Chapter 193 Could it be that this child fell at the right time
The miserable howling continued for most of the night. In the second half of the night, the screams stopped, and everyone in Prince Ruan's Mansion breathed a sigh of relief.
On the second day, Princess Ruan and Mrs. Yu went to see Yu Jiajia. The girls had already packed her up, leaving behind a shapeless meat ball. Princess Ruan and Mrs. Yu only took a look at it before taking it out and throwing it away.
Mrs. Yu sat beside Yu Jiajia's bed with tears in her eyes. She looked at Yu Jiajia, who had a pale face and a pair of blood-red eyes, neither crying nor laughing.
"Son, don't blame your mother-in-law and sister. If this child is gone, just calm down. From now on, go to Prince Li's Mansion and serve Little Prince Li well. Our Yu family and Prince Ruan's Mansion all rely on
is you."
Yu Jiajia remained motionless, looking straight at the top of the bed, not sure if she heard what A Niang said.
Princess Ruan on the side saw something was wrong, pulled Mrs. Yu aside and whispered:
"Auntie, do you think my second sister looks the same as she did before she got sick?"
"It's a bit like it. Could it be that this child was born at just the right time? All of a sudden, Jiajia's hysteria was cured?"
Mrs. Yu felt very happy. This was good news for all of them.
As long as Yu Jiajia returns to normal, she can use a normal mind to win Li Yunqing's attention and favor.
This undoubtedly gave both the Yu family and Prince Ruan's Mansion a little more confidence.
Princess Ruan also laughed, and after asking her mother-in-law to comfort Yu Jiajia, she turned and left to find Prince Ruan.
Since King Ruan failed to ask for the money yesterday, he went out to pawn a piece of his jade pendant for hundreds of taels of silver, but he didn't know where he went.
Princess Ruan originally wanted to send dozens of servants to look for her, but she searched around the huge Prince Qi's mansion and couldn't find a few servants walking around.
After asking, I found out that the number of servants in Prince Ruan's palace had been decreasing one by one since I don't know when.
Some ran away, some were betrayed by King Ruan, and some disappeared inexplicably without any explanation.
Princess Ruan felt very bad in her heart. She went back to her room and searched in the box. She found that the box where the servant's deed of betrayal was stored had been turned over.
This shocked Princess Ruan. When she opened the box, she saw that there were not many deeds of sale left inside.
In other words, more than half of the more than 500 slaves in Prince Ruan's palace have been sold or escaped on their own.
Princess Ruan found Madam Yu in panic, and showed Madam Yu the box with few remaining deeds of renunciation in tears.
Mrs. Yu sneered and counted the rendition contracts inside.
"Most of what is sold here is the dowry given to you by the Yu family."
There were also some old servants of Prince Qi's Mansion. It was said that these people begged King Ruan to let them go.
Princess Ruan was in a panic. She sat on a chair, hugged the deed of betrayal box and cried:
"It's great now. The money is gone and the people are gone. How can I live?"
"How to live, how to live? You are also a royal princess after all. You should take care of these things by yourself."
Mrs. Yu didn't have that much energy to take care of these things. Originally, the bonds of sale of those slaves were in Princess Ruan's hands. At the critical moment, she could sell a few slaves for some money.
But Princess Ruan has been in a daze all day long. She can't save her belongings, so what's the use of looking for Mrs. Yu now.
Being disliked by her own mother-in-law, Princess Ruan felt even more sad. She hugged the light box, stood up angrily and walked out the door.
I happened to see my husband, with his face flushed, being helped into the courtyard by a boy.
Apparently, he went to drink and got quite drunk.
Princess Ruan cried and went to greet her and asked:
"Your Majesty, where are the girls that I have? Where are the girls that my mother's family gave me?"
"Huh? Those girls..."
King Ruan shook his dizzy head and said:
"There are people outside who want to marry them, and let me marry them. Each of them offered a very high price, so I sold them."
He has been short of money recently, and he is very short of money. Seeing that the Yu family has no money to give, for emergency reasons, regardless of the origins of those outside, as long as he likes the girl from Prince Ruan's palace, he will sell her for money.
But the money from selling the girl didn't add up to much, and it wasn't enough for him to go out for a meal.
Staring with confused drunken eyes, King Ruan did not forget to comfort Princess Ruan.
"Anyway, those girls were sent here by your Yu family to be used as concubines for me. Sooner or later, they will also belong to me. They will be sold as soon as they are sold. It is not worth mentioning this matter."
He turned around and was about to enter the house.
Princess Ruan caught up with her and looked at King Ruan's heart grieving.
