But at the moment, Qian's face was not too good. Seeing Wei Hanzhang coming in, she forced a stiff smile and said politely, "Ran Ran is here."

Wei Hanzhang was a little confused. This was not in line with her aunt's gentle personality.

I wanted to ask, but I was afraid it was a private matter of my elders. While I was hesitating, I heard Jiang said, "Your aunt and I are going to the Yongle Marquis's Mansion. Would Ranran like to come with us to visit your sixth sister?"

Wei Hanzhang was startled and asked, "What happened to Sixth Sister?"

Since there is no festival or wedding banquet, there is no need for Jiang and Qian's family members to visit in such a solemn manner.

Qian took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, "Yesterday the Shen family sent me news that your sixth sister had a miscarriage."

"What?" Wei Hanzhang stood up in shock: "How could this happen?"

The ladies of noble families are extremely cautious when it comes to giving birth to children, from top to bottom, and miscarriages as described in novels are extremely rare. Wei Hanshuang also had a nanny with her as a dowry, so although she was a new bride, it was impossible for her to be pregnant without knowing it and accidentally lose the baby.

"...How could this happen? I got the news yesterday and thought it was all an accident..." Qian sneered, "I took the supplements to the Shen family and found out that my sixth wife had a miscarriage, but the cousin of the Shen family is pregnant again."

"That shameless thing actually had the nerve to come and pay respects while holding her belly. If I hadn't caught her and sent her away, my Sixth Lady would have had to endure a lot of humiliation."

My cousin is pregnant? Upon hearing this, Wei Hanzhang subconsciously calculated.

Shen Yu spent more than a month in the palace to escape the summer heat. He did not bring his concubine with him. It has been less than half a month since he returned to Beijing, so...

The cousin got pregnant before she went to the palace.

When the newlyweds returned home, Wei Hanshuang mentioned that it would be difficult for this cousin to get pregnant again, so she felt pity for her and wanted to make her a concubine. Jiang suggested that they ask a doctor outside the palace to confirm before making a decision.

Did Wei Hanshuang give her the status of a concubine at that time? Or did Shen Yu have an affair with this cousin without any status and get pregnant.

...Wei Hanshuang’s miscarriage, does it have anything to do with these two bitches?

Wei Hanzhang suppressed his anger and asked, "Did Sixth Sister say that she had a miscarriage? Is it related to this cousin?"

"You know your sixth sister. She is good at hiding things. When she was a girl at home, she was very taciturn and never liked to complain about her grievances. I only learned the whole story from the nanny beside her."

"On the way back to Beijing from the temporary palace, she was diagnosed with pregnancy. It should have been a great joyous event, but on the day she returned to Beijing, the cousin knelt down in her courtyard, saying that she was pregnant and asked for the status of concubine."

Qian seemed extremely annoyed, gritting her teeth and saying, "The Shen family actually advised my daughter to be magnanimous and accept such a bitch who was pregnant with an adulterous child. Your sixth sister was pregnant, and she should have been the most careful at this time. She was bullied by such a large family, and she had her bleeding that night. But she was able to endure it and didn't tell anyone. It wasn't until the next day when she couldn't get out of bed that the nanny saw that she was not well, and then she asked the doctor to come and see her."

…She lost her grandson.

"Such a big thing happened, but she didn't even bother to send someone to report it. The Shen family hoped that we didn't know, and they wouldn't mention it on their own initiative. But when I saw that she hadn't come to visit her parents' home once in all these days since she returned to Beijing, I felt something was wrong, so I sent someone to ask. The Shen family realized that they couldn't hide it anymore, so they..."

At this point, Qian closed her eyes and said, "My son has always been in good health, but this time it seems that he has suffered a great loss. It has been more than half a month since the miscarriage, and he still can't get out of bed. What's more, he is a saw-mouthed gourd. No matter how I ask him, he says he is fine. I was so anxious that I couldn't sleep all night."

When something like this happens to a married daughter, the mother always comes forward to show concern. As long as the situation has not reached the point where she can no longer survive, it is not appropriate to let the men in the family step in, and even the elders are not convenient to go to the house to seek justice.

After all, the couple still has to live their lives. If things really get too ugly, how can the two families live with a war?

Therefore, Qian came to the Duke of Weiguo's mansion early in the morning to find Jiang, a sister-in-law whose status was different from before, to support her daughter.

Jiang knew what she was here for. She had a good impression of her niece Wei Hanshuang. She had already turned cold when Qian spoke, sneering, "The Shen family is really eye-opening. The whole family married a daughter-in-law for a 'cousin' who was married without a matchmaker, and even lost their legitimate son."

Patting her sister-in-law's hand, she said softly, "Let's go to the Shen family. I want to see if they really think that our daughter from the Wei family is easy to bully."

