She was firm in her attitude, so Feihua had no choice but to agree. Before she even left the house, the curtain was lifted, and Prince Zhuang strode in, walked around the antique shelf, and casually took off his cloak. Seeing that they were the only two people in the room, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't you say that my mother-in-law was coming to the mansion today? Why didn't you stay for dinner?"
Qin nodded slightly to Feihua, lying still on the bed, revealing some weariness: "I invited mother to have dinner, but mother said she had something else to do at home, so she didn't want to stay and was in a hurry to go back."
Prince Zhuang nodded, handed the cloak to the maid who followed him in, sat on the edge of the bed and touched Qin's belly: "How is it, do you feel better today? Did it bother you again?"
Qin smiled gently and leaned her head on King Zhuang's shoulder: "I feel better today. I ate something, but I'm still very sleepy and just want to sleep."
"Mother said this is normal." Prince Zhuang told her what Concubine Li had told her: "She said that people will feel tired easily at the beginning, so you can sleep if you want, don't worry. If you can eat, you must eat as much as possible. She also asked if you like more sour or spicy food, and gave her many snacks for you to try and see if you can eat any."
The people around him were so gentle, their eyes sparkled when they talked about their children, but Qin Shi had a smile on his face, but his heart was cold to the core - he said such nice things, all sweet words, but in fact, he was calculating all the time, and while saying these sweet words, he was still planning how to get Su Yao into the mansion to be a concubine.
Thinking of this, Qin's body stiffened slightly. After Prince Zhuang finished speaking, she covered her mouth and laughed, "Then I am grateful to my child. Since my mother asked me to rest, I can be lazy openly. By the way, Your Highness, I heard from my mother today that she was in a hurry to go back because she had an appointment with Princess Chun'an to visit the Pang family together. She said that Madam Pang San was ill..."
She raised her head and asked King Zhuang: "Have you heard about this matter?"
When talking about this incident, King Zhuang laughed sarcastically: "The toad wanted to eat the swan meat but failed to do so. Instead, it got into trouble." He stroked his wife's soft hair and said: "Don't worry about it. Just take care of the baby."
Qin did not ask any more questions, but agreed with a smile, and then talked about another matter: "The concierge sent a lot of invitations in. I took a quick look and found that most of them were for audiences, so I rejected them all. But there were a few important ones - Mrs. Tian's birthday, Princess Changning's flower party, and Princess Mingchang's granddaughter's dowry..."
King Zhuang didn't care much: "You make your own decision. If you feel tired, just hand these things over to the chief secretary. Otherwise, what's the point of keeping these people?"
He seemed to be in a particularly good mood today. Qin's mind raced, and she already had some guesses.
The Pang family originally planned to send a legitimate son to marry Su Yao. This would strengthen the alliance and would also be very beneficial to Concubine Pang and the Fifth Prince. However, because of what happened at the Wang family, the Pang family's plan was definitely not going to work. Not only did they fail to become in-laws, they became enemies.
This incident was naturally bad news for the Pang family and Concubine Pang, but for Prince Zhuang, it was a great thing that brought double happiness. Not only did the Pang family suffer a loss, but the reputation of the illegitimate son's absurd behavior spread in front of the entire Qingliu circle, and the Su family must have had a grudge against the Pang family.
No wonder he was so happy. Qin coughed, and when he turned around, she smiled and said yes. She took out another note and said solemnly, "And this."
Seeing that Prince Zhuang really took the invitation seriously, he said quietly: "Your Highness, the Song family is special. Marquis Guangping is the uncle of the emperor. In order to protect the emperor and the late Empress Dowager Zhaolie, this branch of the Marquis Guangping Mansion was almost wiped out, leaving only the youngest brother of Empress Dowager Zhaolie, who is now the Marquis Guangping..."
King Zhuang's expression was gloomy and unclear.
Of course, he also attached great importance to the Guangping Marquisate. After all, it was the in-laws of Emperor Yuanfeng. If he could get their support, it would naturally be a great help.
But the Song family was unmoved and treated all the princes indifferently.
When Prince Zhuang was the fourth prince, Concubine Li wanted to help him choose a girl from the Song family as his princess, but the Song family flatly refused, and Prince Zhuang could do nothing about it, so he could only give up.
Later, King Zhuang also wanted to establish a good relationship with the Song family, but Song Heng was too arrogant.
At the beginning, he heard that the son of Marquis Guangping liked an ancient painting, so he spent a lot of money to buy it for him. However, Song Heng said that his painting was fake and even burned it, which almost made him crazy.
But Emperor Yuanfeng liked this cousin from the outer four routes very much and was very lenient to Song Heng. Now Song Heng also controlled the Jinyiwei and served as the eyes and ears of Emperor Yuanfeng.
All his joy disappeared without a trace. He put the post under the teacup and said lightly, "Prepare a valuable gift, but who can say for sure whether it will be useful?"
Qin's hand suddenly stopped and she looked at King Zhuang in confusion.
King Zhuang stood up with a cold look, revealing an indescribable complexity and strangeness, and then went straight out.
The curtain shook a few times and then became quiet again. Qin thought of the note sent by the third prince and understood something.
The late Crown Prince and the late Crown Princess died in a very tragic way, but there are rumors that the late Crown Princess's belly was flat before she died. As everyone knows, the late Crown Princess was about to give birth at that time. If the late Crown Princess really did hide the child after giving birth, then
So this child...
I'm already eighteen years old.
At this age, he is about the same age as the Fifth Prince.
Emperor Yuanfeng mentioned the late crown prince several times on New Year's Eve, and his tone was very gentle and nostalgic. Moreover, before he summoned the crown prince back, he had already issued an edict to restore him to the throne. So if the late crown princess really gave birth to that child, and that child was a boy.
Then, that child is the eldest grandson of the emperor in the orthodox sense of etiquette and law.
The third prince sent a message saying that Prince Zhuang had been very active recently and had used various means to trick him into asking about the Song family.
Qin felt that this matter should vaguely fall on the Song family.
Prince Zhuang is now determined to ignore the Third Prince and watch Qin Chen suffer misfortune, simply because the incident of framing the Crown Prince back then was inseparable from the manipulation of the Third Prince and Qin Chen, and he now does not want to have anything to do with this matter anymore.
However, if the former crown prince really had an orphan still alive, then the one who would run the fastest to kill would be King Zhuang.
Although they were husband and wife, Qin never trusted Prince Zhuang and would not entrust her future to him, so she followed Qin Chen's advice and had close contacts with the Third Prince. She needed the help of the Third Prince to expand her power.
Now it seems that all this is indeed necessary.
If she had such an important handle on King Zhuang, then no matter how many concubines King Zhuang wanted to take, it would not be able to shake her position.