Also fooling around with women was the eldest son of Prince Qing's mansion.
Just as Xu drank the medicine, she heard from the maid that the cousin had gone to the eldest master's study again to bring him some tonic soup.
These past few days, my cousin came to see me off every day. Every time she was in the study, she would dismiss the servants and stay inside for at least half an hour.
Today, the cousin has been in for more than half an hour and has not come out yet.
Xu was angry, she was not dead yet!
Unable to bear it any longer, she stormed into the eldest son's study room in anger and saw an unbearable scene.
"Bitch!" Xu rushed to the couch and hit the cousin, "Shameless bitch, your man's body is still warm and you're seducing other people's men. Why don't you just die?"
The scene was so chaotic that no one noticed that Xu could speak.
"Stop, you shrew." The eldest son went to stop her.
"You call me a shrew? You call me that for her?" Xu became even angrier.
"Not only will I scold you, I will also beat you." The eldest son said, and slapped Xu twice.
Xu was almost knocked unconscious by him. She was immediately angry and desperate. She shouted, "I won't live any longer. Beat me to death! Beat me to death!"
As she spoke, she bumped into the eldest son's arms, still scolding him, "I gave birth to a daughter for you, I took care of the household chores for you, I was filial to your parents for you, and you beat me for this whore."
The eldest son pushed her away and cursed, "You shrew, stop making a scene here, get out of here."
Xu fell to the ground and said, "You think I'm disturbing your fun, don't you? I won't leave. You drag everything dirty and smelly into the house. You have no shame, but I still have some."
"Shut up! Since you married me, whenever I talk to a woman, you get angry. You are not only a shrew, but also a jealous woman. I am going to divorce you and marry my cousin."
The cousin girl, who was curled up on the soft couch, hugging a thin blanket, smiled with pursed lips. It was worth it for her to deliver nourishing soup in the hot sun for several days, as finally today the cousin she had hooked up with had sex with her.
She also sent people to lure Xu here, and after such a commotion, she could finally replace Xu and become the grandmother of Prince Qing's Mansion!
Just when the quarrel was getting out of hand, Prince Qing's wife hurried over. When she saw her niece lying on the couch with her shoulders exposed, a hint of disgust flashed in her eyes.
The Crown Princess had never thought of letting her son marry her niece. A widow from a merchant family could not support the Qing Palace.
After her son divorces Xu, she will marry another girl from a prominent family for him. She wants her son to take her niece as a concubine.
"What are you doing?" asked the Crown Prince's wife.
Asking about something that is obvious at a glance is biased and too obvious.
Xu had been suffering for these days and had long lost her heart towards the Crown Prince's Consort. She sneered, "This is the study, but the master is hanging out with his cousin here. Aren't you afraid of angering Confucius?"
"Don't be weird." The Crown Prince's wife suddenly reacted, "Can you speak now?"
"I can speak now!" Xu was extremely surprised.
The eldest son was having an affair with his cousin and wanted to divorce her. She temporarily put aside the matter of marrying her.
Now that Xu had recovered her health, the eldest son had no reason to divorce her, but he had already slept with his cousin and could not shirk his responsibility.
Under Xu's insistence, the cousin failed to become a noble concubine, but only a good concubine.
The Palace of Prince Qing and the Palace of Duke Wei seem to be still the same as before, forming an alliance and advancing and retreating together, but in fact there are already cracks.
This was also the fuse that eventually led to the split between the two governments, but that is a story for later, so we will not discuss it for now.
Jiang Changning only said that after receiving the news from the palace, he ordered Xiulan and Chunlai to send people to keep a close eye on Chen Yi, "I want to know who else in this mansion is the palace's spies."
Xiulan and Chunlai received the order and went to do the work, and Shufei came in with some invitations.
For example, half a month later, it will be the 45th birthday of the Queen Mother of Runan Prince.
For example, five days later, there will be a full-moon banquet for the eldest grandson of Princess Gurong at her mansion.
For example, seven days later, Zheng Mingzhu, the daughter of Princess Yiya, held a coming-of-age banquet.
Jiang Changning could not refuse any of these three banquets and had to go.
"Let's go to see mother." Jiang Changning stood up and said.
She had to ask the Toffee whether to follow the old custom or to increase or decrease the gifts.
The concubine looked at the three invitations and said, "We don't have many contacts at the Ru'nan Palace, and it's just a small birthday party on the fifth day of the lunar year. We'll follow the old custom and I won't go there that day."
"The Grand Princess Gurong has given birth to a grandson. This is a great joy. You should go over and take part in the joy and bring some more gifts."
"Let someone find out who is the guest of honor at Xiaochang's coming-of-age banquet?"
Jiang Changning wrote them down one by one, and then asked someone to find out who would be the guests of honor for the coming-of-age banquet.
When she learned that the person invited was the wife of Grand Tutor An, the Grand Concubine smiled and said, "She is a blessed person, but why did Yi Ya invite her?"
"I heard that Master An has a little grandson who is outstanding in character, good-looking, and quite talented. I'm afraid the princess wants to marry her daughter to the An family." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
The concubine smiled and said, "Yiya is smart for once."
According to etiquette, as long as Zheng Mingzhu did not marry into the royal family or the family of nobles, she would not have to go through the process of arranged marriage in the palace.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day when Princess Gurong's grandson's grandson was one month old.
Princess Gurong was the third princess of her generation, only two years younger than Princess Jiashan. However, she had a son later, and her son had a son later as well.
The Grand Princess Jiashan had four generations living together when she finally had her eldest grandson.
Although Princess Gurong was very happy to have a grandson, she did not hold a grand full-month banquet and only invited some close relatives.
Everyone was sitting in the hall, exchanging pleasantries, when Princess Gu Rong's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jiang, came out holding a child.
Mrs. Jiang was in her thirties. After giving birth to five daughters in a row, she finally gave birth to a son.
Although she had been taking care of it for a month, her complexion was still not good, very pale, and that thin layer of powder could not cover it up at all.
"Come, come, let great aunt take a good look at the baby." The eldest Princess Jiashan had the most honorable status, and she reached out to hold the child.
Mrs. Jiang carefully handed the child to the arms of the Grand Princess Jiashan. The Grand Princess Jiashan took out the longevity golden lock and stuffed it into the swaddling clothes, "Brother Yu, daughter-in-law, come and hold the child."
Jiang Changning, who was talking to the Crown Princess of Prince De, quickly stood up and walked over.
But before she reached out to hold the child, Mrs. Jiang held the child and said, "You've never held a child before, I'm afraid you don't know how to do it, so let me hold it for you to see."
The smile on Princess Jiashan's face faded, and the corners of Jin Wang's wife's mouth drooped.
Jiang Changning didn't care. She was even afraid that if she took the child over, the child might pee.
"The baby has a wide and high forehead, and a straight and strong nose. He is a blessed child." Jiang Changning praised him without reservation, took out a golden ruyi as long as his palm, and stuffed it into the child's swaddling clothes.
Jiang Changning did not insist on holding the child. Mrs. Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and thought she had handled it well. However, she did not expect that she had offended Princess Jiashan and Prince Jin's Mansion.
(End of this chapter)