There were gusts of breeze and the sky gradually darkened. I could see lights in thousands of houses. Even the trees outside the houses were hung with exquisite and beautiful beauty lanterns with pretty beads tied underneath. When the wind blew, the lanterns swayed with the wind and the beads collided with each other, like a wonderful piece of music.
Mrs. Qin looked at it and sighed. When they entered the main courtyard, she said to Princess Zhuang with a smile on her face, "I heard that the lights on the big tree outside were hung by the prince's order. He was afraid that you would be bored. How thoughtful."
In her opinion, if a man wants to coax you, you should be eager to kowtow to thank him and worship the Buddha. Princess Zhuang raised her lips, but there was no smile in her eyes and she did not answer.
Mrs. Qin hurriedly sat on the edge of her bed, held her hand, moved her lips, and finally whispered: "Daughter." She paused, smiled bitterly, "I know you are unhappy. You are pregnant with his child, but he did such a thing, but what can we do? We women have a hard life. You can make a fuss for a while, but don't be too angry..."
The affair between Prince Zhuang and Zhang Jingchan was widely spread.
The Chengguo Mansion was in chaos that day, and there were no secrets at all.
Zhang Jingchan and Prince Zhuang were found in Tingyunxuan, their clothes in disarray. They were seen by a few ladies who walked slowly.
It was for this reason that when Prince Zhuang went to the palace, Concubine Li summoned Zhang Jingchan to the palace and expressed her love for her.
Everyone knows exactly what kind of filth is hidden here.
But sometimes even if you know, there is nothing you can do.
Mrs. Qin saw her daughter's expressionless face, and her heart skipped a beat. She reached out and pinched the back of her daughter's hand, "Daughter, don't be silly. The most important thing for us now is to give birth to the baby safely. Other things have to come second. If you commit a wrongdoing at this time, your loved ones will be sad and your enemies will be happy!"
After the incident with Zhang Jingchan, Princess Zhuang's pregnancy condition began to worsen, and the imperial physician told her to be careful and stay in bed to rest.
It was also because of this that Prince Zhuang personally went to the Qin family and invited Mrs. Qin to stay in the palace for a few days to accompany Princess Zhuang.
She sighed for a while, and seeing that her daughter was still a little too cold, she felt worried and uncomfortable, so she said angrily: "After all, it's all because the Zhang family is so black-hearted! And Zhang Linghui, who usually pretends to be gentle and virtuous, but in the end she actually played such a trick, it's really disgusting!"
Princess Zhuang's eyes moved, she snorted, then came to her senses and sneered, "She started out this way, so she's naturally very familiar with it."
Seeing that her daughter was finally willing to talk, Mrs. Qin was so happy in her heart, and immediately pointed all the spearheads at the Zhang family: "How shameless, they were so shameless to get involved with the Xu family in the beginning, and now they are like this... They are really crazy!"
Mrs. Qin had also seen Zhang Jingchan. She looked like a beauty. She didn't know if she would cause any trouble after entering the mansion.
She sighed, looking a little unhappy.
Compared to her disgust at Zhang Linghui's behavior, Princess Zhuang herself was much calmer. She sat up and said coldly, "The mother has wronged her. She would not want to set up a connection with the Zhang family."
What
Mrs. Qin was a little confused. Seeing her daughter sitting up, she quickly put a cushion behind her and said hesitantly, "But... .. then this matter has nothing to do with her?"
"Of course it's related!" Princess Zhuang snorted, with a mocking look on her face: "It's just that the person chosen is not right."
Wrong candidate
Mrs. Qin felt that her daughter was getting more and more confused the more she spoke, so she looked at her daughter and asked hesitantly, "Why do you say that?"
"What's so hard to understand about this?" Princess Zhuang straightened her clothes and raised the corners of her mouth. She didn't show any anger when she mentioned this matter. "After all, the fact that the prince could stay there for so long itself shows his attitude, doesn't it?"
The room was quiet for a while. Mrs. Qin finally figured out something. She looked at her daughter and asked hesitantly, "You mean, the Duke's Mansion is helping the prince... to make connections?"
It is said to be a matchmaking, but to put it bluntly, it is actually just being a brothel owner.
Princess Zhuang took the honey water and drank a sip. Her face was expressionless. She said indifferently with a pale face, "It's just that the person the prince wants is Su Yao, and someone took advantage of the Duke's Mansion."
Mrs. Qin was speechless for a moment. Her expression changed for a while before she found the words to say, "Well, then, the Su family... ... The prince hasn't given up on the Su family yet?"
"The more tolerant His Majesty is towards Madam He recently, the more His Highness will be eager to treat Su Yao." Princess Zhuang revealed this fact lightly, and when she saw the hesitation and worry on her mother's face, she snorted.
Mrs. Qin was indeed worried.
The son-in-law is so unreliable, the Qin family has given him everything, and their daughter is now pregnant, but what about him? He is still so wary of the person next to him, and he even has plans for the outside world.
He really doesn't miss any good thing.
It is like this now, and it will probably not change in the future. She pursed her lips, and finally said dejectedly: "What can we do? After all, His Highness is just like this. After all..."
As she spoke, she felt angry again: "We can't do anything to His Highness, but we can always do something to that girl from the Zhang family. If, as you said, His Highness doesn't want her at all, then it will be easier to deal with."
"No need." Princess Zhuang took a long breath and rubbed her belly, her face still indifferent: "We don't need to do anything. Naturally, there will be people who dislike the Zhang family even more. This is their own fault."
Mrs. Qin didn't understand what her daughter meant, and now she couldn't understand what her daughter was saying even more.
But within two days, Mrs. Qin understood what her daughter meant.
She went back to the Qin family to take care of household affairs, and when she returned to the palace, her steps became much lighter. She quickly went to her daughter's room. She didn't care about anything else, and immediately lowered her voice and said, "Daughter, good news! The girl from the Zhang family is sick!"
Princess Zhuang raised her eyebrows. She was holding a jade stick to tease the bird. Upon hearing this, she handed the stick to the maidservant beside her, wiped her hands with the cloth, and asked with an "oh", "How did you get sick? Is it serious?"
Mrs. Qin's tone was full of joy, and she was much more energetic than the last time she came. She sat on a yellow pear wood chair, took the tea handed to her by Nanny Qin, and smiled as she told her daughter: "This is all retribution! It turns out that Zhang Jingchan also had a fiancé, but the Zhang family despised her because she was poor and refused to fulfill the engagement. Not only did they refuse, they also beat her up and drove her away."