When the Queen Mother heard Yanyan's words, she bowed her head slightly, indicating that she understood.

Here, she talked to the Queen Mother, but Concubine Yuan kicked her nose in the face.

Concubine Yuan tearfully denounced the Queen Mother, and put this miserable sale.

"My aunt just said it nicely, what palms and backs of her hands are meat, fair and just, she Jiang Qianyan has done so many bad things, how many people have been harmed, and how many lives have been stained on her hands, so she was deposed as the queen."

"This is the first time I've committed an accident, and Concubine Shu and the imperial heir in her belly are also safe and sound, why should I be demoted to a concubine, and she ......"

"Presumptuous!" The Queen Mother slapped the table and interrupted Concubine Yuan's words, "Concubine Yuan, don't think that the mourning family doesn't know, although you are committing a crime for the first time, you have not instigated you to do bad things for you before!" ”

Hearing this, Concubine Yuan pretended to bow her head and wipe her tears, but in fact she didn't dare to look at the Queen Mother again.

She didn't expect that the Queen Mother would know all these things!

Queen Mother: "Didn't you just ask me why?" The mourning family told you that with her former position as the queen, it is more difficult to shake than your current concubine, and if you continue to die in the future, your concubine will be easier to shake. ”

"In addition, you have to make it clear that although you are all princesses of Xizi Kingdom, she is a princess, and you are just a princess with a dowry, without her, you can't come to Beilin Country at all."

"When she is the queen, you have to accompany her, and you must be the main one at all times. Even if she is only a noble person now, you are one level higher than her outside, and she is still one level higher than you in private! ”

When marrying across borders, consider that he is not familiar with the princess.

Therefore, in addition to the princesses who are close to each other, there are generally some concubines, who will marry into their husbands' families with their wives.

Some of these concubines are palace maids, and some are the daughters of ministers.

Sisters like Concubine Yuan marrying together are the highest specifications among concubines.

Secondly, it is the marriage of the women of the clan.

And the lowest specification is the maid to marry.

Although these concubines belong to the monogamous and polyandry system, she actually has a much higher status than those ordinary concubines.

They have an official status, can attend formal banquets, and so on.

From a political point of view, this system guarantees the marriage interests of the marrying spouse to the greatest extent.

If the woman who is the wife dies, the concubine can take her place.

With the close relationship between the concubine and the "maiden family", the interests of the "maiden family" can still be guaranteed.

If the main wife does not give birth, the imperial heir born to the concubine will be raised by the main wife.

In addition, the original owner was abolished after his death, and the concubine could be on top, which also ensured the interests of the "mother's family" of Xizi Kingdom.

The ancients used to consider only the interests of the state when marrying across borders.

But they don't take into account that the jealousy between women, and the comparison after serving a husband, will destroy the sisterhood between them.

Maybe they took it into account, but in the face of the interests of the country, this little bit of caution among women is nothing.

Concubine Yuan couldn't listen to the Queen Mother say these words.

Because of such words, she grew up hearing from a young age.

I'm tired of hearing it for a long time, and I'm tired of hearing it!

In the past, only when Jiang Tianyan died, the Queen Mother would look up to her a few points.

She really doesn't know where Jiang Qianyan is good, isn't she just a princess?!

Seeing that Concubine Yuan didn't know what to do, the Queen Mother seemed to be angry, and gritted her teeth and said: "The mourning family will give up an old face and give your two sisters take turns to clean up the mess, can't you save my worries?" Yes? ”

After saying this, she took Mama Ding's hand and walked out.

Before leaving, she also instructed Qian Yan, "Jiang Guiren, you go back first, Concubine Yuan is kneeling here, without the permission of the mourning family, Concubine Yuan must not leave the Chengfu Hall for half a step!" ”

Yan Yan got up to see off the Queen Mother and prepared to leave.

However, when she held Xiaolian's hand and got up, the concubine on the side glanced at her with her peripheral vision.

I saw Concubine Yuan hooking her lips and sneering, "Heh, the princess of Xizi Kingdom, the queen who is marrying Ming Media, is not still reduced to a little nobleman now, and my aunt will abandon you, it is better to be demoted to me, it is really feng shui in turn." ”

"Yes, feng shui takes turns." Qian Yan first echoed the concubine.

Then he raised his hand, touched the hosta on his head, and turned his head to smile brightly at Concubine Yuan, "However, I believe that this feng shui will soon come to me." ”

Regardless of whether it will really take turns in feng shui, at least it can't lose in momentum!

After scolding the concubine, she left the Buddhist hall, leaving the concubine kneeling alone in the silent Buddhist hall.

The next day, he heard that the concubine knelt in the Buddhist hall all night.

The queen mother connived at the slaves to frame Concubine Shu, framed the nobles of Jiang, and demoted Concubine Yuan to a concubine on the grounds that Concubine Yuan was not careful in disciplining the slaves.

Not only that, but he also killed the two personal palace maids of Concubine Yuan.

This is a typical master who does something wrong, and a slave who bears the mistake.

And this kind of thing is also common in the royal family.

If the emperor and Concubine Wen degraded Concubine Yuan, everyone would definitely think that there was some conspiracy.

But when the queen mother dealt with this matter later, everyone knew that Concubine Yuan must have done something unforgivable.

Although in the end, it was the two personal dowry maids who carried it all.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that without the instruction of the master, who would dare to do such a thing?

