Marrying into a rich family by mistake, it is difficult to be a mistress

Chapter 625: Full of affection and calculation

At this time, the queen was in the third prince's room.

The third prince looked at the dragon robe in front of him, feeling at a loss.

"Mother, this is usurping the throne!"

"According to the ancestral precepts of Daxia, it is only natural for you to ascend the throne directly after your father's sudden death. This is the ancestral precepts and you have to obey it!" The queen argued.

"Did my father really pass away?" The third prince still hasn't digested this fact.

"Yes, he was killed by the witchcraft of Rong country." The queen responded patiently, "Qin Yumo, you help the third prince change his clothes. Tomorrow morning, the third prince will succeed to the throne as the new emperor!"

"Yes!" Qin Yumo responded immediately.

The queen turned and walked out. She was relieved that Qin Yumo was with the third prince.

"What's going on with the Queen Mother?" she asked the people around her.

"They have been sending people to gather information, and even wanted to send people out of the palace. I don't know who they were going to deliver the information to, but they were all hijacked by our people."

"Okay. Once the people I sent kill the Fourth Prince, the Queen Mother will die! Are the other three princes under control?"

“It’s all under control.”

A smile appeared on the queen's face.

At this moment, she no longer felt any fear, and her heart was filled with pride that she had the overall situation under control.

At the court tomorrow morning, as long as the Third Prince sits on the Dragon Throne, anyone who dares to question him will be considered to have ulterior motives and intend to rebel!

……

Ji Chuhe met the Queen Mother of Rong and quietly returned to the Emperor's bedroom.

The Queen has not returned yet.

"What's the situation with the Fourth Prince?" Ji Chuhe asked Chao Sihai.

"Susu sent a message. Chang Ru and the Fourth Prince heard what happened in the palace and fled. The Queen's people were a step too late."

"Wait a little longer, until the Queen Mother of Rong and the little emperor leave the north gate..."

Before Ji Chuhe could finish her words, the queen came back.

The queen walks differently now than before. She holds her head high and chest out, with an attitude that looks down on the world.

"Someone, prepare some snacks." the queen ordered.

She felt hungry now. If she didn't eat something, the long night would be unbearable.

After the snacks were served, the queen invited Ji Chuhe to sit down and eat with her.

"Ji Chuhe, would you like to listen to my story?" the queen suddenly asked.

"If the Queen is willing to share, I am all ears." Ji Chuhe responded softly.

The queen took a piece of peach blossom cake and put it in her mouth, then took a sip of tea.

Then he spoke slowly.

"I am the daughter of a tea merchant. In those days, tea merchants were also considered an industry of the royal business. The tea produced by the tea mountain contracted by my father, as well as his tea-making skills, are unmatched. My family's tea is only supplied to the royal family and the nobles of the imperial capital."

"When I was six or seven years old, I accompanied my mother to the mountains to pick tea. I loved that tea garden very much. At that time, I was also very happy, no worse than those young ladies from official families. I don't know when our area was designated as a fiefdom and became the place of Prince Jing."

The Prince Jing that the Queen mentioned is the one who is now lying in the inner room with his eyes open in death.

"My first encounter with Prince Jing was at the tea mountain. I thought he was just a guest invited by my father, and I never thought he had such a noble status. In fact, I had heard rumors about him long before I met him. I also have some close friends who often talk about girls' marriages, and I learned that Prince Jing has not yet married."

"All the women who have seen Prince Jing are secretly attracted to him. They all say that he is handsome and want to be his consort. I have never thought about marrying Prince Jing or becoming his consort. I just want my parents to help me find a reliable man to spend my life with."

"But fate played a trick on me and I met him in my favorite place. He knew nothing and asked me for advice. I taught him how to pick tea leaves and took him to see where tea was made and taught him how to make tea."

"During that time, he came to the tea garden to see me every day. At first, I was worried that he, a foreigner, would affect my reputation. However, my father asked me to treat him well. In addition, I was impressed by his appearance and conversation, and secretly developed feelings for him. At that time, I felt that the wind blowing towards me was sweet."

"I'm not very good at making tea. Even if I make top-quality tea leaves, I can't make them as good as my father's. But he doesn't despise me. He treats the tea I make as a treasure. He even said that he will never get tired of drinking my tea. That is his favorite taste."

"The stupidest thing a woman can do is to believe a man wholeheartedly and not doubt what he says. He said he wanted to drink tea for the rest of his life, but he soon got tired of it and said the tea I made was bitter and hard to drink. Men's hearts can change at any time."

The queen picked up another piece of dessert, put it in her mouth, and then poured a cup of tea.

Ji Chuhe discovered that the color of the tea soup was slightly darker, perhaps it was the tea made by the queen herself.

She also picked it up, took a sip, and her mouth was full of bitterness.

"Is it bitter and astringent?" asked the queen with a smile.

Ji Chuhe nodded, "But it still has a sweet aftertaste."

The queen suddenly laughed, and as she laughed, tears began to flow. "I still remember, it was an afternoon, I was resting on a recliner at home. It was a hot summer day, and the cicadas in the trees were chirping noisily. I was half asleep and half awake, and I heard some noise in the front yard, so I got up to see what was going on."

"I still remember that scene. The ground in the front yard was filled with boxes of all sizes, all tied with red silk. It looked so festive. That was his betrothal gift. He wanted to marry me as his concubine. When my mother told me, I was so shocked that my soul flew away. I didn't know he was Prince Jing. I already had someone in my heart. I didn't care about my dignity and shyness as a girl, and told my mother directly that the person I liked was the young man who asked me to teach him how to pick and make tea in the tea mountain."

"At that time, I was really anxious and wanted to cry. Unexpectedly, my mother suddenly laughed when she heard this, and my father was also laughing, and everyone around was laughing. My mother said, 'Silly girl, that young man is Prince Jing.' I couldn't tell what I felt in my heart, an unprecedented ecstasy filled my whole heart, and I ran away shyly."

"Our wedding date was set. In just one month, I could marry him as his concubine. However, I waited for him in the tea garden, but he never showed up. I was very disappointed. I missed him madly. Even though I could become his wife soon, I still missed him."

"What was he doing at that time? He was using my father to get in touch with the dignitaries in the imperial capital. Even though he was crowned a king and had no chance of becoming emperor, he still had ambitions to seize the throne. The love and affection I knew were nothing more than calculations in his eyes. Marrying me was more valuable than marrying those girls from official families."

"Ji Chuhe, do you know when I finally understood this?" The queen raised her head and asked with tears on her face.

"When?" Ji Chuhe asked back softly.

At this moment, she is a very qualified listener.