Su Yao was copying books in the Qingning Palace. Although the Emperor and the Empress Dowager had not reprimanded her for the dispute with the Eleventh Princess over the kite, the Cining Palace later sent her a set of the Avatamsaka Sutra for her to copy, and specifically stated that this was the one that the Empress Dowager wanted to offer before the Buddha. Naturally, she knew what it meant.
She didn't think there was anything wrong.
In fact, the Queen Mother was very restrained in only asking her to copy scriptures, and she naturally did not feel that she was really wronged.
Concubine Pang walked in without notifying anyone, and what she saw was Su Yao bending over the desk and copying Buddhist scriptures. From the window, she could see the girl's back was straight, her posture was upright, and she was copying the scriptures with full concentration. Occasionally, a breeze blew by, and her hair was blown up by the wind, revealing her pretty face.
If you only look at the surface, who would have thought that such a sweet face has such a determined heart
She coughed, smiled, and stood by the window, looking at Su Yao who looked up: "Where did you copy it?"
"It's almost done." Su Yao hurriedly stood up and saluted. Seeing that Concubine Pang was in high spirits, he held the book in both hands and asked Concubine Pang to take a look.
Concubine Pang did take it in her hand. Seeing Su Yao's neat and beautiful calligraphy, she could not help but admire: "At such a young age, it is rare to have such patience." She walked around to the front and stopped Su Yao from bowing again. She held out her hand for Su Yao to sit down, and asked Jing Gu to put the scripture back to its original place. Then she said to Su Yao softly: "Eleventh has a spoiled temper. He says whatever he thinks. You have been wronged."
"I dare not say I am wronged." Su Yao said honestly: "After all, His Highness couldn't bully me, but I was quite angry."
This Su Yao! Jing Gu opened her eyes wide, not sure whether Su Yao was really smart or just pretending to be stupid.
Concubine Pang couldn't help laughing. After laughing, she looked at Su Yao with interest and asked her, "You are bullying my daughter. Aren't you afraid that I will get angry when you say that?"
Su Yao blinked: "I thought the queen would be happy."
After all, she had been arguing with the Eleventh Princess for so long, but Concubine Pang had never said a word of no.
If she was really unhappy about something, she would definitely not be here today.
Concubine Pang really liked Su Yao. She praised Su Yao: "No wonder even His Majesty said you are interesting. Now it seems that you are not just interesting, but very interesting. Miss Su, you really can surprise me every time."
She didn't try to hide it, she pursed her lips and said to Su Yao, "You are right. I don't like people who always do what the princess wants, because there are too many people like that. Who knows more about nice things and fun things than the palace maids and eunuchs? What we want is a companion, not a servant who coaxes and does what the princess wants. You are very good, better than I expected. In the future, the princess will have to ask you for advice."
Su Yao couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the Eleventh Princess was so lucky to have such a wise, open-minded and far-sighted mother.
She lowered her eyes and replied.
Concubine Pang then said to her, "We will be going to the temporary palace to escape the summer heat in a few days. You and the princess will go together. Since you are both in the entourage, you should try to ease the relationship during this time."
At this time, Tian Chengzhong was also kneeling in front of Empress Dowager Tian and crying loudly.
He never imagined that just by scolding his wife a few words, she would actually dare to abandon everything and return to her parents' home, and even shamelessly asked for a divorce.
Empress Dowager Tian was so disappointed that she scolded him harshly and sneered at him without any courtesy: "You are an incompetent bastard who cannot bring honor to the family, but you are bullying at home. When Cong got into trouble, you didn't teach him well. What's the point of beating him to death? Your wife was right. If you yourself are not upright, how can you expect your children to be upright? You have brought trouble to this good child!"
Tian Chengzhong was scolded bitterly but he had nothing to say. He knew very well that Tian Xun was really implicated this time because of him, otherwise, she would still be her study partner in the palace.
He said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, even if you scold me to death now, it will be useless... Xiaoxun has indeed been implicated by me. Please think of a way to call Xiaoxun back to the palace..."
Empress Dowager Tian was very angry with him: "That's easy for you to say! With your current behavior, the memorials impeaching you will probably fill up the imperial study! If you let Xiao Xun enter the palace again, are you doing it for her good or to harm her?!"
Tian Chengzhong was in a state of panic, and asked in a state of collapse: "Then should we let Xiaoxun stay at home all the time? Madam, the Tian family can't just collapse like this..."
If there is no promising male child in the family, all hopes will be placed on the girl's marriage.
And is there any place in this world more noble than the royal family
Empress Dowager Tian knew what Tian Chengzhong was thinking. He was simply afraid that Tian Xun would leave the palace for too long and someone would get there first.
She was both angry and helpless, and she scolded him angrily. When Tian Chengzhong stopped talking, she said in a deep voice: "That's all you can do! I will go to the palace to escape the summer heat in a few days. Then I will call Xiaoxun back with the excuse of being unwell. But before that, you have to clean up the mess in your family for me! If we are really divorced, what does it matter if you let Xiaoxun come to the palace?"
To put it bluntly, can the Fifth Prince marry a noble lady whose parents are divorced, or can Xiao Heng, the Crown Prince, do so
If you don't handle your household affairs well, these are just pipe dreams.
Tian Chengzhong finally waited for the Queen Mother to give in, and was eager to agree. Fearing that the Queen Mother would go back on her word, he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, Queen Mother, rest assured. I will go to her parents' home and invite her back after I leave the palace. I will never let a bad reputation spread again..."
He hurried out of the Cining Palace, and walked so fast that he accidentally knocked down a palace maid.
But how could he care about these things at this time? He just frowned slightly and quickened his pace.
The palace maid who was holding the scriptures for Su Yao was frightened and hurriedly got up to pick up the scriptures. At the same time, she looked at Su Yao nervously, but Su Yao had already squatted down and asked her with concern whether she was injured.
The little palace maid breathed a sigh of relief and waved her hands hurriedly: "It's okay, it's okay."
Su Yao said nothing more and just glanced in the direction of Tian Chengzhong.
The little palace maid saw it and whispered, "That's Lord Cheng'en..."
Su Yao laughed softly.
She also knew that it was Duke Cheng'en. It was quite interesting to talk about it. Tian Xun tried every means to coax the Eleventh Princess, fearing that she would enter the palace and divide the Eleventh Princess's favor. He wanted to use the Eleventh Princess to become famous, but now it is obvious that his efforts were in vain.
This Lord Cheng'en was also very interesting. Even when there was a fire in the backyard of his house, he was still thinking about his daughter's job first.