Empress Dowager Meng was talking to Concubine Mo in the side hall at this time.
Although the two had a rather heated exchange of words in front of several juniors just now, their relationship really couldn't get worse when no one was around. Well, to be precise, they couldn't get along at all: it was all during the time of the late emperor. The palace concubines are all still in the world decades after the death of the late emperor. They are all mothers who value their children, and they are all a bunch of sad things for their children... To be honest, although they can never trust each other, it is impossible for them to trust each other. Stand on the same ground.
But many private conversations can only be understood by the other person.
So we argue when we should argue, and when we take a break, we can't help but talk to each other about what's on our mind.
At this moment, the queen mother was teasing the concubine: "How about it? Did the Aijia give you the opportunity? You can't handle your daughter-in-law yourself. She even stopped your grandson from coming to show you, but you can't blame the Aijia!"
Concubine Mo didn't even raise her eyelids: "My daughter-in-law is at least a serious daughter-in-law, and she was chosen by the late emperor himself. I just let her return it. Concubine Shu Zhaoyi said that a queen is not a queen, and she is not like us back then. Same, they are all concubines?! Isn’t my sister still afraid to say a word even after being ridiculed by them? "
"..." Empress Dowager Meng was choked and didn't speak for a while, and then she said, "Anyway, they are two things that can't lay eggs. They should be used to relieve the emperor's boredom. What is the status of the Ai family, why should we care about them? In a few years, Just watch it!"
Concubine Mo said: "I think they have been watching it for decades."
I’ve never seen what you, the queen mother, can do to others
But Er Shu's status is getting higher and higher!
Empress Dowager Meng was getting angry from embarrassment. At this time, someone came from outside to report that a nobleman had a dispute outside the main hall, and even touched his hands and saw blood. At this time, everyone was taken away by Chi Zuosi and was waiting for orders outside the hall.
"On a good day, who would be so bold?!" Empress Dowager Meng frowned, muttered to herself, and said, "Call them in and ask them what's going on?!"
At this time, Concubine Mo said again: "Sister, you are really hardworking. At such an old age, you should be alarmed by this little thing."
Originally, this kind of matter should be handled by the emperor and empress first. If it can't be handled, the empress dowager will come to work.
But Emperor Xuanjing didn't even bother to take care of the government affairs. Who dared to disturb his intimate relationship with Er Shu with such trivial matters
As for Queen Meng, she was only sixteen years old and had been in the palace for less than half a year. She was known as the Lord of the Sixth Palace, but she basically had no other queens to control except Wangchun Palace where she lived... The palace people didn't think she could control much of the scene.
If we don't encounter any trouble, we can only go to Queen Mother Meng
"Of course you have leisure time, but it seems that King Gaomi doesn't want to imitate you?" Empress Dowager Meng heard the irony in the concubine's words, narrowed her eyes and asked back, "He can only live a leisurely life, but he has to work hard. where?"
Concubine Mo smiled and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. He still has a few children and grandchildren. It's human nature for a father to plan the future for his children and grandchildren, isn't it?"
Empress Dowager Meng thought back to "It's human nature for a mother-in-law of the Ai family to deal with trivial matters." However, she looked down at the folds on the back of her hands, and then thought about the empty space under Emperor Xuanjing's knees, and a sadness surged in her heart. Nothing was said.
Then Rong Suihe and his party were brought in, and the Queen Mother immediately laughed: "King Gaomi is a good father, but it's a pity that his descendants are not very upbeat. What's the use of such a son, what is the use of King Gaomi giving him plans?" "
Concubine Mo was also surprised. She didn't care to argue with the Queen Mother. She sat up straight and asked with concern: "Qinghou... uh, He'er, right? Why were you brought here by Chi Zuosi?"
Rong Suihe glanced at her and said nothing. He only followed Chi Zuosi and saluted the Queen Mother and Concubine, and then said calmly: "The uncles and nephews of the Yuan family have offended me and made rude remarks, so I taught them a lesson."
Empress Dowager Meng and Concubine Mo subconsciously looked at the uncles and nephews of the Yuan family. At Chi Zuosi's request, Gongsun Xi had unblocked their acupuncture points and they were now able to speak.
It's just that Chi Zuosi deliberately didn't give them a chance to freshen up, so they were naturally very embarrassed at the moment. Not only was his clothes disheveled, Yuan Liujin also had a lot of blood stains on his chest. In addition, his face was pale and he looked trembling as he stood there. He was really pitiful.
At that moment, Empress Dowager Meng coughed dryly and said deliberately: "Sister, don't worry about your grandson first! Take a look at these two children first. Is this the son of Huaiyuan Hou? The Ai family vaguely remembered seeing them at the palace banquet before. . How could this poor child be beaten like this at such a young age? Prince Mi Zhen, did you do this? If so, you are too ungrateful! After all, he is also your sister’s biological son. , is your direct nephew, even if he takes the initiative to offend you, how can you, as an uncle, not even have such tolerance?!"
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother!" Upon hearing this, Zhao Taomei was worried that Rong Shuihe would be accused of this, so she quickly knelt down, took a few steps forward, and said, "It is true that Yuan Liujin and Yuan Kai deceived others too much, just because the ministers and sisters In broad daylight, there were servants standing by the side, talking in the corridor outside the main hall, and then they came forward to slander the reputation of the minister and the second sister. In their words, they also made many disrespectful offenses to the third cousin. Words!"
"After my daughter and my second sister pointed out their faults, instead of apologizing, they intensified their behavior and used very... dirty words!"
"This is simply a deliberate attempt to slander the reputation of my sisters!"
"Third cousin was really angry. In order to scare them not to talk nonsense, he took action. In the final analysis, it was the uncle and nephew of the Yuan family who stirred up trouble, despised third cousin, and slandered the innocence of the ministers and sisters. Before, I really can’t blame my third cousin!”
