Chapter 37: Concerns
With a snap, Chen Banniang turned her head, and the beads hanging down on her head swayed in the morning light.
The maids under the porch were startled and retreated in a panic.
"Eighteen mothers! Do you dare to say it again? Mrs. Chen shouted in a trembling voice.
Shicai's slap Mrs. Chen was very heavy, and a light red appeared on Chen Banniang's white face, but her expression was as calm as water, and she turned her head to face Mrs. Chen's angry gaze, and her eyes did not flinch in the slightest.
"I'm going to introduce Danniang to the Queen Mother." She said.
Mrs. Chen raised her hand again, and Chen Shao stopped with a loud voice.
"Alright." He said, "What's the use of fighting now? ”
Mrs. Chen's hand still fell, and after a slap in the face, she also sat down.
"Why did you do that?" She exclaimed, angry and sad, "Do you know what you're doing! ”
The red mark on Chen Banniang's face was deeper, but her expression was still the same.
Since she came in, she had been very calm, and at this time, in Chen Shao's surprise and Mrs. Chen's anger, she seemed even more calm and unmoving.
"I know what I'm doing." She said.
"So what are you doing?" Chen Shao asked, looking at Chen Eighteen Niang, "Eighteen Niang, did you feel a little sad when you took your sister's hand and entered the palace?" ”
Hearing this, Mrs. Chen thought of the scene where Chen Danniang happily took Chen Shibanniang's hand to say goodbye to herself yesterday, who knew that at that moment she was actually sending her daughter into a predicament.
Self-blame, remorse, and grief surged into her heart, and Mrs. Chen couldn't help but raise her hand to hide her face and cry.
Chen Banniang's eyes were red, and she leaned over and touched her head to the ground.
"Father. Mother. The daughter did not tell each other and went first. It's the daughter who is not filial, and the daughter is ashamed. She choked up.
"You're not ashamed." Chen Shao shook his head, "How can you be ashamed?" The reason why you don't tell us is because you know that after suing us, we will never agree? ”
Chen Banniang leaned over and her shoulders trembled slightly.
"Who told you to do this?" Chen Shao asked suddenly.
Although this idea is incredible, there is no more reasonable explanation.
He couldn't have imagined that his daughter could do such a thing.
"Eighteen Niang, do you know, what does it mean for you to do this?" Chen Shao said. His expression couldn't hide his sadness, "You are, cut off my father's way out." ”
This marriage is a very unfavorable situation for the Chen family, because the queen mother's decree is after meeting Chen Danniang, people outside will think that the Chen family has intentions first, but this is just speculation from the outside world, there is no evidence, the Chen family can still make a bold decision to resist the will, and the noise will be settled for a while.
But at this time, Chen Banniang's opening made this speculation no longer speculation but a fact, so this matter is not just a protest. but deceived the king.
Going back on his word and playing with the royal family. This qiē is all the fault of the Chen family, it is the Chen family's untrustworthiness and unrighteousness, which makes the royal family a joke, and their Chen family is also a joke.
No faith, no righteousness, no gentleman, how can such a person take on the important task of helping the prince to sit firmly in the country, and how can he be the teacher of hundreds of officials.
In addition to anger, Chen Shao is more sad.
Thousands of precautions, thousands of calculations, I didn't expect that it was my daughter who stabbed herself.
Chen Banniang stood up.
"Father, doesn't Father want to do this?" Instead of answering, she asked.
"Eighteen Niang, where do you think that father, I want to do this?" Chen Shao took a deep breath and asked slowly.
"Then ask my father why he didn't want to do it." Chen Banniang said.
"Eighteen Niang!" Mrs. Chen shouted angrily, "Don't you know why you don't want to do this? ”
Chen Banniang looked at her mother.
"Mother, as an older sister, I know why I don't want to do this." She said with tears in her eyes, "I also know why I don't want to be like this as a father and a mother, but." ”
Her gaze looked at Chen Shao again.
"I don't know why an auxiliary minister who is deeply entrusted by His Majesty and has the great righteousness of the monarch can't do this."
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"Grandpa, Eighteen Niang is here, I'll take a look."
Chen Danniang heard the old servant's whispered words, and hurriedly grabbed the long bow in her hand and got up.
"Let her also see the return gift that Sister Cheng gave me."
Old Lady Chen smiled and stretched out her hand to stop her.
"Wait a minute, your sister will talk to your father and mother." He said.
Chen Danniang sighed.
"Danniang, I asked them to set up a grass target for you in the backyard, and I will find someone to teach you archery in the next few days, how about you try it first?" Old Lady Chen thought of something and said.
Chen Danniang suddenly nodded happily.
"Yes, yes." She said again and again.
Old Lady Chen smiled and asked the servants to take her.
"Be careful, don't hurt your hands." He instructed.
"Grandpa, you also remember to take medicine." Chen Danniang also advised.
Old Lady Chen smiled and nodded, watching the servants leave with Chen Danniang, standing under the corridor and not seeing their figures, the smile on Old Lady Chen's face dispersed.
"I really didn't expect it." He said slowly, with a sad and indignant expression, "I really didn't expect it, my eighteenth mother, how could it become like this, how could it do such a thing." ”
"Old lady, eighteen ladies, maybe she was bewitched." The old servant whispered.
Old Lady Chen smiled, with mockery in his smile.
"Bewitched?" He said, "There has never been such a thing as being bewitched in this world, only oneself can bewitch oneself, if you have no intention, how can you be moved?" ”
The old servant sighed.
"Even so, she's just her, not a master." He said.
Old Lady Chen smiled again, but did not speak, and was silent for a moment.
"I regret it a little." He said slowly, watching the summer fade and gradually appear in the autumn sky, "If I hadn't brought Danniang to Beijing..."
