The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

His Majesty is going to the temporary palace to escape the summer heat, and has not yet announced a return date, which means that more than half of the ministers in the court will have to follow him.

After all, there is nothing wrong with escaping the summer heat; it’s just a matter of working in a different place.

In Marquis Duan's mansion, except for a few servants who stayed in the mansion to look after the house, most of the servants followed their master all the way to the palace.

Yu Ge'er, who was just over one year old, was staggering and holding onto the inner wall of the carriage. After a bump, his legs went weak and he fell down.

The carriage was already cushioned, so after he fell down, he just lay there with a pout and didn't move.

"Brother Yu, we are almost there, come to mother."

Fang Youlang put down the round fan in his hand, patted his knees, and let Yu Ge'er come over by himself.

The carriage was shaking, and Yu Ge'er leaned sideways to look at the colorful bells and ribbons hanging on the roof of the carriage. When he heard his mother's voice, he looked over.

He raised his buttocks and used his hands to support himself to stand up, but when the carriage moved, he fell to the side with his buttocks.

He was determined to go to his mother, so he gave up the walking skills he had just learned and crawled towards his mother with his butt twisting.

When he grabbed his mother's clothes, his eyelids seemed to start twitching.

Fang Youlang held Yu Ge'er in his arms and patted him twice, and sure enough, he fell asleep.

"Fell asleep?"

The curtain was lifted from the outside, and I felt the carriage sink as a dark figure came in.

Fang Youlang noticed that the little guy in her arms moved, and she patted his back soothingly.

"Just fell asleep."

Fang Youlang signaled him to speak more quietly, and then continued in a low voice:

"I saw him lying there just now. I guess he got sleepy and fell asleep as soon as he got into my arms."

Duan Chengkang nodded and carefully took the child from his wife's arms.

As soon as he left his mother's arms, the little guy seemed a little uneasy, but then he was in another familiar arms, hummed his lips and fell asleep again.

"You should get some good sleep too. The journey will arrive in two or three hours. I will be accompanying His Majesty and will not be able to return for the time being. Please take care of your arrangements at home."

Fang Youlang nodded to indicate that he understood, then covered his mouth with his hand and yawned.

Seeing this, Duan Chengkang sat down next to her, and Fang Youlang leaned on his shoulder.

"There's just one thing I need to tell you in private."

Kang Ge'er lifted the curtain slightly, and the dull sound of wheels outside was enough to cover up the whispers of the people inside the car.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed since I arrived at the palace.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the chirping of summer cicadas is disturbing people.

The temporary palace is very large. Emperor Yuanzhi built it according to the specifications of the imperial palace. Except for its smaller scale, it is almost the same as the imperial palace.

Since Duan Chengkang accompanied the emperor, he has had almost no time to go back.

Duan Houfu has its own house near the temporary palace, which is very close to the palace. After Emperor Yuanzhi built the temporary palace, he specially allocated a piece of land to his close ministers as a token of favor.

When the ancestor of the Duan family built the house here, he used most of the land for landscape creation and raised many rare and exotic animals.

No other mansion besides this palace can compare to it.

"I've heard of the fame of Ya Manor for a long time. The Marquis' Mansion didn't come during the last visit to the palace. This time, we must take a good look at the elegance of Ya Manor."

"That's what I want. Come on, come on, take a seat, let's enjoy the flowers and drink tea. When my daughter-in-law comes over from the old lady's courtyard, let her show you around."

After hearing what Lu said, everyone knew that the previous rumors were indeed false.

The exiled Fang family suddenly returned, and their eldest daughter married the young general of the Duan family, who was currently favored by the emperor. For a moment, no one could tell whether the Fang family's daughter had luck, or...

Your Majesty is already on guard against Marquis Duan's Mansion.

But on the surface, His Majesty's favor towards Marquis Duan's Mansion has become even deeper.

Haven’t you seen that General Duan has been serving His Majesty ever since he came to the palace?

And if nothing unexpected happens, the next emperor will be General Duan's nephew.

When they thought about this, everyone felt sick.

If I had known earlier, I should have married my daughter into the family. Now I would be the one enjoying the glory.

It's not that there haven't been people who beat up people for sending their own daughters to be concubines, but the most majestic and inviolable old lady in the marquis's mansion had set a family rule in the early years that a man could only take a concubine if he was forty years old and childless.

Not to mention whether my daughter can wait until that time, Fang brought a big fat boy to the Marquis's mansion as soon as she entered the house. There is no hope for anyone with a clear mind.

But it would be fine if Fang was not living a happy life, at least they would feel more balanced.

What no one expected was that after Fang got married, Lu didn't know how to hold the power. She took Fang with her wherever she went and taught her how to manage the housekeeping in the backyard.

She looks more like my real mother than the one I just recognized.

I just heard from the Marquis's wife that Fang is also quite favored by the old lady. I wonder if she has put some magic potion in the Marquis's bowl.

Could it be that he knows some kind of witchcraft and has cast a curse on the people in the Marquis' Mansion?

Everyone smiled amiably, but no one knew what was going on in their hearts.

"Your daughter-in-law is truly blessed. She was abducted long before her family fell into trouble, and she has learned a lot of skills in the girls' school over the years. Now that her family has been cleared of the injustice, she can return to her roots and find a good marriage partner."

A lady in a scarlet dress covered her mouth and laughed.

It was the same thing, but it sounded a little ambiguous.

The situation of the two daughters of the Fang family had long been a hot topic in the capital, and many memorials had been submitted to the Emperor of Chu.

It's nothing more than that the Fang family pretended to obey but actually disobeyed the order.

But the King of Chu kept them all and turned a blind eye, pretending not to see anything.

What's more, when he reported this matter to the court, the King of Chu sent him to a local post on the grounds that his official duties were not busy enough.

The King of Chu did not explain, but he could not bear the speculations of his subordinates.

Thinking of the Fang family who had just returned to the court, they were all shocked. His Majesty did not care much about this matter, which only meant that His Majesty had known about it for a long time.

Then when did His Majesty know about this? They thought with some horror, could it be that the Fang family was really a hidden chess piece arranged by His Majesty at the border.

Over the years, their power has gradually been divided among officials transferred back to Beijing from local areas.

After years of living a life of luxury, they were no match for the veterans from the local areas in practical skills, which led to them being shackled everywhere in the court.

After several years of open and covert fighting, his thoughts have now been confirmed.

Your Majesty is dissatisfied with their power and is gradually delegating power to prevent the same problems that happened in the previous dynasty.

The wise one retreats to advance, lies dormant, educates the younger generation well, and waits for the new emperor to ascend the throne before slowly rising to power.

Those who are greedy and reluctant to give up the power in their hands will sooner or later be liquidated by the elderly Emperor of Chu to pave the way for the new emperor.