Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 711: After Emperor Yong'an was deposed, Xiao Yunxi gave birth to a daughter
After spending some time in Shoukang Palace with Liang Ji, Chen Mo did not stay in the palace for long. After putting on his robe, he walked along the palace path along the towering palace walls towards Hanyuan Palace.

This time when he entered the palace, in addition to comforting Liang Ji, Chen Mo also wanted to learn about the recent rumors in the capital.

To go from the harem to the Hanyuan Hall, one has to pass through the back garden.

Not long after walking, Chen Mo was stunned.

In the pavilion by the lake, a beautiful woman with dignified appearance, noble and elegant temperament, and quiet demeanor was sitting on a stone bench in a daze. There were no palace maids or eunuchs around her.

And this curvy and graceful figure is none other than Queen Zhao Yusu.

Queen Zhao was dressed very gorgeously, wearing a pearl white gown inlaid with exquisite gold embroidery. Under her straight nose was a tender cherry mouth. She gazed at the calm lake with a melancholy look in her heart.

"Empress." As Chen Mo spoke, he walked closer and spoke in a gentle voice.

After all, it would be awkward to pass by her without saying hello.

But Queen Zhao seemed not to have heard it, and her eyes were still on the lake.

Chen Mo observed her carefully for a while, and seeing that she was in a daze, he called out again.

Only then did Queen Zhao come back to her senses. When she heard the familiar voice coming from behind her, she suddenly turned her head with long black hair. Under the sunlight, her skin was as white as snow, but her face looked a little haggard. She had obviously lost a lot of weight and looked weak compared to the last time they met.

Seeing that it was Chen Mo, Queen Zhao immediately stood up. Although the other party was a minister, the power he held was something that Queen Zhao did not dare to underestimate. She said, "King Wei."

Then she casually asked why he was here.

Chen Mo said, "The Queen Mother wants to see you. I'm on my way to Hanyuan Palace and I'm passing by here. What is the Queen doing here?"

These words made Queen Zhao feel inexplicably annoyed. This was the back garden of the imperial palace, and she was the queen. Wasn't it normal to be here? Moreover, this familiar question seemed to express to Queen Zhao that she had to say something.

Queen Zhao lowered her eyebrows, bit her pink lips with her pearly teeth, and said, "Come here for a walk if you have nothing to do."

In fact, Queen Zhao was here to relax.

She felt anxious.

After she accidentally fell into the lake and was rescued, she stayed in the palace to recuperate for a period of time. Except for the initial visit from His Majesty, he never came to visit her once until she recovered and got out of bed. He became more and more indifferent to her.

Queen Zhao couldn't understand why His Majesty treated her like this.

She truly had true feelings for Emperor Yong'an, and it was not a so-called marriage, or a forced one where her family wanted to cling to the royal family.

Now that Emperor Yong'an treated her like this, Queen Zhao was very sad.

Chen Mo nodded, looking at the beauty who suddenly lowered her eyes with warm eyes, and said casually: "The cold that the queen had last time, is it better?"

"Thank you, King Wei, for your concern. I am fine now."

Chen Mo stared at Queen Zhao for a few more seconds and said, "I still think that Your Majesty needs to rest more, or ask the imperial physician to come and see her. Your Majesty looks too haggard and has lost a lot of weight."

Queen Zhao didn't know how to answer at this time.

Chen Mo did not wait for her to answer and continued, "The weather has warmed up recently, but it is still a little chilly. It is windy here, so you should go back early, Madam."

After saying that, Chen Mo left.

After Chen Mo left, Queen Zhao raised her eyes, bit her lips even tighter, and murmured in her heart: "Even the King of Wei cares about me, Your Majesty, why are you so...?"

Thinking of this, Queen Zhao's eyes turned red again and she became even sadder.

……

Hanyuan Hall.

Chen Mo found Geng Songfu and told him about the recent rumors in Beijing. Geng Songfu said he didn't know and would send someone to investigate.

Just as Chen Mo was about to ask more details, Geng Songfu started talking about the Linhuai Money House.

With the investment of several major families, although the Linhuai Money House is not open all over the country, it has branches in Qing, Yu, Lin, Huai, Feng, Yang, Chong and other states, as well as Tianchuan City. In more than a year, there are more than a hundred money houses of all sizes.

With the money that the people deposited in the banks, the current treasury is quite full, but the premise is that there will be no bank run. The fleet that went out to sea has not returned yet, and it is impossible to deal with the bank's accounts.
After talking about the money house, Geng Songfu pulled Chen Mo aside to talk about the new policy.

Now is the best time to reform and implement new policies, and there will be the least resistance. After all, the current situation is a major reshuffle.

Chen Mo also had the same idea, so he had a long talk with him.

