This was the first time that Mrs. Zhao saw her son-in-law. He was indeed as gentle and handsome as the rumors said. If he were not in a wheelchair, he and his daughter would be a match made in heaven.
But he was paralyzed because of his daughter...
Mrs. Zhao is of course grateful to him for saving her daughter's life, but she also hates him for allowing her daughter to repay her life-saving grace... She even blames her well-behaved daughter for refusing to listen to her and insisting on marrying him...
Pei Yuanchen smiled gently, letting Mrs. Zhao scrutinize her.
After a while, Mrs. Zhao suddenly said unceremoniously: "Do you know that I never agreed to marry Cheng'er to you, so I dare not be your mother-in-law!"
"Mother..." Nangong Cheng couldn't help but yelled, and then gave Pei Yuanchen an apologetic look.
"My mother-in-law loves her daughter so much, my son-in-law understands." Pei Yuanchen looked at Zhao shi calmly, "At the beginning, my son-in-law was injured because he saved Cheng'er, mother-in-law, you were worried that my son-in-law would take revenge on Cheng'er for this."
Zhao's lips moved, and his eyes wavered.
But soon, her expression hardened again.
Everyone can say what is said on the scene, in fact, let alone the Zhao family, there are a few mothers who would be willing to let their daughter marry a paralyzed man, leading to a marriage that is destined to be rough!
Mrs. Zhao is selfish, but as Pei Yuanchen said, everything is due to her love for her daughter.
"Mother!" Nangong Cheng took another step towards Zhao Shi, trying to pull Zhao Shi's arm, Zhao Shi subconsciously avoided...
Nangong Cheng's pretty face turned pale, and she looked at Zhao shi hurtfully, the water in her eyes almost spilled out of her eye sockets.
At the beginning, she devoted herself to marrying Pei Yuanchen, and she has never regretted it for a day until now, and even rejoiced countless times that she finally made a decisive decision. It's just that every day she couldn't get her mother's understanding, she felt a thorn in her heart every day.
"Mom, I..."
While speaking, Nangong Cheng suddenly felt his eyes darkened, his body was a little weak, and he shook slightly.
"big sister!"
"Teng'er!"
Nangong Yue and Pei Yuanchen shouted at the same time, Pei Yuanchen even forgot that he was bad, stood up abruptly and fell back into the wheelchair. Fortunately, Lily was beside him and quickly supported Nangong Cheng.
Zhao's face turned pale with fright, and she hurriedly looked at Nangong Cheng: "Cheng'er, you..." Immediately afterwards, she stopped talking again.
Nangong Chengliu frowned slightly, stroked his forehead: "I just feel a little dizzy all of a sudden..."
At the same time, Nangong Yue had already pinched Nangong Cheng's right wrist, she pondered for a while, but then smiled: "So I still have the potential to be a fortune teller..."
Mrs. Zhao was confused, but Nangong Cheng and Pei Yuanchen thought of something. They looked at each other with unbelievable surprises on their faces. Could it be that...
Nangong Yue nodded and said affirmatively: "Eldest aunt, elder brother-in-law, elder sister is Ximai."
The daughter is actually pregnant?! Mrs. Zhao has an indescribable feeling in her heart that the little girl who was conceived in October and brought up carefully is also going to be a mother.
"I... have a child?" Nangong Cheng foolishly touched her belly. Her childhood was a few days late, but it is common to be a few days late when it is cold, so I didn't think too much about it. did not expect…
"Cheng'er!" Pei Yuanchen was overjoyed and held Nangong Cheng's hand. Where the two eyes met, there was a lingering affection.
Zhao on the side looked deeply at Nangong Cheng, her daughter is happy, her eyes and her expression are telling this fact.
Are you really wrong
Mrs. Zhao turned around suddenly, and this action immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Nangong Cheng bit his lower lip, he hesitated to speak, but heard Mrs. Zhao say indifferently: "You are such an adult, and you still run around when you have a body! Why don't you go back to the mansion and have a good rest!"
