When the news that the Crown Prince was safe and sound reached Princess Mingchang's residence, Nanny Qi was still serving Princess Mingchang medicine.
Princess Mingchang had been in an increasingly bad mood recently. Whenever she had the strength, she began to scold Madam Li and her husband for being unfilial, and scolding the Second and Third Madams for being heartless. As time went on, not to mention Madam Li, who had a distant relationship with her mother-in-law, even the Second and Third Madams began to feel disgusted with her and their attitude towards her gradually became cold.
The colder they were, the more Princess Mingchang scolded them, and so on, a vicious cycle.
Today was the same. Princess Mingchang reached out and knocked over the medicine that Madam Qi handed over. She glared at her fiercely, "I don't need you to send me medicine. I know you have bad intentions. You are not giving me medicine, you are clearly hoping that I will die!"
She scolded until her face turned red and her neck became thick, but Aunt Qi remained calm and composed, not caring at all. When the medicine was spilled, she asked someone to bring another bowl, lowered her head and said softly, "Princess, you should consider your own health. Isn't what you said sad?"
Princess Mingchang stared at her, only to become more and more irritated.
But she couldn't do anything. Now she didn't even have a close servant around her. To put it bluntly, she was no different from a tiger with its teeth knocked out. She was forced to drink a bowl of medicine. The door creaked open. When Princess Mingchang saw Madam Li coming in, her face suddenly darkened and she said sarcastically, "You are really stepping on the humble ground. How can you, the wife of a marquis, have time to come here?"
Madam Li ignored her sarcastic words. If she were to get angry with Princess Mingchang, she would be so angry that she would die and would not gain anything.
Madam Li simply said to Princess Mingchang, "Let mother know that my daughter-in-law has arranged a marriage for Jinniang, and the engagement date for the two families will be the day after tomorrow."
Princess Mingchang immediately raised her eyebrows. She had always known about this, but she had never agreed to it. What kind of marriage? In her opinion, this marriage with the Xiong family was completely useless! What did the Xiong family have? Madam Li was clearly using her own daughter as a favor.
She could no longer bear it and stared at Madam Li gloomily: "You are such a vicious woman. You only care about your own family and don't care about your daughter's future at all. When Jinniang grows up, she will hate you sooner or later!"
Madam Li raised her eyebrows. Princess Mingchang was now lying on the bed, unable to move in this room. All she could do was to say these unpleasant words to disgust people, but how could Madam Li be disgusted by her now? Madam Li smiled lightly, "My daughter-in-law has a clear conscience. When the child grows up, he should be able to understand the heart of a normal mother. Mother, there is one more thing I need to report to you. Because the crown prince is safe and sound, the palace has ordered the royal family to come to the palace to celebrate. You are not feeling well, so you naturally cannot go. Your daughter-in-law has already resigned for you."
Princess Mingchang was originally angry when talking about Li Jinniang's marriage, but now when she heard Madam Li say that Xiao Heng was safe and sound, she was stunned and looked at Madam Li in disbelief: "What did you say?"
How could Xiao Heng be okay
The news that came back earlier clearly said that Xiao Heng was dead!
Mrs. Li repeated her words again without even raising her eyebrows.
Then, Princess Mingchang suddenly fell on the bed and fainted.
Madam Qi stepped forward immediately, and after examining her, she smiled at Madam Li and said, "It's nothing. The princess is just overstimulated. She will be fine after she wakes up in a while."
Mrs. Li then left with peace of mind.
It's not that Madam Li has any deep hatred with her mother-in-law, it's just that her mother-in-law really won't turn back until she hits the wall. It has come to this point. Madam Qi in the room is Emperor Yuanfeng's person, but she still doesn't know how to restrain herself! If she continues like this, who knows what kind of disaster she will cause to the family.
At this time, Mrs. Li really didn't care about filial piety or not.
The Li family had a commotion, and Princess Mingchang fell ill again and could not enter the palace. Upon hearing the news, Empress Dowager Tian simply said, "She has a heart disease. Since she is not in good health, don't bother her unless there is something particularly important in the future."
It would be better to just tactfully ask Princess Mingchang not to enter the palace again.
Princess Yongning also nodded and said, "Yes, my sister has always been a strong-willed person. I'm afraid she doesn't want others to see her sick and haggard appearance, not to mention that she has such an unfilial person. It's better not to alarm her."
Even a clay figure has a temper. In the past, Princess Yongning never argued with Princess Mingchang, but Princess Mingchang went too far. This time when Tang Yuan got into trouble in Yunnan, Princess Mingchang's gloating expression completely irritated Princess Yongning. Anyway, things have come to this, so it's better to just stop having any contact with her.
After she said that, no one spoke up for Princess Mingchang anymore.
Empress Dowager Tian mentioned Princess Xianning: "If Xianning has nothing to do, she can come to the palace often. Eleventh always complains about not having a companion, but Changning happened to go back to her hometown, so she should come to the palace more often to keep Eleventh company."
This is what it means to be close. Princess Yongning has always loved her granddaughter, so how could she not agree? She smiled and said, "That's great. Xianning is also saying it's boring. It's good for them to have a little companion."
There was a joyful atmosphere in the palace. After leaving the palace, Princess Yongning went to the Su family.
Old Lady Su personally received Princess Yongning.
After dismissing the servants, Princess Yongning whispered to Old Madam Su, "There was a palace banquet today, and the emperor had ordered Madam He to be summoned, but Madam He didn't go?"
The two families are now allies, so they naturally need to keep each other informed of any news.
Princess Yongning felt that it was not good for Mrs. He to be so disrespectful to Emperor Yuanfeng.
Speaking of this, Old Mrs. Su's heart skipped a beat, but at the same time she couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart.
In this situation, how could we dare to let Madam He enter the palace? It would be a good thing if she didn't enter the palace.
However, I cannot tell Princess Yongning the whole story.
Old Madam Su sighed, "How can she be thoughtful right now? People outside only know that Xiaoyao went to her adoptive parents' hometown, but we are the only ones who know that she also went to Yunnan. You also know that Xiaoyao was brought up by my in-laws. It's not an exaggeration to say that she is her lifeblood. She is restless now and she's sick. How can she go to the palace?"
Princess Yongning also knew how much Madam He doted on Su Yao, so she sighed after hearing this: "I expected the same, but I still came to tell you."
One Hundred and Thirty-Six: Loss of Power