In the study room in the front yard, the servant at the door saw Old Madam Liu coming and hurriedly bowed and knocked on the door, saying, "Master, the old lady is here."
Liu Yu heard the noise outside the door, stood up and welcomed Madam Liu in, helped her sit down on the chair, and said, "Mother, if you have something to ask, just send someone to call me over. Why did you come here in person?"
Old Madam Liu is old and her legs are not very light. She seldom leaves Baoshou Hall. She waved her hand and said, "I am not so useless that I can't even walk these two steps. Just now, the third girl was having dinner in my courtyard and said that Concubine Xue in the palace is pregnant."
Liu Yu understood instantly that the old lady had come here specifically to tell him that Xue Rong was pregnant with the dragon heir.
The Xue family is connected with the Shen Party and has always been ambitious. It would have been fine if Xue Rong had never given birth to a royal heir before, but now that she is pregnant, if she gives birth to a prince, I am afraid he will be the crown prince.
Although the position of crown prince had been decided long ago, Empress Feng was not favored. The second prince Zhu Chui had the title of crown prince but was not valued by Emperor Mingzheng, who had delayed his involvement in government affairs. It was likely that the Xue family would not take Zhu Chui, the crown prince, seriously either.
If Xue Rong really gave birth to a prince, the court, which was now trying hard to remain peaceful, would probably change suddenly. The old lady came to give Liu Yu a warning.
"Son understands." Liu Yu said.
Madam Liu raised her eyes. "The third girl said that Imperial Concubine Xue was ill and had been drugged. She was originally unable to conceive a dragon heir. Imperial Concubine Xue repeatedly summoned her to the palace just to have the third girl take care of her body. That's why she became pregnant with a dragon heir. The third girl didn't know the truth, so it's not her fault."
Liu Yu laughed, "Mother, are you afraid that I will blame Yu Jiao? How could a son think like that? The third girl didn't know what happened back then."
Old Madam Liu also laughed, "That girl is lovely, I was the one who said too much."
"It's not a big deal. Concubine Xue may not give birth to a prince." Liu Yu was not very worried. What he should be worried about was the Dingbei Marquis' Mansion. "This may not be a bad thing." The three-way confrontation in the court had lasted long enough. Thinking of Liu Ziqi who was far away in Lingnan, Liu Yu thought to himself that maybe there might be an opportunity if there was some chaos.
After hearing this, Old Lady Liu guessed something and asked, "Is Ziqi okay outside?"
After the last incident with the Queen Mother, Liu Yu wrote a letter and asked someone to send it to Lingnan to appease Liu Ziqi, fearing that he would act rashly in anger. Later, he received a reply letter from Liu Ziqi. In the letter, he was relatively calm and did not mention the Crown Prince Zhu Xun. He talked about some of the next deployments and plans in Lingnan.
Liu Yu always knew that Liu Ziqi was a calm person, but since it concerned Yu Jiao, his only blood relative in the world, Liu Yu was worried that Liu Ziqi might get angry and act on his emotions, so he wrote the letter. However, it was obvious that he was worrying too much.
"Zi Qi has always been sensible in doing things, mother, there is no need to worry." Liu Yu replied.
Old Lady Liu nodded. She knew vaguely that Liu Yu and Liu Ziqi had never let go, but were just lying dormant and enduring.
However, she never cared about these things and would not say anything more. Old Lady Liu knew Liu Yu's character and personality. Liu Yu must have never forgotten the kindness of the former prince, otherwise he would not have risked his life to save Liu Ziqi.
Her son was carefully raised by her and her late husband. The words "honesty, integrity and loyalty" were the family motto left by her late husband. As a mother, she would only fully support her son in whatever he wanted to do and would never hold him back.
Old Madam Liu continued, "Ms. Meng is going back to Pingliang Prefecture to visit her relatives and is she going to bring the eldest maid with her?"
Yu Jiao was not at home today, so Liu Yaoyu went to Baoshou Hall to pay her respects to the old lady. She mentioned in passing that the old lady was old but her heart was young. She asked a married girl to go to Pingliang Prefecture, thousands of miles away from the capital, and separate from her husband for several months. No father-in-law or mother-in-law would do such a thing. Naturally, Old Madam Liu noticed something was wrong.
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