Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 1074 - 1072_1

Chapter 1074: Chapter 1072_1

The Princess, Prince An’s wife, heard this and sighed, "Alas, you’re right. I can’t really be happy in the residence, it’s better to return home."

Shangguan Ruixi’s words spoke straight to the heart of Prince An’s wife. How could she not be sad and eat or sleep poorly these past few days!

Zhuan’er was such a lively child, but simply vanished. She couldn’t help her tears every time she thought of him, and her own daughter....

Alas, why is her fate so turbulent!

This residence is full of sorrow. It’s indeed not conducive to nurturing a baby. It’s good that Du Yijin can go back to her mother’s house to nurture her pregnancy.

"However, you must remember to allot more people to serve Yijin and never make any mistakes." She wouldn’t be able to bear any more pain!

Shangguan Ruixi agreed upon hearing this: "I will, don’t worry!"

Having received permission from the Princess, Prince An’s wife, Shangguan Ruixi couldn’t wait to send Du Yijin back to her mother’s house to nurture her pregnancy.

He even arranged for two matrons, two cooks, and eight maids to go and serve her, a number that was even larger than the entirety of Du Mansion’s servants.

Mr. Du was somewhat taken aback by the squad who was sending out Du Yijin. However, seeing Shangguan Ruixi’s anxious concern for his daughter gave him joy.

The neighboring households noted this, and some even began instructing their own daughters on the principle of marrying rich husbands and bearing high-ranking sons, encouraging them to find good families to marry into, just like Miss Du of the Du Mansion.

After Shangguan Ruixi returned to his own courtyard, Prince An’s wife sent out invitations to the Fifth Princess and Fu Ranhui, hoping they could find the time to visit and persuade Shangguan Wanru.

The Fifth Princess and Fu Ranhui came the next morning after receiving the invitations. However, Shangguan Wanru did not see them and continued to shut herself in her room.

No matter what the Fifth Princess and Fu Ranhui said, there was no response from her.

After both of them had taken turns to persuade her for half a day, they felt somewhat discouraged seeing no response from her.

"What to do? Zhuan’er’s death has been a huge blow to Wanru, and she won’t listen to anyone." The Fifth Princess looked worriedly at the closed room door, speaking to Fu Ranhui.

"A married woman tends to value the lives of her husband and children more than her own. It’s inevitable for Wanru to feel heartbroken," Fu Ranhui thought for a moment and said.

"Maybe Xiao’er has a way to console her, should we ask Xiao’er?" The Fifth Princess remembered that Xiao’er had a great relationship with Shangguan Wanru. Regrettably Xiao’er could not come due to her pregnancy, but they could tell Xiao’er about Shangguan Wanru’s situation and have her brainstorm some solutions since Xiao’er always had the most ideas.

Fu Ranhui hesitated for a moment upon hearing this and shook her head, "I have business at home that I need to attend to, I won’t be going. You go and ask."

The Fifth Princess didn’t think much about this and agreed. Too many visitors would probably disturb Xiao’er, and the sixth prince might not be pleased anyway. Thus, she said, "Alright then! I will go and ask. After asking, will you come with me tomorrow to persuade Wanru?"

Fu Ranhui nodded, giving her consent.

After the two left Prince An’s mansion, the Fifth Princess went to Prince Rui’s mansion to find Xiao’er.

At that moment, Shangguan Xuanyi happened to be out. Upon hearing this, the Fifth Princess breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao’er found this amusing: "Will your sixth royal brother eat you? Look how scared you are!"

The Fifth Princess exaggeratedly laughed: "He won’t kill me, but he did declare that we must not disturb you unless necessary, so you can nurture your pregnancy peacefully! You don’t know, I could be said to have risked my life to come see you!"

Xiao’er laughed at her overdramatic response: "Alright, you better tell me why you risked your life to find me, if you don’t, your sixth royal brother will be back."

The Fifth Princess didn’t dare to delay upon hearing this, she quickly shared about Shangguan Wanru’s situation: "Xiao’er, you usually have the most ideas, don’t you have any methods to persuade Wanru? At least let her stop shutting herself in her room and playing the flute. You know Wanru’s flute sounds are deafening. Shangguan Ruixi had to send Yijin back to her mother’s house to nurture her pregnancy!"

Xiao’er was silent for a moment. Shangguan Wanru locking herself in her room and continuously playing the flute might not just be because she missed Zhuan’er, but more because she wanted an answer.

But now that the situation had been exposed, the people on the other side should know that Shangguan Xuanyi knew about their communication via flute. How could they possibly use the flute to give Shangguan Wanru an answer? Wouldn’t they fear that Shangguan Xuanyi would arrest them!

"The Princess is just overly heartbroken now. She’ll understand eventually.

After all, Shangguan Wanru has always treated Zhuan’er as the pillar of her life.

She would get restless if she was away from Zhuan’er for a bit longer than usual. It’s normal for her to not be able to acclimate immediately." Xiao’er was unsure of how to comfort Shangguan Wanru.

Moreover, since these events involve herself, she should avoid trying to persuade Shangguan Wanru.

"How long will it take? If she keeps acting like this, she won’t go mad, but she will drive the people around her crazy. Xiao’er, can’t you think of a method to persuade her? I think Wanru is really pitiful. Today, Ranhui and I tried to persuade her for half the day, and she ignored us."

"Yes, I was going to ask her to come with me to ask if you had any solutions, but she said she had things to do at home and didn’t come."

Xiao’er seemed thoughtful upon hearing this. Why does Fu Ranhui appear to be avoiding her recently?

Last time, she had asked Jingrui to bring some treats to Zhao Youwei, but when she sent someone later to ask if the things had been prepared, Fu Ranhui said it wasn’t necessary. Fu Ranhui hadn’t even attended the celebration for the baby.

Until now, they have not met again.

"Xiao’er, do you have any methods? Tell me quickly, tomorrow Ranhui and I will go together to comfort Wanru at Prince An’s residence."

"I..." Xiao’er was about to say, what could she possibly do, when Shangguan Xuanyi came in. He was frowning, clearly displeased, he glared coldly at the Fifth Princess. His gaze was icy with a hint of warning, "Didn’t I say that if there’s nothing important, don’t bother Xiao’er?"

The Fifth Princess felt a shiver run through her upon being glared at by Shangguan Xuanyi. She didn’t understand why the sixth prince seemed genuinely furious today!

But she just came to ask Xiao’er for some advice, not to have her moving around. Why was he so angry? The Fifth Princess was a bit confused.

"That, Brother Shangguan, the Fifth Princess just came to..." Xiao’er noticed that the Fifth Princess was frightened by her man, so she wanted to ease the tension. However, Shangguan Xuanyi interrupted her. He coldly looked at the Fifth Princess and said irritably: "Aren’t you leaving yet?"

The Fifth Princess was quite certain that the sixth prince took the wrong medicine today and was quite dangerous. A gentleman doesn’t stand under a dangerous wall, so the Fifth Princess quickly left. Next time, she’ll visit again when the sixth prince isn’t home!