The main hall of Cining Palace is quite large, and the Xinuan Pavilion where Zhao Xiu and her sisters are located is located in the west room, but the place where the queen mother saw the second son of the emperor is the east room. The houses here are tall and spacious, with layers of curtains, felt curtains, treasure covers, etc., and when the sound comes, it is almost inaudible.

Zhao Xiu and others also heard that someone walked into the palace and went to the east room, during which the second son of the emperor talked to the people of the guide palace, and he also asked the queen mother to give the queen an innocent shout when he met the queen mother in the east room. Other than that, all they could hear was a burst of muffled voices, and they knew that someone was talking, but they couldn't hear what they were saying.

Suddenly, the second son of the emperor raised his voice and protested loudly: "Why doesn't the imperial grandmother just believe in the queen mother?!" The queen mother has never harmed the concubine, it is the concubine who is lying! She deliberately framed the queen mother! ”

"Shut up!" The queen mother couldn't help but shout loudly, and there were a few petites at the other end of the main hall, although they all knew what the queen had done, but they knew that the second son of the emperor was also stupid, and he was very rude and disobedient, which would be even more embarrassing for the royal family. So the Queen Mother spoke out to stop the second son of the emperor and did not allow him to continue: "What nonsense have you heard from your mother? Has she ever harmed anyone, can't the mourning family and your father judge it? Are the palace people you witnessing around you dead? Don't get out of the way yet! ”

The second son of the emperor refused to step down, he firmly believed that his mother was innocent, and if there was a palace person who testified that she had killed Duan Concubine, it was a palace person who was lying. He was unwilling to be kicked out of Cining Palace like this, so he simply jumped forward and hugged the queen mother's thigh and cried: "Grandmother Huang, you can trust your mother once." You let her defend herself. She is the queen of a country, why doesn't she even have a chance to cry out? No matter how much Concubine Duan is, she is just a concubine, how can the fetus in her womb be more noble than the royal brother, the imperial sister and me? Why do you want to be a little concubine with a fetus in her womb that you don't know if you can give birth to. Would you like to let my mother be wronged?! ”

The Queen Mother was half angry, trembling all over, and shouted: "Hurry up and pull him away for me!" The palace people were panicked, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull the second son of the emperor, and the queen mother ordered someone to drive him out of Cining Palace directly, and the palace people tried their best to drag it, but the second son of the emperor struggled and refused to give in. Instead, he grabbed his grandmother's thigh tightly and repeatedly begged her to see the queen.

Toji was in chaos.

In the Xinuan Pavilion, Zhao Xiu and others heard movement. It's a little overwhelming. With their identities and positions, they should not show their faces at this time. But even if you don't show your face, it is embarrassing enough to hear the words of the second prince.

The princess of Fenyang Wang was a little restless. Because she heard that the Queen Mother seemed to be very embarrassed. As a junior, should she go over and do a favor? But these little girls can't be left behind, she still has the obligation to accompany her as an eldest sister-in-law. So she's in a bit of a dilemma.

Zhao Xiu and Li Shanwen are still stable, although they are very embarrassed, but the most appropriate way to deal with it at this moment is to act as if they didn't hear anything. The east time was too far away, and they were in the West Warm Pavilion, and they didn't know anything about the outside world. The Queen Mother said she would come when she went. They just have to wait quietly. If the Queen Mother does not come back, someone from her own palace will come to lead them away.

The two new girls couldn't sit still. The other was just the opposite, but he couldn't help but turn his head to listen to the movement outside, and the niece of the princess of the county left her seat directly, walked to the edge of the Duobao cover, and looked at the scene outside through the gap of the Duobao grid.

Seeing this, the princess of Fenyang couldn't help but whisper: "What are you doing?" This is the palace! Come back and sit down! ”

The niece of the princess of that county glanced at her, turned around and sat down, but said very disapprehantly: "The second son of the emperor is like this, it seems that the queen mother is really wronged." In a high-ranking family, it is not uncommon for a concubine to frame his wife while pregnant, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen in the palace. There was still a word in her heart that she didn't say: the queen mother actually believed in a concubine, thinking that it was the queen who was wrong, and even said that the queen was not in front of outsiders, which was really old and confused. Could it be that because the Queen Mother is from the side room, she doesn't know if she can understand the difficulties of the main room?

But even if she didn't say these words, just two words were surprising enough. Zhao Xiu and the others suddenly widened their eyes and looked at her in surprise.

She looked nonchalant: "What are you watching me do?" Am I not right? ”

Zhao Xiu quickly looked away and said nothing, and Li Shanwen also picked up the tea bowl and lowered his head to take a sip. In the big families in the capital, there are indeed concubines who frame their wives, but the queen's mother may not be what she thinks. Queen Mother...... I've never been a nice person.

