Yurong covered her lips lightly and yawned, then looked at Madam Leng with a confused look: "I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you just said, can you say it again?"

Being able to say so many words was already the limit of Mrs. Leng. She had been an official's wife for many years and was very good at being patient. She was not good at arguing with others. If it were not for her daughter's marriage, she would have kept these words in her heart forever.

She didn't mention it, but Mrs. Lu came up and said jokingly, "Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Leng is saying that you should recite the scriptures according to where you are from."

"Really? I don't quite understand, Mrs. Lu, please explain it to me." Yurong looked at Mrs. Lu with her innocent big eyes.

Mrs. Lu found it quite boring. They were fighting for Madam Quandu. Except for Madam Wei, all the people who came today had a close relationship with Madam Quandu. She was only the wife of a prefect of the fifth rank. Because she always followed Madam Quandu's lead, she had to take the lead today.

But she also knew that the Wei family might not dare to touch anyone from the Shen family, but they could certainly touch her.

No matter how poor this Mrs. Wei was, she was still the wife of a third-rank official.

She was just wondering how to slow down her mood, but she saw Yurong smiling and saying, "Forget it. I came here today just to see Madam Ju Du. My stomach can't handle it anymore. What's the point of chanting sutras? If you're discussing Buddhism in the future, you can invite me to sit in."

When Mrs. Ju Du heard that Yurong was leaving, her face changed. She called Yurong over and of course had prepared several intimidating tactics. How could she let her go at this time?

So, Madam Ju Du pretended to be friendly and said, "Why are you in such a hurry to leave? If you are worried about your stomach, I can arrange for you to stay in that pavilion. We will be together in the future. If you leave like this, I will give up, but the other ladies may think you are arrogant, which is not good."

Yurong shook her head: "If I were really arrogant, I wouldn't have come. I know Madam Ju Du's good intentions. I really want to watch the show with you all. It's a rare blessing. But you don't know that my husband is responsible for two wives and is the heir to the royal family. If anything happens to the child, I will be dead."

After she said this, everyone looked at her belly in awe again, and Madam Leng kept her mouth shut and didn't mention anything else.

She then walked out in a grand manner and got on the carriage. Bitao said angrily, "I think Madam Leng is usually very quiet, but today she is particularly outstanding."

"Don't be angry. It's boring for them to form these small circles. There's no need for me to have much to do with them." Anyway, it all depends on how Wei Xuanning handles things.

What about Madam Leng, Madam Lu and Madam Judu? Now it just shows that they are getting into a mess.

Shen Shixing was a knife of the previous emperor, but a tool for the Wei family to check and balance the emperor. However, the new emperor may not completely trust Shen Shixing.

This old fox claims to be a commoner minister every day, but what he does is no worse than those from the aristocratic families. His local cliques and even his own party are spread all over the government and the country, and the capital is under the jurisdiction of his in-laws.

Mrs. Qudu would never agree with them at all. Even if the women had a good relationship, they would still go to extremes because of their husbands. What's the point of wasting time?

Besides, even if she wanted to pick people up, she would have to host her own banquet and interact with them. It would be difficult for her to do so on someone else's turf.

"You are getting heavier and heavier now, so just stay at home and take care of the baby. The eldest master was very worried when you came out today."

Yurong nodded: "I know."

Mrs. Judu performed a big show today, but the protagonist was not there, so she was inevitably not in high spirits. The wives of the officials here are very common, and it is really not a good idea to invite them to watch the show of the small troupe.

She looked at Mrs. Leng again, feeling a little disappointed.

Mrs. Leng was curled up like a quail.

She was scared, really scared. The officialdom was too complicated. If she had known this earlier, she would have stayed in Shu.

After the show, Madam Quandu returned to her room. Her husband now depended on her, so she was very considerate and took the initiative to ask, "Did you enjoy the show today? If not, please come again later."

"Goodbye, Mrs. Wei left early. She seemed to disdain to have anything to do with us."

She looked at her husband and said, "You said Wei Xuanning came here to investigate smuggled salt. Is he looking for death? The smuggled salt dealers here only care about money. They are very brave. They dare to come to such a poor and vicious place."

Ju Du snorted coldly: "Maybe we don't even need to do anything to make him suffer. Well, let's add fuel to the fire. If the eldest son of the Wei family really dies in Qingzhou, the Wei family will be finished."

"But the Wei family is very close to Governor Cao now?" Mrs. Judu frowned.

Cao Yi? Not a big deal, but...

"Forget it, let's just wait and see."

**

When Yurong received Zhu's letter again, she had already spent two months in Qingzhou. Wei Xuanning was out investigating the salt-alkali land, so she stayed at home to take care of the baby.

When she opened it, she found that it was Yu Rou's death report.

