Although Gu Nian's voice was not high, it was irresistible, and Zhou Yushu lowered his head with red eyes and wept silently.

It's not that she doesn't know that her mother has done wrong, but as a child, she still has to do her duty. Otherwise, how can you be worthy of being a woman? How do you teach children?

After a long while, she burst into tears and said, "She is my mother after all, she suffers in Jinling, but I enjoy happiness in the capital......"

Gu Nian frowned, in the past, she felt that although Zhou Yushu was a little softer, she could be regarded as clear, after all, she was the first child raised by her maternal grandmother's mother, and even Zhou Yuxuan had to be behind back then.

"Cousin, why did Madame suffer in Jinling? Did you see it with your own eyes? Still is...... Not to mention that Jinling has the old house of the Zhou family, which is taken care of by relatives and friends, has maids, and is called by mother-in-law. How can you suffer? You have lived in Jinling, which is no worse than the capital. ”

"If Madame is suffering like this, what about Grandmother? When she was old, she was drugged by her daughter-in-law, and she was originally out of breath when she climbed the mountain and her legs didn't hurt, but now she was tired and out of breath after walking around her garden twice. ”

"Do you know that the daughter-in-law poisoning her mother-in-law is a great rebellion, and what should be done according to the law in the ten unforgivable sins?"

Where did Zhou Yushu know this, she looked at Gu Nian with tears in her eyes, Gu Nian looked at her lightly, and opened her red lips, "Dang chop." ”

Zhou Yushu's face changed, and he clutched the handkerchief in his hand.

Gu Nian said, "Fortunately, my grandmother is fine, so my wife's sin is lighter, and my grandmother is kind-hearted and doesn't want to see you embarrassed, so I didn't send my wife to court." ”

"Besides, wasn't my cousin the decision to send my wife to Jinling? Cousin, you should go and ask your cousin. ”

Zhou Yushu shook her head, where did she dare to beg him.

The corners of Gu Nian's lips pulled out a sarcastic smile, did he look like such a bad and good person?

After Zhou Yushu sat down for a while, he felt ashamed, and he didn't even say anything about the Hou Shizi of Pingyang, so he hurriedly said goodbye to Gu Nian.

thought it was just something between the two, but somehow, Zhou Yuyan knew that her sister actually went to intercede in front of Gu Nian and wanted to take her mother back.

immediately came to the door, hating iron and steel, and said to Zhou Yu,

"I didn't think you were stupid before, did you think there were too many good days? If you ask for anything from your brother-in-law, you ask for anything from your brother-in-law, and what do you do about your mother? ”

"It's a great luck that my grandmother can survive, but it doesn't mean that my mother is not wrong, now she has only been back to Jinling for a year, and you are clamoring to take her back, what do you let your grandmother do?"

"Should she or shouldn't? After so much time, can you know that your mother is wrong? She shouldn't be called mean. ”

"Aren't you embarrassing your grandmother? Fortunately, Nian Nian did the right thing, and he didn't mix up like you. Eldest sister, let me tell you again, don't mention your mother's affairs in the future, otherwise don't blame me for not recognizing you as a sister. ”

Zhou Yushu was blushing by Zhou Yuyan's words, and she cried bitterly, "Okay, you are all noble people, and I am a villain." That's my mother, I think about her, what's wrong? ”

Zhou Yuyan shook her head, although she grew up under her grandmother's knees, she had blood affection for Mrs. Xu of An Yuanhou after all, but she knew that if she was wrong, she would be punished.

Moreover, the punishment Xu received was not heavy, it was just that he couldn't go out to socialize, eat fasting and chant Buddha. As long as she repents seriously, many years later, she will still be the wife of the Marquis of Anyuan, and she will still be a noble lady in Beijing.

But what about grandmothers? To put it mildly, I could have lived to be a hundred years old, but my mother's little medicine may be able to live for a while.

My grandmother was so resolute back then, but after that time, the whole person was sluggish.

Her heart hurts.

Moreover, if the mother did such a wrong thing, it would be better for her to be separated from her grandmother for a while, otherwise, neither of them would be able to get over that hurdle in their hearts.

