Wei Zhengyin led her niece into the carriage, and when she reached the street, she turned her head and asked, "What's going on with your mother-in-law? Why is she so sick when she's fine? Man Ting who came over was hesitant and unclear. I guess I heard that you are angry with your niece? Then Pei is just a daughter of the Pei family. With how powerful your mother-in-law is, how can she be bullied by a junior? "
"I happened to go out in the afternoon yesterday. When I came back, the matter was over. I heard from the women in Manlou and my mother-in-law's yard that it was the fourth sibling Pei Meiniang who made rude remarks and made my mother-in-law and eldest sister angry." Chief Wei Ying briefly described what he heard from Manlou.
Wei Zhengyin couldn't help but be moved: "There is such an arrogant and unworthy woman in a famous family?" He then muttered, "It's no wonder your mother-in-law is so angry. If I remember correctly, this Pei is still your mother-in-law. Did you hire it for your brother-in-law personally?"
Wei Changying sighed: "Who says it's not the case? That's why I went to comfort her yesterday. I really don't know what to say."
"Just say a few words if you feel sorry for her." Wei Zhengyin smiled and said, "I have Pei as a comparison. Does your mother-in-law think that any of her daughters-in-law is not tens of millions of times better than Pei? Everybody? It’s a comparison.”
"Auntie can see clearly. I didn't think of this last night. I asked Aunt Huang for advice before I dared to go in." Wei Changying was concerned about the matter of asking for forgiveness. He hurriedly responded and asked, "Auntie, what happened today?" Entering the palace?"
Wei Zhengyin said: "Don't worry. Isn't it just a dowry that violated the prince's honor guard? The prince was punished in the street. It is impossible for a family like ours to hold on to such a trivial matter. Today I am in Weiyang. The palace is just a formality.”
"This matter..." Wei Changying pondered for a moment, and saw that the maid in the car was the confidant of the aunt and nephew. The aunt expected that she could not talk about such a big thing as treason, but she could still talk about the Chuncao Lake matter. He told the story about the lotus-picking girls, "I'm afraid the prince has hatred in his heart. This is intentional!"
"Is there such a thing?" Wei Zhengyin was also shocked when he heard this, and his expression changed. He wanted to say something, but when he looked at the people in the car, he only said, "I haven't seen your mother-in-law for a long time. Unexpectedly, she is now angry with a junior... When I come back from the palace in a while, I will go with you to see her. "
Wei Changying knew that Wei Zhengyin would not simply visit his sister-in-law, so he pursed his lips and said, "Yes."
Then he asked, "When did you meet the Queen?"
"Just ask for forgiveness as usual." Wei Zhengyin said absently, "The queen has always been generous to us, but I am afraid she is even more generous today."
Wei Changying understood: "Yes."
When they arrived at the Changle Hall, Queen Gu screamed before Wei Zhengyin finished speaking on behalf of Wei Changying, and said: "I only heard someone mention this matter yesterday. It's because the people around the prince are too domineering. , I heard that the person who bumped into the honor guard did not have an accent in the imperial capital. He was probably a newcomer to the capital. It was his first time to meet the prince on a trip, so he stood in the wrong place out of nervousness, so that he could understand what to do next time. Why did you take action and beat someone to death? This is no one who can accompany the prince! Fortunately, the prince found out about this after returning to the East Palace and had already expelled them - I should have told him. In this way, there is no need to let others ruin the reputation of the prince."
This time Queen Gu's voice was far less melodious than before, and she sounded tired, as if she was not in good health.
The two aunts and nephews didn't know that the queen was so angry with the prince that she almost fell seriously ill. However, they also guessed that Queen Gu was so sad and haggard after knowing that the prince had beaten Jiang Zheng. Wei Changying said subconsciously: "Thank you for your concern, thank you. Uncle Jiang is not dead."
"Not dead?" Empress Gu was startled, and then said after a pause, "Then give him a good diagnosis and treatment. It's so pitiful. You've only been married to the emperor for a few days, and I don't think he understands, but you meet the prince again. Those unruly people around me are so ruthless for trivial matters, aren’t they deliberately trying to harm the prince?”
Wei Zhengyin said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been generous, benevolent and filial, but it is true that Jiang Zheng bumped into His Highness the Crown Prince's honor guard. Jiang Zheng was at fault in this matter, and the people in front of the Crown Prince should punish him no matter what. Your Majesty and His Royal Highness are so generous. "My wife and niece are really scared."
The captain of the guard Yingzi echoed the words and even said that he was not careful in his discipline.
