She just dressed up as a princess and princess, which was not easy to show off. She had to dress up as a queen mother so that she wouldn't be affected by the queen's cowardice.
...arriving at Kunning Palace.
After the palace maid reported it, she ordered Chu Mohan and Xiao Xingxing to enter Kunning Palace.
In the inner room.
The queen was sitting on the Taishi chair eating lychees sent as tribute from the south. The lychees were chilled with crushed ice. Two palace maids were fanning the queen gently. Crown Princess Shu Wanyi was half-bent, peeling them off one by one.
litchi.
There was already a small pile of lychee shells on the table in front of her, and the nails she used to peel the lychees were dyed brown. It was obvious that she had been peeling them for a long time.
Her posture looked uncomfortable, and Shu Wanyi's face turned a little pale.
Little Xingxing immediately looked at Chu Mohan.
Is this the gentle and demure queen you talk about?
Seeing the look in her eyes, Chu Mohan pursed his lips silently. He lifted his robe and knelt down, "My son, please give my regards to the queen."
"The injury is not healed yet, get up quickly."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
Little Xingxing bravely knelt down and said, "My son, I wish to express my regards to my mother."
"..." The Queen didn't seem to see Little Xingxing or hear Little Xingxing's voice. She waved to Chu Mohan and asked Aunt Rong to move a chair next to her, "Sit down quickly.
Auntie Rong, go to the Imperial Hospital and call Imperial Physician Li over and let him see if Han'er's injury is better."
"yes."
Aunt Rong took the order and went forward. The queen took Chu Mohan's hand and said, "If you don't come today, my mother will ask Dr. Li to go to the palace to check on you. Are you feeling better in the past two days?"
"Mother, my son is almost recovered."
"real?"
"real."
Chu Mohan glanced at Little Xingxing who was still kneeling and said, "Mother, the princess is weak, please let her get up."
"weak?"
The Queen snorted coldly, "I saw that she was very hard-boned, so I made her kneel down to see if she would dare to say something treasonous next time."
"..." Seeing the straight line on Little Xingxing's lips, Chu Mohan knew that she was on the verge of irritability. She would have attacked him long ago in the palace.
Chu Mohan couldn't sit still anymore. He lifted his robe again and knelt down beside Little Xingxing. "Mother, the princess and my son are one husband and wife. If she does something wrong and makes the mother unhappy, it will be my fault. I will do it with her."
Queen mother, please forgive me."
"..." She punished Su Xing'er for joining in the fun! The queen was so angry.
But thinking that Chu Mohan had knelt down like this last time until the wound collapsed, and fearing that Chu Mohan would get more injured, she could only take a breath and said, "Okay, everyone, get up."
After Chu Mohan stood up, he immediately took Little Xingxing's arm to help her up. Chu Mohan's back covered the queen, and Little Xingxing looked at Chu Mohan mockingly while the queen couldn't see it.
Chu Mohan was wrong.
If it hadn't been for his entrustment, Little Xingxing wouldn't have come to the Queen Mother to suffer this anger.
He whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I'm sorry. I'll make it up to you when I get home."
Little Xingxing rolled her eyes at him.
"What are you two mumbling about?"
Seeing that the two of them were close to each other, the queen became even more angry. The two sons she gave birth to were good in everything, but one thing was that they were all against her for women.
Especially Chu Xuanye.
Crown Princess Shu Wanyi had two miscarriages, which hurt her. She asked the prince to take the opportunity to marry two powerful concubines from her natal family, but the prince refused no matter what.
King Jiang Chu Yichen's legitimate son is three years old. He is deeply favored by the emperor and was named Crown Prince at a young age. However, her two sons, let alone legitimate sons and daughters, are not even concubines or concubines.
How could she not be anxious?
But none of the brothers made her worry. One was determined not to marry a concubine, and the other even started a divorce.
The more the queen thought about it, the more annoyed she became.
Seeing that Shu Wanyi next to her was getting more and more displeased, she felt that Shu Wanyi was the reason why the prince refused to marry the concubine. If she was more generous and took the initiative to help the prince with the concubine's affairs, could the prince refuse?
"What are you doing standing still? Peel your lychees."
"yes."
The Crown Princess's lowered eyes were filled with bitterness.
She is the daughter of the Taifu, and she grew up with the Prince's childhood sweetheart. She was pampered by her parents as the apple of their eyes and grew up, and she never suffered much.
After two miscarriages, her body became even weaker. She was too sad during the confinement period. She sat on the bed all day long and cried, and suffered from eye problems and back pain.
She had stood bent over for so long, and her waist was already hurting so much that she could not stand up straight. The Crown Princess bit her lip and tried her best to endure it, her body was trembling slightly.
"How are you servants doing this? The emperor's sister-in-law peeled lychees for the queen mother as a filial duty, but you didn't even move a chair. When word spread, others thought it was the queen mother who was teasing the emperor's sister-in-law.
When the time comes, who can afford to insult the reputation of the Queen Mother like you dog slaves?"
Chu Mohan said sternly, "Bring a chair to the Queen's Wife."
"..." The palace maid looked at the queen silently. How could the queen not understand her son and know that he was trying to rescue Shu Wanyi? She glared at Chu Mohan and said, "You are the only one who has many things to do."
"Mother, I know that you are very close to the emperor's sister-in-law, but you are the Lord of the Sixth Palace and your reputation is far-reaching. I am also worried that someone will make a fuss about you with these messy things."
Chu Mohan walked over directly and moved the chair that Aunt Rong had just moved to him next to the Crown Princess, "Sister-in-law, sit down and peel it off."
Shu Wanyi looked at him gratefully, but because the queen didn't say anything, she didn't dare to sit down.
"Mother, my brother is not in good health and cannot be angry."
"..." The queen thought that the prince had vomited blood yesterday, her eyes dimmed, and she was not in the mood to set rules for the prince. She waved her hand and said, "Sit down."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
The tension in her heart loosened, and the princess almost slumped down on the chair. From a distance, Little Xingxing could see a thin layer of cold sweat breaking out on her forehead.
She couldn't help but feel some sympathy for the Crown Princess.
There is a report from the palace maid.
"Queen, Doctor Li is here."
"Let him in."
The Queen glanced at the Crown Princess and said, "No need to peel it off."
"yes."
Little Star curled her lips and sneered silently.
She knew what the Queen was thinking. After all, Shu Wanyi was the Crown Princess. Even if she set the rules, she couldn't do it in front of outsiders. Otherwise, the Crown Princess would lose her face. If word got out, the Crown Prince and the Queen would be the ones who would be lost.
The queen's appearance skills were flawless.
Doctor Li came quickly. He took Chu Mohan's pulse and then checked the injuries on Chu Mohan's back. The Crown Princess was her sister-in-law and it was inconvenient to stay, so Little Xingxing simply went to the side hall with her.
When she walked, her steps were a little sloppy. Little Xingxing reached out to support her and said, "Be careful."
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
Little Xingxing shook her head and said nothing.
She had always felt that the queen treated her badly, but compared to Shu Wanyi, she suddenly felt that she was not the worst offender. At least she did not live in the palace, and did not have to come to Kunning Palace all day to pay respects to the queen and have the queen set the rules.