Mugui

Chapter 364
Yang Mu and Lin Xiao walked aimlessly along the lakeside, and met Aunt Luan and Gui's mother waiting by the roadside.

Yang Mu walked over slowly and asked, "Auntie, is there something wrong?"

Aunt Luan said: "It's not that there's anything wrong, I just remembered something and wanted to tell the princess."

Aunt Luan glanced at Lin Xiao over Yang Mu. Lin Xiao understood that she wanted to avoid it, so she said to Yang Mu, "I'm going to look at the rocks." Then she went back to Furong Island first.

Aunt Luan invited Yang Mu to her own Tingyu Pavilion. After the tea was served, Aunt Luan dismissed the servants and said to Yang Mu: "This matter is actually too long ago, but now that the princess has married into Prince Ding's palace, I have to said."

Yang Mu raised her eyebrows slightly, she didn't just marry into the Lin family today.Aunt Luan chose this time to say it, actually to repay her kindness for protecting Concubine Shu and her son.

Aunt Luan knew that Yang Mu would think so, so she smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't mean to hide it, it's just too long ago."

Yang Mu took a sip of tea and said he was all ears.

Aunt Luan's eyes gradually became distant, and she slowly told what she had seen and heard more than 20 years ago.

That year, the new emperor got married, and he married the eldest daughter of the eldest grandson family, eldest grandson Lie.

Many people from Changsun's family came to live in a large house in the capital. This house used to be owned by Bai, the dowry of Changsun's wife Bai.

Changsun Lie's sister Changsun Ning also came to attend the wedding of the emperor and empress.

Many people wanted to climb up the big tree of Changsun's family, but they couldn't reach Master Changsun and Mrs. Changsun, so they all tried their best to get acquainted with the second young lady Changsun Ning.

Changsun Ning is a very kind person, and will treat people with courtesy who come to make friends with him in good faith. Gradually, his reputation for being "easy to get along with" spreads, and many people at lower levels begin to have feelings for him.

Poetry parties, cruises, flower parties, birthday parties, baptisms...

No matter what the words were, someone invited Changsun Ning.

It is said that it was at these banquets that King Ding met Changsun Ning and asked Emperor Jiaji for marriage.

With the engagement in Prince Ding's palace, Changsun Ning became even busier, always meeting people with various names.

However, Chang Sun Ning never had a particularly confidant friend until someone appeared - a commoner's daughter, Cao Suhua.

This Cao Suhua suddenly appeared and became a good friend of Changsun Ning. Even at some banquets where she was not qualified to appear, she would be solemnly introduced by Changsun Ning.

As a result, Cao Suhua was surrounded by jealous eyes, and some even humiliated her in person.

Changsun Ning would always come to her rescue.

Not long after, Cao Suhua's father-in-law suddenly entered Shanglin Garden and became an official.Cao Suhua also became a lady of the official family.

After Changsun Ning married into Prince Ding's Mansion, it was difficult for those who had previously attached themselves to enter Prince Ding's Mansion.

Only Cao Suhua can come at any time and can enter the house at any time.

On the day of Empress Dowager Huixiao's funeral, all the ladies and relatives in the capital came to help her out of the capital, but Changsun Ning suddenly went into labor.

It was Cao Suhua and her mother who was skilled in medicine that allowed Prince Ding to have a smooth birth without losing two lives.

When Changsun Ning went to the funeral, Cao Suhua held the infant Prince Ding in his arms and cried heartbrokenly.

A year later, in order to express gratitude to the Cao family, King Ding married Cao Suhua's stepwife.

After Aunt Luan finished speaking, Yang Mu frowned slightly and said, "These things can be found in the market. I wonder what the point of Aunt Luan's words is?"

Aunt Luan looked at Yang Mu's anxious look and said with a smile: "Don't be anxious, princess, I'm going to tell you now." She took a sip of tea and continued: "These things seem to be logical, and others won't think too much about it." What. There’s just something that everyone doesn’t know.”

