"I knew you would think this way. You've been soft-hearted since childhood. Sometimes, you just have to accept your fate. Even if you bring Liu Rongxuan back, your grandmother will still make other troubles.
When the time comes, I will make a fuss if I am not favored, and I will make a fuss if I don’t have children. When will this end? It is inevitable that there will be more complications in the meantime. If the King of Hell wants to take someone away, who can stop him?
Zhou Qiongyue was moved when she heard her aunt comforting her. She was also worried about her aunt:
"Yeah, auntie too, don't blame yourself too much. This matter has nothing to do with auntie. Who doesn't love their own children? Auntie only loves me and my cousin."
The Queen Mother touched Zhou Qiongyue's hand with emotion and said, "Don't worry! Aunt has experienced many ups and downs. She has long since let go of life and death and won't dwell on such a dead end."
What the Empress Dowager didn't have was that she hadn't returned to the Cheng'en Marquisate in all those years since she got married and left home. Every time her mother came to the palace, she would ask for this or that. There was still some mother-daughter affection between them, but not as much as her niece imagined.
"Yes, the dead cannot be resurrected, but the living must continue." Zhou Qiongyue knew that the Empress Dowager Aunt also knew the inside story, and Zhou Qiongyue was also afraid that the Empress Dowager Aunt would have another conflict with her grandfather.
The Queen Mother was just about to tell Zhou Qiongyue not to worry about these things when she saw Emperor Li Jingchen coming in with his men.
The Emperor bowed immediately upon entering. He was obviously worried that his mother would blame herself, so he hurried over to take a look. "Greetings to the Queen Mother!"
The Queen Mother didn't appreciate it, saying, "The Emperor is so powerful now that he came in without even announcing anything."
The emperor was the one who ran into the empress dowager's gun at this moment.
Li Jingchen was confused by his mother's words and added softly, "Then I'll go out now and have someone report before coming back."
The Queen Mother saw her son's cautious attempt to please her, and the inexplicable anger in her heart dissipated. "Alright, now that you're here, burn some incense for your grandmother!"
"Yes!" The emperor quickly responded, stepped forward to take the incense from Zhou Qiongyue's hand, and lit a stick of incense for the old lady Liu.
The emperor had secret guards, so of course they knew how his grandmother Liu died. In the emperor's opinion, his grandmother was too arrogant. She was just a concubine. What could his grandfather do if he touched her? It was no big deal.
But this was just the emperor's thought, and he didn't dare say it in front of his mother.
After the emperor offered incense, he sat next to the empress dowager and added paper to the basin.
Zhou Qiongyue quietly stepped back and tore the paper and handed it to the Empress Dowager.
Zhou Qiongyue was still wondering if the emperor and her aunt had something to say, and whether she should make room for them.
Zhou Qiongyue thought so in her heart, and said: "I will go to the front to see Kang'er first..."
The emperor looked at his mother's expression and saw that his cousin was about to run away. He quickly interrupted and said, "Kang'er is here too? I haven't paid my respects to my father yet. I will go to the front yard with you to take a look."
The Queen Mother: She gets angry seeing the Emperor like this, but she’s not some terrible beast.
Originally, Zhou Qiongyue wanted to give the emperor and her aunt some space to talk alone, but this short-sighted cousin wanted to follow her to the front yard.
This put Zhou Qiongyue in a difficult position. After all, there was no one by the empress dowager's side. If someone was blind enough to offend the empress dowager, the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion would not be able to bear the consequences.
Just when Zhou Qiongyue was feeling troubled, a voice from outside announced, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, Master Zhou Wenfu requests an audience on Wednesday."
The Emperor and the Empress Dowager frowned at the same time, but the Empress Dowager still said to the Emperor and Zhou Qiongyue, "Your Majesty and Yue'er, please go to the front yard first! I want to see my third brother whom I haven't seen for many years."
At this time, the emperor and Zhou Qiongyue did not want to leave. They were both afraid that Zhou Wenfu would be brought to the empress dowager.
The emperor quickly volunteered, "Shall I accompany you to meet this third uncle?"
"Just go if I tell you to go. There are so many people around me!" The queen sent the two juniors away thinking that if the third brother made any unreasonable demands later, she would be able to curse him without restraint.
The presence of her son and niece might have affected her performance.
"But..." Emperor Li Jingchen still wanted to fight for it.
Although the Queen Mother felt her son's filial piety, she also felt that the Emperor was particularly nagging. "If you don't leave now, I will have you kicked out?"
The emperor saw that his mother was about to get angry again, so he immediately bowed and said, "Your son will take his leave!"
Seeing that the emperor had been ridiculed, Zhou Qiongyue no longer dared to mention staying and followed suit, bowing and saying, "Your Highness, I'll take my leave!"
The empress dowager watched the emperor and Zhou Qiongyue leave, and she felt a little relieved. If Yue'er insisted on staying, it would be difficult for her to chase her away.
After all, the Queen Mother couldn't say anything harsh to this kind, obedient and filial niece. Chen'er had used up so much of Yue'er's money that the Queen Mother felt that she was no longer confident enough.
Because of this, she wanted to scold her son every time she saw him recently. What made the Queen Mother most frustrated was that her son was now the emperor, and even if she wanted to scold him, she had to consider his face.
The Queen Mother hadn't relaxed for long when she saw the entire mourning hall filled with servants. Needless to say, it was all arranged by her filial son.
The Queen Mother really thought that her son was worrying too much. Even if his third brother Zhou Wenfu was no longer a good person, would he dare to attack her, the Queen Mother? He was not crazy.
However, the empress dowager did not let these people leave. After all, her son was already the emperor, and she could not often offend him, as this would be bad for her son's prestige.
The Queen Mother summoned Zhou Wenfu in the presence of so many people.
This time Zhou Wenfu came alone to ask for an audience with the empress dowager. He actually still wanted a job.
After the separation of the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, he also received a considerable fortune, but his family also moved out of the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion.
At first, he was truly happy. After the family was divided, he could be the master of his own house. He could go wherever he wanted to play. Mrs. Sun only cared about taking care of their son and didn't care about him.
He lived a life of extravagant spending for a long time, but as time went on, the status of the people around him became lower and lower, and he felt more and more bored.
The sudden death of his mother had instantly made him feel a sense of crisis. If his father passed away too, how would he support the family?
Their family didn't even have a minor official. As for why they came to the Empress Dowager first, it was because my father was also troubled by my mother's death and had no time to pay attention to him for the time being.
He had offended his elder and second brothers again, and he was worried that even if he went to beg them, they would ignore him. He could only seize the opportunity to beg the Empress Dowager.
After all, in Zhou Wenfu's memory, he had never offended this sister in these years. After all, how could he offend her when he couldn't even see her?
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