Chapter 300: Talking about Sheng Family Affairs Behind Their Backs

With the marriage between Qi Heng and Princess Jiacheng settled.

Not long after, news came out from the palace -

The emperor asked the clan affairs office to remake the jade butterfly for Prince Yong, and at the same time ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare the ceremonial documents for enthroning the crown prince.

All this has shown that Prince Yong has already been chosen by the government as the crown prince.

As soon as the edict to appoint the crown prince is issued, Prince Yong will become the heir apparent of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

At the same time, warehouses in Bianjing City were opened to release grain as a sign of universal celebration.

When the dust settled, Prince Yong became the biggest winner.

And compared with him is King Yan.

His loneliness still retained some decency.

Under the leadership of the emperor, a reconciliation banquet was specially held for the two princes in the palace. In front of the old emperor, the two men sobbed and reconciled with each other.

Regardless of whether the two men reconciled or it was just a superficial effort due to the power of the government, judging from the result, the dispute over the crown prince position has been settled.

However, Prince Yan has royal blood and can be protected by the government, but other people in Prince Yan's line did not have a good ending.

In the fight for the throne, one wrong step could mean the difference between heaven and hell.

The first to bear the brunt were the Right Chief Clerk and two lecturers who had been cheering for the Prince of Yan's Palace.

Several of them were dismissed from their posts and investigated, and have already been sent to prison.

If I think about it again, I'm afraid I'll end up in a tragic situation of exile or banishment.

One of the teachers who gave lectures happened to be a man named Qiu.

It was Brother Qiu Jing who went to Yangzhou to seek a marriage for his son Hualan.

After Brother Qiu Jing was imprisoned, Sheng Hong kept whispering at home that he had been very accurate in judging people and shrewd in handling matters. He had anticipated that the Qiu family might be affected by the fight for the crown prince, and he was absolutely unwilling to marry into the Qiu family, which seemed to be much better than his own family at the time.

When someone is frustrated, someone is proud.

The happiest among them was undoubtedly the Duke of Qi’s Mansion.

Although it had been determined long ago that Prince Yong would be the crown prince, the matter was still unresolved and people were inevitably worried. Now that the government has finally made a decision, the Qiguo family can finally put their minds at ease.

As for the marriage between Qi Heng and Princess Jiacheng being forced down...

This is no big deal!
All the past unhappiness can be forgotten in the face of such great joy!

My only son married the precious daughter of Prince Yong. Then when Prince Yong ascends the throne in the future, won't my family be able to take advantage of the situation and rise to prominence?

No need to worry about no successor anymore!

So, while the government was celebrating, the Duke of Qi's Mansion also spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy up all the fireworks and firecrackers that Yang Wenyuan had stored in Bianjing City in order to celebrate Prince Yong's impending becoming the crown prince.

Yang Wenyuan: Good news comes from the sky!
The entire city of Bianjing was decorated with lights and colorful lanterns, with loud gongs and drums, and the atmosphere was filled with joy.

Pingyang Houfu.

Yang Wenyuan also received the "good news" of Prince Yong's ascension to the throne - in the following period of time, he and a group of scholars in the Hongwenguan would have to transform themselves into masters of ceremonies under the leadership of the Minister of Rites to prepare for the upcoming enthronement ceremony of Prince Yong.

Although it was a task sent by heaven, Yang Wenyuan did not complain about the hardship. Instead, he enjoyed it very much and took the initiative to learn the entire process of the enthronement ceremony, striving to master the skill.

after all……

Maybe I can use it in the future?

Be prepared!
Another day.

Yang Wenyuan returned home with a tired body but a high spirit.

As soon as you enter the door of Zi Ze Ju.

Hualan was seen fiddling with a baby outfit in her hand.

It is now June.

In just about a month, the baby in Hualan's belly would be revealed.

"Why are you embroidering clothes again?"

Yang Wenyuan thought of the large bed of children's clothes in the side room next door, and couldn't help but persuade:

"The imperial physician has already said that you should not move rashly at this time. It will drain your energy. You should rest well."

"I know I know."

Hua Lan responded perfunctorily, but she kept looking at the baby clothes in her hands, and said in a surprised tone:
"This is not embroidered by me, it was just given to me by my sixth sister.

But I never expected that Sixth Sister's embroidery skills would be so good, probably even better than mine."

"Oh?"

Yang Wenyuan became a little curious when he heard this, and leaned over to take a closer look at the baby-style jacket that Hualan handed over.

He looked at it silently for a while, and then quickly handed it back.

Well, I can’t tell whether it’s good or bad, I just think it’s wearable.

"Sixth sister, are you free today?" Yang Wenyuan asked casually.

