Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

Chapter 221 Getting into trouble

Empress Tianfeng was the first wife of Emperor Gaozu, the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. She was married for the second time. When she married Emperor Gaozu, she had been a widow for two years and had one son and one daughter.

Empress Tianfeng accompanied Emperor Gaozu through the bloody storm, and her son and daughter made great contributions.

Therefore, after Emperor Gaozu became emperor, in addition to making Empress Tianfeng the empress, he also conferred the title of "Grand General King" on her and allowed Empress Tianfeng to retain her own "Tianfeng Army", a brave and combative female army.

His stepsons and stepdaughters were all conferred the titles of princes and princesses. Except for the fact that they did not have the right to inherit the throne, their honors were no less than those of Emperor Gaozu's biological children.

Empress Tianfeng also issued a decree to encourage widows to remarry on a voluntary basis.

However, as time went by and some pedantic scholars resisted, widows' remarriage was no longer as popular as before.

But not making a big deal doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

Princess Ronghua was so focused on finding trouble with Qin Ying that she forgot about Queen Tianfeng for a moment.

She also didn't expect that many of the ladies present here were remarried. Many officials' original wives had unfortunately died in the war, so it was not easy to marry a virgin girl. It was much easier to settle for the second best.

Therefore, Princess Ronghua offended many people because of her outspokenness.

Queen Liu was not too happy either. Her two elder sisters had just gotten married last month, also remarrying.

But he couldn't be too harsh on Princess Ronghua in front of so many people. He smiled and said, "Ronghua, it was an unintentional mistake. Well, remember, from now on, think twice before you act, and don't be so reckless."

Princess Ronghua's face turned pale and tears instantly welled up in her eyes, but she had to bow again to express her gratitude.

Queen Liu raised her glass and said, "Come, let us wish for peace in the world."

The ladies inside and outside the palace hurriedly stood up and raised their glasses.

Empress Liu looked behind Madam Zhou Er and said with a smile, "I know all of the Zhou cousins. The one who looks a little unfamiliar is my cousin's wife, right?"

Her address represented the royal family's recognition of Qin Ying's identity.

Although Qin Ying was reluctant, she had to wake An An up, carried her out of her seat and kowtow to Queen Liu.

Empress Liu beckoned, "Come closer, let me take a good look! Your Majesty said that my cousin has always had high standards, and my cousin's wife must have extraordinary qualities!"

"This child is so beautiful, he's like a fairy!"

Qin Ying had no choice but to take An An and walk forward a few steps, not daring to look up.

Queen Liu ordered someone to bring An An over and asked her a few questions. An An was not at all stage-frightened and her voice was clear and sweet. Queen Liu was delighted and ordered someone to give her several gifts.

He also said to Qin Ying: "Your Majesty has just ascended the throne and is very busy with affairs. He has not yet had time to confer the imperial edict on my cousin's wife.

"However, the Ministry of Rites is already rushing to make the formal attire, and the rewards for the Marquisate will be issued in a few days."

Qin Ying hurriedly expressed her gratitude.

Queen Liu chatted a few more times before letting the mother and daughter go back.

Princess Ronghua was unwilling to accept this, so she found an opportunity to tell Empress Liu, "Your Majesty, it's common for a widow to remarry, but I heard that this... future marquis' wife had a child after her ex-fiancé left home."

Empress Liu didn't want to respond to her, but Consort Xian suddenly asked with a smile, "Princess, what do you mean? Prince Zhou doesn't seem like a confused person, how could he be confused?"

"My Lady Xianfei," Princess Ronghua said with a malicious smile, "I heard that this Qin was going to marry her fiancé when she was fourteen, but he was drafted into the army and was away for four years.

"And she had this child three years after her fiancé left.

"Prince Zhou met Qin when the child was already half a year old.

"As for this Qin, Her Majesty Consort has already seen her. She is indeed a very beautiful lady."

Mrs. Zhou Er was furious and was about to speak when she heard An An say crisply, "Aunt, since you are asking about my family's affairs, why don't you find out more clearly?

"Oh, I see. It's not that you don't want to find out, but the people under you are all useless.

"Or maybe they took your money and didn't do anything, and just made up lies to fool you. Otherwise, how come they didn't know that I was adopted by my mother?

"Aunt, you don't know, there was a drought in our hometown at that time, and countless people starved to death!

"There are also people who practice cannibalism. Do you know what 'exchanging children for food' means? It means they can't bear to eat their own children, so they exchange them with other families to eat.

"Under those circumstances, my mother picked me up and was willing to raise me. Tell me, what kind of character is that?

"Oh, I see. Auntie, you haven't had much education, so I'm afraid you don't know!"

"You!" Princess Ronghua was so angry that she couldn't even speak.

Empress Liu felt distressed and quickly ordered someone to bring An An over again, holding her in her arms. "Good child! Is what you said true?"

"Of course!" An An shook her little head, and the small golden bells tied to her twin buns rang out crisply. "No one could make up such a big thing as the severe drought in Montenegro!

"My dear, let me tell you, my mother, my grandmother, and my uncle were all planning to burn themselves to death... We were so hungry that we couldn't survive.

"You ask why they burned themselves to death? Well, people were starving. Many of them killed living people to eat. Those who dared not eat living people ate the dead.

“They don’t want to die and be eaten!

"Before she died, my mother went to pay her respects to her biological parents. Do you know who her biological parents are? My mother's biological father was Qin Ziyou, the former Imperial Academy attendant!

"My mother also comes from a scholarly family. Now that she's reunited with her parents, I have to let them know.

"Who knew they'd find me on the road? They felt so sorry for me that they couldn't bear to die themselves..."

Although she was young, she spoke clearly and logically. Everyone at the banquet put down their chopsticks and pricked up their ears to listen to her story. Many people with shallow eye sockets could not help but shed tears.

An An was talking so much that her mouth was dry, so Queen Liu personally gave her water.

She also deliberately said some things out of order and occasionally used the wrong words.

The relationship between Aunt Zhao and her son and Qin Ying is interspersed in the middle, and the affairs of the Guo family are also mentioned from time to time.

By the time she finished speaking, more than an hour had passed.

Empress Liu patted her chest, looked at Qin Ying, and said sincerely: "My cousin is truly a role model for women of our generation!"

Qin Ying was extremely frightened and quickly said, "I don't deserve it."

Empress Liu immediately ordered someone to give Qin Ying two calligraphy and paintings, and said: "Cousin, the national treasury is empty now, and Your Majesty has been practicing frugality. I can't give you anything decent, but these calligraphy and paintings are my own work.

"If anyone is so blind as to offend my cousin, I can just take it out. With these, it's like I'm here in person!"

The color on Princess Ronghua's face had long since faded away, and her body began to tremble. She knew that she was in trouble.