"Auntie!" Hearing this, Meng Guiyu immediately lifted his robe and knelt down, walked forward on his knees, held the Queen Mother's arm, and said sadly, "Auntie, how can you say that your nephew has been wronged in the clan?! In the past, when my father was young and ignorant, he treated my aunt. There are also three uncles who are very disrespectful. Originally, the father's debt was paid by the son. After father and mother left, my aunt still had three uncles. It was right for her to anger my nephew, brother and sister!"
"But neither the aunt nor the three uncles have ever occupied the property of my nephew, brother and sister, nor have they ever suppressed my nephew, brother and sister. They just rarely come to visit!"
"When my nephew was a child, he felt a little wronged and felt left out."
"You have grown up now, how can you not know that this is not a deliberate alienation, but a forced one?"
"After all, as the Queen Mother, my aunt lives deep in the palace and is an elder. Is it difficult for me to leave the palace in person to visit my nephews?"
"As for the three uncles, the Meng family has become very famous in recent years. My aunt should take the lead, and the three uncles are the mainstay!"
"I have to deal with King Gaomi in the court, and after I return home, I have a large family to take care of. I am simply too busy to deal with it!"
"Although my aunt and three uncles rarely visit, the gradual rise of the Meng family has been influenced by their nephews."
"Not to mention that when the parents passed away, the nephews were still young, but they were able to keep the family property and servants and grow up well. Isn't this a shock to the Meng family?!"
"Besides, my nephew was awarded the title of earl before, and it was all because of my aunt's love!"
"My nephew is stupid and has never obtained any meritorious service. If it were not for my aunt, if there was no Meng family, how could he be able to become an official in the court!?"
"These are the benefits that Meng gave to his nephew. My nephew is not an ungrateful person and has always kept them in mind!"
"The so-called nephew has been wronged and has enmity with his aunt and three uncles. It is simply a rumor deliberately spread by those who want to alienate each other!!!"
Meng Guiyu's face was full of anger. He said this in one breath, then calmed down and continued, "The only thing my nephew has been dissatisfied with the three uncles since he became an adult is Gui Huan's marriage. Gui Huan is my nephew. As she grew up, she has always been an honest woman. My nephew was worried that she would not be able to cope with the complexity of a wealthy family, so he decided very early on to choose a husband for her with a simple population. Wei Xiang had just found a satisfactory candidate. , the three uncles didn’t even say hello, and they arranged her to be the concubine of King Guangling!”
"Although my nephew has always loved and indulged Gui Huan, he doesn't know how to take the overall situation into consideration!"
"If the three uncles had discussed it carefully with their nephew, since the nephew has received favors from the family, how could he not want to repay the favor to the family?"
"The three uncles did this because they clearly don't trust their nephew!"
"This is what makes my nephew so sad!!!"
"But it's just sad!"
"After that, I vented my anger with my three uncles for a period of time. I originally thought that we would be one family after breaking our bones and connecting our tendons. After a while, we could find a place to go and reconcile!"
"Who knows...who knows it's only been a few days?"
"The bad news comes in an instant!"
"When my nephew heard the news about the accidents of his three uncles and cousins, including Gui Huan, he felt like the sky was falling!!!"
"I'm just thinking about my aunt, Gui Han and Gui Xin from Chang'an and the capital, and the other brothers and sisters scattered in the three houses who luckily escaped... I'm just trying my best to cheer up!"
"Now my aunt actually thinks that my nephew has a deep resentment towards the family and is plotting against the third brother. My nephew... Even if the nephew really has any hostility towards the third brother, let me ask my aunt. Without the deterrence of the third brother, he will even have to bear the treason As a minister's cousin, what good does this do to my nephew?"
"Isn't this a ready-made excuse for the reverse king Rong Jing?!"
"How stupid does my nephew have to be to do something like this that harms others and does not benefit oneself?!"
Seeing his sad and angry look, the Queen Mother was stunned and a little at a loss.
