"The emperor has not come to Xingqing Palace once in a year and a half. His sudden arrival today is unexpected for the Ai family."
Queen Mother Su's bun and temples were a little messy, as if she didn't have time to straighten them. She stretched out her hand to help them, and then said:
"I caught the wind and cold a few days ago, and my sleep was very poor. I just fell asleep. The palace people didn't dare to call anyone, but they asked the emperor and Ancheng to wait for a long time."
The words Shen Zhizhi just said lingered in Princess Ancheng's mind, and her eyes couldn't help but fall on Queen Mother Su, but she didn't say anything.
Queen Mother Su was not embarrassed when she didn't get a response, and continued to smile: "The Ai family hasn't seen Ancheng for a long time, but I miss them so much. Come and show the Ai family. It's been five years... it's been such a long time..."
[Why does she speak so sinisterly...]
Shen Zhizhi felt uncomfortable hearing this.
"Hey, this is Ancheng's newly born little daughter." Empress Dowager Su immediately laughed when she saw the child in Chu Moyuan's arms: "At the time of the little guy's 100-day banquet, the Ai family was worshiping Buddha and could not go, but now in a blink of an eye, It’s so big.”
Princess Ancheng's lips curved, she chuckled, and said a few polite words.
"Come and give the Aijia a hug." Queen Mother Su said and stretched out her hand towards Shen Zhizhi.
Unexpectedly, Shen Zhizhi turned her head suddenly and hugged Chu Moyuan's neck without letting go.
My whole body exudes the aura of not wanting to be hugged, so I almost said directly that I don’t want you to hug me anymore.
And Chu Moyuan had no intention of putting Shen Zhizhi in her arms.
Queen Mother Su's smile faded: "This child doesn't like the Aijia yet."
Princess Ancheng: "She recognizes her as a stranger. She doesn't even hug anyone she doesn't know when she sees her."
After hearing this, Queen Mother Su laughed again: "So that's what happened. I thought the Ai family didn't like the Ai family."
【Zhizhi just doesn’t like you! 】
Shen Zhizhi kicked her calf and snorted unhappily.
[My mother and uncle ignored her. In her last life, she watched helplessly as the little unlucky guy was strangled to death in the East Palace! 】
[He also falsely conveyed his uncle’s decree and bestowed the death of the two young princes of the good concubine! 】
[As a result, the good concubine was so disheartened that she hanged herself to death...]
[After my uncle was poisoned in my previous life, the Su family in Anyang and the Xia family in Jiangling came to power, and the Liu family in Nan'an declined rapidly. Concubine Liu had no one to rely on in the deep palace, so she gave a servant who cleaned the stables as a concubine! 】
Shen Zhizhi puffed up her cheeks and whined with anger, and patted Chu Moyuan's back with her chubby little hands.
【She is the big bad guy! 】
Shen Zhizhi counted Empress Dowager Su's crimes with her fingers. At the end, she was so angry that she couldn't remember them, and she grinned and dropped her gold beans.
Chu Moyuan hurriedly coaxed her with Princess Ancheng. After coaxing her for a long time, she was still twitching.
Queen Mother Su on the side was a little anxious, but she didn't show it on her face. She even sent people to bring many novel things to make Shen Zhizhi happy.
However, Shen Zhizhi didn't even look at the whole process.
And Chu Moyuan and Chu Yanxi, who were coaxing Shen Zhizhi, were not as calm as they appeared.
In her previous life, all three of Chu Moyuan's bloodlines died in her hands.
The two concubines also suffered a lot because of her.
Princess Ancheng's hands were shaking a little, but fortunately she had been wiping Shen Zhizhi's tears without being noticed.
After Shen Zhizhi finally stopped crying, Queen Mother Su laughed again, with a familiar tone: "Ancheng, you haven't come back to see the Ai family for five years since you left. The Ai family misses you so much."
