freenovelworld Chapter 904 Requesting an Audience with the Empress Dowager!
Chapter 904 Requesting an Audience with the Empress Dowager!
When Mu Xin Nuan in the palace received the news, she was naturally overjoyed. She had always had a good impression of Lady Lu, and upon hearing that she had a son, she naturally instructed someone to send a reward to her.
Aunt Fang is indeed capable; the gifts for this reward were prepared well in advance, consisting mainly of high-quality tonics and health-preserving items for women.
However, the old woman who had returned to the palace with the good news whispered, "Your Majesty, it's just that this time, the Crown Princess's childbirth almost went wrong. Right now, the Princess Consort of Su is probably interrogating those two old women."
Mu Xin Nuan was taken aback, her expression changing drastically. "What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, we servants were ordered to attend to the Crown Princess. When it was time for her to give birth, we discovered that we needed to use labor-inducing drugs, but the two old women kept making excuses. It was only when the Princess entered the delivery room that we immediately ordered someone to bring the labor-inducing drugs to help her give birth."
Is that all?
"Later, the Crown Princess gave birth to a son. Just as the umbilical cord was being cut, I noticed that one of the old women was trying to reach out and touch the Crown Princess's lower body when no one was looking. At that time, because of the joy of the newborn prince, most people's attention was drawn to the little prince, so there were really not many people paying attention to the Crown Princess."
Did that person succeed?
As a healer, Mu Xin Nuan naturally knew that a woman is at her weakest during childbirth, making it extremely easy for someone to take advantage of her at that time.
"Your Majesty, I failed to succeed and was stopped by this servant. I remember that I shouted angrily at the time, which attracted the attention of the Princess and several nannies. At that time, my hand was holding that old woman's hand. Her hand was only half a foot away from the Princess."
"What a wicked servant! How dare you do such a heartless thing! Have you questioned him thoroughly?"
"Your Majesty, this is a matter I should not interfere with. After all, one of them is the dowry maid of the Crown Prince's wife, and the other is a servant born into the Prince Su's household. I dare not speak rashly."
"Hmph! I thought that getting rid of the Zhuang family would make the Prince Su's mansion cleaner, but I never expected that there would still be these villains causing trouble."
"Your Highness, please calm down. The Crown Princess is alright, isn't she? In my opinion, we should just wait for news from the Princess Consort," Aunt Fang advised.
Mu Xin Nuan nodded, knowing that at this point, whatever she said would be useless.
"Has this matter been informed to Madam Lu? That is, Madam He?"
"Your Majesty, the message has been delivered. When I returned, Madam Lu was already at Prince Su's residence."
"That's good. Since there's a dowry from the Lu family, I'm afraid there must be some unclean people in the Duke of Dingguo's mansion."
Lady Lu was unaware of all this, firstly because she was in postpartum confinement and the princess didn't want to upset her, and secondly because Princess Su didn't want to cause any more trouble while Lady Lu was in confinement.
As for the two old women, after interrogating them a few times, they were locked up directly.
Now that Lady Zhuang is no longer in the mansion, the woodshed of Prince Su's mansion is tightly locked up.
Because of this incident at the Prince Su's residence, Mu Xin Nuan was not in a hurry to release Duanmu Ya.
After the full moon celebration, the next day, Madam Lu washed up and finally left the house.
Seeing that she was recovering well, Princess Su then told her the whole story.
"That's your dowry maid, and I can't really deal with her. You can take her back. As for that old woman I pointed out to your courtyard earlier, you don't need to keep her here anymore. From now on, you're in charge of keeping a close watch on your own courtyard."
Lady Lu was startled, realizing from the princess's words that she did not intend to add any more people to her courtyard.
In other words, she can take whichever one she finds pleasing to the eye back with her?
"Yes, concubine."
"Don't rush to take him away. I've interrogated him several times, and your mother was present on two occasions. I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to handle. After careful consideration, I've decided that I still need to go to the palace. This is not a matter that you can decide on your own."
Madam Lu's heart skipped a beat. "Mother, does this involve the Duke of Dingguo's mansion?"
Princess Su knew she was intelligent, so she nodded. "Although I don't want you to know these things, there's no need to hide things from you about your family. I heard that your mother has been quite angry at home these past few days, and your grandmother has also fallen seriously ill from the anger."
"Has this matter already reached Grandmother's ears?"
As Lu listened to Princess Su's words, she roughly guessed who was involved. Her face turned pale and her body trembled.
“You are intelligent, and I know that this matter cannot be kept from you. However, you should also be prepared that some things are destined to be kept out of the open. Even if the Duke of Dingguo’s mansion wants to give you an explanation, it is impossible for them to really put this matter in the open.”
"Yes, Mother, I understand."
Princess Su sighed softly. She knew that her daughter was a sensible person, but when she thought of her grandson and daughter-in-law who had almost been plotted against, she naturally felt bad.
"Don't feel wronged yet. The child you gave birth to is a descendant of our Prince Su's Mansion and also a child of the Duanmu family. If someone dares to make a move against them, I naturally cannot let her off. However, this matter was requested by your grandmother, who only wanted to save face for the Lu family."
"Mother?" Madam Lu's voice was already choked with sobs.
“You are a good child, but there is no reason why good people should suffer injustice! Even if you are thinking of saving face for your family, I cannot let my grandson and daughter-in-law be taken advantage of for no reason.”
"Thank you, Mother." Madam Lu knelt down with a thud, her heart filled with extremely complicated emotions.
My guess was probably right.
But the more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became at being too clever. If she couldn't figure these things out, wouldn't everything be fine?
Princess Su had someone escort her back to her courtyard, and then presented her nameplate to enter the palace.
Princess Su was a smart woman. Since it involved the Duchess of Dingguo, she naturally wouldn't go directly to Mu Xin Nuan.
As soon as she entered the palace, she went to see the Empress Dowager.
When the Empress Dowager heard the whole story, she was naturally furious.
"I thought she was just a bit too clever for her own good, but I never imagined she would dare to do something so unconscionable. Does that mean the Princess Consort of Lu is no longer a member of the Duke of Dingguo's family?"
"Your Majesty, is there any need to say more? It's just to find a good future for her precious daughter. My poor daughter-in-law has to consider her family's reputation and doesn't want to make a big fuss about it."