31. Fooling
The Queen Mother, Ma Guifei, and Gu Chichi had dinner at the same table, and Zhang Guifei stood in the room, like a third party, her liver was on fire, but she dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak: "The Queen Mother, if there is nothing to do, the concubine will be led away first." "It is intended to remind the Queen Mother that she is also present, even if it is for show, the Queen Mother should humbly let herself eat at the same table.
Who would have thought that the emperor didn't reply, and waved his hand coolly: "Go." ”
Zhang Guifei was almost choked with anger, but the words had already been spoken, and there was no chance of taking it back, so she blessed the queen mother and withdrew from the inner room.
The Empress Dowager took a sip of tea, and her eyes turned on Gu Chichi and Ma Guifei: "I'm old, and I have more than enough work to do, Chi Chi, Ma Guifei's royal housekeeper, will be handed over to the two of you temporarily......"
The voice of the queen mother is not big or small, just enough to make Zhang Guifei in the outer room hear, Zhang Guifei is angry, her hands are clenched into fists, and her long nails are embedded in the flesh, she is not aware of it: just take back the housekeeper power from her hands, and hand it over to Ma Guifei with burning eyebrows, the role of the queen mother is already very prominent, and when Ma Guifei gives birth to a son, she will help her to be the main room, no, I can't let this work happen, the position of the royal main room can only be my own.
In the inner room, Gu Chichi smiled: "Grandmother, it's not that you don't know, I can only write and compose poems, the housekeeper is too difficult, I can't do it, the royal work, or hand it over to Ma Guifei." ”
The queen mother should be groping, not really want to put the power in the hands of herself and Ma Guifei, if she agrees, it will definitely lead the queen mother to question, not to mention, there is another Zhang Guifei who is unwilling to be seized of power from the side, and make a stumbling block at will, you can let the person in power deal with it for a long time, and if you deal with it well, it is your responsibility, and if you handle it well, it is your fault, this kind of work that is not flattering, you are not in the mood to care.
"The queen mother, the concubine is pregnant, but I'm afraid she can't take care of the house." Ma Guifei also rejected the queen mother's initiation very smartly.
The queen mother was overjoyed, but she didn't show it, and sighed softly: "Okay, when Concubine Ma gives birth to a grandson and takes care of her body, it's not too late to take over the royal power." ”
There are descendants of the concubines in the palace, if the queen mother takes back the power to manage it herself, it will definitely cause criticism, but if she asked the role of the juniors of the concubines, they themselves refused to manage it and pushed it to her, her housekeeper would be above board, and others would naturally be indebted to say something.
Zhang Guifei came out of Songshoutang, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, she and Ma Guifei were both concubines, the queen mother treated her, Xiao Suo herself, it was nothing more than because she was pregnant, in order to let her relax and have a son, the emperor finally handed over the royal power to her, how could she not be angry, how could she not hate.
Ma Guifei is just the daughter of a provincial official from the fifth grade, but she is the concubine of the third grade imperial history, why should she be the royal room and let herself be a concubine?
If she hadn't been in the way, the child in Ma Guifei's womb would have been gone, and her situation would not have been so embarrassing and embarrassing.
Stopped, Zhang Guifei stretched out her hand and pulled over a weeping willow, and the cold wind flashed in her eyes: Ah, who is a child, you can't be born! The fingers clenched suddenly, and the weeping willow in his hand suddenly broke into two.
A little maidservant hurriedly came to report: "Concubine Zhang, Zhang Yushi and Mrs. Yushi are here and are waiting in the Orchid Garden." ”
"Really?" Zhang Guifei's eyes lit up: It's really time for my father and mother to come, and I am expected to discuss this matter with them, with my father helping him in secret, coupled with his own power in the royal family, I don't know, and I unknowingly remove the child in Ma Guifei's womb and Gu Chichi, there is absolutely no doubt......
The maid stood at the door, quickly opened the curtain, Zhang Guifei was intoxicated with joy, and did not notice the treacherous look on the maid's face.
Zhang Yushi and Mrs. Yushi sat in the hall, and when they saw Concubine Zhang coming, Mrs. Yushi started with a smile: "Yulan is here." The smile was a little bitter.
"Mother!" Zhang Guifei smiled, walked forward quickly, stretched out her arm to help Mrs. Yushi, suddenly, a white shadow flew and smashed heavily at her, Zhang Guifei quickly dodged under the decomposition, the white shadow fell to the ground with a "snap", she was shocked into a night sweat, Zhang Yushi roared like thunder: "Look at the merits you have done?" ”
"Master, don't scare Magnolia." Yushi Fumin was angry with his daughter, but because Zhang Yushi was here, he didn't dare to say anything more.
A delicate booklet lay quietly on the ground, Zhang Guifei picked it up suspiciously, opened it and looked at it, and suddenly her eyes widened: "This is ......"
"It's a copy of the official's impeachment of my goddaughter." Zhang Yushi's liver was furious: "You are a butler in the royal family, and you actually let outsiders know that you ignore etiquette and are mean sir?" ”
"I'm not mean, sir." Zhang Guifei was anxious and couldn't argue: she and Lu Haowen had never met a few times, how could she be accused of being mean to him?
"No one else has passed on the sound and color, as you have seen it with your own eyes!" Zhang Guifei's rebuttal, Zhang Yushi showed disbelief.
