At this moment, Qingqing, whom Chu Xiangxiang wanted to find, was in Danruo's Princess Mansion. Looking at the thousand taels of gold in front of her, although Qingqing was reluctant to part with it, she knew that as a weak woman, she might not be able to keep so much gold and silver by herself.
In addition, she couldn't rely on her family and would still be sold if she returned home. She was used to seeing men in brothels and knew that men were the most unreliable.
After spending half a day in the princess's mansion, I saw hundreds of commoner women there learning embroidery for free. They learned how to make money by selling embroidery in the princess's shop and how to support themselves. I realized that the princess was a woman with a lot of ambitions.
"Princess, I don't want money. I want to stay with you and learn something to make a living on my own."
Danruo was a little surprised. After all, a thousand taels of gold was enough for Qingqing to live a carefree life away from home.
Seeing Qingqing's insistence, Danruo kept her and exchanged the gold for banknotes and gave them to her.
--The Queen Mother's Bedroom--
Princess Kang looked at the Queen Mother who was busy teasing Chen Ge'er and said carefully:
"Mother, if the heir is uncertain, I'm afraid the inner court will be in strife because of the struggle for position. Today, Concubine Rong attacked the Chu family, and the day after tomorrow, the Chu family retaliated. Behind this are the aristocratic families and the civil officials of the Prime Minister's faction. This is a loss.
Maybe my son has been abandoned by his family long ago, he has no father anymore, and no one will care for him or protect him in the future.
Speaking of not having a father, Princess Kang's eyes became red, as she knew that the Queen Mother loved her eldest son the most.
The Queen Mother looked at Princess Kang and said, "What nonsense! My eldest grandson is the one I love the most. I have just sent someone to invite the Emperor. I must get his consent today."
But after a moment, Qi Mu put down the memorial in his hand and rushed over, because the visitor said that the empress dowager was not feeling well.
Seeing the well-being of the Queen Mother, Qi Mu's worries were put to rest.
Princess Kang gave the Queen Mother a look, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cooperated with each other. The Queen Mother said that there was no one to inherit the throne, so she might as well go downstairs to apologize to her father now. Princess Kang took the trouble to stop her.
Seeing Qi Mu didn't respond, the Queen Mother spoke directly: "Your Majesty, I think it's best to make Prince Kang the heir as soon as possible. Your father and your elder brother will be at peace in heaven."
Speaking of his elder brother, Qi Mu was still waiting for news from the secret guards who were looking for people in several southern cities: "The succession is related to the foundation of the country. Prince Kang is very good, but the background of Prince Kang's wife is still unknown. I am afraid that she and her mother will not be able to take the position of the heir."
The Queen Mother said, "Your sister-in-law has just told me that it's all just a struggle within the harem, just some groundless rumors."
Qi Mu shook his head: "I just heard that the brothers Chu Jinlin and Chu Jinsong, the biological brothers of Princess Kang, have admitted in the academy that Dan Ruo and Chu Xiangxiang are their biological sisters, and said that the brothers from the second house are just Dan Ruo's cousins.
All the students in the academy knew about it. Combined with the rumors, the person involved’s younger brother had already admitted it. Isn’t it obvious that Princess Kangjun had turned from a pheasant into a phoenix?
How can you manage the affairs of a country when your own home is in such a mess?"
Qi Mu thought of the report from those people in Shenxingsi. How dare Chu Xiangxiang slander his little girl like that? As an adulterer, he certainly wouldn't let Chu Xiangxiang have an easy time.
Princess Kang and the Queen Mother called Prince Kang to discuss for a long time. The Emperor was so dissatisfied with Chu Xiangxiang that the Queen Mother and Princess Kang both planned to divorce her, but Prince Kang would rather die than do that.
He demoted his wife to a concubine, but considering Chen Ge'er's future and the support of the Duke of Chu's Mansion, he still made Chu Xiangxiang from the main wife to the concubine.
Chu Xiangxiang didn't expect the final result to be like this, with the porcelain in the room shattered all over the floor.
Concubine Rong was originally worried that she had failed to accomplish her task and that Uncle Jiu was not obedient. When she returned home to be scolded, she heard the news and asked her maid to personally deliver a batch of porcelain to Concubine Chu, and also told her that she would replace it with new ones later.
The next day, the Prime Minister seized the opportunity and Concubine Rong became the principal wife of Prince Kang.
--Chuguogongfu--
What the brothers Chu Jinlin and Chu Jinsong were waiting for when they returned home was stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots. Duke Chu was holding a long ruler, and Yang was crying her heart out beside them.
Duke Chu said with a sullen face: "Do you two know that because of your nonsense, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver have been wasted."
Chu Jinlin looked unconvinced: "Those hundreds of thousands of taels were clearly spent by Chu Xiangxiang, how can you blame us?"
Duke Chu wanted to fight again, but Yang stopped him, saying, "I'll reason with them."
Seeing the two brothers with old buttocks injured and new ones injured, Yang felt distressed but even more heartbroken;
"That was the plan. As long as Prince Kang takes the throne, your sister Xiangxiang will have Chen Ge'er, and she will be the ready-made queen. In the end, we will all rise above the tide and benefit from the family business you and your brother have planned."
"But Sister Danruo is already the queen now. Why should we wait until later and spend so much money?" Chu Jinlin said unconvinced.
I originally wanted to say that it was because the emperor had no children, so Danruo, the queen, was of no use. However, after the last incident of "walls have ears", 110,000 taels were spent to shut the eunuchs' mouths, but the cover-up was only for less than 10 days, and it has become a hot topic today.
The emperor is still in power. If he knew that I had no heir, it might not be a problem that could be solved easily by spending money.
So Yang changed her approach: "Are you closer to Sister Xiangxiang or Danruo? It must be Sister Xiangxiang, right? Only when she becomes the queen will she take care of you."
"That's because you switched Sister Danruo since she was little, otherwise Sister Danruo would definitely be close to us. The ready-made queen is now cheaply available to those people in the Second House."
Chu Jinlin roared, saying that his mother only stopped his father after the beating had already been completed. Chu Xiangxiang had never been beaten before, and his mother was just partial.
Yang felt as if all her strength had been drained away. Her two sons actually thought this way. What about the Duke of Chu? She looked over anxiously, "Da Lang, I..."
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