The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law greeted the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and the Empress Dowager gave them seats.
In front of the Princess Dowager of Prince Jin, the Queen Mother couldn't scold Jiang Changning, but she still had a deep resentment towards him.
She completely forgot that if Jiang Changning had not come to her rescue, she and her son would have died in the Grand Canal.
The Queen Mother brought up the incident of the maid who had thrown tea at her, "Chun'an, you have always been a generous child. Why did you get so angry today over such a small matter?"
"Your Highness may have made a mistake." The Jin Wang Concubine said bluntly, "I don't know how these palace servants passed the message. My daughter-in-law didn't even punish the maid who made the mistake. Why is she so angry?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I asked the Empress to deal with the maid. Everything is up to the Empress. I don't know why the maid came to Your Majesty and said that I was angry. This is really unfair. Please be careful."
"Mother, it was Aunt Jiashan who was dissatisfied with the rules of the palace servants, not the Princess Chun'an." The emperor just wanted to cover up the lie, not to let the empress dowager blame Jiang Changning, so he quickly put down the teacup and said.
"Is that so? Alas, I'm old, and my ears are no longer useful." The Queen Mother took this opportunity to back down.
At this time, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of Prince Jin's Mansion should have said a few words of compliment to the Queen Mother for her remaining charming demeanor, but they both pretended not to hear and lowered their heads to look at the patterns on the round fans in their hands.
Seeing the identical actions and expressions of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the empress dowager felt uncomfortable inside. She wanted to plant a chess piece into the Prince Jin's Mansion, but she didn't expect to point to someone of the same kind as Yan.
The Queen Mother gave a fake smile, "No matter what, the maid was disrespectful and disturbed Chun'an. This is all because the Queen was not strict with her subordinates. The daughter-in-law made a mistake, and it was because the mother-in-law did not teach her well. Don't you agree, Jin Wang Concubine?"
"Your Majesty is right." The concubine smiled, "But my daughter-in-law was appointed by the Queen Mother. She is good in every way and there is nothing wrong with her."
The emperor looked at the empress dowager with resentment. By assigning such a beauty to Prince Jin, he was unable to get her despite his longing for her.
The Queen Mother's expression twisted for a moment. She regretted pointing Jiang Changning to Prince Jin so much!
Suddenly I thought of what Jiang Changning said when she entered the palace after she got married to Prince Jin, and I was shocked. Could it be that these two people had known each other for a long time and had been secretly communicating with each other
Did she fall for the trick of these two people
"You like Chun'an so much. If I didn't know, I would think you two had known each other for a long time!" The Queen Mother hinted at something.
"I lost my mother when I was young, and I treated my mother as my own mother. Naturally, my mother liked me more and loved me more, right, mother?" Jiang Changning looked at the concubine and asked with a smile.
"Yes." The concubine smiled kindly, "I don't have a daughter, so I treat my daughter-in-law like my own daughter. This way, we get along better and better."
The Queen Mother felt even worse when she heard this. She and the Queen had never gotten along.
Holding back her anger, the Queen Mother said, "I feel relieved that you two get along well. My daughter-in-law is a real pain in the ass and can't manage the affairs of the palace well. There is nothing I can do. As her mother-in-law, I can only help her make up for it."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in Prince Jin's Mansion pretended to be temporarily deaf and ignored the Queen Mother's words.
The Queen Mother was upset. She took a sip of tea from her cup and then picked up the conversation again, "Chun'an is a beauty. She is pleasing to the eyes."
The emperor nodded slightly. She was more than just a beauty, she was a peerless beauty.
"The other day Japan presented a few rolls of moonlight satin as tribute. Just give them to Chun'an. Only if you wear them will you not disgrace the moonlight satin." The Queen Mother said with a smile.
"Thank you for your gift, Madam. I am ashamed to accept it. I am only as thin as a willow, not even a fraction as graceful as you. Moonlight satin only makes you look more elegant and beautiful when worn by you."
Jiang Changning was not interested in being a mobile light source at night. Besides, the moonlight satin was a tribute from Japan. She had no good impression of Japan and had always disdained to use Japanese satin, Japanese silk and Japanese cloth.
Others thought moonlight satin was strange, but she didn't. Moonlight satin glowed at night; it was just that fluorescent powder was added to the dye.
"What age am I? Why am I still wearing moonlight satin? Moonlight satin is for young people." The Queen Mother insisted on giving it to her.
"Thank you, Her Majesty, for the reward." Jiang Changning could only accept the reward.
"It's getting late, so I won't keep you for dinner," said the Queen Mother.
"Chun'an takes her leave." After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law bowed, they left the Fushou Palace.
"This is moonlight satin. It looks quite ordinary." Jiang Changning said.
"When the sky is bright, it looks normal. But when the moon comes out, you will know what is extraordinary." The concubine smiled faintly.
"Mother, please tell me about this surprising place." Jiang Changning hinted to the concubine and asked them to ride in the sedan chair together.
Although the emperor is in Fushou Palace now, who knows if the people carrying the sedan chair will take a detour and the emperor will take a shortcut and wait for her somewhere
The concubine smiled, "You can sit with your mother and chat on the way, it won't be so boring."
"I'll listen to my mother." Jiang Changning smiled faintly.
Today, Toffee is really awesome.
Sitting on the sedan chair, the concubine asked in a low voice: "Are you still dizzy?"
"Not dizzy anymore." Jiang Changning replied.
"You are a loose-handed person. The moonlight satin awarded by the Empress Dowager is of the best material. You'd better not use it carelessly again." The concubine deliberately raised her voice.
"But the Queen Mother said that the moonlight satin was awarded to me to make clothes." Jiang Changning cooperated tacitly.
"You kid, you have something good, but it's about to be wasted. Are you like a mouse hiding food that can't survive the night?" There was a hint of smile in the concubine's voice.
"Mother, I have heard of Moonlight Satin before, but I have never worn it. The Queen Mother finally gave it to me, but you don't let me make clothes to wear."
"Children only know how to be greedy."
"Mother, mother, please let me use it to make clothes." Jiang Changning begged in a tender voice.
"Oh my, stop shaking. You're going to shake my mother to pieces."
"Then mother will agree to let them make clothes with moonlight satin."
"You can't host any banquets this year. Even if you make clothes, you can't wear them to show off. Let's talk about it later."
"Okay, I'll listen to mother."
The empress dowager learned about the conversation between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law not long after they left the palace.
"You are from a noble family, but you are so picky that you are reluctant to give any moonlight satin to your daughter-in-law, and you even keep it for yourself. What are you keeping it for? As your shroud?" The Queen Mother muttered to herself angrily.
The Concubine Dowager refused to let Jiang Changning use moonlight satin to make clothes, and the Queen Mother had no way to force her, so she could only comfort her, "The medicine will last for three years, and when the time comes, she will have to use it."
Just wait patiently for three years. She has always been very patient.
The Queen Mother spoke the Queen's words in front of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in Prince Jin's mansion, and the words also reached the Queen's ears.
"You say I'm a worry-in-the-making? Ha, who wouldn't be a worry-in-the-making? You old witch, how shameless." The queen cursed in a low voice.
(End of this chapter)