Chapter 205 – The Old Madam is From a Scholarly Family (part 19)

In the inner courtyard of Prince Kang’s mansion, Princess Kang and Zhao Shuning sat down. Zhao Shuning gave a look, and the maid behind her went out with all the people who were serving her.

Zhao Shuning poured a cup of tea for Princess Kang. “Concubine mother, drink a cup of tea to calm down.”

“These bitches!” Princess Kang said through gritted teeth.

“Don’t worry, concubine mother. I have something in mind.” Zhao Shuning snorted coldly. “I have already let people get some medicine, and I have watched her eat it with my own eyes. Even after eating it for three days, if a Daluo Immortal came, it wouldn’t matter.”

How could she let go of that bitch, Jinlin, so easily? In order to deal with Jinlin’s current status as Queen Xiluo, she used a secret medicine left by the imperial family of the previous dynasty on Jinlin. It was colourless and tasteless. It also did not cause any special damage to the body. After she ate it, she wouldn’t be able to have children in this lifetime. This secret medicine was extremely precious, and imperial grandmother actually gave it to her.

It was a pity that her consort, Murong Huai’s Murong family style was good, but she couldn’t use them. She had to ruin Jinlin. It could be considered as a congratulatory gift.

Only then did Princess Kang reveal a smile. “That’s good.” As for those in the house, weren’t they seriously ill? Then they could keep getting sick! It wasn’t like the Prince Kang’s Mansion couldn’t afford to support idlers! If they were sick for a year and a half, they could die.

Zhao Shuning didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Concubine mother! Since ancient times, these drugs had only been useful for women! Younger bro has no children, so he probably followed uncle emperor and father! Didn’t uncle emperor and father have no children after being married for many years? The chance has not come yet! Concubine mother doesn’t have to be nervous!”

Princess Kang sighed in relief. “What you said makes sense.”

“Mother, if you care about it too much, you will be confused! What is younger bro’s identity? How can you be afraid that there will be no women? Just wait for younger bro to have military achievements in Shazhou, then I will ask uncle emperor to give younger bro a marriage. He will have glory! Concubine mother, just wait for a grandson!” Zhao Shuning herself did not worry about the matter of offspring. She had been regarded as a lucky star since she was a child. When she married into the Murong family, she became pregnant and gave birth to three sons in five years. She was afraid that she would have too many children, that her body would not recover well, and it would not be good for her body. So after discussing it with her husband, she took medicine.

Princess Kang nodded, and then asked nervously, “Are you sure that bitch took the medicine?”

Zhao Shuning rolled her eyes impatiently. “I’m taking care of this matter. Don’t you feel relieved?”

Princess Kang thought about it too. The people around her daughter were all given to her by her mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law, the empress dowager of the dynasty, was from a small noble family. She managed to become a concubine, then an imperial concubine, then the highest-ranking imperial concubine, and finally to the empress. She ruled with a reign of terror and slaughter. Yes, her ability and means couldn’t be underestimated. One couldn’t go wrong with the people she gave.

In other words, the empress was really good to Shuning. Princess Kang was not as good as Shuning in front of her mother-in-law.

Princess Kang was inevitably a little sour in her heart, but she laughed at herself immediately. Shuning was her own daughter, and she was actually jealous of her daughter.

And Zhao Zongqing, who was out of the capital, finally remembered that he had forgotten something. The matter of children! Yes, the results of the palace exam had come out. Li Yu did well in the exam, and his ranking was better than in his previous life. He managed to get second place, and as he wished, he was able to stay at the Hanlin Academy as an imperial compiler, whose job was to write national history.

Maybe the Li family was already on their way to the capital at this time.

However, when he was about to leave, he forgot to leave a letter to Wet Nurse Yan to explain Li Ru’s matters. But it shouldn’t be a big problem. Ru’er was still young now, and there was Wet Nurse Yan. With Wet Nurse Yan’s intelligence, she should be able to understand what he means.

His current self did not care too much about children. There were more important things waiting for him!

Zhao Zongqing quickly forgot about Li Ru.

On the Li family’s side, after Li Yu’s promotion, they returned home to give offerings to their ancestors. The Li and Wan families officially signed a marriage contract and set a wedding date.

Although Li Ru was still young, Li Su knew that after Li Yu was promoted, the Li family had to move to the capital. She had no choice but to marry Li Ru off first, but only after the Wan family agreed that Li Ru would not consummate the marriage until she was 15. Li Su also told Wan Hong’s mother in private that Li Ru was too young, and that the matter of the children could be discussed after she turned 18.

The Wan family didn’t care about that. Wan Hong’s two older brothers had already had biological children, so the Wan family was not in a hurry for more grandchildren. On the contrary, the more the Li family paid attention to Li Ru, the happier the Wan family was. Therefore, Wan Hong’s mother didn’t have to go home to discuss this matter and instead agreed immediately.

Li Su was relieved.

The two families had officially discussed the marriage. Although the days were a bit tight, the two families had already prepared things according to the rules.

It was only at that point did Wet Nurse Yan know about this. She was shocked. She knew exactly what the eldest prince’s thoughts were, but now that young miss Li Ru was engaged… What should she do?

Wet Nurse Yan thought about it over and over again, but couldn’t think of a good way. She had no choice but to take the risk and report her identity to the Li family.

