Ch 189: The Slightly Protruding Belly

When the news came out, the entire Yuan Residence went into mourning.

Some were happy, some were sad!

Yuan Xiao, in particular, wept silently, painfully accepting this price!

He looked at the tragically dead Fang Feng’ai on the ground, and his heart was filled with a sense of relief.

At least the Yuan Residence was saved.

As soon as the matter was over, Dai Yixian couldn’t wait to pull Yuan Xueyue away from the scene, so she wouldn’t see the bloody scene.

When passing by Xiaozhao, Xiaozhao bowed slightly.

Dai Yixian leaned closer and whispered a few warnings to him, then left with Yuan Xueyue in his arms.

Xiaozhao agreed, allowing the Yuan family to retrieve the body!

But everyone had to sign a deed of sale, and not reveal any unnecessary information!

As for the matter of Yuan Ruiyu and Ren Zhaoxi, it was directly ignored by them.

With Fang Feng’ai gone, why bother with them?

Yuan Xueyue returned to the sedan chair and couldn’t help but cover her mouth, feeling a little nauseous!

“Are you pregnant?” Dai Yixian’s face was slightly surprised.

“Your Highness, don’t talk nonsense, how could it be so fast?”

Yuan Xueyue smiled shyly.

It’s just that she didn’t see the scene, but she remembered her mother’s tragic death, coupled with the muffled sound of Fang Feng’ai’s death, which plunged her into memories.

Today, her mother’s death was finally avenged!

She had to carefully consider what to do next!

Who had framed the Liu family in the past?

There was no way to know these things.

“It seems that this Prince needs to work harder.” Dai Yixian smiled and hugged Yuan Xueyue, comforting her by gently patting her back.

“Yes, let’s work hard together.”

The newlyweds worked very hard for the next month.

In the main courtyard of the Prince’s Residence, songs and music were heard every night, echoing in the middle of the night.

After the incident at the Yuan Residence, although most of them signed deeds of sale, Yuan Xiao still couldn’t let Yuan Ruiyu marry Ren Zhaoxi, who was far away in the Capital City!

Since the Prince didn’t care, he put something in the food, causing Ren Zhaoxi to be carried onto the carriage!

Yuan Ruiyu had been in low spirits, crying silently, and wearing hemp clothing and mourning for her mother.

She didn’t know who she should cling to next in order to deal with the unshakable Princess?

Originally, she had a slight fondness for Third Young Master Ren, but now he was useless, except for being the third young master of the Ren family. He was not as powerful as Brother-in-law Guo, who had a position and real power!

More or less, that was also a large mansion that received an official salary, Little General Guo!

Thinking of this, Yuan Ruiyu became even more sad.

Unexpectedly, Ren Zhaoxi woke up in the carriage the next night, only to find a vast journey and a personal letter from Yuan Xiao!

Yuan Xiao: If you want to get my daughter, you should get real power as soon as possible and avenge Ruiyu’s mother!……

Ren Zhaoxi, “……”

When it came to discussing poetry and the moon, he was very good at it, but when it came to doing something practical, he had to rack his brains!

With his elder brother and second brother monopolizing the Ren family, how could he, the third young master, have a chance?

Ren Zhaoxi was puzzled.

After offending the Prince’s Residence, the Yuan Residence completely declined in Lucheng. No one cared about them, officials rarely visited, and even friends and relatives stopped coming.

On the contrary, relatives and friends of the Yuan family often came to the Prince’s Residence to build relationships!

They were all rejected by Yuan Xueyue.

Many clients of the businesses and manors solely managed by Yuan Xiao also gradually stopped doing business with them, leaving only a few struggling to survive.

In the Yuan Residence, the days were getting worse month by month, and the income could not cover the expenses!

Without the House Master, and having offended the Prince’s Residence, who would dare to give the Yuan family face?

As long as the Prince was still in Lucheng, they wouldn’t dare to get too close to the Yuan Residence.

Although the news of such swift and decisive actions was blocked, and only a few people knew about it, there were always some people who found clues and sent the news back to the Imperial Palace in the Capital City!

