Chapter 384 Female General
With tears in their eyes, Shangguan Jin and everyone in the Shen family bid farewell to Shen Qingrui.
Just as he saw Shen Qingrui off at the city gate, he turned around and saw Shen Qingyu looking indignant.
“Mother, you should let me and my third brother go to the North.”
My third brother is weak and helpless; if I follow him, I can protect him.
My third brother just left. I'm packing my things now, and I should still be able to catch up.
"With me here, I won't let anyone bully Third Brother." Shen Qingyu continued to persuade him relentlessly.
She made a scene all night, but still couldn't get what she wanted.
Today, I can only watch helplessly as my third brother goes to the northern land he has always longed for.
"You better behave yourself."
Sister Yu, let me tell you something.
Now your second and third brothers are both away from home, and your eldest brother is busy at the government office every day.
I've been keeping an eye on you for a long time!
"If you dare to skip my greeting again, I'll show you how to race horses outside the capital," Shangguan Jin warned Shen Qingyu.
Shen Qingyu dared not speak.
Last time, while her mother was busy, she secretly went to the outskirts to race horses. She went too far, and when she came back, the city gates were already closed.
If she hadn't revealed her identity as Princess Ping'an in time, she almost wouldn't have been able to get home...
......
Shen Qingming is busy with border trade affairs in the north and has sent a message back saying that he cannot return for the time being.
Shen Qingrui has just set off and is unlikely to return anytime soon.
Shen Qingjun is busy with government affairs every day, and I heard that he will have to go there again sometime before the New Year.
They said they wanted to study the issue of three-season rice...
Oh, and Shen Qingyue too.
I still process messages from all over the country every day on Spring Evening News.
Basically, Shen Qingyue has already achieved this: she knows the state of affairs in the world without leaving the capital.
As for her affair with Lian Qianli...
We're still mutually attracted at the moment.
In order to marry Shen Qingyue as soon as possible, Lian Qianli is already planning to open a new restaurant in the capital of the Northern Hu.
Why not open a teahouse?
After conducting market research, Lian Qianli discovered that the people of Beihu preferred drinking alcohol to drinking tea.
One more thing: people tend to speak the truth when they're drunk.
In order to obtain first-hand information, Lian Qianli used all his connections to send many famous wines he knew to the casinos in Beihu.
So far, everything seems to be progressing normally.
Everyone is busy with something.
Shangguan Jin felt that there was nothing left to do.
The once grand Duke Dingguo's mansion seemed to have become deserted.
Qian Qingqing walked back and forth between the courtyards every day with her pregnant belly.
As for Madam Shen, she was still the same as before, either going out to worship Buddha or inviting Madam Huangfu to have tea at Chunbuwan.
I heard that the two old ladies have gone to Chunbuwan now, and they always ask the Tea Master to brew tea for them.
Oh, and there's also the young master Qin playing the zither...
Only Shangguan Jin... seemed to have nothing to do.
"My dear, you should be giving birth in early spring, so everything can be prepared now."
"Should I have your mother come with you?" Shangguan Jin asked Qian Qingqing, who had come to pay her respects.
Qian Qingqing, who had already gained some weight, ate her snacks while quickly shaking her head.
"don't want!
My mother is coming; she'll definitely have a lot to say.
Every time I go back, she always asks me if I have arranged for someone to stay in my husband's room.
She also said that I'm getting a bit heavy now, so it's best not to live in the same room as my husband.
"I'm getting annoyed listening to it," Qian Qingqing said while eating.
Shangguan Jin gestured to Dongmai to bring over two more plates of pastries.
Qian Qingqing has had a good appetite lately...
Well, it's not that I have a good appetite right now.
Qian Qingqing has always had a good appetite.
She didn't experience any of the morning sickness that other pregnant women might experience.
Even that blockhead Shen Qingjun would laugh and say that the baby in her belly must be a daughter, showing how much he cares for his mother.
Qian Qingqing was a little worried at first.
If it's a daughter, wouldn't Shen Qingjun be a little disappointed...?
But every night, when Qian Qingqing saw the usually taciturn Shen Qingjun actually talking to the baby through her belly, she immediately felt relieved.
So it turns out her husband really does like girls!
Since Qian Qingqing became pregnant, Shangguan Jin has stopped allowing Qian Qingqing to come and pay her respects every day.
But Qian Qingqing herself thought...
"Fine! We'll do it your way. If you don't want your mother to come, then she won't come."
These days, I've arranged for a midwife to be available.
I will enter the palace in two days, after the Empress's pregnancy has subsided.
First, arrange for two female physicians to be chosen from the Empress.
"Everything is ready, so we won't be caught off guard when the time comes!" Shangguan Jin told Qian Qingqing about her plans.
Qian Qingqing smiled and agreed.
She knew she had stumbled into a paradise.
My mother-in-law prepared everything perfectly.
People would assume that during her pregnancy, her mother-in-law would definitely arrange for someone to be by her husband's side.
Who knew that the moment she became pregnant, her mother-in-law replaced all the maids in her husband's study with servants.
Qian Qingqing knew that her mother-in-law was backing her up.
That's how it is in other people's homes.
When a daughter-in-law gets pregnant, the mother-in-law will almost always arrange for someone to be near the husband.
"Mother, there's no rush! I... I still have four months before I give birth!"
"She's only just started showing," Qian Qingqing said with a smile.
Shangguan Jin smiled.
Childbirth is a major event for women, so shouldn't they be extra careful in this day and age?
Shangguan Jin was about to say, "Let's prepare everything as early as possible..."
"Madam! Someone from the palace has come and invited the Second Miss to the palace," Lin Mama said hurriedly.
"Someone from the palace? Who sent them?" Shangguan Jin asked hurriedly.
"The Empress sent someone to invite the Second Miss."
"Furthermore, His Majesty also bestowed gifts upon the Second Miss," Mama Lin hurriedly added.
"Does His Majesty have something to bestow? Do you know what it is?" Shangguan Jin asked hurriedly.
“It looks like a suit of armor to me.”
The eunuch who delivered it said that His Majesty had the Imperial Household Department make two sets of this armor.
One set was given to the Empress.
There's another set that we've gifted to our second young lady!
"The second young lady... has already packed her things and is preparing to go to the palace to express her gratitude!" said Mama Lin.
Shangguan Jin...
The emperor's nephew bestowed a set of armor upon Shen Qingyu?
This is really pushing Shen Qingyu towards the position of female general!
"Mother, is our household going to produce a female general?" Qian Qingqing asked excitedly.
Shangguan Jin...
Perhaps in the future, it really will be that girl Shen Qingyu who inherits Shen Huaichen's mantle...
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