Chapter 238 Have We Met Somewhere Before?
Chu Lingxiu continued to struggle until the second half of the night, and the situation on Mu Xueliu's side finally stabilized.
Mu Xueliu gave birth to a son, but the child died at birth.
Mu Xueliu was so shocked that she fainted on the spot.
Chu Lingxiu was furious and ordered people to investigate the matter overnight. In the end, as Jiang Li had expected, the investigation led to Concubine Cui.
Concubine Cui was the legitimate daughter of the Shangshu Mansion and the concubine chosen by the Queen for Chu Lingxiu. But now she has committed such a mistake. Logically, she should be divorced or driven to a corner of the mansion and never summoned to the bed.
However, the next morning, the news that the Emperor promoted Concubine An to Concubine An reached the Prince's Mansion.
Chu Lingxiu had long expected that the Emperor would have a countermeasure, but he did not expect that the countermeasure would come so early.
The Emperor intended to support another prince, so the heart of Shangshu Cui must not be lost.
After thinking it over again and again, Chu Lingxiu still suppressed the matter and announced to the public that Mu Xueliu's premature birth was caused by overthinking.
As for Concubine Cui who killed the emperor's eldest grandson, she was only confined for three months for the crime of contradicting the prince.
Mu Xueliu just woke up and got such news. She couldn't help but smile bitterly. In a wealthy family, a woman without the support of her mother's family can only swallow it all by gritted teeth.
Bihen stepped forward and held Mu Xueliu's hand, "Master, don't be sad. The most urgent thing now is to get well."
Mu Xueliu nodded weakly, "I'm not sad, I'm just very tired."
Since Jiang Li married into the prince's mansion, Mu Xueliu's life has been much more difficult.
Jiang Li is a smart person. Not long after marrying into the mansion, she won the hearts of everyone in the mansion. To the servants, she was considerate and generous, and the monthly salary she issued was no less than before; to Chu Lingxiu's concubines, she treated them equally, and provided them with food, clothing and daily expenses; she was even more generous in sleeping with him, and never relied on her status as the main wife to dominate Chu Lingxiu, and from time to time she would take the initiative to let Chu Lingxiu walk around the rooms of the neglected concubines. After all these favors, everyone in the Prince's Mansion spoke highly of her.
But Jiang Li was never tolerant of Mu Xueliu. She indulged those concubines in calculating against Mu Xueliu, and also indulged those concubines in alienating Mu Xueliu, until all the forces around her were hollowed out.
Mu Xueliu knew that the situation was not favorable to her, so she could only endure it.
However, Mu Xueliu's forbearance in various ways finally brought more friction.
Shen Qing and Mu Ziqian divorced, Yangling Marquis's Mansion lost the emperor's favor, Yangling Marquis was exempted from the right to attend the court, Yangling Marquis' Mansion completely lost power, and the concubines in the mansion became more and more arrogant towards Mu Xueliu.
Later, because of Mu Ziqian's absurd incident at Yangling Marquis's wife's funeral, Mu Ziqian was expelled from Shengjing, and Chu Lingxiu completely cut off his relationship with Yangling Marquis' Mansion. Mu Xueliu's days in the Prince's Mansion can be described as extremely difficult, but after all, she still has Chu Lingxiu's love and the child in her belly, so she can hold on no matter how difficult it is.
But now, she really has nothing to rely on.
And Chu Lingxiu's reason for her premature birth is not groundless. A few days ago, Yangling Marquis began to come to the door frequently, and every time he came when Chu Lingxiu was attending the court.
Although the guards stopped her, Mu Xueliu's face was indeed completely lost.
As for the purpose of Yangling Marquis wanting to see her, Mu Xueliu also knew that the current Yangling Marquis Mansion could no longer support Yangling Marquis' huge expenses. The shops had been sold out, and now he could only rely on her daughter.
But she couldn't take care of herself now, so how could she have the energy to take care of him?
