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Chapter 156 The Truth

The queen looked at Mrs. Hou in horror!
Mrs. Hou's eyes were dark, "Your second brother is about the same age as you. Although he is rough-and-tumble, he gets along best. Your third brother was brought up by you alone. He always likes to run behind you...you How can you give up, how can you give up?"

The empress had a pained look on her face, and she shouted at Mrs. Hou with red eyes: "Father forced me to do this!"

A determined look gradually appeared on her face, "Yes, it was my father who forced me to do so. If he hadn't written that memorial, how could I... Mother——" The queen grabbed her hand and half knelt in front of her. Painfully said: "I am your daughter! He killed uncle, but why did father sacrifice his life for such a mediocre person?"

Mrs. Hou looked down at her, "You pushed him to this position. He is the emperor, so your father naturally obeys him."

The queen raised her head and looked at her pleadingly, "Mother, can you give me the memorial?"

Mrs. Hou shook her head slightly, and broke free from her hand, "The prince is a good prince, and you will also become a good queen mother!"

The queen's face turned pale, "The prince's health is not good!"

"Yes," Mrs. Hou murmured, "If Xiao Si could come back safely 12 years ago, the crown prince's illness might be cured, and the Liang family would not be nearly ruined!" Mrs. Hou looked at the queen, Slightly warned: "She is my chosen one, and she will be your sister-in-law in the future. I don't want anything to happen to her and her family!"

The queen looked at the persistence in her mother's eyes. She knew that it was impossible to ask her mother for a memorial. She knew her mother's temperament, just like her mother knew her. Fortunately, she now had news of the memorial.

But she never thought that her father would hand over the memorial to her mother. Her father had always defended her mother very much. He hardly mentioned outside affairs at home, just because she was afraid that her mother would worry. She had suspected that her father would hand over the memorial to her mother before, but after the temptation No abnormality was found, so he turned his attention to several capable men of his father.

She even sent someone to sneak into Xiao Wu's room, and tested him many times. Xiao Wu didn't look like a liar at all, but now it seems that her younger brother is too powerful, and he is so deep at such a young age. Under the unexpected question, there was no flaw in his voice, expression, and movements.

The queen's thoughts here, the prince outside the palace didn't know, he just felt that all the strength in his body was exhausted, he slid down slowly while holding the wall weakly, for a while, he heard the movements inside as if Mrs. Hou wanted to When he came out, he forced himself to stand up, and moved to the side step by step.

It is impossible for his current body to walk too much. In this way, as soon as Mrs. Hou comes out, she will catch up with him in a short time. It is better to go to the side and hide for a while.

Although his movements were not fast, his mind was quick. Last night, he received the news that his father had bestowed a marriage on his little uncle. When he was still wondering who the woman from the Liang family was, he heard about the grandmother's marriage the next day. Pass the sign and enter the palace.

Considering that my grandmother hadn't entered the palace for many years, it must be because of my uncle's marriage.The little uncle had a lot of fate, and marriages were always difficult, so he entered the palace early in the morning. He wanted to greet the queen mother and see if he could be of any help, but he didn't expect to hear such a secret.

When he came to Kunning Palace, he saw that there was no one outside the palace. Just as he was wondering, he heard his grandmother's angry voice coming from inside. Then he approached quietly, and the first sentence he heard was the sentence of his grandmother, "The incident about Empress Showa will never happen again..."

Only then did he know that the mother didn't like him not because he was not good, but because he was too good. It turned out that the reason why the fourth uncle came back desperately was to deliver medicine to him... and for more than ten years, the Hou family and the mother's relationship The bad relationship is not a rumor, but a fact. Grandmother and uncle know what happened to the queen mother, so it is impossible for them to be innocent!
What the prince didn't know was that just after he turned into the grass behind him, Marquis Chang Ping strode towards this side with a cold expression...

Marquis Chang Ping saluted the Empress straight away, then stepped forward to support Mrs. Hou and said, "Mother, let's go back! You should take your medicine too!"

Mrs. Hou nodded with a tired face, stood up and walked out while supporting Hou Yunping's hand.

The queen looked at their figures, the corners of her mouth closed, and she didn't say anything in the end.

The prince sat slumped on the grass, his body gradually turned cold, he knew something was wrong, and he was afraid that he would have another serious illness when he went back this time!

The prince's valet, Xiao Kangzi, was looking for him profusely. Along the way, he also found that the atmosphere in Kunning Palace was not right. Thinking that the queen didn't like the prince very much, he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only look back and forth quietly. Then, he went back and forth three times, and when he was about to cry out, he heard a faint voice in the bushes behind him. His heart trembled, and he carefully pushed aside the bushes, only to see His Royal Highness lying on the ground flushed.

Xiaokangzi was scared out of his wits, ran over, picked up the prince, tears fell down, the prince barely opened his eyes, and stopped his cry, "quietly... take me... send me back ..."

