All the eyes in the palace fell on them, and King Rong couldn't help but admire: "Heroes are really young. Look at these guys, they are much more imposing than us old guys. They look really good."
juvenile?
None of these are teenagers anymore. The youngest Prince Qi has already passed the weak crown and is still a teenager.
However, what King Rong said was good, and the emperor was very happy.
The queen looked at Rong Cang, the leader, and the tenderness in her eyes almost overflowed.
She didn't know if she was affected by Chu Yunfei's words, but the more she looked at Rong Cang, the more she felt that Rong Cang's facial expressions and demeanor were somewhat similar to those of the Xie family.
Naturally noble, calm and calm.
Looking at all the princes, none have as good a bloodline as the Xie family.
The queen couldn't help but curse, so what about the prince? It also depends on whether the mother's family is noble or not. If the mother's family background is not good, it will not matter no matter how good one's background is.
King Chen has the Gu family behind him, but he is still so petty after all these years, because the Gu family is actually a group of wolves who are good at calculating.
"Pingsheng." Emperor Mu didn't notice the Queen's psychological change and turned around to order, "Yang Dexi, the seats for the King of War, the two princes, Prince Qi, and Uncle Xiao Guo are all arranged closer to me. I want to ask them about Case matters.”
"Yes." Yang Dexi quickly ordered his apprentices to move the tables and those to move the chairs. All five seats were placed under the emperor.
Although it is a little crowded, it is barely enough.
Fortunately, there were not many concubines present and there were a few empty seats. Just move a little.
King Chen looked at the ridiculous scene in front of him, his face was so stiff that he could hardly stand it. He had grown up so big, and he had never been so neglected at any royal banquet.
The father only had Rong Cang in his eyes. The queen looked at Rong Cang as if she was looking at some peerless treasure. Chu Yunfei sat quietly aside, silent but with a gentle smile, as if giving up the home court today. The emperor and empress could not hide their deep affection when they occasionally made eye contact with Rong Cang.
They looked like a happy family.
Everyone else is an outsider and cannot fit in with them.
In addition to King Chen, Jiang Ying and Rong Jinyue, who were sitting in the west hall, had equally ugly faces. They felt that they were about to become the joke of the entire side hall... no, the joke of the entire Chonghua Palace.
These honors, these eyes, all belonged to them before.
When the imperial concubine was favored, only her sons, daughters-in-law, and daughters could receive such attention, but now...and now...
The son was still the son of the imperial concubine, but he was snatched away by the empress.
Jiang Ying was a little unwilling. Since the queen wanted to adopt the prince, why not inherit King Chen? Isn’t King Chen better than King Zhan?
If he can become the Queen's legitimate son, King Chen will be able to gain support from the Xie family...
"Fifth sister." Jiang Ying turned to look at Rong Jinyue, with a forced smile on her lips, "The prince and I have been locked up in the palace for more than twenty days, and we don't know much about many things outside. I want to ask you , how are you, concubine, lately?"
Rong Jinyue's eyes dimmed and she said sarcastically: "What's so good about it? I'm afraid it will never be the same again."
People in the palace are best at flattering others and suppressing others.
From the attitudes of the upbringing mothers towards her, she knew that her mother-in-law had no hope of turning around in her life.
Rong Jinyue lowered her head and took a sip of wine, feeling bitter in her heart.
"Fifth sister." Jiang Ying bit her lip, "Are we going to accept our fate?"
Rong Jinyue didn't say anything. What else could she do if she didn't accept her fate?
If she had faced this situation in the past, she would have definitely rushed out to resist such injustice, because she knew that her mother-in-law was her backing and confidence, but in recent days she had suffered enough and no longer had the confidence to resist.
The mother-in-law cannot protect herself, and the status of the Sixth Emperor Brother has plummeted. How can she expect to protect her?
What's more, today is the Queen's birthday, in full view of everyone, she really doesn't have the courage to anger her father, and she can't afford the consequences.
As Rong Cang and others took their seats, others also returned one after another, and the hall quickly became quiet.
Emperor Mu looked at Rong Cang: "How is the Gu family?"
When King Chen was about to walk back to the east side hall, he paused. An ominous premonition appeared in his heart, and he turned to look at Emperor Mu and Rong Cang.
Gu family?
Rong Cang went to the Gu family?
"Go back to Father, let's go to the Qinzheng Palace to discuss the business later." Rong Cang frowned slightly, "I can't explain a sentence or two, and we need to discuss it in detail."
"That's fine." Emperor Mu nodded, "Today is the queen's birthday, and birthdays are important."
"Rong Cang, you came back in time." The queen smiled at him gently, "I am taking advantage of today's happiness to announce in public that I want to adopt you as my legitimate son. This is also your father's suggestion. I wonder if you are willing?"
As soon as these words came out, Uncle Xie Xiaoguo was the first to be stunned.
Then Qi Jin was surprised: "The Queen wants to adopt the King of War?"
The queen nodded: "Do you think it's inappropriate?"
"How could it be wrong? It's absolutely right!" Prince Qi laughed, raised his wine cup and saluted the Queen, "The Queen is a saint, with a keen eye for pearls. She knows that His Royal Highness the King of War is the best among the princes, and my nephew is here First of all, congratulations to the queen and congratulations to the queen."
"You are the only one who talks a lot." Emperor Mu glanced at him angrily, "Can you leave some for Rong Cang to answer?"
"Wouldn't it be stupid for the King of War to refuse such a good thing?" Qi Shizi frowned and turned to look at Rong Cang, "His Royal Highness, King of War, please don't be stupid. The Queen is the best empress in the world, better than you That biased mother is much better. Although the King of War no longer needs much maternal love at his age, but having a gentle and tolerant mother is still much better than a biased mother."
All the clan members were present in the main hall, and probably only Prince Qi dared to accuse the imperial concubine of being partial, and that was in front of King Chen.
"Prince Qi." King Chen looked at him coldly, "It is the mother's own business to adopt the ninth brother. Do you have to belittle the mother and concubine at this time? Why did the mother-in-law offend you?"
Qi Jin sneered: "Why is Prince Chen so excited? Isn't it true that the imperial concubine is partial to others? As the brother of His Royal Highness the War King, you should know best about the partiality of your mother and concubine, right?"
"I--"
"Or, as the beneficiary of the imperial concubine's favoritism, you have always assumed that this is right." Qi Jin sneered, "So you are not even allowed to tell the truth?"
"Qi Jin, shut up." Emperor Mu scolded, "Rong Cang, you say it."
Rong Cang stood up and walked to the throne, lifted his robe and knelt down: "I am willing."
King Chen clenched his hands and stared at Rong Cang coldly: "Even if the mother and concubine are partial, the ninth brother is the mother-concubine's biological son, and he doesn't even hesitate at all?"
"His Royal Highness Chen Wang always likes to do superficial things, that's why the noble concubine prefers you." Qi Jin couldn't help but started to murmur again, "Although King War has a cold temper, he has always been a real person. If you like it, you like it, and if you don't like it, you don't like it. , and will not be duplicitous. Princess Zhan is more considerate and gentle than Princess Chen, and is more liked by the queen. Prince Zhan also wants the princess to have a gentle mother-in-law to love her, instead of always being like a picked-up child. What's wrong with this? "
