In less than half an hour, Lu Tao came back in surprise.
She was just about to talk to Wen Qingzhu about what happened downstairs when she saw the half-drunk teacup opposite her.
"Has anyone been here?" Lu Tao looked at the empty seat.
Wen Qingzhu nodded and asked Lu Tao to sit down: "Well, a friend came here, but he has already left. Please tell me about the situation of the medical center."
"Okay." Lu Tao's attention immediately returned and he began to talk to Wen Qingzhu enthusiastically about what happened in the medical clinic.
On the way home, Wen Qingzhu kept thinking.
The fact that the Crown Princess had a miscarriage was a huge blow to the Prince's Mansion. At least the position of the Prince's Mansion was not as stable as before.
As soon as they arrived in front of the Wen family gate, the carriage hadn't stopped yet.
Wen Qingzhu heard Xia Feiyuan's voice.
She immediately opened the car curtain and saw Wen Qingfang and Wen Mingyu sending Xia Feiyuan away.
Could it be that Concubine Xia has already decided
When the carriage arrived at the door, Wen Qingzhu got up and got off.
Xia Feiyuan, who hadn't gotten into the car yet, looked over with evil intentions in her eyes.
Wen Qingfang originally didn't want Xia Feiyuan to provoke Wen Qingzhu, but Wen Mingyu spoke up in advance.
"Seventh sister, come here to say hello to Miss Xia."
Wen Qingzhu, who was planning to leave directly, smiled sarcastically when he heard this: "Second brother, do you have enough money these days?"
Ever since the Wen family began to fight among themselves for the property, the third family was rich, and the fourth family had connections with all the managers of the Wen family's property.
The first house and the second house began to feel more and more uncomfortable. Without money, they could only rely on Wan's dowry to support themselves.
In the past, Wen Mingyu could go directly to the Wen family's accounting office to pay money.
Now he can only go to Wan's side to collect money.
Wan thought that Wen Mingyu would have to get a wife and Wen Qingfang would get married in the future, so she cut most of her expenses.
This made Wen Mingyu feel uncomfortable all of a sudden.
A few days ago, he even deducted some money from his subordinates, which caused a scene in Huayuan.
When Wen Qingzhu mentioned this matter, Wen Mingyu's face suddenly turned red and he cursed angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about! When did I run out of money!"
Wen Qingzhu sneered: "Okay, okay, no shortage of money, no shortage of money."
Seeing that something was wrong, Wen Qingfang immediately came out to apologize: "Seventh sister, I'm really sorry. My brother just wanted you to come over and say hello. There was no harm in it."
Wen Qingzhu was even more disdainful, asking her to go over to Xia Feiyuan to salute just to say hello
However, seeing that Wen Qingfang was particularly knowledgeable, Wen Qingzhu decided not to argue with them.
She turned to leave, but Xia Feiyuan suddenly called out to her: "Wen Qingzhu! Stop for me, Miss!"
Wen Qingfang gritted her teeth secretly, and quickly pulled Xia Feiyuan with a smile on her face: "Sister Feiyuan, seventh sister still has something to do, we will take you to see her another day."
Xia Feiyuan didn't give Wen Qingfang any face, shook off Wen Qingfang's hand and walked straight towards Wen Qingzhu.
At this time, Wen Qingzhu had arrived at the steps of the Wen family's gate.
Hearing Xia Feiyuan's footsteps behind him, Wen Qingzhu stopped and turned to look at Xia Feiyuan condescendingly: "Ms. You are the last generation, you better not be arrogant in front of me!"
"You!" Xia Feiyuan was shocked and angry. She never expected that Wen Qingzhu would suddenly hit her family's shortcomings.
Surprised and suspicious, she gritted her teeth and asked, "Did Wen Mingyu or Wen Qingfang tell you?"
"Of course not! I don't even know!" Wen Mingyu jumped up and hurried over.
Wen Qingfang had a headache, but she was still surprised that Wen Qingzhu knew so many things.
Seeing that Xia Feiyuan's arrogance dropped, Wen Qingzhu took Lu Tao home.
