"If you really don't want to get married and just want to be a concubine, then go and be the concubine of the old Marquis of Cheng'en Mansion! Then you can share the wealth and prosperity with your aunt. This palace thinks it would be great."
The Queen was merciless when it came to insulting people. No one, not even his own mother, could stand in her son's way.
Liu Rongxuan hadn't expected the Queen to say that. She instantly trembled even more violently. She was just a little girl, who would want to be a concubine to an old man?
If she could become the concubine of the current Marquis Cheng'en, she would still consider it.
But she didn't want to change her words now, "Your Highness..."
The Queen made the final decision. "Alright, I know you like my father. I will decree that you be given to my father."
It just so happens that my mother likes you so much, I think you two should get along very well."
The Queen was determined to find something for her mother to do, otherwise she would just stare at everyone and cause them trouble. No matter what the reason was, she couldn't stand being tormented.
Liu Rongxuan knew that the Queen would never listen to her, so she could only cast her hopes on her aunt Liu next to her.
"Empress!" Liu was so excited that she stood up at the word 'Empress', which shows how loud the voice was.
When the queen saw her mother's excitement, she knew that she had not yet realized how angry she was.
However, the Queen was also irritated by her mother and said directly:
"I've married into the royal family, so I'm a member of the royal family. Even if I'm rich, it's the royal family's wealth. Mother, don't think you can do whatever you want just because I'm yours.
You all know that you have to think about your third brother, and I also have to think about Chen'er and Yu'er.
Don't think you can use filial piety to control me. There is a saying that goes, "If the ruler wants his subject to die, the subject must die." The righteousness between ruler and subject comes before filial piety.
And do you think my father would tolerate you jeopardizing my reputation?"
The Queen's words were so heartless that Liu was really sad. She always thought that no matter what she did, her daughter would always stand by her side. "But I am your mother after all. How could you do this to me?"
After Liu finished speaking, she burst into tears in front of Zhou Qiongyue and Liu Ruxuan.
"Yue'er is your granddaughter. How could you treat her like this? Is your own granddaughter not as good as your niece's granddaughter?"
The Queen really doesn’t understand what her mother is thinking about all day. Have all these years been lived in vain?
Liu cried and questioned, "After all, they are your uncles' children. Your uncles are now lonely, so how can you be so snobbish and disrespectful? What's wrong with giving them a hand?"
"Help me, are all the men in the world dead? They're just going to become concubines. All the men in this house don't want to work hard, but only want to take shortcuts."
The Empress had never been close to the Liu family, even before they became Marquis of Cheng'en. When my mother returned to her parents' home, the uncles were all worried that my grandparents would subsidize her, so my mother didn't even have a chance to have a private conversation with my grandmother.
If it weren't for the fact that she was married to the unpopular prince at the time due to the bargaining among many parties, and if it weren't for the couple's success in the end, how could her uncles have come to her?
Even when the war came, she decisively took out her dowry and the money she had earned after the marriage. She also helped the emperor stabilize the harem. How could she have such a good life now?
The mother has forgotten all the hardships she has gone through over the years and only remembers her glory at this moment.
To be frank, there have been countless princes who have failed to ascend the throne. Now is a critical moment, and my mother is already finding fault with this and that.
The Queen was really annoyed.
When Liu Rongxuan heard the Queen misunderstand her father, she couldn't help but defend herself, "My father..."
The Queen threw a teacup directly at Liu Rongxuan's face. "How dare you! Did I ask you to speak? You uneducated thing!"
The little courage Liu Rongxuan had mustered just now disappeared in an instant. She crawled on the ground, trembling constantly.
Liu Rongxuan didn't bleed, but was just splashed with tea. However, what frightened Liu Rongxuan the most was the majesty of the Queen.
Seeing her crying like this and her daughter showing no mercy, Liu knew that she would not be able to wait for the Empress to comfort her. She also saw that the Empress was about to vent her anger on Rongxuan.
Liu quickly stepped forward, took Rongxuan's hand, stood up and bowed, "Since Her Majesty despises us, we will not disturb Her Majesty."
It wasn't that the Liu family loved Liu Rongxuan so much, it was mainly because after what happened with Ruyan, her family blamed her and were about to cut off all ties with her. If anything happened to Rongxuan again, her relationship with the Liu family would be over.
Liu thought that after leaving the palace, she would let the second or third son marry Rongxuan, and then her daughter would not be able to really accuse her of disobeying the imperial decree.
As for why she was not the most promising eldest daughter, Liu knew in her heart that she could no longer control the eldest daughter and her husband.
Those two men were both smart and ruthless, and Liu didn't dare to provoke the boss anymore.
So the relatively gentle second son Zhou Wenjun was targeted. As for the third son Zhou Wenfu, he was just a backup in Liu's mind.
The Queen was Liu's daughter, so how could she not know what Liu was thinking? She sneered, "I'm tired, you can leave!"
Zhou Qiongyue also stood up and bowed, then followed Liu out.
The queen was not in the mood to keep her niece at this time, but she still forced a smile at Zhou Qiongyue.
Following Liu and the other two was the senior palace maid beside the Queen. This was to prevent Liu from pretending to obey but actually disobeying. They were going to the Marquis Cheng'en's Mansion to announce the Queen's decree.
When Liu saw that the queen's maid was in a very bad mood, she wanted to turn around and go in to have a good talk with her daughter, but the servants at the palace gate stopped her.
Zhou Qiongyue said at the right time: "Grandma, if you are thrown out later, you will lose all your dignity and face."
Liu thought about the admiration that Yuan An and other ladies always showed her. She could imagine the ridicule they would receive if they knew that the Queen had no regard for her mother.
Liu could only glare at Zhou Qiongyue, and without pulling Liu Rongxuan, she left angrily with her people.
Liu Rongxuan could only bow to Zhou Qiongyue and follow Liu.
Gu Le looked at the backs of the old lady and Miss Liu, and asked calmly: "Princess, shall we go back to the palace?"
"No, let's go to Marquis Cheng'en to ask for money." Zhou Qiongyue said, and followed him out.
The old lady Liu, the wife of Marquis Cheng'en, left a little earlier than Zhou Qiongyue, so when Zhou Qiongyue arrived at the Marquis Cheng'en's mansion, Liu was already crying in the old marquis's arms.
The old marquis was also quite confused. When he was young, he didn't like having too many women, as he thought it was troublesome. He didn't expect that he would have a concubine when he was old, and she was a younger generation he had watched grow up. This was quite outrageous.
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