"There are many strong people in the court, and it is more difficult to be promoted to the next level, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky, our Zhang family does not have a strong back and connections, and I have been cautious for a long time, just to be able to ascend to the position of the second grade of the servant who is eyed by the vast number of people, do you know how long I am in order to be in the position, and how long to endure, just because of your little thing, all my efforts and all the previous efforts have been abandoned......"
"I've warned you a few times, the embankment of a thousand miles, the collapse of the anthill, the promotion period, there can be no misery, do you take my words as the wind in your ears?" In the last sentence, Zhang Yushi almost shouted, which shows that he is extremely indignant: "The emperor attaches great importance to etiquette and respects talented people, and you are actually mean Mr. in this link, and everyone knows it, are you in the link with my heart?" ”
"Dad, don't be in a hurry, there must be someone who is slandering, the only way to do this is to quickly find out the truth, and ...... the emperor" Zhang Guifei also expects Zhang Yushi to be promoted, she has a strong mother's family, so she can suppress Ma Guifei.
Zhang Yushi said coldly: "The work is in the wilderness, and the ministers are even more impeached by me on the grounds that this woman does not teach why to discipline others, although the emperor has not yet issued an order, but I know that promotion is no longer possible, and if you don't demote, it is merit." ”
"Isn't there any room for work?" Zhang Guifei's housekeeper power was taken away, if Zhang Yushi could not be promoted, she would have no more horses to oppose Ma Guifei.
"The edict is about to be issued, do you think there is any room for return?" It's all her merit, and she pulls herself back at this time.
Zhang Guifei's eyes flashed slightly, and she knelt straight to the ground: "Yulan, what are you doing here, get up quickly." Mrs. Yushi sighed helplessly, and went up to help, but Zhang Guifei couldn't hold on: "Dad, can you listen to your daughter's comments one or two." ”
"Master, Yulan has always been well-behaved and obedient, and she will never do such a thing that violates the etiquette law, why don't you give her a time to comment." I'm afraid that Zhang Yushi's personality will be repeated, and Mrs. Yushi pleaded anxiously.
Zhang Yushi was depressed, and after the catharsis, the liver fire disappeared a little, and then looked at Zhang Guifei's pity, regretful and regretful spirit, as well as Mrs. Yushi's bitter persuasion, the liver fire in his chest disappeared a little: "If you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly." "By now, I will definitely not be able to be promoted, and it doesn't matter if I listen to her comments.
"Dad, my daughter's mean Mr. is purely untrue, and it is definitely the jealousy of my father's promotion and slander." Zhang Guifei said with tears in her eyes: "My daughter is surrounded by heavy enemies, and I have been careful for a long time, who ever thought that or they drilled Confucius and grabbed the handle, my daughter was just a housekeeper and was taken away, which is not a big deal, but I never thought that my father was burdened by his daughter, and he was charged with not being strict with his goddaughter, and he missed the opportunity for promotion, but his daughter was stupid and unfilial, and she was tired of her father and mother, and asked her father to punish her!" ”
"Your stewardship in the royal family has been taken away?" Zhang Yushi was vaguely aware of the mistake.
"That's right, the daughter of Shicai is going to Songshoutang to hand over power!" Zhang Guifei wiped her tears lightly: "Looking at the role of the queen mother, I want to hand over the power to Ma Guifei and the eldest princess......"
"Gu Chichi is the eldest princess of the royal family, and she will marry in two years, so she is not afraid, but it is the concubine Ma Guifei, who is just the daughter of a fifth-grade official, how can the queen mother look down on her so highly?" If a large family hands over the power of the palace to a noble concubine, it means that it is expected to help her as the main room. Mrs. Yushi had seen Concubine Ma a few times, but she didn't see which point she was more advanced than her daughter.
"She's more than three months pregnant......"
What the? Ma Guifei is pregnant! Zhang Yushi and Mrs. Yushi's eyes flashed with deep shock: It's no wonder that Gu An, the son of the royal concubine, passed away, and the concubine in the palace, whoever gives birth to a son first, who is more likely to be corrected......
Mrs. Yushi helped Zhang Guifei up, and glanced at her flat lower abdomen meaningfully: "Yulan, don't you have any information at all?" "She hasn't been pregnant since she gave birth.
Zhang Guifei lowered her head: "Mother, this kind of work can't be rushed." ”
Mrs. Yushi patted the back of Concubine Zhang's hand and sighed: "Yes, the work of the heir depends on popularity, and there will be occasional in life." ”
"Lan'er's role, it is Ma Guifei who slandered your mean gentleman." She is the one who can't be promoted!
"This ...... My daughter is not quite sure! Zhang Guifei Yi Shaoyan: "Ma Guifei's maiden family is in other provinces, some time ago, she also stayed in Zhuangzi outside the city continuously, and she will not inquire too much about the royal work, but ......" Zhang Guifei wanted to speak and stopped.
"But what? If you have something to say, just finish it all at once, don't ramble. Zhang Yushi's anger has not disappeared a little, and it is not very pleasing to the eye when he looks at people and things.
"The eldest princess and Ma Guifei have a good relationship, yesterday, she went to Zhuangzi to pick up Ma Guifei and returned." Zhang Guifei secretly designed Ma Guifei and Gu Chichi's work, but she took the initiative to miss it.
"You have always treated Gu Chi Chi well, I have no grievances with her on the same day, and no enmity on the other day, why should she help Ma Guifei, who has no maiden background, to us?" Zhang Yushi can become the imperial history, and he also has two brushes, and he can't fool him without saying a word.