"What about Tonghui? Tonghui is still a child, so does he want her to die of illness too?"
He Yue couldn't control her anger. She knew that these people treated human life as a joke, but she never expected that they would even kill such a young child.
Knowing this, Heyue could no longer sit still; she wished she could return to the capital immediately.
Thirteen knew she would react this way. He sighed and hugged her tightly, saying, "Don't be like this. You've misunderstood Fourth Brother."
Fearing she wouldn't believe him, Thirteen didn't give her a chance to speak and continued, "Tonghui's matter was truly unexpected. After all, a mother and child are of one heart. Perhaps it was because of Wusu's passing that she fell ill. Fourth Brother may have had such thoughts, but after all, he was just a child, and he couldn't bring himself to do it. He just wanted to send Tonghui away so that others would think that Tonghui had died from illness."
Hearing this, He Yue was stunned, and her anger subsided slightly, but she was still unhappy with this approach: "Why send her away? What if she gets sick outside and we don't have money to treat her? What if someone treats her badly? Anyway, she is my child, and none of you can take her away."
He Yue never knew she would care so much for a child who wasn't her own flesh and blood. Perhaps it was because she had raised the child for a while that she had truly developed feelings for him.
After all, Heyue is a mother herself, and moreover, she was abandoned by her parents when she was young. Heyue understands this kind of pain, and being adopted cannot make up for the lack of emotional connection.
That's why Heyue cherishes her older sister who was good to her in her past life, and her father and mother who truly love and care for her in this life.
"Okay, okay, I'll talk to Fourth Brother right away. We'll keep Tong Hui here. Please don't be angry anymore, okay?"
It was just a daughter, not a son, so Thirteen didn't want to upset Heyue over this matter and naturally went along with her wishes.
He was truly afraid of being neglected by He Yue these days.
Hearing him say that, Heyue was happy and her body went limp.
Thirteen was overjoyed and leaned close to her ear, whispering ambiguously, "However, your husband has suffered such a great injustice, recognizing a bastard as his own daughter, and being neglected by you for so long. How are you going to make it up to your husband?"
Heyue pinched his hand hard, and when she heard him gasp, she felt secretly pleased with herself.
Hmph! What a opportunist!
"Once Tonghui is better, we'll bring them over." Heyue was still worried, afraid that her fourth brother would change his mind and really send Tonghui away.
Thirteen, how could he agree?
Knowing that Hongchang and Tongxuan were doing well with Fourth Brother, he had nothing to worry about. Now, with another clingy one, what would happen if there were three more?
Having finally managed to appease Heyue, how could Thirteen possibly make her angry again? So he gave a perfunctory reply, saying that he would take Hongchang and the others over when they were a little older.
Seeing that Heyue was unhappy again, Thirteen quickly tried to persuade her again: "I did have some selfish motives before, but I really wanted what was best for the children. After all, they are still too young. When they are older, I will definitely bring them here, okay?"
After thinking about it for a while, He Yue felt it made sense, so she stopped insisting.
Since we've already waited two years, what's a little longer?
Heyue and Shisan resumed their affectionate relationship, and the two maids and Li Shun'er breathed a sigh of relief. When their masters quarreled, they, as servants, would suffer along with them.
Soon after the talent show ended, the imperial decree for marriage was also issued.
It was a month later when Heyue and Shisan received the news.
Knowing that Nian Yuzhu had successfully entered Prince Yong's mansion as a concubine, He Yue sighed, "I wonder what it will be like for such a delicate flower to enter the mansion. With Li Shi's personality, Nian Yuzhu probably won't have an easy time."
Thirteen chuckled: "Why do you care about her? With Fourth Brother's personality, he wouldn't let his woman be bullied by others. Don't let Fourth Brother's cold appearance fool you, he's the most tender-hearted man when it comes to women."
He Yue naturally believed that this could be seen from Yu Ying's matter.
Apart from losing a child, Yu Ying never suffered any mistreatment afterward. Although she was still not as favored as Li Shi, her fourth brother would visit her room several times a month.
Of course, Yu Ying has always been smart and knows what is best for herself, which is why she has never fallen out of favor.
Heyue still had a good impression of Nian Yuzhu and only hoped that Nian Yuzhu could live well after entering the mansion and not be too competitive and ambitious, so as not to offend the arrogant Li Shi.
Four months later, Father and Mother returned from the capital.
I heard that Guan Zhu has been betrothed to Meng Jia, the daughter of a senior official in the Ministry of Personnel, and the wedding is scheduled for next spring.
"We encountered some trouble arranging your brother's marriage this time, but fortunately we got through it smoothly." Lady Irgen Gioro sighed, her tone full of emotion.
He Yue asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Marhan sullenly snorted, "It's all because of the Fourteenth Prince. He introduced Guan Zhu to a princess from the Wanyan family. I heard she's a distant relative of the Fourteenth Prince's wife's family. They say she's a relative, but she's actually from several different branches of the family. Do they think we're easy to bully? They're trying to get all sorts of people into Guan Zhu's life."
The tone was full of disdain, showing a deep contempt for the Wanyan family.
Fourteenth Prince? Heyue and Thirteenth Prince exchanged a glance, speechless. They didn't know what the Fourteenth Prince was up to. Even if Guanzhu married a girl from the Wanyan clan, what good would it do?
Irgen Gioro's expression was also not good: "I heard that the princess of the Wanyan family is born out of wedlock and is not easy to get along with. She is even more difficult to deal with than the Fourteenth Prince's wife was back then. She is like a wild boy all day long and has been playing with boys since she was a child."
Since marrying the Fourteenth Prince, Consort Wanyan has tempered her personality considerably, but her fiery and willful nature from back then is still fresh in everyone's memory, and she was certainly not a likable person.
She was even worse than the Fourteenth Prince's Consort back then; one can only imagine what kind of person that princess from the Wanyan family was.
If it were just a matter of being carefree and easygoing, that would be one thing, aren't all Manchu grandmothers like that? But from what her father and mother said, it was clear that they really disliked that princess from the Wanyan family.
"However, there is something in the capital, concerning the Fourteenth Prince." Marhan laughed again, his expression full of smugness.
He Yue thought that Thirteenth Prince was still here. Although Thirteenth Prince and Fourteenth Prince did not have a good relationship, they were still brothers. Father's joking tone seemed inappropriate.
She glanced at Thirteen, who seemed unconcerned, leisurely peeling lychees, and then brought the peeled lychee flesh to Heyue's lips, flashing a toothy smile.
Relieved, Heyue took a bite of the lychee.
Marhan didn't seem to care that the Thirteenth Prince was there, and spoke without any restraint: "Some time ago, the Emperor bestowed a marriage upon Prince Yong, I heard it was with the sister of Nian Gengyao, the governor of Sichuan. Hey, you can't have predicted what happened next, it was a complete joke."
Heyue and Shisan both stopped abruptly, quite surprised.
Nian Yuzhu? How is that related to her?
I don't know what happened, but my father is so gloating, and it seems to be related to the Fourteenth Prince.
He Yue immediately became interested.
Thirteen didn't seem to care that the other person was his own younger brother, and he also pricked up his ears, looking very interested.
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