Spoiled Wife

Because the month was still too young, the matter of Shen Qi's pregnancy had not been announced yet. However, the news of the Shang Shu Clan's Xu being deprived of her title and being confined in her household had still spread.    

    

Everyone sighed and felt curious before letting it go. It was nothing more than an extra topic for chatting after a few days. After all, it was related to King Xian, so no one dared to make a presumptuous judgement.    

    

That day, when Shen Weiyuan angrily took Xu back to his residence, he didn't even look at her and directly complied with his highness's orders. After that, he let his two daughter-in-law take care of everything in the residence.    

    

After hearing about the foolish things that the Xu had done, the people of Shang Shu Manor were also speechless. Do you think that the current Shen Qi is still that unknown and unknown Third Young Miss who lived in a remote Xiang Zhu Yuan? You actually dare to run to the prince's mansion and point at him and scold him. Do you really think the dignity of the prince's mansion is just for show?    

    

After that, Chui and Xia Ying had specially come to the Duke Palaces to apologize and take a look at Shen Qi's situation. Naturally, Shen Qi would not vent her anger on innocent people, so she smiled and comforted a few more times before leaving.    

    

However, on this day, he suddenly received a message from the Crown Princess of the Marquis Zhong Yong Mansion. Shen Qi knew that Shen Jianing had something to say to him, after thinking for a while, he agreed.    

    

The little guy had a serious face, but the little person had to taunt her little face, and because of his good looks, he was even more adorable, causing others to be unable to resist the urge to get close and tease him.    

    

Following his mother to pay her respects to Shen Qi, Shen Qi smiled and sat down. Seeing the benevolent look on Brother Heng's face, he started to simmer by his mother's side, curiously sizing up this new friend of hers. Seeing that Brother Heng was looking at her, she revealed a sweet smile.    

    

The little girl was dressed in a red dress, it was carved in jade and made out of jade and snow. She was adorable, and she immediately attracted Brother Heng-er's attention. She looked at her with a gaze full of curiosity.    

    

He also had his younger brother and sister in the Palace. Xue Zheng's official wife, Young Chiang, had given birth to a daughter this year, but the concubine of the second branch had given birth to her eldest son first. For this, Young Chiang hated the tearing of countless kernels, especially after she had given birth to a daughter.    

    

The Young Chiang could not bear to be pressured by someone who came out of a building, so she was targeting her eldest son and Xi Ruo. Xi Ruo was obviously not someone an ordinary concubine could compare to.    

    

Every time she caused trouble for herself, Xi Ruo and her son would receive even more attention, and thought that they would receive all sorts of compensation for their grievances. She would reprimand the Young Chiang as a wife, and she would feel that she was tyrannical and forceful, hence she loathed both of them.    

    

As a result, Marquis Zhong Yong Mansion's second house was filled with activity all day long. It was extremely lively.    

    

Shen Jianing didn't want to get involved with them, so she rarely traveled with the Second Branch, and even more so didn't allow Brother Heng to play with the Second Branch's children. Thus, Brother Heng rarely had the chance to be with a child as young as Yue Yang at the start, especially since it was his sister.    

    

Shen Qi saw that the two kids were fun to play with, so she instructed the nanny to carry them to the side and play, while she talked to Shen Jianing.    

    

Brother Heng-er liked the beginning, he felt that she was good-looking, had a good temper, and her body was also fragrant. He had seen Young Chiang's daughter before, and she didn't leave even a little bit.    

    

However, at the beginning, he was very obedient. He felt that his sister was good, so he was very willing to play with her. Even his normally tense little face revealed a smile at this time.    

    

In the beginning, she also liked to play with him. Only children could understand the world of children, and she usually did not lack people to play with her. However, they were all adults, so this was the first time being with such a little friend.    

    

The two children got along harmoniously, causing Shen Qi and Shen Jianing to heave a sigh of relief. Shen Jianing knew how much of a pet Princess Changning was.    

    

Fortunately, although Princess Changning was doted upon by thousands of people, her upbringing was not bad. She might look small, but she had a good personality and a sweet mouth that made people love her dearly.    

    

then told Shen Qi about their purpose for coming here, "As long as mother meets Big Sis with you, you will be confused, don't lower yourself to the same level as her, don't take it to heart no matter what she says."    

    

Shen Qi laughed as she shook her head, "I'm fine."    

    

Seeing her smile so nonchalant, Shen Jianing also relaxed. Her mother must have come to look for Third Sister because of Big Sister, and must have said some unpleasant words that were only punished by the Duke when he heard them. Otherwise, she probably wouldn't even be willing to take revenge on her.    

    

Actually, when Xu was in trouble, she found Shen Jianing and told her to think of a way to save him. What could Shen Jianing do?    

    

At that time, he thought to himself that she was still his own sister after all, so he told Xue Yang, and after telling him this, Xue Yang immediately rejected him, "The Emperor has personally given me the crime of plotting to kill an emperor, if I let her live, it would already be outside the realm of benevolence. If I continue to beg from the side, I might not be able to recognize what is good for me."    

    

When Shen Jianing told all of this to the Xu, she was also very dissatisfied, but she did not say anything unpleasant.    

    

However, it was different for Shen Qi as the Xu did not have that much tolerance towards her.    

    

Shen Jianing sighed. How did Big Sis come to this? Her father was the Minister of the Department of Public Administration, was a target of the hundred officials' flattery, and was a pure subject that the emperor trusted deeply. Out of her two younger sisters, one was the son of the Marquis Zhong Yong Mansion's consort, while the other was the Queen's Consort's successor.    

