The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

The content of the letter was very simple, and the gist of it was that Changle wanted to sign a seed purchase contract with her.

Concubine Li also received a letter from her daughter. After reading it, she fell into deep thought, wondering why her daughter asked her to facilitate the Ning-An marriage. There was no news of further fighting on the border.

In addition, His Majesty intends to marry Ning An to Xiao Wu. The more Concubine Li thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, so she fixed her makeup and went to Concubine Zhao's palace.

Concubine Zhao leaned listlessly on the chaise longue, with a handkerchief covering her forehead.

"I'm sorry I came at an untimely time. My sister is feeling better now."

Concubine Zhao sat up from the couch and said, "There is only one vacant position for concubine, and I want this and that." She felt helpless.

Concubine Li: "Have you asked His Majesty?"

"His Majesty has been busy with the affairs of the previous dynasty and hasn't come to the harem for a long time." Concubine Zhao sighed, "How can I bother him?"

Concubine Li: "Ning An came to see me last time and said that Lu wanted to return home."

Concubine Zhao fell silent after being surprised. Her carefully maintained fingers tapped the armrests one after another. "If she could really return home, it would save a lot of trouble. I'm afraid this reason won't convince the public."

Concubine Li smiled and said, "Sister, as long as you insist that there is only one concubine position, and don't let any more rumors go out."

Concubine Zhao: "That's what I said. The Crown Prince and the Third Prince were present at the court this morning. We are only separated from the Eastern Palace by a few walls, and they haven't leaked a single word."

Concubine Li: "Is it because of the drought in Huaizhou? Sister, do you remember the last time His Majesty mentioned marrying Ning'an to Xiaowu?"

Concubine Zhao: "Your Majesty, it was just a casual remark."

"The last time she came to see me, she was tanned like a piece of charcoal. I was too short-sighted to see anything special about her." Concubine Li said casually.

Concubine Zhao fell into deep thought. After a moment, she rubbed her forehead and said, "Sister, maybe you haven't recovered yet. You feel a little tired after sitting for a while."

Upon seeing this, Concubine Li stood up and said goodbye.

Emperor Longqing sat in the palace reviewing memorials, coughing occasionally. Eunuch Wang placed a bowl of clear tea on the table. "Your Majesty, please rest for a while."

Emperor Longqing took the tea bowl, took a sip, and put it down. "What has the Crown Prince been busy with recently?"

"Your Majesty, the prince has been staying in the Eastern Palace." Wang Quan replied.

Emperor Longqing coughed a few more times, and suddenly felt heavy all over, dizzy, and supported himself with one arm. "Go and call the imperial physician."

Wang Quan was startled and went away in a hurry. After a while, Lord Hai, the old judge in red, came hurriedly.

"How is it?" Emperor Longqing looked at him.

The judge of the Haiyuan Court lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I just caught a cold."

Emperor Longqing gestured for him to stand and reply, "Everyone must die, and I am no exception. But if you dare to deceive me, Lord Hai, do you know what crime this is?"

Lord Hai, who had just stood up, fell to his knees with a thud, his legs trembling. "I am guilty, but I dare not speak."

Emperor Longqing's heart gradually sank. "I forgive you."

A moment later, Wang Quan personally escorted Master Hai back to the Imperial Hospital. "Master Hai, have a safe journey."

The judge of the Haiyuan Court bowed and turned to go into the house.

At the court session the next morning, the officials discovered that the Crown Prince, who had been under house arrest for many days, appeared in the procession again. The Third Prince stood in the crowd, looking at his brother's figure, concealing the reluctance in his eyes, and followed the crowd into the hall.

After leaving the court, the prince went to find his third brother and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you so much. Your sister-in-law has prepared a banquet at home. Why don't you come with me for a simple meal?"

The Third Prince raised his lips and bowed his hands to decline, "Thank you, Your Highness. However, I have some matters to attend to at home. I will arrange a banquet to apologize to Your Highness another day."

