A few days later, Yuan Chuzhi left the palace and returned home.

The Empress Dowager felt that Concubine Xue's words were unpleasant, so she gave Mu Yun some gifts and asked Yuan Chuzhi to bring them out.

However, Concubine Xue had received guidance from some expert these days. In the past few days, Concubine Xue actually gave her a lot of supplements and some gadgets. Before leaving the palace, she also came to Cining Palace in person to apologize to her. This scared Yuan Chuzhi so much that her chin was shocked.

I heard Concubine Xue say, "Princess Yu, I'm not good about what happened a few days ago. Don't bother me because of it. I heard the instigation of a villain and said those words for a while. Now when I think back, I really regret it. I also prepared apologies for Mrs. Wen, please apologize to Mrs. Wen for me no matter what." After saying that, he actually gave a big gift.

Even if Concubine Xue was surrendered to the concubine, she was still the emperor's concubine. Although Shan Jingyan was a princess, she still didn't dare to accept her tribute. However, Concubine Xue's tribute was too sudden and she couldn't hide, so she had to bow and return it again.

Seeing that Yuan Chuzhi was anxious to leave the palace, Xue Fei did not disturb her and asked someone to give her two generous gifts: "Since I did something wrong, I don't ask the princess and Mrs. Wen to forgive me, but if there is anything to use for me in the future, just come and say it to me, I will never refuse."

Yuan Chuzhi was about to shirk, but after Concubine Xue said that, she hurriedly left. She couldn't shout in the palace, and she was pregnant and couldn't catch up. For a moment, she had to forget it, and she had no choice but to let her get rid of the things.

Yuan Chuzhi didn't believe that Concubine Xue was instigated by others. She asked her to be the noble concubine when she was not surrendered to the position of Concubine.

And who in the palace knew that she was smaller than a needle, otherwise she would have no grudges and no grudges. How could she not be able to get along with Duke Cheng's mansion? Isn't it that she resented Aunt Shan's scolding her when she was a little palace maid?

Yuan Chuzhi glanced at Aunt Zhu Jin beside him and said, "Aunt, what medicine do you think is sold in Concubine Xue's gourd?"

Aunt Zhu Jin replied: "Prince, when I was a servant in the palace, I had dealt with Concubine Xue. She was quite capable when she was a palace maid, but she was not open-minded enough, so she was not very popular in the palace. Later, she was favored by the emperor and became a concubine in more than ten years, so everyone did not have much contact. I heard from the sisters in the palace that she had a father-in-law around her, who was quite capable, and she was her confidant..."

"Oh..." Yuan Chuzhi responded and got on the carriage. As for what medicine Xue Fei sold in the gourd, as long as she didn't mess with her, everything would be easy to say.

Aunt Zhujin was unwilling to tell Yuan Chuzhi about these chaotic things. Seeing that she didn't ask again, Aunt Zhujin also shut up.

Yuan Chuzhi didn't want to stay in the palace, so she had already given up and took her servants out of the palace.

She did not go back to Zhou's mansion directly, but went to Muyun's house first. Muyun didn't expect that she would come at this time and hurried to the front yard to greet her.

After seeing Yuan Chuzhi, Mu Yun reproached: "You said you can come, come, and don't say it early. It's almost noon, and I'm not ready for anything."

Yuan Chuzhi smiled and said, "I'm not someone else, so I'm using special preparations? I've eaten too many supplements in the palace recently and I'm so tired. Just make some light meals."

When Mu Yun heard this, he smiled and said, "It's light? Then you're a coincidence. Yesterday, my farm sent a few fish and fresh river shrimps. They were raised in the water. You love to eat river food, so I'll let the kitchen prepare it for you."

Mei Yuan personally went to the kitchen and saw that there were crucian carp and perch in the big fish, so she asked someone to make one, and the river shrimp were also cleaned up. She saw that there were still some small fish about an inch long in the water tank.

Mei Yuan pointed to the little fish and said, "Make a spicy dried fish for these little fish."

The cook replied nervously: "Miss, these are small fish. Although the fish meat is fresh and tender, it is just too small. Will it be a little unavailable to the table?"

Mei Yuan said: "Princess Yu is a royal princess. I haven't eaten any good things? It's just a taste of freshness. Make one. Are there any fresh vegetables?"

"Yes, in the morning, some fresh vegetables and cucumbers were just sent to the farm..."

After hearing this, Mei Yuan said, "Then you choose some of your specialty and make a few hard dishes. There is no need to be too much. The princess is pregnant and is afraid that she can't eat it. If you make another pot of soup, the meal must be more refined. If you cook well, the lady will naturally have a great reward."

