Autumn in Jing City was usually sunny. The day was as warm as in spring and the noon was as hot as in summer. But the chill of autumn would come at night eventually.
However, on the evening of August 23, Madame Tao and the womenfolk of the Marquess’s Mansion stood in the chilly wind without wearing their cotton-padded jackets or furs. Even so, they were all sweaty.
As Madame Tao Junior's screams came out of the delivery room, He Shuijin raised her handkerchief gently and wiped Madame Tao's sweat carefully. She comforted her in a soft voice, "Grandmother, don't worry. the eighth sister-in-law is well taken care of during her pregnancy. She'll give birth to the kid safely. You'll have a healthy grand-grandson!"
Madame Tao smiled reluctantly, "I know..." She caught sight of Qiu Yelan who was twisting her handkerchief not far away and called her over in a hurry. She asked in a low voice, "How's Zheng'er?"
Jiang Qizheng was found
"To tell you the truth, Qianbin wanted Jiang Yazhu and his wife to raise him. Because their Huan is still young who can keep company with An." Madame Tao whispered, "Besides, they get less attention. It would draw less attention for them to raise An than for you and Jiang Yashuang. But I convinced her to let you raise him!""Because I don't want Qianbin's only kid to get treated badly!"Madame Tao felt tired as she was standing near the cradle and saying those words. It was because she was devastated by Madame Tao Junior's death. She approached her bed and sat down. And then she continued, "Sheng Shishui is smart. However, her origin... Jiang Yazhu is far less successful than Jiang Yashuang. They would treat An well if I should let them raise An. However, they might not be able to prevent or stop others from giving An a hard time. You know our family value the trueborn, especially the one of the first wife! Jiang Yadan will remarry. And An will be a
Jiang Qizheng and Madame Tao Junior got pregnant at a similar time. So, their due dates were close.Madame Tao Junior who went into labor first died in childbirth. So, everyone in the Jiang Family couldn't help being anxious when Jiang Qizheng was in labor at this moment.Poor Qiu Yelan became a scapegoat for Qiu Feng’s absence and Madame Tao gave her an earful in public, "I know that Qizheng's husband is close with your brother. But he has been in the west for almost a year. He isn't here for his first kid! I wouldn’t blame him if he had seniors to take care of things for him. Thank God Qizheng has us. Otherwise, she would go through this alone!"Actually, Madame Tao had already known that Qiu Feng went to the south halfway instead of going to Xijiang to help Qiu Jinglan. And he was nowhere to be found!She wanted to cover for Jiang Qizheng by complaining to Qiu Yelan.After all, Jiang Qizheng was so loved befo
While Qiu Jinglan was preparing to prevent the Jiang Family from meddling with his marriage, Jiang Yashuang was reminding his wife, “Our two uncles may bring up the thing again that your brother refused at the beginning of this year!”Qiu Yelan frowned, "I don't know what they’re thinking. Even if those two girls are dead set on working for them, how can they be so sure that my brother will be bewitched by them?" Qiu Jinglan would live in vain if he couldn't handle those two girls. Besides, those two girls had been convinced by Qiu Yelan and decided to have it both ways. They wouldn't let the first and the third branch manipulate them!"Not just our two uncles, Jinglan wrote in his recent letter that Han Jishan invited him to dinner last month. The dinner was served in the garden on purpose. Han Jishan left During the dinner, Han Jishan excused himself. But his niece 'accidentally' went to the garden and saw your brother." Jiang Yashuang said flatly,
