Chapter 217: Qiao Niang's Dream, the Marquis Has Someone Outside
The entire East Courtyard was brightly lit, and everyone was busy coming and going.
Yun Qiao sat on the soft couch and looked at the three children running around. Her heart was filled with something called maternal love.
"But please take a closer look at these three children. When you're not around, they always ask me, 'Second Aunt, where is our Queen Mother...'"
Li Yuan is also a mother, and she always feels uncomfortable when she hears her children ask her this question.
As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.
It is natural for children to be close to their mothers, and Nian Nian surrounded Yun Qiao.
She is different from her two brothers. Her brothers are very active and like to play and fight, but she is very quiet.
Yun Qiao looked at the child.
Sometimes she couldn't understand what the child was thinking.
Some of the things I could hear before, I can’t seem to hear them all now.
Like this little guy, if she lets you hear it, you will hear it. If she doesn't let you know, you can't spy on it.
Yun Qiao wanted to find out something about the relationship between Chen Jingyan and the rumored woman from Nian Nian's heart, but she didn't find out anything.
never mind.
Maybe it's true.
"Mother..."
When Yun Qiao was deep in thought, Nian Nian suddenly leaned into Yun Qiao's arms and said, "Mother, Nian Nian misses you."
Yun Qiao felt very satisfied when she heard this, and reached out to pick up the child.
"Mother misses you too."
Li Yuan was delighted to see Yun Qiao and Nian Nian like this. She couldn't help but say, "It would be better to have a daughter. Look at you and Nian Nian together, how close they are. And look at that boy..."
Chaochao and Mumu are still playing at this moment.
However, the children won’t be able to play for long, as they will soon fall asleep.
Yun Qiao smiled and said, "Don't we have two sons in my family?"
The sons are all debt collectors.
Yun Qiao really felt that the two sons were given to her by Chen Jingyan, and as for the little daughter, she was the one who chose her as her mother.
She seemed to have had a dream.
In her dream, she was crossing a bridge holding two children’s hands, when she suddenly heard a little girl calling her and asking, “Can you take me home?”
Yun Qiao thought, raising two is the same as raising three, so she said, okay.
She had forgotten this dream before.
When she was at the ancestral home, she suddenly had a recurring dream one night, and suddenly thought of Chao Chao Mu Mu and Nian Nian.
She is, maybe.
Gu Heng also came to say hello and asked some questions. It was dark and inconvenient, so he left quickly. Seeing that it was getting late, Yun Qiao also asked Li Yuan to go back.
She wanted to sleep with her three children at night, but the two boys had already fallen asleep under the care of their wet nurse.
But Nian Nian didn't sleep at all.
Yun Qiao hugged her, feeling very painful.
[Don't worry, Mom. You still have it. I love you the most.]
[Mother, do you want to go back? I can take you back.]
Suddenly, Yun Qiao's heart trembled. Her eyes fell on Nian Nian. She wanted to ask something, but she didn't ask it in the end. She also didn't want Nian Nian to know that she had the ability to read minds.
"Good boy, sleep well."
[Strange, Mom can go back, why doesn't she leave? Mom can leave. If she doesn't leave now, I don't know when the next time will be.]
The moon is so red today!
After Yun Qiao coaxed Nian Nian to sleep, she sat in front of the window, opened it and looked at the red moon outside.
Hearing Yun Qiao's mumbling, Xiao Tao asked curiously, "Your Highness, why are you talking nonsense for no reason? The moon is beautiful tonight, so why is it red? You can't talk like that. A red moon is unlucky."
"Really? What color is the moon today?"
Yun Qiao looked at Xiao Tao in surprise.
Could it be that the moonlight they see is different?
"Of course it's bright. Look, it's so bright and beautiful."
Xiao Tao brought a cup of hot osmanthus wine to Yun Qiao, "Your Highness, please have something to warm yourself up. Has the Marquis contacted you?"
Xiaotao stood in front of Yunqiao and asked in a low voice.
Yun Qiao shook her head.
“No contact.”
"I thought I had found someone I liked outside."
"Miss, if you are unhappy, please speak out, or hit me a few times. Don't hide it in your heart and make yourself unhappy."
Xiaotao really feels sorry for Yunqiao.
The two have depended on each other for many years and are closer than sisters.
"What's the point of beating and scolding me? I want to leave, but how can I bear to leave my three children behind?"
"Maybe this is how it will be in my life."
