Uncle (18)

The next day, there was the Beijing Lantern Festival.

This can be regarded as a long-standing tradition in the capital. It was not called this name at first. It was just that the government had just decided that civilian women could not come out freely at that time. However, there had just been a war at that time, and most of these women were alone. Women, according to the rules, it is difficult for orphans to find a marriage for themselves, but they cannot live alone since they have no one to take care of them.

The emperor at that time held something similar to a blind date banquet. On this day in the capital, the city was decorated with lanterns. On this day, unmarried women could come out and meet people openly, and the unmarried men also Will come out, and if there is someone who can see him right, it will be equivalent to the emperor's matchmaking.

This lantern festival was almost equivalent to a blind date party. I don’t know how many lantern festivals were held. Gradually, it turned into a lively day in the whole capital.

Of course, because of the unspoken rules before, unmarried girls who have been locked up at home and cannot come out at will can also come out and relax on this day.

Even if you don't come out to find your husband, you can still have some fun.

This lantern festival is also an occasion for girls and husbands who have made an engagement to meet each other. In order to cover up this, most of the time, the matron of the house takes the girls out to play. If they "happen" to meet the girl's fiancé, she will naturally It is for the girl to be with her husband.

Therefore, when His Highness King Yao sent someone to Wan Mansion to tell him that he was going to join in the lantern festival, Master Wan didn't quite understand what it meant, but the old lady immediately understood what Duan Qingen meant.

She pointed at her son with a smile and said, "You fool, you can't even tell that His Highness Prince Yao wants to meet Qing'er."

The old lady is very satisfied with this marriage, not only because the man in this marriage is His Royal Highness Prince Yao, a member of the royal family, but also because Wan Siqing's marriage has always been on her mind.

Over the years, she seemed to be indifferent to any of her granddaughters. She only took care of Wan Siqing because she was her direct granddaughter. In fact, she felt very sorry for her who lost her parents at such a young age. The little granddaughter who lives in the hands of my aunt.

It's just that the old lady is mature and knows that if she intervenes, it will be bad for Wan Siqing.

Mrs. Wan is not a clear-minded person, and even Wan Siyuan is stingy. The old lady has never been very affectionate towards Wan Siyuan. If she treats Wan Siqing again, it will make the mother and daughter feel unhappy. I feel jealous and don’t know what to do.

On the contrary, it is best for Wan Siqing to be like this now, not very close but still taking care of her.

Previously, the old lady had been worried that she would not live to be old enough for Wan Siqing to get engaged, and was afraid that Mrs. Wan would casually arrange a marriage for Wan Siqing, but she never expected that such a good thing would come to Wan Siqing from the sky.

The royal concubine of King Yao.

Moreover, she had previously asked her son to ask about Wan Siyuan, her legitimate daughter. Wan Siyuan said she didn't want it, and Wan Siyuan didn't want it. Wan Sihe had already decided on the marriage, and this marriage was given to Wan Siyuan. Qing, even Mrs. Wan can't tell what's wrong.

Moreover, Wan Siqing is the royal concubine of Prince Yao, so even if she gives her something extra, no one can fault her.

The old lady wished her granddaughter well, and naturally hoped that she could be on par with Duan Qing'en, His Highness Prince Yao, who came to propose marriage.

She said to Mr. Wan: "Since His Highness said so, then let your wife take the girls to the lantern festival to have fun."

Master Wan still felt something was wrong: "But they are not married yet, so meeting like this..."

"You, you, you are really only thinking about studying."

The old lady sighed, wondering what to say.

Her son must have a good mind, and he can even be said to have a sincere heart, but he is a bit stupid. He only knows how to read and draw every day, or what is the way of a gentleman, but he doesn't know anything else.

If she hadn't been alive and looking after him, the backyard would have turned into something long ago. Who could have made him so easy to coax.

The old lady did not explain the reason carefully to Mr. Wan, and said directly: "I will never harm my own granddaughter anyway. Just give this order to your wife. When you go to the lantern festival, remember to bring more servants. Keep the female family members well."

Lord Wan: "Then if His Royal Highness Prince Yao comes here and wants to be alone with Qing'er, will he agree or not?"

"allow!"

The old lady said directly: "Don't worry, this is King Yao himself coming to ask for a wife. As a prince, he must have more guards around him than ours. He will only protect Qing'er well."

"If you want Qing'er to be well, just listen to me."

Master Wan naturally wanted Wan Siqing to be well, so he didn't ask any more questions and agreed directly.

He really didn't have many advantages as a person, but his filial piety was definitely true filial piety. When the old lady spoke, of course he obeyed, so he immediately told Mrs. Wan about it.

Madam Wan was deeply unhappy.

Of course she knew that on days like the Lantern Festival, Wan Siqing could meet His Royal Highness Prince Yao and the unmarried couple could exchange feelings.

