Chapter 428: Hidden Worries (Medium)
After Empress Dowager Pang returned to the palace, she reprimanded Du Shuyin and Princess Paula.
Du Shuyin expected to think well, and the reason why the Queen Mother reprimanded her was that she was a concubine and had no way to discipline her concubine.
Although Du Shuyin was aggrieved, he did not defend himself, and respectfully admitted his mistake.
And although Princess Paula is respectful on the surface, her eyes and movements show her carelessness.
The attitudes of the main concubine and the side concubine were completely different, which made the Empress Dowager Pang angry. But thinking of the Siamese royal family behind Princess Paula, Empress Dowager Pang still endured.
Only the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, so I took it lightly, and let the two of them leave after a few hasty words.
After the third imperial concubine and the side concubine left, Empress Dowager Pang snorted coldly and said, "This Siamese princess, sooner or later, I will clean her up."
Empress Dowager Pang was angry, it is not difficult to understand. After all, Empress Dowager Pang was also the mother of the East Palace in the harem. Even if she has become the queen mother now, the emperor has always been benevolent and filial, and the status of the empress dowager Pang is still very transcendent.
The queen and the concubine have been fighting for so many years, and they are still cautious in front of the Empress Dowager Pang. After all, Empress Dowager Pang is also the former and current king in the palace fight, and in order to balance the forces of all parties in the harem, she insisted on supporting Concubine Qi Wang Shutong to come out.
Originally, she also wanted Wang Shutong to balance the queen and the concubine Gao, but now, after Wang Shutong has a prince herself, she has a lot more thoughts. This made Empress Dowager Pang very disappointed.
But she can also understand, after all, they are all women in the emperor's harem, and when there is no prince, they are not qualified to compete for the throne, and with the prince, they think that they have capital and want to fight.
Empress Dowager Pang is now anxious inside and outside, and she doesn't have the heart to care about the affairs of the Three Princes' Mansion. Today, it was only because she saw that the Siamese princess did not have any awe for the concubine Du Shuyin at all, so she decided to come forward to teach her a lesson.
But Empress Dowager Pang also knew that there was a clan of steppe wolves in the north, and the emperor had always wanted to form an alliance with Siam. And this princess Paula, I heard that she is the pearl of the King of Siam and the sister of the Prince of Siam, and in this situation, she cannot be offended.
Empress Dowager Pang had already thought of this just now, so she didn't really punish Princess Paula, but only punished her to go back and copy the scriptures to cultivate her self-cultivation.
"Queen Mother, you are angry. The side concubine Niangniang was originally the princess of a small country in Fanbang, and it is normal for people not to understand the rules. It's just that it's hard for our three princesses. She is a beautiful lady, I am afraid that she is not less bullied by the princess from Siam on weekdays," Mama Liu guessed what she meant, and said carefully.
"The Third Imperial Princess?"
Mama Liu was startled when she saw the Queen Mother's cold expression, could she have guessed wrong, is the Queen Mother also dissatisfied with the Third Imperial Concubine?
"Today's matter, I think eight or nine are not far from ten, there are the means of our third princess" Empress Dowager Pang was thoughtful, and was not deceived by Du Shuyin's weak appearance.
"Won't it?" Mama Liu exclaimed with an expression of disbelief.
"The slave maid heard that the third imperial concubine was born in a famous family, and she has always been knowledgeable, and among the several imperial concubines, her reputation is the best. She won't ......."
"Where can the daughter of the Du family go? However, it is precisely because of this that I don't believe that Du Shuyin is really as harmless as she seems."
"Queen Mother, why do you say that?" Mama Liu looked at the Queen Mother's face carefully, and saw that she had something to say, so she continued to ask.
If it were someone else, Empress Dowager Pang would not say this. But Mama Liu, who has been by the side of Empress Dowager Pang for more than 30 years, has long been a confidant. Empress Dowager Pang suddenly had the desire to express herself today, so she said these things.
"Du Mansion has been going on for a hundred years since Taizu, and every generation has a pillar of talent. Although this generation of the head of the Du Mansion family, Master Du is only a scholar of the palace, but he is very prestigious among the students of Xinglin, and he is not an idle person."
"It stands to reason that the daughter of their Du family has the hard work of previous generations and does not worry about getting married. Even the Emperor has been in front of me a few times. But Du Fu chose the three princes. ”
"The three princes are also dragons among people, and it is also the glory of their Du Mansion to marry their daughter to the three princes," Mama Liu said.
"Mama Liu, there is no one else in the hall, so we don't have to go around and around when we talk to each other. Although the third prince is also the son of the emperor. But everyone knows that he is the least likely of the three adult princes to inherit the throne. Even if the daughters of other families marry into the Prince's Mansion and the Second Prince's Mansion as a side concubine, they are not willing to marry into the Third Prince's Mansion, why is this? ”
"Isn't it that the third prince has a bad background, and he is not outstanding, and he is not loved by the emperor? The cultural relics of the Manchu Dynasty are clearly seen by all officials, is there no one in the Du family who can understand it? But Du Fu still married his daughter to the third prince. It can be seen that Du Fu has their own considerations. As for what they're up to, we're just guessing."
"But what does this have to do with the Three Imperial Concubines?" Mama Liu asked, still looking incomprehensible.
"Although Du Shuyin has not eaten fireworks in the world since he was a child, he is not a puppet who doesn't know anything or anything. Zhao Hongli's ambition, doesn't she know it as a pillow person? But you see that she didn't show any of it, she still looked indifferent to fame and fortune."
"All three princes are adults. Although the emperor is still in the year of fighting, there will always be a day when he abdicates. Zhao Hongli is ambitious, and it is not a bad thing. But I don't like Du Shuyin's character who doesn't express his thoughts when he has them. Today, Princess Siam appeared in Mengdiezhuang, I don't believe that Du Shuyin didn't receive any news"
"And, do you think she has a little bit of courage to stop Princess Paula today?" Empress Dowager Pang said with a sneer.
Mama Liu thought about it carefully, today in Mengdiezhuang, the performance of the three imperial concubines was indeed a little strange. Could it really be that the third princess deliberately let the Siamese princess go to make trouble?
Such speculation can only be done by the Queen Mother. Mama Liu knew that although she was the queen mother's confidant, she couldn't say anything.
So, Mama Liu shut up and didn't fully say what she was thinking.
"Queen Mother, you are as wise as a torch, you will not be mistaken. The old slave must have read it wrong," Mama Liu said.
Empress Dowager Pang was not happy because of a few words from Mama Liu, and today she also felt something because she went out of the palace to see everything in Mengdie Village. Seeing Song Yi's high-spirited appearance, Empress Dowager Pang suddenly felt a sense of envy.
I think back then, I was also a husband and wife with the emperor, and I was also young and invincible. Now, I am about to rot wood, and I can only think back to the past.
Just when Empress Dowager Pang was thinking wildly, the eunuch outside the door informed the emperor that he was coming.
Empress Dowager Pang was a little surprised, the emperor rarely appeared in Cining Palace now, either to handle official business in the Yangxin Palace, or to go to Concubine Qi to visit the little princess and the little prince.
Suddenly came to Cining Palace today, is there something important?