We chatted like this for a long time.

After Chen Mo left, Geng Songfu muttered to himself: "We must speed up the process. The new policy must be implemented when the new dynasty is established."

……

That night, he found Wu Yanqing and told him what was on his mind.

Wu Yanqing agreed.

One day later, at Prince Wei’s Palace.

Wu Mi found Chen Mo and said, "My husband, my father just came to me and said that my sixth uncle plans to send his granddaughter to the palace as a concubine."

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows slightly: "Your sixth uncle's granddaughter? What does your father-in-law want to do?"

Now in the capital, everyone with a discerning eye can see that the Chu royal family is about to become powerful. So why is Wu Yanqing sending a girl from the Wu family into the palace at this time?
"I don't know either. But my sixth uncle's lineage belongs to the side branch of the Wu family, and my father told me that this was my sixth uncle's own idea." Wu Mi said.

Chen Mo frowned slightly, but he was not strong in conspiracy and internal affairs. After thinking for a while, he said, "Your Majesty has few concubines around him. In this case, let your sixth uncle send someone over."

What Chen Mo didn't know was.

That night, Geng Songfu went to the palace to meet with Emperor Yong'an and said that Wu Xian, the daughter of the Wu family, was gentle, virtuous, talented and beautiful, and could be a concubine. He requested Emperor Yong'an to issue an order to recruit Wu Xian, the daughter of the Wu family, into the palace as a noble concubine.

Emperor Yong'an was shocked and asked hurriedly if this girl from the Wu family was from the Jiangdong Wu family where the Princess of Wei lived.

Geng Songfu nodded.

Emperor Yong'an was confused. It was impossible for the Wu family not to know that he was a puppet emperor. So why was they sending a girl from the Wu family to the palace to be his concubine?
And it is impossible that the King of Wei didn't know about this.

Emperor Yong'an was reluctant, as this made him feel that his dignity was trampled upon again.

So I said I needed to think about it.

……

End of March.

A yellow dragon-shaped stone was transported from Qingzhou to the capital. At the same time, what happened in Pingting County also spread in the capital.

"Hey, have you heard that a yellow dragon-shaped stone was dug out from the river in front of Fukuzawa Village?"

"No way, you don't even know Fuze Village. The King of Wei is from Fuze Village."

"Oh, it's the Fuze Village in Pingting County."

"Yes, yes, that's it. Some people say that this dragon stone is a prophecy from heaven, saying that someone who will become an emperor will be born in this place."

"Isn't that the King of Wei?"

"shush"

In restaurants, on the streets and in every alley, almost everyone was telling the story, and there was no one in the city who didn't know about it.

Although Chen Mo's tentacles are spread throughout the court, Emperor Yong'an still has several loyal ministers in the court, the so-called royalists.

After learning the news, he went to the palace immediately and told Emperor Yong'an that the Prince of Wei wanted to usurp the throne.

Emperor Yong'an knew this a long time ago, but on the surface, he severely rebuked these royalist ministers, saying that the Prince of Wei was loyal and not that kind of person, and that they were slandering the Prince of Wei and had them driven out.

After driving away these royalist ministers, Emperor Yong'an suddenly collapsed to the ground.

Is this day finally coming?
Emperor Yong'an is not stupid.

Dragon shaped stone.

It was dug out in the hometown of King Wei. Isn't this a preparation for becoming emperor?

Emperor Yong'an thought of the rumors that had spread in the capital before.

It is said that the King of Wei is a descendant of the royal family of the State of Chen more than a thousand years ago.

Isn't this just to prove one's legitimacy? Now that the procedures are almost complete, what else is missing?
Emperor Yong'an's mind started working rapidly.

All that’s missing is for him to abdicate voluntarily.

Judging from history, one has to decline three times.

In a trance, Emperor Yong'an thought of what Geng Songfu had said to him during their overnight audience some time ago.

At this time, Emperor Yong'an vaguely understood the intention.

This is telling himself that as long as he abdicates obediently, he won't have to worry about his life safety, and he will be guaranteed to live a prosperous and wealthy life for the rest of his life.

After all, by marrying the daughter of the Wu family as a concubine, he would be considered as being related to the King of Wei.

Based on this relationship, it is hard to understand why the King of Wei tried to kill Emperor Yong'an even though he had abdicated the throne obediently.

Thinking of this, Emperor Yong'an suddenly understood everything.

But at this time, Emperor Yong'an fell into great fear again.

Because if this happens, future history books will record that the 400-year-long Song Dynasty was destroyed in his hands.

After his death, how can he face his ancestors?

But he did not dwell on this fear for too long.

To give myself peace of mind.

He hinted in his heart that he had no choice.

He was also carried up there by someone.