A married girl has suffered such an injustice. As her family, how can Jiang not stand up for her?

"I'll go too!" Wei Hanzhang clapped his fan, then stood up and said, "I'll go see Sixth Sister."

The cousin who had just said that it would be difficult for her to get pregnant in the future, suddenly became pregnant again.

How could such a coincidence happen? I'm afraid even the saying "difficulty in getting pregnant" is a lie.

Not long after getting married, Shen Yu was not idle at all. He had a child with this cousin.

Wei Hanzhang felt sick to death just by listening to it.

It is conceivable that Wei Hanshuang, as the person involved, was very flustered.

Even the children were pissed off by these two disgusting bitches.

She had never seen such a disgusting person! …………

This was Wei Hanzhang's second visit to the Yongle Marquis' Mansion. His status was completely different now. As soon as he entered the door, the Shen family, who had received the news, came to greet him.

At this time, the men of the Shen family were either on duty at the yamen or out meeting friends, so the leader was the old lady of the Yongle Marquis Mansion who had proposed marriage to her nephew at the Wei family. She led all the women in the mansion to kneel and pay her respects.

Wei Hanzhang stared at her for a while, but couldn't believe that this respectful old lady could be such an unruly person.

He indulged his son in having uninvited affairs with his cousin many times, and even had two children born from the infidelity, which he then wanted his legitimate daughter-in-law to accept.

She didn't wake up for a long time, and she looked like she was going to call someone to account, which made a trace of cold sweat appear on Old Madam Shen's cheeks, and her squatting body trembled slightly.

Wei Hanzhang lowered his eyes, said "get up", and looked at Shen Yu who was standing behind his mother.

She looked more haggard than when she was in the palace. No one knew whether it was because she had lost her legitimate son or because she was worried about her beloved cousin not getting a legitimate status.

Without much politeness, Wei Hanzhang declined the invitation to have tea in the main courtyard and asked directly, "Where is your cousin?"

Madam Shen's expression changed slightly, and she said with a wry smile, "She is staying in her yard. She is just a lowly person, how can she be qualified to come and see you."

"He is indeed willing to be humble," Wei Hanzhang looked at Shen Yu and smiled slightly, "Maybe I have been too ignorant over the years. I have never seen such a lowly person."

Everyone present knew whether this despicable person was referring to the cousin or the second young master of the Shen family.

Shen Yu also understood, his lips turned pale and he said nothing.

Wei Hanzhang sneered at this and was about to say something, but Jiang pulled his hand away. He turned around and saw Jiang shaking her head slightly and whispering, "Don't blame us like this. Ask your sixth sister what she thinks first."

Jiang smiled faintly at the Shen family, and then said to her daughter: "Ranran, go to Liu Niang's courtyard to see her first, your aunt and I will come later."

Wei Hanzhang nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Jiang is right. It is better to ask Wei Hanshuang what she thinks before doing anything.

She could vent her anger for a while, but she would still have to live with Wei Hanshuang in the rest of her life.

...Maybe she didn't want this child on purpose.

The sedan chair stopped at a secluded courtyard. Wei Hanzhang looked around carefully and found that although the courtyard was quiet, it was not desolate. The servants in the courtyard were all busy and quick, then he stepped through the door and walked in.

The doors and windows in the house were closed, and it seemed a bit stuffy in the early autumn when there was still some heat left.

Wei Hanzhang walked around the screen and his eyes fell on the woman on the couch. He paused for a moment and said in a lost voice, "Sixth sister!"

She hadn't seen her for just over half a month, and she almost didn't recognize the haggard-faced woman lying on the sickbed as her beautiful and quiet cousin.

"Ran Ran is here," Wei Hanshuang waved at her with a smile, "Come and sit down."

Wei Hanzhang walked over quickly, held her hand, looked at her carefully for a few times, and suddenly stood up and said, "I'm going to settle the score with Shen Yu!"

"Come back!" Wei Hanshuang called her urgently, "This is my own decision. Why are you going to settle accounts with him?"

Wei Hanzhang turned around suddenly and asked, "Sixth sister deliberately doesn't want this child, right?"

Wei Hanshuang held her hand, looked at her for a long time, and never answered.

“……”Wei Hanzhang took a deep breath, and the answer became clear.

In this era where offspring are of great importance, women in the inner chambers spend almost their entire lives hoping to have children.

No woman would complain about having too many sons.

Wei Hanshuang, a native Aboriginal, actually chose not to have children.

This isn't about not wanting a child; this is about not wanting Shen Yu either.

She wants a divorce!

How bad was Shen Yu that Wei Hanshuang, a girl who was considered a model of aristocratic women, wanted to divorce him even if she didn't want the child.