The two brothers seemed to have returned to their former friendly and respectful relationship.

There was a faint smell of medicine in the Zichen Hall.

Dingyuan Bo did not look away, but knelt down and saluted, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Emperor Longqing gestured for him to stand up and reply, "The drought in Huaizhou is a foregone conclusion. Do you still insist that Lu Tongzheng is the best candidate?"

Dingyuan Bo remained calm. "Besides being familiar with Huaizhou, Lu Tongzheng has another great advantage: he is the father of Princess Ning'an."

Emperor Longqing nodded and said, "Ning An is indeed smart."

Dingyuan Earl: "I have another matter to report. My son Mingyuan suffers from an old illness and is unable to inherit the throne. I request Your Majesty's permission to remove him from the throne and appoint your second son Mingcheng as the heir apparent."

Emperor Longqing nodded. "Let's do as you say."

The news that Dingyuan Bo had appointed another heir spread in a small circle in Beijing.

Boxes and crates were carried out of the main house and placed outside. Xu Shiyun sat on a chair outside and watched the servants busying themselves. Zhao Mingyuan came back from the front yard and saw this scene. His eyes, already slightly sunken due to his thin body, immediately widened. He roared, "Who told you to move this?" and kicked over the nearest box and crate.

The servants didn't dare to move and stood there with their hands hanging down.

Xu Shiyun waved at them and looked at her husband. "It was Mother who asked us to move. This upper room has always been the residence of the prince. The second master has been officially canonized as the prince."

Cui came in a hurry, tears falling, "Son, mother knows you are sad, but there is nothing we can do, you——"

Zhao Mingyuan bent down to straighten the things that had fallen on the ground, but found that he couldn't even lift a vase. He sat down dejectedly and said, "Move it, move it all."

"Alas," Cui winked at her daughter-in-law, wondering what she was doing standing there.

Xu Shiyun took her husband to the new courtyard. The new courtyard was a little smaller than the upper house, but it was also a small courtyard with two entrances, right next to the peach orchard of the marquis's mansion.

After leaving her husband to the servants, Xu Shiyun immediately led her men around the house. To compensate them, her father-in-law secretly gave her 20,000 taels of silver, and even her mother-in-law, who was always stingy, gave her 5,000 taels and a small farm.

From now on, every blade of grass and every tree here belongs to him. Xu Shiyun breathed a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Si came to visit before the new yard was even decorated.

When they met, she hugged her daughter and cried, "What are you going to do in the future?"

Xu Shiyun let her mother hold her, and only when her mother stopped crying did she pick up a handkerchief and wipe her eyes. "Mother, I'm fine." Then she asked someone to fetch water for her mother to wash her face.

Xu Shiyun personally reapplied her mother's makeup.

Mrs. Si walked around the house, shaking her head. "It's far worse than where I used to live. The furniture there was all huanghuali wood."

Xu Shiyun smiled and said, "Mother, these are the dowry you bought for me back then, and they are finally coming in handy now."

Mrs. Si sat back on the kang. "I'm doing this for your own good. Don't you know that those people are used to judging others by their status? Now that you've lost your power—"

"Mother, although I have lost my position as the crown prince, I still have my official title, so our family of three is not bad at all." Xu Shiyun didn't really care.

"But you can't just think about yourself, you should also think about others. Ming'er still has his parents' family." Mrs. Si was a little anxious.

Xu Shiyun's face darkened slightly. "Mother, my brother has a father-in-law who is the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, and his brother-in-law is in the Eastern Palace. You know this better than I do."

Mrs. Si looked embarrassed and said, "I'm just anxious."

Xu Shiyun placed a small box on the table. "I ordered a headdress from Xiefang Pavilion, and I'll also order one for you. If you have nothing to do, you can go home."

After returning home with the new headdress, Mrs. Si tried it on her head and put it in the box.

Lu Rong returned home angrily, and Mrs. Si knew that she must have been driven back by her father-in-law.

"This bitch has ruined the reputation of the Cui family of Boling."