After speaking, Mrs. Zhao left without stopping.
Nangong Cheng finally put down a huge rock in his heart, and tears fell from the corners of his eyes.
She looked at the direction where Mrs. Zhao was leaving, and didn't look back for a long time, until Mrs. Lin said with a smile: "Teng'er is pregnant, you should be careful. Hurry up and sit down first. I will send someone to report the good news to my mother-in-law. "
Nangong Yue helped Nangong Cheng go in.
Mrs. Lin quickly sent someone to announce the good news, and then invited the doctor back.
It's not that she doesn't believe in Nangong Yue's medical skills, but in the end it's about children, so it's better to be careful.
After Su Shi got the good news, she was very happy, and hurriedly asked her personal nurse to come over, telling Nangong Cheng to rest for a while and not to go to her place. Not long after, the doctor came, and after examining Nangong Cheng's pulse, he confirmed that she was pregnant for one month, but Nangong Cheng's body was relatively weak, and she needed to be recuperated after being pregnant for ten months, while Nangong Yue had long been happy for her. She wrote the prescription for conditioning.
Although Mrs. Su told them not to go there again, Nangong Cheng was in good health after all. After seeing off the doctor, they went to Rong'an Hall together.
In recent days, everything went smoothly in Nangong Mansion, Su's heart became much calmer, and she quickly let the nanny help Nangong Cheng to sit down, smiling so much that her eyes narrowed.
Speaking of which, Nangong Cheng and Pei Yuanchen have been married for almost two years. Because Pei Yuanchen is not good at work, no one has urged them about their children. It would be an absolute lie to say that Mrs. Su was not worried at all. Even if the reason for not being able to have a child is Pei Yuanchen, the one who suffers is always the woman.
Now that Nangong Cheng has it, the Su family can finally rest assured. Only after giving birth to a child can this woman truly gain a foothold in her husband's family.
If he could win a man in one fell swoop, he would be the heir of Jian'anbo Mansion.
At the beginning, Mrs. Su was also quite unhappy that Nangong Cheng wanted to marry Pei Yuanchen. After all, this was her granddaughter who had loved her since she was a child. But now, Pei Yuanchen was able to leave, and Nangong Cheng was healthy again, and this hard life was over.
In addition to Jian'anbo mansion, although the future of Pei Yuanchen is uncertain, but fortunately Jian'anbo's official fortune is prosperous. Strictly speaking, this in-law is not too bad, and it still helps the Nangong family to some extent.
Thinking of this, Su Shi's dissatisfaction with Nangong Cheng disappeared. Looking at Nangong Cheng's eyes became more and more loving, and told her some taboos for pregnant women.
"The first three months are the most important, so be careful, don't eat those things that are raw and cold..." After talking for a long time, he told Lin, "You will make a list of taboos in a while, and bring them to Cheng'er. .”
Mrs. Lin came from a family of medicine and had a son and a daughter. Mrs. Su felt relieved to entrust this matter to her.
While talking, a servant girl hurriedly came to report: "Ms. Jian'an Bo is here!"
Mrs. Jian Anbo's coming at this time is of course related to the child in Nangong Cheng's womb. She can personally pick up Pei Yuanchen and Nangong Cheng back to the mansion, which is a great face for Nangong Cheng. mouth, order Lin Shi and Liu Qingqing to welcome Mrs. Jian Amber...
Soon, Mrs. Jian'anbo entered Rong'an Hall. After meeting each other, Mrs. Jian'anbo held Nangong Cheng's hand with a happy smile. Although she didn't speak, Nangong Cheng blushed and bowed her head.
Mrs. Jian Anbo was really pleasantly surprised. Ever since her son was injured, she had accepted her fate for the heir.
She is expecting a grandson so soon!
Although unexpected, but her son and daughter-in-law have a good relationship, she is still happy in her heart.
Nangong Chengzhi replied, with a gentle and filial temperament, she is indeed a rare and good wife... Mrs. Jian Anbo couldn't help but think of the second wife. Fortunately, she was determined and did not follow her mother-in-law's advice to marry Lu Jiaqi in, otherwise she would be disturbed It makes the house restless.
