Chapter 178: Extraneous Branches
"Come on, take this down with me and interrogate it clearly!" Now that the matter has come to this, Cui Guifei knows that it is impossible to pursue Song Yixiao for anything-even if Song Yixiao personally admitted that she stimulated Cui Jianlian in her words, but as a decree officially canonized by the imperial court, she was actually approached by a prince and concubine and asked to abdicate and make way for Xian, who can not be annoyed?
If this matter is going to get out, no one will blame Song Yixiao for not being virtuous and generous enough, but will only think that Cui Jianlian deserves it!
So where can Cui Guifei still worry about making trouble with Song Yixiao now? It's almost the same to find a way to coax her to calm things down!
It's just that this time, she still couldn't drag Xiaoman down - the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom said lukewarmly: "Why bother like that? Wouldn't it be inconvenient for so many of us to be here, to judge on the spot, and to tell the queen mother and queen later? β
Although the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom never interferes in politics, and she is not as aggressive as the acting eldest princess, she is not easy to bully!
Princess Changxing privately asked Song Yixiao for trouble, but Song Yixiao hadn't passed the door yet, and the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom was stunned and forced Queen Su to take out the Xiaguang Wuyue Ring that she had planned to marry her daughter as an apology, how could she easily let go of the Cui family's aunt and nephew?
And Cui Guifei originally had a grudge against the eldest princess of the acting country, and now the king of Wei and the king of Zhao are eyeing the East Palace, as the biological mother of the prince, how dare she offend the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom again?
Although Wen Yan was very anxious, he had to smile and say, "Your Highness, do you use a knife to kill chickens?" Today is the Lantern Festival, but it's not worth it to be interested in such a thing! β
"It's all bloody, why are you not interested?" The eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom sneered and said, "Besides, I'm also curious: the master of this maid is not very familiar with my daughter-in-law, what grievances can this maid have with my daughter-in-law?" As for instigating her master to slander my daughter-in-law? β
Cui Guifei looked at the intact Song Yi and smiled, thinking about her niece who was still resigned to fate, she held her breath in her chest, and couldn't go up and down, and said for a long time: "Your Highness has a life, how dare you not obey?" β
Xiaoman's whole person was paralyzed to the ground at this time, where could he still speak when he was brought over and asked?
Seeing this, Cui Guifei wanted to call someone to be executed - it was only the concubine's person who wanted to step forward, but the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom said: "I remember that the old aunts in front of my mother are the best at training this kind of ignorant subordinate, and several old aunts are here, so leave this matter to them!" β
The concubine saw Xiao Man's eyes flickering, and forced herself to calm down: "With such a thing, how can you work with the people in front of the Queen Mother?" β
But the eldest princess insisted that the old aunt around the queen mother also wanted to give face to the master's own daughter, so she pulled Xiaoman down immediately!
In the end, it was the person in front of the Queen Mother, and after a while, Xiaoman was dragged up again, although he still couldn't stand up, he had already spoken honestly, and he cried when he entered the door: "The slave is guilty!" The side concubine was actually killed by the slave maid, and the slave was afraid that her life would be difficult to protect after the East Window incident, so she used the side concubine's trust in the slave and maid to mislead the side concubine into thinking that Mrs. Yan Guo was the culprit! β
The eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom frowned and said, "But Concubine Cui has harshly treated you?" Otherwise, you are the one who beats her up, why do you want to harm her? β
"If you go back to Your Highness, the side concubine has never been harsh on the slave!" Xiao Man fell prostrate on the ground, his body trembled, and he choked up, "It's a slave...... The slave is delusional...... I want the side concubine to recommend the slave to the ...... To His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! But the side concubine ...... The side concubine said that she had to ask the princess about this, but the slave thought that the side concubine was deliberately prevaricating, and she was confused for a while......"
