Chapter 382 Character

Shoukang Palace.

Upon learning that Concubine Chen's coffin was less than a hundred miles away from Kyoto, the Empress Dowager's face became longer than a horse's.

If you can't accomplish big things, can't you handle such a small thing?!

"Let the Duke of Song come to see me!"

Duke Song hurried into the palace, and the Queen Mother scolded him, "Let that woman be buried in the imperial mausoleum. In the future, you and the Emperor will be intimate in front of the Prince of Jin. Do you want to anger me to death?!"

The Queen Mother scolded him, and the Duke of Song dared not say a word in rebuttal.

He solemnly promised the Queen Mother that he would never allow the Princess of Jin's coffin to enter the capital, arranged for the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice to welcome it, and also sent people to stop it. He thought it was a sure thing, but he failed to stop the people.

On the surface, the emperor only sent the eldest son of the Minister of War to welcome him. How many people did he arrange behind the scenes? He was careless this time.

The Duke of Song said, "Queen Dowager, please calm down. The woman's coffin will not be brought to the capital for another three days. I will grind her bones and scatter her ashes to comfort the spirit of the King of Jin."

The Queen Mother said coldly, "If this matter is not handled well, you and your sister will never have to come to see me again!"

The Duke of Song responded in agreement.

Queen Song was also there, but she didn't say a word. When she left, she looked quite impatient.

The Queen Mother really treated the brothers and sisters as her own guests. They never had a say in the matters decided by the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother had listened to them, even the Prince of Jin, who was in his grave, would not have been humiliated by the Emperor like this.

Originally, she was just a skeleton, and Queen Song did not mind whether she could be buried in the imperial mausoleum. The honor she received during her lifetime was the real enjoyment. No matter how glorious she was after her death, it was just for the living to see and to comfort the living.

But because of Shen Wan, her daughter Princess Shouzhen was sent to Dongliang to marry. Queen Song was filled with hatred. Lin Qingyin died, and left behind such a daughter to make her upset. She deserved to be punished by having her bones shattered and her ashes scattered.

After Duke Song returned home, he arranged for someone to handle this matter. The Duke's son came in and said, "Father, the Queen Mother takes this matter very seriously, so please leave it to me."

Now that his son has grown up, he can share some of the responsibilities with his father.

The Duke of Song then handed the matter over to his son.

Besides, the emperor asked Xie Jingyu to take Pei Huaijin to meet Zhao Ang. It was getting late today, so Xie Jingyu decided to set off early tomorrow morning and agreed to meet at the city gate. Xie Jingyu also asked Chen Ping to send Pei Huaijin back to the Pei family.

The carriage rolled forward, and Shen Wan whispered, "You said before that the emperor had a favorite candidate for the crown prince. Could it be Pei Huaijin?"

Xie Jingyu rubbed Chen Wan's hand, "What do you think of him being the crown prince?"

Shen Wan said, "He has a good character, but..."

"What is it?"

"Looks a bit easy to bully."

“…”

Xie Jingyu's eyes twitched. "In your dream, he even dared to beat me up. Do you still think he's easy to bully?"

Shen Wan said, "I said he looked easy to bully, but I didn't say he was really easy to bully."

Are you really that easy to bully? Can you fight back against Young Master Wang?

The Wang family and the Pei family are both in Lianzhou. How could Young Master Pei not know who are the people behind the Wang family? If they dare to fight back, they are not weak and can be bullied.

It's just that he looks too easy to bully and is at a disadvantage in the fight for the throne. He has little chance of winning, and the officials will not support him. However, this is not absolute. The emperor caught the empress dowager's eye because he looked easy to control. In fact, the emperor was not as obedient as the empress dowager thought.

As they talked, they returned to the Prince of Jingbei's Mansion.

Xie Jingyu was going to welcome the coffin of Concubine Chen. Although he would only be gone for two or three days, he still had to bring two sets of clothes.

After helping Xie Jingyu prepare his luggage, Shen Wan felt so sleepy that he took a nap on the small couch.

She only slept for half an hour. In the evening, Xie Jingyu went back to the room early and carried her to bed, saying that he had to get up early the next day. Chen Wan thought he would sleep well, but he turned out to be tossing her over and over in less than half a cup of tea, and even said something very firm that he could not touch her for many days.

He went to meet the Concubine Chen, and even if he was delayed for two days on the way, he would be back in five or six days.

