Chapter 151 The Marquis's Love is Like a Storm
Now that the late emperor has passed away, she, the princess, is afraid that her monthly allowance will not be paid on time.
Her three children were left hungry.
"Fifty thousand taels of silver... Miss, why is there so much money?"
Yun Qiao said, "It's from the Marquis, and I've put it in my money box. There's no need to worry about the Princess's food and drink. However, according to the rules, the food and drink expenses will be reduced by half, but everyone's monthly salary will be paid as usual. During this period of national mourning, entertainment activities in the city will be reduced, and I'm afraid business will also decrease. Go back and tell everyone so that they don't have to worry about their wages."
Xiao Tao responded, "I've taken note of it."
Soon the three children were brought over. Yun Qiao teased her two sons, but saw that they didn't even give their mother face and didn't smile. They felt that they were not as fun as the third son.
Especially she could hear what the third child was thinking.
Yun Qiao asked the wet nurse about the three children's feeding situation.
The eldest and the second oldest are boys after all, and they eat a lot, so the wet nurse has to feed them well so that they can have enough to eat.
"In reply to the princess, the eldest and second sons are both full. I weighed them yesterday and they've gained five pounds."
"The young lady eats very little, but she is also very strong. Princess, look, the young lady's eyes are really beautiful, just like yours."
Yun Qiao looked at the three children.
This child is actually still young, and it is impossible to tell who she looks like, but outsiders always say that the youngest one looks like her, and the eldest and second oldest one look like Chen Jingyan.
But Chen Jingyan felt that the third child was like him as a father, while Chao Chao Mu Mu was like her as a mother.
It doesn’t matter who he looks like, it’s his own child after all.
But I could hear the third child mumbling in his heart.
"I was born by my mother, so I must look like her."
"I love my mother the most. She is simply the mother of my dreams. Ugh, she is my real mother."
Yun Qiao looked at the third child and smiled even more.
***
On the day of the emperor's funeral, the whole country was in grief. Yun Qiao also went to the palace to attend the funeral, and she was busy for half a month.
It was three months later when Chen Jingyan came back.
He had no time to rest while working for Emperor Showa. Now that Emperor Showa has ascended the throne, both national policy and foreign policy need to be adjusted.
The surrounding small neighboring countries and overseas chiefs sent documents expressing their willingness to coexist peacefully with Emperor Showa.
This matter was handed over to Master Pang and other officials valued by Emperor Showa.
Chen Jingyan was only responsible for foreign military affairs and court internal affairs, and he did not interfere too much. He came back three months later because he asked the emperor for an order, which was to marry Princess Huayang.
Chen Jingyan, who was rushing home with the imperial edict, was still thinking about what Emperor Showa had said to him.
"Princess Huayang is the late emperor's sister, and now I still have to call her aunt. This cousin of mine married my aunt, how will this relationship be treated in the future?"
How did Chen Jingyan respond?
He said, "When she is around, we should call him uncle. When she is not around, we should call him cousin."
Emperor Showa felt that Chen Jingyan had taken advantage of him.
But what Chen Jingyan said was right.
Yun Qiao knew that Chen Jingyan was coming, and his subordinates had already sent him a message.
She asked someone to prepare hot water for washing and the food she would eat later. She also changed into fresh clothes and waited for Chen Jingyan to come back.
However, he didn't know that as soon as he came back, he read out the imperial edict.
Yun Qiao looked at Chen Jingyan who was walking towards her and asked, "Has the emperor granted us a marriage?"
"I asked for it," he answered directly. "We already have a child, so we should have gotten married long ago."
"After we get married, whether we live in the Princess's Residence or the Marquis's Residence depends on your opinion."
Yun Qiao continued, "You live in your Marquis' Mansion, and I live in my Princess' Mansion."
She lives so comfortably here, with no worries about food and drink, and she has Chen Jingyan, a sucker, to give her money.
This guy is never stingy when giving money.
Even so, he was still afraid that she would suffer, not have enough to eat or wear warm clothes.
Chen Jingyan and Yun Qiao walked into the room side by side. The maid was tactful and brought in hot water first, then left. Yun Qiao was still thinking about setting the table for dinner, but she saw Chen Jingyan carrying someone to the bed.
Look, there is black gauze tied on his arm sleeve.
The emperor's mourning period is less than half a year, so all civil and military officials have to wear black gauze. They can only start to untie the black gauze after half a year. However, if the civil and military officials want to hold a banquet at home, they have to wait a year. If they want to hold a grand banquet, they have to wait three years before it is allowed.
Yun Qiao tugged at his clothes and asked softly, "We're still in the national mourning period, and you really dare to do such a thing. I heard from Aunt Xiu that during the national mourning period, the emperor must fast and abstain from meat and women for six months. This is less than six months."