"Your Majesty, where did you sell them? What about the money from selling them? Where did the money go? Your Majesty, we almost don't even have food to eat."
Those girls were indeed prepared by the Yu family for Princess Ruan to be her pet, so they were as beautiful as flowers and jade, not to mention handsome. They were also good at playing, playing, playing, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they were all trained according to Prince Ruan's preferences.
of.
If they really want to be sold, each one can be sold at a good price.
King Ruan sold them all in one go, which was also a huge sum of money.
But King Ruan spread his hands and said drunkenly:
"I ran out of food after one meal, and I still had a lot of money. I gave it all to the flower ladies of Qinghua Building. Princess, you don't know, this Qinghua Building is a branch of Beidicheng, and there are many Beirong's in it.
girl......"
The business of Qinghua House is getting better and better. The head office is in Beidi City. As Huajin moved into Prince Qi's Mansion, Qinghua House's business also expanded to the capital of Guqi Prefecture.
It just opened today, and the business is so busy that it is almost packed with people.
King Ruan also spent a lot of money to book a room in the Blue and White Building.
He said enthusiastically, and then looked at Princess Ruan, only to realize that Princess Ruan's face looked wrong.
Before he could ask, Princess Ruan opened her mouth, spit out a mouthful of blood, and then fell directly to the ground.
There were only a few people in the courtyard, and it seemed that they had long been used to Princess Ruan's habit of fainting at every turn. Now the few remaining servants carried Princess Ruan back to the courtyard in a hurry, and they didn't have time to call a doctor for her.
I boiled the unused medicine last time and gave it to Princess Ruan.
The news reached Hua Jin's ears. She counted so many things that happened in Prince Ruan's Mansion in just a few days, shook her head and sighed:
"They say that when a tree falls, the monkeys will scatter. Prince Ruan's Mansion has really suffered a terrible defeat."
Tian Xiang, who was sitting on the mat playing with the children, couldn't help but said coldly:
"Your Majesty is too kind-hearted. We don't have to feel sorry for the people in Prince Ruan's Mansion. They are just asking for it."
It was originally the same principle. Princess Ruan's management was poor, Prince Ruan spent money uncontrollably, and the Yu family had their own agendas. It's not surprising that the two big families would become what they are today.
Hua Jin sat on the stone bench, looking at the daily turnover of the Qinghua Lougu Qizhou branch in her hand. She specifically found King Ruan's consumption details and took a look at them, and sneered.
"It's really not worthy of sympathy."
Qinghua Building is her property. When business is good, she comes to Guqi Prefecture to open a branch. That is the market demand. After all, under the governance of Huajin, Guqi Prefecture has built canals and the fields have sufficient water supply. Coupled with Qijin's grain seeds, Guqi Prefecture
People's lives are getting better and better.
There is also more and more money in their hands.
After meeting their survival needs, people will engage in some recreational activities.
However, such entertainment activities are not suitable for King Ruan, who lives a leaky life.
But King Ruan’s lavish spending on the Blue Flower Tower has become the most expensive one in the Blue Flower Tower that day.
Hua Jin covered the account book in her hand, asked Lian'er to take it off, and ordered to add incense.
"I think it's almost done. Let's drive the people from Prince Ruan's Mansion out of Prince Qi's Mansion in the next few days. It won't be a big deal if we let them continue to toss and kill people. It's unlucky for people to die in Prince Qi's Mansion."
Tian Xiang responded repeatedly, immediately handed the child to Zhu Er, and got up to arrange the follow-up matters.
Within two days, Tian Xiang led a large number of King Qi's troops back to Prince Qi's Mansion, collected all the things in Prince Ruan's Mansion, and politely moved them out of Prince Qi's Mansion.
"stop!"
King Ruan woke up from his dream. He didn't even put on his shoes. He hurriedly took off his clothes. He looked at Tianxiang with disheveled hair and asked angrily:
"Prince Qi's concubine, what do you mean?"
"Yesterday, news came from Hushan County that there are no more Sun Guogong's soldiers in the border area between Hushan County and Guqi Prefecture. I don't think they can make any profit, so those soldiers have withdrawn."
Tianxiang smiled very kindly and pretended to be sincerely thinking about King Ruan.
"I heard that King Ruan has a separate courtyard there. I think it is because I am an orphan and a widower, so it is really not suitable to take in King Ruan. If I tell you this, it will not be good for both me and King Ruan's reputation.
, I’d better send Prince Ruan and Princess Ruan to live in your villa.”
This was originally the case. She was now considered a widow. In order to avoid suspicion, although Prince Li lived with her in the Mansion, Li Yunqing never went in or out of Prince Qi's Mansion openly.
