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Chapter 684: The Duke’s Palace
The old lady of Zhenguo Palace was shocked and frightened when she saw the living Mrs. Zhen.

After coming out of the palace, he was not in good health. At night, he lay in bed and didn't even eat dinner.

Xiao Li, the daughter-in-law and niece of the Duke of Zhenguo, came to attend to the illness.

Because the aunt and nephew were quite uncooperative on weekdays, the old lady had always disliked Mr. Li. No matter how concerned and inquiring Mr. Li was, the old lady would just tell the Duke of Zhen to come back and discuss something.

But the Duke of Zhen was called to the palace by the emperor.

"What happened? Why did the old lady fall ill after going to the palace?" Mrs. Li called Zhen Jiqiu into the room with a cold look on her face.

This concubine was usually domineering, but the old lady refused to let her, her aunt, teach her. She had raised her by her side since she was a child. The older she got, the more doted she became, and she lost all rules.

She was not at home yesterday, and I heard that she had a dispute with the new No. [-] scholar in the street over some trivial matter.

He was even scolded by his sister-in-law, who had just arrived in Beijing.

If you want her to say, scold well!
This morning, Mr. Wu, the imperial censor, read a book about Zhenguo Gongfu, saying that Zhenguo Gongfu used power to bully others, even the emperor did not look down on him, and allowed his domestic slaves to bully the emperor's new top scholar.

He also said that the Zhenguo government ignored the law and beat and killed the officials of the Hanlin Academy.

No, Duke Zhen Guo was summoned to the palace by the emperor in the evening.

Little Li really wanted to put this concubine under house arrest, but she had two protectors, one was the old lady, and the other was her aunt's tearful offensive in front of the Duke of Zhen.

She wanted to see if the Duke of Zhen would indulge this concubine in every possible way after he came out of the palace.

"Back to mother, grandma arrived at the Queen Mother's Palace today and met Bai Zhuangyuan and Bai Zhuangyuan's family..." Zhen Jiqiu spoke hesitantly.

"What happens after meeting Bai Zhuangyuan's family?" Little Li asked.

At the same time, I was surprised that Bai Zhuangyuan and his family who had just arrived in Beijing were all invited into the palace by the Queen Mother. Could it be because Zhen Jiqiu allowed her slaves to humiliate Bai Zhuangyuan yesterday?

If this is the case, I'm afraid the Queen Mother's dissatisfaction with the Zhenguo Government has already come to light.

Little Li was suddenly covered in cold sweat.

"Is it because of what happened yesterday?" Xiao Li looked at Zhen Jiqiu and her face became more and more serious. How come this idiot doesn't know that big trees attract wind.

"No." Zhen Jiqiu quickly defended.

"No?" Little Li couldn't figure out what else it could be other than this.

"Please tell me carefully. You can't hide anything." Xiao Li said.

Zhen Jiqiu was usually domineering, but at this time, she was still in awe of her aunt and dared not say anything.

Anyway, my grandmother's illness today has nothing to do with what happened yesterday.

"Mother, Bai Zhuangyuan's mother actually called the Queen Mother her aunt. We didn't find out until we arrived at the Queen Mother's palace today. Grandma was surprised to see Bai Zhuangyuan's mother still alive. The two had a little quarrel, and when she came back, grandma fell ill. "Zhen Jiqiu said.

"Bai Zhuangyuan's mother? Auntie the Queen Mother?" Little Li muttered to herself.

"Maybe Fu'er is back."

The appearance of Zhen Fu appeared in front of little Li's eyes, the bright daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, running and smiling cutely in the garden.Seeing her embarrassment, she gently called her "Sister Qi" and gave her a rose cake.

Little Li suddenly burst into tears. She grabbed Zhen Jiqiu and asked, "Is Bai Zhuangyuan's mother Zhen Fu?"

"Yes, grandma calls her Fu'er, and she calls grandma aunt." Zhen Jiqiu was very surprised by her aunt's reaction.

The grandmother lost her temper when she learned that Zhen Fu was alive, while the aunt seemed to lose her temper because she was happy.

