Chapter 119 The legitimate daughter whose engagement was broken off 16
Chapter 119 The legitimate daughter whose engagement was broken off 16
The one who saved Wei Lanxue was naturally Si Ying. Although she was determined to make Wei Lanxue pay a price, she had to keep her life for now to deal with Chu Ziyu.
Wei Lanxue was lying in that dilapidated farm, unaware that she was almost being silenced.
She was still thinking about how she would make a fortune from Chu Ziyu. Sometimes, she had to say that she was worthy of being the daughter of Minister Wei. Like father, like daughter. This greed for profit was really inherited from her ancestors.
Two years passed quickly, and Chu Ziyu performed very well in these two years. Although he was not good at studying, he could use his flexible brain to make suggestions for the prince. The reputation of the prince's mansion plummeted because of Chu Zisu, so Chu Ziyu gave the prince some advice and asked him to donate silver and food to the poor in a big way.
The prince thought it was feasible, so he gritted his teeth and took out half of his savings to start his philanthropic act in a grand manner. This indeed made the people of the capital and the poor families in other regions praise him and shed tears of gratitude. Sure enough, the method was effective, and the reputation of the prince's mansion improved a lot.
This also made him start to treat his youngest son differently. He listened to the advice of his second son Chu Ziyu, and used money to support some poor candidates to study and gave them travel expenses to take the imperial examinations.
Soon, the Prince's Mansion became a great benefactor in the hearts of scholars, especially poor scholars, and various poems praising the Prince began to circulate.
The Prince's Mansion did indeed make a great comeback with these events. The Prince has now changed his previous attitude and has become very trusting and fond of his youngest son Chu Ziyu.
And under Chu Ziyu's deliberate instigation, he disliked his eldest son Chu Zisu more and more. Moreover, Chu Zisu had no descendants and could no longer expand and prosper the Prince's Mansion. Therefore, the Prince had begun to secretly think of replacing the future heir with Chu Ziyu. Now his youngest son was not only wise, but also led the Prince's Mansion to restore its reputation. In the future, the prosperity and development of the Prince's Mansion would depend on him.
The more the prince looked at his youngest son, the more satisfied he was, so he told his wife about his thoughts.
This made the Princess of the County, who had always disliked the younger son and favored the older son, very angry. She retorted, "Your Highness, as the saying goes, the eldest son should be the heir. Now Su'er is fine, but you want to make his younger brother Yu'er the heir. Su'er has already lost his only child, and now he is in a daze all day long. Instead of trying to enlighten him, you stab him in the heart and deprive him of his rightful position as the eldest son. You are trying to force him to death! Woo woo woo ~"
The Princess of the County burst into tears as she spoke.
Seeing that what she said made sense, the king was silent for a moment, and then sighed helplessly, "But now Su'er not only has a bad reputation, but also cannot leave any descendants for our palace. Although you love your son dearly, you can't let our palace be destroyed in his hands."
The Princess of the County Prince quickly argued, "How can Su'er have no descendants? Anyway, Yu'er is already fourteen years old. After the New Year, when he is fifteen years old, we can find him a wife. In another two years, when Yu'er gets married and has children, we can adopt his son to Su'er. In this way, Su'er will have descendants, and our palace will not be cut off from the incense."
The prince frowned in dissatisfaction and asked, "Madam, you said it lightly, but have you ever thought about whether Yu'er agrees? That's his child. They are both our own flesh and blood. We can't treat Yu'er like this."
The Princess of the County said indifferently, "Why would Yu'er disagree? When his brother dies a hundred years later, it will be his son who inherits the family business. This is also a good thing for him."
Seeing that the prince wanted to say something else, the princess interrupted him hastily, "Okay, Your Majesty, let's discuss this matter first. There is no need to tell Yu'er. He is still young now, and he won't understand even if we tell him. When he gets married in the future, he will naturally understand our good intentions."
The couple's conversation ended here, and the prince shook his head in disapproval and left. The servant who secretly heard all this in the dark outside the house hurried back to report to Chu Ziyu.
After hearing what the servant said, Chu Ziyu was so angry that he threw the teacup beside him to the ground. He didn't expect that after two years, the Princess of the County had not given up and still wanted to adopt her own child to his elder brother Chu Zisu, and even wanted the corrupt Chu Zisu to inherit the County Prince's Mansion.
His good mother really worries about her eldest son. What a deep love between mother and son. In this case, a dark light flashed in Chu Ziyu's eyes. Don't blame him for showing no mercy.
Everything in the Prince's Mansion has been monitored by Si Ying. In the past two years, in addition to monitoring the movements of the Prince's Mansion, she also has an important task, which is to take care of the baby.
After the original owner's mother, Zhao, recovered and returned to Yuzhou, Lord Zhao was finally able to enjoy the beauty of having a beautiful wife by his side again, and soon, Zhao became pregnant.
Si Ying secretly took her pulse and found out that she was pregnant with twins. Lord Zhao had never thought that he would be able to have a son again in his middle age. He became very proud and excited. The Zhao family was originally small in number, and now God had blessed them with a son again. Lord Zhao was very happy.
However, these two little ones have made life difficult for Zhao. She is now in her thirties. In this era where the average life expectancy is in the sixties, she can be considered an elderly mother.
Fortunately, Si Ying has been secretly helping her to recuperate. She arranges a special cook every day to prepare medicinal food specially developed according to her situation. It not only supplements the nutrition she needs for being pregnant with twins, but also prevents the fetus from being too large and difficult to deliver in the later stage. Everything is controlled just right.
Of course, Zhao didn't know that Si Ying knew medicine. She just thought her daughter was her sweetheart. She specially researched recipes for her and arranged for the cook to prepare medicinal food for her. She ate well, drank well, and slept well every day. She had no worries. She didn't have any of the painful reactions she had when she was pregnant with a daughter before.
On the contrary, she felt that her skin was getting better and better, and she was full of energy and did not feel tired at all.
Moreover, Si Ying would usually take Zhao for walks around the mansion, let her get more sun and exercise. As a result, Zhao became much stronger than before and no longer looked frail and sickly.
When the princess came to see her, she was so shocked that her jaw dropped. She had been there when Zhao had just returned to the capital. At that time, Zhao was still very thin and looked like she had just recovered from a serious illness.
But now, she has a voluptuous figure but is not fat, and her every move reveals a unique charm.
She didn't look clumsy or haggard due to being pregnant at all, and didn't look like a pregnant woman at all.
The eldest princess had also been pregnant and given birth to a child, so she curiously asked Zhao how she did it. Zhao smiled with relief and told her about the medicinal diet that Si Ying had researched and prepared for her. She asked the cook to follow the recipe every day. The meals were delicious and nourishing. Therefore, from the time she became pregnant until now, she had never had to drink the bitter and astringent pregnancy-maintaining medicine.
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