Chapter 373: The Cui Family's Daughter
Empress Dowager Cining was sold as a slave when she was very young, and she entered the Donghai Royal Mansion at that time, and she didn't remember her family's situation at all, and she couldn't even be sure if she was really surnamed Wang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
She thought that the trail was broken and that it would be impossible to find her family again, so she never tried.
Someone was worried about the emperor's biological mother.
Mrs. Ping Enhou was awakened by the king of the East China Sea, and after leaving Jincheng, she did not return to Beijing directly, but took a detour to the East China Sea, with the help of the Cui family and her husband's family, she was well received.
The arrival of the Lady of Ping'enhou was seen as a hint by the local officials, who thought it was all the intention of the emperor and his biological mother.
Mrs. Ping Enhou naturally did not break it, but she put forward two requirements: one is to keep it confidential and not to mention it to anyone, and the other is that all clues must be sent to her first, and after she confirms it, it can be reported level by level.
The officials tacitly knew that the emperor's biological mother's background was unknown, and it would be embarrassing if the last one found out was a lowly family, so they were happy to be in charge of Mrs. Pingenhou.
At the beginning, the progress was not particularly smooth, like looking for a needle in a haystack, there was no way to start, and there was no way to post a notice publicly, so we could only send competent messengers to inquire carefully.
When the emperor went south from the north, he had stopped in the East China Sea for a day, causing a sensation, after that, the situation changed, almost every day someone ran to the yamen to self-report, claiming to be the emperor's uncle, the story was quite complete, but it could not withstand scrutiny, a check under the loopholes, inevitably to be beaten.
Mrs. Pingenhou could not always stay in the East China Sea, so she returned to Beijing with the emperor's team, she thought that this matter was urgent, and it might take several years to get the result, but after all, she did a little thing, and she had an explanation for Lao Jun.
She had a premonition that Lao Jun would be angry, but she still underestimated the old lady's anger.
The old gentleman of the Cui family has just recovered from a serious illness, she sent a granddaughter to seduce the emperor, thinking that she could give the Cui family another layer of protection, but she never imagined that her granddaughter was actually given to the Huns by the emperor!
Lao Jun hates the emperor, but the times have changed, it is no longer a tired marquis she can scold at will, but the son of Dachu, even her son Cui Hong did not dare to show half a word, but wrote to thank the emperor for giving his daughter the title of "princess", which was proud.
Lao Jun's hatred could only be transferred to Mrs. Pingenhou.
"Bundle up! Bundle it up! Lao Jun was furious, stood up, pushed away the rings on both sides, and wanted to do it himself.
Mrs. Pingenhou immediately knelt on the ground, and the servants around her did not dare to disobey Lao Jun's order, so they twisted Mrs. Pingenhou's hands behind them, but they were not really tied with ropes, and wrapped their scarves around their wrists twice, which meant something.
Mrs. Ping Enhou didn't dare to struggle, she kept her tied posture, and she didn't forget to defend herself, "Lao Jun listened to me, it was really not my fault, the third sister took the idea herself, and she refused to see me again afterwards......"
Lao Jun rushed up and wanted to slap his eldest granddaughter a few times, but was stopped by a group of women, who advised her to be careful, she was just sick, and she didn't flash her body.
Lao Jun was sick with anger, "Fart!" Cui Zhao is at least the life of the concubine, why should he voluntarily marry into the Huns? It must be you, slut, who are secretly making ...... bad."
Mrs. Ping Enhou endured the insults, and when Lao Jun was tired, she defended with a bitter face: "The second brother was also there at the time, and he can testify for me, and the third sister's marriage really has nothing to do with me." ā
Speaking of Cui Teng, Lao Jun was even more angry, in fact, she knew that Cui Zhao was voluntarily marrying the Huns, but she couldn't understand it, and she couldn't understand why Cui Teng was unwilling to fight on reason, but she spoiled her grandson and became a habit for a long time, consciously exonerated him, and put all the blame on the eldest granddaughter.
"Cui Zhao was brought to Jincheng by you, who is responsible if you are not responsible? Cui Teng is on an errand by the emperor's side, always cautious, how dare he say a word? Cui Teng still remembers my grandmother, and knows that he wrote a letter to explain the situation to me, you are good, you don't even let out a fart when you cause trouble, you hide and go to freedom, and say, which wild man are you going to find? ā
Mrs. Ping Enhou was red-faced, she had been in the East China Sea Country for the past few months, and she didn't dare to reply to the Cui family because of the delay in the matter.
Lao Jun's anger is like the tide, wave after wave, retreating and rising, and when it is not over, in front of many outsiders, Mrs. Pingenhou does not dare to say too clearly, so she can only endure it.
After two full hours, Lao Jun was too tired, and Mrs. Pingen Hou was able to be relieved, and she wanted to find an opportunity to explain to Lao Jun in private, but since that day, she couldn't even enter the gate of Cui's mansion.
Lao Jun covered the sky with one hand in the mansion, and no one dared to report to Mrs. Pingenhou.
Mrs. Ping Enhou had no choice but to continue to wait, thinking that when her father came back, she would always be able to explain clearly, Lao Jun would not live forever, Mrs. Cui was cowardly by nature, and the Cui family still needed someone like herself to take charge of the housekeeping.
