Chapter 825, Wanjia’s old house
The emperor directly dismissed Xiao Yeyang from his post, and the empress dowager was unable to force him to appoint someone.
As a result, the matter of the fifth daughter of the Zhaode Marquis's Mansion and the fourth daughter of the Yongqing Marquis's Mansion entering the palace came to nothing.
The Queen Mother naturally didn't care about this. In her opinion, it was a blessing for these two families to be favored by her and to be used by her. As for how the concubines' daughters of the two families would get married in the future, it had nothing to do with her.
Zhaodebo Mansion.
Zhao Debo looked at his concubine kneeling on the ground and sobbing, feeling very irritated. He looked at Madam Han with dissatisfaction: "When the Jiang family came, I told you that you couldn't agree to this. But you turned a deaf ear to my words."
Madam Han argued, "As soon as the Jiang family arrived, they said it was the Queen Mother's intention. How can I refuse? Do I dare to refuse?"
Zhao Debo glared at Madam Han: "I see you don't want to refuse at all?"
Madam Han said confidently, "Why am I doing this? It's for the Earl's Mansion. Although you are still the Earl, your title will be gone when it comes to my son. Of course, I have to make some plans for my son."
The Jiang family said that as long as they married a concubine's daughter, they would arrange a good job for their son. How could she not agree?
Zhao Debo was exhausted. "When you agreed, did you think about Xinran? How will she survive in the Yan family in the future?"
Madam Han was silent for a moment, then stiffened her neck and said, "Xinran has already given birth to the Yan family's eldest grandson. With a son by her side, what can the Yan family do to her? Besides, Xinran married into the family, so how can the Yan family bully her?"
Zhao Debo snorted, "You had a good plan, but unfortunately, now it's all in vain."
Madam Han glanced at the concubine's daughter lying on the ground. She didn't care about her daughter's future, but she was concerned about her son's future. "Master, how about I go find Xinran and ask her to talk to the Princess of Shengping County and take the fifth girl in?"
Zhao Debo stood up with a bang and pointed at Madam Han in frustration, "If you want to make enemies with the Yan family and don't want your daughter Xinran anymore, then go ahead!"
“What happened before can be said to be coercion from the Queen Mother and the Jiang family, but if you want to go find Xinran, the Yan family can directly kick you out.”
Mrs. Han knew her thoughts were a bit naive, but she was really worried about her son's future. "I just said it casually, why are you so excited?"
Zhao Debo snorted and said, "Hurry up and find a family for the fifth girl to marry." After that, he turned his sleeves and left.
The same thing happened in the Yongqing Marquis's Mansion.
However, Madam Fang was much more efficient than Madam Han. She directly told the concubine that she would find a man from another province to be her principal wife, and quickly appeased the concubine.
"What kind of thing is this? The Queen Mother, the Jiang family, and Xiao Yeyang are at odds, and they've dragged our family into it."
Yongqing Bo frowned and said, "The Queen Mother is the ruler, and we are the subjects. Isn't it our job to just obey orders?"
Yan Mansion.
Mrs. Li breathed a sigh of relief when she found out that there was no follow-up to the incident. When she heard the maid say that Han Xinran had brought his grandson to pay his respects, she simply waved her hand and said no.
She admitted that she was taking her anger out on her daughter-in-law, but she just couldn't control herself.
After coming to Beijing, the daughter-in-law's family has caused a lot of trouble for the family.
The daughter-in-law is a good person, but with her parents' family, out of seven points of goodness, only three or four points remain.
Prince Ping's Mansion.
Xiao Yeyang was dismissed from his post, and Princess Ma, Xiao Yechen and Luo Qiong were all very happy.
Xiao Yeyang is so arrogant on a daily basis, isn't it because he relies on his position as the commander of the Jinling Guard? Now that he has lost his power, let's see how arrogant he can be.
After lunch, Luo Qiong, accompanied by her maids and old women, would stroll around the Hundred Flowers Garden for a while.
Daohua calculated the time accurately and waited here early. When she saw Luo Qiong, she immediately looked at Pingji's wife. After Pingji's wife turned around and left, she walked towards Luo Qiong with a smile.
"Miss, can Pingji's wife bring the princess over?" Wang Man'er looked a little worried.
Daohua was quite calm: "Since she dared to accept the task, it means she has the ability. Let's wait and see."
"Sister-in-law!"
Seeing the rice flowers, Luo Qiong immediately thought of what she had said before about her big belly. She couldn't help but hold her breath and tighten her belly: "My second brother is unemployed at home now. Why doesn't my second brother's wife accompany him?"
