When Empress Jiang arrived at the Taishi Hall, she saw Empress Dowager Gu sitting there with a livid face. She scolded her: "What a good son your mother-in-law taught! She beat Xingkang's child black and blue without thinking! It's us!" None of the royal disciples are so arrogant and cruel. Could it be that they want to change the world's surname to Jiang?"
If someone else had said this, he would most likely have immediately knelt down on the ground in fear to apologize. However, Queen Jiang didn't take it seriously. She saluted casually and asked with a smile: "Mother, what you said is so meaningless. , My daughter-in-law heard that it was like a cloud and a mist! "What's going on?"
Queen Mother Gu and her daughter-in-law had not been quarreling for more than a year or two. They were already familiar with each other's temperaments. Now she didn't bother to talk about it, so she pointed down and said: "Chang Ping, tell me!"
Princess Changping, who was at the bottom, stood up when she heard the sound. The princess only had hairpins in the first month of this year, and her appearance inherited her beautiful and unfortunate biological mother: an oval face, distant mountain eyebrows, a face as white as snow, and eyes full of autumn water. Wearing a palace dress with green woven gold peony leaves, her hair is tied up in a bun. The two jade steps on the bun sway gently with the movement, but they do not make any sound, which shows that she is well behaved.
After standing still, he said crisply: "Queen Mother, this is what happened. First, cousin Kuang met Princess Ningyi on the road..."
Of course, Empress Dowager Gu refused to admit that Kuang Qingwu was specifically looking for trouble with Qiu Yilan, so the conflict ended with the two parties accidentally bumping into each other. Princess Ningyi relied on her status and insulted the Kuang family and his son. , and even scolded Kuang Shihan in public for being "not as good as a dog" - scolding me so harshly in front of his son, anyone should be angry.
After Ling Zui and Jiang Yashuang arrived, they ignored the indiscriminate and indiscriminate quarrels, resulting in the death of all of Kuang Qingwu's followers and the abuse of himself. In the end, the old servant paid 10,000 taels of silver and countless good words before taking him back for treatment. .
Empress Jiang said with gusto: "This story is good, are there any more?"
Princess Changping said respectfully: "Mother, these are all true."
"Even if it is true, what will happen if Princess Ningyi curses the Kuang family and his son?" Empress Jiang has always been very protective of shortcomings. On New Year's Eve three years ago, Jiang Yashuang took Gu Yan, the crown prince of Guangyang, outside the Taishi Palace. She could blame Gu Yan for being beaten even if her nose was bruised and her face was swollen, let alone a prince
Qiu Yilan had long been treated as her niece-in-law. Now her nephew and nephew-in-law were in trouble. The queen immediately began to find reasons for them, "Just to express the gratitude of General Ruan for raising and cultivating Xiang Shihan, call them The father and son should be good friends for the Ruan family. Now that General Ruan’s granddaughter is scolding them for being inferior to dogs, what’s the big deal? This Kuang Qingwu is so ignorant and heartless!”
Although Princess Changping followed Queen Mother Gu and was used to her mother's unreasonable troubles, she couldn't help but stay for a moment before saying: "But my uncle is also a dignified prince, and he is the elder of Princess Ningyi!"
"The rank of the Duke is not as good as that of the Princess!" Empress Jiang said impatiently, "Since we are on the street, it is appropriate to state the national ceremony first! And if you say so, are you someone who respects the elders? Well, then, If I know in the future that you dare to be disrespectful to any elder in the clan, don’t blame me for being merciless!"
Princess Changping's face suddenly turned pale - she knew that the queen was not joking. It had been nearly a hundred years since Dali Dingding. There were so many people in the clan, and not all of them lived in the palace. How could Princess Changping recognize them all? together? Besides, she, a favored princess, had to perform all the rituals when she saw the down-and-out clan from a distant branch. Just thinking about it made her feel like she couldn't survive this life! He quickly looked at Queen Mother Gu for help.
Queen Mother Gu said with a sullen face: "Now that we are talking about Xingkang's son, why are you trying to scare Chang Ping!"
Empress Jiang curled her lips and said: "If he is really the flesh and blood of the emperor's sister, I, as the aunt, will not feel sorry for my nephew. But in this case, Qingwu, a lowly maid gave birth to a son - and it was an illegitimate one! How can I be worthy of a mother? You worry about him later? In my opinion, let’s just forget about it. This guy has just come to Beijing and is causing trouble. He is definitely not a good person! Give him a lesson to prevent him from being arrogant and causing trouble!"