After a pause, she said: "Master Cao from Shanglinyuan has been promoted all the way to the position of fifth-grade supervisor. Master Cao has become a big official, has a lot of ideas, and has married several concubines."

She said lightly: "How many years have passed, the concubines of the Cao family gave birth to a total of seven children for Master Cao. These children were finally born, but the mothers all died of hemorrhage. What is even more strange is that these seven children None of the children lived past the age of ten, and most of them died when they were two or three years old."

Yang Mu felt a chill go down his back.

Aunt Luan's beautiful eyes moved as she looked at Yang Mu and said, "Princess, do you think this Cao family is a little unusual?"

Yang Mu asked: "Then Master Cao has no doubts?"

Aunt Luan smiled faintly and said: "Of course I had doubts, but after checking many times, the final result was the same - no result. Later, Mrs. Cao invited several Taoist priests, and the Taoist priests vaguely said that it was because of Mr. Cao's personal secrets. It is a loss of virtue. It is unfaithful to take a concubine after marrying a wife."

Yang Mu said speechlessly: "Does Master Cao believe it?"

Aunt Luan chuckled lightly, "That Taoist priest was invited by Princess Ding Cao Suhua. It doesn't matter whether Mr. Cao believes it or not. What matters is whether he wants to cling to his daughter's big tree!"

Seeing that Aunt Luan had nothing else to say, Yang Mu asked, "How did Aunt Luan know about the affairs of the Cao family's inner house?"

Aunt Luan said: "Speaking of which, the Cao family has no roots. Most of the servants in the house are bought, and almost few of them are born into the family. And Mrs. Cao's personal maid and Gui's mother are also old friends. .”

Yang Mu's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "So, Gui's mother can find out the details of the day when Princess Xian Ding had a difficult delivery?"

Aunt Luan nodded and said: "If the princess wants to meet, you can ask Mother Gui to ask the person out. But... if this matter is done, the person will not be able to go back to the Cao family."

Yang Mu understood that this was asking her to protect the witnesses so that they would not be silenced.

Seeing that Yang Mu agreed, Aunt Luan said: "Princess, please be patient and wait for the news."

Yang Mu naturally agreed, and then asked about another thing.

"Does Aunt Luan know the old concubine from Prince Ding's Mansion?"

Seeing Aunt Luan's confused eyes, Yang Mu continued: "It is said that the old concubine was a frequent visitor to the Yang family before she left the palace?"

Aunt Luan suddenly realized what Yang Mu wanted to ask.

She covered her mouth and smiled, and said: "This matter can be regarded as the master's privacy. If I say it, the princess can't say that it was me who said it."

Seeing Yang Mu nodding, Aunt Luan said: "The old princess's real name is Ma Yaoting. She is the niece of the previous supervisor of Shanglinyuan. Her parents died early and she came to seek refuge with Master Ma."

Yang Mu frowned: "It's Shanglinyuan again."

Aunt Luan said: "Master Ma really appreciates Master Cao."

Seeing that Yang Mu had no objection, Aunt Luan continued: "I heard that the master and Ma Yaoting still had some affection for each other back then. The ancestors also went to ask Master Ma what he meant, and the Ma family also agreed. But later, the old Guo Gong I fell into the same trap as Miss Chen at the hunting ground and spent one night together."

Yang Mu asked: "So, because a woman's reputation cannot be tarnished, the position of the Duke's wife became the current Chen family?"

Aunt Luan nodded, and then said: "At that time, I was not the Duke of the country, but just the eldest son. The eldest son of the Yang family is good-looking and has a good status, so many noble ladies are keeping an eye on him. I didn't expect that the Chen family would succeed in the end."

What she said was not subtle, she was almost saying that the night she was trapped in was designed by Chen herself.

Yang Mu also felt that this was very possible.

(End of this chapter)