Call Me The Mother of Quick Transmigration

Chapter 118 – The Widow’s Adopted Daughter (part 18)

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Soon, Xiang Zhong rushed over and whispered a few things to Zhao Fu.
After that, the people who served in Rippling Waves Hall were screened and cleared again.

Needless to say, Mrs.
Li and all the personnel related to the mung bean soup were cleaned out.
As for what happened to them… Nobody cared.

In Rippling Wave Hall, it was just as quiet as before, but the fate of many people had changed overnight.
Only the 18th prince and Wang Si Qin were calm and composed.

When they were about to sleep, the 18th prince suddenly asked, “Si Qin, do you think that I am too cold?”

Wang Si Qin was immersed in her book, so she didn’t react immediately.
She was stunned for a moment, then laughed when she realised what the 18th prince said.
“Those who become big don’t worry about these trivial matters.
If Your Highness turned from duty for the sake of love, then it would be something the servants would need to worry about!”

“Aren’t you afraid? Mrs.
Li was my wet nurse.
She has served me for many years, not taking credit and working hard,” the 18th prince said.

“But she betrayed Your Highness.
No matter why, betrayal is betrayal.
It can’t be forgiven!” said Wang Si Qin.

Although Wang Si Qin couldn’t see the 18th prince’s face, she felt that the 18th prince should be happy right now.

The mung bean soup incident came to a silent end.
A group of people died in the palace, then nothing else happened.

Yong An Mansion also received the news and Li Su sighed in relief when she heard the 18th prince was safe.
Si Qin would be fine if the 18th prince was fine.

“It was said that, due to Si Qin’s cleverness, the 18th prince is safe.
She noticed an abnormality,” said Xiao Qi Zhi.
His voice could not hide his praise for Si Qin.

He began to think that sending Si Qin to the 18th prince was a good idea.

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“Su Su, the palace sent rewards.
His Majesty gave you a reward under the guise of a reward to Imperial Princess.
You need to accept it.
The same goes for Si Qin,” Xiao Qi Zhi continued.

Li Su nodded.
“I see.
Thank you, uncle.”

“Don’t worry.
We have people around Si Qin, so she won’t get into trouble.
By the way, Si Qin sent a letter asking if you have any new scripts.
If so, she would like a few sent to her,” said Xiao Qi Zhi.

“Ah? Can I? Wouldn’t it be seen as sending things privately?” Li Su asked.

Li Su’s words made everyone else laugh.

Xiao Qi Zhi endured a smile.
“Princess is going to the palace tomorrow to pay her respects.
If you have anything you want to give to Si Qin, bring it in tomorrow!”

Li Su knew that she might have asked a stupid question, so she smiled, embarrassed.

The next day, Princess Qing Shan entered the palace.
She first greeted the empress dowager and the empress before going to Rippling Waves Hall.
The 18th prince went to study and Wang Si Qin was tidying up the study.
Wang Si Qin was a little excited when she heard that Princess Qing Shan was here.

“I pay my respects to the princess.”

“No need.
Get up quickly!” Princess Qing Shan was also happy to see her and beckoned her over.
She looked at Si Qin carefully and nodded in satisfaction.
“You have grown taller and have gained some weight.
I will go back and tell your mother and grandmother so they can rest assured.”

Wang Si Qin nodded.
“Everything is fine with me.
How is mother? How are grandmother and the others? Are they okay?”

“Everything is fine, but we miss you a lot.” Princess Qing Shan smiled and then asked a maid to take the package.
“Here is what your mother and everyone else prepared for you.
We can’t give you things to eat, so I brought something else.
There are some scripts that you asked for, and some clothes your mother made for you.
There is also silver.
Don’t treat yourself badly in the palace, okay? Remember what your uncle and granduncle said to you before you entered the palace.”

Wang Si Qin nodded.
Before she entered the palace, her granduncle told her several names and asked her to find those people if she needed anything.
They would help her.

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But, Wang Si Qin had never contacted those people.
She didn’t want to expose those relationships unless it was as a last resort.
No emperor would want to see his courtiers unite with those around him, even if they had no malicious intentions and merely wanted to protect themselves.

Granduncle and Princess Qing Shan obviously understood this, but still told her, just in case.

Wang Si Qin knew their feelings, but she had confidence that she could protect herself.

Princess Qing Shan felt it was a shame that Wang Si Qin was so sensible, but she admired Wang Si Qin’s self-confidence.

The two spoke for a while before the 18th prince came back and called out, “Third older sister!”

“Eighteenth younger brother is back,” Princess Qing Shan said with a smile.
She looked kindly at the 18th prince, just like an elder looking at a junior.
In fact, it was basically like this.
Some of Princess Qing Shan’s grandsons were a few years older than the 18th prince.
“Why does it seem like you are a little thinner? Is it because you’ve lost your appetite?”

The 18th prince smiled gently.

Princess Qing Shan had grown up in the palace, so she naturally understood what the food in the palace was like.
It seemed like it was the same.

Princess Qing Shan stopped talking.
The 18th prince said with a smile, “Third older sister can just speak.”