Zhu said that she brought a doctor with her for the last time and tried to go to Xie's house, but Xie's family said that Yurou had died of illness...

Even Zhu didn't understand why Yu Rou had to endure it. She clearly told her that the disease had nothing to do with her and was Xie Junze's problem, but she still couldn't get over it.

"Please prepare a funeral gift and send it to Kyoto. My great aunt has passed away."

It was hard to describe her feeling. She thought that telling Yu Rou about this would make her stronger, but the reality hit her. It wasn't like that. Her character had been set long ago. She had too many shackles on her, so many that even if it wasn't her fault, she would take the shackles on herself.

Li Rui and Xue Bai were servants of the Wei family and had never known Yurou, but Bitao, Wintersweet and Qiulian Hongyu were all servants of the Yang family, and they felt that things were uncertain for a while.

"Eldest aunt is a good person. She always cares about you every time she sees me." Bi Tao couldn't help but feel bitter.

Yurong thought to herself, what’s the use of being a good person?

And is it true that if you swallow all the bitterness, you are a good person?

What about her son? She thought she would be innocent after death, but she never thought about what would happen to such a young child without a mother to take care of him.

It is not easy for people to live this life. Even Gou Jian could endure the hardships, let alone ordinary people.

She sympathized with Yurou, but she absolutely disapproved of her behavior.

During dinner time, Wei Xuanning unexpectedly came back from outside, exhausted. As soon as he came back, he went to see Yurong first, but the maids were all standing outside. He didn't understand why.

"What's wrong? Is grandma okay?"

Li Rui explained: "Young Master, it's because the eldest grandmother's sister passed away. She just received the funeral letter, so she is a little sad. She asked us all to come out."

Now Wei Xuanning understood, and he rushed in. At that moment Yurong was lying on the couch, looking at the ceiling, not knowing what she was thinking about.

"What's wrong? I'm back, and everything will be fine."

Yurong wanted to lean on his arms to explore the warmth. Wei Xuanning took off his coat first, then hugged her and coaxed her patiently: "I heard that when people die, they will turn into stars in the sky."

When his mother passed away, his wet nurse said that his mother had turned into a star.

Yurong didn't believe such romantic words of comfort, "No, people like her will be bullied even as ghosts. If I were her, I would definitely kill Xie Junze to vent my anger."

Wei Xuanning took a difficult look between his legs, then asked in confusion: "How does this matter have to do with Brother Xie? He has already gone to Danzhou."

Yurong said disdainfully, "He messed around outside and passed the dirty disease on to Yurou. Yurou got this disease and always felt that she was not innocent. Even though I wrote to tell her, she still didn't dare to see a doctor, fearing that her disease would spread and she would not be able to live a normal life in the future. So she starved herself to death to preserve her innocence."

Wei Xuanning was also stunned, not thinking that it was because of this kind of thing.

He held Yurong's hand and said, "No one wants this to happen, so just be at ease."

Right now, Yurong’s belly is the most important thing. We can’t let her get angry.

Yurong shook her head: "No, if we talk about the biggest mistakes, the Xie family certainly has problems, but our Yang family has bigger problems." She was more honest than anyone else, "The entire Yang family makes full use of women, wanting women to have chastity arches, wanting women to marry high, and using them to the utmost. Big sister, you have been without a mother since you were a child, and you were raised by my aunt. My aunt is a very moral person. My mother wanted to go to visit the sick with her, but she didn't think that women should go back to their parents' home, otherwise it would be unvirtuous. They used these things to tie Big sister up all day long, and Big sister suffered a lot."

"Although she suffered greatly, she has grown up, met more people, and is educated. How can she not have her own ideas? It shows that she is too cowardly, a cowardly and honest good person. I don't mean to criticize her, but I always feel that she shouldn't be like this."

Yurong didn't know why she had to say so much to Wei Xuanning.

Wei Xuanning listened silently, held her shoulders, looked into her eyes and said, "There are very few people like you who have a compassionate heart. I didn't understand you before."

In the past, he always thought that she was a smart and cunning person, who could probably live well anywhere, but that was only limited to herself.

But now he thinks it is not the case. She will see those people who have a hard life crying silently. Her advice to him is not to let him fight with the governor, but to let him turn the private salt here into official salt, and then promote farming, so that those people in the gutter can live openly. And about her sister, although she also blames men, she is talking about the injustice and persecution of women by the Yang family or this world.

She has great love and a true heart of compassion, but she lives very transparently and has not lost her true heart because of scheming and conspiracy. Wei Xuanning feels that his previous views on Yurong were too superficial, and he even feels that he does not understand her.

A woman can do this. If she were a man, there would be countless heroes in the world who would become her disciples.