Princess Ancheng's words directly slapped a big hat on Shen Wanqi, who was so frightened that he immediately blurted out a retort: "When did I say that before!"
Mrs. Shen on the side was also shocked when she heard her mention the emperor: "Oh, Ancheng, how could you misinterpret Wan Qi's meaning so much."
"What do you mean, husband?"
Shen Wanqi's eyes were bloodshot and his lips were tightly closed, as if he wanted to bite his teeth into pieces. It took him a long time to spit out a few words: "I just felt that everything was a last resort to get to that point, but the dowry thing Far from that.”
Mrs. Shen also said: "Wan Qi is right. When you and Wan Qi Lang were interested in having a concubine, it was obviously a good marriage, but those people looked down upon others and adhered to the bad custom of not being able to intermarry in poor families. I want to separate the two of you. It is a last resort and there is no way to avoid it.
"But this dowry is different. There is no reason to take it out of the treasury. Moreover, the dowry has been managed by the husband's family since ancient times. How can there be any reason to divide it? Everyone will be happy if they just leave it like that. Why do it? If you cause trouble as a disciple, you will embarrass the Marquis Mansion in vain."
Princess Ancheng lowered her eyes: "Why is it a bad habit for aristocratic families to keep the concept of not marrying poor families, and why is it not a bad habit for the Shen family to keep their daughter-in-law's dowry as their own?"
Mrs. Shen was so choked by Princess Ancheng's words that she almost fainted. However, she stared for a long time and couldn't figure out how to refute.
Princess Ancheng ignored her blue and purple face and continued: "It is not difficult to see from the reactions of those noble families how shameful it is to marry into a poor family in their eyes."
She pretended to be injured, wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said with a bit of sobs: "It is so shameful to marry into a poor family in the eyes of the world, let alone a royal princess... I have sacrificed so much to marry into the Shen family, and now I just want to After taking out the original dowry, am I going to have to be taught a lesson by my husband-in-law and my grandmother together?"
[My mother is so powerful...]
Shen Zhizhi, who had been lying in the arms of Princess Ancheng, had been watching with wide eyes and concentration since her mother started angrily criticizing the scumbag man and the evil mother-in-law, for fear of missing the wonderful moment.
Then she saw that her mother seemed to have been reborn, quarreling the two of them into silence, and finally ran away in despair.
[Mother is so awesome, so awesome, so awesome! 】
[Let Zhizhi kiss the beautiful mother, mUa~mUa~mUa~]
Princess Ancheng was amused by the soft and sweet voice and laughed. She had lost all her anger at being provoked by those two people. She picked up Shen Zhizhi and kissed her several times.
[Hey, hey, mother, kiss~]
[Great, the love-brained mother has turned into a rational-brained mother! 】
[Does that mean that the uncles who lick the dogs can still be saved? 】
【Very good! 】
[Zhizhi and Jiujiu no longer need to be minced into pieces! 】
Princess Ancheng didn't expect that her position in her daughter's heart was also a love brain?
But when I think about it carefully, what she did really fits these three words... Fortunately, she woke up before she made a big mistake, otherwise...
Princess Ancheng was frightened when she thought of the voices she heard from her precious daughter.
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the maid come to report that His Highness Prince Huai and His Highness Prince Yu had arrived.
When Shen Zhizhi heard that her two uncles were coming, she was even more excited than Princess Ancheng and immediately grabbed her mother's lapel.
[Mom, look at uncle, look at uncle. 】
After she finished talking here, Chu Shuanglan and Chu Qingyun walked in.
"Zhizhi, have you missed your uncle?" Chu Shuanglan bent her fox eyes and looked at Shen Zhizhi in the eldest princess's arms with a smile.
Chu Qingyun was also not to be outdone: "Zhizhi has been thinking about it for a long time, right?"
Zhizhi babbled twice and smiled brightly.
[Zhizhi has thought about it~]
Shen Zhizhi waved her little hands happily, and then was carried into the arms of her two uncles.
Shen Zhizhi was so happy that she raised her hand and patted the golden lock on her chest unskillfully.
[Uncle, look! 】
【Zhizhi’s golden lock! 】
Chu Shuanglan and Chu Qingyun immediately lowered their heads and praised Zhizhi for her beautiful golden locks, which made Shen Zhizhi giggle again.
After playing with Shen Zhizhi for a while, the two of them got down to business with the eldest princess.
Chu Shuanglan: "Sister Huang, I came to report this morning that His Royal Highness Prince Kang was infected with the cold a few days ago. It seems that... he doesn't have much time left."
After hearing this, Princess Ancheng raised her head in shock: "What?"
The old King Kang was the younger brother of the late emperor's mother. The eldest princess and Prince Yu of Huai were both taken care of by the old King Kang when they were young.
Chu Qingyun sighed: "Uncle Four Emperors fought on the battlefield when he was young, and his body was in excellent shape, but as he got older, he was not as good as before. Now that he is over sixty, he has been bedridden..."
Now I'm infected with the cold again, I'm afraid...
The main purpose of Chu Shuanglan and Chu Qingyun's visit to the Hou Mansion today was to tell Princess Ancheng the news. If possible, they would like to visit the old Prince Kang's mansion.
After all, King Kang treated his nephews almost as if they were his own flesh and blood.
King An had visited a few days ago. Putting aside the poor health of King Xian and King Li, Chu Shuanglan and Chu Qingyun did the math and ran to the Hou Mansion, thinking that the three of them would go together.
Of course, Princess Ancheng would not refuse to agree. She originally wanted to put Shen Zhizhi in the courtyard and be watched by Mu Chun and Qiu Yu, but the kind smile of Old Kang Wang appeared in her mind.
Among these royal children, she was the one whom King Kang loved the most.
[Zhizhi is going too, Zhizhi is going too! 】
[Liangqin, Zhizhi wants to go too! 】
【uncle! Zhizhi wants to go too! 】
As soon as she heard that her mother and two uncles were going out, Shen Zhizhi couldn't wait any longer. She lay in Chu Shuanglan's arms and just kicked her legs: "Yeah!"
Princess Ancheng stretched out her hand to take her over: "Zhizhi, do you want to go see your fourth grandpa?"
Shen Zhizhi's eyes lit up.
[Zhizhi thinks about it~]
Shen Zhizhi changed into beautiful little clothes and went to the old Prince Kang's mansion with her mother and uncle as she wished.
After meeting Old King Kang, Princess Ancheng realized that what Chu Shuanglan and Chu Qingyun said was not an exaggeration.
I saw that the originally energetic old King Kang seemed to have suddenly aged more than ten years, lying lifelessly on the bed, as if he might pass away at any time.
Everyone in the palace probably knew that Old Prince Kang might not be able to survive. From the princess to the maids, everyone had red eyes, and even the married princesses all returned to the palace to take care of him.
When the three princesses of Ancheng arrived, the imperial physician in the palace was examining the old King Kang.
The results are still unsatisfactory.