Zhou Yuyan scolded Zhou Yushu harshly, I just hope she can listen, but, fortunately, there is currently the matter of Pingyang Hou Shizi involving her, and there will probably be no moths.

*

Although Zhou Yushu mentioned the matter of the Marquis of Anyuan's wife, Xu's family, Gu Nian still asked about the Marquis of Pingyang Mansion when Xiao Yue returned to the house.

"The Pingyang Houfu wants to step on a few boats, but it's easy for the boat to capsize, and he fell into the river, this time it's not a big deal, but next time it's hard to protect."

Gu Nian heard that it was not a big deal, so he was relieved, and sure enough, it was a matter of concern, since Xiao Yue said that it was not a big deal, it should not be a big deal.

She sent a mother-in-law to the Pingyang Marquis Mansion to tell Zhou Yushu everything that Xiao Yue said, and then she didn't care about this matter anymore.

The queen mother in the palace thought that the British Mansion, no, the Rong Enbo Mansion would be beheaded by the whole house, and under the fright, she fell ill, and when Emperor Yongping only asked the British Princess, although she was heartbroken, but in the end the rest of the people in the palace took care.

But Zhang Ying's death really made her uncomfortable, plus the eldest princess of Taining came to cry in front of her every day, and the queen mother couldn't get up from the sick bed.

After all, Zhang Ying is the child she has loved for many years, and she acquiesced to the approach of the eldest princess of Taining, so she didn't want to find a good home for Zhang Ying.

didn't expect the five princes to be so ruthless and unrighteous, and before the Zhang family fell, they killed Zhang Ying.

When the news of Zhang Ying's death reached the ears of Empress Dowager Zhang, Empress Dowager Zhang regretted it very much, and knew that she had agreed to let Zhang Ying marry Zhou Yuxuan.

At the very least, Zhou Yuxuan will not be as wolf-hearted as the Fifth Prince.

For this reason, the Queen Mother was not only annoyed by the five princes, but even Cheng Guifei was annoyed, and Cheng Guifei went to Yongfu Palace several times, but was blocked out.

Gu Nian is the princess of Jin, although she is not the son of Emperor Yongping, she is a king with a different surname, and the queen mother is sick, although she doesn't have to serve the sick, but she has to go to the palace to visit.

Xiao Yue entrusted Gu Nian to the crown princess, and the crown princess was also on the first day of junior high school, and after the fifteenth year, Gu Nian would just follow.

Please be safe on weekdays, if the crown princess says that she doesn't have to go, Gu Nian doesn't force it, anyway, just listen to the princess, in short, whatever the princess asks her to do, she will do.

Many times, she can obviously feel that the Queen Mother seems to be a little ...... Xiao Yue It's a bit of a no-brainer.

In fact, the women in the palace don't like Xiao Yue very much, and those who have sons naturally don't need to be said. After all, Xiao Yue occupies too much of Emperor Yongping's attention, one person's energy is limited, most of the attention is on Xiao Yue, and his attention to others is naturally limited.

It's just that other people will definitely be much more polite if they want to see Emperor Yongping's face, but Empress Dowager Zhang's dislike for Xiao Yue is only obvious.

However, sometimes Gu Nian thinks about it, in fact, it is very normal, after all, Xiao Yue's personality in the past, it is impossible to say how he likes him.

And Emperor Yongping doted on him to the core, and he didn't know what he thought, no one could figure it out, but he had a unique taste.

The women in the palace and the queen mother are all normal people, and it is probably normal to look down on Xiao Yue.

is the crown princess, if it weren't for Xiao Yue is a staunch princeling, he probably wouldn't have paid much attention to it.

However, even if Empress Dowager Zhang's attitude towards Xiao Yue was not good, she still had to go into the palace to greet her.

On this day, Gu Nian went to the queen to ask for peace when she entered the palace, and the crown princess had palace affairs to take care of, so she couldn't accompany Gu Nian to Yongfu Palace.

Gu Nian asked the crown princess to return to the palace to deal with affairs and went to Yongfu Palace alone.

Since the crown princess didn't say that she didn't need to go to Yongfu Palace, she must be going, and there was no one to accompany her, so she had to go by herself.