"It's not a big deal in the first place." Queen Gu developed a high fever that night after being greatly praised by the prince that day. After all, she was already the age of the royal grandmother. Although there were confidants in the palace who diagnosed and treated her in time, yesterday The son had been lying in bed for another day - that's why he delayed Madam Su's request for an audience. At this moment, he was still a little reluctant to accept the interview and apology from Wei's aunt and nephew. There was weakness in his voice, "It sounds like the prince is too lenient. , Indulging everyone around me to make their own decisions! What happened this time has reminded me and the prince that some people really can’t let it go, and it’s lawless for them to let it go! Come and tell me that we need to sort out all the people in the East Palace! There will be no more people like this who use the banner of the East Palace to ruin the reputation of the Crown Prince!"
The queen spoke a little hastily, and breathed twice unnoticeably before continuing, "I put a lot of ice cream in my bedroom in the past two days, and I have been unhappy in the past two days. Otherwise, I would have to personally deal with this matter... I don’t blame you for this. How can you see such a dowry? What’s more, your aunt and nephew are married and stay in the backyard. If the people below are not paying attention when they go out on the street, you can’t do anything in the back house... In the end, it’s the people below who didn’t pay enough attention this time.”
Wei Changying heard that Queen Gu meant the same thing as the lotus picking girl at Huichun Cao Lake. She put all the blame on the people around the prince to imply that the prince had no grudge against Yue, and also promised tactfully that she would All those who instigated the prince were dealt with.
It sounds like Queen Gu is very afraid of the clan leader - based on the queen's experience since entering the palace and her current status, it can be seen that the six clan clans in the country are indeed very powerful at this time, and even the queen cannot afford to offend her, otherwise Queen Gu will definitely not be Timid people - this will be trying to be approachable and win over.
It's just that Wei Changying thought that her husband was now suspicious, and even his father-in-law was alarmed. I'm afraid that Queen Gu's statement would not dispel her worries about Shen Xun's succession... Wei Zhengyin was slightly stunned, and Wei Zhengyin had already answered on her behalf. He said: "The queen's body is not in good condition, but the ministers still come to disturb her. She is really guilty." He also asked about the queen's body.
Of course Empress Gu was not in the mood to talk about her body - without answering a few words, she brought the topic back to Jiang Zheng, repeatedly hinting that the prince valued Wenyue very much and had absolutely no intention of hating Wenyue, let alone hating Wenyue. read.
It's just that Wei Zhengyin was respectful, showed sympathy for the queen's body, praised the prince's benevolence and filial piety, and said that his niece was young and ignorant... they were all empty words.
The queen was deeply disappointed, but she also knew that even if Wei Zhengyin believed her, she could not be the master. After all, Wei Zhengyin was not the head of the Shen family. At this point, she thought that something had happened to Wei Changying's dowry. How could it be Wei Zhengyin? Did my aunt come with her instead of her mother-in-law
He said, "Don't keep asking about my health. I'm fine. Mrs. Su, on the other hand, why have you been sick these past two days? Could it be that you put too much ice in it?"
Whether Pei Meiniang's matter was a big deal or a small matter in front of the queen, it was considered a family scandal. Wei Changying didn't want to answer directly, so he said vaguely: "My mother has not been feeling happy these past two days, so I asked my aunt to accompany my wife to the palace to apologize. .”
Empress Gu immediately heard that there was something going on, and asked: "What kind of unhappy solution is this? Do you need to ask the imperial doctor to take a look? I will send someone to the imperial hospital to give instructions."
"Thank you, Queen." Wei Changying hurriedly thanked her mother-in-law and said, "But there is no need..." She was racking her brains to think of how to answer, but suddenly there was a noise outside the palace -
A clear but sharp cry quickly came from far to near: "You vicious thing! How dare you quibble! Do you think you are instigating the father in Xuanming Palace and I don't know about it? Today, you must be the mother and queen." Please tell me clearly!"
Wei Changying recognized that this was Princess Anji, and he didn't know who she was scolding... At this time, sobs also came into the palace. It seemed that Princess Linchuan said something vaguely, and then she heard a crisp " There was a sound. It seemed that the fierce Princess Anji slapped the sister, and then continued to yell: "Don't you dare to do something you don't dare to do! Go in with me, and go faster! If you keep dawdling like this, I'll kill you!" Tear your mouth apart!"
Wei Zhengyin, who had been calm and composed before, showed a trace of distress, and the corner of Queen Gu's lips twitched, and she tried to keep her spirits up: "It's so noisy outside, let's go and see why Ying'er and Zhu'er are quarreling again? "
Before the palace attendants who could wait for the Queen's instructions came out of the palace, a figure flashed at the entrance of the palace, and following the shadow passing behind the screen, they saw Princess Anji wearing a half-worn colorful dress with a tigerish face, holding Princess Linchuan's shoulder tightly with one hand. , dragging Princess Linchuan to stagger around the screen and walk into the palace!
