Zhang was a clever woman. She knew it was not the right time to deal with the Fourth Lady of Qin. The Emperor was still kind to her. The Emperor was simply thinking of the late Empress. When someone is dying, that's how people are. They want to do something that appears to be kind.
The Crown Princess knew that Zhang was feeling miserable. She hadn't gotten pregnant for many years. When she finally got pregnant, the child was killed by Miss Qin Si.
"It would have been better if you hadn't come to my side." The Crown Princess couldn't help but sigh. Otherwise, Zhang wouldn't have been bumped into by Miss Qin Si.
"This has nothing to do with you. As a concubine, I should go and pay my respects to you." Zhang did not think that the Crown Princess was wrong. The Crown Princess had always been very kind. She told her that she did not need to go and pay her respects.
Zhang, however, was born into a family of scholars and had always been very particular about etiquette. Even if the Crown Princess had truly told her not to go and pay her respects, she would still have been respectful. The Crown Princess was the Crown Prince's principal wife, so how could a concubine show disrespect to her?
Zhang had never expected the Fourth Lady Qin to do such a thing, and she didn't blame the Crown Princess for not confining her. The Fourth Lady Qin relied on her status as the late Empress's niece to act so arrogantly. The Crown Prince's indulgence of Concubine Qin was also a way of dealing with her.
Yes, it’s not just the Crown Princess who indulges Miss Qin Si, the Crown Prince does too.
Zhang knew they had a plan, and she couldn't blame them. Who made her pregnant at this time, and why did she run to your Crown Princess at this time? Fourth Miss Qin didn't care about anyone else at all, and Zhang resented her.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Zhang said.
Zhang thought that people like the Fourth Miss Qin were not good people and that she should never marry into a good family again. But sometimes the heavens seemed blind, and some vicious people still lived for a long time, and some disgusting people also lived well.
Although Zhang did not take any other action for the time being, she let more people know that the reason she had a miscarriage was all thanks to Miss Qin Si.
At Master Qin's house, Old Lady Qin already knew about Miss Qin Si's affairs. Old Lady Qin sighed, thinking that once Miss Qin Si's affairs came to light, Miss Qin San's marriage would become even more difficult.
Miss Qin San was originally older, and because Miss Qin Si had not done a good job in the Eastern Palace, it was difficult for Miss Qin San to get married. The man who was originally going to get engaged to Miss Qin San didn't want to, so he went to find someone else.
This time, Miss Qin Si caused Zhang to have a miscarriage and slandered the Crown Princess. This was not a trivial matter.
If the girl from the Qin family dares to do this in the Eastern Palace, then can she do the same in other people's homes?
Miss Qin San's marriage was full of twists and turns, and she was still thinking about applying for the graduate school. But she was called in front of Mrs. Qin. Mrs. Qin looked at Miss Qin San and felt sorry for her granddaughter.
"Do you want to continue staying in the capital or go somewhere else?" asked Old Lady Qin.
"Grandma." Miss Qin San did not expect that Old Madam Qin would ask this.
"In the capital, I'm afraid that those families with equal status wouldn't be willing to marry you." Old Madam Qin knew that even if Miss Qin San continued to stay in the capital, she estimated that Miss Qin San would have a hard time finding a suitable family. "If you go out of town, there will be people from the research institute there. Even if you can't get into the institute, you can... think about doing something else."
Old Madam Qin didn't believe that Miss Qin San would be able to successfully enter the research institute. The royal family would definitely not allow Miss Qin San to hold a high position in the research institute. If it was just an ordinary grassroots position, Old Madam Qin thought that Miss Qin San didn't need to join the research institute at all, as it would be a waste of time.
"Is it really necessary to do this?" Miss Qin San was clearly thinking that it was Miss Qin Si who was wrong, not herself.
"Even though the two families have fallen out, who would believe it?" Old Madam Qin said, "If you stay in the capital, you will find someone of lower status."
People of lower status may not think that Miss Qin San is that good, and it is not certain whether Miss Qin San can live a good life in the future.
"If I can't get into the research institute, I'll go..." Miss Qin San originally wanted to say that she would teach those people to read, but she couldn't even get into the research institute. She knew very little, and most of what she learned were things like female precepts and rules.