In fact, from the perspective of Empress Dowager Meng, Meng Guiyu's family did not have anything to feel wronged about: Meng Bao was so arrogant and arrogant that Meng Guo's father-in-law used him to be arrogant and arrogant. The four of them who angered Meng Guiyu are already pretty good.
Later, Meng Guiyu grew up and began to work hard to please his elders.
The Queen Mother was made happy, and she would be given some benefits.
Especially when it comes to knighthood and official service, there are many talented scholars who have been in poverty for ten years and have been named on the gold list. They are just editors or editors who have just entered the Hanlin Academy. Some of them are even directly sent out to serve as county magistrates. Start.
As for titles, in addition to military achievements, in such peaceful and prosperous times, if civil servants want to be granted titles, it is simply a big wave: a ready-made example is Emperor Shihuan Guanlan, a recognized scholar in the country, who is famous all over the world and has a great reputation. After disappearing, in fact, After he was thought to have been killed, the Queen Mother gave his eldest son the title of Yongyibo.
This move was mainly to offset the influence of Emperor Xuanjing's ingratitude towards Huan Guanlan.
And what about Meng Guiyu, who has no fame
Not long after he was crowned, many young talents were still struggling in the provincial examination. He was already a Chongxinbo and a powerful official in the capital!
You can also enter and leave the palace at will, and learn all kinds of court secrets.
How many people struggle all their lives and never reach such a height.
And Meng Guiyu got all this just because he was the nephew of the Queen Mother and flattered his elders... The Queen Mother thought, what right did this nephew have to hold a grudge against the family
As for Meng Guihuan, as Meng Guiyu himself said just now, isn't it the right thing to enjoy the benefits of the family and contribute to the family
To put it bluntly, Meng Guihuan became the concubine of King Guangling. Although she was only a concubine, not to mention that Princess Chai died later, it can be said that she gave birth to children after all. This is compared to marrying for the sake of the family. For Meng Bijun, who became the queen of Emperor Xuan Jing, it was much better.
After all, in Meng's plan, Meng Bijun was to remain a widow for the rest of her life and raise her son for Meng Guihuan, okay
And if this son is raised... well, I don't know if he can be raised. If the Meng family succeeds in usurping the throne, Meng Bijun will not even be able to retain the title of Queen Mother. It is impossible to say that she will just waste her life in vain and end up alone and lonely!
She is still the legitimate daughter of Marquis Zheng, and she is deeply loved by the Queen Mother. Even so, let alone Meng Guihuan
At this moment, Meng Guiyu made such an impassioned speech. Although the Queen Mother was confused and didn't quite believe it, the anger in her heart was somewhat calmed down, and the original sadness and anger in her brows also dissipated a lot.
Meng Guiyu noticed it and snorted secretly in his heart, but his face became more sincere: "I dare not hide it from my aunt. The reason why my nephew did this this time is all for the third brother and the family!"
"You asked Bo Qin to defect to Ruru as an important minister of the Great Mu Dynasty and the commander-in-chief of Northern Xinjiang. You also wreaked havoc in Northern Xinjiang before leaving... This is basically to trap the Meng family to death, and you said it was for Bo Qin and the family? !" Upon hearing this, Queen Mother Meng immediately became angry again and shouted, "Do you think the Ai family is an old fool?!"
"Aunt, the third brother went to Ruru, and the whole family just left, so that's all! But my nephew is still here! Not only my nephew, but also Gui Han and Gui Xin's family!" Meng Gui When Yu saw this, he burst into tears and said in a sad and angry tone, "You said that my nephew is young, unmarried, and has no heirs! As for setting up the entire fourth house to murder the third brother?!"
