Chapter 154 The Queen's Difficulties

[Song Zhangying was originally a womanizer who loved wine and women. Somehow, he was targeted by the people around the Third Prince.]

[However, the Cui family in the story is at the peak of its power in the capital, so naturally there is no such thing as Guo Yueshao coming to the Dingguo Marquis Mansion.]

[I wonder if the Third Prince still has such a style now. ]

[If you want to say that Song Zhangying is bad, he really has no illusions about the status of Marquis Dingguo. He also knows that he cannot live up to the title of Marquis Dingguo with his own abilities, so it is better for him to just live a rich life like this. ]

[But he was so stupid that he was used by the people around the Third Prince. He took the sword back to the Marquis' Mansion and sent it to my grandfather's study, but my grandfather was unaware of this.]

[Later, in this sword box, letters between Marquis Dingguo and the enemy generals were found, which led to the Emperor of Great Chu killing all the Marquis Dingguo's family members.]

When Song Qingyan heard this, she stood up suddenly, looked in the direction of her father's study, then felt that her reaction was too intense, so she sat back down.

Although everyone was startled by her, they didn't say anything and just continued chatting with each other.

Song Qingyan also chatted with them in a casual manner.

But his mind was still on Lu Xingwan.

[However, although Guo Yu looks like a ruthless character, he is also affectionate. ]

[In the story, after she knew that the sword was sent to the Houye's study by Song Zhangying, she immediately had her servants tie up Song Zhangying and send him to the main courtyard.]

[However, now that things have come to this, Marquis Dingguo disdains to pursue the matter further and simply says that this is his fate.]

[Later, with the help of Cui Wen, Guo Ping wanted to take his sister back from Dingguo Marquis's Mansion, but Guo Yu refused on the spot, saying that she was the wife of the Marquis and would die with her husband.]

[He was killed right in front of his brother. ]

Upon hearing this, Song Qingyan looked at Guo Yu in surprise. She had never thought that Guo Yu had such integrity.

My disgust towards her instantly diminished.

But what is important at the moment is not what happened to Guo Yu, but what happened to Song Zhangying, and whether the sword has entered the Dingguo Marquis Mansion.

Thinking of this, Song Qingyan began to test the waters by saying, "I heard that Second Uncle has been very stable recently and no longer goes out for banquets."

Guo Yu smiled awkwardly: "Yes, there is."

As soon as Guo Yu said this, Song Qingyan's mood suddenly sank. Song Zhangying had indeed been staying at home quietly in the past few days. Now that he went out for a banquet, someone must have done it deliberately.

As everyone in the room was talking, the butler trotted into the main hall, "Royal Consort, Madam, Second Madam, and Young Madams."

The butler came running over, panting as he bowed, unable to utter the rest of the words.

"Tell me slowly." This housekeeper Zhao had been in the mansion since Song Qingyan was not yet born, so Song Qingyan was very polite to him, "Jinyu."

Jinyu was a perceptive person and prepared some water and brought it to Butler Zhao.

Butler Zhao was not polite and took the water and drank it all. Then he said, "The Marquis and the Young Master have already entered the city gate and went to the palace."

When Xiao heard the news, she immediately smiled and looked at her daughter and daughter-in-law beside her: "It happened so quickly."

"Since father wrote that he would arrive today, he must have arrived today." Song Qingyan looked at her mother's concerned expression and thought to joke, "I'm afraid mother must be missing father very much!"

"You little bastard," Xiao said, as if to hit Song Qingyan, "You have been corrupted by the Empress Dowager and His Majesty in the palace."

Everyone laughed again.

This time, Marquis Dingguo returned to the capital with only his eldest son Song Qingqi, his deputy general Zhao Saiyuan, Empress Shen Ning's brother Shen Xiao, and a dozen guards.

Everyone was riding horses and was eager to return home, so the journey was quite fast.

When they arrived at the palace gate, they dismounted and walked quickly towards Yu's study.

And he ran into the Empress who had just come out of Yu's study.

Knowing that Marquis Dingguo and the others did not attend the ceremony of enthroning the empress, they naturally did not recognize the empress. The eunuch who led the way for them hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Your servant greets the empress."

Dingguo Hou and his men also hurriedly saluted: "Greetings to the Empress."

But Shen Ning recognized Marquis Dingguo: "My Lord, you haven't been to the palace for a long time. You must have forgotten the palace rules."

Marquis Dingguo frowned and looked up at Shen Ning.

Although he had never met Shen Ning, he had heard from his daughter about her character. When Princess Yong'an was poisoned, it was the Queen who rescued her.

But now she...

In Shen Ning's mind, he had already fallen out with Song Qingyan, so why should he be friendly with her father when he met him now?

Following on the right side of Marquis Dingguo was his eldest son Song Qingqi, who couldn't help but frown when he heard the Empress' words.

Behind Marquis Dingguo was the Queen’s biological brother, Shen Xiao.

Shen Xiao didn't know why his sister wanted to make things difficult for Marquis Dingguo, but after all, his sister was the empress now, so he still had to give her some face.

He took one step forward and bowed respectfully: "I pay my respects to the Empress, and may the Empress be blessed with good health and good health."

"The Marquis has been busy for days, and now he has to go to the study to report military affairs to His Majesty." Shen Xiao meant that the Marquis Dingguo was busy meeting the Emperor of Great Chu, so you should stop looking for trouble here.

Shen Ning, however, did not give his brother this face: "It doesn't matter if we spend a little time on the formalities."

Shen Xiao really didn't expect that his sister would be so calculating.

He had noticed something different about his sister since he had returned home last time. He had thought that a girl's temperament would become calmer after she reached the age of marriage, and that, plus he hadn't seen her for a long time, was why they didn't feel close to each other.

Thinking of this, Shen Xiao squeezed the Bodhi bracelet in his purse.

My younger sister has always loved these little gadgets the most, so I specially asked someone to carve a bracelet for her using locally produced Bodhi trees. But now that my younger sister has ascended to the throne, will she still like these things?

Shen Xiao couldn't help but think of the time when he came home and his sister happily ran towards him.

Looking at her now, she seems quite unfamiliar.

Before Marquis Dingguo could speak, Meng Quande came from behind the empress. When he saw Marquis Dingguo, he smiled and said, "What a coincidence! You have run into the empress here."

Meng Quande performed the greeting in a proper manner. Since Meng Quande was a close associate of the Emperor of Great Chu, Marquis Dingguo always respected him and bowed in return.

"This is your majesty's newly appointed empress," he said as if he had suddenly seen Shen Xiao, and smiled, "What a coincidence, the empress is the biological sister of Shen Hujun!"

Shen Xiao just bowed respectfully and said nothing more, his eyes full of sadness.

"His Majesty is waiting for the Marquis in the study," Meng Quande said, looking at Marquis Dingguo, "He said he wanted me to come and greet him."

Marquis Dingguo and others bowed to Shen Ning again and went towards Yu's study.