Su Qiuya walked out, but she didn't go to Liu Yulian's side. What was she going to do? To say sorry?
Liu Yanbo had hurt Liu Yulian before, and Su Qiuya didn't think that just saying sorry would be of any use.
Liu Yulian stood there for a while and then left.
Su Qiuya didn't chase after him, she heard Aunt Qing talking over there.
"She left so quickly that people who didn't know would think there was a dog chasing her." Aunt Qing said.
Su Qiuya thought: You people are scarier than dogs.
"You said, back in the northwest, they accused us of being cold-hearted, saying we were anxious to split up and didn't help them in the beginning," Aunt Qing said. "Now, their situation has improved, and they're treating us like this."
Aunt Qing thought that these people simply wanted to bully them. These people had bad hearts, so how could God allow such bad people to be so smart?
Su Qiuya just watched and saw that the situation in Jingning Marquis' Mansion was like that. Wasn't it all because of Aunt Qing and others who didn't do a good job?
On the day of Liu Yuqin's wedding, neither Liu's father nor Liu's mother came, only Liu Yanjing came.
Liu Yuqin let Concubine Qing take the seat of honor, so why did Liu's mother have to come? Liu's father also knew how capable Liu Yuqin was, so he just let Liu Yanjing go.
Liu Yuqin has been calling Qing Yi Niangniang for a while now, and she has also called her that outside, so naturally some people heard it.
Even if Liu's mother didn't say anything, Liu's father couldn't have been unaware of it.
Aunt Qing felt that Liu's father was becoming increasingly cruel. This was their daughter's wedding day, and yet he didn't even come. How would others view Liu Yuqin? Would they think that the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion didn't value her? Would Liu Yuqin have an easy life in her husband's family?
"Your father is not planning to come, is he?" Aunt Qing looked at Liu Yanbo.
"I didn't go when my fourth sister got married." Liu Yanbo didn't think it was a big deal, it was a normal thing, "As long as my eldest brother comes, it's fine."
"We've broken off the relationship, so why call me big brother?" Aunt Qing muttered.
"It will be fine as long as the prince comes." Liu Yanbo was speechless. Aunt Qing was always like this.
Liu Yanbo had come to understand himself clearly. When he was in the Marquis' Mansion, he had wondered why he wasn't the legitimate son, and why a concubine's son couldn't become the Crown Prince. He no longer wondered, not only because they were no longer related, but also because he had come to understand the situation.
When Liu Yanbo turned around, he happened to see Liu Yanjing.
In a corner of the yard, Liu Yanjing saw Liu Yanbo, but he didn't go up to him to say anything more. They were no longer related, so there was no need to say anything more.
The two looked at each other and neither of them went forward.
Liu Yanbo had a strong sense of self-esteem and used to think that it was Liu Mu's fault or the eldest wife's fault. After he realized his mistake, he didn't really want to go in front of the eldest wife's people.
Since Father Liu didn't come, Aunt Qing sat on the high seat.
When others saw this scene, they wondered why Father and Mother Liu hadn't come. Qing Yi Niang, a concubine, was sitting in the hall. If Qing Yi Niang was a concubine with excellent character and a good reputation, then she would have sat in the hall.
The key point is that Qing Yi Niang's reputation is not very good, and Liu Yuqin's reputation is not good either. Qing Yi Niang is still sitting there, which makes others think that Liu Yuqin and Qing Yi Niang have no manners.
Xiao Dayu saw Aunt Qing sitting over there, but he didn't pay much attention. After all, his background wasn't that good, and he had never been married before. He had seen other people get married, but when people in the village got married, their parents sat upstairs.
If the parents are no longer around, other relatives will sit there.
Xiao Dayu didn't call Qing Yi Niangniang, but called her Yi Niang.
When Aunt Qing heard Xiao Dayu calling her Aunt, her face changed slightly. She wondered if this son-in-law understood people's expressions. Why did he call her Aunt?
But on this happy day, Qing Yi Niang couldn't point it out directly in front of everyone. She was originally a concubine, even if she was a concubine with a letter of release, she was not the wife of the main wife.
