The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

On August 2, the 17th year of Mingde, the emperor ordered the eldest prince to be stripped of his status, demoted to a commoner, and sent to Luoming Palace for eternal imprisonment.

The Zhao family, the mother's family, instigated the prince to commit treason. Except for children under the age of six, all other people, young and old, were executed immediately without mercy.

On the third day after the Qingyun Temple incident, the Emperor of Chu returned to the palace and all the officials in the court returned to their seats and waited for orders.

Duan Jing'an rushed back to the capital as soon as he received the news. Song Shengfu thought about Zhuangzi's current situation and that they had been there for many days, so she ordered people to pack up and return to the capital.

Moreover, it has been very hot and humid these days. Song Shengfu estimated that it would rain soon, so she went back home as soon as possible, otherwise it would be difficult to travel if it rained.

On the day of returning to the capital, they happened to encounter the team escorting the criminal Zhao. Such a conspiracy would bring disaster to the entire family. Song Shengfu slightly lifted the curtain and saw a team that seemed to have no end.

The Zhao family is a large family. What they were most proud of in the past was the huge family roots. No matter who from the Zhao family entered the officialdom, they had connections with various departments in the court. Over five to ten years, the huge Zhao Party was gradually formed.

In addition to the main family in the capital, there are many branches distributed in other places in Da Chu. Naturally, these people cannot escape and will be dealt with locally.

In a family, all prosper and all suffer together.

Song Shengfu felt a little nervous when she saw the scene where everyone was shouting and beating her like a rat crossing the street. In this era, human life was worthless, and life and death depended on the thoughts of those in power.

Mrs. Zhao, who was glamorous and domineering at the New Year's Eve banquet last year, is now disheveled and dragged by a thick iron chain, unable to even stand straight. She no longer has the grace of the prime minister's wife.

Song Shengfu no longer had the joy she had when they first met. Her heart was filled with sadness, as if the family's rise and fall would remain unchanged for thousands of years.

What was the point of her coming here now? A family's rise and fall had its own destiny. How could an outsider like her influence its original fate?

Song Shengfu fell into deep thought and had no appetite for several days.

It wasn't until a heavy rain fell that the humidity and heat of recent days subsided a little.

Xuan Ge'er had already turned three years old at the village, and at that time only the family members got together for a small banquet.

The custom in this place is that children under the age of ten are free from "evil spirits". After they turn ten, families with the means will hold a banquet.

After he turned three, the child's mouth seemed to have suddenly opened, and Xuan Ge'er could speak in sentences.

"Grandma plays with bunny, bunny is good."

Song Shengfu has been a little worried these days, and even the children know that their grandmother is in a bad mood, so they are thinking of ways to make her happy.

Song Shengfu looked at Xuan'er. Perhaps Xuan'er had been with Kang'er for too long, and his behavior was influenced by Kang'er.

Xuan Ge'er was wearing a cross-collared jacket and ice-silk shorts. His hair was combed into three small, adorable buns, thanks to Xia Shi, but...

Song Shengfu's mouth twitched slightly. This kid grabbed the rabbits by their ears, lifting one in each hand. Unfortunately, the rabbits were raised to be big and fat, and Xuan Ge'er was not tall enough, so the rabbits' feet were dragging on the ground.

However, the rabbits were quite docile and did not struggle when being held like this. One of the rabbits was even chewing grass roots in its mouth.

"Brother Xuan, put the rabbit down, be careful not to hurt yourself."

Xuan Ge'er walked over and handed the two rabbits to Song Shengfu.

"Grandma, eat the bunny."

Song Shengfu was a little confused for a moment. What do you mean by eating rabbits?

Seeing that his grandmother didn't respond, Xuan Ge'er tried to pick it up with one hand, but his hand was too small to hold it, so he could only grab one ear at a time.

The freed hand tugged at Song Shengfu's pants, raised his head and looked at her, with some reluctance in his tone but he continued, "Have fun eating rabbit, don't let your sister know."

It took Song Shengfu a long time to react. Xuan'er still remembered that she said she wanted to eat rabbits at the farm.

"Oh, my dear, please let the rabbit go. We don't want to eat this rabbit. There are other rabbits in the kitchen."

Xuan Ge'er clung tightly to Song Shengfu's arms, not even feeling the heat, and said in a muffled voice, "Okay."

