When the news reached the Yining Marquis's Mansion, Uncle Su was also very happy and told his parents the news.
The old Marquis Yining and his wife were not so happy.
After Uncle Su left, the old Marquis Yining sighed softly, "I never thought that Si'er would be destined to be the Crown Princess. I must not make any mistakes in the future."
The old lady of Yining Marquis fell into deep thought.
My granddaughter has become the Crown Princess and will soon move into the East Palace. She will have to interact with the nobles in the palace frequently...
"What are you thinking about?" Seeing that the old lady of Marquis Yining was in a trance, the old Marquis Yining asked.
The old lady of Marquis Yining forced a smile and said, "I just didn't expect Si'er to have such good fortune."
The old Marquis Yining whispered, "Whether it is fate or not, we will have to wait and see."
To him, being a leisurely princess is actually more comfortable, as that position is not so easy to sit on.
"Yes, we'll have to wait and see..." The old lady of Marquis Yining murmured in agreement.
Si'er has been visiting her often recently, and she knows clearly that Si'er wants to find out some past events from her.
She had intended to take those secrets into her coffin. Was she really going to reveal them to her granddaughter?
After hearing that Jiang Si became the Crown Princess, the old lady of Yining Marquis's originally firm idea began to waver for the first time.
Anguogong Mansion.
Lady Wei, wife of Duke Anguo, was completely shocked upon hearing the news. It took her a while to come to her senses and she walked out.
She wanted to tell the old lady about this news.
The sister-in-law was gone and made a big mistake, which caused the Prince of Qi to have no chance to rise, while the Prince of Yan became the crown prince. However, the Prince of Yan was obviously the biological son of the sister-in-law, and such glory had nothing to do with the Duke of Anguo's Mansion.
This is so frustrating. I wonder how many people will be watching and making fun of the Anguo Mansion behind their backs.
As soon as she walked out of the yard, Wei ran into her youngest son Ji Chongyi who had just returned from outside.
The eyes of the once high-spirited young man were now dark, and he could not hide the weakness that came from being drained of his body.
When Wei saw this, she was so angry that her heart ached. She shouted angrily, "You evil boy, you went to Jinshui River again?"
Ji Chongyi stood there and hummed expressionlessly.
Seeing her son's desperate look, Wei was furious: "Evil son, what sin did I commit to give birth to a debt collector like you? Can't you give me some peace of mind? Do you have to make me so angry that I close my eyes before you stop..."
The scolding made Wei's mouth dry and his throat burning.
Ji Chongyi still looked numb. When Wei stopped talking, he lowered his eyes and said, "Son, I understand. If mother has nothing else to do, I will go back to my room."
Seeing her son turn around and leave, Wei somehow blurted out: "Your cousin has become the crown prince!"
Cousin? King Qi?
What does this have to do with him?
Ji Chongyi did not stop and continued to walk forward.
Wei said angrily behind him: "Why don't you learn from your cousin? When the Prince of Yan came back from the south, he was not even a prince. How long has it been--"
Ji Chongyi turned around suddenly: "King of Yan?"
Wei paused at his son's surprise, and he seemed to understand something from his shocked eyes.
Wei sneered: "Are you surprised? When the Prince of Yan returned to the capital, he was just the seventh prince without a title. He had never even seen the emperor. His situation was worse than that of a young master from a noble family. But now he is the crown prince!"
Ji Chongyi unconsciously clenched his fists and said calmly: "What does that have to do with us? He is already the Queen's son."
Wei gritted her teeth and said, "Evil son, even if it has nothing to do with the Duke's Mansion, it has something to do with you!"
Ji Chongyi moved his eyelids and looked at Wei coldly.
Wei couldn't bear to see her son in such a zombie-like state, but she had seen it a lot in the past two years. Now she had something to provoke him, so she threw out words without mercy: "If you hadn't broken off the engagement with Jiang, would it have turned out like this? Jiang is obviously a woman with good luck in marrying a husband. She was able to make a prince without any roots become the crown prince, and you gave up such a wife and married a woman who is born with a bad luck..."
"Stop talking!" Ji Chongyi shouted, his face pale.
Wei raised her eyebrows and softened her tone: "Yier, if you don't want to live in a rotten mud pit for the rest of your life, just listen to your mother and divorce Qiao Niang, and marry a decent lady, even if she is from a lower family, it doesn't matter, at least she can let you live like a human being-"
"You don't have to say anything. If you want to divorce Qiao Niang, I will have to die!" After saying this, Ji Chongyi left quickly without looking back.
Ji Chongyi rushed into the study, sat on the low couch and held his head in pain.
How could he divorce Qiao Niang?
He married Qiaoniang despite breaking off the engagement and enduring countless criticisms and ridicules. Now he wanted to divorce her after only three years. What had he become? A huge joke?
He would rather die than lose someone again, and he certainly couldn't push Qiao Niang into a dead end.
As a commoner girl, Qiao Niang was kicked out of the Duke's Mansion and had no other way out except death.
As for the relationship with Qiao Niang, it had been completely worn out in countless arguments...
Ji Chongyi stared at the dusty bookshelves and smiled bitterly.
He admitted that he was a fool. He had dreamt countless times that he did not go to the shore of Moyou Lake for a secret meeting with Qiao Niang on that night. Instead, he married the fourth daughter of the Duke of Dongping smoothly. They lived a loving and harmonious life together, and everyone envied them.
Instead of being like now, he and Qiao Niang can't even communicate with each other, and he can only run to the Jinshui River to escape reality, becoming a piece of rotten mud in the eyes of the world.
Thinking about Jiang Si who became the Crown Princess, and then thinking about himself, Ji Chongyi's heart ached so much that he could hardly breathe.
As tears fell, Ji Chongyi thought sadly: How wonderful it would be if I could start my life over again...
Compared to Ji Chongyi's sadness, everyone in Kunning Palace was in high spirits.
"Congratulations to the Queen."
The queen smiled and walked out quickly.
Today is such a good day. The emperor has given her such a great surprise that she wants to go to the door to greet him as a token of encouragement.
Emperor Jingming did not let the empress wait for long before he appeared at the gate of Kunning Palace and asked, "Why are you waiting here, empress?"
The queen bowed and raised her head, her eyes smiling: "I thought the emperor would come."
Emperor Jingming coughed lightly and said with a reserved look: "Let's talk inside."
The emperor and empress went into the house together.
Emperor Jingming took a sip of the teacup and said slowly, "Originally, I should have discussed such an important matter with you, but I thought that the Queen would approve of my choice, so I didn't waste any time..."
The Queen thought the wrinkles at the corners of Emperor Jingming's eyes looked handsome, and smiled softly, "I will agree with whatever the Emperor decides."
The premise is that it can satisfy her.
"Have you been to the Queen Mother's place?"
Emperor Jingming put down the teacup and said, "I'll tell you something first, and then I'll go to see the Queen Mother."
He made the seventh prince the crown prince in order to be praised. Looking at those dumbfounded ministers, of course he had to come to the empress to hear good words.
The empress knew what was going on, so she sent Emperor Jingming out of Kunning Palace and then stood there gazing at him from a distance.
Emperor Jingming went to Cining Palace with satisfaction.