Chapter 339

Chapter 339

Qin Jiu’s eyes sparkled as she urged. “Is there anything else?”

Feeling that she was missing a plate of melon seeds to snack on as she listens to these juicy rumors, Qin Jiu ordered a maidservant to get her a plate of melon seeds, pine nuts and some more nuts.

Seeing Qin Jiu listening happily, Du Ruo secretly sighed: Although her young miss was already at that age, but she was still after all, a child.

On the other hand, Du Ruo was also inwardly disdainful, there were many noble clans and imperial clans in the capital but she hasn’t heard any of them spreading rumors like this nor making an uproar about such things, after all, it’s not like they were seen going to Hualouzi Pavilion to pay for a girl. So, could it be that this Qin Xin was making such a fuss because she was afraid that the second prince would marry a consort!?

Concurrently, Qin Jiu quickly nibbled on the melon seeds given by the maidservant.

“Kachak, crack...”

As the melon seeds peel piled up more and more on the ruyi small square table Qin Jiu suddenly clapped her hands as if she remembered something. The last time she returned to the Marquis’s Mansion, Old Madam Qin also said that Qin Xin looked very unhappy.

According to this rumor, this shouldn’t be the case!

So, where did it go wrong?

Qin Jiu ate the melon seed with relish, hoping that the melon seeds would give her some more inspiration.

Du Ruo peeled the pine nuts as she cast a meaningful glance at Qin Jiu, and just like this, the white-jade-like pine nuts fell one by one on the white porcelain plate.

And unknowingly, Qin Jiu ate a plate of melon seeds and pine nuts but still didn’t come up with anything.

As Qin Jiu listened attentively, she felt a little sympathy for the eldest princess whom she had never met. The late emperor was definitely a scumbag father!

Qin Jiu said, “In the future, Young Miss Fang will be favored by the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, so it can be considered a good turn for the better.”

Empress Wei’s expression became more subtle as she said, “Empress Dowager heard some rumors, and mentioned to the emperor yesterday that once Hanjun’s mourning period is over, why not marry her to Gu Jing as his consort, saying that they are cousins.”

The empress knows that the emperor would not want Fang Hanjun to marry Gu Jing, and she also knows that the emperor didn’t want to argue with Empress Dowager and even if Empress Dowager would definitely compromise in the end, the emperor would not be happy.

Thinking of the abashed expression when the emperor talked about Empress Dowager Liu last night, Empress Wei couldn’t help but feel sorry for the emperor being in a difficult position.

Empress Dowager Liu was Fang Hanjun’s maternal grandmother, so of course, she loves her granddaughter but good intention could also lead to bad things.

Empress Wei said with a complicated expression. “When the late emperor favored Concubine Fang Shu, the empress dowager was then the empress, she was stepped on by Concubine Fang Shu and was humiliated frequently. And in order to protect Princess Yongle and the emperor, the empress dowager suffered a lot, she once kneeled outside the imperial study whole day and night to intercede for the emperor causing her to have a high fever for several days, and stayed sick for a long time.”

“So, the emperor has always felt sorry for the empress dowager who suffered for so many years. After the emperor ascended the throne, he told people in the palace that he wanted the empress dowager to live a carefree life and follow everything the empress dowager wants.”

Perhaps because the emperor couldn’t do anything about Princess Yongle, he almost doubled his filial piety to Empress Dowager Liu for Princess Yongle’s sake.

Remembering those past events and the passing of Yongle, Empress Wei was also feeling heavy, even the air inside the hall became slightly gloomy.

To put it bluntly, all those sins were committed by the later emperor!

“....” Qin Jiu finally understood.

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