Twenty-one days after the empress dowager was buried, Emperor Qilong reluctantly walked out of his grief. In front of his ministers, he once again pursued the empress dowager Ci and the empress dowager as empress dowagers of kindness and kindness. Talking about how the empress dowager treated him well in the past, he couldn't help it. I burst into tears.
"My mother passed away early, but I was fortunate to be raised by my mother. My mother was thrifty and loving all her life. She didn't like luxury. She worked hard to raise her prince and grandson. Now she should be taking care of her old age, but..." Speaking of this, Emperor Qilong choked up and waved. He waved his hand and let the eunuch behind him issue the decree for him.
"I have had a relationship with Mrs. Fang for nearly 30 years. Mrs. Fang treats me with hands and feet. I think Mrs. Fang is virtuous and will treat her in the future. Unexpectedly, she hides a traitor inside, is vicious, and poisons the queen mother. I am very sad and very sad..."
A lot of words were written in an imperial decree, and everyone finally understood the meaning of the imperial decree, that is, I was innocent, and I was also deceived by the queen. Now I regret it, but after all, I have been married to Mrs. Fang for many years. So I decided to demote the queen to a commoner and assign her to the Huanyi Bureau. And I am willing to share the guilt for Mrs. Fang, and I will copy the scriptures for the Queen Mother every day in the future, hoping that the Queen Mother will have a happy life. There is also the Fang family who helped the queen to do bad things, the beheading who should be beheaded, the distribution who should be distributed, the military who should be consigned to the army, and the official prostitute who was sold as an official prostitute. You don't ask for mercy.
As soon as the emperor's decree came out, it not only cleaned him up, but also erected an image of an emperor who spoke old feelings but was not indecisive. No matter how useful this trick was to the royal family, at least some people were still deceived, and the focus of outside criticism was all on Mrs. Fang.
The Queen's poisoning of the Queen Mother was a major case, so as soon as Emperor Qilong's imperial decree came out, it was announced to the world, so that everyone in the world could see his determination and embarrassment.
The Fang family was sacked, the prince was gone, the queen was demoted to a commoner and became a low-level palace maid in the Huanyi Bureau. In the past, no one in the capital dared to have her sharp-edged Princess Duanhe suddenly become very low-key. The little servant was also dismissed, saying that he was sick and no longer seeing guests.
But even though she is now learning to keep a low profile, for those who have been bullied by her, Princess Duan and Princess are also a thorn in their hearts. No one touches her now, but she just doesn't want to get a reputation for falling into trouble. After the heat of the matter disappears, whether these noble families will still be so self-restrained, that is one thing no one knows.
Princess Duanhe has the status of a princess, and no one has touched her yet, but Princess Minhui is now in an embarrassing position. Everyone in the capital knows that her reliance is the queen and Princess Duanhe. The first queen fell, and Princess Duanhe also Hiding in the princess mansion and not coming out, she became the object of ridicule of some noble family daughters.
A lost county lord, a county lord who has no backstage support, is just a beauty on the face. She sometimes appeared at various poetry banquets, and the female relatives who had been troubled by Princess Duanhe were polite on the surface, but in reality they made troubles everywhere, and she could only endure it. And because of the status of some female relatives, if she wants to refuse to attend, she will give others an excuse to attack.
Her embarrassing status has made her more and more careful recently, and she is also secretly glad that because she has to be filial to the Queen Mother, she can't throw banquets, so she doesn't have to appear on various occasions.
After the 100 days of filial piety, the aristocratic nobles in the capital finally began to be low-key and lively. Although they should not be too noisy, elegant events such as poetry and tea parties, or events such as weddings, funerals, and marriages can continue. .
Princess Minhui, who was praised for her talent in the past, is no longer in the limelight, and her poems are also mediocre, trying not to grab people's limelight, but despite this, there will be people who can't get along with her.
At the end of an embarrassing poetry party, the princess of Minhui got into the carriage to return to the house, and her car suddenly stopped halfway, and then she heard the driver say that there was a prince's car passing in front of her, and her carriage needed to be avoided.
She lifted the curtain and saw a six-horse carriage with apricot-yellow roof and four-clawed golden dragon embroidered on it passing by. When she saw the jade plaque with prominent characters hanging on the carriage, her expression was a little stunned.
It turned out to be the carriage of Prince Xian's mansion.
At this moment, the curtain of the carriage on the opposite side was suddenly opened, revealing a face that could attract countless men without makeup, and her hand holding the curtain tightened slightly, Hua Xiwan
Hua Xiwan also didn't expect to meet Yuan Shuyi in this situation, she nodded politely and showed a faint smile to the other side.
"What are you looking at?" Yan Jinqiu approached her and glanced outside. Seeing the carriage of a female dependent, he immediately stopped waiting and looked back and said, "Just now I was in the courtyard of the Hou's mansion, and I accidentally met him. The girl who went to Hua Shilang's house."
Hua Xiwan was stunned for a moment before she realized that what Yan Jinqiu was talking about was his elder sister Hua Yiliu. Noticing that something was wrong with his expression, she frowned, "What's wrong with her?" She has a different temperament with this lady in the hall, so she has to distance herself from her relationship. Recently, she hasn't interacted much with her, so she really doesn't know what the lady in the hall has done. What makes Yan Jinqiu unhappy.
"If Hua Shilang is reluctant to part with his daughter, then he should take good care of him," Yan Jinqiu said because of Hua Xiwan's affection, he couldn't say it too much, "after all, he is with a woman he has left, and it's okay to stay in his house quietly. it is good."