Chen Jingyan didn't care at all.
"It's not my father who died, so why should I be afraid of this? Besides, who would have the leisure to gossip about other people's married lives? I'm not a drunkard or a womanizer."
"It's okay to sleep inside?" Yun Qiao pulled his ear.
Chen Jingyan took her hand and kissed it on his lips.
"My wife is greedy and won't let go of me."
"I, your husband, will satisfy you now."
Yun Qiao laughed and scolded him, "Listen to you, Hu Qin, I haven't married you yet and entered the Chen family. How can I be considered your wife?"
"I say it's up to you."
He held the man down roughly and started to bite him.
He had no method when biting people, just randomly. Unexpectedly, such a rough action made her body weak, so she just let him do it.
It lasted for a full half hour without stopping.
It took a while before he gave up.
But after waiting for less than half a minute, he came up again.
He also teased her by saying some obscene words. Afterwards, Yun Qiao lay sideways on the silk quilt, while the man stood up and wiped her with cotton cloth.
"You're getting more and more spoiled."
Yun Qiao shot back, "My Lord, you're becoming more and more rough. Look, my silk quilt is now frayed by you."
He is particular when it is necessary, but rougher than anyone else when it is not necessary.
When he was in the Marquis' Mansion before, he was provided with the best food and drink. But after arriving at the Marquis' Mansion, he also slept in a straw hut with the soldiers.
Chen Jingyan is the kind of person who can eat both whole grains and fine noodles.
Chen Jingyan quickly put on his clothes and looked at Yun Qiao, who was still lying motionless on the bed. He chuckled and said, "Why are you making a nest? You just gave birth to three children and you want to have another one."
"You're such a big-headed ghost."
Hearing his joking words, Yun Qiao was so angry that she picked up a pillow and threw it at Chen Jingyan.
Chen Jingyan took it with a smile and put it on the bed.
"But you have to get up. I've called the maid to come in and serve you."
Yun Qiao nodded. She really didn't want to move. Chen Jingyan had already cleaned her and she had put on her underwear. She didn't feel uncomfortable having a maid come in to serve her.
Xiaotao came in with Qiuchan.
Xiaotao got some clean clothes for Yunqiao to wear, and Qiuchan called two old maids, who skillfully picked up the dirty bedding and took it away.
This matter was not asked to be cleaned up by the ignorant little maids because they were afraid that they did not know how to do it and would feel embarrassed. So the experienced old woman was asked to clean it up. When it was taken to the backyard, there was a woman who was responsible for washing clothes.
By the time the two of them had finished packing, lunch was over.
But it did not affect their dining at all.
On the contrary, Chen Jingyan ate a little more, probably because he had just done some heavy work and was hungry now.
Look, the bowl in front of him is empty.
Yun Qiao lazily ordered, "Serve the Marquis another bowl of rice."
Chen Jingyan saw that there was still half a bowl of rice in front of her, but he didn't move his chopsticks.
"You're not eating anymore?"
Yun Qiao hummed, "I don't have much of an appetite. Just eat yours. I see you're eating quite deliciously, and it's also very pleasing to the eyes."
Chen Jingyan smiled and said, "Then I'll eat the remaining half bowl. No need to serve more."
Yun Qiao was stunned for a moment.
"My Lord, the Princess's Mansion can still provide you with enough food. Although we cannot be extravagant during the national mourning period, normal meals are still enough."
This marquis has never eaten other people's leftovers, let alone a woman's leftovers.
Yun Qiao reached out to stop him but failed. Chen Jingyan quickly ate up the food in just a few bites.
What Yun Qiao didn't expect was that Chen Jingyan picked up and ate her leftovers, which was spread by people outside. It was suspected that the Marquis of Zhenbei was eating leftovers in the princess's mansion, which shows how frugal the princess's mansion is.
Later, I heard from someone that Princess Huayang relied on her noble status to feed the Marquis leftovers.
The word became more and more outrageous.
Yun Qiao was too lazy to clarify the rumors.
Let them spread it.
The news that Chen Jingyan was going to marry Princess Huayang had spread, and it was no longer a secret in Kyoto.
Princess Huayang's previous identity and affairs were also revealed.
After a while, even Chen Ruhai's family, who had little contact with the Marquis' Mansion, learned about this matter.
Yun Qiao's identity was all given to her by Chen Jingyan. As for whether it was true or not, he said it was none of her business. Yun Qiao was a homebody, introverted, and not ostentatious, so naturally she never told anyone outside about her identity as Princess Huayang.
Everyone knows that the emperor's sister who was lost among the people was found, but she was a fake one and was executed. Later, the real one was found and is currently being raised in the princess's mansion.
