Chapter 305 Seniority
Chu Lingxuan said that when Princess Rongzhao made this request, she said that a daughter-in-law should serve her parents-in-law, which was natural. The old Marquis Chu went to the emperor to cry, and Mrs. Chu San also went to the Cining Palace to cry to the empress dowager.
When the old Marquis Chu entered the Golden Palace, the morning court had not yet ended.
The family affairs of the royal family are also major affairs of the world. When the old Marquis finished crying, the court officials began to discuss.
The incident of Chu Hanyan a few years ago was very big, and many court officials saw that the little girl was stupid and skinny. It was not right for the royal family to force someone else's man and force someone else's daughter-in-law away, and it was even more wrong to abuse someone else's child this time. As for the dead daughter-in-law, it was impossible to investigate after she died for so long, but it was hard to say that her death was because the child was abused like this. Therefore, the memorials impeaching Princess Rongzhao flew into the palace like snowflakes. The emperor and the empress dowager were at a loss for words, and they also punished Princess Rongzhao.
This time, Princess Rong Zhao wanted to make trouble for the newly married daughter-in-law, and many people couldn't stand it. They said that although the stepmother-in-law is also a mother-in-law, the death of one and the idiot are lessons from the past, and the daughter-in-law can't be made to suffer again, and so on.
But some people spoke for Princess Rong Zhao, saying that the little girl was purely an accident, and it was caused by the servants who pretended to obey the order and did something secretly. Princess Rong Zhao was very sad to learn about the situation and had punished the servants who did evil. The stepmother-in-law is also a mother-in-law, not to mention that Prince Consort Chu is still the father-in-law, and the daughter-in-law must serve him in front of him, which is filial piety, and so on.
The emperor's sons specially approved the second and third princes to attend the morning court.
Usually, whatever the second prince supports, the third prince will oppose. Similarly, whatever the third prince supports, the second prince will oppose.
The third prince took the lead in expressing his position, saying that he could no longer tolerate the emperor's eldest sister's unvirtuousness and could not hurt the hearts of the ministers...
But the second prince said that no one is perfect, Rong Zhao had been very sad for her previous oversight and knew she was wrong. Filial piety is the most important virtue. If a daughter-in-law does not respect her parents-in-law, she is unworthy of being a wife and a daughter-in-law...
The second prince spoke passionately, and some people who had previously opposed Princess Rongzhao stopped their voices.
A court official who supported Princess Rongzhao asked the old marquis, "Old Lord Chu, the prince of Chu married his daughter-in-law back to the Chu family, but she is not filial to her parents-in-law. Does she want to worship her as a Bodhisattva? Hehe, no wonder people say that your Chu family has no rules."
The old marquis of Chu was so angry that he blew his beard and cursed, "Bullshit! Could it be that in my family, except for the princess, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law, I am not an elder? My family married a princess as a daughter-in-law, and there is no way. Can't the grandson's wife still be filial to me?" The old man's words were a bit disrespectful, but he didn't care about so much today. She continued, "I am not in good health. I will go to the countryside to recuperate in a few days. My granddaughter-in-law must also go with me. If she doesn't go, my third daughter-in-law will have to go. My second son is not in good health and cannot leave his daughter-in-law."
All the ministers knew that his third daughter-in-law was Princess Huachang, the Queen Mother's most beloved granddaughter, who was summoned to the palace every few days to accompany the Queen Mother. For the sake of filial piety, the emperor would not let Princess Huachang, who had finally returned from the border, leave the capital again.
Sure enough, when the two factions had almost quarreled, the emperor said, "Let Chu Aiqing's daughter-in-law replace Rong Zhao to show filial piety to Chu Lao Aiqing. Filial piety comes first among all virtues, and my children must set a good example."
The words were very nice, and the courtiers sang loudly again, "Long live my emperor!"
After listening to Mrs. Chu San's crying, the Queen Mother also sent the palace nanny to the princess's mansion to reprimand Princess Rong Zhao. She said that the incident she had caused a few years ago had already brought shame to the royal family, and she was not allowed to cause trouble again.
Princess Rongzhao was very embarrassed and smashed a lot of porcelain in the mansion in anger. Of course, she was embarrassed to come here on their wedding day.
However, they still had to go to the princess's mansion to pay a visit to them the day after tomorrow. After all, Lord Chu was their biological father, and they couldn't give others an excuse to attack them for being unfilial. Chu Lingxuan told Chen Afu not to worry, that Mrs. Chu San would accompany them that day.
Chen Afu was overjoyed when she heard this, which was much better than she had thought before. She leaned forward, leaned over and kissed Chu Lingxuan, smiling, "Grandpa is so nice, Grandpa is so nice, Third Aunt is so nice."
Chu Lingxuan's body stiffened. Not only was her face kissed by her, but the soft place touched by his arm made him feel itchy. He said, "You come to provoke me again?"
Chen Afu was so scared that he quickly lay down, wrapped his quilt tightly, closed his eyes and said, "Okay, I'm going to sleep."
Chu Lingxuan pressed half of his body over, "Afu, I, I..." His voice was hoarse and his breathing was rapid.
Chen Afu opened his eyes and saw that he looked uncomfortable. He felt that his body was more painful. He said in embarrassment, "Grandpa, I really, really..."
Chu Lingxuan saw that she looked nervous and there seemed to be mist in her eyes. He also knew that he couldn't torment his young wife anymore, so he lay down again. Still feeling uncomfortable, he got up and went to the bathroom.
Chen Afu heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom and felt very sorry. She had no choice, this body was still a little small and weak... Although getting married at the age of seventeen is considered old in this era, it was still several years away from the legal age of marriage in the previous life.
When Chu Lingxuan lay down again, although he was a certain distance away from her, she could still feel the coolness coming from his body.
It was February, early spring, and it was still midnight. Chen Afu was very distressed and leaned over and said, "Uncle, will you catch a cold? I'll ask someone to make you a bowl of ginger soup to get rid of the cold, how about it?"
Chu Lingxuan gritted his teeth and said, "Don't come over, don't talk to me." He then said angrily, "What a silly woman, no, a bad woman."
After hearing this, Chen Afu quickly lay back down. He whispered, "I'm not silly."
She smiled mischievously, this man is not bad, he still knows how to cherish his beauty.
She closed her eyes and slept. After a while, she turned sideways and asked softly, "Uncle, there is a question I have been thinking about for a long time."
"What's the problem?" Chu Lingxuan's voice was already a little sleepy.
Chen Afu moved closer to him again and whispered to him in a low voice, "I have been thinking that that woman is the emperor's daughter, the third aunt is the emperor's niece, and Dabao is...his son, so Dabao's true identity They are their two younger brothers. And we are Dabao's adoptive father and mother. Dabao calls us father and mother. So aren't we older than our father-in-law, third uncle, and third aunt, and the same generation as grandpa? "
Chu Lingxuan laughed out loud after hearing this and said, "You are not convinced that you are stupid, but you are not stupid at all." After saying this, he laughed again, and when he had laughed enough, he whispered, "There is an elder in the house, Dabao." The seniority is indeed high. However, Dabao has not recognized his ancestors yet, so we will rank him according to the seniority of our family, not to mention my father and uncle. , They are all our elders. After Dabao returns to the clan, let’s see how the royal family arranges them.”
The content of the previous chapter did not pass, so I readjusted it at night. Qingquan was pressed for time and had to check the status of the completed version, so he did not think carefully when deleting the text, which was a bit abrupt. I am very sorry. I'll change it later when I have time. . .