I married the crippled queen and became the most favored queen in the capital

"Okay, Rui'er, stop trying to persuade me. It's getting cold. Let's go back. Don't let yourself get frozen."

Chu Hanrui shook his head firmly.

"No, I want to kneel with you."

"Rui'er, be obedient and go back quickly."

"Brother, don't try to persuade me. If you don't leave, I won't leave either."

Chu Hanxiang turned his head and glanced at him. Seeing his resolute attitude, he stopped talking and just knelt quietly...

Although the weather in early October is not too cold, it is cold enough to make people shiver at night.

After the hour of Xu, the weather becomes even colder.

Chu Hanxiang, however, knelt there quietly and motionlessly like a Buddha statue.

Chu Hanrui couldn't hold on any longer and began to shiver.

Hu Jiaoyue stood in the distance, looking at Chu Hanxiang kneeling there, feeling indescribable feelings in her heart.

Although Chu Hanxiang had ignored her over the years, she loved him in her heart. Seeing him so persistent for a woman, she was angry and hated him, but more of it was heartache.

She took off her cloak, walked slowly behind Chu Hanxiang, and put it on him.

Chu Hanxiang turned around in astonishment. When he saw Hu Jiaoyue, his face suddenly turned cold.

"What are you doing here? Don't try to persuade me. I won't go back with you."

Hu Jiaoyue didn't say anything, but put the cloak on him persistently, and then knelt beside him without saying anything.

Her actions drew Chu Hanxiang's angry scolding.

"What are you going to do? Are you going to die?"

Hu Jiaoyue just replied calmly:

"When the husband sings, the wife follows. If the husband kneels, there is no reason for the wife not to follow."

"Do you know why I kneel? To follow you?"

"I know. For Princess Xi."

"Then you're not angry?"

"gas……"

Hu Jiaoyue clenched her teeth and said, "Of course I'm angry, but my husband loves me and is willing to kneel for her. It's late at night and cold. If my husband gets hurt while kneeling, it won't be easy for me as his wife. It's better for me to kneel with him."

"This is ridiculous, Ah Chu, take the Crown Princess back."

Ah Chu, who was standing not far away, was about to step forward when Hu Jiaoyue sternly reminded him.

"Don't come over. I will stay with you as long as Your Highness kneels."

Achu stopped moving forward, while Chu Hanxiang frowned in displeasure.

He wanted to kneel for Xi girl, Rui'er wanted to kneel for him as her brother, and Hu Jiaoyue wanted to kneel because her man wanted to marry another woman. This was really... really a ridiculous thing.

These three people had no intention of leaving that night.

It was not until dawn that the emperor, who was sleeping in Ruyi Palace, asked the eunuch outside:

"Has Xiang'er left?"

The father-in-law bowed in response.

"No, not only did Prince Rui kneel with him all night, but the Crown Princess also came."

"what?"

The emperor sat up from the bed, and the empress also sat up with a serious expression.

"What did you say? Jiaoyue is here too?"

"Yes, I came at the end of the hour of Xu, and knelt with the Crown Prince and Prince Rui for the whole night."

Hearing this, the emperor's brows knitted together. The queen quickly stood up, walked around to the emperor, and knelt on her knees.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to let Luo Nianxi stay. Now even Jiaoyue comes to plead for her, can't you just give her a break?"

The emperor's face suddenly turned pale.

"Humph! This matter is not something I can decide on my own. This concerns the reputation of the court and the dignity of the royal family. Is the queen also stupid?"

"Your Majesty, I am not stupid. I just feel sorry for Xiang'er. It's rare for him to be so attentive to a woman. Why can't you sympathize with him?"

The emperor sighed deeply.

"It's not that I don't want to feel sorry for him, it's that I can't feel sorry for him. This is not a trivial matter. It concerns the reputation of the royal family. How can I sympathize with him?"

"emperor……"

"Stop talking, I have to go to the morning court."

After leaving these words, the emperor did not help the empress, but simply flicked his sleeves and walked straight out the door.

The emperor knelt on the ground and closed his eyes helplessly. When he opened them again, he instructed the people outside:

"Peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, prepare to eat, they must be hungry."

She is the son she gave birth to, so she should feel sorry for him!

When she came out of the hall with the food box, Chu Hanrui had already started sneezing, while Hu Jiaoyue was holding on with a pale face. Chu Hanxiang was in better physical condition and there was nothing abnormal, but his face didn't look good either.

"Xiang'er, Rui'er, Jiaoyue, eat something!"

Chu Hanxiang didn't even blink. Seeing this, Chu Hanrui hurriedly shook his head. Hu Jiaoyue also had no intention of eating.

The queen was a little anxious.

"What's the point of kneeling like this? If something goes wrong, you'll be the one to suffer. Hurry up and get up..."

But these people seemed not to understand what she said and still knelt there, motionless.

At this time, the ministers who came to the court passed by here and began to talk about it.

They already knew that Chu Hanxiang was kneeling outside the hall for the woman who remarried, but they didn't expect that he was not the only one kneeling there.

When Hu Youwei and Hu Zhongguo saw Hu Jiaoyue kneeling here, they rushed over angrily.

Hu Youwei raised his beard and questioned angrily,

"Yue'er, what are you doing? You are embarrassing yourself. Go back now."

Hu Jiaoyue did not answer.

Hu Zhongguo turned in front of her, pointed at her, glared at her and yelled,

"Hu Jiaoyue, your man has been kneeling here for another woman, why are you here to join in the fun? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if you tell others about it? Go back quickly..."

Hu Jiaoyue raised her head, looked at Hu Youwei and Hu Zhongguo, and said word by word with a serious expression:

"Grandfather, Dad, the man kneeling here is my man, and I am his wife. Husbands should sing and wives should follow. You two should stop interfering."

Hu Zhongguo panted and tapped her head with his hand.

"You...you are really going to piss me and your grandfather off to death! You little girl, humph!"

After leaving these words, Hu Zhongguo shook his sleeves and walked away angrily. Hu Youwei also shook his head and sighed, and walked towards the hall helplessly.

Chu Hanxiang said again in a cold voice:

"This matter has nothing to do with you, go back."

"Do not."

Hu Jiaoyue seemed to have made up her mind to stick with him to the end.

Seeing that she had no intention of leaving, Chu Hanxiang stopped persuading her. Instead, he straightened his back and knelt there upright. It seemed that no one could shake his determination.

……

Prince's Mansion

Chu Hanxiang did not return home all night, and the Crown Princess went out in the middle of the night and never came back.

Everyone in the palace began to speculate that something must have happened to the prince.

After waiting for a day and a night without any news, Luo Nianxi became a little impatient.

She came to the side hall where Leng Rujing was. Leng Rujing dismissed the servants and asked,

"Any news?"

Luo Nianxi shook her head with some worry.

"No, I came here to remind you that if I am really sent back to Pingyang, remember to take the medicine I give you on time. When you are about to give birth, I will find a way to find you."

"Luo Nianxi, can you not leave? If you leave, what will I do? I can't do it alone. I can't hide it. If someone finds out, they will kill me."

At this point, Leng Rujing covered her face and sobbed.

She felt a little bit reluctant to think that if she really left, Leng Rujing would be left alone, and that there might be some special situations during her pregnancy.

But now she didn't know what had happened in the palace, and she didn't know what to do.

At this time, Bai Lan rushed in.

"Miss, there is a letter from the palace."