Chapter 132
When Acacia first entered the hall, her legs were still a little trembling, and her knees ached faintly, she knew that the prime minister could not let her enter the palace so easily to confront her, but she didn't expect that even if the emperor was present, she also knelt at the palace gate for nearly an hour, and was pointed at outside for nearly an hour.
Her face was a little pale, and her lips were slightly chapped, but when she thought of the uncle's family who was still in prison, her steps were a little faster, she lifted the hem of her skirt and stepped over the high threshold, lowered her head and ignored the sharp gazes of countless men in the hall, and only bowed to the person on the dragon chair and said, "The courtiers meet Your Majesty!" Majesty XiΓ Wan'an! β
Whispering in the hall, the politicians at this time did not have the original sanctimonious appearance, but were like a broken aunt at the entrance of the market, wantonly evaluating the appearance and origin of a woman who had never reached the palace, and even the prime minister showed disgust and disdain, as if this woman was not weak and defenseless, but a shameless scum who was extremely vicious.
Knock knock!
On the dragon chair, the emperor gently tapped the paperweight, making a crisp sound.
"Who is your Highness?"
Acacia was stunned for a while, those eyes were not unfamiliar just now, in the days before she died in her previous life, the so-called ugly thing between her and Mo Li was publicized, there were such eyes everywhere, there were such whispers everywhere, she even knelt in the hall and thought, if the woman who came in today was not her, but a boudoir woman with a fragile heart, I don't know if she would not be able to withstand this pressure and die in the real dragon golden palace.
"The courtier's daughter Ding'an Bo Mansion Meng's Sanniang."
The emperor also felt that it was really unseemly for a group of old men to look at a young girl like this, so he said: "You get up, come here, give me a seat." β
Unexpectedly, without waiting for the emperor to finish speaking, a civil official stepped forward, looking a little unsteady walking with gray hair, but he spoke loudly, as if he had taken over the world.
"Your Majesty, this matter is not appropriate! This woman knelt down with the palace gate in public, completely ignoring the virtuous and virtuous virtues that a woman should have, so abandoning her face and ignoring the overall situation, she simply did not abide by women's morality! It is the emperor's benevolence for the emperor to let her in and speak, but how can she be given the qualification to sit again, if others are afraid that they will follow the same example when they see this, then wouldn't the women of our Chen Kingdom be so dissolute and shameless? β
As soon as the emperor saw this person, his head was big, originally this person was an old and old-fashioned, Chen Guo because of the influence of the previous dynasty, the woman had a chance to breathe, and she would not be too restrained, at least on some occasions when she bowed, the woman could also enjoy it with her family. When men and women go out to play, as long as they are supervised by elders, they will not be intolerable.
But this old gentleman said that the princess was in power first, saying that women are morally corrupt and shameless, so they should lock the door of their home and not go out of the second door, and even if they go out with a veil, if a man sees a woman showing her skin, either the woman will peel and dig up the flesh, or marry the man, even if the man is not in the right household, he must start from the beginning and not marry another.
If a woman dies of her husband, then she is not allowed to remarry, and the widow has to set up an archway, and survive until she dies, that is the merit is complete, and she will keep the festival for life.
As for those who give and receive privately before marriage, do not abide by women's morals after marriage, and have no shame in showing their faces everywhere, they should be soaked in pig cages, and thrown corpses after death to set an example!
The emperor has also studied history books, the princess of the first dynasty was in power, that is, the emperor was young, and the princess was extremely prosperous in the period of government, and then returned to the government with the younger brother, and the younger brother was cultivated by the princess, the concept is the same, the three generations are the most prosperous period of the first dynasty, but it is the end of the first dynasty, the incompetence of the son of heaven will fall into the hands of their Li family, and it has nothing to do with restraining women.
In his opinion, it is more terrible for relatives to interfere in politics than for women to be in power, and the princess of the family will return to power immediately after the younger brother becomes an adult, what about him, the emperor? Grandpa stood down and stared at the jade seal in his hand, eager to drive him off the dragon chair and take off the dragon robe, the kneeling girl at the bottom is a clear proof, this old thing still has the face to say that women are not ashamed?
These men are shameless!
The emperor held his breath but couldn't be rash, so he had to say: "Miss Meng has also knelt for a long time, if you can't sit, just stand aside." β
Lovesick and interesting, Xie immediately stood up, so angry that the old official's white beard flew straight away, and his small eyes were about to bleed.
"Why do you kneel at the palace gate?" Everyone in this hall knows why, but the emperor still has to go through this formality.
"Originally, the courtier's daughter was unwell and went to a separate village at home to recuperate, but when she returned to Kyoto yesterday, she found that the uncle's family was arrested and imprisoned, and the crime was still to secretly raise the granddaughter of Prince Li. The courtiers have never seen the granddaughter of the prince, the uncle's family must have been wronged, and the courtiers really have nowhere to redress their grievances, so they have to kneel at the palace gate and beg the emperor to be the master! "Everyone is pretending to be stupid, and Acacia will not go up to the pole to admit that he is the one who is falsely accused.
