"Yeah?"
"General, you don't think that I arranged this, do you?" Lian Jinyu sighed, "General, you also know me and my temper. Over the years, I have never argued with Aunt Lian. At that time, I was guarding my daughter and I just wanted to live a peaceful life. I didn't care about so many disputes. Now that I have Chen'er, I don't have any thoughts. The general can pretend that this matter never happened, and I will also pretend that it never happened..."
Lian Jinyu's tone became colder and colder as she spoke. Over the past few days, his behavior had made her care less and less about him. Being married for many years couldn't be as fresh as before.
After saying that, she turned around and sat back on the bed, with only An Mingchen's small clothes padding the inside. When she thought of An Mingchen, her mood calmed down a lot. Really, having Mingchen accompany her for the rest of her life was enough.
An Zhongtao's anger gradually calmed down. He knew that Lian Jinyu was starting to get upset with him again.
For so many days, these concubines have been vying for his favor, which has given him a moment of satisfaction. However, compared with her, those women are simply not comparable. Those women just want to get satisfaction from him, and their minds are full of thoughts about how to seduce him and plot against him. Don't think that he doesn't know what they are thinking, he just doesn't bother to make it clear.
But he knew that the woman in front of him was the one who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
She was his wife and would always be the mistress of the general's mansion.
He sat down next to her and straightened her shoulders: "You are too stubborn, even more so than me. I just want to know the whole story, why do you even bring up whether to believe you or not? If I don't believe you, who can I believe?"
Lian Jinyu didn't say anything and continued twisting.
Although she still had feelings for this man, she really couldn't bear the sadness.
An Zhongtao frowned: "Take good care of your health..."
After saying that, he turned and walked out. In fact, Lian Jinyu felt a little sad looking at his back. He had loved Aunt Lian for so many years, and those two children were also deeply loved by him. Now one died, and the other was not his biological child. She could feel the heartache, so, she temporarily forgave him for everything.
There are reasons why I am not favored alone. My temper is a problem, and my methods are also a problem. If my daughter were to do all this, she would be able to sort it out quickly.
It was as if she could find out all this, it was simpler and more direct than anything she could do.
Sometimes she also wondered how to prevent An Mingxuan from hurting her son. From today on, she might not have to worry about this matter anymore. How would An Zhongtao handle it?
The next day, Lian Jinyu heard the nanny say that the general scolded the naughty An Mingxuan.
There is nothing else.
Lian Jinyu was not in a hurry and did not say anything. After all, he had raised it for so many years and there was no way he could give it up all at once.
An Qingran is here.
With a big belly.
"When I was eight months pregnant with your brother, he was not as big as you are. Mother will check your pulse to see if you are having twins."
An Qingran smiled: "If it's twins, won't my daughter know?"
Lian Jinyu smiled, "Yes, your medical skills are many times better than mother's. When your grandfather sent me to learn the art, mother didn't like the bloody medical skills and just wanted to come back soon. But I didn't expect that you have mastered the medical skills. Mother is very pleased."
"Mother, you don't have to study medicine. I am here to protect you." An Qingran lowered her voice when she said this. "Mother, how do you think father will treat An Mingxuan?"
"Your father thought it was a trick of mine at first. I was trying to trick him." Lian Jinyu said with a wry smile.
"It's no wonder that father thinks that way. After all, no one wants the child they have raised for a long time to be someone else's." An Qingran suddenly thought of the Queen Mother. At this moment, she felt that she understood the Queen Mother's thoughts a little.
Lian Jinyu smiled: "Thanks to you, although your father still has some doubts, he will definitely check it out himself, and then he will no longer doubt it. I don't care about how he treats Mingxuan. As long as everyone is safe and sound, I will no longer have any extravagant hopes in my heart."
"Is that so? If father favors another woman, mother won't mind, right?"
Lian Jinyu's face flushed. "Child, we are all so old, why would we still think about these things? As long as you and your brother are safe, mother will be satisfied. Now that the prince treats you so well, mother is really happy. Besides, you are the crown princess, and you have your own things to do. Can you manage this general's mansion for the rest of your life? It's my own fault, and you can't blame others."
"No, I am your daughter after all. As long as I am here, I will not allow those women to act arrogantly in front of my mother. I will definitely help my mother get rid of them completely, but how can I do it?" An Qingran was a little depressed. Maybe being pregnant made her stupid. She had been thinking about this matter for the past two days, but she didn't think of it for a while.
At this moment, the nanny came in and told Lian Jinyu that Madam An was ill.
An Qingran's eyes lit up.
The next day, the imperial physician came to the general's mansion to treat the old lady, and it was a grand ceremony.
