181 Negotiations
Su Qi's eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief, "How to delay?" ”
Old Madam Su took her granddaughter's little hand and said, "Naturally, we can drag it as much as we want!" ”
At this time, Su Qi couldn't understand it even more.
Old Madam Su looked at her little granddaughter's puzzled look and sighed lightly, "What does the holy decree say?" ”
“…… has a beautiful heart, and only waits for the second day of February in the next year and Lu to marry into the palace...... Qi Niang, have you seen your Su Muli's name on it? ”
Su Qi thought about it and shook his head seriously.
Old Madam Su continued: "That's it, since there is no name of your Su Muli on this holy decree, and His Majesty the Emperor has not said in front of the civil and military officials who the beautiful woman in his heart is, why are we anxious?" ”
"But...... The second day of February and the ...... There is also the behavior of the old emperor of Moliyuan...... Qi Niang has to be in a hurry! Su Qi hurriedly reminded.
Old Madam Su sighed and said, "These grandmothers all know, isn't it because you look like your mother?" Although we don't know what happened to your mother's generation, has His Majesty the Emperor of Moliyuan seen his actions by others? Besides, you are the only lady who will be on the second day of February next year? The old woman doesn't believe it, this aristocratic Dayue Imperial Capital, can't you find a second lady born in the same year, month, and day as you! ”
"Qi Niang, no matter what the current situation is, at least now it is beneficial to us. I thought that since Your Majesty did not blatantly offer you to the public, he must be afraid of the public opinion of the previous dynasty and the harem. Aside from the fact that there is a big age gap between you and the emperor Lao'er, just because your parents died young for the country's cause, the emperor Lao'er will be scolded by the world if he marries so strongly, so we might as well act as if we don't know, just do what we should do, my wife doesn't believe it, so can the emperor still tie up my granddaughter to the Dayue harem? ”
"Don't worry, first, we still have time to think about it carefully, and second, the world is still watching this matter. At that time, if you are determined not to marry. I'm afraid that the emperor can't ignore the pressure of public opinion from the people, not to mention, there is a transparent queen mother in the harem, and my grandmother knows how to behave. You'll be relieved......"
Listened to so much. Although Qi Niang did not agree with her grandmother's so-called "public opinion" in her heart. But thinking that there is still more than half a year before he and Lu, and now that Ah Qin and Qi Ling are helping, my grandmother has always had an idea. After all, the anxious heart was much calmer.
When she returned that day, she fell into a deep sleep on the bed......
Old Madam Su couldn't say anything.
The unification I said before was just a comforting word that I came up with for a while, but now I think about the holy decree I heard from Princess Anqing that day, and the excessive closeness between the emperor and the Wang family in recent days, and even more today I brought my own extraordinarily enthusiastic speech, and her heart "banged" faster and faster.
Today, as soon as she entered the palace to greet Bi Fuquan, of course she knew that this was the most powerful father-in-law around the emperor, and had always only welcomed the number of dignitaries and nobles in the palace, how could she dare to be the greeting of the grand duke Bi, but several shirks were still useless, she had to sit in a sedan chair to greet the Molian Palace, and was given a seat before saluting, and then Emperor Rende actually toasted in person, or again and again, Mrs. Su beat the drum in her heart at that time, but she didn't dare to look blatantly, I had to drink those glasses of wine, but fortunately, Qi Niang came in time.
It turned out that the old emperor had taken a fancy to their seventh mother, and was in a hurry to invite her, who was a grandmother, into the palace to set up almost here.
Old Madam Su sneered, I want to marry their seventh mother, even if you are the emperor of this Great Yue Kingdom, there is still no way!
I don't look in the mirror, I am so old, even a few years older than Qi Niang's father Changfeng, and I still have the face to write a holy decree saying that I want to marry, it is really shameless!
But...... That's an emperor!
It would be good if it was a prince and a noble son, in the name of her Duchess of Yipinguo, she would have to suppress others no matter what, but now that she was facing such an emperor, Old Madam Su couldn't help frowning.
This matter is far from being as simple as I thought.
Since ancient times, emperors have been ruthless, and it is her wife who has seen a lot in her previous life, although she has not experienced it personally, but the bitterness and pain in the period are very clear. If Qi Niang swears not to marry at that time, Emperor Rende will sigh and let go, or force it to the end, and now she really doesn't know how our majesty will deal with it.
But there is one thing that is clear, unless Qi Niang can join the palace as she wishes, or I am afraid that the general's mansion will have to shed its skin if it does not die, since ancient times, the old emperor is only afraid that he will be annoyed and angry!
No, you have to think about it!
Old Madam Su sat crookedly on the big pillow woven with gold embroidered peonies, and a light lake silk blanket was randomly placed on top of her plain white middle coat, but her frowning eyebrows were still not loose.
Otherwise, it will be better for Qi Niang Xu Fang in advance!
