The Bei family wants to flee, how can the Jiang family's branch tolerate it?
However, the heads of the household were on duty outside, so the steward immediately ordered the servants and guards to chase after them.
Not long after the Bei family left the city gate, they saw the Jiang family's servants chasing them. They were so scared that they whipped the carriage desperately and drove away even faster.
One chases and the other flees, pursuing relentlessly.
In the carriage, the four members of the Bei family looked panicked and terrified.
"Mom and Dad, what should we do? They are catching up."
Little Brother Bei's face turned pale. "I told you not to return home. I haven't married a beautiful bride yet. We can stay in the capital and become its people. Although my sister doesn't want to leave the palace, as long as she is a maid in Taiji Palace, no one will dare to harm us."
They were taken in by a branch of the Jiang family and given mansions, money and shops. In a short time, they were dazzled by the wealth of the capital.
But Bei Lingyao refused to leave the palace, so they didn't dare to ask the palace for her. They could only curse that evil girl.
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"Aunt Yao."
"What's the matter, Xiaolinzi?"
Bei Lingyao looked at Xiao Linzi and smiled slightly.
"I went out of the palace to do some shopping this morning and ran into your sister-in-law. She said your parents and brothers abandoned her and fled the capital with the Jiang family's money. The concubines ran away, and the house was taken back by the Jiang family. She is penniless and wants to borrow some money from you to return home."
Bei Lingyao sighed, turned back to the house, and came out with a small cloth bag. "I only have these two taels of silver. Please, Xiao Linzi, give it to my sister-in-law for me."
Xiao Linzi looked at Bei Lingyao with sympathy. Aunt Yao was so pitiful.
He had a stepmother and a stepfather, but he didn't expect that Aunt Yao's biological mother, father and brothers were just as bad.
Xiao Linzi hesitated to speak, and Bei Lingyao asked, "Xiao Linzi, do you have anything to say?"
"Aunt Yao, be careful of the Jiang family. The Jiang family's side branches wouldn't give so much money to the Bei family for no reason. They were looking forward to Aunt Yao leaving the palace before. There must be some dirty things they didn't know about."
"Thank you, Xiaolinzi, for the reminder."
After sending Xiao Linzi away, Bei Lingyao used her spiritual sense to pay attention to her adopted sister-in-law, Li Daya, who was also the original owner's cousin.
The daughter of Mrs. Bei's brother. In the original owner's childhood impression, Mrs. Bei treated this niece better than her own daughter.
But it was also because Mrs. Bei wanted her niece to marry her son.
However, after her niece got married, she was not pregnant. Mrs. Bei became increasingly dissatisfied and did not show any mercy to her own niece.
A lot of work at home and outside, and all kinds of folk remedies, directly ruined Li Daya's health.
The woman, who was only in her twenties, looked like a woman in her forties or fifties, with a miserable face, gray hair, and a hunched back.
But this has nothing to do with her. The original owner did not have a good relationship with her cousin Li Daya.
It was also because Mrs. Bei favored her niece and was mean to her own daughter.
Now the Bei family couple and their eldest and youngest sons have all fallen off the cliff and died along with the Jiang family servants, but the news of their death has not been spread.
The Jiang family kept it a secret, and Bei Lingyao pretended not to know. Now she just hoped that Li Daya would leave the capital as soon as possible.
But things went against his wishes. Before Xiao Linzi's money was delivered, Li Daya sold herself into slavery in a branch of the Jiang family.
There was no coercion, it was completely voluntary.
Bei Lingyao was confused, what did Li Daya mean?
Is he simply looking for a place with food and shelter to be a slave, or does he want to lurk in the Jiang family and wait for an opportunity to take revenge?
What was the Jiang family thinking behind taking in Li Daya?
The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was approaching, and Bei Lingyao was watching with her spiritual sense, and her attention was quickly focused on Emperor Yanxing.
The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was held in the Imperial Garden. In order to organize this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, many eunuchs and palace maids were assigned to help.
But this does not include the palace maids of Taiji Palace, and it is even less likely that Bei Lingyao is included.
On that day, all the royal family members and court officials brought their wives and families into the palace to attend the banquet.
Concubines of the fourth rank and above could receive their families.
In Ningshou Palace, the Queen Mother said to the palace maids around her, "Is everything ready?"
"Don't worry, Empress Dowager, I'm ready."
"Well, I was too permissive with the Emperor in the past, so that the harem has been childless till now."
When the Queen Mother thought of the concubines who entered the palace with her son today, her eyes were sharp and cruel, "This throne can only belong to her descendants, no one else can dream of it!"
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, the noble concubines, the concubines, and the princesses of the royal family have arrived."
"Xuan"
The empress dowager looked towards the door and saw the concubines of the previous emperor leading the way into the hall.
In the past, the empress dowager had to rely on these concubines who had sons for support.
But she was lucky. The son born to her concubine sister was registered under her name. When the princes of the previous emperor were all defeated, she took advantage of the opportunity and became the empress dowager. That is how she got the power and wealth she has today.
Now the Queen Mother looked down upon the concubines and was very proud of herself.
Just thinking about the fact that although the sons of the concubines were dead, disabled or invalid, they still had at least two grandchildren.
However, the emperor refused to touch his concubines or palace maids, leaving him with no children, which made the empress dowager feel a strong sense of crisis.
But after today, things will be different.
She will no longer indulge the emperor.
The concubines felt very complicated when they looked at the Queen Mother, the concubine who was once looked down upon by them.
It's fate, but they will never accept it.
The emperor had no sons, but as long as he adopted one of their grandsons, he would still have a chance to turn the tide.
In Taiji Palace, Xiu Fu entered from the entrance and bowed to Emperor Yanxing, who was reviewing memorials at his desk. "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has already left for the Imperial Garden."
Emperor Yanxing put down his pen and looked up at Xiufu, "Prepare the sedan chair, let's go."
"Your Majesty, please move."
Bei Lingyao watched Emperor Yanxing leave with her spiritual consciousness. There would be a good show to watch tonight, and she could also help.
Bei Lingyao was looking forward to it, and Emperor Yanxing was excited.
Yes, after learning from a secret source that the Queen Mother was planning to target him, Emperor Yanxing began to make arrangements, just for today.
However, Emperor Yanxing did not expect that even though he was very careful and the wine had been replaced by Xiu Fu, he still fell into the trap.
When he realized something was wrong, he cried out inwardly and quickly asked Xiu Fu to proceed as planned.
The Queen Mother saw that Emperor Yanxing looked a little drowsy and said to the Empress, "Empress, please help the Emperor to wake up."
The purpose was too obvious, and Concubine Jiang immediately became unhappy.
Why should she be the queen? She can do it too.
Xiu Fu had just left. Seeing the Empress helping Emperor Yanxing leave, Concubine Jiang couldn't sit still anymore. The Empress Dowager glanced at her and asked, "What's wrong, Concubine?"
The imperial concubine looked towards Prime Minister Jiang's seat and said, "I was a little worried when I saw that Princess Yu Zhao had left as soon as my father left."
The Queen Mother frowned. Yu Zhao still refused to give up.
The Queen Mother could no longer sit still and accidentally wet her sleeves, so she was helped away by the palace maids.
Concubine Jiang hurriedly took people to check the direction the emperor and empress left.
Now, the main seat is empty.
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My cold and cough haven't healed yet. I saw a chief physician before the Lunar New Year and took medicine for a few days, but it got worse. I couldn't speak for the past two days. I changed my medicine today and feel better. I hope I can recover soon so I can write and update properly.
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