The princess of Fenyang directly reprimanded the girl in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense, what do you think this place is?" Are you in your own home? You don't know anything, but you listen to a few rumors from others and make self-righteous assertions. Do you know what palace rules and etiquette are? Didn't Raise Mama Teach You?! ”

The girl pursed her lips, sneered and turned her head, obviously not taking the princess of Fenyang in her eyes: "What qualifications do you have to tell me this?" Although you married a few days early, you will only be on an equal footing with me in the future, and you will not be an elder in front of me! ”

The princess of Fenyang was choked, since she got married, she had never been so angry. However, she has an unreliable grandmother, so she is also used to listening to unreliable words, so she only sneered twice when she heard the words, and did not say more.

This little girl relied on the support of the princess and aunt of the county, thinking that the marriage was a certainty, but she didn't know how to be respectful or inferior, and when she would suffer in the future, why should others stop her from dying?!

The princess of Fenyang stopped talking, Zhao Xiu and Li Shanwen made up their minds to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and the remaining girl was still surprised by the bold words of the neighbor, and she didn't react, and the niece of the princess of the county had no one to talk to, so she naturally couldn't talk, so she sat there depressed and wrenched her handkerchief to play.

It didn't take long for the Higashijima side to finally quiet down. The Queen Mother was obviously extremely tired, and said weakly: "Okay, since you have repeatedly said that your mother is wronged, then the mourning family will see her." The mourning family wanted to know that she was nothing more than crying out for grievances. What else can I say! ”

When the second son heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and threw himself in front of the emperor's grandmother and kowtowed again. The Queen Mother was so angry that she reprimanded loudly: "Get me out!" I don't want to see you bastard again! "The second son of the emperor was suffocated. He kowtowed and followed the palace people out of the palace.

When he walked to the door, he was stopped by the Queen Mother again: "After tidying up your clothes and going out, do you want everyone in the palace to see your imposing second son's disheveled appearance?!" ”

The second prince shrank his head and hurriedly put on his hair and clothes. In this scene, his golden crown fell off and his hair was scattered. The belt was loose, and the hem of the robe was stained with ash, so it was not embarrassing. So go out so that they may be seen. It's really not like that.

But he couldn't care about it, he could win a chance to defend himself for his mother, and he was indescribably happy in his heart. On the way back to the palace, he looked at the gate of Jingren Palace in the distance. He also sneered. Duan concubine, this slut. How virtuous is he on weekdays, isn't it that he can't hide from his mother? Now he's going to see how she ends!

The Queen Mother ordered someone to summon the queen to come, and there was still a gap during this period, just calm down. Her clothes were also torn by the little grandson, and her spirit was not good, so she took advantage of this gap to refresh, changed into clean clothes, and came out to meet a few of today's guests.

She entered the Xinuan Pavilion a little listlessly. He sat down on the kang and glanced at the little girls. The princess of Fenyang was a little uncomfortable, but she behaved as usual; Zhao Xiu and Li Shanwen maintained a calm smile before she left, and came up to greet her with concern, asking her if she was tired and if she wanted to rest for a while, as if they didn't know anything about what was happening in the East Room; It was the two newcomers, and the expressions on their faces made it clear that they knew what was going on, but they couldn't say it. Especially the one who belongs to the county king's mansion, the eager look, the queen mother doesn't need to guess, she knows what she is thinking.

But the Queen Mother will not give her a chance to express her opinion.

The Queen Mother just said lightly: "When I'm old, my spirit is a little lacking." After talking for half a day, I feel tired. When the mourning family was young, their health was much better than it is now. In the winter, I read in the warm pavilion, and I can read from early morning to the second watch, except for eating and washing, I can hardly release the book. ”

This is to change the topic, Zhao Xiu smiled and quickly picked up: "No wonder the Queen Mother's knowledge is so good." If the courtiers can reach one-tenth of the queen mother, they will be content in this life. ”

The Queen Mother chuckled and asked her again, "Are you still translating Western documents recently?" What interesting books have you translated? ”

Zhao Xiu hurriedly made an introduction. In fact, there were not many useful Western books sent by the Welsh Firm, and even fewer were written in English, and her Latin was not good enough to be used freely, so she had not translated any important works recently, only a history of the Western wars of religion written privately by the clergy, and there were many black histories of the church, which also had some reference function. She translates it as a pastime.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she sighed: "This Western monk is too domineering, which makes people angry when they hear it." If you translate it, you can translate it, and you don't have to come in and show the mourners. ”

Zhao Xiugong responded.

In fact, at this time, the queen mother should let the girls leave, and the queen will come over in a while. But the queen mother got along with the girls very happily, so she couldn't help but stay for a while, and after such a short while, the queen had arrived.

