Yes, she is pregnant.
It hasn't even been two months yet.
Prince Jing'an had been away from the capital for more than two months.
This child is not Prince Jing'an's!
But if she doesn't tell, how will Prince Jing'an know?
Of course, she wasn't the only one who knew about this; her grandfather must have known too. Otherwise, how could the man who was with her day and night have disappeared after she was diagnosed with pregnancy?
Perhaps she was killed by her mother, or perhaps by her father.
But no matter who it is, the child in her womb can only be the son of Prince Jing'an!
Moreover, this child can only be a son!
Prince Jing'an toiled his whole life, yet remained childless into middle age.
If she could give birth to a son, the matter of the Phoenix Painting would naturally be dropped, and in that case, her grandfather would have the confidence to negotiate cooperation with Prince Jing'an.
And once she gives birth to a son, even the principal wife will have to step down from her position!
Thinking of this, Song Yuhui's smile became even more smug, as if she had already taken the position of Princess Jing'an!
Jiang Segu sat down in his seat, lowering his eyes and wondering if he should pay a visit to Princess Jing'an.
She remembered that the Princess Consort of Jing'an had sent her an invitation before, but because of her mother's death, she was not in the mood to accept the invitation, so she wrote a letter to decline the Princess Consort's invitation.
I wonder if Princess Jing'an will attend today's banquet.
Her eyes began to scan the area.
A moment later, the sound of girls talking came from behind.
"And this is how she learned her manners from the palace maids? She's really a disgrace to them!"
"What's so strange about that! You didn't see that day, in front of everyone, she leaned against that man's chest without the slightest hesitation..."
"I heard that she never closes her bedroom door at night, just waiting for a man to come to her!"
"Oh dear, how shameless!"
"I think she's probably been implicated for a long time!"
"No way! Her parents just died recently, how could she do such a shameless thing! General Gu wouldn't be so blind!"
"..."
As Jiang Segu listened, she belatedly realized that the people these people were talking about were actually her!
Sitting next to her, Jiang Zhihui looked at Jiang Segu, who remained unmoved, and glared fiercely at the girls behind her, saying, "Watch your mouths. My sixth sister and General Gu are already engaged and are just waiting for the mourning period to end before they get married."
"We've never heard of an engagement! Does your Marquis's mansion consider an engagement to be just a verbal statement? That would be far too contemptible of your daughters!"
"Who are you calling despicable!?"
Her voice was a little out of control, which prompted Madam Jiang, who was in the front row, to turn around and reprimand her, saying, "Don't be silly, this is the palace!"
Jiang Zhihui turned around unwillingly and complained to Jiang Segu, "Weren't you usually so capable?! Now that people are insulting you so much, you're just sitting here like a block of wood!"
Jiang Segu glanced at the people behind her and said lightly, "They're just sour grapes. Why bother arguing with them, Fifth Sister? It would only tarnish the dignity of our Marquis's mansion!"
At banquets in the palace, seating arrangements were mostly based on social status.
Sitting behind Jiang Segu and the others shows that these girls are insignificant.
Upon hearing this, someone retorted, "What's there to be proud of? Do you really think your Marquis's mansion has turned its fortunes around? It's only because Consort Hui is pregnant. Otherwise, how could a fallen household like the Marquis of Changping's mansion be allowed to attend the palace banquet!"
Jiang Segu turned and glared at the girl who had spoken. "This young lady knows the reason, huh! Since she knows, why did she still offend Consort Hui? Doesn't that count as knowingly committing a wrong?"
"When did I offend Consort Hui!"
“I heard you clearly just now. You said that our Marquis’s daughters are lowly, but Consort Hui is also a daughter of our Marquis’s family! I wonder if you are influenced by your elders to say such disrespectful words to the imperial authority!”
To dare to speak disrespectfully of even the Emperor's women—what is this if not contempt for His Majesty?
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhihui couldn't help but quietly applaud Jiang Segu!
When it comes to arguing, it has to be the sixth sister!
After Jiang Segu said those words, the girls finally quieted down.
Jiang Segu had never attended a palace banquet before, and she thought it would be more interesting than the banquets she had attended. However, she found the atmosphere oppressive and the food unpalatable.
Jiang Zhihui had been holding it in until she was on the carriage back to the mansion before she finally opened her mouth to vent her frustration.
"The food in the palace is just too hard to swallow. Did you see that mutton soup just now? It was so gamey that I almost threw up on the spot. No wonder you've lost weight, eldest sister!"
Jiang Segu waved his fan, not really wanting to recall the food he had just eaten.
Qiaohe took out some snacks from the food box and handed them to Jiang Segu, and also made her a cup of plum tea.
Jiang Zhihui's eyes lit up, and she grabbed a lotus-shaped pastry and started eating it.
Where did you get this?
She didn't see Qiaohe bring any food when she went out.
Qiaohe smiled ambiguously, "It was sent by General Gu, who said he was worried that our young lady wouldn't be used to the food in the palace."
Jiang Zhihui suddenly realized that what she was eating in her hand was not a lotus flower pastry, but a pickled cucumber.
Jiang Segu picked up a piece of mung bean cake and ate it in small bites.
The subtle sweetness of mung bean cake spread from my throat to every part of my body.
Such a considerate man, no wonder he's envied by other girls!
Jiang Zhihui looked at her smug smile and felt that the lotus flower pastry was no longer delicious!
What crime did she commit to deserve this? She actually followed Jiang Segu into her carriage, looking for trouble!
Just as Jiang Zhihui was eating her second lotus-shaped pastry, the carriage suddenly stopped.
If Qiaohe hadn't caught her quickly, she probably would have fallen out of the carriage.
"What happened?"
Qinghong, sitting on the carriage shaft, said, "There's a fight going on up ahead."
"Let's take another route!"
Niu Er drove the carriage to the alley entrance next to them, followed by Jiang Youhui's carriage.
However, after exiting the alley, a peddler was bumped and his goods were scattered all over the ground, so Jiang Youhui's carriage and Jiang Segu's carriage were separated.
Unbeknownst to Jiang Segu and the others, they soon encountered another troublemaker while sitting in the carriage, and were forced to turn into the alley again.
This time, we reached the end of the alley, only to find ourselves at a dead end.
Niu Er panicked a little. He remembered that this alley used to be open. When did it get blocked?
It's not easy to maneuver a car in such a narrow alley.
However, what alarmed Niu Er even more was that six outlaws carrying knives were walking towards the carriage.
Qinghong frowned. It was a dead end, and there were people blocking their way again. It was clear that this had been planned in advance.
Seeing that the carriage had stopped moving, Jiang Segu asked, "Why have you stopped?"
"Sixth Miss, we're being watched!"
Jiang Segu lifted the carriage window curtain and saw Qing Hong with a solemn expression. She asked, "How confident are you that we can escape?"
This meant that Qinghong should go first!
Jiang Zhihui looked surprised. "She's gone, what are we going to do?"
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