Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

Ye Yanran looked at her beautiful self in the mirror, gently adjusted the pearl hairpin on her temples, and sneered.

"It seems that I don't need to tamper with the dishes today, Ye Jintang will kill himself. I can't touch any dishes at the banquet. If he gets sick from eating, my son will suffer as well."

"It would be better if you could have some food before going to the banquet, so you don't have to go hungry."

"Well, that's fine. Su Shu, go to the kitchen and talk to them."

"Yes, I will go and prepare lunch for you right away."

It was a mistake for Ye Yanran not to eat the food arranged by Ye Jintang. Those were all good things produced by the space, but it was a pity that she was not lucky enough to enjoy them.

"Su Shu, send a message to the Qin Palace later, and tell the people there to be alert. They must handle the tableware issue for me properly, without any mistakes."

Ye Yanran warned Su Shu with some concern.

"Yes, I sent someone to remind you early this morning that there are certain rules for the time of the banquet by the river today. My people will take the tableware and throw it into the pond 15 minutes before the banquet starts. This is done perfectly and there will definitely be no mistakes."

"Well, it's better to be safe than sorry. Tell the people in the Qin Palace that if she is found out, I want her dead immediately. Only dead people won't leak any information."

"this?"

Su Shu was a little hesitant, wondering if it was too hasty to take someone's life just for such a small thing.

"What? Go and do it quickly. You have a lot of medicines. Pick one for the girl and tell her that she doesn't have to hesitate if it comes to that. Her life can be exchanged for 500 taels of silver for her family, which is already a good deal."

In Ye Yanran's eyes, human life has a price.

She would rather spend more money than tarnish her reputation.

She's just a maid.

At the same time, Ye Jintang had changed into a scarlet long dress to welcome the ladies from the aristocratic families who had just arrived at the palace.

Those with high enough rank can come directly to see Ye Jintang.

Those who are not tall enough can sit in the Begonia Pavilion first, appreciate the flowers and the scenery, and wait until most people have arrived, then they can pay their respects to Ye Jintang together.

"I heard rumors outside that the Qin Palace is in a tight financial situation, but today it seems that the rumors are a bit exaggerated."

In a pavilion in the garden, several ladies and girls were sitting.

In order to cool the ladies down, ice jars were placed in all the pavilions in the garden. As soon as the ice jars melted, someone would immediately bring new ice.

Just based on this point, the Qin Palace does not seem to be poor.

Regardless of whether they are princes or other noble families, the amount of ice they can purchase in the summer varies according to their rank.

But even if he is a prince and has been given more ice, he cannot use it so wantonly.

If you want to use more ice, you can only buy it from the government at a high price, and the money will be spent like water.

"I think so too. Have you noticed that the teacups we use are not ordinary ones? The snacks on the table cost one or two taels of silver."

When the other ladies were reminded of this, they realized that the tea cups they used were all made of fine glazed porcelain from Yuezhou City.

Yuezhou is most famous for its colored glaze, which was liked by Emperor Jingdi in the palace, so the popularity of Yuezhou colored glaze also increased.

It is said that a set of top-quality colored glaze fine porcelain tea cups can cost as little as a dozen taels of silver, or as much as dozens or even hundreds of taels.

The ladies present had already seen good things before, and they could estimate with just a careful look that a set of these tea cups used in the Prince Qin's Palace cost at least twenty or thirty taels of silver.

Given the current situation of the Prince Qin's Mansion, the ladies were really surprised that they could use such expensive tea cups so casually.

The ladies in the pavilion didn't say anything, but they all had their own thoughts in their hearts.

Imperial Noble Consort Dehui tried every means to guard against Xiao Mo, but unfortunately it didn't work. Xiao Mo still had a lot of money, otherwise Ye Jintang wouldn't have held the Linjiang Banquet.

Naturally, the other ladies soon discovered that the food and utensils at Ye Jintang’s riverside banquet were all top-notch quality, and even the tea they drank was different from that drunk elsewhere.

They are all Longjing tea, but the ones from Ye Jintang are of the best quality.

Several ladies of status in Yuchun Hall were drinking tea and chatting with Ye Jintang.

The topics of conversation among the ladies in the harem were nothing more than children, husbands and the like.

"It's been a while since your Majesty got married, but there is some news now."

An elderly lady looked at Ye Jintang with a smile.

“It’s not that fast.”

Ye Jintang was speechless and looked up at the sky. She had been married for just over a month. Even if Xiao Mo was so powerful, he couldn't make her pregnant so quickly.

Bah, why would she have such an idea? She and Xiao Mo didn't even have sex, so how could she be pregnant?

After secretly cursing them in his heart, Ye Jintang comforted himself that he should not be led astray by these ladies.

"It is said that newlyweds are most likely to get pregnant in the first three months after marriage, so you must seize the opportunity, madam."

Mrs. Qu seemed to be concerned about Ye Jintang, but in fact she had other plans.

Mrs. Qu's husband is a third-rank official in the court. For the sake of his own career, before Emperor Jing appoints a crown prince, he wants to take a stand and take a gamble on his career. If he wins the gamble, countless wealth and glory will be waiting for him in the future.

There are only two princes at the moment, the Prince of Qin is in decline, while the Prince of Qi is in the limelight.

But the King of Qin is the legitimate heir, and as long as he can recover, he still has the ability to compete with the King of Qi.

So Mrs. Qu came to the banquet today with a mission.

She wanted to find out whether the King of Qin was really seriously injured as the rumors said, and not only was he disabled, but he was also unable to have children.

If the King of Qin cannot have offspring, then he will basically have no chance of becoming emperor.

If the King of Qin is in good health but cannot have children, then even if he can seize the throne, what good will it do? They, the old ministers, will only be helping others.

In the end, he could only adopt a child from among his relatives to inherit the throne.

Instead of doing this, it would be better for them to choose a prince with good health to inherit the throne from the beginning, which would save a lot of effort.

Ye Jintang was distracted just now, thinking about random things, and couldn't keep the fake smile on his face.

In Mrs. Qu's eyes, she thought Ye Jintang was unhappy.

She had a question mark in her mind, is it really as rumored, the two of them didn't even consummate their marriage, and Xiao Mo can no longer be a man?

"There is no rush to have children. I am still young and would like to wait for two years."

"I'm a little weak and have been recuperating recently."

At this point, the ladies present remembered Ye Jintang's past in the Marquis of Danyang's Mansion.

Ye Jintang in front of him was wearing a scarlet long dress and had very few jewelries on her head. It was not too gorgeous and looked quite plain.

Looking at her slightly slender waist, which could be held in one hand, she gave people an extremely fragile feeling.

She observed mourning for a year and even lived in the White Horse Temple for quite some time. She ate a vegetarian diet every day and had to look at her grandmother's mood. No mortal body could endure this.

If a woman wants to have children, her body cannot be too weak or too thin. It is obvious that Ye Jintang has both.

"The most important thing is for you to take care of your body."

The other ladies followed suit.

But Mrs. Qu felt that Ye Jintang's words were probably a trick and it was not her problem at all.