Chapter 82: The Queen Mother
Rong Ruizhang has been secretly sending people to keep an eye on Le Wu, but his people can't be placed in the courtyard where Le Wu lives, so he can only stare outside.
Seeing the seventh woman come out in the middle of the night, his people quickly ran back to reply.
After hearing this, Rong Ruizhang's face didn't look good: "Doesn't this woman want to replace Wei Qingqing?" After speaking, he glanced at Aunt Jiang, who was serving gently, and asked her, "Have you ever thought of monopolizing your husband?" β
Aunt Jiang smiled gently and humbly: "The concubine knows that her status is humble, and she doesn't dare to monopolize the princess. Besides, one day the prime minister marries his wife, and the concubine must also respect his wife. β
Although Rong Ruizhang was very satisfied with her general words, he thought of Wei Qingqing, who was arrogant and wanted to monopolize Rong Che's favor, and his heart became troubled again.
Did Wei Qingqing also want to monopolize himself before?
At that time, he only thought that she didn't know the general situation and didn't know how to measure, but he never thought that now he would be so irritable because of her arrogance to other men.
"In that case, the lady is not someone to take advantage of." Rong Ruizhang said in a deep voice.
The little guy didn't dare to squeak.
Rong Ruizhang only pondered for a moment, and asked Aunt Jiang: "Fang Zijiao's 100,000 taels can be sent?" β
"Back to Xiangye, I sent 20,000 taels." Aunt Jiang said truthfully.
"He's going to call Hanako." Rong Ruizhang sneered and didn't rest. got up directly and changed his clothes, and led the little guy out.
Aunt Jiang watched his back leave, and then turned around and went back to write a letter.
Rong Ruizhang went directly to Fang Zijiao's house that night, and asked for the remaining 80,000 taels, he didn't have so much time to spend now, he had to let the fourth prince take the lead as soon as possible.
However, he was busy all night, so he would never have thought that the next day the Queen Mother ordered to recruit Mrs. Zhang and Rong Jinning into the palace, and Wei Qingqing and the eldest princess were summoned together.
"What's going on?" Rong Ruizhang didn't react a little, didn't Zhang Jiao's matter be suppressed temporarily, why did the Queen Mother suddenly want to see her mother, and her mother was just that, but she still wanted to see Rong Jinning?
"It was said that Princess Ruyang entered the palace early this morning to report the good news to the Queen Mother." The little guy said nervously.
After listening to this, Rong Ruizhang almost didn't laugh out loud: "What a king of Ruyang, he keeps saying that he will not participate in the government, but now he wants to let the harem interfere in politics, he wants to borrow a woman's hand to attack his true appearance?" β
"Xiangye. What should I do? β
"There's no hurry." Rong Ruizhang didn't seem to be very jealous: "Go prepare the carriage, let's go to Li Yushi's Mansion." In addition, the 100,000 taels were sent to the four princes, and then people sent the news to Rong Minghuo, now the last chance given to him by Benxiang, if he doesn't use it, then don't blame Benxiang for being ruthless. β
He didn't believe that Wei Qingqing's little tricks could really do anything to him!
This compartment. Wei Qingqing just changed into the clothes sent by Rong Che in the morning, a set of chest-length skirts with red flowers and flowers, and a robe covered with yarn, which is both dignified and elegant, but not too grand and thick.
All the hair buns were decorated with a set of jewels inlaid with rubies, and Rong Che personally lit a red lotus flower between her eyebrows, and sipped the red rouge, the slight weakness on Wei Qingqing's body disappeared in an instant, and all that was left was dignity and a little fierce beauty.
"Isn't that too flashy?" Wei Qingqing asked Rong Che, who was holding a rouge pen and leaning on one side with his face leaning.
Rong Che smiled: "It's good to be gorgeous." "It's also called the Prime Minister's Mansion, those who have eyes and no beads. What a treasure they gave up.
