When she reached the door, she unexpectedly met Rui'er, the senior maidservant of the Queen.
After Rui'er bowed to Yuwen Yuchao, she stepped aside to make way.
The new royal bride is so noble now. She got pregnant just one month after marrying Prince He.
When the news came back yesterday that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess would be arriving in the capital, the Emperor was extremely pleased.
The Crown Prince has made great contributions to disaster relief, and the Crown Princess is pregnant. It is a double happiness that has come together, and the Empress is very happy.
As luck would have it, last night the princess was found to be over a month pregnant. After calculating the date carefully, it turned out to be on the wedding night.
All of a sudden, all the concubines in the palace sent a lot of gifts to Prince Heqin's mansion, which was the center of attention.
This inevitably makes people suspect that the Princess of the Heqin Prince was deliberately chosen before the Crown Princess to enjoy this honor and favor.
The royal family suddenly had two more princes' wives pregnant, which was undoubtedly a great joy.
After leaving the Prince's Mansion, Yu Wenyu hurriedly followed the maid beside him and gossiped about her.
"Princess, that person just now looked like a maidservant beside the Queen."
Yu Wenyu paused, looked back slightly, and then got on the carriage.
"I know that the Crown Prince is the daughter of the Empress, so the Empress naturally values the Crown Princess and the child in her belly."
But so be it.
Although the news of the Crown Princess' pregnancy had already been reported back to the palace, the Crown Princess was far away in Fan Yang and only returned today.
After all, she was the first royal daughter-in-law to become pregnant.
If auspicious signs are sent from heaven in the future, the Prince's Palace will have made great contributions.
After Mu Peiyun saw Yuwen Yuchao off, she wanted to go back and take a short rest, but then she heard from the servants that someone had come from the Queen's palace.
As a last resort, I continued to meet guests.
It’s not that she was disrespectful to the Queen, but she was tired from traveling, and she was also a little tired because she was pregnant.
"Slave, please see the Crown Princess."
Rui'er bowed to Mu Peiyun and greeted her, then placed the gifts given by the Queen in front of Mu Peiyun.
"The Queen Mother sympathizes with the Crown Princess's hardship during her pregnancy, and has exempted her from visiting the palace to pay respects after returning to the capital."
Hearing this, Mu Peiyun stood up and returned the gift, which was for the queen.
From a social perspective, after a long journey, you should greet your elders when you return.
According to etiquette, she should go to the palace to pay her respects to the emperor and empress.
She should have gone today, but Mu Yunchen felt sorry for her going back and forth, so he told her to rest for a day and go to the palace tomorrow.
Now, I haven’t even gone yet. The Queen Mother has exempted me from paying respects to the palace.
"Please ask Miss Rui'er to thank the Queen Mother for me."
Rui Er bowed and said, "I will definitely convey the Crown Princess's words."
Then, Rui'er waved to the eunuchs behind her and gave them another pile of rewards.
"The Crown Princess is pregnant, and many ladies in the palace wanted to send gifts, but the Queen rejected them one by one. These are the gifts from the ladies, and the Queen asked me to bring them to the Crown Princess.
The Queen said that pregnant women should rest quietly and be most careful in the first three months, so she didn’t allow anyone to disturb the Crown Princess.
But the Queen Mother was only on guard against people within the palace; there were still many people outside the palace who came to the Prince's residence to give gifts.
In total, there were about twenty families, including the wives of the Left Censor and the Right Censor of the Censorate.
Mu Peiyun was really exhausted. In the end, Mu Yunchen came back from the palace with a very gloomy face, which scared away all the ladies.
After closing the door, he immediately put on a gentle face.
"What do these people in the Censorate do? No one cares about the amount of gifts they give."
The main problem was that it disturbed his peaceful rest.
Mu Peiyun wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. Finally, she couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, the wife of the Chief Censor also sent one."
Mu Yunchen was speechless for a moment, he reached out and patted the dust off his body, then said awkwardly: "Send them all to the emperor, the Censorate will sue them all for breaking the law."
"But I have already received them..." Mu Peiyun pointed to a large area of boxes in the hall and the yard, which contained jewelry, cloth, brocade, writing brushes, inkstones, and everything in between...
Mu Yunchen for a moment...
"Have you collected all of them?"
Mu Peiyun nodded.
Mu Yunchen sighed and thought, never mind, just take it. They are just some little gadgets and won’t do anything.
Mu Peiyun put her arm around Mu Yunchen's arm and said coquettishly: "Your Highness, don't be nervous. The Queen Mother has also given you a lot of things. No one dares to say anything bad about the Prince's Mansion."
Mu Peiyun thought that Mu Yunchen was worried that the Prince's Mansion would accept gifts and be reprimanded by the Censorate, and they had just returned from Fanyang where they were investigating corruption during the disaster relief operation, so their actions today were inconsistent with that.
