Chapter 65: First Chop and Then Prelude
The palace is lit up, and the queen's bedroom gathers a lot of noblewomen who enter the palace to celebrate her birthday, which is lively.
"The crown princess has arrived...... The third princess drove to ......," the eunuch shouted.
"Here comes the children," the queen smiled.
"Niangniang is really a good mother-in-law, and it hurts her daughter-in-law as a daughter, so the crown princess and the third princess have this blessing." The ladies sitting on either side complimented.
"Where, my own children, of course this palace loves, both of them are sensible children, they are the daughters-in-law personally selected by this palace, and this palace is very satisfied." The queen smiled, in front of outsiders, she is not only a dignified and noble queen mother, but also a good mother.
The ladies smiled on their faces, but they had another thought in their hearts, the queen did not like the prince and the princess, and the prince was also the biological son of the queen's mother, and he would inherit the throne in the future, but the queen was very cold to this son.
It is rumored that it was because the queen gave birth to the prince and suffered a major crime before giving birth to the prince, so the queen mother would not like the prince.
But who knows, don't guess a woman's thoughts, not every mother loves her children, and there are more eccentric mothers.
"Greetings to the queen mother, ten thousand blessings to the queen mother" The crown princess and the third princess saluted respectfully.
"Get up" The queen gave her a sigh of relief and asked, "Crown Princess, Your Majesty's birthday banquet was prepared by you, but there is anything wrong, don't make any disclosure at that time, and make Your Majesty unhappy." ”
"After returning to my mother, everything is ready, and this concubine will personally come to ask her mother to move to the Zhengde Palace." The crown princess replied.
"Then let's go, Crown Princess. You have a lot of things, so you don't have to accompany the palace, go and keep an eye on the arrangements for the banquet, and let the three princesses accompany the palace. The queen looked like she was thinking about the crown princess.
She doesn't like the crown princess, and naturally she doesn't want the princess to follow her step by step to play the scene of harmony between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in front of others, so she doesn't have to let herself lose her good mood.
The third princess smiled, this is a chore for His Majesty's birthday banquet, it should be done well, but if it is not done well, just wait to be reprimanded. It's not okay to spend too much money. It's not good to spend less money, I'm tired and half dead, and I'm not a person inside and out, but fortunately, there is a queen mother. This kind of drudgery did not fall on one's own family.
"Crown Princess, get busy. I'll be with you here, Queen Mother. Make sure to make the queen mother happy. The third princess proudly held the queen's arm.
"Okay, then there's Brother and Sister Lao, Queen Mother. The daughter-in-law went to arrange things first. The crown princess clenched her fist and then released it, showing no signs on her face, and retreated respectfully.
"Let's go, let's go to the Zhengde Hall to celebrate His Majesty's birthday." The queen smiled and greeted the ladies.
The queen's bedroom is not too far from the Zhengde Palace, and the queen is in good spirits, and the group walks to the Zhengde Palace.
The third princess supported the queen, and behind her were the palace people around the queen, and then behind were the ladies, so she whispered something, and she couldn't hear it in the back, so she was relieved to say, "Queen Mother, tell me something, can you help us with the staff?" ”
"What's the matter?" The queen is still very satisfied with her youngest son's attitude, and she will discuss anything with her, which is very satisfying for the queen who likes to seize power.
"Queen Mother, that's the case, isn't Your Highness trying to win over General Zhou? But you also know that General Zhou is loyal to His Majesty and is not so easy to woo, but it is precisely because of this that His Royal Highness values it more, so His Royal Highness thought of a roundabout way and wanted to ask to marry General Zhou's daughter, as long as this marriage is completed, General Zhou will not naturally stand on His Royal Highness's side. ”
"Asking to marry General Zhou's daughter? That's a good idea, what do you mean? The queen nodded and agreed, but the Zhou family is also a wealthy family, how should the third princess deal with herself if she marries such a young lady. She was afraid that her son's house would be restless.
