Divorce the bad husband, store grain fields, and marry the emperor's uncle for the second time

"Besides, she's been dead for more than ten years. Do you really remember what the Duke of Wei's daughter looked like?" Queen Mother Ji took a small copper tong and picked up the ashes in the hand warmer. She sneered, "There are many people in this world who look alike. You worry too much, Xia Shu."

Wen Xiashu frowned and sighed softly.

Seeing Xia Shu's worried and anxious expression, Queen Mother Ji sneered, "Xia Shu, you are the daughter of Duke Anguo, how noble is your status? A rough and uncouth woman from the village can actually make you so anxious and lose your composure. You really disappoint me."

"But Prince Yan has been staying in a village in Qingyang Prefecture and has refused to return to Beijing. It's obvious that he has fallen in love with a woman in that village." Wen Xiashu said irritably.

Yan Heng was sent to Qingyang Prefecture to manage the river. After living in the village, it has been almost a year and she has not returned once. She even did not attend the palace banquet during the New Year and the sacrifice on the first day of the New Year. It can be seen that the charm of that woman is more important than that of the capital. How can Wen Xiashu not be anxious?

"The Emperor won't send Yudie, and the clan members don't agree. Even if he marries her with three matchmakers and six betrothals, he can't make that woman his principal wife. If she can't be his principal wife, she can't be the Princess of Yan, and she can't even be a concubine. She can only be a mistress without a title, even worse than a concubine. As a noble lady in the capital, how come you don't know such common sense? And you're still upset? Where is my upbringing of you?" Empress Dowager Ji said with a gloomy face and shook her head.

Of course Wen Xiashu knew all this. Even the girls around her knew it, so how could she not know?

Anyone who lives in the capital knows these rules of the capital.

She came to Queen Mother Ji to cry and complain, only because she was worried that Prince Yan would ask the Emperor for mercy in the future, so she asked for the Jade Butterfly for that woman.

"Of course Xia Shu knows all this. I'm worried that the emperor will show leniency. After all, Prince Yan is the emperor's uncle. The emperor will at least consider Prince Yan's face and make an exception to give Yudie to that country woman, right?" Wen Xia Shu sighed.

As she spoke, her eyes secretly glanced at Queen Mother Ji.

Queen Mother Ji sneered, "Just as you said, how could I agree to a village woman coming to the palace and sitting in a room with all the ladies of the capital? Even if I agree, I'm afraid no one in the capital would agree."

Wen Xiashu was relieved when she saw Queen Mother Ji's statement. "I was so anxious that I was confused. How could I have forgotten about this?"

"Okay, don't think too much. When you have time, write a letter to Prince Yan, show more concern for him, and tell him more about the good things about the capital. Prince Yan is looking for a country woman just because he is bored and wants to have fun. When he returns to the capital, he will definitely abandon that woman." Empress Dowager Ji laughed sarcastically.

Wen Xiashu curled the corners of her lips, "The Queen Mother is absolutely right."

After leaving Queen Mother Ji's palace, the maid saw that Xia Shu's expression was not as anxious as when she came, so she asked, "But did the Queen Mother promise to help the fourth young lady?"

"not at all."

"No? How could that be? The Fourth Miss is the adopted daughter of the Queen Mother. How could she not help the Fourth Miss?" the maid asked in surprise.

"Because, there is no need for the Queen Mother to take action." Wen Xiashu sneered complacently, "That woman can't make too much waves. She is a village woman, and no lady in the capital is willing to be on an equal footing with her. She is only worthy of being the concubine of the Prince of Yan, and can't even enter the gate of the capital. She is just a plaything for the Prince of Yan when he is bored in the countryside of Qingyang Prefecture. Why do the Queen Mother and I need to take action?"

"What if Prince Yan brings her to the capital? What if he brings her to the palace?" the maid asked worriedly.

"Lüzhu, if you want to be the Princess of Yan, you must have Yudie. If the Empress Dowager and the Emperor don't give it to you, even if the Princess of Yan favors that woman, she won't be able to stay in the capital, because without Yudie, you can't be the principal wife, and therefore can't be the Princess of Yan." Wen Xiashu laughed sarcastically.

The maid suddenly realized and clapped her hands and laughed, "So that's how it is. Hey, Miss Fourth was worried, but this is obviously nothing serious."

Wen Xiashu shook her head, squinted her eyes, and sneered, "No, I still have to tell the Queen Mother. In case the Prince of Yan comes to the Queen Mother and the Emperor to plead for that woman, deceive the Queen Mother, and take the Jade Butterfly. I will tell the Queen Mother about this today, and that woman will forget about integrating into the circle of noble ladies in the capital, and she will never be able to become the Princess of Yan in her lifetime."