When she entered the hall, she knelt down directly in the bright room of the main hall, and no matter which room the queen mother was in, she cried directly: "The queen mother is clear!" Daughter-in-law wronged! The daughter-in-law really never thought of harming the dragon descendant in the belly of the concubine, and begged the queen mother to return the daughter-in-law's innocence! ”

The Queen Mother's face was elongated again. What kind of words is this?

She got up angrily and walked out, and wanted to call the queen into the east room to talk about it in detail, but when she got to the bright room, the queen cried and knelt there and couldn't get up. As long as the people in the entire Cining Palace pass by the courtyard outside, they can see how the queen cries and begs the queen mother, and the queen mother is so angry that she doesn't want to say anything.

Zhao Xiu and the others looked at each other again. The queen is blocked in the bright room outside, how do they leave?

At this time, a palace man in his thirties came out from behind the curtain at the end of the west, startling Zhao Xiu and the others, never expecting that there would be a person there.

The princess of Fenyang turned pale, she was worried that the conversation between herself and the niece of the princess of that county had already been heard. If the Queen Mother knew, she wouldn't have accused her of failing to fulfill her duties as an eldest sister-in-law, right?

As for the one who had quarreled with her before, although he was also taken aback and a little uneasy in his eyes, he was generally calm. If this person had had the intention to eavesdrop, she would not have come out at this time, and she must have come to take them away from the back of the temple. When a few of them spoke, the palace people might not be in the palace.

Sure enough, the palace people walked up to the women, gave a salute, and whispered to them to leave with her, saying that it was the queen mother's sign. The women also obeyed the order, and Shi Ran got up, followed her through the curtain, and entered the west room, and turned to the left, and there was a corridor, and at the end there was a small door to go out.

Zhao Xiu walked forward with everyone, only to hear the queen crying to the queen mother behind her: "The daughter-in-law admits that she did have resentment about the pregnancy of the concubine in her heart, and thought that before the New Year's court, she would be punished to kneel in front of the palace for half an hour." When the foreign wife came to the temple and saw her kneeling, she had no dignity at all, where did she still have the face to pretend to be virtuous in front of her daughter-in-law? The daughter-in-law neither beat her, nor did she take any medicine, let alone cause her to have a miscarriage. Even if she is allowed to kneel, she is only kneeling for a stick of incense, where is it hurting? She wronged her daughter-in-law, and the queen mother must be aware of it! ”

The corners of Zhao Xiu's mouth twitched, and her heart trembled slightly, it turned out that the queen was not wronged, and asking a pregnant woman to kneel in the open air for an hour in the winter was no different from causing her to have a miscarriage. The queen still has the face to complain, is it possible that she thinks that it is necessary to kill people with open fire, so she is called harmful?

Zhao Xiu glanced at the niece of the princess of the county, and saw that her face was red and white for a while, but she quickly regained her composure, and only took it for granted in her eyes.

Zhao Xiu didn't bother to pay attention to her, followed the palace people out of the main hall, turned to the east side of the aisle, as long as they bypassed a small garden, they could reach the courtyard in front of the palace, and then they could naturally leave quietly without meeting the queen.

At this moment, the emperor led a group of entourage, passed through the small gate on the east side of Cining Palace, and walked in their direction.

Zhao Xiu and the others hurriedly knelt down to greet each other, the emperor was wearing a dragon robe, wearing a stone blue gray squirrel cloak, and his face was faint, and he walked slowly. Seeing them kneeling there, he glanced back at the attendants beside him. The chamberlain hurriedly stepped forward to explain the reason, and introduced the reason why the princess of Fenyang and several ladies entered the palace by the way.

The emperor sighed: "The queen mother is really annoyed, so she will summon a few juniors to say this, right?" He glanced at a few girls, and first smiled at Li Shanwen: "Li girl, don't worry, I know in my heart that the eldest son of the emperor is still a good child." Li Shanwen reluctantly smiled and responded, "Yes." ”

Then the emperor turned to Zhao Xiu again: "Is your grandmother in good health?" I haven't seen her in a few days. Zhao Xiu hurriedly said: "Grandmother is in good health, and Emperor Xie cares." ”

The emperor nodded: "You and Li Yatou and your nephew and daughter-in-law will stay for a while, and I will have something to explain to you in a while." After saying that, he continued to walk. He entered the hall through the back door at the west end of the main hall of Cining Palace, and his entourage left a few to guard the entrance.

Zhao Xiu and the others hesitated and stood up, she and Li Shanwen and the princess of Fenyang couldn't leave, did they have to wait here in the open air?

The expressions of the other two girls were not very good-looking. The niece of the princess couldn't hide the jealousy in her heart, snorted coldly, turned around and left, and the other person hesitated for a moment, and then left with the palace people. (To be continued......)