Speaking of this, Hua Lan became interested.

He gently handed the small jacket in his hand to Cuichan, asking her to keep it properly. Then he picked up a bottle of osmanthus oil from the table and presented it to Yang Wenyuan, saying:

"This was also sent by my sixth sister."

"Oh? Did Sixth Sister make some unexpected fortune today?" Yang Wenyuan couldn't help but joked.

He could tell at a glance that the osmanthus oil was of unusual quality and must have cost a lot of money.

"The day before yesterday, my mother took my sixth sister to Madam Wu's residence. Madam Wu gave it to me as a reward."

Hualan placed the bottle of osmanthus oil on her dressing table with great care. This was the first time she received such a precious gift from her sister. In the past, she had only given it to her once.

It’s a pity that I can’t use anything now that I’m pregnant, so I can only save it for future use.

"Sixth sister received many rewards. She said she would share them among the older sisters at home. She couldn't leave out an elder sister like me, so she came to my house today to deliver them personally." Hua Lan said with a smile on her pretty face.

Well, a look of satisfaction on his face as if his daughter has grown up.

Yang Wenyuan's focus was not on Minglan's understanding, after all, the impression of Minglan's sensibleness was already imprinted in his mind. Instead, he said with a teasing look:
"I told you, but you still don't believe me. Madam Wu is determined to fall for Minglan. Look at how generous she is now. Isn't she just trying to trick her son into marrying her back?"

"I said that on that day at Yuqing Temple, Madam Wu must have deliberately gone to block us." Yang Wenyuan said again in an affirmative tone.

Hua Lan didn't expect that Yang Wenyuan was still thinking about this matter, and she immediately glared at him unhappily.

One of the conditions for maintaining a harmonious relationship between husband and wife is to share the same hatred of the enemy.

After being influenced by Yang Wenyuan for such a long time, Hualan has become highly consistent with Yang Wenyuan on the issue of "talking about other people's ugly deeds behind their backs".

When Hualan heard Yang Wenyuan say that "Mrs. Wu must be with Minglan", she immediately remembered the strange story Minglan had told her during the day.

So he immediately pulled Yang Wenyuan to sit down with great interest, and then said with a beaming face:
"Aren't you curious, husband, why Madam Wu insisted on looking for my sixth sister?"

To be honest, although Yang Wenyuan watched the drama in a hurry at that time and could not remember many things clearly, he had some memory that Liang Han should have caused the scandal of having an illegitimate child at home.

I just don't know if this happened before or after Molan. But now seeing Hualan's happy face and the joyful look of someone finding something to hold against him, Yang Wenyuan understood the key point of this matter.

But Yang Wenyuan has never been a person who spoils the fun, let alone the person in front of him is his wife.

Therefore, Yang Wenyuan looked confused and asked:

"How do I know this? Could it be that Madam Wu saw how well Minglan played polo and thought she had the charm of her youth, so she liked her? I remember that Madam Wu started paying attention to your Xiaoliu since Minglan started playing polo."

"This is one of them, there are others!"

Hua Lan said excitedly:
"I only heard about it from Minglan. She said it was her greedy maid Xiaotao..."

As she spoke, Hua Lan looked up at Yang Wenyuan and asked:

"Xiao Tao, do you know which one it is?"

Yang Wenyuan did not hesitate for a moment, and immediately nodded and said:
"The tall one, the one who never lets go of the food, I recognize him clearly."

Hualan pursed her rosy lips and wanted to explain for Minglan's personal maid, but when she thought carefully, she found that she could not explain it.

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So I had to ignore this minor detail for the time being, and continued to recall Minglan's words, relaying:
"Xiao Tao went to the Yongchang Earl's Mansion with Ming'er the day before yesterday, and she felt greedy..."

Hua Lan paused.

"Xiao Tao was bored and started chatting with the maids of other noble families. Most of the families she visited that day were close to the Liang family and had frequent visits with them. So after a few visits, she naturally knew a lot about the Liang family."

Hua Lan suddenly glanced out the window, then leaned over to whisper to Yang Wenyuan:

"Xiao Tao eavesdropped for a while and found out that it was Liang Han who had caused trouble in the backyard. It was too late to clean up the mess, so Madam Wu found Minglan, thinking that Minglan had a similar personality to hers and should be able to clean up Liang Han's backyard. That's why she kept staring at Minglan to please her."

Hua Lan pursed her lips at Yang Wenyuan, looked down, and then her beautiful eyes revealed a look of certainty, and she said confidently:

"Besides this matter, are there other things that are difficult to resolve? After all, it is already known to everyone that Liang Han has a concubine in his room."