She smiled and thought to herself, shouldn't I have given birth to three children?
When she fell into the water, she caught a cold and was unable to have children. However, by chance, she gave birth to triplets. The relationship between her and the children was a relationship of mutual choice.
She shouldn't regret having the baby.
But to be honest, if Yun Qiao didn't have three children to worry about, she might have chosen to return to the modern era directly.
Back to her normal life.
Just treat this as just a dream, or a game.
"Miss, don't be afraid. You are the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion. No matter how many women there are outside, they can't shake your position."
Yun Qiao didn't say anything and drank the whole pot of hot wine.
After drinking it, my body felt warm and my head felt dizzy. It felt quite good.
Xiao Tao wanted Yun Qiao to sleep on the bed, which was covered with the finest silk mattress, which was warm and soft. However, the princess insisted on lying on the couch without moving. Xiao Tao was worried, so she didn't dare to leave. She could only stand by and watch over her, taking a fox fur coat and covering herself to prevent her from catching a cold.
Yunqiao fell asleep.
To be exact, she didn't know whether she fell asleep or not. She had a dream in a daze, as if she had returned to the modern era.
Returned to normal life.
But she could never forget everything she experienced in ancient times.
Finally, I quit my job, gave up everything, and went to the countryside, where I lived a simple and leisurely rural life every day.
But in her heart, she was still worried about her three children.
Suddenly, Yun Qiao opened her eyes.
She clearly realized that she could not go back because she had three children.
Maybe she could have chosen not to fight for it before, but now it is different. For the sake of her children, she must secure her position as the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion.
"Xiao Tao, wait for me to sleep."
"Tired."
Xiao Tao hummed, "Princess, you really should get some sleep. This trip has delayed you for so long."
"I'm not very tired. I took a walk outside. Xiaotao, the world outside is huge. If I have the chance, I will definitely take you out for a walk."
She spoke to Xiaotao sincerely.
Xiaotao nodded. Her whole world only consisted of the girl, and she would follow her wherever she wanted to go.
I thought that by the time the girl went out for a walk, the three little masters would have grown up.
It's still a long way off, so she should just focus on the girl in front of her.
Perhaps she was really tired. After Yun Qiao lay down, she woke up when the sun was already high in the sky. Although the weather was cold, the sun was shining brightly, so she didn't feel cold anymore.
There are many things to do in the Marquis' Mansion now. After Yun Qiao got up, he cheered up and took the account books of the Marquis' Mansion and his own private property.
Li Yuan took the initiative to tell Yun Qiao everything that had happened in the Marquis' Mansion in the past few months.
"Before the Marquis left, he left a letter for the Second Master, disposing of some of his assets. The Marquis took the money with him."
"Including the medicinal herbs and supplies the princess brought in earlier, I only have a rough idea of the amount."
She didn't know the details, but Yun Qiao knew.
However, Yun Qiao got a terrifying piece of data from Li Yuan: Gu Heng got a full 100,000 taels of silver from those properties.
Gave it all to Chen Jingyan.
"Did the Marquis take them all away?"
"Do you know what he's going there for?"
Yun Qiao frowned.
Of course, in Chen Jingyan's mind, some industries belonged to him personally and he had the right to dispose of them. He did not touch the part in the Marquis' Mansion and the part that Chen Jingyan gave to Yun Qiao.
But even so, Yun Qiao still felt uncomfortable.
In her opinion, things that happen between men and women in marriage should be discussed before being decided.
But she also knew that her understanding was completely unfeasible in ancient times.
She felt resentful, but she quickly calmed down and thought carefully. Those things also belonged to Chen Jingyan, and he could do whatever he wanted with them.
Li Yuan said, I'm not sure.
Yun Qiao thought that she would ask Gu Heng later, maybe he knew.
"Princess, the Marquis may have other things to do, not what you think."
Li Yuan added another word.
Yun Qiao raised an eyebrow and said, "I'm not thinking anything. I think the Marquis must have a need for the money, otherwise he wouldn't be able to take away so much money."
"Yuanniang, don't worry. I won't get angry with the Marquis over this. Besides, the Marquis and I are in Mobei and Kyoto respectively. We are so far apart that there's no way we can get angry with each other."
Li Yuan nodded, not knowing what to say for a moment.
However, I learned that Yun Qiao had returned from mourning at her ancestral home, and the Empress Dowager had given her a lot of rewards. She also sent someone to tell her to rest well at home, saying that she had worked hard.
