Chu Lingxuan said that when Princess Rongzhao made this request, saying that a daughter-in-law should serve her parents-in-law, this was natural. The old Marquis Chu went to the emperor to cry and complain, and the third wife of Chu also went to the Cining Palace to cry and complain to the empress dowager.
When old Marquis Chu entered the Golden Palace, the morning court session had not yet ended.
The family affairs of the royal family are also the affairs of the world. When the old master finished crying, the court officials began to discuss.
A few years ago, the incident involving Chu Hanyan caused a big stir. Many court officials saw the little girl looking stupid and skinny. It was not right for the royal family to force someone else's man and wife away, and it was even more wrong to abuse someone else's child. As for the dead wife, it was impossible to investigate since she had been dead for so long, but it was hard to explain her death since the child was abused like this. Therefore, memorials impeaching Princess Rong Zhao flew into the palace like snowflakes. The emperor and the queen mother were at a loss for words, so they also punished Princess Rong Zhao.
This time, Princess Rong Zhao wanted to make trouble for the newly married daughter-in-law again, and many people couldn't stand it. They said that although the stepmother-in-law is still a mother-in-law, the death of one and the madness of the other were lessons learned, and they should not make trouble for the daughter-in-law again, and so on.
But some people spoke for Princess Rong Zhao, saying that the little girl was a pure accident, and that it was caused by a servant who pretended to obey her. Princess Rong Zhao was very sad to learn about the situation and had punished the servant who did the evil. A stepmother-in-law is still a mother-in-law, not to mention that Prince Consort Chu is still his biological father-in-law, and the daughter-in-law must serve him, as this is filial piety, and so on.
Among the emperor's sons, the second and third princes were specially allowed to attend the morning court.
Normally, whatever the Second Prince supports, the Third Prince will oppose. Likewise, whatever the Third Prince supports, the Second Prince will oppose.
The third prince took the lead in expressing his opinion, saying that he could no longer tolerate the emperor's eldest sister's unvirtuous behavior and could not hurt the hearts of the ministers...
The second prince said that no one is perfect, Rong Zhao was already very sad about her previous negligence, and she knew she was wrong. Filial piety is the first of all virtues, and if a daughter-in-law is not filial to her parents-in-law, she is unworthy of being a wife and daughter-in-law...
The second prince spoke passionately, and some people who had previously opposed Princess Rongzhao stopped their movements.
A courtier who supported Princess Rong Zhao asked the old marquis, "Master Chu, the prince of Chu married his wife back to the Chu family, but he was not filial to his parents-in-law. Did he want to worship her as a bodhisattva? Hehe, no wonder everyone says that your Chu family has no rules."
Old Marquis Chu was so angry that he blew his beard and cursed, "Bullshit! Is it true that in my family, except for the princess, daughter-in-law, and son, who are the elders, I am not the elder? My family married a princess as a daughter-in-law, and there is no way. Can't you respect me after marrying your granddaughter-in-law?" The old man's words were a bit disrespectful, but he didn't care about so much today. He continued, "I am not in good health. I will go to the countryside to recuperate in a few days. My granddaughter-in-law must go with me to the countryside. If she doesn't go, my third daughter-in-law will have to go. My second son is not in good health and can't leave his wife."
All the ministers knew that his third daughter-in-law was Princess Huachang, the Queen Mother's favorite granddaughter, who was often summoned to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother. For the sake of filial piety, the Emperor would not let Princess Huachang, who had finally returned from the border, leave the capital again.
As expected, when the two groups had almost finished arguing, the emperor said, "Let Chu Aiqing's daughter-in-law replace Rong Zhao to show filial piety to old Chu Aiqing. Filial piety comes first among all virtues, and my children should set a good example."
The words were very good, and the courtiers sang loudly again, "Long live the emperor!"
After hearing Mrs. Chu San's crying, the Queen Mother sent a maid from the palace to the Princess's residence to reprimand Princess Rong Zhao, saying that the incident she had caused a few years ago had brought disgrace to the royal family, and that she was not allowed to cause trouble again.
Princess Rong Zhao was extremely embarrassed and angrily smashed a lot of porcelain in the mansion. Of course, she was too embarrassed to show up here on their wedding day.
However, they still had to go to the princess's mansion to pay a visit to them the day after tomorrow. After all, Lord Chu was their biological father, and they couldn't give others an excuse to attack them for being unfilial. Chu Lingxuan assured Chen Afu that Mrs. Chu San would accompany them that day.
Chen Ahfu was delighted when she heard this. It was much better than she had thought. She stood up, leaned over and kissed Chu Lingxuan, and said with a smile, "Uncle is so nice, Grandpa is so nice, Third Aunt is so nice."
Chu Lingxuan's body froze. Not only did she kiss his face, but his arm touching that soft spot made him feel itchy. He said, "You're teasing me again?"
Chen Ahfu was so scared that he quickly lay down, wrapped himself tightly in the quilt, closed his eyes and said, "Okay, I'm going to sleep."
Chu Lingxuan pressed half of his body over, "Afu, I, I..." His voice was hoarse and his breathing was rapid.
Chen Ahfu opened his eyes and felt very uncomfortable seeing him. He felt even more pain in his body. He said with embarrassment, "Uncle, I really, really..."
Seeing her nervous expression and misty eyes, Chu Lingxuan knew that he couldn't torment his young wife anymore, so he lay down again. Still feeling uncomfortable, he got up and went to the bathroom.
Chen Ahfu felt bad when she heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom. She had no choice, this body was still a little small and weak... Although getting married at the age of seventeen was considered old in this era, in her previous life she was still several years away from the legal age for marriage.
When Chu Lingxuan lay down again, even though he was some distance away from her, she could still feel the coolness coming from his body.
It was February, early spring, and still chilly, and it was still midnight. Chen Ahfu was extremely distressed, and leaned forward and said, "Uncle, are you getting cold? How about I ask someone to make you a bowl of ginger soup to get rid of the cold?"
Chu Lingxuan gritted his teeth and said, "Don't come over here, don't talk to me." He then said angrily, "What a silly woman, no, a bad woman."
After hearing this, Chen Ahfu quickly lay back down and muttered, "I'm not stupid."
She smiled mischievously. This man was good. He knew how to be gentle and considerate to women.
She closed her eyes and went to sleep. After a while, she turned sideways and asked in a low voice, "Master, there is a question I have been thinking about for a long time."
"What's the problem?" Chu Lingxuan's voice sounded a little sleepy.
Chen Ahfu moved closer to him and whispered in a low voice, "I've always thought that the woman is the emperor's daughter, the third aunt is the emperor's niece, and Dabao is... his son, so Dabao's true identity is their younger brother. And we are Dabao's adoptive parents, and Dabao calls us daddy and mom. Then aren't we older than father-in-law, third uncle, and third aunt, and the same generation as grandfather?"
Chu Lingxuan laughed out loud and said, "I told you you're stupid, but you still don't accept it. You're really stupid." He laughed again, and when he had laughed enough, he whispered, "The eldest of the youngest family, Dabao's generation is indeed high. However, Dabao hasn't recognized his ancestors yet, so we'll follow the generation of our family. Third Aunt is our elder, and Dabao's elder, not to mention my father and Third Uncle, they're all our elders. When Dabao returns to his family, we'll see how the royal family will rank him."
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