Chapter 242 The Queen's Instructions
"You two should sit down too, so that I can take a good look at you."
"Then please sit on the couch. My wife and I will bring a chair over."
"good."
Jiang Wan and Li Chengxiu, one on each side, supported the Queen to the chaise longue and waited for her to sit down. Then Li Chengxiu diligently took the chair from Aunt Qingliu and seated his wife, then he casually grabbed an embroidered cushion and sat down.
After waving his hand to send all the palace maids away and leaving only himself, his wife and his mother in the room, Li Chengxiu's expression changed instantly.
"Mom, my sister and I have only been gone for a few months. What big commotion has happened in the capital? Tell me now."
"What's wrong?"
The queen paused for a moment while holding her daughter-in-law's hand, then turned to look at her youngest son, who was already very imposing and majestic. The smile on her lips was natural and warm.
But Li Chengxiu was angry.
"What else?
What do you think?
Am I still your biological son?
Why did you hide it from me?"
He didn't mean to blame anyone by asking this series of questions; he just felt sad.
"When I went to pay my respects to Father just now, I felt that his face looked very bad. And my brother is not as cheerful and talkative as before. He looks just like Li Laoer, a bit gloomy.
And you, you're so sick you've lost all your weight, you know? Didn't you tell me it was just a cold? I said I was coming back to visit you, and you told me you were almost better, almost better, already better!
Do you look like you're okay now?"
He growled the last sentence with red eyes.
It’s only been a few months since we last saw each other, how come everyone in my family has changed?
The queen's smile paused for a moment before rising again, but her voice sounded much weaker.
"I'm really fine now."
"You're still trying to coax me!"
"Husband, keep your voice down."
Jiang Wan shook her head in disapproval, and Li Chengxiu bit back the words she wanted to refute.
Seeing how well her daughter-in-law took care of her son, who had always been a source of worry to her, it was impossible for the queen to say that she didn't mind at all.
But more of it is reassurance.
It is really a wonderful thing to know that there will be a woman who will take over my life and love my unreliable son.
She patted the other person's hand gently.
"Wanjie, you must take good care of the fourth brother from now on. If he really doesn't obey, beat him up. If he doesn't obey after one beating, beat him up twice. Then I'll pass my feather duster on to you. If he dares to make a fuss again, beat him up. Don't even give me face!"
This is a real mother. She talks to her daughter-in-law from the bottom of her heart, and the person she talks to is her own son.
Although the queen's body had changed, her habit of punishing her son at every turn remained unchanged, which made Jiang Wan's mouth twitch.
"Mom, my husband is doing well now."
He struggled to defend someone in his family who was acting out of character, but unfortunately, his mother just didn't believe him.
"Don't try to make excuses for him in front of me. As the saying goes, you can tell a person's future by looking at him at the age of three and his character by looking at him at the age of seven. The fourth child has been restless since he was young. How can he be steady when he grows up?"
Although it was embarrassing to tell the buyer that there was something wrong with the pigs in her pen, the queen had always been a good person and was not the type to go against her conscience and cheat others.
So when she spoke to this daughter-in-law who had everything she wanted, she couldn't help but seem a little guilty and unable to stand up straight.
"Wanjie'er, it was because of my selfish motives that I betrayed my conscience and promised you to this eccentric person.
In the future, cough cough cough... cough cough..."
The queen spoke too quickly and her throat was choked with saliva. She coughed several times and quickly swallowed back the bloody smell that was coming up.
Jiang Wan and Li Chengxiu, panicking, one patted her back to calm her down, while the other busied themselves with serving tea and water. After a long period of activity, the Queen finally regained her composure.
"Mom, I'm going to get the imperial physician to come over!"
"No."
The queen shook her head with a pale face, and only after she had caught her breath did she smile and comfort him.
"I've been taking this medicine. The disease is healing quickly. Shouldn't I slowly recuperate?"
"But this is too slow! It's been several months and you still haven't recovered? No, I have to go find Old Man Sun and Uncle Yunyue to find out what's wrong with you that's so difficult to treat."
Li Chengxiu ran away, and his remaining voice could still be heard at the door.
"Daughter-in-law, please sit down beside your mother and don't move. I will be back soon!"
The queen looked at her youngest son who ran away like a wild rabbit, with a smile on her face that was a bit ridiculous. She could only make excuses for him by pretending to complain to her daughter-in-law.
"Look at this unruly thing. How can he be the steady and composed person a prince should be? Wanjie, you will have to work hard in the future!"
Jiang Wan also smiled and reassured her.
"That's because he's worried and distressed seeing you like this."
She raised her hand and gently touched the white hair that had suddenly appeared on the Queen's temples. Thinking of how this apparently tough woman had gently taught her for several years, she also shed tears of heartache.
"Mother, it's only been a few months since we last met. How come you have white hair?"
"Silly girl, why are you crying? You're nothing like the eldest daughter of the Jiang family who dared to beat people all over the capital with a whip."
The queen took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears, counseling her word by word as she did when they were little.
"Our youngest sister is about to become a mother, so of course the Queen Mother must be old. Birth, aging, sickness, and death are all normal for all people, so there's really no need to be overly sad.
Just be sad for a while, otherwise your mother will also be sad because of your sadness, do you know?
From now on, you should live a good life with Lao Si. Such a beautiful girl like Wan Jie'er will definitely be able to live a better life than me, right?
Ahem, ahem, from now on, you have to live well."
If Jiang Wan was just suspicious at the beginning, then now that she heard the Queen's instructions, which were almost like her last words, she was basically certain.
The corners of his mouth twitched back and forth for a long time. He wanted to ask the Queen if she had been murdered by Song Ziying. But when he thought about the Crown Prince who was there when he met the Emperor just now, and he seemed to be very important.
She could no longer express those speculations.
After all, Song Ziying was already dead, yet she was buried as the Crown Princess. Although all nine members of the Song family were gone, they still had a legitimate eldest son, and the Crown Prince was undoubtedly the next king.
If Song Ziying really did it, the Emperor and Empress would definitely find out. But the Crown Prince's position is still very stable, which shows the Emperor and Empress' attitude.
For the sake of her mother's family, the Duke of Lingguo's Mansion, and her own small family, there were many things she had no right to say.
Not only could she, the Princess of Qi, not say anything, but her husband, the King of Qi, could not say anything either.
Otherwise, he would be coveting the Eastern Palace.
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