Old Madam rushed to the study angrily. Many people were standing at the door of it. Though they were in quantity, they were quiet and polite.
Upon seeing Old Madam come, all the servant girls and old maids bowed to her respectfully. Nothing about the situation reported by the old maid could be perceptible from such a scene.
Old Madam cast a suspicious look at the servants of Great Elder Princess's Mansion, and then led Shao Wanru into the study.
Hearing the sound from the door, the two people in the study turned towards it at the same time. Shao Jing was sitting in the host seat, while the Great Elder Princess in the guest seat. They both looked solemn, especially Shao Jing, whose forehead was creasing in a frown. The whole atmosphere in the study was very depressing.
On catching sight of his mother's arrival, Shao Jing gave up the host seat to her and took up a chair beside. After Old Madam sat down, she looked at her son and then
"What does she want?" After Great Elder Princess left, Old Madam slammed her hand on the table so heavily that the teacup nearly jumped off it.Shao Jing, making sure that nobody else except Nanny Yu standing behind Old Madam was in the study, replied "Great Elder Princess threatened us with the dowry thing." He sat down, picked up his teacup and took a hard sip."Ridiculous! It is none of our business even if something did happen at that time. You acted like a coward just now, my son. What are you afraid of? She is merely a disgraced princess now. I don't believe that she is qualified to report it to the Emperor." Old Madam said in anger.As Old Madam saw just now, Shao Jing kept humbling himself in front of Great Elder Princess, which maddened her so much that she almost stood up to defend her son. Old Madam never believed the Great Elder Princess would do what she claimed."Not before. But she will now!" Shao Jing shook h
"Is Childe Wang very familiar with this Childe Yan?" Shao Wanru was about to walk into the mansion, but she suddenly stopped when she heard the footstep. In her last life, she had not known that Wang Shengxue had been quite acquainted with Yan Xi."They are not that close to each other. Childe Wang came to look for Childe Yan a few times, but Childe Yan only followed Childe Wang out once or twice. He didn't go out other times," the supervisor answered as he curled his lips.Everyone in Duke Xing's Mansion didn't like this Childe Wang very much, but the masters didn't forbid him to come over, so all the servants in the mansion turned a blind eye to him."Did Childe Wang also come over today?" Shao Wanru suddenly thought of something and asked."Yes, he came this morning and went out with Childe Yan. Childe Yan just came back!" The supervisor nodded.Shao Wanru didn't ask any more and asked the supervisor to do hi
Even if the second aunt was not here now, Shao Jie'er was not the one who had the right to give orders in the second branch. The eldest brother was going to get married soon, and his wife would be in charge of the second branch. Shao Jie'er was just an ordinary daughter of a concubine.Except for Shao Jie'er, the other daughters in Duke Xing's Mansion were all legitimate. How would they respect Shao Jie'er?"The Second Uncle doesn't have any other daughters now. Big Sister is not here now. Because of the Second Uncle, the Second Sister has gained more dignity. Even Grandmother treats Second Sister better, let alone us!" Shao Wanru answered calmly and didn't care much about Shao Jie'er's affairs."Although you are right, she... is really..." Shao Caihuan was a little angry. She took a deep breath to suppress her feelings, shook her head, and said, "Forget it. Let's stop talking about her. I would get angry when I talk about her. I don't k
Shao Jie'er dodged her reaching hand. She was pissed off, stamping her feet and saying, "It has nothing to do with you. It's our Second Branch's business. Why bother putting in?" Obviously, her words also irritated Shao Caihuan, who then refuted in a loud voice, "I am also a member of Duke Xing's Mansion. How can it have nothing to do with me? Miss Zhao is going to marry to our mansion. At that time, she will be the eldest sister-in-law of the Second Branch. Let’s see how will you explain this to Miss Zhao!" "No other chamber is more suitable than this one!" Shao Jie'er rebutted loudly. "Any other chamber is better than this. They are big, suitable, and in good location as well. Are you dissatisfied with Miss Zhao? So you choose such a house for her?" Shao Caihuan scolded loudly. They argued words to words, sentences to sentences. "Since you don't like our Miss, why did your family bother propose to her?" When the two si
According to the rule in the capital city, the chambers of the married daughters could be vacated or offered to their other masters.It was set for the situation that many masters were living in the same mansion. Otherwise, those chambers would remain to be their original owners.However, the next master couldn't move in until the last one had moved out for half a year. So it would be unusual if Miss Zhao and Shao Hua'an couldn’t wait to move to Piaoyun Courtyard as soon as Shao Wanru got married.Shao Wanru didn't intend to give up her house. In the future, she needed to come back from time to time to visit and back up her younger brother Shao Yuanhao, who would return to the mansion later. Even if she didn't live there herself, her maternal grandma, Great Elder Princess, could stay there when she occasionally came to visit her grandson. She was as worried about Shao Yuanhao as Great Elder Princess.Moreover, there were not
