If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Qu Qingli has been confined at home recently. If Shen Suian hadn't sent someone to invite her over, she wouldn't know when she could go out and play.

"I'm almost suffocating to death. My grandmother went to the palace a few days ago. When she came out, she ordered that the younger generation in the family were not allowed to go out. She also scolded my brothers and warned them not to have too much contact with the noble families."

Shen Sui'an's heart sank. Madam Qu was a wise old lady, and she must have noticed something unusual.

"No one doesn't want to interact with you." Shen Sui'an said.

Qu Qingli led the horse closer to Shen Sui'an and asked the maids behind her to step back.

"Grandmother had a quarrel with the Queen." Qu Qingli lowered her voice.

Shen Sui'an was surprised, "Why?"

"My grandmother told the Queen to stop fighting. The Fifth Prince is young and has ordinary qualifications. The Emperor already has a candidate for the Crown Prince, and it is definitely not the Fifth Prince." Qu Qingli said.

"If the queen insists on fighting, the Qu family will have to fight with all their might, but it may not succeed. By then, the entire Qu family will lose everything."

"You've also seen that from my father onwards, no one in our Qu family has outstanding abilities. It's only because of my grandmother's restraint that we haven't become playboys. How can we help the queen and the fifth prince?"

"Unfortunately, the Queen Mother won't listen to what grandma says." Qu Qingli trusted Shen Sui'an and told her everything.

If it weren't for Shen Suian's reminder that day, Madam Qu wouldn't have seen the situation so clearly so quickly.

Madam Qu's words when she went to the palace to admonish the Queen would definitely reach the Emperor's ears.

This is the Qu family expressing their stance to the emperor that they have no intention of participating in the fight for the crown prince.

As for whether the emperor will believe it, only the emperor knows.

"Does the Empress Dowager know?" Shen Sui'an asked in a low voice.

Qu Qingli looked back and saw no one was following her, so she continued, "The Queen Mother will go to Wufu Mountain to worship Buddha next month. She will have to stay in the palace for at least a year or two."

The Queen Mother's attitude was also very clear; she did not want to be involved in the Emperor's succession decision.

"I went to the palace to accompany my aunt a few years ago and accidentally heard the emperor talking to someone else." Qu Qingli said in a muffled voice, "I have never dared to tell anyone, not even my grandmother."

Shen Sui'an held her hand and said, "If you don't want to say it, don't say it."

Qu Qingli held Shen Suian's hand again, as if this could give her courage and strength.

"I was just a child at that time, so no one noticed me. Even when I ran to the library, no one saw me."

"My aunt was also very happy that day. She was diagnosed with pregnancy. She had not been pregnant in ten years since she gave birth to Princess Yongning."

"The emperor was not happy at all. He even told others that he thought the queen should not get pregnant again."

Shouldn't?!

Shen Sui'an's expression changed slightly, and he covered Qu Qingli's mouth, "Li'er, you can't say this, you have to keep it to yourself."

The emperor doesn't want the queen to have a prince, and if word of this gets out it will cause an uproar.

Qu Qingli covered her mouth and shook her head vigorously, "No."

Shen Sui'an felt depressed. She finally understood why the Qu family collapsed so quickly in the previous life.

The Fifth Prince was not even considered by the Emperor as a candidate for the Crown Prince, and the Empress and the Qu family had been building momentum for the Fifth Prince and forming cliques and forming personal connections, which was really pushing the Emperor's limits.

"My grandmother told my father not to help my uncle's family. I don't know what will happen to my uncle," said Qu Qingli.

Shen Sui'an said, "If An Lihou didn't do those things, the Zhenfu Division would clear his name."

"Did Commander Lu tell you any information?" Qu Qingli's eyes lit up.

"No, he never tells me these things." Shen Sui'an said with a smile.

"Well, we can't make the decision on these matters. Today we are here to relax. Let's go riding. We need to have a good ride today."

Qu Qingli put her worries aside for the time being. There was no point in worrying now anyway. As a girl, how could she help?

"Sui Sui, I heard there is a new pleasure boat on the riverside. It only does business with women and doesn't accept male guests. Let's go and join in the fun." Qu Qingli said with a smile.

Painting boat?

Shen Sui'an climbed onto the horse and asked suspiciously, "You were not detained at home, so how did you know about the new pleasure boat?"

"That's what I heard. After finally getting out, of course you have to have enough fun." Qu Qingli felt that if she went home she would be locked up again and unable to get out.

"The pleasure boat is a mixed crowd, it's not suitable for you to go there." Shen Suian said seriously.

She was worried that Qu Qingli would meet Song Xiuzhi on the pleasure boat. If she alerted the enemy, it would affect Song Xiuzhi and Lu Heng's relationship, and how would they give birth to the twin boy and girl.

"Okay, okay, if you don't want to go, then don't go."

……

……

Shen Sui'an and Qu Qingli stayed in Zhuangzi for two days.

Shi Qing reported to her the latest situation of the Lu family.

The affair between Lu Yang and Young Master Yao has been discovered.

However, this young master Yao was a homosexual and had several male paramours at home. So when he was with Lu Yang this time, the Yao family thought that young master Yao had forced Lu Yang.

The two families took their children back home and tacitly agreed not to mention it.

But Lu Yang's secret could not be kept, as all the elders in the Lu family knew about it. Duke Lu was so angry that he almost wanted to kill this unfilial grandson himself.

"…The Fourth Young Master is still kneeling in the ancestral hall. The Duke scolded the Second Master and the Second Mistress, and even sent someone to call back the Third Master who was out of town." Shi Qing said in a low voice.

The fact that Lu Yang was a gay was only discovered after he got married in his previous life.

Mrs. Lu Er asked for a daughter of a ninth-rank official to marry him. The girl was timid and honest, and never consummated the marriage. Later, when she saw Lu Yang hanging out with his followers, she realized that she had been cheated.

However, the life and death of her family was in the hands of Mrs. Lu, so she could only endure the humiliation and continue to be married to Lu Yang.

Shen Suian felt quite sympathetic towards her.

I hope she won't marry Lu Yang again this time.

"Are Third Uncle and Third Aunt willing to come back?" Shen Suian chuckled.

Mr. Lu San was born out of wedlock. It was said that his aunt was extremely beautiful and almost threatened Madam Lu's position.

Therefore, Old Madam Lu disliked Third Master Lu. The Duke did not want his family to be in turmoil, so he arranged for Third Master Lu to go to the Subei military camp five years ago. Even when Third Master Lu got married in Subei, he just wrote a letter to tell him about it.

"The Duke seems to want to reassign Third Master a job in Beijing." Shi Qing said in a low voice.

Shen Sui'an smiled and said, "Such a big thing happened at home, I should go back."

"Madam, I'll arrange it right away." Shi Qing said.

"By the way, has Cheng Zhong been convicted?" Shen Sui'an asked.

Cheng Zhong is Aunt Cheng’s brother.

"Lord Shen went to the Pacification Office in person yesterday, but the commander was not there, so Cheng Zhong's case has not been decided yet and he is now imprisoned in the imperial prison." Shi Qing said.

Shen Sui'an: "I believe the commander will handle this impartially."

Qu Qingli had been playing in the manor for two days, and it was time to go back. She and Shen Suian rode in the same car, and they talked all the way.

When they arrived at the city gate, Qu Qingli returned to his carriage and went his separate ways from Shen Suian.