Students at Nanlu Women's College have already begun to learn other knowledge. The college does not just teach women the Three Obediences and Four Virtues.
Miss Qin San was not very old, nor was she particularly talented or famous. How could those good academies allow Miss Qin San to teach those people?
This means that Miss Qin San has basically no future options. She can only get married and take care of her husband and children.
Regardless of whether Miss Qin San can be admitted to the research institute, there is still a big difference between her family allowing her to take the exam and not allowing her to take the exam.
"Leave the capital." Miss Qin San thought about it. She knew that if she stayed in the capital, she might always be affected by Miss Qin Si's affairs, and then there would be no point for her to stay here.
Miss Qin San still wanted to do something. Even if she couldn't go to the research institute, she wanted to do something else.
"There is a young man from a poor family." Old Madam Qin said, "He was a Jinshi last year. If you marry him, he will probably go to another place."
The Jinshi was preparing to become a county magistrate, starting from there. The Jinshi himself was not ranked very high, was older, and had not yet married.
Miss Qin San was not marrying into a family as a concubine, but rather that their lives in a small place might not be as good as in the capital. However, small places have their own advantages. Miss Qin San was the wife of a county magistrate, and a county magistrate's wife could also do something in the local area. This made Miss Qin San think about it.
"Okay." Miss Qin San nodded. She knew that she had no choice. If she chose again, there might not be a better one.
Old Madam Qin had originally wanted to arrange a marriage for Miss Qin San, marrying her off to a good family. But when she saw the emperor's attitude towards Miss Qin Si, she decided it wasn't necessary to marry Miss Qin San to such a good family. Those families might not be willing to marry Miss Qin San. She couldn't let Miss Qin San marry someone else's son or become a concubine.
Miss Qin San's status is not low, and Old Lady Qin thinks it would be better for her to marry someone who will have a promising future.
"Then get ready." Old Madam Qin said, "The wedding date may be a little hasty."
"It's okay." Miss Qin San no longer cared about these things.
Miss Qin San was very upset. If Miss Qin Si had not done such a thing, she would not have become like this.
Less than two weeks later, Miss Qin San was engaged, and after going through all the formalities, they were married at the end of the first month of the lunar calendar. This was mainly to avoid the emperor's death, which prevented them from getting married in the short term.
On the day of Miss Qin San's wedding, she did not let Miss Qin Si come. If it were not for Miss Qin Si, she would not have married in such a hurry.
It would be a lie to say that Miss Qin San had no resentment towards Miss Qin Si. The sisters who were once good sisters had changed. At least Miss Qin San could no longer regard Miss Qin Si as her good cousin.
Anyone who wants a cousin like this should go.
At the beginning, the imperial physician said that the emperor only had a few days left, but the emperor still dragged on for some time.
The prince has been staying by the emperor's side all the time, and he cannot run away to other places at this time.
It wasn't just the Qin family's daughters who got married early; other families did the same. After the emperor's death, those people couldn't get married so quickly and had to wait.
The imperial court stipulated a three-month period, but the Daliang Dynasty had fewer and less stringent rules in this regard. People observed filial piety to their parents for a year, and then were free to do other things.
This is mainly due to the lifespan of those people. If they observe mourning for three years, they will not be able to do anything for three years, and they can no longer hold official positions. Three years is not a short time, and it is enough time for some people to make political achievements.
Therefore, the founding emperor of the Daliang Dynasty made new regulations in this regard.
Even though ordinary people had to observe the mourning period for three months, they would try to keep their weddings small and not so grand. Only after a year would those people be able to hold grander weddings.
Those people did that to show their respect to the royal family.
Ever since Liu Yuqin and Xiao Dayu divorced, it hadn't been easy for her to remarry. Those people knew that Liu Yuqin had severed her relationship with the Marquis of Jingning. It was her brother, who was also from the same mother, who had severed his relationship with the Marquis of Jingning. Liu Yuqin hadn't learned her lesson, and she had ended up in this situation.
Liu Yuqin felt that when she went out, others were laughing at her.
No matchmaker came to the house, unwilling to act as a matchmaker for Liu Yuqin anymore.