Before entering the palace, the poor Princess Linchuan tightly covered one side of her face. She must have been beaten by Princess Anji just now... She was dragged down a few steps by her sister, and almost fell directly.
When she reached the position of saluting, Princess Anji let her go with a sullen face. Without waiting for Queen Gu to ask her to do anything to her sister, she bowed first and then reported: "Mother, my dear sister, she is slandering her father and wants to marry her son away. My father, mother, and queen are all here, my mother and concubine are here, and my brothers are all here—how can it be the imperial sister’s turn to decide the marriage? The imperial sister clearly hates my son and doesn’t like my son’s presence. If so, tell me directly. How dare I stand in the eyes of the emperor's sister? But the emperor's sister went to the father to instigate him, trying to drive him away! This is really despicable! I refuse to obey, so I ask my mother to seek justice for my son!"
Arriving in front of Empress Gu, Princess Linchuan finally choked up and spoke clearly: "I don't!" She yelled first, then realized that the married woman was there, and quickly changed to more formal words, "If I return to my mother, I will not do it." Instigating in front of his father! When the son was just serving his father's pen and ink, he heard his father praising Juzhou Mu for being young, promising, from a well-known family and not yet married. The son remembered that Anji had not chosen a consort yet, so he joked about Anji. How—I’m just joking!”
"Bah!" Princess Anji was furious when she heard this. If it weren't for Danqi's Empress Gu, who immediately sat up straight and stared down with powerful eyes, she would have almost gone up and continued to attack on the spot, "Father praised Juzhou Mu , just ask me, if my father turns around and praises me to death, do you still want me to arrange a secret marriage? In short, you are not happy with me in this palace! "
Wei Changying looked at Princess Linchuan being asked almost to death by Princess Anji. She was trembling with fear and trembling, but she didn't dare to say the word "yes" that was in her heart. He sighed deeply in his heart...
Empress Gu obviously sighed deeply and said in a sweet voice: "You are making such a lively noise. Are you here to settle disputes with me? Or do you think it is not lively enough to have only Wei's aunt and nephew here, so you came here specifically to make noise for me." The palace saw it?”
Princess Linchuan wiped her tears and was about to speak, but Princess Anji, who was not crying, turned around more neatly than her and said loudly: "I don't dare!"
Then he cut off Linchuan's opportunity to speak and asked, "I beg my mother to make the decision for me. My parents are still alive, my mother and concubine are still here, there are all the royal brothers above me, and there are several royal brothers below me. In this life, How can we allow a half-sister who is not a full-blooded child to make the decision on important matters?”
Then he sneered, "Sister, are you confused when you want to be the master of the family? I am the kind of person who is at your mercy, and my mother is not someone who is willing to let you break the rules!"
Princess Anji blocked Princess Linchuan with a few words, and she didn't know what to say. She just cried and said that she didn't instigate... Empress Gu was already very worried about the prince, so how could she feel sorry for two people who were not her biological children? When the princess decided what was right and wrong, she turned coldly and stopped calling the princess by her maiden name and said, "Anji, you said that your imperial sister was instigating in front of your father, do you have any evidence?"
"The imperial sister first encouraged my father to read the memorial, and then my father praised anyone. As long as he was from far away and not married, he wanted to accept me without asking whether he was wise or foolish or right or wrong. The mother didn't believe that she could send someone to Xuanming Palace. Find out here!" Princess Anji slyly avoided the way she got the news.
Queen Gu didn't want to ask about the source of the news at this moment, and looked at Princess Linchuan: "Linchuan, are you like this?"
"Mother, the emperor sister is talking nonsense!" Linchuan said eagerly, "Where did I get the ability to persuade my father to read the memorial? It was when I was studying ink for my father that I heard my father praising Juzhou Mu, so I joked Just one sentence!"
"You think Juzhou Mu is so good, why don't you marry yourself!" Anji said immediately, "Didn't you choose a consort yet? You are my sister, and you like Juzhou Mu so much..."
"Anji!" Queen Gu had to shout at this articulate and fierce princess - she finally decided that her nephew would be Princess Linchuan's consort, but she didn't want to be ruined by Princess Anji! You must know that Wei's aunt and nephew are still here!
The queen decisively sent Wei Zhengyin and Wei Zhangying first: "It's been a while since you entered the palace. Mrs. Su fell ill again. I guess you are also thinking about her, so I won't keep you here."
Wei Zhengyin and Wei Changying were not at all interested in sitting here and watching the two princesses fight. Hearing this, they breathed a sigh of relief and thanked the queen for resigning. (To be continued)