Wei Qingqing was worried that the Queen Mother would not like it, but Rong Che told her to let go of a hundred hearts, the Queen Mother didn't like it the most, but it was such a cowardly and cowardly person, besides, the Guogong Mansion had suffered enough grievances over the years, and it was time to publicize it.
Rong Che personally sent Wei Qingqing and the eldest princess's carriage to the gate of the palace, and Qin Liangye was already waiting.
When Wei Qingqing lifted the curtain and came down, Qin Liangye's eyes couldn't hide his amazement.
"I'll be waiting for you right here." Rong Che said to Wei Qingqing, who was about to enter the palace.
Wei Qingqing thought for a moment. If he had something, he would naturally do it first, and besides, it shouldn't be too long to enter the palace today, so he nodded, and then went in with the eldest princess.
Wei Qingqing is not very unfamiliar with the palace, at that time, the queen mother liked her, and occasionally summoned her to the palace to talk with her, and Wei Qingqing would bring some novel things to make the queen mother happy.
In my memory, the Queen Mother was a kind and kind old man.
"Are you scared?"
Qin Liangye suddenly slipped behind and asked her.
Wei Qingqing lowered her eyes and didn't want to talk to him, he was a prince, and he could be disproportionate in the palace, but she couldn't.
Qin Liangye saw that she didn't squeak, thinking that she was afraid, and she was only a teenager when she said it, and it was the first time she entered the palace, or she went to see the emperor's grandmother, who could not be afraid?
"Don't worry. Grandmother is a very kind person, and she is especially kind to a daughter like yours. Qin Liangye smiled and comforted on the side.
Wei Qingqing still didn't answer, Qin Liangye didn't mind, he talked alone for a while, until the Queen Mother's people came out to greet him, he took the words and naturally returned to the eldest princess, and went forward with the Queen Mother's grandmother.
After entering the Queen Mother's Palace, a little palace maid came to her side to remind her how to salute and say goodbye.
After a set of procedures, Wei Qingqing only felt that his clothes were wet with sweat.
"Nuan Yang, come to my grandmother."
As he spoke, an old smiling female voice came from above.
The eldest princess's name is Nuanyang, Wei Qingqing heard this familiar voice, and she was very emotional, and after a while, she heard the queen mother smile and said: "The one standing down is the newly married daughter-in-law of the Guogong Mansion, come, also come to the mourning family, and ask the mourning family to take a good look." β
Qin Liangye was worried that Wei Qingqing was afraid, so he stepped forward and wanted to block it for her, but he didn't expect Wei Qingqing to answer obediently, so he walked to the Queen Mother with steady steps.
If it weren't for her little blushing, Qin Liangye really had to wonder if she had already seen the Queen Mother.
"The courtier, Wei Qingqing, has seen the Queen Mother."
"Your name is also Wei Qingqing." The Queen Mother looked at her, and a trace of pity flashed in her eyes: "The same life is not the same, you are a good child, and your life is also good." β
Wei Qingqing saw the pity in the Queen Mother's eyes. There was a sour feeling in her eyes, and she couldn't imagine that the Queen Mother, who had only served a few times, loved her more than Mrs. Zhang, who she served wholeheartedly.
The queen mother asked the eldest princess some common words, and the eldest princess had to say about the separation several times, Wei Qingqing could see that it was the queen mother who blocked the words back, until someone outside said that Mrs. Zhang and Rong Jinning had arrived.
The Queen Mother turned a little colder, and asked Princess Ruyang, who had been waiting on the side for a long time: "What time is it?" β
"Back to the Queen Mother, it's almost time." It's time for the sun to come out and scorch.
"The mourning family is a little tired, you help the mourning family to rest for a while." After speaking, he instructed Wei Qingqing and the eldest princess: "You guys have fun here for a while." He asked Princess Ruyang to help her to rest inside, without mentioning that she wanted to welcome Mrs. Zhang's mother and daughter in, that is, to let the two of them bask in the sun outside.