Queen Mother Gu heard that she was insinuating that her young daughter, Princess Xingkang, had nothing to do until now. This was her biggest regret - if Xingkang could give birth to a son, Kuang Qingwu could die in a minute! Even though you are just being a puppet, you feel more at ease when you control your own bloodline, right
At this moment, the Queen Mother's face darkened and shouted: "What are you talking about?! When it comes to children, the Ai family still wants to ask you! You have been in charge of the middle palace for so many years, and you only have a daughter, Yongfu, the grandson that the Ai family cherishes. Where is it?”
"Although there are no direct princes to honor you, Prince Qi and the others are very admiring of you." Empress Jiang's eyes flashed with a trace of resentment, but she said calmly, "But my wife has always heard that Kuang Qingwu is very special." If you don't know how to praise, you can't be called filial and considerate to the emperor's sister!"
How could Kuang Qingwu just be unfilial and considerate of Princess Xingkang? His attitude towards Kuang Shihan was even worse - of course Queen Mother Gu was not aware of this, but Kuang Shihan was such a son, and he endured it. For the sake of suppressing the Western Army, and to compete with the Jiang family, Princess Xingkang The scene can only be left to him.
When Empress Jiang said this, Empress Dowager Gu also felt that this nominal grandson was outrageous, and it was such a slap in the face! But then I realized that this was Empress Jiang's instigation - Kuang Shihan was such a darling, if anyone touched Kuang Qingwu, even if it was his mother-in-law, how could he not fight to the death
No matter how much Kuang Qingwu displeased the Queen Mother Gu and his daughter, they still had to win over and protect him at the moment.
Empress Dowager Gu suppressed her distracting thoughts and said with a cold face: "They are a very good mother and son! Why do you, a queen, keep listening to rumors? You don't have to embarrass the Tian family!"
She didn't want to continue arguing with Empress Jiang, so she got down to business, "This time your nephew openly beat Kuang Qingwu and killed all the followers he brought out. No matter how you speak to him, he must be punished!"
"Then Qingwu should be punished even more!" Empress Jiang sneered, "He didn't come to Beijing just today, why hasn't he bumped into anyone in the past two days? How come he didn't get into trouble when he met him, and he didn't get into trouble when he met that guy? It's accurate. It was because he coveted the beauty of Princess Ningyi and bullied her for not having the protection of her father, princess and concubine, that she had evil intentions, so she fell into the hands of Shijiu... Speaking of which, these two father and son were really cruel. General Ruan had no respect for Kuang Shihan and his own son. Like his son, the Ruan family has fallen into disgrace over the years, and he didn’t even say a New Year’s greeting! My daughter-in-law feels that the father and son are not worthy of being human beings at all, so why don’t they both..."
Queen Mother Gu sneered: "Do you think you are telling a story?!"
Queen Jiang said: "Yes, but didn't this come from the mother's side? My daughter-in-law's nephew is never someone who takes the initiative to cause trouble. Don't you know?"
"Chang Ping, please go down first." Queen Mother Gu glanced at her granddaughter and said.
Princess Changping wished she could stay away from the fierce empress Jiang, so she immediately responded and resigned.
After she left, Empress Dowager Gu sent out the palace servants again. Seeing this, Empress Jiang knew that the show was coming, and also sent out the palace servants who had followed her into the palace - the queen was considered a general. Queen Mother Gu will suffer if she is alone.
After the situation was cleared, only the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were left. Queen Mother Gu said succinctly: "It's impossible not to punish your nephew for this matter. Kuang Shihan and his son don't want to lose face, and Zhenxi Army can't afford to lose face!"
Queen Jiang sneered and said: "Can the Zhenbei Army be embarrassed? If you have the ability, let the Zhenxi Army come to Beijing to ask for someone from the Jiang family!"
Empress Dowager Gu ignored her provocative words and said: "It's useless for you to mess around. This matter is left to the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty to comment, and the Jiang family can't take advantage of it! Believe it or not, Xue Chang is here, and he must be saying that he should be punished?! "
Hearing her mention Xue Chang, Empress Jiang frowned and replied: "Then let's reveal what Kuang Shihan and his son owe General Ruan together, and let the civil and military officials of the court comment on it!"
