Zhao Xifang came out to face Mrs. Song II without panic. Without any witnesses or evidence, why would she admit that she had bribed the midwife
"Mrs. Song, please don't make a fuss here. Your daughter deserves sympathy for what happened to her, but you can't go crazy and throw dirty water on me."
"You can't deny it. It was you. It was you who bribed the midwife and caused the death of my daughter Rou'er. You have such a vicious heart. You will not die a good death." Mrs. Song waved a kitchen knife and was about to chop people.
However, a bunch of people tried to stop her and pull her away, so she couldn't get close to Zhao Xifang.
Mrs. Song II cursed and swore at Zhao Xifang's daughter with foul language.
Although Zhao Xifang didn't like her daughter, she was her only biological daughter now, and she was furious. "I don't know where you heard these rumors, but you came to the palace to find trouble with me. The Song family is really invincible."
The Princess Dowager of Prince Yu, who was trying to persuade Mrs. Song II with kind words, frowned when she heard this. If she didn't know the truth, she would have really thought that Zhao Xifang was innocent.
"Your daughter caused a big fuss at Prince Jin's Mansion, and now you're causing trouble at Prince Yu's Mansion. What's going on? Are you really of the same bloodline as mother and daughter?"
Zhao Xifang was still trying to shift the blame to Jiang Changning at this time, but Mrs. Song was confused and didn't understand at all.
There was chaos outside Prince Yu's mansion when Madam Song came with her people. "Second brother's wife, it's fine if you make trouble in the mansion, but why did you come to Prince Yu's mansion?"
Madam Song characterized this incident as the result of Second Madam Song's mischief, and said that Second Madam Song had been crazy and mentally ill since Song Yirou's death, and asked the Princess Dowager of Prince Yu and the Princess of Yu to forgive her.
The Princess Dowager of Prince Yu knew that she was in the wrong, so she agreed with her words and said, "Who can bear such a sad thing as the old sending off the young?"
With Madam Song and Prince Yu's Dowager Consort working together to smooth things over, Madam Song took the man away, and Prince Yu's Mansion did not pursue the matter, and the matter was swept under the rug.
After Jiang Changning learned this from Xiaochun, he sneered, "The living are more important than the dead."
The most important thing is that the Song family is a bit marginalized now, and they will definitely not and dare not confront Prince Yu's Mansion without any evidence and only based on rumors.
That evening, Zhao Xifang waited for Prince Yu to come and tell her about taking a concubine. "Since she is a girl from a good family, you can't be too casual."
"How about this? I'll ask the matchmaker to go to her house, propose marriage to her, and choose an auspicious day to marry her. What do you think?"
Prince Yu looked at Zhao Xifang with a strange look in his eyes, "Are you planning to clean up that yard for her to live in?"
"What does Your Highness think of Yingxiu Pavilion?" Zhao Xifang asked.
Prince Yu's eyes became even stranger, "Are you not angry?"
"Am I the kind of jealous woman in the eyes of the prince? I am your legitimate wife. No matter how many people there are in the mansion, they can't surpass me. What can I fight with those guys?"
"Then you..." Prince Yu still remembered the quarrel between her and Fang.
"Your Highness, there are more than one concubine in this mansion, Fang. Why do I only target her and not others? Your Highness, don't you think about it carefully?" Zhao Xifang was smart enough to only target Fang Youting.
Prince Yu seemed to be lost in thought. Zhao Xifang held up the cup and pretended to drink tea to hide the slightly raised corners of her lips. Very good, everything went according to plan.
Zhao Xifang agreed to let Prince Yu hire a matchmaker, and she actually hired a matchmaker to go to the home of the girl Prince Yu liked to propose marriage.
The woman was originally arranged by the Zhao family. When the matchmaker invited by Prince Yu's Mansion arrived, they talked for a few minutes and then agreed to send the woman to Prince Yu's Mansion.
Whether it was intentional or coincidental, the auspicious day chosen by Prince Yu's Palace happened to be the full moon of Jiang Changning's youngest son Helian Yubai.
And on this day, there was another good news. The signed letter of peace talks with the Di Kingdom was delivered to the capital.
"It is said that the Di Kingdom is preparing to send a princess here to marry as a token of sincerity," Xiaochun said.
"That's fake. Your Majesty is not yet of marriageable age. What's the point of sending a princess here? To be a child bride?" Jiang Changning said with a smile while drinking fish soup.
"The princess can marry someone else. She doesn't have to marry His Majesty," Yan Yinyao said.
Jiang Changning stretched out his right index finger and shook it, "Marrying someone else won't achieve the effect the Di people want."
Jiang Changning frowned slightly when she thought about how she was almost adopted as a daughter by the Prince of Runan's Palace and married into a foreign kingdom.
I don’t know which unlucky girl will be forced to escape and then leave her homeland and go to another country, never to return home or see her relatives again.
Her worries did not come true. The Di Kingdom did not send a prince, but instead sent a little princess who was only five years old.
"She really is a child bride!" Jiang Changning sighed when he heard Prince Jin talk about it.
"The Queen Mother has asked her to live in the princess residence, just like the other two princesses." Prince Jin paused, "The Queen Mother is selecting a study partner of the same age as Your Majesty."
The little emperor's current study partners are all four or five years older than him, so it is not appropriate for them to take classes together.
Jiang Changning frowned slightly, "You want your son to go?"
"Prince Qing wants his little grandson to go, but my son doesn't need to go." Prince Jin said calmly.
"It is not a wise thing to let a spoiled little boy be a study companion."
“And his little grandson is being overly pampered.
"Your Highness, could it be that you asked someone to instigate him to send his grandson over there?" Jiang Changning poked Prince Jin's chest with his finger.
King Jin raised his finger to her chin, leaned over, pecked her lips lightly, and said with a smile: "I asked someone to whisper a few words in his ear, but I didn't expect him to fall for it."
"If God wants to destroy a person, he will first make him crazy. Prince Qing is getting too cocky." Jiang Changning commented.
"The main reason is that the prospect is too tempting for him to refuse." Prince Jin would not underestimate Prince Qing who could compete with him.
Jiang Changning raised her eyebrows. She could probably guess how Prince Jin was trying to make promises to Prince Qing.
There are more than 360 days in a year. In the blink of an eye, it is from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. On New Year's Eve, Jiang Changning will go to the palace to attend the palace banquet as usual.
At the palace banquet, Jiang Changning met the little princess of the Di Kingdom.
The five-year-old little princess, named Ling Bianxiao, was delicate and pretty, with a cinnabar mole between her eyebrows, which made her even more lovable.
But such a lovely little girl was sent to Daqin as a hostage.
The music started and the little princess began to dance.
Although she was still very young, she danced very well and turned more than thirty times in a row without getting dizzy and forgetting the dance moves.
"I've made up my mind." Jiang Changning nodded heavily.
"What decision?" King Jin asked, looking at her sideways.
"I want to have a daughter." For the sake of her beautiful daughter, Jiang Changning decided to endure the pain of childbirth again.
"When you recover, we will work hard together." Prince Jin expressed this wish, and he was very willing to help his princess realize it.
My right hand hurts so much that I can't lift it up, so I'm typing with one hand. If there are any typos, please point them out and I'll correct them.
(End of this chapter)