Outside the window is cold and windy, snowflakes are flying, and the interior is as warm as spring.
Jiang Ningbao sat on the low couch with her big belly, eating pastries while listening to Chunle talk about the affairs in the capital.
"Ma'am, you don't even know that the wind and snow this year have crushed a private house in the north of the city. King Qin's side concubine Yang is personally bringing guards to the north of the city to give alms."
Jiang Ningbao raised her eyebrows, swallowed the sour jujube cake in her mouth, and said calmly: "I knew she was indispensable for such a famous thing. She is so unscrupulous in stealing the limelight from Princess Qin. I really don't know whether to call her stupid or not." not give a damn about."
"Ma'am, in fact, Qin Wangfei and other official wives have come forward to set up charity sheds, but they were all stolen by Concubine Yang. In addition to donating soup and medicine, she also repaired the houses of every family that was hit by snow. A bag of rice and five catties of meat, new winter clothes and quilts."
"My maidservant heard that many houses that did not collapse had their houses collapsed that night."
Chun Le was very speechless, the whole capital knew that Concubine Yang had money, so there was no need to show off like this and offend all the officials and wives.
She also covered up the limelight of the philanthropic halls in the capital, and encouraged a bad atmosphere.
Jiang Ningbao frowned slightly.
"Is there no one to stop this situation?"
"There are officers and soldiers to stop it, but madam, do you think, can this be stopped?" Chun Le sighed, the things that Concubine Yang sent were so exciting, and she even helped to repair the house.
I missed this opportunity, and I don't know if there will be a next time.
So almost all the houses in the north of the city collapsed overnight, no one was injured, and I knew what was wrong with it. Concubine Yang really bleeds a lot this time.
No, no, this relief is just a drop in the bucket.
Jiang Ningbao: "..."
"Ma'am, do you know where Concubine Yang's shed is located? She deliberately set it up next to our alms shed, and people accused you, Madam, of being stingy and only giving out decoction." Chun Le said angrily.
Jiang Ningbao: "..."
The decoctions she made donated were all added with her brewed medicinal wine to dispel cold and keep warm, and the effect of dispelling cold was excellent. If Yang Shuqing bewitched her to not drink the medicinal decoction she donated, who would be at fault.
"Chunle, is there anyone to drink the decoction we donated?"
When Madam asked about this, Chunle immediately smiled: "Yes, there is still a long queue. People are not stupid. In the past, we gave in the name of Jinjiang Teahouse, but this year it is in the name of Dingguo Mansion, but The medicinal soup has not changed, so they must all be able to drink it, no, they all came to line up to have a bowl."
Jiang Ningbao breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, we don't care about other things."
Chun Le nodded, she just couldn't understand Concubine Yang's unscrupulous reputation for King Qin.
It's just that they don't care about things, they don't care, Yang Shuqing really slapped her nose and came to her door.
Jiang Ningbao's pretty face sank slightly after hearing Steward Zhao's report that Concubine Yang came to the door, and dismissed Concubine Yang on the pretext of being inconvenient, but she was persistent and showed enough gestures.
Jiang Ningbao was furious now, this Yang Shuqing was still a piece of dog skin plaster, once it was pasted on, it couldn't be torn off.
"Let her in."
Jiang Ningbao walked to the lobby with her heavy stomach in her arms and sat on the low couch placed by Nanny Huang. She looked at Yang Shuqing with a bright smile on her face, and asked in a cold tone.
"I don't know why side concubine Yang came to the door again and again, why?"
Yang Shuqing's eyes fell on Jiang Ningbao's astonishingly large belly, and a cold light flashed across her eyes. It has been more than two months since she married King Qin, and there is no news from her belly.
This made her very uncomfortable.
Seeing Jiang Ningbao's ruddy complexion now, her round face is smoother and fairer than before, without the macular spots on her face at all, Yang Shuqing's heart is full of unwillingness and hatred.
"Madam, I don't know which doctor made the decoction you donated. How can such a good decoction be kept private? As Mrs. Dingguo, you should set an example and contribute the decoction to those who suffer from the bitter cold in the frontier. Soldiers on the ground use it."
Yang Shuqing said righteously.
Jiang Ningbao glanced at Yang Shuqing, and said lightly: "Concubine Yang, first of all, thank you for caring about the soldiers in the bitter cold place, but what I want to say is that this soup and medicine prescription is an ordinary prescription for keeping out the cold. I asked for the medicinal wine to keep out the cold."
"Warming cold medicinal wine is brewed with common recipes. Duke Ding also knows this. He has also seen it with his own eyes. The same recipe, the same medicinal materials, and different people can make different medicinal wines."
"So Concubine Yang, what you're asking for cannot be realized. If Concubine Yang really cares about the soldiers in the bitter cold, why don't you donate a batch of padded jackets to them to keep out the cold? You can't do even a little request, can you?"
"Five million taels of dowry silver is really enviable."
Jiang Ningbao looked at her with a smile.
Yang Shuqing's face was gloomy for an instant, involving Ding Guogong, Yang Shuqing did not suspect that Jiang Ningbao was lying, but, damn it, Jiang Ningbao turned her against her, but at this time she couldn't get off the tiger, so she could only force herself to respond.
"It's not just a batch of cotton padded jackets, I just donate them."
After saying this, blood dripped from her heart, a batch of padded jackets, as long as she thought of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the bitter cold land, Yang Shuqing's eyes turned black, and she wished to drink Jiang Ningbao's blood.
"Side Concubine Yang is very kind, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers stationed in the bitter cold place will thank you. By the way, Concubine Yang must take good care of this padded jacket. If the reed padded jacket is sent over, she will be kind enough to do something bad." Jiang Ningbao Smiling, Yang Shuqing wanted to be a good person, so let her be enough.