When Gu Nian arrived at Yongfu Palace, there were already many people sitting in the room, Empress Dowager Zhang sat on the couch with her head wiped her forehead, Princess Taining sat in the lower right position, the third princess and the fourth princess sat next to the Queen Mother, and there were a few other little girls who didn't know each other, who were talking with the Queen Mother lively.

When the third princess saw Gu Nian come in, a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes, and the eldest princess of Taining would not give Gu Nian a look.

Gu Nian stepped forward to greet the Empress Dowager Zhang, but after half a ring, the Empress Dowager Zhang didn't tell her to get up. Before, Gu Nian usually came with the crown princess, and although Empress Dowager Zhang didn't like her, she didn't embarrass her.

Although on the way to Yongfu Palace, Gu Nian had already thought that there might be a little twists and turns, but he didn't expect Empress Dowager Zhang to be so direct, and she would give her a dismissal as soon as she came.

The fourth princess gently hammered the queen mother's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Imperial grandmother, granddaughter also thinks that Princess Jin is very beautiful today, isn't it that grandmother is also the same as granddaughter, stupid?" ”

This is obviously excusing Gu Nian, although the excuse is not very good.

Empress Dowager Zhang seemed to have just known that Gu Nian had entered the hall, and said, "Why don't you show Princess Jin?" ”

There was a palace man on the side, and he hurriedly put an embroidered stool on Gu Nian at the end.

Gu Nian sat down silently and did not say anything.

Fortunately, Empress Dowager Zhang did not feel embarrassed after that, but at the same time, she did not pay attention to it.

However, what made Gu Nian curious was that the two girls beside the eldest princess of Taining were frequently looking at her.

Gu Nian searched around his mind and confirmed that he had not seen these two girls.

Seeing this, the third princess looked at Gu Nian with a light smile, with a little scrutiny, a little self-satisfaction, and even a little faint provocation, she said, "These two are girls from Rong Enbo's Mansion, you haven't seen them before, but today they are just affectionate, talking, and knowing some temper, so it's better to get along with each other." ”

The third princess looked at Gu Nian with a smile, and the two girls stepped forward shyly and reservedly, saluted Gu Nian, and said, "I've seen Sister Princess." ”

Sister Princess? Gu Nian finally understood where the third princess's provocation came from, and why these two girls looked at her frequently, was it because of this?

She only felt that the third princess was really a little boring, and she provoked herself like this, but this made her suddenly feel that Xiao Yue was also coveted by someone, she glanced at the two girls casually, and said casually,

"My mother only has one daughter, and the two girls should have no fate with her, and they have no fate with me, so let's call them 'princess'."

Gu Nian didn't want to fight with the third princess or anything, such a quarrel was useless in her opinion, and she didn't fight for victory or defeat in this kind of useless quarrel.

As soon as she said this, the third princess sneered and walked away, and sat down next to Empress Dowager Zhang again.

After sitting for a quarter of an hour, Gu Nian felt that this peace should be over, so he stood up and bid farewell to Empress Dowager Zhang.

Empress Dowager Zhang lifted her eyelids and said, "It's been almost half a year since you married Xiao Jiu, right?" Why haven't you had good news yet? I heard that you had a serious illness some time ago, and now you are still taking medicine? How does this work? ”

Gu Nianfu said, "Thank you for the Queen Mother's concern, the courtiers did get sick some time ago, but now they are fine." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang said with a smile, "The mourning family is also Xiao Jiu's grandmother, an elder, why should you be grateful if you care about it, Xiao Jiu is favored by the emperor, and he is also an expert in the court, if it weren't for Xiao Jiu this time, I would be in danger of leaving the court." ”

Gu Nian knew that it wouldn't be so simple, the matter of Rong Enbo's Mansion was reported by Xiao Yue and Gu Shi'an, it was not a secret, as long as you inquired, you could know.

Empress Dowager Zhang's surname is Zhang, she came out of the Zhang family, and her mother's family has always been a woman's reliance, which woman who is out of the cabinet is not to her mother's family?

But now, the former British prince of the Zhang family has been ambushed, and the rest are old and weak women and children, and the men are also useless.