The old lady herself didn’t know whether it was because of her old age or because she had no desire to live. In short, her illness had been lingering and she was not getting better. The imperial physician had examined her and prescribed medicine for her, but after taking it for three or five days, there was still no improvement. One day, Master Liaokong came.
An Zhongtao believed in Master Lekong's words without a doubt. Master Lekong thought that it was the evil spirit that had offended him, so the old lady's illness had not been cured. He also looked at the scenery of the general's mansion and thought that the small door connecting the villa with the main courtyard was in the wrong position. This door had to be built to ensure the safety of the family, mainly to prevent the young master An Mingchen from getting into trouble.
When he mentioned the old lady, An Zhongtao didn't care much, but when he suddenly mentioned An Mingchen, his heart couldn't help but move. An Mingchen had indeed been in trouble these days, except for being sick and getting bruised. He felt distressed before, and this time with the matter of An Mingxuan, he had to be more careful and believed him a little more.
As a result, the small door leading from the villa to the general's mansion was closed.
The women who lived in the villa could no longer travel between the two mansions easily and conveniently all day long. Even if they took a sedan chair, it would take at least fifteen minutes to go out of the gate and then back in. As a result, those women, including An Mingxuan, were like being under house arrest and isolation.
Because of An Mingxuan's incident, An Zhongtao no longer wanted to see those women, so the general's mansion suddenly became quiet.
An Qingran felt relieved. It seemed that her father didn't have much affection for those women.
He was just being angry because of his mother's neglect of him.
Sometimes men are like children and need to be coaxed.
But they are easier to coax.
An Qingran knew that after this door was built, the concubines would surely calm down. As for An Mingxuan, An Qingran did not interfere too much. She thought that her father would handle the matter himself.
After doing these things, An Qingran breathed a sigh of relief. The baby in her belly had been moving more frequently recently, and he was probably also an impatient person.
"Rosewood, let's go back to the palace tomorrow." An Qingran looked at the moonlight outside and said with a smile. She could finally see the prince. The prince must be very busy recently, otherwise he would have come to the general's mansion to find her long ago.
I don’t know what’s going on in the palace.
"Honeysuckle?" An Qingran called out again.
With a clang, the whisk in Ren Dong's hand fell to the ground. She picked it up hurriedly: "Crown Princess, what did you say?"
"I said, we will return to the palace tomorrow."
"Oh... OK." Honeysuckle smiled, "It's time for us to go back. We've been out for so long, why didn't the prince send someone to pick us up?"
"I guess he has his own things to do. Let's go back by ourselves. It's not like we don't know the way."
"Oh, of course I am familiar with that road. Leave everything to me tomorrow." When Rendong said this, her expression changed a little. An Qingran looked at her in confusion.
"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Honeysuckle shook her head.
The next day.
It actually started to drizzle, and the fine and dense rain did not seem to stop for a while. Lian Jinyu wanted to keep An Qingran for one more day, but then she thought that the young couple had been separated for half a month, and it was time for them to go back.
Furthermore, the Crown Princess's half-month visit to her parents was an unprecedented favor, something she had never heard of.
Little did she know that this separation would almost lead to a separation of life and death!
An Qingran listened to the crackling sound of raindrops hitting the oil paper outside the sedan, and her longing for Dongfang Jin grew stronger. Rain, for both of them, held beautiful memories. The rain of that night in the cave was still falling in her heart. That night of companionship made her realize another side of the Prince of Hua Ming. His forbearance and magnanimity made her have a different understanding of him.
The rain was soft and refreshing, washing everything with a fresh fragrance, which was very pleasant. An Qingran yawned and unexpectedly felt sleepy. She leaned to the side and vaguely felt that something was wrong in her sleepiness. Her eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. She wanted to read her mind but she had no strength at all and soon fell into a deep and sweet dream.
When she woke up, she found herself in a splendid room, with a large lacquered bed with carved patterns and silk curtains painted with gouache...
This is not your bed!
An Qingran sat up, and Rendong immediately came forward: "Miss, you are awake!"
An Qingran half-closed her beautiful eyes and looked at the cherry blossoms outside the window. The petals had fallen all over the ground, but she could still see them clearly through the snow-white veil. The ground was muddy, and the petals fell on it like a layer of brocade carpet, fluffy, fresh and crisp, as if they were freshly picked wild vegetables. Each fallen petal was so juicy, as if they shouldn't have fallen from the branches and shouldn't have been associated with the mud.
An Qingran turned her head and stared at Ren Dong coldly: "Ren Dong, have I ever let you down?"
Her voice was cold, with a hint of despair and sadness.
Honeysuckle was startled and immediately knelt on the ground: "Miss, I deserve to die!"
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