Xiao Kangzi nodded with tears in his eyes, choked up and carefully carried the prince on his back, and walked out carefully. Fortunately, everyone around Kunning Palace was sent away by Aunt Shi, and Xiao Kangzi didn't meet anyone along the way. De Yu went out of Kunning Palace smoothly, and once out of Kunning Palace, Xiaokangzi ignored these considerations, walked quickly to the East Palace, and at the same time told the people he met on the road, "Hurry up and carry the sedan chair" and "Hurry up!" Find the imperial physician and wait in the East Palace" "Hurry up and ask the people in the East Palace to prepare hot water"...

The East Palace was busy all of a sudden, but fortunately the crown prince often fell ill, and the people in the East Palace made perfect use of it, but they were busy and not chaotic!
However, the news that the crown prince was exposed to the cold in the Royal Garden and his condition worsened spread, and the ministers outside expressed their concerns. The Kou family was also in a hurry, and sent people out to find a few older ginseng trees to send to the East Palace.

Miss Kou Wu's brows have been slightly wrinkled these days. The prince's condition has not improved after one night, but it seems to be getting worse.

This incident quickly dilutes the impact of Changping Hou's gift of marriage to her, but the maid Baguio next to her still remembers that Biguio handed a piece of paper to the young lady and asked, "Miss, what do you think of this gift list?" How about it?"

"Who is the gift list for?" Miss Kou Wu took the gift list in doubt.

The young lady has been frowning for the past few days, some of the servants in the mansion are getting more and more ugly, saying that the young lady starts to worry about it before she is married... Why don't you find something for the young lady to do, as long as you get busy, the young lady will temporarily Forget about the prince's condition.

She smiled, and spoke lightly, "It's the Liang family! You don't remember, the emperor gave Marquis Changping and Miss Liang a marriage. I heard that they will get married in November, which is exactly one month later than you and the crown prince... "Baguio snarled secretly, why did he bring up the prince again!

Miss Kou Wu was not very interested, so she responded lightly.

The more Miss was like this, the more Baguio wanted to talk, she racked her brains and said: "You don't know, people who gave gifts to Liang's family are crowded in that alley these days. The servants sent gifts, and now there are quite a few people handing signs to see the Liang family."

Seeing that the young lady was still not interested, Baguio continued: "I heard that the Liang family will only pick some souvenirs and other gifts to keep, and send back the rest, but every time I return it. Even the gifts are just small things!"

"Oh?" Miss Kou Wu sat up slightly.

Seeing that the young lady was interested, Bi Yao quickly continued: "I heard that some families gave generous gifts, and the Liang family returned them without any change. Those families couldn't save face, so they sent stewards to give gifts. This time, even the door was not allowed to enter, and the faces of the housekeepers were all black... The Liang family kicked out the ladies when they came to the door. The girl from the Liang family sent someone to say, "The gifts you gave are too expensive. The Liang family is poor. This gift cannot be returned.'”

"Those wives were also funny, hinting that there is no need to return the gift, so the girl of the Liang family called the maid directly and said, 'Then it is even more unacceptable. If there is nothing to be courteous, it is either adultery or theft. Now that you don't need to return the gift, what if there is something in the future? Let them take care of things, take advantage of others, do you want to help at that time?' The faces of the ladies who mentioned it turned livid."

Kou Wu's face was solemn, and she said in a low voice: "In this way, wouldn't she offend those families badly?"

"Isn't it? I heard that her second elder brother, who works in the household department, went everywhere to make amends the next day. However, Mr. Liang served in the army, but he said on the spot that Miss Liang was right, which made the second Mr. Liang It's another good meal to apologize."

"The second son of Liang is really unlucky. He has such a brother and sister. I heard that everyone is laughing at the Liang family now. The Marquis of Changping is also pitiful. The three wives were all forced to marry. The front is a princess after all. Princess, this one..."

Miss Kou Wu didn't scold her like she scolded the two little maids last time. Since she was a child, she liked her to talk about outside things, and sometimes told her, so Baguio was used to it in front of the lady.

Miss Kou Wu frowned slightly, and then relaxed, her eyes flashed with admiration, "If those words are really what that girl Liang said, then Marquis Changping is lucky to have such a good wife! No, there is such a The Yue family is also the fate of the Marquis of Changping, and even the fate of the prince!"

Baguio's eyes widened immediately, and she blinked incomprehensibly, but she didn't ask the question. The young lady told her that she wanted to tell one person more, and didn't care whether that person understood or not.

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In the Changping Hou Mansion, Hou Yunping looked at the memorial in his hand in surprise, and asked his mother who was sitting on it: "Is that what she did for it?"

Madam Hou's tired eyes flashed, she nodded, and said, "I'm old, you can do whatever you want, and I won't stop you!"

Hou Yunping opened his mouth and could only look at his mother and nod.

(End of this chapter)