It was in the capital.

It was not until the day after the banquet that Wei Changying learned of the news that Su Yuwu had been seriously injured and poisoned, and that her second aunt, Wei Zhengyin, had requested Ji Qubing to get into a carriage and set off to Eastern Hu to save her son. ''Miracle Doctor Ji has lost his temper and refuses to come." "Young madam, Miracle Doctor Ji said that you are very healthy. There is no need for him to keep coming to visit you." "Miracle Doctor Ji is outside. Young madam, you should rest assured." During the days before her labor and even on the day of her labor, she had heard all these lies.

Also, when during her month of rest, Mrs. Huang had said, "Miracle Doctor Ji said our tiny young master is very healthy and will be free from illnesses and disasters for the rest of his life." That was also complete nonsense.

Having learned the truth, Wei Changying was very angry. However, as for the fact that Wei Zhengyin had taken Ji Qubing away despite her niece's imminent labor day, Wei Changying understood Wei Zhengyin's feelings because now she had just become a mother and her labor had gone smoothly. What was more, she hadn't needed Ji Qubing.

Besides, Mrs. Huang's decision that she didn’t send anyone to get Ji Qubing back was right. Before Wei Changying’s labor day, Ji Qubing, Mrs. Huang, and Madam Su had believed that she would give birth smoothly. So under the circumstances, Wei Changying couldn't have done such a thing as just to keep Ji Qubing here as a safeguard, leaving her lineal cousin, her lineal aunt's only son, to die.

What she was furious about was that Mrs. Huang had taken it upon herself to decide to lie to her and that Mrs. He and others had helped her. Most annoyingly, they had been completely successful in doing it!

This meant that if these grannies were united, she, the mistress, would just become a puppet!

Before she was married, when Madam Song had been teaching her how to control people, Madam Song had warned her about this. Although Wei Changying had been naughty at that time, she had listened to her.

Presumably, Wei Changying was going to punish someone this time and the first should of course be Mrs. Huang.

The news, that all the servants in the Jintong Courtyard were being punished right after having been rewarded on account of the second grandson master having become one month old, spread instantly. Mrs. Huang, Mrs. He, and Mrs. Wan were punished the most, having half a year's allowance taken away. Hearing this, Madam Su knew her daughter-in-law wanted to discipline them in case that they dared to get together to deceive her again.

Madam Su was satisfied that Wei Changying was able to become ruthless in order to discipline the grannies in her dowry. She then advised her daughter-in-law, "It's not right for your servants to deceive you, but it depends on what it is. Like this time, it is reasonable, and they had informed me and had gotten my permission. If you want to punish them, you can. But you need to be fair in meting out rewards and punishments. You need to reward them when they deserve it as well."

"So they had asked for your permission, Mother? I thought they even lied to you! Thank you for telling me, Mother! I will go and make some changes." Wei Changying humbly accepted the advice.

However, as she had just punished them, it would be awkward to reward them. Naturally, Madam Su would need to offer the future mistress a chance to remedy her fault gracefully. Thus, she called the head servants of the Jintong Courtyard and Wei Changying together in front of her. She then explained in public that it was her decision to allow everyone to lie to Wei Changying. Since Wei Changying had this chance, though she didn't announce that she would not punish them, she gave them rewards for being "compassionate".

Punishments and rewards were balanced evenly. Everything was clear. In the end, they were rewarded more than they were punished.

In this way, the grievances among the servants caused by the punishment disappeared.

While Madam Su was thinking her third daughter-in-law was worth teaching, Wei Changying was amusing her son with a rattle, smiling, and apologizing to Mrs. Huang, "Sorry, I have made you suffer, Granny."

Mrs. Huang said she didn't deserve her apology.

Wei Changying said casually with a smile, "Actually, having heard your explanation, I know that as you are a considerate person, you must have reported it to Mother. It's just that although you did it for my good, you lied to me. I don't want to punish you, but I was worried that someone would complain to Mother. They might criticize me for being useless and think once the people around me united to lie to me, I would believe anything they say! This is why I had to punish you. However, if I just had gone ahead and punished you, I might have made Mother lose face. So I pretended not to know that you had already reported it to Mother."

"In this way, Mother has given me some advice. Everyone is happy. No one's feelings are hurt and nobody can take advantage of anything. It's just that I put you to great inconvenience, my grannies." Seeing her son was sleepy, Wei Changying stopped shaking the rattle, gently placed it on the table next to the cradle, and put it down slowly. Then she said to Mrs. Huang seriously, "Now I have Shuguang to worry about, so it is not like the old days when I could explain things clearly to you before acting. Please don't be upset about it, Granny. You were given by my grandmother, so I see you as my elder."

Mrs. Huang sighed in her mind, thinking that Wei Changying was becoming more and more like a Head Mother. Usually, an independent Head Mother never treated a servant as her elder. There must be a distance between a mistress and her servants.

Wei Changying had regarded Mrs. Huang and Mrs. He as her elders. Even if she had become angry, she had been like an upset child. They had been close and there had been no distance between them, so she had had no air of authority.

It had been fine when she had been a young lady and when she had just become married, not having charge of the family. But now she had her first son. Now that she was a mother, she had to take up the responsibilities of a mother. She could no longer be the same as before. As the Family Mother of gentlefolk, if she kept listening to her servants about everything, how would it sound if others knew about it? While the people laughed at Wei Changying for being useless, they would also suspect that Mrs. Huang deliberately clung to her to give orders through her. This would do no good for either of them.