Xiao Dayu really shouldn't call her mother, he should call her aunt.
"Okay, you guys live a good life from now on." Aunt Qing said.
Liu Yanjing simply stood by and watched, thinking he might as well not come. These people didn't expect him to do anything, so he just stood by. His purpose in coming here was to let others know that the Marquis of Jingning still considered Liu Yuqin a member of the Marquisate, and that not everyone knew him.
After Liu Yuqin left the door, Liu Yanjing left.
At the Marquis of Jingning's mansion, Liu Yulian didn't attend Liu Yuqin's wedding. She thought Liu Yanjing could go instead. The main reason was that her relationship with Liu Yuqin wasn't that good, and if she went, she might upset Liu Yuqin. It was better not to go.
Logically speaking, Liu Yulian should have gone, as sisters with such a close blood relationship. However, Liu Yuqin was not a very good-tempered person, and Liu Yulian and Liu Yuqin had even clashed before, so Liu Yulian simply did not go.
"Brother shouldn't be back so soon." Liu Yulian was sitting in the yard next to Princess Zhaoyang.
"Not necessarily. Maybe he'll come back after sending the person out." Princess Zhaoyang said, "It's better if you don't go."
Previously, Liu Yuqin wanted to marry in the Marquis's mansion, but her father did not allow it. Instead, he asked her to marry in her own mansion. Princess Zhaoyang thought that someone like Liu Yuqin probably didn't understand her father's intentions.
Father Liu just wanted Liu Yuqin to be low-key, not so high-profile, and not to make so much trouble.
"It's so cold, if you go over there, you'll just be blown by a cold wind." Princess Zhaoyang said, "It's better to sit inside."
"Indeed." Liu Yulian said, "It's almost the New Year, and I haven't done anything recently, so I'm a little free."
"It's better to have some free time." Princess Zhaoyang said, "It's tiring to be out on the farm all day long."
"We still have to go. I asked them to make a microscope, but the magnification they have now is not enough." Liu Yulian still wanted a more powerful microscope so that they could use it to observe various organisms, see cells and bacteria.
Liu Yulian also planned to conduct more research, which required microscopes and other tools. Without these tools, they would not know whether the research results were pure or whether there were many impurities in them.
Later in life, Liu Yulian watched a TV series in which the protagonist found a cure for malaria, but it contained impurities, some of which were toxic. They had to remove those harmful substances and extract the non-toxic, useful substance.
In ancient times, everyone knew that medicine is three-quarters poisonous, but they didn't know which ingredients in herbs were useful and which were useless.
Liu Yulian planned to let those people do some research and let them know how to filter and separate those substances.
"After the corn is harvested, the corn stalks and other things can all be used to grow mushrooms," Liu Yulian said. "I asked someone to get some mushroom bags, but the temperature isn't high enough here, so they won't grow mushrooms easily. We'll have to wait."
Liu Yulian was also thinking about eating mushrooms and the like. In fact, some mushrooms can grow at this temperature.
"Mushroom? Have you forgotten something?" Princess Zhaoyang chuckled. "Where's your fiancé?"
"He's been busy lately." Liu Yulian blinked.
"Are you too busy to come?" Princess Zhaoyang didn't believe it.
"We met him yesterday, just outside," Liu Yulian said, "He's going to join the Imperial Academy."
"Okay." Princess Zhaoyang thought this was a good idea. It turned out that the two people had met outside.
Princess Zhaoyang thought about it and realized that this was normal. If they were always at home, wouldn't they always meet other people and perhaps even meet their elders? They would probably prefer to go out alone.
After Liu Yuqin got married, she and her husband lived in the large courtyard of the research institute.
Liu Yuqin thought the people in this compound weren't that good, and some couldn't even read. Most of the people living in the research institute's compound had come from the northwest with Liu Yulian, and they were each given several rooms.
Fortunately, there is a lot of land here and it is not in the very center of the capital, so they can live better.
