"My lord!" Yu Xiao Yun looked at him incredulously.
Cheng Jing Ze disregarded her anger, "Zheng'er is not a child anymore, he knows what he's doing."
"Absolutely not. How can the son of Yu Xiao Yun marry a woman with nothing?"
"Do you expect to get rich from your daughter-in-law's dowry? Our Cheng family has enough money, we don't lack a bit of icing on the cake."
"Who wants money? I want a well-educated daughter of an official family. What does that girl have? How will she help my son establish himself in the capital in the future?"
He had a蛊 snake as thick as an adult's wrist.
Cheng Bei Zheng couldn't help but think of this inappropriately and almost snorted with laughter. But seeing his mother's furious expression, he couldn't provoke her further. Mo Sang had said that his mother was prone to outbursts at this age, so he should indulge her a bit.
So he said, "Mo Sang's medical skills are superb, especially in conditioning women and enhancing beauty. For example, the spots and wrinkles on your face, her pills have miraculous effects. Why don't you try them?"
Yu Xiao Yun was stunned and instinctively touched her face, "Nonsense, where do I have spots?"
"Just those few spots under your eyes. You can cover them with powder now, but if they become more prominent, it won't do." Mo Sang swaggered in, directly hitting Yu Xiao Yun's sore spot with her words.
Before Yu Xiao Yun could get angry, she quickly took out two porcelain white bottles, "Beauty and Radiance Pills. Madam, would you like to try?"
What woman doesn't love beauty? Yu Xiao Yun looked at the two bottles, wanting to take them, but still said, "How do I know you won't lie to me? You talked back to me the day before yesterday, why are you so kind today?"
"Who told you to be my husband's mother?" Mo Sang was also helpless. The older sisters were right, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were indeed the most troublesome relationship in the world.
Seeing her waver, Cheng Bei Zheng urged, "Mother, just try them. Everyone in the capital is crazy about these pills, they're in short supply and hard to get for ordinary people."
Cheng Jing Ze said, "Son, don't worry about her. Daughter-in-law, if she doesn't want your pills, give them to your father. Your father really likes them."
Yu Xiao Yun snatched the two porcelain bottles, "Who says I don't want them? You old man, don't think I don't know what you're up to, trying to use my things to coax those little vixens. No way."
Cheng Bei Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. With his mother accepting the gift, it would be difficult for her to strongly object in the future. Once she experienced the benefits of the beauty pills, hehe...
Just after lunch, Zeng Wei Yang arrived. Yin Qiao was holding a gift box containing a longevity lock for Situ Yao.
She hadn't given a gift for the child's third day or full month, but now she remembered. Lu Nian Fu shook her head inwardly. She truly didn't know how to judge this concubine sister.
Qing Miao served tea, and Lu Nian Fu got straight to the point, "You don't come to the Three Treasures Hall without reason. Concubine Zeng, if you have something to say, just say it."
Zeng Wei Yang, however, fell to her knees with a thud, "I was wrong in the past. Sister, please, for Mother's sake, save my life."
Lu Nian Fu hated this kind of forced plea the most. Her beautiful eyebrows furrowed, "Concubine Zeng, I am not a goddess. Kneeling before me will not increase my divine power. You start by asking me to save your life without explanation. I dare not agree."
Zeng Wei Yang was momentarily stunned, then quickly wiped away her tears, "It was my mistake, Sister."
"If you know you were wrong, get up first."
Zeng Wei Yang did not dare to stall further, sat back down, and then said sadly, "Sister, I am pregnant."
"Isn't being pregnant a good thing?" Lu Nian Fu looked at her even more strangely. Could it be that Zeng Wei Yang was so bold as to actually cuckold Situ Jue?
"Normally, the secrets of the estate should not be revealed to pollute your ears, Sister, but I am truly desperate. The Princess Consort is not someone who tolerates others. Concubine Mei was punished to kneel after only one month of pregnancy, and she lost the child. Because of the delay in getting a doctor, she will never be able to conceive again. Now, the child in my belly is still small and not showing. But what will happen when the pregnancy progresses? I beg your magnanimity, Sister, to save my child and me."
Lu Nian Fu asked curiously, "She is so arrogant. Has the Prince not intervened?"
"Last night, His Highness saw Concubine Mei's tragic state and went to find the Princess Consort angrily, but nothing happened. Sister, I am of low status, and the Princess Consort is a princess. How could His Highness fall out with the Princess Consort for our sake."
"But what's in your belly is his flesh and blood."
Zeng Wei Yang became even more sorrowful, "His Highness already has heirs. What do the children in our bellies matter?"