Wei Mengying sneered, “The Dowager Consort is a venomous one. She is old and sick now, even if she can survive this time, she doesn’t have much time left. So if she dies now, that’s not too much a pity. But Lu Kou’er is her own granddaughter which is still quite young! She is even willing to let Lu Kou’er die like this! Maybe she did too much evil and God couldn’t tolerate her, so that she gave herself away. Only at this time do people know what kind of person she is.”
“What’s the situation?” Song Yixiao asked in a hurry.
“Lanhui is one of her trusted maids. She confessed that she put the poison in Qingji Incense according to my order. The reason for her to frame me up must be that she followed the Dowager Consort’s order!” Wei Mengying signaled her daughter to help her up and said in a soft voice, “However, even if the Dowager Consort’s wicked design worked, there was no way for Lanhui to survive since she was charged with poisoning her masters under my co
“Just because of your groundless speculation, you are suspecting your birth mother?!” Wei Mengying gazed at her for a moment and then yelled, “Are you really my birth daughter? This is my question for you too!”“The Dowager Consort feared you so much that she must scheme against you at the cost of her own life even if Lu Guanlun was about to be the heir!” Song Yixiao composed herself instead and then gave a bitter smile, saying, “How could she dare to let you live?”She added, “Now the statement announced by the Prince is that Lanhui was the culprit for all charges. However, a twist of the matter came out and the truth was revealed after the Dowager Consort was dead for three days. Evidently, you are really scheming and shrewd. Besides, it also proves how obvious the loopholes left by the Dowager Consort were! Nevertheless, given that the Dowager Consort fought with you so many years, how could she be so negligent?”Staring at Wei Mengying who
Song Yixiao didn’t return to Duke of Yan’s mansion with a weary look until dusk.When she came back, Jian Xubai had been already anxious for waiting too long. Upon seeing his wife enter the room, he hastened to rise and walk to her, “If you were still not back in a moment, I would go to the prince’s mansion for you. How is your mother doing?”At the moment, Song Yixiao didn’t want to hear anything about Wei Mengying at all. She slightly frowned but she hurriedly covered it in case her reaction was discovered by her husband, “My mother doesn’t look well. According to her maids, she still has to lie in bed for some days.”“Since she is saved, she will be fine,” Jian Xubai nodded his head and comforted her, “Moreover, your mother is in the prime of her life and she will be fine after resting for a few days. However, you are quite weak already. You are not fully recovered but you still went to the Prince’s mansion. In the following days, you had be
After getting Jian Xubai’s acquiescence, Yuan Xuepei took a break to make a plan of getting rid of Wei Mengying. However, before he got any idea about it, the shocking news of Lu Guanlun would be adopted by Marquis Zhaode was relayed to him!“On the day of Grandmother’s birthday, Princess Consort Wei had publicly hinted that the prince’s mansion would be handed over to Lu Guanlun and Xue’e,” He was puzzled and asked Yuan Zhan, “That day, she indeed took Xue’e all the time to receive guests, which made the people present all believe that Lu Guanlun would be the heir of the prince. However, soon after Grandmother died she intends to let Lu Guanlun be Marquis Zhaode’s adopted son, a dead’s adopted son. Isn’t she afraid outsiders’ gossip of her slandering the first wife’s son while the shiva of Grandmother?”Yuan Zhan showed a bitter smile, and then said, “Your Excellency, have you forgotten the ‘truth’ announced by the prince’s mansion? Lanhui is the culprit w
The terrible look of Cuipiao was so obvious when she left that Jinxun, who was always a simple girl, could easily read her mind.So when she returned to the hall to report to Song Yixiao, she specially mentioned about the details, “Everything went well at that time. It’s all Yu Shiheng’s fault. He happened to come back when they were leaving! And he happened to greet me, although I replied him coldly. However, Cuipiao’s face went dark. I wonder if Fan Zhong has noticed it.”“Whatever.” Song Yixiao felt disappointed after she heard the words. She continued with flagging interest, “Everyone needs to operate his own life. If Cuipiao can’t understand this truth, no matter how much I worry about her, it will be in vain!”Speaking of this, she thought of something, then asked, “Why did Yu Shiheng greet you?”“I was talking with Cuipiao at that time and he happened to ride home, so he greeted me,” said Jinxun casually, “After all, I’m you
Jian Xubai soon came over with Jinxun. When he entered the room, Song Yixiao winked at the maids to leave. With that, she handed the box to Jian Xubai, whispering, “This is what Xu Ming left just now. He said it’s a part of the Dowager Consort’s dowry.”“Why did he give you this?” Jian Xubai knew the whole story well. In order to cover the fact he knew what his mother-in-law did, he pretended to be surprised, “Does he have any requests?”“I think so too!” Just as Song Yixiao was worrying about how to convince him, his words gave her an inspiration. She made use of the opportunity and said, “He said the Dowager Consort took me as her granddaughter when she was alive. And the Dowager Consort said herself that after she died, I can share her dowry, because of which, Prince of Hengshan ordered him to send it to me. But you know, although the Dowager Consort was not hard on me, she was neither close to me. How could she have such words in this condition? So, I w
After receiving the messages, Yuan Xuepei thought for a long time, and decided to arrange his marriage to dash Jiang Muting’s hopes. He couldn’t let the girl waste her youth like this.However, he had to manage Yuan Mao and Zhiqin’s marriage first. Yuan Mao was the guard he recommended to Song Yixiao before.After all, this marriage determined whether he could write off all the old scores with Song Yixiao. He couldn’t treat it as a common servant’s marriage. There was no hostess in Marquis Boling’s mansion, and Elder Lady Tu, was a mere figurehead now. He had no other choice but to arrange it in person.Unexpectedly, just as he drew up a schedule for all the matters of the marriage, Song Yixiao suddenly made a request, “After Zhiqin marries Yuan Mao, I hope you will make them serve Xue’e.”“Why?” Yuan Xuepei couldn’t help being surprised.There were only two of them in the room at the moment, so Song Yixiao didn’t hesi
The frosty relationship between Jinguo Grand Princess and her husband was not a secret in the imperial circle.Otherwise, how dare Mr. Qiao and Ji Mingfei thumbed their noses at Jian Likuang, the Prince Consort?In the past, Jinguo Grand Princess did not like Jian Likuang, but she still cared about his feelings in public for the sake of Jian Yiyou and Jian Xubai.This time the Prince Consort was completely humiliated on his birthday. If it wasn’t for the fact that Jinguo Grand Princess was nearly fifty years old, the officials in the imperial court would think that she wanted to change her husband again.Anyway, Jian Likuang was already disgraced.He was the legitimate son of the original wife of Jian Pingyu, Elder Duke of Yan. Although his mother, Elder Lady of Yan Madam Duanmu died young, his stepmother, Madam Wen, who came from a humble family treated him as her own child and loved him very much because she never ex
Jinguo Grand Princess was scolding her son now. She did not know that when Empress Su received the news in the temporary palace, she looked quite indifferent, “In the early days, Changxing took away other’s lover by force, so not only the outside world was talking about her, Jinguo also felt very dissatisfied with her. Pei Yourui grew up under the eyes of Jinguo, so even if Changxing was her niece, Jinguo was indignant at the injustice done to Pei Yourui. Now Changxing has paid for her insolence for several times, and it may not be a bad thing. In the future, Jinguo will treat her better!”Her trusted maid was worried about Princess Changxing, “It’s just that Her Highness suffers injustice.”“It’s better to suffer injustice at present than to suffer injustice forever in the future!” When Empress Su heard the speech, her eyes showed a flash of distress. But soon her expression hardened and she said in a deep voice, “In the past, when Noble Consort Shentu and