Seeing the Queen Mother looking over, Queen Meng said in a low voice: "Auntie, although the Queen Mother's status is far inferior to yours, there is no way that the late Emperor's people who came from the east could have children, so she has been living with you in the Xinshou Palace all these years. At that time, she was frightened in the side hall not far from you. She heard that her appearance was ruined. People outside didn’t know the twists and turns, so they must have felt that your place was probably not safe either!”
"Then, once you are disturbed, wouldn't the people of Tiandong think it's strange?"
"King Gaomi is a treacherous person, otherwise he wouldn't have been entangled with our family for so many years. If the so-called concubine was frightened that time, he was actually the one who took the initiative, and the purpose was not to target Prince Mi Zhen, but to Is it coming towards our house, or even my aunt?"
Both Empress Dowager Meng and Chi Zuosi were a little stunned by what she said. The Empress Dowager said thoughtfully: "Fourteen, am I different from usual? I never say those words."
"Auntie, are you not at ordinary times now?" Empress Meng was a little nervous at first after lying, but after hearing such words, she calmed down and said calmly after hearing the words, "That means you are here Something went wrong beside the bed, do you think he is not in a hurry? Can you please call him his biological aunt!"
His eyes turned red as he said, "Since you beat him to the ground, you are the one who has done the best to him!" He knows your safety is at heart, isn't it personal? "
Empress Dowager Meng's palace was not deep and she was very affectionate... Otherwise, she would not have betrothed her personal female official to her younger brother Meng Jie, who had already been ennobled at that time. It was not long before the queen mother and her son were treated differently.
When Empress Meng said this, she was moved. She quickly put aside her slight doubts and said angrily: "Look at my child! The Ai family feels very uncomfortable. It is rare for me to have a long discussion with the Ai family. It can be seen that what Chi Zuosi said is wrong. Am I really well and happy? Do I think that the Ai family is suspicious of me? Am I really stupid? I am the niece of the Ai family, and the Ai family’s favorite niece is me. How could Ke Ke be wrong for asking me to get to the bottom of it?"
"Does he feel that his aunt doubts him?" Queen Meng hugged her legs and arms and said coquettishly, "Is he afraid that his aunt will not take his words at heart and insists on staying in the main hall?"
Next to him, Chi Zuosi didn't know the Queen's true purpose. After hearing the words and thinking for a while, he felt that her worries were reasonable, so he helped: "The Queen Mother, I think what the Queen Mother said is reasonable. If you don't say anything else, just say Mo We all know what went wrong with the concubine that time, and we all know that King Gaomi failed to teach his son well, and the father and son turned against each other. Concubine Mo had nothing to do and got involved in the fight between the descendants."
"But if the outside world doesn't know, they might not believe it if I tell them!"
"I may think that since the concubine lives with you, if something happens to her, you are also responsible!"
"Don't you think that's too irritating?"
"Speaking of that, he has to apologize to his aunt!" The Queen changed her mind, stood up, knelt down at the Queen Mother's feet along the edge of the couch, and said with a hint of panic, "How many months has Concubine Mo been ill? I was feeling suffocated after staying at Wangchun Palace. I felt better yesterday morning, so I asked Chunlai to go to the small kitchen to get something to eat. I didn’t expect that I hadn’t eaten properly for a long time, so I accumulated food after just one thing. I haven’t slept well all morning, so I’ll get up early tomorrow morning before dawn!”
“After that, because I couldn’t sleep, I wanted to go out for a walk.”
"I originally wanted to come over to pay my respects to my aunt, but could you walk nearby? Counting the time, you haven't gotten up yet!"
"I didn't want to disturb you, so I wanted to turn back, but I suddenly remembered that Concubine Mo was ill... maybe he was not good, so I wanted to go over and join in the fun and look at people!"
The queen showed a look of shame, "Actually, I don't plan to see Concubine Mo, but I want to see Princess Gaomi! I wonder if I had already heard that the princess was famous in Chang'an, and the late emperor praised her very much. woman. However, ever since something happened to Prince Mi Zhen, she has disappeared from the banquet in Chang'an, and no one can be seen at all. Before he entered the palace, he had heard Huan Yehe, the head of Jingshu County, say , Although Princess Ruming's appearance has been greatly reduced, her conversation and demeanor are still as good as before."
"Even if the Lord of Jingshu County is Duke Huan, he will feel ashamed when he comes in front of that princess."
"At that time, he was curious and had wanted to see her alone for a long time."
"Of course, after the return of Prince Mi Zhen, the princess also started to go out and walk around. Even with a quick glance at the banquet, she didn't have a chance to shut up."
"so… "
"So at that time he just... walked to the side hall unconsciously!"
If she went to the side hall at that time, she would give Gongsun Xi a chance to step on it, and Princess Gaomi focused her whole body and mind on keeping an eye on Concubine Mo to prevent her mother-in-law from dying in front of her. She was wrong for a girl who was younger than her own daughter and had no legs. Naturally, the arrival of the powerful queen would not attract much attention, otherwise the two of them would not have met at all.
At this moment, the queen said, "After arriving at the side hall, looking at the people going about their business inside and outside, he remembered that Concubine Rumingmo was critically ill, and Princess Gaomi was serving as her daughter-in-law. How could she have time to receive him? In order not to annoy her, he told the palace people not to report it, just walked around there casually, and then returned to Wangchun Palace!"
"How did you know that not long after he returned, something happened to Mrs. Mo!"
"No, no matter how he thought about it at that time, it felt pretty good... How could it be such a coincidence?"
Hearing this, Empress Dowager Meng and Chi Zuosi's expressions became solemn: "Is there such a thing?"