Yang Wenyuan suddenly realized:
"You mean, the concubine in Liang Han's room is already pregnant and can't hide it anymore?"

Hualan nodded her head vigorously.

"It must be something like this, otherwise why would there be gossip that cannot be resolved?"

"Yeah! I guess that's right!"

When Yang Wenyuan saw Hua Lan's expression, he knew what Hua Lan thought about this matter, so he immediately said:

"Liang Han actually did such a thing. My concubine gave birth to a son before the legitimate wife. She is definitely not worthy of our Xiaoliu."

"Mrs. Wu's efforts are finally going to go to waste."

"but……"

Yang Wenyuan stood up and picked up the osmanthus oil that Hualan had just put down, and asked Hualan:
"Since Minglan has already known about Chi's affairs, given her personality, she will definitely not agree to this marriage. Then, she probably won't accept the things that Madam Wu gave her, right?"

Hua Lan also had an idea at this time:
"You mean, Xiaoliu bought this privately with his own money?"

"Don't you know your sister's temper better than me?" Yang Wenyuan replied casually.

Hualan's heart paused, and at the same time she felt a little suspicious.

Do I really know Yang Wenyuan as well as he does?

How come what the master said seems to indicate that he understands Minglan's thoughts better than I, her elder sister.

However, this thought only flashed through Hualan's mind, and she didn't think about it in detail.

Hua Lan stood up and took the osmanthus oil from Yang Wenyuan's hand, rubbed it for a few times, and then said:

"Sixth sister doesn't have much allowance, and her mother doesn't have much savings either, and most of it is left for Changrong. Even though grandma often adds to it, it still costs a lot if you add the money she gave to Rulan and Molan."

"But sending it back directly is even more inappropriate..."

It would be fine if it was just a favor, but now that Minglan was paying for it herself, Hualan felt that it was difficult to accept it and she even wanted to get more supplies for Minglan's trip.

"How about you find another excuse to go back home?"

Yang Wenyuan suddenly remembered the interesting story Hualan told him about their trip south. At that time, Hualan was tricked by Rulan and Minglan into giving her some jewelry.

"But it's not convenient for you to travel now..."

Yang Wenyuan looked at Hualan's protruding abdomen and said:

"Then I'll ask Changbai to pass on a message, asking him to wait until the next day off, and then bring his brothers and sisters to the mansion to have a gathering."

“Come to think of it, they haven’t been lively in the mansion for a long time.”

Hualan was in the early stages of her pregnancy and it was winter, so it was not easy to visit her.

Then, it was my aunt, Madam Chen, who was at home. Although Madam Chen was kind to the younger generations of the Sheng family, she was still reserved and did not dare to visit easily.

Then Hualan showed that she was pregnant, so it was even more difficult to disturb her.

This is also a time to find a suitable opportunity.

"This is good!"

Hua Lan was naturally happy about it. Her lips moved slightly as she began to think about the possibility of her brothers and sisters visiting Yang Wenyuan when he was on vacation.

"It would be best to bring Changrong along. He has never been to our house to have fun. He is old enough to go out now."

Yang Wenyuan had no objection and nodded to take note of it.

Hua Lan touched her belly and whispered:
"It will also make him feel happy in his stomach."

However, things did not develop as Hualan expected.

The next day.

Hongwen Museum.

When Yang Wenyuan told Changbai about the banquet at his home on the day off, Changbai's face suddenly darkened and he said:
"It's inconvenient for my sisters at home."

"What's the inconvenience?"

Yang Wenyuan just thought that Changbai was concerned about Hualan's health, so he quickly explained:
"This was arranged by your sister. Before I left today, she reminded me to remember it. You don't have to worry..."

Before Yang Wenyuan finished speaking, he saw Changbai's expression change several times, and then he pulled him into the bookcase and whispered:
"My fourth sister and sixth sister had a conflict. One was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall, and the other had a facial injury..."

"Ah?" Yang Wenyuan was immediately surprised.

I didn't expect that such a conflict between the sisters would suddenly happen in the Sheng family, and it was not a good idea to invite anyone else at the moment.

"My brother-in-law's family is a military family. They know a lot about skin wound medicine. You also know that my sixth sister is not married yet. If there is a scar on her face..."

Changbai could have just brushed it off, but firstly, Yang Wenyuan was not an outsider, and secondly, he was worried and had to ask for medicine for Minglan, so he whispered:

"But there's some scar cream that won't leave any marks? The wound isn't very deep."

"Yes, yes!" Yang Wenyuan nodded repeatedly.

"There is a doctor at home who knows about this and is reliable. After the court is over, I will ask him to get the medicine and go to your house to check it out."

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

(End of this chapter)