Anyway, the holy decree was not said by name, in the imperial capital, except for the empress dowager and Mo Guifei in the palace, I am afraid that the rest of the palace masters do not know, let alone outside the palace, that day Princess Anqing still guessed which lady it was, and the in-laws also laughed and joked, and they didn't know the truth if they wanted to come to the palace. Her wife simply turned a blind eye, hurried to Qi Niang Xu Fang's family, and then released the news, and waited until your Rende Emperor knew the letter, and saw how you explained in front of the civil and military officials in front of the people of the world that you were going to forcibly marry a hired daughter!
It's just that Qi Niang's girl will have a hard time at that time, and those who know that the emperor's old man is obsessed, and those who don't know are afraid that they are foxy and demagoguery, and they can say such words as being charming and demagoguery, plus Qi Niang's bright and beautiful face, I am afraid that their general's mansion will be drowned by spittle stars at that time, what if that party retreats due to public opinion or the pressure of the emperor's old son, then wouldn't she harm her granddaughter?
Not. It won't work!
Besides, I'm just a newcomer, where can I find my mother-in-law's house for a while?
What a headache!
But it's not a way to sit back and ignore like this, isn't it more than half a year of hard work on the second day of February next year, this time has passed in a flash, her good and the queen mother are almost right, if the Lafayette can stand firmly with Qi Niang, then the odds will be a little bigger.
The shiitake mushrooms in the vegetable garden have been unearthed for several days, and I think they can be eaten, so I will take some to Shouren Palace tomorrow.
Be careful. Old Madam Su rubbed her eyebrows tiredly. He blew out the lamp on the low couch next to the bed and fell asleep with his eyes closed.
On the second day, Mrs. Su entered the palace alone, thinking that it would be better if she could bring her own wife with her, and it would not be bad if she was not accompanied by Princess Anqing. It's just that now the in-laws are still sick. She didn't even open her mouth. Or, go alone, and then have time to have a cup of tea with the Queen Mother and discuss the Buddhist scriptures.
It's a pity that when I arrived in the palace, I heard that the Queen Mother went to the three princes of Xizhimen. Her old man had to go home. It's just that before leaving, he left the shiitake mushrooms he collected that morning, and carefully wrote down the edible methods of the shiitake mushrooms and handed them to Mama Yu, and also stuffed a heavy amount of gold in the hands of the mama.
Mama Yu accepted it without changing her face, and personally sent Mrs. Su to the gate of the palace, and did not forget to say: "...... The Duchess of the Kingdom has a heart, and the old slave will definitely tell the Queen Mother well. ”
Mrs. Su left satisfied.
Qi Niang slept until three poles in the sun before getting up.
Although the palace is a wealthy family with deep roots, the rules of inviting An Wenli are not rigid and strict, not to mention that Qi Niang came to the house as a guest, and the Wang family did not dare to have any requirements in this regard. It's just that every day when the hour comes, Mama Wang, who is next to my grandmother, will come on time to invite, after all, it is not in my own house, and if I am too tired, I will inevitably fall into my mouth.
I can't imagine that no one will call me today.
After the girls and mothers-in-law served and freshened up, Qi Niang asked about Chen, "Why did you call me so late today, Chensu's mother-in-law knows, Qi Niang has always slept deeply, and she has no rules, and her mother-in-law still has to mention Qi Niang." ”
Chensu responded on the one hand, and explained: "Old Mrs. Su went out to see if the lady slept so soundly one day, so she instructed the lady not to be alarmed, because the slaves and maids did not wake the lady up on time." ”
Qi Niang thought about it, these days, since I knew the emperor's thoughts about himself, and the Xuanwu Yicheng guy designed to frame herself, she always slept uncomfortably at night, sometimes she was already asleep, but as long as she heard any slight sound, she would wake up, and then she couldn't sleep for a long time, and yesterday she looked in the mirror and found that the dark circles under her eyes were obvious, but she was frightened, thinking that if she went on like this, she would have to hide it from her grandmother. Grandmother, they asked Qi Ling to help get some soup to drink.
I slept well last night! Xu was frightened before, but Xu was later listened to his grandmother's words and wanted to open it himself, and he slept very well anyway!
After breakfast, Qi Niang was about to go to see Mrs. Wang, but she didn't want to be called by the housekeeper of the Wang family halfway, and she only said that the concubine in the palace was invited.
Qi Niang thought about it for a while, and then went down, but before going, she still went to Mrs. Wang's place, saluted and said goodbye, and then said: "I thought that I would come today to talk to my grandmother to relieve my boredom, and I didn't want Aunt Guifei to call Qi Niang into the palace immediately, and I don't know what the so-called matter, Qi Niang can only come back later to accompany my grandmother." ”
Old Madam Wang had already heard about the banquet of Mo Guifei and Mrs. Su yesterday, she didn't think much about it, seeing that her concubine's daughter could respect the Duchess of the Kingdom so much and love Qi Niang, how to see how happy she was, and hurriedly said: "Grandmother's body is good, since your aunt summoned you to come, you can go quickly, come back and call the girl in your house to say yes, don't bother to come over in person." ”
Qi Niang nodded, and then took Granny Chensu and Chu Qing to the palace with the eunuchs in the palace.