Cui Hong came back, but he never saw his eldest daughter, unlike Lao Jun, Cui Hong did not resent Mrs. Pingenhou, but he was too busy to take care of the family's affairs.
In this way, Mrs. Ping Enhou thought that she had made a great contribution, but she never had the opportunity to show it to the Cui family, and suddenly, news came from the East China Sea Kingdom that the family of the Empress Dowager Cining had been found.
Mrs. Pingenhou was more surprised than everyone else, because she didn't know anything beforehand, and no one actually informed her in advance.
She also underestimated the cunning of the officials of the East China Sea State.
When things were clueless, Donghai was very willing to cooperate with Mrs. Pingenhou and try not to take responsibility, but when the clues suddenly became clear, the officials changed their minds and immediately reported to the imperial court, only mentioning the role of Mrs. Pingenhou in it.
The clue appeared unexpectedly, after the rebellion, the East China Sea Kingdom arrested a lot of people, one of the prisoners heard out of nowhere that the local area was looking for the queen mother's family, so he revealed to the messenger that he had resold a little girl in the past, and it was likely that she was the emperor's biological mother when she was a child.
As with many clues, the offender's words were not taken seriously, and it was not until other clues were confirmed to be false that the officials remembered the person, interrogated him with the mentality of giving it a try, recorded the confession, and then sent someone to verify them one by one, and was surprised to find witnesses and exhibits at every step.
The people who sold the girl to the palace and the resellers who went up to the palace were all found, and they all lived well, and they returned to the township, but they had not done their old business for many years, but the original sales receipts were still kept, and they could all correspond.
The government found that the Queen Mother had been resold more than once when she was a child, and the clues were interrupted, but after knowing the name of the reseller, she could always continue to track it down, and finally found the Queen Mother's family in a nearby county.
What reassures the officials of the East China Sea is that this is an ordinary family, with land and a house, not very rich, but by no means poor, and the real surname is Wang, the person who abducted and sold the child at the beginning was an uncle of the Queen Mother.
This uncle is still alive, and when he heard that the niece who was secretly sold by himself may be the biological mother of the current emperor, he was so frightened that he hanged himself that night.
In addition, the entire Wang family was very satisfied with the officials of the East China Sea State, but this family was not a member of the East China Sea State, and they were worried that Linxian would seize the credit, so the East China Sea State Minister immediately issued an urgent official letter, asking the imperial court to give instructions for the next step.
The news spread quickly, and when Mrs. Ping Enhou heard about it, it was already the second day, so angry that she didn't think about it, and she had a great achievement, but she was snatched away, and she blamed Lao Jun, if Lao Jun could calm down a little and let the eldest granddaughter finish speaking, with the power of the Cui family, Donghai Kingdom would never dare to bully people like this.
Therefore, when his father Cui Hong sent someone to invite, Mrs. Ping Enhou was angry, even if she couldn't say it directly, she had to rely on her grandmother.
Cui Hong met his daughter in his study, sat behind the table and read a military book, seemed to be fascinated, and did not look up for a long time.
The servant withdrew, and Mrs. Pingenhou stood before her father, and suddenly became uneasy, she had not spoken alone with her father for many years, and his father had always been stern, and rarely communicated with his children, and she could scarcely remember how his father laughed.
Cui Hong put down the book, looked up at his eldest daughter, and asked coldly: "Previously, you went to the East China Sea Kingdom to help the Queen Mother find her family?" ā
"Yes, father, the officials of the East China Sea Country are really ......."
Cui Hong waved his hand to stop his daughter from talking, and continued: "Who gave you the idea?" ā
Mrs. Ping Enhou was stunned, but she didn't expect her father to guess that this was not her idea, and said reluctantly: "The king of the East China Sea mentioned it, but it's ......"
Cui Hong stood up, walked around the desk, stood in front of his daughter, and asked calmly, "After so many things happened, do you think that the King of the East China Sea will still think about the Cui family?" ā
"This ...... He was ...... After all, the Cui family is kind to him...... Am I doing something wrong? Father. Mrs. Pingenhou's heart became more and more uneasy.
Cui Hong was still calm, and then asked, "Why do you think that the Empress Dowager Cining will thank you and the Cui family for this?" ā
"Huh?" Mrs. Pingenhou didn't think about this, "Queen Mother...... Family...... This is also ...... Human nature, right? ā
Cui Hong must be calm, only in this way can the stupid eldest daughter understand what she means, "The Empress Dowager Cining wants to find her family, won't she give an order?" Do you have to go through you? ā
"Empress Dowager Cining...... I probably didn't expect ......" Mrs. Pingenhou lowered her head, not daring to say any more.
Cui Hong was silent for a while, things have happened, it is useless to be anxious and angry, fortunately he has another smart daughter who is the queen and knows how to really protect the Cui family.
"In that case, you go to the palace to see the Empress Dowager Cining to ask for merit."
Mrs. Pingenhou looked up at her father in surprise, unable to make out whether it was a mockery or a real order.
"You have to find a way to please the Empress Dowager Cining, and let her send you to the East China Sea Kingdom to check the true situation of that family, and if you do it, you are still my daughter, you can't do it, and don't say that you are the Cui family anymore. I've already arranged for you to enter the palace, so go ahead. ā
Cui Hong turned back to his seat and continued to read, and Mrs. Pingenhou retired in despair, still not figuring out what she had done wrong. (To be continued.) )