On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Jiang Yue asked Concubine Wei and other concubines to jointly hold a Lantern Festival family banquet.
All the ladies and ministers from famous families in the capital were invited, as well as their daughters of the right age.
Wen Qingzhu received the message, which was sent by Concubine Wei alone.
Wen Shuquan also received the message, which was sent by Wanbi.
As Jiang Yuanhan's attendant, Wen Mingxuan entered the palace early.
After Mother Ye dressed her up, she personally sent her to the carriage.
But Mother Ye was still worried, holding Wen Qingzhu's hand and saying, "Miss, why didn't General Fu attend today's banquet? King Ning of Chu wants to marry a concubine, what if..."
"Mother Ye, don't worry, Concubine Wei is here. Besides, aren't we talking about marriage with the Wei family now? General Wei will also come over today."
Wen Qingzhu patted the back of Ye's mother's hand and comforted her softly.
"Well, then, Lu Tao, Xi'er, you must protect the young lady." Mother Ye was worried and told them again.
"I got it, mother!" Lu Tao waved his hand and then lowered the curtain.
As we headed towards the palace, we met many carriages going to the palace.
Arriving at the palace gate, Wen Qingzhu saw Li Qing as soon as he got off the car.
Wen Qingzhu turned to leave, but Li Qing grabbed his wrist and whispered: "Auntie is well prepared and will make Mr. Lei agree to the marriage. If you help me, you are helping me!"
Hearing this, Wen Qingzhu smiled lowly. As expected, Li Qing still had no idea.
She gently shook off Li Qing's hand and looked at her sarcastically: "Miss Li, Lord Lei is not as simple as you think."
Turning around and leading Lu Tao Xi'er towards the palace gate, they met Lei Yan brother and sister.
"Brother Yan, sister Shuo."
Lei Shuo glanced behind her strangely: "What does Li Qing want from you? It doesn't have anything to do with Prince Ning, right?"
"Yeah, but don't worry, she's not helping Prince Ning, but helping you." Wen Qingzhu took Lei Shuo's hand and walked inside side by side.
When they arrived at the Wugutai, Wen Qingzhu and the Lei family sat together.
Because Concubine Li can arrange it, the Lei family's position is very high this time.
Not long after he sat down, Wen Qinglan came over.
She looked at Wen Qingzhu with an innocent face, then looked at the Lei family with some worry and asked, "Seventh sister, father wants to talk to you."
"Really? Mr. Wen and I have nothing to say. Miss Wen, please go back." Wen Qingzhu refused without hesitation.
But when Wen Qinglan thought of Wanbi's promise, her heart moved.
Jiang Yuancheng wanted Wen Qingzhu to be his concubine, but Concubine Wan disliked Wen Qingzhu extremely and secretly told her that if she could persuade Wen Qingzhu to do so.
Then when the time comes, we can change things and make her Wen Qinglan the main concubine.
After waiting for so many years, what Wen Qinglan wants is the position of the princess.
If she gives birth to a grandson in the future, as long as nothing unexpected happens, she will be the queen!
When the time comes, does she still need to look at other people's faces for what she wants to do
Thinking of this, Wen Qingzhu turned aside and pointed to Wen Shuquan: "Father said that mother wants to see you."
"Mother?" Wen Qingzhu was stunned. Uncle Wen continued
Why haven't you heard any news
Following Wen Qinglan's gaze, he saw Aunt Yue wearing red clothes and sitting next to Wen Shuquan.
Wen Qingzhu narrowed his eyes. Did Uncle Wen Quan help Aunt Yue to stand upright
Seeing Wen Qingzhu's eyes moving slightly, Wen Qinglan struck while the iron was hot and said: "In addition to mother, Young Madam Wan is also here. She is pregnant with Liujia. I heard she is about to give birth? Let's go call Madam Wan together later."
After retracting his gaze, Wen Qingzhu looked Wen Qinglan up and down.
