Chapter 109: A thorn in the eye

Lin Duxue stood at the door and waited for Chu Mohan. When he heard the footsteps, he immediately looked up at him. As soon as Chu Mohan stepped into the courtyard, he saw Lin Duxue standing at the door, looking at him with slightly red eyes, and his eyebrows were full of thoughts and worries. I felt a pang of emotion and guilt in my heart.

"Mother......" Chu Mohan shouted.

"Son! You're finally back! My mother was worried that she would never see you again! Woo~~~~" Lin Duxue hurriedly greeted him, hugged Chu Mohan, and cried nonstop.

Chu Mohan patted her on the shoulder: "Don't worry, mother, I'm back."

Lin Duxue wiped her tears: "My mother has been worried about you these days, and I pray every day that I can return safely." After speaking, he pulled Chu Duhan and walked into the house: "My mother has prepared a snack for you that you like to eat."

"Thank you, mother!"

Chu Mohan followed behind Lin Duxue and walked inside. Lin Duxue instructed the maid to bring hot water and wash Chu Duhan's face and hands. I personally made him a cup of tea and handed it to him. Looking around, "What about Twilight Dust and Twilight Rain?"

"I drove them both to run errands." Chu Mohan took the tea and took a sip.

"How can you do that! They're your personal bodyguards! What if you encounter danger!"

Lin Duxue was anxious.

"Don't worry, mother! They are strong in martial arts and will not be in danger. You should take care of your body."

Chu Duchen comforted Lin Duxue.

"Mother, you don't have to worry too much. Dad has already explained the matter. Tonight, Jing Zhaoyin will send someone to catch the girl." Chu Mochen added.

"Hmm. Mother listens to you, mother believes you. My mother also hopes that the two of them can get married as soon as possible." Lin Duxue sighed.

Chu Mohan suddenly remembered Jiang Qiyun. "What about the Imperial Grandmother?"

"The emperor and the queen are not in the palace. The imperial grandmother was sick and rested in bed. All the imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital went to the Fengyi Palace." Lin Duxue replied.

"Oh, I see." Chu Mohan nodded thoughtfully.

"Han'er, what do you think about this?"

Lin Duxue asked suddenly. Although Chu Mohan didn't say it explicitly, as a woman, she was keenly aware that there seemed to be something strange about this matter.

Chu Mohan was silent for a few seconds: "Erchen thinks that the imperial grandmother may have ulterior motives for hosting us at a banquet this time, not only to let the royal family and the clan marry, but also to have other murder purposes."

"So serious! Mother's baby grandson, are you alright! Mother, don't be harmed." Lin Duxue asked anxiously.

"Mother, please rest assured, Erchen Fu's life will be fine."

"Mother, you also know the character of your daughter-in-law, she has always had revenge and revenge, and she has revenge, but this time her daughter-in-law and the prince were ambushed in the cave and were chased and killed by the queen's mother." Chu Wanxiang said this slowly.

"What's going on? Why did you get involved with the queen again?" Lin Duxue frowned, a little surprised.

"This matter is complicated, when the daughter-in-law was chased and killed by the queen, she accidentally crashed into the cave and accidentally found the prince."

Lin Duxue suddenly realized, no wonder she hadn't seen Chu Mohan during this time. It turned out that she was hidden in a cave by Chu Wanxiang to recuperate, and this girl was so tightly hidden that even she was deceived.

"The queen dares to set up a torture hall and persecute you privately, it is really too deceitful!" Lin Duxue was furious.

"The daughter-in-law is fine, the emperor has suppressed this matter. It's just that the prince is injured and needs to be well recuperated." Chu Wanxiang said lightly, with concern in her tone.

"The emperor will definitely punish the queen, but not to punish her with capital crimes, after all, she is the king of a country." Lin Duxue analyzed.

Chu Wanxiang nodded in agreement.

"Mother, why does the queen want to deal with her daughter-in-law?"

"It's not that the emperor favors the queen and doesn't want to admit her into the door, the queen has always been jealous of you."

Lin Duxue looks like she hates iron but not steel.

"Mother." Chu Wanxiang called lightly.

"You don't have to intercede for her." Lin Duxue was resolute, "If it weren't for your luck, you would have been dead by now."

Chu Wanxiang lowered her head and didn't say a word.

Lin Duchen persuaded: "Mother, you dissipate your anger, don't frighten your sister-in-law, brother and I both believe that the imperial brother will not be biased against the queen."

Lin Duxue snorted: "You don't understand, the queen is the emperor's favorite concubine, and the emperor loves her, so he is naturally reluctant to punish her."

Chu Mohan held Lin Duxue's hands: "Mother, don't be angry, it's not worth being angry for this kind of villain. Rest assured, the Empress will not be allowed to threaten the safety of our family, and she must be eliminated."

"Mother, we are royal people, and some things are not as beautiful as rumored by the outside world." Chu Mo said faintly, his tone revealing helplessness and sadness.

"I know. But I'm still rooting for you, Han'er!" Lin Duxue looked at him tenderly.

Lin Duchen also chimed in, "Mother also hopes that you can inherit the unification."

"Thank you for your support! We're going to make it." Chu Mohan smiled and comforted.

Lin Duchen looked at Chu Wanxiang and stopped talking.

Chu Mohan turned his head and saw Lin Duchen's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping.

"Second brother, do you have anything else to ask?"

Lin Duchen hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Huangchen, forgive Duchen for taking the liberty of asking, how did you and the Queen Mother meet?"

"Well...... this" Chu Mohan paused and looked at Chu Wanxiang.

"It's easy. The royal brother has just returned to China, and because of his noble status, the royal brother rarely walks outside, and he is usually very busy. Occasionally, when I have the opportunity to go out of the palace to play, the royal brother accompanies the imperial grandmother, or goes to visit the emperor, and then visits other uncles and elders. On the day of the Emperor's grandmother's birthday, the Imperial Brother and the Imperial Grandmother happened to be out on an outing when they were attacked by Assassins. The Imperial Grandmother and the Imperial Grandfather saved the Imperial Brother and us, and the previous fight was the work of the Assassins." Chu Wanxiang briefly said what happened at that time, and finally concluded, "This matter was planned by the queen."

"Why did she do that?" Lin Duchen asked suspiciously.

"I'll have to ask the queen mother about this." Chu Wanxiang sneered, "How can there be love and hate for no reason in this world, the marriage contract between me and the imperial brother was given by her own hands, she had already expected it to be today, but she still chose to marry the emperor, for what? The queen's ambitions are clear. She has always regarded the prince as a thorn in her side. Now that the prince has returned to Beijing, and the emperor wants to canonize him as king, she must be very unconvinced, and she must want to take this opportunity to bring down the prince."

Lin Duchen thought so: "It's a pity that the queen doesn't understand that the imperial brother is a very smart person, and she is not the opponent of the imperial brother at all."

"The emperor will not tolerate a time bomb to stay with him, especially after the emperor ascends the throne, this woman is eyeing the emperor. The emperor is not a fool, although the emperor has favored her for a few years, he has never touched her, and she wants to borrow her child to ascend to the throne."