Shangguan Ruoyan agreed deeply and nodded continuously.
When the eldest daughter-in-law, Kuang, who was doing needlework nearby, heard this, she slowed down a little and the needle tip pricked her finger.
She ignored the blood and casually pressed it with her handkerchief, saying, "Mother, please don't be impulsive. Please allow your daughter-in-law to say anything. Princess Mingyi has made great contributions to the treatment of His Majesty and the Empress, and her reputation is growing. She has donated food and labor to disaster relief and saved lives, and the people have praised her. Not to mention that she is the only daughter of Marquis Xuanping, who is now a favorite of His Majesty. She cannot afford to offend him right now."
The wife of the Marquis of Zhenyuan was about to say that their Shangguan family also had people in the harem of the previous dynasty, but when she thought of the emperor and the empress behind the Shen family, she suddenly felt the momentum subsided and her face turned the color of pig liver. "So what? Did I suffer this loss in vain?"
"How can that be possible?" Shangguan Ruoyan refused, "We can't let Chen Huaixu go for nothing!"
Kuang felt that her mother-in-law, despite her daily rituals of worshipping Buddha and cultivating her character, hadn't yet fully mastered the art. This mother and daughter hadn't made any progress at all, remaining as disorganized as before. She maintained a respectful demeanor. "There's really nothing we can do right now. We can only wait. Many ministers in the court are dissatisfied with the Marquis of Xuanping. When the water is full, it will overflow. That's our chance."
At this point, the other two were at their wit's end.
The wife of the Marquis of Zhenyuan remembered something else and sneered, "Great, that's great! I thought the Second Master's family had specially invited a female doctor because they were following the rules I set, but I never thought they were using the Shen family's influence to pressure me!"
Kuang thought to herself, I finally figured it out.
"She will have a good harvest in the future."
The three of them talked for a long time, but couldn't figure out how to get back at the loss, so they had to disperse in disappointment.
The next day, the wife of the second young master of Zhenyuan Marquis asked to move to a farm outside the city on the grounds that she was weak and needed to rest. Shangguan Wenyang persuaded his mother for most of the day and finally agreed.
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