Yang Shuqing glared at Jiang Ningbao viciously, and squeezed out a word between her teeth.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Guogong, I will supervise my servants and will never cheat. What about you, Mrs. Guogong, the dignified Mrs. Dingguo will not do nothing, right?"
Jiang Ningbao brushed her fallen hair, pretending to be embarrassed and said: "I don't have the financial resources of Concubine Yang, so I can only do my best to pray for the soldiers in the bitter cold land."
In fact, Jiang Ningbao would send a batch of food and warm clothes to the frontier from Zhuangzi all over the country every year. Only Duke Ding and his personal guards knew about the good deeds she did secretly, and the current emperor also knew about it.
Jiang Ningbao is not someone who shows off, and of course everyone knows that he doesn't show off.
As soon as these words came out, Yang Shuqing was so angry that he vomited blood, but there was no way to refute it. Jiang Ningbao's dowry didn't seem to be much, except for what was bestowed by the emperor, which was the betrothal gift from Duke Dingguo.
"If there is nothing else, Concubine Yang, please come back."
Jiang Ningbao gave the order to evict the guests coldly, and the steward Zhao at the side made a gesture of invitation, Yang Shuqing gave Jiang Ningbao a hard look, this time it was really a steal, her eyes fell on her high swollen belly, Laughed suddenly.
"There is nothing else. Before I leave, I wish the Duke's wife a daughter in one fell swoop."
The servants in the hall looked very ugly, who didn't expect Madam to get a man in one fell swoop, and this side concubine Yang was deliberately embarrassing Madam.
Jiang Ningbao smiled slightly, showing no sign of anger.
"Whether you have a boy or a girl, they are the heirs of me and the Duke. If you have a son, I will be happy, and if you have a daughter, I will be happy too."
Yang Shuqing saw that Jiang Ningbao was not irritated at all, but made herself feel aggrieved and uncomfortable, so she was uninterested, so she didn't say anything, and turned around and left with her maidservant.
"Steward Zhao, we have to publicize Concubine Yang's good deeds on behalf of Concubine Yang." Jiang Ningbao waited for Yang Shuqing to leave, smiled slyly, and told Butler Zhao that Yang Shuqing would not be able to deny it now.
Butler Zhao agreed with a smile on his face.
Yang Shuqing, who hurriedly left with her maid, met Xie Jingyi who had just returned home at the gate. Yang Shuqing was wearing a pink cloak, raised her bright face, and walked past him without looking sideways.
Xie Jingyi just glanced at her indifferently, his eyes were calm and without any waves, the two of them were like strangers, no, it should be said that they were even worse than strangers.
"Go and find out what Concubine Yang is doing in the mansion?" He ordered the servant beside him in a cold tone.
The boy took the order to leave.
Not long after returning to Jinhua Courtyard, the servant told the news of the investigation, and a faint smile appeared on Xie Jingyi's handsome face, and he knew that she would not suffer.
Concubine Yang's high-profile charity a few days ago has long been known to everyone, and Xie Jingyi can't deny it. Knowing that she came to see Jiang Ningbao again and again, Xie Jingyi was worried, and went back to the house as early as possible these two days .
Who knows or missed it.
Xie Jingyi sighed in his heart, pushed open the window, and the cold wind outside the window blew in, completely blowing away his thoughts of not being able to see anyone.
As soon as Yang Shuqing left Dingguo Mansion, good news spread that Yang Shuqing voluntarily donated a batch of cotton jackets to hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the bitterly cold place to keep out the cold.
This was a great move, and Emperor Qianyuan commended Yang Shuqing after personally intervening.
Now that Yang Shuqing is famous in Dayue, the prestige of King Qin has also risen, and he is ambitious to win over generals, but unfortunately the generals are not so easy to win over, after a lot of work, there are very few generals to win over.
After Jiang Ningbao learned the news from Ding Guogong, he smiled, and the King of Qin would use it even if he jumped up and down. The empress and concubine of Emperor Qianyuan were both pregnant.
If you get a man in one fell swoop, there will be nothing wrong with the two princes, King Qin and King Jin.
Being watched by people all over the capital, Yang Shuqing gritted his teeth and spent a lot of money to buy a batch of padded jackets and send them to the bitter cold place. silver.
Yang Shuqing now hates Jiang Ningbao to death.
Just when Princess Qin broke the news of her pregnancy, Yang Shuqing focused all her attention on it, and did not disturb the wind and rain any more.
Jiang Ningbao couldn't help but smile when he heard the news.
Ding Guogong came back and saw Jiang Ningbao holding her stomach and smiling, his eyebrows softened slightly, he took off his cloak, shook off the snow and wind, and when he was warmed up, he strode to Jiang Ningbao and hugged her heavy body in arms.
"What are you laughing at, so happy?"
"It's nothing, just thinking that Princess Qin is pregnant, Yang Shuqing probably doesn't have the heart to stare at me." Jiang Ningbao snuggled into Duke Ding's arms and said with a smile.
When Duke Ding heard Jiang Ningbao mentioning Yang Shuqing, a gloomy look flashed across his eyes.
Yang Shuqing secretly built a huge force that has been disintegrated in sevens and eighties, but she didn't realize it, and thought that her power had been growing.
Especially those people she subdued by relying on the prophet's kindness, all of them were instigated by the people sent by Emperor Qianyuan. Anyone who knew that the so-called kindness was premeditated would not foolishly help Yang Shuqing.
Until the end of the year, after Laba, Jiang Ningbao showed no signs of giving birth. Jiang Jin couldn't help but came to visit several times, and her aunt often came to care.
Imperial Physician Chen is now resident in the Dingguo Mansion, and four midwives are on standby.
It was not until the beginning of January of the third year of Qianyuan that Jiang Ningbao finally started after nine months of pregnancy.