Princess Chen and Rong Jinyue were obviously surprised, and they stood up subconsciously.
The next moment, Emperor Mu, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, stepped into the palace door. He was tall and strong, with a dignified face and a noble demeanor that could not be ignored.
The imperial concubine hurriedly came forward to greet him: "I am here to see you, Your Majesty."
"My son, I will meet my father."
"Daughter-in-law meets father."
"No need to be polite." Emperor Mu raised his hand to show no courtesy. He turned around and saw Chu Yunfei kneeling on the ground, his expression slightly surprised, "Is the ninth wife here?"
The atmosphere in the hall was tense.
Chu Yunfei saluted calmly and humbly: "My daughter-in-law is here to see my father. Long live my father. Long live my father."
"Get up." Emperor Mu raised his hand casually, walked to the front and sat down on the main seat, "How is Cang'er's injury? Why did you come to the palace if you didn't stay in the palace to take care of him?"
Concubine Gu's eyes were slightly cold. When she looked at Chu Yunfei, her eyes were no longer as stern and arrogant as before, but more cold and inquisitive, like a poisonous snake.
"Your Majesty Father doesn't know something. The Nine Emperors Sister-in-law didn't even go to the birthday banquet of the Protector's wife today. My mother-in-law summoned her to ask." Rong Jinyue was worried that the Emperor didn't know the inside story, so she couldn't wait to complain, "Emperor Father used to Haven’t you always taught us to respect Mrs. Zhao? On such an important day today, Sister-in-Law Nine Emperors didn’t even go to the banquet——"
"Nonsense!" Emperor Mu's face suddenly darkened, and the strong pressure was awe-inspiring, "No matter how much the Zhao family respects you, is it more important than the injury of your Nine Emperors brother? Your Nine Emperors Wife is worried about the Nine Emperors Brother because of them The relationship between husband and wife is good, is this worthy of prosecution?"
As soon as these words came out, Concubine Gu's face suddenly froze.
Rong Jinyue said calmly: "Father, you didn't say it yourself..."
"My respect for them is a sign of the Emperor's great kindness. Do they dare to really let the prince and princess respect them everywhere?" Emperor Mu said coldly, "If these words are said by people from the Protectorate, they are afraid You want to rebel!"
After the words fell, the palace people's faces turned pale, and they all bowed their heads and knelt down.
Rong Jinyue bit her lip and looked at her mother and concubine uneasily.
"Your Majesty, please calm down." Gu Guifei quickly smiled and smoothed things over, "Jin Yue is not sensible and cannot distinguish the importance of things. I will definitely teach you well in the future."
Princess Chen tightened her handkerchief. She didn't expect that what the emperor said to Chu Yunfei was so similar. Could it be that his respect for the Zhao family was just a show of words?
"Old ninth wife." Seeing Chu Yunfei still kneeling on the ground, Emperor Mu's tone turned gentle, "You get up first."
Chu Yunfei knelt and did not move: "Father, your Majesty."
"explain."
"My daughter-in-law didn't intentionally not go to Mrs. Zhao's birthday party, but there was a special reason." Chu Yunfei lowered her head, "The prince has been injured these days, and my daughter-in-law doesn't dare to let anyone else serve her. Still taking medicine, the daughter-in-law takes care of her personally, and she is relatively tired... But taking care of her husband is the daughter-in-law's responsibility, and she dare not complain. The reason why she did not go to Zhao's house was because she was worried that the noise in the crowd would hurt the child in her belly. "
The baby in your belly?
The air became quiet, and several pairs of eyes in the hall fell on Chu Yunfei's face.
Emperor Mu was overjoyed: "Are you happy?"
Chu Yunfei nodded slowly, with a shy smile on his face: "Yes."
Concubine Gu tightened her hand holding the tea cup, her eyes burst out with sharp light, and her eyes staring at Chu Yunfei became darker and colder.
Princess Chen unconsciously clenched the handkerchief in her hand.
Is Chu Yunfei happy?
She was actually happy.
The fifth princess frowned and looked at Chu Yunfei displeasedly: "Is the Nine Emperors Sister-in-law not attending the birthday banquet because she is pregnant? Why didn't you tell me when your mother-in-law asked?"
"Jin Yue, why are you talking to your Nine Emperors Sister-in-law?" Emperor Mu frowned and looked at her coldly, "You have always been the same in the past, and you are still like this in front of me. You are really used to being lawless!"