Thanks to Mrs. Huang's attentive advice and impeccable support since she came into the family as her dowry, Wei Changying could learn so fast. Her teaching was very successful. Now Wei Changying became more and more like a Family Mother, but she gradually distanced herself from Mrs. Huang. She had been like Mrs. Huang's junior, but now there was a distance between the mistress and the servant, where they could respect each other without crossing the line between the superior and the inferior, and which could properly demonstrate Wei Changying's authority.

Mrs. Huang felt slightly regretful, but she understood that Wei Changying must become a person like that sooner or later if she wanted to live well in the Shen Family. If she could learn fast and become a proper Family Mother early, Madam Song would be relieved. So would Mrs. Huang herself. After all, the future of the servants in Wei Changying's dowry depended on Wei Changying. Although Wei Changying distanced herself from Mrs. Huang, she still trusted and relied on her.

A melancholy feeling flashed through Mrs. Huang's mind. Mrs. Huang smiled, saying, "Young madam, as long as it's good for you, I will even die for you."

Having spoken about these things, Wei Changying told Shen Shuguang's wet nurse, Mrs. Zhao, to come over and look after the baby in the cradle. She got up and took Mrs. Huang to the main hall to talk about Su Yuwu, "How was my fifth cousin severely injured? Everyone in the Su Family came yesterday, so I guess he is not in a critical condition, is he?"

"The Second Madam and Miracle Doctor Ji met the Liu Family's carriage which was used to send the fifth young master of the Su Family and the young master of the Pei Family to the capital, so they were treated at a station. Thankfully, the Liu Family had sent someone over to say that the poison was mainly You Lai He, and Miracle Doctor Ji happened to have a ready-made antidote. Therefore, the two young masters' conditions were stabilized immediately." Mrs. Huang said emotionally, "It was really close! It was said that Miracle Doctor Ji also said that there would have been no point in doing anything if things had been delayed by another three or five days."

Wei Changying was surprised, asking, "How are they now?" She trusted Ji Qubing's medical knowledge, but she hadn't seen the people from the Su Family looking sad. Instead, they had been talking cheerfully while they had been present to give their congratulations at the banquet. This was natural for her first aunt, Madam Qian, but her maternal grandmother, Old Madam Deng, was a person who loved her children so much. If there was something wrong with Su Yuwu, how could her maternal grandmother not show signs of it?

Having made this speculation, Wei Changying had thought her cousin, Su Yuwu, had been badly injured without suffering anything exceptional. Although Ji Qubing was the only one in the country who could treat You Lai He poison, there would be nothing to worry about since Ji Qubing had gone with them. Wei Changying was surprised by what Mrs. Huang had said. So, Su Yuwu had had a narrow escape from death, and even Ji Qubing was glad for him.

Wei Zhengyin, her second aunt, had only one son. Wei Changying had already seen how difficult it was for her eldest aunt Wei Shengxian and her second sister-in-law from her husband's family, Duanmu Yanyu, because they had no sons. Therefore, she was worried that if there was anything that happened to Su Yuwu... Su Yuwu was not yet married and had no children. If something happened to him, what could Wei Zhengyin do?

"Now they are returning, traveling gently. The Liu Family used the best medicine on the two young maters' injuries. Their conditions had been critical as they had been poisoned. Since the poison has been treated, their conditions have stabilized." Seeing Wei Changying's serious look, Mrs. Huang quickly said, "However, Miracle Doctor Ji said that some herbs were added in the You Lai He poison, which had slightly changed its nature. The antidote used only for You Lai He can't clear the poison, so he needs to come back to the capital and think about what to do. The two young masters had many wounds, so the Second Madam is worried that their wounds might open up, so she ordered the carriage to drive slowly. They will arrive at the capital perhaps the day after tomorrow. Young madam, don't worry. Miracle Doctor Ji is there. Nothing will happen. Otherwise, Old Madam Deng and the others wouldn't have been in the mood to see our tiny young master yesterday, would they?"

Wei Changying was slightly more relieved, sighing, "This is really... They went there to make achievements on the border but how did it come to turn out like this?" Although things were uncertain on a battlefield, Wei Changying thought these few people were all outstanding men in their families, and their elders had fought to gain these opportunities for them. They had hoped that their children would make their mark rather than die there. Thus, even if these people went into battle, they would certainly be well protected. However, in less than a year, none of the five people who had gone to Eastern Hu had received any benefits. Instead, they all suffered a lot. Wei Changying couldn't help but start to worry for her husband.

Mrs. Huang watched her and realized that she was thinking of Shen Cangfeng because of Su Yuwu, so she tried to comfort her, "It was an accident in Eastern Hu. They happened to be ambushed by the northern Rong tribe. There were also shamans and good archers. Our young master is mature and calm, so it won't happen to him."

She then said in a low voice, "Isn't the young master of the Liu Family injured the least? Our young master wouldn't even be like that! Having heard the news, our Madam immediately sent someone to deliver a letter to Western Liang, telling our young master to be careful. It's better to miss a good opportunity rather than rashly attack! The Shen Family's Thorn Hedge soldiers always follow our young master. Young madam, do not worry. The Family Head and the Madam are our young master's parents. Now that something had happened in Eastern Hu, the Family Head and the Madam are concerned for the young master. We didn't tell you about what happened to the young master of the Song Family as we were worried that you might fret too much about our young master."

Western Liang was the Shen Family's hometown, and Shen Cangfeng was the next Family Head. Therefore, his safety was definitely a top priority. If the Liu Family could protect Liu Youzhao well enough that he was the least injured this time, the Shen Family would only do even more for Shen Cangfeng to ensure a similar fate.

Wei Changying breathed a sigh of relief, secretly praying that God would bless Shen Cangfeng to spend the three years peacefully and that the whole family would have a smooth reunion.