Of course, Yurong's family also received a share of the New Year's gift. Zhu was delighted when she received the fur cape, and she said to the maid, "You must iron this cape for me so that I can wear it on the day I enter the palace. I cannot waste Yurong's kindness. Although she is not in the capital, it will always be good if I mention her to the queen from time to time."

She hoped that the Empress would pay more attention to her daughter for Yang Zhao's sake, so that she could be transferred back from Qingzhou. Zhu was moved when she thought that her daughter still remembered her in that bitter and cold place.

"Madam, don't worry too much about Miss. If I tell you what kind of person my aunt is, I will definitely let Miss live a good life. Miss also has this friendship of sharing weal and woe. Won't it be better in the future?"

Whenever Zhu heard others mention her son-in-law, she no longer felt happy. At first glance, this son-in-law was not bad, but his influence on her daughter was too profound, especially Yurou's death, which made Zhu alert.

Women should not care too much about men. Feeling sorry for men is the beginning of women's misfortune.

There is no need to feel sorry for a man. Xie Jun pretended to be unmarried for three years for Yurou. He was really hypocritical. If he hadn't been fooling around outside, Yurou wouldn't have gotten this disease, and she wouldn't have died in such a restless state, and she wouldn't have left behind such a young child.

Humph, it’s really funny when you think about it.

**

Yurong didn't expect that the New Year gifts would cause so much trouble. She yawned and was eating chicken soup and silver thread noodles. The chicken soup was very strong and the silver thread noodles were very thin and soft, which suited her taste very well. After finishing a bowl, she even drank up all the soup.

She finished eating, but found that Wei Xuanning didn't look very happy for some reason. He only took a few bites of the bowl of noodles and looked at her from time to time, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"What's wrong? If you don't want to eat this kind of noodles, just ask them to change the variety."

Wei Xuanning buried his head in eating again.

Yurong pulled his sleeve and said, "What's the matter? I feel like you've been hesitant to speak these days, which is weird."

"It's okay, I'm fine." Wei Xuanning knew that Yurong was a kind-hearted person. If he proposed it, she would definitely do it. But it would be such a hassle, and she was pregnant. He couldn't bear to let her work so hard.

But Yurong knew that the more she said that, the more trouble there would be. She waved the servants away and said seriously, "Tell me! Do you have something bothering you right now? Am I not worthy of listening to it?"

Wei Xuanning quickly said, "It's nothing, it's just a small matter, you don't have to take it so seriously."

"No matter what happens to you, it's no small matter to me." She looked at him seriously, her amber eyes revealing deep concern.

This made Wei Xuanning feel ashamed. It was already hard enough for Yurong to take care of the baby every day, but she still had to bother him. To be honest, he was really inconsiderate.

It was rare for him to be silent, so Yurong couldn't help but said anxiously, "If you don't tell me, I won't be able to sleep tonight. You know I'm always thinking about you."

Seeing her determination to get to the bottom of the matter, Wei Xuanning finally said hesitantly, "I saw you embroidering a belt before, and I thought it was for me, so I ordered clothes from Jiangnan. I didn't expect it was for my father..."

Oh, so that's why.

Yurong laughed: "Then why didn't you tell me? I gave it to my father-in-law because he is the elder and it was a New Year gift, so I embroidered it so carefully." She couldn't say that your father now has a younger son, and I was afraid that you would lose favor. This is not impossible.

When one son grows up and is away from home all year round, but the younger son is by his side, and he also has a beloved wife by his side, it is easy for him to transfer his affection to his younger son.

So she tried to please her. It just so happened that Xuebai was interested in joining her. Xuebai was also the granddaughter of Nanny Zhu and knew more than Yurong imagined. Yurong easily completed the belt embroidered with a Saker Falcon.

She didn't expect Wei Xuanning to be jealous, so she coaxed him, "When I married you, I made a lot of purse belts for you to wear, but I didn't see you wearing them very often. I thought you didn't like them. Since you like that kind of belt, just wait until I'm free to make it."

This reminded Wei Xuanning. It was not that he did not want to wear the purse made by Yurong, but that he always matched his clothes very well, and he often looked down on the embroidery made by the embroiderer at home, not to mention the embroidery made by Yurong, who was still an outsider at that time.

"You don't have to do it. I just mentioned it casually. Oh, by the way, don't you like reading? The government office has been closed these days. It's the New Year. If you want to read a book, you can go and get it directly."

Generally speaking, the study room is an important place, so even if the relationship is very good, Yurong is very sensible and never goes in alone. She knows her status and will not participate unless Wei Xuanning allows her to.

Just like the hymn, he had to review it first, and I couldn't take the initiative to inquire about his affairs.

After all, the Yang family and the Wei family don't get along well, so we need to be more careful about this measure.

Now that Wei Xuanning allowed me to go to the study, he probably treated her as his own.

She smiled and said, "Okay, I see. Winter is boring. I will go there if I have time. Thank you very much."

She was smart after all, and she understood what he said immediately.

The last urgent letter delivered at the end of the year said that Gao Shanru was betrothed to the King of Qi as his principal wife. When Wei Xuanning received the letter, he took a look at it and put it aside. This matter was unexpectedly accomplished so easily.

But the chess piece was moved, and this matter could be considered as a blessing for the Gao family. However, no one expected that Yurong's position in the heart of the Empress was so important.

…

The Gao family was overjoyed. The Guo family thought that abandoning Prince Qi's position was unstable, but the Gao family did not think so. It was better than becoming the second prince's concubine. Gao Xiang and his wife both breathed a sigh of relief.

Besides, Gao Shanru is really not young anymore. Because the Wei family has endured for so many years, the empress finally arranged a marriage for her. Mrs. Gao is very happy for her daughter.

"Tomorrow I will bring you to the palace to thank you. This is a marriage granted by the emperor. You will be the Princess of Qi in the future."

Gao Shanru showed no emotion, "My daughter knows."

Madam Gao continued to nag, "You are already twenty-one, and the Prince of Qi is several years younger than you. You should hold her in your arms as soon as you enter the house. Look, when Lady Yang entered the house, Madam Wei was still holding you, but the child was in her arms. When I went to the Wei family yesterday, she pulled me aside and said a lot of good things about Lady Yang."

"Counting the days, she should be giving birth soon," Gao Shanru suddenly asked.

"Um."

Gao Shanru smiled and looked into the distance, "That's good, that's good."

Maybe Xuan Ning won't remember her anymore in the future, so that's fine.

Let the past be the past, people should always look forward. Yang is the niece of the Queen, her father is a close minister of the Queen, she is also smart and beautiful. Compared with the fallen Gao family, Yang Yurong is indeed more worthy of Xuan Ning.