Chapter 7: The Dingguo Marquis and his family entered the palace

After returning to Changqiu Palace, Concubine De smashed the porcelain around her to pieces, only then did she feel relieved.

"Why are you so angry, Your Majesty?" Bai Zhi, the maidservant beside Concubine De, massaged her shoulders to calm her down and said, "No matter how favored the Qingyun Palace lady is, she only has one daughter. Your Majesty, you have two princes. How can she compare with you?"

When Concubine De heard this, she did not take it seriously: "With the emperor's current favor, why should she worry about not having a child? Her family is also the Marquis of Dingguo."

Bai Wei, who was standing by, came up quickly and said, "Marquis Dingguo is only a military commander, but our queen's family is the prime minister of the dynasty, and is even more popular with the emperor."

"You two are the best at making me happy." With the comfort of the two maids, Concubine De gradually calmed down her anger.

But thinking about what happened to Concubine Rou a few days ago, he felt very uneasy, so he asked Bai Zhi to bring a message to his father and asked him to go to Changqiu Palace after leaving the court.

Lord Cui received Bai Zhi's letter and hurried over after court.

"Father, have you dealt with the family of that noble lady Rou?" Defei asked in a low voice after she dismissed the servants.

"Of course I'll take care of it on the way, don't worry!" Lord Cui looked at Concubine De, "I thought it was a done deal, but unexpectedly something went wrong."

"Fortunately, the emperor did not interrogate me in detail." Defei seemed to be still worried.

"Don't worry, Madam. I have not been involved in any of these matters. Even if the truth is revealed, our Cui family is clean."

"I trust my father to do his job," Concubine De looked at Lord Cui doubtfully, "but since we failed to kill the child this time, Concubine Chen must have become suspicious."

"Anyway, she gave birth to a princess, so there's no harm." Lord Cui didn't care.

"How can it be okay? Father, don't you know that the Emperor has been resting in the Qingyun Palace every day for the past half month?" Defei was naturally unwilling.

Lord Cui saw her like this and said seriously: "Your Majesty, don't let trivial matters disturb your mind. Now the important thing is to let the third prince ascend to the throne of the crown prince."

"How can I not want to? The position of Queen is now vacant. Concubine Chen is the Crown Prince's biological aunt, and the Crown Prince has always been on good terms with Concubine Chen in the palace. If he really succeeds to the throne..."

"Then let's deal with it all at once." Lord Cui said in a low voice, but his eyes were full of ruthlessness.

Seeing that her father had made up his mind, Concubine De stopped thinking about it. Now Concubine Chen was indeed her powerful enemy.

Only by getting rid of her can he ascend to the throne without any obstacles. Then, after getting rid of the crown prince, his son can legitimately succeed to the throne.

Everyone in Qingyun Palace had packed up early and was waiting for Marquis Dingguo and others to arrive.

But because Concubine Chen had not yet finished her confinement, they could only meet in the inner room.

"Greetings to Her Majesty." Marquis Dingguo and his wife paid their respects politely, then they walked quickly forward, took Concubine Chen's hand and looked at her carefully.

"I heard about the danger you encountered on the day you gave birth, and I sent someone to report it to you." The Marquis's wife burst into tears when she talked about it. "Fortunately, nothing happened later, and we were not able to enter the palace. Your father asked for permission these two days, so we were able to come and see you."

"I have already said that you will not be allowed to enter the palace. Your sister was buried in this deep palace..."

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Marquis Dingguo: "Madam, please be careful with your words."

The Marquis's wife then realized the mistake in her words and quickly covered her mouth and stopped talking, her face full of sorrow.

"Don't worry, mother," Concubine Chen pulled Madam Hou's hand and comforted her, "I will be careful about everything."

After saying this, he looked at Lu Xingwan who was still sleeping soundly beside him with a loving face: "Thanks to this child..."

But I also felt that it was not appropriate to say: "Thanks to this child being a well-behaved and sensible child, I have been spared a lot of suffering."

Only then did the Dingguo Marquis and his wife go over to see Lu Xingwan.

When Lu Xingwan woke up, he saw two people lying in front of him, looking at him with a smile. As soon as he saw that the beautiful woman looked exactly like his mother, he knew that this person was his grandmother, and he actually smiled at the couple.

"Look, Wanwan is smiling at us!" Mrs. Hou hurriedly poked the Marquis beside her.

"I see it, I see it." The old marquis was extremely happy to see the little girl actually smiling at him.

Only then did he remember the safety lock he had asked someone to make for him, and he quickly took it out and put it on Lu Xingwan.

[It’s so heavy, so heavy! My grandfather is so rich that he has such a big gold lock!]

He turned around and saw the marquis's wife staring at him.

[Wow, no wonder my mother is so beautiful, it turns out my grandmother is also a beauty! ]

When Chen Fei heard the voice of this villain, she burst out laughing. However, what Lu Xingwan said next made her unable to laugh.

[It is a pity that such a family of people who were loyal to the country were eventually murdered by traitors and charged with treason, and ended up with the entire family being executed.]

[It's obvious that Concubine De is not a good person. This was caused by her vicious father, Prime Minister Cui.]

When Chen Fei heard this, she felt a little embarrassed, but her parents were still around, so she could only try to control herself.

At this moment, the eldest prince ran in from outside: "Grandfather, grandmother."

Upon hearing this, the two of them turned around and saw that the eldest prince had become more handsome and looked like an older daughter.

"I pay my respects to Concubine Chen, and to my grandparents." The eldest prince has always been a very polite person.

"The eldest prince." The Marquis and his wife were about to kneel down, but were stopped by the eldest prince.

"Grandpa, grandma, aren't you here to visit my sister today? We are all family members, so there is no need to be so polite."

The two of them then stood up.

"I didn't dare to bother my aunt a few days ago. Today, I heard that my grandfather was coming, so I went to ask my father for help."

Concubine Chen smiled and said, "You have always been a polite person."

[Is this my big brother who got taken advantage of? ]

But it was Lu Xingwan's voice that came.

[He was really good-looking and a good person, but unfortunately he didn't have a good ending. It seems that the story says that after the Dingguo Marquis's mansion was confiscated, the eldest prince was also implicated and was removed from the position of crown prince.]

[Later, Concubine De ascended the throne, and the third prince naturally became the crown prince.]

[My brother, the prince, was killed again. I can easily guess who did it! ]

[Father is such a tyrant! A tyrant!]

Lu Xingwan was so angry that he cursed in his heart.

However, Chen Fei was shocked again and again by her words.

According to Wanwan, it was Lord Cui who framed the Marquis Dingguo Mansion and implicated the Crown Prince, but she had already jumped into the well and died by then.

After thinking for a while, he dismissed all the servants in the room and said, "Father, you are an upright official, but you should also pay attention to the villains."

Marquis Dingguo was frightened by her sudden words: "What do you mean, Madam?"

Concubine Chen did not answer, but turned to look at the Crown Prince: "You should also pay attention to the people around the Third Prince in the palace."

After saying this, he lowered his voice again: "Father, you should also pay attention to Prime Minister Cui."

Seeing how cautious she was, Marquis Dingguo and the Crown Prince also understood the pros and cons, so they just nodded and did not mention the matter again.