Since the Queen Mother was getting old and her health was not as good as before, and even her family members had not seen each other in those two years, Chi Zuosi considered whether the Queen Mother should have a beautiful body and told her what happened in the Xinshou Palace. The matters of great importance were extremely urgent, otherwise they would be left to her to screen and decide which ones to report to the Queen Mother.
There is no need to waste the Queen Mother's time and energy on things that are not important.
And the Queen Mother asked if she was awake. Chizuosi Ba Chengdu could serve around her. Didong people asked if they could report to the Queen Mother in front of the Queen Mother. Most of them asked the Queen Mother, which would be equivalent to telling the Queen Mother directly and bothering the Queen Mother.
However, the palace people in the main hall usually waited for the Queen Mother to arrange the arrangements. Chi Zuosi was not asleep at all. During this time difference, he reported everything that happened in the palace in detail. Although such an approach would cause Xinshou Palace to respond slowly when encountering problems, the situation in the Queen Mother's Palace had always been calm, so neither the Queen Mother nor Chi Zuosi felt there was anything wrong with it.
So much so that they still don't know about Queen Meng's visit to Concubine Mo tomorrow.
At this moment, I couldn't help but be surprised. Thinking of what Chi Zuosi said casually about cocoa, I felt a "thump" in my heart. Chi Zuosi said calmly: "Empress Dowager, why are you listening... That is very true. Can you please tell me?" Are we here?"
"Actually, he has always found it very strange." Empress Meng struck while the iron was hot, "If Concubine Mo is critically ill, it would be a good idea to take advantage of the grandmother's custom of attending funerals and observing filial piety to help the King of Gaomi pay the secret fees to Mi Zhen County. According to the king, why did she ask for a critical illness? If she went directly, wouldn't it have caught the prince of Mi Zhen off guard?"
"It's not like I'm in critical condition right now, but I'll be alive and well until tomorrow."
"He accidentally went to the side hall and something happened to his feet."
"Why do you think there is an affair?"
"Send someone out of the palace to call Marquis Zheng." Empress Dowager Meng pinched her forehead and whispered to Chi Zuosi. Seeing that Chi Zuosi went out to call for people, she sighed and told the queen, "Is the Ai family really old? , then my mind will turn around. During those confinement days, I always thought that Concubine Mo had a deep grudge against the wrong title of Princess Gaomi, and deliberately used her critical illness to torment the princess. Fortunately, during the period before her death, she cruelly Torturing my daughter-in-law! Who knows, the Ai family is watching the show with concentration, but the other side is quietly digging a hole for us!"
"If my child hadn't been alert, how could our mother be killed?"
Queen Meng looked at the situation and wondered if the Queen Mother had completely believed her words. She couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Although she was also privately sad about why the Queen Mother didn't find her a husband who was both talented and beautiful, as well as cold and hot at the same age. She was begged to be the successor to Emperor Xuan Jing, but to be fair, the Queen Mother had already denied that Meng was the best person for her.
At that time, she was afraid that the Queen Mother would be too worried and would hurt her body, so she went and said: "Auntie, don't worry too much. Didn't we already notice it at that time? If there is any conspiracy on the part of the King of Gaomi, it will definitely not harm her. It’s ours.”
"Although my father is very happy to come here, I estimate that after he comes, he will probably agree with my suggestion and allow the Ai family to temporarily move out of Xinshou Palace." Empress Dowager Meng shook her head and said, "Actually, originally If the Ai family is not the queen mother, the Mo family should be the dowager and beg to avoid it. It is also the right thing for the Mo family to avoid the Ai family. If she thinks about it, she won't have many months to live, and the Ai family can't care about a dying person. No. Aijia, let’s move to another place!”
He frowned and said, "However, my thinking was wrong. Although there are many vacant palaces in the palace, the Ai family's identity is there. How can the Ai family lower their status and live in those shabby houses? Isn't it ready for the two people in the West Palace? A humble servant watching the fun? The standard is sufficient, and Ruming has been vacant for many years. Of course it is no longer winter, and the night is not very cold. The old bones of the Ai family, Ruming, can they not withstand the tossing! "
"Auntie, please don't mind it, why don't you go live in his Wangchun Palace?" Queen Meng suggested, "He has been living in the main hall over there, so it won't be cold. He is young, so he can move to the side hall of Wangchun Palace."
"Good child, you know that I am the most filial!" Empress Dowager Meng touched her hair lovingly, shook her head and said, "Wangchun Palace is not the residence of our queen, Da Mu, but the palace of the emperor's wife! Sorry! What was it like living in the past? It’s not appropriate!”
Although Empress Meng was talking about Fu Fu and had no intention of letting the Queen Mother live there, when she saw that the Queen Mother refused, Fu Fu firmly refused, so she breathed a sigh of relief and looked embarrassed: "Then... what? What to do?"
"The Ai family has an idea." Empress Dowager Meng laughed when she heard this and said, "There is no suitable place to live in the palace, and our Huang family has the imperial city to live in... Let's not mention the palace that is far away. First of all, it hasn’t been cleaned up for many years, and secondly, don’t let people say that our Meng girls are so timid, something went wrong with the concubine in the side hall, and the empress dowager of the Ai family actually ran away as far as possible!"
"But the Zai Lin Yuan, which is right next to Chang'an City, is full of pavilions, isn't it?"
"The Lingbo Palace has just been used before. There shouldn't be much ash inside. The Ai family remembers that there was also an earth dragon. They had people burn it overnight and clean it up in a day or two, and then it was done."
At this point, he asked the queen, "Fourteen, should I live with the Ai family? Otherwise, the Ai family won't trust me!"