Regret?
Only when the outcome of an event has been decided, people will regret it and will recall the beginning.
The old servant looked up in astonishment.
"Old lady! It won't be...", he said hurriedly.
Old Lady Chen turned around and interrupted him.
"Go pack your things." He said.
The old servant was stunned. His face was a little sad.
"Old lady!" He shouted again.
Old lady Chen raised her feet and stepped into the hall.
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Mrs. Chen's face turned pale and looked at Chen Shibanniang in front of her. At this moment, she was in a trance.
Who is this woman in front of you?
Why doesn't she seem to recognize it at all?
“… The father was reluctant to do so. Is it because the prince is a fool? ”
Without waiting for Chen Shao to answer, Chen Banniang had already shook his head first.
"No, I'm sure my father didn't do it because of that."
Her expression was solemn and calm.
"Because it is the crown prince, if my father dislikes the prince as a fool, there will be no prince today, it is my father who agrees to establish King Liqing as the crown prince, and it is my father who agrees to treat the prince as a prince. can ascend the throne as the emperor, the prince is not a fool in the eyes of his father, but a king, a loyal and respectful king. ”
Chen Shao's face turned slightly pale.
This is so familiar, Mrs. Chen thought about it, as if she had heard it yesterday.
"What do you mean by flying wreak? Is it a disaster to propose marriage to the prince? ”
Mrs. Chen's voice sounded in her ears, and Chen Baniang's voice sounded again.
"....If the father disdained to marry the prince because he was a fool, wouldn't that be duplicitous? Father disdains it, so what has become of others who are willing to marry the prince? Then who would dare to marry the prince? This kind of thing that makes the prince a joke, my father will never do it. ”
"What are others willing to marry for? Others know it in their hearts. A fire was burning in Mrs. Chen's heart, and she raised her eyebrows to interrupt Chen Banniang. "That's not what your father wanted, and your father wouldn't mock what others asked." ”
"Is what my father is asking for?" Chen Banniang said, her voice was raised a point, "Is it because you don't want to be a relative that you refuse to let Danniang be the crown princess?" ”
"Eighteen Niang, are you really confused or fake?" Mrs. Chen also raised her voice and shouted, "Your father used his relatives to expel Gao Lingbo, but you let your father be a relative, are you contradicting yourself?" ”
Chen Banniang's voice calmed down at this time, and she didn't look at her mother, but at Chen Shao.
"Oh." She said, "In that case, my father was reluctant to be a relative for this reason. ”
Mrs. Chen was stunned, for what?
And Chen Shao looked at Chen Ba Niang, his expression changed several times.
"Gao Lingbo wants to be a relative in order to gain power." Chen Banniang's eyes were solemn, she looked directly at her father, and said word by word, "That father is not a relative because he wants to gain power." ”
Get the power!
As soon as these words came out, Chen Shao's face changed drastically, and Mrs. Chen raised her hand and gave Chen Bainiang a slap.
"Rebel!" She shouted in disbelief, "You say that about your father!" ”
This slap was much heavier than the previous slap, and she was caught off guard, Chen Banniang was beaten and fell to the ground, bleeding from the corners of her mouth.
Chen Banniang smiled.
"Mother." She said, did not wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth, and held her hand on the ground, "People are only told by others because they do it." ”
Speaking of this, there was laughter again, and tears were dripping down.
"Cousin, I naturally know what it will be like to be a relative."
"Shilin is the most jealous of eunuchs and relatives, if a relative gains power, he will be accused of disorderly government, and the imperial historian is even more concerned about his relatives, and he cannot be promoted or entrusted with important tasks, and if he is not careful, he will be impeached."
"But despite this, I also know that there are many people who want to be relatives, in order to gain power like Gao Lingbo, for the sake of wealth and luxury, for them, relatives are their means of profit, and they don't care about state affairs and government at all."
"Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not lack the Crown Princess, and it doesn't have to be Danniang."
"But since anyone can, why can't Danniang?"
"Those who want to be relatives have something to ask for, and my father has nothing to ask for because he doesn't want to be a relative, for the prince, for the court, it is a great fortune to have nothing to ask for at this moment."
"My father often said that he would dare to sacrifice his life for the country, but now for the sake of the so-called clear name, in order to be able to stay in the court, and in order not to be implicated by the identity of his relatives, he refuses to solve the prince's dilemma."
"It turns out that the father who spared his life for the country is just talking, it is his daughter who is confused, she shouldn't take it seriously, and her daughter is wrong."
Chen Bainiang sat upright, leaned over Chen Shao again and bowed to the ground with her head.
"The daughter should go to the queen mother to apologize, this matter is all caused by the daughter, and the daughter will definitely let her father get innocent."
Then he bowed three heads and got up.
"Eighteen Niang, you only think about the avenue, have you forgotten humanity?" Mrs. Chen said, looking at Chen Banniang, she felt disheartened, "If you want your sister to marry a fool, that's for a lifetime." ”
Chen Banniang knelt down again.
"Mother, that's a fool, but it's still a prince." She said, "Marrying the crown prince is the crown princess, a royal lady, and the mother of a country in the future, how can a mother be treated as an ordinary husband and wife?" ”
"The crown princess wants to marry not only the prince, but the future emperor, the country, the prince and the princess are husband and wife, but they are different from ordinary couples, the prince is not protecting the small family, but the country, the princess's husband is the prince, the son of the teaching, the prince, and the future monarch."
Speaking of this, Chen Bainiang looked at her father and mother in front of her, took a deep breath, her expression was solemn, and her voice was sonorous and powerful.
"How dare you sacrifice your life for the country, how can you talk about petty love."
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Have a great weekend (*^__^*) hee hee...... (To be continued......)