Chapter 17: Changle Hou strikes again

Chapter 17: Changle Hou strikes again

Changle Marquis Mansion

"My Lord, is the Crown Prince really critically ill?"

Changle Hou's second wife Jiang Lanyan looked at Changle Hou, who was full of joy, and asked cautiously. When she heard the news, a barely perceptible gleam flashed in her eyes.

"Yes," Marquis Changle nodded, his eyes full of excitement, "I heard that the prince is very ill this time, and even the imperial doctors are helpless!"

This is simply a God-given opportunity!

I just learned about a magical medicine that can revive the dead and cure stubborn diseases, so I sent someone to get it back. I didn't expect that the prince would be critically ill. This is too good a match! If you don't take what God gives you, you will suffer the consequences!

"Hahahahaha, Yan'er, our chance has come." Marquis Changle couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and his eyes were shining.

"Yes, as soon as we get the pink Rui," Jiang's eyes flashed with a trace of calculation, "we will present it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and then..."

"Then we will surely be grateful to His Majesty and the Crown Prince," Changle Hou excitedly took over the conversation, "and our status will also rise!"

"Moreover," Marquis Changle stopped his pace and turned to look at Jiang, with a shrewd look in his eyes, "His Royal Highness Prince Le will surely be extremely grateful to us by then."

"My Lord, you mean...?"

"That's right." A glimmer of hope flashed in Changle Hou's eyes. "Everyone in the capital knows that His Royal Highness Prince Le values ​​the Crown Prince very much. As long as we save the Crown Prince, then our Wei'er can take this opportunity to become the Princess of Prince Le!"

As long as Wei'er marries His Royal Highness Prince Le, the status of Changle Marquisate will be completely different.

When Jiang heard this, a hint of joy flashed across her eyes. She knew that His Royal Highness Prince Le, the most handsome man in Longyuan Country, was elegant and graceful, and was simply the best husband that countless women dreamed of.

Speaking of these princes, their reputations in the boudoir are very good. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been weak for many years, and the Empress has always let him recuperate, so there have been no women around him.

The second prince Xiao Yichen's maid was not taken seriously and lived like a transparent person. The princess was the only female master in the whole palace, and no one cared about her. The two of them were happy and relaxed.

The third prince, King Wu Xiao Junchi, married the daughter of a military general. He practiced martial arts and swordplay all day long and could not interfere with other people.

The fourth prince, Xiao Wenxuan, the Prince of Music, likes music and spends his days traveling around the world with his guards. He has been married for several years, but he is not in a hurry at all.

Emperor Xiao and Empress Xu had been worrying about their son's marriage, but unfortunately Prince Le was not moved at all. The fact that the Xiao family's royal princes all practiced monogamy shocked the world.

The status of the legitimate wife has risen unprecedentedly. Many families, even if they are unwilling in their hearts, have to put on an attitude to please the emperor. Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor still has several concubines, otherwise, I don’t know how they would have lived.

Jiang was excited when she thought about her daughter marrying His Royal Highness Prince Le and living a life that everyone envied. That was great. Not only would her daughter be able to live together forever, but their Changle Marquisate would also be able to move to a higher level. If it weren't for the low status of the family, they might even dare to imagine the position of Crown Princess.

Their conversation gradually became heated, and all kinds of possible benefits and advantages were like rainbows, flying before their eyes. Among them, their daughter Lin Yuwei became their greatest hope.

"Lord," Mrs. Jiang thought of Lin Xiaozhi who was sent out, and her eyes moved slightly, "Lin Xiaozhi has been out for so many days, and there is still no news. Will there be any accidents? After all, Xi girl is the only one left in the Chang family now. Who knows what backup plan my sister will leave for her!"

Changle Hou thought of the loss of manpower when the Chang family was destroyed, and a sinister look flashed in his eyes, "Yan'er, don't worry. I have already sent more people to assist Lin Xiaozhi. I guarantee there won't be any more accidents!"

Shenjia Village, Taoyuan Town, Longshan County

Under the big tree, a group of grandmothers and aunts were talking about the recent strange things. The sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves and sprinkled on them, making their conversation seem even more mysterious and weird.

"Oh, I don't know what's going on recently, but everyone in our family is sleeping more soundly than the other. In the past, there were people staying up in the middle of the night and we had to get up, but now everyone sleeps until dawn." Mrs. Bai complained, her eyes full of confusion.

"Yes, I'm the same. I can sleep until dawn and I don't know why." Wang agreed, her eyes filled with the same confusion.

When the others heard this, they also started talking about it. In the end, everyone was surprised to find that among so many people sitting there, not a single one had gotten up to go to the bathroom. They looked at each other for a while, and their expressions couldn't help but show some strangeness.

"Ahem." Bai looked at the people with the same expression, and thought of something. She coughed awkwardly and asked, "So, did you wake up with wet sheets in the morning these few days?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They did not expect that Bai would suddenly jump into this topic. They looked at each other awkwardly and quickly looked away.