The cook agreed happily. She had cooked food for Princess Jin and Princess Yu in Qiao's house before, but she was not afraid. She just took out 120,000 yuan in energy and made a table of exquisite and somewhat wild dishes.

Because there were several dishes that Yuan Chuzhi had never seen and eaten before, she felt quite satisfied. After the meal, she also gave a pair of silver stews from the cook who cooked, and Mu Yun also gave another reward.

During the meal, Mu Yun saw Yuan Chuzhi's appetite soaring, and couldn't help but sigh, "The child in your belly is so well-behaved..."

After hearing this, Yuan Chuzhi also smiled and said, "Yes, since I was pregnant, I have not had any discomfort, but I have eaten whatever I like."

"It's better to be able to eat than not!" Mu Yun said with a smile.

After the meal, Yuan Chuzhi gave Mu Yun all the rewards from the Queen Mother and the gifts from Concubine Xue, and then repeated the events that happened in the palace in the past few days to Mu Yun.

She thought Mu Yun would be a little annoyed or angry, but she didn't expect Mu Yun just smiled faintly. Seeing her expression, Mu Yun smiled and said, "What's this? I've heard all the sour words that were a hundred times more unpleasant than Concubine Xue when I was not married before. So what's this? I was originally a slave. Since it was a fact, I was not afraid of others saying it. But she shouldn't involve her wife, and even if she didn't look at the princess's face, she would have to look at the princess's concubine."

Mu Yun said, this Concubine Xue is just looking for trouble. She was kicked by a donkey in the head. I really thought the empress dowager would tolerate her. However, looking at the gift Yuan Chuzhi brought, Mu Yun felt that fortunately, Xue Fei knew to make up for it later, so she was not stupid.

Since she asked Yuan Chuzhi to apologize, Mu Yun exposed the matter. On the other hand, she and Concubine Xue were the palace concubine and the other were the wife of a minister. They didn't have much chance to meet, so why are they concerned about so much?

After dinner, the two went to the flower room to see the flowers raised by Mu Yun, and they also thought it was a food after the meal.

Mu Yun really didn't understand why Yuan Chuzhi was lingering at her flower room. The two of them asked their maids to guard her. After entering the flower room, Yuan Chuzhi obviously didn't put her mind on the flower. She leaned close to Mu Yun and whispered: "Actually, this time I entered the palace, in addition to paying tribute, there was another thing. The Empress Dowager wanted to marry the Empress's family to Zhang Fang."

Mu Yun looked at her in surprise and asked softly: "Really?"

Yuan Chuzhi spread her hands and said, "Really."

"Oh, then I understand, I'll tell my husband later."

Yuan Chuzhi nodded, and asked with a gossip on her face, "What do you think, girl?"

Yuan Chuzhi also became interested, so he said, "That girl's surname is Mo. She comes from the Mo family in Yangzhou. There is no need to say anything about the rules and education. I think her words and actions are like paintings, with special rules and regulations, and she is even more regular than me. She can be a parenting aunt... I just don't know if Zhang Fangxi likes this." Yuan Chuzhi remembered the scene of getting along with Miss Mo in the palace these days, and couldn't help but get into a madness.

After hearing this, Mu Yun said, "It doesn't matter, it's Zhang Fang's business anyway. And the Queen will definitely find a way to let them meet, after all, the woman also needs to see Zhang Fang's."

Yuan Chuzhi chuckled: "Just Zhang Fang's big and thick appearance, I'm really afraid that Miss Mo will look down on him. And her identity is somewhat unmatched..."

Miss Mo is the second-best daughter of the Mo family in Yangzhou. Although Zhang Fang is now in good office, he is indeed a concubine son of the Zhang family, the Minister of War. He is indeed a bit unworthy of the legitimate daughter of the century-old family.

The two looked at each other and sighed.

Yuan Chuzhi finished sighing, looked at Mu Yun and said, "Why are we talking about this? Anyway, we don't care about our affairs. Just gossip it out, don't worry so much." After that, he went to see the flowers on his own.

Mu Yun smiled and agreed with Yuan Chuzhi's words, "You are right. Let's not worry about eating salty radish."

After looking at the flowers for a while, Yuan Chuzhi smiled and said, "You are becoming more and more capable now, and the flowers are growing better and better. I heard that someone outside is willing to spend 500 taels of silver to buy you an ordinary pot of orchid."

Mu Yun smiled faintly: "Those people are just 'the drunken man's intention is not wine', so they really like my flowers. Yet I don't need to make money by selling flowers. I just pick a few pots of them and send them to relatives and friends. Could it be that I gave them to you, and you will even turn around and sell them?"

