The queen swore an oath, but Mrs. Qu Shuibo was worried when she heard it: "Niangniang doesn't have to be like this. Brother Xiang'er's marriage is decided by the emperor. In any case, Brother Xiang'er grew up under the watchful eye of the emperor, and he never made a mistake. How could the emperor arbitrarily decide his marriage match? ”

The queen seemed to have eaten a scale: "Mother doesn't have to worry, this matter is on me." My brother's marriage happened because of me, and I should compensate him for a good daughter-in-law. You don't have to worry that the emperor will be angry with me because of this, I don't care about anything now, no matter how angry I am, I can endure it, just for the well-being of the emperor and my mother's family. If I can't even make decisions for my brother's marriage, then why should I suffer such grievances?! ”

Seeing that she was becoming more and more stubborn, Mrs. Qu Shuibo opened her mouth to persuade her, but she was afraid that the more she persuaded her, the more she refused to listen, which made things worse, so she had to be vague and confused: "Brother Xiang'er is still young, and besides, it doesn't matter if a boy marries a wife, no matter how old he is." The family also attaches great importance to his marriage, and they still have to carefully pick a good one for him, but this matter is not in a hurry. ”

The queen listened to this: "Indeed, there is only one boy in our family, my younger brother, and his yuan is matched with the main room, so he naturally needs to choose carefully." When I see someone on my side, I must let my mother see it for herself first. If my mother has a favorite candidate, she can also sue me. I give them marriages, and they are always decent. ”

Mrs. Qu Shuibo hurriedly responded, and chatted with the queen about family life, occasionally mentioning the cousins of the two uncles, and the queen's face immediately sank, and she turned her head away and didn't want to listen. Seeing this, Mrs. Qu Shuibo sighed secretly in her heart. Changed the topic again and talked about the recent news in Beijing, the two biggest things. It is none other than the emperor's promotion of the construction of the Nanhou Mansion, and the king of Guangping made a messenger and is about to go south.

The queen also heard about this, and she sighed: "The Jiannan Hou Mansion was originally able to intersect, and the old lady of his family is a generous and amiable person, and the three ancestors and grandchildren have made great contributions to the royal family." Every time the old lady of his family enters the palace, she has to come to Kunning Palace to say hello. It doesn't seem to be warm, but it's a rare etiquette. Now that I'm in this situation, people outside say I've lost power. Originally, the people who were posted up every day to curry favor with each other were gone, but the Jiannan Hou Mansion was as in the past, and there was no slackness. As the saying goes. A man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him. I finally know now. Who is the real trustworthy person? It's a pity that in the past, I thought that his family was close to the Queen Mother and the Guangping Palace, and I didn't bother to pay attention to them, but now that I think about it, I regret that I didn't have much contact with them. ”

Mrs. Qu Shuibo smiled: "What's so difficult about this? The old lady of his family often enters the palace to see the queen mother, since she will come to the queen mother every time to say goodbye, the mother will only call people into the palace to talk next time. I have also seen his old lady and eldest girl outside, and they are indeed quite kind. After a pause, "I really have a good relationship with the Queen Mother and the Guangping Palace." ”

The queen smiled bitterly: "Mother is worried that I am still holding a grudge against the Queen Mother, the King of Guangping and the Jiang family?" I was confused before. I won't be stupid again. No matter how unfair King Guangping is in his heart, he will already be a blind man. How could the world want a blind emperor? Since he can't do it. Naturally, his son was even less successful. I don't care if the prince of Guangping made a statement to the emperor to establish a prince, whether it was sincere or false, anyway, the emperor has agreed, and I just have to remember his credit. As for the Jiang family, since the Queen Mother clearly said that the Jiang family will not send a woman to the palace, then why should I have trouble with his family again? ”

Mrs. Qu Shuibo's eyes turned red when she heard this: "It's good that Niangniang can understand!" Although there were some discordant words in Fang Cai's words, as the queen's mother, she was not picky.

