The nanny returned to the Queen Mother and said, "Queen Mother, the Queen said that the Emperor has arrived at the Summer Palace."
When the Queen Mother received this news, she was naturally very angry. It was simply outrageous. It was a slap in her face in public. The Queen Mother's face looked very ugly and ashen.
Everyone looked at the Queen Mother's expression and didn't know what was going on. Nanny sighed and said, "Queen Mother."
The nanny was reminding the Queen Mother not to put on such an unpleasant expression in front of so many ministers, but the Queen Mother suddenly stood up and said, "I am tired, all of you kneel down and greet me."
The ministers were also very tactful. They took their families and left the palace to go home. The Queen Mother came to the Queen and asked, "Queen, what do you think is going on with the Emperor?"
The Queen shook her head: "I don't know."
The Queen Mother frowned. She actually said it so directly. She didn't know the answer: "How could you not know? Then tell me, whose palace should the Emperor go to today?"
"My dear mother, the Emperor should go to Concubine Xian's palace today. But you see Concubine Xian is not angry at all, so I guess she doesn't care. Since my mother is tired, I will take her back to rest."
The Queen Mother's expression became even uglier: "You want to show me your displeasure too?"
The queen frowned and said, "I dare not."
"Don't dare? I see that none of you really take me seriously. I will go to the Summer Palace now to see what the emperor means."
The Queen Mother actually went straight to the Summer Palace. The Queen's mouth twitched. She went up to stop the Queen Mother and said, "Mother, this is not appropriate."
"Mother, you may be the Queen Mother, but you cannot decide who the Emperor will favor."
When the Queen Mother heard this, she was so angry that she could hardly stand. She slapped the Queen in the face and said, "Get out of my way, you coward. Do you think I can make the decision today?"
The queen was beaten. Concubine Xian saw it all. After the queen mother left, she stepped forward and looked at the queen: "Sister, why are you doing this? You are protecting others from disaster."
Listening to the gloating voice of Concubine Xian, the Queen just glanced at Concubine Xian, and then chased after her. Concubine Xian snorted with some contempt, she was indeed a coward.
The virtuous concubine despised the queen in her heart as a hopeless person. Of course, she also wanted to go and watch the fun, so she followed behind.
At this time, the Emperor had already arrived at the Summer Palace in a rage. Today, Concubine Qing was in a good mood, so she went into the kitchen herself and made a few of her favorite side dishes.
Just as he was about to taste it, he heard the eunuch's voice: "The emperor has arrived."
At first, Concubine Qing thought she had misheard, but when she saw the bright yellow figure walking in, Concubine Qing sat up and looked at the emperor with a look of surprise.
"Why did Your Majesty come to my place today?"
The emperor looked unhappy, but when he looked at the dishes on Concubine Qing's table, his expression improved a little: "It seems that Qing'er is not unhappy at all about being confined?"
"On the contrary, you are in a good mood today? But what good thing happened?"
The Emperor had some understanding of Concubine Qing. If she wasn't in a good mood, she would never cook. Concubine Qing laughed dryly and said, "I have three days of free time now."
"Of course I'm in a good mood. Your Majesty, you look like you're in a bad mood, don't you?"
When the emperor heard this, he snorted coldly: "I don't know what happened to the Queen Mother today? She actually gave Qian Yuge to Mu Yesheng as his principal wife. I was one step faster and gave Qian Yuge to Xiao'er."
"It is to prevent the Wang family behind Qian Yuge from joining forces with Mu Yesheng. What else can we do? Do you think the Queen Mother is getting old and confused?"
The empress dowager was so furious that she rushed in without even asking anyone to inform anyone. As soon as she came in, she heard the emperor's words and couldn't help but feel furious.
He snorted coldly, "If the emperor has any opinions about me, he can just say it to my face. Why are you talking about me behind my back? I want to ask, why am I so confused?"
After hearing the emperor's voice, the queen outside looked at the people who followed behind and said, "You all should go yourselves."
Concubine Xian looked unwilling and wanted to go in, but she saw that the queen had actually asked the guards to guard the door. She couldn't help but hate her in her heart and could only watch the queen go in.
After the Queen went in, she didn't say anything. Now it was a conversation between the Emperor and the Queen Mother. She could only look at Concubine Qing, but found that Concubine Qing still had a confused look on her face.
Looking at the dishes on the table, the Queen couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. Concubine Qing must be living a very happy life.
The emperor listened to the Queen Mother's questioning and could not help but sneer: "How dare my son gossip about the Queen Mother? The Queen Mother is so powerful that she can ignore my son's imperial edict."
"You even went against my son's opinion and directly granted Qian Yuge a marriage. Now the Queen Mother has more and more ideas. My son is worried that one day you will issue an imperial decree to request my abdication."
