Mrs. Chu sighed: "Go back, don't worry about me."
Chu Yunfei left Mo Xue here and told Aunt Hai to take good care of her mother. If there were any unresolved problems, she would send someone to notify her and Rong Cang in time.
Aunt Hai came down and said, "Don't worry, Princess, I will definitely take good care of my wife."
Chu Yunfei stood up and Mrs. Chu sent her out.
Rong Cang ordered two guards to stay at Chu's house, keeping an eye on the goings-on here to ensure that nothing uncontrollable would happen again, and then walked out with Chu Yunfei.
Mrs. Chu sent them to the front yard and was about to say something when a familiar figure rushed out from the inner courtyard: "His Royal Highness the King of War! Your Majesty the Princess! Yuxiao is innocent. He has no intention of disrespecting the King and Princess. I beg Your Highness the King of War to spare him once." …”
As these anxious pleas for mercy rang out, Aunt Chen came quickly and knelt down in the yard: "My lord, my lord, my princess, please spare Yuxiao, please -"
"Nothing will happen to Chu Yuxiao. Auntie, don't be afraid." Chu Yunfei looked at her coldly, "You have always pleased my father. Please persuade him later. Since you can't get along with your mother, you might as well get together." Let’s break up, so as not to end up splitting up and making everyone look ugly.”
After saying this, she turned around and gave a few more instructions to Nanny Hai, then turned around and walked out of the door and got into the carriage.
Rong Cang's expression was indifferent, and he was even more indifferent to Aunt Chen's plea. In the dark night, he followed him into the car without saying a word: "Go back home."
The carriage moved slowly.
Mrs. Chu watched the carriage go away, turned around and walked towards the inner courtyard without saying a word.
"Madam!" Aunt Chen looked up at Madam Chu, her face pale and anxious, her eyes full of pleading, "Master and Madam have been husband and wife for twenty years, and they want to divorce just because of a few quarrels? The ancients taught women what to do. Once and for all, if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. How can there be any reconciliation? What's more... Besides, madam, you should always think about the princess, madam - "
Mrs. Chu looked calm: "You used to be the best at pleasing Chu Yuanzhong. If I reconcile with him, won't it just go as you want?"
"Madam Mingjian, I have never had such an idea!" Aunt Chen kept shaking her head, "I just want the master to love me more, but I have never thought of replacing the madam. I don't dare. I don’t dare! Please, for the sake of the princess, please give up the idea of living. From now on, this concubine must keep to herself and serve my wife in the morning and dusk. I beg my wife, please think again!"
Mrs. Chu looked at her for a moment: "Is Chu Yuanzhong in your room at this time? Go back and tell him that I will give him three days to think about it. If he agrees to reconcile with me within these three days, I guarantee that Chu Yuxiao will No one will touch a finger. If he doesn't agree after three days, then chop off one of Chu Yuxiao's fingers every day it drags on. Let him think about it carefully."
After leaving these words, Mrs. Chu turned around and left indifferently.
Aunt Chen's face turned pale and she froze on the spot in disbelief. She was determined to make peace with her, and there was no room for maneuver?
Looking up and staring at Mrs. Chu's back, Aunt Chen's face became colder and colder, "Ms. Ji, you are so shameless. I am begging you on my knees, but you don't even give me any face. Do you really think you are the Queen Mother?"
In this case, don't blame me for being cruel.
…
Aunt Chen got up and returned to Jiangxueyuan.
Chu Yuanzhong, who had his head bandaged with a cloth, sat gloomily on a chair. When he saw her coming in, he frowned and asked, "She agreed?"
"...No." Aunt Chen shook her head slowly, with a sad expression, "Madam is determined to reconcile, and the eldest lady is also determined to help her reconcile."
Chu Yuanzhong looked ugly: "Unfilial thing! I have raised a white-eyed wolf for so many years!"
"Master." Aunt Chen bit her lip, a flash of light flashed in her eyes, "The most urgent thing we can do is ask King Chen for help."
Chu Yuanzhong said nothing, but a layer of haze slowly formed in his eyes.
King Chen?
King Chen can't save himself, what else can he do to help?