She knew that her grandmother went to the palace to find the Queen Mother, so she had nothing to be afraid of today!
I didn't want to go to the Molian Palace, but it was deserted, and I didn't see the two palace maids and eunuchs outside. Qi Niang followed the Xi Mama all the way to the main hall, only to see our aunt of the concubine with a big belly leaning on the soft couch of the phoenix wearing peony and pretending to sleep, and looked at her and just lazily said, "You are here, sit by yourself." Then he closed his eyes again and began to sleep.
Mama Xi poured tea for her and brought delicate snacks and seasonal melons and fruits to retreat, and did not forget to close the door of the temple tightly before leaving.
Qi Niang glanced at the hall that suddenly darkened, and then glanced at the concubine aunt who seemed to be sleeping very soundly, and threw the silk Yunjin Pa that she was holding in her hand to wipe her sweat aside, picked up the fragrant tea and poured it up, and at the end of the year, she grabbed a red peach and gnawed it like she was thirsty.
You can't blame her, it's just too hot. Even if it is a sedan chair in the palace that is shaded all the way. Even if the sedan chair drivers walked in the shade all the way, but all the way down, Su Qishao had to sweat.
Mo Guifei said coldly, "You're not afraid of death." Aren't you afraid that this palace will poison this tea? ”
Very good. Finally, there is no beating around the bush!
When Su Qi heard this, he took another bite of the big peach. Chew and swallow slowly for a while, until you swallow it, and then you said casually: "Aunt doesn't dare!" ”
It's not that you won't, but you don't dare!
Mo Guifei raised her eyebrows and suddenly sat up straight. Said: "How do you know that this palace does not dare?" This palace wants to kill you, but it's a familiar way! ”
Qi Niang felt even more amused when she heard this, she looked at the woman in front of her with golden phoenix hairpins with a smile, and said, "It's a pity that my aunt didn't succeed once!" ”
Mo Guifei's face turned pale, and she said hatefully: "Then I can't let your little girl survive today!" ”
"No, Aunt Guifei is definitely not here to ask for Qi Niang's life today!" Su Qi finished biting the peach and threw the peach kernel away.
"Then what are you going to do when this palace summoned you today?" Mo Guifei was also curious, she heard the news from Mama Xi that Su Muli was clever in Cen Zhou, how to get the protection of her family, she just didn't believe it at the time, thinking that she was just a child who grew up in the countryside, or she was lucky to survive, how could this mind and insight be compared with her, a concubine who had struggled in the Dayue Palace for many years, so when Mama Xi reminded her to be cautious, she also laughed at Mama Xi "When you are old, you can't help but be afraid to do things...... but she didn't think about it, it was less than a month, this girl escaped death in the three assassinations of the Nanren faction, and now she will no longer look down on Su Muli so easily!
Su Qi peeled off the grape skin disappreliantly, and when he saw that he didn't look at Mo Guifei, he said, "Aunt Guifei is only afraid that she asked Qi Niang to negotiate the conditions!" ”
"Oh, why did Hongu negotiate terms with you?"
The voice was puzzled and soft, but the tail note was a little sharp, and I wanted to laugh in Su Qi's ears.
"The reason why my aunt wants to talk to me about the conditions Qi Niang can't guess, but the current situation is like this, Qi Niang wants to be hostile to us all the time, it's better to take a step back and open the sky, Aunt Guifei, what do you say?" Saying that, Qi Niang handed over the peeled grapes.
Mo Guifei looked at the amethyst honey grapes in front of her for a while, and then looked at Su Qi's smiling face like a flower, and she didn't know what to do for a while.
That's right, she was so eager to summon Su Muli to the palace today to negotiate conditions, and now His Majesty's joy for this girl is so obvious, if she acts rashly, I'm afraid that she won't be able to please her, not to mention that the Flame Si Bingluo has already found the Nanren faction and found her Molian Palace, at this moment, she naturally can't act rashly, so, in order to protect herself, peace is the best policy!
I didn't expect that before I could say it, the girl actually took the initiative to come forward and try it, wouldn't it be more convenient, maybe I would coax and coax the girl this time, and I would be caught off guard again in the next day, and this girl would be careless!
Mo Guifei's mind spun rapidly, and finally the corners of her mouth rose, and she stretched out her slender jade hand to pick up the grapes.
Qi Niang looked at the light in her eyes, her hand was crooked, and she grabbed the crystal clear grapes and threw it towards Mo Guifei!
"Ahh
The scream sounded as expected, but I didn't expect that the aunt of the concubine even jumped up in shock, waving her hand indiscriminately, so the grape that had been pinched out of the juice hit Mo Guifei's face and was ruthlessly waved down.
Qi Niang's eyes were deep, and she couldn't help laughing as she stared at her aunt's aunt's obviously vomiting belly......
Very good, if you don't die, you won't die, since Aunt Guifei is dying like this, I, Su Muli, will fulfill you! (To be continued......)