    

As long as she wasn't so suicidal, she would be able to walk unhindered in the palace. How did she end up like this?    

    

Shen Jianing couldn't understand, she felt that she had never really understood this big sister's way of thinking. Now that she had not only trapped herself in it, but also made her mother do it for her. She shook her head, perhaps this was retribution!    

    

She comforted Shen Qi a little more, then began to talk about other things. She could tell that Shen Qi truly did not care about them at all, to be able to make a person as gentle as Third Sister treat them with such indifference.    

    

After she finished speaking, Shen Qi roughly knew that this Second Sister was specially here to comfort him, so he asked while smiling: "How are you now?"    

    

Shen Jianing laughed, "It's good, now that the Second Room is causing trouble all day, and Grandma is also fighting with her mental strength, she will no longer look for trouble with me."    

    

Shen Qi laughed, that was a good thing!    

    

After she finished speaking, she looked at Shen Qi and said: "Brother Heng's clothes are still there, they are all clean. I will bring one for you later, okay?"    

    

She did know that Shen Qi was pregnant, because she was born with a son. She just wanted to give Shen Qi a piece of Brother Heng's clothes to wet his heart with joy, so that he could have a son.    

    

Shen Qi knew about this custom, and knew that Shen Jianing was doing it for her own good. Thus, she nodded his head and smiled: "Even if you didn't say it, I would've gone to find you for one." Although she didn't believe in that sort of thing and wouldn't prioritize a man over a woman, it was time for the prince to have a son.    

    

She also thought that this child was a boy, and there would be people protecting her when she went out at the beginning.    

    

Hearing her words, Shen Jianing comforted her, "Don't be too nervous, I can see that the prince isn't that patriarch overestimating his daughter. You can tell by his attitude towards Changning."    

    

Shen Qi smiled and nodded, of course she knew that the King wouldn't mind, but the King didn't care. There was someone who would be worried, the Empress Dowager didn't have time to find trouble with her now, if she had another daughter, she believed that the King would definitely find time to talk to her about life.    

    

Shen Qi didn't want to talk about life with the empress dowager, so she decided to have a son.    

    

Although he did not deliberately publicize it, he could still feel the changes in Shen Qi's body from her actions.    

    

Therefore, the empress dowager quickly found out that the wangfei was delighted again.    

    

The empress dowager was overjoyed, much of the gloom from the past few days washed away.    

    

She didn't know why, but the palace was in chaos this year. Two concubines had been thrown into the cold palace, and the steward's aunt had even taken the initiative to leave. Even if she didn't know exactly what had happened, the empress dowager knew something was amiss.    

    

The empress dowager had still not known about what had happened in her side palace due to King Xian's concealment and concealing of the assassination at that time. The empress dowager knew about it later on, but she didn't tell the empress dowager.    

    

It was already troublesome enough, so it was best not to trouble her any further.    

    

When the empress dowager became happy, she immediately ordered the common mama, "Go, bring that thousand year ginseng from This Dowager's storehouse to King's Mansion. Tell her that it will be used to nourish the princess's body."    

    

A thousand years old ginseng was extremely rare, even though the palace was not short of them, the quantity was definitely not large. The empress dowager being able to generously give them to Shen Qi was not because she liked them.    

    

It was only when Shen Qi was pregnant that such a joyous event occurred. After so many things had happened, it became even more precious.    

    

The empress dowager was delighted in one aspect because Prince Xian's son was well-off. The other was because she felt that this was a good start. In the future, there would definitely be more good things to come.    

    

Sure enough, after Shen Qi carried the baby for three months and sat down too steadily, the Imperial Consort Empress was diagnosed to have had a month's worth of health. Regardless of what the other concubines and empress dowager thought, the emperor and empress dowager were genuinely happy.    

    

When Shen Qi went to pay respects to the empress dowager, the empress dowager couldn't help but praise him. "You sure are blessed, the child in your stomach is also a lucky star."    

    

Not to mention that she had not been married into the Duke's Palace for long before King Duan woke up from his coma, even when she was pregnant with her first time, he was still lucky enough to avoid all kinds of framing. Although he had given birth to a daughter in the end, she was still a cute and painful girl.    

    

Shen Qi did not know of the empress dowager's thoughts, but upon hearing her speak, she smiled and replied, "The empress likes me more, naturally because she thinks that her daughter-in-law is very lucky."    

    

The empress dowager especially liked to hear this. No matter if it was true or false, she was willing to act as if she was close to Shen Qi.    

    

Just as she was talking and laughing, she saw a palace maid run over frantically, but was immediately blocked. The empress dowager furrowed her brows and signaled the common mama with her eyes to see what was happening.    

    

Since common mama had followed by the empress dowager's side for such a long time, he naturally knew what she was thinking. Thus, he directly went outside and said, "How could you be so flustered? If you have anything to say, tell me quickly. "    

    

When the palace maid saw common mama, she immediately kneeled down. "Momo, please save the Fifth Prince. He is currently sick and has been crying for matriarch."    

    

common mama frowned, "Which palace are you from?" His voice had turned cold, and his eyes no longer had their usual gentleness.    

    

When she heard the palace maid's words, she knew that her goal wasn't the Fifth Prince. The Fifth Prince's body was weak, and he had already been sick three or four times in such a short period of time since he came to Tzu Ning Palace.    

    

This palace maid just happened to run over while Queen's Consort was around. She did not believe that it was just a coincidence, you should never believe in coincidences like these in the Imperial Palace, there weren't that many coincidences in the world.