The emperor is reborn, the cute queen is upgraded

Chapter 99
Dugu Ye nodded to He Baoquan, and He Baoquan thanked Empress Dowager Xu and withdrew.

"What does the queen mother want to tell her son?" Duguye looked at Queen Mother Xu leisurely.

Empress Dowager Xu looked at this "bastard son" and thought mockingly in her heart: Mrs. Liu, if you were still alive, would you be so happy to see what your son did today?Back then, the Xu family forced the Liu family to stay away from Shangjing and gradually declined. Now your son will take care of the Xu family for your Liu family!

"Your Majesty, what mistake did Xu Shangshu make? Are you going to punish him to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors? If you want to punish Xu Concubine's mother for saying something wrong, it is enough to punish Xu Concubine's parents. How could Xu Shangshu be involved?" Empress Dowager Xu pondered, and questioned Dugu Ye.

Although it was a questioning, Empress Dowager Xu changed her aggressive way of speaking and became gentle.

Duguye expected that Empress Dowager Xu asked him to come to Funing Palace just for the Xu family's affairs!So it's easy to deal with.

"After returning to my mother, Concubine Xu's parents are also members of the Xu family. Xu Shangshu, as the highest official in the Xu family, should strictly control the clansmen. But he allowed the women in the clan to spread rumors that slandered the queen. I just punished him behind closed doors. It is already the lightest punishment. My mother knows that the officials implicated are all punished by being demoted by three levels, and there are not a few who lost their officials!"

"It's just a few false rumors, do you have to make such a mobilization?" Empress Dowager Xu couldn't help raising her tone, "At any rate, the Xu family is also a family of heroes who have made great contributions to the country for several generations! Your majesty, go down with the imperial decree, More than half of the men in the Xu family were beaten twenty times, and the women were slapped twenty times, what will this do to the Xu family's face?"

Dugu Ye stood up, bowed to Empress Dowager Xu, and said in a deep voice: "Mother, which one is more important for the face of the Xu family and the royal family? The empress is the head of all wives and my wife. Her face is just like my face. Important! The lady of the Xu family ignored the imperial prestige, fabricated rumors that harmed the queen's reputation, and spread them openly at high-end banquets. What is the difference between this and hitting the face of the queen and me? Slapping the mouth twenty times is already a lighter punishment! Your mother is the Empress Dowager of the Dayan Kingdom, please give more consideration to the majesty of the Dayan royal family!"

"..." Empress Dowager Xu gritted her teeth, holding back a lot of words to defend the Xu family, but was blocked by the emperor's last words!
There is an old saying: a woman obeys her husband when she gets married, and obeys her son when her husband dies!She was already a woman of the royal family after her marriage with the first emperor, and she should really think of the royal family in every way!But what her husband likes and cares about is not her. How can this make her think about the royal family wholeheartedly?Her own son died, her husband also died, and the current emperor was born to the woman her husband loved the most, so how could she think more about the emperor?

"Then the emperor wants to cut Xu Houzhao's position as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?" Empress Dowager Xu couldn't control the resentment and hatred in her heart, and her voice became a little sharper.

"I don't have that intention at the moment." Dugu Ye said calmly, "Let's look at the opinions of the ministers in the court and the degree of self-examination of Xu Shangshu."

Empress Dowager Xu closed her eyes, as if she had seen the complete decline of the Xu family after the death of herself and Xu Shangshu!

After a pause, Empress Dowager Xu asked again weakly: "The emperor recalled King Chen and Empress Dowager Chen in advance, and why?"

Although Empress Dowager Xu misses her grandson Dugu Yunzhi very much, she is even more worried about Dugu Ye, the emperor!

Every time something happened, Empress Dowager Xu saw the essence of Dugu Ye more clearly!
Dugu Ye is like a wolf, cunning and cruel!Every prey he targets is confused even when he dies!
Sure enough, when Duguye heard Queen Mother Xu ask Chen Wang, the corners of her lips raised upwards, which made Queen Mother Xu jump with fear!
"Why is your majesty... laughing?" Queen Mother Xu asked with a frown.