Not to mention that there are still three generations of inability to be out of office.

How did Empress Dowager Zhang not hate Xiao Yue and Gu Shi'an.

Gu Nian smiled and said, "The prince just did his part. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang snorted coldly, "Xiao Jiu is an important minister, you naturally can't serve alone, it just so happens that Taining brought a few girls into the palace today, and the mourning family looks good, you take two back to help serve Xiao Jiu." ”

"The mourning family's edict will arrive later, so let's be the prince's side concubine of the third grade first."

Gu Nian sneered in his heart, first be the prince's concubine of the third grade? seems to be very aggrieved, the side concubine is a concubine, do you want to change to a concubine in the future?

Gu Nian blessed the Empress Dowager Zhang again, "The Empress Dowager should know the prince's temperament, in the past, she didn't even let a female fly get close, but now she is too, she does everything herself, and the maid and the woman stand aside." ”

"The queen mother is so sympathetic to the courtiers and the prince, it stands to reason that the courtiers should accept it, but the prince's temperament is really ......"

She frowned in embarrassment and didn't say any more.

Empress Dowager Zhang lowered her face coldly and said, "Since you know that the elder gives it, you can't give it, let alone the mourning family, hurry up and bring it back, Xiao Jiu has something to say, let him come to the mourning family." ”

Gu Nian was about to speak, but the third princess sneered and said, "Princess Jin is so bold that she actually stopped the imperial grandmother from caring for the ninth brother, you are unfilial." ”

The third princess was extremely angry in her heart, a widowed eldest daughter, and inexplicably became the princess of Jin, this identity, this decency, can already be compared with her, a serious princess.

Why is she?

Seeing that someone who was originally inferior to himself suddenly became stronger than himself, he was the most jealous in his heart, not to mention that the third princess still had ulterior motives.

"It's really unfortunate that Brother Jiu married you, no matter what, the imperial grandmother gave people, that is your creation, and someone will help you share it, but you don't say thank you to Dade, and you still push back."

"You've got a big face."

Gu Nian laughed in his heart, who is the big face? Not to mention that the third princess is not a serious sister-in-law, even a serious sister-in-law does not care about the affairs of her brother's room like this, not to mention that the third princess is still a girl who has not left the cabinet.

"Whose face is big?" I saw the emperor's voice coming in from a bulletin.

A lady in the palace hurriedly stood up, and Emperor Yongping came in with a smile on his face, and saluted the queen mother first, and he was also accommodating when everyone saluted.

After he sat down, he asked, "Who are you talking about just now?" I see that Xin'er's face is the biggest here, and you have to lose it. ”

The third princess's face turned red, and she stomped her feet and said, "Father, how can anyone say such a thing about his sons." ”

Emperor Yongping laughed, saw Gu Nian standing at the end, and said, "Are you still here?" Xiao Jiu is waiting outside, you can go out of the palace with him. ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Since Xiao Jiu is waiting, let's take the two of them out quickly." ”

Emperor Yongping looked at the two ladies following behind Gu Nian suspiciously, and said, "The little ninth daughter-in-law can train people, but the maids who serve don't have to be ordinary ladies, no wonder there are people like that who would rather marry everyone than marry a small family girl." ”

"Just like these two girls, everyone is going to fight."

This statement was as straight as an earth-shattering shock, and the smiles on the faces of everyone present froze on their faces.

The two girls who followed behind Gu Nian showed a stunned expression, their faces turned pale in an instant, and their heads were lowered and blowing, wishing that there was a hole in the ground that they could get into.

The eldest princess of Taining subconsciously went to see the Empress Dowager Zhang, and the Empress Dowager Zhang's face became very ugly, but she said that she wanted to be named the candidate for the side concubine, and she was actually said to be a maid by Emperor Yongping.

Although the maids around the princess can also be female officials of high rank, no one has done so now.

The female officer can't get married until she is twenty-five, but the maid is different, when she reaches the age, the owner wants to let it out, and she can release it at any time.

