Two days later, Pei Meiniang came over to congratulate her. She looked much more haggard than when she had just been married, but her eyes were still charming and bright. Apparently, she was under a lot of pressure these days, but she had her own plans in mind, so she hadn't lost control yet.
Song Zaishui had only told Wei Changying about that. At this moment, seeing her come here, Mrs. Huang, Mrs. He, and the others were worried. However, they could not say that they didn't want her to come to visit to give her congratulations. Neither could they stop her from meeting Wei Changying. The Grannies had discussed it and decided to get all the maidservants in to serve, in case something bad happened.
In front of all these people, Pei Meiniang couldn't mention anything, so she just said a few words to show her concern and gave Wei Changying two of her hand-made embroideries. Wei Changying politely accepted and thanked her. Seeing that Pei Meiniang hadn't left, s
Peaceful days always went quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was November. The biggest event of the month was, of course, the Crown Prince's wedding.Now, Wei Changying's condition was stabilized. Madam Su was worried about further accidents, so she especially went to the palace in advance to inform Empress Gu of the situation and got dispensation such that Wei Changying didn't have to go to the palace to congratulate the Crown Prince on his wedding.So, on the Crown Prince's wedding day, everyone in the Shen Family went to the palace to celebrate, except for Mrs. Liu who stayed to look after the house as well as Wei Changying, in case no one could make decisions if Wei Changying were unwell. The Crown Princess was a close cousin of Mrs. Liu. On a day like today, Duanmu Yanyu should have stayed and Mrs. Liu should have gone there to give congratulations.However, Mrs. Liu was truly unhappy about the husband Liu Ruoyu was marrying. But she coul
Although going to the palace for banquets was an ordinary event for the Shen Family, it was not like the wedding banquets of their friends or colleagues. It was troublesome that they had to wear complicated clothes and accessories, not to mention that they had to be cautious about their behavior towards the noble people in the palace. This was why Madam Su wanted to ask for a dispensation, allowing Wei Changying not to have to go to the palace.Madam Su and her entourage returned home that evening. Almost everyone was exhausted and fell asleep after a simple clean-up, so Wei Changying didn't go to them.The next day, Wei Changying had someone hold her and walked slowly to the main room to pay respects. After a night of rest, Madam Su, who still looked a bit haggard, scolded her upon seeing her, "Didn't I tell you to stay in the courtyard? Why did you come out again?"Wei Changying smiled, saying, "Miracle Doctor Ji said that I can walk around.
Wei Shengxian then had lunch at the Jintong Courtyard. In the afternoon, she returned home with mixed feelings and dismissed everyone except for her two daughters. She spoke to them privately, "Your cousin suggested that it would be better not to marry into the Deng Family. I think she has a point now she has explained it to me."Song Xiyue blushed, saying, "I'll leave it all to you to decide, mother." She didn't ask the reason.Wei Shengxian was satisfied with her daughters' politeness and understanding, so she explained it to them, "Your cousin said that Deng Zongqi is a very good person. However, his parents have passed away and he is protected by the Honored Consort, so it is inevitable that the Honored Consort might become his burden in the future." She then spoke about the feud between the Empress and the Honored Consort and the current situation in the palace, sighing, "Honestly, when your cousin just started to speak of it, I felt that I shouldn't m
"This is such a good opportunity that this b*tch, Empress Gu, will not let it go!" At about the same time, Honored Consort Deng held a precious pure breed black Chausie with four white paws, sitting in a small pavilion in the rock garden of the Mingguang Palace and leisurely saying.Because of the Crown Prince's wedding, she had especially had her nails done two days before. The bright color was still very shiny after a day, still intensely red like the blood that had just flowed out and hadn’t dried yet. Her carefully treated and delicate fair-skinned hand ran over the shiny coat of the cat. The red, white, and black were added together, presenting an indescribable eeriness. The Chausie felt so content that it kept purring and rubbing its fluffy face against Honored Consort Deng's hand, showing its affection.Yao Tao was allowed to be seated on the right, paying no attention to the cat, but the Honored Consort's words drew her complete attention. She asked
While people were plotting against each other in the palace, all were joyful at the Grand Preceptor's mansion. Wei Changying, who had just married into the family this year as the third daughter-in-law, was pregnant, and Ji Qubing had confirmed that she was pregnant with a boy. There was also another good piece of news arriving at the mansion today. Prince Ji was among the children that the Emperor had summoned back to the capital for the New Year this year.Shen Xuan and Madam Su had a total of eight children, including their own children and concubines' children, but they only had two daughters who were their lineal children. There were only a few girls but many boys, so naturally girls were much more precious.The lineal oldest daughter, Shen Cangxiu, had married Shen Jia, who was the third son of the Emperor and was crowned Prince Ji, and she had gone to their fiefdom with Prince Ji only a month after the wedding. The Emperor didn't like Prince Ji that
"Actually, whether the children are born by concubines or by our second sister-in-law, they will still call her 'mother'. Our second sister-in-law has no sons. If one of these four concubines does give birth to a son, won't she still be the one who will raise the child? As the saying goes: The person who brought you up is greatly more important than the one who merely gave birth to you. So, the child would be almost like her own child after her years of nurture." In the afternoon, the warm sunshine of the winter sun shone on the soft bed through the window. Wei Changying and Mrs. Liu sat at the table on which a chessboard was placed. They held different chess pieces respectively, playing leisurely.Mrs. Liu was playing white. While playing, she was talking to Wei Changying, who was required not to leave the courtyard, "When our second sister-in-law returned to her courtyard that day, she cried behind closed doors. A couple of days later, Mother happened to hear about it
As soon as Wei Changying had come back from seeing Mrs. Liu off, she had sent Mrs. Huang over to warn Wei Shengxian. But it was too late.It was just getting dark when Mrs. Huang came back, looking grim and saying, "When I arrived at the First Madam's house, the First Madam had just got the news that the Liu Family had made a marriage proposal and was about to send someone over to the Second Madam's house to know more about the sixteenth young master of the Liu Family. Having heard what I said, the First Madam immediately burst into tears, saying... it might be too late!"Wei Changying was shocked, saying, "How come? It's only been a few days. Have they already had their fortunes read? How is this possible?!""The Liu Family hasn't given them the bride price, but they did send a letter to ask for her full name and her birth horoscope yesterday." Mrs. Huang sighed and said."Since they only got to that stage, it's not impossi
Since the Empress had personally approved the marriage, Song Xiyue and Liu Xixun had to marry each other.At this point, Wei Changying didn't dare to say anything bad. Instead, together with Wei Zhengyin, she tried to persuade Wei Shengxian to calm down, saying that maybe things wouldn't be as bad as they had thought. Song Xiyue was Wei Huan's granddaughter. So if the Liu Family wanted to get rid of her because of Liu Xixun, they would have to think carefully.Wei Shengxian was saying "Sure". But this was about her daughter, how could she truly stay calm? Even if the Liu Family didn't kill Song Xiyue but after she got married, since her husband's family hated her, would she ever have a peaceful life?Thinking of this fate, she was depressed, making her more vulnerable to diseases. Two days later, after she had returned to her place, someone had made her furious. The second madam of the Wei Family, Mrs. Duanmu, who had been at odds with h