Chapter 4 — The Princess has a thick face and a black heart

"You said the Bui family was short of money, the noble lady signaled you to marry the weak and useless Ninh family with a rich dowry, I endured it."

"But where is she weak? In front of her, I don't have even half the advantage. Now she's pregnant, but our Bui family's food still isn't any better."

I honestly laughed. The Bui family really wants to take over everything. Yet in their previous life, their plans were actually successful. Mrs. Bui, Concubine Bui, Bui Yen Le, right? We calculate new debt and old debt at the same time. So I had tears in my eyes and looked at Lieu Yen Nhi with sympathy.

"Master Liu is upright and honest. Every time my parents mention him, they praise him endlessly."

“How could someone like him embezzle military food and cheat on the exam?”

"Sigh, I also blame my husband. If he had come a step sooner, maybe Mrs. Lieu and the orphan in her womb could have saved it."

Lieu Yen Nhi looked like someone had nailed her to the spot, her teary eyes looked at me: "Do you believe my father is innocent?" Bui Yen Le immediately stood between me and Lieu Yen Nhi: "The entire Ninh family is a bunch of weak and useless people, what do they understand?"

"This Ninh Uyen Uyen is afraid that her jealousy will harm her baby, that's why she speaks so sweetly. Why do you care about her?"

Lieu Yen Nhi was half pulled and half hugged by Bui Yen Le. I sneered in my heart. If there wasn't a ghost in my heart, why would he be afraid of me mentioning Lord Lieu? During this month of pregnancy, I have not been idle. The Lieu family's injustice, as well as the "dragon fetus" of Concubine Bui, we have all investigated clearly. Hmm, if you dare to stretch your claws towards someone who cares, then just cut it off and be done with it. Bui Yen Le was afraid that if I said too much, Lieu Yen Nhi would discover something unusual, so every day she stayed by her side to explore the mountains and water. Today I went to Han Son to see the peach blossoms in the mountain. Tomorrow we go to the West again to ride horses. But they weren't in a hurry, which didn't mean that Concubine Bui and Mrs. Bui weren't in a hurry either. Here, on the tenth day after I discovered I was pregnant, Mrs. Bui happily called me over: "Concubine Bui was overjoyed when she heard that you were pregnant."

"Just insist that I take you to the palace and personally instruct you about the pregnancy."

I obey her wishes. After being patient for so long, I have really lost my patience. Not even a moment after sitting down, the noble concubine got straight to the point.

"Uyen Uyen, you and I were pregnant at the same time, thanks to the blessings of the Bui family's ancestors."

"This palace is locked in the palace, my heart is always uneasy, how about you and this palace each spend 100,000 taels of silver, let your mother take charge of repairing the Bui family's street, what do you think?"

I don't see anything wrong. A few days ago, when my elder sister came to visit, I specifically mentioned this matter. In the previous life, the eldest sister was tempted to take out 100,000 taels of silver, but when it was time to repair the hall, old lady Bui used all kinds of different lists to ask for another 200,000 taels of silver. In the end, all that silver was given by Mrs. Bui to Concubine Bui to help the Third Prince compete for the throne. Before leaving, the eldest sister also gave many instructions: "Don't listen to what the noble concubine said so well. In fact, she has never spent a penny.” So I immediately had tears in the corner of my eyes: "What you don't know, my father's body has been cold since childhood. Before getting married, my mother was worried that my father would delay the succession of the Bui family, so she bowed her head step by step, praying for my father to be given a statue of Quan Am Tong Tu.

"And promised that in the future, if my father can conceive a child, he will use the entire dowry to restore the temple. Currently, all the silver checks in Uyen Uyen's dowry have been donated."

"But you can rest assured, mother and husband are both the most filial people. If the 100,000 people prepared are not enough, mother and husband will definitely make up for it."

Concubine Bui's face stiffened, and she was speechless after being provoked by me for half a day. The emperor's appearance broke the quiet atmosphere in the palace: "Every day you talk about your mother's house, why now that your family has arrived, your beloved concubine doesn't pay attention to them anymore?" Concubine Bui immediately changed her look to be both happy and afraid of being favored: "Why is the saint here?"

“Dong Tuyet, quickly bring up the chestnut cake that the saint likes the most.”

Dong Tuyet, who had just been standing behind Concubine Bui, immediately gave me a barely perceptible nod, then quickly bowed and walked towards the preparation room.