Xiaoman and Qingyu looked at Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao with a bewildered look on their faces, not knowing what had happened. Qian Jiujiu looked at Qingyu.
"Okay, Qingyu, you can send Xiaoman back, and then the four of you can come here. This princess has something to tell you."
When Qingyu heard Qian Jiujiu's words, she immediately did as she was told: "I will go now."
An hour later, the four maids stood in front of Qian Jiujiu, looking at her with curiosity, wondering what Qian Jiujiu was going to announce.
Qian Jiujiu looked at the curious eyes of several people and couldn't help coughing twice: "Then this princess has something to announce. In eight months, you will have one more little master."
When the four maids heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up. Looking at Qian Jiujiu's belly, their eight eyes were sparkling with bright light. Hongling looked at Qian Jiujiu.
"Princess, this is great news. Should we report this to the palace?"
Qian Jiujiu shook her head: "You don't need to take it. I told you this matter because I want you to come up with an idea to help me conceal this matter. After all, I can't take risks with my own child."
After hearing Qian Jiujiu's words, the four maids immediately understood that if the people on the Third Prince's side knew that their master was pregnant, all the attacks would definitely be directed at their master.
This would put the master in a lot of danger. Thinking of this, several people began to think about how to keep this matter secret.
Qinglian looked at Qian Jiujiu: "I wonder how long the princess plans to keep this a secret?"
Qian Jiujiu was stunned for a moment: "Actually it doesn't take long, seven or eight months will be fine. If possible, it's best to keep it a secret until the birth."
The corner of Qinglian's mouth twitched. How could this be possible? Qian Jiujiu looked at the few people and smiled: "I do have an idea, that is, the clothes of this princess in the future."
"They should be wide and big, preferably enough to cover the belly."
Several maids' eyes lit up, and Hong Chou immediately stood up and said, "Leave this matter to me. I will definitely be able to handle it."
Qian Jiujiu nodded; "Alright, I have told you all the news, no matter what, you must not cause any trouble for me. After you leave, just pretend that you don't know about this matter."
"It's the same now as it was before, you know? Don't let anyone see it."
Hong Ling and the others nodded and looked at Qian Jiujiu: "I understand."
The housekeeper came in at this time and looked at Mu Yexiao: "My Lord, there is news from the palace. There will be a palace banquet tonight to welcome the Queen Mother. You and the princess are required to enter the palace."
Mu Yexiao snorted coldly: "Send a message to the palace. The princess is ill and cannot enter the palace. I have to accompany the princess and I am busy."
The butler was stunned for a moment. Is it really okay to be so direct? However, the butler felt that he was just a servant. Since the prince had given the order, he had no choice but to follow it.
The news was quickly reported to the palace. When the queen received the news, she was stunned for a moment. It seemed that the queen mother's behavior today really made Mu Yexiao alienated from her.
She suddenly felt an inexplicable discomfort in her heart. Of course she knew the reason. She sighed in her heart and naturally did not want to force Mu Yexiao.
And looking at the Queen Mother's attitude towards Qian Yuge today, it is easy to imagine that Qian Yuge will definitely be one of the focuses of today's palace banquet, and it is good that Xiao'er is not coming.
The Queen thought so and had no complaints. She just began to prepare for tonight's palace banquet without complaint. The preparations for tonight's palace banquet were very rich.
All the ladies of high rank had arrived, filling the entire palace. The empress dowager was naturally satisfied looking at so many people. At this moment.
The third prince Mu Yesheng, who had been ignored, also appeared. He came to the Queen Mother and looked at her: "Grandson pays his respects to the Royal Grandmother and respectfully welcomes the Royal Grandmother back to the palace."
The Queen Mother looked at Mu Yesheng, "It's Sheng'er, hurry up and get up, why are you the only one here? Where are Xiao'er and Xing'er?"
Mu Yesheng blinked his eyes and said, "Grandson, I don't know. I just heard that you, the Royal Grandmother, are back, so I came here happily. I don't know what my brothers are doing."
Although he said this, he snorted in his heart. Why was he thinking about a fool when there were so many people to think about? He felt uncomfortable, but he looked at Qian Yuge who was beside the Queen Mother.
I couldn't help but feel puzzled. Why did Qian Yuge get involved with the Queen Mother? I didn't know what to do. At this time, almost everyone had arrived, except for a few princes.
Among the several princes, only Mu Yesheng came. The Queen Mother looked at the Queen unhappily: "Queen, what's going on? Why is Sheng'er the only one here?"
The queen smiled bitterly in her heart. For such an occasion, everyone knew that Mu Yexing was stupid and naturally it was not appropriate for him to come. And there was another person, Mu Yezhe, who was not in Kyoto at all.
"Replying to the Queen Mother, Princess Xiao is ill. Prince Xiao will not enter the palace tonight. Xing'er is not suitable to enter the palace either. Zhe'er is not in Kyoto."
