The reborn prince's little palace maid in the apocalypse

The most important thing for a century-old family is to assess the situation.

Back then, the Shu family was just an ordinary second-rate family. It was just that at the critical moment, their head of the family embraced Emperor Shengzu's favor. And when Emperor Shengzu first established Dayan and everything was in ruins, he was the first to succeed. Take the lead in donating money and materials. Only then did they become a first-class family with the support of the emperor. Later generations of family heads worked hard and planned many times to become the leaders of the family they are today.

At this time, in the Shu family, no, it should be said in the Chengen Palace, the current Chengen Duke, who is the Queen Mother's younger brother and the queen's father, is with his son and daughter-in-law, who are the eldest son and the eldest concubine of the Chengen Palace. , sitting together in the study room in the backyard. They sent all the servants away and asked everyone to leave the courtyard where the study was located. On such a cold day, they kept the doors and windows wide open just to avoid being eavesdropped outside.

The Queen Mother sent some news to her brother. The first one is this New Year's Eve banquet. The daughter of the Shu family is asked to report illness or go to Kunde Palace to attend to the queen's illness. Anyway, she should not attend the banquet, but the queen mother did not say the reason.

Another thing is that after the Lantern Festival on the 15th at the latest, His Majesty will give the former crown prince Yan Hongyang the title of "Xiaoyang" and erect a tomb.

Therefore, they must make plans for Shu Liuyun's future in advance. If she wants to be buried, the Queen Mother can help and let her be buried with Yan Hongyang in the name of the Crown Princess. But the Queen Mother would not let Shu Liuyun really die. She hated being buried, but she also knew that doing so would make life much easier for the other daughters in the family. So she won't object to it on the surface, but she won't really bury people in it either. Just make it look like Shu Liuyun is dead in the eyes of the world. Then she was sent to a distant place anonymously and found a family to marry. By then, the Shu family's daughter will have a reputation of being chaste and loyal, and her family will no longer have to bear the pain of losing a daughter.

Furthermore, it is for Shu Liuyun to become a monk and observe the festival, find a place with green mountains and green waters, build a nunnery or a Taoist temple, and then enshrine the former prince's spiritual throne. With the protection of the royal family and the Shu family, he can live a life without worries about food and clothing.

In fact, the Queen Mother also gave a third option, which was for the Shu family to submit a letter asking for an edict to terminate the engagement between Yan Hongyang and Shu Liuyun. Then the Queen Mother would go to the emperor to ask for permission, so that Shu Liuyun could freely marry others in the future. It's just that the Shu family has to bear some rumors, and the Shu family's daughter has to keep a low profile when talking about marriage in recent years. The Queen Mother thought that her brother would choose the third way no matter how much he doted on his daughter. But I didn't expect that he really doted on his daughter and really didn't care about his granddaughter. He didn't even tell the prince and concubine that there was a third option.

In fact, ever since Yan Hongyang disappeared, Shu Liuyun had no use in the hearts of the Shu family and Cheng En Gong. In his opinion, this granddaughter is now almost eighteen years old. Even if the Holy Spirit allows her to marry again, she can only marry low-ranking officials, or become a stepmother to a marquis or earl, which will not do anything to the Shu family. any benefit. Moreover, she is the fiancée of the former prince, and she is still a widower. Who dares to marry her?

If he hadn't known that his sister hated being buried, he would have wanted to kill his granddaughter himself. At that time, the Shu family's righteousness and loyalty will be fulfilled, and that will be the behavior and style of the aristocratic family.

So he just gave him two choices and let them choose. Of course, he himself preferred the first path, but the Crown Prince and Crown Princess wanted to choose the second path.

The prince and the prince's concubine love their daughters very much, especially the prince's concubine, whose eyes were almost swollen from crying after hearing these two ways.

Thinking about how glorious her daughter was when she was married to the prince as his concubine, how miserable and difficult her life is now.

But even so, they still want their daughter to stay with them. Even if they never marry, they will still be under their eyes and can take care of her from time to time. If she had chosen the first path, not to mention that this person would no longer be seen in the eyes of the world, she would not be able to return to the capital in her lifetime, let alone get to know officials, and the only people she could marry would be those landlords and squires. , so far away, and when the time comes that I want to help, I won't be able to help, and I can't even recognize him anymore, and I can't even call myself Niang.

The Queen Mother also told them a piece of news, that is, at the New Year's Eve banquet, the emperor who has a good performance may be elected to the East Palace, but the crown princess will not be selected. They were notified of this news, and the houses of other aristocratic families were in attendance. If you really want to send someone to the East Palace, you can show off your daughter's strengths and strive for a better future. And those legitimate daughters who want to compete for the crown prince must hide their clumsiness appropriately.

Duke Chengen guessed that the Queen Mother did not allow her granddaughter to go to the Kunde Palace for the banquet, presumably because she was afraid that the emperor would take a fancy to his granddaughter at the banquet and send her to the East Palace, where she would not be able to become the crown princess. But with the queen, if the prince met his little granddaughter and fell in love with her, it would be another matter to go to the emperor to ask for her. So it’s my sister who has the idea!

Duke Chengen looked at his daughter-in-law who was out of breath and crying, and his son who was sighing. He growled in a low voice: "Okay, don't cry. Otherwise, you can discuss this matter with Liu Yun and see which path she wants to choose."

That road is not a good one, but the Crown Princess dares to be angry but dare not speak out. The most important thing about being a wife of a noble family is to take care of the overall interests of the family. No matter how much she loves her daughter, from getting married to the royal family to ending up like this, her family can no longer have the final say.

The imperial concubine wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief, nodded to Duke Chengen, and said she would ask Liu Yun what he meant.

Duke Cheng'en looked at his son who had remained silent, with dissatisfaction in his eyes. Both of them have indecisive temperaments. The eldest daughter they gave birth to seemed fine before, but now it seems that she has no tolerance at all. She should have stayed for three years. If she didn't wait until the former prince came back, she would only have a white silk scarf. Go and die. She can be regarded as a chaste and fierce woman, which can bring glory to the Shu family. But she is still alive, which is really shameful.