Chapter 72: No Concessions
The Empress Dowager had changed into her regular clothes at this time, and her hair was also scattered, and she summoned Yu Xi in the inner room of the dormitory, and she was sitting in front of the dresser, and a palace maid was combing her hair behind her.
"You've also seen forget your worries, she won't give up if she doesn't marry Yiyang." The Empress Dowager looked at Yu Xi from the bronze mirror and got straight to the point.
This was expected by Yu Xi, she nodded, and did not agree.
"If you forget that the prince wants to marry Yiyang, and Yiyang insists on not marrying, the relationship between Lancang and Fengguo will be over."
The Empress Dowager is right, the two countries have been friends for so many years, if she really turned her back on Feng Yiyang because she rejected Lan Wangwei, it was not what she wanted to see.
Yu Xi knew that the Empress Dowager wanted her attitude and a word, but she didn't mean to give it. Just looking in the mirror at the Empress Dowager's aging but still beautiful face.
"Yu Xi, you are Chu Qingci's daughter, you must be a person who understands righteousness. You want Yiyang, I can't stop me as a mother, but you have to think about Fengguo. ”
The Empress Dowager spoke earnestly and sighed deeply.
Yu Xi had no choice but to ask, "What do you want me to do?" ”
She knew that the Empress Dowager was holding her in front of her and rewarding her with a thousand taels of silver, just to make things look better and make her feel more comfortable. I want to set the stage for the conversation now.
"Yu Xi, Yiyang has you in his heart, and the mourning family can also see it. If it is an ordinary people's family, it must be a blessing to have a daughter-in-law like you. But you must know that the Feng family is a royal family, and the marriage of the royal family can not be in your own hands. ”
"You see, the mourning family is already an old man, and his hair is much grayer." She pointed to the few gray hairs in her temples and said to Yu Xi. "Mourning family, I want you to persuade him, think about Feng Guo, and think about me as an old man."
Yu Xi mourned in his heart, but he just lowered his eyes on his face, and said lightly: "The Queen Mother, the prince has me in his heart, and I also have the prince in my heart." In this matter, I want to leave the choice to the prince. ”
"Give it to him, and it will be clear that Lancang and Fengguo will be at odds." The Empress Dowager's tone cooled.
"The Empress Dowager, marry me or not, I want to hear Feng Yiyang say it himself. Instead of letting you teach a few words in private, I went to persuade him to leave me and marry someone else. Since you have gotten along with my mother, you will also know that Chu Qingci's daughter is not a person who will compromise and seek perfection. ”
Yu Xi took a deep breath and carefully looked at the appearance of the Empress Dowager. She is not young anymore, but she is still beautiful and proud, I don't know if this woman who has dedicated her life to the palace has loved whom and who has been loved by whom.
"The righteousness of the country is not comparable to the love of children." The Empress Dowager was a little annoyed, but she still suppressed her anger and said kindly.
"But the righteousness of this country sacrifices not only my happiness, but also the happiness of the man I love." Yu Xi didn't let it go at all, why did she want to bury Feng Yiyang's happiness to "righteousness".
"Gong Yuxi, the mourning family didn't mention that you should be Yiyang's side concubine, out of respect for you. The concubines in the palace are not as good as those in the palace, and the side concubines are concubines. I thought a woman like you wouldn't want to be a man small, even if he was a regent! If you have to marry Yiyang, the mourning family can only wronged you and let you be a side concubine. ”
The Empress Dowager was really annoyed, and even the palace maid who combed her hair could hear the anger of the Empress Dowager, and she trembled three times in fright.
Yu Xi solemnly approached the Empress Dowager and knelt on her knees.
"The Empress Dowager, I also thank you for your respect. My mother was one of the many women of the former emperor, but I want to be the only woman who only wants to be the prince of Jing. If he wants me, he will only have me, and if he doesn't want me, I will stay away from him. As for the fact that if he doesn't marry Princess Forgetfulness, it will be detrimental to Feng Kingdom, he himself knows that if the prince can accept this result, I am willing to fight side by side with the prince to protect Feng Kingdom. ”
Even to Feng Yiyang, Yu Xi has never confided in him so seriously. She gave in, burying not only her happiness, but also Feng Yiyang's, she has no right to bury Feng Yiyang's happiness for the so-called national righteousness, she is willing to let him choose by himself.
"But he already has a concubine!"
"The Empress Dowager, the prince and Concubine Dong are not husband and wife, you also know."
"Ordinary people still have three wives and four concubines, Miss Gong is not allowed to take concubines if she doesn't marry into King Jing's mansion, if you really marry in, will the entire Feng Kingdom follow and change your surname to the palace!"
The Empress Dowager was angry and slapped her hand at the dresser, and the palace maid was so frightened that she knelt on the ground with a "plop", and she didn't dare to breathe.
Yu Xi stood up, his face fearless.
The Empress Dowager looked at her several times in the bronze mirror, as if she had no idea who this thin little woman was.
For a long time, she sighed heavily.
"You go back first, mourning the family."
The Empress Dowager waved her hand perfunctorily and motioned for Yu Xi to retreat.
"She really deserves to be Chu Qingci's daughter. The mourning family is really old and useless. There was a lonely sigh in the dormitory.
After Yu Xi heard this, his figure was stunned, but he still left quickly.