Chapter 322 The Queen
Soon, Xia Zihan was passed in.
"I pay my respects to the Empress. The Empress is a thousand years old." Xia Zihan bowed his knees and knelt on the ground in a respectful manner.
The room was quiet, and she could clearly feel a warm gaze above her head staring at her. She became slightly nervous and knelt down three points lower.
Soon, she heard a gentle voice saying, "Get up quickly and come over here so I can take a good look."
"Thank you, Queen." Xia Zihan got up and took two steps forward.
"Keep your head up."
Xia Zihan raised her head and saw in front of her a beautiful woman in her mid-twenties, wearing a golden phoenix with flying phoenixes on her head.
She was truly beautiful, more beautiful than any woman she had ever seen.
A pair of thin eyebrows as curved as the moon, skin as snow, lips as cherry, oval face, small and straight nose, and a pair of round and big almond eyes, when combined together, they are simply exquisite and beautiful to the point of perfection.
The second princess was once the most beautiful woman she had ever seen, but compared with the empress in front of her, she was still inferior by three points.
When Xia Zihan was looking at the queen, the queen was also looking at Xia Zihan intently. Seeing her calm expression, which was neither arrogant nor humble, the queen nodded, very satisfied.
"Come and sit next to me."
The voice was not as high-pitched as Xia Zihan imagined, but very gentle. Xia Zihan felt blessed, thanked him, and sat on a small spoon brought by the palace maid.
The Empress waved away the maids and father-in-laws in the palace, leaving only her and Xia Zihan talking inside, "How is your grandmother? Is she feeling well?"
"Reply to the queen, grandma is very good."
Xia Zihan was a little cautious, so the Queen took her hand and patted the back of her hand, "Don't be nervous, I just want to see you and talk to you."
Then she asked, "How did you meet the eldest prince?" She was very curious. The eldest prince would actually ask her to save Chu Yu?
Xia Zihan's heart trembled.
Is the Queen testing her?
So should she tell the truth?
The queen seemed to read her thoughts and said, "Just say it, it doesn't matter. There are only you and me here. If you say you are wrong, I will not punish you."
I don’t even call you this palace anymore.
The Empress tried her best to look easy-going and not scare Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan bit her lip and finally decided to tell the truth, "My daughter has never met the eldest prince."
"Before Aqi left, she asked the eldest prince to help me in a critical moment."
The Queen nodded with understanding on her face.
No wonder Tian Yu was so anxious. It turned out to be Chu Jingqi who asked him to do it.
By the way, she had heard that Mrs. Zhuo had adopted Mrs. Chu as her godmother. The Chu family and the Chu family were now godson relatives, and Chu Jingqi and Chu Yu were also considered cousins.
If you ask me, this will make sense.
The Queen smiled slightly and said, "That's okay, I like you very much. From now on, we will be a family."
It doesn't matter to you, it doesn't matter to me.
I can't marry Ao Tianyu.
"The Queen." Xia Zihan's heart felt cold. He quickly stood up and knelt in front of the Queen. "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I will disappoint the Queen."
"What do you mean by this?" The Queen's face darkened, and a pressure belonging to a superior person came towards Xia Zihan.
This was the first time since she became queen that someone dared to refuse her request in front of her.
Still a thirteen-year-old girl.
Courageous enough.
A layer of cold sweat broke out on Xia Zihan's back, and he hurriedly said, "Queen, please calm down, I really have the last resort."
Then he talked about how Xu drew a lottery ticket at Huguo Temple.
Finally, she said, "The eldest prince has a body of ten thousand gold. He is the most noble person in the world besides the emperor and the queen. I would never dare to get engaged to the eldest prince like this."
The empress's energy dissipated in an instant, and her beautiful face changed faster than turning the pages of a book. With a look of pity on her face, she stood up and helped Xia Zihan up with her own hands, saying, "So that's what happened, it's really Poor child.”
Then he asked, "Do you know which master of Huguo Temple gave the signature?"
Xia Zihan followed her hand, stood up, and replied respectfully, "I heard that he was the abbot's junior brother. There were many ladies present at the time." ”
Xia Zihan said this very clearly.
If the Queen doesn't believe her, she can go investigate. There were many people who knew about this matter.
Besides, even if she had a hundred courages, she would not dare to deceive the Queen. That is a serious crime of decapitation.
The Queen's face became solemn, "What should we do? The Emperor just issued a decree to grant a marriage, and I went to tell him that the marriage was not granted. Isn't that child's play? It's a big joke in the world."< br>
This is the eldest prince's wedding. How can it be that one moment, another moment, where did the emperor's golden mouth and jade teeth go?
The people of the world are still not allowed to laugh at the royal family for going back on their word?
Xia Zihan helped the Queen sit down and said, "Queen, there is no need to worry. Someone will tell the Emperor everything tomorrow morning. I believe the Emperor will also be worried about the eldest prince and grant a new marriage."
