Chapter 012: Qi Da returns to Beijing
Outside Cining Palace, the eldest princess and the county lord of Qinghe knelt in front of the steps. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoIn the cold winter of October, it was cold and windy in front of the palace gate, but the two women were only wearing white single clothes.
"The women of the people have no way to govern the family and teach their children strictly, so that the father and son of Qi Lingyuan and Qi Qin made a huge mistake......"
Kneeling on the cold and hard bluestone floor, surrounded by a cold and biting cold wind, people can spit out a cloud of white gas with a mouth, the eldest princess in her sixties swayed slightly, her lips have begun to turn purple, but she still tried her best to endure the cold, and said the words of accusation clearly.
The county lord of Qinghe was innocently tied up, not to mention how aggrieved he was.
originally thought that she only needed to bring the eldest princess into the palace, and it was not a difficult errand, but when she was in Chunhui Hall, she responded.
But when she returned to Xuanruitang and thought about it quietly, she found out the problem: she took the eldest princess into the palace, and the eldest princess knelt down to ask for guilt as an elder, and she, the county lord of Qinghe, who was a junior, must not watch from the sidelines.
Moreover, although it was only Qi Lingyuan's father and son who caused trouble, the Qi family was not separated, and Qi Lingxian had to sit together, so the title of Duke of Qianguo was just gone.
Strictly speaking, the county lord of Qinghe should also plead guilty for the men of the Qi family.
Therefore, the head of Qinghe County should follow the eldest princess to apologize.
But, but the problem is, the county lord of Qinghe is not willing to do it at all, and it is very embarrassing to ask for guilt in front of the palace gate where people come and go, okay?
Moreover, the master of Qinghe County decided that if there was only the eldest princess alone, the queen would definitely not help to intercede, and the queen mother and the saint were also happy to see the eldest princess embarrassed.
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Damn, I was pitted by the old pious woman of peace again.
The county lord of Qinghe burst into a foul mouth in his heart, the Qi family's east mansion is really the culprit, Qi Lingyuan's father and son are restless, and the eldest princess doesn't think about calculating people all the time!
āā¦ā¦ The saint was worried, the innocent people were plunged into the war, the women were ashamed to be the daughters of the Xiao family, and the women did not dare to ask for the forgiveness of the imperial sister-in-law and the saints......" The eldest princess trembled her lips, her breath began to be unstable, and she lost consciousness below her thighs.
In Cining Palace, the Queen Mother is reclining on the throne of the five-screen red sandalwood, leisurely sipping tea.
The queen sat on the chair below, looking a little anxious, her hands unconsciously tore the handkerchief, and finally, she finally couldn't help it, raised her eyes to look at the queen mother, and said tentatively: "Mother, it's been a quarter of an hour." ā
The Queen Mother squinted, knowing very well what her daughter-in-law was talking about, but she still pretended to be puzzled and hummed, "What is a quarter of an hour?" ā
The queen swallowed her saliva, and as soon as the queen mother spoke, she understood that the queen mother didn't want to let go of the eldest princess easily.
Come to think of it, the eldest princess was friendly with the noble concubine back then, and she relied on the identity of the eldest princess to block the queen mother who was still the queen.
There were even a few times when the eldest princess secretly scolded the first emperor to abolish the queen mother, and then helped the noble concubine to the throne.
The eldest princess's husband and son are even more supportive of the king of Shu, and almost tear off the throne of the prince from the current emperor who is still the crown prince, and the future of people is like killing parents, and the grievances between the queen mother and son and the eldest princess's family are not ordinarily deep.
In the past, there was no chance to rectify it, but now that it is easy to have the opportunity to learn from the eldest princess, how can the Queen Mother let it go?
But...... How about the eldest princess, the queen doesn't care at all, if this old immortal thief can die on this, then it's okay, and she can also give her niece a scourge. The queen is distressed by her niece.
The queen is the youngest daughter of the family, and the county lord of Qinghe is the eldest daughter of the eldest master of the Ma family, so there is not much age difference between the two aunts and nephews.
The two grew up together, and the friendship between them goes without saying. Otherwise, after the queen gets married, she will not try her best to get a county lord's seal for her niece.
Seeing her niece suffering with the old thief, the queen's heart was like a needle prick, so uncomfortable!