The country left by our ancestors was not destroyed in our own hands.

But the emperor emeritus.

It’s the late emperor.

...

After struggling in my heart for a whole night.

The next morning, he asked someone to call Geng Songfu and told him that he agreed to take Wu Xian as his concubine.

Geng Songfu was not surprised by this. Everything was going according to his plan. During the days when Emperor Yong'an was thinking, Wu Yanqing had already brought Wu Xian to the capital.

Emperor Yong'an issued an edict that day, and Wu Xian entered the palace in the afternoon and became a noble concubine.

Emperor Yong'an was truly worried.

That night, he had the favor of Concubine Wu.

When Queen Zhao heard the news, a few bitter smiles appeared on her face.

But her misery was yet to come.

……

Early to mid-April.

Due to Emperor Yong'an's own misunderstanding, he felt that since the Queen had an affair with Prince Wei, and now Prince Wei allowed a girl from the Wu family to enter the palace, there might be a deeper meaning.

Perhaps, the King of Wei also wanted to be with the Queen legitimately in this way.

The daughter of the Wu family is just a kind of compensation to him.

Emperor Yong'an felt even more humiliated when he had this thought.

He even had the thought of refusing to obey even at death.

But he could never make up his mind.

I hesitated until the middle to late part of the year.

Emperor Yong'an gritted his teeth and asked someone to come in and draft an edict.

He wanted to depose the queen and make Concubine Wu the queen.

To this end, he even fabricated many reasons for deposing the empress in the imperial edict.

Chen Mo definitely doesn't know about this yet.

Now his whole heart is on Xiao Yunxi.

Because just a quarter of an hour ago, Xiao Yunxi said that her stomach hurt and she was afraid that she was about to give birth.

Then the entire Prince Wei's Palace became busy.

Xiao Yunxi had given birth to a child after all.

The birth of the second child was not that difficult.

Not long after, accompanied by the sound of a baby crying, Chen Mo, who was pacing back and forth outside the house, breathed a sigh of relief and looked inside the house.

Soon, a maid who was taking care of the girl in the house came out with a happy look on her face, and said with a smile: "My lord, the mother and daughter are safe, and she is a rich lady."

Xiao Ya, who was holding little Chen Qin, changed her expression slightly when she heard this. How could she give birth to a girl? What would happen to the Xiao family in the future?
Xiao Yunxi is relatively old and has given birth to two children, so it is not easy for her to get pregnant again.

Xiao Ya gritted her teeth. This way, she would have to rely on herself from now on.

Can you do it just by yourself?

Chen Mo showed no regrets at all, and said cheerfully, "Mi'er, all the midwives and maids in the room will be rewarded."

Wu Mi smiled and nodded. She would have done so even without him saying anything.

Inside the room, Xiao Yunxi lay quietly on the couch. She didn't look weak, but her makeup was a little messy, her hair was disheveled, and a dense layer of sweat seeped out of her jade-like forehead. However, in her beautiful eyes, which were as bright as water, there was a hint of sadness.

Why not a boy?
It was difficult to get pregnant with Chen Mo.

Now that she is older, it will be more difficult for her to get pregnant again.

If it’s not a boy, what should the Xiao family do?
However, when her gaze shifted to the baby being cleaned by the slave, the sadness in her eyes immediately dissipated.

Although it is a girl, she is also her and Chen Mo's child.

This blood connection cannot be changed.

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty."

"..."

Just then, Chen Mo strode in.

When Xiao Yunxi saw Chen Mo coming in, she was not happy at all. Instead, she became scared and kept asking Chen Mo to get out quickly, her voice filled with tears.

After all, the Prince of Huai ignored her because he entered the delivery room and saw her "ugly" appearance.

She didn't want to go through that again.

But Chen Mo is not the King of Huai, he will not despise his woman.

He walked over directly, sat down beside the bed, held Xiao Yunxi's hand, and regardless of the sweat on her face and the faint strange smell in the air, he kissed her on the face and said softly: "Yunxi, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you've worked hard, I came to see you."

"No, my husband, please get out. I look so ugly now." Xiao Yunxi was pushing Chen Mo.

"No, it's not like that. In my heart, Yun Xi is so beautiful right now."

As he spoke, Chen Mo raised his hand and hugged Xiao Yunxi's shoulders. He turned his eyes to the baby who was still crying beside him and said with a smile: "Yunxi, look, your daughter looks so much like you."

Hearing Chen Mo mention his daughter, Xiao Yunxi raised her eyes and looked at Chen Mo's expression. He did not look disgusted. She felt a little relieved. She turned her gaze to her daughter, and a hint of joy appeared in her eyes. She said softly, "What can you tell from a newborn baby? Husband, please give our daughter a name."

(End of this chapter)