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

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Concubine Bao said in embarrassment: "Your father was very angry about your incident last time. He decided not to invite guests for your eldest brother's fifth seventh day. We should just burn incense and perform a ritual together."

Xie Jinbao blushed as he thought about how he was being watched by so many people. However, the more this happened, the more he wanted Xie Chenyi to be despised as well.

It's just a matter of inviting guests. If Prince Fenyang doesn't take the initiative to invite them, it will be the same if he invites them privately. Can Prince Fenyang drive away the guests after they come?

He wanted everyone to see something more shocking than last time. Thinking about Xie Chenyi and Meng Wenyao being surrounded in the room, he couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

Concubine Bao was planning what to do on the 57th day. Prince Fenyang had already invited a popular figure into the palace and sent her to Xie Chenyi's room that night.

Looking at the woman whose temperament was obviously different from the three maids before, Xie Chenyi knew that if he failed again today, King Fenyang would definitely become suspicious.

So he let the snake-like woman dance her graceful body around him and smelled the pungent fragrance without avoiding or dodging. In the end, he just sneezed a few times and had no other reaction.

The more he stood still, the more unwilling the dancer became. At the end of the dance, she started to take off her clothes. Xie Chenyi took a deep breath and took out a silver note worth one thousand taels.

"You know what to say, right?"

While the dancer was confused, Xie Chenyi groped his way to the tree in Meng Wen Yao's yard again. Strangely, that pure and unrestrained body suddenly became hot.

He suddenly doubted whether he was slow to react. He immediately jumped down the tree and returned to his room. Seeing that the dancer had already obediently lay on the bed, he coughed dryly and slowly walked over.

The further he walked, the more awkward he felt, until finally he had no desire to reach out and pull back the quilt.

He had to leave with a wry smile. When he returned to Meng Wen Yao's yard again, he felt that God must be playing a joke on him. He actually only responded to his sister-in-law.

It is true that he thought about it in his heart, but that was indeed his sister-in-law. Although he had that thought in the heat of the moment, when he calmed down, he knew how great the resistance would be.

What should he do if this is the only way to go now?

What is Meng Wen Yao thinking? Will she agree?

Probably not. She became a widow right after she got married, and she had no complaints at all, which shows that she attaches great importance to rules.

How could such a woman decide to remarry, especially when the man is her own brother-in-law?

He looked at the light that occasionally came in through the leaves, feeling as if he was in a dream. How wonderful it would be if all this was just a dream!

On the second day, the dancer gave Prince Fenyang a satisfactory answer, but Concubine Bao didn't believe it at all when she heard the news.

She asked Xie Jinbao to take two thousand taels of silver notes and soon got the real information.

"Ha, this Xie Chenyi is really no good."

"So, let's plot something between him and Meng Wenyao. No matter what answer he gives, he will definitely not be made the crown prince."

The mansion was quiet for only half a month, and Xie Nanan's 57th day of mourning arrived as scheduled. Prince Fenyang, who had originally wanted to keep a low profile, watched the guest who came early in the morning with his eyelids twitching non-stop.

As a widow, Meng Wen Yao dressed solemnly and prayed with the princess and Concubine Bao. When it was time for lunch at noon, everyone got up and went to the dining room.

Suddenly the princess staggered and nearly fell, luckily the maid was quick to catch her.

"Mother, how are you feeling? Do you want to go down and have some rest?" Meng Wen Yao asked considerately.

Concubine Bao, who was standing by, did not say anything sarcastic this time. She was quite moved and said, "Princess, An'er has been gone for more than a month. You have been worried about him for so long. An'er knows your kindness in the underworld. Now that you are not feeling well, you should go down and have a rest. I will report the truth to the prince."

It was rare to see Concubine Bao being so considerate, so the princess assumed that Concubine Bao still had some conscience. The princess felt her legs go numb, and in order not to lose her manners, she hesitated and said, "I'll go to a nearby room to rest for a while, and after lunch I'll go to the ancestral hall to burn incense. Wen Yao, send someone to invite me."

"Okay, mother, don't worry and go over to rest. I'll take care of everything here."

Watching the princess leave in the sedan chair, Meng Wenyao was about to go to the dining room when she heard Concubine Bao say, "I remember An'er had a peace locket when he was young. I've been busy lately and haven't had time to pack up his belongings. Go find it in his room and I'll put it next to him when we open the ancestral hall later."

Although the princess was not feeling well, Meng Wen Yao thought it was normal. After all, everyone had been sitting cross-legged and listening to the sutra for the whole morning. Not to mention the princess, she felt dizzy and her legs were numb.

Therefore, she had no objection at all to the princess's departure, as she felt that it did not seem like Concubine Bao's plan.

Now that the princess has just left, Concubine Bao can't wait to send her away. The conspiracy is too obvious.

However, there is no risk without gaining the tiger cub, so Meng Wen Yao left without saying a word.

"Please wait a moment, Concubine. I will be back soon."

Concubine Bao's maid took Meng Wen Yao all the way to Xie Nanan's courtyard. Meng Wen Yao was observing all the way, but she really couldn't figure out where the trap was.

When they were about to reach the courtyard, the maidservant said considerately, "Madam, the eldest young master's courtyard has been sealed off these days. You are not familiar with the eldest young master. If you are afraid, you can wait outside and I will go in to get the things."

Such a sensible maid, Meng Wenyao became more and more confused about what Concubine Bao was going to do. She pushed Hua Mian and said, "After all, this is the place where the eldest master died. It would be scary for you to go in alone. Let Hua Mian accompany you in."

Meng Wen Yao stood alone at the gate of the yard. Just when she was about to find a place to hide, Ping'er appeared out of nowhere.

"Miss, I have something to tell you."

Seeing Ping'er, Meng Wenyao finally felt relieved. This must be the trap set by Concubine Bao.

She said with a smile: "Ping'er, you are now the third young master's roommate, why is the third young master not treating you well?"

With a sigh of regret, Meng Wenyao said regretfully: "I was hoping that you could get pregnant soon so that I could have a child to raise. You must fight for your honor and don't let me down."

Thinking about how she had been kept under house arrest in the woodshed by Xie Jinbao and was only released today because she was useful, Ping'er's face turned pale.

However, in order to gain Xie Jinbao's trust, she did not hesitate to betray her old master again.

"Miss, I know something. Please come with me and I will tell you in detail."

Meng Wenyao looked at Ping'er with a half-smile as she took two steps forward, and said calmly, "Let's talk here. I have something else to do."

Ping Er looked around and said in embarrassment, "Miss, there are so many people coming and going here, it's not good for people to see us, let's go to the Fanghua Garden wing room in front and talk. I don't want you to be suspected by the concubine."