The queen squirmed her lower lip, and her well-maintained face was full of struggle and hesitation.
The Queen Mother took off a string of phoenix-eyed Bodhi beads from her wrist and played with them one by one. After counting the one hundred and eight beads three times, she sighed faintly and said, "That's it, let them in." ā
The queen was pleasantly surprised, but she felt uneasy, her mother-in-law's resentment accumulated for many years had an easy opportunity to vent, but now she was forced to interrupt because of her, is it not appropriate to do this by herself?
"Mother, I, I-" The relationship between the queen and the queen mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was not bad, and the queen realized her mistake, and her tone was full of guilt.
The Queen Mother slowly opened her eyes, and was not surprised to see the look on the queen's face, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not for you." In the end, that is the only surviving flesh and blood of Gaozu and Empress Zhenlie, and the mourning family, who is the imperial sister-in-law, can't do too much. ā
The Queen Mother didn't expect Ping An to be so ruthless, and she dared to come in single clothes to apologize in the cold winter weather.
With Ping'an's age, coupled with her body, it won't take long, only half an hour to have Ping'an's life.
Ping An died or not, and she had nothing to do with the Queen Mother, but she couldn't let Ping An die outside Cining Palace. Otherwise, the clans of the Xiao family would all jump up and cry out for peace.
Anyway, the seal of peace has been stripped away, and even if Qi Lingyuan's father and son are released, they will not let them re-enter the officialdom.
The Queen Mother can imagine that in a few years, the Ping An family will become ordinary people.
Oh, maybe even ordinary people are not as good as - from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, they are used to living a rich life of fine clothes and food, even if they become commoners, they will not become thrifty all of a sudden. The belongings that Ping An has saved over the years is estimated to not last long!
"Go, spread the message of the mourning family, declare peace and meet the lord of Qinghe County."
The Queen Mother wrapped a long string of Bodhi Buddha beads around her wrist and commanded in a low voice.
"Yes!" The queen agreed, went out in person to read the queen mother's edict, and secretly instructed the palace maid to prepare ginger soup, quilts and big sweaters.
"Thank you so much, thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother!"
The eldest princess was so cold that she couldn't even say a complete sentence, her nose was red, and two lines of snot almost crossed the river, which was very embarrassing, where is there still half a point of the grandeur of the eldest princess of peace back then? !
The county lord of Qinghe is not much better than the eldest princess, but she is young and in better health than the eldest princess, and when she is helped up by the palace maid brought by the queen, she can still move two steps.
"Auntie, Ah Luan, drink some ginger soup to warm up." The queen looked at her niece who was about to freeze, she was very distressed, and hurriedly wrapped the county lord of Qinghe with a quilt, and repeatedly ordered the palace maid to bring the smoke cage and let the two of them roast the fire.
"The women thank the queen mother, but the queen mother summoned her, and the women did not dare to delay, so it was serious to go to see the queen mother."
Entering the warm hall, the eldest princess not only did not feel warm, but had a pinprick-like pain, especially below the knee, which made her break out in a cold sweat.
Rao is like this, the eldest princess's mind is extremely clear, she knows that the queen mother wants to see her embarrassed appearance even more. Ninety-nine bows have been bowed, and it is not bad for the last trembling, the eldest princess made up her mind before she came, this time she must make the queen mother and the emperor angry.
Therefore, the more embarrassed and miserable she is, the happier the Queen Mother's mother and son are.
The eldest princess bets that she has never been so miserable in her life, believing that her face is full of cold red, snot, and trembling all over her body, and she can please the Queen Mother!
The county lord of Qinghe was drinking ginger soup with a bowl, and when he heard the words of the eldest princess, his eyes flickered. She always knew that the eldest princess was a ruthless person, but she didn't expect her to be so ruthless.
It's nothing for a person to be ruthless to others, but if he can even be ruthless himself, then he is by no means an ordinary person.
Secretly remembering it in his heart, the county lord of Qinghe returned the bowl to the palace maid, nodded and said, "What the eldest aunt said is that it is serious for us to meet the queen mother." ā
Saying that, the county lord of Qinghe did not tidy up his appearance, and followed the eldest princess who was even more embarrassed into the main hall in embarrassment.
