On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the lights of the capital city are like weaving, and the little light converges into a sea of stars, which seems to have the posture of competing with the moon.

In the best private room on the second floor of Chunjiang Building, there are seven or eight richly dressed women, all of whom are not very old, sitting in groups in the room talking and chatting, and enjoying the night view by the way.

"It's a blessing for General Tohua to be able to sit here and watch the lights today." The young woman embroidered the impatiens with a haze smiled and picked up the wine glass, "General Hua is not here, let's give Grandma Jiu a glass." ”

Qing Dai smiled and shook her head, "Protecting the family and defending the country is the duty of my Dahua children, Shao Yan just did what he should do, but he can't afford to be praised like Grandma Zhao." ”

"If it weren't for General Hua's victory, I'm afraid there wouldn't be such a grand occasion today." Someone next to him chimed in.

Coming out of the palace, Qingdai and Tingjia invited Zou Jing, Zhou Danniang and several daughters-in-law of the Hou Mansion to enjoy the lanterns together. The emperor originally wanted to reduce the scale of the fifteenth lantern festival because of the war, but because Hua Shaoyan reported the defeat of Fengyi in the tenth month, he changed his will to celebrate the whole country. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Cheng'an family said this, firstly, with the intention of currying favor with the Marquis of Zhongyi, and then it was indeed the case.

Everyone laughed and let Qing Dai drink, Qing Dai had to hold up the wine glass, "Thank you sisters for your love, Qing Dai is the first to do it as a respect!" ”

After laughing for a while, the juggling team below paraded the streets, and the dragon and lion dance teams attracted most people's attention.

The grandmothers who had been stuffy in the house all day went to the window to watch. Qing Dai saw Zhou Danniang, who was sitting on the side drinking tea and eating melon seeds, and walked over and sat down beside her, "I haven't congratulated Sister Zhou on her happy daughter!" During this time, my body has not been good to recuperate at home, and since Sister Zhou gave birth, I haven't bothered to go to the house to visit, sister is not strange! ”

Zhou Danniang was originally brought by Zou Jing, because the relationship between Yu Zidu and Zhou Cuiniang has never had a good impression of Qingdai, and Qingdai is Qinglian's sister. I don't want to see her more and more. Later, Qing Dai married Hua Shaoyan, and everything had to be treated again, because of the status of the two families, Hua Shaoyan had a good relationship with Li Jue, so she was not as good as she was at the beginning. Qing Dai did the same for her.

Qingdai, who had never dealt with much before, suddenly took the initiative to get close, which surprised Zhou Danniang. Although I heard some rumors about Qing Dai. But as a person like Qi Wangfu, she still has to be cautious when talking and doing things outside, she will not go to the bottom to find out whether Qingdai is really recuperating, but she replied without saltiness. "Thank you!"

Qing Dai didn't care, and continued: "I heard a message from my family that the second sister is about to give birth, and I want to come to the house to be busy recently. Wait a few days. I'll go to the house to sit down when I'm free, Sister Zhou doesn't dislike me and bother. ”

It's okay that Qing Dai didn't mention it, but as soon as she mentioned that another person in the family was about to give birth, Zhou Danniang became angry, and she gave birth to a girl in her stomach, and the princess turned to the slut, although Li Jue didn't say anything. However, she could see that Li Jue was looking forward to her son in her heart.

If it turns out that she doesn't take Shangguan Mansion in her eyes, because she doesn't love Li Jue. So it doesn't matter who is in power and who falls out of favor, she has the right to watch the excitement when they provoke their own infighting. But since she became pregnant, Zhou Danniang's mind has completely changed, Li Jue guards her every day, and even Qinglian is pregnant, and he doesn't have much enthusiasm. This made Zhou Danniang's heart very useful, and she didn't even pursue the matter of Qinglian seducing Li Jue to conceive a child because she had just been happy.

Even if Zhou Danniang didn't love her at the beginning, she could see Li Jue's heart for her over the years, and she had cultivated her emotionlessness. And as she gets older and older, Zhou Danniang also has to plan for the future, and the change in the attitude of the whole family after giving birth to her daughter this time finally gives Zhou Danniang a sense of crisis.

I have to face up to Shangguan Qinglian, who is pregnant with another heir in the house, Shangguan Qinglian's background is average, but it is also from a white family, stronger than a few goblins in the house, and she also has a sister-in-law who is the princess's daughter-in-law, the wife of the emperor and the former big celebrity, even if the relationship between the sisters is not good, they always come out of a family, and when something happens to Qinglian at a critical time, she doesn't believe that Qingdai will sit idly by.

Zhou Danniang subconsciously stroked her lower abdomen, she had a difficult birth when she gave birth to her daughter, and almost killed her, and it is still a question whether she can have it in the future. In case Qinglian has a son this time, and after Hua Shaoyan returns to the dynasty victoriously, the emperor will reward him with officials, and his status in the palace will be really dangerous in the future.

Zhou Danniang peeked at Qingdai, today she suddenly got close, isn't it because of her sister? Are you afraid that if she moves, her sister will have to wake herself up?

Thinking of this, Zhou Danniang's heart sank, and she said with a smile on her face: "Sister, don't worry, your second sister is pregnant with the heir of the prince, and I will take good care of it." ”

"Sister Xinci, my second sister was fond of the prince of Chengguo, and finally married the prince by mistake, speaking of which, that time was really thrilling, she fell on the ice and accidentally took me down, and the two of them almost lost their lives together......"

