The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

Tian's crying stopped abruptly.

Without her husband, her son was her only support for the rest of her life. She couldn't let her son die, couldn't let him die... But what was the difference between cutting off her offspring and dying? They had no hope for the second house, no future.

"The Second Master threatened to commit suicide, and fainted from the pain from pulling his wound!" The maid from the second room came running to deliver the message.

Tian got up from the ground, stumbled back, crying as she ran, and her shrill cries echoed throughout the marquis's mansion.

She regretted it. If she had not used all means to fight for the title, her son would not have been abandoned. Fortunately, the son was still alive. She would not struggle anymore.

The male heir from the second branch of the Dingbei Marquis's Mansion who had the greatest hope of competing for the title was deposed. Even Old Madam Gu, who had always been unfavorable to the ninth branch, changed her attitude drastically, and nourishing supplements and medicinal herbs were sent to Linfengju in a continuous stream.

The empress dowager recovered from her cough and wanted to summon Yan Muyun to the palace to reward her. But when she learned that Yan Muyun was pregnant, she directly issued an imperial decree to send the reward to the Dingbei Marquis's Mansion. In addition to gold, silver and other common items, she also conferred the title of "Madam Miaoshou" on Yan Muyun, and she could enjoy the treatment of a lady with imperial edict when she entered the palace.

The other families in the Dingbei Marquis's mansion with male heirs were frightened, but they also saw the situation clearly and stayed safe for the time being.

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Yan Muxi came to the Marquis' Mansion to visit Yan Muyun again. Seeing that Yan Muyun looked very healthy and the fetus was stable, he was completely relieved.

Su helped Yan Muyun buy a group of reliable servants from outside, so Yan Muyun had no shortage of manpower. Dongyu and Jinchun followed Yan Muxi back to the palace.

When the master and his servants returned to Shuangxinju, they found out that Yu Wantai, who had been away for more than ten days to settle accounts at the Colosseum, had also returned home.

After sending the servants away, Yu Wantai handed the Colosseum's this year's earnings to Yan Muxi.

Yan Muxi made a rough count and found that the number was about the same as last year, nearly one million taels of silver notes.

"The Rong Prince's Mansion receives millions of taels of silver every year. Is that really okay?" Yan Muxi couldn't understand why Emperor Yuanjing, whose fear of the Rong Prince's Mansion had reached an outrageous level, would tolerate the Rong Prince's Mansion making huge profits.

"Don't worry, keep it. This money is only a small part of the Colosseum's revenue. The bulk of it was paid this morning. The emperor wants the world to see the luxury and wealth of Prince Rong's Mansion, so he must leave enough money for extravagance!"

Yan Muxi was stunned for a moment, then understood what Yu Wantai meant.

The Colosseum was not backed by Prince Rong's Mansion, but by Emperor Yuanjing, who wanted to make money from the aristocratic families, high-ranking officials and businessmen.

As far as she knew, the Colosseum was a place where rich young men spent their money lavishly, where they could gamble on credit. At the end of each year, thugs from the Colosseum would visit each residence to collect debts. Those who could not pay would have to sign a loan agreement, and in addition to repaying the principal, they would also have to pay high interest, which was tantamount to usury in disguise.

If a family raises a useless son, no matter how rich the family is, it will be drained away, and all the money that is taken away will fall into the hands of the emperor.

As for the part obtained by Prince Rong's Mansion, it was actually in the hands of the emperor and was only temporarily stored as reward funds.

The Rong Palace bore all the bad reputation, while Emperor Yuanjing made a fortune. The emperor was really good at calculating.

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, another New Year’s Eve palace banquet is held.

Female members of the family did not have to participate in the royal sacrifices. Yan Muxi came out of the Empress Dowager's Ci'an Palace and went straight to the West Hall of Changle Palace.

Yan Muqing is still under house arrest and outsiders are not allowed to visit him, but Yan Muxi does not consider himself an outsider.

