Chapter 568 Favoring Women Over Men
Aunt Wang has never been a kind person. Since she can't have children, then no one else should have children either.
She went straight to the point and gave Shen Tingshan a sterilization drug.
Moreover, fearing the medicine might not be effective and in case of any accidents, she administered it several more times.
So, even though the Marquis of Yongyi had other concubines in his household all these years, none of them ever became pregnant.
Thus, the Marquis of Yongyi's mansion only had two children, Shen Muyang and Shen Muxuan.
She originally thought that as long as she defeated Gu Yunrou and her son, the positions of the Marquis's wife and the heir would belong to them.
She never imagined that Shen Tingshan would change his mind...
The day after Ning Bao and Shen Muyang got engaged, the palace was filled with the devastating news that the old emperor had passed away.
When an emperor dies, his body is kept in the palace for seven days before being buried in the imperial mausoleum.
The Third Prince and his wife, Liu Xiulan, who were originally imprisoned in the Third Prince's residence, were sent to guard the imperial mausoleum and were never allowed to leave for the rest of their lives.
On the day the old emperor's coffin left the palace, a woman's corpse was wrapped in a tattered straw mat and thrown into a mass grave outside the city.
Subsequently, Shen Muyang received the imperial decree and went to the border. The new emperor ascended the throne and held a grand imperial examination. Mu Chengju and several others who had been studying under Grand Tutor Su in the capital all took the exam and achieved good results.
Apart from Mu Chengju, who had the best grades and was admitted to the Hanlin Academy, the others were all sent to other posts.
After the New Year, the weather was fine and sunny. Bai Zhi, who had been living on a manor outside the city, prepared to set off for Yunlu City.
Bai Zhi's youngest son is now over eight months old, and he's chubby and very adorable.
With the situation in the capital stabilizing, Ning Bao was looking forward to going out for a walk. Since Bai Zhi was going to Yunlu City, she decided to go with her.
That way, I can bring my family over together.
Since sending Liu Qingru to the capital last time, Mu Cheng'an has not returned home. He stayed in the capital and started up all the family businesses.
They opened many shops and workshops both inside and outside the capital.
Now that my eldest brother is doing business in Beijing and my second brother is an official there, it's time to bring our parents and grandparents to Beijing too. Only when the whole family is together and having a lively time can we truly feel like family.
Even after Shen Muyang left, the letters continued to arrive frequently.
Some were delivered by gyrfalcons, while others were delivered by messengers from the post stations.
Ning Bao wrote a letter to Shen Muyang, telling him that she was going back to Chuyun Village and that he should not write to her recently, because even if he did, she might not receive it.
Because Bai Zhi's second child is too young, it is not suitable to use the flying talisman.
So before they set off, they specially commissioned a comfortable horse-drawn carriage.
To prevent the child from being jostled around, Bai Ming even wrapped the wheels with something like rubber.
Because the child was too young, they had to stay in every closed shop and rest in every closed town along the way, which made the journey quite slow.
It felt like spring had turned into summer.
Mu Dasheng from Chuyun Village was playing chess with Lin Dajiang under a big tree at the village entrance when Huang Jinshan, the village chief, who was returning from the fields carrying a hoe, stopped and joined the group of spectators.
As Mu Dasheng played chess, he glanced towards the main road at the village entrance. Lin Dajiang couldn't help but mutter something.
"Hey Dasheng, as long as it's not windy or rainy, you always call me to play chess at the village entrance. I think you're not actually there to play chess, but to wait for someone."
Mu Dasheng glanced at the village entrance again.
"I'm just waiting for someone."
What's wrong with waiting for someone? Waiting for someone isn't shameful.
"Dajiang, let me tell you, I had a dream the day before yesterday. I dreamt that my dear granddaughter came back."
Lin Dajiang looked at Mu Dasheng with surprise.
"Ningbao is back?"
Is it true or false?
I haven't heard that girl is coming back?
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