The 162nd Birthday of the Queen Mother (4)
The third princess Qi Jingfang has always been favored, even after her mother was demoted to a noble concubine, Emperor Zhaoming is still very fond of this daughter, so after Liu Guifei was demoted, the third princess still did not change her previous arrogance, and she had to press the princesses in everything, as if she was a tyrant in the palace. The queen mother doesn't like the third princess as a granddaughter very much, but for the sake of her son's face, and because she wants to maintain the peace of the harem, she just ignores her as long as the third princess doesn't do too much. The third princess is young, and she can't see what is hidden behind the Queen Mother's tolerance of her, so she is as arrogant as ever.
Just because she has always been arrogant, she can't stand the Queen Mother's ban on her feet, and she has to fall on her, so the Queen Mother's voice fell, and the third princess screamed loudly: "I'm not wrong, why ban my feet, it's clear that they are working together to harm me!" Imperial grandmother eccentric! ”
The Queen Mother was already full of anger, but now seeing the third princess shouting and howling wolves, the Queen Mother's face was already gloomy and terrifying, she slapped the armrest of the throne and shouted coldly: "Come on, invite the emperor quickly." ”
After a while, Emperor Zhaoming hurried over, and with him were the Prince of Le, Qi Jinghuan, and the five princes born by the empress, and the eldest princes, the third prince, and the sixth prince, born to Liu Guifei. In the harem, where the news spread the fastest, what happened outside the Yongfu Palace had quietly reached the ears of Qi Jinghuan and the princes, and they all had people to worry about, so they naturally asked Emperor Zhaoming to rush over.
"Queen Mother, you proclaim the emperor, I don't know what you command?" Emperor Zhaoming led his nephew to salute the Queen Mother, and then asked knowingly.
The Queen Mother did not make a big deal as before, but said with a cold face: "Mama Feng, report what happened to the emperor as it is." ”
Mama Feng is the first confidant in front of the Queen Mother, who has served the Queen Mother for more than 40 years, and has also saved the young Emperor Zhaoming twice, and her identity is naturally different from ordinary grandmothers. She and the Queen Mother are like sisters and servants, and Emperor Zhaoming also treats her as half an elder. Therefore, seeing Mama Gu stepping forward to salute, Emperor Zhaoming immediately stretched out his hand and said, "Auntie is exempt." ”
Mama Gu has never been arrogant, she saluted in a proper manner, and then stood up straight and spoke carefully. Just when the Queen Mother sent someone to invite Emperor Zhaoming, Gu Mama had already asked the palace maids and eunuchs and grandmothers who were outside the Yongfu Palace just now, and confirmed that what the eldest princess and the county lord of Pingrong said was completely true, and there was no lie, it was completely the third princess who was rude and upside down, Gu Mama was dissatisfied with the third princess for disturbing the queen mother's holy life, and naturally she would not cover her up in her words, and it was already Mama Gu who was fair in her handling things without exaggeration.
Emperor Zhaoming frowned when he heard this, glanced at the third princess with dissatisfied eyes, and then turned his head to look at the eldest princess, at this time his eyes were no longer dissatisfied, but angry and reprimanded, and the eldest princess was cold in her heart, and she couldn't help but shudder. It's usually a daughter, why is her father so biased!
The Queen Mother didn't give Emperor Zhaoming much time to think, and only said in a deep voice: "Emperor, you must deal with this matter fairly." ”
Emperor Zhaoming heard the Queen Mother beating herself, her brows furrowed even tighter, just what Mama Gu said, the fault is naturally all on the third princess, the eldest princess is not only at fault, because she took on the responsibility of the eldest sister, but also maintained Huangfu Yongning, a meritorious hero who has contributed to the country, and should be rewarded. It's just that Emperor Zhaoming doesn't like the queen and doesn't like the eldest princess and the fifth prince, and he doesn't like the three of them on weekdays, and he wants him to reward the eldest princess, which is almost impossible.
"The queen mother, Fang'er made mistakes, all of them were caused by her upbringing grandmother not fulfilling her responsibility of upbringing, the emperor thought that she should be punished heavily, as for Fang'er, she was punished for a month, fined for one year, and copied the "Book of Filial Piety" and "The Four Books of Women" thirty times each, I don't know if the queen mother thinks it is okay?" Emperor Zhaoming glanced at the eldest princess fiercely, and then bowed to the queen mother and replied.
As soon as Emperor Zhaoming's voice came out, none of the people present had a good-looking face, the third princess was angry, obviously feeling that her father had punished him heavily, and the queen mother and others did not expect that Emperor Zhaoming would favor the third princess to such a point, the third princess collided with her grandmother and was disobedient and unfilial, and Emperor Zhaoming was so lightly fooled in the past.
"The mourning family thinks it's too light!" The Queen Mother was very annoyed, and she no longer gave Emperor Zhaoming face, and replied coldly, and Emperor Zhaoming's face was really even more ugly.