The fourth princess walked to Emperor Yongping's side with a smile and said, "Father, this is not a maid, this is a girl from Rong Enbo's Mansion." ”

Emperor Yongping still had a smile on his face, but he sighed in his heart, and he said with a smile, "I see, it's just that they are girls from Rong Enbo's Mansion, why did they follow Xiao Jiu's daughter-in-law?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang pursed her lips, she said slowly with a calm face, "The mourning family gave them to Xiao Jiu as side concubines, and helped Xiao Jiu's daughter-in-law to serve Xiao Jiu together." ”

"That's the kind of compassion behind the scenes." Emperor Yongping smiled and said, "The queen mother loves Xiao Jiu so much, even the children of the queen mother's family are willing to do so." ”

"It's just that Xiao Jiu swore in front of King Su and the eldest sister that day, and this life is not the same, so, queen mother, forget it."

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't expect that the emperor, who had always been respectful and filial, would refute her edict, this was the first time in many years, but she had already said it, and the matter seemed to have been completely settled.

Empress Dowager Zhang is used to being the queen mother, especially in these years, the former British prince is powerful in the imperial court, and the emperor is also respectful and filial in front of her old man, and rarely can say nothing.

It has been smooth sailing since she became the queen mother, and the queen mother doesn't remember much about compromise, she said,

"A man's three wives and four concubines are all ordinary, what is the same? Could it be that Princess Jin can't give birth to a child, so forget it? Could it be that the King of Jin wants to go to the same time as the old Marquis An Yuan? ”

Empress Dowager Zhang's words seemed to be a kind elder, and she was worried about the affairs of her juniors.

Gu Nian's heart was blocked, and in less than half a year, the Queen Mother said that she couldn't give birth to a child. Or, what does she know? She also knows about her poisoning?

But Zhang Chunzi said that after this year, she can give birth to a litter in the future.

Emperor Yongping was surprised and said, "Queen Mother, you are too anxious, Xiao Jiu has only been married for half a year, and you said that Princess Jin can't give birth, which is also too wrong." I think that the girl of Rong Enbo's mansion, De Rong's Yangong must be a good teacher, and it would be a pity to be a prince's concubine. ”

The Queen Mother's face became more difficult to look at, and she still had a little innocent color, she could be a main room, who wanted to be a concubine?

But now the girls in Rong Enbo's Mansion, which family is not respectful, let them marry into a small family to be a concubine, it is better to go to the high gate to be a concubine, anyway, they are just some concubines.

Emperor Yongping didn't seem to see Empress Dowager Zhang's face, and glanced at the eldest princess Taining who was on the side, "I know that Xiao Wu is not good, I have wronged you, you have to feel empty under your knees, you see which girl in Bofu is pleasing to the eye, put it under her knees to raise, and I will make her the county lord." “

When the eldest princess Taining heard this, her eyes turned red, this is the first time since the British official incident that Emperor Yongping has spoken to her in such a pleasant way, it stands to reason that she should be grateful.

But she was not angry, she said, "No matter how good others are, where can they compare to Ying'er." Brother Huang, Ying'er died too miserably. ”

She didn't even see the last side of her daughter, and even her daughter's dowry, it is said that because the fifth prince heard that Zhang Ying died unexpectedly, he was angry, and all of them were buried.

But she always felt that something was wrong, but she didn't dare to say that she had gone to Zhang Ying and asked her to go to the fifth prince to intercede.

Empress Dowager Zhang said on the side, "The concubines of Rong Enbo's Mansion can be the prince's side concubine, that is their creation, and now it is like this, isn't it caused by the emperor?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang's voice was lonely and full of pain.

Emperor Yongping sank his face and rebelled, that was the crime of the Zhujiu clan, if he didn't want to make extraneous branches, at this time, the people of the Zhang family had been reincarnated, leaving them alive, that was the grace of heaven.

didn't expect the Zhang family to dare to be such a demon.

He gritted his back molars and ordered, "Since the Queen Mother thinks that it is a great creation for the girls of Rong Enbo's Mansion to be concubines, then I will immediately draft a decree to give all the girls of the Bofu to the princes and mansions as concubines!" ”

Emperor Yongping had a calm face and refused to back down at all, it seemed that as long as the Queen Mother did not take back the two girls, he would really marry all the girls in Bofu to each mansion as concubines.

He stood there tall, with a sense of domination without anger.

