Red Mansion Fanfiction, Yuanchun became a concubine because of her mother's status

The Queen's birthday banquet is indeed a big happy event. This time, Madam Jia not only entered the palace herself, but also brought her daughter-in-law Li Wan.

"Is your sister-in-law pregnant?" Yuanchun's eyes fell on Li Wan's belly.

Half a year after the marriage, Li Wan's belly is already slightly bulging.

She just received the news?

"Yes, she is pregnant, and it has been just over three months." Mrs. Jia said.

When she looked at her daughter-in-law's belly, she felt unhappy. They were family, but her daughter-in-law didn't tell her that she was pregnant.

It was only after she could no longer hide her pregnancy that she discovered it herself.

After she found out about this, she summoned her daughter to the palace without even having the time to tell her.

"Then congratulations to my sister-in-law." Yuanchun said.

Given her brother's health, her sister-in-law will never end up being a widow in this life.

"Your Majesty, our Jia family has a medicine for maintaining pregnancy. Now that I'm pregnant, can I still take this medicine?" Li Wan asked.

After she asked this, Yuanchun knew what she wanted.

"After you get pregnant, you can't take this medicine randomly. As for matters like offspring, it's better to let nature take its course," Yuanchun said.

After getting pregnant, I also want to give birth to a son. There are really many things people in this world want.

Hearing this, Li Wan was a little disappointed.

She had not yet invited a royal physician to come to her house to check her pulse. If she wanted to know whether the baby was a boy or a girl, she had to find someone herself.

But since this was her first pregnancy, she was too embarrassed to look for someone.

"What a pity." Li Wan said.

Her family favors boys over girls, and she also has this idea in her heart.

Although she also likes a daughter, she doesn't want to have a daughter before she has a son.

She married into the Jia family, which was a high-class marriage. If she could not give birth to children for the Jia family, she would not be able to gain a firm foothold in the family.

After marrying into other families' daughters-in-law, they would start to learn about the affairs of the household, but after she entered the household, she had nothing.

Li Wan always felt that her mother-in-law didn't like her, so she didn't let her have any power as a housekeeper.

"What a pity! It's equally good to have a boy or a girl," said Mrs. Jia.

When her daughter-in-law got pregnant, she definitely hoped that she would give birth to her first son.

However, no matter whether she is grown up or not, she is her son's biological child, and she can accept it even if it is a girl.

Li Wan did not reply.

No matter what, if a woman cannot give birth to a son, she will not be able to gain a foothold in her husband's family.

Especially those whose mothers cannot rely on their natal family.

"Did you summon us into the palace this time because of the kickback issue?" Madam Jia changed the subject.

Although she only takes care of the family business, she usually rarely cares about the clan's affairs.

However, taking kickbacks is a big deal. After it was exposed, several people in the Jia family lost their official positions.

"I wanted my mother to test other people's abilities.

Gongli Defei's mother was from the Yangzhou Lin family, the same branch of the Lin family as her aunt.

However, Concubine De was from a side branch, while my aunt was from a direct branch.

My daughter wants to know how the people from the side branches treat the main branch. "Yuanchun said.

She must understand this relationship of the Lin family.

If the Lin family supports this prince in the future, then all her previous preparations will be in vain.

If the one they support is the Seventh Prince, who was born to her, then the people of the direct branch will have to be careful of the people of the side branch.

"Their family? I don't know much about it." Mrs. Jia said.

The people from the Lin family in the capital never contacted the people from the Jia family.

"I know you don't know much, and it is precisely because of this that mother wants to test their bottom line.

Now Concubine De has four princes under her name, and I have seven princes under my name. My daughter should know who the Lin family will support in the future. "Yuanchun said.

She told her mother the truth.

Come to think of it, although she didn't explicitly say that she wanted her son to ascend the throne, but...

Everyone has a consensus on this.

Instead of letting someone else sit on that position, it is better to let someone with the blood of their Jia family ascend the throne.

As a concubine in the palace, if she wanted to have a good life, the best way out was to become the queen mother.

“The Lin family in the capital rarely travels around the capital. If you hadn’t told me that they are the maternal family of Concubine De, I would have forgotten about them.

This is very abnormal. Their Lin family has a queen in the palace, so they shouldn't be so low-key.

No matter how low-key they are, we shouldn't ignore them." Mrs. Jia said.

If this matter had not been planned by someone, it would have been impossible for no one to pay attention to it.

This person's methods are very clever.

How could the people in the capital not pay attention to the maternal family of the concubines!

"My daughter also thinks it's abnormal. Mother can send someone to check it out later." Yuanchun said.

For example, herself.

As the virtuous concubine in the palace, people in the capital city can pay attention to their Jia family.

The families of other concubines in the palace also began to pay attention to the Jia family.

"Do you want to confront Concubine De?" asked Mrs. Jia Er.

Yuanchun shook her head. She didn't want to confront Concubine De.

"We won't be fighting for now, but we need to be prepared," Yuanchun said.

After hearing this, Madam Jia knew what attitude to adopt when facing Madam Lin.

"You should know about the kickbacks. Does it affect you?" Mrs. Jia asked again.

Almost all the people in Tianqi knew that the Jia family took kickbacks.

“We used the same money to build the same road, so even if there were some kickbacks, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

Besides, compared with the money donated by our Jia family, this little kickback is really nothing." Yuanchun said.

In addition to donating money openly, the Jia family also donated money secretly.

Seventy percent of the money she earned from selling pregnancy-preserving medicine was spent on road construction.

She didn't ask for anything in return at the time, and the money was donated anonymously.

If they donated money, they would get a donation receipt. This was the way out she had prepared for the Jia family.

Even if the Jia family really embezzled money, as long as they donated enough money, they could offset the crime.

And now, the money she donated is finally making a difference.

“As for the kickbacks, the people didn’t say much because we donated enough money.

However, I am worried that it will affect the Seventh Prince." Mrs. Jia said.

"You don't have to worry about this. Now, several members of our clan have been dismissed from their jobs. When others take over, they will use the same amount of money as we do. Then the common people will have nothing to say."

As for road construction, they use the same amount of money and as long as there are no problems with the roads built, it is not easy for them to hold them accountable.

After all, the money they eat is not from the government, but from small businesses.

And this money was given voluntarily by those small merchants.

"It's good that there is no impact." Mrs. Jia was finally relieved.

This incident has affected the reputation of their Jia family. If it affects the Seventh Prince, she will probably have to settle accounts with the people in the clan.

The cement was given by Yuanchun, and the road construction was also planned by Yuanchun. It can be said that the current situation of their Jia family is all due to Yuanchun's suggestions.

The Jia family may not help Yuanchun, but they must not hold her back!