"You are a slave, and I can take you into the East Palace, for the sake of your many years of service!" Cui Guifei stood up angrily when she heard this, and said sharply, "You still dare to think about the prince!! Xiao couldn't think of it, he didn't think that he was humble and despicable, he actually murdered the royal bloodline, not to mention, and slandered the imperial court! It's the other way around! β
Song Yixiao stood quietly behind her mother-in-law, and coldly watched Cui Guifei be furious - in fact, everyone present knew that Xiaoman's current rhetoric was taught by those old aunts just now!
The reason is very simple: not only Cui Guifei is afraid that falling out with the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom will not be good for the prince; The eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom also has to consider the future of her children after the death of Emperor Xianjia!
And Yuguo and the old aunts, who represent the Queen Mother, inherit the position of the Queen Mother to support the prince, and they don't want the two sides to have a feud!
In other words, except for Fang Yu sent by the queen, the people present have basically reached a tacit agreement: push a scapegoat that will not affect the relationship between the two sides out, and take out Cui Jianlian and Song Yixiao!
The reason why Cui Guifei didn't want those old aunts to teach Xiaoman "rules", but she guessed today's incident, I am afraid that it is her niece who is at fault, I am afraid that the queen mother is not very satisfied with Cui Jianlian, and after knowing the truth, she dislikes this side concubine more and more!
But she didn't insist very much - because the Empress Dowager didn't need a handle to clean her up, and now eliminating the misunderstanding with the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom is the most important thing, in contrast, if the niece can be saved, she can only be saved, and if she can't be saved, she can only ask for more blessings!
"Concubine please calm your anger!" Cui Guifei had a seizure for a while, and then the princess of Hengshan interjected, "It is said that I should have left, but the concubine mentioned the name of Kou'er, but I want to make it clear: after all, my daughter-in-law left such a daughter-in-law down, if she is wronged, I will go underground in the future, and I will not have the face to explain to my daughter-in-law!" β
As he spoke, he asked Xiaoman, "Concubine Cui asked Mrs. Yanguo to come over before, what did she say?" β
Xiao Man whimpered for a long time and didn't speakβSong Yixiao estimated that she didn't know what to sayβthe old aunt who had brought her down before hurriedly said, "It seems that the rules just now are not enough!" β
After getting the promise of the eldest princess and Cui Guifei, she dragged Xiaoman down, and when she brought it in again, she really said: "Although the side concubine took the charge for others back then, she always felt sorry for Mrs. Yanguo!" At today's banquet, it was indeed with the idea of apologizing with Mrs. Yan Guo again, so I made an appointment to meet Mrs. Yan Guo in the name of Princess Towe! β
As for why Song Yi smiled and said that Concubine Cui forced her to go to court, "It's actually a misunderstanding!" Concubine Yan and Mrs. Yan Guo are not familiar with each other, and when they met at first glance, they didn't know what to say for a while? So I thought about mentioning the classmates of the Hengshan Wangfu Women's School first, and getting closer to each other - who thought that Mrs. Yanguo originally wanted to go to Princess Wei's appointment, but when she came, she saw that it was the side concubine, and she was suspicious first, and then she heard the side concubine talk about the four county lords, but she misunderstood! β
The eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom looked at Song Yi and smiled when she heard this: "Good boy, isn't that so?" If not, just say it! β
The eldest princess's words seem to encourage her daughter-in-law, but she is dissatisfied with this statement - what does my daughter-in-law misunderstand? This word spreads, can others not say that my little daughter-in-law is a little child?
And Song Yixiao grew up in the Hengshan Palace, Lu Ko'er is one of her benefactors, if it weren't for the conclusive evidence and the bad situation, according to public opinion, she would naturally have to give way to Lu Ko'er, how could she still listen to the suspicion of the wind and the rain? !
Isn't this revenge!