"The concubine is naturally on the side of the prince, and the concubine knows that as long as the prince is good, the concubine is really good, no matter how unwilling she is, for the sake of the prince, the concubine is willing." The third princess said very resentfully, if she directly said that she had no opinion, the queen would definitely not believe it, it was better to say what she thought in her heart, so that the queen would still help her in the future and would not stand on Zhou Xiwan's side.
"It's really hard for you, good boy, this palace didn't misunderstand you, I picked you to be my daughter-in-law at a glance from so many boudoir ladies, don't worry, you are the daughter-in-law personally chosen by this palace, no one can cross you, and this palace will call the shots for you." The queen patted the hands of the three princesses and made a promise.
"With the words of the queen mother, the concubines will be relieved, and the concubines will know that the queen mother loves the concubines the most." The third princess hurriedly said gratefully, but in fact, she didn't believe it at all, and what the royal people said was just fine, but it couldn't be taken seriously. In their eyes, the most important thing is profit, and they can give up anything for the sake of profit.
"Queen Mother, what our prince means is that this is Your Majesty's birthday, Your Majesty must be in a happy mood, it is better to be happy on today's festive day, and there are so many foreign guests, General Zhou is not easy to refuse, our Lord can't help but be afraid that General Zhou will refuse, and he is also worried that his father will not agree, after all, the prince." The three princesses wanted to speak and stopped.
"Do you want to cut first?" The queen was also a little worried, after all, His Majesty's temper was not very good, and if she rashly brought it up, Her Majesty inevitably had no idea in her heart.
"That's what the prince meant," the third princess nodded.
"Okay, if it weren't for today's occasion, Your Majesty might really reject you at once, but you have to look at the eyes of this palace, this palace knows Your Majesty better than you, you have to choose the right time, but you must not make Your Majesty unhappy."
On the other side, Zhou Jianxiong also entered the palace with his two daughters, and Zhou Jianxiong greeted his colleagues all the way, and it was inconvenient to always take Zhou Xiya and them.
It happened that Chen Yishan's mother also entered the palace, and Zhou Jianxiong entrusted his two daughters to Mrs. Chen.
At the intersection, a few people happened to meet the queen and her party who were walking slowly.
"The concubine has seen the queen's mother" Chen Yishan took Zhou Xiya's sisters to salute.
After being reminded by the third princess, the queen remembered that this was the wife of the newly appointed Lord Chen of the Ministry of Officials.
"Get up, Mrs. Chen, this is the daughter of your house, she looks really beautiful, Mrs. Chen is so blessed." The queen smiled.
"How can the concubines have such a good blessing, these are the two daughters of General Zhou's family, no, General Zhou is afraid that the two children are not familiar with the palace and offend the nobles, so he asked the concubines to help take care of some, if the concubines have these two Peugeot daughters, they will be satisfied." Mrs. Chen hurriedly shook her hand.
"The girl of General Zhou's family?" The queen frowned, this person really couldn't help but chatter.
She instinctively thought that her son was looking at Zhou Jianxiong's daughter-in-law, the concubine, she couldn't even look at it, and the concubine was not worthy of her son, so she asked, "Which is General Zhou's daughter-in-law, raise your head and let the palace take a look." ”
Zhou Xiya took two steps forward and raised her head slightly.
The queen smiled and nodded, "Not bad, not bad"
"Let's go, let's go and congratulate Your Majesty on his birthday" The queen took the hand of the third princess and walked forward, not noticing that her daughter-in-law saw Zhou Xiwan's gritted teeth.
"Ya'er, it seems that the queen mother likes you very much, this is your blessing." Mrs. Chen held Zhou Xiya's hand and whispered, this is her daughter's sister-in-law, she naturally wants to be kind to Zhou Xiya.
Is it a blessing? She didn't see it, but she saw Zhou Xiwan's jealousy and hatred for her, and she was not uncommon to be remembered by the people in the palace. (To be continued......)