Mrs. Zhang was okay, she knew the rules, and she stood at the gate of the palace and didn't dare to move.
Rong Jinning had just stood for half a moment, and he was so hot that he couldn't do it, he kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, and even asked the grandmother at the gate of Cining Palace impatiently: "The Queen Mother can't see us yet, we're all going to die of heat??"
"Presumptuous!" Mama directly scolded Rong Jinning: "Whether the Queen Mother wants to see you or not, when she sees you, it is the Queen Mother's decision, when you are allowed to put your beak!" β
The grandmothers of Cining Palace were full of momentum, Rong Jinning was taken aback, and saw that Mrs. Zhang was also glaring at her, so she had to quickly shut up.
The sun was shining, and the sun was so hot that Mrs. Zhang's head and eyes were dizzy and she almost fell down, and finally the news came. The Queen Mother passed them in.
Rong Jinning muttered again, but was directly slapped by the grandmother at the door.
When Rong Jinning came in with a swollen mouth, he knelt directly on the ground and began to complain to the Queen Mother.
The eldest princess glanced at their mother and daughter with disgust, Wei Qingqing pretended not to see it and lowered her head to drink tea, Qin Liangye was quite interested, Rong Ruizhang was a shrewd, who would have thought that his old lady and sister were such a shameful person?
Old Madam Zhang has no strength to speak now, and she can't control it if she wants to, so she simply lets Rong Jinning be stupid.
"Alright. The noise makes the mourning family's head hurt, and it seems that the prime minister's inner house is really a mess. The Queen Mother was dissatisfied.
Mrs. Zhang's heart jumped when she heard this, and she knelt down to salute, and the Queen Mother only waved her hand: "No need, today's mourning family should have a good discussion with you, the old lady in charge of the Prime Minister's Mansion, about the rules, it seems that there is no need to talk about it, teach a daughter to be a person who does not know the rules and has no dignity, and the son is similar, and you are even more disrespectful." If it weren't for the fact that the emperor's birthday was approaching, the mourning family would have taken care of the face of the face, and it would have been good to beat you up. β
"Yes, yes."
Old Madam Zhang was so frightened that she couldn't speak.
Rong Jinning finally saw something wrong at this moment, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Wei Qingqing, who was sitting elegantly and comfortably drinking tea, and shouted: "Wei Qingqing, my mother is not sitting, how dare you?"
"Shut up!" Old Madam Zhang turned around and scolded. Rong Jinning was full of unwillingness: "Mother, look, it's the shameless Wei Qingqing of the Wei family, she is actually sitting, but you haven't sat yet!" β
Princess Ruyang shook her head secretly, fortunately her Chi Yang was not Rong Ruizhang, otherwise she couldn't imagine what her daughter would have to face after marrying into the Prime Minister's Mansion, and what it would be like to have a mother-in-law who was not guaranteed to be in the late season, and a big sister who was as stupid as a pig!
The Queen Mother looked at the mother and daughter, and then at Wei Qingqing, who was sitting on the side and still watching the play calmly. laughed: "You are calm, if only the previous Wei Qingqing could be the same as you." β
The same?
Is it the same to look at the mother and daughter coldly?
Mrs. Zhang also heard it, but her heart was even more mixed, could it be that the queen mother liked her daughter-in-law who drilled money in the past, and really didn't look at herself or the face of the prime minister's mansion, but really liked her?
Mrs. Zhang raised her eyelids nervously and quietly glanced at the Queen Mother, just in response to the cold gaze cast by the Queen Mother, she was so frightened that she hurriedly lowered her head and excused: "It's the courtier's housekeeper who is inappropriate." disturbed the queen mother, the courtiers have been widowed for many years, the children are older, and they are powerless to manage, the courtiers thought, if Zhang'er can have a virtuous helper, it will be good. β
"Virtuous help?" Princess Ruyang was just about to sneer, but the Queen Mother raised her hand and signaled her not to speak, she wanted to see what Old Madam Zhang still had in mind.
