OBS Chapter 278 Two Queen Mothers
Chapter 278 Two Queen Mothers
After the Emperor of Chu ascended the throne, he honored his stepmother as the Holy Queen Mother and his biological mother as the Queen Mother, and they sat in the east and west palaces respectively.
These two old people are really long-lived.
The Holy Queen Mother is now eighty-one years old, and the Queen Mother is now over seventy-four, and the relationship between the two is still good.
There are not many concubines in the harem still alive. Except for those who have no children to rely on, many of them died at a young age.
Those who survived were either those with a good mentality or those who had children to support them.
The Holy Empress Dowager had two legitimate sons, both of whom died. After the new emperor ascended the throne, she asked to go to the Dongyang Palace to practice seclusion.
The Queen Mother could have stayed in the capital, with her son ascending the throne, and her good days had just begun.
She was somewhat timid and indecisive by nature. Even after becoming the empress dowager, she was still accustomed to listening to the queen, the Holy Empress Dowager.
Upon hearing that the Holy Queen Mother was leaving, Queen Mother Wang immediately packed her bags and prepared to go with her.
The Emperor of Chu couldn't do anything about her, so he had to ask his stepmother to stop her.
The Holy Empress Dowager also felt that it was inappropriate. It would not look good if the news of both Empress Dowagers leaving got out.
The Queen Mother insisted for once, insisting on leaving no matter what.
Perhaps it was because he was framed and slandered when he was young that he was afraid, and he always felt that the palace was a man-eating den.
The Holy Empress Dowager saved her once, and she moved into the Queen's palace. She has never been separated from her in her life.
Even when we are old, we can't leave each other.
But before she left, the queen lost her baby in her womb.
In this way, the original one-person trip eventually became a three-person trip.
"Sister, we really won't come back this time?"
The Queen Mother looked out the car window worriedly. She quite liked the days in the palace. There was no intrigue and deception there. The three of them lived together, which was better than before.
"I won't come back. I'm old now. I don't want to have to worry about my death."
The wrinkled Empress Dowager was holding a heater in her hands. People are very afraid of the cold when they get old.
"Pah, pah, pah, what's the point of talking about death? We both want to live a hundred years."
The Queen Mother's wrinkled hand tugged at the corner of the Saint Queen Mother's clothes in dissatisfaction.
The Holy Queen Mother shut up. She was open-minded. Nowadays, most of the people were half lying in the coffin, and they were just counting the days.
She originally thought that she would never go back in this life, and it would be fine if she died in the palace, as she would not be able to take care of her affairs after her death.
But that day she suddenly dreamed of her second brother and her thirteenth brother. The two brothers were having dinner with her. She wanted to ask them how they were doing, but she couldn't open her mouth.
The second child died early, and the thirteenth child also died early.
The two brothers were ten years apart in age, but they looked equally young in the dream.
She looked at the two brothers with heartache. They were both her children. The two most painful times in her life were not giving birth to them, but losing them.
In her dream, she watched the two brothers walking in the palace, talking and laughing, and she laughed too.
When she wakes up, ask someone to pack up her things.
She wants to go back.
She wanted to go back and take another look at the place where they once lived together, so that she could die with memories. Otherwise, she wouldn't know what to say when she saw the two brothers.
She wanted to go back, and the Queen Mother packed up her things without saying a word, but she was a little reluctant to leave.
Not to mention the Queen, when she left, it was under the banner of taking care of her two mothers. When they returned, she followed them back.
She spent the whole day in the palace eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures, and all the past events had disappeared for her.
Now when she thinks of the child who died prematurely, she no longer feels the same grief as before, except for the regret.
So whether she goes back or not, for her it’s just a matter of changing places.
The carriage swayed and finally arrived outside the capital.
Thirty miles outside the capital, the Emperor of Chu, along with all his civil and military officials, was waiting for the return of the Queen Mother and the Empress.
When he saw a group of carriages and horses swaying in the distance, the eyes of the Emperor of Chu became a little moist.
As they got closer, the Emperor of Chu couldn't help but take a few steps forward.
"Reporting to the two Queen Mothers, we are almost there, and we can already see the troops from the capital."
"understood."
The Queen Mother looked at her sister who had her eyes closed and remained silent, and replied.
My sister hates the new ministers in the capital today. They are all executioners.
"Sister, we're almost there. If you dislike someone, make him kneel here for two hours before leaving."
The Holy Queen Mother opened her eyes and laughed at these words.
"You're getting bolder."
In the past, concubines of lower status than her would steal her things, and she wouldn't dare to say a word. Now, she kneels down at the behest of a court official. It's really...
The Holy Queen Mother shook her head helplessly.
"Even if those people kneel for three days, it's all their own fault."
The Queen Mother said this with disgust; she also didn't like these upstarts.
Both her family and the Empress Dowager's family were of noble origin, but her family fell into decline early and was not among the targets of suppression by the upstarts at that time.
Later, when her son succeeded to the throne, he only gave the family a nominal position.
The Empress Dowager's family, the Zhu family, almost died back then.
Prince Huiwen passed away suddenly, and the Zhu family had to cut off its roots to survive. Otherwise, like those nobles, they would have returned to dust long ago.
Among the crowd that came to welcome the emperor this time, the one standing next to His Majesty was the current patriarch of the Zhu family, who was also the son of the Holy Empress Dowager's brother. He was already looking at the carriage in the distance with tears on his face.
"Xu~"
The palace servant stopped the carriage.
"Your Highness and I respectfully welcome the Queen Mother and Empress back to the capital!"
The huge crowd knelt on the ground and crawled.
The three main carriages were side by side, and one of them, with a simple crown, stepped back an arm as a sign of respect.
The curtains of the sedan chairs were lifted, and the one in the middle seat was the Holy Queen Mother, on the left was the Queen Mother, and on the right was the Queen.
All three of them were dressed in finery, looking at the officials kneeling below with serious expressions.
Some people took a sneak peek and were frightened by the scene, their legs trembling and swallowing continuously.
The two queen dowagers and the childless queen put such heavy pressure on them that they felt a little breathless.
Some old officials, who had dealt with the Empress Dowager and the Empress before, were now a little scared when they saw them.
The most feared among them were the Holy Empress Dowager and the Queen.
These two people are aunt and niece, and their auras are similar.
The Holy Empress Dowager was a woman who had lived through three dynasties.
"Flat body."
The old eunuch beside the Queen Mother spoke in a treacherous voice.
The Holy Queen Mother kept her eyes downcast as usual, with shiny Buddhist beads in her hands.
"Mother!"
When the Emperor of Chu saw the two empresses dowager, his eyes turned red. He first walked to the front of the Holy Empress Dowager's carriage.
Only after hearing the emperor's voice did the Holy Empress Dowager raise her eyes out of courtesy.
"It's the Emperor."
The Emperor of Chu was also afraid of his biological mother. He used to have a bad temper and sometimes even dared to contradict his father. But he did not dare to be presumptuous with his biological mother.
Later he married Xiangyi, the niece of his stepmother, who had the same personality as his stepmother.
Therefore, the Emperor of Chu felt more love and respect for this queen.
"Mother, I am an unfilial son, leaving you alone in the palace..."
The Empress Dowager Saint was not happy to listen to the Emperor of Chu's long and rambling speech.
"As a son, you should go and pay your respects to your mother. Go ahead. Your mother has missed you so much over the years."
You should leave these sentimental words to your mother.