Jiayu waved her hand, and compared to the Prince's concern for her, she is not worth mentioning.

"Cousin, don't worry, Gu will definitely choose a satisfactory princess." The prince said meaningfully.

When he said that, Jiayu was relieved, the crown prince was always reliable and reliable, and he would not choose a good girl casually.

However, as a man, he has too few opportunities to get in touch with noble ladies, and the prince is not a person who likes to attend any banquets. As a result, he can get in touch with even fewer girls.

Jiayu thought for a while and then remembered one thing: "The first month of next month is Princess Kangshan's birthday. Princess Kangshan usually likes to be the most lively. I heard that she has invited many noble daughters from aristocratic families. When His Highness goes next month, you might as well stay a little longer..”

Princess Kangshan is the imperial sister of His Majesty. Although she is not a sibling of His Majesty, she is highly valued by His Majesty. Next month will be Princess Kangshan's fiftieth birthday. The Princess will entertain hundreds of guests.

Their Weiyuan Hou Mansion has received the invitation, the prince should be going, but according to the prince's usual personality, he guessed that after meeting the eldest princess, he sat down for a while and then left.

In the banquet, although the male and female guests are separated from each other, if you go to the garden to enjoy the lake view, it is not surprising that men and women are on the same place, and it is also an occasion for men and women to meet each other nowadays.

"Will my cousin go there that day?" the prince asked.

"Should be going."

"That being the case, the orphan will stay for a while longer."

Hearing that he wanted to stay a little longer, Jiayu couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Even if Your Highness can't pick a girl you like, you can still pick a girl who fits your eye."

The prince nodded: "That's the case."

After talking to the crown prince about this, Jiayu didn't stay any longer. Today's sun is big, and it would be very hot to leave until noon. Fortunately, Princess Kangshan's birthday will be at the end of next month, and the hottest day of the year will have passed by then.During that time, otherwise Jiayu would not have wanted to go.

After driving back home, Jiayu asked someone to prepare water for a bath, and Nanny Chen came in hurriedly, urging her to go to Yonglin Hall: "Girl, the Young Madam is activated today, you go and have a look first."

Jiayu was slightly taken aback, and didn't bother to change her clothes.

Her sister-in-law, Zhou Shi, is pregnant but the fetus is not very stable. She has always raised her baby in the yard with peace of mind. Zhou Shi is usually gentle and kind.As for her grandchildren, she should go and have a look.

But just as she stepped into Yonglin Hall, she heard a scream and her face turned pale.

Seeing that her complexion was not good, Chen Momo immediately comforted her: "It's not painful for a woman to give birth, miss, don't worry."

Jiayu took a deep breath and walked towards the courtyard.

I saw her elder brother sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard, craned his neck to look into the delivery room from time to time, and got up from the stone bench to sit down from time to time.

He was more nervous than himself, Jiayu walked over to say something to comfort him.At this time, another soul-stirring scream came.

Shen Qi'an couldn't control it anymore: "I'll go in and have a look."

Just two steps away, he was stopped by Nanny Li: "Master Hou, you are not allowed to enter the women's delivery room, it will be unlucky, and it will also affect Mrs. Hou's delivery."

"But..." Shen Qi'an said anxiously.

"I'm a woman, I'll go in and have a look." Jiayu couldn't help but said, "Brother, don't worry, sister-in-law and nephew will be safe."

Nanny Li was blocking Shen Qi'an, when she saw that Jiayu was about to go in, she went to stop her again, but unfortunately she was weak, Shen Qi'an still wanted to stop her, Jiayu went in as soon as she hid.

There were people coming and going in the delivery room, and Jiayu didn't want to disturb them, so she just found a place to stand, so Mrs. Zhou could see her, but her position would not affect the maidservant's moving around and serving her.

Seeing that Zhou's face was pale, covered in cold sweat and kept screaming, Jiayu was extremely nervous, at this moment the midwife said in shock: "Hurry up and give Madam ginseng slices, she has no strength."

There was another panic, the mother-in-law stuffed the ginseng slices into her mouth, Zhou's eyes were half-opened, but she didn't force her mouth.

"Sister-in-law, elder brother and nephew are waiting for you." Jiayu couldn't help but nervously said.

Only then did Mrs. Shen notice that Jiayu had come in, and she hurriedly said: "When did you come in, get out quickly." After saying this, Mrs. Shen didn't have time to talk to her, and said anxiously to Mrs. Zhou: "IfXue, your son is still in the stomach."

"Yes, yes, ma'am, think about Xiao Shizi."

