Chapter 212: Relatives Emerge
In mid-June, Mo Ziyu was recruited into the palace, and the Queen Mother wanted to meet her. In fact, Mo Ziyu saved the Queen Mother before, and now she has saved the prince and many people, but she is now a side concubine, although the Queen Mother likes her, in terms of status, there is nothing to reward, and she can only be rewarded from other aspects.
The Queen Mother wanted to reward Concubine Jiang's parents and relatives, but after this tossing and turning, she found that her family was long gone, but she went to a few distant relatives and wanted to surprise her.
Of course, Mo Ziyu didn't know anything about the "surprise" prepared by the Queen Mother.
On this day, she entered the palace early and came to Fengxi Palace with familiarity.
Shizi is a good child, thinking about her in his heart, and when he heard that she was coming today, he waited at the gate of Fengxi Palace early.
The grandmother who was waiting on the side was distressed and persuaded: "Your Royal Highness, this Concubine Jiang will arrive later, you wait in the house, it's hot, don't get stuffy." ”
Shizi shook his head, looked ahead, and said with a smile: "It's okay." Since my mother passed away, I have been going to Concubine Jiang every day to sit, and now that I have come to the Queen Mother, I haven't seen it for a long time. I thought in my heart, Mama doesn't care about me, just let me wait here, it's almost there. ”
Mama no longer persuaded her, and followed the two palace maids to get the fan, don't let the prince be hot. After a while, he saw Mo Ziyu's figure, Shizi's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and said with a smile: "I've been waiting for you for a while, why are you here now, early in the morning, I watched it with a blank eye." ”
"It's mine, no, I've kept you waiting. If I had known you were here, I should have come earlier. Mo Ziyu smiled slightly, "Let's go inside and say hello to the Queen Mother, it's very hot outside, beware of the heat." ”
The two entered together, this relationship is like a mother and son and a friend, the grandmother on the side watched silently, secretly surprised in her heart, it stands to reason that this Jiang Concubine and the son have not been together for a long time, why is the relationship between the two so deep?
In the end, this Concubine Jiang can be a person, much better than the princess, and I don't know what the princess has done, so that the prince with such a good temper hates her so much.
Mo Ziyu and Shizi entered, the Queen Mother was serving a bonsai, and when she heard the report of the palace maid, she turned around slowly, the movements in her hands did not stop, and she turned around and smiled kindly: "Coming?"
"I've seen the Queen Mother!" Mo Ziyu saluted.
"No need to be polite, get up!" the Queen Mother said kindly, "Come here, how about this potted plant of the Mourning Family?"
Mo Ziyu got up and stepped forward, looked at this pot of arhat pine, which was quite Buddha-like, and praised: "It depends on the character of the pine, and it will be when the snow melts." This pot of Arhat trees, the Queen Mother is very good. The concubine looked at it inside, and she was also very happy. ”
The Queen Mother handed the scissors to the palace maid's hand and raised her hand towards Mo Ziyu, Mo Ziyu hurriedly stepped forward and helped the Queen Mother to sit aside.
The Queen Mother smiled: "The mourning family feels that it is very close to you, and you can enter the palace to talk to the mourning family more in the future, and the prince also misses you very much!"
"The queen mother instructed, the concubine does not dare to disobey, if she is free in the future, she will often enter the palace to talk to the queen mother and relieve the queen mother's boredom!" Mo Ziyu said with a smile, "Today, I see that the face of the prince is much better, his face is very ruddy, and he is also very happy in his heart, in the end, the queen mother takes care of her thoughtfully." ”
"Shizi is a good boy, smart and obedient, and he doesn't have to worry about his family. The Queen Mother said, "With him by his side, I often talk to the mourning family, and the mourning family is not lonely." I heard that you have been sick for a few days, but I wonder how your body is recovering now?"
"Empress Dowager Lao is worried, her body has improved a lot, but she just occasionally feels cold, and there is nothing to worry about. "Even though you are young, you still have to pay attention to your body. The Queen Mother said again, "I don't know if you have relatives at home?"
"The mother of the family died a few years ago, and then there was a drought in the village, there was no harvest, many people starved to death, and the concubine also followed her father into Beijing, and then entered the palace. In the early years, there were correspondence with my father, but in recent years, I have cut off contact, but I am afraid that my father will also be more auspicious. Mo Ziyu lowered his eyes and said.
What she is most afraid of is that someone will talk about the past, and some of the changes in her palace can still be prevaricated, if she is asked about the past, she really doesn't know how to answer.
