Emperor Liang Cheng never spoke ill of his ministers in the past, so his willingness to gossip about the Pingxi Marquis's residence today shows his extreme disappointment in the Marquis. He clearly knew his wife's true nature but did nothing to restrain her, watching her get involved in these deadly matters. It's truly a case of "Heaven's sins can be forgiven, but self-inflicted sins cannot be forgiven."
Zheng Yuanyuan has been staying at the Yongning Marquis's residence recently. The Yongning Marquis has settled her in a courtyard near Chen Zhaoci's residence. Qinglian and Honglian were injured that day, but fortunately, that place was close to the military camp in the suburbs of the capital. After the two of them managed to run there, they were rescued and sent to Shen Mingwan's estate. The next day, Xu Rao went to Shen Mingwan's estate, but in reality, he secretly went to the military camp in the suburbs of the capital with Emperor Liang Cheng's edict to meet Fan Shenglin.
When Xu Rao returned to the capital, he brought Qinglian and Honglian back with him. They are currently recuperating with Zheng Yuanyuan.
Zheng Yuanyuan leaned against the headboard, the kang beneath her was warm, but her heart was ice-cold. She already knew the whole story, but she couldn't understand why Xiao Chenshi kept chasing after her to frame her. Fortunately, she was able to get help from Zhou Erzhu's family in her sister-in-law's shop. Without their desperate rescue, it was uncertain whether she would still be innocent.
Zheng Yuanyuan knew in her heart that if the Sixth Prince succeeded, she would have two paths to take: either fulfill the Sixth Prince's wish and become his pawn in his contact with the Marquis of Yongning, becoming his concubine or maidservant, or die. In fact, Zheng Yuanyuan preferred the latter path. After Zong Chengping died, Zheng Yuanyuan felt as if her heart had been hollowed out. Having this opportunity to see Zong Chengping again was quite good.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but laugh at herself. Then, thinking of Zhou Erzhu's family, she asked Qinglian, "Sister Qinglian, how is Zhou Erzhu's sister-in-law doing now?"
Qinglian replied, "The family of three is staying in a small courtyard in front. It was arranged by the Marquis. He said they can go back after this matter is resolved. The bamboo paper shop has also been closed for now."
Zheng Yuanyuan got off the kang (a heated brick bed) to put on her shoes, saying, "I'm going to go see her. I heard she's pregnant."
Qinglian quickly stopped her, saying, "My dear girl, you shouldn't go yet. You're not feeling well right now."
Zheng Yuanyuan didn't care much about her health. In fact, ever since she received the news of Zong Chengping's death, she had stopped caring about many things.
Seeing Zheng Yuanyuan's insistence, Qinglian sighed, said something to Honglian who was lying in the west room, draped a thick cotton cloak over Zheng Yuanyuan, put the hood on her, and then led the people to the front yard.
The Yongning Marquis's mansion in the twelfth lunar month was much more lively than usual, but Zheng Yuanyuan felt increasingly desolate. When she saw Zhou Erzhu and his family of three, who were temporarily staying in the front yard, and watched the three of them sitting around the kang table, Zheng Yuanyuan suddenly felt as if she were walking on a vast body of water, with no one around and only herself in the world.
This feeling of loneliness made Zheng Yuanyuan tremble all over. She forced herself to say a few words to Zhou Erzhu's family before Qinglian helped her back to the backyard. At dinner time, Zheng Yuanyuan started to have a fever. Qinglian had to go to the neighboring yard to ask Bai Wei to come over. Bai Wei wrote a prescription, and the two of them decocted the medicine and gave it to Zheng Yuanyuan. Zheng Yuanyuan's fever finally subsided at midnight.
Zheng Yuanyuan knew in her heart that this was a heartache, and she didn't want to deal with it, but she kept thinking about things that made her sad. She missed her brother and her sister-in-law very much, but how could she go to Luzhou to see them at this time?
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