Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 404

The emperor's hand shook slightly, but there was no timidity on his face.

"Mother, how dare you disrespect your mother? It's just..." The emperor paused for a moment, looked at the queen mother with a serious look, and then his tone became lower: "This is the first time that Zhao Er begged me, your royal brother, as the emperor. , can’t this satisfy him?”

"Is this something?" The Queen Mother slowly chewed on this sentence and looked at her son for a long time.

This time, the emperor did not flinch, but looked at each other calmly, letting his mother look and think.

The Queen Mother thought quickly in her mind: This weak son actually became hardened. What gave him such confidence?
Is Huo Jianguang back?
However, after Huo Jianguang came back, he was never alone with the emperor, and there was basically not much possibility for private communication and planning.

Besides, she heard that Huo Jianguang vomited blood and was probably dying soon. Such a person, even if he was a tiger, would still be useless when he gets old.

Suddenly, she thought of someone, but she thought it was impossible.

But is it really not him? Who else could it be but him?

Empress Dowager Du felt resentful when she thought that this man had been making frequent moves recently, and that he had cooperated with Zhao Er, an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf, to defraud her mother's family.

Back then, the Ninth Prince forced his husband to almost fall off the throne of the crown prince. Fortunately, Huo Jianguang came back and joined forces with the civil and military forces of the Du family to allow the late emperor to successfully ascend the throne. Unfortunately, the late emperor passed away a few years later.

For so many years, if the Du family hadn't supported their mother and son, how could they have lived so peacefully and comfortably in this palace?
My son, it seems, is also a white-eyed wolf. Now that his wings have become stronger, he has actually joined forces with his family's enemy, the Ninth Prince, to deal with the Du family?

Thinking this way, she asked politely: "Are you deceived by the Ninth Prince's nonsense, and that's why you are so disrespectful to your mother?"

The emperor remained silent, seeming to acquiesce.

The Queen Mother was most annoyed with his appearance, which lacked the majesty of an emperor.

She patted the table next to her and said angrily: "Back then, he forced your father and mother to almost have no choice but to join forces with him to deal with your mother? Are you crazy? You don't have any integrity like your father. ?”

Growing up, the emperor heard many scoldings from his mother. He once thought that he was the one who couldn't help him. He also knew deeply that the Ninth Prince was his enemy and the Du family was his benefactor.

But now this benefactor was weighing him down.

He wanted to find a princess for the young prince, but the queen mother would rather let the girl become the second wife of the legitimate son of the Du family.

What is this if not a slap in the face?
"The Queen Mother misunderstood. My son is not in contact with the Ninth Prince. He just wants to propose marriage to Zhao Er. Unexpectedly, it is my fault that makes the Queen Mother very angry."

After speaking, he stood up and bowed to his mother to apologize as usual.

The Queen Mother took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, feeling much more comfortable.

He waved his hand and said, "Okay, Your Majesty, please go back. The Ai family will ask Zhao Er personally if he must be a girl from the Jiang family?"

The emperor's expression condensed, and when he lowered his eyes, his eyes flashed slightly, and he said goodbye and left.

As soon as he left, the Queen Mother leaned a little tiredly on the big pillow, and a group of palace maids filed into the side hall next to him to wait on him.

And walking in front was a gorgeous beauty in palace attire.

She walked to the Queen Mother and knelt down, stretched out a pair of delicate hands and gently kneaded the Queen Mother's legs.

The queen mother opened her eyes slightly and looked at her with a faint smile: "You are already the emperor's nobleman, you don't have to serve me like this." A maid next to her hurriedly came over to help the beauty, and whispered: "Mr. Zhang, you better get up. , don’t touch the dragon fetus, we can’t afford it.”

The Queen Mother opened her eyes and became alert. She asked, "You are pregnant? When did it happen?"