Today, he was originally accompanying Hua Xiwan to visit her parents' house. In order to let Xiwan chat more with her family alone, he specially proposed to visit the yard and admire the chrysanthemums. Who knew that he would meet the eldest girl of the Hua family by chance, and the other party said something unclear. if.
Yan Jinqiu felt a little disgusted when he thought that his concubine had made a special trip to Zhou's house for this woman to play a black face, but turned around and the woman was thinking of her concubine's man. What kind of woman he has not seen, what kind of things he has not heard of, Hua Yiliu's mind, he more or less understands.
He felt worthless for Hua Xiwan, but he didn't want to tell her about it, so as not to get her ears dirty.
Although Yan Jinqiu said it euphemistically, with Hua Xiwan's transparency, she only needed to think about it to understand what he meant.
Putting down the curtain, Hua Xiwan's brows seemed a little helpless. She didn't expect Hua Yiliu to have such thoughts. He tilted his head and glanced at the man beside him, with sword brows and star eyes, a face like a crown of jade, and a graceful demeanor.
Thinking of this, she sighed. Originally, the marriage of the second cousin Hua Chuyu had been set, but because of the incidents of the royal family, the marriage of Hua Chuyu and Lin Zhengde was delayed again and again, and the final date was set for a month. back.
I just hope that the royal family will not die in this month, otherwise the marriage will have to be delayed.
It seems that the marriages of the girls from the Hua family are full of twists and turns, and they only hope that the marriage of the second sister will be a bumpy one.
Watching the carriage of Prince Xian's mansion drift away, Princess Minhui lowered the curtain in despair, and said after a while, "Let's go."
On the day of Hua Chuyu's wedding, the sky was clear and cloudless, Hua Xiwan inserted the dragon and phoenix hairpin for her with her own hands, then took the hijab handed over by the happy grandmother, and slowly covered her: "Today, although the second sister is married To the Lin family, but you will always be the daughter of the Hua family and my sister. Don't be afraid, we are all standing behind you."
The hijab shook slightly, Hua Chuyu grabbed Hua Xiwan's hand tightly, and said after a while, "Sister, don't worry."
Hua Xiwan's heart moved, and she held Hua Chuyu's hand instead. At this moment, firecrackers sounded from the door. She looked back at Yao Shi, who was wiping tears, and patted the back of Hua Chuyu's hand: "Take care of yourself. ."
"Okay." Hua Chuyu's voice was a little choked. The voices outside were getting closer and closer. She slowly let go of Hua Xiwan's hand until the sound of firecrackers sounded outside the door, and she put on a dignified pose. sitting position.
As the daughter of the Hua family, even if she gets married, she should carry the grace and bearing of the Hua family. She is not only her, but also represents the entire Hua family. And the Hua family is the home behind her, so what is she afraid of
The moment the door was opened, Hua Xiwan could see Lin Zhengde's face clearly, with a long and jade-like body, and a groom's red robe to complement his red lips and white teeth, but his facial features were very tough, giving people a sense of integrity and reliability.
Hua Chuyu's younger brother, Hua Congpu, bent over and carried Hua Chuyu on his back, and sent her into the sedan chair amid the sound of firecrackers.
After Lin Zhengde saluted the elders of the Hua family, he got on his horse and left with a smile on the sedan chair.
Watching the sedan chair go farther and farther, Yao Shi, who was holding back her tears, finally couldn't help covering her face and weeping. Hua Xiwan comforted her a few words, and turned to see Hua Yiliu looking blankly at Hua Chuyu's sedan chair leaving. direction, do not know what to think.
Seemingly aware that Hua Xiwan was looking at her again, Hua Yiliu turned back fiercely, gave Hua Xiwan a strange look, and turned around and entered the door.
Bai Xia and Hongying, who were standing behind Hua Xiwan, noticed Hua Chuyu's look, and frowned together, what does the eldest girl mean
"Miss..." The maid behind Hua Chuyu carefully looked at her gloomy face, "Princess just now..."
Hua Chuyu paused, turned her head and stared at the maid, with gloomy anger in her eyes: "Shut up, what about the princess, do you want me to serve her like a maid?"
The little maid was stunned, what's the matter, miss, the princess had no other intentions just now, the lady said this too much.
"Of course I'm no better than Hua Chuyu who can marry the prince of the Hou family and become the future Mrs. Hou," Hua Yiliu sneered, "The princess and Mrs. Hou are on the same path. I am a woman who has already married someone but is divorced. , what is it?"
"My good lady, this is the third master's mansion," the maid became frightened when she heard these nonsense words, and hurriedly turned her head to look around, "don't say it anymore."
Hua Yiliu twitched the corners of her mouth and smiled, looking at the bright red covering the yard, she slowly lowered her eyelids, returning to her usual dull appearance.
"My lord?" Mu Tong bowed his back and said cautiously, "The princess is still waiting for you in front."
"Understood," Yan Jinqiu glanced at Hua Yiliu's back casually, and said lightly to Mu Tong, "When you go back, tell the princess about it, you don't have to hide it."
To deal with Hua Yiliu is a simple matter for him. But he didn't want to cause unnecessary misunderstanding with Hua Xiwan. It's better to let Xiwan handle this kind of thing clearly.
It would be too uneconomical to cause discord between their husband and wife for such an unimportant person.