It seemed that Wanbi must have promised her something, otherwise she wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to let her go.
"Okay." Wen Qingzhu decided to go over and take a look. After all, Aunt Yue and Wen Qingmei didn't know what happened today.
It is necessary to give a reminder.
After saying goodbye to Mrs. Lei San, Wen Qingzhu followed Wen Qinglan to the Wan family.
But they found Wen Qingmei sitting upright with a big belly, but Wan Ze was nowhere to be seen.
"Sister Twelve." Wen Qinglan walked forward enthusiastically, reaching out to help Wen Qingmei.
But Wen Qingmei avoided it deftly and reached Wen Qingzhu with the help of the maid.
"Seventh sister, are you here? Why..."
with her
Wen Qingmei said this and turned to look at Wen Qinglan who was calm and composed.
Wen Qingzhu turned around and pointed to Wen Shuquan: "I heard that mother is here, so I should go and visit her."
"Mother?" Wen Qingmei was stunned, then she took a few steps outside and took a look.
Sure enough, I saw Aunt Yue who was dressed nicely.
"Auntie..." Wen Qingmei's eyes suddenly turned red and she covered her mouth in excitement.
Xiao Xing, who was supporting her, hurriedly persuaded her, "Young madam, please don't be excited about what the doctor said. You don't have enough months left, so you need to take good care of your pregnancy."
Wen Qingzhu walked over and took Wen Qingmei's wrist.
I was shocked when I checked the pulse. This was clearly a pulse sign of unstable fetal position.
Turning his head and looking at Wanze's empty position, Wen Qingzhu frowned subconsciously.
"Where is Master Wan?"
Wen Qingmei turned around, lowered her head and said nothing.
Xiao Xing, who was standing next to her, said angrily: "She is not that bitch Xiao Tao. The young lady values her so much, yet she is shameless and treacherously seduces the young master! Forcing the young lady to carry her aunt to her!"
"Isn't Xiaotao the person chosen by Yue...mother?" Wen Qingzhu frowned. It seemed that Wen Qingmei's life in Wanjia was not easy.
Xiao Xing wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Wen Qingmei: "Forget it, there's no need to worry my sister about these things. I can handle them myself. Let's go see my mother first."
Several people arrived at Wen Shuquan's side together, and happened to hear Wen Shuquan introducing Aunt Yue to his friend and his wife.
"This is the bitch Yue Niang."
"Hello, Mrs. Wen." The lady opposite was also very polite and nice.
Yueniang returned the salute in a standard manner, looking humble and gentle, and very fond of her.
After those people leave, Wen Shuquan and Yueniang will come back to their senses.
Wen Qingzhu could only salute and say hello to Wen Qingmei and others: "Father, mother."
"Get up." Yueniang came over and supported Wen Qingzhu with one hand and Wen Qingmei with the other. She looked very excited but also very restrained.
After sitting down, Wen Qingzhu listened to their chat quietly.
Suddenly, Wen Shuquan asked him: "I heard that Ming Xuan is working as a chamberlain for the Eighth Prince?"
"yes… "
Seeing Wen Shuquan about to ask again, Wen Qingzhu said first: "What's the difference between yes and no?"
Wen Shuquan's face turned cold and he looked at her unkindly.
Seeing that the atmosphere was about to get tense, Yueniang came over to smooth things over: "It's not like I haven't seen Mingxuan for a long time. I miss him. If you have time, you'd better bring Mingxuan over for a visit. After all, we are all a family."
"That's what mother said." Wen Qingzhu smiled, seeing that Yueniang's graceful appearance looked a bit like Mrs. Ning's.
It seems that Mrs. Ning really takes care of Yueniang.
After a while, Jiang Yuan came over unexpectedly.
"Third Master Wen, Mrs. Wen, Fourth Miss, and Mrs. Wan Shao."
Finally, he turned to look at Wen Qingzhu, his eyes were very affectionate: "Qingzhu."