In the past, he thought that with King Chen around, it would be easy to get promoted to a higher position. As long as he worked for him wholeheartedly, there would always be benefits for him in the future.
But now?
The post of Minister of the Ministry of Finance, which I thought was already in his pocket, was cut off by Uncle Xie Xiaoguo, and he was not even able to keep the position of Minister of the Ministry of Finance.
If King Chen had not asked the Prime Minister to join forces with the Censor to impeach the King of War when he was no longer sure of victory, why would the Emperor have summoned Ji Ziyi into the palace for questioning? How could he be implicated and demoted three levels in a row?
"Master." Aunt Chen saw that he was in a bad mood, but she had to say something, "Prince Chen has not been as good as before recently, but he is still the most powerful prince in the court, and he is likely to be established as the crown prince. We cannot do it because of him He changed his attitude when he was out of power, otherwise, what would he think of me when he becomes the crown prince?"
Chu Yuan said nothing, his heart was in confusion.
Aunt Chen turned around and poured him a cup of tea, then said patiently: "We are in the worst situation now. As long as Madam cancels Heli's plan, no matter whether King Chen comes to power or King of War comes to power in the future, I will be prosperous. At this time, Never give up on yourself.”
Chu Yuanzhong sneered: "A meteoric rise?"
"Yes." Aunt Chen nodded, "If King Zhan ascends the throne, I will be the prince's father-in-law. A relative of the emperor will be prosperous and wealthy. Isn't it more prestigious than being a minister of household affairs? If King Chen ascends the throne, I will be a hero, although he will not be able to sit on the throne. If you are in charge of the household department, there should be no problem. Didn’t King Chen make a promise to you before?"
Promises are useless.
Chu Yuanzhong frowned, and another hope suddenly arose in his heart. The War King would ascend to the throne... Why did Aunt Chen suddenly have this idea?
But thinking back on the emperor's recent series of actions, I always feel like he was suppressing King Chen.
He had never thought that the War King would be established as the crown prince before, because apart from leading troops, the War King never interacted with the ministers of the court, and when he married, he only married the daughter of a third-grade minister, without any outside help.
The most important thing is that the imperial concubine has never liked him very much.
A prince who is not liked by his biological mother, so what if he has military power? In those years, the queen did nothing, and the imperial concubine was in charge of the harem. She held great power and supported King Chen wholeheartedly.
The only son the imperial concubine loves most is King Chen. At that time, it seemed that King Chen had a 90% chance of becoming the crown prince.
Chu Yuanzhong even thought that it was a done deal, and all that was left was an imperial edict.
Who would have thought that in just one month, the situation between North Korea and China would change so much.
Thinking of this, he said calmly: "Prince Chen seems to have had bad luck recently, and the emperor is becoming more and more dissatisfied. I can no longer put all my hope in him."
"Master, for us right now, the most important thing is not who will be the crown prince, but to dispel the idea of Madam and Li, so that the master can have room to turn around." Aunt Chen said, "Once we really reconcile, we will The eldest lady’s attitude towards you means that even if the War King gains power in the future, you may not be able to take advantage of it.”
In a word, whether King Chen gains power or King Zhan gains power, the master must ensure that this family will not break up and that there are people in this family that Chu Yunfei cares about. In this way, even for her mother, she will Will treat the Chu family well.
Chu Yuanzhong's eyebrows were deep and he nodded slowly: "You are right."
"Then the master will send someone to Prince Chen's Mansion to deliver a message now." Aunt Chen whispered, "His Royal Highness Chen has repeatedly told him that all matters related to Prince Zhan and his wife must be sent to him, so that he can respond in time. , I can only ask him for help this time."
Chu Yuanzhong hesitated: "Does King Chen have any idea?"
"Try it."
Chu Yuanzhong nodded tiredly: "We can only give it a try."
Today, he had experienced the stimulation of being demoted, being hit on the head, and Ji's divorce. He was physically and mentally exhausted and didn't even want to say a few words.
But it would be impossible not to say it: "Give the message to King Chen tonight. After I go to the Yamen tomorrow morning, you can take care of everything at home and don't let anything go wrong."
Aunt Chen's eyes flashed: "Okay, sir, don't worry."
