After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife always wanted to leave her father behind and keep her

"Yun Dai looks weak, but she is actually tough. You could only rely on her soft heart." Old Madam Yu said to her grandson angrily, "If you can't turn things around within this year, I'll see what you can do!"

Cui Yuanqing knew very well that the seeds of divorce had taken root in her heart. If it were in the past, she might have been willing to stay for the child, but now she was ready to leave the father and keep the son, and this idea was given to her by him.

"I didn't know my own heart before, and I resented and treated her harshly. From now on, I just want to keep her by my side. I will enter the palace today and ask the saint for permission to return to Beijing for a few days every two months during my inspection tour in Jiangnan."

Old Madam Yu sighed, "If you want to accompany her, you don't have to hide the fact that she's pregnant. She likes Sister Qi so much, how could she not be looking forward to having a child of her own?"

Cui Yuanqing had no choice but to tell Cheng Songan that he had agreed to divorce her after a year in order to appease her and not make her emotional.

When she heard the words "leave the father and keep the son", Old Mrs. Yu was so angry that she hit him with her crutch.

Cui Yuanqing endured it all, and then he humbled himself and begged, "Grandma, I can't help it. You know her temper. Fortunately, I was able to comfort her at that time. If she had fainted from anger in that situation, the consequences would be unknown."

Old Madam Yu was so angry that her fingers were shaking: "The second daughter of the Cheng family is not a good person. If you really want to deal with her, you should let her marry to Yangzhou. Why do you have to investigate the Jin family at this critical moment?"

Cui Yuanqing remained silent. This was the only thing he could do at the moment.

“I’m telling you, if you don’t let me hold my great-grandson in peace, I will go down to find your grandfather right away!” Old Mrs. Yu threatened. She was still furious and slammed her cane heavily on the ground.

Cui Yuanqing assured, "The reason why I have to keep it a secret from her for two months is for this reason. If it doesn't work, I will go to the ancestral hall and apologize to my grandfather."

This time when he went to Jiangnan, he had already figured out most of the intertwined forces, but it was not easy to move one side. He and Si Tui worked together, one in the open and one in the dark, and spent more than a month to find a breakthrough. In another two months, they would be able to tear open a hole, cut out a group of termites, and fill the national treasury a lot.

Then he could use this merit to enter the palace and ask for Cheng Songan to be conferred the title of a third-class lady. With the imperial edict, they could not divorce easily, but this was secondary. The important thing was that he would have more time to win her back.

Old Mrs. Yu was silent for a while and could only nod.

After Doctor Sun finished giving Cheng Songan acupuncture, he came out and reported to Cui Yuanqing that the fetus was still stable and would be fine after another half month of rest.

Old Madam Yu couldn't wait to enter the room, and held down Cheng Songan who was about to stand up, saying, "From today on, the Cui Mansion will abolish the rules of greeting and asking for respect!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhang, who had just received the news, suddenly stopped at the door. She was born in an official family in Beijing, and had learned these etiquette since elementary school. Her close friends in the boudoir, who were similar to her, had now become mothers-in-law and could set rules for their daughters-in-law every day.

She was the only one who, although she had not been angry with her mother-in-law, had never acted like one either. Especially since Cheng Songan had married into the villa, she had only greeted her mother-in-law a few times. She had been living in the villa for a month. Now that she had just returned, the old lady had abolished the rule of greeting for her. Zhang felt uncomfortable no matter what.

"Yun Dai is not in good health, she needs to be taken care of," Zhang forced a smile, "but the rules cannot be abolished, otherwise the rules will be followed by others in the mansion, and if it gets out, people will laugh at her, and the reputation of our Cui family will be ruined in the future."

Old Madam Yu disagreed and said, "Broken rules do not mean abolished family traditions. The Cui family values ​​filial piety, brotherhood, loyalty and righteousness, and behaves uprightly. Who dares to say that removing red tape will ruin the family traditions?"

Zhang choked and said awkwardly, "That's reasonable, but the concubines in the palace still need to go to the central palace every morning and evening to pay their respects. How can we ordinary families do this? We can't let people accuse our daughter-in-law of being unfilial."

Old Mrs. Yu's face darkened and she suddenly looked at her with a stern gaze, which frightened Zhang so much that she hurriedly lowered her head.

The old lady shook her head secretly. If she was not afraid that this honest daughter-in-law would speak too quickly and ruin Cui Yuanqing's plan, she would have asked her whether her grandson or the rules were more important.

Cheng Song'an saw that something was wrong. Ever since Zhang came into the family, Old Lady Yu had let go of everything and delegated all the power in the family to her. She had never spoken harshly to her. When Princess Xiang sent gifts through the Duan family that day, she immediately punished Cheng Song'an to kneel in the ancestral hall for several hours. She defended Zhang on the surface, but today it seemed that she was not going to give her face.

She tried to smooth things over, "Mother-in-law is right. My health is not serious. If grandma feels sorry for me, just let me rest for two days."

Zhang finally had a way out: "Yun Dai is a sensible person, worthy of being the daughter of a university scholar."

Old Madam Yu snorted coldly, not intending to fool around like that, and said loudly: "I have not been in charge of the family for many years, but I can always say something. You can follow these rules as you like, but you don't have to use these two words on Yun Dai."

Zhang regretted it deeply. Her original intention was just to show off in front of Cheng Songan, but Mrs. Yu's words made her look like she was deliberately making things difficult and abusing her power as a housekeeper. The final result was that Cheng Songan didn't have to pay her respects every day, but she had to go to Chunhui Garden every day.

"Respectfulness is not about appearance but about the heart. Since grandma has said so, mother must refute it. Is this the rule?" Cui Yuanqing said goodbye to Doctor Sun and walked into the inner room. He roughly listened to the conversation just now and said lightly.

Zhang was stunned. She didn't expect that even her son, who was always well-behaved and polite, would not stand on her side. He even said it directly to her face in front of her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. She couldn't help but blush with embarrassment.

She had lived a smooth life and had never suffered such injustice. At this moment, she was just thinking like the ordinary people among the common people, that he had forgotten his mother after marrying a wife. Her eyes were sore and she almost cried.

Cheng Songan was extremely embarrassed. If he had known not to listen to his mother, he should have gone back to Yuqiao Villa directly. They would get divorced in the future anyway, so there was no need to become enemies with his mother-in-law at this time, which would only bring shame to his grandmother and the Cheng family.

She quickly sat up, half-knelt on the bed and tried to pull Zhang's hand, but before she could say anything, she was gently pushed back.

Cui Yuanqing bowed to Zhang and said, "Mother, please do not worry that there is no one to follow the rules at home. Your son dare not abandon you. If you are at home every day, you will go to Cixian Hall to kowtow and pay your respects in the morning and evening. After that, I will go to Chunhui Garden to pay my respects to you in the morning and evening. What do you think?"

Zhang was relieved to hear her son say this. She couldn't bear to see him do these things every day, so she smiled and said goodbye. After sitting for a while, she returned to Cixian Hall.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw some gifts and medicines on the table. Zhang asked in confusion, "Who sent them?"

The maid on duty said, "The second young lady of the Cheng residence sent this gift. Her aunt passed away these two days, and her fiancé and family also met with misfortune. She wanted to go to the villa to mourn for them. She was very upset because she couldn't say goodbye to her aunt, so she sent this gift here."