The maid's road to success

When Prince Consort Bai received the news from Yan Ling, Bai Shoude had already gotten better, but Rebao's temperament had changed drastically, becoming gloomy and sensitive. He would think that the servants were laughing at him if they just glanced at him for a second longer, and he would ask the maid outside to open her mouth if she laughed.

The worried prince consort has become dependent on her until his hair turns white. Baozhu is a scumbag. She fooled around with other men before getting married and her reputation has been damaged. Now there are rumors of her cruelty in Zhuangzi, and her son has been harmed and become like this. What's going on? So many things have happened in the family in the past year.

In order to appease Bai Shoude, Prince Consort Bai and the Grand Princess had dealt with many of his former concubines early on, leaving only two or three of his favorites in the mansion. They were not allowed to leave the yard without being told to do so. But what gave the Grand Princess and Prince Consort Bai a headache was that Bai Shoude's wife, Qin, was always making a fuss and asking for a divorce. They had been married for so many years and had only two daughters, but Bai Shoude had been flirting with other women outside, and Qin had always been arguing with Bai Shoude.

Because Bai Shoude had a leg injury, which caused him to walk with a limp, the prominent families in Kyoto were unwilling to marry their daughters to him. It was only because Qin's father needed the Grand Princess to promote him that he agreed to marry his eldest daughter to him. However, Qin was not a well-educated person. Right after the marriage, she beat and scolded Bai Shoude's maid. If Bai Shoude had not been new to Qin at that time, he would have suffered a lot.

Later, Bai Shoude saw more people outside and became much colder towards Qin. Qin did not coax her husband to go home, but kept making trouble with Bai Shoude, causing Bai Shoude to move out of the yard and live in the front with his concubine.

This is also thanks to the fact that the future of the Qin family has always been in the hands of the Grand Princess. No matter how much Qin Shiyang quarreled, she didn't dare to really do anything to Bai Shoude.

But now Bai Shoude is no longer humane. Later, the Fourth Prince paid more attention to the officials below him, and many people have become closer to the Fourth Prince, and the Qin family is one of them. Perhaps it was the Fourth Prince's attitude that made the Qin family no longer afraid of the Grand Princess, or it may be because the Qin family is now a fourth-rank official and is no longer so respectful to the princess who once promoted him.

This time, Qin made such a fuss that even the Grand Princess and Prince Consort Bai were angry and asked someone to bring her here directly.

"I don't know what my daughter-in-law did wrong, but the mother-in-law and father-in-law had her kidnapped."

Seeing Qin's weird look, the eldest princess angrily slammed the table, causing the teacup to fall.

"How dare you, Qin, do you think I am old and useless, and let your Qin family bully me in my princess's mansion?"

Qin was a hot-tempered person, but she was afraid of the Grand Princess from the bottom of her heart. Even her father was very cautious when speaking to the Grand Princess, not to mention that she was just a daughter given up by her father in exchange for benefits.

"I dare not, but my husband is already a... I am still young, and if I stay a widow for the rest of my life, won't I suffer a lot?"

Qin was about to say that Bai Shoude was now a eunuch, but seeing the fierce look in Prince Consort Bai's eyes, she quickly changed her words.

"In this world, if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. Since you are my daughter-in-law, you are Shoude's wife in life and Shoude's ghost in death. You are a shameless woman. You only consider your own dirty desires because your husband is injured. You are shameless. If you don't want a divorce, you don't have to make trouble. Our family can't tolerate you. After all, you gave birth to two children for Shoude, because Shoude's legs have always tolerated you. Who would have thought that you would become more and more lawless and only think about yourself. Then I might as well tell you that your father sent you to be my son's wife in exchange for so many years of power and wealth. Since you dare not think of our goodness and use our kindness to bite me back, you must double the benefits you have exchanged from me."

Qin became more and more frightened as she listened to the eldest princess' words. She had been standing there proudly, but for the first time she knelt on the ground in fear and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, I was wrong. Please forgive us, the Grand Princess, please have mercy on us..."

The eldest princess looked at Qin, who finally gave up her pride and knelt on the ground begging for mercy, and felt only hatred in her heart.

The Qin family was born into a noble family. The Qin family's grandfather always insisted that his family was a true aristocratic family, and he had a sense of superiority in his bones. The Qin family's father was much more sober. He had never been valued when he was young, and he had seen too many realities. So he took the initiative to extend an olive branch to the eldest princess and introduced his eldest daughter to Bai Shoude as his wife.

The eldest princess has been worrying about Bai Shoude's marriage. The family she likes is unwilling to marry their legitimate daughter, and when the family wants to marry her, she doesn't like them either.