Concubine Gu calmly looked away and said to Rong Jinyue, "I apologize to your Nine Emperors Wife."
"I don't blame the fifth princess." Chu Yunfei lowered her eyebrows and said, "It's because my wife is from a humble background and she doesn't dare to make a mistake in front of the fifth princess."
Concubine Gu's eyes darkened.
"Don't you dare to make mistakes in front of me?" Rong Jinyue sneered, "Have you made too many mistakes in front of me? On the day Brother Nine Emperors was beaten, you deliberately blocked me from going in to visit Brother Nine Emperors, Chu Yun Fei, you look like a villain who complains first, you are exactly the same as those duplicitous bitches in the palace——"
"Shut up!" Emperor Mu looked angry, "Rong Jinyue, kneel down!"
Rong Jinyue's face turned pale. Only then did she realize what she had said in a hurry. She quickly knelt down and apologized: "Father, please forgive me. I am just too angry, so I spoke indiscriminately..."
"Yun Fei is the wife of your Nine Emperors brother and your emperor's sister-in-law." Emperor Mu looked at her coldly, "You keep saying that Yun Fei disrespects the Protector's Palace, but you don't realize what you mean to the emperor's brother and his wife. Attitude? Do you have any respect for them? In your heart, is the Protector's Palace more important than your brother and sister-in-law?"
Rong Jinyue's face turned pale: "Father, I don't mean that -"
"You don't mean that?" Emperor Mu sneered, "You have been accusing Yun Fei ever since I stepped into the palace door. I really want to know, what did she do that made people and gods angry, and made you hate her so much?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down." Concubine Gu stood up and apologized, "It was my concubine who spoiled Jin Yue and made her lawless. I will definitely discipline her strictly in the future. Please calm down the anger first and don't let your anger break the dragon's body."
Rong Jinyue bit her lip and did not dare to say another word.
Emperor Mu suppressed his anger and turned to look at Chu Yunfei: "Princess Zhan, you get up first."
Chu Yunfei then stood up: "Thank you, father."
Emperor Mu slowed down his tone, like a gentle elder: "Are you really pregnant?"
Chu Yunfei nodded: "My daughter-in-law dare not deceive you."
Concubine Gu hated her so much in her heart, but she had to control her anger and said expressionlessly: "Why didn't you say it just now?"
Chu Yunfei replied truthfully: "The noble concubine didn't ask."
The imperial concubine's face was slightly cold: "So you blame me?"
"My daughter-in-law doesn't dare." Chu Yunfei kept a humble tone. "My daughter-in-law just wants to explain why she didn't go to the Duke Protector's Mansion for the banquet. The prince said that my daughter-in-law has a special body and the birthday banquet is too noisy. If someone rushes into her, she will It’s not good.”
Emperor Mu nodded slowly: "Cang'er has thought carefully. You should go to crowded places as little as possible."
Concubine Gu tightened her tea cup and smiled coldly: "There are rumors in the palace that you and your husband are not getting along. I called you here today to ask about this matter. However, it seems that the rumors cannot be fully believed at this time."
"The daughter-in-law and the prince have a harmonious relationship and rarely quarrel." Chu Yunfei explained, "There was just a misunderstanding recently."
After saying that, he saluted Emperor Mu: "My daughter-in-law had a bad temper a few days ago and acted willfully, causing the prince to be beaten and injured. It is my daughter-in-law's fault. Please forgive me, father."
"How could it be your fault?" Emperor Mu waved his hand, "Rong Cang acted recklessly during your pregnancy, and he asked for the beating. You are not to blame for this."
Chu Yunfei became more and more humble: "Thank you very much, Father."
Jiang Ying sat aside, wringing the handkerchief tightly.
Prince Chen's palace has a main concubine and a side concubine. The main concubine gave birth to a daughter, but the side concubine has nothing to do with her. Prince Yu has been married for more than four years and has only two daughters, one by one and one by a concubine.
Although other princes who have gone to fiefdoms have sons, they have lost the qualification to compete for the crown prince. Although the princes still in the capital cannot decide the crown prince based on the number of heirs they have, heirs are one of their advantages.
If Chu Yunfei gave birth to a son, he would be the eldest son of Prince Zhan, and he would be much more noble than the two daughters of Prince Chen and Prince Yu.
If the War King obtained the Sacred Heart because of this, it would not be impossible for him to be made the crown prince.
Thinking of this, Princess Chen calmly glanced at Chu Yunfei's abdomen, her eyes were gloomy, cold and unpredictable.