Wang kindly took over her good sister's words. She was also feeling a little upset, so she couldn't help but speak out.

"Why aren't they wet? I used to get up in the middle of the night to pee, but now I don't know how I can sleep until dawn and then find the sheets are wet." Wang said with a wry smile. She is already very old and her grandchildren are in their dozens, so she is not shy about this.

It was just that she always asked her daughter-in-law to change the bed sheets in the morning, which was very embarrassing. When other mothers-in-law and aunts heard Wang's words, they didn't care about the embarrassment and complained about the bad times.

Can you imagine sleeping well one night and having your bed wet the next day? Some wives and mothers-in-law don't wet the bed, but what about them with their grandchildren?

After a few days, the eldest grandson who was always darling became a little cabbage that was not loved by his grandmother and mother at night. The relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was more harmonious than ever, just so that they would not have to take care of that precious egg at night.

Other people don’t have these troubles, but being unable to get up at night... is obviously a little abnormal!

Especially Jiang, when she thought about waking up in the morning and seeing the head of the family collapsed in the house, she felt like a bolt from the blue!

He cried so hard that his tears fell down. Then he woke up in a daze and said that he came back late yesterday!

Coming back late?

You came back late and went to bed! Who are you trying to scare by lying on the floor pretending to be a corpse in the early morning?

Thinking of the head of the family, he explained aggrievedly that he didn't know what happened and fainted as soon as he stepped into the house, and it was her tears that woke him up.

Jiang still feels a lingering fear when she thinks about it now. Fortunately, the head of the family collapsed in the house at that time. If he had been frozen outside all night, the consequences would have been unimaginable!

"Is it because we are getting old? Maybe our bodies are starting to have problems?" a mother-in-law asked worriedly.

"That's not possible. Our bodies can't be in trouble. Wouldn't we all have problems at the same time?" Another aunt disagreed. Her youngest son hadn't even gotten married yet, so how could anything go wrong with her?

"Why don't we find a doctor?" suggested a timid old woman.

"I think we should hire a fortune teller!" Aunt Xinghua, who is usually very superstitious, said subconsciously.

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt silence all around her. When she looked up, she saw that everyone was staring at her intently.

She was so scared that she jumped and subconsciously asked, "What...what happened?" When she came to her senses, her face turned pale and she waved her hands quickly, "I...I...I didn't say anything! Don't talk nonsense!" Before she finished speaking, she disappeared in front of everyone.

Everyone looked at each other for a while, and quickly interrupted each other to talk about other topics, but their eyes still met from time to time, and it was obvious that they were still unsatisfied with the previous topic.

However, the Shen family believes in being worthy of heaven and earth, and ghosts and gods are always taboos. Some things are really not suitable to be said in such a public occasion. Therefore, everyone subconsciously communicated with the sisters with their eyes, indicating that they should talk in private.

Everyone chatted about a random topic for a while, then quickly found an excuse and dispersed.

Shen Laosan's wife, Zhao, who was listening nearby, was still not satisfied. When she saw that everyone had left, she had no choice but to take the melon seeds back home.

"Third brother's wife, you're back!" The second brother's wife, Xu, was teaching Lin Yuxi how to make warm shoes in winter. Seeing the third brother's wife coming back, she subconsciously greeted her.

"Second sister-in-law, fourth brother's wife!" Zhao's eyes lit up when she saw the two of them. She walked over quickly and subconsciously lowered her voice and asked mysteriously, "Guess what I heard at the entrance of the village just now?"

"Well, what did you hear?" Xu said casually while making the shoes in her hands.

Lin Yuxi also looked over curiously, "Sister-in-law, what gossip have you heard?"

Zhao lowered her voice and repeated the news she had heard. Then she said, "Isn't it amazing? I didn't expect that people in our village have been sleeping so soundly these past few days! I thought we were the only ones who slept so soundly!"

Xu stopped what she was doing and said thoughtfully, "There is something wrong with this!" She would not have noticed it if her third brother's wife hadn't mentioned it. The main reason was that the children in their second room were all grown up and would not wet the bed.

He slept very deeply these days, and she and the head of the household thought that he was tired from the busy farming season, so they didn’t think much about it. Who would have thought that this would be the case?

How are your parents these days?

Thinking of Shen Mingzhu who had been washing clothes for several days in a row, Xu's eyes flashed. Didn't she expect that her younger sister had changed so much this time?

Doing the work in silence?

Didn't call for help?

No complaints?

How could it be so incredible?

Lin Yuxi, who knew that her husband Shen Minghui had been putting drugs in her at night for several days in a row, smiled but said nothing. What was there to say? What's wrong with wetting the bed? It was much better than the whole family being wiped out in the plot and there being no living creature in the village!

Thinking of the people lying on the ground last night and the dangerous equipment they were carrying, Lin Yuxi's eyes flashed. At least these minions were caught, and the initial goal was achieved, wasn't it?