When Tianhua heard this, she became unhappy with King Xiao's behavior. She knew in her heart that Mu Yexing was saving her face and must be angry with her because her mother was locked up today!
He snorted, "If you don't want to come, then don't come. You won't say anything nice anyway."
The queen's eyes flickered and she smiled bitterly in her heart. The Queen Mother no longer cared about the others. Seeing that most people had arrived, she prepared to get straight to the point.
"Since everyone is here, I want to take advantage of everyone's presence to announce something today. When I was in Dahongbao Temple, a little accident happened, and it was Minister Qian's daughter Qian Yuge who saved me."
"Yuge is a good girl, so the Ai family wants to reward her. Qian Yuge will obey your orders."
Qian Yuge knelt on the ground at once, and heard the Queen Mother say: "The daughter of Minister Qian, Qian Yuge, is virtuous and graceful, and is truly a role model for women."
"Today, I grant Qian Yuge the privilege of marrying the Third Prince Mu Yesheng as his legal wife."
Qian Yuge immediately bowed her head to express her gratitude: "Your Highness, I thank you for your grace. May you live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."
If everyone still doesn't understand that tonight's palace banquet was actually held specially for Qian Yuge and the Third Prince, then they are stupid.
No wonder Prince Xiao and Princess Xiao didn't come to participate. It must be hard to watch their enemies being so carefree.
When the emperor and the empress heard the imperial edict, they looked at each other in bewilderment. They were completely unaware of this matter, and both of them looked unhappy.
The virtuous concubine was happy, because the power behind Qian Yuge represented the Wang family. She had always been satisfied with Qian Yuge being her daughter-in-law, and this was her idea.
I never thought that the Queen Mother, this old witch, would do something good one day. Thinking of this, I was immediately overjoyed.
The entire palace banquet reached a climax after the announcement of this matter. Many people were congratulating Minister Qian and his two daughters for marrying the two princes respectively.
They are all princes who have the potential to succeed in seizing the throne. No matter which prince sits on the throne, Minister Qian will be a national treasure. How can people not be jealous
Minister Qian was watching the emperor's expression all the time. Seeing that the emperor looked unhappy, how could he dare to be successful tonight? The more he thought about it, the more frightened he felt.
As a result, Minister Qian was the most honest person tonight. The only person who was unhappy was the Third Prince Mu Yesheng, after he knew that Qian Jiujiu was born with the destiny of a phoenix.
He regarded Qian Jiujiu as his woman, but she was now fostered in the home of the "useless man" Mu Yexiao. Now, someone wanted to take his position as the prince's consort.
This made Mu Yesheng a little unhappy, but he couldn't show it in this situation. Moreover, he was still very tempted by the Wang family behind Qian Yuge.
If the Wang family can be used by him, then the Ren family will no longer be a threat, and he can directly take the throne. After all, he has both civil and military talents, so what is there for him to fear
Just looking at his father's expression, the Third Prince Mu Yesheng was a little confused. At this moment, the emperor was angry in his heart, knowing clearly what he was guarding against.
His mother was trying to bring them together, what was going on? The Queen glanced at the Emperor: "Your Majesty..."
The Queen was reminding the Emperor not to look so ugly at this moment. The Emperor also understood what the Queen meant. He glanced at the Queen and was about to say something else.
Then she saw Concubine Xian coming. She looked at the Queen and the Emperor with a smug look in her eyes: "Your Majesty, do you think Sheng'er and Yuge are a good match?"
The emperor suddenly felt a lump in his throat, but he still pretended to be pleased: "They are a perfect match."
Concubine Xian smiled contentedly; "Yes, I have always felt that Yuge and my Sheng'er are the best match. I have to thank the Queen Mother for her help."
The emperor suddenly felt as if he was hit hard in the heart again. Seeing everyone in the field congratulating Qian Yuge and Mu Yesheng, he suddenly felt that tonight's palace banquet was a bit boring.
He glanced at the Queen and said, "Queen, I am really tired. You can preside over the meeting. I will rest in the Summer Palace tonight."
After he finished speaking, the emperor actually stood up and left. The queen opened her mouth and wanted to say that the emperor should go to the virtuous concubine's palace tonight, but this time he went to the Summer Palace.
Did you forget that Concubine Qing is still in solitary confinement? You actually went to her palace to spend the night. Aren't you afraid that the Queen Mother will cause trouble for you
With a sigh, the Queen Mother finally saw the Emperor leave and frowned. "Mammy, go check. The palace banquet hasn't ended yet. Where is the Emperor going?"
The maid came to the queen's side to ask, and the harem had no intention of hiding it, because it couldn't be concealed: "The emperor has arrived at the Summer Palace."
The nanny was stunned for a moment. The Queen's tone was a little bad. Was it directed at them or the one in the Summer Palace? Thinking of this, the nanny saluted the Queen.
"Then I will take my leave and report to the Queen Mother."