"Queen Mother, Fang'er is still young!" Emperor Zhaoming screamed in a deep voice.
"The third princess will be fourteen years old for the New Year, still young? The four princesses and the six princesses are even younger, and they are not so arrogant, rude, and ignorant of the general situation! The Queen Mother asked coldly. Today is her good day, the third princess is making such trouble, Emperor Zhaoming didn't even say a word to let the third princess ask for guilt, and clearly didn't put her as the queen mother in her eyes, the queen mother who originally didn't plan to punish the third princess was even more angry because of Emperor Zhaoming's favoritism, and made up her mind to stay up with Emperor Zhaoming to the end, if she couldn't punish the third princess heavily, she would be the queen mother in vain.
Emperor Zhaoming's face was blue and red when he was ridiculed by his mother, and his angry voice was heavier than just now, and after a while, he shouted angrily at the third princess: "Evil obstacles, don't you get down and ask the imperial grandmother for guilt." ”
The third princess was full of unconvinced, but she didn't dare to go against her father, so she could only be indignant that the palace maid helped her up, and knelt down hard, her knee was already injured, and it hurt more and more when she knelt down, and the third princess was in pain and angry, and she didn't say the first half of the sentence, so she cried with a whimper.
The queen mother saw the three princesses kneeling and crying towards herself, not to mention the more diaphragm in her heart, and her face became more and more ugly, Emperor Zhaoming's face was ugly enough when she saw this situation, and her heart was also angry with the third princess, and she only said coldly: "Come on, send the third princess to Jingtang to think about it for three months, punish her for one year, and copy the "Book of Filial Piety" and "The Four Books of Women" a hundred times. ”
As soon as the third princess heard that she was going to enter the Jingtang to think about it, she knelt down in front of her father and cried out despite the pain in her knees: "Father, don't go to the Jingtang ...... your sons."
Jingtang is a small palace located in the northwest of the harem, which is specially designed to punish the concubines and princesses who make mistakes, and the function is the same as that of the Huixin Courtyard located in Shuanghu Mountain in the northern suburbs of Yanjing, except that the Jingtang in the palace does not preside over and monks
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There were no monks and nuns in the meditation hall, only four stout women who were deaf, dumb and illiterate were responsible for the daily maintenance of the meditation hall and the supervision of the people who had been locked in.
The eldest prince, the third prince and the sixth prince looked at each other with the three princesses and one mother, and the three of them knelt down and pleaded with the queen mother: "Imperial grandmother, the third imperial sister is young and ignorant and deserves to be punished heavily, but she has already been injured, and she received the slap of the eldest imperial sister, begging the imperial grandmother to be merciful, don't punish her for entering the Jingtang to think about it, the Jingtang is bitter cold, the third imperial sister is already injured, how can she stand it......"
The Queen Mother didn't pay attention to the three grandsons kneeling on the ground, but just looked at Emperor Zhaoming fixedly, Emperor Zhaoming couldn't hold back the face of the Queen Mother, and shouted angrily: "Gao Sanbao, immediately send the third princess into the Jingtang to think about it, and there is no delay for a moment." "Just when Emperor Zhaoming rushed to Yongfu Palace, the Queen Mother had already ordered the doctor to treat the third princess's injury, and her knee injury was not serious, so she just applied the ointment for a few days.
Gao Sanbao answered the order, came to the third princess and bowed down and said, "Third princess, please ......"
The third princess saw that her father was really no longer protecting her, and suddenly lost her former arrogance, and walked out with the help of the palace maid crying.
Seeing Emperor Zhaoming deal with the three princesses like this, the tone in the queen mother's heart was slightly smoother. But Emperor Zhaoming's heart was very blocked, and he couldn't be angry with the queen mother, so he could only angrily reprimand the queen: "The queen's adopted daughter doesn't teach, I will punish you ......"
"Your Majesty, you strictly ordered the concubine not to interfere in the upbringing of the third princess." The queen didn't let Emperor Zhaoming finish speaking, so she immediately pushed back. She also sees it now, Emperor Zhaoming will never put his heart on her in this life, so she doesn't think about it anymore, now she only thinks about finding a good family for her daughter and supporting her son wholeheartedly, and she may not be the day when she becomes the queen mother in the future, Emperor Zhaoming's husband, she has already given up in her heart.
"You ......" Emperor Zhaoming was blocked by a big nest neck, a few years ago the third princess beat the fourth princess, the queen wanted to punish the third princess, Liu Guifei made a fool of the Zhaoming Emperor, and the Zhaoming Emperor said that the queen was not allowed to ask about the upbringing of the three princesses, since then, don't care how the three princesses behave, the queen has never said half a word, and now the Zhaoming Emperor wants to talk about this matter, and the queen naturally refuses to take this responsibility.