After saying that, he went over and took Princess Ancheng's hand, "It's not easy to meet her once, we two have to stay a little longer."
After saying this, he took Princess Ancheng and Chu Moyuan, who was holding Shen Zhizhi, to the main hall.
Shen Zhizhi had cried enough and was playing with Chu Moyuan's jade pendant, rubbing the side of her uncle's face from time to time.
"Ancheng, the Aijia heard that the relationship between you and Lord Shen is no longer what it used to be lately?" Queen Mother Su held her hand and was extremely affectionate.
Princess Ancheng held back her nausea and said, "I don't know what I'm saying to make you worry about misunderstandings. It's just that there are a lot of trivial matters in the Marquis Mansion recently."
Hearing this, Queen Mother Su exclaimed: "Let's just say the Ai family, you and Mr. Shen fell in love at first sight and have been in love ever since you got married. How could you quarrel? Those talkative slaves, the Ai family doesn't want to teach them a lesson." "
After saying this, Queen Mother Su thought of something again and turned to look at Chu Moyuan, who was sitting far away and whispering to Shen Zhizhi:
"The same goes for Your Majesty. Don't be so harsh on Lord Shen. Even for the sake of Ancheng, you should be more restrained. The Ai family heard that you demoted Lord Shen's position and fined him a few months ago? Did you go to Shen's Mansion to beat him up recently?"
Chu Moyuan raised his eyebrows, was he here to teach himself a lesson?
Queen Mother Su shook her head and said: "The couple are of the same body. If you punish the consort, it won't look good on Ancheng, right? The Ai family knows that you don't like Lord Shen, but you can't show it so obviously. Isn't this right? Are you telling those clans to look down upon our Ancheng?"
[Bad guy, he’s trying to drive a wedge between my mother and uncle! 】
[It seems like he is just complaining that his uncle punished Shen Wanqi too much, but in fact he keeps implying that his uncle punishes Shen Wanqi on purpose because he hates him! 】
[Fortunately, my mother has seen Shen Wanqi's true face, otherwise she would definitely be sad. 】
Princess Ancheng's lips moved slightly and she said, "Brother Imperial has taken great care of Ancheng. Without Brother Imperial's care, Ancheng might not have had such an easy time in the Marquis Mansion."
Queen Mother Su's eyes twitched when she heard this, but she still spoke: "Why is this? Could it be that the old lady of the Hou Mansion bullied you?"
[Bah, bah, bah. 】
Princess Ancheng did not answer this question, but sighed in a low voice: "Ancheng has the support of the imperial brother, so the clan does not dare to do anything. It's just that Ancheng's mother died young, and there are some things..."
Queen Mother Su's face froze, what does this mean? Complaining that her stepmother didn't do a good enough job? Did she get bullied?
"The emperor's brother punishes the marquis, so Ancheng can feel more at ease, otherwise Ancheng would always think that the emperor's brother is angry with Ancheng because of what happened five years ago.
"Ancheng is not the kind of person who doesn't distinguish between public and private affairs. If the imperial brother really hides all kinds of crimes for him without being punished, then Ancheng will be really uncomfortable."
Empress Dowager Su failed to sow discord. Instead, she was vaguely complained by Chu Yanxi. She felt a little uncomfortable. Just when she was about to say something, Chu Moyuan heard from the side:
"The Empress Dowager did not know that Shen Wanqi had embezzled military supplies, kept them privately owned, and secretly sold them to the public at high prices, making countless silver coins in one go."
Chu Moyuan: "The Queen Mother has lived in the palace for a long time and does not know the importance of military supplies. If a rebellion breaks out at this juncture and the morale of the army is scattered, then even if Shen Wanqi has ten heads, I will not be able to chop him off.
"Now I'm just demoting him, fined him a salary and slapped him a few times. I'm already giving him a lenient sentence for An Cheng's sake."
Chu Moyuan's smile didn't reach his eyes: "Otherwise, his body would have been hanging above the city gate."