The Queen Mother also froze, from birth to the present, Emperor Yongping has never disobeyed her, even when he knew that it was Taining who calculated that the fifth prince would marry Zhang Ying, but because she instructed it, the emperor did not say anything.

didn't expect that it was just for Xiao Yue to have two concubines, and he was so tough.

This is the first time in history.

When the first emperor was there, the emperor was a gentle and elegant character, firstly because her mother was a little transparent, and secondly, because there was a strong princess who protected the country in front, and he didn't need to be tough.

Later, after ascending the throne for many years, the emperor was diligent and loved the people, benevolent and filial piety, and also understood that she suffered too much when she was the concubine of the first emperor.

There has never been such a dispute between their mother and son.

No, it's not an argument, it's a challenge!

Empress Dowager Zhang pursed her lips, didn't say a word, sat down slowly, calmed down, and began to think about it in her heart, feeling that this matter was not so simple.

She can go from a small transparent concubine to the current queen mother, and she can hide behind the eldest princess of the country safely, naturally she is not stupid.

She just didn't understand a little, what's wrong with the emperor? It's just two concubines.

Although Princess Jin is the granddaughter of the eldest princess of the country, if the emperor really cares, he will not let the county lord of Jingning die like that, after all, cousins and sisters are better than a niece who didn't care before.

He didn't care about Jingning at the beginning, so there was no reason to defend Princess Jin like this.

Then, it can only be Xiao Yue, the king of Jin.

Thinking of Xiao Yue, Empress Dowager Zhang's heart swelled with disgust.

If the girls in Rong Enbo's Mansion really became concubines, how would she, the Queen Mother, meet people? How will she plan to let the Zhang family come out in the future?

The emperor has endured it for so many years, and he has eradicated his younger brother Yinggong, and the Bofu has not become a climate.

She couldn't anger the emperor at this time, and Empress Dowager Zhang slowly calmed down, probably because it has been too smooth all these years, and she is indeed old, and she no longer has the vigilance she had back then.

Forget that there is no family affection in the heavenly family, even if it is a mother and son.

This is a concubine who has gone from obscurity, who lived well in the first emperor dynasty and became the queen mother, she can calm down a little when her son and herself are tense.

The room was quiet, the emperor was furious, and all the people in the hall had already knelt down, Gu Nian was at the back, only to feel that Emperor Yongping had refreshed her cognition again, and he really loved Xiao Yue.

No, this is no ordinary love anymore. It's beyond the cognition of Gu Nian.

The eldest princess of Taining dared to do it before, but now she doesn't dare at all, and the matter is the matter of Rong Enbo's mansion, and more importantly, she doesn't want the queen mother and the emperor to have a stalemate.

Rong Enbo's Mansion, as well as herself, has too many places to rely on the Queen Mother, she kneeled to the Queen Mother's side, hugged the Queen Mother's legs, and said,

"Queen Mother, don't be annoyed, what can you do if you are angry, these are just children's affairs, they don't matter at all compared to you, how many big things still have to be decided by you."

"Since the royal brother said that the girls in the house are more suitable for being the main room, then the royal brother will definitely be the master of the girls."

"You should be happy, the emperor didn't care about his uncle's family."

This sounds like persuasion, but the fine taste is not like that, the Queen Mother has already calmed down, but she also knows that at this moment, she can't hold on, since the emperor does not retreat, then wait for her to retreat, so she stumbled and screamed,

"My head hurts."

Then he fell.

Suddenly, Yongfu Palace was in chaos, crying and crying, and the four princesses hurriedly asked to call the imperial doctor.

Emperor Yongping was also remorseful, he didn't expect it to be like this, he just didn't want people to destroy Xiao Yue's image, but he didn't expect the Queen Mother to fall down in anger, he hesitated, and didn't come forward to check, and when he heard the fourth princess ask people to call the imperial doctor, he smiled with relief, and then ordered,

"Call the court to judge, don't call those below."

The third princess followed the people to carry the queen mother into the inner hall, and then came out angrily, pointing to Gu Nian's nose and saying, "It's all you, the mourning star, it's all your fault." It made the Queen Mother sick. ”