Chapter 16: Choice (1)
"She is going against her own mother, just to prevent her sister from entering the palace, she gave up her brother and wants to support her brother, how much enmity she has with her mother, and she can think of it, which woman can have such an idea?" After Wei Qingguan left, Su Hao, who couldn't hide his words, said bluntly.
"Who's to say it isn't! But I think it's good! ”
The two men are smart people, Wei Jiang's daily troubles about the visit of the queen at the palace gate for Wei Tingcheng's entry into the palace are known to everyone, where the gossip comes from these days can be poured into his ears, as soon as Wei Qingguan said the former, the latter understood what she wanted to do, but Dongfang Chen was still willing to let her be petty and get used to her.
"The emperor is also willful and reckless by her, but Lord Wei is also your mentor, she is a married girl who has made her mother's house a miasma, you are still so even if you are really good!"
Seeing that Dongfang Chen still looked conniving, Su Hao couldn't help but be speechless, what is the difference between Wei Qingguan's splattered appearance and a folk village woman, and it is difficult for Dongfang Chen to like it, it is really green vegetables and radishes that everyone loves.
However, Dongfang Chen pulled out a faint smile on his face after hearing this, "The queen is no longer controlled by the queen mother, the queen mother's eyes hit Wei Qingcheng's body, these years in the court, I have been constrained by Gu's relatives everywhere, and the harem mother always has to come to plug in a rod, the queen is now living freely, sometimes the idea of time and space is unpredictable, and the queen mother is helpless, and now she has to wait and see what happens." ”
"The Gu family's power used to be regarded as having deep roots in the court, and if it weren't for the Hangzhou fraud case at that time, their rights would have been greater than mine. At the beginning, the queen was her puppet and let the queen mother be in charge of the harem alone, but now I just don't want to have another puppet controlled by the Gu family in this harem. The queen mother has always refused to give up power in the harem all these years, and the previous dynasty has also tried her best to stuff it with the relatives of the Gu family, and I have tolerated it in every possible way, but they have never known how to advance or retreat. Now that there is a queen in the harem, the burden on my body is much lighter. I don't want much, I just hope that the court belongs to me, and the harem is the same! The Queen Mother should also take care of her life in Shoukang Palace. ”
"Wei Jiang's clan doesn't know how to advance or retreat, so it's okay to let her suffer some hardships!"
The young emperor's joy and anger are invisible, and the road from the crown prince to the emperor in the next three years is actually bumpy. The Queen Mother wanted to preserve the glory of the Gu family, but she slowly forgot that her son's respect for the Son of Heaven was inviolable. The royal dignity is sometimes really a gap that separates all the warmth of time, and his reluctance to get close to the queen many years ago may also have such a layer of factors.
The old lady of the Wei Mansion is the daughter of the Gu family, and the Wei family and the Gu family are also related, and she strongly opposed the selection of the concubine from the Gu family, but the queen mother could not marry Wei Qingguan. Now the queen is elusive, and the harem is controlled by the three concubines, and the queen mother has no way to start, which is a wonderful method.
Su Hao, who followed Dongfang Chen all the way, knew what the young emperor was thinking, and he couldn't judge the good or bad in the heart of the Queen Mother Su Hao, so he just kept silent.
And Wei Qingguan, who had received the emperor's personal decree, returned to the Yongning Hall in a happy mood, looked at the still hot will in his hand, and smiled from the bottom of his heart, "Isn't Niangniang going to send this will?" Seeing that the master was so happy, Bang Chun couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Send it out to do something!" Wei Qingguan shook her head, she dared to conclude that the Wei Jiang clan would come to her again in the near future, and Wei Qingcheng would not give up entering the palace so easily, so she had to see with her own eyes the shocked appearance of the Wei Jiang clan when she saw this holy decree, otherwise how could she be worthy of her efforts when she begged for this holy decree in vain.
Wei Qingguan's good mood lasted until Dongfang Chen returned to Yongning Hall after dealing with the matters in hand, and she asked the small kitchen to prepare a few light side dishes for dinner, but she was happy to eat, but Dongfang Chen seemed to have no intention of eating.
When Wei Qingguan saw a book on the bookcase, curiosity prompted her to open and read two pages, which was written in the past few days for the Hui beggars often violated the country, when she was looking at it, Dongfang Chen was already standing behind her, and she took her in her arms, smelling the fragrance in her hair, and let out a trace of depression in her heart.
"Would the emperor like to hear a story?" Wei Qingguan leaned back and leaned directly into the man's arms, his shallot-like fingertips gently playing with the man's thick palm, and whispered with rare enjoyment.
"Listen up."
"Once upon a time, there was a rich man who had three sons, and the eldest and second were not angry, and they would only covet the rich man's property all day long. The rich man felt that the younger son wanted to hand over the family business to the younger son to take care of, but the eldest and second son were not convinced, and wanted to murder the younger son, and then the two divided the rich family's property equally. But the younger son was not stupid, one day the younger son's attendant came to the old man's house and told the old son that he was willing to share the rich family's property with him, but he wanted to kill the second son, and then the attendant went to the second son's house and said the same thing again. After coming and going, the eldest and second heard the wind and began to kill each other, and the youngest son became the biggest winner without much effort. ”
"Sometimes, rumors can be the biggest weapon in the world, and they can kill people invisibly without effort, just like the fold in the hands of the concubines. Sun Tzu's Art of War does not say that the soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good. ”
At the moment when Wei Qingguan's story was finished, Dongfang Chen suddenly opened up like an initiation, and the question that was bothering his heart was swept away with the soft and graceful voice: "The emperor is just a fan of the authorities, if he figures it out now, the emperor owes his concubines a huge favor in the future, and he will have to pay it back in the future!" Wei Qingguan, who was tightly embraced by Dongfang Chen, knew that the man had understood what he meant, and said with a smile.
