beautiful appearance.
Unfortunately, her biggest regret is that she has never been able to wear a red wedding dress in this life.
Back then, when the eldest sister died of complications during childbirth, the entire Yongkang Viscount's mansion seemed to have lost its core. Old Master Lin feared that the prosperity brought by his granddaughter would be lost because of her. The men in the family gathered together to discuss a solution: to preserve the prosperity of the Viscount's mansion, they had to send another daughter to the prince's palace.
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