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Back at the East Palace, Yue Jiang was watching over Zhang'er. Jing Yan's stern expression vanished, and he joined her in looking at the baby in the cradle.
Zhang'er was a tiny, fair-skinned baby, breathing lightly, and occasionally smacking his lips, as if savoring the milk he had just drunk.
Although Yue Jiang felt a pang of tenderness in her heart, she was not very interested: "Zhang'er is too young. All he does is eat and sleep. I can't even entertain him."
"Wait a little longer, we'll watch him grow up, and he'll be lively when he's a hundred days old," Jing Yan said, gently squeezing Yue Jiang's hand that was resting on the cradle.
"If Your Highness really releases Jingshuo from the palace, will Jingshuo be grateful to you?"
Yue Jiang didn't like Jing Shuo, so she was worried that Jing Yan was too lenient and trusting towards Jing Shuo.
Jing Yan: "I don't need his gratitude, as long as Jing Shuo hates Jing Lu enough."
Jing Shuo harbors resentment, so Jing Yan is not afraid of Jing Shuo going back on his word.
He will take revenge on Jing Lu in the future, and all the help he receives will come from his own hands. He can also take it back at any time, so Jing Yan is not afraid that he will have any other intentions.
Yue Jiang thought about it again and felt much relieved: "That makes sense. He has been framed by Jing Lu time and time again. Even if he had a lot of ambition in the past, his heart should be almost completely corrupted by hatred by now."
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Longevity Hall.
The news of Jing Shuo leaving the palace reached Changshou Palace immediately, where Consort Zheng and Jing Lu were present.
Empress Dowager Zheng had long looked down on Jing Shuo's crippled appearance and didn't take him seriously. Upon learning this news, she showed a faint disdain.
"His Majesty has shown leniency, after all, there are only three of you. But your brother is actually soft-hearted. Jing Shuo almost harmed the Crown Princess, and he personally escorted her out of the palace. I wonder what he's plotting."
"But it's all good. I never knew that this good-for-nothing Jing Shuo was so tyrannical in private, beating Yu Tong like that."
Consort Zheng glanced at Jing Lu secretly, but said nothing.
Jing Lu's eyes turned cold, clearly dissatisfied with the result, which was beyond his expectations.
Empress Dowager Zheng was unaware of the thoughts between the mother and son. Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly felt a pang of emotion.
"It's a pity that Yutong was ruined. Once she recovers, I'll change her identity and find her a good new family."
After Jing Shuo offended Yue Jiang, Zheng Yutong was not punished in any way.
Because she was covered in injuries and complained after the incident, she could arbitrarily shift all the blame onto Jing Shuo.
Empress Dowager Zheng further supported Zheng Yutong, and in the end, she didn't even need to meet with Jing Shuo; Empress Dowager Zheng simply brought her back.
Jing Shuo is a prince after all, and it's not appropriate for him to have a divorced wife. So, he can only give Zheng Yutong a new identity.
She talked for a long time, but no one in the hall paid any attention to her.
Looking at Jinglu's absent-minded appearance, Empress Dowager Zheng thought about how they had only been married for a short time and had not yet experienced the joy of marriage before suffering the pain of losing their child.
She felt very sorry for him, so she offered him kind words of comfort.
"Lu'er, Cheng Suyun is pregnant but doesn't know how to be discreet and careful. She's arrogant and domineering everywhere. I can tell she's unlucky. You at least have a principal wife. Don't be sad for the child lost by an unlucky concubine."
"I most hope that you and Nianfu will have good news. It would be best if you and Cheng Suyun didn't have any children in the future, so as to avoid us getting entangled with Yongshou Palace."
Jing Lu cupped his hands and said, "Grandmother, I know that Su Yun accidentally fell into the water and suffered a miscarriage. The injury was quite severe. The imperial physician said that the loss was too great and that she would have difficulty having children in the future."
"For Suyun's sake, your grandson will not let her get pregnant again."
Empress Dowager Zheng was very satisfied with Jinglu's obedience and nodded repeatedly.
After Empress Dowager Zheng was exhausted, Consort Zheng and Jing Lu came out. Consort Zheng was restless and asked anxiously.
"Lu'er, how could Cheng Suyun have fallen into the water out of nowhere? Is it really true that Yu Tong's child has nothing to do with the Crown Princess's premature birth?"
Consort Zheng didn't like Cheng Suyun either, but at least she was carrying her unborn grandson. She was happy that he was born safely, which was a good start.
Unwilling to see Cheng Suyun smug, she knew she had plenty of ways to get the child raised by Zhao Nianfu in the future.
Now that she has suffered from the misfortune of losing a son, Consort Zheng is truly afraid that her son will be affected.
Two days have passed since the banquet at the palace, and Jing Lu slowly recalled the scene from the day before. On that day, Yue Jiang's accident attracted everyone's attention.
Cheng Suyun was also very interested. She leaned over the railing to look and saw that Jing Lu had pushed her down when no one was looking.
After Cheng Suyun went down, she bumped into an underwater artificial rock and bled immediately.
"She wanted to watch her brother and sister-in-law have a good time, so she didn't pay attention to her own safety and fell headfirst."
“Since Yutong married my second brother, I have had less contact with her. Isn’t it said that Yutong was beaten a lot by my second brother and is afraid of him?”
"Perhaps he was so scared that he didn't push the wheelchair properly, and then everyone got into trouble."
Jing Lu had some truths he didn't want to tell Consort Zheng, after all, the situation was quite complicated.
His initial calculation was that even if Zheng Yutong failed to harm the Crown Princess's child, as long as something happened, the child would likely be born sickly.
Even if the Crown Princess is not harmed in the slightest, having Jing Shuo take the blame in front of her will only exacerbate the conflict between the Eastern Palace and Yongshou Palace.
Even though Yongshou Palace has no advantages now and is not worth Jinglu's calculations, he still felt that the relationship between Cheng family woman Xiange, who often visited the East Palace, was extraordinary.
Jing Lu feared that the Cheng family would use the women in their clan to get close to the Crown Prince. The Longevity Palace was already biased towards him, not to mention that he now had the Left Prime Minister as his father-in-law.
If Jingyan were to dwell on this matter, the Crown Princess, being a princess from the Yue Kingdom sent for a political marriage, would be unable to establish connections with her family within the Jing Kingdom's court.
Jing Lu was worried that Jing Yan would cooperate with the Cheng family and promote members of the Cheng family to become his right-hand men.
But to everyone's surprise, Jing Yan was so magnanimous as to let Jing Shuo leave the palace. Jing Yan probably already had a rough idea of Jing Shuo's methods.
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