Spring Drunk Chang'an

"Your husband, your only husband, hahahahahahahahahaha, Qu, you are almost forty years old, how can you be so naive and stupid?"

"Your husband has a harem of three thousand beauties and a multitude of children, and you're not even his legal wife."

"Think he only loves you?"

"He loves you, so why doesn't he come to see you? Why doesn't he come to save you?"

"You've been in the Ministry of Punishment for half a month. Has he given you any message?"

"Between you and Xiao Xun, he has already chosen Xiao Xun. He is now silently waiting for your death."

"Qu, your husband and your son both wish you would die soon. In this situation, do you still think you have defeated me?"

"My son will be the master of this world. He will become the emperor and his name will go down in history. And I will become the empress dowager. I will live a long and prosperous life."

"My son married my niece, and my family will be honored by both of us."

"The Song family will live forever with Daxia, but you, who are you?"

Queen Song spoke with great force.

Qu's face twitched, as if she was deeply shocked, and she said nothing.

Queen Song got the answer she wanted and vented the emotions she wanted to vent. Looking down at her enemy's miserable appearance, she suddenly felt a little bored.

"Qu, I've already won. No matter how you argue, you can't change this outcome."

"This is a fact."

Go ahead and say it. Without waiting for Qu’s response, she turned and left.

Qu stared at her back in a daze for a while, then suddenly bent down and wrapped her hands around her knees.

She curled herself up into a ball and sat there for four hours.

She then committed suicide.

A sharpened hairpin was inserted directly into the mouth and came out from the back of the neck.

She couldn't be deader.

After Queen Song received the news, she did not use Xiao Chuo, but went to Emperor Yingwu in person to tell him the "good news".

"You and your son don't have to worry anymore. Qu Shi has made the decision for you. She died on her own. Xiao Xun, you can follow your father to the garden and enjoy your life."

"Hurray! You don't have to be in such a dilemma anymore."

"You may have loving fathers and filial children, be surrounded by your descendants, and enjoy a life of leisure and prosperity forever."

Queen Song's smile was extremely ironic. After she finished speaking, she turned and left without giving the father and son time to react.

When he walked out of the Qiankun Palace gate, he heard Emperor Yingwu's heart-wrenching cry.

Queen Song smiled coldly without stopping.

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A day later, Emperor Yingwu fell seriously ill. The old emperor, who was nearly sixty years old, was bedridden and even fell into a coma. Civil and military officials were afraid that the country would be without a leader, so they collectively submitted a memorial requesting the old emperor to abdicate.

The old emperor agreed. He wrote an edict, voluntarily abdicating and becoming the emperor emeritus, passing the throne to Crown Prince Xiao Chuo.

Xiao Chuo resigned.

The old emperor wrote again.

Xiao Chuo resigned again.

Civil and military officials begged on their knees...

After this, and after three refusals, Xiao Chuo successfully ascended the throne and was known in history as "Emperor Yuande".

After giving the throne to his son, the emperor took Xiao Xun to the garden.

It was different from what was agreed before. The emperor only brought Xiao Xun into the garden and did not arrange him by his side. Instead, he gave him a small yard and let him stay there by himself.

Xiao Xun begged repeatedly, wanting to serve his father and fulfill his filial piety, and also hoping to earn a title for himself...

Yes, Xiao Xun's title of King of Yan had been stripped away long ago. He was now just an ordinary member of the royal family and could only receive fifty taels of silver from the court a year.

His Prince Yan's Mansion, his property, everything he had was taken away.

He could only live on the charity of the emperor.

Unfortunately, the retired emperor had a grudge against Qu because of her and didn't want to see him again.

Anyway, my son's life has been saved, and I have my daughter-in-law's dowry, so he won't starve to death.

He no longer cared about Xiao Xun, but just indulged in his own sadness and longing. His health had been poor for a long time, and he barely managed to hold on for two years after being sick.

Xiao Chuo also kept her promise and did not settle accounts with Xiao Xun after his death. She just let him stay in the garden.

He never came out again until his death.

Of course, that's a story.

Now that Xiao Chuo had just ascended the throne, she naturally conferred titles on her meritorious officials. Needless to say, the Duke of Cheng'en was already the pinnacle of civilian nobility, and there was no more title to be bestowed upon him. Xiao Chuo then ordered that his family be awarded an additional title of marquis.

In the future, no matter whether it is the Prince of Song or the Young Prince, whoever has an extra son can inherit the title of Marquis.

In addition, Song Zhinian was conferred the title of Princess Wanrong, and Song Bin and Old Lady Song were also given additional titles.

Absolutely unique scenery.

What's more, the current queen is also the child of Duke Cheng'en. The Song family has produced two queens in a row, and its glory is destined to continue for a hundred years.

The civil and military officials in the court were extremely envious.

There were also a group of old ministers of the Eastern Palace who followed Xiao Chuo. Xiao Chuo also made her own arrangements, and each of them received extremely generous rewards.

Including Xiong Zhen.

Because he saved the emperor in time and quelled the rebellion, Xiao Chuo rewarded him with the title of Viscount. Although Viscount was only the lowest rank among the nobles, he had such status at such a young age, and he was also an extraordinary martial artist and a close confidant of the emperor...

The relationship between him and the Cheng'en Mansion is also very good.

It seems that he will be very successful.

Although some officials in the court secretly looked down on him because he came from a guard family, openly, everyone welcomed him with a smile. There were even many people who wanted to become his father-in-law because he was over 20 years old and still unmarried!

This made Shi Xiaoyue very angry.

Xiong Zhen tried his best and risked his life to join the prince just to be able to "serve" his own lady for the rest of his life. Now that he finally has a daughter, he naturally asked the prince of Song without hesitation to propose marriage to the Duke of Qi on his behalf.

Shi Lin had already been mentally prepared for this.

He was definitely happy to have a son-in-law who was the emperor's confidant and a viscount. No matter how he looked at it, Xiong Zhen was a hundred times better than that useless Eleventh Young Master. Although Princess Nan Weng had warned him that having a son-in-law who was once a slave would be a disgrace, then...

A real man does not ask where something comes from.

It's fine as long as you get the benefits. Nothing is perfect. Xiong Zhen was once a slave, but Shi Xiaoyue still has a birthmark on his face. As for the Eleventh Young Master, he has no benefits as a father-in-law and is a useless son-in-law who has to eat his daughter's dowry. In order to stabilize the relationship with the Yue family, Shi Lin agreed to marry his daughter, let alone Xiong Zhen?

Being disgraceful and mocking someone's slave status are mostly things that only the women in the harem would do. As a Duke, he would rarely encounter such things.

He doesn't care whether Shi Xiaoyue will be embarrassed!

Shi Lin happily agreed to the marriage.

Xiong Zhen was ecstatic, and Shi Xiaoyue was also incredibly happy. She didn't want to stay home any longer, so she and Xiong Zhen quickly set a wedding date...