Bai Shoude was born like the eldest princess, with an ordinary appearance, fat, and inflexible legs. There were not many people he could choose from. At this time, the appearance of Qin made the eldest princess' eyes light up. Qin was beautiful, the type Bai Shoude liked. Moreover, Qin was raised by the Qin family's grandparents. Her literary talent and manners were those of the upper class. Even the daughter of an ordinary third-rank official could not compare to her.

Besides, Qin was the eldest daughter, but her family background was relatively low. Qin's father was only a fifth-rank official at the time. The eldest princess always felt that her family background was a bit low, but the words of persuasion from Qin's father at the time moved the eldest princess.

"Grand Princess, don't look down on me as a fifth-rank official now. As long as I have the help of a noble, it will only take time for me to become a fourth-rank official. If I have better opportunities, it will not be impossible for me to become a second-rank official. By then, Ying'er will definitely be worthy of Master Bai."

The eldest princess then realized that, yes, she had been stuck in a dead end and had been focusing on the families of officials who were already above the fourth rank in Kyoto, and had never thought of promoting an official herself. On the one hand, her son's daughter-in-law would have a higher status, and on the other hand, she would have more people available in the court.

She accepted Qin's engagement letter immediately. However, this woman, Qin, was only virtuous on the surface, but actually a vengeful and narrow-minded person. The good thing was that she was pregnant right after getting married. Although it was a girl, there were few children in the family, so all of them were treasures. Qin's father himself was a smart man and was very careful in his work. For this reason, the princess had always been more tolerant of Qin.

What's more, Bai Shoude did have too many women playing outside, so she felt that she was indeed a little guilty towards Qin. But now Shoude had just been in trouble, and it was because of the Fourth Prince's downfall, and she and the Qin family dared to take advantage of the Fourth Prince's power to add insult to injury. Did they really think they were useless now?

"Go find someone to arrange for the Qin family to divorce the Princess's Mansion and have no relationship with them from now on. She can take her dowry away, but she is not allowed to take anything from the Princess's Mansion."

The eldest princess ignored Qin's wailing and had her dragged away, then took out a letter from the box in the study.

"Send this letter to Censor Luo. The Qin family now thinks that they can be disrespectful to the Princess' Mansion just because they have attached themselves to the Fourth Prince's Mansion. Let them know whether I have really retreated behind the Fourth Prince's backstage. Also, shock those who once belonged to me and let them know how powerful I am."

Prince Consort Bai looked at the Grand Princess with nothing but contempt. The Grand Princess was flattered too much by the Fourth Prince, and she no longer had the composure she used to have. She was obviously a very shrewd person, but why did she become more and more impulsive as time went on?

Previously, the officials below were also loyal to the Grand Princess. Qi Yangchuan's incident made them realize that being too loyal and working too hard would not necessarily lead to a good ending. In addition, the Fourth Prince was always caring and considerate to others, and he was willing to spend money. Gradually, many people who had originally stood firmly on the side of the Grand Princess now turned to the Fourth Prince.

Now the momentum is still thunderous. Using the Qin family's private secrets to bring him down and take revenge on the Qin family will make some people realize the strength of the Grand Princess, but it will also make those who are not sincere to the Grand Princess and their own people more determined to betray the Princess's Mansion.

However, Prince Consort Bai did not intend to remind him. In his opinion, as long as the Grand Princess was still alive, he felt very depressed. He had to wear a false face every day, pretending to be gentle and kind. His passion was suppressed, and Qiumei's family was also harmed. This was because the Grand Princess had always supported the Fourth Prince, trusted him blindly, and did not help him with all her strength, which forced the Fourth Prince to take action against Bai Shoude and forced her to be more attentive to him.

The defeat of the Grand Princess might be a good thing, as she can stand up again like a man.

When he returned to his room, he saw the acrostic poem sent by Yan Ling, and knew that he had drugged the Fourth Prince. However, out of caution, Prince Consort Bai still arranged for someone to inquire about the situation in the Fourth Prince's Mansion. What if Yan Ling was lying to him?

But even if he was lying to me, I was not afraid. Prince Consort Bai had never intended to let Yan Ling live. Antidote? What are you thinking? Gu Yu had no antidote. This was a drug that had long been banned in the palace. I only saw it by accident when I went to the royal library to read the rare books after I married the eldest princess.

There is an animal that accidentally eats a highly poisonous herb. After death, its bones are soaked in a special soil for nine months. When the bones turn completely yellow, they become a special poison, bone jade.