The more Mrs. Jian Anbo looked at Nangong Cheng, the more satisfied she became, and she said in a soft voice: "I ordered someone to prepare a soft sedan chair, and don't go back in a carriage for a while, be careful not to hurt yourself."
Nangong Cheng said shyly, "Thank you, mother."
The whole hall is full of joy.
After talking and joking for a while, she sent off Mrs. Jian Anbo and Pei Yuanchen and his wife. Nangong Yue went to Qianyun Courtyard to talk with Mrs. Lin for a while, and then took the reluctant Xiao Fei to leave.
Sitting on the Zhulun carriage, Xiao Fei still had a trace of unconcealable excitement on her small face.
Nangong Mansion is worthy of being a family of scholars, there are so many books she has never read in a small study, Xiao Fei simply does not want to leave.
The "Baihu Tongyi" she read today was too profound, and Xiao Fei was full of doubts, so she took the opportunity to go with Nangong Yue and asked, "Sister-in-law, what do you think about the 'Human Precious Five Constants'?"
Naturally, these questions are not difficult for Nangong Yue, and she answered her doubts one by one with a smile, "People have five constants, so they know that there are five remonstrances. One is irony and remonstrance, and the other is... Confucius said: 'There are five remonstrances, and I follow the remonstrance of irony. '…”
Nangong Yue spoke in a simple way, and Xiao Fei suddenly became enlightened. After asking and answering, Zhu Lunche soon arrived at the Zhennan Palace.
Xiao Fei was still not satisfied, and wanted to follow Nangong Yue back to Fufengyuan, but at this time Que'er, who was guarding the second gate, came up and said: "Shizi Concubine, eldest girl, the Nanjiang Palace sent someone to come to pick you up. Big girl."
Xiao Fei's little face suddenly collapsed.
Nangong Yue nodded slightly to Baihe.
Since it was someone from Southern Xinjiang, it was most likely sent by Zhennan King. Of course, Nan Gongyue, as the concubine, wanted to meet her. She told Que'er to let the nanny come to Fufengyuan to meet her.
After a while, a woman wearing a stone-blue silk jacket came. She seemed to be in her early thirties, with jade hairpins on her hair and jade bracelets on her wrists. She was fair and tall, and she did not look like a slave , but like the mistress of a good family. Beside her was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old maidservant in Tsing Yi.
Seeing the woman, Xiao Fei called out "Nurse", but she didn't look sideways.
The woman saluted Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei respectfully: "I have seen the concubine, eldest girl."
Xiao Fei introduced from the side: "Sister-in-law, this is my nanny, Sister Lan."
Nangong Yue nodded slightly.
Looking at Nanny Lan, Xiao Fei showed a trace of embarrassment on her usually cold face: "Nurse, why are you here?"
Sister Lan frowned slightly, and replied respectfully: "Miss, this servant is ordered by the prince to bring Miss back to southern Xinjiang."
Knowing that Xiao Fei had secretly gone to the capital, King Zhennan was furious and sent guards to chase after her, but they failed to catch up. When the second group of guards was dispatched, Sister Lan took the initiative to volunteer and came with the guards. They hurriedly chased all the way to the capital, and when they arrived at the Zhennan Palace in the capital, they realized that the eldest girl Xiao Fei had arrived.
Lan Nanny's tone was flat, without any fluctuations, but Nangong Yue heard a bit of condemnation from it, and cast a glance at Xiao Fei, who lowered her eyes in embarrassment, and said: "Nurse, I won't go back !" As she spoke, she thought of the purpose of coming to the capital this time, "I want to wait here for my elder brother to come back." Xiao Fei looked at Nangong Yue begging for help, and Nangong Yue gave her a comforting look.
Lan Momo frowned even tighter, and was about to persuade her again, when Nangong Yue said, "Lan Momo, it's rare for a big sister to come to the capital, and as a sister-in-law, I should treat my sister well, why bother?" I am in a hurry to go back to southern Xinjiang! I will write a letter to my father later, and I am sure my father will agree."