Daohua said with a smile: "I am learning from my sister-in-law. I see that you and your brother rarely see each other all day long, don't you?"
Luo Qiong had something to hide, and these words immediately touched her nerves. She smiled stiffly and said, "Second sister-in-law has never been pregnant before, so she may not know that during pregnancy, it is best for couples not to have sex."
Daohua: "I didn't say I wanted to have a concubine. I heard that you didn't even let Big Brother enter the room."
Luo Qiong's face turned cold: "Second brother's wife knows a lot about what goes on in my room."
Daohua smiled and said, "Don't misunderstand me, sister-in-law. I heard about this from the maids on the way to Baihua Garden. I don't care about what happens in your and big brother's room at all."
Luo Qiong frowned and didn't want to appreciate the flowers anymore, so he turned around and prepared to go back.
At this moment, Daohua noticed that the flowers and trees in front of the courtyard gate trembled a little, and immediately raised her voice and asked, "Sister-in-law, the baby in your belly is more than a month old, right?"
Hearing this, Luo Qiong froze, unable to move another step. After a while, he turned to look at Daohua: "What do you mean by this, second sister-in-law?"
Daohua smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I learned some medical skills in my boudoir." Then she looked at Luo Qiong's belly and said, "Your belly is a bit big. It doesn't look like it's one or two months old. It looks like it's more than four months old."
"For the child's safety, why don't you ask the palace physician to take his pulse again? Many of the doctors we hire outside are not very skilled."
Outside the courtyard gate, Xiao Yechen heard Daohua's words and suddenly tightened his hand around Princess Ma.
Because she used too much force, Princess Ma cried out in pain.
When Luo Qiong heard the voice, his expression suddenly changed. He quickly turned around and looked towards the gate of the courtyard. When he saw Princess Ma and Xiao Yechen were there, his hands under his sleeves trembled slightly.
When Daohua saw the two people coming, she didn't say anything else. She bowed and left with her maid.
Xiao Yechen looked at Luo Qiong's belly, thinking about what Daohua had just said, his eyes a little gloomy.
Seeing this, Luo Qiong immediately protected her belly with both hands and pretended to be calm, "I don't know why, but ever since I got pregnant, I've been eating a lot. It's been less than a month, and I've already gained a lot of weight. Just now, my second sister-in-law said that my belly looks like it's three or four months old."
Xiao Yechen's expression brightened considerably. He walked over and took Luo Qiong's hand. "Why are your hands so cold?"
Luo Qiong glared at Xiao Yechen coquettishly: "I have been afraid of cold since I was a child, and you didn't even know it!"
Princess Ma didn't want to see her son and daughter-in-law flirting in front of her, so she immediately said, "You are pregnant, so don't interact with the people in Pingxi Hall in the future. Who knows what they might do."
Luo Qiong nodded obediently: "Everything is up to Mother."
"Let's go back."
Xiao Yechen supported Luo Qiong and when they were almost at the Chenyuan, he suddenly said, "I'll go to the palace tomorrow and ask an imperial physician to come and check your pulse."
Luo Qiong's face froze instantly. She knew Xiao Yechen was suspicious, so she didn't hesitate and immediately nodded in agreement. "Thank you for your trouble, sir. I also want to know if the child is healthy."
Seeing that Luo Qiong did not refuse, Xiao Yechen's expression became much better. After helping Luo Qiong back to her room, he got up and left because she wanted to rest.
As soon as he left, Luo Qiong immediately called Xueling over: "Find an excuse to go back to the Duke's Mansion, and then go directly to the back door. There is a fortune teller on the street behind the back door. Go and tell him that Xiao Yechen wants to ask the imperial physician to check my pulse tomorrow."
Xueling nodded quickly, went to the warehouse to get some gifts, and returned to the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion.
As soon as she went out, the secret guards arranged by Xiao Yeyang followed her.
That night, Xueling returned to the palace and the secret guards went to Pingxi Hall right after.
In the study, Xiao Yeyang was painting Daohua. Seeing the secret guard come back, he didn't hide it from Daohua and asked directly, "What did you find out?"
Secret Guard: "Luo Qiong's maid found a fortune teller in the back street of the Duke of Wei's Mansion, and the fortune teller eventually entered the Wan family's old house."
When he heard the word Wan Jia, Xiao Yeyang's eyes suddenly lit up.
(End of this chapter)
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