After entering the mansion, Lu Tao asked curiously: "How do you know that Uncle He Xian is the last generation of lords?"
Wen Qingzhu smiled and explained: "Actually, I just guessed."
"How could you guess this?" Lu Tao looked at Wen Qingzhu in disbelief and helped her walk even more diligently.
Wen Qingzhu explained to Lu Tao carefully: "First of all, it is very unusual for Xia Feiyan to marry a prince as a concubine. Although the earl is not a high-ranking one, marrying an ordinary prince as a concubine is obviously a better marriage. Why do you think Xia Feiyan Not married to an ordinary prince?"
"It's because the power of Uncle Xian's family is getting weaker and weaker, and even ordinary princes no longer look down on the Xia family!" Lu Tao realized something.
"Well, this only means that the Xia family has not made any contribution to stabilize their family's title."
"So Xia Feiyan married the prince to consolidate the Xia family's title. However, she was never able to give birth to a child, and her position in the prince's house was unstable, so she didn't help the Xia family much at all." Lu Tao suddenly realized that she seemed to know. reason.
Wen Qingzhu was very pleased and held the back of Lu Tao's hand: "Also, Xia Feiyuan has been coming to the Wen family frequently since last time. What do you think the Xia family is interested in?"
Lu Tao thought for a moment and exclaimed: "You don't want to marry the Wen family, do you?"
"Yes, but obviously the Xia family doesn't know the real situation of the Wen family." Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but sneer when he thought of this.
She has a good relationship with the Crown Princess, and now Jiang Yuancheng has visited the Wen family many times.
This forced the Xia family to pay attention to the Wen family.
Under normal circumstances, with Xia Feiyuan as the legitimate daughter, the Xia family would not consider the Wen family.
But the Xia family was already declining, and they had to be rescued by force.
It just so happened that the eldest lady Wan also wanted to rely on the Xia family to gain power.
Both parties have intentions, but they don't know each other's true situation.
The most important thing is that Concubine Xia is in the Prince's Mansion, and Wan Shi and Wen Qingfang are also staring at the Prince's Mansion.
The relationship here is very important.
April passed so quietly.
Jasmine kept coming to report every day, and Xia Feiyuan came to Wen's house frequently.
Wen Mingyu and Wen Qingfang from the main room are always with them.
Wen Qingzhu was not in a hurry and began to use Xue Shi Medical Clinic to secretly inquire about the capital.
By May, Fu Lie will be back.
Sitting in the study, Wen Qingzhu looked through several recent documents, feeling extremely worried.
Jiang Yuancheng officially served in the Ministry of Household Affairs.
This shows that he is ready to start seizing the throne.
In early May, the reputation of Xue Shi Medical Clinic gradually spread.
Wen Qingzhu was sitting on the second floor of Ruyi Teahouse, drinking tea quietly.
After a while, Zheng Xu came upstairs with a tired face.
He looked very depressed and his eyes were distracted.
After sitting down opposite Wen Qingzhu, he just stared at the empty teacup in front of him.
Even though Wen Qingzhu took away the tea cup and poured him a new cup of tea, he still didn't react.
"Mr. Zheng!" Wen Qingzhu couldn't stand it anymore and knocked on the table with his hand.
Zheng Xu was suddenly startled, raised his head in a hurry, stared at Wen Qingzhu for a long time, and finally covered his face and cried softly.
This scene really frightened Wen Qingzhu, and he quickly asked him: "What happened? Why... why are you crying?"
She really couldn't understand that Zheng Xu, a grown man, actually cried!
Still cried in front of her.
Zheng Xu covered his face tightly, whimpering sounds kept coming from his throat.
After waiting for a long time, he seemed to slowly calm down.
After letting go, Zheng Xu spread his hands, his eyes were red, and there were tears on his cheeks.
Wen Qingzhu took out his handkerchief and handed it to her.
Zheng Xu took it unceremoniously, wiped the tears off his face before raising his eyes to look at Wen Qingzhu.
"Miss Wen, I made you laugh."
"No, it's okay." Wen Qingzhu's smile was a little forced, and he looked sideways at the snot and tears on his handkerchief, feeling very regretful.
