Aunt Peng sighed, "How can that be done? I heard that your family is large. Including you, your parents have seven or eight children in total. With so many people, even if your sister gets married, it will be too crowded to stay in that small place." As she spoke, she brushed off the non-existent dust on her clothes and said lightly, "I'll talk to the manager and ask him to allocate a bigger room for you."
She said and laughed: "But it won't take long. You don't know, just like me, my house is just a temporary residence. Our concubine has given us a great favor. We even bought a new house."
The Peng family spent a lot of money on Concubine Yu back then, but Concubine Yu was reluctant. In order to keep her, they were willing to spend a lot of money, and Concubine Yu's dowry was extremely rich.
Moreover, over the years, Prince Linjiang has been extremely fond of Concubine Yu. Concubine Yu was very capable and had a child. Later, when the princess lost power, she was in charge of the backyard, so she had countless close friends.
Yinshuang believed these words.
She couldn't wait to open her eyes wide, but felt that she was too out of control. She quickly adjusted her expression and said hastily, "Thank you very much. You don't know, my father is always worried, saying that it's too crowded. When we go back, we don't even have a room. We can only squeeze together with my sisters. But even if it's so crowded, I'm afraid we can't-----my brothers also have to get married..."
How could Aunt Peng hold her patience to listen to all these family matters? She interrupted Yinshuang's rant with a hum and said, "These are just trivial matters. By the way, Miss Yinshuang, do you have anything to tell me this time?"
Yinshuang knew that she was getting impatient, so she didn't dare to delay any longer. She touched the bracelet in her hand, looked at Aunt Peng with bright eyes, and nodded nervously, "Yes... Last night I heard the princess talk to Aunt Qin... about Qingshuang..."
Qingshuang? Madam Peng thought about it, and suddenly remembered that she seemed to have mentioned this matter to Concubine Yu before, so she frowned and asked: "This Qingshuang... I always feel that she looks familiar, as if I have seen her somewhere..."
Seeing that she was interested, Yinshuang said hurriedly, "Yes, her sister used to serve the princess! She even offended the princess for the Marquis, so..."
After hearing this, Aunt Peng immediately remembered and was surprised. She asked her, "Since her sister offended the princess, why did she become a maid?"
Yinshuang knew her chance had come. She carefully considered for a moment and said, "I heard it vaguely... I only heard them say vaguely that... the Marquis knew Qingshuang's sister in the past. He had quarreled with the princess over this matter. Later, when Qingshuang's sister died, the Marquis also held memorial services every year. The Marquis also often helped Qingshuang's family. But later, they were too far apart, and Qingshuang's father remarried a new wife..."
This was very confusing. Aunt Peng frowned as she listened, trying to find useful information from it. After pondering for a while, she said, "If that's the case, why is Qingshuang suddenly no longer in use?"
"I heard, I heard..." Yinshuang looked at Aunt Peng and hesitated for a while before saying, "He wanted Miss Qingshuang to register with the Marquis, so that the Marquis would think that it was because of him that Qingshuang was disliked by the princess and had to do hard labor."
It was indeed hard work. How could such a young girl go to a laundry? It was definitely a torture.
At first I thought I had offended Princess Linjiang, but now it seems that is not the case. It turns out there is another reason.
Aunt Peng smiled, and became even more amiable: "Besides these, is there anything else?"
She patiently persuaded: "Miss Yinshuang is so beautiful, you must find a good place for yourself in the future. Otherwise, if you are randomly paired with a boy, won't you lose your whole life?"
All of this touched Yin Shuang's heart. She bit her lip and continued, "There is more. Today, I heard Mother Qin say that the palace invited the princess to come in, and Princess Zheng also went in."
Aunt Peng perked up, and said, "What's the reason?"
"Princess Zheng dreamed that Prince Zheng was tied up in Shandong and couldn't come back, so she wrote a letter to ask to see Madam Shufei. Madam Shufei agreed and asked the princess to come to the palace to talk with her." Yinshuang finished speaking in one breath, and looked at Madam Peng and said, "I don't know if this information is useful or not?"
It is useful, of course it is useful.
Madam Peng simply pulled out another hairpin from her head and put it on her with a smile: "This hairpin is a bit old-fashioned. You can't wear it. Why don't you give it to your mother? It's also a little gift from me. You work for the princess, so what good things don't you have? Don't despise it."
This was to tell her not to bring it with her when she was on duty, so as to avoid being noticed by others. Yinshuang was aware of all this and quickly stood up to thank him.
Nanny Peng waved her hand and sent her away. After thinking for a while, she changed her clothes and went into the mansion.
Concubine Yu was accompanying Chu Jing'an to drink tea. When he arrived in the capital, Chu Jing'an was like a bird in a cage. He was not used to anything here and there, and he was not needed for many errands, so he often stayed at home when he had time.
When she saw Aunt Peng, Concubine Yu smiled and said, "Aren't you at home taking care of your grandson? Why are you here at this time?"
Nanny Peng followed her closely and saw that only two maids were left in the room. She whispered to her about Yinshuang's visit: "It's worth it that I spent so much time and effort on her. I was very careful and cautious in everything. I knew that her family was most in need of money..." She said a few words and then told her about what Yinshuang had said: "So this is why Qingshuang looked familiar. We always felt that there was something wrong with Qingshuang, and it turned out to be this."
Chu Jingan listened to a few words nearby and sneered, "So it was left for Shen Chen. Shen Chen must be lucky in love."
Concubine Yu couldn't help but shake her head mockingly: "No wonder, when she was in Jiujiang, she was raised like a princess, but when she was about to return to the capital, she was abandoned and thrown outside. So this is the reason."
She wanted to fight with Shen Chen, and Concubine Yu was happy to see it happen. She smiled and didn't take it seriously. She asked Aunt Peng: "Is that all you said?"
"There's more." Nanny Peng hurriedly told the story of Princess Zheng: "The princess seems to be very concerned about this matter and very angry. She even said a lot of unpleasant things about it..."
That means there is something fishy about this matter.
Given her personality, it would not be surprising for her to send someone to harm King Zheng. (To be continued)