At this time, as long as Old Madam would not punish her, Shao Jie'er was willing to do anything. After leaving with sweat all over her forehead, she stood at the door of the courtyard, feeling angry and annoyed. She wondered why she had been frightened by Shao Wanru just now and couldn't even say a word?"Miss..." The servant girl said timidly."Let's go!" Shao Jie'er gritted her teeth and turned to leave. When she finished copying Woman Precepts as Old Madam had told her, she decided to tell Shao Wanru about it. She did not believe that she had no chance to say it.Not only did she have to say it, but she also had to create an opportunity where there were as many people as possible to force Shao Wanru to agree so as to please Old Madam.Thinking of Old Madam's promise before, Shao Jie'er was very tempted by it. This was her chance, and she would not give it up.In the main room, Shao Caihuan stood with her head
That was to say, if Shao Caihuan approved of the marriage offered by Shao Jie'er, she had probably been tempted by Chu Liuchen. Besides, even if Shao Wanru was reborn, she couldn't deny that Chu Liuchen was so handsome, gentle and elegant, as if he were a young man only existing in a painting.However, it was just the appearance.Shao Wanru kept in silence for a while. Her long eyelashes cast irregular shadows under her half-closed watery eyes, which showed her slight tiredness."Miss, Qing'er has come!" Yujie's voice broke the silence in the room. Shao Wanru raised her head and nodded to Nanny Yu to show that she had got it.Seeing Yujie come in with Qing'er, Nanny Yu left, understanding that Shao Wanru needed to have a private conversation with others."Qing'er, do we have people available now?" Shao Wanru took a deep breath to suppress the displeasure in her heart, looked up and asked.When Shao
On lighting the curtain, Shao Jie'er kept setting fire on the stuff around, all of which were inflammable, so they were very easy to light up.Liuxiang was so stunned by the rising temperature in the room that she let go of her master's hand. In astonishment, she watched Shao Jie'er setting the fire. This time, she was so scared that both her hands and feet trembled. She, in a daze, just watched what her master was doing.The fire in the room burned fiercely, and with its high temperature, it had expelled Shao Jie'er's previous fear. Hearing the sound from behind, she turned to Liuxiang, who was staring at her with eyes like dead fish's, and said, "Come and help me. Push the combustible furniture here.""Miss, Miss!" Liuxiang jumped up and pounced onto Shao Jie'er with inexplicable power, knocking the latter directly down to a cabinet. The oil lamp in Shao Jie'er's hand fell to the ground and unfortunately lit her dress, which scared her
"Not yet. My leg just cramped up." Shao Wanru reached out to touch her calf, but her belly was too big to reach it.The Emperor reached out his strong hand and massaged her calf. The young and handsome Emperor breathed a sigh of relief. "Thankfully, you are not going to deliver the baby!"As soon as he said this, Chu Liuchen realized he had said something wrong. He hurriedly explained, "I didn't mean that. It's good that you are not delivering the baby now."After saying that, he realized that something was wrong again and laughed.Shao Wanru laughed so hard that she couldn't speak. Since when did Chu Liuchen, who was as scheming and gloomy as a demon king, could not even speak clearly?"You're still laughing. Did I say anything wrong?" Chu Liuchen glared at her. However, with an elegant smile on his face, he didn't look domineering at all.Shao Wanru continued laughing happily. After a while, she s
Everything in the past had a cause, but this cause was concealed in many mists, so it appeared unreal.After reading the letter in her hand, Shao Wanru put it down with a trace of a smile across the corners of her eyes. She had been relieved of some things. Once she hoped that Qin Huaiyong would treat her like Qin Yuru.This was what she hoped for most in her last life. After all, at that time, she had always thought that she was Qin Huaiyong's biological daughter, and she had no idea that her identity had been seized by Qin Yuru. Right now, Shao Wanru didn't want to mention it again. After the rebirth, she found out the truth and could not be reluctant to get close to Qin Huaiyong anymore.The memories of her last life were fading away, and they become blurred in her eyes.Putting down the memorial in her hand, Shao Wanru smiled with an elegant and calm look in her eyes. "Madam, please pass my gratitude to Ningyuan Army Gen
Shui Ruolan followed the Nanny who led the way ahead and felt uneasy. Since she came to the capital, she occasionally associated with some Madams from aristocratic families. She would not attend their parties unless it was necessary.On the one hand, she always had a weak character. On the other hand, every time she joined them, some Madams always asked about Madam Di intentionally or unintentionally. They were polite to Shui Ruolan on the surface, but they sneered at her behind her back when talking about her.People in the capital thought that Madam Di was Qin Huaiyong's legal wife. Shui Ruolan was a divorced woman. How could she compare with a decent Madam from an aristocratic family? Her status was much lower than Madam Di's. Of course, there were some people who flattered her. They were two-bit nobodies who wanted to curry favor with Qin Huaiyong.This was the first time Shui Ruolan had entered the Palace since she came to the capit