Zhou Danniang's heart shook slightly, Qinglian actually liked Yu Zidu at the earliest, and secretly sneered in her heart, she remembered that the Queen Mother was willing to marry her to Yu Zidu, and specially arranged for the two to meet by chance in the bookstore, she was afraid of embarrassment, so she brought Qinglian over, I am afraid that it was then that she moved her mind. No wonder over the years, Qinglian has always asked about Yu Zidu's situation intentionally or unintentionally, and she was reminded of her past handle, but she didn't expect that it was her own thoughts.

"When I came home, my father was not happy about this family affair for a while, and said that he should answer the fortune telling, the second sister has great wealth in the second half of her life, and now it seems that the fortune teller is a good half-immortal, but the second sister is a blessed and profound, and the ice falls out of a good marriage."

Qing Dai's slightly mocking tone, Zhou Danniang naturally heard it, and laughed secretly in her heart, she has a lot of wealth in the second half of her life, can't she still sit on the princess?

Suddenly, Zhou Danniang's face changed, in case she couldn't give birth to a son, and Qinglian was born, and she had no son-in-law, and the eldest son could also inherit the title, wouldn't it be really possible for her to achieve great wealth in the future. Shangguan Qinglian, isn't she making a conflict with herself? No, how could she lose to that slut!

Looking back at Qing Dai, Zhou Danniang asked unintentionally: "Lord Shangguan will never compare to you as a concubine, right?" ”

Qing Dai picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Hey, don't hide it from my sister, although my second sister is a concubine, my aunt is very favored by my father, and the second sister has some talents, and her speech is likable. I was raised by my grandmother when my mother died when I was a child, and I was no closer to my father than my sister to him. Even if my sister accidentally took me to the ice when I fell into the ice, my father didn't punish her for half a sentence when I went back. ”

Qing Dai pouted, "At that time, the doctor also said that the second sister was cold and difficult to conceive because of falling into the ice cave that time...... But my sister is lucky, and this is not again. ”

Zhou Danniang frowned slightly, and the words "difficult to conceive" flashed back and forth in her mind.

"Really?"

"Can you still talk nonsense about your own sisters? Now that she is pregnant, she wants to come and her body is all right, my father is looking forward to having a prominent ......" Qingdai seemed to suddenly realize that she was speechless, raised her hand and pressed her temple, "Oh, I have eaten too much wine and talked a lot today, and I have been talking a lot, Sister Zhou, don't take it to heart." ”

"No, no, my left ear goes in and my right ear goes out, where do you remember this!" Zhou Danniang looked at Qing Dai and seemed to be in a hurry to cover it up, but did not show it on her face, but said to Qing Dai with concern: "You are just right, if you are not feeling well, it is better to go back early!" ”

"yes, my head hurts, I'd better go back early!"

Qing Dai said goodbye to everyone, left Tingjia to say hello, and asked the maid to help her and leave in a hurry. When she went downstairs to the car, Qingdai ordered, "Go to Captain Chen's", and then got into the car.

The carriage started slowly, Qing Dai lifted the curtain and took a deep breath, her eyes were clear, and her cherry-colored lips rose slightly, "Second sister, I don't know if you will be surprised to receive this gift?" ”

As soon as Qing Dai left, the more Zhou Danniang thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, where was there any heart to enjoy the lanterns, and after saying goodbye to Zou Jing, she went home.

As soon as Zhou Danniang returned home, she saw that Li Jue hadn't come back yet, so she brought her nurse Chang Mama and told her the news she heard from Qingdai's "drunken words" today, "Go and send someone to check whether this matter is true, and see if she has any contact with people outside this year." ”

Mama Chang said: "It looks like it's about to give birth over there, I'm afraid it's only three or five days, will it be too late to check at this time?" ”

Zhou Danniang shook the bed gently, looking at her sleeping daughter inside, with a hint of determination in her eyes, "It's not too late, it doesn't matter if you check it out or not, the important thing is that as long as you have it." At that time, even if she gave birth to the blood of the lord, she could not stay in the mansion. Great wealth? How do I see her enjoying it? ”

"In case that grandmother from the Marquis of Zhongyi Mansion asks......"

Zhou Danniang sneered, "This is the matter of the Qi Palace, what does it have to do with his Zhongyi Mansion?" Mama forgot, at the beginning, she was asking her mother to marry her sister-in-law to the prodigal son of the Fang family, her sister-in-law is now the daughter-in-law of Princess Duanyang, and she used to know the young general of the Hua family. Her sister-in-law was afraid that she would hate her and almost ruin her marriage. ”

Mama Chang was not at ease, "The slave is also worried, after all, it is a family." ”

Zhou Danniang recalled the tone and demeanor of Qing Dai's speech today, and shook her head, "By the way, by the way, check from her marriage, whether the incident of falling into the water before she married was also related to the three girls of his family." If what she said is true, the dissatisfaction of the ninth grandmother with this person in her heart is not a day or two. ”

Mama Chang saw that Zhou Danniang had made up her mind, and she didn't say more, "Yes, the slave will do it." ”

Mama Chang retired, Zhou Danniang raised her hand and stroked her daughter's face, "Mother will not let other people's children climb on your head, the future heir of Qi Wangfu can only be your younger brother." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )