Mrs. Zhou asked, "What is it?""You know my cousin came over to visit Wei Changjuan today." Mrs. Min squinted, saying, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have given her all those good things to ruin! Hasn't she ruined enough things in the past?"Mrs. Zhou asked suspiciously, "But didn't you say you weren't very close to Min Yinuo? How did you manage to persuade her to help us?""Her father, Min Zhixia, is just a descendant of a distant branch, but at least, my family is from the lineal branch of the clan, so of course our situation is much better than his. When Min Zhixia was poor and sick, my family didn't care much about him. Since he got the support of the Duanmu Family, he rarely visits our family. Perhaps he has grievances? Before I was married, I was in Quyin County. The first time I met Min Yinuo was in this mansion when Wei Changjuan brought her back as a guest. I only learned that she was from the same family as me when I was with her. Howe

As the saying went, the more a person was worried, the more things might go wrong. That night everyone in the Grand Preceptor's mansion was disturbed, and even the neighboring Count Xiangning's family had the news before dawn. As Shen Cangzhu was a widow, she worried that she would bring bad luck, so she did not go. Mrs. Pei dressed up and led people over in person to enquire about the situation. Actually, among all the people who had been disturbed and now gathered here, there were people like Madam Su who had given birth to many children, and there were also people who knew gynecology like Mrs. Huang. However, none of them could see the true situation as Duanmu Yanyu could, who didn't care about Wei Changying and only wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to gain a benefit for herself.Everything happened just as Duanmu Yanyu had predicted and had told her maidservant in the carriage. As this was her first time giving birth, being worried, Wei Changying p

Shen Shujing was helping her elders to comfort her cousin, but she had accidentally offended her second aunt with just a single sentence. Although her mother, Mrs. Liu, was aware of this, she couldn't say anything at that moment. After all, it was true that there was no son in the second branch. If she told her daughter to apologize to her for this, it would embarrass Duanmu Yanyu even more. She knew Duanmu Yanyu's personality, so secretly she was worried for her daughter, "Duanmu Yanyu's greatest regret is that she has no sons. I hope she won't hold a grudge against Shujing just because of this."On hearing what Shen Shujing had said, Wei Changying froze for a moment. She knew that her eldest niece was a polite girl and was not the kind of person who would attack others by using innuendos. She had probably said it unintentionally. However, having glanced at Duanmu Yanyu, she saw her looking upset. Wei Changying secretly sighed, thinking of her two sisters-in-law

"Since the sudden death of old Family Head of Mingpei Hall and his wife several decades ago, things have been unstable there. I have heard in private that if you hadn't helped Shen Xuan at that critical moment, Shen Xuan and Shen Zhou couldn't have made the people from the collateral branches obey so quickly. Now there are many heirs in Mingpei Hall and many of them are known to be talented in the capital, like Shen Cangfeng. A lot of them are married to people from the other gentlefolks. So, how could His Majesty not worry?"Wei Xinyong said blandly, "As for us, the Wei Family in Fengzhou, with all due respect, unrelated people don't know the real reason why you and Wei Qi both resigned, but His Majesty must have known it. My Family Head, after you resigned, I guess you unwillingly recommended Wei Qi to take over the vice-premier position as that was secretly suggested by His Majesty, right? His Majesty has trusted and thought highly of Wei Qi, but do you believ

After arriving at the capital, as they hadn't finished their antidote treatment, both Su Yuwu and Pei Kai stayed at the Ji Family so that Ji Qubing could treat them easily there.Ji Qubing's erratic temperament was notorious. Despite what had happened on the road, he started again though they had just gotten back to the capital. He completely ignored that the humble doctor from the Liu Family almost begged him to be an assistant. Neither did he accept Wei Zhengyin and or Pei Family's request that they would like to offer some meticulous maidservants to serve amongst the Ji Family. He only allowed people to carry his two patients in through the door and then slammed the door, shutting everybody including Wei Zhengyin outside.Everyone looked at one another with dismay, worrying that they might agitate him so much that he would stop the treatment. As it was an extremely awkward situation, the door opened again. A small head poked out. Ni Weiyi, a maid