Chapter 419: Differential Treatment
In the harem, there is a character like Concubine Shu to sit on the throne of the queen for a long time, and she will not control Concubine Shu for a long time, but Concubine Shu must learn the rules of survival in the harem when she first enters the palace.
And you must get rid of that Nalan Lan'er!
What the Queen Mother wants now is to let Concubine Shu conceive the dragon seed as soon as possible, once there is a dragon seed, then the queen's position is more likely to fall on Concubine Shu's head.
Even if the emperor doesn't want to, he will definitely agree to it under pressure from the previous dynasty.
She looked at Concubine Shu and said, "The mourning family has been waiting for your good news, don't let the mourning family down." ”
Concubine Shu understood what that meant, and she was embarrassed that her cheeks were flushed.
Knowing that Concubine Shu was thin-skinned, the Queen Mother didn't say any more, because there was another person beside her, and it was too obvious to ignore.
She turned around and lowered her head, and sighed a little in her heart, Concubine De, this girl will not look bad, why is that temperament so unpleasant, it has made her family's declining mother raise her badly, since she is the daughter of the prime minister, it is worthy of the prime minister to help discipline her.
Concubine De noticed that the queen mother's eyes were staring at her, and her head lowered her head, a little ostrich-like.
The queen mother didn't give her this opportunity, and when the three grandmothers tutored the concubine in keeping accounts, they found that the tea set in Deyan Palace had to be replaced with a new set almost every day.
This is frequently replaced, and there is no old one sent back, and the result of the inquiry turned out to be that Concubine De had to break a set of tea sets every day.
It's not that the palace can't afford to consume a set of tea sets every day, but as a concubine, this kind of behavior is unqualified! How can a lady lose her temper like this.
"Concubine De." The queen mother's tone of speech at this time was no longer as intimate as that of Concubine Shu just now.
This obvious gap, Concubine De immediately felt it sensitively.
Concubine Shu didn't know what De had done, so she didn't speak well, so she just watched her with the Queen Mother.
"The concubine is here." Concubine De didn't dare to slack off when she heard the indifferent voice of the queen mother, and hurriedly responded. But the head was lower.
This is a low profile, and she is so proud that she is really afraid of the coercion of the queen mother.
The queen mother looked at her posture dislikedly, and motioned to Mama Liu to serve them tea with her eyes.
"Lady Lady Drinking Tea."
"Concubine De Niangniang drinks tea."
Concubine Shu and Concubine De each held tea, this tea is not hot, it is better to warm your hands warm.
The Empress Dowager pondered for a moment before she said, "Concubine De, what are you worried about lately?" ”
"Huh?" Concubine De never expected the Empress Dowager to ask her this question, and after the reflex faux pas, she hurriedly said: "Back to the Empress Dowager, the concubine has not had any worries recently. ”
"If you don't have it, why do you break a set of tea sets every day? How can such a violent temper be right for the word of virtue rewarded by the emperor? The Queen Mother's eyebrows were faintly stern.
Concubine De's body shook, as if she didn't understand that the Queen Mother would know that she would break the tea set, and the more strange Queen Mother was taking a set of tea sets to preach to her?
This excuse for finding fault is too subtle!
"The concubine knows her mistake." Concubine De hurriedly stood up and knelt at the Queen Mother's feet to apologize. was full of unconvincing in her heart, did she enter the palace completely to anger the queen mother?
A set of tea sets, that's just a set of tea sets! What is the reason for such a big movement? When she was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she fell every day, and her mother was afraid that she would hurt her hand.
Concubine De didn't dare to speak, for fear that she would expose her emotions as soon as she spoke.
The queen mother saw that her attitude of admitting her mistakes was so good, so she didn't pay much attention to it. "Although there is no shortage of such sets of tea sets in the palace, such a waste is not allowed, and Concubine De's temperament should also be changed, otherwise it will be difficult to survive in this harem."
After speaking, he looked at Concubine Shu, and his tone instantly softened a little: "When Concubine Shu is free, teach Concubine De to cultivate her self-cultivation and strive to correct those bad temperaments as soon as possible." ”
Concubine Shu obediently responded, letting the hand in Concubine De's sleeve clench into a fist and poke her palm.
The Queen Mother asked Concubine De to get up, and Concubine De sat back on the chair, and after adjusting her facial expression, she looked up at Concubine Shu and the others.
"You two should know the news that Concubine Nalan has woken up, right?" The Queen Mother suddenly brought up the matter. I want to see the looks of these two concubines.
Concubine Shu and Concubine De both nodded.
The queen mother said: "The concubine is a hard-fought person, she has been stabbed three times in the abdomen and has not lost her breath, she is such a person, this is an opportunity, she can't sleep until the injury comes, you learn to seize this opportunity and conceive the dragon seed as soon as possible." ”
After all, she herself felt a little tired, she could have quietly recited scriptures in Cining Palace to atone for her sins, but she didn't expect to meddle in the affairs of the harem, and there was a Nalan remnant in the harem! How could she rest assured.
Concubine Shu and Concubine De nodded again, indicating that they would serve the emperor well.
The queen mother didn't want to say more, but before the two concubines said goodbye, she criticized Concubine De by name again, saying that her temperament would not please the emperor.
