The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

Seeing Xiaoju's naive appearance, Meng Wenyao reached out to hit her, but halfway through her hand ended up pinching her face.

"What do you know, little girl? Master Chen can't do everything."

At this point, Xiaoju sighed deeply and muttered, "That's right, Miss asked Master Chen to help several times, but he didn't do it."

Because she was worried that Meng Wenyao was in a bad mood, she immediately raised her chin and said, "However, Miss, please don't believe those rumors outside, saying that Master Chen has another love. You and Master Chen are childhood sweethearts, and you decided to get married a long time ago. No matter what people outside say, it can't shake your position."

"what?!"

Meng Wen Yao's voice immediately rose, and she grabbed Xiao Ju as if she had discovered a new world.

"What did you say? Young Master Chen has another love?"

Xiaoju didn't expect that she had kept it a secret for so long, but she still accidentally revealed it. She lowered her head and whispered, "It's all nonsense from outsiders, saying that the daughter of our military commander's family is not worthy of the son of the cabinet elder's family, and that Mr. Chen should be with the daughter of the Minister of Rites."

"Miss, please don't take it to heart. People outside just can't stand you marrying into a rich family. Miss, you saved Mr. Chen's life, and the Chen family has long recognized you as their daughter-in-law, otherwise Elder Chen would not have come in person to celebrate the old man's birthday."

"Lord Chen has always been a maverick in the court and has never made friends with other ministers. Only our family's banquet can invite him. Miss should also know the attitude of the Chen family."

"I know, I know."

After listening to Xiaoju's babble for so long, Meng Wenyao finally felt that there was a glimmer of hope. Since Mr. Chen didn't like her, it should be easy to cancel the engagement.

But how could she abandon her son and turn around to marry his father, especially an affectionate old father who was deeply in love with his deceased wife and raised his son alone?

Before Meng Wenyao could think about it, she heard someone coming over to report: "Miss, it's time to celebrate your birthday. You should go to the front hall."

Going to the front hall to celebrate the birthday means that you will meet the male protagonist of the strategy, Lord Chen?

Although he was the original owner's nominal future father-in-law, the original owner had never met him, and the marriage was arranged between adults.

Whenever the two families visited each other during festivals, Chen Qianmo would come alone. Elder Chen adhered to the principle of keeping to himself as an official and had never been to the Meng family.

Because Chen Ge Lao's wife died early, there was no mistress in charge of the family, and Meng Wen Yao had never been invited to visit her.

Meng Wen Yao could only imagine what Chen Ge Lao looked like based on the system's plot.

In the plot provided by the system, Lord Chen was a child prodigy. He studied under Master Zhuang when he was young. He married Master Zhuang's only daughter when he was less than sixteen years old. Unfortunately, Mrs. Zhuang died after giving birth to Chen Qianmo.

Over the years, Lord Chen did not remarry and raised Chen Qianmo alone with great difficulty.

In the eyes of outsiders, he has also earned the image of a deeply affectionate person, but since he is the male protagonist of the strategy, it means that Chen Ge Lao did not remarry, not because of deep affection, but because his body did not allow it.

This is strange. How could a fifteen-year-old boy who could successfully make Miss Zhuang pregnant and give birth to a child suddenly lose the ability to pass on the family line after Miss Zhuang's death?

Could it be due to sadness?

Thinking of this, Meng Wen Yao came to the front hall and celebrated the birthday of Grandpa Meng with other brothers and sisters of the Meng family.

"I wish my grandfather good fortune as vast as the East Sea and a long life as long as the Southern Mountains."

Seeing the scene of a house full of children and grandchildren, Old Master Meng was very happy. He turned to Chen Ge Lao and said, "After the New Year, it's time for our two families to hold a wedding. In three to five years, your Chen Mansion will also be full of children. Soon, Chen Ge Lao will be able to have children and grandchildren around him like me."

Lord Chen was aloof and talented. After he rose to high positions step by step, he did not promote any young people from his family to be officials, so he did not have much contact with his family.

I heard that in the huge Chen family mansion, there are only two masters, him and Chen Qianmo, which is really deserted.

Old Master Meng's words made Chen Ge Lao also put on a faint smile on his face. He nodded and smiled: "It's all because of the good education of Old Master Meng. This is the blessing of our Chen family."

Either they say that Lord Chen is talented, or their words are very nice. The word "blessing" not only reminds everyone of Meng Wen Yao's life-saving grace to Chen Qianmo, but also reminds everyone that Meng Wen Yao's marriage to the Chen family is not marrying up, but a blessing for the Chen family.

Meng Wen Yao was slightly delighted, and secretly looked up in the direction of the voice.

He doesn't look like a man in his early thirties at all. He is clearly a handsome and elegant young man with bright features and unparalleled elegance.

If he hadn't been sitting side by side with Old Master Meng, Meng Wen Yao would have thought he was Chen Qianmo's brother.

But come to think of it, he already had a son at the age of sixteen, and he took such good care of himself, he really doesn't look like someone who would marry a daughter-in-law.

Hearing Elder Chen's politeness, Elder Meng was very happy. He pointed at Meng Wenyao and said, "Elder, have you seen this girl? She is spoiled and has no rules. If she disobeys discipline after entering the Chen family, please tell me and I will teach her myself."

Lord Chen followed the direction of Old Master Meng's hand and saw a young but extremely beautiful girl. He only took one glance at her and almost couldn't control the loving expression on his face.

Fortunately, he had kept his emotions hidden for many years, so he was not overwhelmed by the surprise.

He could tell that Old Master Meng was being modest, so he nodded slightly to Meng Wenyao and said with a smile, "Old Master, you are being too polite. This girl is my own daughter. When she enters our Chen family, she will be the head mistress of our Chen family. She will be the only one who can discipline others. No one else will discipline her."

There were no female relatives in the Chen family, which meant that Meng Wenyao would be the head of the family once she entered the family. Old Master Meng, grateful for the trust of Elder Chen, pretended to warn Meng Wenyao: "Did you hear me? When you enter the Chen family, you must be filial to your father-in-law and get along well with your husband. You must not be disrespectful like you are at home."

Meng Wenyao bowed her head and said softly, “Grandfather taught me that my granddaughter will never bring shame to the Meng family.”

General Meng, who had been smiling and playing the background, was afraid that Old Master Meng would belittle his daughter too much in order to please Elder Chen, so he quickly interrupted and said, "Father, the children have already celebrated their birthday. It would be a nuisance if they stayed here. Let them go and play."

"Yes, you young people should go and play together. Meng girl, come, take Qianmo to visit our garden. Don't neglect our distinguished guest."

Is this letting the engaged couple spend time together in advance? Meng Wenyao pretended to blush, and before Chen Qianmo looked over, she walked out first, swinging her handkerchief.

A burst of noise came from behind, which made Meng Wen Yao speed up her pace.

Amid the crowd's jeers, Chen Qianmo was pushed out of the main hall and followed Meng Wenyao's footsteps.