Sister Lan gave Nangong Yue a strange look, and her eyes flashed. Everyone knows that the concubine and the concubine are at odds. Logically speaking, the concubine should be eager to send the eldest girl back to southern Xinjiang immediately. Why should the eldest girl be kept
Are you uneasy
Lan Nanny was vigilant, but Xiao Fei was very happy, and took the initiative to hold Nangong Yue's hand, showing a rare happy smile on her face.
The relationship between the eldest girl and the crown prince seems to be very harmonious? Sister Lan couldn't help frowning slightly.
Although her heart was full of puzzlement, Sister Lan still respectfully complied. After all, what Nangong Yue said was reasonable, and Xiao Fei also expressed her attitude. She is just a slave, how can she be the master of her master... Later, I still want to ask the eldest girl what happened in the capital these days.
Nangong Yue asked Baihe to settle down with Nanny Lan, and the guards who came from southern Xinjiang were handed over to Zhu Xing.
Xiao Fei wanted to continue following Nangong Yue, but Nanny Lan held her back. Xiao Fei hesitated for a moment, and took Nanny Lan back to her yard.
Nangong Yue asked Que'er to pay more attention to Nanny Lan, and then returned to Fufengyuan.
She wrote two letters in a row, and one was sent to Nanjiang. When Xiao Fei first arrived in the capital, she had already sent a letter to King Zhennan, and the first letter should have arrived by the time. And the other letter was delivered to Princess Yongyang's mansion... This letter attracted two distinguished guests. In the early morning of the next day, Fu Yunhe and Fu Yunyan came.
As soon as Fu Yunhe came, he cut straight to the point and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you are asking the right person this time. I know this kid Cheng Luo best." Today Fu Yunyan is just serving as a guest under cover.
A smile flashed in Nangong Yue's eyes, as she expected, these dudes were all mixed together.
After Fu Yunhe took a sip of tea, he straightened out his thoughts and said, "Although that guy Cheng Luo is a bit incompetent..."
When he said "If you can't write well, you can use martial arts", Fu Yunyan glanced at him with a half-smile, as if to say, you are also qualified to comment on people's writing skills!
Fu Yunhe shrugged nonchalantly, although he is not as good as his elder brother, he is still pretty good, okay
Fu Yunhe continued: "However, he is upright and forthright, his brain is also stubborn, and his character is absolutely fine. The only thing I have to say is... well, he is a bit sympathetic. It's just..."
It's finally here... Nangong Yue is not surprised at all, if the Guangping Marquis Mansion has such good conditions, if there is not a "only", how can she consider a concubine daughter of a third-rank official!
The Guangping Marquis Mansion is fairly quiet. There are three legitimate sons and one concubine son. Cheng Luo is the youngest. Like most descendants of aristocratic families, there are several people in the house. It's just that Mrs. Guangping Hou is very strict, and she just turned the face of the two big maids who have been serving since childhood, and made them roommates.
Originally, this Tongfang had always been serving the Bizi Tang, after all, before the eldest son, no well-behaved family would allow the birth of a concubine.
Unexpectedly, half a month ago, one of Tong Fang suddenly found out that he was pregnant. According to Mrs. Guangpinghou's thoughts, this child would naturally not be able to be kept, but that Tong Fang was weak. Even her life is in danger. Cheng Luo usually has a rough temper, but she is not a cruel one, so she begged Mrs. Guangping Hou to keep the child.
This is the eldest son of a concubine before they get married, which is a big scandal for a family like the Guangping Houfu. After something like this happened, it was impossible for Cheng Luo to find someone with the right background.
Madam Hou of Guangping certainly never agreed at the beginning, but, as the saying goes, parents love the youngest son, Madam Guangping Hou still couldn't hold back the youngest son in the end, so she thought that Cheng Luo was not the eldest son anyway, and would not inherit the title in the future, even if It doesn't matter if the wife's status is low, I just want to choose a girl with a good temper and a decent family background who can take care of some youngest children in the family on weekdays.
