Chapter 110: Flip
Before anyone else could speak, Su Qingqing said with disdain, "It's just a toy, why is it so worthy of Seventh Sister's treatment? It makes people feel like she has never seen the world. Seventh Sister is a legitimate princess after all. She should be more careful in front of so many people."
The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. It is right to give her younger brothers and sisters some advice when they make mistakes.
But doing this in front of so many guests and blatantly disrespecting the Seventh Princess, not only could the Seventh Princess not bear it, but even the Queen and the Queen Mother looked unhappy.
The Seventh Princess was about to explode with anger, but fortunately the Queen Mother spoke up in advance, "Your sister-in-law is right, you are too old to be prudent. The banquet is about to begin, go and see how the dishes are prepared."
There was a banquet in the palace, so there was no need for her, a legitimate princess, to see how the dishes were prepared.
The Queen Mother is trying to get her away.
Firstly, he was afraid that she would confront Su Qingqing head-on and suffer a loss. Secondly, he was afraid that she would ruin today's arrangements in a moment of impulse.
The Queen Mother gave a cold rebuke, and the Seventh Princess did not dare to flare up no matter how angry she was. She just glared at Su Qingqing fiercely, turned around and left angrily.
Qin Wanru said to Su Yunyun at the right time: "Go and see her."
His eyes seemed to glance at the Eight Treasures Pearl in Su Yunyun's hand.
Su Yunyun understood , apologized to the Queen Mother and the Empress, and chased after her with the beads. Seeing Su Yunyun running away, Qin Wanru glanced at her maid, and the maid said in a low voice: "Your Highness didn't have breakfast this morning. Eat some snacks first, or you will have a stomachache again soon."
It seemed like a whisper to Qin Wanru, but the voice was just loud enough for the Queen Mother to hear.
The Queen Mother was about to scold Su Qingqing for not giving the Seventh Princess face, but when she heard this, she looked at Qin Wanru and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Qin Wanru quickly stood up and knelt down, saying: "No, this maid..."
Before Qin Wanru could finish, the maid behind her said, "Your Majesty has had a poor appetite these days, especially in the morning. She feels like vomiting after eating anything. She hasn't had a good breakfast for several days. She has had a fever and stomachache these days."
Su Qingqing continued, "Could it be that you are pregnant?"
The Queen Mother and the Empress were both stunned.
After Qin Wanru married the second prince, there has been no movement in her stomach... Is she really pregnant?
"Have you asked the imperial physician to examine it?" the Queen asked hurriedly.
Qin Wanru's eyes turned red, she lowered her head and shook it gently, "I'm pregnant."
The voice sounded lonely, aggrieved, and filled with a strong sense of unwillingness.
A group of guests looked at each other.
Which woman who marries into the royal family doesn't hope to have children as soon as possible? Qin Wanru has been the second prince's consort for so long but there's still no sign of pregnancy. She must be extremely anxious.
Can't give birth?
Or is it that the Second Prince and she are simply...
For a moment, speculation arose in everyone's mind.
The Queen Mother glared at the Queen, then kindly said to Qin Wanru: "If you are not feeling well, let the imperial physician take care of you. Don't take advantage of your youth and don't take it lightly. Only when you are well can you expand the Second Prince's mansion.
Since you got married, the Second Prince has not had a concubine, and he has been waiting for you, the legitimate son, to become the eldest."
This one sentence blocked everyone's second guess.
Qin Wanru did not argue, she bit her lip and nodded, "Granddaughter-in-law knows, don't worry, it's really okay."
Being interrupted like this, the Queen Mother couldn't continue the previous topic to scold Su Qingqing, so she had to stand up and say, "It's time to start the banquet."
The Queen Mother led everyone towards the main hall.
The seats in the hall had already been arranged, and were filled with delicious food and wine.
The guests took their seats, toasted each other, and for a moment the atmosphere in the hall was warm and lively.
Qin Wanru sat side by side with Su Qingqing. She lowered her eyes to look at the shrimp dumplings in front of her and said softly, "Last time you said you would send Su Yunyun to my house, why haven't you done anything yet?"
She suddenly spoke, but Su Qingqing was no longer as surprised as she was the first time.
Su Qingqing poured herself a glass of wine and said with a smile, "Do you really want to cooperate with me? What do you want?"
