The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

"It's rare to see such a good scene."

Queen Zhu was supported and enjoyed the sunshine bathing her.

After Concubine Ning finished her business, she prepared to rush over to accompany her sister.

Now she takes over all official duties and spends most of her time with her sister outside of official duties.

The Queen leaned back in the rocking chair with her eyes closed, leaving only the occasional slight rocking of the chair.

The rose trellis blocked most of the sunlight for her, and only sporadic, broken spots of light fell on her body, like stars in the night sky.

As Concubine Ning watched this scene, a bitterness began to spread in her heart.

Recently, she has always been afraid, afraid that the person in front of her will fall asleep one day and never wake up again.

Ordinary people say that there is no true sisterhood in the palace.

Indeed, her relationship with the queen was not simply that of a wife or concubine.

They are sisters and allies.

The care and protection she had received in the past made her respect the queen from the bottom of her heart.

Now, they have a common goal, and their emotions and interests are tied together.

It is hard to believe that the most favored imperial concubine in the six palaces and the reclusive queen had formed an alliance from the very beginning, one making plans outside and the other confusing the public inside.

"Are you here?"

The queen suddenly woke up from her sleepiness and saw the imperial concubine standing a few steps away.

"Come, sit here, let's talk for a while."

Concubine Ning concealed the sadness in her eyes and sat opposite the Queen.

The next day, the sky was clear and cloudless.

Everyone at the banquet had a smile on their face, but they all knew in their hearts that this would probably be the last banquet the Queen would attend.

Sure enough, after seeing the queen, they were still shocked by her complexion.

It's like the oil is running out and the lamp is dying.

The banquet went smoothly until the end without any accidents.

No one thought that any accidents would happen.

But things happened so suddenly. The next morning, while Queen Zhu was having breakfast, she vomited blood and fainted after being shocked by the words of a palace maid who suddenly broke in.

"What did you say?!"

Queen Zhu's eyes glared with dilated pupils.

"My Lady, the little prince is missing. I didn't see anyone looking for him last night. He might have been captured by the rebels."

The little palace maid's words were full of loopholes. Queen Zhu's heart was boiling with blood and she spat out a mouthful of blood before she could calm down.

This scene happened so fast that people couldn't react. The senior palace maid beside the queen quickly caught the queen's falling body.

"Someone, come quickly, call the imperial physician."

There was a moment of chaos and confusion. Empress Zhu leaned against Bai Ye's arms and said in a barely audible voice, "Catch her."

Then he fainted.

Bai Ye reacted and sent people to capture the palace maid who had just broken in.

Looking around, there was no one there. They must have just escaped during the chaos.

Only after the queen was laid on the bed did someone come to report that the young palace maid had drowned in the pool.

"Go and invite His Majesty."

At this time, Yu Gu's hands and feet were tied up, his head was covered with cloth, and he was unaware of his surroundings.

He listened to the occasional dripping sound and the dark and damp atmosphere that was inconsistent with the summer heat and guessed that he must be in a cave or underground.

Hearing the faint sound of footsteps, he slowly calmed his breathing and pretended to be still unconscious.

"Why hasn't this little grandson woken up yet? Did you overthink it?"

The other person gasped, "Who cares? It's good that he's not awake yet, so as to avoid trouble."

When she smelled the aroma of meat, Yu Gu realized that she was a little hungry.

I heard the two men eating and drinking, and talking from time to time.

Yu Gu recalled that after she left the Imperial Grandmother's house last night, she was preparing to return to the Imperial Grandfather's house.

He now eats and sleeps with the royal grandfather. Originally, the royal grandfather wanted to stay with him, but someone came to the palace and said there was an urgent matter, so he left first.

As for my father and mother, after the banquet, they followed my great-grandmother to the elegant residence.

So he simply stayed in the Empress Dowager's palace and spent more time with her.

There are many people around him, both openly and secretly, so he would never have thought that someone would dare to attack in the palace so brazenly.

As he walked along, the people around him slowly fell down one after another.

Someone covered his mouth and nose from behind, and he lost consciousness in just two breaths.

He thought of many people in his mind, who was it?

The first people he suspected were his unwilling cousins.

But after listening to the conversation between the two people for a long time, I didn't hear any useful clues.

After a while, snoring sounds began to appear one after another, and Yu Gu slowly moved her body and curled up on her side.

He didn't know where the secret guards who had been protecting him had gone, but he believed that they would find him soon.

Today is a small banquet hosted by Princess Anru, and almost all the officials' wives have been invited.

Ever since the incident with Prince Cheng, most families in the capital dared not have anything to do with the current Prince Anru's Mansion.

Princess Anru, who has always kept a low profile, suddenly invited people to a banquet, and no one knew what she was up to.

However, everyone's attention was drawn to one thing.

Princess Anru set a prize for this banquet: a fragment of the Song Dynasty's "The Lost Scroll of Dreams".

Everyone was attracted by the prize. Literati love writing, and the great writers of the Song Dynasty are the highest among them.

Therefore, almost all those who went this time were civil officials and their families, and the military generals were unwilling to get involved, as they could not understand.

Lu and Ding Meishu from Duan Houfu were both very interested in this, so they made an appointment to go and take a look.

When Fang Youlang saw that his mother-in-law and fourth aunt were going, he volunteered to go along with them.

Princess Anru was feeling very uneasy at this moment, her heart was beating very fast, and she didn't know whether her letter had been delivered to His Majesty.

"Princess, the guests are almost here."

The servant's voice startled Princess Anru, who was immersed in her own thoughts.

"Are you here? Oh, okay, I get it."

She went out in a daze, and when she reached the flower hall, she heard the laughter of the women inside.

The sound sounded like the howling of ghosts and wolves, and it scared her so much that she broke out in a cold sweat.

After sitting down, someone asked with concern.

"Is the Princess unwell?"

Princess Anru's face was pale. She forced a smile and shook her head, calling for the banquet to begin.

The climax of the banquet was when the daughter of the Minister of Revenue won the highest prize, "The Lost Scroll of Dreams", and everyone present toasted to celebrate.

Looking at the faces that had spoken to her in the past, Princess Anru's hands trembled and she was hesitant to take action.

"Master guessed correctly, this woman is really up to something bad."

"She didn't dare to do it, so I pushed her."