C242 (1/2)

Once she heard the interesting news, the one who she was most interested in was naturally Lin Hui. She hurriedly asked, ”What kind of news is the Second Sister?”

Lin Shu was not curious at all, just by thinking about it, she knew that since the news was spread out at the Palace's banquet, it was most likely good news, not to mention that the news had already spread, it would not be long before everyone would know.

Lin Qian was suspicious for a while, but seeing that there were people supporting him, she said: ”Just now, I went to the Duke Andong to congratulate the Grand Madam, and coincidentally saw Zhang Yuanqing sending a servant to congratulate the Grand Madam, and furthermore, Zhang Yuanqing is already 3 months pregnant, so I said that it's not convenient to come myself.”

”Hmph, if you don't come, then don't come. It's as if you're afraid that others won't know that she's pregnant! Half a month ago, Zhou Family Mistress had organized a feast for the eyes and she had already come out. Now that she had three months of children in her womb, logically speaking, her birthplace should have stabilized, so why couldn't she come over? I think there's a good chance that Joe is the one! ”

Her words were a bit too resentful, and she was even more indignant now. ”Isn't it just because you're pregnant? It seems like no one can take her in. I think she just wants to show off how much she's doted on in the Third Prince's Mansion! ”

It had already been more than a day or two since she got at odds with Zhang Yuanqing, but now that she was in such dire straits, Zhang Yuanqing was in the limelight, how could she endure it?

Counting the days, Zhang Yuanqing had not been married to the Third Prince for too long, and was already pregnant. On the other hand, Lin Qian's stomach did not have the slightest movement.

Lin Hui never thought about it in this way, she was just like a child herself. If there was a little kid by her side for her to take care of, she would even be worried, ”I never thought that Lateral Consort Zhang would get pregnant so quickly. Speaking of which, this Lateral Consort Wang actually married into the Third Prince's Mansion with her.

She also felt that Zhang Yuanqing was not a good person now, and now that they had started to talk about him, it was as if they were talking about someone unrelated to them.

Lin Shu laughed: ”That's only natural, the Third Prince probably stays in Lateral Consort Zhang's room all night long. It's been a few months since she married into the Third Princess, it's not strange that she's pregnant right now.”

One must know that Zhang Yuanqing was originally an extremely low-profile person. Even though he was quite talented, he still gave the title of ”Genius from the Capital” to Lin Qian, and only became famous after he had a chance of winning.

A few days ago, everyone was still talking about it. They said that Elder Zhang had already arrived in Fujian, and although the reason why Elder Zhang had gone there was to help King Rui eliminate the pirates in name, but in reality, everyone knew clearly in their hearts. They were afraid that Elder Zhang was going to secretly investigate the evidence of King Rui sending troops and embezzling soldiers.

They said that the Emperor had allocated tens of thousands of silver to Fujian every year, but the King Rui still continued to complain that there was no silver nor silver!

In a place like Fujian, being greedy for silver was not a rare occurrence, and the Emperor had only turned a blind eye to it for so many years. However, King Rui was greedy for money, and it was known that when the previous general of Fujian took over, the Emperor had only given him two hundred thousand taels of silver every year. However, in the King Rui, three hundred thousand taels of silver a year was not enough, so where did all that silver go?

Although the ministers in the hall knew that, there were not many who dared to speak the truth. It had to be said that when the late emperor was still alive, he had praised the King Rui to be ”courageous and warlike, loyal and patriotic”. Moreover, this King Rui was the emperor's younger cousin. Who knew what the emperor was thinking? The Empress Dowager Wang had always doted on the King Rui and his sister, so it was best not to interfere in matters of the imperial family too much.

Regarding the quarrels in the audience hall, Lin Shu and the rest only knew a little about it, no matter how much they discussed, they could not come up with anything.

Not to mention that not long after, his wife came to the parlour one after another.

Lin Hui had no choice but to focus on dealing with the madams. Most of the people present were familiar faces, and there were a few fresh faces, with just a few introductions, they were all twisted and linked to the ones she knew. The relationship between the noble families in the capital had always been complicated, and this was a relative of her.

The topic of discussion had naturally revolved around Zhang Yuanqing. He directly said that Zhang Yuanqing was lucky, and that one of the wives' husbands was the judge of the hospital. He even shook his head and said, ”... I am afraid that Third Princess does not have much time left. A few days ago, my old master went to Third Prince's Mansion to check Third Princess's pulse, and said that it was the pulse of the Third Princess that was ethereal, and that the servant girl beside him did not put in all her effort in taking care of him, and was thinking about the Young Princess all day long.

The people present were all official management female patriarch s, even if their identities weren't revealed, they were still official wives. Even though Zhang Yuanqing was born in a prestigious clan, he was still a Lateral Consort, and to put it bluntly, he was a concubine. They had never had any good feelings towards a concubine.

Suddenly, everyone started to pester Zhang Yuanqing again.

Hearing this, Lin Shu felt a headache, if Zhang Yuanqing was here, the crowd would definitely change their expressions, she thought for a moment, then told Lin Hui who was summoning his servant girls to bring the fruits of their tea, and that she wanted to go out to take a look.

Just as Lin Shu walked a few steps towards the direction of the flower garden, she heard a light call from behind him, ”Cousin sister, please wait.”

Lin Shu turned her head to look, and saw that the young lady behind him had a pretty and delicate face, her appearance looked dignified and gentle, but it was as if she had never seen her before.

She turned her head to look at her surroundings and confirmed that she was indeed alone.