Concubine De, who listened to it, had a straight face when she left Cining Palace, and she looked like she didn't want to die, so don't talk to her.
Concubine Shu knew that the Queen Mother was unhappy when she said this, because Concubine De was not a person who was willing to let people say it before. Looking at the previous relationship, Concubine Shu still spoke: "Sister, you don't have to care about what the Queen Mother said, pay attention in the future, the tea set is just a small thing and will not affect you." ”
Concubine De tried hard to suppress her anger, raised her head and looked at her expressionlessly: "Yes, a small thing is worth her special call to the palace to come over, and a small thing is such a harsh reprimand?" A little thing, who told her about that little thing! Could it be that when the palace asked people to go to Shangwu Palace to get tea sets, they told the queen mother? ”
It's not very far from Cining Palace, and Concubine Shu doesn't want to quarrel with Concubine De outside, but looking at her appearance, it seems that she misunderstood that she told the Queen Mother about the tea set.
At this time, he didn't have any good looks, so he could only say coldly: "The palace has not been idle to this point, and I came to report to the queen mother because of a set of tea sets, hehe, my sister is a noble concubine, and mentioning you to the queen mother doesn't it seem that the palace is small." ”
Concubine De thought that Concubine Shu would first bow her head and admit her mistake as she remembered, but she didn't expect to get this cold answer.
That is, Concubine Shu's expression, Concubine De quickly calmed down. Indeed, Concubine Shu should not do such a thing that damages her reputation. So how did the Queen Mother know?
Concubine Shu had already guessed a possibility.
Seeing Concubine De's tangled expression, she put aside the unpleasantness just now and said, "Sister, go find a quiet place to talk about it." ”
In other words, the vicinity of Cining Palace is not very safe.
Concubine De still had a breath in her heart, and she didn't want to get close to Concubine Shu, so she looked up at Concubine Shu and replied: "No, I didn't sleep well in the first place, and now this palace just wants to go back to Deyan Palace to rest, my sister walks slowly, and my sister will take the first step." ”
Looking at the back of the hurried footsteps in front of her, Concubine Shu's face was no longer smiling.
Concubine De must have misunderstood something, is this deliberate by the Empress of Heaven or is Concubine De's thinking biased?
Bi'er stood beside her master, she used to just think that the master and Concubine De should not fall out, because it would be no good to fall out with the concubine and the master.
But Concubine De seems to be getting more and more excessive, "Master, Concubine De Niangniang calls herself the palace in front of you, which is a great disrespect to the master!" In addition, it was the queen mother who said that she was angry, why did she sprinkle her anger on her master! The Queen Mother is right, Concubine De should change her temperament! ”
Concubine Shu didn't speak, looked at the back in the distance, lowered her head and thought about it, Concubine De's personality would really bring great disaster to herself. Now let her take a good rest. It's just that it's easier to provoke Concubine De with this method, but apart from listening to the words of the Prime Minister's wife, Concubine De rarely listens to the words of others.
"Forget it, let's go back too." Concubine Shu gave up thinking about these messy things.
The Queen Mother is right, we must take advantage of this half-month opportunity.
On the way back, Concubine De asked Huan'er beside her, "How did the Queen Mother know about the tea set in this palace?" Does Shangwu Palace dare to report this matter to Cining Palace! ”
Huan'er already knew all about this, and she was also in the temple at that time. If you don't splash dirty water on Concubine Shu's body, where can you splash it? "The master is angry, don't be angry, it's not worth it to be angry, even if this matter is reported by Shangwu Palace, it is also reported to the lady concubine Niangniang who is in power today. Why didn't you go to the Queen Mother at night? ”
There is a sense of truth in that.
Huan'er said again: "If Shangwu Palace didn't report these small things, then it could only be seen when Concubine Shuniang looked at the account book herself, and the master should know that every thing we take is recorded in the archives." ”
After listening to Concubine De, the more things she thought, and it was unlikely that Concubine Shu would report to the Queen Mother with such a trivial matter as a tea set, which would damage her generous and decent image in the Queen Mother's heart.
But what Huan'er said is not unreasonable, but Concubine De still found another possibility. "It must be the palace maid in the palace who went out to talk nonsense and was heard by others!"
Huan'er racked her brains to come up with this statement that may not be true, "Back to the master, the palace maids in our palace will not go out and talk nonsense, after all, the prestige of the master is there, how can I say that there is any palace maid who can get close to Cining Palace?" ”
At this time, the only possibility that Concubine De could think of was Concubine Shu.
Is it really a concubine?
Huan'er didn't dare to lead the water to Concubine Shu's side too diligently, so she also asked with a questioning look at this time: "Could it be that the three grandmothers sent by the Queen Mother in the Concubine Shu's palace said it?" Didn't the Queen Mother say that the three grandmothers admired the concubine? ”
Concubine De's eyes changed, and then she was reluctant to pursue it anymore: "No matter who said it, the Queen Mother can use these little things to teach this palace a lesson, which is enough to show how low the status of this palace is." ”
Huan'er was silent, and it was also a good thing that Concubine De and the Queen Mother were not in harmony, allowing the dissatisfaction in Concubine De's heart to spread.