She thought that Rong Suihe was unwilling to show mercy to the uncle and nephew of the Yuan family because of her and Zhao Taozhuang, and probably more for her.
Thinking that Rong Suihe had not quarreled with the uncle and nephew of the Yuan family and just made a move, saying that he was not good at words and fearing that he would suffer a loss, not only did he take the initiative to accuse the uncle and nephew of the Yuan family, but he also used his position as a girl She burst into tears because of her son's advantage, "Speaking of my daughter's direct cousin, Princess Qingfang, who is the current mistress of the Yuan family. They are also relatives, and we often visit each other during the holidays. We are still together with Yuan Liujin. You Yuankai, although in the past we were not as close as flesh and blood, we were always polite when we met."
"I really don't know why they said such vicious words this time, regardless of what kind of damage such words will cause to our sisters' future?!"
He choked up with tears as he spoke.
Seeing this, Empress Dowager Meng comforted her with a few words of comfort, and glanced at Concubine Mo with a slightly raised corner of her mouth: Seeing how Zhao Taoyu showed no mercy in complaining, it was obvious that she didn't intend to settle the matter
Concubine Mo secretly scolded Zhao Taomei for being stupid. She knew clearly that Empress Dowager Meng wanted the Gaomi King's faction to be unlucky, so she wanted to sue the Yuan family in front of her. She didn't even think about what good thing it would do to the Gaomi King's faction if the Yuan family was in trouble for this.
At this moment, he noticed the gaze of Empress Dowager Meng, raised the corner of his mouth with a smile, and said: "Children are jealous, what they say in anger, how can we take it seriously? And they even made trouble to the Empress Dowager sister, you... It's really true We are young and ignorant. I think it is better to apologize to each other while no one knows about it. Otherwise, if the news gets out, which of you will be embarrassed?"
The hint in the concubine's words was obvious. Although Yuan Liujin and Yuan Kai were aggrieved, out of consideration for the future of the Yuan family, they opened their mouths at this moment but did not say anything.
Seeing this, Concubine Mo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to say a few more words to Zhao Tao, but Empress Dowager Meng interrupted with a smile: "Sister, you are really impatient. The uncles and nephews of the Yuan family haven't spoken yet, and the sisters of the Zhao family are just like this. After all the talk, why did you come to a conclusion? Don't forget what Tao Mei said just now. The cause of the matter was that the uncle and nephew of the Yuan family slandered the innocence of their sisters. As a result, you slapped them on the head without asking. Jealousy, regardless of whether there is such a thing, Mi Zhen and Yuan Liujin are also cousins. How can we not say that the two girls of the Zhao family are the bane of beauty, attracting the attention of their brothers? The two of them started fighting for them, and Mi Zhen even beat her own nephew... How can we go out in the future?"
The Zhao sisters were hesitant when they heard the knock in Concubine Mo's words, but their expressions changed when they heard this.
Although they did not continue to denounce the uncles and nephews of the Yuan family, Yuan Liujin and Yuan Kai looked a little colder: No girl would like someone who ruined her reputation.
After all, at this time, reputation is largely equivalent to future and destiny for a girl's family.
Concubine Mo could see clearly from above and secretly cursed Empress Dowager Meng for being vicious. If the Empress Dowager provoked her like this, even if the current matter was suppressed, there would probably be a rift between the Zhao family and the Yuan family.
And these two families are both in-laws and arms of King Gaomi. There is a rift between them. The impact on King Gaomi can be imagined!
"Now we can only hope that the elders of these two families will understand something!" The concubine prayed silently and said: "Sister Queen Mother, look at them at this age, when they are in their prime of life, so they deal with it like this They may not have a long memory in the future. I think it’s better to call their elders over and talk about it, so that someone can keep an eye on them in the future to prevent them from doing it again!"
Concubine Mo was not very worried about whether Meng would take the opportunity to criticize King Gaomi. After all, Meng was not very good at educating his children. Isn't Meng Twelve and Meng Shisan, who just booked Jiannan and Beijiang's husband's family, an example
Going forward, why is there no bright future ahead of Gao Chengxuan
Far away, there are the Meng family's children who are corrupt, bribery, and debauched... There is no way. The Meng family has a large number of people. The advantage is that there are many people, but the disadvantage is that there are many children. The father, brother and other elders are working hard to fight for power with the King of Gaomi. , it is inevitable that if you cannot educate them well, they will naturally be mixed with good and bad.
So if you want to criticize your child for being incompetent, everyone will be unclean.
What Concubine Mo was most worried about was the discord that would arise between the two arms of King Gaomi. At this moment, she suggested calling the elders from both sides to come over, saying that she wanted the elders to keep an eye on these people in the future. In fact, she wanted to talk things out in front of them. Don't leave a grudge behind and cause a big disaster in the future.
However, Empress Dowager Meng did not want to do this. She wished that the Zhao family and the Yuan family would break up. She smiled when she heard this and said: "Sister, you are really indifferent! Of these children, the youngest Yuan Kai is also half Are you an adult? Even if you are impulsive, how can you not know how to remember it? Besides, these children are actually closer to you, so you don’t have to worry about calling their elders over and arousing suspicion in the main hall. The civil and military officials of the court know about this? What good does this do to the children? Sister, even if you want to kill your relatives out of justice, you are not the one to do this! We should give our children a chance to change their ways, right? "
Concubine Mo's face darkened and she was about to speak when the scene that Rong Suihe had been waiting for for a long time appeared: a palace official from outside came in and reported: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager: The Empress Dowager and the two county heads Kang Zhao and Jiaxiang , and the three Miss Sun from the Meng family, come to say hello!"