The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

Chu Qinling pulled at the hair that was scattered in front of him a little embarrassedly. He felt a little embarrassed.

The King of Chu stretched his neck and watched, feeling a little jealous because Xiaoliu hadn't even copied the Book of Filial Piety for him yet.

"Xiao Liu is truly filial, Queen, please show it to me so I can see if your handwriting has improved."

As he spoke, the Emperor of Chu extended his hand.

Queen Zhu clasped her hands together and handed the item to the palace maid beside her.

"Put this Book of Filial Piety away. I will offer it before the Buddha."

Then he turned to look at the Emperor of Chu, "Your Majesty, what did you just say?"

Emperor Chu withdrew his hand awkwardly, "Nothing."

Chu Qinling sat aside and watched secretly. It seemed that his father was a little "afraid" of his mother?

Concubine Ning had seen countless such scenes in the Queen's Palace before, so she was not surprised.

But many people in the Queen's Palace are no longer the old people they used to be. This is the first time they have seen such a scene. They are all wondering in their hearts how much the Queen means to His Majesty.

Queen Zhu smiled and turned to ask about Chu Qinling's daily life.

How is your diet? How is your sleep? Are you having any academic difficulties? Is the Grand Secretary strict? And so on.

Chu Qinling sat upright and answered in a serious tone, while Emperor Chu and Concubine Ning on the side would occasionally add a few words.

After seeing this scene, the Emperor of Chu felt fulfilled.

Old wife, concubine, and young son.

He thought that if the queen was around, his sons would definitely be well brought up, unlike the current situation where there is no one to succeed him.

When the queen returned to the capital, the princes should have come to pay their respects to her as soon as possible.

But except for the Sixth Prince, none of the other princes entered the palace.

By the time the Emperor of Chu realized this, the palace banquet was about to begin.

He had a gloomy face and sat in his seat without saying a word.

Xiao Degui was trembling with fear on the side. His Majesty was in a good mood originally, but his face became gloomy since he left the palace.

He has been with His Majesty for so many years and can guess some of it.

Your Majesty is dissatisfied with several princes.

It is reasonable that the princes should have entered the palace as soon as possible, but since the emperor was received outside the palace, except for the sixth prince, the other princes have not even been seen.

"Your Majesty, the time is almost up, and you still need to go to the Central Palace to pick up the Empress."

Xiao Degui bent forward and stepped forward to remind him.

The Emperor of Chu stood up, shook his sleeves, and walked out without saying a word.

He had been unable to protect his wife and children in the past, but now he was no longer the emperor with an unstable foundation.

As the music began, everyone at the palace banquet celebrated the return of the Queen Mother and the Empress.

The two empress dowagers sat together, looking at the people below and whispering to each other from time to time.

The officials and their wives below were all looking at the Empress Dowager and the Queen above, and were also observing them secretly.

Song Shengfu's seat was relatively close to the front, and she was secretly looking at the three most distinguished women in the Great Chu.

An emperor's legal mother, an emperor's biological mother, and an emperor's first wife.

She tried hard to think about the events of her previous life, and it seemed that these three people had never returned to Beijing.

Moreover, in the previous life, after the Duan Bo Mansion completely declined, news came that the Holy Empress Dowager was seriously ill. His Majesty left the palace and rushed to the Dongyang Palace to see her for the last time.

She thought, things are different after all.

Song Shengfu didn't know that the three people she was looking at would become her thickest thighs in the future. She took a bite of the still warm food and it tasted really good.

The food in the palace must be good, so Song Shengfu treated it as if she was at the feast and ate it one bite at a time.

The queen felt the gazes from all sides. She sat upright and talked to the Emperor of Chu beside her from time to time, watching him introduce everyone to her.

"I have specially relocated the entire Zhu family from Dongyang back to the capital. I will see if there are any good positions in the court later..."

"His Majesty."

Queen Zhu looked at the Emperor of Chu who had drunk a few glasses of wine and knew that he was too happy.

"Your Majesty, let the younger generation figure out their own affairs. No matter how much you give them, it is not as good as what they earn themselves."

The Emperor of Chu turned his head to look at the Queen with some emotion.

"Queen, I am sincere."

"Your Majesty, I know. It is precisely because I know your heart that I say this. I am the daughter of the Zhu family, but I am also the Queen of Great Chu. I must not abuse my power for personal gain."

If a wife is found like this, what else can a husband ask for?

"The Queen is truly virtuous and a role model for the women of Great Chu."

Many people were paying attention to the emperor and the empress, so they naturally heard this conversation.

The historian on the side was recording it furiously, and this scene was also recorded in the history of the Great Chu.

The emperor and empress returned to the capital and held a banquet. ... The emperor was delighted and said that she should be a model for the women of Chu.

Now many people have re-evaluated the status of the queen in their hearts.

They only knew that the queen lived in a separate palace, and there were several versions of the details.

The closest version is that the queen was heartbroken because her legitimate son died young, and she asked to go to the palace to practice cultivation.

There are also stories that the two Empress Dowagers left the palace, and the Empress asked to serve them. This is indeed similar. The Empress Dowager's excuse for leaving the palace was that the Holy Empress Dowager said that she wanted the Empress to serve her personally.

There are even outrageous ones, saying that the empress was not able to take good care of the royal heir, so she was expelled from the palace by the Emperor of Chu and lived in the temporary palace with the empress dowager.

There are other versions, but they all say that the Queen was disliked by the Emperor of Chu, so she stayed in the palace and never returned to the capital for many years.

If the Empress Dowager had not returned to the capital, the Empress might never have come back in her lifetime and would have died of old age in the palace.

But from Song Shengfu's perspective, the Emperor of Chu and Queen Zhu got along harmoniously, which was not at all like what the rumors said.

But if you say that he doesn't dislike the queen, why did the Emperor of Chu rarely mention the queen for so many years and never said he would take her back to the palace?

Song Shengfu couldn't figure it out, she always felt that something was very strange. However, she guessed that Empress Zhu didn't want to return to the palace, but had to follow the Queen Mother back because she had returned.

But she couldn't tell what was wrong.

Others were also muttering in their hearts that His Majesty's attitude towards the Queen was different from what they had imagined.

They were still guessing when the queen would be deposed. After all, the queen was incompetent in a certain sense, and it was only natural that she was deposed.

Over the years, there have been many petitions to depose the queen, but the Emperor of Chu always rejected them, using the reason that there was no precedent in the Great Chu for deposing a queen.

At this time, the group of people who value rules began to change their tune, saying that rules are dead, but people are alive.

The queen is so incompetent that she is not fit to be the queen of the Great Chu State.

But now they think that the Queen will not be deposed. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that His Majesty has great respect for the Queen.

"That's the Duan Bo residence we talked about this afternoon. The eldest and fourth sons of their family are here, along with their wives and children."

Queen Zhu looked over and was stunned at first sight. That child...

At the same time, the Holy Queen Mother also looked over there, and she saw Kang Ge'er drinking at a glance.

"Who is that kid?"