"Yes, Her Highness fainted. Hurry up... Inform His Highness to go to see her. Mingqiu Nun is also there... Hurry up!" Yujie was so excited that she spoke incoherently."Are you stupid?" Xiao Xuanzi looked at Yujie as if she were a fool."Quick! It's true. Believe me." Yujie was overjoyed and kept urging."His Highness will get angry," Xiao Xuanzi reminded Yujie.Yujie blinked her eyes in confusion. "Go quickly. His Highness will be happy.""His Highness will be angry!" Xiao Xuanzi said loudly. He thought that Yujie was out of her mind. What nonsense she was talking about! Xiao Xuanzi had seen with his own eyes how his master treasured Princess Chen. Princess Chen fainted now, but Yujie said that Prince Chen would be happy. What could he be happy for?Xiao Xuanzi felt a chill on his back. He even thought that he might not be safe. Instead, this silly girl was giggling here.Yujie looked
The swing swayed slowly. Shao Wanru sat on it and slightly narrowed her clear eyes in the sun, enjoying the gentle breeze. After a shower, the sky cleared up. Under the blue sky, she felt quite pleasant.It was the third day since the violent political upheaval in the Palace. Everything had returned to the right path, and the Emperor had woken up. The Fake Dead Medicine was remarkably effective.Chu Qing planned to kill the Emperor and shift the blame onto Chu Liuyue. In the end, he occupied the Palace, but at the last moment, Chu Liuchen changed the ultimate outcome.Chu Qing was not the deceased emperor's son. As the truth was exposed, he became a surviving supporter of the previous dynasty.Consort Dowager Qing had an affair with the prince of the previous dynasty on the run and was pregnant. After that, she met the deceased emperor, who had come to wipe out the rebels. She seduced him and entered the Palace. Not long aft
Chu Liuyue looked at the Emperor indifferently. During this period, the Emperor often vomited blood. He was used to such a scene. He fainted again, but so what?He walked up to pull the Emperor up and said, "Father, you'd better write it carefully so as not to cause me more trouble..."The next moment, his hand paused before the Emperor. Abruptly, Chu Liuyue reached out to feel his breath, and his face changed drastically."Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Derong was terrified and looked at Chu Liuyue. Likewise, he reached out to feel the Emperor's breath and knelt on the ground in a panic. "His Majesty... passed away!"Chu Liuyue looked sullen and reached out to feel his breath again. He found it hard to believe that the Emperor would die of anger because of him. Although he had said he was not afraid of this result, it became more difficult for him to clear up such a messy situation when the Emperor died. Since he was in t
Lights of every palace in the imperial Palace went out at night. There was a great noise somewhere. When the first scream came, many people put on their clothes and lit the lights again.These women in the Palace looked ghastly pale. They wanted to hide elsewhere but couldn't find shelter in the darkness. They trembled and huddled together, not knowing what had happened. Anyway, it didn't sound like a good thing. How could such a lot of awful noise appear in the Palace? The first idea that came to many people was that a rebellion was happening.In the night, Zhaoyi Di hurriedly followed a eunuch carrying a lantern and went to a palace out of use.Chu Liuyue was sitting in the middle of the hall."Greetings, Your Highness!" Zhaoyi Di said."How is it going?" Chu Liuyue asked."Commandery Prince Cheng has taken some people to the Emperor's resting place!" Zhaoyi Di reported."Good, well d
"From the previous dynasty?" Shao Wanru looked up. Though she was surprised, she didn't show it. She had figured it out. But after confirming it, she was wide awake."Will the Empress Dowager be in danger? I'll go to the Palace every day in the next few days!" Shao Wanru suggested."No, it's too dangerous!" Chu Liuchen shook his head."It doesn't matter. I have helpers by my side and bracelets!" Shao Wanru reached out her hand and cutely shook it. There was a pair of glossy sapphire bracelets on her wrist. At a glance, they were not ordinary.Chu Liuchen said with his face darkening, "No!"Such a close-fitting concealed weapon should be the last resort. As long as he thought Shao Wanru would be in such a dangerous situation, he would not be at ease. "Let Qin Yiyan accompany my Imperial Grandmother!""But someone should accompany and protect Noble Consort Lan. If those people deal with her..." Shao W
"Master, there is something wrong with the sandalwood." Qi Jue pulled an incense stick out of the incense burner at hand.Chu Liuchen took it and frowned. "What's the problem?"Qi Jue replied with a serious look, "There is something added to it. If it is used for a long term, one will be mentally and physically exhausted, then lack strength, and spit out blood. If putting another ingredient into the medicine at this time, it is very likely to cause sudden death."On the bed, the Emperor leaned against Noble Consort Lan with a pale face. Just now, he spat out blood again, and he felt very uncomfortable all over.Noble Consort Lan stroked the Emperor hard while looking toward Chu Liuchen with her red eyes, but she did not speak."What was added?" Chu Liuchen asked sternly. He didn't trust the imperial physicians in the Palace, so he brought Qi Jue to the Palace. After entering the Palace, Qi Jue did not check the