But Mu Yunchen was just worried that those people would come to give gifts, and Qingning would have to entertain them again, which would be stressful for both his mind and body——
"I know, I'm afraid of tiring you out."
Hearing this, Mu Peiyun was moved and buried her head in Mu Yunchen's arms.
"By the way, when you entered the palace, how did the emperor deal with the case of Yan Mingshi embezzling disaster relief funds?"
Mu Yunchen sighed and shook his head: "Father didn't say anything. He probably wants to issue another decree in front of all the civil and military officials in the palace tomorrow."
If he guessed correctly, his father should want to severely punish Yan Mingshi during the court session to make an example of him.
In addition, Mu Yunyu married Yuwen Yuchao, who was the granddaughter of Situ Qingshan.
My father wanted to see Mu Yunyu's reaction, so he didn't punish them directly.
The problem was thrown to Mu Yunyu.
If he pleads for mercy, people might suspect that he is in cahoots with Situ Qingshan, and he might be involved in the corruption case.
On the surface, it was Yan Mingshi who was corrupt, but all the officials in the court were not fools. They all knew that Situ Qingshan was not a clean person, but they just pretended to be blind and deaf.
If he did not plead for mercy, although he was upright, he was too ruthless and cut off the relationship too quickly.
In short, no matter how Mu Yunyu answered, he couldn't take both sides into consideration.
"Father, this is..." Mu Peiyun understood what Mu Yunchen meant with just one glance.
"This situation is not completely unsolvable for Mu Yunyu."
Mu Yunchen frowned slightly, looked down at Mu Peiyun's serious face and asked, "Oh? How does Qingning think Mu Yunyu will respond?"
Mu Peiyun spat out two words: "Take a leave!"
Asking for leave? Asking for leave is indeed a good idea. As long as he doesn't go to court, he can avoid it for a day or two.
This case concerns people's livelihood and is being watched closely by people all over the world. The emperor will not be able to delay for a few days and must give a result.
"However, if you ask for leave at this critical moment without a proper reason, it may be hard for people to believe it."
Although Mu Yunchen agreed with what Mu Peiyun said, Mu Yunyu was not stupid. Wouldn't it be a guilty pleasure to ask for leave at this time?
Mu Peiyun shook his head and explained: "Your Highness just came back, so you don't know. He and the princess were here just now."
Mu Peiyun seemed to know what Mu Yunchen was going to ask, and continued: "Yes, it's Yuwen Yuchao, and she is also pregnant."
"Mu Yunyu could have asked Yuwen Yuchao to claim illness. Yuwen Yuchao is pregnant with a royal descendant, which is so important that she must be extremely careful. Mu Yunyu's excuse for taking leave is justified."
She had just guessed it. Yu Wen Yuchao felt a little uncomfortable as soon as he smelled the tea brewed by Qianmian. Although she didn't say anything, she unconsciously stroked her lower abdomen.
This is a subconscious action that only pregnant women would have. Later, I heard that the ladies who sent gifts also sent one to the Prince Heqin's Mansion. What is there to not understand?
Mu Yunchen was stunned for a moment, but soon he didn't care. Anyway, he knew that his father was just testing him and Mu Yunyu wouldn't lose even a single hair.
never mind.
He only cares about Qingning and the children now.
"What about Mr. Ouyang?"
Mu Peiyun remembered that when her prince entered the palace, he brought Mr. Ouyang with him, but why was he missing when he came back?
When he was mentioned, Mu Yunchen's face suddenly turned blue and purple.
When he and Ouyang Xuan came back from the palace earlier, Ouyang Xuan kept looking at him in the carriage.
He looked back and saw Ouyang Xuan lowering his head again. He thought something serious had happened to Ouyang Xuan, but...
Ouyang Xuan poured a cup of tea and handed it to Mu Yunchen. He then drank several sips of water and finally said what he had kept in his heart for a long time.
"Your Highness, please forgive me for offending you. I once told Your Highness that I wanted Mingmei to marry Lan Yi..."
As he said this, he looked at Mu Yunchen with a face full of grievance. Mu Yunchen was confused and raised his eyebrows to signal him to continue, while he slowly drank his tea.
The next second—
"So, please don't let Nalan Yi into the house, Your Highness. She is mine!!"
puff! ! ! !
Mu Yunchen spat out the tea he had just drunk.
Looking at Ouyang Xuan's righteous expression, I felt really uncomfortable.
No one could have imagined that Ouyang Xuan would mistake the current Crown Prince for his love rival.
Seeing Ouyang Xuan's expression, which was even more aggrieved than his own, Mu Yunchen was immediately furious.
She didn't care if he was a scholar or not, she kicked him off the carriage and said, "You're smart enough not to go and tell my Crown Princess!"
Ouyang Xuan rolled several times before he was helped up. He quickly thanked them: "Thank you very much!"