Yan Yan originally thought that the four giants of the palace would let others come out and take the blame.

Now although she is a slave, Concubine Yuan's reputation is not much better.

It seems that the Queen Mother is ready to abandon Concubine Yuan at any time if she dies again, so she will not care about anything else.

"By the way, master, the slave also heard that Xiao Lizi was killed by the emperor's order." Xiaolian will find out the news and report it to Qian Yan in turn according to its importance.

In her opinion, Xiao Lizi is not as important as those things, so she will leave it until the end.

Hearing this, Qian Yan, who was reading a book, was slightly stunned, and his heart was a little shocked.

Aunt Qin on the side said: "The emperor must know that Xiao Lizi betrayed the nobleman, but the nobleman was kind-hearted and didn't treat Xiao Lizi well, so the emperor killed Xiao Lizi with a rod and was giving the nobleman authority." ”

After all, that little plum helped outsiders frame nobles.

If it weren't for the investigation of Dali Temple, I am afraid that the nobles would suffer.

Under normal circumstances, if the slave does not serve his master well, he will inevitably be beaten and killed.

Not to mention a slave like Xiao Lizi who betrayed his master.

The nobles are kind-hearted, but the emperor is an iron-blooded emperor, how can he tolerate people like Xiao Lizi to continue to exist.

Moreover, if you betray your master, you can continue to work well in the palace, the price is too light.

Everybody took this shortcut and made money.

The royal family cane killed Xiao Lizi, this is a wake-up call to all the minions who are on errands in the Pear Palace, in order to set an example!

Xiaolian: "That's nature. ”

Aunt Qin and Xiaolian didn't feel that there was anything wrong with His Majesty's punishment at all.

In their opinion, it is normal for the master to kill unfaithful minions with the rod.

In the past, when Jiang Guiren was still the queen, he also killed his minions with a cane, and they had long been accustomed to it.

Xiaolian and the others at most felt a little embarrassed that they had worked with Xiao Lizi for a while.

As long as the nobles are good, they are better than anything else.

I think the emperor thinks the same way, right?

Listening to the conversation between Aunt Qin and Xiaolian, although she was shocked, she had to accept all this.

She didn't feel like she was wrong.

I don't think the emperor is wrong.

It's just that they are not people of the same century, spanning millennia of centuries, which leads to their different views.

Qian Yan thinks that Xiao Lizi is not the mastermind, and everything is out, considering that Xiao Lizi's sister is sick in bed, and there is another sister to support.

This spared Xiao Lizi once, and I wanted to say that such a slave is a big deal and will not be used anymore.

Otherwise, if she takes Xiao Lizi's life, it will not be Xiao Lizi who will die, but an already poor family at the bottom of society.

But in this royal family, if a slave betrays his master, he will definitely die.

Therefore, for the emperor, he must punish Xiao Lizi with the law of the northern bordering country.

After all, throughout the ages, wise kings have valued the rule of law.

Ying Zhan is an ancient person born in this dynasty and a monarch of a country, so she is naturally better at disciplining slaves than her.

Xiaolian saw that Tianyan was silent, and thought that Tianyan was unhappy, so she hurriedly comforted Tianyan: "Noble, you are kind-hearted, but the emperor is also for your good, don't be unhappy, and be angry with the emperor." ”

"Not really." Yan Yan just sighed a little.

In this deep palace, it is not easy for women to survive, it is not easy for emperors to govern the country, and it is not easy for slaves to live.

Xiao Lizi is out of the Pear Palace, she is not her minion, she is not qualified to care about Xiao Lizi's life or death.

As for the emperor, he has the power to go to the harem, and it is easy to kill anyone, and it is not something she can mix.

She wasn't in a position to speak of him, and he was doing it for her good.

She can still carry this clearly.

On this day, due to the recent hotter and hotter weather, there are many mosquitoes.

Tell Xiaolian and the others to pick up some chestnut flowers that have fallen from the tree.

Chestnut flowers can repel mosquitoes, she twisted those fallen chestnut flowers into a strand of twist flowers, and after drying, they became natural chestnut mosquito coils.

In this way, waste can be reused.

Not only that, she also mashed mint, honeysuckle, and dendrobium, poured an appropriate amount of vegetable oil, and steamed it on high heat to low heat for half an hour.

After steaming, strain through gauze.

Add beeswax and cook until the beeswax melts.

Finally, place the liquid in a shallow round box half the size of a palm.

After cooling and solidifying, it becomes a mint paste.

It is used to keep it all over the dormitory at night to repel mosquitoes and smell refreshing.

At dusk, the final step of the mint paste is being packed.

Aunt Qin and Xiaolian were also helping to pack the box.

Women do their work, and gossip is indispensable.

Aunt Qin put the mint liquid into the box and said, "Recently, the emperor has not been there except for the concubine Shugui, and the concubines next to him have not been there. ”

"It is estimated that the fetal position in Concubine Shugui's belly is unstable, and the emperor has no other thoughts." Xiaolian said.

Aunt Qin shook her head disapprerovingly, "Didn't you notice that the emperor didn't stop at the harem much every summer?" ”

"What is the reason for this?" Xiaolian asked.

Aunt Qin said this, but she didn't say it, she just said to Xiaolian, "You are still young, you don't understand many things." ”

Xiaolian: "......"