Xu Mingzhu returned happily to the Xu Mansion from the Huguo Temple. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Zhao standing at the door angrily.

"Mom, why are you standing here? Why aren't you resting in the backyard?"

Zhao was furious when she saw the smiling Xu Mingzhu. "You rebellious girl, you still have the heart to smile? What did you do at the Huguo Temple this afternoon? Now there are rumors everywhere that you can give birth to four sons. You, an unmarried woman, spread such news. Are you shameless and wanting to die?"

After saying that, Zhao turned around, picked up the tea bowl behind her and threw it at Xu Mingzhu. Ouch, she was so angry.

The tea bowl fell to the ground with a "bang" and shattered into pieces. Xu Mingzhu knew that Zhao was furious, so she quickly dodged the tea bowl and went up to comfort Zhao.

"Mom, please calm down and listen to me."

"It's not a bad reputation to be able to give birth to a son. Besides, I didn't tell anyone that I could give birth to a son. It was predicted by a fortune teller there."

"Even if I can't enter the Prince's Mansion with the reputation of being able to give birth to a son, those high-ranking families in the capital know that I can give birth to a son. Maybe I can marry well."

Zhao was furious and shouted, "Can't you just live peacefully and marry into General Zhang's mansion? You and the young general have known each other since childhood and have a good relationship. Why can't you marry? Why do you have to fight for a concubine?"

When Xu Mingzhu saw Zhao mentioned the General's Mansion, her face darkened.

"Mom, everyone knows why Xu Miao was divorced by the General's Mansion. I don't want to marry into the family with such a bad reputation."

"Besides, if the young general has any problems in the future, Madam Zhang will eat me up and blame everything on me."

Xu Mingzhu calmed herself down and continued.

"Since there's an opportunity to enter the Crown Prince's Mansion, I naturally want to fight for it. It's not just to piss off Xu Miao. I wouldn't do such a foolish thing as risking my entire life for a servant."

When Zhao heard Xu Mingzhu say this, she thought it made sense and sighed helplessly.

"But you can't spread the news that you can give birth to a son. Can't you find another reason?"

When Xu Mingzhu heard Zhao mention this, her eyes turned red and she said to Zhao helplessly, "If I don't talk about this, what else can I say? Can I sing or paint? Otherwise, I have a powerful family."

"Mom, I have nothing. I have no other choice but to say that I can give birth to a son. Besides, giving birth to a son is not just my business. I will talk about it after I can enter the Prince's Mansion."

"Oh!" Zhao thought about it carefully, and it was exactly what Xu Mingzhu said.

It's not easy to get into the general's mansion, and she really has nothing to say except that she can give birth to a son.

Forget it, leave it to fate.

It was calculated that Xu Mingzhu could give birth to a son, and General Zhang's mansion naturally heard the news.

Zhang Ruyi stood in the middle of Old Madam Zhang's room, her face flushed with anger, and she cursed loudly: "Grandmother, Mother, listen to what excuses Xu Mingzhu made up. She can give birth to sons, and she can give birth to four. I curse her not to give birth to even one."

"You don't know that all the noble ladies in the capital are laughing at Xu Mingzhu to death. They all say that she is the reincarnation of an old sow and can give birth to children."

"I don't know what's wrong with my brother. Why is he still thinking about marrying Xu Mingzhu?"

A few days ago, Zhang Chengyi mentioned to Mrs. Zhang that he wanted to marry Xu Mingzhu, saying that he wanted to get married before the New Year.

Old Madam Zhang was just thinking of asking Madam Zhang to go to the Xu Mansion to ask when the wedding would take place, when the news of Xu Mingzhu being able to give birth to a son came up.

Old Madam Zhang now hates Xu Mingzhu to death. If she had not met with Zhang Chengyi in private and expressed her desire to marry him, the Zhang family would not have thought of divorcing her.

After divorcing his wife, the whole city was in uproar, and he also allowed that damn girl Xu Miao to get married to Duke Dingguo's Mansion, making the general's mansion in a difficult position.

It would have been fine if Xu Mingzhu had married in smoothly, but she later resorted to trickery.