Dugu Ye still stood, but straightened up and put his right hand behind his back, raised his head to meet Empress Dowager Xu's gaze and said, "I think that King Chen is the only heir of Prince Shang, and also the grandson of the empress. I think the empress must hope to I often see King Chen. I didn’t order King Chen to return to Beijing like other vassal kings before the year. It was because the mansion prepared for King Chen in Beijing has not been repaired, so I delayed King Chen’s return. Recently, I have to supervise The officials of Prince Chen's Mansion in Beijing reported that the mansion has been repaired and is ready to welcome King Chen and Empress Dowager Chen to move in at any time, so they issued an order to call him back to Beijing."

Empress Dowager Xu was dumbfounded, she couldn't understand what the emperor was saying!
What palace?What repairs are completed?Why didn't she hear the wind at all?
"What does your majesty mean...that King Chen and Empress Dowager Chen will live in the palace in Shangjing?" Empress Dowager Xu stood up abruptly, and asked with wide-eyed disbelief, "What about King Chen's fiefdom?" ?”

"Mother don't have to worry. After Chen Guo takes it back, Andu will be Chen Wang's fiefdom. At that time, all tax revenue in Andu fief will still belong to Chen Wang." Dugu Ye said with a smile, "In this way, Chen Wang will grow up in front of his mother. Daddy, the queen mother should also feel relieved."

Seeing the emperor's meaningful smile, Empress Dowager Xu slumped back into her chair!His lips trembled so that he could not speak!
Duguye put away his smile, bowed and said: "If the mother has nothing else to ask, the son should go back to the imperial study to review the memorial, and the son will leave."

Empress Dowager Xu raised her hand, but the emperor had already turned around and left her behind!
After the emperor left, Madam Huang came in from the outside, and saw the Empress Dowager Xu, who was paralyzed on the chair with a listless eyes and spirit, she was so frightened that she stepped forward to hold the master's hand!

"Queen Mother! Queen Mother! Come on, call the imperial doctor!" Huang Momo shouted in panic.

The palace servants of Funing Palace hurriedly took the tooth card to invite the imperial physician!

After a while, the Empress Dowager Xu, who drank two sips of tea and calmed down, felt a little more comfortable. She grabbed Huang Momo's hand and said hurriedly: "You can't let King Chen come back! You can't... Your Majesty is going to... Chen Wang is placed under house arrest under his nose!"

"Queen Mother." Huang Momo was startled, and quickly ordered the maids to retreat. "Queen Mother, you don't have to worry. With you and the courtiers who served His Highness the former Crown Prince in the court, the Emperor will not touch His Highness Chen Wang."

Empress Dowager Xu shook her head, took a few breaths and said, "Who is left in the court? How many officials did the emperor cut off under the banner of severely punishing those who slandered the queen this time? Oh! Aijia really underestimated the emperor. Ah! Before, I only thought that he wanted to check some rumors because of a woman, but who would have thought...it's too late to say anything now, the Ai family must never let King Chen fall into the hands of the emperor again!"

Dugu Yunzhi is the last thought of Empress Dowager Xu!It is the only blood of her son!Even if she fights to the death, she can't let Dugu Ye kill Chen Wang!
Huang Momo looked at Empress Dowager Xu's slightly deranged appearance, and knew that Empress Dowager Xu would not be able to think calmly when King Chen was mentioned.

"Empress Dowager, this servant thinks that the emperor may not want to touch His Royal Highness Chen Wang." Madam Huang said hesitantly, "Earlier, he clearly ordered Chen Wang and Chen Sihou to return to Beijing in October, and this servant thinks that it is to avoid the birth of the Empress Dowager." Days. The sudden recall now... Could it be to remind the Queen Mother of you..."

"Remind Ai's family?" Empress Dowager Xu sat up angrily and stared at Huang Momo, "Unfilial thing! No matter how powerful he is, he still has to call Ai's family auntie!"

Huang Momo helped Empress Dowager Xu calmly and said: "Your servant is only guessing, please don't get angry, Empress Dowager."

