Chapter Ninety-Eight: Jiang's Plea
Lin Yan was still freshening up, and Mu Zhi walked in and said, "Niangniang, Jiang Cairen asks to see you." ”
Lin Yan looked at the sky outside and said, "So early?" Even if you ask for peace, you don't come at this time. ”
The palace concubine had the rule of going to Changkun Palace to ask for peace in the morning, and after Lin Xian fell ill in the past, she changed the rules of the palace and became the fifteenth day of the new year to come to Changkun Palace to ask for peace. After Lin Yan entered the palace, she was impatient to fight with a bunch of husbands and women every day or watch them fight, so she also implemented this rule, as long as they came to ask for peace on the fifteenth day of the new year.
But even if you ask for peace, you don't come to ask for peace when you are old.
Lin Yan said: "Please ask her to wait in the side hall." ”
Saying that, he suddenly thought of something, and looked at the emperor who was still sleeping inside through a screen - if the emperor wants to go to court early, he will also get up at this hour, not to mention that the emperor is diligent in government, and it is very rare that he does not go to court early, but because he is resting today, he naturally sleeps late.
Lin Yan couldn't help but smile privately, shook her head helplessly, and changed her mind: "Then invite her directly to the outer hall of the dormitory." ”
After Lin Yan freshened up and put on makeup, she walked out of the inner hall.
Jiang sat outside and waited for a while, but she was quite calm, her posture was dignified, her face was calm and soft, her eyes were only staring in one direction, and she didn't take the opportunity to talk to the palace maids of Changkun Palace or look around or anything.
Lin Yan glanced at the tea on her table, it was full, and it didn't move.
When Jiang saw Lin Yan, who was surrounded by palace maids, she stood up, knelt on the ground slowly, and said calmly: "Meet the queen." ”
Lin Yan sat down in her top position, then she called out, and then asked, "Jiang Cairen came to Changkun Palace so early, why is there something so urgent?" ”
The words "I'm so anxious" felt a little harsh in Jiang Xi's ears, but she didn't say anything, but said respectfully and calmly: "Niangniang, the concubine is here to ask for sin." ”
Lin Yan let out an "oh" and said, "Jiang Cairen is guilty." ”
Jiang Xi said: "Yesterday, Miss Lin Liu had a dispute with Wu Wuniang and Ningyu County, and the concubine passed by the Imperial Garden and happened to meet, originally thought to persuade peace, but I didn't expect that the more the concubine persuaded Ningyu County Jun and Wu Wuniang, the more angry they became, and finally they started to move, and Ningyu County Jun was injured. As he spoke, he seemed to have just remembered something, and asked with concern, "Is Miss Lin Wu okay?" I heard that Miss Lin Wu also cried for a long time yesterday. ”
Jiang Xi continued: "The concubine thought about it yesterday and felt that the quarrel between the young ladies yesterday was very likely to be the concubine's unintentionality. The concubine was so worried about this that she couldn't sleep all night, so she would come to ask her mother for her guilt early this morning. ”
Saying that, he knelt down and said, "Please forgive the concubine for her unintentional mistakes." ”
Lin Yan looked at her, as if smiling, and then said: "Jiang Cairen, if you can't speak, don't speak." ”
Jiang Xi raised his head in some surprise, looked at Lin Yan, and said, "Niangniang......" as if surprised that she would talk like this.
Lin Yan looked at her, she thought that no matter how displeased she was as a queen, since she had already come to ask for guilt, she would have to be generous and generous?
Lin Yan continued: "If you know that you can't speak, but you still have to speak, this is not unintentional, but intentional. ”
Jiang Xi really didn't expect the queen to attack on the spot, but she thought to herself, this is better.
Jiang Xi's face was awe-inspiring, and he said, "The concubine is indeed an unintentional mistake. ”
Lin Yan ignored her distinction and continued: "Jiang Cairen, do you know what the seven rules of etiquette are for women? childless, adulterous, careless aunts, tongue-in-law, theft, jealousy, and evil diseases. The sage attributed the 'tongue' to the seven out because it could leave the family and hinder the harmony of the family. Although you are a palace concubine, this article also applies. ”
Jiang Xi raised his eyes to look at the queen and met her gaze.
Lin Yan said: "Jiang Cairen go back, remember to copy the "Dadai Li Ji Ben Ming" one by one, so as to understand what you should do and what you should not do." ”
Jiang Xi stood up with the help of the palace maid, quietly looked at Lin Yan who was sitting on the top for a while, and finally bent his knees slightly, and finally turned around and walked out.
But after taking two steps, she turned around again, standing mightily, as inviolable, half of the clean person cleared herself, half of the appearance of being wronged, and said: "The concubine always thought that the queen mother was a generous and discerning person, but I didn't expect ......."
She didn't say this half of the sentence in her mouth, but her eyes told others that the queen in front of her was narrow-minded and had no motherly manners.
Lin Yan said: "The young court training of this palace, with 'virtuous' and 'virtuous' as the rule, is to be made the queen by the emperor, and he thinks that his words and deeds abide by the model of the sages, and there is no fault in the sage. If Jiang Cairen thinks that the queen of this palace is not doing right, and wants to teach this palace how to be a queen, then wait until you become a queen. ”
That was already an extremely heavy word, Jiang Xi lowered his head, his face was slightly red, as if he had been greatly wronged.
She secretly glanced at the figure of a man reflected in the dormitory through the screen, and saw that he was indifferent, and was disappointed, so she had to bend her knees slightly, and then took the palace maid's hand out of Changkun Palace.
After Jiang Xi left, he only approved an outer robe, and the emperor, who was still wearing a middle coat, lifted the curtain and walked out of the screen.
Lin Yan looked up at him with a smile, and asked half-coquettishly and half-slyly, "Will the emperor blame the concubine for being too strict with your little beauty?" ”
The Emperor walked up to her and sat down, nodded her face, and said with a smile, "I see that you did it on purpose. ”
Lin Yan said in her heart, as if others didn't mean it.
Lin Yan walked over, hugged the emperor's arm with a smile, and said coquettishly: "The concubine thought that the emperor would come out and take pity on the beauty." ”
I'm afraid that even Jiang Xi thinks so.
"Fortunately, the emperor didn't come out, otherwise the concubine would have lost face."
The Jiang family hasn't taken the pulse of the quasi-emperor yet, he just pities her again, but the emperor will not face her queen in front of a palace concubine, so she deliberately followed her script. She will tell her that in the harem it is not that with the favor of the emperor you have everything, especially a sober-minded emperor.
The Emperor smiled, "When have I ever lost your face?" ”
The emperor and queen are concentric, so that the government can be peaceful and the harem is harmonious. The godson in front of the hall teaches his wife on the pillow, even if the queen has something wrong, she should teach her carefully behind her back, instead of letting her lose face in front of outsiders, which is not conducive to her controlling the palace people.
Thinking of Jiang Cairen just now, he was a little disappointed in his heart.
No matter how similar a person is, she still lacks Xianniang's scenery and open-mindedness.
Lin Yan knew what the emperor was thinking, but she didn't say anything, and said, "Why didn't the emperor come out before he freshened up, and the concubines will serve you to freshen up." ”