"What the hell is going on?!" Following the angry scolding, a set of blue and white bowls with broken branches and grape patterns were smashed down from the Danqi. The lids of the bowls flew past Qiu Yilan's hair and fell into broken porcelain on the ground behind her.
On Danchi, Queen Mother Gu's eyes were bright, and her face was full of anger, with murderous intent hidden in it!
The emperors and empresses who were bowing down from the Queen Mother looked calmly watching the Queen Mother's attack. The four people kneeling under Danqi had different expressions: Qiu Yilan, who had no backstage, timidly lowered his head; Gu Yan and Deng Yi rushed to express their feelings. Jiang Yashuang looked aggrieved. When she saw Qiu Yilan looking at her quietly, she smiled leisurely at her. She was obviously very confident in her aunt, the Queen.
After all, he is the queen's nephew... and has a grandfather who is known as the Qiancheng of the country.
Qiu Yilan bit her lip uneasily: "What should I do?"
She glanced up furtively - the Queen Mother must be over fifty, but she looked to be in her early thirties at most.
Jinshang, the Queen Mother's biological child, was the youngest prince of the late emperor. When he came to the throne, his half-brother had already been a prince for more than ten years, so he was full of wings. As a result, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was suspected of regicide when his youngest brother was less than three years old, and everyone in his family was condemned to death - except for a born mentally retarded grandson who was used to prove the royal benevolence.
One can imagine the beauty and skill of Queen Mother Gu.
At this moment, the Queen Mother, who is sitting high on the phoenix throne, has changed into the crimson Zhai clothes she wore for the evening banquet. She is wearing a twelve-tree flower hairpin on her head. Her pair of red and phoenix eyes are looking at her with majesty, which fully shows the demeanor of the Queen Mother Regent.
Qiu Yilan was a little surprised by Queen Jiang who was next in line: the Queen was petite and exquisite, with a slightly plump oval face, thin eyebrows, big eyes and a smile on her lips. Even though she was dressed in Queen Zhai's clothes and had a phoenix crown on her head, her appearance alone still gave people a delicate look. Feeling silly.
But the aggressive edge conveyed by this not-so-tall queen made Qiu Yilan unexpectedly think of a sentence from her previous life: the appearance of a lolita and the aura of a queen!
Sandwiched between the two empresses, the emperor, who was dressed in military uniform and wearing a twelve-drop white jade crown, could be considered tall and elegant in appearance. However, the emperor's eyebrows were lowered and his eyes were melancholy. His temperament did not look like that of an emperor, but more like that of an emperor. The irritated concubine in the harem was suppressed by the jealous queen and the queen mother.
"You two are so useless." After listening to Gu Yan and Deng Yi's cries, Empress Jiang, who was originally calm, showed impatience, "Two Beaters and one were beaten like this! It's really embarrassing. !”
Queen Mother Gu said angrily: "How come your nephew is still justified in beating someone?!"
"That's because Shuang'er can't stand the two of them bullying Princess Ningyi!" Empress Jiang said disdainfully, "You're so promising! Princess Ningyi is only twelve years old, right? She's still a little girl! Queen Mother, please tell Shuang'er What's wrong with this act of righteousness? I think Mr. Guangyang is confused! How can he teach his son and nephew to be so domineering in the palace? Are they treating us like Da Rui Tianxia? !”
The Queen's words were so fast, urgent and crisp that Qiu Yilan, who was kneeling under the Danqi, almost wanted to stand up and applaud her!
But Queen Mother Gu was heartbroken when she heard every word, and said bitterly: "Did the Ai family ask you anything? Shut up for the Ai family!"
Empress Jiang refused: "Queen Mother, you are the Queen Mother, how can you openly protect me?!"
"Your Majesty?!" Queen Mother Gu took a deep breath and looked at the emperor.
The emperor, who was holding a bowl of fragrant tea and slowly sipping it, raised his head helplessly. He was forced by the Queen Mother's stern gaze and said timidly, "What the Queen Mother said is..." Before he finished speaking, Qiu Yilan saw with sharp eyes. , Queen Jiang stretched out her hand, and pinched the emperor hard from the side where the queen mother could not see!