"You're welcome, Mr. Ouyang!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Ouyang Xuan raised his head: "Seventeenth Guard?"
When Bi Shiqi heard this, she was shocked.
"Mr. Ouyang, you still remember me." Then he joked, "Mr. Ouyang, you are so stupid, how could you think that His Highness likes Lan Yi?
I don't know what you are thinking. Haven't you seen His Highness and the Crown Princess being affectionate all day long? You still say such a shameless thing. "
Seeing Ouyang Xuan's unhappy face, Bi Shiqi quickly changed her tone: "Okay, don't worry, no one will snatch Lan Yi from you."
After Yu Wen Yuchao returned home, Mu Yunyu had just ordered people to clean up the yard, but the stench and smell of blood in the yard had not yet dissipated.
Yu Wenyuchao felt nauseous again after smelling it.
The damned Mu Yunchen actually sent people to chop off the heads of those secret guards and send them to the palace.
When he saw it in the morning, he was almost scared to death. Several heads had their eyes open and were staring at him.
After finally dealing with the situation, he saw Wenren Yingshan coming back with the seriously injured Yu Yi. He was immediately angry but had no choice but to let the person go down to recuperate.
Most of the secret guards sent out died. This Mu Yunchen is really hard to kill! !
Seeing Yuwen Yuchao coming back, Mu Yunyu calmed down, stood up and helped Yuwen Yuchao sit down.
"How is it, Princess, have you found out everything? Why did Mu Yunchen suddenly change his route back to the capital?"
Mu Yunyu actually suspected his own people. After all, he had just been married for more than a month and naturally stayed in the capital. How could Mu Yunchen guess that he would send people to intercept and kill them at this time.
What's more, there were ambushes on every road, except the waterway in the south of the Yangtze River. There must have been an insider who leaked the information.
Even Wenren Yingshan had doubts, but Wenren Yingshan dispelled Mu Yunyu's doubts with just one sentence.
He approached Lu Li in order to gain Lu Li's trust and do more things for Mu Yunyu.
Now that Lu Li has finally fallen in love with him, it would be heartbreaking if Mu Yunyu doubted him at this time.
In fact, Wenren Yingshan’s original words were - "My Lord, please don’t make trouble at this moment!"
Mu Yunyu felt humiliated, but he could do nothing about Wenren Yingshan. After all, the medicine he gave Mu Yunchen in the first place had efficacy and ability.
Wenren Yingshan, he still needs it.
Yuwen Yuchao helplessly spread his hands and replied: "Don't be angry, Your Majesty, there is no such thing as a traitor."
"The prince suddenly changed his route because he was asked by Prime Minister Lin to go to Jiangnan to pick up Lin Xi."
"This..." Mu Yunyu was speechless for a moment.
He guessed many possibilities, and even thought that Mu Yunchen had placed someone around him.
But he never expected that the carefully crafted plan would be disrupted by the daughter of Prime Minister Lin?
If this succeeds, and Mu Yunchen died on the way, at most he was killed by bandits, and there would be no way to verify it.
A rare opportunity.
It will be difficult to find such a good opportunity next time.
What a pity! Mu Yunchen, next time, you won't be so lucky.
Mu Yunyu clenched his fists, feeling extremely annoyed. He really didn't expect that someone would show up out of nowhere and ruin his plan.
Just have to wait for next time.
"By the way, Princess, this is what I asked Mr. Wenren to prepare. Please eat it quickly."
Mu Yunyu took out a pill from somewhere and handed it to Yuwen Yuchao. Yuwen Yuchao tilted his head in confusion and asked, "What is this?"
"poison!"
Yu Wen Yuchao was shocked, and his back suddenly felt cold and his throat choked.
The person next to me is poisoning me so blatantly, I feel terrified inside!
The man in front of me has been married for a long time and he is a good person to me.
But the struggle for imperial power always requires the sacrifice of many people, which is normal...
However, she didn't want to...
Yuwen Yuchao asked in disbelief: "Your Majesty, are you going to poison me? I'm pregnant with your child."
Mu Yunyu stepped forward and rubbed Yuwen Yuchao's face, being extremely gentle.
"What are you thinking, princess? You are my princess, how could I harm you?
My father has set a trap for me tomorrow, so I will take a leave and will not go to court.
This medicine was made by Mr. Wenren at my request. It will only cause the princess to have mild abdominal pain and a disordered pulse.
In case the emperor father asks the imperial physician to come to the house, then it will be exposed that I am using an excuse not to attend court."
Seeing that Yuwen Yuchao was still looking at him suspiciously, Mu Yunyu reassured her again: "Don't worry, Princess. I have asked Mr. Wenren, and this medicine will not have any effect.
Just let the princess' pulse be a little weaker, so that if an imperial physician comes to see her, it will be more reasonable."
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