Although she had never met Yangling Marquis, she was really upset. Mu Xueliu hadn't slept well for a while, and she was haggard.
With Mu Xueliu's intelligence, if she hadn't been tied up by Yangling Marquis's affairs, Concubine Cui would not have succeeded so easily.
Bihen stepped forward and hugged Mu Xueliu in her arms, "Master, everything will be fine, I will always be with you."
In the corner where Mu Xueliu couldn't see, Bihen's eyes were full of sighs. Although she was just a maid, she was not stupid. She guessed that what Mu Xueliu wanted would never be realized again.
The culprits of all this are the vampires in Yangling Marquis' Mansion who have always been holding on to Mu Xueliu.
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Shen Qing and Lu Yan sent Yun Xiaoxiao back from the city gate, and heard the news of Anpin's promotion and Mu Xueliu's premature birth.
The two looked at each other, and there was a flash of sadness in each other's eyes.
Anpin, who had always lived in a corner, finally became the emperor's chess piece to check and balance the prince.
And the matter of Mu Xueliu was also within the expectations of Shen Qing and Lu Yan. Now that the prince's court is full of support, Jiang Li can't keep Mu Xueliu and a concubine's eldest son, so Mu Xueliu will either be premature or have a difficult birth, which is just a matter of time.
It is a blessing in disguise to be able to save a life.
In the carriage, Lu Yan kneaded Shen Qing's fingertips and told her something beyond the rumors.
"Mu Xueliu gave birth to a stillborn baby prematurely because she took too much safflower juice. Her mother's body was damaged and she will never get pregnant again."
Fearing that Mu Xueliu could not accept it for a while, Chu Lingxiu suppressed the doctor's diagnosis, but a few people in the Prince's Mansion still knew about it.
Shen Qing's eyes flashed with surprise. Without a mother's family, she could not have children, which meant that Mu Xueliu could only spend the rest of her life in the Prince's Mansion.
Lu Yan did not react to this. If it were not for Mu Xueliu's interference, Shen Qing would not have married into Yangling Marquis' Mansion, and he and Shen Qing would not have encountered what happened later.
Speaking of which, this is Mu Xueliu's retribution.
The court is temporarily stable, and Lu Yan's poison has been cured. Shen Qing and Lu Yan's life has become more leisurely. They swim in the lake and look at flowers during the day, and there is no need to say what they do at night. Since his health has improved, Lu Yan has been particularly keen on proving himself.
At the end of the month, Mu Lingyue, who went to Jiangcheng to visit relatives with Aunt Liang, also came back and began to take over the shop business under Shen Qing, while Ling Yi expanded Shen Qing's business again.
It's not that she has any ambitions, but she simply likes the feeling of collecting money.
In this regard, Mo Wuchen expressed his deep support and emptied one-third of Lu Yan's already empty warehouse overnight to celebrate for Ling Yi.
Lu Yan looked at his treasures and silver in silence as they all went into Shen Qing's pocket, and felt that he could probably go back to his old business.
He heard that Gu Huaijun's leg was almost healed, and it was time to contact Shen Yian to mess with him again.
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At the beginning of September, Yun Xiaoxiao finally returned to Yuncheng. After briefly explaining to her parents about the days of Grandpa Yun and Yun Yichen in Shengjing, she went to the bamboo house.
A month later, the wound on Chu Lingyuan's face had completely healed, and Yun Xiaoxiao was a little jealous of his fair and delicate skin.
The first thing Yun Xiaoxiao said when she saw Chu Lingyuan was still——
"Can you see things? Do you remember anything?"
Hearing Yun Xiaoxiao's voice, Chu Lingyuan smiled softly, with a bit of unconcealed joy in his dark eyes, "I can see a little light, but there is only white in front of my eyes."
Yun Xiaoxiao responded: "It's okay, I will be fully recovered after a few days."
Chu Lingyuan said "um" lightly, and answered Yun Xiaoxiao's second question, "Miss Xiao, have we met somewhere before?"