They said that getting married right away would bring bad reputation, and now it has turned out like this, and she still has a bad reputation for being able to have children.

While she was clamoring to be the prince's concubine, she also promised Zhang Chengyi that they would get married after the New Year. She was using the general's mansion as her backup.

Old Madam Zhang frowned, with a hint of coldness in her eyes: You damn girl, you still want to plot against the General's Mansion, she must have the ability to do so.

Mrs. Zhang was so angry that her eyebrows raised and her chest heaved violently: "Mother, we can't marry Xu Mingzhu into the mansion. No matter how Cheng Yi makes a fuss this time, we can't marry that Xu Mingzhu."

Madam Zhang: "We will spread the word tomorrow that our General's Mansion wants to arrange a marriage for the young general and find a new wife for Cheng Yi. The General's Mansion doesn't have to have Xu Mingzhu. There are many beautiful girls in the capital. Xu Mingzhu is nothing."

Zhang Ruyi said proudly, "Yes, grandmother, we can never let Xu Mingzhu enter our family again. If she can't become a concubine, what will she do with the reputation of an old sow?"

A few days later, the news that Xu Mingzhu could give birth to four sons also reached the backyard of the Prince's Mansion. The Crown Princess was both angry and happy after hearing it.

She was angry because Xu Mingzhu hit her sore spot.

When the Crown Princess gave birth to the second grandson, someone plotted against her and injured her body. She has lost her fertility, and her inability to have children has become a source of worry for the Crown Princess.

Fortunately, she had two sons and a daughter, which helped her secure her position as Crown Princess. But who wouldn't want to have more sons?

If she had two more sons, no one would dare to provoke or plot against her.

She never dared to think that she could have four sons. Having three would satisfy her.

It's a pity that she has lost this ability now. When she thought of this, the Crown Princess gnashed her teeth in anger.

The concubine who plotted against her did not have a good ending. She died of illness last year.

Killing a concubine in the prince's mansion is not a difficult task.

But the cause of the concubine's death could not be concealed in the palace. The Queen and the Queen Mother were dissatisfied with her because of this matter, and told the outside world that they wanted to marry a new concubine to the prince.

The Crown Princess did not dare to openly go against the Empress Dowager and the Queen, and when it came to the matter of righteousness, Xu Mingzhu was caught in the crossfire.

The Crown Princess laughed at Xu Mingzhu's naiveté, thinking that she could gain a foothold in the Crown Prince's Mansion by giving birth to a son.

Being able to give birth is just the first step, you have to be able to raise the baby.

Many children have been born in the Prince's Mansion over the years. Now, apart from the two imperial grandsons born to the Crown Princess, only one imperial grandson born to a concubine is still alive.

The emperor's grandson born to a concubine was a sickly baby. He had been relying on pregnancy-maintaining drugs since he was in his mother's womb, and he took more medicine than food after he was born.

How long she could live was uncertain. There were some things that didn't require the Crown Princess's intervention, as the concubines in the palace were not easy to deal with.

The Crown Princess never restrained them. As long as they did not threaten her and her children, she would let the concubines do whatever they wanted and she would not care even if someone died.

The Crown Princess had a gloomy expression on her face and she stretched out her hand to call the nanny standing behind her.

"Go, use some tricks to let the palace master know that Xu Mingzhu can give birth to four sons, and let my mother and others see how to take Xu Mingzhu into the prince's mansion."

"Don't you want to be a concubine in the Crown Prince's Mansion? Then let her come. I want to see if she can give birth to four sons."

The nanny asked in a low voice, "Does the Crown Princess really want this Miss Xu to enter the palace?"

The Crown Princess smiled sinisterly, "Madam, of course we should let her come. It would be wonderful to take a concubine with no family background into the palace. And she was the one who wanted to get her so badly. Isn't it good to do her a favor?"

"I heard that Miss Xu is quite pretty. She's pretty but also stupid, which is perfect for a concubine. Too smart is not a good thing."

Xu Mingzhu finally got what she wanted and was designated as a concubine.

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