The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

Chapter 448 Maximum Value Utilization

No one else could know what was in the mind of the Emperor of Chu.

The King of Chu, who had originally thought it was a nagging, felt more and more that something was wrong the more he listened.

"Your Majesty, they say that those who live long have good fortunes. But by the time I've reached this age, all my old relatives have long since died or passed away. How many people do I, an old woman, still know in this capital?"

"I only see the new people laughing, but never the old people crying."

Song Shengfu was stroking her chest sadly, and the veins in the corners of the Chu Emperor's eyes were popping out.

"Mother, you are getting confused again."

Mrs. Lu quickly apologized to His Majesty and the Empress, "I beg your Majesty and Your Majesty to forgive me. I'm old and often feel lonely. Nowadays, there are so many young people out there, and sometimes I feel like I have no time to talk to and it's boring. Over time, I've become less and less fond of going out."

Nonsense, she doesn't like to go out, does that mean she doesn't want to go out?

Either this one is pretending to be dead, or that one is sick.

With such a large family to deal with, Song Shengfu had no reason to go out even if she wanted to.

The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable Song Shengfu felt.

As her body aged, she felt increasingly powerless.

"That's normal. Sometimes I can't even say a few words to those young girls."

Queen Zhu endured the discomfort in her body and forced a smile.

"Your Majesty, please ask an imperial physician to check the old lady's pulse and have her dinner in my palace at noon."

The Emperor of Chu was eager for the sticky and smelly old phlegm to go away, so he immediately responded.

"Okay, then I..."

Song Shengfu stared at the Emperor of Chu. Did he really think she was here for a day trip?

The Emperor of Chu felt the burning gaze and stopped himself from speaking.

"I will definitely take charge of the Marquis' Mansion and will not let those people off easily."

After hearing this, Song Shengfu nodded with satisfaction, and then expressed her gratitude.

When the King of Chu saw that Song Shengfu suddenly became energetic, he thought to himself that this old woman was really cunning.

Just like that Kang kid.

He did not take these women's violent behavior seriously. This simple thought of "winning favor" made the Emperor of Chu let down his guard against the Marquis' Mansion.

Although Prince Cheng and he were brothers, their relationship was not deep.

On one side are distant brothers, and on the other side are ministers who are relied upon.

How to choose?

He could choose with his eyes closed.

The King of Chu thought that he had treated his brothers well enough.

Among the emperors of all dynasties, there are very few who treat their brothers as well as he does.

Song Shengfu knew when to quit. Relying on the glory left by Kang Ge'er and the Marquis' Mansion, she challenged the few instances of weakness and concession by the Emperor of Chu.

The tolerance of those in power is limited, especially for an emperor who is already in his twilight years.

Squeezing out the last bit of value, no, this is called rationalizing the utilization of maximum value.

After giving thanks, she went out with the queen.

Just after they left, the Emperor of Chu issued an order that anyone involved in this incident today would be fined one year's salary.

The Crown Prince of Cheng cannot distinguish between public and private affairs and has poor moral conduct, so he has been confined to himself for three months to reflect on his mistakes.

When they arrived at the Queen's Palace, Song Shengfu had not said a few words to the Queen when she suddenly started coughing.

At that sight, Song Shengfu felt a chill down her spine.

There was glaring blood on the handkerchief.

"Miss!"

She cried out in surprise, but was stopped by the Queen.

"Sit down."

"Go, burn it."

The palace maid responded and took the blood-stained handkerchief away.

Queen Zhu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. She had just coughed so hard that the tears came out.

"Scared you?"

After Queen Zhu took a pill, both sides of her cheeks turned abnormally red.

"My Lady, please summon the Imperial Physician to take a look."

Song Shengfu was a little worried. Ever since the two empress dowagers passed away, the only person who had a say in the capital was the empress, who sided with the nobles.

"It's time to call the imperial physician to take a look."

The queen sat upright in the main seat, and her previous loss of composure seemed like an illusion to Song Shengfu.

"Old Madam, you should take good care of yourself. The imperial physician is here to give you a thorough examination."

Seeing that Song Shengfu wanted to say something, Queen Zhu shook her head.

"My body is like this, I will live one day at a time."

Queen Zhu spoke with an open mind, but Song Shengfu felt extremely heavy-hearted.

The older she gets, the more deaths she has witnessed. She is actually very afraid of seeing familiar people leave one by one.

Every time they parted, she felt an endless emptiness.

"My lady, please take care of yourself."

Queen Zhu nodded to indicate that she understood.

Song Shengfu had not left the palace yet, and Kang Ge'er, who was hooked outside, was being held by Xuan Lao, who did not allow him to go out.

"Calm down."

"Let me go, I'm calm."

Old Xuan hugged Kang Ge'er's waist, very unconvinced.

"Why don't you put down the sword in your hand before you speak."

Kang Ge'er threw away his sword and said, "Can you let me go now?"

Old Xuan was quick-witted and quick-handed, and he lifted the sleeve of his other hand.

On his left arm was tied a light crossbow, which was already loaded with hidden arrows.

"Let me go. They bullied my Duan family when I was not at home."

Kang Ge'er's eyes were getting redder and redder. He didn't know anything about this when he was at the border, but now that he had just returned not long ago, he saw those people bullying his family.

What did they do wrong? What did Sister Qiong do wrong?

Sending a nine-year-old child to marry a foreign prince will make all the books he read go to waste.

"A bunch of mediocre officials, bastards."

Kang Ge'er couldn't go out, so he could only sit on the doorstep and curse.

Old Xuan joined in the cursing.

"It's not that I don't want you to go out, but the person behind this is very alert. If he finds something wrong, it will be even harder for us to find him."

Kang Ge lowered his head somewhat depressed.

"Shao Wanqi should be ready tomorrow, and we'll be able to identify a few suspects by then."

Hopefully, everything goes well.

Prince Cheng's Mansion

"My Lord, the prince has something important to tell you. Please listen to His Majesty and reflect on your mistakes."

The Prince of Cheng turned around with a dark face and went back to the inner room. Then there was a crackling sound of broken porcelain.

"The Crown Princess..."

The Crown Princess, who had just arrived at the door, stopped when she saw this and became extremely angry when she heard the voice inside.

When she pushed the door open, a piece of debris fell at her feet.

"How do you do things? Is our Yue'er going to marry a foreign prince?"

The Crown Prince's wife was a little anxious. She had two daughters, one of whom passed away early, leaving the remaining daughter to grow up in great pampering.

Her daughter is too delicate to marry into a foreign kingdom.

That is because Song Shengfu was not there. If she had heard it, she would have punched him twice.

Your daughter is precious, but other people’s daughters are not?

"How dare you ask, you vicious woman! If you hadn't asked me to propose that the daughter of Marquis Duan's family be allowed to marry, how could I have been reprimanded by His Majesty?!"

The two began to blame each other.

In the end, they parted on bad terms.

The Crown Princess didn't want to argue with him. She had to get rid of this matter as soon as possible, otherwise her daughter would have to marry off.

When she was anxious, she thought of someone and went to the west corner.