Chapter 175: Self-Reliance
She smiled with a smile: "If you say so, the mourning family will be relieved." Don't say anything else, let alone Xiao Qi, even any princess in our dynasty can't go to kiss! It would be too embarrassing for a big country to be reduced to relying on sending princesses and relatives to maintain peace! ”
If Dongying can ask to marry the princess, and the princess refuses to do so, they will continue to invade the coastal people, what about Warat? Do you want to marry a princess or continue to invade the border?
These demands are simply outrageous, and they sound reasonable, exchanging a woman for peace.
But the peace that comes with this is unlikely to last.
Most of the courtiers disapprove of harmony, and the attitude of Lai Shoufu and Xu Cifu is also resolute, so this thing will not be possible
Empress Dowager Cui leaned back in her chair and snorted coldly, and then talked about Concubine Xian and King Lu: "Emperor, Concubine Xian and the fourth child, although the mourning family always said that they didn't like them very much, they didn't really dislike them. But this time, they really made the mourning family feel cold, and they are also the flesh and blood of the virtuous concubine, could it be that Xiao Qi is more cheap? How indifferent and ruthless is she to do this kind of thing for the sake of her son, forcing her own daughter to make peace? The fourth child is equally hateful! Compatriots and siblings, he can be so ruthless, such a person, how can he really expect him to be kind to the people, the clan and brothers and sisters? ”
Even if Empress Dowager Cui was dissatisfied with King Lu before, she had never said it like this.
This time, it can be seen that he is really angry.
In fact, Emperor Yongchang himself was also very uncomfortable.
Today, when the seventh princess went to the imperial study to say that she was going to Dongying to make peace, Emperor Yongchang couldn't help but be angry.
No matter how much he is an emperor, he is also a father, as a father, how can he be willing to trade his daughter like a commodity? What's more, it's still a place like Dongying.
It's just that at that time, after all, the cabinet ministers were still discussing in the imperial study, so he could only endure it and not get angry, just comforted the seventh princess a few words, and sent the seventh princess away.
Later, after Lai Shoufu and the others had already made it clear that it was not advisable to make peace, he asked Gonggong Feng to check the movements of the seventh princess.
Therefore, he naturally knew about King Lu's entry into the palace and went to the palace of the seventh princess with Concubine Xian.
They just went to the palace of the seventh princess on the front foot, and the seventh princess on the back foot took the initiative to stand up and say that they wanted to go to kiss, if they want to say that there is no connection here, who will believe it? His face was cold and a little scary, and when he heard his mother say this, he put down the ginseng soup in his hand: "I went to the palace of Concubine Xian, Queen Mother, the queen is unwell, and now the high-ranking concubines in the palace are Concubine De in addition to Concubine Xian, Concubine Xian needless to say, Concubine De is not in charge of palace affairs, this palace affairs, you still have to bother your old man." ”
Empress Dowager Cui didn't refuse, and after a little thought, she agreed: "What's so difficult about this, it's just a matter of taking care of the mourning family for a while." ”
Emperor Yongchang was silent and sighed: "It's just that in the end, I still have to work hard for the queen mother." The queen mother has worked hard for so many years, and now she has to continue to work for my business, I am really unfilial. ”
"Nonsense!" Empress Dowager Cui immediately retorted: "What does this have to do with filial piety or not?" The mourner knows your heart, and that's enough. Besides, for the mourning family, when they are old, they just want to see their children and grandchildren healthy and harmonious, and you and the children can be well, which makes the mourning family happy more than anything else. What's more, when the queen finishes giving birth, will it be difficult for the mourning family to continue to manage the palace affairs? It's just a matter of the past two years, your queen mother is in good health, she can still bear it, there is nothing to say, you can rest assured. ”
His own mother is still his own mother in the end.
Emperor Yongchang was originally full of gloom, but now he was in a much better mood when he heard what his mother said, and thanked the Empress Dowager Cui with a smile, and then went to the palace of Concubine Xian.
Concubine Xian is eating.
In fact, she is not in the mood to eat, she is always thinking about the matter of getting along and not knowing how it is going.
It stands to reason that since the courtiers will discuss, someone must agree, besides, the court has not been easy these years, and the seven princesses have volunteered, so the courtiers should be able to convince Emperor Yongchang, right?
Thinking so, she was suddenly a little upset, and she couldn't eat anymore, so she put the chopsticks on the table, rubbed her eyebrows, and asked Father-in-law Chang in a deep voice: "Is there any news from outside the palace?" ”
I don't know if King Lu can calm down.
The fourth child's temper is a little more irritable than before, and I don't know if it's because everything hasn't gone well recently.
Concubine Xian was worried that something would happen to him on impulse.
Father-in-law Chang was a little helpless, but he could only answer truthfully to reassure her: "Your Highness has been watching over there all the time, if there is anything, you will definitely report to the palace immediately, you don't have to worry." ”
Where can you not worry?
Concubine Xian glanced at Father-in-law Chang angrily, and was about to speak, when she heard a familiar voice coming: "Don't worry about anything?" ”
Hearing this familiar voice, Concubine Xian was like a frightened quail, and she bounced up at once, and hurriedly went over to salute Emperor Yongchang.
Emperor Yongchang waved his hand, walked straight to the top and sat down, and asked lightly, "What are you talking about?" ”
Concubine Xian's heart was a little shocked.
She didn't know how much Emperor Yongchang had heard now, and what she had heard, but she was instinctively a little scared.
Trying to calm down and calm her emotions, she laughed and whispered: "I didn't talk about anything, just talking about Minghui's children, after all, they just lost their mother, and their father soon went far away, and the concubines were really worried that their children would not be able to take care of themselves in the house, so they said a few more words." ”
Emperor Yongchang glanced at her lightly, and asked with a smile: "Really?" I didn't know that you still cared so much about Minghui. ”
After a pause, he asked again: "Since you all know that Minghui and they are scared, then don't you also care about Xiao Qi?" ”
When the seventh princess was mentioned, Concubine Xian knew it in her heart, she had been guessing the purpose of Emperor Yongchang's coming, and now when she heard Emperor Yongchang ask this, her guess in her heart was really confirmed.
Sure enough, Emperor Yongchang came to talk about the Seventh Princess!
It's so late at night, and when he was eating, he still came over, probably because he really decided to let the seventh princess go to kiss, so he came over to say hello to her, the person who is the concubine, first?
Otherwise, if the Seventh Princess is not needed, Emperor Yongchang rarely spends the night with her.
Thinking of this, the big stone in Concubine Xian's heart was put down at once, and her heart seemed to bloom. (End of chapter)