The poisoned person will be just like Yan Ling. After midnight, he will feel itchy and painful all over his body, and the condition will get worse day by day. No one can diagnose and cure him. After seven days, the poisoned person will die in pain. The only evidence that he has been poisoned by the bone jade is that the body of the poisoned person will immediately emit a strange smell when he dies, and his bones will be yellow, the same color as the bone jade.

Prince Consort Bai has never been a hesitant person. He studied hard in order to give himself a brighter and greater future. However, after being favored by the eldest princess, he can no longer use his talents to realize his ambitions. Although it is a bit beyond his ability to start planning again, it is still not that difficult.

The servant looked at the appearance of Prince Consort Bai, feeling hesitant and confused.

"Master, there's a message from over there that another strange person has appeared at the gate of the mansion. Please go and comfort the Grand Princess."

Before Prince Consort Bai could confirm that the Fourth Prince was indeed incapable of compassion, a message came from Qiumei. Because he was usually accompanied by others when he went out of the palace, he seldom had time to visit Qiumei at will.

In order to prevent Qiumei from getting into trouble, he taught the special code to the servant next to him and asked him to check on the teahouse regularly. He hadn't sent any messages to Qiumei for a while, and now he suddenly received news that a stranger was checking on Qiumei and the child.

Great, the Princess of Zhan ignored the fact that Bai Shoude was killed by the Fourth Prince, and she was still in the mood to monitor Qiumei. If she hadn't been too busy to look for Qiumei recently, she would have been exposed long ago. However, she and Qiumei hid well, so how could the Grand Princess suspect her? Did someone around her tell on her? No way, if someone told on her, she would have killed Qiumei and the child long ago according to the Grand Princess' temper, and she wouldn't have waited until now. Could it be someone else?

Prince Consort Bai immediately thought of the Fourth Prince, but rejected the idea himself. Except for a few servants around him and his confidants, no one else knew about his affair with Qiumei.

Prince Consort Bai did not suspect Qiumei's people. If Qiumei's people revealed any information, they would have been assassinated before he even noticed. So Prince Consort Bai suspected the Grand Princess the most. He thought she might just be suspicious now and had not found any actual evidence, otherwise she would not have been able to hold back. At the beginning, she only knew that her family had an engagement with Qiumei's family, so she murdered Qiumei's family. Now that he and Qiumei have a child, she could not have held back. So the biggest possibility is that the Grand Princess has no evidence at all and is just simply suspicious.

Qiumei was right. The Grand Princess was just suspicious. If she could be more attentive and affectionate, she would be able to dispel her suspicions, which would be good for herself, Qiumei and the child.

Prince Consort Bai changed into a blue gown and went to find the Grand Princess. He never thought that Qiu Mei was worried that the medicine he took would lose its efficacy over time and could not be passed to the Grand Princess through sexual intercourse, so she deliberately staged a drama.

Including the last time she moved, it was also intentional. There was no one hanging around the door to monitor. She had lost patience with Prince Consort Bai in the first place. Besides, the children had grown up and gradually became sensible. Qiumei didn't want them to know that their father was the prince consort of the current dynasty. During that time, she had infiltrated the idea of ​​making things difficult between Prince Consort Bai and the Grand Princess, but Prince Consort Bai didn't dare to do that.

Xiaoyu came to her at that time, and she completely changed her mind. She thought that she could deal with the Grand Princess together. Although she could not take the Grand Princess's life, the fight between the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Prince Cheng'en was the most intense and severe. The Grand Princess's mind was affected by the drugs. Although it was not a big deal, in this fight for the throne, the slightest mistake would mean eternal damnation. She could be the one who pushed the Grand Princess to the cliff.

But after waiting for so long, she only heard that Bai Shoude was injured. Qiumei was very worried at that time. The longer the medicine Xiaoyu gave stayed in Prince Bai's body, the worse the effect would be. With their son in hand, the two of them would not be in the mood to do those things between men and women, so it is very likely that the Grand Princess will not be affected by the medicine in the end.

It has come to this point, Qiumei really doesn't want to give up. She was afraid of the Grand Princess's status and position and could not take revenge, so she approached Prince Consort Bai. Prince Consort Bai was a very selfish person and never thought about avenging her family, so she felt that letting Prince Consort Bai be killed by the Grand Princess would, on the one hand, compensate her family a little, and on the other hand, make the Grand Princess suffer.

After finally knowing that she had the ability to make the Grand Princess suffer, how could she give up? After discussing for a long time, she felt that since the Grand Princess's people had been used to suspect her and move away, she could now use this excuse to let the White Prince Consort try to get close to the Grand Princess again in order to protect himself and the child. The White Prince Consort's goal was to dispel the Grand Princess's suspicion, and her own goal was to let these two people get some compensation for the lives of the former Qiu family.