Chapter 43: Eternal Concubine
Wanzhao vaguely understood, but still refused to admit defeat, and began to mess around, "How do you prove that these flames on the ground are the footprints of Lord Rui?" β
"Alas, people are stupid and stupid, and it's a bit troublesome to communicate!" Wei Qingqing's face was full of disgust, and when she saw that her greedy maid was also ignorant, she could only hold back her impatience to speak with facts, and just think of it as a lesson for her own maid, "Banxi, lend me the ink stick in your hand." β
Banxi admired Wei Qingqing very much at the moment, and as soon as she was named by her, she immediately looked like a soldier named by the general, straightening her waist straight!
As soon as he heard that Wei Qingqing wanted to borrow his ink stick, he immediately trotted forward and offered it with both hands, "Mrs. Wei, you can use it as you like, you don't have to return it!" β
Wei Qingqing took the ink stick and slowly squatted down, drew a circle on the ground at random, and then motioned for Ming Ye to walk into the circle, "Lord Rui, please leave a footprint in this black circle." β
Ming Ye had already guessed what Wei Qingqing wanted to do, he was in a good mood at this moment, and while staring at Wei Qingqing intently, he took a step on his long legs and walked over and stepped on the black circle.
He frowned suddenly after stepping on it, looked at the lonely footprint with an unhappy face, and then didn't care whether the position in the black circle was enough or not, and raised his foot heavily to leave another footprint...... Well, the two look much more pleasing to the eye.
Wei Qingqing immediately put the torch close to the freshly baked footprints, and the place where the footprints in the black circle was quickly fired, slowly turning into two fire marks that looked like footprints.
Wei Qingqing grabbed the white qi in front of the black circle, knocked her head and asked, "Now you understand clearly, right?" β
Bai Qi nodded again and again like a chicken pecking rice, and looked at Wei Qingqing with bright eyes and a face full of adoration, "Madam, you are really too powerful!" β
Wei Qingqing smiled lightly and had the demeanor of a master, "I just remember some more common sense, and I look at people and things a little more carefully than others." β
"Well said! What a resourceful female Zhuge ! β
The sound of cheers suddenly sounded, and everyone followed the prestige, and when they saw the noble man who came out from behind the flowers, they were immediately shocked, and then they knelt down and saluted, "The Queen Mother is blessed with Jin'an!" β
The person who came turned out to be the biological mother of the current emperor, the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan.
Empress Dowager Xiaoduan's visit to Weifu this time came to attend the birthday banquet of her friend Yongping Hou for many years, but she did not alarm others, so even Princess Jin'an did not know.
After the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan raised her hand to let everyone get up, her eyes fell directly on Wei Qingqing, "You are the Wei family of Chengenbo Mansion?" β
"The courtesy is none other than Wei's." Wei Qingqing replied.
"You first recommended yourself, and with your superb medical skills, you cured Huaisi's dark disease; Later, with his ingenuity, he proved Ye'er's innocence...... Bold, careful, resourceful, it can be said that women do not let their eyebrows go! The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan said and beckoned to Wei Qingqing, and asked her to speak close with a kind expression, "Come, take a few steps closer, so that the mourning family can take a look at you." β
Wei Qingqing didn't dare to shirk it, stepped forward according to her words, and didn't dare to be as skinless and faceless as she was in front of Bai Qi, with a rare look of self-humility, "The Queen Mother praises falsely!" The courtiers were just lucky, and happened to have a little knowledge of Princess Huaisi's illness, not because of their medical skills; As for the innocence of Prince Rui, the person who was framed with Lord Rui was a courtier, and the courtiers were just saving themselves in the final analysis! β
"And the liquor will burn when it encounters fire, this is a well-known common sense, and the courtiers use this to prove the innocence of the Rui prince, which is really not 'resourceful', and should not be praised by the queen mother."
"It's also a shame that this wine is strong enough and the weather is cold enough, and the wine doesn't dissipate so quickly, so that there is a little ignition left," Wei Qingqing smiled and pointed out the trick, "If it is a little later, the wine will all disperse and the fire will not ignite, and the courtiers will have nothing to do." β
Empress Dowager Xiaoduan was very satisfied with Wei Qingqing's unarrogant and impatient attitude, and said with a smile, "No, no, everyone does know that spirits will burn when it encounters fire, which is indeed a common sense, but no one is as careful and observant as you. β
"If you fail to expose the Ling family's lies, I'm afraid that Ye'er's ridiculous reputation will be added to it," Empress Dowager Xiaoduan said and glared at Ming Ye with hatred, "You can't even prove your innocence, can you still have the face to say that you are resourceful in the future?" β
Ming Ye didn't feel embarrassed at all, and shirked all the responsibility with a finger at Ling Wanrou, "Grandmother, it's the enemy army who is too cunning and shameless, no wonder me!" β
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan glanced at Ling Wanrou with a blank face when she heard this, and was very disdainful of what she had done, and then thought about the bad things in Chengenbo Mansion, so she simply opened Chrysostom again, and put the Han family's deliberate suspense on the matter final, "Jian Ningbo's sister Wei, married to the Han family's wife, widowed for three years, chastity and commendability, can be exemplary......"
"Spread the mourning family Yi's decree, give the Wei family the fourth order, and be named the wife of the prince of Chengen."
"As for the Ling family, his heart is not right, his heart is ruthless, and even the parents and children in the womb can still be ruthlessly used to harm people, if he is the mother of the clan, he will harm the clan...... Passing on the will of the mourning family, the Ling family was not right, framed the hussar general, damaged the prestige of the pillars of the country, and punished Yongshi as a concubine! β
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan's decree was given, and the names of Wei Qingqing and Ling Wanrou finally settled.
While Wei Qingqing knelt down to accept the order, she couldn't help but sigh with emotionβββ the position of the wife had never been something she wanted to fight for, and even she was quite disdainful of this title, and she didn't want to be between Han Shuo and Ling Wanrou, the affectionate mandarin ducks, but in the end, this title was easy for her to get.
And Ling Wanrou has regarded the position of the main wife as something in her bag since the moment she was reborn, and she has always believed that as long as she wants to take it, she can get her wish with a raise of her hand...... Who would have thought that this would be the end in the end!
Ling Wanrou's mind was in turmoil at this moment, her heart was shocked more than griefβββ she didn't expect that things would actually get out of her control, evolve to this point, and become completely different from her previous life!
I didn't expect that after things deviated from the trajectory of her previous life, they would develop to such an unfavorable point for her!
Ling Wanrou regretted not being at the beginning, gritted her silver teeth with hatredβββ at the beginning, she didn't think about calculating Wei Qingqing and Ming Ye, she just pushed the boat down the river after Wei Qingqing laid out the game!
But this game, which was fueled by her, not only failed to ruin Wei Qingqing's reputation in the end, but also pushed her into a predicament......
It was not her who made this situation complete, but Wei Qingqing!
She repents and resents!
If she didn't think carefully and attracted the eldest princess of Jin'an and other noblewomen to the Flowing Frost Pavilion, wouldn't the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan be invited?
If the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan hadn't come to the Liushuang Pavilion, there would have been no such decree of "eternal concubine"!
In the end, it was she who hurt herself......