Two months later.

In the Imperial Palace of the Capital City, the Emperor held a slightly wrinkled letter, his brows furrowed!

“This Thirteenth Brother, not only has he taken a Princess, but he is also becoming more and more rampant in Lucheng, giving Us a headache!” The Emperor said, supporting his forehead.

The Empress also learned of this and came to comfort him,

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“After all, that is his fiefdom, and he has a large army. Why not let him return to the capital as soon as possible and consolidate his military power?”

The Emperor narrowed his eyes and said gloomily, “Indeed, what is a Prince with military power?”

He had endured him for a long time!

The entire court was talking about him, but he acted like a carefree Prince, coming and going without fear!

Now even the Emperor had to give way!

If he had known earlier, he wouldn’t have let this Thirteenth Brother take such a big risk. He didn’t expect him to achieve such great results!

“How is Lord Li’s matter?” The Emperor asked.

“The visiting Mama said that the Prince refused to marry the legitimate daughter of the Li family,” the Empress said.

The Emperor crumpled the letter into a ball, “How is the legitimate daughter of the Li family inferior to Miss Yuan?”

The Empress said, “Yes, a girl from the countryside is actually better than the legitimate daughter of the Li family in the Capital City. This subject also finds it incredible.”

“This subject has investigated and discovered the background of Miss Yuan.”

The Emperor raised an eyebrow, “Oh? Tell Us.”

The Empress nodded,

“The eldest daughter of the Yuan family, Yuan Xueyue, was formerly from the Capital City Guo Residence, Madam Guo……”

After a detailed explanation, the Emperor was enlightened.

There was such an absurd thing?

Just then, the Guo Residence was unsealed not long ago, and the yamen runners dispersed, a year had passed.

Regaining his freedom, Guo Liangxian stepped out of the Guo Residence for the first time, breathing the outside air!

The Guo Residence was neither big nor small, but not going out for a year, one would get tired of it.

He walked aimlessly on the street. The manor’s affairs were also ruined, and everything was gone.

Only the empty Guo Residence, and some loyal servants who remained!

The residence was also unable to make ends meet, and two concubines were sold off, Jiang Tingting and Qin Qing’er, who were not pregnant.

Meng Huihui’s pure eyes, if firm and persistent, had a trace of her shadow!

Although her appearance was not similar, the indifferent look when Guo Liangxian neglected her really fascinated him.

Old Madam Nian kept saying to sell her off, but Guo Liangxian still kept her.

Yaoyu Pavilion and Yanling Courtyard both kept two concubines, Ju Niuer and Lin Yan’er.

One was specially chosen by her, and the other was one that Guo Liangxian couldn’t bear to part with.

Once unsealed, a lot of news had not yet been known.

Guo Liangxian met the guards of the Imperial Palace head-on, and they hurriedly dragged him onto the carriage!

“Hey, you……!” Guo Liangxian exclaimed.

The guard made a shushing motion and whispered, “His Majesty requests your presence!”

Guo Liangxian’s eyes were shocked, “……”

The conspiracy in the Capital City and the stability of Lucheng ushered in a long period of peace.

One year later.

Lucheng, the weather was excellent.

In the main courtyard of the Prince’s Residence, Yuan Xueyue held scissors and trimmed the flowers and leaves to make them grow more luxuriantly in the coming year.

The sound of footsteps approached, and Cuiping carried a watering can, preparing to water the flowers. She saw Yuan Xueyue trimming the branches and leaves, and immediately put down the watering can and stepped forward,

“Wife! How can you do these things? Let this servant do it.”

Yuan Xueyue stroked her slightly protruding belly and smiled, “It’s not good to rest for too long. I have to come out and walk around.”

Cuiping exclaimed and pouted, “Please don’t make things difficult for this servant, or the Prince will scold this servant again when he returns.”

Yuan Xueyue chuckled,

“It’s okay, just bear the scolding. Just say that I wanted to do it myself, and the Prince won’t punish you.”