It so happened that Li Yu, Yingniang, and Li Su were discussing the dowry. Wet Nurse Yan came in with a serious expression, and before they could speak, she gave a solemn salute. “Irrelevant people, go out first. This old slave has something important to say.”

A trace of displeasure flashed in Li Yu’s eyes. Just as he was about to speak, Li Su stopped him as if watching a good show. “Cui’er, you all go out first!”

After everyone left, Li Su said, “Now we can talk. What’s the matter?”

“This old slave is a servant of Prince Kang’s eldest son, and at the order of the eldest prince, this servant came to your palace to teach young miss Ru. The eldest prince took a fancy to young miss Ru, and after young miss Ru reached a marriageable age, he would accept young miss Ru as a concubine. This servant didn’t need the old lady to pay this servant a lot of money. But, the old lady even betrothed young miss Ru privately.” Wet Nurse Yan had a solemn face. “Now it’s too late to correct this mistake. The eldest prince doesn’t know about it yet. This old slave will not tell the eldest prince.”

Li Su rolled her eyes. “What are you talking about? You said that you are from the eldest prince. Where’s the evidence?”

Wet Nurse Yan glared. Just as she was about to speak, she found that she really had nothing to prove her relationship with the eldest prince. “If it wasn’t for the eldest prince, then why do you think I came to this remote place?”

“How am I supposed know? I’m not the roundworm in your stomach!” Li Su said angrily. “Wet Nurse Yan, you must be confused, right?”

Liu Yingniang was shocked and speechless.

However, Li Yu rubbed his forehead. “Wet Nurse Yan, you said that you are one of the eldest prince’s people, so do you know that the eldest prince and his concubine divorced and his ex-wife went to Shazhou? You said that the eldest prince intends to take my family’s Ru’er as a concubine. Do you know that there are already four concubines in the eldest prince’s mansion. Isn’t that enough?”

Wet Nurse Yan was unable to get news, so how would she know this? She was speechless for a while.

Seeing this, Li Su smiled and said, “Wet Nurse Yan must be confused and stunned. That’s all. Feng’er, help Wet Nurse Yan to have a good rest!”

Wet Nurse Yan was taken out by Feng’er in a daze. When she went out the door, the wind blew. She woke up, and wanted to struggle, but found that the usually stupid little girl was very strong and she couldn’t fight back at all. Then, she was taken to the backyard by Feng’er in a confused manner and locked up.

Liu Yingniang patted her chest. “It turned out to be nonsense! It scared me to death!”

Li Su pointedly said, “What if what Wet Nurse Yan said is true? Would you like to marry Ru’er to the palace?”

Liu Yingniang shook her head like a rattle. “What kind of family is the prince’s mansion? That’s something out of our reach. I think the Wan family is very good!”

Li Su glanced at Li Yu again. Li Yu knew that his mother was berating him inwardly, and he smiled bitterly. “Mother, I will not use Ru’er’s marriage to cling to the powerful. Otherwise, why would I agree to my mother’s suggestion of Ru’er’s marriage in advance?” Although he valued his son more, but now that he had three sons and only one daughter, Ru’er, he naturally also attached great importance to her.

“It’s good that you understand. This world is inherently unfair to women, so you must be cautious when it comes to marriage. You should find the right family which have the same interests,” Li Su said. “I can’t control what you men do in the officialdom, but you must not make a fuss about the girl’s marriage, not only for Ru’er, but also the girls of the Li family in the future!”

Li Yu stood up hurriedly and said yes. “Don’t worry, mother, I will write this into the family rules. If anyone dares to violate this rule in the future, they will be expelled from the house.”

Li Su nodded in satisfaction.

The Li family did not take Wet Nurse Yan’s words to heart and continued to prepare for Li Ru’s marriage.

A few days later, Li Ru married gracefully with a generous dowry.

Li Yu also had to rush back to the capital after his break. Before leaving, he was a little reluctant. Li Su smiled and did not speak.

One month later, during the holidays, Li Yu came out of the Hanlin Academy, and Yang Anshu picked him up at the door. Li Yu saw that the road they were taking was not the way back. “Anshu, where are we going?”

“Master, you will know when you arrive.” Yang Anshu said with a smile.

Li Yu suddenly thought of something. It couldn’t be?

When he stopped in front of the relatively old yard and saw his two young sons playing at the door, his eyes couldn’t help but redden.

Li Yu was pulled into the house by his two sons. When he saw that the ground on one side of the yard had green shoots emerging, he resisted the urge to cry.

When he entered the room, he saw Li Su sitting. His wife, Yingniang, put down her needle and thread and greeted him. Li Yu couldn’t help but pull off his robe and kneel down. “It is this son who is dragging mother down.”

Mother could obviously stay in her hometown and be served by someone. But for him, she came to the capital and lived here! Mother was doing this all for him!

“Okay. The ground is cold. Get up quickly!” Li Su motioned to Yingniang to help him up, and then she slowly told Li Yu what was going on.

Li Su sold the house and dismissed the family’s servants, except for Zuo Kui’s family. Zuo Kui’s daughter Yan’er was Ru’er’s maid and went to the Wan family with Ru’er. Zuo Kui and his wife were reluctant to part with their daughter, so Li Su asked them to guard the old house and look after Ru’er.

As for that Wet Nurse Yan, on the day Li Ru got married, she left behind a letter and left.

Ling Er personally escorted them to the capital and helped them sell the house and settle down. After they settled down, Ling Er set off to go back.