While waiting for Youyou to wake up, Yuan Qingling's slightly sad face came into view.
The panic stayed in his heart, but now it was biting his limbs and bones like a poisonous snake. He trembled and took Yuan Qingling's hand, "Is Chu Mingcui really like this? Is the emperor really angry?"
Yuan Qingling looked at the poor man in front of him and said, "Father, if it hadn't been for this matter, how could the emperor have asked me to go back to my parents' home if I was pregnant now? Please think of a way."
Jinghou lay upright on the imperial concubine's chair, her mouth twitched a few times, she was dead now, that Chu Mingcui was really hateful, it would have been better if she had died herself, and she had to implicate his entire family.
The emperor will definitely be furious.
He glanced at Yuan Qingling's belly. Oh my god, it was only four months old. It was so big and round. She looked like a daughter. She couldn't live, she couldn't live.
Thinking of this, I was more than half depressed, thinking that I had been living like a coward for half my life, making little progress in my official career, and that the glory of the Hou Mansion was no longer the same as before, but was in decline.
Since he inherited the position of Marquis, he has sworn in front of his ancestors that he must restore Jinghou Mansion to its former glory.
He knows that his abilities are limited, so he concentrates on working hard. For this purpose, he is willing to sacrifice everything.
However, he didn't expect that when he racked his brains and thought he could go one step further, he would end up falling into a point of no return because of this.
He sat up slowly and stared blankly at Yuan Qingling for a while. He was about to cry but had no tears. He sighed repeatedly and walked out in despair.
Yuan Qingling looked at his back, as if his spine was suddenly pulled out of his body.
Naturally, we cannot tell everyone about this matter, but,
He always relied on the second old lady, so he went to the second old lady to discuss the matter.
After all, after Yuan Qingling comes back, everything in the backyard will have to be taken care of by the second lady.
After hearing this, the second old lady was so frightened that she rolled her eyes. It took a long time for her to recover. After she recovered, her hands and feet were still cold and numb.
Finally, she said with difficulty, "That is, if you want to survive, the princess must have a boy in her belly."
"Looking at her belly, she must be a girl." Jinghou was very knowledgeable about these things. This was because his previous boss's daughter-in-law was pregnant, and he wanted to make a speech, so he went to ask the old man for advice.
Those with round bellies are mostly daughters, and those with pointed and thin bellies are mostly sons.
The second old lady murmured, "This is so ridiculous. The lives of all the people in our Jingwai Mansion have to be tied to the gender of an unborn child."
Jinghou looked outside and lowered his voice and said, "Second aunt, I need you to think of something to do about this matter."
"What are you thinking of?" The second old lady's face turned pale, "It's already this month and it has been decided long ago. How can I change it?"
He waited quietly and said, "It's decided, but if it's the first child born in the Marquis' Mansion, wouldn't we be the first to know whether it's a boy or a girl? Why don't Second Aunt prepare with both hands?"
The second old lady was startled, "How to prepare with both hands?"
"Hey," Jinghou thought about the hint, but now that she didn't understand, he said directly, "Why don't you first find a pregnant woman outside, who is about a month old, and then secretly take her back to the house after giving birth? If Yuan Qing Lingsheng
If the person's daughter is a son, then replace him immediately. If it's a son, then give him a sum of money and tell him to leave. Isn't that the best thing to do?"
The second old lady looked at him
, "What if the person you are looking for also gives birth to a daughter? Where is the guarantee for this?"
"Then find a few. I don't believe that I can't give birth to a son." Jinghou said rudely.
By this time, he was hysterical.
The second wife looked at him blankly and sighed softly. It was not difficult to find a few pregnant women, but how easy was it to get their children?
Jinghou saw what she meant and sighed, "Second Aunt, why can't you turn your head? It's hard to find people in the capital, why don't you look for them in poor places? There are many people selling their sons and daughters.
If you give me dozens of taels of silver, I can even give you a daughter-in-law."
The second old lady came to her senses and said, "That's right, that's right, okay, just leave this matter to me."
Recently, the old lady has frequently taken over the affairs of the family, and she is worried that she has no chance to fight back. Now that she is doing this, it is related to the lives of everyone in the house, and she is the most important one.
After Yuan Qingling sent Jinghou away, Yuan Qingping asked in shock, "Sister, is this true?"
Yuan Qingling smiled and raised a finger between her lips, "I'm scaring him."
Yuan Qingping breathed a sigh of relief and asked puzzledly, "Why are you trying to scare him?"
Yuan Qing Ling smiled and said, "That way, he won't have time to bother me."
He had to fight for the lives of so many people in the house.
She pulled Yuan Qingping and said, "Let's go find grandma and pay her respects."
Yuan Qingping still wanted to ask for details, but it was not too late to ask her grandmother again later. Anyway, the eldest sister would definitely have to explain to her grandmother.
The old lady also learned about Yuan Qingling's return last night, so she got up early in the morning and waited for her to come over.
Enter
As soon as they entered the courtyard, Mother Sun hurriedly greeted her, "Oh, my princess, you are finally here. The old lady has been waiting impatiently."
Yuan Qingling walked in quickly. The old lady was sitting on a chair. Her eyes had been staring at her face since she entered. Her eyes were anxious and worried.
Yuan Qingling wanted to kneel down, but Sun's mother quickly supported her, "Stop kneeling, does my grandmother still pay attention to this fictitious article? You are heavy, please sit down quickly."
Yuan Qingling's mentality had become peaceful. Now seeing the anxious look on the old lady's face, she couldn't help but have red circles in her eyes and shouted aggrievedly, "Grandma!"
The old lady sighed and looked at her, "What's going on?"
Yuan Qingling said softly, "I made the emperor angry. The emperor ordered me to return to my parents' home."
"You are no longer a reckless girl, how could you offend the emperor?" the old lady asked very shrewdly.
Yuan Qingling knew that she could not marry her sister. According to her grandmother, taking a concubine and marrying a concubine was the most normal thing.
Therefore, she still revealed what happened in the princess's mansion, and Chu Mingcui confessed before his death that the matter was a trap set by him to frame the King of Chu.
The old lady seemed to have expected it, and sighed, "If it's because of this, I admit that it was you and your daughter who were at fault first."
"Yes!" Yuan Qingling said softly.
The old lady asked her, "What can King Chu do?"
The old lady always had a glimmer of hope in her heart, hoping that the King of Chu would show some concern for her husband and wife. After all, she saw that they were getting along well as a couple at that time.
"It was the emperor's will. He didn't know it when I left."
Yuan Qingling couldn't help but worry, wondering if Lao Wu had made his father angry.
Just ask Ah Si to go out and inquire about it.
When the old lady saw that she was absent-minded, she just said that she was very sad, so she didn't ask anything. Instead, she comforted her and said, "It's okay. Come back as soon as you come back. Your mother's family will always have a bite to eat. You can live in the house with peace of mind. Who dares to bully you?"