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The eldest princess and the county lord of Qinghe entered the palace early in the morning and did not come out of the palace until noon.
In order to look better, the two also applied some grease powder. But no matter how good the fat powder is, it can't hide the pale faces of the two.
"Brother Xian's daughter-in-law, I have wronged you today!"
The eldest princess said in a thick nasal voice while sniffing.
The corners of the county lord of Qinghe twitched, and he complained in his heart, but he still said respectfully: "The nephew and daughter-in-law follow the eldest aunt, where can I talk about grievances?" ā
The eldest princess didn't say anything, only patted the arm of the county lord of Qinghe affectionately, and then the two walked out of the palace gate together.
The carriage of the Qi family was waiting outside the imperial city, and the coachman, the mother-in-law and the maid who followed the carriage were anxiously circling the ground, and when they raised their eyes, they saw the eldest princess and the county lord of Qinghe staggering over, and hurriedly greeted them.
The subordinates greeted each other with gossip, and all the patience of the eldest princess was exhausted in the palace, and she didn't have the heart to talk to the subordinates at all, so she waved her hand impatiently, "Okay, if you have anything to say, go back and talk about it!" ā
Seeing that the eldest princess was like this, the subordinates hurriedly stopped, waited for the two masters to get into the carriage, and then drove all the way towards Wenchang Hutong.
Back at home, the county lord of Qinghe was better, and the eldest princess immediately fell ill.
Qi Mianzhi panicked, and quickly ordered someone to ask for a doctor, but the eldest princess took his hand and said, "Don't worry, your father and brother's affairs are important." The Queen Mother has already spoken, and the saint has agreed, the edict will be released in the afternoon, you, you will personally go and pick them up, remember? ā
"Grandson remember, grandmother, you, you have suffered." Qi Mianzhi saw the eldest princess's burned face flushed, and tears suddenly fell.
Woo, my grandmother is almost seventy years old, and she has been noble and proud all her life, but now she is not filial to her children and grandchildren...... Woo, it's all because they are unfilial and uncompetitive, and they are tired of being so wronged by their grandmother!
The eldest princess saw her grandson crying with a handful of snot and tears, with a smile in her eyes, she reached out and rubbed his head, and said, "Okay, it's all over, everything is over!" ā
Just as she expected, after the Queen Mother saw her embarrassed appearance in single clothes, trembling, and snotting, although she didn't say anything, her words were much more relaxed.
The grudge between them may not be resolved so quickly, but the Queen Mother no longer hates her as much as she used to. This is the highest goal of some people's revenge: not to let the enemy die happily, but to let her live painfully and miserably.
Actually, the eldest princess wanted to say that this idea was worth the grievance, when the ancestor was in trouble, she followed her grandparents and clansmen to wander around, and she suffered a lot, let alone how many things that seem undignified now.
Shame or something, the eldest princess has long been used to it, although she has lived a rich life for fifty or sixty years, but the experience of her early years is deeply engraved in her mind - for a person who has experienced war, poverty and other desperate situations and survived tenaciously, 'living' is the most important thing, as for what dignity, what decency, it doesn't matter!
It turned out that the eldest princess's 'sacrifice' was very valuable, and that afternoon, Qi Mianzhi took back the emaciated and weak Qi Lingyuan father and son.
The relatives who had been separated for a long time saw each other again, and the eldest princess with a fever got up directly, regardless of her illness, and hugged Qi Lingyuan and Qi Qinzhi, who were kneeling in front of the bed, and cried bitterly.
Since the accident in the Qi family, it has been four or five months, and the eldest princess has pretended to be okay on the surface, but she is very anxious and worried in her heart.
Qi Lingyuan is her only son, if something really happens, the eldest princess can't imagine if she can survive it.
Ning Shi snorted on the side, looking at her husband and eldest son with tears in her eyes, she also wanted to pounce, but her mother-in-law was in front, she didn't dare to make a mistake.
Qi Lingyuan was still worried about his mother's body, so he held his mother's arms with his backhand and helped her lie back on the bed.
"Brother Qin!" Seeing that the eldest princess let go of Qi Qinzhi, Ning hurriedly rushed up, grabbed his son's arms with both hands, separated them by an arm's length, and looked at Qi Qinzhi carefully up and down.