But this is not surprising. After all, my grandmother and my aunt have never been very good at dealing with each other, even if they are aunt and nephew.

"Then what did the Queen Mother say to the old lady about Zhen Fu's return?" Little Li asked.

"I didn't say anything, but the Queen Mother said we were all one family." Zhen Ji Qiuyin went to the Queen Mother to question her grandmother. She didn't want her aunt to know how embarrassed her grandmother was in front of the Queen Mother.Little Li still had many questions to ask about Zhen's return to the capital, but she felt that asking Zhen to send Qiu Ye was in vain.

After calming down his emotions, he waved his hand for Zhen Jiqiu to retreat.

"Fu'er is still alive."

After Zhen Jiqiu left, Xiao Li finally couldn't hold it back anymore and tears rolled down her face.

After she was thankful that Mrs. Zhen was still alive, her mood was filled with complicated emotions.

Because she has always had a seed of doubt in her heart. When Zhen was sold, she always felt that it was her mother-in-law or husband's handiwork.

But she had no evidence and was afraid that the truth would be revealed and she didn’t know how to face it, so she didn’t dare to ask or pry for so many years.

Now that Mrs. Zhen is back, her son is still the number one scholar. While she is happy for Mr. Zhen, she also really wants to see Mr. Zhen.

So he summoned the reliable nanny around him and asked her to find out where Bai Zhuangyuan's home was. She came to see the number one scholar's mother on the pretext that the Zhenguo Duke's house had violated the number one scholar yesterday and his wife wanted to come to apologize.

Naturally, we have to hide it from the Duke of Zhen and the old lady.

"Madam, old madam, the Marquis is back."

Following the servant's announcement, Zhen Chen, the Duke of Zhen Guo, strode to the old lady's room.

The old lady suddenly sat up from the bed.

"Mother." Zhen Chen was as gentle and elegant as ever. Even when facing her mother, she still remained graceful.

"Chen'er, she's back."

Mrs. Zhen Guogong grabbed Zhen Chen's hand, her voice filled with shock and fear.

God knows, she managed not to have stage fright in front of the Queen Mother and Mrs. Zhen.

But the shameful things she did often made her wake up in her dreams. Now, the person she thought was dead long ago came to her through 30 years of time and opened the door to the shameful things she did.

This makes her not afraid.

"Mom, I know. It's Zhen Fu who's back." Zhen Chen patted the old lady's hand with a very calm tone.

"What should we do?" the old lady asked.

"Mom, it's okay." Zhen Chen said slowly, "In the past, we had no choice but to sacrifice the second wife in order to preserve the blood of the Zhen family. Even if the Queen Mother and the Emperor pursue the case, I have a way to deal with it. What's more, knowing the truth of the matter All the people are already piles of withered bones."

The old lady calmed down, took Zhen Chen's hand and said, "Is the emperor calling you today because of Zhen Fu's matter?"

Zhen Chen smiled and said, "No, we are discussing the matter of the Rong Kingdom coming to discuss peace next month."

The old lady's heart stabilized. Since the emperor came to Chen'er to discuss peace, it meant that Zhenguo Duke's Mansion was still of great use to the emperor.

Zhen Chen comforted the old lady again, but the old lady was just too thoughtful.

What does a Zhen Fu mean? How many people in the Zhen family died tragically or were betrayed in the past.

The Emperor cannot re-examine the original case of Zhen Guogong's conspiracy for Zhen Fu's sake. This case has already been concluded, and the Queen Mother's intervention also cleared the second uncle's charges.

There will never be another turmoil over Zhen Fu now.

Just because Zhen Fu has a son who is number one?

What do you think?
The son of the number one scholar was just entering the officialdom and had no foundation at all, while Duke Zhenguo was from the Queen Mother's mother's family, so he had great achievements for the emperor.

If Zhen Fu couldn't swallow the feeling of being betrayed and wanted to seek revenge from the Duke of Zhen, it would be like throwing an egg against a stone.

(End of this chapter)