Even in the common people, if a married daughter dies and is sent back to her parents' home for burial, it means that the woman has been divorced by her husband's family and is no longer considered a member of her husband's family.
Not to mention it was in the royal family. Although Su Qingrou's situation was different, it was a fact that the body was taken back to her parents' home. If the emperor really went to pay homage, the civil and military officials outside would also have complaints.
The emperor sighed and said, "Mother, Chen'er is right. It is I who have let Qingrou down."
What the emperor didn't say was, how could he not have gone to pay tribute to Su Qingrou, who was the woman he loved the most? It was just that every time he thought of Qingrou, he would secretly go to the Taifu Mansion in the middle of the night, stay there for half the night, and would not return to the palace until dawn. He just did it in a covert manner and was not known to outsiders. Even Taifu Su, who knew about it, did not tell anyone.
The reason why the emperor didn't tell Jing Chen was because he didn't want this incident to reveal Jing Chen's misunderstanding of him. After all, his love for Su Qingrou was not mixed with anything else, even if he was using this incident to get Jing Chen's forgiveness.
The Queen Mother was helpless, not knowing how the father and son could put aside the rift and truly get along like father and son.
"Chen'er, did you bring anything back for grandma to try this time?" The Queen Mother said, breaking the somewhat weird atmosphere.
Jing Chen said, "Yes, grandma's jam tea should be almost finished, right? I brought back a lot more this time, as well as some cakes. I'll ask Ye Feng to bring them in for you to try."
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, saying, "Chen'er is filial. He always thinks of me, his grandmother, when it comes to everything."
The emperor touched his forehead and said, "This kid has never brought anything back specifically for me. I'm starting to feel jealous of my mother."
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Although they are all given to me, when did Jing Chen ever stop you from taking things from me? Didn't he always acquiesce? He still cares about you, his father, in his heart, but he is just a little stubborn."
The emperor was comforted and said, "Hey! It's true. Chen'er still respects me as his father."
Ye Jinmo stood aside, scratched his head, frowned and thought carefully. Why didn't he see that his third brother respected his father at all?
After a while, Jing Chen came in with Ye Feng. Both of them were carrying a lot of things in their hands, and there were several palace maids helping them.
Seeing this, the Queen Mother asked, "Chen'er, why did you bring so many things?"
Jing Chen said: "These are my grandmother's favorite foods, not many."
The emperor said, "Chen'er, what kind of friend are you? How come you have so many things that I haven't even seen? Didn't you say before that you were just an ordinary family?"
Jing Chen said lightly: "I didn't lie to you!"
The emperor said suspiciously, "No! Three years ago, I remember you asked for a reward for an ordinary family, and here are these foods. They must be from the same family, right? This family must have some extraordinary qualities, otherwise, with your personality, you would never make friends with anyone so easily."
Jing Chen paused and said, "Yes, it is indeed the same person." Anyway, the Xu family will come to the capital soon. With Xu Wenwu's talent, he will definitely be noticed by many people, and some things will slowly be announced to the public.
The emperor stared at the thing for a while and said, "Since he is your friend, and this jam is also very popular among people, why don't you ask your friend to pay some jam to the palace every month as tribute, of course, silver will definitely be included. What do you think?"
Jing Chen immediately said: "No! I don't agree!"
The emperor asked in confusion, "Why? This is a good thing for them! They can gain fame and make money, so what's wrong with that?"
Jing Chen asked, "Is being famous in the capital considered a good thing?"
The emperor choked, then thought about it and said, "Well, if you don't want to, forget it. Just pretend I didn't say anything! But since you brought back so much this time, you don't mind me taking two boxes back to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, right? Let An Dehai make me a cup every day. What do you think, Chen'er?"
Jing Chen said, "These are all for grandma. I won't interfere with how grandma arranges it."
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll give your father two boxes, and Mo'er, and I'll bring some back for you later."
Ye Jinmo said happily: "Thank you, grandmother, thank you, third brother!"
The emperor said, "Chen'er, your grandfather came to the palace to see me a while ago and told me that you and Chenyu had written back, saying that the prefect of Xuanyang City had abducted a woman and that officials were colluding with the bandits. I have sent Inspector Shi to investigate this matter secretly. If the case is solved, you and Chenyu will have made a great contribution. What reward do you want then?"
Jing Chen thought for a moment and said, "I want silver!"
The emperor choked, a bit incredulous. His son didn't seem to value money, so he asked, "Father, I remember you weren't short of money, right? You have so many Leshan pharmacies, bringing in tons of money every day. How could you be short of money?"
Jing Chen said: "You don't have to give me silver, you can give me something valuable!"
The emperor looked Jing Chen up and down and said, "That's not right! There's something strange about you! But since you want it, then I'll give it to you. But don't ask for too much."
Jing Chen didn't say anything. He was thinking about finding an opportunity to go to the treasury and take a look to see if there were any valuable things. He could pick out a few nice ones and give them to the little girl. She would definitely be very happy when she saw them, right?
As I thought about it, the corners of my mouth began to rise.
The emperor, the empress dowager and Ye Jinmo all looked at each other in surprise as if they had seen a ghost.
Jing Chen looks like he is in love, his eyes are gentle and his expression is doting. This is definitely not right!
As an old father, the emperor was not calm. Could this child have a favorite girl? Who could it be? I have never heard that Jingchen was close to any other girl!
The Queen Mother asked, "Chen'er, what are you thinking about?"
When Jing Chen heard the Queen Mother's question, he regained his composure in an instant and said, "Grandma, I was just thinking of a friend."
"Friend? What friend? Is it a boy or a girl? Where do you live? What's your name?" the emperor asked immediately.
Jing Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "You wouldn't know even if I told you!"
The emperor was itching to try his luck. What kind of girl could move his son's slightly cold heart? It seemed he had to pay more attention to her.
The emperor didn't stay long and asked to return to the imperial study. Before leaving, he took Ye Jinmo with him, which made him very excited.
The emperor did not call Jingchen along because he knew that he could not get his son to come, so he decided not to bother himself and left with Ye Jinmo.
The Queen Mother ordered the maid to move the things Jingchen brought into the small storeroom, and then asked, "Chen'er, tell Grandmother, do you have a girl you like?"
Jing Chen was a little surprised and asked, "Grandma, why do you ask that?"
The Queen Mother said, "You've been growing up beside me since you were little. I know your temper and personality. Just looking at your expression, not only me, but I'm afraid your father has noticed it too!"
Jing Chen did not hide it and said: "Grandma, I do have different feelings for a girl, but she is still too young..."
The Queen Mother was surprised when she heard this: "Too young? Chen'er, you don't like children, do you? This won't do! Listen to Grandma, I'll find you a woman of your own age tomorrow, how about that?"
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