Yun Qiuchen glanced at Nanzhu and said softly, "Mother is not an outsider. Just tell me what's going on."
Mrs. Yun's expression finally improved.
Nanzhu stepped forward and said, "Madam, Miss, news has come from Kyoto that the Crown Prince's Consort Zhao from the Yanbei Palace is pregnant."
Yun Qiuchen frowned slightly after hearing the news.
Madam Yun was surprised: "What? The Crown Prince's Consort is pregnant? How come no one noticed before?"
At this point, Mrs. Yun became a little suspicious. Where did Nanzhu get to know about such a big thing? She had just come out of the old lady's yard, and the old lady hadn't received any news yet.
"Where did you hear this news?" Mrs. Yun frowned and looked at Nanzhu.
Nanzhu lowered her head and said nothing.
Madam Yun was about to speak again when Yun Qiuchen spoke up, "Mother, I asked Nanzhu to help me keep an eye on the news from the outer courtyard."
Mrs. Yun suddenly remembered that Nanzhu's father and brother were both close associates of Master Yun. Although the Yun family was forbidden from entering the capital according to ancestral precepts, large families like the Yun family always had their own sources of information, and Nanzhu's father was responsible for compiling information beside Master Yun.
After thinking it through, Mrs. Yun was shocked. She didn't expect Yun Qiuchen to be so bold that he even extended his hand to the outer courtyard. Even her father had people around her.
"Chen'er! How dare you! If the old lady and your father knew about this..."
Yun Qiuchen didn't take it seriously and gently comforted Madam Yun, "Don't worry, mother. I won't let grandmother and father know."
Yun Qiuchen looked at Madam Yun's obvious disapproval and sighed, "Mother, although we are only women from the Inner Court, don't we always follow the trends of the Outer Court when we act? I'm doing this because I don't want to be too passive."
Mrs. Yun looked at Yun Qiuchen's calm and composed face and couldn't help but feel worried.
The last time Yun Qiuchen had placed spies in Old Madam Yun's room, Old Madam Yun was extremely displeased, and she ignored him for a long time. The Yun family doted on their daughters, but they wouldn't let them meddle in the affairs of the outer courtyard. In Old Madam Yun's mind, no matter how smart and capable Yun Qiuchen was, she would eventually marry off.
"Chen'er, mother knows you are smart and capable, but it's better for you to be obedient in front of your grandmother. Given your grandmother's temper, she won't tolerate anyone disobeying her. Your grandmother said that this marriage between the Yanbei Palace and the Xian Palace is a political marriage, and our Yun family cannot stop it. Moreover, the prince has left behind a posthumous child. If the child is indeed a boy, it is hard to say who will be the next King of Yanbei. After all, no matter how capable the Second Young Master Xiao is, his health is so poor that the prince may not necessarily pass the throne to him."
After listening to Madam Yun's words, Yun Qiuchen slowly shook her head. "Mother, you're wrong. The Crown Prince has been dead for so long, yet news of the Crown Princess's pregnancy has only just come out. What does this mean? It means the court is targeting this child, and the Crown Princess and the child in her belly are under the court's control. If the Crown Princess gave birth in the Yanbei Palace, it would be understandable. But if she gave birth in the capital, her origins are unclear. How could the King of Yanbei allow a child of unknown origin to inherit the throne?"
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