"Mom." Liu Yuqin was in a bad mood because no one came to propose marriage.
"The time is still short. It has only been a month since you and your husband divorced." Aunt Qing said.
"Isn't this enough?" Liu Yuqin said.
Xiao Dayu moved out of the research institute. Even after he and Liu Yuqin divorced, he did not stay in the institute. He thought he should find a normal girl instead of climbing up the social ladder. Most of the women who could help him climb up the social ladder were not good.
Since those people are not good, why should he be with them? Xiao Dayu thought that as long as he could marry a girl from a slightly richer family, it would be fine. He didn't have that much money and couldn't help his father-in-law's family much, so he couldn't marry a girl who was crazy about supporting her brother.
At the Su family, Su Qiuya was sitting in the Bai family's yard.
Mrs. Bai had checked the account books before and did find some problems, which she had also told Mr. Su. Mr. Su did not pay much attention to these things, but just said that Mrs. Bai would be the housekeeper in the future, so that Mrs. Su would not be able to continue to use so many things.
"She must have persecuted you secretly a lot." Bai said.
"My health was damaged in the Su family." Su Qiuya said, "If you want to deal with her, I won't hold you back. But I'm a married woman and don't come back often, so I can't help you much."
Su Qiuya also wanted to quickly pull Madam Su down, but she didn't stay at the Su family for long. She couldn't hysterically say Madam Su in front of Master Su, she had no evidence.
After returning to the capital, Su Qiuya went to collect evidence. However, after so many years, she still didn't know when Madam Su attacked her, nor did she know who around Madam Su did it.
Su Qiuya could only find out who had left Madam Su's side and what happened. But she searched and searched, but found nothing.
Madam Su had maids who were married, and those maids were married well. Su Qiuya went to find those people, and they all said good things about Madam Su.
What could Su Qiuya do? She couldn't force them to say anything bad about Madam Su. Madam Su was a cautious person. Even if it was the account book of the Su family's public office, Madam Su had falsified the account, but this falsification was within the tolerance range of Master Su.
This is enough to show how powerful Mrs. Su is. She has a grasp of many things.
"You just need to be the last straw." Bai said, "Leave the rest to me."
As long as Bai Shi knew that Su Qiuya wanted to deal with Madam Su, she and Su Qiuya could also do superficial work to make Master Su think she was good. Bai Shi wanted this Su family, and she couldn't accompany Master Su to fight in vain, but Master Su gave the things to Madam Su's son.
"Okay." Su Qiuya nodded.
It's not that Su Qiuya doesn't want to get involved in these things, but she doesn't have that much energy right now. Su Qiuya still has to run the shop and make a living, so how can she always have time to come to the Su family?
After a while, Liu Yanbo came to pick up Su Qiuya. Su Qiuya left with Liu Yanbo, and the two did not stay at the Su family's house any longer.
"Go back and I'll cook noodles for you," Liu Yanbo said. "Try my cooking and see if my skills have improved."
"Okay." Su Qiuya said.
Liu Yanbo did not ask Su Qiuya about the Su family's affairs. He was not a member of the Su family. It didn't matter what happened in the Su family, as long as the Su family's affairs did not affect them for so long.
At the Marquis of Jingning's mansion, Father Liu had become much quieter since Liu Yuqin had come and caused such a stir. Even though Father Liu would still say something, he would not talk much about his other children.
Liu Yulian treated her father the same way as before. She was not the kind of person who liked to care about these things.
"Don't stay at the farm all the time these days," said Father Liu.
Father Liu had a premonition that the emperor would arrive in the next few days. If the emperor wanted to see Liu Yulian, and Liu Yulian was at the farm, he might not be able to make it in time.
"Not yet, let's go later." Liu Yulian knew what her father meant. She didn't know when the emperor would die, which made them all seem like they were waiting for him to die. "I'll make some cakes."
Liu Yulian has been at home these days, making some pastries and doing some other things.
"Okay." Father Liu said nothing more. "If you're tired, just rest more. You don't have to work so hard."
"I'm just making some pastries. You can try some later." Liu Yulian made the crystal cake with sesame seeds. She liked to make it into various shapes. Liu Jia liked this kind of pastry very much.