"This..." Queen Mother Meng was stunned, thinking that it really didn't make sense
Meng Guiyu added: "And the third brother has always been the leader of the nephew's generation. Speaking of nephew and third brother, they are brothers. In terms of age, the third brother is a full generation older than the nephew! It is also earlier. He went to Northern Xinjiang to work hard in the year, and gradually rose to the position of commander-in-chief of the Northern Xinjiang Army. How can he be the kind of person who lives in vain and lives in vain? "
"If this move does no good to Third Brother's family and the Meng family... what should Third Brother do?"
"This..." The Queen Mother frowned, and her original belief that there was something wrong with Meng Guiyu began to waver.
Meng Guiyu continued his efforts: "The third brother is the legitimate son of my uncle's original wife, and he is also the most beloved nephew of my aunt. My aunt even personally selected his stepmother back then! With such great love from my aunt, the third brother should be the most filial to my aunt! In this case, even the third brother Now he feels that his nephew has harmed him. How could the news he sent make my aunt faint with anger just after hearing it?!"
"You must know that children in the community, some of whom are filial and sensible, will report good things but not bad things to prevent their parents from feeling distressed or troubled when they fall and bump into each other while playing outside, or suffer losses while playing with their peers... let alone the third brother?!"
He narrowed his eyes and said, "My nephew dares to say for sure: If the third brother told my aunt in person about this matter, he would never complain about his nephew. He would only explain to his aunt the reason for defecting to Ruru and persuade her to do so." Be at ease and don't worry about him; plead guilty to your aunt for your behavior that has dishonored the Meng family; ask your aunt to take care of yourself until the future or the day we meet... In this way, try your best to avoid irritating your aunt. This is the attitude that third brother would have towards my aunt!"
"This news now..."
He sneered and said, "Aunt, forgive me for speaking frankly, nephew, most likely someone is deliberately trying to drive a wedge between the few brothers and sisters of our Meng family, and is trying to kill me, Meng family!!!"
"!!!!!!!!!" Queen Mother Meng's face turned pale. After a while, she said as if she had woken up from a dream, "You... this... you... Aijia... who... who is it?! Who is so vicious? In the name of Boqin, you set up such a desperate plan to deny me, Meng, any way to survive?!"
"Auntie, this news hasn't spread in Shanglinyuan yet, how did you know about it?" When Meng Guiyu asked this, his eyes were looking at Chi Zuosi.
Chi Zuosi, who was as speechless as the Queen Mother by what he said, glanced at the Queen Mother and saw the angry face of the Queen Mother. He nodded slightly and said softly: "It's the envoy of General Hussar, coming all the way from the north. Because the rebel king Rong Jing occupied Chang'an City, he deliberately made a circle, waded through forests and rivers from the northeast, spent nearly ten days to get to the vicinity of the palace, and notified our people to pick him up according to the agreed code. Then... he took them It’s a message, it’s said to be the instructions from General Hussar himself, oh, he also has the private seal of General Hussar as proof of identity!”
"That person must be a spy!" Meng Guiyu said without hesitation, "otherwise there is no reason not to feel sorry for my aunt! Moreover, the third brother's private seal has been counterfeited once before in Western Xinjiang!"
Chi Zuosi was ashamed and said in a low voice: "I was shocked by the rhetoric at that time and forgot about what happened in Xijiang."
"... The Ai family will drag the envoy over later and ask for details!" Empress Dowager Meng took a deep breath, with a ruthless look in her eyes, "If the Ai family knows the real culprit behind the scenes... "
"Aunt!" Meng Guiyu coughed dryly and interrupted, "If my nephew is not bad... that person is probably gone."
The Queen Mother frowned: "He dares to escape? Can he escape!?"
"Aunt, he didn't run away, he committed suicide or something. This just proves his slander against his nephew, and now makes aunt think that his nephew has killed someone and silenced him, right?" When Meng Guiyu said this, he thought to himself: Gongsun Su A few of them are pirates, and they are all experienced in quietly murdering and kidnapping, and this time should be no exception... By now, they should have dragged the person into the corner to finish questioning and silence him, right