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

After hearing this, Master Jiang Wu replied, "Yes, father."

The gray beard on the Duke's chest swayed slightly in the wind. There was dissatisfaction in his voice, "Why, you also know that you are an eyesore." But there was no displeasure in his eyes.

"Son knows." Master Jiang Wu responded in a low voice with a respectful look.

The Duke walked into the study, sat down on the armchair at the top, looked at his son with some disdain and said, "You are so boring. Your daughter-in-law is so much younger than you. Be careful that she will dislike you."

Uncle Jiang Wu walked to the chair below his father and said, "Please teach me, father." He said in a low voice with a calm expression.

The Duke frowned. What could he do?

He only knew how to provoke his wife's coldness for no reason, so that her eyes would be on him. Once she got used to looking at him, she would no longer think that he was a rough person.

Then he said in a rough voice: "Anyway, you and your wife should come and accompany your mother more often in the future. Your eldest sister is not with her, and Yongle can't come to the mansion all the time... She is sometimes very lonely alone."

The Duke sighed slightly, a look of helplessness on his face.

After hearing this, Uncle Jiang Wu said slowly: "After a few months, mother probably won't feel bored anymore." As he spoke, there was a hint of tenderness and expectation in his eyes.

The Duke's face was slightly furious when he heard this, and he scolded his youngest son, "Hey! Boy, you are busy while your wife is not. Even though the weather is a little cold, she came here in a sedan chair or a gas cart, who can find fault with her?"

Master Jiang Wu laughed when he heard this: "Father, I said that in a few months, the baby in Jinchu's belly will be born."

"By then, my mother will probably only have her two grandchildren in her heart and eyes. She won't be bored or lonely then."

"You should have made yourself clear just now!" The Duke's temper came and went quickly.

He realized that from Minghui Hall to the outer study, his emotions had been led by his youngest son, making him completely forget that his youngest son had just veiledly complained to his mother.

The Duke changed his hand to hold the teacup, raised his other hand, and pointed at him, "Okay, you're good! You've played tricks on me."

Master Jiang Wu smiled slightly, his expression indifferent, "You gave birth to your son, so what he says and does is still under your control."

The Duke paused while drinking tea, lowering his eyes to look at the leaves floating in the cup. After taking a sip of tea, he raised his head again, and the smile lines at the corners of his lips had disappeared.

When he spoke again, his voice became softer, "Is the Dali Temple trying the case of the Duke of Pei's legitimate daughter?"

Uncle Jiang Wu nodded, he knew what his father was thinking.

Cao Yong, Duke of Pei, and Zhou Xiude, the old loyal and brave marquis, accompanied Emperor Taizu to conquer the world together with their father. The generation that had experienced life and death naturally had an extraordinary friendship.

Among those founding heroes who once followed Emperor Taizu, only my father is still alive today.

He must be the last person to see his old friend's son end up in such a situation and ending. He is also absolutely not likely to have such a woman's kindness. Although he has friendship for his old friend, he will not lose his mind because of it.

The Duke said, "In this world, the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy... Father only hopes that one day you can take some blood ties into consideration."

"Okay." Uncle Jiang Wu looked at his father and a smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

……

In the Cining Palace, wisps of smoke rose from the incense burner, floating slowly like soft ribbons.

The sunlight quietly filtered through the carved window sashes and fell onto the ground, forming patches of mottled light.

The Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Shu beside her and said, "...I heard that Yongle's Princess Mansion is planning to be renovated. If I can ask for grace from the new emperor in the future, my sister will be able to leave this imperial city."

She had a faint smile on her face and her words were filled with longing and yearning.

Concubine Shu said: "Who is so blind as to speak nonsense in front of the Empress Dowager? The mourning period has not yet ended, and the late emperor has not yet been buried. As the eldest daughter of the late emperor, how could Yongle do such a treasonous thing!"

"Renovating the princess's mansion is simply nonsense!" Concubine Shu was still as dignified and beautiful as ever, but her eyes were sharper than before.

The Empress Dowager's expression did not change after hearing this, and her voice was gentle and soft: "Yongle is the eldest daughter of the late emperor, and it is not in vain that the late emperor doted on her when he was alive."

Concubine Shu picked up the teacup on the kang table, pinched the lid with her index finger and thumb, and slightly lifted a corner. Hot steam rose up, misting her eyebrows and eyes, making it impossible to see the emotions in her eyes.

"As a child, this is what Yongle should do, and it also sets an example for his younger brothers and sisters." She said softly.

The Queen Mother sighed slightly, with a trace of helplessness on her face: "The new emperor has not yet married, and there are only two of us sisters in this huge harem. It makes us miss the noisy days in the past."

After the new emperor's coronation ceremony, the princes immediately set out to return to their fiefdoms.

Imperial Noble Consort Chen went to the Dagaoxuan Hall to practice on behalf of others and pray for the previous and new emperors, and was conferred the title of Mingjue Yuanshi by Emperor Jianming.

This edict caused a lot of speculation in the former dynasty and the harem, but it also allowed the Chen family, who returned to Beijing again, to gain a firm foothold in the former dynasty.

The new emperor was kind-hearted. The concubines in the harem who had children could live with the prince in his fiefdom; the rest of the concubines could make their own choices, either becoming nuns like Concubine Chen, or going to guard the imperial tombs.

Therefore, in the entire harem, except for a few young princes and princesses, there was only the Empress Dowager in the Cining Palace and the Shu Concubine in the Shou'an Palace.

At this time, a palace servant came in and reported: "Empress Dowager, the Prince of Xuanping and his wife are outside the palace gate now."

This is the second day in a row that they have come to ask for a meeting.