Zhou Shi had no strength at all, but when he heard his son, Xianggong, who was full of ears, he opened his eyes and gritted his teeth.

"That's it, that's it, madam, use your strength."

Zhou's fetus was dystocia, weak for several times, and it was not delivered until Xushi in the morning. Fortunately, both mother and child were safe.

Jiayu was also sweating profusely.

No wonder so many women died of dystocia. Zhou's birth today had a second-to-none midwife, and even an imperial physician, who almost killed two people, let alone those ordinary women.

Thinking of this, Jiayu couldn't help but look at Qingzhu, Qingzhu was born in the family, and her mother died of dystocia when giving birth to her younger brother, killing two people.

Seeing Jiayu looking at her, Qingzhu asked doubtfully, "Miss, are you hungry? The servant has asked the kitchen to make porridge, it should be ready soon."

Jiayu shook her head: "I'm not hungry, let's take a bath first, I'm covered in cold sweat today."

Qingzhu reached out and untied the belt around Jiayu's waist: "Mrs. Hou's delivery today is indeed very dangerous, but fortunately both mother and child are safe. Although it is said that Mrs. Young's body is damaged and needs to be recuperated for two or three years, she is also very lucky.

"Exactly what you said." Jiayu unbuttoned her neck and said, "Qingzhu, after seeing my sister-in-law give birth, I am afraid to have a baby. Do you think I am too timid?"

Qingzhu said: "I don't want to have a child, I don't care if I die after giving birth, if the child doesn't have a good father, it will be a pain to give birth to her."

As she said that, Jiayu thought about Qingzhu's life experience. After her mother died, her father married her, and her stepmother treated her as a stepdaughter very badly.

"Bah, bah, what nonsense, you won't die." Jiayu said hastily, and then she remembered something, "Qingzhu, speaking of you, you are not young, if you are married..."

Before she finished speaking, Qingzhu immediately said: "Miss, this servant said that I will only be with you if I don't get married in this life."

Jiayu had heard Qingzhu say this two years ago, she had persuaded her well back then, but listening to it now, she has no intention of persuading her.

He just said: "If you have figured it out, if the person you want to marry is someone from the family, I will make the decision for you. If you are a good citizen outside, I will also send you a beautiful marriage."

"Thank you miss." Qingzhu said.

Jiayu took off her jacket, "But it's fine if you don't get married."

What a beautiful life, mother, brother, sister-in-law and sister-in-law are very concerned about her. If she gets married, there may be a lot of things to do, and even if she has a child, she will die.

Anyway, she didn't want her child to be born without a mother.

It's just that she doesn't marry, it's okay for Qingzhu's status, if she doesn't marry, maybe everyone in the capital will drown her with spit, and she doesn't care, but she can't bear to see her mother and others look down on her.And if she doesn't get married, her mother and elder brother will be the first to refuse, not because they are reluctant to raise another daughter and sister, but because they are afraid that she will be lonely and helpless.

Thinking of this, Jiayu patted her head. Having a baby is dangerous, but it doesn't necessarily mean that there will be accidents.She herself is too jealous, and she has never seen the joy of sister-in-law when she saw her little nephew today on her face before.

Thinking of her little nephew, Jiayu's mood improved again.

For the next period of time, Jiayu went to visit her little nephew, Shen Qi, every day.

While playing with him, Shen Qi'an walked in, Jiayu looked up at him: "Brother is here."

Shen Qi'an hummed, went to the rocking bed and picked up the rattle to tease Qi'er, but soon he remained motionless with his face full of thoughts wandering away.

"Big Brother, Big Brother." Jiayu frowned, "What are you thinking these days? Why do you always act like you have something on your mind?"

Ever since the Zhou family gave birth to Qi'er, he was either thoughtful or complacent, or he is like this now.

He has an expression that something is wrong, something must be wrong.

But Jiayu seriously thought about it, Shen Qi'an's behavior was very normal a few days ago, the abnormal behavior was after Zhou's natal family came to visit Zhou.

Zhou's natal family is a family of officials and eunuchs, although there is no hereditary title, but now Zhou's grandfather is the Minister of Rites, and his father is now the salt transport envoy in the Lianghuai area, so they are quite powerful.Although her eldest brother is a noble lord, he can't say much in the court. It is possible that the Zhou family said some unpleasant things when they came to visit his sister-in-law.

But it's not possible, the broken boat still has three catties of iron, and the Zhou family has always respected her brother very much.

"Brother, what happened." Jiayu couldn't figure it out and asked immediately.