I saw the emperor's face twitching, and the tea in his hand almost turned over. Finally, he endured the pain and said: "Mother! The child feels unwell and wants to leave first - please mother and queen to worry about this matter!"
After saying anything, he stood up without saying a word. He even forgot to put down the fragrant tea, just held it in his hands, bowed and walked away!
"You..." Empress Dowager Gu was stunned and pointed at Empress Jiang bitterly, "What a good thing you did!" Although the Empress Dowager did not see it, the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was not a day or two, and she had already guessed it!
Queen Jiang said as if nothing had happened: "What did you say, Queen Mother? My daughter-in-law doesn't understand!"
Qiu Yilan bit her lip to keep from laughing: The Queen Mother who has been regent for thirty years is really strong, but she doesn't know what kind of fate Queen Mother Gu is. She has to meet a daughter-in-law like Queen Jiang - she can still continue to be regent without being ruined by this. The daughter-in-law is so angry that the Queen Mother is really having a hard time!
Queen Mother Gu gritted her teeth for a moment, slapped the long case hard, then pointed at Qiu Yilan and shouted angrily: "Tell me! Did Yan'er and Yi'er bully you before!"
"Returning to the Queen Mother, it was Prince Gu who touched the court lady..." Although Qiu Yilan was ready to draw a clear line with the Jiang family and stand with the Queen Mother before entering the palace, but now she Taking the side of the Queen Mother is simply asking for death. Of course, she must continue to maintain a good relationship with the Jiang family.
So Qiu Yilan would tell the truth without hesitation.
"Wait a minute!" Unexpectedly, before she finished speaking, the Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and looked at the shabby dress she was wearing, "How could a noble princess like you enter the palace dressed like this?! Is this how Princess Xihe raised her niece? ? Or the officially canonized princess?"
Qiu Yilan's heart trembled, and Queen Jiang's face stiffened for a moment - but she heard an older female official behind the Queen Mother bow down and say: "I don't know, Queen Mother, but there are rumors that the current person in charge of the inner house of the Xihe Palace is not Princess Xihe, but Princess Xihe." It’s Qiu Yuqing, the sister of King Xihe, and her daughter Kang Lizhang!”
"Kang Lizhang?" The Queen Mother sneered and looked at the queen, "It seems that the civilian girl Yongfu invited to the palace for the banquet tonight is called this?"
Queen Jiang pursed her lips: "Yongfu? How can her little kid make the decision? It was her daughter-in-law who asked her to invite her."
"Damn it! The New Year's Eve banquet is a royal reward for civil and military officials. Only officials of the fifth rank and above in the capital can bring their families to attend. No one below the fifth rank can participate without a special permission! It's already bad for you to allow a civilian girl to attend the banquet for such a trivial matter. If you don't follow the rules, then forget it." The queen mother was furious, clapped her hands and shouted, "How dare you invite someone like you to seize power with your aunt and bully your cousin?"
Empress Jiang said coldly: "Lu Nu Shi also said that it was not the princess who was in charge of the inner palace of the Xihe Palace, but Qiu Yuqing and her daughter. It was a rumor among the people. Can such a rumor be taken seriously? The ordinary people in the market took it seriously. It’s just a joke. As a mother, I believe it, it’s really a joke!”
"Tell me why you entered the palace wearing such a dress today?!" Empress Dowager Gu was too lazy to argue with her daughter-in-law and went to Qiu Yilan again, "Are you despising the Tian family, or have you been mistreated by someone?! No need. Worry about the turmoil just now, Aijia has the final say for you!"
Ignoring the empress dowager's threat to "despise the Tian family", Qiu Yilan replied instantly: "Because my mother and concubine are new, I have been wearing filial piety in the past few months and have not made new clothes..."
"Girls of this age do grow up quickly." Empress Jiang immediately took over, "But Princess Xihe is also at fault. Even if you are observing filial piety, you should prepare some plain clothes for going out. By the way. "Mother, since Princess Ningyi is observing filial piety, and today is New Year's Eve, why don't you invite her to the palace?"