Zhang Guiren smiled and sat on the round stool next to him with a gentle smile: "This morning, Dr. Wu diagnosed the Ping An pulse and found that it was already two months. We have a saying in Dancheng that a fetus less than three months old should not be told to outsiders. , But, the Queen Mother is not an outsider, so she hurried over to report to the Queen Mother. However, as soon as she arrived, she found that the Emperor was also here, so she did not come in to disturb the Queen Mother and the Emperor. "

The Queen Mother sat up, and someone immediately came forward and placed the big pillow behind her.

"You haven't told the emperor yet?"

Zhang Guiren nodded with a smile and said shyly: "My son, I think that the first thing to do about such a happy event is to tell the queen."

Among the many daughters-in-law, the Queen Mother is the most satisfied with this.

Zhang Guiren's natal family is now in a state of decline. She has no one to support her in the capital and can only cling to the Queen Mother. Therefore, even if she is pregnant with a baby, she will come to the Queen Mother in person to announce the good news to please the Queen Mother.

She was able to become this noble lady because of the support of the empress dowager. She also understood that the empress dowager and the emperor, mother and son, were harmonious on the surface, but in fact they were not so affectionate.

She couldn't play both sides like other concubines and please both sides. She had to choose a firm side, and she followed the advice of the Zhang family in Dancheng and chose the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother looked at Zhang Guiren thoughtfully and smiled slowly: "I still have to tell the Emperor. The Emperor is short of heirs and is looking forward to giving birth to a dragon son."

Are you looking forward to it? There is no need to explain who this refers to, and Zhang Guiren will not even ask.

The news that a girl from the Zhang family in Dancheng became a noble in the palace and was pregnant reached Qin Xiang's ears that night.

Hua Yi sent someone to tell her, and the reason why he told Qin Xiang specifically was because he knew that Qin Xiang and Lu Jiu had a big grudge against the Zhang family in Dancheng.

Lu Jiu, Qin Xiang, and Xiao Chenyu all fell silent after listening to what the maid sent by Yao Xiang said about this matter.

They had known for a long time that the girl from the Zhang family had entered the palace, and even became a noble. They knew it, but they didn't pay much attention to it. After all, there were many concubines in the palace, and just one noble could not cause much trouble.

But things are different now. Zhang Guiren is pregnant.

Seeing that the three of them were silent, the maid added: "The princess said, you don't have to worry. She will help look after the affairs in the palace. If there is any trouble, we can get the news in advance."

The unfinished word is that we can also prevent it earlier.

When the maid said goodbye and left, she showed great respect to Lu Jiu and said that Princess Yaoxiang wanted to invite him to have dinner with her tomorrow.

Lu Jiu didn't want to go, but thinking about what Yao Xiang had just said, he hesitated again.

Seeing his expression of being forced to betray his lust, Qin Xiang couldn't help but want to roll her eyes and interjected: "You go back and report to the princess, and we, husband and wife, can go get a drink together tomorrow!"

Lu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief. If Xiao Chenyu and his wife were together, he seemed to have confidence. He believed that Yao Xiang would not ask in front of others how he was thinking about getting married.

After the maid left, Xiao Chenyu asked Lu Jiu: "Although we have some discord with the Zhang family, after all, unlike you, we fought with the Zhang family openly and openly. If the daughter of the Zhang family can really trust her mother to her son, Gui, your Lu family is afraid that you will be the first to be dealt with by the Zhang family. Why not, if you become Princess Yaoxiang, your status will not be low. "

"It's not just our Lu family, the Qin family will also suffer. What's more, you two are also the targets of the Zhang family's jealousy. No one can escape." Lu Jiu crossed his legs, looking like a carefree second generation ancestor. There is no trace of it. The embarrassment just now?
Qin Xi stood up and pulled Xiao Chenyu back to the house: "We just didn't have to help others to relieve the situation. Why don't we go join in the fun tomorrow and let them meet alone."

Lu Jiu immediately stood up and followed him, saying something nice. Anyway, we had to go together tomorrow.