Chapter 1056 Yizhi
Just when the emperor, Chu Jingqi, Xia Zihan and others were wondering about the reason for the drastic change in the Queen Mother's personality, the next morning, the Queen Mother did two things that surprised everyone.
The first thing she did was to return all the concubines, grandchildren and granddaughters raised in her palace to their mother and concubine one by one.
And the second thing, after breakfast, she actually summoned Prince Ping into the palace to see her.
When she met Prince Ping, the Queen Mother's attitude was so affectionate that she even rewarded Prince Ping with many gold, silver and jade articles.
Not only that, the Queen Mother also kept saying that she loved and pitied him. He was alone and unmarried after divorcing his wife. She said that she wanted to marry Prince Ping by decree.
As soon as this news came out, it frightened all the families in the capital who had legitimate daughters who were older but not yet engaged.
As a result, in less than one afternoon, more than a dozen legitimate daughters of noble families and wealthy families in the capital got married as fast as lightning.
However, the morning after the Queen Mother summoned Prince Ping, the Queen Mother sent a marriage decree, which made everyone in the capital drop their jaws in surprise.
"What, what did you say, Chu Qing, are you sure you heard it right?" Xia Zihan was so shocked that the embroidery needle in her hand fell on her clothes, almost pricking her foot.
Chu Qing lowered his head and said in an unusually heavy voice, "Master, I heard you right. The father-in-law sent by the Queen Mother is still waiting for Master and the Crown Prince in the hall, as well as Sister Chu Fei to receive the order."
"Damn it."
Xia Zihan was so angry that she couldn't help but curse.
Chu Qing said worriedly, "Master, what should we do now? What did Sister Chu Fei say?"
The Queen Mother's decree is the same as the emperor's imperial decree. Those who resist the decree and do not respect it will have the three clans destroyed.
Although the Chu family belongs to the emperor, the emperor will not really kill the three clans of the Chu family. However, if the Chu family really openly defies the Queen Mother's decree, even if the emperor wants to protect the Chu family, I am afraid that they will suffer some punishment. .
The Chu family's power, status and wealth were all earned by the Crown Prince and the County Prince. If they had to abandon their official positions and titles just because of such a thing, how resentful would it be?
"Ayu..." Chu Jingqi came in like a storm. Seeing that Xia Zihan's face turned dark, he guessed, "You know everything?"
"Aqi, I don't agree with this." Xia Zihan expressed his opinion before Chu Jingqi could speak.
The Queen Mother issued an edict to marry Chu Fei to Prince Ping, saying that Chu Cong and Chu Fei were both her eldest maids, and they were like sisters. Since Chu Chong had a good character and was favored by the emperor, then Chu Fei's Her character and temperament were no longer bad, so she was given a marriage to Prince Ping as Princess Ping.
Previously, the emperor chose Chu Cong as his wife. Xia Zihan did not stop the marriage because of the emperor's good character.
But Prince Ping's character was far from the emperor's.
Not only did Prince Ping marry two wives, but his infatuation and his corrupt and messy life had long been known to everyone. Everyone in the capital knew about it. Will be willing to marry his daughter to him.
However, the Queen Mother granted Chu Fei a marriage. Wasn't this her plan to push Chu Fei into a hot bed?
She would definitely not agree to this marriage.
She couldn't just watch Chu Fei fall into the pit of fire and ignore it.
Besides, in the eyes of outsiders, the Queen Mother gave one of her little maids to marry Prince Ping. This not only insulted Prince Ping, but also put Prince An's palace in the public eye.
Tell me, how come the Chu family is so lucky, they have two beautiful little maids, one becomes the queen and the other becomes Princess Ping, both noble and admirable women of the Great Sheng Kingdom.
Can this not make people jealous?
Not to make people jealous?
The Queen Mother's move not only pushed Chu Fei into the pit of fire, but also pushed Prince An's palace into a place of eternal destruction. "Don't worry, I won't make your people feel wronged." Chu Jingqi came over and put her arms around Xia Zihan's shoulders. "However, Yizhi still has to be accepted first. We can't openly slap the Queen Mother's face."
"Well, I understand, and I also convinced Chu Fei to take over the imperial decree." Xia Zihan understood this.
Even if they don't want to, they can't force themselves on the Queen Mother, otherwise it will be Prince Anjun's Mansion who will suffer.
Who calls someone from the royal family and the Queen Mother?
A simple edict can turn hundreds of members of the Chu family into deadly enemies.
No matter how unwilling she was, she had to cross the current hurdle first and think of a solution later.
Isn’t there still an emperor?
Xia Zihan and Chu Jingqi went to Chu Fei first and explained the reason to Chu Fei. Without saying anything, Chu Fei changed into new clothes, followed Chu Jingqi and Xia Zihan to the hall, and received the Queen Mother's decree.
What surprised Xia Zihan was that the Queen Mother sent two edicts in succession. The first edict read by the father-in-law was that the Queen Mother actually recognized Chu Fei as her adopted daughter.
And along with this edict came rewards, gold, silver, jewelry, silks and satins, which filled half a carriage.
The second decree was that the Queen Mother gave her adopted daughter Chu Fei to Prince Ping as his concubine.
Chu Fei knelt at the edge. After hearing the decree, his expression did not change. After accepting the decree calmly, he stood behind Xia Zihan, maintaining her usual expressionless face.
Xia Zihan felt like vomiting blood in her heart, but she still pretended to be very happy on the surface. She ordered Chu Qing to stuff a few red envelopes into the four little father-in-laws who read out the imperial edict and delivered things, and also thanked the Queen Mother a lot. The words of the empress.
After the little father-in-law left, Xia Zihan gritted his teeth angrily and clenched his fists loudly, "Father, mother, this matter... I don't agree. Chu Fei doesn't want to marry into Prince Ping's palace, so he asked his parents to fulfill his wish. ”
If she wants to disobey the Queen Mother's decree, she must first report it to Chu Xuanyu and the Zhuo family. After all, this is related to the lives of hundreds of people in Anjun Prince's house.
If you don’t get one right, you might end up...
Chu Xuanyu frowned, his eyes were deep, "The emperor will resume morning court tomorrow. I will go to the palace to see the emperor tomorrow. We will talk about it when I come back."
I can only ask the Emperor for this matter.
"Thank you, dad." Xia Zihan said with a guilty look on his face.
She obviously wanted to disobey the Queen Mother's will and couldn't bear to see Chu Fei jump into the fire pit, but she asked Chu Xuanyu to beg the emperor.
Chu Xuanyu said, "If you don't say anything about this, I plan to go to the palace to see the emperor tomorrow."
Then, he explained, "These two girls are yours. They grew up with you and they are like sisters. However, one of them became the queen and the other became Princess Ping. If one of them rises to greatness, we will not worry. The Prince's Mansion is not eye-catching, and outsiders will not say anything. They are just envious and jealous at most. However, if the two girls fly on the branches and become phoenixes, then maybe Prince An's Mansion will be suspected and have charmed the Emperor and the Queen Mother. .”
Although Prince Ping did not live up to expectations, his identity was there anyway. Chu Fei, a little maid, could fly up a branch and become a phoenix. How lucky would it be.
In the eyes of outsiders, it is earned by burning incense for ten lifetimes.
(End of chapter)