In the northwest, Liu Yanqing learned that the Jingning Marquisate had severed its relationship with Liu Yuqin, and he thought that Liu Yuqin deserved it. When they were still in the capital, Liu Yuqin was not such a good person.
Liu Yuqin is the daughter of Aunt Qing. What a wonderful daughter Aunt Qing can raise.
"Actually, the Marquis's wife is quite nice." Liu Yanqing said, "Look at us. They even prepared things for you when you gave birth. What's wrong with them? It's just that those people like to make trouble."
Liu Yanqing thought that he wouldn't bother with so many things. As long as he could get what he wanted, that would be enough. Why should he do so many things? Just get by with what he has. If they are still not satisfied, then don't blame others.
"It's only a matter of time." Lin Xiaowan had met Liu Yuqin before, and she did have a bad temper. "We've all been through so much, how could we possibly indulge her?"
Father Liu might indulge Liu Yuqin, but how could anyone else in the Marquis's Mansion do so? Father Liu wasn't that powerful, and if Liu Yuqin angered others, they would certainly teach her a lesson.
"Look, Liu Fang went through so much trouble, but it's still okay." Liu Yanqing said, "At most, she just pushed her own sister-in-law. If she were really in front of the Marquis's people, she would be more cowardly than anyone else. She wouldn't dare to do anything if she said a few words."
People like Liu Fang are indeed not good, but Liu Fang is much stronger than Liu Yuqin. Don't look at Liu Yuqin's strength, but Liu Yuqin's strength is a mistake.
In the town, after Liu Fang learned about Liu Yuqin's situation, she did not go to Liu's father's meeting to sever ties with Liu Yuqin. Liu Yuqin was a married woman, and how could a woman live a good life without the support of her family?
"How does it feel?" Zhen Wenzhe asked.
"That's it." Liu Fang said, "It's not like I'm breaking off my relationship with the Marquis' Mansion, so why are you looking at me like that?"
"You haven't severed your ties with the Marquis' Mansion, so be careful from now on. You already know, the people in the Marquis' Mansion can't always indulge you, even if you're a daughter-in-law." Zhen Wenze said, "Look at her husband. They divorced not long after they got married."
"Do you mean to say that you are good to me?" Liu Fang asked.
"At least I'm better than that guy," Zhen Wenze said. "Just live your life here peacefully. There's no need to think about returning to the capital. Wait a few years, when the child is older, and then we can talk about going back to the capital."
"Didn't I tell you to wait a few years? I'll wait a few years." Liu Fang said, "I'm not in a hurry to return to Beijing."
Liu Fang had previously thought about returning to Beijing as soon as possible, but now she didn't think about it much. Liu Yuqin was a concubine's daughter, but her name alone spoke volumes about how powerful she was. Liu Fang thought her name wasn't Liu Yufang, and she didn't dare to make a fuss about changing it.
The people in the second house were more powerful than them. Liu Fang couldn't help but think that it was fortunate that she didn't end up like Liu Yuqin. Even if the gifts from the Marquis' Mansion were few, she was still the Marquis's daughter.
When Zhen Wenze saw this, he knew that Liu Fang was afraid. As long as Liu Fang knew she was afraid, it would be fine. If Liu Fang didn't know she was afraid, that would be terrible.
"Look at your daughter," Zhen Wen Ze said, "Don't even mention a little girl. Even if she is, she is still your biological child."
"Just watch it." Liu Fang said. She was a little scared, worried that her parents would not help her much.
In the capital, at the Cen family, Concubine Cen was still staying with Old Madam Cen. They all knew that the emperor's health was failing. Concubine Cen didn't dare to think about returning to the Third Prince's residence. The Third Prince would never care about her.
"Grandma." Concubine Cen looked at Old Madam Cen sitting in the yard, thinking that the old lady was in good health.
"Yeah." Madam Cen responded, "It's been quiet lately."
The Cen family is originally a family of criminals, so they'd better be cautious.
In early spring, there is a lot of rain, and the drizzle is continuous. The day the emperor died was when the sky was drizzling.
"You are here, you are here..." Before the emperor died, he stretched out his hand towards the sky.
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