The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

The current emperor is named Chu Dezhao. He ascended the throne at the age of 31 and changed the reign title to Mingde. He reigned for 16 years and had six sons and four daughters.

The sixth son that Duan Jingyi mentioned is the emperor's youngest son, born to Concubine Ning, and is only seven years old now.

When the imperial concubine was pregnant, she was framed by the concubines in the palace, which resulted in the sixth prince being born prematurely at seven months, weighing only a little over four pounds when he was born.

Over the years, the imperial concubine has collected rare treasures and invited countless famous folk doctors into the palace to recuperate the health of the Sixth Prince Chu Qinling.

Fortunately, he grew up safely, but due to a deficiency in his birth, the Sixth Prince was always sickly and seldom attended even palace banquets.

Therefore, everyone was discussing it in private, and there were even rumors that the Sixth Prince might not live past the age of ten.

In the past two years, the emperor has also issued imperial decrees everywhere, ordering that if there is a miracle doctor in Da Chu who can prolong the life of the Sixth Prince, he will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold and be given an official position and a higher title.

Now the news spread throughout the capital that the Earl's Mansion had a method to prolong life. There might be a reason for this, and many people were wondering whether the imperial concubine would seize the magic from the Earl's Mansion.

After all, the ancient recipes and body techniques are family inheritance, so how can they be handed over to outsiders casually?

But if the imperial concubine and the emperor give the order, they have to hand it over even if they don't want to. If the method works, then they will be in the emperor's favor from then on.

But if it is useless, the emperor will inevitably be angry and suspect that their family is deliberately spreading rumors and deceiving the emperor.

If she isn't careful, heads will fall. Not to mention the revival of the family, it is estimated that these last few Miao Miao will be finished by her.

Song Shengfu felt a little annoyed when thinking about this. Tai Chi only has the effect of strengthening the body. If it is used on a child who is already weak, the effect can only be said to be minimal.

Now the rumor that it can prolong life has spread everywhere. It must have been spread to the emperor by those flatterers.

But her family had been in decline for a long time and was unknown in the capital. How could such a family matter be spread so widely? Could it be that someone had a grudge against them?

Now, their family certainly can't hide away, but Song Shengfu is somewhat tempted.

It is a risk as well as an opportunity. If you take a bold gamble, you don't seek glory and wealth, but at least you can catch your eye.

After she meets the Sixth Prince, it would be better if she could take care of his health.

Song Shengfu was reassured and thought everything through, and she calmly comforted everyone:

"Let's do as I said before. We'll just tell everyone that this method is just a set of boxing techniques, which only has the effect of strengthening the body. Those two people up there may not notice us right now, but I have a plan in mind. When the time comes, we'll deal with it with our own strength."

He paused and smiled, "It's just a set of boxing techniques. If they really ask, it won't be too late to present it later. Our family shouldn't act rashly now, otherwise the higher-ups will suspect we have ulterior motives."

"Don't talk about these annoying things. It's not easy for our family to be reunited."

Duan Jingzong and the others saw that their mother had plans, so they stopped talking. Fortunately, the old lady was at home, so they breathed a sigh of relief and didn't take the matter to heart.

After a while, Song Shengfu sent those people away. Duan Jingyi had just returned home and the courtyard had not been tidied up yet, so she went back to her previous courtyard. Duan Jingzong and Lu also returned to the main courtyard.

Only three children were left playing in the Bisong Courtyard. Duan Chengkang was particularly excited. Perhaps because there were no children of the same age to play with at home, Duan Chengkang used all his tricks to make Yu Jie'er and Tun Jie'er laugh non-stop.

Song Shengfu also went to the west room to see the three children. Duan Chengkang acted like a hero and told the two girls in villainous terms about the storybook he had read before.

As girls in the boudoir, Yu Jie'er and Chun Jie'er had never been exposed to these things, and they were very curious about the stories told by Duan Chengkang.

Song Shengfu almost forgot that there was a big cancer servant Chen Gao beside Duan Chengkang, so she had to think of a way to get rid of him when she had time.

