Chapter 80: The Empress Dowager's Lecture
Seventy, the Empress Dowager lectured
Who would have thought that the emperor, who has always been imposing and majestic, would lose his sense of proportion because of Xu's panic, Huo Mei raised his head slightly, looking at the distress in Liu Xun's eyes, and his heart was still a little touched. Thinking that there are so many beauties in this harem, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the emperor to have a long affection for which concubine, and if the Xu family has not followed Liu Xun for so many years, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture the emperor's heart.
Huo Mei couldn't help but think of Empress Lu, and followed Gaozu to lay down this great Han country, but it was not the same as not being favored by the emperor, thinking of her sister Huo Jun, who tried her best to enter the palace to become a concubine, thinking that she would be able to ascend to the sky in one step if she got the emperor's favor, but she didn't know that Huo Jun was just a springboard to balance the Huo family, if the Huo family collapsed one day, then Huo Jun's wealth and glory would also disappear in an instant.
Although Xu was a little frightened, when he saw Shangguan Yu standing aside, he quickly broke free from Liu Xun's embrace and respectfully bowed to Shangguan Yu. "The concubine greets the Empress Dowager! It is a dereliction of duty for the concubine to let the Empress Dowager see such a filthy thing, and please punish the Empress Dowager! ”
Although the Empress Dowager has no real power, the status of the Empress Dowager is naturally the highest in terms of status, even if the Xu family becomes the queen, she still has to be respectful to the Empress Dowager, not to mention that Liu Xun's throne is also assisted by the Empress Dowager, and the Xu family has always been respectful to Shangguan Yu.
"Xu Jieyu, please hurry up, Cai Jun's fault is not you, you are just a little Jieyu, how can the son of the Prime Minister's Mansion put you in his eyes, I am afraid that in the eyes of the Prime Minister, neither the mourning family nor the emperor can enter his eyes!"
Cai Yi trembled and crawled to the feet of the Empress Dowager, and kept kowtowing. "Weichen's godson can't, there is such a rebel, it's all Weichen's fault, and please punish the queen mother!" At this time, Cai Yi didn't care about any face, although he was the prime minister, but the official position was canonized by the emperor, since he could give it to nature, he could also take it back, Cai Yi was not a fool, of course he understood this truth.
"There is no need to punish, as for how to deal with Cai Jun and the Prime Minister's Mansion, these are all things that the emperor should do, and the mourning family has only one request, that is, you must apologize to Mrs. Wei! You must know that in my Han Dynasty, a woman's innocence is life, if you can get Mrs. Wei's forgiveness, then the mourning family may intercede with the emperor and leave your son a small life! ”
Before Huo Mei could react, Cai Yi had already crawled in front of Huo Mei and kowtowed, which frightened Huo Mei, she was already kneeling on the ground, and now Cai Yi almost rushed to her, how could she not be afraid.
Seeing that Huo Mei seemed to be frightened, Xu Shi hurriedly walked up to her, held her hand and said, "Sister, get up quickly!" Now the truth is revealed, it was my sister who was wronged, and I think it was my sister's inadequate protection that allowed my sister to endure such a thing! My sister is going to blame me? ”
Huo Mei wanted to stand up by herself, but she had no choice but to kneel on the ground for half an hour, and her knees had long been out of sensation, so she suddenly got up and felt that her legs were numb and fell directly to the ground.
At this time, Wei Ling, who was following Huo Mei, stretched out his hand to support Huo Mei's crumbling body, and as soon as he retracted his hand, he scooped Huo Mei into his arms, and the unstable Xu family was also supported by his personal palace maid Ruolan, and finally both of them were safe and sound.
"How are you? If I'm not feeling well, I'll take leave with Your Majesty, and let's go back to the house to rest!" "It's the first time that Xu has seen Wei Ling care about a person so much, Liu Xun and Xu, who have been familiar with Wei Ling since childhood, usually see Wei Ling's appearance is always cold, rejecting people thousands of miles away, who has ever seen him take such meticulous care of anyone, even to treat his mother, Wei Ling has always been neither humble nor arrogant.
"Your Majesty, is it the first time that the concubine has seen General Wei care so much about a person? Look at General Wei, he was scared out of a cold sweat by Mrs. Wei! Liu Xun lowered his head and looked at Xu's petting/doting, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked a smile, although it was fleeting, but it still let Liu Yun'er on the side see that Liu Xun was already handsome, and the chivalrous tenderness he showed in caring for Xu's just now was enough to make a woman like Liu Yun'er fall.
Liu Yun'er looked at Huo Mei who was being cared for in Wei Ling's arms, her eyes became more and more fierce, and when she felt the gaze of someone behind her, Huo Mei lay in Wei Ling's arms and smiled faintly.
"Jin Niang, are you hurt? If that splash hurts you, I'll have to cut off his head!" Seeing Huo Mei's pale face, Yu Niang became more and more resentful of Cai Jun in her heart, remembering Cai Yi's words to frame Huo Mei just now, Yu Niang wanted to take out her fish intestine sword and cut him.
"Yu Niang, don't be impulsive, he just grabbed my sleeve, fortunately, I have cut off the sleeve of the sleeve he caught, but with this appearance, I'm afraid I can't participate in the palace banquet!"
"Your Majesty, please allow Weichen to take his wife home to recuperate, his wife is not in good health and can't stand such a fright!" Liu Xun's brows furrowed, and he seemed very unhappy with Wei Ling's request, Wei Ling naturally knew that the emperor would be unhappy because of this, but he was stubbornly bent on taking Huo Mei out of the palace, a place of right and wrong.
"General Wei's words are serious, I see that Mrs. Wei is not chaotic, but she has quite a momentum, if you want to talk about fright, I am afraid that Cai Jun was frightened by Mrs. Wei. However, Mrs. Wei is really untidy and can't go to the banquet, this place is very close to the mourning family's bedroom, why don't you go to the mourning family's bedroom to change clothes? Shangguan Yu's words fell, and there was a gasp around him, no one expected that Huo Mei would be favored by the Empress Dowager, so the eyes projected on Huo Mei were full of envy.
And at this moment, there are two eyes looking at Huo Mei is very jealous, one is naturally Liu Yun'er, and the other is of course Huo Jun, in fact, Huo Jun has already come to the Imperial Garden, she has been hiding behind the crowd, ready to see Huo Mei's ugly appearance, but she didn't think that this Huo Mei was a blessing in disguise and was appreciated by the Queen Mother, how can this not make Huo Jun envious, jealous and hateful?
"The Empress Dowager, this is not good! The status of the concubine is low, and she really doesn't dare to enter the queen mother's bedroom! ”
"Who's to say you trespassed in? Didn't the mourners invite you to go? What's your name, little girl? Xiaohong is still kneeling on the ground at the moment, and she has been kneeling for almost an hour, if it weren't for Shangguan Yu's questioning, everyone present would probably have forgotten about her deposit.
"The Empress Dowager of Qiqi, the slave maid is called Xiaohong!"
"Little Red? What a loyal little red who protects the lord, the mourning family watched you cut off Cai Jun's palm just now, do you know that you scared the mourning family a lot just now! Huo Mei didn't know what Shangguan Yu wanted to do to Xiaohong, so she was a little nervous.
"The Empress Dowager, Xiaohong is just acting according to the instructions of the concubine, the concubine is her master, if the Empress Dowager punishes her, even the concubine will be punished!"