Why did she give her handkerchief to Zheng Xu
Just a few seconds later, Zheng Xu's expression dropped again.
Wen Qingzhu knocked on the table again and said to him seriously: "Why did you call me here? It's not the Crown Princess who wants you to get married quickly!"
"How do you know!" Zheng Xu blinked and looked at Wen Qingzhu in surprise.
Wen Qingzhu's breath was stagnant: "I just said it casually."
But she felt strange: "But didn't the Crown Princess often urge you to get married before? Why are you... um, so sad this time?"
Zheng Xu put his hands on the table for a while, and then put them on his knees for a while.
He went back and forth five or six times, as if his hands had nowhere to rest.
Wen Qingzhu took the teacup and gave Zheng Xu another cup of hot tea: "Drink this first, and we'll talk later."
Zheng Xu still did as he was told. After drinking the hot tea, his whole body warmed up.
He seemed to be no longer so nervous, and whispered about what happened between him and the Crown Princess: "Wen Ru discovered the poem I wrote a few days ago."
Wen Qingzhu was shocked that Zheng Xu actually called the princess Wenru.
So-
Looking up, Zheng Xu's eyes met.
Zheng Xu nodded: "That poem was an acrostic poem written when I was young. At that time, I was very fond of Wen Ru."
"The Crown Princess knows that you like her?" Wen Qingzhu was surprised. He didn't expect that at this juncture, He Wenru would actually find out about it.
Zheng Xu's eyes were happy at first, and then dimmed: "Well, after she had a miscarriage, she was so depressed that she couldn't sleep at night, so I asked my sister-in-law to invite her to Zheng's house to relax. I wanted to accompany her, but she found out about my boy The poetry of time.”
"Uh..." Wen Qingzhu felt a little pitiful for Zheng Xu.
He Wenru has been married to the prince for many years, and Zheng Xu has tried his best to help the prince over the years.
Everyone thought he was taking care of their nephew.
I didn't expect there was such an inside story.
"What did the Crown Princess say?" Wen Qingzhu asked carefully.
Zheng Xu seemed to have thought of something, and tears welled up in his eyes. He held the empty tea cup tightly, and his voice was trembling: "Wen Ru said that she was also happy with me."
After Wen Qingzhu heard this, he was shocked.
In this way, he and He Wenru were in love back then!
After a long time, Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but ask him: "Then why did the princess marry the prince back then?"
"Because the prince, who had not yet been crowned prince at that time, also liked Wenru. Every time Wenru came to my house, the prince would also come." Zheng Xu's voice sounded extremely heart-wrenching.
Wen Qingzhu felt that this was wrong. Jiang Yuansheng when he was a boy should have known that he would be the prince in the future.
His concubine is most likely to be the future queen. She must be a daughter with good conduct, talent and beauty, and a clean family background.
Generally speaking, there is no way for the prince to make his own choice.
Wen Qingzhu asked: "The princess at that time was chosen by the queen, right?"
Zheng Xu nodded: "Well, at that time, my sister was hesitating between the He family and the Cui family. After the prince knew about it, he secretly visited the girls from the two families and finally chose Wenru."
"The prince doesn't like the young lady of the Cui family?" Wen Qingzhu felt a little strange.
Zheng Xu thought for a while and said, "Mr. Cui, you know, she is his granddaughter and is very favored in the Cui family, but she has always liked His Highness Prince Ning and has a bit of a temper..."
"Wait! The information is a bit confusing, please let me slow down." Wen Qingzhu raised his hand to ask Zheng Xu to stop.
Mr. Cui is a retired cabinet minister, and he is still a veteran minister respected by the emperor. He is very powerful and at the same time a neutral faction.
Judging from the last contact, the Cui family should not marry their granddaughter into the royal family.
Now Jiang Yuanan's main concubine is undecided, but he has quite a few side concubines and concubines.
Wen Qingzhu asked: "Then the Cui family married Miss Cui out of the capital?"
"Well, the Cui family saw that my sister had made a reservation for the He family, and sent Miss Cui away two months later." Zheng Xu felt very unwilling. It would have been better if the Cui family had taken the initiative at that time.