The queen lowered her head a little gloomily: "It's all today, what else do I not understand?" It's a pity that it's useless to just understand, I've already offended people harshly, they are already enemies with me, and I'm afraid I can't get better in this life. ”

Mrs. Qu Shuibo hurriedly persuaded her: "Don't be discouraged. As long as the mother understands it and asks the emperor for forgiveness, she will go to compensate the queen mother. With the endorsement of the Queen Mother, the Guangping Mansion and the Jiang family will no longer hate Niangniang. Niangniang has no grudge against them, but it's just a misunderstanding. ”

The queen pursed her lips and did not speak. She hasn't found a chance to coax the emperor to change his mind, and she doesn't know if the queen mother is willing to let her go happily. If she can pass these two levels, the Guangping Mansion and the Jiang family also have the intention of reconciling with her, and of course she is willing to untie the knot between the two sides. I'm afraid that these two families will not give up lightly, is it possible that she will throw the face of a country to the ground and let them step on it? This "misunderstanding" is not so easy to solve.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Qu Shuibo was also a little worried about her: "Is there no good way to appease the Guangping Mansion and the Jiang family?" Why don't you go down and enjoy something? ”

The queen's face was indifferent, and in turn comforted her: "It's okay, mother, I know it in my heart, you don't have to worry." It's my brother's marriage, and my mother needs to hurry up. ”

Mrs. Qu Shuibo wanted to say something, but the queen had already changed the topic: "How is my grandmother's health lately?" Uncles are okay in office, right? I've been sick for a few months, and now I'm planning to meet my relatives so that people outside can know that Queen Dachu is not dead! ”

Mrs. Qu Shuibo hurriedly replied: "They are all right, Niangniang doesn't have to worry." Now that they are not in Beijing, it is not very convenient to see each other, why don't you summon a few decent ladies into the palace to talk? ”

She is hinting at the wives of several powerful scholars in the court, or the wives of leading figures in the noble emperor's family. The ones who were most enthusiastic about the position of the eldest princess of the emperor were these few before. The ladies and young grandmothers of their family have never had a good relationship with the queen. With the bait of the emperor's eldest concubine, they don't worry about not contributing to the queen.

But the queen vetoed all the candidates for Mrs. Qu Shuibo's construction: "It's just grass on the wall." In the days when I was recuperating in the palace, except for some people who didn't know the inside story at the beginning, I was completely snubbed in front of the door, and the CCP was our own family, and the grandchildren of the Jiannan Hou Mansion came to see me. I get angry when I see the others, so I don't want to see their faces again! Besides, she hasn't regained her favor yet, even if she summons someone, I don't know if they are willing, and if she does, it will be for nothing.

She remembered another person: "The second girl of Meishan Bofu." It's still a sensible one. I'm going to call her in and ask about the outside. The queen thought that it was the eldest prince of Anyang Bofu who was talking nonsense outside, so she exposed her plan. Although I had complained about Qiu Yuan, I was almost scattered, but I really wanted to see her.

When Mrs. Qu Shuibo heard this, she hurriedly said, "The second girl of the Qiu family? Why does the mother still remember her? I haven't seen her enter the palace to visit her mother once these days. I have seen this girl at other banquets, and I think she does not seem to be of good character. ”

The queen was surprised: "Why did my mother say that?" I see that Qiu Yuan is quite knowledgeable and courteous, where is the bad character? "As for Qiu Yuan not visiting the palace, that's really normal—she was also summoned in the past. Qiu Yuan can enter the palace. She was grounded in Kunning Palace, and no one was summoned to see her, where did Qiu Yuan have a way to see her?

Mrs. Qu Shuibo told the queen what happened when she was in the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion last time. She felt that Qiu Yuan had nothing to do. provoked the girl of the Jiang family, but used Miss Xie San to come forward, almost causing the Xie and Jiang families to further fight each other, and also stirred up the Jiannan Hou Mansion. It's the root of the problem. How could such a girl stay with the queen?

How did she know. That's not what the queen thinks in her heart. Although she knew that she had misunderstood the Jiang family, it meant that the four girls of the Jiang family had no intention of entering the palace, and in fact, the rest of the Jiang family may not have this idea. For example, Miss Jiang Liu, who is also just the right age, who knows if she has delusions? Qiu Yuan can't get along with Miss Jiang Liu, and nine times out of ten she is angry for the queen - this is what the latter thinks at the moment. And the three girls of the Xie family lost face in public, and exposed the weakness of recklessness and credulity, which was even more worthy of the queen. The queen had a better impression of Qiu Yuan in her heart. Because I didn't want to listen to my mother's verbosity, I didn't say anything. I only secretly decided that I would summon Qiu Yuan into the palace to speak another day!