Having said that, Dongfang Chen was very happy in his heart, he hugged Wei Qingguan in his arms tightly and kissed her white forehead, and said lightly, "You, you are still too small to give you this will today, this narrow little character is getting worse and worse, Wei Mansion will soon be turned upside down by you, what other will do you want!" ”
"Humph......"
Wei Qingguan snorted unconvinced, "These are all self-inflicted, if it weren't for the concubines they provoked first, the concubines wouldn't have competed with them, and the concubines didn't care if they turned the sky upside down or not, as long as the emperor didn't think that the concubine was a shrew, all the other concubines didn't care!" Wei Qingguan responded very much to the gentleness given by the man, she hid in the man's arms with the fragrance of the dragon birthday and smiled playfully.
After a while, Dongfang Chen went back to the imperial study to summon Su Hao into the palace, and after the two talked secretly in the study for a long time, Su Hao leaked out of the palace and returned to the border to arrange the deployment, and Dongfang Chen was also rare to be placed alone on the couch in the study, and did not return to the Yongning Palace.
Early the next morning, Wei Qingguan slept comfortably until three o'clock in the morning. Only then did he get up, and said with a bad look on his face, Wei Jiang's family took Wei Tingcheng and the two of them outside the palace gate, and asked the marquis to see him.
When Wei Qingguan heard this, he yawned lazily, and smiled coldly, "It's really difficult for the good sister and good mother of this palace, the more things on my face I like to do." Alright, let's change the clothes of Hongu! ”
When Wei Jiang took Wei Qingcheng to kneel in front of Wei Qingguan and bow cautiously, Wei Qingguan was sitting at the round table of small red sandalwood with breakfast. The simple cherry red Suzhou embroidery with gold piping placket is blooming with peonies at the end of the palace skirt, which is indescribably luxurious.
I think they have been waiting at the gate of the palace for a long time, and the faces of Wei Jiang and Wei Chengcheng are not very good. Wei Tingcheng's eyes were still a little red, and he thought that he should have shed tears these days.
Wei Qingguan took the milk porridge and glanced at the two kneeling people on the ground, too lazy to talk to them, and reached out and threw the two booklets on the table directly in front of Wei Jiang.
One is the emperor's own decree, and the other is a roster of women to be drafted by the Ministry of Rites.
At each end of the scale stood the future of his son and daughter, and the choice was in the hands of the Wei Jiang clan, which was really a rare show.
Wei Qingguan's beautiful eyes were raised, and he smiled at Wei Jiang, who was pale, and said, "I think that after a night, my mother didn't figure it out, and I also lost my sister's clever mouth, in this case, the two of you will discuss it carefully, which of these two booklets do you want to choose?" ”
"Mother, this ...... How can this be...... It's not safe here, your brother can't pick up his shoulder since he was a child, if you send him to the border, it won't be a dead end! "Besides, she recently heard the old man say that the border is restless, and she is afraid that there will be a war, and if she goes like this, then there is really no return.
Wei Jiang's eyes were full of tears, and he said to Wei Qingguan tremblingly.
And Wei Tingcheng, who was kneeling beside her, looked no better, but unlike the fear on Wei Jiang's face, Wei Tingcheng's eyes showed a hint of ruthlessness, as if he was going to devour Wei Qingguan alive, "Niangniang is so sinister, do you want to force your mother to death?" You know that your mother is a son of your brother, and your brother will be the head of the Wei Mansion in the future, what good will it do you to put your brother in such a dangerous situation? Aunt Lian's son, you still have to hold it, are you crazy? ”
Wei Qingcheng's hoarse rebuke made her pale face red, and her eyes widened with anger, as if Wei Qingguan had done some heinous crime.
Wei Qingguan chuckled, still leisurely scooping the milk porridge in the bowl, and said without hurry, "Is there any?" This palace didn't force my mother, this palace forced you, my own sister! ”
"You want to enter the palace and sit in the position of the main palace, how can the main palace still sit still? After all, your brother treats you well, if he becomes the head of the family in the future, he will only be towards you, his sister, and will not think of my sister, rather than so, it is better to throw him to the border to come quietly! Let the cold wind blow in his brain, and think about who the person who can control his life and death is! Besides, as long as you give up entering the palace, your brother's head of the family is still his, and the choice is yours, not in the palace. ”
"You're such a poisonous woman!"
"I'm a poisonous woman, you're better than me, everyone is just each other, you love your brother so much, then don't you enter the palace, give up the opportunity to enter the palace, and let your own brother stay in the house, it's not good." How? You still can't bear it, why are you talking so righteously, we are all selfish people, aren't we!
The corners of Wei Qingguan's mouth raised his eyebrows, and there was coldness in his eyes, with a playful smile on his lips, and he smiled. What good is it for her to raise Wei Yiming, do they really think that she Wei Chengcheng is the cowardly and indisputable person in the past!
Hearing Wei Qingguan's words, Wei Qingcheng was angry, and he gritted his teeth with hatred. And Wei Jiang, who was shaking his hands and undecided on the side, finally opened his mouth to Wei Tingcheng with a deliberative tone, "Allure, otherwise we still won't enter the palace, with your appearance, our family's conditions will always be to marry a good family in the future, you can't watch your brother die in a foreign country!" ”
One end of the scales finally tilted, and the Wei Jiang clan still chose his son at the critical moment. "Whew!" Wei Qingguan snorted coldly on the side.
And Wei Chengcheng was like a camel bent by the last straw, lost his mind, stood up regardless of it, and scolded, "Poisonous woman!" I knew you were so vicious, I should have put enough weight in that bowl of cinnamon soup, so that you would never be resurrected from the dead in this life! ”