It's just that she was very unhappy when the marriage was given to Wan Siqing, and now she had to watch their relationship get better, which was simply challenging her jealousy.

Before, she had thought that Mr. Wan had always ignored such matters, and had never thought of asking about it. She did not expect that His Highness King Yao would send someone to specifically talk about this matter.

This shows how much His Highness Prince Yao cares about Wan Siqing, his unmarried wife.

Really!!

Madam Wan smiled at her husband, and her handkerchief was torn several times after she returned to her yard. However, no matter how angry she was in her heart, she could only send someone to Wan Siqing's yard to let her clean up and dress up, and wait until the evening to meet His Royal Highness Prince Yao.

Not to mention how nervous, expectant and scared Wan Siqing was after knowing this, Wan Siyuan also knew about it.

Madam Wan was in a bad mood because of Wan Siqing's matter, so she didn't come to tell her daughter about it, but only sent a little girl.

She didn't plan to let her daughter go out to be Wan Siqing's foil, so when the little girl came, she said that if Wan Siyuan didn't want to go, she could just pretend to be sick.

How could Wan Siyuan not want to go?

Ever since she realized that she was pregnant, she had been wanting to leave the palace, but because Wan Siqing had married into the royal family, the palace had become much stricter. Not to mention a strange servant leaving the palace, even if everyone knew who the servant was, they would be carefully checked.

Therefore, no matter how much Wan Siyuan wanted to go out and tell the emperor that she was pregnant with his child, she could never do so.

But fortunately, God really favored her and gave her such an opportunity to leave the palace.

In her previous life, as the princess of King Yao, Wan Siyuan knew some royal gossips. Naturally, she also knew that the emperor would go out of the palace almost every year for the Lantern Festival. He once met a woman at the Lantern Festival and brought her back.

These gossips sounded only fresh at the time, and she envied them in her heart, thinking that it would be great if the woman the emperor brought back was her, but in this life, it became a guiding light for Wan Siyuan.

She said to the little girl, "Go tell my mother that I will definitely go, and ask her to give me some of the new clothes she made last time."

Although her belly is not very obvious now, you can still see some if you look closely.

Although Wan Siyuan thought that the child in her belly was a dragon seed, she was not afraid of what others would do to her child, but she still wanted some reputation. Before meeting the emperor and telling him that she was pregnant, she had to hide the child in her belly.

When she entered the palace, she would no longer have to hide like this.

Although the emperor had many women, he did not have many children. Now he only had three princesses. Even in his previous life, he had only two princes.

But this life is different. The child in her belly first secured the position of the eldest prince. Whether the two princes can be born at that time will naturally depend on her.

Wan Siyuan had a good idea. She did dress up seriously that day and even covered her belly to make sure no one could tell that she was pregnant. Then she went to Madam Wan's room and planned to go to the Lantern Festival with her.

Since she found out that she was pregnant, she felt that she would soon become the imperial concubine. She didn't pay much attention to the expressions of the servants. Naturally, she didn't notice that the little maids serving in the room looked a little uneasy when she left.

They should be uneasy.

Some of the things Wan Siyuan did could be hidden from others, but not from the maids who had been serving her.

She left the house, boiled medicine, and her belly gradually grew bigger.

She even wore new clothes and wrapped the white cloth around her abdomen to make her belly look smaller, but she didn't hide it from the people around her.

In Wan Siyuan's heart, the maids in the room had been with her all her life. They were naturally loyal to her as in their previous life. They never dared to slack off and would stand by her side no matter what happened.

But she never thought that she was no longer a princess in this life, and the maids' indentures were not in her hands but in Madam Wan's.

In the previous life, the maids were loyal to her because she was the princess that the prince had always favored. She held their indentures in her hands. If they dared to be unfaithful, Wan Siyuan would beat them to death.

But it's different now.

Some of the maids' indentures are in Madam Wan's hands, and some are in the hands of the old lady. These two can deal with them at any time without Wan Siyuan's permission.

If Wan Siyuan did something immoral and exposed, the maids would definitely die.

And now, she looked like she was "going out to meet her lover" and was very proud.

None of the little maids said anything, but they all had their own calculations in their hearts.

The maids whose indentures were in Madam Wan's hands were still hesitating. After all, Wan Siyuan was Madam Wan's biological daughter and had always been favored. If they went to inform on her, according to Madam Wan's methods of treating them as servants,

Wan Siyuan is pregnant, and these maids must be silenced and killed.

If Wan Siyuan is not pregnant, these maids must be killed even if they slander her daughter.

They will die anyway, so how dare they say it.

It was not until Wan Siyuan followed Madam Wan and left the house with Wan Sihe and Wan Siqing that a maid who had been silent all the time left the yard without saying a word.

She went straight to the direction of the old lady's yard.