"It's pitiful. The Queen Mother sighed, "The mourning family also knows some of your situation. What about you, this time not only saved the son, but also saved a lot of people, the mourning family heard that there are people in this capital who call you a living bodhisattva! The mourning family has always wanted to reward you, but you are now a side concubine, and there is no shortage of gold, silver and jewelry, the mourning family wants to reward your family, so they ordered someone to look for it, and they really found it!"
The Queen Mother gave a look, and Mama understood and went out.
"You are alone in Beijing, without the company of relatives and lonely, but there are still some people in your village who survived, and the mourning family sent someone to find them, bought a house in the city, and settled them, so that they can always accompany you in the future, so as to avoid your loneliness!" said the Queen Mother.
Mo Ziyu hurriedly knelt down to thank her, but she smiled bitterly in her heart, she would rather not be rewarded, but she couldn't stand the queen mother's heart!
After a while, I saw Mama with five people inside, three men and two women, although they were wearing fancy clothes, but their demeanor was a little cringe, as if they had stolen other people's clothes, their eyes looked around, and they didn't dare to look blatantly.
"This is the Queen Mother, kneel down and say goodbye. He said softly and silently.
The five of them glanced at the Queen Mother, and in shock, they hurriedly knelt down three times and bowed nine times to greet the Queen Mother.
"Don't be polite, let's all be even. The Queen Mother smiled.
The five of them got up, but they didn't dare to look at it more, and they were also beating drums in their hearts, I don't know what they have done, and they can actually see the Queen Mother.
Mama pointed at Mo Ziyu and said with a smile: "Who do you think is that?"
The five of them looked at Mo Ziyu, although this girl's clothes were elegant, but they were also good materials, she didn't have too much jewelry on her body, but she only had an outstanding temperament, she was a girl from a good family at first glance, how could they know such a fairy-like person?
"Take a closer look!" said Mama with a smile.
Mo Ziyu pursed her lips, tried her best to maintain a smile, and went through the previous correspondence between Jiang Liu and her father in her heart, hoping to find some clues and be able to deal with these relatives who suddenly appeared.
"Jiang Liu?" a middle-aged man shouted, a little uncertain, "Isn't that Jiang Liu?"
A few people looked at it again and said with certainty: "Oops, it seems to be Jiang Liu." Are you Liu'er? Why are you here?"
A young woman looked at Jiang Liu's outstanding appearance now, and her heart was sour: "Jiang Liu, your father said that you have entered the palace to live a good life, why don't you think about our relatives?"
"Yes!" said a middle-aged woman, "Look at the fact that you are wearing gold and silver now, why don't you help us? If you find a good way out, you should also think that your cousin is! Why, after a good life, you don't want to see our poor relatives?"
Mo Ziyu couldn't figure out the identities of these people, so he just smiled faintly and didn't make a sound.
At this time, Mama coughed: "This is Concubine Jiang of King Qi's Mansion, you must not be rude!"
A few people thought that their ears had heard it wrong, this was Jiang Liu, they looked at the fierce girl Jiang Liu who grew up, how could she become the Jiang side concubine of King Qi's mansion in a blink of an eye!
"This ...... What the hell is going on?" said an older elder, "Girl Jiang, what happened to you, why did you suddenly become Concubine Jiang!"
Mo Ziyu thought that she was an elder, blessed her body, and said lightly: "At the beginning, I followed my father to the capital to escape the famine, and I was lucky to enter the Qin Wangfu as a slave, and later I was favored by the King of Qi and became the wife of the Qi Wangfu. ”
As soon as these words came out, these five people had their own tastes in their hearts.
The young woman was even more angry in her heart, and even more sour, she had been better than her since she was a child, why did she become Concubine Jiang, she had just discussed a marriage, and she was disliked by the other party!
She said nonchalantly: "No wonder we haven't been in touch for so long, it turns out that we have become nobles, are you afraid that we won't be able to fight the autumn wind?"
The middle-aged woman sneered: "What kind of concubine Jiang has become now, when your father died, our family also gave two coins of silver to bury him, since you have money, you will return these two coins of silver to us!"
The old man looked at these two people so short-sighted, and shouted, "You all shut up!" and respectfully saluted Mo Ziyu, hugged his fists and said: "Their vulgar words, don't take them to heart." ”
The Queen Mother looked at some in her eyes, and saw that Mo Ziyu's attitude had been light, and seeing that the mother and daughter were mean, she was afraid that the relationship between them was not very good, and she regretted her move a little, but she was afraid that it would not bring family affection to Jiang Liu, but also trouble.