Qin Wanru smiled lightly, "Everyone has their own reasons."
Su Qingqing drank the wine and said, "This is not something that the Second Prince's wife should say. If anyone should say it, it should be me, the Crown Prince's wife. Your Highness the Crown Prince is walking on thin ice. I was bullied by the Su family's servants a few days ago."
Qin Wanru tilted her head to look at her, "Really?"
After saying that, Qin Wanru stopped talking.
Su Qingqing just felt that she couldn't see through her. Since the palace banquet that day, she asked Mother Du to inquire about Qin Wanru, but unfortunately she found nothing.
On the high seat, the Queen Mother said to the Queen beside her: "Why hasn't Yunyun come back yet?"
"I will send someone to look for her."
The Queen Mother thought for a moment and gave up. "It must be Xiao Qi who is in a bad mood again. It doesn't matter whether she comes or not."
Su Yunyun's absence just saved me a lot of polite words and made me less worried.
The Queen Mother raised her glass, and the scene immediately became quiet.
The Queen Mother looked at Su Qingqing with a kind face, "Qingqing."
Su Qingqing stood up immediately.
The Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "Sit down and talk. We are just chatting. There is no need for so many rules."
Su Qingqing did not force it, and sat down as she was told, looking at the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother looked kind and gentle. "I had someone investigate the incident between Princess Qingyun and you. It turned out that she did not tamper with the medicine."
The Queen Mother brought up the matter again.
In the hall, everyone pricked up their ears again.
Su Qingqing pretended to be unconvinced, "If it's not her, then who is it!"
The Queen Mother smiled tolerantly and said, "It was a maidservant named Chuntao who served her."
Su Qingqing looked suspicious, "She has the final say on whether she is her maid or not."
The Queen Mother chuckled, as . "You just scolded Xiao Qi, but you are confused. I am your royal grandmother. If I hadn't checked it out clearly, why would I speak for her after such a long time? You are really Chun Tao.
Furthermore, if she wasn’t truly innocent, General Mu Ze of Southern Liang wouldn’t have insisted on marrying her.”
"Why did Chuntao hurt me? I don't even recognize her."
"Chun Tao's elder sister married a merchant from Nanzhao State, and her life was really miserable. Chun Tao hated the merchant but could do nothing about it.
She knew you were the princess of Nanzhao, so she took out her anger on you."
Su Qingqing sneered in her heart, and even in her attempt to clear Su Yunyun's name, she did not forget to step on Nanzhao.
The Queen said to Su Qingqing, "You still have Yunyun's sister imprisoned in your house. Yunyun is going to marry so far away, you should at least let her sister meet her."
When the princess of Nanzhao came to Dayan, she imprisoned Su Jinghe .
This practice really left all the civil and military officials, noble ladies and celebrities in the Yan Dynasty puzzled.
It just so happened that Su Qingqing only said that she invited Su Jinghe to be a guest, and Su Jinghe's family had accidents one after another, so she had no time to invite anyone.
At this moment, the Queen opened her mouth to ask for it, and everyone looked at Su Qingqing.
Su Qingqing smiled and said, "Okay, I'll let her go home and reunite with Princess Qingyun when we get back. It's fine if she wants to take a dowry, I won't stop her."
Everyone: ...
That’s it?
You've been locked up in the mansion for so long, and now you're letting him go?
I am increasingly confused about the Crown Princess' intentions.
Even the Queen and the Queen Mother looked at each other.
Originally, the Queen had prepared a lot of words. As long as Su Qingqing said no, she would give her a good scolding to vent her anger.
Now, Su Qingqing agreed immediately.
The queen felt as if a stone was blocking her chest, but she had to force a smile, "Since I have adopted Yunyun as my goddaughter, I have to thank you on Yunyun's behalf."
The Queen Mother glared at the Queen in reproach, "What are you saying? Are you thanking her on behalf of Yunyun? She is the Crown Princess and you are the Queen. We are a proper mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship, but you made it sound so awkward. "
"My daughter-in-law spoke out of turn." The Queen admitted her mistake to the Queen Mother and raised her glass to Su Qingqing.
Behind Su Qingqing, a palace maid immediately came forward to pour her wine.
“Ah~”
But the palace maid's hand trembled and knocked over the wine cup.
