"Mom, when will we arrive in the capital?"
"Mom, how long will it take before I can see Big Sister?"
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Along the way, Bei Liulang kept asking questions. Normally, Mrs. An would have been annoyed by her son's questions, but this time she answered him very patiently.
Her heart had already drifted to the capital. She hadn't seen her daughter for a long time and didn't know how she was doing.
"Master, Yao'er mentioned Dalang and his wife in her letter, and wanted to give her away as a concubine. What do you think?"
"Separation"
Bei Chengye is now very disappointed with the second wife.
Although Old Master Bei is still alive and the Bei family has not yet split up, the eldest wife has already taken over the Bei family's property.
Once Old Master Bei passes away, the first wife only needs to divide out the second wife's property and divide it up.
Now Bei Chengye is unwilling to wait any longer. If it weren't for the time he spent in Beijing, he would have wanted to call the second wife back to divide the family business.
"We can't let them manage the shops in the capital anymore."
An was very disappointed with the second wife. They were originally blood brothers, and she thought her son was still young. If anything happened to her and her husband, they would still need the second wife's protection.
Therefore, the couple almost always responded to the second wife's requests. When the second wife's son wanted to study, they also spent time and money to use their connections to get the second wife's son into the academy.
The sons of merchants in the Great Xia Kingdom could take the imperial examinations, but the registration fee was quite expensive.
In the Bei family, only the second son of the second branch could study patiently, but he only graduated every year and was only a student, and never passed the imperial examination to become a scholar.
Bei Liulang is only five years old this year, but he was enrolled in elementary school by Bei Chengye when he was three years old and has been studying there for two years.
It can be seen that Bei Chengye hoped that his son could study and become an official.
No matter how rich a businessman is, if he has no power or influence, he is just a fat sheep for the powerful and can be slaughtered at any time.
Bei Chengye has experienced this deeply over the years.
Behind every successful businessman there is the support of the powerful or various forces.
For example, the Bei family has relied on clinging to officials for their money for generations, but the Bei family's fortune was small in the past and was not favored by officials.
By the time of Bei Chengye's generation, he married An and married his daughter to the Yong'an Earl's Mansion, becoming the money bag of these two families and finally becoming rich and stable.
However, there was a huge gap in social status. Neither the Yong'an Earl's Mansion nor the An family took the Bei family seriously. They would slaughter the Bei family whenever they wanted to eat meat, and destroy them when there was nothing to eat.
Bei Chengye touched his son's head and said, "Your sister likes people who can read. If you want your sister to like that, then you should like reading."
Bei Liulang nodded heavily and said proudly, "Liulang is a good student. I am the best student in our class D."
Bei Chengye smiled. Class D was just a preschool class and nothing special.
He studied since he was young and followed his father into business. However, although he had a good talent for business, he had a poor talent for studying. In the end, he couldn't even get the qualification of a student.
Now that his son is willing to study, Bei Chengye is very happy.
"Master, you have been conferred the title of Lord Chunyi. Does Liu Lang still need to take the imperial examination?"
An's question stumped Bei Chengye.
He also didn't know whether his son would have to take the imperial examination in the future after he was awarded the title of earl.
"Ask Yao'er when you see her. She knows more."
Bei Chengye was too embarrassed to ask the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the eunuchs outside.
By the time they arrived in Beijing, Bei Lingyao had already been in the palace for more than a month.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host on her successful pregnancy. Forty points awarded. Total points for the host: 4180. Inventory...]
Bei Lingyao took her own pulse and smiled faintly. One child is only 20 points, but two children are not 40 points.
If she wasn't afraid of shocking the ancient people, she really wanted to have twins.
"Your Majesty, today I have to go and pay my respects to the Queen Mother."
"Let's go."
Bei Lingyao was wondering when to reveal her pregnancy.
Others who are pregnant may want to keep it a secret until three months after conception, when the fetus is stable, before revealing it.
But Bei Lingyao has no such concerns, she is capable of protecting herself and the child.
When she arrived at Fengyi Palace, Bei Lingyao was "attacked" by everyone again. Since Bei Lingyao entered the palace, Emperor Jiahe never set foot in the harem except Yongshou Palace.
The concubines were naturally envious and jealous when they saw Bei Lingyao being favored every day, and they even wanted to tear Bei Lingyao apart.
There was a hint of hostility in the queen's eyes. She disliked everyone, especially Bei Lingyao.
Bei Lingyao knew why the queen was so angry. One reason was because of her, and the other was that the medicine the queen asked her family to find was not found.
Hua Niang was killed by the Queen's fifth aunt. There was only one pill of medicine, and it was taken by the Queen's fifth aunt.
Now the queen's family is secretly looking for that kind of medicine.
In addition, the queen is no longer young. If she doesn't get pregnant quickly, it will become even more difficult as she gets older.
"Let's go, it's time to pay our respects to the Queen Mother."
The queen stood up and thought about going to the Cining Palace to ask the empress dowager to restrain Concubine Zhuang.
During the past month, Concubine Zhuang was the only favored concubine in the harem, and Emperor Jiahe ignored all the other concubines.
How can this be done?
Since Concubine Zhuang couldn't get pregnant, she shouldn't have monopolized the emperor's power.
The Queen has been patient for a month.
The same was true for other concubines.
Especially Concubine Jing and the three concubines Hui, De and Xian. Not to mention that they were in love with the emperor, the fact that Concubine Zhuang was the only one favored by them prevented them from giving birth to offspring for the emperor.
After a month of special training, Shi Liu also followed Bei Lingyao. Feeling those unfriendly glances, she felt a chill down her spine. "Your Majesty, the way those concubines look at you is so scary."
The "normal" me is scarier than them.
Bei Lingyao would never take these concubines seriously. She was here to give birth to a child, not to fight with them in the palace.
If she wanted to deal with them, one divine sense would be enough, and she would do it secretly and no one would be able to see it.
It's just that there is no need for that.
The sedan chair slowly arrived at the Cining Palace. No wonder everyone in the harem wanted to run up there.
High-ranking concubines could ride in sedan chairs, but ladies below the rank of concubine were not qualified and had to walk through the Kunning Palace.
When Bei Lingyao arrived, the Empress, Noble Consort Jing, and Consorts Hui, De, and Xian had already arrived.
However, they did not go in immediately, but stood at the door of the Cining Palace, waiting for the concubines to arrive.
Those who arrived later naturally attracted the glare of the superior concubine.
Some people's makeup was smudged, they were sweaty, and they looked quite disheveled.
When you enter the Cining Palace, there is a dressing room next to the corner room. People who come to pay homage to the Empress Dowager can change clothes and touch up their makeup there.
Bei Lingyao was speechless when she saw that the Queen, Concubine Jing and the other three concubines also wanted to touch up their makeup.
Little did she know that everyone hated her even more.
It was the scorching heat of August, and even the Empress and the others, who had come here in sedan chairs, were sweating to some extent.
But Bei Lingyao was dressed in a clean and refreshing manner, with little makeup on her face and a naturally beautiful look, which naturally attracted people's attention.
After some tidying up, everyone followed the queen into the main hall in an orderly manner.
The Queen Mother appeared slowly, holding Nanny Yang's hand.
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