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

The third wife, Mrs. Tang, and the fifth girl, Shen Chan, left expressionlessly, as if today's incident had little to do with them.

Shen Baozhao left Rongde Hall with Shen Jing and her brother. When they reached the gate of the courtyard, all three of them stopped.

"Third sister, are you okay?" Shen Baozhao asked hesitantly, hinting at something.

Shen Jing nodded: "Nothing, sister, if you are free, you can come to my courtyard tomorrow to get together."

Shen Baozhao naturally nodded in agreement, and the three of them returned to their respective courtyards.

On this side, Xiao Yuanhuai was still in the private room of Changchun Restaurant, leaning against the pillow, with a strand of hair falling on his cheek. After drinking, his eyes were a little blurry and unfocused.

When An Yi saw the appearance of his master, he secretly said in his heart, "Monster."

"You mean, Anxiang failed?" Xiao Yuanhuai's tone was gentle, and no emotion could be heard.

"My Lord, An Xiang didn't miss her move. She was beaten to it before she could make a move."

"Oh..." Xiao Yuanhuai raised his eyebrows. How could someone be faster than him? Break the game he had set up with great difficulty and take away the fruits of his victory?

"who is it?"

"Miss Ning'an, the third young lady of the Marquis's Mansion, this must have been done on purpose." When talking about serious matters, An Yi still looked serious.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yuanhuai became interested in this matter when he heard about Ning'an Marquis' Mansion.

An Yi replied: "The third young lady of the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion was dressed very similarly to An Xiang today. But our plan was definitely not leaked. This can only be regarded as an accident."

"But tonight, all the young masters and young ladies of Ning'an Marquis's Mansion are here to compete and watch flower arrangement. Only she and her brother are not with the others."

"The master knows that His Majesty went on a secret visit today on a whim, and brought only Eunuch Wang with him. The girl from the Shen family twisted her foot and fell beside His Majesty, and was hugged by His Majesty."

“And her brother was watching her in the dark, and only appeared after an incense stick of time.

I think this was intentional. But I really can't understand why they know the identity of the emperor. "An Yi showed a puzzled expression.

Xiao Yuanhuai nodded. This was not a good thing for him, but it was not a bad thing either. If the third daughter of Ning'an Marquis's Mansion entered the palace, the sisters would share one husband. If they had children, I don't believe they wouldn't have second thoughts.

The more trouble there is in the emperor's harem, the better it is for them. And if the head house of Ning'an Marquis's mansion is too busy to take care of itself, then they won't have time to cause trouble for her.

Today she shines in flower arrangement, and tomorrow she will be famous in Kyoto. By then, I am afraid that people who want to marry her will come to the doorstep of the mansion, but it is good that she can finally find a good home.

Somehow, King Huai felt a sour feeling in his heart.

He picked up the paper and pen on the table and quickly wrote a note. He blew a whistle to call a white dove and stuffed the note into the pigeon's bamboo tube.

Then the carrier pigeon was seen spreading its wings and flying towards the Ning'an Marquis Mansion.

Shen Baozhao was about to return to Zhaoming Garden, and before he had time to take off his hair, Qingkong came into the bedroom carrying a box.

"Miss, this is the prize for this time. It's all here." Qingkong said with a smile.

The lady was really amazing, not only did she win first place, but she also won so many prizes. There were quite a few things in there that were worth showing off.

Shen Baozhao took the heavy box and opened it to take a look. Yes, this box of things can buy a lot of precious medicinal materials.

She was suffering from the fact that she had no money and could not prepare many self-defense medicines.

Just as she was thinking about how to sell these things tomorrow, a ball of white stuff suddenly flew over to her, startling Qingkong.

When he saw the white thing clearly, he cursed angrily: "Xiaobai, can you say hello next time you show up?"

Shen Baozhao took the note from Xiaobai's feet, unfolded it and saw the words "Congratulations on winning the championship" on it.

It seems that this person has a high status, and he must be in Changchun Restaurant today. Shen Baozhao does not like this situation where the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light, and everything is under the control of the other party.

Well, although the other party cannot be called an enemy, at least for now, all the messages released are goodwill.

Shen Baozhao thought about it, took out a pen and paper, and wrote a note back: "What do you want?" Then he let Xiaobai fly away with the note.

Meanwhile, Lady Gu, wife of Duke Lu, brought Shen Yan back to Duke Lu's Mansion.

Someone was immediately sent to invite the palace doctor. Chen Ke was lying in the main bedroom of the new house, so Shen Yan had to be sent to the green gauze cabinet.

The court doctor was an elderly man with a goatee. He took the patient's pulse with one hand and stroked his beard with the other. His face became increasingly darker, like a day when it was about to rain heavily.

Gu did not urge him, and soon the court doctor collected the medicine box. He trembled and carefully considered his reply.

"Madam, the Crown Prince's wife has been pregnant for more than two months. The abdominal pain this time is due to miscarriage. It's nothing serious. Just take some medicine to stabilize the pregnancy."

The court doctor reported back and looked at Gu's face. He saw that Gu's face was as gloomy as water and thought to himself that something was wrong.

The Crown Prince and his wife had just gotten married, so it was absolutely impossible for her to get pregnant so soon.

It was bad luck that this happened. I was supposed to retire next month. Now I don’t know if I will have this blessing. The court doctor was worried.

Gu's heart was in turmoil as she stared at Shen Yan. She thought she had wronged her by marrying into the Duke's Mansion in a hurry, but she never thought that the girl from the Shen family was so shameless and had already been pregnant.

Gu calmly asked the doctor to come down and prescribe medicine. She dismissed all the maids and servants. She sat on the rose-shaped armchair and waited for Shen Yan to wake up.

Seeing that Shen Yan had woken up, Gu ordered her trusted maid to bring up a bowl of black medicine.

The old woman respectfully asked Shen Yan to drink the medicine, but the ridicule in her eyes was not concealed at all.

Shen Yan subconsciously touched her belly, and in Gu's eyes, it was even more certain that Shen Yan had known that she was pregnant.

"What kind of medicine is this? I'm not sick, I don't need to take medicine." Shen Yan said.

Seeing that Shen Yan showed no shame after being discovered, Gu was furious: "You have been pregnant for more than two months. The Duke's Mansion originally could not accommodate you."

"But at this moment, the Duke is still fighting on the front line. Ke'er's leg injury has not yet fully healed. For the sake of the two mansions' face. If you drink this bowl of abortion medicine, I will not pursue anything."

"You can still be the wife of the prince of the Duke's Mansion, but after this period is over, I will make Ke'er a co-wife. I will allocate you a courtyard in a remote part of the mansion and build a small Buddhist temple. You don't have to go out anymore."

Gu felt that she had done her utmost to deal with the matter. If it were not for Chen Ke's face, she really wanted to let everyone in the world see what kind of person this girl from the Ning'an Marquis' Mansion was.

Shen Yan stared at the bowl of medicine without moving. She just sat up and asked calmly, "Does the Duke's wife want to kill her grandson with her own hands?"

Gu was stunned and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"What I mean is that I am pregnant with your grandson. If you don't believe me, you can ask the prince." Shen Yan was confident.

Gu was still skeptical and went out of the green gauze window to the main bedroom herself. Chen Ke didn't know what happened inside the green gauze cabinet at this time.

Shen Yan looked at Gu's back, her youthful hands tightly grasping the green lotus leaf quilt cover, and she pulled too hard until the quilt was wrinkled.