After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 512 Extra (Ten): Mid-Autumn Banquet
At this time, in the Queen's Palace, the Emperor and the Queen were sitting opposite each other playing chess.

"I don't know how the old man will deal with the affairs of the princess's husband's family." The emperor said casually.

The Queen placed a black piece on the chessboard and said, "The Boss always makes the right choice."

Of course, even if it was not correct, the Emperor and Empress would not depose the Crown Princess just because of this act of favoritism.

The emperor placed a white piece on the chessboard and said, "I win."

The queen complained, "We agreed to play chess with me today, but you didn't even give way to me."

The emperor smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, okay, let's play a new game. I will definitely let you win this time."

The queen shook her head: "It's always like this. You get addicted while playing. It's boring. I'd better recruit a few big players to play chess with me."

The emperor immediately became anxious and said, "Or else ask your father-in-law or elder brother to play chess with you, and don't call Luo Zhang."

The queen looked at him strangely and said, "They're already married, why are you still so jealous?"

The emperor seemed to be particularly jealous. Just because Luo Zhang looked at the queen in a strange way, the emperor asked him about some old stories and he became very jealous.

The emperor was jealous but did not forbid the empress to leave the palace or restrict her behavior. Instead, he tried every means to make trouble for Luo Zhang. Within his ability, he promoted Luo Zhang and sent him out of the capital.

The emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief when the person was no longer in sight. When he thought about how the two families almost discussed a marriage, he felt a pang of fear.

If the marriage had really been arranged in his hometown, then he would have had nothing to do with it.

In recent years, Luo Zhang's father has grown old and wanted his son to return to Beijing to take care of him, so Luo Zhang was transferred back.

When Luo Zhang was at an age when he should have gotten married, he rejected all marriage proposals as if to punish himself. However, after returning to the capital, perhaps it was his old father who persuaded him, but he finally got married and had a son last year.

Of course the emperor believed that there was no ambiguity between his wife and Luo Zhang, but they had studied together and were childhood sweethearts. Whenever he thought of this, he could not help but feel jealous and tried every means to separate the two.

"I haven't seen Mr. Sun for a long time. I asked someone to ask him if he is free to play chess with me." Niu Niu said with a smile.

The emperor was completely relieved and did not stay here to get in the way. He said, "There are still some official business that have not been dealt with. I will go back to the imperial study to check. Remember to invite Father Sun to dinner. I will come too when the time comes."

The emperor seldom called himself "I" in front of the empress, because for clinical reasons, this word could also be used to address the empress, but they rarely used it when they were with their families.

"Okay, I'll ask someone to bring godmother in as well." said the queen with a smile.

In a blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet. The palace did not invite court officials, but only invited family members.

Princess Consort of Prince Jing entered the palace with a large group of sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and granddaughters. As the emperor's biological mother, she did not become the empress dowager after the emperor ascended the throne, but remained in Prince Jing's Mansion.

Even though she didn't actually have the title of empress dowager, people outside didn't dare to look down on her in the slightest.

Even the queen had to treat her with the courtesy of a daughter-in-law.

The Empress Dowager, Prince Jing and his wife were seated at the top of the throne, and the Emperor and Empress were seated below them. The former Concubine Shun, now the Empress Dowager, looked at the relatives in the palace with a smile.

Princess Baoer and her husband also returned to the palace with their child today. It is unknown what they were telling the child at this moment.

The relatives from the Empress Dowager's family were sitting next to Liu Xiaoru and her husband, pointing at the dishes on the table with admiration on their faces.

Sun Jiaxing and his wife are watching a song and dance performance in the palace with their grandson.

Mrs. Gu and Father Gu were already very old, but they were still clear-headed. Mrs. Gu glanced at the queen from a distance and said to Father Gu, "I told you that our sweetheart looks best in gold clothes, but you insisted that she looks best in red. Look how energetic she looks in gold."

Father Gu picked up a piece of cake and put it in his mouth, mumbling: "You are the most beautiful, you are the most beautiful."

Mrs. Gu glared at her husband and said, "You're playing dumb again!"

Father Gu's mouth corners slowly rose, and he said, "My dear, everything looks good on me, but not as good-looking as you."

Old Mrs. Gu was too lazy to argue with Old Man Gu. Her children were filial, and she had no health problems despite her age. Even the first and third wives were living a peaceful life. She had no worries at all and felt that she was the luckiest old lady in the whole capital.

"It's strange, where is the princess' husband?" Old Mrs. Gu asked Old Man Gu in a low voice.

Father Gu just glanced at the empty seat next to the Crown Princess and said, "You are all great-grandchildren, why do you care so much? The singing and dancing are so beautiful, if you miss it, they won't let you dance again."

Seeing that the old man was perfunctory, Mrs. Gu turned around and looked for Zhang Yuniang: "Yuniang, go and see if the young couple is having a quarrel. Find someone to persuade the wife of the emperor, don't let him make our Dabao angry."

Zhang Yunniang listened to her mother-in-law's self-righteous bias and said helplessly, "Mom, Dabao is already in her twenties. She can handle her own affairs. Don't worry about it."

"Raising children means a lifetime of worry. Dabao already has enough official duties to deal with. Am I not afraid that she will be upset about family matters? This naive husband is really not sensible at all." Old Mrs. Gu complained.

Old Lady Gu was very kind to her daughters-in-law, but she always had very high expectations for her sons-in-law. Even when the Queen got married, the old lady had many requirements for the Emperor, but she didn't dare say them out loud.

Zhang Yunniang vaguely knew why the princess' husband did not appear at today's banquet, and guessed that it was probably related to the events in Mizhou.

The prince's husband's brother seized farmland in Mizhou, bullied the market, and even injured people on horseback. This series of events was discovered by the Gu family.

Gu Mingda did not make a fuss about this matter in the court, but instead sent someone to inform the Crown Princess first.

The Crown Princess dealt with the Crown Princess's husband's family decisively, and the Crown Princess' husband even fell ill because of this. However, the Crown Princess had no intention of changing her mind. It seemed that there were still rumors in the East Palace that the Crown Princess' husband had fallen out of favor.

"Mother, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. If something really happens, His Majesty and the Empress will not ignore it. You used to worry that His Majesty would bully the Empress. If you really want to worry, you should worry about the Crown Princess' husband. After all, the Crown Princess holds great power and she will not be bullied." Zhang Yunniang comforted.

Old Lady Gu glanced at the emperor and empress sitting above, thought about it, and it seemed to be true, so she said no more.

The emperor and empress suddenly stood up together, raised their wine glasses, and said to everyone present under the bright lights: "Today our family is reunited. May every year be like this day and this night."

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