Chapter 321 - Jian Qingyue

Song Yixiao looked at her for a long time before saying word by word，”It is impossible.”

Seeing Wei Mengying’s face changed, as if she was about to threaten again, Song Yixiao already raised her hand and pointed to the door, “Do you want to threaten me with death? You can go ahead. I want to see if you dare to give up the honor of being the princess consort now.”

“How would I want to die with you?” Wei Mengying stopped sobbing, she raised her eyebrow and said unhappily, “But this matter you only need to slightly hint with Gu Shao. Gu Shao will help Duke of Yan’s mansion. She is his granddaughter, even if a concubine’s daughter, she is not worried about getting married. I don’t hope such a small help would let you and I have conflict.”

She also knew that there was already a gap between them, so she spoke of her children, “Guanyun and their siblings will grow up in the future, if they know that the two of us do not get along well, won’t they also be feeling difficult?”

“Your request this time is really not difficult for me.” Song Yixiao said expressionlessly, “I comply with you this time, but can you guarantee that you won’t play the same trick again next time? In the long run, I will be a pawn in your hand.”

She laughed, “Mother, you should give up this idea. Do you think I am Wei Chan? I will not be fooled by your words as an elder. I do care about Guanyun and other siblings, but not so much that I’ll do anything for them.”

“After all, even if the eldest sister is the mother, you, the real mother, and Prince of Hengshan, the real father, are still alive. It’s not my turn to be a father and mother to them.”

“I have a daughter of my own now. She is the one who needs my wholehearted care.”

“You also stop using the identity of the biological mother to press me. Grandma is still alive, and I see very clearly how you treat the Wei Family.”

“So even if you want to blame me for being unfilial, then all I can say is that a crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.”

Hearing this, Wei Mengying’s face turned blue.

After a long time, she said, “You even said such words. Do you plan to break off the relationship with me completely?”

“How is that possible?” Song Yixiao resumed her pleasant demeanor and said gently, “You misunderstood me. Although you and I are both considered to be married into the purple, we are both without the care of our mother’s family. You come from an ordinary family, and the Wei Family can do nothing for you. I am not popular, and you are not truly thinking more about me. Therefore, if we do not support each other and keep HYPERLINK “C:/software/YoudaoDict8.9.6/Dict/8.10.3.0/resultui/html/index.html” l “/javascript:;” ostensible touch, not only more people will see our jokes, but also for you and me to consolidate our position in the husband’s family is not conducive.”

She said sincerely, “Although what I said just now was very disrespectful to you, I think that with Mother’s generosity, when you walk out from here, you can certainly behave joyfully. Harmony on the surface is easy for you.”

Looking at her calm and relaxed appearance, Wei Mengying smiled but not angry, “Although Guanyun and another two children are young and can’t show much, I expect that even if they grow up, they may not be more outstanding than you.”

Song Yixiao answered directly, “Thank you for your praise. If you don’t have anything else to do, I’ll call someone to see you off?”

“No.” Wei Mengying indignantly got up and left with such force that the silver dangling ornament at her temple shook violently, tassels in the air in a very sharp arc.

But as Song Yixiao said, she hated her disobedient eldest daughter, but she didn’t want others to know that their mother-daughter relationship was broken. After all, having a son-in-law who got along well with the crown prince would only do her good.

As soon as she left the room, she didn’t show her anger anymore and chatted with Aunt Yun and the others who were guarding outside the door. She asked Song Yixiao’s birth process and recovery in great detail, and went to the next room to see her granddaughter.

Finally, she sighed, “I wanted to ask her these questions, but I saw her was very tired, so I can only ask you.”

Aunt Yun and the others said that these are small things, and that she was considerate of Song Yixiao.

When Wei Mengying saw that she had almost finished pretending to be a loving mother, she excused herself and left on the pretext that there were still things need to do.

After she left, Song Yixiao ordered the maid to bring her daughter in.

Newborns grew fast, and after one night, the original crumple little face had been stretched out quite a bit. The baby’s face was becoming more like her father, which made Song Yixiao felt a little disappointed. After all, After all, she had worked so hard to give birth to a baby who wanted to be more like herself.

But Jian Xubai looked handsome and elegant. It was beneficial to her daughter.

“Why is her skin still so red?” After hugging for a while, Song Yixiao asked Aunt Yun in confusion, “Does this matter?”

“Children who are just born are like this. If the skin is red now, the fairer it will be in the future. After ten days or so, it will recover, and by then it will be fair-skinned and tender. Don’t worry, Madam!”

Hearing this, Song Yixiao felt relieved. She hadn’t fully recovered, so she felt tired after holding her daughter. Afraid of dropping the baby, she put the swaddle on the couch, pulled it over the corner of the quilt, and asked herself what had happened during her sleep.

Aunt Yun said, “Many people have sent gifts, and those who came to congratulate in person have mostly gone to visit young lady. The Empress Dowager, the Virtuous Consort, Majesty and other people in the palace all gave rewards.”

At this point, Aunt Yun thought for a while and told her, “I heard that your father-in-law seemed to have said something unpleasant when he heard the news. He was ordered by the Grand Princess not to come to the Duke’s mansion to visit the young lady, and he was not even allowed to attend the young lady’s one-month-old banquet.”

Song Yixiao said, “What did Father say?”

Aunt Yun said, “He dislikes girls. But you do not need to care about this, after all, the Grand Princess is in charge of the Grand Princess’s mansion. The Princess is extremely fond of the young lady and yesterday she held the young lady and looked for a while. Before leaving, she urged the servants to make sure the young lady was well served. As for His Highness, he also feels very happy. If not for the Council of Censorate these two days are busy, I’m afraid that His Highness will take leave to accompany you and the young lady.”