It's just that today is not the time to play Tai Chi, and the prime minister's faction is looking forward to the appearance of Acacia, so that the crime can be confirmed, of course, they will not pretend to be deaf and dumb with Acacia.
"Shut up! You are the remnant of the anti-king, and you dare to appear in the palace and deceive Your Majesty! Someone next to him immediately jumped out and shouted.
Acacia had already expected it, so he saluted unhurriedly and said: "The courtiers are curious, how did the courtiers, who are good at the Meng family, become the granddaughter of the prince again?" The courtiers thought that they were not so blessed and could not be the royal county lord. β
"Sophistry! What a clever little girl. The prime minister snorted, and no matter how the emperor reacted, he said angrily: "It seems that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin, do you think that if you come over and kneel down, the emperor will believe you?" The ministers present will believe you? Little girl, you're too naΓ―ve. β
"The courtier's daughter was born in Yanzhou, grew up with Yanzhou until she entered Beijing at the age of nine, and has never been to Kyoto. Although the courtiers look similar to Princess Yang, it is because Princess Yang is a relative of the courtier's grandmother's mother's family, and it is not surprising that the similarity is not surprising, and the courtiers are still somewhat similar to their grandmother, which cannot be used as evidence that the courtiers are not the daughters of the Meng family. "Acacia has confidence, she knows very well whose daughter she is, she was depressed in her last life, coupled with her hot temper, she was born from her heart, even if she looks like Princess Yang, few people can see it. In this life, she let go of a qiΔ, and her parents don't want to worry too much, and she gets along very well with her uncle's family, and it is not surprising that her face will change.
"The old man sees that you are not very old, and you may be deceived by others...... the prime minister changed the topic, looked at the emperor and said: "Since the main lord has appeared, the emperor, if you don't do it now, you will find out the girl's life experience clearly, and it will save the old man from saying that the old man is targeting Ding'an Bofu." β
"That's what I mean." The emperor held his breath and asked, "If it is proved that Miss Meng is the daughter of the Meng family, what do you say?" β
"The old man must withdraw the complaint, let Amber and his house go home safely, and then come to the door to apologize in person." The prime minister said very insincerely, and seemed to have already made up his mind.
After hearing this, the emperor turned his head and asked Acacia: "Since you said that you are a girl from the Meng family, do you have evidence?" β
Acacia smiled, looked at the prime minister and said: "What evidence is needed for the courtier's daughter to be the girl of the Meng family, but the prime minister has always said that the courtier's daughter is the prince's granddaughter, so I'm afraid that evidence is needed." β
The emperor nodded and looked at the prime minister coldly.
The prime minister was ready early in the morning, just waiting for the lovesickness to appear, even if the lovesickness did not enter the palace today, he would find a way to arrest it into the palace, and convict him in front of the emperor.
"That's fine." The prime minister flicked his sleeves and whispered a few words to a civil official next to him.
The civil servant immediately ran outside and muttered a number of things to the eunuch guarding the door, after which the eunuch ran away.
The court was not in the mood to discuss state affairs at this time, and everyone was speculating about how the prime minister would determine the life experience of the girl in His Royal Highness.
On the contrary, Acacia has been thinking back to the gossip of the women on the streets and alleys that he heard in his previous life, and for the verification of parent-child, it is nothing more than the old slave at home, the midwife, and the blood test that is not punctual or inaccurate.
The old slave in Yanzhou is old for many years, and only Mama Zhang has taken care of her all the time, but it is her personal mama, the prime minister will definitely not believe it, and she doesn't want Mama to suffer in old age, so it is better for her and Tangzhi to hide outside, and don't show up first.
The midwife who delivered the baby remembered that the uncle had sent someone to find it earlier, just in case, and now the place where this person was hiding should only be known to Mo Li.
As for the blood confession, how many years has Prince Li been dead, and who else can she drip blood with.
When she was pondering in her heart, an old woman came in outside, dressed in the style of Yanzhou, older than Mama Zhang, but she didn't remember looking at her face, after all, she hadn't been back to Yanzhou for decades in her last life.
The old woman entered the hall to ask for peace, looking a little cringe, until the emperor asked, she said tremblingly: "The woman is the cook of the second master Meng's family, and she went to Yanzhou with his wife to marry back then. β
"Do you know who this girl is across from you?" The prime minister asked.
The old woman raised her head and saw lovesickness, and her first sentence was: "Yang Niangniang?" β
Acacia frowned, knowing that this could not be as simple as a single cook.
"Do you know Princess Yang?" The prime minister asked again.
The old woman hurriedly lowered her head and waved her hand and said, "The folk woman is a cook, where will you recognize any princess, the adults heard it wrong." β
"We heard you right!" The prime minister suddenly said sharply: "Although you are the cook in the second room of the Meng family, you are also an old slave from the Yang family, and more importantly, you once served the princess Yang when you were in the Yang family!" The reason why you followed the Guan family to marry Yanzhou is to take Princess Yang's granddaughter Shun LΓ¬ into the second room of the Meng family in Yanzhou in the future, and become the third girl of Meng today! β