Yuan Chuzhi shook her head: "Of course not, but the two pots of camellia I took from you that day were sent to the palace. Please give me two more pots. I just saw that the orchids there were also good."

Mu Yun had already given up struggling and spread his hands helplessly: "You can choose whatever you want."

Finally, Yuan Chuzhi smiled and picked a pot of orchids, a pot of camellia and two pots of gardenia.

Yuan Chuzhi said that although gardenias are not expensive, they have a rich fragrance, which is very good for smoked houses. Seeing that she liked them, Muyun took out two pots of white jasmine and said, "The flowering period of gardenias has not been long, but these two pots of jasmine have just become buds. After seven or eight days, it will be in full bloom. When the room is left, it will still be full of fragrance.

You have never liked the big and purple flowers. Now you bring these pots back first. I will check if there are any new flowers next month. When I pick a few pots of fresh colors to send to you."

Yuan Chuzhi thanked him with a smile, asking his servants to remember the flowers she was going to take away and move them away together when they leave later.

Then she said to Mu Yun: "Since you are willing to give it to me, I won't be polite to you. If you have new flowers next month, you have to pick a few more pots for me..."

Mu Yun smiled helplessly: "Okay, you are really rude. I just won't give it to you. Wouldn't you come here to grab it?"

Yuan Chuzhi glanced at her: "How can it be called robbing? I am helping you to respect the Queen Mother. Do you think this is profitable?"

Seeing her like this, Mu Yun had to nod and said, "Yes, thank you princess for letting you make money."

Yuan Chuzhi smiled slightly: "You're welcome!"

"Enough of you."

The two of them talked some more, and Yuan Chuzhi brought his servants and the flowers he had taken from Muyun's mansion back to Zhou's mansion.

...

In the evening, Muyun told Wen Tingzhou what he said to her today's yen Chuzhi.

Wen Tingzhou told Zhang Fang about it on duty the next day, so that he could be mentally prepared.

Sure enough, after that, the news came.

Wen Tingzhou said that the Empress Dowager had given marriage and Miss Mo's family will marry Zhang Fang on the sixth of October this year.

After hearing this, Muyun knew that she was going to prepare a gift again, but it was still early and she was not in a hurry.

The Secretary of War Zhang family is one of the best families in Beijing. Zhang Fang used to be an unpopular concubine son, but since he returned from the northwest, he has been promoted to official positions continuously, which makes the Secretary of War rarely value this concubine son.

Now his marriage was given by the Empress Dowager, and the woman's family is a prominent family of Jiangnan, so the wedding naturally cannot be reduced.

So the Minister of War advocated a grand ceremony, but don't forget that the concubine's wedding was organized by the legitimate mother, and the wife of the head was not happy to have a concubine's glory.

Because of this wedding, Mrs. Zhang had a lot of trouble with Mrs. Zhang. In the end, Mr. Zhang came forward to solve the problem.

Although Mr. Zhang has been ignoring the world for a long time, he still has to show his face when his grandson gets married.

In addition, Mrs. Zhang is not happy with the concubine's son in the mansion, so she will inevitably neglect her. The Mo family in Yangzhou is not a small family. If the wedding is neglected, she will have to lose face.

Now that he came out, he was thinking that he would be in the mansion, but even Mrs. Zhang would not dare to do anything. Unfortunately, the old man underestimated the woman's jealousy.

If the marriage between Zhang Fang and Miss Mo wants to be completed smoothly, there may be many twists and turns.

The old man is also a wonderful person. Seeing that Mrs. Zhang was so unhappy, he made a decision to divide the families of the capable concubines of the Zhang family.

In addition to Zhang Fang, Zhang Shangshu also had a legitimate son, three concubines and four concubine daughters. The most favored one was the two concubines born to the second wife. Unfortunately, both of these two concubines were not capable, and now they are just a minor official in the seventh rank to get idle positions.

The eldest lady had nothing to do after giving birth to a legitimate son, so the legitimate son was spoiled by her and was arrogant and domineering. She was a typical second-generation ancestor.

The fourth wife gave birth to a concubine's son, but the concubine's son is still young, only twelve years old.

The other four concubines and the other married women were married one after another by Mrs. Zhang.

Zhang Fang's biological mother was early, and when she was a child, she was taken care of by the nanny left by her mother.

The old man said it was a family division, but in fact he was splitting the three adult concubines out of the Zhang family and opening the family to live his own family.

Unfortunately, the Zhang family split up and finally only Zhang Fang was successfully separated.

Others are unwilling to separate because they are unable to support themselves.

Only Zhang Fang, in the Zhang family's generation, has the most promising position and the highest official position. Mr. Zhang sighed in his heart.
Chapter completed!