Mo Ziyu lowered his eyes and said: "My father's posthumous affairs are already unfilial to me, who has not contributed to my daughter, but fortunately, you have all the laborers, you have contributed money, how to compensate, how will I compensate." ”
Mama looked at the embarrassed looks of both parties, and said with a smile: "Lunch has already been prepared, don't stand, let's go eat first! Since they are all relatives, this meal is for the Queen Mother to entertain you! But the Queen Mother has a headache at her old age, so she can't eat with you." Shizi, you can accompany the Queen Mother to talk for a while. ”
Liu Changqing is a clever ghost, knowing that Concubine Jiang is afraid that she doesn't like these five people very much, and it is difficult to say anything because of the presence of the Queen Mother, so this grandmother asked them to go to dinner first, and asked Concubine Jiang to deal with the things that should be dealt with clearly.
He hurriedly smiled and said: "I know, Changqing pressed it for the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother also had a headache a few days ago, and Changqing specially worked with the Queen Mother!"
Mama beckoned Mo Ziyu and the five relatives to eat next to her, leaving two palace maids to serve and calling the others out.
These people were already poor, and they had seen such a splendid place, eaten such delicacies, and were served by others.
This entered the palace and met the queen mother, I am afraid that no one will believe it, it is like a dream.
The five of them sat down, faced with the delicacies, and began to eat and drink, at first commanding their palace maids to come was still a little restrained, but when they saw their respectful attitude, they became more and more agreeable.
Mo Ziyu didn't move his chopsticks much, he had been observing them, and through their conversations and letters with Jiang Liu's father, he had figured out the identities of these people.
After going back and forth, Mo Ziyu also had a rough idea.
The mother and daughter and the short middle-aged man are Jiang Liu's second uncle and cousin, the young man is Jiang Liu's cousin, and the old man is Jiang Liu's father's uncle.
Back then, Jiang Liu's father married a foreign woman, and the woman was demonic, and she also brought this oil bottle, which was not liked by the people in his father's family, and his father broke off the relationship with his family in a fit of anger.
Later, although Jiang Liu's family of three lived in Meicun, they were often bullied by Jiang's family.
"Second uncle, second aunt, my father's funeral is thanks to your efforts. Mo Ziyu said, "How much money is spent, I will compensate you tenfold." ”
Ten times over!
When Liu Shi heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "You are now Concubine Jiang, you eat and drink spicy food in the palace, you can't tell us to go back to that ravine, right? Don't forget, your mother died early, you are my big man, if you don't have me, can you have today?"
"It's okay, I have a mansion in Beijing, you can live there first. Mo Ziyu said lightly.
"There have to be someone to serve!" Jiang Yan said next.
"There are more than a dozen people in the house who are serving closely, and there are more than a dozen rough ones!"
"More than a dozen!" the honest Second Uncle Jiang said in surprise, "How can you feed this!"
"You don't have to pay for it. Mo Ziyu said, "You just have to live where you live, and I will pay for the money." ”
"It's all you!" Liu looked at Mo Ziyu's face and began to flatter, "I have suffered for half my life, and I never thought that I would be blessed." ”
The old man hurriedly said, "This ...... How embarrassing is this, you are now employed, and we are also happy, this place where you live, and you have to pay for it, how embarrassing! Look at your brother, who is also in the prime of life, and is also a capable offspring in the village, if you don't find him a job, or do things for you, so that you can earn your share of food, such a young man, eating white food, is always bad. ”
"Hey, uncle, you really don't know how to enjoy happiness!" Liu said, "Liu Er said that there are people to serve, and there is money to spend, what kind of work to do, she is a person from the Qi Palace, are you still afraid that the Qi Palace's Mansion will collapse?"
Mo Ziyu smiled slightly: "You settle down first, and then talk about other things later." ”
Fortunately, they didn't mention much of the previous things, but they were afraid that they were not very good to Jiang Liu before, but it was annoying to mention it, so they simply didn't mention it, and only talked about the current things.
Mo Ziyu pressed his temples with a little headache, since they were found by the Queen Mother, they must be treated well now, and they will inevitably end up with a sin of affection, if they stay alive, it is not a problem to raise them, but I am afraid that they will be restless and will cause a lot of trouble.
Let's stay in Beijing, and find a chance for them to go back in the future.