As soon as Fu Yunhe finished speaking, Fu Yunyan couldn't wait to say: "Ah Yue, you have to make your second sister think about this marriage carefully!" She also knew Cheng Luo, but she didn't expect him to be so unreasonable in his actions.
Fu Yunhe's brows twitched. Since ancient times, marriage, parents' orders, and matchmaker's words, there is no place for a girl's family to put her beak, that is, Liu Niang's good life.
"Little Crane, thank you very much." Nangong Yue nodded slightly.
In fact, Cheng Luo's problem is not serious among the aristocratic families in the royal capital.
Not to mention a family of officials and eunuchs, even if it is a family with a better family background, no matter whether it is a legitimate son or a concubine, it is normal to have several houses before getting married. However, family and rules are higher than love, and the respect that a concubine gets is always beyond the reach of those concubines and Tongfang. Even the uncle Nangong Qin also has a concubine, otherwise how could there be Nangongyan
If it weren't for the problem of "the eldest son of the concubine", Mrs. Guangping Hou would not ask to marry Nangong Yan.
However, such a matter is naturally not something she can decide, and she doesn't know Nangong Yan's view on this matter, but in her opinion, this marriage is not appropriate. This inappropriateness is not because Cheng Luo has two Tongfangs, but because the Guangping Marquis allowed Tongfang to give birth to the "eldest son". If Cheng Luo can soften his heart to Tongfang's concubine once, there will be a second time, and a third time...
Although Cheng Luo shouldn't spoil concubines and destroy wives, being too fond of women and jade will only make the inner house unbalanced, and it may be difficult for the second sister to live a peaceful life after marrying.
After seeing off Fu Yunhe and his siblings, Nangong Yue sent a letter to Nangong Qin, and then it depends on what uncle means...
Xiao Fei is very happy to be able to stay in the capital with the support of Nangong Yue. Nangong Yue also has her own considerations. This sister-in-law is very simple, but she was raised a little incomprehensible and too stubborn. For the eldest daughter of the royal family , Such a temperament is not pleasing, especially after getting married, it is easy to suffer. Sooner or later, I will go back to Southern Border with Xiao Yi, if I can take this opportunity to teach Xiao Fei well, it will undoubtedly be a good thing, at least, if Xiao Fei is willing to get close to them, Xiao Yi will be happy too.
Thinking in this way, Nangong Yue simply called Xiao Fei over after dealing with the mid-feeding matters every day.
Knowing that Xiao Fei likes to read books, she started chatting from the ancient collections of classics and history, and within a few days, Xiao Fei became more and more intimate with this knowledgeable sister-in-law, calling her "big sister-in-law" affectionately.
Since Lan Nanny came here, she followed Xiao Fei every day, and she wondered if she was worried that Nangong Yue would harm Xiao Fei.
The turmoil caused by Xiao Fei's sudden arrival in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion gradually calmed down, but in the Third Prince's Mansion, dark waves were raging.
Bai Yi lived in a small courtyard with three entrances, compared to Bai Muxiao's place full of flowers, it looked a bit deserted.
At this time, in the room where the clothes were placed, her personal servant girl Wu Ya took out a small porcelain bottle from her bosom and handed it over, saying: "Your Majesty the Holy Maiden, this is given to the slave by Lord A Dachi, and the Lord said it was for looking for it." It is formulated by the best doctor in the capital, and after taking it, it only takes a cup of tea to take effect, and it will not hurt the body."
"Not hurting the body?" Bai Yi sneered, "How could it not hurt the body..."
Wu Ya hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Highness, you, you should think about it again."
"Don't think about it." Bai Yi played with the small porcelain bottle, and after a while, he carefully put it into a mahogany carved box on the dressing table, and carefully locked it.
Now that everything is ready, it is only due to the east wind, a sharp light flashed in the blue pupils in the clothes, then he got up and looked at the hazy sky outside the window, and said: "It's time to pay my respects to the princess."
