Hu Shi looked at Qin Zhaoyi's concerned face in front of him, and only felt very comforted in his heart.

The queen chose her as Xiao Jin's wife, just because she fell in love with her as the eldest daughter of the Liguo Mansion. But the queen was greedy, and chose the Liao family, whose family background was not much inferior to her, as Xiao Jin's side concubine.

The queen originally preferred the Hu family as a concubine among the Hu family and the Liao family, but when the Liao family was the first to diagnose her pregnancy, and she was pregnant with Xiao Jin's first child, she provoked her everywhere.

The queen changed her tone and asked the Hu family to treat the Liao family generously, saying that the children in Liao's womb, both male and female, were Xiao Jin's first child.

Hu was almost depressed, but fortunately, she met Xiao Xuan in the imperial garden by chance, Xiao Xuan enlightened her with some words, and wished her an early pregnancy.

It was such a coincidence, after Hu returned to the palace that day, in order to avoid Liao's embarrassment, he prepared to pretend to be sick, but who expected that the imperial doctor who was invited to do the play really treated her pregnant.

After that, she gave birth to her eldest son before Liao's birth, and Liao's good luck came to the end and almost lost her life, only giving birth to a frail and sickly daughter.

The Hu family was cold to Xiao Jin and the queen, so he had to take his three children well. Twice a month, I go to Zhaoyang Palace to greet the queen, but it's just a response. On the contrary, Xiao Jin's biological mother, Qin Zhaoyi, has always been concerned about her.

Hu took the children to accompany Qin Zhaoyi in the Tingzhu Palace for a long time before leaving, and before leaving, Qin Zhaoyi also prepared a lot of things for them to take out of the palace.

Qin Zhaoyi sent the Hu family and the children out, and after walking out for a long time, the Hu family suddenly turned around and found that Qin Zhaoyi was still standing outside the Tingzhu Palace looking at them.

On the way out of the palace, when Hu passed by the Imperial Garden, her eldest son saw a person in the distance, and hurriedly reached out to hold Hu Shi's rest.

"Mother, look!" Her eldest son pointed to the slender figure in the imperial garden and said. "That's my little aunt."

Hu Shi was pulled, so she could only stop, she looked in the direction pointed by her eldest son, and sure enough, the person standing there was Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan and a young man stood face to face, not knowing what they were talking about. The young man was more than a head taller than Xiao Xuan, his figure was tall, and he lowered his head slightly as if listening to Xiao Xuan's words in order to speak to Xiao Xuan.

Hu Shi looked at the smile on Xiao Xuan's face and the light in his eyes, Hu Shi, who also came from such an age, already had a plan in his heart.

Hu was about to leave quietly with her three children, but she still spoke, and her pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses also saw Xiao Xuan, and suddenly broke free from the hand held by the nurse next to her, and ran over at Xiao Xuan's mouth and shouting at her little aunt.

After the will of the king of Feng, the lord of Duansu County instructed Mama Liu to prepare a gift for Xiao Yu and Xiao Jun's mansion. Because she was too old to come to the door, she asked Duan Shaolan to lead Sister Chu to the door to send a congratulatory gift.

After Duan Shaolan walked through the two princes' mansions, the county lord of Duansu ordered someone to take out the third gift and ordered Duan Shaolan to send it to the palace.

Emperor Liu's concubine smiled and ordered someone to accept the gift, looking at the handsome young man in front of her, thinking about her daughter who was bored in the palace every day.

Recently, Emperor Liu, who was in a good mood, was ready to fulfill her daughter once, so she ordered someone to invite Xiao Xuan and asked her to send Duan Shaolan out of the palace.

Xiao Xuan heard that Duan Shaolan had come to Yihua Palace, and looked in the mirror several times, until Dan Tang and Lu Lin urged her again and again, and she came.

When she and Duan Shaolan passed through the Imperial Garden, she pulled Duan Shaolan to stop talking.

"Father said that my princess's mansion has been built." She hadn't seen Duan Shaolan for a while. "I'm going to go to the princess's mansion in a few days, will you be free to go around with me then?"

Duan Shaolan looked at Xiao Xuan, who was a little shy and timid in front of him, and his face slowly warmed up.

"Okay." After listening to Xiao Xuan's words, Duan Shaolan answered her in a low voice. "When the time comes, I will accompany you."

"Uh-huh." Xiao Xuan smiled.

Xiao Xuan pulled Duan Shaolan's sleeve and chattered with him about the future layout of her princess's mansion, the various flowers and trees she wanted to plant, the decorations in the house, and so on.

Duan Shaolan stood beside Xiao Xuan and listened to her quietly.

Suddenly, the voice of a young child suddenly came from behind him, and before Xiao Xuan could react, his calf was already hugged by two fleshy children.

"How did you get here?" Xiao Xuan looked down and found that the two children who hugged him were actually the pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses under Hu's knees, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously. "What about the people around you?"

Seeing this, Hu had to take someone forward.

"It turned out to be the second sister-in-law." Xiao Xuan saw Hu Shi coming over. "Why did the second sister-in-law bring the children into the palace today?"

"It's not that I heard that the queen mother is sick, so I brought the children into the palace." Hu Shi glanced at Duan Shaolan with a smile, only feeling that he looked at him a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him for a while. "Who is this?"

"He is the eldest son of the second room of the Zhenguo Mansion." Xiao Xuan said. "Lord Duansu is inconvenient to enter the palace, let him enter the palace to give congratulatory gifts."

As soon as Xiao Xuan introduced this, Hu remembered that he had seen him in the Zhenguo Mansion.

