An ugly girl starts off, then becomes a beauty

Madam Zhaoyu returned home three days later. She had heard the news that Sang Ling was pregnant, so she rushed to Wuyuan as soon as she could.

For some reason, Sang Ling saw that her mother-in-law looked in better spirits than before she entered the palace. Could it be that the feng shui of the Liu family palace was good for health? It was strange that a person who had just recovered from a serious illness went to take care of the old lady and actually recovered herself.

But she didn't bring up these words, she just greeted, "Mom looks much better."

Madam Zhaoyu smiled bitterly and said, "It's very tiring. I often go to the old lady's bedside in the middle of the night. Fortunately, it's spring now, so it's not that cold. The house doesn't need to be burned with charcoal all the time. It's fresh and people feel more cheerful, so she's in good spirits these days."

Then he mentioned Sang Ling again, "How have you been these days? Have you been able to eat?"

When she was pregnant with Nie Ce, she couldn't eat anything in the first two months. She vomited everything she ate. If she didn't eat, she was afraid she would starve. At that time, her eldest brother often walked around the room anxiously.

"I'm the same as usual, but I can't eat spicy food." Sang Ling said truthfully.

"That's good. Your cousin is a great doctor. With him around, I don't have to worry anymore."

She did not respond to this, but pondered for a while, then explained what had happened at home in the past few days, "Fourth Uncle has been staying in Jingyuan these days and has not been allowed to come out. Second Aunt came here the other day and took action here--" She carefully observed Madam Zhaoyu's expression.

That night, she, the mother-in-law, stayed in the gossip hall until midnight, and she didn't know what she and Nie Guang said in front of the old man. Although she was sure that Nie Guang would not be stupid enough to confess what happened between him and her, Madam Zhaoyu was a smart person after all, so she didn't dare to act rashly in front of her.

"She ran here and started fighting?" Madam Zhaoyu was a little surprised, and her eyes were immediately filled with anger.

Sang is different now. She is pregnant with a child from the Nie family.

Sang Ling nodded carefully, and lowered his voice again, "Last night, their people strangled Fourth Aunt to death."

The jade cup on the table fell over and rolled onto the wooden floor, making a harsh sound even in the quiet room.

Madam Zhaoyu didn't say anything for a long time, then raised her eyes and looked at Sang Ling meaningfully.

On the day she entered the palace, she had already instructed Fang Lu that someone from the West Palace was going to run to the backyard of the East Palace to kill someone - the master who was under strict surveillance.

How can it be?

If someone was killed so easily, this house would have been in chaos.

Unless the second young master's wife, Sang Ling, tacitly agrees.

Didn't she gather a group of her own men? Fang Lu was close to Cheng Lao in her room, so it was not difficult to get him out of the way... Madam Zhaoyu narrowed her eyes, her mind racing, and she felt that it was not entirely Sang Ling who did this, after all, Shen had a strong motive as well. Zhang's trouble had implicated Nie Guang, so she naturally bore a grudge.

It’s just that Sang Ling is definitely not unrelated.

"Forget it." Madam Zhaoyu softened her expression, but she was too lazy to pursue the matter. She knew that her daughter-in-law had some tricks, especially after the death of the maid brought by her parents, she seemed to have been waiting for an opportunity. Although she felt disgusted by her own actions, after the epidemic, she became more indifferent.

A capable person will never be simple-minded.

She didn't say anything more and prepared to let Sang go to rest, but she only saw her leaning on the table and moving closer, "Mother, let's be tough and settle this matter once and for all."

*

The candle holders on the corridor were swaying in the wind, and the lights were dim under the shadows of the trees. The weather was also bad that day. Generally speaking, the whole mid-spring sky is gloomy. After returning from the Noon Garden, Madam Zhaoyu sat alone in the Cloud Moon Pavilion for half a day.

Fang only found out this morning that Zhang was killed. She and Cheng were talking in the side courtyard of Yunyue Pavilion last night. This confirmed Madam Zhaoyu's guess - it was indeed the Sang family girl who deliberately sent Fang Lu away.

Before Aunt Fang could ask something else, Madam Zhaoyu held her forehead and waved her hand. Then she thought for a long time and waited until dark before going to the hall of right and wrong.

If Grandpa Nie was in the mansion, he would usually be in the study in the Shifei Hall at this time. Madam Zhaoyu knew it very well, so she led Fang Mai to wait outside for a while. Then Yang Xun came back for the first time and said that the old man had not seen anyone in the past few days.

After Madam Zhaoyu revealed that it was about her grandson's wife being pregnant, Yang Xian passed on the message again.

If she came here just to announce the good news, she wouldn't have to go in to talk. I guess some conflict has arisen again. Grandpa Nie put down the bamboo and silk, pressed his forehead and said, "Let her in."

The flame on the goose and fish lantern flickered, and the figure of the woman walking in was reflected on the stone wall. She clasped her hands and bowed, "Father."

Master Nie nodded and motioned for her to sit down.

The layers of moon-white dress at the bottom of the stairs turned with her steps and were quickly gathered under the shadow of her waist and hips.

"I have known about what's going on in the mansion these days. I didn't want to disturb father, but..." Her lips moved, showing her embarrassment.

Wu Xiulian rarely behaved like this in front of him before, but Nie Da knew that as the person in charge of the two mansions and the eldest sister-in-law, she had to bear many things and could not act arbitrarily like Shen. So most of the time, she was restrained.

He rubbed the ring on his hand and said nothing, just waiting for her to continue.

Madam Zhaoyu gritted her teeth and looked up. "The family has been in conflict until now, and I have endured it until now. It's just that I know the guilt in my father's heart. From the time I married my eldest brother to today, our little family has not been smooth sailing, but it has indeed taken the limelight. There is nothing much to say about the origin until now. It's too complicated and involves too many things. It's a pity for A Guang. He shouldn't be like this. Therefore, I have repeatedly tolerated Shen Shi. I know that she is unwilling, and I have never intended to compete with her. I just don't want to tolerate blindly, but in return I got the disaster today. On the day of Xuanwen's wedding, if that maid hadn't taken the wine pot, I would be alone today. But at that time, I still chose to keep silent, thinking that I wanted to keep things quiet. Even if the power of the head of the family was handed over, I didn't say much."

"I never thought that today she would still not let my wife and her family go. You have seen how Sang behaves. During the epidemic, if she hadn't taken care of everything in the two palaces, not to mention that everyone would get sick, there would never be the peace we have today, and my wife wouldn't even have enough energy to take care of the palace. But even so, they still want to suppress her and force her, and even don't let go of the fetus in her belly."

"I never said these things to you before because I didn't want to care about anything and didn't want to disturb the whole family with quarrels. But now, I don't want to do that anymore. I have a grandson now, so I can't be a spineless person anymore."

"Dad, you can hate me, beat me, or scold me, but I will accept it even if you ask me to go with my elder brother. But I must protect the Sang family. My elder brother and I only have one child, Xuanwen. Now Xuanwen also has a child. He has to protect him, and I have to protect him even more."

The study room of the Hall of Disputes suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Nie Da closed his eyes and sighed. He knew what would happen after these words. It seemed that Shen had gone to Xuanwen Courtyard to cause trouble and even disturbed Sang's pregnancy...

He stood up, leaning on his cane. Wu wanted to go forward to help him, but he waved her hand to indicate that she should leave. It was Yang Xian who bowed and greeted each other, and then he helped the old man up.

"You can do whatever you want. I can't control you anymore, and I don't want to control you." After leaving these words, Nie Da went back to his bedroom through the inner door.