The husband who forced her to marry her couldn't keep her warm, and she didn't want him to

"Mom!" Gu Jinchu called out in a low voice after hearing his mother's words.

When my mother said this, was it Fifth Master's intention, or was it that the situation outside had become serious?

Thinking of this, she began to think about what she was about to face, and the worst-case scenario...

Zheng Mudan held her daughter's hand, and the mother and daughter sat on the big kang by the window.

She took the child from the nurse's hands and tried the swaddling cloak beside him on him.

Tuanzi thought his grandmother was playing with him, so he pulled the hood of his cloak to cover himself with his two chubby little hands, leaving only his big smiling eyes exposed.

Zheng Mudan lowered her head and kissed him, then turned to look at her daughter and said, "Hasn't His Majesty given a reward? All the women of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion are attending the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace today?

Nuonuo and Tuanzi are so young, it's not convenient for you to take them with you. It won't be too late to go to the Zheng family to pick them up after you and your son-in-law come back from the palace."

Gu Jinchu took Nuonuo and held her in his arms, and the two wet nurses leaned back and walked out.

Zheng Mudan looked at their backs and said, "Let the two wet nurses follow. Since this is a show, we have to do it in full!"

Gu Jinchu said, "Mom, do grandma and uncle know about this? What did father say when you came over?"

"That guy..." Zheng Mudan muttered softly. If she hadn't been thirsty last night and got up to drink water, she would have found that Qin Lang was not in the inner room.

I'm afraid he will keep hiding the truth from her!

Zheng Mudan smiled and spoke to her daughter: "We are a family. At times like this, we must be united against the common enemy! I'll ask your father to send the two children to the Zheng family, and I'll pick up Nuonuo and Tuanzi."

She took a deep breath and sighed softly, "I don't understand what's going on in the court. I only know that my daughter has grown up and has her own ideas... Then I will help you protect the two children."

Zheng Mudan held Gu Jinchu's hand and said, "Your father said that not even a fly can fly into the Zheng family. Mother will not let Nuonuo and Tuanzi get hurt!"

Gu Jinchu felt much more relaxed when his mother took the two children to the Zheng family.

She didn't go to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet for the safety of her two children. Now that this weakness is gone, Wu Ye should have no worries about what he does.

The two children were swaddled, and Nuonuo and Tuanzi were only a few months older than their two uncles. With hats on their heads, it was impossible to tell them apart.

After dressing up a little, the two wet nurses also got on the carriage.

Bai Zhi is tall, and compared with her slender limbs, it is no exaggeration to say that her belly is as big as a basket.

She has a strong personality and she works cleanly and efficiently even when she is pregnant.

Bai Zhi asked the servants to load the gifts for the masters of the Zheng family into the car. She stood beside Gu Jinchu and said, "Madam, everything is ready."

Gu Jinchu nodded, "Okay, you can get in the car too."

After seeing his mother and others off, when Gu Jinchu returned to Yuanyuan Hall, he felt that the house was too quiet.

Bai Shao, who was standing by, whispered, "Madam, are you still going to the palace to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet?"

Gu Jinchu nodded, with a slight smile on his face: "Go get my county lady's robe. For such an important day, I must dress up."

......

Concubine Shu was supported by the palace servants and walked slowly into the Cining Palace. She saw a man in Taoist robes sitting next to the Empress Dowager and said with a smile: "So the old friend the Empress Dowager was talking about is Concubine Chen."

"My poor monk Mingjue greets Concubine Shu." Chen Yayun was the former Imperial Noble Concubine Chen. She stood up from the bed, bent her body slightly and performed a greeting as an equal.

The Empress Dowager frowned for a moment, but she did not issue an imperial decree to allow Chen Yayun to return to the palace.

So, did the Queen appear at the Mid-Autumn Festival to please the Emperor, or did the Emperor ask her to return to Beijing to attend the banquet because Concubine Zhen was pregnant?

The empress dowager was in a state of confusion, but she showed no emotion on her face. She raised her hand and asked someone to bring a brocade stool over.