"That's right, she's just a country woman, dreaming of going to the capital!" Luzhu also rolled her eyes.

-

Although she had received confirmation from the Queen Mother that she would not allow a country woman to enter the circle of noble ladies in the capital, Wen Xiashu was still very angry that Yan Heng fell in love with Xia Xiaorou.

She personally wrote a reply to Madam Luo, asking her to "treat" Xia Xiaorou well.

For the two words, he specially marked them with a vermilion pen.

The messenger put the letter in his pocket and hurried back to Qingyang Prefecture.

Mrs. Luo received the letter and hurriedly opened it to read.

She read the letter word by word, and said to the attendant woman beside her with a curled lip, "The fourth lady asked us to treat Miss Xia well."

The two women looked at each other, blinking their eyes. "What do you mean, Madam Luo?"

"What else could it mean? Madam Xia, a country woman, actually dared to snatch the man that the Fourth Miss has set her eyes on. She is very brave. The Fourth Miss will be unhappy." Madam Luo said in a deep voice.

The two women suddenly realized, "I see, then, what should we do?"

The three of them came here under the arrangement of Wen Xiashu, specifically to find out why Yan Heng did not return to Beijing.

Now there is the stumbling block of Xia Xiaorou. If it is not handled properly, Prince Yan will not return to the capital, and the three of them will not be able to return to the capital either.

"Let's act according to circumstances. Anyway, only when the Fourth Miss is happy can we live a good life." Madam Luo looked at the two women.

The two of them understood and nodded quickly, "Yes."

-

Ever since Xia Xiaorou entered Yanyuan for a banquet in a high-profile manner and was publicly stated by Yan Heng as his fiancée, her status in the village has skyrocketed.

Almost every day someone finds an excuse to give her gifts.

But she declined them all.

The people from the Song Liu family and the Xia family were even more shameless and asked the village head to bring them here.

Xia Xiaorou asked Song Yanbai to kick everyone out.

In the past, Song Liu and Xia Chen would have cursed loudly, but now, they could only swallow their anger. Even though they were mocked by Song Yanbai, they did not dare to say a word. Instead, they left with an apologetic smile and said they would come again another day.

"How shameless." Song Yanbai, who is usually gentle, couldn't help but curse.

Yan Heng visited Xia Xiaorou more and more often, and almost every day she arranged for Zhu Yun to pick her up for dinner.

But Xia Xiaorou put forward a condition to Yan Heng: they could have dinner together but could not stay overnight.

One is that she is afraid of hurting the baby in her belly, and the other is that it will bring bad reputation.

After all, they haven't been officially married yet. How can it be appropriate for her to live in Yanyuan now?

Yan Heng doesn't care, but she does.

She didn't want to be criticized.

Yan Heng agreed with this.

After dinner every day, Yan Heng would teach Xia Xiaorou to read and write, play the piano, practice swordplay, or read account books and documents, just like she taught Song Yuan.

Xia Xiaorou knows all of these.

In her previous life, she studied with Yan Heng for ten years. Not only did she learn these, she even learned to imitate Yan Heng's handwriting.

But in order to avoid Yan Heng's suspicion, she pretended to be Xiao Bai, suppressed her temper, and followed to learn.

-

In the blink of an eye, the first month of the year is over.

In February in the north, the ice and snow gradually melted, more people came to the fields, and every household began to busy themselves with spring ploughing.

Xia Xiaorou has a lot of fields and needs a large number of cows to plow the fields.

She arranged for Song Yanbai to borrow the cow. Xia Xiaorou told Song Yanbai everything, including who to borrow it from, where to borrow it from, and how much the reward would be.

When she was at the Song family before, she was the one who borrowed the cow on behalf of the Song family. Since they were all old acquaintances, Xia Xiaorou did not go in person this time and asked Song Yanbai to do it.

But who would have thought that after Song Yanbai had been gone for half a day, he came back empty-handed.

"I can't borrow any. The families that raise cattle have lent out all their cows." Song Yanbai was dejected.

Xia Xiaorou narrowed her eyes and asked, "Who did you lend it to?"

Is it such a coincidence?

There are cows in eight families, and one family doesn’t have any cows?

"It was borrowed from Mr. Luo's family in the next town." Song Yanbai shook his head. "I heard that his family has hundreds of acres of land and they need to plow the land these days. Anyone who has a cow has borrowed it."

Xia Xiaorou was confused. This didn't make sense. Mr. Luo's family never borrowed cows from other places, so why did they come here to borrow them this year?

"I'll go to the Luo family and ask." Xia Xiaorou said.