Looking at the children in front of her, Song Shengfu was very satisfied. These were her cheap grandchildren.

I used to envy the grandchildren of those little sisters, but now I have several of them.

Especially the little girl, Ting'er, who is about to turn four years old, is leaning next to her sister, sitting upright, staring at the big brother in front of her with her big eyes, with an extremely focused expression, and there are chestnut cake crumbs on her mouth. She is so adorable.

Song Shengfu stepped forward and held the little boy in her arms. The old woman beside her hurriedly said:

"Madam, Sister Tiao is a little heavy, why don't you let me do it?"

Song Shengfu smiled kindly and said nonchalantly, "It's nothing. How heavy can a child be?"

Sitting on the red sandalwood and elephant-patterned soft couch beside her, Song Shengfu looked at Sister Jin in her arms and asked softly, "Sister Jin, are you happy? Did your brother Kang tell you a good story?"

The little girl answered softly and in a baby voice, "I like it. It sounds nice."

Song Shengfu gently pinched her delicate little face and said with a smile, "Then grandma, can I tell you a story?"

Sister Chun blinked her bright eyes and nodded happily.

Kang Ge'er next to him was not to be outdone. He made a fuss and wanted to listen, and sat down. Yu Jie'er had already sat obediently on the embroidery stool on the other side, blinking her big eyes and looking at her grandmother on the soft couch.

Song Shengfu cleared her throat and began to tell the story of "Journey to the West" in a vivid manner. It was perfect to use this to coax the children at home.

Of course, some sensitive things are omitted.

When Song Shengfu talked about how Sun Wukong made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, fought against Erlang Shen, and was finally suppressed by the Buddha under the Five Finger Mountain, she stopped talking and took a sip of tea.

Song Shengfu felt like her throat was about to smoke. The three little guys in front of her were staring at her intently, waiting for her to continue.

Duan Chengkang saw that his grandmother hadn't continued her story for such a long time, so he asked anxiously, "And then? What happened to the Monkey King?"

Song Shengfu kept it a secret, cleared her throat, and said, "Okay, okay, Grandma is tired. We'll continue tomorrow."

"A story is only interesting if you listen to it slowly. If you tell it all at once, its meaning and interest will be lost."

Seeing that his grandmother looked tired, Duan Chengkang stopped urging her and ran to Song Shengfu to serve her tea and water. Song Shengfu kept praising Kang Ge'er for being so filial.

Song Shengfu did not neglect the two girls beside her. She gently stroked the two cute little balls of Sister Tiao, then looked at Sister Yu, who was only 12 years old but already showed a calm and dignified demeanor, and said to Su Xia beside her with a smile:

"Go, find two hair accessories suitable for children in my private library."

Not long after, Su Xia presented two exquisite hair accessories.

One of them belongs to Sister Tiao. It is a set of pink pearl string hair ties. The round and smooth pearls are strung into exquisite patterns, emitting a faint luster.

The other one belonged to Sister Yu. It was a set of red gold slanting cloud tassel hair crown, shining with dazzling light, and inlaid with exquisite gems and gorgeous tassels.

Song Shengfu handed the two hair accessories to Sister Chun and Sister Yu respectively, and asked the maids to put them on them.

Sister Yu brought Sister Chun to express their gratitude to their grandmother respectfully. Song Shengfu looked at the two, one big and one small, in front of her and couldn't help but sigh that ancient water nourishes people.

Although Song Shengfu was an old woman in her previous life, her mentality is not old at all. After all, when she was in her sixties, Song Shengfu was still voting for a girl group at that time. She was also a famous star-chasing old lady in the entertainment industry.

Song Shengfu is an invisible face control, she just likes good-looking girls and boys. In her previous life, she looked at handsome men and beautiful women and spent money on rankings everywhere. Here, Song Shengfu's wasteful nature came out again.

In the next few days, he would go to the private store from time to time to look for some bracelet accessories for the little girls, and dress up the two little girls.