Externally, the people in Prince Li's Mansion and the people in Prince Qi's Mansion would only say that Princess Li was just staying in Prince Qi's Mansion.
It was never said that Li Yunqing also lived in Prince Qi's Mansion.
What a bad impact.
King Ruan also knows this, but now he is asked to return to Hushan County for a while. What can he do when he goes back?
Where did he get the money to go back?
King Ruan looked at Tianxiang and shook his head,
"No, King Qi's side concubine, Duke Sun will come back again, and I will not stay here for long. Where is King Xiao Li? Where has he gone? I want to see him."
"I don't know about this concubine. I stay in another courtyard all day long, how could I know about my husband's affairs?"
Tianxiang said that he was about to enter Prince Qi's Mansion, and he did not forget to tell the troops of Prince Qi who were carrying the bedding to
"These are all belongings to Prince Ruan's Mansion. We must send them to the other courtyard of Prince Ruan's Mansion safely."
Behind her, King Ruan caught up and shouted:
"You can't just send me back like this. There is Sun Guogong in Hushan County, and he will definitely not let me go. I won't go back!"
But his body was stopped by King Qi's army.
"Prince Ruan, please respect yourself. Although you are the prince, the concubine is the widow of Prince Qi."
In terms of status, although Tianxiang is not as good as King Ruan, or even Princess Ruan, she is not the concubine of King Ruan, but the concubine of the deceased King Qi.
It's best for everyone to maintain the dignity they deserve and not to get into a fight.
The panic-stricken Prince Ruan was pushed out of Prince Ruan's palace, followed by Mrs. Yu, Princess Ruan and Yu Jiajia, who were still lying on the bed unable to get up.
Because these two patients were sick, it was no trouble to add incense. He just waved his hand and carried the bed out for them.
"Quickly, send King Ruan and Princess Ruan to King Ruan's Villa."
As if sending off the plague, Tianxiang sent several masters from Prince Ruan's Mansion, along with the remaining dozen or so slaves, all the way south.
And just when Prince Ruan's Mansion left the capital of Guqi Prefecture, the news flew all the way out of the city and landed in a hidden mountain col.
Sun Guogong was wearing a battle armor, studying the topographic map of Guqi Prefecture and listening to reports from his subordinates.
Immediately, he slapped the table and shouted:
"This King Qi's widow is really brave. She dares to openly insult my fiancée, even if she refuses to let go of a tiny fetus. If I don't avenge this, how can I be a human being?"
The subordinate paused for a moment, thinking that he did not understand what he said, so he repeated:
"The child in Miss Yu's belly was given birth to by Princess Ruan herself."
For this reason, it is said that he wanted to give Miss Yu Er to Prince Xiao Li as a concubine.
But Sun Guogong didn't listen to so much. He squinted his eyes and stroked his beard with his fingers.
"I have already got the marriage certificate with Second Miss Yu written by Mr. Yu. Second Miss Yu is also pregnant with my flesh and blood in her belly. How can Princess Ruan decide to give up this child? My fiancée is in Prince Qi's Mansion.
When she was a guest, it was the fault of King Qi's concubine that she could not keep the child in her belly."
It's not Tianxiang's fault, we have to find someone to fix it.
Because Sun Guogong has already plundered a large amount of oil and water in Hushan County, and now he is going back home to take back his old nest.
Immediately afterwards, Sun Guogong ordered again:
"You divide a group of people to pick up my mother-in-law and fiancée. In addition, Prince Ruan is my brother-in-law, so he must be alive and well to pick him up."
As for Princess Ruan, who is already sick and dying, so be it.
Sun Guogong didn't want to waste food rations on raising people who had no use value.
The subordinates left in response.
As Sun Guogong's soldiers moved, Li Yunqing was also getting ready on Huajin's side.
He sat under the lamp, carefully wiping the cicada-wing knife in his hand, his eyes focused and sharp.
Hua Jin stood in the yard, quietly looking at Li Yunqing's profile, seeing his handsomeness with a sharp temperament, Qingguili, the murderous aura on his body became more and more serious day by day.
She silently pressed her heart. Why did it feel a little painful?
This feeling was so strange. Why did she feel heartbroken when she saw Li Yunqing fighting desperately on the battlefield?
"Why don't you come in?"
Li Yunqing did not raise his head, but still looked at the sharp knife in his hand intently.
Hua Jin came back to her senses, turned around, with her back to the window,
"You are about to leave, what should I do if I go in?"
There was no words spoken behind her. In the gentle wind, the red maple leaves fell, and the door opened behind Hua Jin with a "squeak".
In just a moment, her body fell into Li Yunqing's arms.