According to the wedding plan set by the royal family at the end of last year, at the beginning of this year, it shall be the wedding of Prince of Wei, the Sixth Prince, followed by Princess Lexin and Princess Yongfu, and then crown prince Chu Weisang married Xin Fubing and made her the empress.However, because Empress Dowager Gu and her son died one after another, the crown prince ascended the throne. It was not easy to talk about marriage during the filial piety period of father and grandmother's funeral. Of course, Emperor didn't have to keep his father's filial piety for three years like others, but Chu Weisang asked Empress Dowager Jiang to let him keep it for a year before getting married.Considering that the new emperor and Xin Fubing were still young, and Empress Dowager Gu previously made rumors that the Jiang Family murdered the former emperor, Empress Dowager Jiang believed that Chu Weisang's late marriage and his image of filial piety w
It was at Palace of Ganquan in Hall of Taishi.Empress Dowager Jiang quietly listened to Xin Fubing’s statement and Qiu Yelan's additional words and then smiled, "Good girl, you are so virtuous. How can I refuse you?" Empress Dowager Jiang told Maid Lin, "You go to Marquess’s Mansion and tell them Fubing’s words."After Maid Lin left, Empress Dowager Jiang let servants leave and stopped talking about the polite words. She said to Xin Fubing with a solemn expression, "Don't control your tears! I know you are wronged! No servants are here, so you can cry out!"Before she finished her words, Xin Fubing threw herself on Empress Dowager Jiang’s lap and cried bitterly, "I'm really sad! I know that His Majesty won’t only treat me good, but how can he like my junior?"“I’m afraid that you don’t know the details!” Empress Dowager Jiang stroked Xin Fubing’s hair and was silent for a while. After Xin Fubing calmed down, Empress Dowager
When Mrs. Jiang Tianhe of the Jiang family returned to Jing City with her husband, they would bring much excitement to the Jiang Family. Because it took time to send orders to Guanzhou and pack up there, Marquess Qin made the decision to suppress Jiang Huizhi's affair, which made the Marquess’s Mansion become quiet as usual.As for the silence, it was only temporary... Qiu Yelan thought that Mr. and Mrs. Jiang Tianhe should only be grateful to her without resentment anyway. What they should toss about was the first branch and Marquess Qin, which had nothing to do with her.So, she ignored it and began to plan Su He’s and others' marriages.At that time, when a girl heard that her marriage was mentioned, she was always shy and refused to speak. So Qiu Yelan simply called Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Li to plan together.However, the two old people advised her not to think that first, "You have been married for more than a year. These d
Qiu Yelan's sudden anger made Mei Xue and Qiu Qian frown. They said, "Your Grace, if you want to know, why don't you ask when you write to your brother? If he permits, we won't hide it.""Shazhou is so far away. Is it convenient for writing a letter?" Qiu Yelan didn't have the patience to wait and said with a sneer, "And just now Qiu Qian complained that my brother hasn't returned to Jing City until now, I don't think you put so much importance on his opinions."Earlier when she realized that Qiu Jinglan had concealed many things from her, she tried to find out the truth, but Qiu Jinglan just didn't tell her. And before that, she also failed to get a word from Qiu Feng. Now there were finally two breakthrough points, Mei Xue and Qiu Qian, so Qiu Yelan wouldn't let go of the opportunity for sure.So, she said sternly, "You must say it today. Don't think you can still be at ease and enjoy the delicious food and drink provided by the Jiang
Qiu Yelan wasn't provoked by her. She said decidedly, "I dare. But I won't!"Anyone could tell that Xue Fangmi had set a trap in the greenhouse for Qiu Yelan. How could Qiu Yelan be so foolish to walk into the trap because of a dare?Qiu Yelan refused to go into the greenhouse. She glanced at Xue Fangmi who was sneering, "Your wedding is in seven days which is the most important day in your life. But you're still looking for trouble at this very moment. Aren't you afraid that it'll bring you bad luck? I don't know what you are thinking!""My wedding?" Xue Fangmi didn't look happy or shy after hearing that. Instead, she was angry!She looked around and said, "Leave us!"Qiu Yelan refused to let Chunran and Xiaran leave. She just looked at her calmly.Xue Fangmi didn't mind it. She ground her teeth and said after her maids left, "Have you heard of Li Xuan who I'm about to marry?""Sons of