While looking, Ning Shi said in his mouth: "Brother Qin, are you okay?" Didn't get hurt in there, did you? Yes? If there's anything uncomfortable, don't hide it! ā
Qi Qinzhi's eyes were red, his emaciated face was full of shame, he really didn't expect that his momentary willfulness would bring such a big trouble to his family, the title of the Guogong Mansion was gone, the military power of the Southwest Battalion was gone, and even the lives of their father and son were almost buried in the Imperial Prison.
In the past few months, Qi Qinzhi has regretted every day, regretting that he shouldn't have fought with those 'ghost barbarians', let alone acting arbitrarily, the foundation of the Qi family for more than 60 years was buried by him like this, and Qi Qinzhi couldn't wait to kill himself with a knife.
But he was worried that he might not have the face to see the ancestors of the Qi family when he died!
was asked by the Ning family, Qi Qinzhi pulled his lips stiffly, and said, "Mother, son, son is fine." I just miss my grandmother and mother, and my loved ones at home. Mother, it's all sons, for the family-"
Ning Shi stretched out his hand to cover Qi Qinzhi's mouth, and cried: "I know, I know, I don't blame you for that incident at all, who let that ghost barbarian be too arrogant, a mere outsider, no rules, no education, but still dare to provoke our Qi family?" ā
Ning is definitely a mother who protects her shortcomings, her son fights with others, no matter what the truth is, she only believes that her son is innocent.
Even if his son beat someone to death, Ning only felt that the person was not long-sighted, okay, what did he do to provoke his son? Isn't this looking for death? was killed, and deserved it!
The county lord of Qinghe was still standing on the sidelines and watching, and when he saw the scene of several masters in Dongfu hugging their heads and crying, his heart was also a little touched. The resentment against Dongfu in the past seems to have diminished a little.
But when she heard Ning's words, she immediately frowned, and couldn't help but speak: "Brother and sister, you can't say that, Brother Qin killed the eldest son of Yongning Xuanfu's envoy, no matter what grievances there are between them, in the end, Brother Qin did something wrong, we are elders, and we should be admonished, how can you-" What a loving mother is so defeated!"
The Qi family has been implicated by the Eastern Mansion to this point, and the Ning family actually dares to say such a thing. Could it be that she really has to wait for Qi Qinzhi to cause some more trouble, causing the Qi family to raid the family and exterminate the clan, so that she can learn a lesson? !
As soon as the words of the county lord of Qinghe fell, the eldest princess and Qi Lingyuan, Ning and Qi Qinzhi, the two pairs of mother and son, were suddenly silent.
Ning's face was full of shame, and he said unconvinced: "Sister-in-law, I, I'm not wrong." It's not that you haven't been to the Southwest, and you've seen how barbaric and vulgar those barbarians are, and how they can fight with a single verbal discord...... Brother Qin didn't mean to, and besides, Brother Qin also learned a lesson-"
"Mother, don't say it!" Before Ning's words were finished, Qi Qinzhi knelt down with a puff, walked a few steps to the county lord of Qinghe, and said ashamedly and shamefully: "What the eldest aunt taught is that it is all my fault, it is I who harmed the Guogong Mansion, and it is I who has affected the family. ā
Qi Qinyi said as he kowtowed, "Auntie, I know it's wrong, but the disaster has been done, and it will be difficult to undo it." The nephew did not dare to ask for forgiveness from the uncle and you, but only begged the two of them not to be angry, and if the uncle and aunt had any sends, they should just hand it over to the nephew, and the nephew would never give up. ā
A flash of surprise flashed in the eyes of the county lord of Qinghe, is this still the arrogant and conceited Qi Qinzhi who has no one in his eyes? In just a few months, he was reborn.
A touch of vigilance secretly rose in his heart, but the county lord of Qinghe pretended to be stunned and hurriedly helped Qi Qinzhi up.
Pretending to sigh helplessly, the county lord of Qinghe said: "Brother Qin'er, I don't blame you, alas, I just think that our Qi family is in turmoil right now, and we can't withstand the slightest twists and turns." In the future, whether it is you or Brother Jin, you must be cautious in your words and deeds. ā
Qi Qinzhi nodded again and again, his eyes were full of convincing, as if the county lord of Qinghe had said something reasonable.
