Chapter 896: The Third Concubine (2)
Fu Yu and Cui Junying didn't expect Min Fang to be so bold, and the two quickly glanced at each other and immediately lowered their eyelids.
Of course, the two of them were not reconciled in their hearts.
They are all famous and noble women, with prominent family backgrounds, and they are not inferior to the Beihou Mansion. Queen Gu favors the harem and occupies the emperor's heart. They waited slowly. Flowers are not red for a hundred days, people are good for a thousand days, and Queen Gu always has a dull day of the emperor's favor.
But right now, they don't even have the opportunity to see the Son of Heaven, which is the most anxious and frustrating part.
Min Fang made the first bird, just to explore the way for the two of them.
Mrs. Min's color changed, her eyes flashed with anger, and without waiting for Gu Wanning to speak, she shouted angrily: "Bastard! You dare to question the queen's words! The Min family has been carefully trained to teach you such a thing that does not know the rules and does not advance or retreat!"
"Come on, take Concubine Min Shu back to the dormitory! In the future, without the permission of the mourning family, she will not be allowed to leave the dormitory for half a step!"
Under the anger of Empress Dowager Min, she burst out with a power rarely seen on weekdays.
Min Fangqiao's face turned white, her body trembled, and she opened her mouth tremblingly to plead: "The queen mother is angry, and the concubine is ......."
Before he finished speaking, two sturdy palace maids stepped forward and "helped" Min Fang away.
Min Fang was not stupid enough to cry and beg for mercy in public, and left crying quietly.
Fu Yu and Cui Junying, who were kneeling on the ground, sank in their hearts.
Empress Dowager Min was so ruthless to her maiden niece, how could she look at the two of them differently? This small temptation is now seen to be nothing more than a joke.
Sure enough, Empress Dowager Min said coldly: "The two of you are both from famous families, and you have been carefully educated by your family since you were a child, so you should be sensible and know how to measure things." Why such an abhorrent act today?"
Fu Yu's heart tightened, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The Queen Mother's eyes are like torches, today the three of us really came here on purpose, and we wanted to say hello to the Queen Mother, and we had no other intentions." Unexpectedly, the mother would be thundered and angry, and the concubine knew her mistake and asked the mother to punish her. ”
Fu Yu is articulate and quick to react, not losing to Fu Yan at all.
Cui Junying is also smart and transparent, and immediately knelt down together to plead guilty: "The concubine will never dare to spy on the whereabouts of the Queen Mother in the future, please forgive the mother." ”
Empress Dowager Min lost her temper, her heart was a little uncomfortable, and she turned her head to look at Gu Wanning: "Empress, how do you think they should be punished?"
Gu Wanning's eyes swept over the trembling Fu Yu and Cui Junying, and said lightly: "My daughter-in-law has said before that let them reflect in the dormitory, and they must not leave the dormitory at will without a summons. ”
Empress Dowager Min snorted, and her eyes swept over: "Can you two hear clearly?"
The two of them should go down together.
"Still not retreat?" Empress Dowager Min said in a fierce voice.
The bodies of the two trembled at the same time, and their eyes flashed with water.
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After Fu Yu and Cui Junying retreated with red eyes, Empress Dowager Min sighed: "Fu Ge Lao Cui Shangshu is the minister of the humerus of the imperial court. Even for the sake of their faces, it is inconvenient to blame the two of them too much. ”
Emperor Yuanyou chose the daughter of the Fu family, Cui, because he wanted to use the Fu family and the Cui family to balance the harem, so as not to let Gu Guanning control the harem and interfere in the political affairs of the court.
Otherwise, if a woman with a slightly lower background enters the palace, Gu Wanning doesn't need to scruple at all, and she can be sent away at will.
Empress Dowager Min also knew the truth very well, so she personally opened her mouth to attack the third concubine, so as not to let Gu Guanning fall into a reputation of being jealous and intolerable.
Gu Guanning He Zeng was smart and keen, and he had already noticed the good intentions of the Empress Dowager Min, so he remained silent and silently accepted his mother-in-law's kindness.
"That's what the Queen Mother said. Gu Wanning said softly: "The daughter-in-law will grasp the proportion, and will not make the Fu and Cui families complain about the emperor." ”
Empress Dowager Min was told the deepest intention, and she didn't feel embarrassed, but smiled: "You can always think about Ah Xu everywhere, I can rest assured." ”
The interest of the two of them in visiting the garden had been almost disturbed, and they sat down for a while, and then went back to the dormitory.
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After returning to Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Min ordered a thorough investigation and soon found out the palace people who revealed her whereabouts. Directly order someone to be killed with a cane.
After this incident, the people in Cining Palace trembled, and no one dared to spread the word at will.
Now the affairs of the harem are all under Gu Wanning's control. The third concubine ate the hanging and was grounded in the imperial garden, and after a few days, it reached the Fu family, the Cui family, and the Min family.
The Fu family reacted the fastest, and Mrs. Fu immediately entered the palace to ask for guilt, blaming herself for not teaching Fu Yu the rules well, and asking for punishment.
On the same day, Mrs. Cui also entered the palace to ask for a meeting.
The lady of the first and second grades is the queen, and she can't be taken lightly.
Gu Guanning met Mrs. Fu and Mrs. Cui in the Jiaofang Palace, and after the two of them blamed themselves one after another, Gu Guanning opened his mouth lightly and said: "What they made is not a big mistake, the palace will punish them a little." Why should the two ladies be so nervous?"
Can you not be nervous?
This palace has become Gu Wanning's world. If Gu Wanning was ruthless and murderous, and wanted to toss a woman like a flower and lose her life, it would not be difficult. By that time, it will be too late to be angry or angry.
Mrs. Fu couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Knowing that today, it was better to find a reason to leave his granddaughter behind than to be so worried now.
Whether Mrs. Cui regrets it in her heart is not yet known.
Gu Guanning left the two ladies to have lunch in the Jiaofang Palace before letting them out of the palace.
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After leaving the palace gate, Mrs. Cui did not get into the carriage, but walked quickly to Mrs. Fu's side and said in a low voice: "We happen to be on the same road, and we will take a ride back to the Fu family's carriage with a cheeky face, Mrs. doesn't mind!"
Mrs. Fu said that it was okay.
After getting into the carriage, Mrs. Cui's expression relaxed slightly, revealing a wry smile: "I really didn't expect that one day, I would ask the queen mother for my daughter to enter the palace." ”
Mrs. Fu smiled equally bitterly and helplessly: "But isn't it? At my age, I still have to worry about my granddaughter." ”
Originally, I thought that entering the palace was a happy event for the glorious family. Unexpectedly, the new emperor was unmoved, and he didn't look at the young concubine squarely.
The unfavored concubines are like duckweed in the palace, how can they have a good life.
Of course, Gu Wanning did not treat the third concubine harshly. There has never been a shortage of food and clothing. It's just that they can't even see the face of the Son of Heaven, and when will they be able to come out of the palace like this?
Fu Cui's two families have always had dealings, but some things are inconvenient to say directly.
Mrs. Fu asked implicitly: "Your eldest daughter is the granddaughter-in-law of the Gu family, and she is also the eldest sister-in-law of the queen's mother. Why don't you take her into the palace today?"
With Cui Junyao's face, Gu Guanning also had to be polite to Mrs. Cui.
Mrs. Cui smiled bitterly: "The daughter who married out of the house is already a Gu familywife. What can I do if I bring her into the palace?
After Cui Junyao returned to her parents' home, she and Gu Jinxing have been in a cold war until now. How could she bear to drag her daughter into the troubled waters of the palace again.