The beauty of the Hou family and the king's plan

The housekeeper nanny of the Duke's Mansion is Gu's confidant and has seen the world with Gu.

She was not panicked when she heard that. She straightened her dress, bowed, and replied, "Madam, the situation that day did not allow our wife to make a decision. This is the only way."

“If we don’t find a rooster to perform the ceremony, then we will have to let our eldest young master perform the ceremony on behalf of the prince.

The prince is already injured. If he can't recover, and the eldest young master shows up again, it will be uncertain who will be in power in the mansion in the future.

I think the master and his wife would not want to see this situation." The housekeeper said it very obscurely, but Wang and his wife understood it.

Especially Wang, who felt the same way. The Duke of Lu's Mansion and the Marquis of Ning'an's Mansion both had concubines' eldest sons.

The eldest son of the Duke of Lu has a much higher status than the eldest son of the Marquis of Ning'an.

It was said that he was also the eldest son, but the Duke of Lu demoted his wife to a concubine and married another from a high-ranking family, which made him a bastard. The older generation in Kyoto knew about this past.

When the eldest master saw that the housekeeper had left, he also left Yuqing Garden and went to the outer courtyard, leaving Wang and Shen Yan to talk in the inner room.

Seeing that Shen Yan had not recovered from her shock, Madam Wang said distressedly, "Yan'er, mother knows that you have been wronged.

But now I can only rely on Chen Ke and the Duke's wife to gain a foothold, no matter what, I have to give birth to the baby in my belly first."

When Shen Yan heard Madam Wang talking about the baby in her belly, she finally had some reaction.

"Listen to mother, you and Chen Ke have already slept together. In a few days, you can say you are not feeling well and ask for your pulse.

When the pregnancy is diagnosed, you don't have to worry as long as Chen Ke is there to testify for you.

Now that his leg is broken, and his powerful elder brother is eyeing him covetously, if he can't get well, won't his title be lost to someone else?"

“So you don’t have to worry, it’s actually good for you.

If the Duke's wife knew, she would just treat the baby in your belly as a lifeline. She would come up with a foolproof plan for you."

Wang is really good at calculating.

Shen Yan also suddenly realized that this way, her child could stay with her openly forever.

He can also have the title of Duke. Although it is not as good as the child’s real identity, it is much better than the previous plan.

She nodded and said, "Mother, I know the importance of this matter."

Then he said, "Fourth sister is a weird person, mother, you have to be on guard against her.

My daughter always felt that she had been different since her last illness. But she managed to get away with it this time."

"Don't worry, as long as she stays in the Marquis' Mansion, she will never be able to escape from her mother's control." Wang said confidently.

"There is another important matter now, and mother wants you to do it." Wang became unhappy when she thought of the mother and her two children in the west wing.

The eldest master had always kept that one in mind. Although they were two illegitimate children, he hired a famous teacher to help the older one pass the imperial examination and surpass his own son.

We can’t let the third girl get a good marriage, otherwise we won’t have another helper.

“When you get married, your eldest sister will definitely invite you into the palace in the next few days.

"Then you can talk to her about the third girl's marriage and ask her to issue an imperial decree to marry the third youngest son of Marquis Wu'an, Young Master Qiao." Wang instructed her daughter.

Now that the Central Palace is empty, Concubine Shu is temporarily in charge of the management of the harem and has the right to issue imperial decrees.

Shen Yan was stunned for a moment and thought about the Third Young Master Qiao for a while.

He was shocked and said, "Mom, Qiao San is a fool. Father will definitely not agree."

"Mother knows, otherwise why would I let you go and ask for the Queen's order.

Go and ask for it. As long as the imperial decree is issued, even if your father has objections, the old lady will not allow him to cause trouble to the queen."

"My son, remember that only you three siblings can help each other.

Those illegitimate children must not be allowed to succeed." Wang stared at Shen Yan and said earnestly.

In fact, Wang was also feeling unhappy. According to her idea, it was not impossible to marry the third girl to a family that looked glamorous on the outside but was actually dirty on the inside.

This way she could still gain a reputation as a virtuous woman, without having to drag the queen down with her. But she remembered her sister-in-law's instructions, so she hardened her heart and had to do this.

Wang's maiden family, the House of the Earl of Loyalty, was originally a family of military commanders, but by Wang's generation, none of the direct descendants had any future.

Wang's brother inherited the title and had several sons, but unexpectedly, all of them were playboys.

He was a useless man, fighting cocks and running dogs all day, relying on his ancestors' kindness to make a living. His life was becoming increasingly difficult.

Wang received subsidies from time to time and also had to clean up the mess for her nephews.

If it weren't for the fact that the eldest son of the Wang family lost all his money in the gambling house and couldn't pay back the money he borrowed from Marquis Wu'an, she wouldn't have to use her concubine's daughter to fill that hole.

"Don't worry, mom. I will get things done." Shen Yan agreed.

After Shen Baozhao left Rongde Hall, he returned to Zhaoming Garden.

Today, Shen Yan returned home, so the clan school was closed. The second master brought the fifth young master to Shen Baozhao's yard.

Shen Jie Ling was busy with school on weekdays and did not visit Bao Zhao very often.

As soon as I entered the yard, I saw Luoxia grinding medicinal materials with a medicine grinder in the yard. I became playful and started grinding them myself.

Shen Baozhao did not avoid people when he did this. He just said that he had read a few medical books and became very interested in them, so he bought various medicinal herbs on a whim.

She wanted to slowly make everyone accept the fact that she knew medical skills, which would make things much easier for her in the future.

So when the second master asked, she answered like this. The second master didn't take it seriously, just thinking that his daughter was killing time in the boudoir.

The three of them arrived at Shen Baozhao's study, where there was a desk with all the necessary writing brushes, inkstones, and brushes of various materials hanging on the pen stand.

Behind the desk is a row of antique shelves, which are filled with various books.

There is a large window on the right side of the study, which provides excellent lighting.

The warm spring sun shone in obliquely, and the soft white light shone on a few peach branches in a white porcelain vase on the table beside the window.

The peach branches are sprouting tender buds, and a few small flower buds are about to bloom.

On the wall near the window hangs a painting of a roc spreading its wings, with a quote from Zhuang Zhou's "The Happy Journey" "He who soars up to the sky can reach ninety thousand miles."

The second master was reading Shen Baozhao's calligraphy practiced by the desk, and was delighted to find that Baozhao's handwriting was very good. He couldn't help but praise: "Zhao'er, your handwriting is comparable to Mr. Suzhi's."

Mr. Suzhi's hairpin-flowered small calligraphy is well-known, and girls in the boudoir all love to find her copybook to imitate.

What the second master didn’t know was that Shen Baozhao’s Slender Gold style of calligraphy was better.

He had taught her this step by step. When he saw her handwriting, he thought it was too rigid.

Just like her mood at that time, trapped by her inner demons, she kept mumbling about revenge all day long, which was not relaxed enough. Fearing that she would be depressed, I wrote a handwriting for her to copy.

The Slender Gold Body Style was decisive and ruthless. As she practiced, she became better and better, and her mind became more and more open. The turbid air in her chest seemed to be swept away.

Later on, even he couldn't tell which was written by the two. He even said with a smile that he could write for him in the future.

Shen Baozhao thought about this and decided that if he was destined to be the overlord of the world in this life, he would stay away from him and protect his father and brother.