"I heard that you promised your niece to the King of Qi." Empress Dowager Gu sneered, "Why is it that the crown prince has not been decided yet, but you want to reach out to the Zhenxi Army? Do you really think that the court is in charge of you?"
"The daughter-in-law can't be the master, and the queen mother can't say it." Empress Jiang also sneered, "You should know that Nineteenth is my daughter-in-law's most beloved nephew, who is much better than the King of Yan and the King of Zhou! The daughter-in-law is absolutely I won’t allow him to be wronged!”
Queen Mother Gu said coldly: "Oh? Do you love him so much? But will Qin Guogong do the same?"
Empress Jiang couldn't help but be speechless - of course her biological father knew that although Qin Guogong had the title of "the Qiancheng of the country" and was a soldier, who laid down the foundation of the Jiang family with one sword and one shot, he was not headstrong or arrogant. This time Matter, since Jiang Yashuang did not suffer any loss, Qin Guogong would never care about hypocritically going to Kuang Qingwu to apologize and give him something.
Even if the court punishes him, as long as it is not too excessive, Qin Guogong will not care.
Especially the one who will be punished is Jiang Yashuang - the eldest son of the fourth family, Jiang Yadan, has obviously been spoiled and cannot bear the heavy responsibility of the fourth family. The Duke of Qin personally cultivates his youngest son Jiang Yashuang for his second son. It is to let him be the pillar of the fourth house, rather than to cultivate him into a beautiful flower - but now that the Jiang family is in full swing, although Jiang Yashuang has been strictly trained, he has never suffered any major setbacks and grievances.
Maybe Duke Guo of Qin is still looking forward to such a blow to his grandson!
Seeing the Queen's silence, Queen Mother Gu softened her tone and said, "Of course, how to punish this person is debatable. After all, Qingwu suffered from flesh wounds, and your nephew still has a sense of proportion."
Queen Jiang asked suspiciously: "What does the Queen Mother want to do?" She would not think that Queen Mother Gu suddenly became kind. There must be a quid pro quo!
"The Ai family plans to promise Chang Ping to Kuang Qingwu." Sure enough, Queen Mother Gu said immediately, "It's okay if you don't want to take care of it, but don't make it any more trouble!"
Princess Changping was raised by Empress Dowager Gu, and Kuang Shihan had already agreed to the marriage. Normally, the empress had nothing to say. But Empress Dowager Gu knew that her daughter-in-law had always wanted to fight for three points regardless of the situation. Whether it was Princess Changping or the Zhenxi Army, Empress Jiang did not like it. It would be strange if she was willing to let Princess Changping descend smoothly without some conditions. !
After all, Queen Jiang is Princess Changping's aunt. In theory, she is the first person qualified to take care of the princess's marriage, and the Queen Mother can only intervene.
Even if Empress Dowager Gu decreed that Kuang Qingwu should be the master, Empress Jiang's intervention could make the marriage awkward and awkward - Empress Dowager Gu had so many grandchildren and raised just one herself, so she didn't want her to suffer. Wronged. And the Kuang family can’t afford to be embarrassed!
Originally, the Queen Mother planned to use the Queen's party to force Queen Jiang to submit, but this time Jiang Yashuang came to her door just in time, which saved her hands and feet.
After hearing this, the queen lowered her head and thought for a while, then said: "Yes, yes, but one condition must be added."
Queen Mother Gu frowned: "Which one?"
"Then Deng Yi doesn't like women anyway, so why does he insist on delaying Princess Ningyi's youth?" Empress Jiang said, "Let him cancel the marriage with Prince Xihe, and my daughter-in-law promises to handle Chang Ping's decline. Beautiful and unforgettable, how about it?”
"This is impossible!" Queen Mother Gu refused without even thinking. At this moment, she was urging the Kuang family to eradicate the roots. Qiu Jinglan held the "Tianya" organization that existed before the founding of the People's Republic of China. How could she not use official power? Hard to kill? How could he let go of his biggest weakness, Princess Ning Yi, so easily! Moreover, once Princess Ningyi marries into the Jiang family, Qiu Jinglan will have a backer and directly reveal her identity to lobby the old people in the Western Army... The consequences will be disastrous!
Queen Jiang's face darkened when she heard this: "The wife will take care of Chang Ping's affairs!" If you don't let my nephew's marriage go smoothly, the granddaughter you love the most will not even think about getting better!