"Mianmian doesn't want to," Tang Zhuyun said.
"I was just teasing him!" Nanxing laughed. "Huaishang beheaded the prince in the street, but the Crown Prince thought he was showing his loyalty and has now sent someone to comfort him."
Tang Zhuyun: "Such an unexpected gain?"
"That's right," Nanxing said. "So when Madam Yao asked Mianmian if she could make do with Huaishang, Mianmian said no, saying she didn't like people who betray their principles."
Tang Zhuyun: "..."
Oh no, I feel like I'll have to pay Huaishang a wife in return.
She asked curiously, "Do you know Mianmian's identity?"
Nanxing: "I'm not entirely sure, I only have a vague idea, anyway, she wasn't born a servant. Madam Yao, there must be some connection between her and her family."
I just don't know what happened to make Mianmian work as a maid.
Tang Zhuyun smiled and said, "Then next time you go to find Huaishang in the middle of the night, make sure you ask more clearly."
She's so gossipy!
After talking for a while, Nanxing asked about Linlin.
"He went to see his teacher, saying he wanted to invite Great Confucian Scholar Kong and Xiyou to the Prince's Mansion for the New Year. But Great Confucian Scholar Kong didn't agree, and he's been trying to persuade him these past few days," Tang Zhuyun said with relief.
Linlin is a filial child who respects her teachers and elders.
"It's also possible that Xiyou herself didn't like the food on the mountain," Nanxing said ruthlessly, exposing Xiyou's lie.
Tang Zhuyun was amused.
Actually, considering that Xiyou is still a teenager, he also has a playful heart. Spending the New Year at Great Xiangguo Temple is indeed a bit deserted.
--The main problem is that I can't eat meat!
As the two were talking, Yanran came in, saying she was going to play with Cui Xiaoqiu.
Because news of their departure from Beijing after the New Year had already spread to a small circle, Madam Cui no longer kept a Cui Xiaoqiu.
Anyway, we won't grow up in just a few days. We can play together for a few days, be apart for a few years, and then forget each other quickly.
Tang Zhuyun agreed and instructed her not to let Jiaojiao frighten anyone.
Yanran went out happily.
Before leaving, there were always these trivial matters to handle, such as contacting various parties.
After a while, one of the maids who had gone with Xiu'er returned, saying that Xiu'er had cried at Four Seas Tower.
Tang Zhuyun was shocked. "Why are you crying?"
The maidservant said timidly, "This servant was waiting outside and didn't know why..."
She only saw Xiu'er wiping away tears, while Nanny Jing comforted her while wiping away her tears.
Tang Zhuyun stood up and said, "Then I'll go take a look."
Pregnancy emotions are inherently unstable, and after Song Jingyang left, Xiu'er never showed any sadness.
Tang Zhuyun suspected that she was suppressing her emotions, which Zidu.
"Your Majesty," Nanxing hesitated slightly, "Shouldn't we let her have a good cry?"
Tang Zhuyun nodded. "That makes sense. Let's go take a look first."
In other circumstances, she would prefer to be present.
"Alright, I'll go with you."
Tang Zhuyun was pregnant, making it inconvenient for her to get in and out of carriages, so she took a sedan chair to Four Seas Tower.
Nanxing helped her upstairs.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived at Four Seas Tower, they found Xiu'er and Nanny Jing chatting and laughing, and they seemed quite surprised to see them.
"Your Highness, Nanxing, do you also want to eat something delicious?"
Tang Zhuyun looked at her still red eyes and asked, "Why are you crying?"
Xiu'er: "It's so delicious I could cry!"
Tang Zhuyun: "..."
Isn't that an adjective?
How come you're the one who's actually crying!
Xiu'er said, "As I eat the fish, I think of my father. When he was alive, he would buy me fish and candy so my mother could make it. But my mother's candy wasn't as good as Four Seas Tower's..."
Tang Zhuyun: "..."
It turned out to be a misunderstanding.
But since we're already here, how can we not have a meal?
So they ordered a few more dishes, and everyone ate together.
But when Tang Zhuyun arrived, Nanny Jing said she wouldn't sit at the same table with her and tidied up her food to eat elsewhere.
Tang Zhuyun's tastes have changed; she now really likes sour and spicy flavors, and she ate almost a whole plate of pickled cucumbers by herself.
Nanxing and Xiu'er both stopped her, and she reluctantly put down her chopsticks.
"Sour for a boy, spicy for a girl, Your Majesty, are you pregnant with twins?" Xiu'er teased.
Tang Zhuyun: "Please don't. I'm not envious of others having twins at once; I just want one, a stable one."
Everyone envies the good things about twins, but as a doctor, she knows better than anyone that twins carry higher risks during pregnancy and childbirth.
"Then I'll have one too," Xiu'er hurriedly said. "I just hope that whether it's a boy or a girl, they'll be safe and sound."
You don't know the gratitude you owe your parents until you raise a child yourself. Now she is especially grateful to Old Madam He and Nanny Jing for raising them and ensuring they didn't go astray.
"Oh, right," Xiu'er swallowed the fish in her mouth, "Your Majesty, I'll tell you what I just heard..."
Is there some gossip to be had?
Tang Zhuzi, the expert at gossiping, immediately went online.
"Wasn't yesterday a day for the wedding of Heir to the Prince of Min to ward off bad luck?" Xiu'er lowered her voice and said with a grin, "Guess what happened next?"
Tang Zhuyun: "Did the bride climb over the wall?"
The bride doesn't climb the wall; that doesn't fit the premise of novels about brides marrying for good luck!
"Why are you climbing the wall? Do you think everyone is Nanxing?!"
Nanxing said expressionlessly, "I jumped over the wall; I didn't need to climb."
Xiu'er didn't argue with her, saying, "The young master isn't here, but the wedding ceremony still has to be held!"
Tang Zhuyun instantly realized. "Get married while embracing a rooster?"
"Right!"
Tang Zhuyun: "..."
Chickens have very straightforward digestive systems.
Just as I was about to speak, Xiu'er said, "That rooster that was supposed to be performing the wedding ceremony, it pooped!"
Tang Zhuyun: "..."
"In the bridal chamber, the chicken defecated, and then somehow a dog came and killed it..."
Tang Zhuyun's head was throbbing from listening to this.
What a pitiful bride.
Xiu'er said, "Your Highness, that chicken isn't just any chicken..."
Tang Zhuyun: Is that the fighter jet among roosters?
"It must be an uncastrated hen, and it must be one of the first chicks picked from the hen's youngest litter... According to the rules, that hen represents the Heir to the Prince of Min and must be raised with care!"
Tang Zhuyun: "What if the chicken dies?"
"I don't know!" Xiu'er said. "I wonder if the Crown Prince's wife will be in trouble. But she's the most powerful person in the Prince's mansion now, so I don't think anyone can do anything to her."
Nanxing suddenly said, "It's not that easy to get through this. Think about it, this matter has spread like wildfire so quickly, you can hear about it even while you're having a meal. Obviously, someone is stirring things up."
Therefore, it is clear that the life of the Crown Prince's wife will not be easy.
Tang Zhuyun suddenly thanked God; if she had been given such a mess, she really wouldn't have been able to clean it up with her intelligence.
"We can't interfere, we're just listening," Xiu'er said. "Your Highness, let's go back early after dinner. We've been out for so long, the Prince will be worried if he goes back to the manor first."
Tang Zhuyun had just nodded when she heard a familiar voice from outside.
"I need to see Her Highness the Princess Consort, get out of my way!"
It was Zhou Yanhui's voice.
This person is truly persistent.
If you like the Prince of Jin, go find him! Why are you looking for me?
Tang Zhuyun couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Since Nanxing was there, she wasn't afraid of anything, so she said, "Let her in alone."