Chapter 1271 The Widow Queen

The smile on Rong Huilan's face froze at this moment. A feeling of disbelief immediately surged into her heart, and a burning temperature instantly climbed up Rong Huilan's cheeks from her ears.

With difficulty, she kept a calm expression and looked at Jinchen Beile. Rong Huilan hid her hands under her sleeves and clenched them tightly. She couldn't tell whether she was more shocked or more ashamed.

Although she had long understood that according to Jinchen Beile's status, it was only a matter of time for him to take a concubine. What's more, there were already two concubines in the mansion who guided Jinchen Beile in dealing with people. However, compared with her and Jinchen Beile's newly married less than three months ago, the two were completely different from the "newcomer" who was brought into the mansion from outside.

Not to mention, there is an unwritten rule among the wealthy families in the capital that a concubine can only be taken if the wife has no children for a year. In just over two months, Jinchen Beile is going to take a concubine, and she is backed by another royal relative. Once this matter gets out, Rong Huilan will lose all her dignity.

Outsiders can only say that Jinchen Beile is romantic, but for her... they will only say that she has no virtue and cannot control her husband's heart.

But how can the matter be explained in a few words? Rong Huilan has no way to stop this from happening, whether it is the concubine entering the mansion or the rumors that are about to come from outside.

Unless - her family members come forward...

But this is impossible.

Rong Huilan held on tightly, but the teachings of Mrs. Rong Er since childhood made Rong Huilan unable to do anything wrong at this time.

"My cousin and the prince are so close. One day, I will definitely invite the women of my cousin's family to come to the mansion to walk around more." Rong Huilan forced a smile and said this calmly.

Jinchen Prince still kept a relaxed smile on his face and said to Rong Huilan: "You can make the decision on these matters yourself. I can't be more relieved that you can take care of the affairs in the mansion."

Listening to Jinchen Prince's trusting words, Rong Huilan no longer had the shyness and joy of the past, only bitterness in her mouth.

Rong Huilan was no longer in the mood to ask about Qin Wansha's words. Preparing a yard for the new concubine is not something that can be solved by the mistress saying a word. Rong Huilan had to suppress the pain in her heart and turned her head to make preparations.

Watching Rong Huilan leave, the faint smile on Jinchen Prince's face suddenly turned cold.

He naturally saw the sudden change in Rong Huilan's heart when she knew he was going to take a concubine, but this was originally his punishment for Rong Huilan. Otherwise, even for his own reputation, he would not have listened to others and taken a concubine in such a short time after getting married.

However, even so, the block in Jinchen Beile's heart still did not dissipate. He took out a Buddhist scripture that he had not yet finished copying and continued to copy it. While copying, he was also thinking about how to get rid of Rong Xinlan, a member of the Rong family who was only a burden to him, forever without alarming the emperor.

Fortunately, when the emperor asked him to understand Rong Xinlan, he did not mention the time. After Jinchen Beile had an idea in his mind, he also had time to prepare.

In the next few days, except for the fact that a concubine was carried into Jinchen Beile's mansion, which was considered a lively occasion, the capital was surprisingly quiet for several days.

After taking care of the matter of taking a concubine for Prince Jinchen, Rong Huilan spent a sleepless night alone, looking at the moon and shedding tears. Although she had chosen the most reasonable path in the most difficult situation, this matter would still hurt her reputation and the reputation of the second branch of the Rong family. If it was heard by her mother... how would she explain it to her mother?

In fact, what Rong Huilan was worried about did not happen in the past few days. In the past few days, Mrs. Rong Er was pulled by Mrs. Rong and Mrs. San to discuss how to force Qin Wansha to hand over the account books and other things. She did not receive any news about the matter of the son-in-law taking a concubine, let alone personally going to the door to question Prince Jinchen and comfort her daughter.

As for the second master, relying on the reputation of the Rong Bo Mansion, he also had a small job to do in the capital. Even though his official position was not high, he had a lot of things to do. He worked diligently every day, and his colleagues around him were all of similar temperament, so naturally he did not notice the rumors that had been faintly spread outside.

On the contrary, Master Rong and Rong Zhangshi, who had been feeling proud these days and often went out for a walk, naturally heard about the matter of Prince Jinchen taking a concubine.

However, the two of them took it for granted that the Second House and Old Lady Rong would handle the matter. They were already at odds with the Second House, and Rong Huilan was so arrogant that day. Master Rong and Rong Zhangshi just talked about the matter with Qin Wansha in a mocking manner, and then passed it over and ignored it.

Qin Wansha understood that both Old Lady Rong and the Second House of the Rong family were very busy these days, and naturally would not pay attention to these "rumors" outside.

Listening to Master Rong and Rong Zhangshi shouting in joy, Qin Wansha also said goodbye to the two loving couples.

A few days ago, Xijuan, who was appointed by Qin Wansha, and the injured Xique both came to serve Qin Wansha. Leaving aside Xijuan, Xique gave Qin Wansha many surprises, for example - he revealed the complete plan of Madam Rong and the second and third rooms, even with the timeline.

Seeing the slightly morbid excitement in the magpie's eyes, Qin Wansha gave the magpie an encouraging smile, and then gave her a reward. At the same time, she directly pointed out: "As my first-class girl in the future, Xijuan will have a lot of achievements." If you don’t understand, you need to teach me more.”

Magpie was immediately overjoyed. She was also a first-class girl when she was with Mrs. Rong. However, even if they were both first-class, she couldn't compare to Nan Xiang's face in front of Mrs. Rong.

Who would have thought that she would stay under Nan Xiang's name for the rest of her life, but once she woke up, she got what she wanted most.

Magpie immediately agreed without looking at Xijuan's frozen smile.

As a newly appointed 'new official', Magpie's three fires naturally had to be burned. When she looked back, she directly used her rest time to drag Magpie, who wanted to rest, to her room in the name of teaching. Here, Haosheng gave me some guidance.

After Qin Wansha heard about it, she also smiled and said to the person who came to report: "Don't you need to remind Magpie about Xijuan's problem?"

Qin Wansha just said: "No need, look at her, isn't she doing a good job?"

The boy who came to report immediately stopped talking.