In Prince Jin's Mansion, Chen Xiuyan returned to the mansion to see her son Sui Yi first, and then went to Princess Yuan's courtyard to talk with Sui Yi in her arms. When it was lunch time, she invited Luo Mingxin and Princess Changshou to eat together in Princess Yuan's courtyard. Granny Su personally served the dishes.

I cooked a lot of good dishes.

"Did you encounter something unpleasant when you went out today?" After dinner, Princess Yuan couldn't help but ask Chen Xiuyan, who was already dozing off in Chen Xiuyan's arms.

Chen Xiuyan let her son go to the house to sleep, while she let out a long sigh.

"I can't say I'm unhappy, I'm just a little sad." Chen Xiuyan lay down on the chair casually without any energy, not sitting still.

Concubine Yuan hadn't seen this side of Chen Xiuyan for quite some time. Ever since she went to Taiyuan Mansion, recognized her ancestors and returned to Prince Jin's Mansion, and then came to the capital, Chen Xiuyan seemed to have been tense and never relaxed so much.

"Who else can make you sad?" Princess Yuan said funnyly, "Your Chu Wenqian doesn't know yet, but it won't be him anyway."

"People I met in Yijiang County before, and people I met when I accompanied Wen Qian to Beijing in Qiuwei." Chen Xiuyan did not say who she was. She had not stupidly mentioned the dispute for the throne in front of Concubine Yuan. She was the emperor's

My mother, she only cares about her son more than her grandson. The current fight between the second prince and the third prince is a big taboo in the eyes of Princess Yuan.

"Aunt Yuan, I'll go to the front yard to see my uncle and Xi Jing first. I haven't seen them today." Chen Xiuyan stood up and said, "I'll sleep in your yard casually."

"Well, anyway, if you don't recognize the bed, let him stay with me today." Mrs. Yuan said with a smile.

"Of course you don't mind." Chen Xiuyan agreed.

After Chen Xiuyan and others left, Princess Yuan asked the secret guard to show up.

"Go and find out who Xiuyan met this morning. Who is so bold and dares to make the Crown Princess of Jin's Palace look bad and make her sad," said Princess Yuan.

"Yes." The secret guard responded and then disappeared.

Liu Manyi and Liu Xijing, the father and son, had not returned home yet. Chen Xiuyan learned from her servants that they were going to sign a contract today, so she didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, she sent people to protect them secretly.

But after Chu Wenqian left the office, Liu Manyi and his son had not returned yet, so Chen Xiuyan immediately asked Yinhan to check the situation.

"Don't worry, uncle, let's have someone protect him secretly. If those people didn't report, it's just fine." Chu Wenqian simply scrubbed and changed into clean clothes, pulled Chen Xiuyan into his arms and said.

"Today I went to Famen Temple and met Jiang Yanran and Wen Niang." Chen Xiuyan said while lying in Chu Wenqian's arms.

"The second prince's concubine? The concubine from Jiang Shilang's family who danced at the Longevity Festival?" Chu Wenqian asked.

Chen Xiuyan nodded.

"The second prince wants to marry a girl from the Jiang family as a concubine, and the girl he marries will be a child of the Wu family. That's why he promoted Minister Jiang from his position as a political participant in Shandong." Chu Wenqian said, "Although the Ministry of Household Affairs

He is in charge of the money bag, but because of this, the emperor pays great attention to the accounts. If there is too much, something will happen, so money is needed."

"The fifth young lady of the Jiang family was able to marry the second prince because she was chosen by the second prince to marry her." Chu Wenqian reminded, "Although the Wu family is rich, there are many who can compete with it. If the second prince wants money and accepts it,

Miss Jiang Wu is not the only suitable concubine.”…

"Jiang Yanran is a smart person and is very tolerant. She should be the one who took the initiative and climbed onto the second prince's vine." Chen Xiuyan said bluntly.

"It's possible that he passed King Lu. After all, Jiang Yanran has more connections in Shandong than in the capital."

Chu Wenqian had a smile in his eyes, "My lady is smart."

"So you are in such a low mood because Miss Jiang Wu came to you and wanted to come to the Third Prince's camp?" Chu Wenqian asked.

"My husband is smart." Chen Xiuyan replied, "Jiang Yanran and Wen Niang made a fool of themselves in front of me, and then brought up their old friendship and gave me a box of banknotes. I counted them when I came back, twenty thousand taels, it was really a big deal.

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"She drank sterilization medicine, and I checked her pulse. This cannot be done falsely. It is really cruel to myself." Chen Xiuyan sighed.

"How do you know she drank it herself?" Chu Wenqian asked, "Didn't you say it was the Second Prince or the Jiang Mansion?"

"She is a concubine, not a maid. The concubine has the obligation to provide for the prince's heirs. Where did the second prince and Jiang Mansion come from with such a big face to give Jiang Yanran this tiger-wolf medicine?" Chen Xiuyan said, "Either she is an enemy.

Either you drink it or you drink it yourself."

"Originally, I wasn't sure, so I had people watching me secretly. I found that Jiang Yanran's confidant got on the carriage of the Tang family. The Tang family is the natal family of the Xianfei and the maternal family of the second prince. The Tang family has pharmacies all over the country.

This time, uncle and the others came here just to deal with the drug store. I got the news that someone bought sterilization medicine, and it was a man with red moles both physically and mentally."

"When I saw Uncle Wu today, I discovered that there was a red mole on the palm of his hand." Chen Xiuyan said, "Jiang Yanran must have taken the medicine herself in order to win the trust of others."

"Although it is a sterilization drug, it is not incapable of treatment. Today, she invited me like this and said this to me. Isn't it because she wanted me to help her treat her when she was in the same camp." Chen Xiuyan said.

"So you think she doesn't really want to surrender?" Chu Wenqian asked.

"When she was in Jiyun Nunnery in Jinan Prefecture, Shandong Province, she was arranged by her aunt to recuperate in the nunnery. Uncle Wu, who was her confidant, was not a servant of the Jiang Mansion, but her own. Now her people are with the Tang family.

, I must have used this card when surrendering to the second prince."

"I want to surrender to the third prince now. I can't tell if I am sincere. It depends on whether the second prince and the Tang family know about me." Chen Xiuyan felt that she could only wait now.

"You know Mother Wen's identity. Although I was trying to save my life, it is a fact that I came in and out of a brothel. If someone makes a fuss about this matter, my reputation will be ruined."

"Mother Wen is completely Jiang Yanran's person now. Jiang Yanran can only know that I saved Mother Wen because Mother Wen said it herself. What do you think I saved?" Chen Xiuyan sighed.

"When will your Majesty be able to appoint a heir apparent? Mingxin will not leave the Jin Palace for a long time. It is not a solution for a long time. You said you can't take us..." Chen Xiuyan did not finish the rest of the words, but Chu Wenqian understood what she meant.

The second prince and the third prince are both sons of the emperor, and their palms and backs are full of flesh, but they are not. They don't want the two sons to face each other directly and sandwich Prince Jin's palace in the middle. They don't know whether it is intentional or unintentional.

In the palace, the emperor received a flying pigeon message from Shanxi. The content was that Ashinat and his party left Pianguan County and entered the Tatar border. According to their schedule, they should have reached Tatar a long time ago, but they were in Taiyuan Prefecture.

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A few days later, Hu Yanjue went to the Jin Palace to pay homage to the King and his concubine. The marriage decree had been issued, and it was actually a courtesy to visit them. However, the fact that the feudal prince met with fighters from neighboring countries made many people in the capital have second thoughts.


Chapter completed!