But Xie Jingyu did not explain. Chen Wan was extremely tired and did not bother to ask. When he woke up in the morning and wanted to ask someone, Xie Jingyu had already left.

Although I came back in a few days, we have never been apart for so long since I married him. Even when we quarreled or had a cold war, we still had meals together. It was a bit difficult for me to adapt to being away for so many days.

This is just a few days' journey. If there is a war at the border one day, it will take a year or two. Chen Wan doesn't even dare to think about it.

After breakfast, Shen Wan had nothing to do, so she took Shanhu to pay her respects to the princess.

Seeing that Shen Wan's belly was bulging a lot, the princess smiled and said, "Yu'er has been away for a few days. If you have any questions, just come to mother."

Shen Wan nodded obediently.

After sitting here with the princess for a while, Shen Wan was about to leave when a maid came in, "Princess, the old lady suddenly had a stomachache while eating breakfast..."

The princess frowned, her face showing no worry about the old lady's illness, only impatience.

Ever since Xie Jingxi's life story was exposed, the old lady has been bedridden. Today she has a headache, tomorrow she has a sore back, or she can't eat or sleep. Whenever she feels uncomfortable, she always sends a maid to report to the princess.

The princess is not a doctor, so she can't help the old lady. Besides, the old lady's illness is caused by the second branch coveting the position of the prince and replacing Xie Jingyu. If they didn't have evil ambitions, they wouldn't bring harm to their own grandson. No matter how sick she is, the princess will not have any sympathy.

The princess looked impatient and said, "Please ask a doctor for the old lady."

Just as the maid was about to leave, the Third Lady walked in and said, "Princess, we've been asking the imperial physician to come into the mansion almost every day these days. The old lady has been taking a lot of medicine for her illness, but there's no sign of improvement."

The princess said, "The root of the old lady's illness is that the third young master died a long time ago. Unless the old lady can come to terms with this, no one can help her."

The Third Madam said, "It's useless for those doctors to see more. We should ask Zhao Yuanzheng to come to the mansion and see the old lady."

Before the princess could speak, Shen Wan asked, "Please ask Zhao Yuanzheng for such a small matter. Why are you bothering mother with it?"

Small things...

Hearing these two words, the Third Lady was extremely angry.

The old lady has been ill for almost half a month. The Crown Princess and the Crown Prince pretended to visit her, but they never went again. The old lady has lost a lot of weight these days!

Is it that they don't want to invite Zhao Yuanzheng to the mansion to treat the old lady? They sent people to invite him several times, but Zhao Yuanzheng didn't come.

It's so hilarious to even mention it. The maid of the Jingbei Prince's wife fell ill, and Zhao Yuanzheng rushed over in a hurry. But the old lady fell ill, and she didn't come even after being invited several times. Could it be that the old lady's life is not as valuable as a maid?!

If there was no other way, the Third Lady would not have come to see the Princess.

The princess said, "On the day the old lady fell ill, Zhao Yuanzheng had already examined her. Heart disease is difficult to cure. If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Yuanzheng felt it was unnecessary, he would not have failed to come to the mansion."

Even without the prince's invitation, Zhao Yuanzheng would not refuse to show favor to the Jingbei Palace.

There is only one possibility for Zhao Yuanzheng not coming, and that is that it is unnecessary.

The Third Madam asked anxiously, "Are you just going to ignore the old lady?"

He didn't say it explicitly, but his expression clearly accused the princess of being unfilial.

The princess naturally heard it, "How can I manage my third brother's wife? Should I ask the old lady to divorce the second wife?"

The Third Lady said, "That's not what I meant."

"Just say what you want to say. I can't guess what you're thinking."

The princess spoke in a cold tone.

The third wife knew that the princess would not have a good attitude. The second wife had gone too far and the third wife was implicated as well.

Once the old lady dies of illness, the palace will have to be divided.

The Third Madam said, "Although Zhao Yuanzheng may not be able to cure the old lady, he is the best doctor. Inviting him to the mansion will always increase hope."

After all, we still have to ask Zhao Yuanzheng.

If the old lady's illness is really caused by the prince, it will be useless even if Zhao Yuanzheng's father is invited.

Shen Wan said, "Come here, ask Zhao Yuanzheng to come into the mansion to treat the old lady."

Having achieved her wish, the third lady did not stay any longer and got up and left.

As the Third Madam left, a young maid in a turquoise dress came in. "Crown Princess, someone from the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion just came to announce the good news. Princess Jiangling is pregnant..."