Even the fact that Yun Qiao gave birth to a child was only known to people close to Chen Jingyan.
No one wants to know who the concubine of the Marquis of Zhenbei is.
Everyone is talking about who Princess Huayang is, but few people know that Princess Huayang was originally the concubine of Marquis Zhenbei.
If there are too many rumors about a person, no one will connect them together and think that those rumors may all be about the same person.
After all, the identities of the two are very different.
***
Chen Ruhai, Chen family.
Zhou packed everything up and called her daughter-in-law. Chen Ruhai and Zhou's son Chen Pingshun had already married. This man was a playboy but had no capital. He didn't dare to be arrogant in Kyoto, but he was a bully at home.
Zhou is also a strong one.
The daughter-in-law he found was a daughter of a wealthy merchant family on the lake.
The reason Zhou had taken a liking to this daughter-in-law was because the Zhang family was rich.
It was the dowry that Zhang brought with her when she married into the Chen family that allowed the Zhou family to live a comfortable life in Kyoto, although not incomparably wealthy.
However, Chen Pingshun was a useless person, not even one-third as good as his father Chen Ruhai. He was not good at studying, and he just ate, drank and had fun without anyone teaching him. He just followed some rich kids in eating, drinking and having fun, and asked Zhang for money when he had no money.
If Zhang refused to give it, she would be beaten.
Originally, Zhang was still resisting or going back to her parents' home, but Zhou's parents' home was the powerful Zhou family in the court. Who would dare to offend the Shangshu of the Zhou family?
Zhang's parents advised her to be patient and give birth to a child of the Chen family as soon as possible so that her mother-in-law would protect her a little.
Zhang's parents would give her some money and use it to coax Chen Pingshun to come.
Zhang is now very popular with her mother-in-law. This time, Zhou planned to go to the princess's mansion to see Yun Qiao, so she brought Zhang and the unmarried old girl Chen Xiniang.
Chen Xiniang looked at her mother, who was dressed solemnly, with a face full of disdain.
"Mother, why did you dress so formally to meet Yunqiao? You said Yunqiao is Princess Huayang, is this true or not? How did she become a princess?"
They grew up together, and she knew Yun Qiao's identity very well.
She was just born with a good appearance and became the concubine of the Marquis of Zhenbei.
Zhou looked at her daughter Chen Xiniang and also had a headache.
She had been proposed to several marriages, but the men always broke them off. Later, she finally met someone who was willing to marry her, but she looked down on him, saying that he was a playboy who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, and had no real skills.
There are many capable men in Kyoto, but they have to be willing to marry you.
No, it has been delayed until now.
It has been three years since Yun Qiao was sent to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion. Chen Xiniang is two years older than Yun Qiao and is in her early twenties this year. She is still unable to get married. Zhou is naturally very worried.
But Zhou's mother sent a letter saying that her niece has now become a princess, and she doesn't know how to use her connections.
Today, Chen Jingyan, Marquis of Zhenbei, is a big shot in front of Emperor Zhaohe.
However, the Zhou family, who had previously enjoyed favor with the late emperor, wrote a petition and was investigated for being a close confidant of the prince's party. Zhong Shangshu relied on his status as a senior minister and deliberately went against Emperor Showa, resigning from his official position to prove his innocence and not being a close confidant of the prince's party.
He originally thought that Emperor Showa would try to retain him as he was in need of people. As long as Emperor Showa tried to retain him, he would definitely not resign.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Showa actually said:
Since Zhong Shangshu wants to go home and enjoy his old age, I will not keep you, so that the civil and military officials in the court will not feel that I do not sympathize with the veteran ministers.
If anyone wants to resign from office and go home to enjoy their old age like Zhongshangshu did, I will agree to it.
Those who had previously planned to resign with the Minister of the Central Secretariat did not dare to say much, for fear that they would really have no official position.
However, this Zhongshangshu was pushed up by someone.
He overestimated himself.
He looked down upon Emperor Showa.
In fact, Emperor Showa originally did not want to touch the Zhou family. After all, the Zhou family's Shangshu had too deep roots in Kyoto, and many officials in the court who could not be touched were his students.
But Chen Jingyan said that if the Zhou family did not take action, it would be difficult for the people under them to obey the emperor's wishes.
If you want to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, you might as well kill a bigger chicken.
The Zhou family had no choice but to resign from their posts and go home in extreme depression. Old Madam Zhou was really worried.
The family's heirs still needed the care of Master Mengyin, but unexpectedly he resigned at this time. The old lady was anxious and started to ask around.
Only then did he know that his niece, Chen Ruhai, whom Zhou had married, had actually turned into Princess Huayang.
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