As the sky grew dark, Shen Qianyu stood up from the corner and walked out of the East Palace.
He has been in the deep palace for many years and has long been aware of the dark and remote secret roads everywhere.
Not long after, he arrived at the Royal Garden.
There was a banquet today, and all the ladies from the Shangjing families were present. Shen Qianyu knew very little about the Shangjing aristocratic families, even those with high family status. For many years, he has not been able to use his status as the prince to get close to anyone. Although he killed Duan Yiting three years ago and secretly changed his position in his name, it was still a gangster and he rarely appeared in front of others.
He really didn't want to miss this opportunity to recognize someone today.
Shen Qianyu walked along the wall to the back of the rockery and quietly looked at everyone in the garden.
Most of the people present were supporters of the third prince. Although the eldest prince had the support of his mother's family, no one knew that he had messed up the harem in his early years. Although the emperor had not made it public because he wanted to protect the queen's dignity, there were still many people who knew about it.
Originally, three or five groups were fighting against each other, but after Jiang Xingjian faked his body and returned to Beijing, the reputation of the Chengyang Marquis Mansion was completely lost, and all the losers joined the third prince's banner one after another.
Thinking of the scene when she went to Chengyang Marquis Mansion to meet Lin Jiayue that day, Shen Qianyu laughed out loud.
In just a few months, the century-old family was turned upside down and infamous, and even damaged the foundation behind the fifth prince.
I don't know how many generals like this there are in the world. If he can gather three or five of them under his command and send them to the eldest prince's mother's family and the Song family, he will be able to sit firmly in the East Palace within three years.
Just as he was wondering how to cultivate a talented person like Lin Jiayue, Shen Qianyu saw Song Wantong, the maid next to him, walking not far away from him, admiring the palace lanterns.
This location is remote and secret, and it can bring everyone into view without revealing himself. Shen Qianyu raised his eyebrows slightly, wondering whether Song Wan's move was accidental or intentional.
He leaned back, hiding himself in the shadows.
"Miss, there are lantern riddles here."
Heng Wu pointed at a few palace lanterns and said with a smile: "This slave recognizes these characters. Miss, can you guess?"
Song Wan turned around and looked at the palace lanterns on the corridor. The dim candlelight reflected on her cheeks, making the already outstandingly beautiful person even more beautiful and dreamlike.
Beautiful ladies are hard to come by.
The horoscope secretly emerged in his mind, and today Shen Qianyu finally understood why Jiang Yan was so obsessed with his sister-in-law.
"Miss, Emperor."
Song Wan smiled lightly: "White jade is flawless."
"dark."
"impressive."
Heng Wu covered his lips: "Young lady reads a lot of books, you don't even need to think about lantern riddles."
Song Wan smiled and said, "I still have to think about it, but I think about it faster."
She smiled briskly, not at all as cautious as she was at the Marquis Mansion.
As soon as the banquet in the palace was over, Concubine Yun sent someone to escort Song Huan back to the mansion. As soon as she got off the sedan, she noticed that the woman in the inner courtyard had a strange look on her face, and she was evasive when looking at her, which was unusual.
Song Wan came to find the maid in the courtyard and asked her to find out what happened in the mansion today.
The little maid came back and said: "Grandma, it turns out that Aunt Lin from Xiuyan Pavilion fainted in the hospital during the day. After calling the doctor, they said... that Aunt Lin was pregnant."
Song Wan frowned, feeling surprised.
In one of Jiang Xing's slips, Lin Jiayue was not allowed to drink Bizi soup, but now she even has the eldest son?
"Can you tell the lady?"
The maid nodded: "Madam knows."
"That's good. Thank you for your hard work."
Heng Zhi sent the little maid away and turned around to help Song Wan take off his makeup and hair. The master and servant never mentioned Lin Jiayue's pregnancy again. Whether the concubine's eldest son was born or not had nothing to do with them.