Concubine Shu was not surprised. When Cao Wan was the queen, she set up a high platform and watched the concubines fight for her favor under her nose.

Finally, she, as the head of the empress, had to uphold justice and use others to highlight her virtue, uprightness and dignity.

Concubine Shu had a calm expression as she sat in the circle beside the bed. She said in a calm voice, "When you get older, you need something to lean on to feel comfortable."

Master Mingjue Yuanshi stood in front of the Arhat's bed, and the brocade stool brought over by his fellow palace servants was only two steps away.

I felt that no matter where she sat, it would not be suitable for her Taoist robe to be contaminated.

And she was once one of the noble women in the harem.

The Queen Mother smiled, but her eyes became more excited. She raised her hand slightly and said, "Sister, please sit down. It's rare for Concubine Shu to be so casual. I'm sure you, like me, will have a hard time adapting."

Master Mingjue Yuan followed his instructions and sat down in the same place where he had just stood up. "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, why didn't you see His Majesty and the Queen come?"

Emperor Jianming grew up in the Huguo Temple since he was a child, so he was naturally not the son of Zhonggong.

After he ascended the throne, although he was extremely respectful to the Empress Dowager, he never showed the slightest "mother-son love" and never did anything perfunctory or showy.

The Queen, on the other hand, showed her filial piety by coming to visit the emperor every morning and evening.

The Queen Mother put down the teacup in her hand and said with a smile: "The emperor is focusing on state affairs, so the harem naturally needs the Queen to take care of it. Speaking of which, the Queen's delay in showing up may have something to do with Master Yuan."

Concubine Shu lowered her eyes and looked at the handkerchief in her hand, with a slight smile on her lips.

Master Mingjue couldn't help but tense up when she heard that. If she couldn't find it again, today would be a Hongmen Banquet. She had been suppressed by the Empress Dowager over the years and she was afraid that she had been disgraced countless times.

"The past is like a passing cloud. I am determined to serve the Buddha for the rest of my life, so how can I be involved in worldly affairs?"

Concubine Shu set her eyes on Master Mingjue's face. It seemed that there was no trace of the former Imperial Noble Concubine Chen on her face.

If you really want to be with the Buddha forever, you should get rid of your black hair. She said, "Master Mingjue Yuan can make such a choice, which is worthy of your Dharma name."

Seeing that the two people on the Arhat bed were looking at her, she smiled and said, "Enlightenment, awakening... Washing the sins on your body in front of the Buddha, I just wonder if Master Yuan will have a nightmare when he wakes up in the middle of the night?"

Since entering the palace, Concubine Shu has been deeply favored by the late emperor and has received numerous honors.

Her mother's family, the Duke Dingguo Mansion, has a deep foundation, so in this harem where undercurrents are surging and the situation is treacherous, apart from the once favored Concubine Jing, there is no one else who can compete with her.

This was also the first time that Concubine Shu showed her harsh side.

The Empress Dowager turned her head to the side, with a gentle smile on her face. Under her gaze, Master Mingjue Yuan slowly said, "I am very confused by what Concubine Shu said. The Empress Dowager was just talking about the Queen and the Emperor, but you made me a little flustered."

Concubine Shu smiled and did not continue to make things difficult for her.

Together with Master Mingjue Yuan, they looked at the Empress Dowager.

The Queen Mother held a handkerchief in her hand, looking very elegant and graceful. She said:

"Speaking of which, Concubine Zhen is the niece of Master Yuan. Yesterday, she spoke rudely and offended His Majesty. The Queen sympathized with her because she grew up in Ningyuan City. At the instruction of His Majesty, she found two nurses for Concubine Zhen."

"So that the heir in her belly won't have a good living environment after he is born. After all, if the eldest son of His Majesty grows up to be a bad example, he won't be able to serve as a role model for the other heirs."

If she wanted to kill someone and destroy his heart, the Empress Dowager would have disparaged Concubine Zhen, the Chen family, and the unborn royal heir whose gender was not yet known, without shedding any blood.