"Weichen greets the princess of Jinjun." Duan Shaolan heard Xiao Xuan call Hu as his second sister-in-law.

"No need to be polite." Hu Shi said with a chuckle. "Speaking of which, the two sons of the imperial concubine Niangniang have been crowned princes, which is a great joy, but I came in a hurry, and I forgot to prepare a congratulatory gift for the imperial concubine Niangniang."

"The second sister-in-law is polite." The two brothers were crowned princes, and Xiao Xuan was naturally happy, but thinking of the fact that Xiao Jin was the only one who was named the king of the county by Emperor Chu, Xiao Xuan looked at Hu's smiling face and said carefully. "I know the second sister-in-law's intentions, and there is no need for congratulatory gifts or anything."

"I really don't have anything." The only person in the palace who really thinks about herself is Xiangdong, who grew up with her, but there are still so many people outside the mansion who are worried about her emotions, and Hu Shi feels hot in his heart. "As a junior, the imperial concubine has to go to congratulate me in person. But it's not too early today, so I'll come back another day. ”

After saying a few more words, Hu Shi quit Xiao Xuan and left with the children.

"I think back to when I first met my second sister-in-law, and I feel a little sorry to see her like this now." Xiao Xuan looked at the figure of Hu Shi leaving with the children, and couldn't help but feel some emotion in his heart.

The appearance of the Hu family when he entered the palace draft was still vaguely in front of him, and at that time, among the many show girls, the Hu family was the best in terms of background and appearance.

She was used as a sword and almost injured the Zhao family, and Xiao Xuan also relied on her identity as a princess to suppress her.

Thinking of Hu's bright and proud face at that time, and then look at Hu's now, who looks much more gentle and demure.

Xiao Xuan knew that because Xiao Jin favored the side concubine Liao, the relationship between the Hu family and Xiao Jin was not very good. And the Hu family, who has already given birth to two sons and a daughter, also looks like he doesn't care about Xiao Jin, he just takes the child to live well on weekdays, and he doesn't care about Xiao Jin's appearance at all.

"King Jin Jun has indeed ventured." Duan Shaolan never talked about these things in front of Xiao Xuan, but he couldn't help but say something today.

Others do not know the true facts of the Jiangnan case, and now all the people involved in the case have died, and all the case files that record the facts of the case have been sealed. After the Jinqiwei who had participated in it won the reward from Emperor Chu, they were all asked to keep their mouths shut and no longer mention the facts of the case.

Qin Ling's disappearance was also smoothed out by the Ministry of Officials, Emperor Chu summoned Qin Ling again, and the Ministry of Officials reorganized the evaluation of Qin Ling over the years, just after this case, the post of the prefect of Jiangnan Mansion was vacant, and after thinking about it, Emperor Chu decided to make an exception to let Qin Ling be promoted to the prefect of Jiangnan Prefecture.

A few days ago, Qin Ling had already taken the decree of conferring the official, and after going to the Zhenguo Mansion to say goodbye to Duan Chengwen and Duan Shaolan, he went to Jiangnan under the escort of a small group of pennant guards.

"It's a pity for the second sister-in-law." Emperor Chu's operation, Xiao Xuan also guessed something in his heart. "But I was affected by the second brother."

As a husband, Xiao Jin made a mistake, and it was his wife Hu who needed to bear the consequences together.

Fortunately, this time Emperor Chu did not investigate deeply, otherwise the Hu family would not have been wronged.

The next day, the Wen family, who had been promoted to the title of Princess Qin, and the Zhao family, who had been promoted to Princess Yi, both received congratulatory gifts sent by the Hu family.

Although the Hu family did not come in person, they also sent the most decent Xiangdong around him to give gifts.

Since the Hu family took the initiative to show favor, both the Wen family and the Zhao family accepted the congratulatory gifts.

The Hu clan seemed to be completely unhindered, walking in the imperial capital as usual. Keep walking around when she should be walking, how she lives on weekdays is still how she lives.

However, the life of the newly promoted King Xiao Jin was not as comfortable as that of the Hu family, and after being named the King of Jinjun, his original errand in the military department was taken away by Emperor Chu. Several courtiers who were originally attached to him were also impeached by the imperial history of the court for various reasons.

Xiao Jin's yard was beating and scolding all day long, but Hu didn't care, and didn't even ask about the matter at that end.

just instructed the steward in the yard to make up for him immediately no matter how many things Xiao Jin smashed, and he had a good time.

Liao, who was not so peaceful, was swollen by Xiao Jin, and he didn't dare to raise his head again, so he only dared to shrink in his yard and wipe his tears.

Hu Shi smiled and bent over, and did not forget to order someone to prepare an ointment to reduce swelling and send it to Liao's courtyard.

The little maid sent to the house came back after a while, and told Hu that Liao's face was so swollen that she couldn't say anything, and even the words of thanks she said after accepting the ointment given by Hu were passed down by the maid beside her.

"Concubine Liao always competes with the princess of the county on weekdays, and now it can be regarded as retribution." Xiangdong said beside him.

"Although she was self-defeating." Hu shook his head and said. "But it also makes me even more tired of him, the Liao family is at fault, but the Jiangnan case was not forced by the Liao family to do it according to him."

He was punished for making mistakes, but he only knew how to vent his anger with others. With Xiao Jin's narrow and selfish mind, I am afraid that no matter how ambitious my ambitions are, I will not be able to reach half a star of the storage position.

Hu Shi couldn't help but think of the corpses of the staff members who were carried out of the mansion, and felt even more chilled.