Yun Chu curled his lips and smiled.
If she and Chu Yi have not yet opened their hearts to each other, as the mistress, she will definitely prepare a concubine for Chu Yi in accordance with the secular rules.
But Chu Yi made it clear to her that he would never take a concubine.
The more they got along with him, the more she understood this man, and the more she expressed her heart to him.
That being the case, why did she do this thing that made her unhappy?
"Since the second sister is in the first year of junior high school, I will be in the fifteenth year." Yun Chu looked at the children playing in Nuang Pavilion and said slowly, "Brother Shen, it is better not to live in the palace, so as not to cause more trouble. Something good is coming.”
"you!"
Princess Qinghua rose up in anger.
This is her biological brother's house. When has it been the turn of a person with a foreign surname to make the decision?
"Second sister, don't be angry, am I not pregnant?" A smile appeared on Yun Chu's face, "I am not in good health to begin with, and I don't have the time to take care of the general affairs even though I am pregnant. I am afraid that Brother Shen will be wronged in the palace, so I There is such a saying.”
Princess Qinghua's eyes were downcast.
Yun Chu's pregnancy was the real direct descendant of the palace.
Yi'er loves Yu Ge'er and Chang Sheng, two children of unknown origin, let alone their true legitimate sons.
If Yunchu refuses Brother Shen to move in because of the child, Yi'er will definitely agree given his temperament.
Of course Brother Shen can live next to Concubine Yin in the palace, but after all, he is not from the Chu family. It is too inconvenient to come in and out, and he is easily bullied.
Thinking of this, Princess Qinghua slowly exhaled a breath: "I will make arrangements for the people serving around Brother Shen. You don't need to take care of anything."
Although his tone was stiff, he did not mention the matter in the backyard of Pingxi Prince's Mansion again.
After the meal, Yunchu asked Princess Qinghua and Meng Shen to live in Qingfeng.
Princess Qinghua ordered her servants to pack their luggage and arranged for someone to wait in the front room. After a while, the person came back and reported: "Princess, the prince has returned to the house."
Princess Qinghua got up and was about to go out.
"Mother." Meng Shen put down the book and called her, "During the meal just now, mother and aunt seemed to have a dispute. Is mother going to complain to uncle now?"
"You little kid, what do you know?" Princess Qinghua said softly, "Read your book carefully, I'll be right back."
"I don't think mother should go." Meng Shen stood up, "We are living in my uncle's house now, and it is all taken care of by my aunt. There should be no more trouble."
Princess Qinghua sighed.
Her son was very smart and sensible, but because he was too obedient and would not tell the adults when something happened, she was even more worried and did not want her son to live in the palace.
"There is a new Mr. Wang in the Imperial College. I'm going to ask your uncle about Mr. Wang's temperament." Princess Qinghua touched her son's head and said, "Read your book and don't think too much."
She walked to Chu Yi's study.
It turned out that Chu Yi was handling official business in Yun Chu's room in the main courtyard. After Yun Chu became pregnant, he liked to be quiet. From time to time, he came to report things personally and affected Yun Chu's rest, so he returned to the study to handle things.
As soon as he arrived at the palace, he called a few confidants to give instructions.
During this period of time, there was a storm in the court, and although he stayed out of it, he did not stand by and watch, and had been making secret plans.
Now half of the queen's power to control the harem has fallen into the hands of Concubine Hui. Gongsun Ning has been suspended for investigation. There is also a huge hidden danger in the prince's east palace, Xie Ping... Overall, the situation on the prince's side is worrying.
Chu Yi thought about how to help the prince's eldest brother.
"Yier."
There was a voice outside the study, and Chu Yi remembered that the second sister arrived in Beijing today and stayed at the palace.
He closed the letter on the desk and stepped forward to greet her: "What is the second sister doing in the study?"
"Yier, you are such a domineering princess." Princess Qinghua said coldly, "She has been married before, and you have never disliked her. She actually dares to stop you from taking a concubine. How can she be the mistress of the house?"
Chu Yi's face suddenly darkened: "Is this what the second sister is talking about?"
"She is pregnant now, and it is her duty as a concubine to take a concubine for you!" Qinghua said every word, "I offered to make arrangements for you, but she actually wanted to expel Brother Shen from the palace. She is so narrow-minded. This woman is simply not worthy of being Princess Pingxi..."
"That's enough." Chu Yi's eyes were sharp, "I'm just saying this once, if the second sister insists on intervening in my backyard, then I will pretend that I don't have a nephew named Meng Shen."
"You, you, you!" Princess Qinghua's eyes widened, "In the past, when you protected her, I only regarded her as a newlywed couple with deep love. Now that we have been married for almost a year, you still put her first in everything. What kind of ecstasy soup were you fed?!"
Chu Yi's deep eyes were full of emotions: "Then I don't mind telling my second sister that when she married Xie Jingyu, I wanted to snatch her on the spot... If I wasn't worried about my mother and concubine, if I wasn't worried about her reputation, I would I really did that. After so many years, I finally married her. Does the second sister know how hard-won this is? Anyone who dares to destroy all of this will be my enemy, Chu Yi."
Princess Qinghua was frightened by the aura on his body.
She took a deep breath and swallowed back the words.
No matter what, we shouldn't say anything more today, otherwise neither brother nor sister will have to do anything.
Chu Yi took a deep look at her and left the study.
Qinghua adjusted his mood and then returned to the courtyard. Just as he was about to take a bath, his personal maid came in to report: "Princess, Ding Dong, the daughter of the prince's wet nurse, wants to see you."
Qinghua knew that Aunt Er and her nanny were from the same hometown. Every year when she returned to Beijing, her nanny and Aunt Er would get together.
She was just thinking about why grandma Er was no longer in the palace, but she didn't find a chance to ask her.
"Let her in."
Ding Dong stepped over the threshold and walked in, bowing politely to Qinghua and saying hello.
"Before I left the palace, my mother left these flowers specially and asked me to think of ways to give them to the princess when she returns to Beijing." Ding Dong held up the flowers with both hands and handed them over. "They are all the flowers of wealth that the princess likes. Look."
"It's rare that your mother still remembers this preference of mine." Qinghua looked at her and said, "You said your mother left the palace. Why did she leave? Where did she go?"
Auntie Er is Yi'er's wet nurse. She should be in the palace by rights, and Yi'er will take care of her until she is old. How could she leave?
"Princess, it's not that I don't want to say anything, it's that I dare not say it..." Ding Dong burst into tears instantly.
Qinghua sat up straight: "What happened?"
Ding Dong knelt down and said: "After the princess came in, the prince was different from before. First, the housekeeper who had served in the mansion for more than ten years was sent away, and then the slave's mother was also sent to Zhuangzi for retirement... ...The slave has been serving the prince in the study since she was a child. The prince showed some affection towards the slave, but the princess was not happy. The slave has been demoted to a third-class rough servant girl. She is really afraid of being kicked out. She is extremely scared..."
