Jiang Changning and Yan Yinyao made mooncakes in the small kitchen for the family to eat, so they made not many, only about thirty in total.
Hundreds of them were made in the big kitchen, packed in custom-made gift boxes and sent to the people they were familiar with and on good terms with. The Prince of Jin's Mansion also received nearly a hundred mooncakes from other palaces.
These mooncakes, as per custom, were distributed to the servants in the mansion.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiaochun brought back news from the Song family, "The baby in Miss Song's belly is from Mr. Liu's cousin."
"It really is his." Jiang Changning never expected that things would be so bloody.
"Mr. Liu's cousin, Mr. Wang, already has a wife and concubine at home. It is impossible for Miss Song to become a concubine. Now the Song family is forcing Mr. Wang to divorce his wife."
Jiang Changning sneered contemptuously, "The Song family is still as overbearing as ever."
"The eldest young lady of the Wang family was so angry that she wanted to hang herself, but was stopped by a maid."
"How stupid! She's dead, and the Wang family didn't write a divorce letter." Jiang Changning pouted.
"She won't survive if she's divorced. There's no one left in her family."
Jiang Changning snorted coldly, "There are three things a woman cannot do: marry someone but have no place to go. Based on this one reason, the Wang family cannot divorce her."
Jiang Changning suddenly thought of something, and his face changed slightly, "Xiaochun, go to Uncle Nan and find four secret guards to protect the eldest young lady of the Wang family."
Xiaochun took a deep breath, "The eldest lady of the Wang family gave birth to children for the eldest master Wang. The Wang family wouldn't be so cruel, right?"
"I don't know whether the Wang family will do that, but the Song family will definitely kill her in order to make room for Song Yirou."
The Wang family couldn't divorce the wife, so killing the eldest young lady Wang was the best way. However, there were countless ways to let a weak woman die quietly in the inner house.
"I know. I'll go right away." Xiaochun turned around hurriedly and left the house again.
Jiang Changning frowned slightly, "I hope it's not too late."
Two days later, Jiang Changning learned the follow-up from Prince Jin, "Young Master Wang is dead."
"How could that be?" Jiang Changning's prediction was correct. The Song family really wanted to kill Madam Wang and make room for Song Yirou.
Even though Song Yirou insisted on not getting married, and even though the Song family looked down on Young Master Wang, they were unwilling to cancel this marriage.
"The Song family sent someone to poison Young Master Wang's wife, but they killed Young Master Wang by mistake."
Mrs. Wang is really lucky. Now that such a scumbag husband is gone, her life might be better.
Jiang Changning asked, "Now that Young Master Wang is dead, the Wang family won't just let it go, right? Won't they ask the Song family for an explanation?"
"The Wang family feared the power of the Song family and originally wanted to swallow their anger. I asked Marquis Xinwu to support the Wang family." Prince Jin said seriously.
Jiang Changning smiled, leaned over, and kissed him on the cheek, "Your Highness, you did a good job on this matter. Here's a reward."
Prince Jin reached out and hugged her, pecked her on the lips, and said, "The Wang family wants to sue the Song family for abusing their power and poisoning an official appointed by the court."
"Master Wang is still an official?"
"From the seventh-rank military equipment supervisor."
Jiang Changning said in surprise: "He is from the Military Equipment Bureau!"
After a pause, he asked, "Could he be related to the crossbow case?"
Prince Jin smiled, "My princess and I really share the same thoughts." He also had this suspicion.
"Given the snobbishness of the Song family, if Young Master Wang has no use for them, the Song family will not associate with him, let alone give him the opportunity to get involved with Song Yirou."
Jiang Changning snorted coldly, "This Mr. Wang is really bold. He has a wife and a concubine, but he dares to touch Song Yirou, and then drags his cousin to take the blame."
"It may not be that Young Master Wang is brave."
Jiang Changning was stunned. "What else is going on?"
This is already ridiculous enough, is there anything more ridiculous
"We found out that Madam Song was involved in this."
Jiang Changning was really shocked, but after thinking about it, he understood why Madam Song did this.
"Someone once said that if a big family attacks from outside, it will be impossible to kill them all at once. They must first commit suicide at home before they can be completely defeated! It's time for the Song family to be destroyed."
"Which wise man said this?" asked the King of Jin with a mischievous smile.
"That's what Cao Gong said."
"Didn't Jiang Changning say that?"
"I'm sorry to disappoint Your Majesty. This is really not what Jiang Changning said."
"My princess is extremely intelligent and has never let me down." Prince Jin looked at her, "What about me, has Ningning ever been disappointed in me?"
Jiang Changning thought for a moment and said, "Not yet."
Prince Jin said solemnly: "I won't let Ningning down."
"I believe in the prince."
The couple looked at each other lovingly, and then someone who ruined the atmosphere appeared, "Mother, mother."
"Son, Mom is here." Jiang Changning went over, lifted the curtain, and called in her son who was running in the corridor with sweat all over his face.
"Mom, here you go." Xiao Ming'er picked up a pebble with red patterns on it from the garden.
"What a beautiful stone! Thank you Ming'er." Jiang Changning rewarded his son with a kiss.
Xiao Ming'er had saliva all over his mother's face, and in his mother's arms, he laughed so hard that his double chin appeared.
Looking at the affectionate mother and son, Prince Jin coughed heavily a few times to remind them not to ignore him.
Jiang Changning smiled and patted Xiao Ming'er's fat butt, "Call me daddy!"
"Daddy." Xiao Ming'er didn't even look at his father and just called out casually.
The perfunctory attitude angered King Jin, "Come here, you little brat."
Xiao Ming buried his head in his mother's arms and ignored his bad father.
King Jin went to grab his son, but Jiang Changning held out his hand to stop him, "Don't scare him."
"Ningning, a loving mother often spoils her child."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you." Jiang Changning picked up Xiao Ming'er and handed him to Prince Jin, "Your Highness, teach your little prince well."
"I will definitely teach you well." Prince Jin held Xiao Ming'er tightly, ignoring his struggle.
"Daddy is bad, Mommy hugs me." Xiao Ming'er kept patting King Jin's arm with his chubby little hands.
"My dear son, go play with your dad. Mom is going to see what we're having dinner." Jiang Changning gently pinched her son's chubby face.
When he reached the door, Jiang Changning stopped and turned back to say, "Your Highness, Mother said that Xiao Ming'er is old enough now, so he should call me father and mother instead of dad and mom. You should teach him to change his way of speaking."
King Jin frowned, and after Jiang Changning left, he said, "You little brat, when you're outside, you call me father and mother. When you're in the yard, you call me daddy and mother."
Xiao Ming'er didn't understand and looked at King Jin with his big innocent eyes, "Daddy."
"You little rascal." Prince Jin put his son on the kang, and Xiao Ming'er jumped on the kang.
The King of Jin grabbed him and said, "Stop making trouble, little brat. Sit down and let me read you a military book."
"Daddy." Xiao Ming'er threw himself into his father's arms again, "Mom, find me."
"Your mother is busy, so your father will teach you military tactics." King Jin firmly rejected his son's request.
The King of Jin opened the military book and began to read, not caring whether Xiao Minger could understand it or not: "The King of Liang Hui asked Wei Yuzi:"
(End of this chapter)