Stepmother Shaoguang

Chapter 163 New Year's Eve
After such an incident a year ago, the sage didn't have the heart to do a big New Year's Eve, but the rules of the ancestors are not easy to ignore casually, so he asked the queen to figure it out.

What it means is to follow the rules and not be too perfunctory, but absolutely not to be grandiose.

People outside have a hard time, how can they enjoy it?Even if it's an appearance, it must be done well.

This point, the queen has been a queen for more than 20 years, of course she understands.

So people like the Chen family, who were barely on the list last year, took it for granted that they were not invited this year.

It's useless for Chen Yuexian to be sullen, but what is consoling is that even though the status is not as good as before, the Chen family's family situation has improved instead.

All this is because of a new friend of Master Chen, who used the name of the Chen family to do business, and earned half to seven cents of the money he earned from the Chen family.

For no reason, there was an extra sum of money, and the amount was not small.

Chen Yuexian happily urged her father to quickly buy a new house, preferably to move back to the original place.

Chen Houye loves this little daughter, and he still wants to force his way into the original circle of friends, so he takes her words to heart.

Leaving aside the behavior of the Chen family, He Shaoguang was truly taken aback when he saw the Queen Mother again after a few months.

The hair of the beautiful woman who still has the charm of the past is all white, and the kind and kind face of the past has become tired and sickly.

The Empress Dowager came out to meet the guests with her sick body. In order to cover her tiredness, thick powder and rouge were applied on her face, but the decadence of a chronically ill person cannot be covered by makeup, and it will be revealed from the wrinkled hands and torso. .

Because of her illness, Qiao Yuping refused the marriage, devoted herself to serving in the palace, and rarely even went back home.

In fact, the most serious illness of the Empress Dowager is her heart disease. Since the death of King Yan, she locked herself in the small Buddhist hall for several months, eating vegetarian food and chanting scriptures without touching any meat.

People who are used to big fish and big meat suddenly only eat vegetarian food without oil and water, and coupled with excessive worry in their hearts, their bodies will naturally not be able to hold on.

Knowing that the queen mother blamed himself for the death of King Yan, he couldn't say anything on the surface, he could only use the excuse of destroying his body to be discouraged, and the saint was also suffocating for a while, so he only ordered the imperial doctor to take good care of the queen mother's body. Never look.

No one in the harem dared to persuade her, and if she persuaded her, she would be very angry.The Empress Dowager is not the mother of these ladies themselves, and no one will touch this bad luck.

In this way, only Miss Qiao Si sincerely hoped that the Queen Mother would get better.

Concubine Zheng was saved by the Queen Mother during childbirth, and she was grateful. In the past, she would often go to the palace to chat with her to relieve her boredom. Now that the prince is married, everyone knows that the father's mentality is different. He consciously reduces the number of times he enters the palace, and also restrains the female relatives in his backyard.

The Lu family came early, and Xu Ruyun wore the clothes of the Duke's wife, dignified and natural. The current fashion is still a relatively light makeup style. Her lips were already thin, and she looked gentle, so this step was omitted.

She separated from Lu Ruqing at the palace gate, and told Lu Xiaowen with a concerned look: "Second brother, if your eldest brother is unwell."

Lu Xiaowen replied clearly: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will let the palace people around elder brother pay attention."

Lu Ruqing also looked at her with a helpless smile: "I'm already an adult."

Xu Ruyun blushed and was embarrassed by what they said, so He Shaoguang came out to smooth things over: "Oh, my brother and sister-in-law are on good terms. I can't stand it anymore. I want to abduct my sister-in-law!"

She took Xu Ruyun's arm, bid them farewell, and walked in different directions, led by their own servants.

It was still the same as in previous years, first paid homage to the queen, and then went to see the queen mother together. When seeing the queen mother, some were surprised, and some were already used to it, and there was no reaction.

There was a faint smile on the corner of the queen mother's mouth, which was not sincere at first glance, and she asked everyone to sit down with a slightly hoarse voice.

"I met the Queen Mother last year, and she looked like she was under fifty. How could that be?" Xu Ruyun was obviously shocked.

He Shaoguang sighed, and suppressed his voice so that only the two of them could hear: "Don't talk about the queen mother, it's her own son who heard that the saint is not as healthy as before."

Most likely, it was caused by the rebellion of the people below and the drought this year.

"He Shi."

"My wife is here." The roll call was called, and He Shaoguang immediately sat upright and obediently responded.

"I heard that your mother's family made great efforts in disaster relief and donated a large amount of money and food. Did you participate in it?"

Although the queen's tone was inquiring, she obviously had an affirmative answer in her heart, so she said it in public.

He Shaoguang was modest, but he also admitted what the Hai family did, and said: "Actually, no matter whether my wife and mother go to Dingzhou or not, my wife's uncle will definitely help these disaster victims."

The queen was very satisfied, and smiled affectionately: "This is a beautiful statement. If all businessmen in the world have such a heart, how can there be poor people?"

He Shaoguang was speechless, the thinking of the superiors was always like this, and they felt that everyone under them should selflessly dedicate their whole body and mind to fix any flaws for them, whether they were caused by them or not.

"What do you want? The saint rewarded your uncle, and I should reward you too."

When she said it in front of everyone, she undoubtedly put the other party in a dilemma.

However, her attitude was kind, as if she was talking homely.

It was the second princess who kindly helped: "Mother, I think Mrs. Lu is so young and thin-skinned, so you can ask in private! She is embarrassed in front of so many people."

Her voice is clear and sweet, and she can't tell the feeling of being middle-aged even after being a mother. Her marriage was not going well before, and her face was often full of hostility. Now she sees it away, and lives alone in the princess mansion with her children. When I was young, I became more and more like a [-]-year-old girl.

The queen was displeased, but she couldn't lose face with the princess, so she could only say "Okay" lightly, and the smile on her face disappeared.

Seeing Princess Zheng holding her son, the queen turned her attention to her, and for a while the focus was on Princess Zheng again, especially the queen meant something, saying that the third prince had been married for a year and there was no movement.

Yin Xuan acted as if she didn't hear the queen's urging, she rubbed her stomach and smiled shyly, Princess Zheng smoothed things over and teased: "The third sibling is still a newlywed, she's shy, let's talk about it differently."

Looking back, seeing Yin Xuan smiling gratefully at her, Concubine Zheng nodded slightly. The two women's husbands and brothers were indifferent. Unexpectedly, at this time, the wife developed a little bit of sympathy for each other.

(End of this chapter)