In a few days, gossips from Duke Rong's mansion spread throughout the capital, and there were all kinds of statements, some said that Qi Rui and Xu Ting took the opportunity to have an affair with Qi Rui, some said that Xu Ting was in love with Qi Rui, some said that Xu Qipeng went to the wedding room to provoke Deng Yarong, and some said that Xu Ting and Deng Yarong appreciate each other, and there were many different opinions, and no one knew which statement was true, but more people tended to say that Deng Yarong and Qi Rui had an affair. After all, such sensational news was more in line with the world's curiosity, but the Qi family had never had any perverts. Even on the day when the three dynasties returned, many people saw Qi Peng and Deng Yarong and his wife holding hands and returning to the Deng family with a smile. As for Xu Ting, who was tired of rumors, the world paid little attention to it. After all, the Xu family was too insignificant, especially in front of the Deng family and the Qi family, which was not worth mentioning at all.

Qi Peng is really cruel, being cruel to others and being ruthless to himself. He can even wear a cuckold so calmly. Either he really doesn't mind, or he is just enduring. After he has enough strength to fight back, he will return all the humiliation he has suffered to even worse to those who have brought him humiliation.

Xu Shu didn't dare to blame Qi Peng for anything. As an abandoned son who was once abandoned by his biological mother for glory and wealth, he survived by luck in despair. The shadows he carried in his heart were unresolved. Over the years, the Qi family has enjoyed the glory brought by Qi Peng's sacrifice, but at the same time, he stepped on Qi Peng's foot into the dust. Qi Peng's counterattack was expected. Moreover, Qi Peng was not so heartless that he left the entire Qi family. Whether he was missing the remaining power of the Qi family now or was really reluctant to leave the Qi family, he had not completely given up on Qi family. So he wanted to give Xu Shu a clear road to Qi family, but what Xu Shu pointed to him was a single-plank bridge.

Therefore, when it comes to cruelty, Xu Shu thinks that she is even better than Qi Peng, but Qi Peng's cruelty is to others, and Xu Shu's cruelty is to herself.

However, as the year goes to the end, the lively atmosphere of the New Year diluted the rumors. In addition to the ignorance of the Duke Rong's mansion, the gossip about Duke Rong's mansion gradually became silent after a while.

Xu Shu was indeed sick after returning from Duke Rongguo's mansion, but the treatment was prompt and he recovered quickly. After he recovered, he still went to Duxingzhai to listen to Mrs. Zeng's lectures every day. Although he was a little bored, there was no harassment from Zheng Wanfeng, and the gentle and friendly Zheng Wanying had similar temperaments to her. Life was really comfortable. After Zheng Wanli realized that Xu Shu had offended Mrs. Zeng and did not threaten her, she was no longer as hostile to Xu Shu as before. However, Xu Shu did not dare to take it lightly because of this. Zheng Wanfeng had just offended Zheng Wanli in words, which made Zheng Wanli secretly provoke for so many years. Xu Shu would definitely not underestimate such a revenge and slim person.

Because of the empress' miscarriage, the Zheng family was very low-key in the year, but the palace still rewarded various items according to the usual practice, which was exactly the same as in previous years. It was precisely because of this that the old lady's face was a little compassionate. If the prince in the empress's belly was still there, the palace would not only reward these things? How could the Zheng family be as cautious as it is now.

When I turned around and found out that there was no reward from the Yongle Marquis Mansion this year, the old lady's face improved again. Concubine Shu was deposed. The emperor kept the title of the Liang family's Yongle Marquis Mansion and also had to take care of the face of King Qing. After all, King Qing is the emperor's only descendant. If the emperor was so cruel to this only son, wouldn't it also make the civil and military officials in the court think that the emperor was too cruel and ruthless! Now that the emperor does not give the Yongle Marquis Mansion, it is obvious that he still hates the Liang family because of the empress's miscarriage. The emperor still favors the empress.

Later, I heard that the rewards the emperor gave to King Qing took two days to send them to King Qing’s Mansion. All kinds of rare treasures were sent to King Qing’s Mansion like flowing water! The old lady became worried again. With King Qing’s current holy favor, the Zheng family’s situation is not good!

The uneasy old lady finally couldn't help but hand in the post to the palace to meet the queen, but she was retreated before the post was handed over to the queen. The reason was that many people were suffering from cold in the capital recently, and they were afraid that people outside the palace would bring the disease into the harem, which was not good for the dragon fetus in Li Jieyu's belly. Therefore, if it were not for the emperor's permission, people outside the palace would not be allowed to enter the harem.

He was blocked back like this. Although the old lady felt that he was disgraceful, the dragon heir was the most important thing. Especially now, Concubine Li was promoted by the queen and was also considered the queen's confidant. If Concubine Li could give birth to a prince, then the queen would have a prince... Thinking of this, the old lady endured it, and took back the post and was about to go home.

Unexpectedly, when he turned his head, another carriage was parked at the palace gate. The guards quickly released it after a routine inspection. The carriage drove into the palace, and no one in the carriage had ever appeared.

"Aren't you not letting people outside the palace enter the palace?" The old lady wondered, "Huamei, go and ask the guards, which carriage was from that one just now!"

After a while, the thrush went away, and when she came back, her expression was quite ugly. Although the thrush was smart, she always showed joy and did not hide her emotions. It was obvious that the result she asked would not make the old lady happy.

The old lady was mentally prepared, "Is it the Deng family's carriage?" The Deng family is the Empress Dowager's mother's family. The emperor can not give anyone face, so he must not give face to the Empress Dowager. The emperor valued the dragon fetus in the belly of Concubine Li Jie, so he could not allow the Empress Dowager to accommodate this child who had not yet been born.

The thrush shook his head, "No..."

"Is it the Fu family?" The old lady asked again. Although Queen Mother Fu has been silent in the palace for so many years, the Fu family has been in the previous dynasty and even the emperor has to give in. Besides, Queen Mother Fu has never been concerned about the affairs of the harem, so the emperor does not have to worry about the disadvantage of the Fu family's dragon heir in the belly of Concubine Li Jie.

“Not…”

"Which company belongs to that?" The old lady was more puzzled. Which company could get the emperor's license?

After stuttering for a while, he finally revealed, "It's the Li family's carriage, and the people in the carriage are the mothers of Mrs. Li and Li Jieyu..."

"Li's carriage..." No wonder Huamei had such a look when she came back. After knowing the truth, the old lady's face looked even worse than Huamei's face just now.

"The guard also said that now the Li family came to the palace every day to visit Li Jieyu. Because it was granted by the emperor, the Li family even used this as an excuse to not pay homage to the Empress. Instead, they went to the imperial study room to thank the emperor for their kindness. This clearly did not take the Empress into consideration!"
Chapter completed!