Liu Yuqin thought these people had no manners or courtesy, and some were even loud. Since the house wasn't very big and the soundproofing wasn't very good, if someone yelled outside, Liu Yuqin could hear it from inside.
Liu Yuqin didn't like the house here, as it was too simple. But she still lived here, just to interact more with the researchers' families, and she also hoped that her husband would get promoted quickly in the future.
"Yes, I am Princess Rongning's biological sister."
"Rongning, she was very naughty when she was little. She even threw stones at people."
"What do you mean by reading? She did read, but she even stole my book."
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Liu Yuqin deliberately said these words to those people. She just wanted to let them know how bad Liu Yulian was.
However, those people didn't think Princess Rongning was that bad at all. Children are different. Whose child isn't naughty? If a child wasn't so naughty and was quiet, some people would probably worry that there was something wrong with the child.
Of course, some children are really well-behaved. But for those who were born in very ordinary families, they think it’s okay for children to be naughty. Their children are just like that, playing in the mud and doing other things outside.
It's common for those kids to fight.
However, those people still felt that Princess Rongning was unlikely to fight with others. If Princess Rongning fought with others, it was most likely that there was something wrong with that person.
"Don't talk about the princess like that." Someone said this to Liu Yuqin in front of her. "Don't think we can't understand what you mean. You just want to say something bad about Princess Rongning."
"Of course not." Liu Yuqin was unwilling to admit that she meant to say anything bad about Princess Rongning. "I just wanted to tell you about her. I'm the director of the research institute, so I figured you might want to know something, so I told you."
"How can you talk about women's affairs casually?" said someone else.
Liu Yuqin felt that these people had no idea how kind she was, and how good she was to them. She just wanted them to know more about Liu Yulian. So, it would be much easier for these people to bribe Liu Yulian or find something to hold against her.
Most of the people who followed Liu Yulian from the northwest to the capital knew how difficult life was. They were not Liu Yuqin, and the things they had received since childhood were not that good. They just had to do their duty and not think too much about other things.
"Forget it, forget it, why am I telling you all this." Liu Yuqin was in a bad mood. She originally thought that she could incite these people, but in the end, these people were unwilling to pay any attention to her.
Liu Yuqin didn't take Xiao Dayu to the Jingning Marquis's residence to return home. She knew that wouldn't work. She had already inquired and found that when Liu Fang was in the northwest, it was difficult for her to return home to the main house, so she decided not to go.
Therefore, when Liu Yuqin was in the research institute compound, she talked more with these people.
Some people are a bit gossipy, but they are not stupid. It is impossible for them to be led by Liu Yuqin.
When Liu Yuqin returned home and saw Xiao Dayu, she said, "These people outside have no manners."
"They weren't born in a marquis' mansion. They're just ordinary people. How could they know so much?" Xiao Dayu said, "You'd better not bother with these people."
"How could I possibly argue with them?" Liu Yuqin said, "Isn't this lowering your status? It's speechless. Why do you live here? You're a sixth-rank official, so why can't you live in a better place?"
Xiao Dayu also wanted to live a better life, but the institute had such rules that people in his position could not be allocated better houses unless they moved out themselves.
The houses provided by the institute are just like that. If they don’t like them, they can move out.
The institute cannot provide these people with luxury homes. These people also receive salaries and can rent or buy their own homes. Because some people haven't produced any research results and don't have that much money, the institute provides accommodation.
Not all officials can have accommodation provided by the court. Xiao Dayu is already very satisfied with his current residence, which is much better than where he lived in the northwest.
"We'll go out and buy a house later." Xiao Dayu said, "You were the one who said you wanted to live here."
Originally, Xiao Dayu thought that after he and Liu Yuqin got married, he would live with Liu Yuqin. But Liu Yuqin didn't allow him to, so Xiao Dayu couldn't move in either.
"I said I wanted to live here because I think it's different here," Liu Yuqin said. "You said there are a lot of researchers living here, and I thought they were your colleagues, so I'd spend more time with their wives. It's all for you, isn't it?"
Liu Yuqin has all kinds of reasons, but everything she does is right.
