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

"So I invited Madam Xu and Lord Xu to come here, hoping that you can persuade the elder to forgive Qianmo this time. Otherwise, if the old man is locked up, what if the child can't get over it and causes trouble?"

Meng Wenyao felt that her crying might be a little fake, so she thought of Chen Yanqing.

"The elder has only this one child!"

Zhuang Lanhe felt heartbroken when he heard these half-true and half-false words. His child was now being held in custody and would be sent to another place in the future.

She knew very well that Meng Wen Yao looked genuinely crying, but as a stepmother, her feelings must be false and she was just putting on a show to show her virtue.

If she didn't go to the Chen Mansion to rescue Chen Qianmo, who else would truly consider Chen Qianmo?

Ever since Chen Yanqing married a second wife, his attitude towards Chen Qianmo has become worse day by day.

In the past ten years, she has not been able to do anything for Chen Qianmo. If she had the chance today, how could she retreat?

I must go to the Chen Mansion and let Xu Tongfu persuade Chen Yanqing to increase the efforts to train Chen Qianmo, otherwise Chen Qianmo will be ruined in the future.

Meng Wen Yao saw tears welling up in Zhuang Lanhe's eyes, but she didn't say a word or try to persuade her.

She then wiped her tears and looked up, continuing to ask, "Mrs. Xu, can you come over for a simple meal and persuade the elder?"

"it is good!"

Zhuang Lanhe agreed immediately. Nanny Li beside her opened her mouth to stop her, but when she saw the look in Meng Wenyao's eyes, she immediately shut up.

Meng Wenyao looked at Nanny Li strangely and asked, "What does Nanny want to say?"

“No, nothing!!”

No one would believe that Meng Wen Yao had achieved her goal. She said a few more polite words and left the manor.

Xu Tongfu, who had gone out early in the morning, came back dejectedly.

"What's wrong?" Zhuang Lanhe asked.

"What else could it be? When I sent the two paintings to him, the Minister of Personnel agreed to it, saying that there was a good position and it was already under review. But when I went there today, he said that the position had been given to someone else by the Minister, and even the two paintings were returned to me."

Looking at the two paintings in Xu Tongfu's hands, Zhuang Lanhe sighed repeatedly. Things were not going well with Qianmo, and even the things that Xu Tongfu had promised might go wrong.

"Tell me, did Chen Yanqing give them a heads-up and deliberately prevent them from passing you?"

Xu Tongfu sighed and said, "I took his paintings to apply for a job, so he must have known about it. Now it seems that he must have given a heads-up."

He slammed his fist on the table and said angrily, "This Chen Yanqing, I am his senior brother after all. He is making things difficult for me just because of a word he said. It's really inhumane."

Zhuang Lanhe also felt bad and said, "There are even more inhumane people. Today, his new wife came over and said she was looking at colleges in other places. I guess she has already thought of sending Qianmo to another place."

"what?"

Xu Tongfu stood up suddenly and said in disbelief: "Qianmo is the only child under his name. He doesn't bring him with him to raise him personally, but instead wants to send him away to fend for himself?!"

Zhuang Lanhe was afraid that Xu Tongfu would get too angry and not understand his own position, and would really confront Chen Yanqing.

She advised softly, "We are just looking at other colleges. We are not going to be sent away tomorrow. His new wife came today and asked us to go over the day after tomorrow to persuade Chen Yanqing. You should control your temper and talk to him properly. He may just be angry now. After a few days, when he calms down, you can continue to persuade him. After all, Qianmo is his only child now. Maybe things will turn around."

Looking at the painting on the table, Xu Tongfu sighed: "It seems that I must go to Chen's house."

Whether it was Qianmo's affairs or his pursuit of an official position, he could not avoid dealing with Chen Yanqing.

After returning to the Chen Mansion, Meng Wen Yao immediately asked someone to check on the movements of Uncle Fu's family, and also took the list of all the servants in the Zhuang Mansion for study.

Until Chen Yanqing returned home, she still hadn't figured it out.

"What are you looking at so seriously?"

Hearing Chen Yanqing's voice, Meng Wenyao immediately closed the book and said with a smile: "I will go to the Zhuang Mansion today to apologize for what happened yesterday."

"It's not your fault, why should you compensate me?" Chen Yanqing said dissatisfiedly.

Meng Wenyao approached like a spoiled child and said softly, "I am your wife. Anything that happened at home was due to my poor management. It is only right for me to make amends."

"To show my sincerity, I would like to invite them to our house for a simple meal, and then have Aunt Liu apologize in person. Even if this matter is over, it will not affect the friendship between you two brothers, okay?"

Chen Yanqing refused in his heart. The brothers had not been in touch for many years, so what did it matter whether they kept in touch or not now?

Besides, as for Aunt Liu's matter, there was no need for him, the head of the household, to go and eat and drink with her to apologize.

But when he saw Meng Wen Yao's expectant eyes, he suddenly realized that he was lonely. Meng Wen Yao might like the hustle and bustle. She might have already thought of inviting others to the Chen Mansion for a banquet in her capacity as the mistress of the house.

Forget it. For the sake of his young wife, he wanted to show off his status as the mistress of the house. He nodded with a smile and said, "You decide on these matters. Let the servant go to the government office to find me in advance that day. I will come back early."

"Okay, thank you, husband."

"How do you thank me?"

The cold look coupled with such ambiguous words made Meng Wen Yao so embarrassed that she kept burrowing into Chen Yanqing's arms.

Now that she has complete control over the Chen Mansion inside and out, she doesn't have to worry about anyone trying to trip her up. She can basically rest assured about her pregnancy.

It just so happened that she had taken the fertility pill more than a month ago. Now, according to the date, it was almost time for her pulse to show. It was time to give Chen Yanqing a surprise.

The next day, Meng Wen Yao found Liu Ruyan. She was now determined to find out Zhuang Lanhe's secret, and was very impatient when she saw Liu Ruyan.

"I will invite the Xu family to dinner tomorrow. You must apologize to Miss Xu then." Meng Wen Yao ordered.

"Yes."

Liu Ruyan's obedience made Meng Wenyao a little confused. She asked suspiciously, "You agreed so readily. Are you thinking bad things? What do you want to do? Lift Madam Xu's veil when no one is paying attention? Liu Ruyan, let me tell you, if there is any trouble at the banquet, I will not forgive you!"

"Don't worry, ma'am. I won't do anything."

The reason why Liu Ruyan was so docile was that she had tried her best to make Meng Wen Yao unhappy in the past, but she couldn't do anything to Meng Wen Yao, and Meng Wen Yao was too lazy to pay attention to her.

What's even more terrible is that Chen Qianmo's mind is already on other things. Even if she wins the fight with Meng Wen Yao, she will never be able to get her heart back with Chen Qianmo.

It turned out that she had been fighting against the wrong person. Just like now, ever since she made a fuss, Chen Qianmo ignored her.

If she could apologize to Miss Xu sincerely and make Chen Qianmo pay attention to her again, she would be willing to apologize.