The Fang family did not remain quiet for long. After marrying off their daughter, they started to busy themselves with building a house for Fang Zhengrong. The previous Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion was taken back. Master Fang did not want to give any money to Fang Zhengrong, so after thinking it over, he decided to ask Old Madam Fang to go to Fengyi Palace to plead for him. No matter what, at least the title could be returned.
After returning the title, he will be given a sum of money in the future and allowed to live on his own, which will be considered as getting rid of this tail.
Madam Fang was trying on her newly made dress. It was made of black satin, which felt moist and translucent to the touch. It was embroidered with large blooming peonies in gold thread, and it sparkled with golden light as she moved.
She looked at her newly blasted jewelry, chose a red gold hairpin inlaid with a ruby and put it on. She turned around to see Master Fang and frowned and asked, "Master, is there anything else you want to tell me?"
Master Fang was almost dazzled by her attire. When he saw her raise her hand to reveal a few open bracelets with red gold peony patterns, he said, "I have something to tell you."
Madam Fang hummed, and seeing that all the servants around her had retreated, she absentmindedly adjusted the rice-sized beads hanging from the phoenix jewel on her head and asked him, "What's the matter, you say?"
She was going to the palace today because Queen Fang was ill and they were going to visit her.
Master Fang coughed, explained his purpose, and then said, "Tell my mother to tell the queen that this matter should be dealt with as soon as possible, and when Zhengrong comes back, he can't be allowed to cause trouble again. This won't sound good."
When Madam Fang heard about this, she agreed immediately without hesitation. After thinking for a while, she nodded and said, "You are right. We should talk about it now."
Fang Zhengrong had violated the taboo of Emperor Longqing before, so he was driven back to his hometown and even his title was taken away. Now that Empress Fang is ill, the emperor will definitely listen to whatever she says.
This is the best.
She agreed, helped Old Madam Fang into the palace, handed over a sign, and was led to Fengyi Palace.
Fengyi Palace had already been decorated. It felt hot after the Dragon Boat Festival. There were refreshing ornaments everywhere. Even the screens were replaced with glass covers with large screens with landscape paintings inside. Queen Fang was leaning on the bed teasing the little prince. When she saw them coming, the smile on her face froze for a moment. She paused for a moment, then nodded, and waited for them to greet her before letting them sit down.
Old Madam Fang went to see the little prince first, and praised him with a smile: "The little prince has strong legs and feet!"
The little prince was kicking his legs. He didn't want anyone else to hold him. He only recognized Queen Fang. Queen Fang hugged him and smiled: "That's right. Now you can almost sit up."
Counting the time, it has been more than six months, and he can't sit up. When Old Lady Fang saw that Queen Fang put him on the bed and he could sit limply for a while, her wrinkles were piled up with laughter: "It couldn't be better. Our little prince is so smart and clever. He really deserves to be the son of a dragon and the grandson of a phoenix! He will bring a series of younger brothers with him in the future!"
Queen Fang gently stroked her son's back, the smile on her face deepening a little.
Madam Fang just smiled and didn't say anything.
Old Madam Fang saw that Empress Fang was in good spirits and did not look sick, so she asked carefully: "What happened to the Empress? Now that you are well, why do you allow that person to... "
She knew that the Queen's chambers were all her own people, so she didn't shy away from asking, "Why did you let that one take the lead and take charge of the palace affairs? She's going to give birth in a few months, why are you still holding on to her?"
The first few times they wanted to enter the palace, they had to report to Concubine De first, because Concubine De was in charge of palace affairs.
Empress Fang frowned and glanced at the servants. When she saw Xiao Gu asking the maids to leave, she sneered, "You are used to being nice and careful. What should I do to please you at this moment?"
As soon as she heard this, she knew there was a reason. Madam Fang sensed something was wrong and looked up at Queen Fang.
From the sound of it, could it be that Concubine De did something tricky and that's why Empress Fang fell ill
Old Madam Lian Fang also frowned. Since the maids had all left, she didn't need to be shy and asked, "What's the matter? Did something happen?"
Queen Fang sneered.
It was Emperor Longqing himself who said that he would let Concubine De continue to be in charge of palace affairs, and he also told her to rest and recuperate first.
But she had clearly taken over the palace duties after a month of confinement!
This is not about being considerate to myself, it is clearly about being considerate to Concubine De!
"Men are unreliable after all." Queen Fang looked cold and said, "Since you don't let me manage it, I won't bother to manage it."
She had always not even called herself "this palace" in front of her family. Old Madam Fang was shocked and thought about it with a sad face. She was so shocked that she almost dropped the cup in her hand: "Your illness... ...is it because you are throwing a tantrum at the saint?!"
Queen Fang lowered her eyes.
She was just being angry with Emperor Longqing.
Emperor Longqing used to be very obedient to her and they discussed everything with her. The two of them didn't seem like an emperor and empress, but more like an ordinary couple. How could they ever have any arguments
But for some reason, recently there were several things that Emperor Longqing did that did not satisfy her.
Since he was going to hand over the palace affairs to Concubine De, she simply "got sick".
The flesh that fell off her body, she frowned, and Old Madam Fang knew what she was thinking, and couldn't help shaking her head: "Why is your majesty confused?! You gave birth to the little prince, and the other one is also pregnant!"
She stamped her feet and said, "What if that one also gave birth to a prince?!"
Empress Fang naturally knew the truth, but knowing it was one thing, she couldn't help feeling angry in her heart - she had been in love with Emperor Longqing for so many years, and Emperor Longqing had never treated her coldly, but for some reason, recently, everything went wrong for her.
Whatever she wanted to do, Emperor Longqing would always respond in the past. But recently, Emperor Longqing would leave after sitting with her for less than half a day, and apart from visiting his son every day, he rarely came to see her.
On the contrary, he went to Concubine De's and Concubine Shu's places more and more often.
The two had been in love for so long, and Empress Fang had long been accustomed to Emperor Longqing's closeness and indulgence. Now that she was suddenly treated coldly by Emperor Longqing, she really couldn't get over it.
She might as well not talk to him. Since he doesn't care about her, does she have to keep trying to please him
I felt wronged when I thought about it. I hadn't done anything wrong, but Emperor Longqing suddenly fell in love with someone else. It was really too unfortunate.
Mrs. Fang's eyelids twitched.
It turns out that Queen Fang was not ill, but was angry with the Saint...
She sighed quickly. Empress Fang's personality was such that she had lost her sense of propriety due to being spoiled by the Saint.