After Tao Yunniang came to the palace, she saw her daughter suffering from severe morning sickness and tears in her eyes every time after vomiting. She felt so distressed that she took turns making various side dishes for her daughter.
Unexpectedly, Liu Ruyue, who used to vomit everything she ate, was actually able to eat a little bit. After a few days, her face was not as pale as before.
Everyone else thought that Liu Ruyue was happy after her mother Tao Yunniang came. In fact, Liu Ruyue knew that it was because her body had been used to eating the dishes cooked by Tao Yunniang for more than ten years, and she would want to eat those things when she felt uncomfortable.
Just like people who have been away from home for a long time will miss the food from their hometown, it’s not that they miss it that much, but their stomachs miss it.
The old princess and Zhao Tinghao would visit Liu Ruyue in Jianjia Garden several times every day. Seeing that Liu Ruyue's complexion had improved, they became more polite and fond of Tao Yunniang.
This made Tao Yunniang a little anxious and she could only prepare different kinds of food for Liu Ruyue every day.
Liu Ruyue's complexion gradually improved, and Zhao Tinghao could relax and go to the backyard to sow seeds.
Liu Ruyue's pregnancy gave him great confidence, making him run around in the backyard every day like a wild dog in heat, hoping to make more women pregnant to wash away the shame of his own inability.
The old princess saw that Liu Ruyue did not use her pregnancy as an excuse to prevent the prince from favoring other women, and she continued to take care of the baby obediently every day. She liked and loved Liu Ruyue more and more in her heart, and sent all kinds of rewards to Jianjia Garden like water.
On the other hand, more than a month had passed since Liu Mengyao was punished to kneel in the Buddhist temple. At first, under the persuasion of Aunt Zhang, she was still able to recite and copy scriptures properly.
However, from more than half a month on, Liu Mengyao started to make trouble, leaving Aunt Zhang with no choice but to ask Cui'e to copy the scriptures in Liu Mengyao's handwriting.
"Mammy, I simply can't live like this anymore. This is driving me to death!"
Looking at the tightly closed courtyard gate, Liu Mengyao howled in a somewhat collapsed manner.
Nanny Zhang could only comfort Liu Mengyao with a distressed look on her face: "Madam, I have already found someone to send a letter to the Shangshu Mansion a few days ago. I think Madam should be coming soon. Just wait for Madam to come."
While the two were talking, the Shangshu's wife had already arrived at Prince Yan's Mansion.
However, this time, the Shangshu's wife was not warmly welcomed into the Prince Yan's Mansion by the palace's steward as she had been doing in the past. Instead, she had to wait for the steward at the door for a long time.
After entering Prince Yan's Mansion, the person who led the way was not the previous palace steward, but an unfamiliar maid.
Seeing this scene, the people in the Shangshu Mansion were immediately shocked: even the servants in the palace disliked them so much, and their daughter's situation must be even worse than what was reported back.
Along the way, the Shangshu's wife kept asking questions to the maid who led the way.
However, it was not known whether the master of the palace had instructed or the maid really did not know, but when the Shangshu's wife went to the princess's courtyard, she did not get anything out of her.
"Mom, mom, you're finally here..."
As soon as she entered the yard, the Shangshu's wife saw her daughter crying and throwing herself into her arms.
Seeing her daughter looking so haggard, the Shangshu's wife felt so distressed that she hugged her daughter into the house and asked Nanny Zhang to tell her in detail what had happened.
After hearing the whole story, the Shangshu's wife said to Liu Mengyao with a mixture of heartache and anger, "Yao'er, it's all your mother and father's fault for doting on you too much. You can't tell the difference between the important and the urgent.
No matter how much you care about the prince, you should have been more generous when you knew that little bitch was pregnant. After all, you know in your heart how much the old princess and the prince care about offspring.
Besides, you are the princess of the Prince of Yan's mansion. So what if that bitch gets pregnant? When she gives birth, she will take the baby and raise it in your name. Wouldn't she also treat you as her mother?
You have to remember that you are the Princess of the Prince of Yan's Mansion. You don't have to do those dirty things. You just need to sit in your position as Princess. All the children in the palace are your children. So what if that little bitch can give birth? In the end, won't she still help you give birth to children? "
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Nanny Zhang listened to what the Shangshu's wife said, looked up several times, and swallowed back some words that were on the tip of her tongue.
Liu Mengyao, on the other hand, seemed to have been enlightened. She suddenly realized, "Yes, that bitch is so arrogant. The prince and the old princess dote on her because of the bastard in her belly. If I get pregnant, what's in her belly won't matter!!!"
"Yao'er!"
Seeing that her daughter had been awakened, the Shangshu's wife was somewhat happy, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, she became a little worried: "Yao'er, you have been married to the palace for seven years and you still haven't conceived a child. I guess your body is..."
The Shangshu's wife didn't finish her words, but a glance at Liu Mengyao's belly expressed all her unspoken meaning.
Sighing, the Shangshu's wife comforted her quietly, "Yao'er, it's okay even if you can't have children. You can bring the children born by your concubines to your side and raise them as your own."
Glancing warily outside the house, the Shangshu's wife lowered her voice and said, "If it really doesn't work, wait until the child is older. In a few years, kill that bitch and clean up the servants in the mansion. The child won't even know he's not his biological son."
"Mom, what are you talking about?"
Liu Mengyao pouted and nestled in the Shangshu Madam's arms, acting coquettishly: "I don't want to raise a child for that little bitch. I want to raise a child, and I want to raise my own child."
The Shangshu's wife didn't know what Liu Mengyao meant by this. After thinking it over carefully, she felt that her daughter's words made some sense, so she continued, "Indeed, before, the prince wasn't destined to have children yet. Now that the prince is destined to have children, Yao'er, you can also have the prince's child. No matter what, biological children are more intimate..."
While the Shangshu's wife was attentively helping Liu Mengyao analyze the current situation, the faces of the maids Cui'e and Zhang who were serving beside her changed. They probably guessed what Liu Mengyao meant.
He tried to open his mouth several times, but was glared back at by Liu Mengyao.
It seemed that she had made up her mind. Liu Mengyao's mood improved a lot. She even began to persuade the Shangshu's wife to leave.
Seeing her daughter's mood suddenly improve, the Shangshu's wife always felt a little weird, but she comforted herself in her heart: her daughter was so anxious to urge her to leave, she must be trying to find a way to win back the prince.
Now that her daughter has decided to win back the prince, it would be inappropriate for her, as his mother-in-law, to keep him.
However, before leaving, she kept persuading Liu Mengyao to control her temper. Liu Mengyao was now staying in Prince Yan's Mansion, not the Shangshu Mansion. If something really happened, she, as her mother, might not be able to help.
"My Lady, no!!"
As soon as the Shangshu's wife left, Nanny Zhang knelt on the ground and cried.
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