In fact, Mr. Zhong was just angry because of his brother, and his illness was not as serious as Mr. Shi said.

She was too embarrassed to come to see this niece because of her brother's affairs.

If the niece Lu Sheige hadn't paid back the five hundred thousand taels of silver on behalf of her brother, the gambling debt would have grown into a snowball.

Zhong Laoba is her biological brother, and Shen Zhenghe is Zhong Laoba's nephew. The Shen family cannot afford to repay this debt even if they want to.

The Shen family had no money to repay their debts, so they had to find a way to sell their property, or go to the palace to ask the emperor or the Zhenguo government for help.

Until the last moment, the Shen family had no shame to go to the palace or to ask for help from the Duke of Zhenguo.

When Mrs. Zhong thought about how she had wanted to find a job for Zhong Laoba in the capital, she wanted to slap herself to death.

She almost brought down her children and grandchildren because of her own selfishness, and she almost brought down the Queen Mother and the Emperor in the palace.

If someone has a plot against the Shen family, it will definitely not be settled with hundreds of thousands of silver.

I don’t know how much Lu Xiangge spent and how many people he found to get this IOU.

This time Shen Zhenghe asked someone to teach Zhong Laoba a lesson, and he had discussed it with Mrs. Zhong. Hearing that Zhong Laoba was later beaten up by people from the casino and had two legs broken, Mrs. Zhong didn't feel bad, but

Secretly he breathed a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Zhong knows her brother too well. If the casino hadn't taken action, Zhong Laoba might not have returned to Nanyang so quickly.

After all, Zhenghe was young, and he cared about family ties, so he acted more gently! But if Zhenghe was really cruel, Zhong felt that she might not be able to bear it.

Now, it was the people from the casino who broke Zhong Laoba's leg, and Mrs. Zhong felt much more relaxed.

It's better if you break your legs. If you don't break your legs, Zhong Laoba might not be so scared and go back to Nanyang overnight!

Not to mention how remorseful Mrs. Zhong was at home, the Shen family's sister-in-law and Lu Xiangge chatted for a long time and had lunch in Yiyuan before reluctantly returning to the Shen family.

In the afternoon, Lu Xiangge didn't want to go to the palace to help his second brother change the memorial, so he simply sent someone to the palace to tell him. He covered his face with a book, lay on the rocking chair, and slept lightly in the sun all afternoon.

It was rare that she had a free day today, and she didn't have to learn ventriloquism or revise the music. In the evening, she started grilling meat in the garden with her maids and guards.

Everyone knew that Princess Changle lived in Yiyuan when she returned to Beijing, but no matter whose family she sent greetings to, she never saw her.

No guests, no banquets.

Everyone could only see the carriages in Yiyuan going in and out every day, going to teahouses, taverns, and the palace.

Once, someone actually saw the princess heading to the Flower House with a group of guards. Fortunately, she went in for a while and then came out with others.

Some people speculated that the princess might be curious and wanted to visit the flower house. Others speculated that the princess might be looking for someone.

Anyway, this princess with a different surname from the Shang Dynasty must be playful and extremely favored.

In the palace, Lu Hebei took old doctor Xie's medicine and became stronger day by day.

There was hope in the Queen Mother's eyes, but old doctor Xie only shook his head.

There is no hope of health, it is just an illusion.

The effect of the medicine is just to pile up all the emperor's spirit and flesh and blood and burn them.

When one day the oil dries up and the lamp dries up, the emperor's time will come.

Although he knew that his time was short, the emperor did not look at all decadent.

Apart from going to court, he would definitely lead the queen and the young prince to enjoy the three meals a day with the queen mother. The family would have a great time together, chatting and laughing, which was very warm.

After dinner every day, he would go for a walk with the Queen in the Imperial Garden, all the way from the Queen Mother's Palace to the Queen's Jiaofang Hall.

In the morning, I read with the prince and watched him squatting on horseback under the guidance of his master.

In the afternoon, Lu Shege entered the palace, and the brother and sister corrected the memorial together and discussed political affairs.

When it was time for dinner, the brother and sister went to the Queen Mother's Palace together and had dinner. Lu Xiangge returned to Yiyuan before the curfew.

Three days for a morning session and five days for a morning session. Although Lu Hebei said that he did not miss a single session, he did not seem to think he was that diligent.

Once, during a court meeting, the censor and the people from the Ministry of Rites had a quarrel, and everyone discovered that the emperor was taking a nap on the dragon throne.

Later, everyone paid attention and found that the emperor often yawned and looked depressed.

this……

All the ministers could not help but feel worried.

You may say that the emperor is in good health, but these days he always feels weak and groggy.

You may say that the emperor is ill and mentally weak, but he never makes mistakes every time he makes a decision, and the memorials in the palace are corrected in a timely manner.

Rumors were circulating outside the palace for a while, and some speculated that the emperor was not fully recovered from his illness and was suffering from mental depression.

There are also speculations that the emperor is greedy for women, but there is only one queen in the palace now, not even concubines. Where did this lust for women come from?

Someone's eyes fell on Lu Shege, who came to the palace every afternoon and left just before the curfew.

Doesn’t the emperor have something to do with his cousin?

Those who originally wanted to follow the dragon and the phoenix and thought about the benefits they would get from marrying Lu Sheige, a princess with a different surname, suddenly stopped thinking.

The emperor's woman dares to think about it, because she thinks her head is not stable enough!

Even the Gongsun family got the news. Gongsun Wanying's mother finally couldn't hold back and sent a message to her daughter, who was now the queen, and wanted to go to the palace to have a look.

On this day, Madam Gongsun's carriage and Princess Changle's carriage entered the palace one after the other.

When Mrs. Gongsun was being led to the Queen's Jiaofang Palace, she happened to see the sedan carrying Lu Xiangge, guided by a small table, directly to the Emperor's Taiji Palace.

The eunuch who was leading the way saw Mrs. Gongsun turning back frequently and said hurriedly: "The princess went to study with the young prince. Your Majesty specially moved the young prince to the Tai Chi Palace. He studies and practices there every day and is taught by the emperor himself."

What the young eunuch said was actually to please Madam Gongsun. The young prince was born to the empress, and he was also Madam Gongsun's nephew. Being taught by the emperor personally meant that the young prince was very favored by the emperor.

There is only one prince in this palace, the young prince, and the queen is pregnant. From now on, the Gongsun family will be the most noble family in the Shang Dynasty.

The little eunuch was very happy, thinking that he had done a good job of flattering him, but he didn't expect that his flattery just hit the horse's hoof.

Mrs. Gongsun entered the palace after hearing the rumors about the princess. Now she saw the princess entering the palace, not even going to the Queen Mother's Palace, but being carried directly to the Tai Chi Hall in a sedan chair. She couldn't help but feel shocked and scared.

She is the queen's mother and the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion. She has to walk to the palace before entering the palace. Looking at Princess Changle's appearance, someone has already been waiting at the palace gate with a sedan chair. It should be the emperor every time she enters the palace.

Someone was sent to pick him up in a sedan chair.

If the princess is made a concubine, her silly girl will not be able to defeat this princess with a different surname. I heard that the Queen Mother and the Emperor love this princess with a different surname very much.

If the princess gives birth to a little prince again, it’s unclear whether the Chen family will be able to fall into Chenger’s hands!
Chapter completed!