"Yes." Mrs. Zhang glanced at Princess Ruyang again, and then she had the courage to say: "Don't hide it from the Queen Mother, Zhang Er and the county lord of Chiyang are in love, and they have long had feelings, and they were misunderstood and almost ruined the reputation of the county lord, so the courtiers thought that it was better to ask the queen mother to be the master to fulfill this pair of hard-working mandarin ducks." β
If it weren't for Princess Ruyang's good cultivation, she would have jumped up and exploded Old Madam Zhang's head at this time.
In front of the Queen Mother, in front of herself, the princess of Ruyang, how dare she say that her biological daughter has a head and an end with others?
Still in love? Bullshit!
Wei Qingqing knew that Mrs. Zhang was a cheeky but selfish person, but she didn't expect her to be so thick-skinned, and tried to use Chi Yang's innocence as a blackmail, forcing the Queen Mother to marry Chi Yang to Rong Ruizhang.
"The old lady is really old."
In the midst of the panic in the hall, the Queen Mother smiled lightly, looked at Mrs. Zhang, and said, "Chi Yang has already made a family relationship with the second son of the Wei family, how can he tell Rong Xiang is a bitter mandarin duck?" β
"Decided to be married?" Old Madam Zhang turned her head to look at Wei Qingqing.
Wei Qingqing replied to her with a smile: "It was yesterday." However, the Wei family and the Ruyang Royal Mansion are both low-key, and it is common for the old lady to not know yet. β
Mrs. Zhang looked at Princess Ruyang again, and saw that she was staring at herself tightly, and knew that her plan was wrong.
"The courtiers don't know??"
"The mourning family doesn't blame you." The Queen Mother smiled: "But you are indeed old, and you are so confused, you don't know what to say and what not to say, and you are also under a lot of pressure if you want to put that chastity archway on your head." β
"The Queen Mother, the courtiers don't think so??"
"Don't you think?" Princess Ruyang sneered: "You can slander the innocence of women, and you still take the chastity archway to set an example for the world, and the concubine feels tired for you!" β
Mrs. Zhang still had to argue, but the Queen Mother waved her hand: "In this way, the mourning family will pick up your chastity archway." β
Mrs. Zhang sat directly on the ground, a slight smile appeared on the corner of Wei Qingqing's mouth, and she lowered her head to drink tea.
The Queen Mother picked her archway today, although it was not for Zhang Jiao's matter, but in the eyes of the world, it must have been thought that the Queen Mother found out that she was in harmony with others, so she picked her archway.
Mrs. Zhang's reputation was ruined. She has been most proud of this archway for so many years, and now that this archway has been picked, it is equivalent to taking off all her faces.
"Mother, are you okay?" Rong Jinning saw the old lady like this, and the whole person was a little panicked: "Queen Mother, my mother's archway was personally rewarded by you at the beginning, how can you say that you will pick it, this is too child's play." β
"You're so daring!"
The eldest princess finally couldn't listen to it anymore and scolded coldly.
Rong Jinning is the first time to see the eldest princess. Seeing that although she was sitting next to the Queen Mother, her whole person looked sorrowful, not like a favored concubine, when she thought that she was just a lady in a household in the capital, she hardened: "The Queen Mother didn't speak, is it your turn to speak?" β
"You --!"
The eldest princess was choked for a while, Princess Ruyang looked at it, and almost didn't laugh out loud, this Rong Jinning. It's really stupid, she doesn't even know who has entered the palace today.
Wei Qingqing put down the teacup at the right time and said, "This is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." β
"Eldest princess?" Rong Jinning's neck shrunk and he hurriedly hid behind Mrs. Zhang.
