This is true, the harem and the previous dynasty are inextricably linked. The concubines in the harem basically all have a place in the court. The concubines have offended so many people. For their own sake, these concubines will not let their families Support the third prince.

This puts her at ease and is not afraid that the third prince will cause trouble for her in the future.

After everyone had a cozy dinner, Meng Liu and Gu Zhixing took their children and left the palace. However, Gu Wu caught the eye of Concubine Rou again and asked her to stay alone in the palace with Concubine Rou.

Concubine Shu announced that Princess An Ning would enter the palace.

Now that Princess Wen Ning and her wife have returned to Beijing, because they gave birth to eleven children, all the women in the capital have come to see her, thinking that if they have a good relationship with Wen Ning, she can tell them some secrets.

"Why is your belly so unsatisfactory! It's been three years and you still haven't had a son and a half!" Concubine Shu looked worried at her daughter's belly.

An Ning smiled bitterly. She didn't want to have a baby, but the imperial doctor had seen that there was nothing wrong with both parties' health. It was just that she had not been able to conceive for a long time. Maybe it was not the right fate.

Concubine Shu sighed: "If you don't have children, you have no right to speak in the Hou Mansion. But fortunately, the prince-in-law is with you. Now that your brother has reached the critical moment of seizing the throne, you let the prince-in-law run around for your brother, not to mention how many people he is looking for. At least let the in-laws in the Hou family support your brother, and they will benefit from it when your brother ascends to the throne in the future."

An Ning did not want to involve the Hou Mansion in the fight for the legitimate son.

"Mother concubine, you also know that I have never given birth and have no say at all in the Hou Mansion. The Hou Mansion was so pity that I didn't take a concubine. If it were anyone else, I would have been divorced for violating the seven-out rule. My daughter is really I don’t have that much ability to persuade the Marquis.”

Concubine Shu said angrily: "It won't work this way or that way. What's the use of having a daughter like you?! I can't help your imperial brother at all!"

An Ning lowered her head, her heart was calm and she would no longer be sad about Concubine Shu's words.

Concubine Shu continued: "When I asked you to exchange marriage with Meng Liu, the road was paved for you, but you still want to disobey me. Don't you see that now Gu Zhixing has been promoted to the second rank, and the next step is to join the cabinet! Then! Look at that piece of trash you chose, it’s useless!”

These are the same words every time she enters the palace. The mother-in-law didn't say she was tired, but she was tired of hearing them. She casually said a few words of peace and left the palace.

The third prince who was hiding behind came out gloomily.

"Hmph, An Ning is so arrogant. He forgot that we are brothers and sisters from the same mother!"

Concubine Shu didn't know that her son was hiding behind her just now. She was startled. After that incident, the third prince's temper became more and more unpredictable. Sometimes even his mother-in-law would scold him.

Thinking of An Ning, Concubine Shu sighed: "Don't blame your sister. She has had a hard time without a son and a half for so many years."

The third prince snorted coldly: "She believed the concubine after she told her?"

Concubine Shu looked at her: "What do you mean?"

"I have found out a long time ago that the middle ministers of the Hou Mansion have been handed over to An Ning. I heard that the prince is completely obedient to her. He has not mentioned his concubines for so long and does not even have a mother. Mrs. Hou is even more so. He treats her as his own daughter, let alone urging her to have a child, he doesn’t even say a single harsh word on weekdays!”

Concubine Shu frowned: "You mean An Ning deceived me."

The third prince said with a sullen face: "Not only the mother and concubine, but also the king was deceived as well!"

"She thought that she was no longer in the same boat as us when she got married. It's not that simple. If this consort doesn't work, then find another one!"

Concubine Shu was horrified: "What are you going to do? That's your sister!"

"Sister?! My mother-in-law might as well ask An Ning if she ever considered me a brother!"

Meng Liu listened carefully to what the housekeeper said about the events in Beijing in the past three years. She knew that An Ning had not given birth yet. She guessed that the couple must be under some pressure since they had not given birth for several years after being married.

Thinking again of An Ning's help in the past, she opened her backpack and picked through it.

Last time, the system rewarded good pregnancy physique for giving birth, so this would be good for An Ning. I was planning to send someone to come over to talk to An Ning, but the concierge came to report that Princess An Ning's consort was dead.

Meng Liu was puzzled: "I've never heard that the prince is in poor health. Why did he die suddenly?"

Cuilian already understood what happened, and she explained: "I heard rumors outside that it seems that he and Princess An Ning met bandits when they went outside the city to beg for a child, and died trying to protect Princess An Ning."

"Why do you want to go outside the city to ask for a son?"

"It is said that there is a village outside the capital city where every household has many children. A visiting doctor passing by said that the water quality there is different from that in the capital city, so the couple made a special trip there. Who knew they would encounter such a thing? Alas."

Meng Liu frowned, it was over now, all the good pregnancies were useless, people were dead, now An Ning was in an embarrassing situation, as a rule, if a princess loses her husband, she can get married again.

But An Ning and the consort have always had a good relationship, so she probably didn't want to. The thought of Meng Liu standing up all of a sudden would make her think too much!

Then Cuilian was asked to arrange the carriage. She wanted to go to the Hou Mansion.

The Hou Mansion was already deserted, and a woman's cry could be heard from inside the house.

Meng Liu walked in and saw Madam Hou, Madam Hou, and even the old Madam Hou crying bitterly. The reason was for no other reason than that the prince was the only one in the Hou family, and now the Hou family had no descendants!

An Ning knelt there blankly. She knew that the emperor's brother had done this. She only waited for her to send her husband to his grave and seek revenge from the emperor's brother before she went to find the prince.

"Sister Royal..."

An Ning raised her eyes and saw this sister she hadn't seen for three years. She was exactly the same as she was three years ago. She had given birth to 11 children, and she didn't seem to have aged at all, which showed that she was living a good life.

Meng Liu didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only say dryly: "You... have my condolences and accept the change."

An Ning smiled uglier than crying, and when she spoke, she didn't know whether she was speaking to herself or Meng Liu.

"Ever since I was born, my mother and concubine have asked me to be virtuous and virtuous. Only by studying more and becoming a role model for women in the capital can I marry a high-ranking family member and help the emperor. I study hard day by day. Whenever I relax, I will be blessed. It’s just a scolding from my mother and concubine, but I actually don’t like reading. Instead of studying, I would rather raise a few small animals to accompany me..."

"When I was five years old, I happened to pick up a little milk cat in the palace. I hid it secretly and fed it every day. However, my brother accidentally discovered it and abused the cat. lethal....."

Speaking of this, she closed her eyes and continued: "I saw with my own eyes that cat's tongue and claws were pulled out in front of me, and it was also disemboweled... I asked my mother-in-law to make the decision, but she couldn't say anything. It's a cat, just kill it... From then on, I don't dare to let anyone know what I like or dislike."

"It took him two years to get into my heart until I met the prince. He knew that I loved animals, so he raised many cats and dogs in the courtyard and made many toys for them with his own hands. I didn't get pregnant in three years. He never blamed me and said that it was enough to have small animals accompanying us.”

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