When the Queen Mother heard what the Emperor said, she felt extremely bitter and looked at the Emperor: "Is it that serious? Or do you dislike me so much? What did I do that you cannot tolerate?"
The Emperor looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Queen Mother, can you please go back to the palace? Only my son can handle this matter."
When the Queen Mother heard this, the Emperor directly asked her to go back. How could she bear this tone? "You can ask me to go back, but you should go to the Concubine Xian today, and don't stay here."
"The Queen Mother will go with you!"
The emperor snorted twice: "Queen Mother, do you really want your son to disregard his feelings and ask the guards to let you return to the palace?"
When the empress dowager heard this, she knew that the emperor was really angry, and she was a little furious. She glared at Concubine Qing fiercely. Concubine Qing was shot even when she was lying down.
But in the end, the empress dowager turned around and left. Although she was the empress dowager, she would be helpless if the emperor really got angry.
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother became depressed and went back to her palace obediently. However, the Emperor sat down and looked at Concubine Qing: "Qing'er, take out the wine you have collected here."
"I want to get drunk tonight."
Concubine Qing looked at the emperor and exchanged glances with the queen. The queen stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I will go and comfort the queen mother."
After she finished speaking, the Queen also left. Seeing that the Emperor looked uncomfortable, Concubine Qing went to get some wine and poured him a glass.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about such a marriage. At worst, we can just take the next step and kill Qian Yuge."
After listening to Concubine Qing's words, the emperor was stunned for a moment: "What's the point of killing her like this? Maybe she will really push the Wang family to Mu Yesheng's side."
Concubine Qing sighed after hearing this: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that as long as Xiao'er marries Jiu'er, the Wang family will no longer support Xiao'er."
"So the best way for the Wang family is to destroy them directly."
The emperor sighed and said, "Do you think I don't want to? I do want to, but you've heard that aristocratic families are permanent, but dynasties are transient."
Concubine Qing also sighed, but finally smiled: "But Your Majesty, have you overlooked that these iron-clad aristocratic families refer to those aristocratic families that do not participate in the dynasty."
"Which of those noble families who reached out to the dynasty had a good ending? Don't worry. Pass this news to Xiao'er. They should be able to find a way."
The emperor nodded: "This is the only way to do it now. The Queen Mother is really giving me a headache this time. It has never been like this before."
Imperial Concubine Qing snorted, "I'm afraid it's the Wang family who made the effort this time. I heard that the first son of the Wang family, Wang Ruowen, has also come to Kyoto. He's a great man!"
The emperor was speechless and decided to go and pass on the message first.
It was already the next morning when Qian Jiujiu received the news. Ever since Mu Yexiao learned that Qian Jiujiu was pregnant yesterday, he had been extremely happy.
I was so happy that I couldn't even sleep at night, especially before going to bed. I wanted to hug Qian Jiujiu, but I was afraid of hurting her belly. The end result was that I didn't sleep well that night.
When he woke up the next morning, Mu Yexiao was honored to have two dark circles under his eyes. When Qian Jiujiu saw it, she was so happy that she burst into laughter.
Mu Yexiao felt helpless. In this state, he didn't need to go to court. He went to submit a memorial and asked for leave today. Soon the person who went to deliver the memorial came back.
By the way, he also brought back news; "Princess, Prince, there is news from the palace. At the palace banquet last night, the Queen Mother granted marriage to the third prince Mu Yesheng and Qian Yuge."
Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at each other. It seemed that the palace banquet and the palace were very lively. Mu Yexiao looked at the visitor and asked, "What does the emperor mean?"
The man wiped his neck quickly and said, "The emperor wants Qian Yuge to die."
Mu Yexiao and Qian Jiujiu looked at each other. This is possible: "Go back and tell father, we will discuss it and give him the answer."
The visitor left with the news. Mu Yexiao and Qian Jiujiu looked at each other and said, "Jiuer, what do you think about this matter?"
Qian Jiujiu looked at Mu Yexiao with a smile: "Such a simple thing, you still ask me? Marrying the son of the royal family without being a virgin, what do you think?"
Mu Yexiao's eyes suddenly lit up: "It seems that Jiuer, you have already thought about it. This is a good idea. I'm afraid Qian Yuge has been dreaming of marrying Mu Yesheng."
"The moment she thought she succeeded, we beat the hell out of her. What a good idea. So for the next few days, we will just be patient and let them jump."
"I don't know when the wedding will be?"
Qian Jiujiu rolled her eyes and said, "I will definitely go next year, but there's no need to rush. Next year will be next year. We have a lot of things to do anyway, and we don't have time during this period!"
Mu Yexiao looked at Qian Jiujiu's belly and nodded, indicating that he agreed with Qian Jiujiu's words.