Then he lowered his head and said, "To be honest with the Queen, my grandmother was also very worried about this matter. When she came, she wanted to come with her servants to pay homage to the Queen. However, it is really difficult for my grandmother to come rashly without the Queen's summons."
"Grandma said that she knows a few ministers and will ask them to submit a memorial to the emperor to cancel the marriage. As long as the marriage is cancelled, nothing will happen to the minister and the eldest prince."
The Queen then breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, you go back and tell your grandmother, and I will also arrange for a few people to present the memorial together, but...it's hard on you, girl."
A girl cannot get engaged until she is nineteen years old. She is already an old girl. How can she get a good marriage?
If Mrs. Chu is willing, she doesn't mind if the eldest prince marries Chu Yu as a concubine.
It doesn't matter if she is a little older, she is just a concubine anyway.
The Queen Empress thought this, and this thought came into her mind. Early the next morning, the Queen Empress announced Mrs. Chu's entry into the palace.
Xia Zihan didn't know what the Queen and Mrs. Chu talked about, but when Mrs. Chu came back, her face was very gloomy at first. Later, when Xia Shiming came to greet her, her face looked much better.
Later, it was Hua She who told her that Queen Xuan Chu, Mrs. Chu, came to the palace with the intention of marrying her to Ao Tianyu as a concubine. The Queen wanted to make a verbal agreement with Mrs. Chu, but Mrs. Chu refused.
Mrs. Chu made it clear that Xia Zihan was settled by the Zhuo family. Xia Zihan was Chu Jingqi's fiancée, and it was also agreed verbally.
Only then did the Queen know why Chu Jingqi asked Ao Tianyu to take care of Xia Zihan before leaving. It turned out that he was worried that his fiancée would be missed.
After the empress understood this, she stopped trying to take advantage of Xia Zihan, but Mrs. Chu was furious to death.
I'm afraid this breath will be difficult to let go for a while.
She was protecting her precious granddaughter, but the two most noble women in the palace wanted to be their son's concubine.
Although their son is the most noble prince in the Dasheng Dynasty, even if he is their concubine, his status will be more noble than that of the concubine of an ordinary wealthy family, and this status can also rely on the royal family to strengthen his family.
Therefore, even if it is a concubine of the prince, people will fight for it and kill each other.
But Mrs. Chu didn't care about it.
In her eyes, a concubine is a concubine. No matter how high the status of a prince's side concubine is, her life still depends on the face of the main concubine. Being humble and groveling in front of the main concubine is no better than a maid.
The treasure she protects in her hands would rather be a poor man's wife than a rich man's concubine,
Therefore, Mrs. Chu resolutely rejected the queen.
Xia Shiming came to pay his respects to Mrs. Zeng, which happened to allow Mrs. Zeng to vent her anger. She vented her anger quickly and scolded the two women in the palace.
Xia Shiming felt angry when he heard this, but he did not dare to scold the Queen and Concubine Lu like Mrs. Chu.
After Mrs. Chu's anger subsided, Xia Shiming said, "I got the news that more than ten ministers submitted memorials to the emperor this morning, persuading the emperor to re-grant a marriage to the eldest prince."
"Although the emperor did not agree at the time, he sent Yinlin Guards to Huguo Temple to investigate the signing. I believe there will be news tomorrow morning."
Mrs. Zeng nodded, "Fortunately, there is still someone in the palace who understands right and wrong. Otherwise, my old lady would have knocked on the palace gate and asked the emperor to cancel the marriage."
Xia Shiming was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and said quickly, "Mother-in-law must not think like this. Even if this matter doesn't happen tomorrow, my son-in-law will find a way. Mother-in-law must calm down. Yuniang will be fine."< br>
"Well, you can go and inquire again tomorrow. If you have any news, come and tell me as soon as possible." Zeng said, and then told him, "Don't leave today. You can stay in Aunt Zhang's guest house for a night. You are also good." I haven’t seen her in a while. She just got over her morning sickness and has just recovered from her illness in the past two days.”
"Yes, my son-in-law, let's go and have a look."
Hearing that Aunt Zhang stopped vomiting, Xia Shiming's face showed a bit of joy, and Mrs. Zeng snorted twice.
Xia Shiming's smile froze and he retreated sarcastically.
Before the morning meeting on the second day, the emperor had already investigated clearly and found out that the signing was indeed true, and the person who signed the signature was the junior brother of the abbot of Huguo Temple, a senior monk. This could not be deceived.
In the morning meeting, another minister mentioned the cancellation of the marriage, so the emperor followed the wishes of the ministers and canceled the marriage.
Seeing this, Duke Lu Guo stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have a request for something."
"What's wrong with Lu Aiqing?"
"Your Majesty, County Master Chu Yu is the only bloodline left by Mr. Chu Ge. Your Majesty has now canceled the marriage. I'm afraid it will not be easy for County Master Chu Yu to find someone to marry when he is nineteen years old."
"That's what Aiqing said." The emperor nodded, and then asked the dozens of ministers in front of him, "What can you do?"
(End of chapter)