Shen Qi'an shook his head and said, "What can it be?"

Jiayu snorted twice: "You don't look like you're okay, brother, I'm your own sister, is there anything I can't say?"

"Really not." He lowered his head and coaxed the child in a low voice.Only after a while, he looked at Jiayu again, hesitating to speak, "Jiayu, is the Hou Mansion gradually losing ground under my elder brother's hands?"

"Brother, why are you talking about this?" Could it be that the sister-in-law's family really said a lot of bad things?

Shen Qi'an smiled bitterly: "Isn't elder brother very useless?"

"How could it be?" Jiayu frowned and said, "Brother, although the Hou Mansion is not as glorious as it used to be, there are not so many troubles. Isn't it a good thing to be safe and secure? Although the flowers are blooming and the power is illustrious, it is desirable., but if one is not careful, it will also be a disaster for the family."

"Brother, what do you think about going there? Did someone say something to you?"

After hearing this, Shen Qi'an looked at Jiayu in silence for a long time, then lowered his eyes and smiled wryly: "No one, I just thought that I have a son now, so I should work hard."

"It's okay to work hard." Jiayu said, "As long as Big Brother is careful and earnest, and doesn't do things that shouldn't be done."

Speaking of which, the personalities of the siblings are extremely similar in certain aspects, such as having little desire for power and being content with the status quo.Now that Shen Qi'an heard Jiayu's words, he couldn't help agreeing: "Brother naturally won't do anything that shouldn't be done, you girl, where did you think of going, I'll go next door to see your sister-in-law."

"You go." Jiayu waved at him.

After seeing Mrs. Zhou, Shen Qi'an walked out of the room and went straight to the study in the front yard. He told the servant: "Go to Zhou's mansion and find Steward Lin."

Zhou's mansion refers to Zhou's natal family, and Lin Butler is Zhou's father's confidant. He went to Jianghuai with Zhou's father last year to take up the post. Some time ago, Zhou's father estimated that Zhou's family would give birth, so he asked him to bring some medicinal materials and gifts back.

Zhou Mansion is not far from Shen's house. After half an hour, Butler Lin arrived at the study.

Shen Qi'an waved his servants away and closed the doors and windows himself.

Butler Lin asked: "My lord, have you thought about it? The old slave will go back to Jianghuai in a few days."

"The Marquis has indeed considered it." He turned his head and said, "I'm afraid this matter is not suitable for me to participate in."

Butler Lin's face changed, obviously he didn't think of this answer: "Young Master, have you thought about it before? Master just wanted to support Lord Hou because of his wife's face. I said something that an old slave should not say. Now Lord HouWith a little son, there will be a little son and a little lady in the future, don't you think Hou Ye wants to find a rich family property for them."

Shen Qi'an replied: "Of course I think about it, but this matter is too risky, so I bothered Steward Lin to tell my father-in-law that although selling private salt and selling private salt is huge profits, if it is discovered..." When it came to the word private salt, heNo sound was ever made, only lip movement.

Lin Butler sneered and said, "Master, you are too worried. The previous salt transport envoys did this all the time. Who has been investigated?"

"That is why I am cautious." Shen Qi'an said, "This Marquis does not want to take such a risk."

After hearing this, Steward Lin gave some persuasion, seeing that Shen Qi'an was determined not to get involved, instead he repeatedly reminded him of the danger and asked the master to stop in time.Lin Butler sighed inwardly, Wei Yuanhou might just be like this, his father-in-law had a way to get rich, but he didn't even take it.

Truthfully several times, handed over and resigned.

Seeing this, Shen Qi'an ordered the servant to take Butler Lin out.

*****

The slightly hot evening wind blows into the palace room through the open window, the palace room has not been lit yet, and the light is dim and gloomy.

"His Royal Highness, Marquis Weiyuan never agreed to cooperate with Master Zhou." The secret guard hid in the dark, and those who could not see him could only hear his slightly lowered voice.

The prince nodded casually: "Shen Qi'an is timid and cautious, it's not surprising that he made such a choice, you continue to look at him."

"yes."

As the words fell, the wind speed in the dark palace increased by half a minute.

The crown prince tapped the sandalwood low table lightly with his fingertips, but Zhou Lifan's incident would happen sooner or later, how could Shen Qi'an and Weiyuan Hou's mansion get away with it.If he hadn't been there in the previous life, I'm afraid the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion would not end well.

It's just that in this life, he can't help the Marquis of Weiyuan in advance.

His plan will take a big step forward in a short time