Her expression changed too obviously. Wei Hanshuang saw this and said with a smile, "I am the daughter of the Wei family. I was raised by my family. My marriage should be arranged by my elders. I don't have any complaints at all."

No resentment at all...

Wei Hanzhang's heart trembled slightly. How could he not feel any resentment?

"Now, the marriage is complete. I will be the wife of the Shen family first, and then the daughter of the Wei family. Although Shen Yu is indecisive, he is not a bad person. I originally thought about staying with him for the rest of my life..."

She paused and said helplessly, "But the affairs of the inner house are too exhausting. He has a cousin who he grew up with and whom he is reluctant to abandon. I will help him. If possible, I don't want to be trapped in this world."

Wei Hanzhang saw the bright light in her eyes and asked in a low voice, "What do you want to do, Sixth Sister?"

"I want to divorce and start my own family like other ladies in the capital."

Wei Hanshuang said, "But I know that the elders in my family will definitely not agree. Even if they agree, they will only call me back and marry me off in a year or two. They will not let me go out alone and bring disgrace to the Wei family."

The current social atmosphere was open, and Wei Hanzhang knew that there were several noble ladies in the capital who could not get along with their husbands and after divorcing did not return to their parents' homes, but instead kept their dowries, set up their own homes, and lived with a few male favorites.

However, if Wei Hanshuang thought about living like this, she might think that the stubborn old man Wei Ping would do something to clean up the family for the sake of the Wei family's reputation.

She was shocked that Wei Hanshuang could have such an idea. She had always felt that her cousin was a puppet raised by Wei Ping and Liu. She was well-behaved, calm and dignified, and a model of a noble lady from aristocratic family.

I didn't expect that the other person's inner rebelliousness was no less than mine.

Wei Hanzhang smiled in her heart. She sat down again, looked at her cousin's pale face on the bed, and said softly, "If Sixth Sister really doesn't want to live in the Shen family, I will help you get a divorce."

Wei Hanshuang nodded slightly. She did not refuse her cousin's kindness. Her status was there, and what she could not accomplish no matter how hard she tried, her cousin only needed one word.

Since she didn't even want the child, of course she had made up her mind not to have it anymore.

Wei Hanzhang said, "Sixth sister, have you really thought it through? Once the divorce is finalized, you can't go back to the Wei family, nor can you stay in the capital."

She knew Wei Ping very well. If she really let her divorced granddaughter go home, Wei Hanshuang would probably end up like Wei Hanyu, being married off thousands of miles away. It would be best if everyone in the capital forgot that there was such a divorced girl in their family.

Wei Hanshuang nodded and smiled, "When I was in my boudoir, I read a few travel books and imagined myself traveling around the country with a maid and a few guards. If I could realize my dream from my youth, my life would be worthwhile."

Wei Hanzhang was silent for a moment. She looked at her sister with envy and muttered, "Then you have to bring someone with you."

Wei Hanshuang frowned, her face full of disapproval: "You can't go. If you follow me, how can His Highness forgive me?"

Wei Hanzhang choked and said helplessly: "What did Sixth Sister think of? Of course it wasn't me."

"…Who else could it be?"

Wei Hanzhang sighed softly. It had been less than a year since the fifth daughter of the Wei family entered the family temple, but her sisters had almost forgotten about her.

She said softly, "If Sixth Sister is willing, I will pull my elder sister out with her. It doesn't matter if it's the misty rain of Jiangnan or the famous rivers and mountains. You can keep her company. She can't stay locked up in the family temple forever."

Upon hearing this, Wei Hanshuang was stunned, and finally remembered the taboo that Wei Ping had given a death order not to mention.

Her cousin Wei Hanyue.

In the past, no one in the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery could challenge Wei Ping's authority, and no one could disobey his orders.

Now it was hard to say. Wei Hanzhang was determined to rescue her. Could Wei Ping really go against the future queen? If he had such a backbone, he would not have been so anxious to hold a family banquet and apologize to his little granddaughter just because he was not chosen to accompany the emperor.

Thinking of this, Wei Hanshuang's face lit up: "There is no better arrangement than this. With my fifth sister as my companion, I won't be lonely even if I can't return to Beijing."

"You can't go back to Beijing for the time being," Wei Hanzhang said, "After a few years, when your uncle becomes the head of the family, no one will marry you off against your will if you want to go home, Sixth Sister."

Although her uncle and aunt were a bit snobbish, they still loved their children sincerely.

As for Wei Hanyue, she has also made up her mind.

Change your identity and start a new life.

Just tell outsiders that the fifth young lady of the Wei family died in the family temple.

Still more than 4,000 words, two chapters combined into one~~ 　　 　 (End of this chapter)