The specific date for the trip was set for the first day of the fourth lunar month.
This day was an auspicious day for travel, calculated by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory. Whenever the emperor traveled, he would always choose an auspicious day.
There's also a specific time; on the first day of the lunar month, they set off at 1:15 AM (巳时一刻).
It's been eleven days since then.
She didn't have many arrangements to make; she just needed to pack some clothes and jewelry. As for anything else, she was with the Crown Prince, so what else could she possibly need?
If you need anything, just ask the Crown Prince; he probably won't be stingy.
For the people she brought, she chose four: fragrant cicada wings, Malabar spinach, and daphne.
The rest of the people will stay to guard the house. The newcomer, Shuanzi, is pending. If it's allowed, he can be brought along. It would also be convenient to bring a eunuch to run errands.
If I'm not allowed to bring it, then I won't bring it.
There weren't many clothes, mainly because it was warm, so they were all thin.
In less than a day, everything was packed and ready to go as soon as it was time to leave.
Yan Nangui was confined to his quarters, but the maids continued to come and go as usual.
Life goes on. She did make a token effort, actually finding a Buddhist scripture and copying the Heart Sutra several times.
They sent it to the main courtyard, but whether they burned it or tore it up is their business.
The Crown Prince had been too direct in protecting him, so even though he was under house arrest, no one dared to neglect the care he received.
Especially in the kitchen, they didn't feel neglected at all.
Especially the newly appointed manager, Jiang Fu, not only dared not neglect him, but also went out of his way to curry favor with him.
Yan Nangui didn't care about this. Anyway, her subordinates would take care of it. When things were good, she didn't need to worry about so much. It was only when things were bad that she would have to put in the effort.
On the 26th of this month, the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince will be married on the same day.
Everything for the wedding had been prepared long ago, and the date had naturally been set long ago as well.
Basically, it's a matter of choosing someone personally, but to be honest, since everything is prepared, the choice is probably predetermined.
Unless something goes wrong, we'll just let things continue like this.
Those under lockdown don't need to go out.
Consort Ye was also ill and unable to go out, so in the end, it was the Crown Princess who took Consort Su and Consort Murong to offer their congratulations.
However, since they were relatives of the Crown Prince, it was already a great honor for them to be allowed to go. Even if they were just concubines, they were still of noble status.
The Yan family members in the capital were supposed to attend the Seventh Prince's wedding, especially since the Eldest Princess was the aunt of both the Seventh and Eighth Princes.
With the Seventh Prince ahead of him, the Eighth Prince paled in comparison.
Therefore, usually some people would go to the Seventh Prince's residence, and some would go to the Eighth Prince's residence.
However, for places like the Crown Prince's residence, they only go to the Seventh Prince's residence.
As for the Eighth Prince, just send the Chief Secretary to check on him.
The Yan family is in a similar situation.
Although Princess Rongning didn't want to see any of them—these were the people she had chosen long ago—but...
She knew she had no chance with him, and she even hoped that the Seventh Prince would lose the battle, so that it would seem like she had better judgment.
So you can see how she felt today. Although she kept smiling, she was definitely feeling stifled.
On that very day, Yan Jinsi threw a huge tantrum at the Meng family's house. She got so angry that she fainted when she got home.
Despite feeling extremely humiliated, Meng Junxian still summoned an imperial physician for her.
He knew why she was angry right now, and he felt utterly humiliated. But he couldn't let anything happen to her.
Upon the arrival of the imperial physician, he diagnosed the pregnancy.
They've been pregnant for a few months, so it's normal for them to be expecting.
Yan Jinsi wasn't particularly happy, and simply dismissed the imperial physician.
Meng Junxian was initially happy, but seeing her so dejected appearance now, his heart sank.
Only then did he understand why his father had been in contact with the Second Prince. Could things have been different without such contact?
Am I destined to suffer Yan Jinsi's temper for the rest of my life?
Thinking about this, Meng Junxian no longer wanted to act.
The old lady of the Meng family was quite pleased and had a lot of tonics sent over.
Yan Jinsi accepted the gifts, but her mood remained bad.
The news quickly reached Yan Nangui, who was playing with a small wooden ball, tossing it back and forth.
"Oh, Malabar spinach, tell me, how should I get revenge on them?"
Luo Kui hesitated: "This servant...this servant doesn't understand..."
"In my opinion, it would be better to have Xiangsi tell her my story," Yan Nangui said with a smile. "Do you think she's reached that point with the Seventh Prince?"
Before Luo Kui could react, Chan Yi said, "She definitely wouldn't dare to be that cruel to herself."
“I don’t want to lay a hand on a child, but back then, who cared about my child? If I go easy on them, wouldn’t I be letting down that unborn child?” Yan Nangui asked with a smile.
She thought to herself that she wasn't as disgusting as those people from the Yan family, much less as disgusting as the Meng family. But she seemed to have no reason to forgive the original owner for the harm the Meng and Yan families had done to her.
She would never let Yan Jinsi and Meng Junxian go.
It would be far too easy for her to make a move.
Liu, Meng Junxian's concubine, was the woman who was punished along with Li.
She miscarried last month, and her body was basically ruined the day she knelt down.
After Yan Jinsi left the family, he bullied her and Li Shi in every way. At first, she was a little better off, but the main target of his abuse was Li Shi.
She was pregnant, which should have been a good thing, but Yan Jinsi said that the mistress was not pregnant yet, so how could a concubine give birth?
They forced her to take abortion pills.
Meng Junxian didn't pay any attention to her, but later gave her some comforting things.
But this pregnancy was already difficult for her, and this injury completely ruined her health, making it impossible for her to have children again.
Women in this era were truly unable to conceive. Being a concubine with no one else in the household meant they were basically cut off from any chance of survival.
Her health was completely ruined, and she had no hope left. She had even heard rumors that her family was going to send her to the estate to recuperate.
An infertile concubine, whose body was ruined, was sent to the estate...
What other way out is there?
So when she heard that Yan Jinsi was pregnant, all her hatred welled up inside her.
She led Yan Jinsi directly into the chilly lake.
Before she went down, she had already slammed into Yan Jinsi's stomach once.
However, being more than a month pregnant, she couldn't withstand such treatment. After being pulled out of the water, Yan Jinsi started bleeding.
Liu had already slit her own throat in the water.
Although he didn't die on the spot, it was clear that he was not going to live.
And coincidentally, on that very day, Liu's long-lost brother came to visit her.
The body wasn't found, because they couldn't get into the backyard. But he left crying, saying that the Meng family had killed his sister.
He immediately went to the Jingzhao Prefectural Court and sued the Meng family in court.
The love and the cuckoo, though only slightly joined forces, made it all too easy for the frightened and suffering Liu to erupt.
If Liu had attempted suicide, this would have been the outcome. Even if she hadn't, her brother could have claimed she was abused by the Meng family and taken the matter to court.
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