The King of Chu rarely saw his wife with such an expression, and was a little frightened for a moment. It was not until the Princess of Chu sat down on the chair beside her with a changed expression that he came to his senses, stepped forward, held her arm, and gently persuaded her: "It's okay, it's okay. Didn't we expect this before we entered the capital... This is inevitable..."
They had already started arranging their chess pieces before entering the capital, for they had known that the Third Prince was going to die. Once he died, the childless Emperor Longqing would have to keep the sons of these vassal princes as hostages.
And they will definitely make them hand over their eldest son.
The Princess of Chu was unable to come back to her senses for a long time. She only felt a splitting headache and covered her head, looking very uncomfortable.
In the past, she would never treat the King of Chu like this. Even though her heart was in turmoil, she never acted uncomfortable in front of the King of Chu.
But Chu Jingrui was her child after ten months of pregnancy, and she knew how dangerous it would be to stay in the capital, so she couldn't help but feel sad.
The King of Chu was understanding. He sat opposite her, pondered for a while, shook his head and sighed: "I took great pains to train Jingrui, of course I don't want to let him go, but the situation forced me to do so... You should relax a little..."
He then talked about what had happened in the palace before and couldn't help but scold King Zheng again.
Princess Chu was a little surprised. The tears in her eyes had not yet dried. She frowned and asked, "Is the King of Zheng going to appoint a new princess?"
"Hmm." The King of Chu responded indifferently, and said with a sneer: "I underestimated him in the past..." At this point, he couldn't help shaking his head: "I don't know whether I underestimated him or overestimated him. Anyway, he made this move, but it is really..."
The Princess of Chu also found it strange, and after realizing it she couldn't help feeling a little grief-stricken.
If she died, the King of Chu would appoint a queen without hesitation.
Although King Zheng was ruthless and ungrateful to Ming Yuyou in the beginning, no matter what, he never appointed a second queen in all these years. The court also said that misfortune should not fall upon a married woman, so they still recognized Ming Yuyou's status as Princess Zheng.
But now the King of Zheng is going to marry a second queen, and as for Ming Yuyou... because she has lost her natal family and has no children left, there might not even be anyone to burn incense for her.
But it's really...
No matter what, the misfortunes of others can still make one's own misfortune seem less unfortunate. The Princess of Chu felt better and slowly recovered from the blow of her son's decision to stay in Beijing. She asked the King of Chu, "Why did he think of appointing a new princess? He has never expressed this intention in all these years."
The King of Chu sneered in annoyance: "Who knows..." He then said to the Princess of Chu: "No matter what, you should pay more attention to it when the time comes, and you might as well talk to the Queen more about it."
It would be a good thing to marry someone who is beneficial to them and can convey information.
Princess Chu nodded slowly, and then she heard the King of Chu add: "You can choose someone of the right age from your mother's family..."
The Princess of Chu was born into the Huang family of Fuling. Her ancestral home was in Fuling, Sichuan. She was quite famous in Shu and was a celebrity who was personally invited out of retirement by Emperor Taizu. She moved to the capital more than a hundred years ago and had a very impressive background.
The Huang family is also a well-known scholarly family in the capital and is very prestigious among the elite.
When it comes to choosing a princess, her status naturally cannot be too high. The Huang family, who come from a clean family, will not easily arouse Emperor Longqing's taboos. Even if they have some kind of marriage relationship with the Chu Palace, there are too many complicated relationships in the capital. Besides, if the Huang family has to choose sides, which daughter should they choose
They have many daughters.
Only the King of Chu knew that the Huang family supported Princess Huang Rou, because the Princess of Chu had the highest status after all.
But the Princess of Chu frowned, and after a long while she responded in panic.
She didn't dare tell the King of Chu that something strange had happened in her mother's family.
The Huang family was not the kind of family that hired experts as people thought.
Maybe it was true in the past, but ever since she was born, what she saw was not how upright the Huang family was or how they passed down poetry and literature, but how they were trying hard to climb the social ladder.
Things were pretty good at first. At least before she got married, her family had always been very respectful and there hadn't been any trouble.
But ever since she got married, her family's situation has been declining.
There were too many unfilial sons and daughters, and the family's ancestral inheritance was almost completely squandered. Gradually, they began to rely on pawning antiques to make a living, and later on they began to lend money at high interest rates. Finally, now, they can no longer support themselves.
He even thought about selling his daughter...
She closed her eyes and opened them again, and responded softly to the King of Chu's words. After the King of Chu left, she ordered the eldest maid Dingxiang with an unpleasant look: "Go back and send a letter to them, telling them that if they don't want to die, they should behave themselves!"
The King of Chu set up this trap in order to kill Wei An of the Dingbei Marquisate.
In name, she is the Third Prince's Consort, but in reality she has to sacrifice her life for this title.
The people in her family were so short-sighted that they actually thought this was a good opportunity to show their loyalty to Emperor Longqing.
She had a terrible headache.
Not to mention that she married the King of Chu, the Huang family should be on the same side as the King of Chu. Even the act of selling their daughter is enough to be despised by people all over the world.
If the King of Chu could really ascend the throne one day, what would she do since she had such a spineless family
Ding Xiang knew that she was worried, so she tried to persuade her: "It may not be that bad. Didn't the eldest lady say that when she came here before? She just had that thought..."
"Even if you have that thought, it's not okay!" Princess Chu said angrily, obviously very angry, her chest heaving up and down violently: "Those idiots! They thought I wouldn't help my family, and they didn't even use their brains to think about whether this is a good thing or not!"
How could she not want her parents' family to be better? She was not stupid, of course she knew that if her parents' family was better, she would be better off.
It’s a pity that those people in my mother’s family are so stupid and don’t even use their brains.
After she finished speaking, she was impatient to say anything more and waved her hand to send Ding Xiang away: "Just go back and tell them what I said. If they don't listen..." She sneered: "Tell them, if they don't listen, don't blame me if something goes wrong in the future!"
How could she not know that those people in her family would never give up unless they were made sure. They still thought there was a way out, so she might as well block their future path at once to prevent them from causing any more trouble.
Dingxiang knew that she was upset, so she quickly agreed to go. As expected, she went to the Huang family and told Madam Huang and Master Huang exactly what the Princess of Chu had said.
Princess Chu was so furious that she didn't dare to add fuel to the fire. Whatever Princess Chu said was what it was. But even so, it was enough to make Master Huang and Madam Huang furious.