It was not a simple thing that Elder Lady Duanmu came to the imperial capital for medical advice at the moment but she didn’t arrive with a display of splendor.
After all, given her past identity as a lady of the imperial clan and the current identity as the imperial tomb keeper, she shouldn’t blaze around!
Therefore, after deliberate discussion, the Jian Family decided to let Jian Limiao, together with Jian Xubai and Song Yixiao, receive her while the others of the Family would pay respects to her after she came into the capital.
Because Jian Likuang and Jian Yiyou each married a princess and Elder Lady Duanmu was a female senior, if the two of them came to receive her, their wives should go with them. If the honor guards of the two princesses showed up, how could everything be controlled at a low key?
However, this morning, Song Yixiao just finished dressing up when a servant came from the imperial palace to summon her at the com
When the whole family of Prince of Chengyang were exiled, all the possessions were confiscated.Afterwards, Commandery Princess Yishui died of a difficult labor. Jian Limiao submitted the petition. With the help of Empress Su, he touched Emperor Xianjia. When the punishment was changed to guarding the imperial tomb, a small portion of possessions were returned, most of which were the dowries of Elder Lady Duanmu back then.Now the dwelling where Elder Lady Duanmu settled down with her grandchildren was one of the properties.This place was obviously deserted for a long time. Although Elder Lady Duanmu had sent servants to clean the place after gaining the permission from the Empress Dowager to seek medical advice in the imperial capital, Song Yixiao, who walked into the place in a fur coat, still felt the overwhelming chill and couldn’t help shivering.She frowned and pondered, “I’m afraid that even a healthy person cannot stand li
Prince of Yi had been a coward for more than 20 years, but he was the birth son of the late Emperor and the only living brother of Emperor Xianjia. He just took the order of the Emperor to investigate the case of the Crown Prince’s side concubine. Now that he died of suicide, what kind of disturbance his death would cause in court was imaginable!How could Jian Xubai have the time to visit Jian Limiao now?He directly got off the carriage and asked the guards to spare a horse for him so that he could rush to the Eastern Palace!On the way, Song Yixiao kept urging the carter to drive faster. When she hurriedly returned to Duke of Yan’s mansion, Qiaoqin and Jinxun came forward to report how the birthday feast on the next day was prepared. Before they spoke, she ordered in a hurry, “Have you sent out the invitation cards yet? If not, don’t send them anymore. For the invitations that have been sent out, go to apologize to the guests on the ground t
Cailuo had been stunned. While awaking her, Daiguo Grand Princess and her family came inside. When she heard of the farce, she was startled and immediately said, “Jinguo, you are so muddle-headed! How can you believe a concubine’s nonsense? Especially on such a day!”“I’m not saying that I believe her, but as she shouted outside, I must ask about it.” Jinguo Grand Princess slightly frowned. She knew that Daiguo Grand Princess said so not to defend for Princess Consort of Yi but to prevent others from taking the blame because Prince of Wei and Prince of Zhao were both hoping to blame the Crown Prince for the death of Prince of Yi.“If it is not the case, your inquiry will ruin our sister-in-law’s reputation,” Daiguo Grand Princess said querulously, “It has been known to us what kind of life she has lived over the past years! Now that she not only lost her husband and but also gets slandered by a concubine, we don’t show understanding for her and even suspect
“Lady of Yan!” Madam Chang was the wife of the eldest son of the Sikong Family, and the sister-in-law of Sikong Yiluo and Princess Consort of Liang. She always served as the go-between for the Sikong Family and the people of Duke of Yan’s mansion, but this time, she was sent here alone for a specific reason, “When Princess Consort of Liang’s matter was spread to our home, Grandmother and Mother immediately fainted on the spot! Now our family has become a mess. I... I’ve thought it over and decided to ask you for a favor!”Speaking of that, Madam Chang shed tears from the depth of her heart. Of course she would cry!Back then, Great Grand Princess Zhenyang went all out to beg the Empress Dowager to arrange such a marriage for her granddaughter, hoping that her granddaughter could become a princess consort and then provide support for the Sikong Family. Nevertheless, she was married less than one year and yet, made such serious trouble!She was d
The next day, Madam Liao, the wife of Ming Nezhi the Vice Director of Ministry of War, was invited to Duke of Yan’s mansion.She paid respects to Song Yixiao in an extremely respectful way with confusion.With a smile, Song Yixiao asked her to rise and to sit down. Then she also ordered to serve the tea. After exchanging pleasantries, Song Yixiao frowned and said, “You know, my maiden family doesn’t have a lot of descendants. Two days ago, my stepmother finally gave birth to twins. I finally have a younger brother now!”“I’ve heard that Your Highness is deeply blessed. You just got married last year and then shortly after that, such good news happened to the mistress of the Song Family!” The imperial capital was this big. Of course Madam Liao knew that Madam Lu had given birth to a couple of rarely-seen twins, which were even a boy and a girl, but she also knew that the Song Family didn’t treat Song Yixiao well. If she didn’t figure out how Son
It was at night that Jian Xubai returned to the backyard. After freshening up, he told his wife about the “truth” of what happened to Prince of Yi’s mansion, “The culprit who murdered Uncle is Cailuo. She and a guard of Uncle’s were sweethearts. After she became Uncle’s concubine, she still didn’t end the relationship with the guard. Unfortunately, her affair was found by Aunt. Out of fear for being punished, she took the initiative to murder Uncle first and then attempted to scapegoat Aunt!”Song Yixiao was aware that the so-called truth was merely an outcome of a clash of wills, probably none of which was true. She thought for a while and said, “Is the Crown Prince also fine with that?”Such an explanation did exonerate the Crown Prince but he had never engaged in the matter of Prince of Yi. Prince of Yi committed suicide first, and then Princess Consort of Liang made a fuss. Afterwards, the concubine disclosed that the mistress plotted against her husban
This day, eventually, Princess Yushan’s wailing ended with her being gagged and dragged away. However, after she left, the Empress Dowager didn’t mean to let the others leave. Instead, with a sullen face, she stared at the people in the hall.Her usually amicable look became as sharp as a knife!After a while, the people in the hall were all frightened with their faces turning pale. The Empress Dowager finally said, “Yushan is too young and thoughtless. I hope that you don’t follow her example.”Empress Su replied first, “I’ll do as Mother commands!”The rest of the people also echoed her words and all implied that they wouldn’t talk about it after leaving the hall.The Empress Dowager didn’t continue reminding them. She just waved her hand wearily, “You guys leave now!”Song Yixiao was about to leave when the Empress Dowager suddenly said, “Yixiao, you stay!”“Do you know why I asked you to s
The Empress Dowager always supported the Crown Princess, but Emperor Xianjia was her birth son. Since she suspected the Crown Prince of attempting to kill his father, it was hard to say whether she would continue supporting the Crown Prince!Thinking of that, Song Yixiao couldn’t help frowning, but Jian Xubai shook his head, “Grandmother didn’t suspect us. Instead, she was reminding us!”He slightly narrowed his eyes, “You know, it is Uncle who raises the Crown Prince and regards me as his son. Putting that aside, let’s focus on the political stake. It has been only one year since Duke of Ji returned to the court. It was when the civil service was about to be suspended for the Spring Festival holiday last year that He Wenqiong was promoted from the Eastern Palace to the Director of the Ministry of War. If anything untoward happens to Uncle and the Crown Prince takes the throne as a matter of course, how can his position be stabilized?”The Su F