After the queen sent Mrs. Qu Shuibo away, she waited for the two princes. She ordered someone to bring some food to her study early this morning, and she went to the study to add food to her son. Although she was grounded, the emperor did not forbid her to send people out, so this kind of thing can still be done. And when the two princes got her things, they immediately went to ask the emperor for orders and came to visit the queen mother. The emperor happily gave them half an hour, and the empress took the opportunity to have a meal with her two sons.

The eldest son of the emperor seized the time to persuade the queen to say a lot of words, including asking her to make amends to the queen mother, reconcile with the father and son of the king of Guangping, and so on. The queen had been persuaded by her younger brother for a long time, and she had just met her mother, so she had already turned around in her heart, so she naturally agreed to her son's words happily. The eldest son of the emperor was very excited in his heart, and he only felt that this qiē was thanks to the construction of the eldest brother Gao Zhen - the queen mother really thought too much in the past, and Brother Zhen was actually really dedicated to my good - this was the thought that was spinning in the emperor's mind when he left Kunning Palace.

After sending off her sons, the queen was stunned for a while in the small Buddha hall, and secretly cried, so she mustered up her courage and ordered her cronies to send a letter to the Qianqing Palace, saying lightly that she was now "sick" and wanted to go to the queen mother to say goodbye, but she was afraid that she would be weak after illness and would be rude to the queen mother, so please ask the emperor what he means. The watch was packed in a folding box, sealed all the way, and sent straight to the emperor. The Emperor saw this, was silent for a while, then put the watch aside, and said nothing.

When the news was transmitted back to Kunning Palace, the queen's eyes immediately turned red, and she almost had to pick on it. Or did her confidant persuade her bitterly: "Since Niangniang has already taken the first step, why not endure it again?" As long as you get through it, there will be good days in the future. Niangniang should only think about the two princes and princesses! ”

The queen held back her tears, gritted her teeth and wrote another letter, in which she said something pleading, admitted that she had made several mistakes, begged the emperor for forgiveness, and then ordered someone to send it out again. The emperor still did not say anything. Rumors began to circulate in the palace.

The queen cried and wrote a third recital, further admitting her mistake and making amends to the Queen Mother, the Guangping Palace, and the Jiang family. There were tears between the lines, and the palace people who sent the letter were still crying and telling the emperor that the queen was indeed sick, and everyone was about to lose weight into a handful of bones, and they couldn't eat or sleep well, and they refused to take medicine, crying day and night and missing the emperor, Yunyun. This time the emperor finally made a move, he came to Kunning Palace in the evening, and when he saw the queen, he was stunned for a moment, and then fell silent, accompanied the queen to have a meal, and left without saying anything. Early the next morning, he ordered someone to pick up the queen and go to Cining Palace to see the queen mother.

In the face of the queen's big bow, the queen mother only said lightly: "It's good to be cured, take care of your body in the future, you are not too young." "Nothing else, as if the queen had really been sick for a few months.

Whatever the queen thinks about it, the hurdle seems to have passed. It's just that after returning to Kunning Palace, she felt very uncomfortable. The emperor still did not spend the night with her, nor did he mention the matter of taking a concubine. The Queen Mother still didn't want to see her, she went to Cining Palace, and within a quarter of an hour, the Queen Mother was going to hint at her leaving. Perhaps in the eyes of the outside world, the so-called rumors of the queen's loss of power are simply nonsense. But she knew in her heart that everything was just an illusion. The Queen Mother and the Emperor may not have forgiven her at all.

She was also very aggrieved in her heart, feeling that her mother-in-law and husband were too strict, and she really didn't care about her, so she simply broke the jar and broke it. Now that she has lifted the ban, she has to do what she wants.

She ordered the second girl of Meishan Bofu to see Jin, and at the same time did not forget to fulfill her promise to the Duchess of Jiannan County, and summoned the two grandchildren of Zhang and Zhao Xiu into Kunning Palace. (To be continued......)