Song Wan turned down the lights and went to sleep, but Lin Jiayue tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
She was stroking her belly and crying for a while and laughing for a while, which made Qianbi Qinghong and Qianbi worried.
"Auntie, what's wrong with you?"
Lin Jiayue murmured: "I don't feel anything now. I heard that it takes three months to get pregnant. The doctor said that I am still young and can't feel anything."
She laughed as she spoke: "In this world, I also have a blood relative, a child who is connected to me by blood! I don't know if he is a boy or a girl, whether he looks like the Marquis or me."
Qianbi and Qinghong looked at each other, and they both lowered their heads.
"If it's a boy, I hope he can learn some martial arts, and in the future he can do some chivalrous and righteous deeds in the rivers and lakes, and see those great rivers and mountains that I have never seen before."
"If it's a daughter..."
Lin Jiayue's eyes turned red and she pursed her lips and said nothing.
A sudden sadness arose in her heart: "When the time comes, I will become a female celebrity."
Lin Jiayue took out the bamboo embroidery support from the basket and started embroidering with eyes blank.
Seeing her embroidering and sewing all the soft gauze on her arms, Qianbi couldn't help but stepped forward to stop her, but before she could utter a warning, she was pulled by Qinghong.
Qing Hong shook her head and signaled her not to bother.
The two of them tiptoed out, and Qianbi said: "Although my aunt always said silly things and was a bit crazy in the past, she never criticized us harshly. Now that I see her like this, I feel so uncomfortable."
Qinghong bit her lip: "Don't think so much. How can we, as servants, take care of these things? Master Hou is coming to my aunt's yard in a few days. I'm afraid they will come tonight. I think we should find a place to go out." Just hide."
"What are you hiding from?"
"you are silly?"
Qing Hong lowered her voice: "We don't want this child at all. I can't say... I can't say that the Marquis will come tonight with a bowl of abortion medicine. What will we do then?"
She definitely wouldn't dare to stop him, but she couldn't bear to watch Lin Jiayue wailing in pain.
"I'll find an errand to take refuge in the old lady's courtyard in a while. As for what you want to do, I have no control over it."
After saying that, Qing Hong sighed deeply, turned around and left Xiuyan Pavilion.
When Jiang Xingjian returned to the mansion and had just passed Hai, he thought that all the courtyards in the mansion had rested, but before he could enter the inner courtyard, the mother-in-law on guard told him that his wife had been waiting for him for a long time and that he would go to Fuhe Hall first when he came back.
Although he was confused, Jiang Xingjian rushed over.
As soon as Fang saw him, Jiang's mother frowned: "Did you know that Mrs. Lin is pregnant?"
Jiang Xingjian was stunned for a moment, then frowned fiercely.
He forgot to let Lin Jiayue drink Bizi Soup.
The Hou Mansion has been in great chaos recently, and there is no mistress to take care of these affairs in the house. How could a man like him remember this?
"I thought you were..."
Jiang's mother sighed: "If I had known that you did not intend to get her pregnant, I should have asked the doctor to drink a bowl of abortion medicine today to eliminate this evil."
Jiang Xingjian was silent, feeling numb with sadness.
After a long time, he said: "I will handle this matter myself, mother, don't worry."
"This fetus cannot be kept, so you must not be soft-hearted."
Jiang Xingjian pursed her lips, turned around and walked out.
When they arrived at Xiuyan Pavilion, Lin Jiayue had not yet fallen asleep. She was sitting in front of the candlelight, silently lost in thought. Qianbi stood aside with her eyelids drooped, as if she was so sleepy that she had lost her mind. Jiang Xingjian didn't even enter the room. Not found.
He coughed lightly, and the two of them suddenly came to their senses.
When Lin Jiayue saw him, she immediately put on a bright smile: "I know you are busy recently, so I don't dare to disturb you, but I thought you would come today, so I waited for you."
"Jiang Xingjian, we have a child."