Anyway, Emperor Yuanjing gave everyone in Prince Rong's Mansion the capital to be arrogant. Even if she broke into Changle Palace, she would not be punished during the New Year.

If you have the opportunity to be arrogant, don't waste it.

"Concubine Yan is still under house arrest. Aunt Wang cannot enter the West Palace without the permission of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Xue Wanhe hurried over and stopped Yan Muxi and her servant outside the West Palace.

"Crown Princess, are you sure you want to stop this Prince's Consort?" Yan Muxi's tone was indifferent, and it was impossible to tell whether she was happy or angry in her voice.

Xue Wanhe felt uneasy and knelt down to perform a junior's salute. "I have no choice but to obey the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Oh, then go ahead and stop her! As for whether you can stop this prince's wife, it is not something that a junior like you can influence."

Xue Wanhe was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw the cunning in Yan Muxi's eyes, and she understood instantly.

She strictly fulfilled her duties as the Crown Princess and came to stop the people. The Crown Princess of Prince Rong was her elder, and even the Queen gave her some courtesy. It was not easy for her to stop her forcefully, and it was not her fault that she could not stop them.

After thinking it through, Xue Wanhe said in embarrassment: "Aunt Wang, please don't embarrass your niece."

"It's normal to encounter some difficulties in life. Let my niece-in-law have some difficulties, but don't make it difficult for me, your elder." After Yan Muxi said this, he ignored the guards guarding the gate and walked into the West Hall with his head held high.

Seeing the guards stretching out their arms to stop him, Jin Chun shouted, "Get out of the way. You have hurt my prince's consort. If the emperor blames you, I won't be able to pay you back even if I chop off the heads of all your clans."

Xue Wanhe didn't say anything. The guard was sweating profusely, but he didn't dare to move, and let Yan Muxi take the key to the door from his waist.

With a "click", the iron gate on the door was opened by Yan Muxi. She pushed the door hard to open a gap large enough for one person to enter and exit.

Before entering the door, he turned around and said, "Princess, don't be too anxious. I'll go in and see my elder sister and then come out. It won't take too long."

In the West Hall, there were only three or two palace maids cleaning the huge palace.

Yan Muqing was having breakfast when he heard footsteps outside the door. Before he could ask someone to check, the door was pushed open.

Seeing Yan Muxi and her servant coming in, she couldn't hide her shock and asked, "Why is Second Sister here? There are guards outside, how did you get in?"

"How else could he have gotten in? He broke in." Yan Muxi looked Yan Muqing up and down. He was still thin, but his complexion was good, and there was an obvious bulge in his abdomen.

Turning her head and seeing the bland porridge and side dishes on the table, she instantly became angry, "Yu Jintang is too much, he only lets you eat these?"

Lan Shuang didn't bother to greet her and hurried to the door to close it again.

Yan Muqing lowered her voice and said, "These are good to eat. My third sister said that even if you are pregnant, you should not over-supplement."

"You can't just eat plain soup every day without any oil. How can the baby in your belly be full?"

Yan Muxi was just complaining. Yan Muqing was at a critical stage of her pregnancy, and she was lucky to be able to hide safely, so she shouldn't cause any trouble.

"Don't worry too much, second sister. In fact, the food was quite good before. It has only become worse in the past two days."

Yan Muqing was not lying to appease Yan Muxi. Although she was under house arrest, her meals had always been of the standard that a concubine should have. Only after the prince came to the West Palace a few days ago did the food become worse.

Yan Muxi didn't believe her. "Shouldn't the food be better during the New Year? Why did it get worse?"

"The prince came here a few days ago. I angered him. He must have been furious, so he did this."

Thinking of what happened a few days ago, Yan Muqing's nose felt sore and she lowered her eyes to hide the tears in her eyes.

During the nearly two months of house arrest, Yu Jintang came to the West Hall five times, but Yan Muqing always closed the door and refused to meet him.

Three days ago, it was the fifth time that Yu Jintang came to the West Palace, and it was also the most violent quarrel between the two.