After doing this twice, Empress Dowager Gu saw that Qiu Yilan was determined to fall in love with the Jiang family, and her expression became gloomy: "The royal family has God's blessing, so there is nothing to be afraid of! You are also a general, so you don't have the courage to do so. ?”
Empress Jiang said leisurely: "Of course not, my daughter-in-law just thinks that the queen mother doesn't like Princess Ningyi, and she even summons her to the palace to teach her a lesson when she is serving her grandfather during the Chinese New Year!" The topic returned to Liuchun! During the conflict outside the pavilion, the queen glanced at Gu Yan, who was sitting next to her, and said, "But to teach the princess a lesson, there are female officials in the palace, so why bother to work for Crown Prince Gu?"
Queen Mother Gu sneered: "She is telling the truth when she says Yan'er bullied her? Have you asked the palace maid of Liuchun Pavilion?!"
Gu Yan heard the Queen Mother's bias and said loudly: "Although Princess Ningyi is young, she is very cunning! Please ask the Queen Mother to torture her before she can confess the truth!"
"Shut up!" Before he could finish his words, Queen Jiang yelled, "The princess is a female family member, and your majesty has avoided dealing with her. Is it your turn as a young prince to teach me and the queen a lesson?!"
Empress Dowager Gu took several pictures angrily, and when she saw that the empress seemed not to notice, she took a deep breath: "Come here, take Ning Yi down and beat her for thirty years! Ask after she's beaten!"
Queen Jiang wanted to speak again, but Queen Mother Gu shouted, "Why does the Queen want to teach the Ai family how to deal with a princess?!"
"How could my wife think so?" Queen Jiang said coldly.
The Queen Mother thought that she had given in. She watched the palace servants walking towards Qiu Yilan and felt that the tightness in her chest was relieved a little. But the next moment, Queen Jiang said lightly: "But my wife feels that even if the princess is not as good as the princess, she is still the emperor of Emperor Gaozong." The title of hereditary seal does not apply to the legitimate daughter of the Wang family with a different surname... We should consult Empress Ye before deciding!"
Before the words "Queen Ye Mu" were finished, Queen Mother Gu's face suddenly turned the color of pig liver!
"Although Empress Ye doesn't like secular affairs and has lived in Ganli Palace for many years, but!" Empress Jiang said seriously, "After all, Empress Ye is the late emperor's royal empress and your Majesty's legitimate mother. Don't you think so, Empress Gu?"
Queen Mother Gu stared at Queen Jiang, but Queen Jiang smiled sweetly.
After a while, Queen Mother Gu gritted her teeth and said, "Then send her to Ganli Palace!"
"There is still a Queen Mother Ye in the palace?!" At this time, Qiu Yilan was shocked - she was sure that the memories of her predecessor had been left behind, but when had there been two Queen Mothers in this dynasty? ! That Queen Mother Ye is actually still the Queen Mother!
"You two ladies, please calm down for the time being." Before Qiu Yilan was taken away, a servant came up to smooth things over and said cautiously, "The dinner is about to begin... This..."
"Nijin, please send Princess Ningyi's master and servant to Ganli Palace." Empress Jiang turned around and ordered a maid in colorful clothes behind her, "Please tell Empress Ye how to deal with Princess Ningyi."
Qiu Yilan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Queen Jiang had been helping her just now - although this was because she had repeatedly favored the Queen Mother's side when answering the Queen Mother's questions, it also showed that Queen Jiang was still very effective in protecting friendly forces. .
Now it was the queen who proposed to send her to Ganli Palace. No matter what happened to the unknown Empress Dowager Ye... it should be safe for the time being... right...
However, the moment she raised her head after bowing to leave, she saw Empress Dowager Gu sitting upright with a gloomy but calm expression. For some reason, her heart skipped a beat!
"Could it be that Queen Mother Gu has some hidden agenda in Ganli Palace?"