Hearing this completely different title, Wen Qinglan's lungs almost exploded with anger.
But she couldn't reveal even a little bit, because Jiang Yuancheng was here.
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu." Wen Qingzhu did not respond at all, and only said a few words after everyone.
Wen Shuquan immediately stepped forward and asked Jiang Yuancheng to sit down.
He happened to be sitting next to Wen Qingzhu.
This made Wen Qingzhu very unhappy, and he raised his head and glanced at Wen Shuquan.
But Wen Shuquan just smiled and asked for tea.
"Qingzhu, listen to me, today -"
Wen Qingzhu was impatient, stood up, turned to Yueniang and said, "Mom, Sister Shuo needs help with something, I'm leaving first."
It's so disrespectful, but everyone in the capital is watching.
Jiang Yuancheng finally got angry, stood up, and held her wrist: "Qingzhu! How long are you going to be willful!"
"Let go!" Wen Qingzhu did not look back, but his face was covered with a layer of frost, and there was even an unconcealed murderous intent in his tone.
The people around him all stretched their necks and looked over.
Wen Qingzhu's face became colder and colder. Just when she was about to take action, Wen Qingmei suddenly clutched her stomach and shouted in pain: "Sister! Sister! My stomach hurts so much! It hurts so much!"
Wen Qingzhu and Jiang Yuancheng immediately turned around and saw Wen Qingmei's forehead covered with sweat, and her face turned a little pale.
At this time, Wen Qingzhu no longer had any murderous intention and was only worried about Wen Qingmei's child.
If she fails to keep her first child, her position in the Wan family will be unstable.
She was about to walk over, but was pulled back by force.
Only then did I remember that this idiot Jiang Yuancheng hadn’t let go yet!
"Let go!" These two words came out from between Wen Qingzhu's teeth.
Seeing Wen Qingmei's appearance, Jiang Yuancheng could only let go.
Quickly arriving in front of Wen Qingmei, Yueniang greeted the servants and took them to the tent at the back.
After closing the curtain, Wen Qingmei immediately breathed a sigh of relief and made a shushing gesture.
Wen Qingzhu understood instantly, looked back and found Xiao Xing and Xi'er guarding the door.
Wen Qingmei leaned into her ear and whispered: "Sister, my mother was just straightened yesterday. It was Wen Qinglan who persuaded her father to change her household registration in a hurry."
"So that's it." Wen Qingzhu understood now that if it weren't for himself, Aunt Yue might still be her aunt.
However, she still checked Wen Qingmei's pulse, frowned and asked, "Your health has always been good, why is the fetal position so unstable?"
Wen Qingmei bit her lower lip and said with difficulty: "I shouldn't have told my sister, but since my sister asked, I'll tell you anyway."
"After we got married, Aze and I did have a good time. Aze was very protective of me. But my mother-in-law and the old lady didn't like me and kept sowing discord. After they found out that I was pregnant, they finally succeeded. Yes, I have everything to guard against, even domestic thieves are hard to guard against. I didn’t expect Xiaotao to betray me. In order to stabilize her position, she naturally blew the whistle on her, and Aze listened to it, and our relationship faded away. "
Wen Qingzhu was silent for a moment, and then asked: "It shouldn't be difficult to get rid of Xiao Tao. Is it because of what Wan Ze said?"
"Yes, she said that if something happens to Xiao Tao, she wants me to repay you double." Wen Qingmei was so angry when she talked about this.
"I sent Xiaotao to do those intercourses before. Now she has picked them all off and pushed them all onto me."
Wen Qingzhu comforted her: "Don't be excited, Wan Ze took Xiao Tao to steal the fragrance, right?"
"Yeah." Wen Qingmei was reluctant to admit it.
She didn't even dare to tell the truth to her own mother, but when facing Wen Qingzhu, she couldn't help but tell her.
Wen Qingzhu touched her belly: "Don't worry, there are many people today, I will help you deal with Xiao Tao."