Song Yixiao couldn't hear that her mother-in-law was pulling the shelf, and when she heard the words, her long eyelashes moved slightly, and she burst into tears in an instant, and said: "What she said is okay, but when the side concubine mentioned the four county lords, the original words were: 'You eat Hengshan Wangfu, wear Hengshan Wangfu, live in Hengshan Wangfu, and go out of the pavilion is also in Hengshan Wangfu, if you don't have Hengshan Wangfu, how can you be today?'" The kindness of Hengshan Wangfu to you, you can't pay it back in your life, and now Cousin Kou'er admires Yan Guogong, you still can't get in love, how can this be done by knowing the kindness of the retribution'! β
Speaking of this, it was logical to shed tears, "Otherwise, how dare I speculate on the meaning of the side concubine?!" β
There was silence in the room.
Cui Jianlian is still struggling for her life, and Xiaoman has already admitted that she murdered her master-now Song Yixiao's words have naturally become one of the most credible testimonies!
But Cui Guifei never wanted Cui Jianpian to sit down and force the reputation of going to court!
Now it's not that she is reluctant to give up this niece, but once Cui Jianlian falls for this crime, the entire Cui family, including her, the concubine, will not end well! It's impossible for her to give in at this time!
"What Mrs. Yan Guo said, this palace also believes!" After Cui Guifei arrived at the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, the mother and daughter arrived, she changed the self-title of "Bengong" to "I" to show her humility, and this will be changed back, but she is euphemistically expressing her determination, "However, this child, Lian'er, was grown up by Bengong, and Bengong feels that it is impossible for her to do such a ridiculous thing if she is so dignified!" β
So, "Is it Xiaoman, a slave maid, who said something bad about you in front of Li'er, for example, what did you do that is not suitable for Mrs. Yan Guo anymore......
"This kind of shadowless thing, this maid didn't mention it just now, what does the concubine mean by that?" The eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom interrupted unhappily.
"Your Highness, don't get me wrong!" Cui Guifei said gently, "But Your Highness, please think: Lian'er is not crazy, how can she not know that a good order, that is even the queen mother and the queen mother will give a decent lady?" With her little side concubine, she can get a greeting from Mrs. Yan Guo, she is already stained with the prince's light! How dare you force Mrs. Yan Guo to go to court? If you want to say that there is no inside story, this palace really doesn't believe it! β
The eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom raised her eyebrows and said, "That's why this palace just asked you, if you want to give your niece to the young son of this palace, why don't you say it earlier?" β
- These two usually don't like to put on a show, but at the moment they both call themselves "Bengong", the former speculated that Song Yixiao had done something wrong, and the latter immediately mentioned that Cui Guifei was the mastermind behind the scenes, but it was on the bar!
Seeing this, Yuguo frowned slightly, but Fang Yu rolled her eyes and said, "The two mothers are calm and don't be impatient!" The slave and maid dared to say: Why don't you wait for the side concubine Niangniang to be safe, ask the side concubine Niangniang what happened, and then draw a conclusion? β
What she said sounded reasonable, but Cui Guifei and the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom glanced at each other, but vetoed in unison: "The dignified side concubine was actually harmed by a little maid to the point of inducing labor, this matter has spread, what will the people in the world think of the royal family?" There is a way that the ugliness of the family cannot be publicized, and this matter cannot be delayed! β
Are you kidding? The two of them are pinching it now, and the picture is to put things off the spot forever!
And the first production, there was still an accident to induce labor Cui Jianlian, it is difficult to say whether he can survive the production level, and he has to recover and ask, at least the day after tomorrow! With such a delay, who knows how many rumors will be born?!
Queen Su, the master behind Fang Yu's scenes, may send someone to spread rumors when she turns around, so that the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom and the crown prince will be separated?!
"According to the slave's opinion......" Yuguo also understood this truth, groaned, and slowly spoke-only halfway through her words, a small waiter rushed into the door, and said: "Several ladies and ladies, just now the warm lady crashed into Your Majesty in a panic, saying that she heard the dispute between Concubine Cui and Mrs. Yan Guo, and lost her honor in shock!" β
Everyone was shocked when they heard this!