Seeing this situation, the county lord of Qinghe woke up more and more in his heart: Qi Qinzhi had really changed, becoming more cunning and more difficult to deal with!
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Chunhui Hall was full of the joy of reunion after a long absence and the rest of his life after the catastrophe, but in the agarwood courtyard where Gu Jialuo was located, the atmosphere was a little dull.
"Big girl, what's wrong with you?"
Mother Feng observed for a few days, and finally couldn't help it, chose an afternoon with nothing to do, sent a group of maids out, pulled Gu Jialuo and whispered, "But what happened?" ā
Mother Feng looked at Gu Jialuo's face and said tentatively, "Is it related to Miss Yang Jiabiao?" "Since Yang Qing came to find the eldest grandmother and said something, the eldest grandmother's mood has been a little wrong.
Gu Jialuo paused for breathing, met Feng's mother's concerned eyes, hesitated, and told Feng's mother about the mess left by the 'tenant'.
āā¦ā¦ Slut! Mother Feng scolded hatefully, thought for a while, and asked, "Big girl, what do you think?" ā
In private, Feng's mother is still used to calling Gu Jialuo 'big girl'.
Gu Jialuo sighed: "I already have an idea, but I haven't decided yet. ā
If Yang Qing Chiguoguo used that incident as a threat, Gu Jialuo still had a way to crack it, but the problem was that Yang Qing obviously guessed his thoughts, but he still deliberately pretended to be stupid.
Relying on her young age, she couldn't understand Gu Jialuo's hints, not only did she not restrain herself, but often came to her to talk, saying at every turn where Yang Min had gone and when she could arrive in the capital.
also quietly took some love poems that were said to be written by Yang Min and sent them to Gu Jialuo.
Gu Jialuo didn't accept it, and she looked like, 'Why are you so ruthless, shameless and unreasonable', which made Gu Jialuo look very toothache.
To put it mildly, the current Yang Qing seems to have turned into kraft candy, sticking to Gu Jialuo, and he can't shake it off.
Gu Jialuo couldn't help but worry that if the family got together one day, Yang Qing would have another 'childish words', and 'inadvertently' said through Gu Jialuo and Yang Min's little **, that, that consequence, it was really not very wonderful!
Mother Feng also frowned a little when she heard this: "Listening to the words of the eldest girl, the brothers and sisters of the Yang family should want some yellow and white things, but it really can't be done, let's break the wealth and avoid disasters." ā
Gu Jialuo has a 'criminal record', and his reputation is so easy to wash away, and he can't stand half a toss anymore.
Yang Qing is so entangled, she should have seen this.
Feng's mother was also worried that if the Yang family failed to seek money, they would be angry and shake it out directly, then their eldest girl would really have no face to stay in the capital.
Gu Jialuo shook his head slowly, "No, this money must not be given." As the saying goes, if there is one, there are two, and today she asked for a thousand taels of silver, and I gave it, so tomorrow she will dare to ask for ten thousand taels. This kind of thing must not be condoned. ā
If she really gave Yang Qing money, then she would admit that she had a personal affair with Yang Min in disguise.
That money has properly become 'physical evidence'!
"......" Mother Feng is worried, no, no, no, what should I do?
Seeing Mother Feng's frowning appearance, Gu Jialuo laughed instead, "Mom, don't worry, this matter is actually not difficult, I still need an opportunity to break this matter in public." I spoke first, and I got the upper hand, and the matter was settled. ā
Mother Feng was not so optimistic, thought about it again and again, and suggested: "Why don't you go back and ask Madame?" "Song is not Gu Jialuo's biological mother, but even Feng's mother is moved by Gu Jialuo's intentions.
Gu Jialuo shook his head again, "Mother still has to take care of a large family, she is tired enough, I can't trouble her anymore." ā
Mother Feng let out a long sigh and said, "Alas, that damn lonely soul and wild ghost is really a harmful spirit!" It's just a matter of dying by yourself, but you don't bother my girl for no reason. ā
Gu Jialuo and Feng's mother complained about being a 'tenant' here and discussed how to solve the mess.
But what Gu Jialuo didn't expect was that there was a bigger mess that she needed to clean up - Qi Jinzhi, who hated 'Gu Jialuo' to death, returned to Beijing!
PS: 2-in-1. (To be continued.) )