“Recently, the old madam can’t eat much.
My niece came up with a kind of food called liangpi1.
It is sour, spicy, and refreshing.
It is very appetising.
However, you know that this kind of food is not easy to send to the palace.
Why don’t I ask someone to write down the recipe and let the people in the imperial kitchens try to make it so that eighteenth younger brother can try it?” Princess Qing Shan said.

In fact, when Si Qin was not in the house, Su Su spent her time eating and writing scripts.
Su Su ended up making a lot of fresh food which the entire house enjoyed.
However, she had better not take risks in the palace.

The 18th prince nodded.
“Thank you, third older sister.” The feeling of someone caring about you is pretty good.
Third older sister treated him normally before.
She had only recently gotten closer.
The 18th prince knew why, but didn’t feel uncomfortable about it.

Yong An Mansion was a hereditary title.
They had always been loyal to father emperor and never participated in the battle of succession.
Their attitude was to stay away.
But, now that they were close, this revealed another attitude.

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Yong An Mansion was the arm left by father emperor for him.
For now, he could trust them.

Princess Qing Shan looked at the 18th prince, who was like a small adult.
She thought that her grandson, Yan Xi, who was the same age as 18th younger brother, would act like a child and jump into an adult’s arms, but 18th younger brother… The world admired the power the supreme seat held, but the world often forgot that to sit in that seat, one had to pay for it through things ordinary people couldn’t imagine.

To be standing at the top was a lonely position.
The heights were so cold!

After Princess Qing Shan left, the 18th prince practiced calligraphy.
Wang Si Qin stood aside and silently recited the book she had just read.
Suddenly, the 18th prince stopped writing.
“Is third older sister’s niece your mother? I’ve heard Bao’er mention her many times before.”

Wang Si Qin was stunned.
She didn’t quite understand the meaning of the 18th prince’s words.

“If you think about it, we are also relatives.”

Wang Si Qin was a little speechless.
Should she think like this? Probably not? His Highness was such an old man and he shouldn’t say such boring things.
“This servant doesn’t dare!”

The 18th prince continued.
“Third older sister is your grandmother by marriage, so I should be in your grandfather’s generation?”

Wang Si Qin looked at the 18th prince with wide eyes.

The palace ladies waiting around also looked at the 18th prince strangely.

Perhaps it was Wang Si Qin’s speechless expression that made the 18th prince happy.
Before Wang Si Qin could say anything, he continued to practice calligraphy.

Wang Si Qin looked at Zhao Fu, speechless.
“Your Highness, what’s the matter?”

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Zhao Fu looked at the 18th prince with a rare look and a smile.
His Highness had gotten livelier recently, which was good.
He was afraid that His Highness would be sad for a while due to Mrs.
Li’s betrayal.
As expected of His Highness!

Time passed and there was another disturbance in court.
The eldest son of Cheng En Gong forced himself on a married woman.
After he woke from his drunken stupor, he killed the witnesses to silence them, therefore killing all 7 family members.

His Majesty was furious, removed the position of Cheng En Gong’s eldest son, and had him caned 50 times.

Cheng En Gong had 3 younger brothers, but none had heirs.
There was only one son amongst the 3 of them and the rest were daughters.
Now that the only male had his title taken, who was going to inherit the title in the future?

Not long after, Princess Consort Chu’s eldest brother’s scandal broke out.
He had a mistress he was supporting.
Having a mistress was nothing out of the ordinary, usually, but Princess Consort Chu was from a family of esteemed scholars and their father was the Minister of Rites, so etiquette was of utmost importance.
Now, his son had caused such a thing.

Just when Prince Qi and Prince Chu were about to attack each other, the emperor dropped a bomb.
The 18th prince was decreed the crown prince.
Yong An Mansion was named as the crown prince’s imperial tutor.
State Official Zhen was the crown prince’s grandmaster.
Yong Ning Mansion was the crown prince’s high official.
State Official Qi would be the crown prince’s little master.
Yong Ping Mansion was the crown prince’s young teacher.
The Minister of War would serve to protect the crown prince.

After this imperial decree, Prince Qi and Prince Chu were stupefied.
They watched, stunned, as father emperor held Little Eighteen’s hand.
They watched Little Eighteen accept the bows of the civil and military officials.
Finally, they knelt down in front of father emperor.

At the same time, the emperor also named the deceased Highest Ranking Imperial Concubine Su as the crown prince’s mother as well as the empress.

As soon as the decree was announced, the empress fainted immediately.
After she woke up, she ran to the empress dowager’s palace and cried, “I am still alive.
Your Majesty decreed that Mrs.
Su is the empress.
Your Majesty, is this where I die?”

The empress dowager glanced at her stupid niece in disgust.
She was so smart as a child.
Why was she so stupid now?! Doesn’t she know what this means? She only cared about the position of the empress.
What an idiot! Why did she choose such an idiot to enter the palace in the first place?!

The empress dowager was not the emperor’s birth mother, so she had a very unstable position.
In order to win over the emperor, she brought her most outstanding niece into the palace and made her the empress.
She didn’t expect that the one she had carefully chosen to enter the palace would be such a dunce.
Not only did she not give birth to any children, but she was played by the emperor!

1.(凉皮) liangpi