“What happened?” Song Yixiao was a little surprised, “It’s only the beginning of the new year, how come the Council of Censorate is busy?”

What could make the Council of Censorate busy must be no small matter. Probably a big turmoil happened in the court!

In the second half of last year, a series of arrangements were proof that Emperor Xianjia was hoping to solve the problem in a peaceful manner. It was only the turn of the year, had the emperor’s mind changed again?

Song Yixiao was thinking about it, then Aunt Yun said, “It seems that someone submitted a letter to the Council of Censorate to report Huang Jingting, the Minister of Justice, to receive bribes, invert justice, and murder people in cold blood.”

Song Yixiao suddenly understood, “Since the emperor wants the crown prince to ascend the throne, then why can the charge of the murder case in Jianling continue to blame on the Eastern Palace? Last year, the emperor did not mention it, probably because he was afraid that the people in the court would not know his intention, which would affect the Grand Princess Daiguo and her husband. Then he simply delayed this thing.”

A year had passed. Everyone was also fully aware that the Empress Dowager and the emperor, despite having reached a compromise in support of the crown prince to inherit the throne, also wished to preserve Grand Princess Daiguo and her husband. Now if someone wants to HYPERLINK “C:/software/YoudaoDict8.9.6/Dict/8.10.3.0/resultui/html/index.html” l “/javascript:;” reverse the  HYPERLINK “C:/software/YoudaoDict8.9.6/Dict/8.10.3.0/resultui/html/index.html” l “/javascript:;” verdict, no one should doubt the Grand Princess Daiguo and her husband.

Of course, the presiding officer of the murder case in Jianling, Huang Jingting, was not so lucky. He would be dead this time.

After all, to prove that the crown prince was innocent, Huang Jingting’s original decision must have turned out to be wrong. In fact, it was indeed wrong. At that time, the case was so serious that Huang Jingting could have been convicted even if it was ordinary people who were wrongly accused, let alone the people was the crown prince.

Last fall, although the fight for the title of heir to the throne was determined in an unspoken and relatively peaceful manner under the pressure of Emperor Xianjia.

At the beginning of the second lunar month, when everything was alive, the cruelty of the party struggle was once again displayed in front of people in a bloody way.

“Thought about this,” Song Yixiao changed the subject and said, “Have the child had a name? Have you and Jian Xubai talked about this?”

When she was pregnant, the couple came up with almost two hundred names.

But in the end, it was not determined.

Now that the child was born, perhaps Jian Xubai had already made his decision.

However, Aunt Yun said, “Yesterday the Grand Princess did not mention the name. In the evening, the Duke thought about the name, but later he felt that he should wait until you wake up to have a discussion and determined together.”

Song Yixiao could not help smiling when she heard this, “My husband is really considerate. Since the baby is our child, of course we should discuss the name together.”

She thought about it when she asked.

If Jian Xubai dared to set the name alone, she must be quarreling with him after she finished the HYPERLINK “C:/software/YoudaoDict8.9.6/Dict/8.10.3.0/resultui/html/index.html” l “/javascript:;” confinement  HYPERLINK “C:/software/YoudaoDict8.9.6/Dict/8.10.3.0/resultui/html/index.html” l “/javascript:;” in  HYPERLINK “C:/software/YoudaoDict8.9.6/Dict/8.10.3.0/resultui/html/index.html” l “/javascript:;” childbirth.

Song Yixiao was happy when Aunt Yun continued, “Just before noon, Grand Princess let Jiayue visit her. When she heard that you were still sleeping, she went to see the young lady. She said that the Grand Princess had gone to the palace this morning. The Empress Dowager was very happy to learn that young lady was healthy and lovely, and they finally talked about young lady’s name. The Empress Dowager heard that you had not yet thought of a name, so she said she wanted to come up a name for the young lady.”

Song Yixiao, “…”

What did she mean that we haven’t thought about a name?

We thought of nearly a hundred names for each gender.

This could not be called we haven’t thought about a name.

They just didn’t pick the right one.

But it was useless to accuse her mother-in-law. This evening, Jian Xubai had not returned yet, but the Empress Dowager’s decree arrived first.

As Song Yixiao could not get out of bed yet, the Empress Dowager gave her permission to lie down and listen to the imperial decree. Song Yixiao originally intended to kneel on the couch, but in the end, she was stopped by Yuguo, who delivered the decree.

After an afternoon of discussion with the Grand Princess Jinguo and Yuguo, the Empress Dowager decided to name the first daughter of Jian Xubai and Song Yixiao “Qingyue”.

“The Empress Dowager thought that when the young lady was born yesterday, there was not a full moon, but silver frost covered all over the ground. This is more elegant than the full moon.” Yuguo finished the decree then smiled explained the origin of the name to Song Yixiao. “The Empress Dowager originally intended to name the young lady ‘Qing Yue’, from the words of the ancient poet, ‘the wind is clear and the moon is glittering, the natural rhythm is the beauty of the boudoir’. But after the Grand Princess reminded her, the word ‘Yue’ is used more often by girls nowadays, which is too banal, so it was changed to the homophonic word ‘Yue’.”

“The Grand Princess thought that the name ‘Qingyue’ lacked some girl’s feeling, but the Empress Dowager felt that as the eldest daughter, young lady should have a name that can symbolize courage. Later, when the Emperor went to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager, he met her and also said that ‘Qing Yue’ was a good name, which was not charming, but elegant and graceful”

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor both thought it was a good name. Even Song Yixiao was the mother, what could she say?

Even Jian Xubai, the biological father could only say thanks in this situation.

Song Yixiao regretted not being able to name her daughter herself, but at the same time she could only comfort herself, “The Empress Dowager’s was notable and the name will be of great benefit to the child’s future.”

Grand Princess Daiguo specially went to the palace to ask the Emperor Xianjia to name for her granddaughter before.