Emperor Zhaoming was blocked and had nothing to say, so he could only snort angrily, and the Queen Mother didn't say anything when she saw this, but only changed the topic and asked lightly: "Does the emperor know about the Linyang Palace?" ”
"What's going on in the Linyang Palace?" Emperor Zhaoming was stunned when he was asked, and then remembered the expression of King Linyang who had something to report separately just now, if he hadn't hurried to Yongfu Palace, he would have to see King Linyang alone.
The Queen Mother did not answer Emperor Zhaoming immediately, but only said to her grandchildren: "You should step back first." After the emperors and grandsons were ordered to retreat and disperse, the queen mother said to Emperor Zhaoming: "Emperor, this King of Linyang is too unlikely, today is the birthday of the mourning family, and the county lord did not allow the princess to bring the princess into the palace, and he forced the princess to bring a girl of unknown origin into the palace to congratulate, and said that the girl is his most beloved daughter, and the mourning family is going to be sealed!" ”
"Huh? There is such a thing, Queen Mother, there should be some misunderstanding, King Linyang would not do such a foolish thing. Emperor Zhaoming couldn't help but be taken aback, because he and the King of Linyang had been friends since childhood, and the two had similar "interests", so they couldn't help but have the intention of protecting the King of Linyang.
"Hmph, misunderstanding! The mourning family put the words here first, except for the children who were born on the jade plate, the mourning family did not recognize any other pearls in the sea! When the Queen Mother heard that her son had returned to protect King Linyang, she was even more angry in her heart.
This Linyang King is one of the only two kings with different surnames in Da Chen, the first generation of Linyang King Xu Chenggong is the sworn brother of the founding king of Da Chen, the King of Linyang was originally a prince, descended from the third generation, and now the fifth generation of Linyang King Xu Hetai is already the king of the county, his son can also be a generation of county kings, and in the seventh generation he can only be reduced to the prince of the country.
Now Linyang King Xu and Tai are two years younger than Emperor Zhaoming, the two have known each other since childhood, and the relationship is still very good, Xu Hetai was a very reliable child when he was a child, but somehow he grew crooked, he has been out of control since he was fifteen years old, and the beautiful maids in the palace were stained by him, and after marrying the princess's side concubine, he received dozens of maids in the room, but his heirs were not very prosperous, only a pair of children and a concubine and two concubines, There are dozens of women in the backyard of the Linyang Palace.
A few months ago, the king of Linyang suddenly brought a fifteen-year-old girl back to the palace, and told the princess that this was his daughter who had lived outside the palace in the past, and immediately forced the princess to record the girl in her name. Princess Linyang almost fainted out of breath at that time, she has not stopped the king of Linyang from looking for a woman since she married into the palace, he can carry whoever he wants into the palace, how to make a mistake in the sea, and remember it in her name as a concubine, Princess Linyang is dead and refuses to agree, the princess of the palace has the seal of the county lord, and the seal of the county lord can only be her own daughter Xu Zixuan, so what Xu Ziyan does not want to snatch what belongs to her daughter.
Xu Zixuan is fourteen years old this year, and it was when she was about to go out to socialize, but Princess Linyang was forced by her husband to give the best opportunity to a wild girl of unknown origin, she was naturally unwilling, so she revealed Xu Ziyan's identity in front of a group of women and broke her thoughts.
"Queen Mother, today is a good day for you, let's not talk about this first, why don't we wait until the Holy Birthday is over?" Emperor Zhaoming hadn't figured out what was going on on King Linyang's side, so he wanted to delay it first, and then turn around and ask about the situation carefully before making a decision.
The Queen Mother nodded, and said in a deep voice: "It's okay, but the words of the mourning family are placed here, if the king of Linyang dares to mess with Gangchang, the mourning family will never spare her!" ”
Just when the Queen Mother was talking to Emperor Zhaoming, Xu Ziyan, the pearl of King Linyang, who was temporarily locked in the side hall, suddenly seemed to be frozen, she clutched the window lattice, stared at the outside with a pair of eyes, and it took a while to come back to her senses. She suddenly ran to the door, grabbed a little palace maid on duty and asked eagerly: "Who is that person who passed by the courtyard just now, who is the young man wearing a golden crown and purple arrow sleeves!" ”
The little palace maid on duty was just a doorkeeper and a curtain, she didn't know Xu Ziyan's true identity, seeing that she was coming with Princess Linyang, she thought she was a young lady from the palace, and she was shocked by Xu Ziyan again, so she instinctively replied: "That's Prince Le." ”
"Prince Le, ah...... He is Prince Le, and he really lives up to his name......" Xu Ziyan held her delicate red and hot face with her hand, and whispered in a dreamy tone.
Princess Linyang was also sitting upright in the side hall, she saw Xu Ziyan's frivolous behavior, she sneered in her heart, and a thought suddenly came to her heart. Since this wild girl is bent on dying, why not give her a ride?
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