The next morning, Yuan Bohua brought delicious food from the palace to replace the Second Prince. Of course, he also brought some delicious food for his hardworking brother-in-law.
After Yuan Bohua went to guard the city gate, Zhou Qiongyue took her men back to the Marquis Cheng'en's Mansion.
Now when Jin heard that her daughter had returned, there was not a trace of smile on her face, and she didn't even go out to greet her at the gate.
Zhou Qiongyue was still in the yard, calling out without regard for age, "Mom, Mom, I'm back. Have you had breakfast?"
As Jin listened to her daughter's increasingly unruly voice, her brows were almost wrinkled into a "川" shape.
When Zhou Qiongyue came in, all the servants in the room bowed in unison. Jin also stood up and bowed, but Zhou Qiongyue avoided it.
When Jin saw her daughter avoid him, she stood up straight immediately. They were all family members, so her requirements were not that high. As long as they were generally good, it would be fine.
Jin could only complain helplessly, "Why are you here again?"
Jin felt that she was worried to death about her daughter. She felt that the number of times she had returned to her parents' home in her entire life was not as many as the number of times her daughter had returned in the past year.
Zhou Qiongyue ignored her mother Jin's duplicity and went straight forward to hug Jin's arm, then launched a powerful attack, "Did Dad tell Mom about the gossip about the Marquis Xuanping's Mansion?"
Upon hearing this, Jin immediately stopped wanting to shake off her daughter's hand. Her daughter was just a little homesick, and there was nothing wrong with her.
Jin turned her head to look at her daughter Zhou Qiongyue: "Why, you know?"
Zhou Qiongyue nodded proudly, with a look on her face that said, "Mom, ask me! Ask me!"
Jin was not as carefree as Zhou Qiongyue. She first asked everyone who was not involved to leave the room, and then sent her personal attendant to guard the door. Then she told Zhou Qiongyue, "Come, tell me quickly, what exactly is going on in the Xuanping Marquis' Mansion?"
Zhou Qiongyue looked at Jin solemnly, "Mom, I can tell you that, but the prince got this news from his second cousin, and his second cousin got it from the emperor. So you can only gossip about it with dad and me, and don't tell anyone else, not even grandma or the others."
"Well, mother knows. You think I am you, but even after getting married, you still can't wait to live in your parents' home every day. I am truly like spilled water after a daughter is married..."
Looking at her daughter like this, Jin was relieved, but also a little sad. It was the sadness of knowing that she was the one abandoned by her family at the critical moment.
"Mom, you still have us! If your brothers treat you badly in the future, you can come and live with your daughter." Zhou Qiongyue was not trying to make Jin happy. Her mother was so good to them. If that time really came, she was willing to be her mother's support.
When Jin heard her daughter say this, she slapped Zhou Qiongyue on the head. "What nonsense are you talking about? Your two brothers are so kind to you, how could they be mean to me?"
Zhou Qiongyue could only cover her head in disbelief and look at Jin with complaints, looking like a poor little thing being bullied.
After being interrupted by her daughter, the little sadness that Jin had felt disappeared. "Stop being weird and tell me quickly. There are rumors everywhere in Yuan'an recently. Everyone is curious about what's going on in the Xuanping Marquis Mansion."
Zhou Qiongyue looked at Jin Shi with a suspenseful look and asked, "Who do you think did it, mother?"
Jin seemed to have thought of something and suddenly covered her mouth. "Could it be my son-in-law who did it?"
Zhou Qiongyue... was silent for a moment, "Mom, you should still look forward to your son-in-law!"
Jin heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this. As long as her daughter wasn't implicated, she could gossip happily. "It's good that he's not my son-in-law, it's good that he's not!"
"It was the wife of Marquis Xuanping who did it. It's said that she also deposed Marquis Xuanping." After Zhou Qiongyue finished speaking, she looked at Jin with an expression that said, 'Mother, you didn't expect that, did you?'
Jin had actually guessed it was the wife of Marquis Xuanping, so she wasn't too shocked. She just sighed, "So it really is her!"
This actually piqued Zhou Qiongyue's curiosity. "Mom, aren't you surprised?"
"Mom has guessed it, right? Don't be too surprised. You'll understand when you have children. We wives always put the interests of our children first."
Jin's approach was to implicitly advise Zhou Qiongyue not to trust men's love too much.
Zhou Qiongyue knew what her mother wanted to say, but she immediately hugged Jin. "Mom, you have two brothers and me now! We've all grown up and will be your support from now on."
Jin was stunned for a moment when she was hugged, and then her eyes instantly turned red when she heard her daughter's words. Not many of them, as the legal wives, were truly happy in their hearts, but their children were their last bottom line.
But her children had finally grown up and understood her hard work. She reached out and patted her daughter on the back, "Mom is so content with having you three in my life. Especially our Yue'er, who has become more and more sensible and thoughtful."
"Mom..." Zhou Qiongyue called again.
"You, when you were little, you were so fierce and aggressive, but now you're getting even more clingy as you grow older. What a mess."
If we ignore the upward curve of Jin's mouth, this statement would be more convincing.
Since Zhou Qiongyue had come, she wouldn't leave without a meal. Looking at Zhou Qiongyue, who was enjoying her lunch at her place, Jin couldn't help but ask, "Does the prince really have any objections to you coming back so frequently?"
She and the prince must be very happy that their daughter comes back often, but compared with their daughter's happiness, these are not worth mentioning.
Zhou Qiongyue picked up a piece of food for Jin and replied, "Don't worry, mother! The prince has no objection. He is out on business and he is eager for me to find someone to chat with! My daughter not only often returns to the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion, but also often goes to the Yongchun Princess's Mansion.
And every time I asked if I brought anything, even if others wanted to attack me verbally, they could only attack me for being homesick. They had no reason to even attack me for supporting my parents."
Anyway, Zhou Qiongyue has a lot of reasons to wait for Jin, and now she has the final say in the palace.
To some extent, Zhou Qiongyue had more freedom after getting married than she had in her boudoir. She could basically do whatever she wanted in the palace, and she didn't have to do anything she didn't want to do. She didn't have to pay respects to anyone, and her status was high enough.
She now lives a regular and relaxed life, not much different from living in retirement.
In the end, Jin could only give him another piece of advice, "Be careful and don't cause trouble for the prince."
In order to avoid listening to her mother's nagging, Zhou Qiongyue could only nod continuously to show that she understood.
Zhou Qiongyue had lunch at the Marquis Cheng'en's Mansion and then took her people back. She came back today because she really wanted to gossip with her mother, so her purpose was achieved and she left quite decisively.
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