Thinking carefully about what Grandma Huang said, Empress Dowager Xu also had a guess in her heart.

"You mean to say that if Aijia is no longer good for the queen, the emperor will..."

Seeing that the master has figured it out, Huang Momo nodded lightly, "I'm afraid it will happen."

"Then tell King Chen and Empress Dowager Chen not to come back! Find an excuse to stay in Chendi!" Empress Xu said resolutely.

"The imperial edict to recall has been issued for so long. I'm afraid the Queen Mother Chen and King Chen are already on their way. Besides, if King Chen doesn't return to Shangjing, he will resist the edict. When the time comes..."

"Oh! This doesn't work, that doesn't work! Could it be that the Ai family can only watch Yun Zhi come back and be imprisoned by the emperor?" Empress Dowager Xu yelled a little irritably.

"The empress dowager, please calm down! This servant said, with you here, the emperor shouldn't..."

"No! Wait!" Empress Dowager Xu suddenly calmed down with bright eyes, and tightly clasped the hand holding Huang Momo, "Hehe, why did the Ai family forget, no matter how good the emperor is to the queen, he should not forget Did you miss that person? As long as she is here, King Chen will be fine."

"..." Huang Momo lowered her head, not daring to look at the weird smile on Empress Dowager Xu's face.

Empress Dowager Xu relaxed and leaned back in her chair, as if she was thinking about something, laughing triumphantly from time to time.

When the imperial physician came, what he saw was that Empress Dowager Xu didn't seem to be in any discomfort, but was smiling happily!

Huang Momo stood aside worriedly and watched the imperial doctor ask the empress dowager for pulse, thinking about the "she" that empress dowager Xu said, could it be the one she guessed?If it was really "her", wouldn't this harem be... messy!
It's... so amazing that the queen mother has such an idea in order to protect King Chen!
On the fourth day of August, King Chen and Queen Mother Chen returned to Beijing.The emperor bestowed a mansion of King Chen, bestowed Chen Di'an as the land of King Chen, and bestowed the queen mother of Chen Si as the concubine of King Chen.

Si Luohe's title of "twilight concubine" is rather embarrassing, because she was not the late emperor's concubine!In order to show his respect for King Chen, Duguye named Si Luohe the "Chen Wang Taifei", and the status of "Crown Princess" will be restored when he is buried with Prince Shang a hundred years later.

Although it is a bit complicated, it can finally stop some people's mouths!

After King Chen and Si Luohe returned to Beijing, they first went to the palace to meet the Queen Mother, the Emperor, and the Empress.

Although more than two years have passed, Princess Chen's attire is still mainly plain, and even when she enters the palace to pay her respects, she does not see gorgeous attire.

After the King Chen and the Concubine thanked him for their kindness, they settled down in Prince Chen's mansion in central Beijing. The mother and son did not often enter the palace.

Si Luoyun once invited Princess Chen to enter the palace, but was rejected by Si Luohe on the grounds that "he has just returned to the capital, and the mansion has not been tidied up yet, so he will enter the palace someday to apologize".

Since the reunion of the sisters more than two years ago, Si Luoyun has felt a strong rejection from her elder sister!After being rejected this time as well, she was even more sure of her previous guess!
After encountering such ups and downs in life, sisters may find it really difficult to be as close as they used to be.

Empress Si summoned the prime minister's wife into the palace, and asked her mother to pass on some gifts that she had prepared to give to Concubine Chen to her elder sister, Si Luohe.

"The empress is still so intentional while she is pregnant, the servants must pass the things to Chen Wang and Dowager, and explain that it is the empress's intentions." Zhao said softly with her eyes down.

Si Luoyun hooked her lips, and said lightly: "I wanted to invite my sister to come to the palace to have a chat with the sisters, and by the way, I would give these things to Chen Wang and my sister to choose and enjoy. But my sister was a little busy when she first returned to the capital, and the palace was busy again. If you don't want to send someone directly to Prince Chen's Mansion, it seems like a reward rather than a small gift between relatives. That's why I troubled my mother..."

(End of this chapter)