Song Shengfu held Xuan'er in her arms and kissed him. She loved her darling grandson so much.

"Besides, your sister has taken great care of this rabbit. If she finds out you're using her rabbit to coax me, you'll get into trouble."

Song Shengfu smiled and teased the little ball in her arms. When Xuan Ge'er heard this, he touched his butt with his little hand, grabbed his pants, shook his head, looked at Song Shengfu seriously and said, "Don't tell me, grandma won't tell me, and my sister will beat me."

"Sister Wei, this kid is complaining, and I heard him."

Kang Ge'er rushed in and looked out the door with a wicked smile on his face.

When Xuan Ge'er heard this, he was so scared that he quickly hid behind Song Shengfu, covering his eyes and hiding his head behind his clothes, but his butt was exposed.

"Xuan'er, what are you talking about? I never hit you, yet you dare to sue me."

When Wei Jieer came in through the curtain, she saw this scene and laughed a little. She walked over quietly, picked up the fan on the table and gently patted Xuan Ge'er on the butt.

Xuan Ge'er was wondering why he heard his sister's voice but didn't see anyone coming. Then he was hit on the butt and his little body jumped up in fright.

He looked up and saw his sister fanning herself and looking at him with a smile. Xuan Ge'er felt a little guilty, and his eyes moved left and right, but he didn't look at her.

Wei Jie'er was a little puzzled. What happened to this boy today? Did he do something bad? Did he take her new hair ornaments again?!

Finding his sister becoming increasingly dangerous, Xuan Ge'er hugged Song Shengfu's neck and shook his head: "I'm not complaining, I'm just trying to make grandma happy."

Kang Ge'er also came over at this time, drank the almond ice dew and looked at Song Shengfu curiously: "Grandma, what were you talking about just now? Look at this kid's guilty face."

Seeing that his brother was not helping him but was even trying to sabotage him, Xuan Ge'er clenched his little fists and waved them at Kang Ge'er, pouting his little lips.

"Brother is bad and annoying."

Song Shengfu was already very amused, she watched the show with a smile, held Xuan Ge'er's little fist and coaxed him:

"Xuan'er is very well behaved and knows how to make me happy. Our Xuan'er is a filial child."

If Xuan Ge'er had a tail, you could see that little proud tail swaying behind him. He hugged Song Shengfu's neck and looked at his brothers and sisters with a proud expression.

"Xuan'er is filial."

Sister Wei couldn't stand this guy's mischievous look, so she pinched his little face and said in a threatening tone with a smile: "Tell me quickly, did you just complain? If you don't tell me about those hair flowers you hid..."

When Xuan Ge'er heard this, he immediately put on a flattering smile, grabbed Wei Jie'er's hand, and lay down beside Wei Jie'er, hesitatingly saying, "Grandma is not happy, but she is happy to eat the rabbit. I will give the rabbit to grandma."

Sister Wei thought it was something else, but it turned out to be rabbit for her grandmother to eat.

Huh? What rabbit? Eat rabbit!

As soon as she came in, she saw two rabbits next to the table. She originally thought that Xuan Ge'er was playing with them, but she never thought that they were going to be given to her grandmother to eat.

Her rabbit's life is in danger!!

Sister Wei laughed out of anger and rubbed Xuan Ge'er's bun.

"You've learned to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha. Did you borrow this flower with my consent?"

"Borrow flowers to offer to Buddha?"

Xuan Ge'er repeated it, and Kang Ge'er actually laughed: "Good boy, you can use idioms at such a young age, it's amazing, I'm sure you will be a top scholar in the future."

Sister Wei was also happy. If Brother Xuan could become a successful person in the future, she, as his sister, would definitely be happy for him.

However, the rabbit's story is not over yet.

Looking at the rabbit squatting on the corner of the table and gnawing on the table leg, Sister Wei poked Brother Xuan, feeling a little helpless.

"If you want to give the rabbits to grandma, just tell me directly. Why bother taking two rabbits out when I'm not around? Look, the rabbits have chewed the table legs until they're foamy."

Xuan Ge'er stretched his neck and looked, and found that the rabbit's two big front teeth were chewing on the wood. He raised his hand and pulled the little ball on his head, looking at his sister hesitantly.

"Sister likes it. Xuan'er was wrong. He shouldn't have taken Sister's rabbit."