In the palace, the emperor's health hadn't been good recently. He rarely went out. It was cold outside, so he basically stayed indoors. If he did go out, he would sit on the dragon sedan chair and wear thicker clothes.
Even so, the emperor's health was still not that good. He recently caught a cold and was lying in bed. His body was very fragile.
"Your Majesty." The imperial concubine served the emperor medicine.
"It's bitter." The emperor didn't want to take the medicine.
"Good medicine tastes bitter," the imperial concubine said, "you can't not take it."
The imperial concubine saw how haggard the emperor looked. She was not afraid that he would die so soon. Her son was the crown prince. It didn't matter when the emperor died. The crown prince was already in charge of government affairs. Even if the emperor died, the court would not be in chaos.
The Imperial Concubine couldn't tell whether she wanted the Emperor to die sooner or later. She had been in the harem for so many years, and even if she wasn't the Emperor's true love, she was still favored by the Emperor. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been the Imperial Concubine.
Even with what happened to Concubine Cen in the palace, the Imperial Concubine did not have a bad time.
"Drink some medicine." said the imperial concubine.
"Why isn't it a pill? Aren't there pills?" asked the emperor.
"Pills won't work as quickly as this," the imperial concubine said. "Soup or water is better."
"Then drink some," said the emperor.
The emperor didn't want to take the medicine at all, but for the sake of his health, he still drank a little. He knew that he might not survive the New Year. His health was very poor, and the imperial physician didn't say much in front of him, but how could he not feel it?
"Yes." The imperial concubine fed the emperor with a spoon.
In the Eastern Palace, Concubine Qin has had a hard time recently. She is wondering why the prince and his teacher ignore her.
Concubine Qin just wanted the prince to come and see her. Even if it was just to spend the night with her, she would be satisfied. As long as she could get pregnant with the prince's child, then she would be fine with anything.
Concubine Qin, for example, would consult a doctor from time to time just to have him treat her. As long as the prince came to her, she could get pregnant at any time.
The imperial physician saw a problem with Concubine Qin's health, and it would be difficult for her to get pregnant again. However, the imperial physician did not tell Concubine Qin that this was because he had already received instructions from the Crown Prince. It was the Crown Prince who made Concubine Qin unable to have children, not anyone else.
Concubine Qin was just hoping to meet the prince by chance, and if she didn't meet him, she would try to stop him.
When the prince was stopped by his concubine, he simply asked Concubine Qin to be pulled aside and asked her not to block him.
"Your Highness," Concubine Qin said, "I haven't seen you for a long time. Don't you miss me?"
"Go to your room and stay there." The prince had no intention of meeting Concubine Qin.
Concubine Qin was always so troublesome, and the Crown Prince was thinking about suppressing the Qin family and absolutely not letting them become high-ranking officials. If the Qin family rose up, it would be terrible. Those people would definitely harm the Crown Princess and would also want Concubine Qin to adopt another woman's child.
The prince had almost forgotten how troublesome Concubine Qin was, but unfortunately, Concubine Qin came over at this time.
"The emperor is ill, so you all should be quiet." The prince had a reason.
The emperor is sick, so the prince certainly shouldn't think about favoring these women.
When Concubine Qin saw the prince turn around and leave like that, she could only stomp her feet on the spot. Why was the prince like this?
When the Crown Princess learned that Concubine Qin had gone to stop the Crown Prince, she was not surprised at all. Concubine Qin was just that kind of person. However, the Emperor was ill, and even though he was thinking about the late Empress, Concubine Qin had also consumed that little bit of friendship.
The emperor was ill, and many officials knew about it. Many people knew that the emperor might not be able to survive, but fortunately the crown prince's position was stable, so there would be no more bloodshed in the struggle for the throne.
However, some old ministers were a little worried, as were those who had previously sided with other princes. Previously, when the Cen family fell, many people were afraid of being implicated.
After the crown prince ascends the throne, he might settle accounts with those people. How could they not worry about this matter? They just dare not think too much and can only wait. Some people also hope that the emperor can recover soon, and it would be best if the emperor can continue to live.
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