Next year, let her bring her baby into the palace to accompany her for a while.
Yun Qiao didn't know what the Queen Mother meant.
Why let her enter the palace for no reason? But I thought it was not a good thing. After all, Chen Jingyan was forced to go to Mobei by the emperor.
Yun Qiao wondered if the Queen Mother wanted to use them, mother and son, to restrain Chen Jingyan?
Thinking of this, Yun Qiao couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Now that Chen Jingyan has a new love outside, the emperor wants to use them to restrain Chen Jingyan. This is a bit too much of an opinion on them.
Not long after returning to Kyoto, the Chinese New Year was approaching.
With Yun Qiao's identity as a princess, it is very convenient for her to enter the palace.
She went to the palace to present gifts to the Queen Mother and went to the Queen Mother's palace.
Queen and later.
They exchanged greetings.
During the chat, Yun Qiao naturally told the news about Chen Jingyan outside.
"It's been half a year now. I think I found someone I like. They say she's very smart and insightful. She can talk about a lot of things. She even opened a pharmacy in Mobei."
"Compared to her, I seem extremely ordinary. I don't know anything, I just have a pretty face. But if a man stares at a woman for too long, no matter how beautiful she is, she can't resist the novelty of the outside world, right..."
Zhang Huanghou and Yun Qiao felt a sense of mutual understanding.
She felt that Emperor Showa was like that.
The beauties were brought into the palace one after another. He would pamper one for a while, and then pamper another one after a while.
It's only been half a year, and he has already spoiled three or four of them, all of them beautiful women.
His Majesty prefers those who are both beautiful and intelligent, but some of them become less intelligent after becoming pregnant.
In fact, it’s not that women are not smart enough, but that once they fall in love with a man, they will lose their rationality.
"I understand what the princess is saying."
"This King of Mobei is too much of a bully. He doesn't cherish a beautiful woman like the princess, and he's still looking for someone else."
Yun Qiao took a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes lightly. She wasn't really crying, she was just pretending.
"Kyoto is too far away from Mobei. Even if I'm angry, it's only with myself. You don't know, I cried in my sleep tonight."
"I don't have the ability to keep the man. If he doesn't come back from Mobei, then I can only let him do what he wants. I want to take the child to find him, but..."
The Queen Mother looked at Yun Qiao, wanting to know what she was thinking.
Little did they know that Yun Qiao had already guessed what they were thinking.
What does the Queen Mother mean?
Is it just a test to see if the relationship between her and Chen Jingyan is really bad?
Want to know if Chen Jingyan really found another woman outside?
Yun Qiao knew what they wanted, so she acted in the direction they wanted.
As to whether Chen Jingyan really did look for someone outside, that was a matter for debate. But Yun Qiao felt that it was likely true.
She got some news from Gu Heng.
There was indeed a woman by Chen Jingyan's side, a smart and beautiful woman. That woman not only set up a pharmacy in Mobei, but also wanted to build a school.
It would be hard for Chen Jingyan not to be attracted to such a talented and strategic woman who can help him.
Yun Qiao probably had a rough idea in her mind, so she spoke with ease in front of the Empress Dowager and the Queen, and it was difficult to tell what was true and what was false.
Empress Dowager Chen looked at Yun Qiao and said tentatively with a firm tone, "I don't think Sanlang is that kind of person. He's just like his father. Once he makes up his mind, he's the only one."
"Your Highness, you don't know that this woman is very talented. She's the one who came up with many ideas. She's a person with a natural radiance, and it's hard not to be attracted to her."
Yun Qiao continued, "I was originally curious about what kind of extraordinary woman she was, who could have caused the Marquis to not contact me for half a year, not even a letter. So I asked Gu Heng about her, and only then did I learn that she was extremely talented and beautiful."
"I have made up my mind now. I will take care of the Marquis' Mansion with my child. Even if the girl wants to marry me, she still needs my consent."
"Queen Dowager, you are my sister-in-law. Given our relationship, you must stand by me and protect me. If the Marquis returns, please, as an elder, go and talk to him and ask him to be nice to us."
"I can only rely on you now."
Yun Qiao said this, lowered her head and wiped away her tears.
The Queen Mother seemed to believe it, but she still had doubts in her heart.
After paying New Year’s greetings, Yun Qiao left.
The Queen did not leave. The Queen Mother looked at her and asked, "What do you think is the truth in what Yun Qiao said?"
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