Bai Yi took Wu Ya out of the courtyard, and walked all the way to Cui Yanyan's main courtyard. This is the time every day to say hello. Bai Muxiao will not be late, but she will never be early. Now that she passes by, she will definitely meet her .
Sure enough, she just walked to the gate of the main courtyard and saw Bai Muxiao.
"Sister Xiao'er." Bai Yi nodded slightly at Bai Muxiao, her age was still young, and her figure was still slender.
Bai Muxiao suppressed the urge to look at Baiyi's abdomen, and said coldly: "Baiyi's concubine."
Bai Muxiao didn't seem to notice Bai Muxiao's indifference towards him at all, and said enthusiastically: "Sister Xiao'er, in a few days it will be the flower viewing banquet for Princess Yuncheng. His Highness rewarded me with two brocades a few days ago. Let the sewing room make a new dress, sister Xiaoer has always had a unique eye, after saying hello to her in a while, go to my yard and take a look for me."
Is she showing off to herself
Bai Muxiao's heart was turbulent, but she said calmly on her face: "If the concubine who puts on clothes has any new clothes, she can wear them for Your Highness to see."
"Sister Xiao'er." Bai Yi smiled suddenly, leaned in front of her and said, "Actually, I have admired His Highness for a long time, and His Highness also has feelings for me... What happened that day was just a matter of course."
Bai Muxiao looked at her coldly.
Bai Muxiao believes that Han Lingfu is sincere to her, but she has always wondered if putting on clothes is just pushing the boat along the way, and now it seems that she is right!
Bai Muxiao said in a cold voice, "What do you want to say?"
Putting his clothes on his lower abdomen, he said softly: "This is His Highness's eldest son, and he is connected with His Highness by blood. Compared with a child, what is a woman? One day, His Highness will understand my sincerity and know that I am with you." This child is his most precious. Sister Xiao'er, it's a pity for you, I'm afraid you will soon be alone in the empty room... "
Bai Muxiao gritted her teeth firmly, and squeezed out a voice from between her teeth, "Put your clothes on!"
"Sister Xiao'er." There was a smile on his face as he put on his clothes, as if he was just talking to her intimately, "In fact, I really sympathize with you."
Bai Muxiao resisted the urge to push her to the ground.
This is Cui Yanyan's yard, and Cui Yanyan is waiting to catch her. It is precisely because she knows this that she has nothing to fear.
She has to endure, she has to endure.
She needs to find a good moment...
Now that Bai Yi and Cui Yanyan have formed an alliance because of this child, the whole house is full of their eyeliners, so she can't be in a hurry.
Now that she has decided to do it, she has to do it without anyone noticing, so she can't be in the mansion.
Bai Muxiao looked at Bai Muxiao's gloomy expression, smiled suddenly, and said charmingly, "I've seen Your Highness."
As soon as Bai Muxiao came back to her senses, she saw Han Lingfu walking towards this side. She looked at Han Lingfu, smiled and nodded to Bai Yi before looking at herself.
Bai Muxiao tried her best to restrain the trace of jealousy in her heart, not to let her expression show the slightest bit.
"Your Highness, you came at a good time." Bai Yi took a look at Bai Muxiao deliberately, and then walked forward and said, "I was just talking to Sister Xiao'er that you and your sister will take us to Mayor Yun together in a few days." It's the princess's flower viewing feast. I have made an appointment with my sister Xiao'er to go and look at the newly made dress for me."
Han Lingfu smiled and nodded, and said: "Xiao'er has always had a good eye, it's better for her to see for you."
Bai Muxiao looked at the provocation in Bai Yi's blue eyes, and the jealousy in her heart grew like weeds.
At the same time, the words "Flower Appreciation Banquet" also appeared in her mind...
By the way, the Flower Appreciation Banquet, Princess Yuncheng's Mansion! This is a great opportunity...
Bai Muxiao clenched her fists in her sleeves and said to herself: Don't worry. When the child is gone, I can see whether I can still smile when I look at the clothes! Just wait for the flower viewing party...