Mrs. Zhang didn't have the strength to care about her now, looking at the people above, they were all waiting to see how lively they were, and they knew that when they entered the palace today, the Queen Mother didn't plan to make her feel better.
"Courtier??"
"By the way, how is your daughter?" The Queen Mother asked, and without waiting for her to answer, she said: "It's not a glorious thing in the end, but since people recognize you at the door, it will be too ruthless for you to drive people away." β
Mrs. Zhang was stunned, so how to deal with this?
It is disgraceful to admit Zhang Jiao, and it is ruthless to admit it.
"The courtiers are brave, and ask the Queen Mother to give her an idea." Old Madam Zhang knelt down and kowtowed. The Queen Mother only looked at Princess Ruyang.
Obviously, this is to avenge Princess Ruyang.
Princess Ruyang didn't shirk either, thinking that her baby daughter was almost ruined by such a family, she couldn't swallow this breath: "According to the daughter-in-law, it is better to give that Miss Zhang a good marriage and marry her far away from the capital. What do you think, old lady? β
Mrs. Zhang's throat is dry, and the Queen Mother is the main one who marries Zhang Jiao, so the dowry must be expensive.
"What, the old lady thinks that Concubine Ben's proposal is not good?" Princess Ruyang saw that she shouldn't be, and asked again.
The Queen Mother also said: "Is there a better way to come to the old lady?" β
"No?? Isn't it??" Mrs. Zhang was blocked without saying a word, so she had to respond.
When she retreated, the Queen Mother actually said: "Qingqing, you send off the old lady for the mourning family, there is a long way out of the palace." β
Wei Qingqing quickly glanced at the eldest princess who was sitting on one side with an indifferent expression, and understood, the queen mother wanted to talk to the eldest princess about herself, and summoned herself to the palace together, so that the Guogong Mansion would not be so embarrassed.
Wei Qingqing responded with kindness, and together with the grandmother beside the Queen Mother, she sent the old lady Zhang to the palace gate. γ
When Mrs. Zhang got into the carriage, she fell off the carriage with weak legs and feet.
Wei Qingqing's eyes sank, and she scolded the old lady who served beside her: "You dare to treat the old lady lightly when you see the queen mother picking up the old lady's archway?" β
The subordinates were startled, and Old Madam Zhang's face became even more ugly. She just wanted to use this to show that it was the Queen Mother who bullied her, an old woman, but she didn't expect that the young lady of the Guogong Mansion would jump out.
"Am I not standing still for a while??"
"Then the old lady should be careful, otherwise you will be sick and injured when you go back today, and outsiders will misunderstand that the Queen Mother has been a wicked person and bullied you." Wei Qingqing couldn't be clearer than the little Jiujiu in her heart: "The Queen Mother does this, but it's all for the good of you and Xiangye, others are stupid and don't understand, you are well-informed, you should always know that the Queen Mother is hardworking." β
Painstaking?
Mrs. Zhang vomited so much that she wanted to spit out a mouthful of blood, the Queen Mother did take great pains, and she was not allowed to squeak and complain after taking great pains to pick up her archway.
Mrs. Zhang looked up at Wei Qingqing in front of her, her eyes were bright, and she was as beautiful as a flower in June, but why did she look so much like her daughter-in-law who was burned to death?
"Mother, what are you looking at?" Rong Jinning didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore, and pulled Mrs. Zhang.
Old Madam Zhang came back to her senses, and looked at this Wei Qingqing again, her eyebrows were thin and cold. is still different from his daughter-in-law who is obedient to everything with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes.
"Courtiers, thank the Queen Mother for her hard work." Old Madam Zhang gritted her teeth and squeezed out this sentence, Wei Qingqing glanced at the grandmother who came from Cining Palace out of the corner of her eyes, and saw that she was a little satisfied, so she squinted her eyes slightly, thinking about it, the Queen Mother also guessed these tricks of Old Madam Zhang.
Then the Queen Mother let herself come, is she planning to test herself?
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