"Why are you here?" The dim candlelight could not hide Princess Yang's haggard appearance. She was naturally not in the mood to greet her sister-in-law Wei, who had cut off contact with her for three years, and said lightly, "Aren't you already separated? Cheng Yi, you have broken off your relationship with your eldest brother and your second brother and become strangers? Why do you still have time to come to me? Aren’t you afraid that I will raise a daughter who is not up to par and will harm your good boy?”
The Wei family was the wife of Yang Yong, the third master of the Yang family in the past. It was reported that Yang Yifu, the concubine of the second wife of the Yang family, and Yang Yishi, the first daughter of the first wife, were having affairs with each other. Not only did Yang Tao be banished from the capital, but also Yang Tao was banished from Beijing. It also greatly affected the third room. Naturally, the Wei family and Yang Yong refused to accept this injustice, so they separated their families in a life-and-death struggle. From then on, not only did they cut off contact with the first and second bedrooms, they also stopped moving around Princess Yang.
This time she came suddenly, and Princess Yang naturally didn't have a good look on her face.
"How long have you been angry with me?" Wei frowned and said rudely, "You can't keep your daughter anymore, and you don't even want a son?"
Princess Yang's pupils shrank slightly: "Did the Queen Mother ask you to come?" In fact, the Wei family, who had not been in contact with each other for three years, suddenly came to visit in the middle of the night. Princess Yang had already guessed this, but she still had a glimmer of hope that this would happen if Wei didn't say anything. But she was completely heartbroken, and said with a sad smile, "Even you have been sent here, what else can I say? But - those are my own flesh and blood after all! Before she could reach the hairpin, even Qiu Yilan said in front of the Queen Mother, Who is not young and ignorant? I don’t ask for anything else, let her live as a commoner, I will never see her in this life, and I will never let her disturb anyone... "
Wei listened calmly and did not deny that she came on the order of the Queen Mother. She only said: "The Queen Mother has made up her mind. No one can persuade her, so don't be too busy making plans for Jinzhu now. You are stubborn. Can you beat the Queen Mother? I think that since things are like this, you might as well think about how to plan for your mother and son! You already have a daughter, so you can’t just ignore the remaining son?"
Seeing that Princess Yang was just shedding tears and keeping silent, Mrs. Wei raised her voice slightly, "Do you really believe that you will be relieved if Yinzhi becomes the heir apparent?!"
She sneered, "Don't blame me for speaking harshly! Although Jin Zhu was seduced by Kuang Qingwu this time, what is Kuang Qingwu's identity? Kuang Shihan was in charge of the Western Suppression Army for a day, so the Queen Mother wouldn't be surprised. After all, Princess Changping will surrender to him! So in the eyes of the Queen Mother and the princess, Jinzhu is the one who is annoying them! Now they don’t want Princess Changping to have a bad reputation! I'm being talked about stealing my husband from a princess, so I'll give you the crown prince position instead! Otherwise, the Queen Mother will say something privately, and you won't be able to win it, right?"
"Even if you take a step back, Jinzhu is in this mansion, and you are not the only one who has the ability to let her go without getting involved in the matter! The prince has always valued male heirs more, and he must be more decisive than you - the reason why the Queen Mother first The reason why I am looking for you instead of the prince is simply because for you, all you have to do is promise the throne, and the Xihe Palace already belongs to the prince, so if you want the prince to kill the girl with his own hands, the reward will have to be calculated separately!"
"So it's useless for you to be reluctant to let go - you're not too young anymore. You can't behave like the girls who haven't left the government yet, and you can't be willful and unwilling to listen to the truth, right? Even though the truth hurts your heart!"
Princess Yang glanced at her blankly: "Since you said that, what are your plans? Are you still trying to get along with me now?"
"The Queen Mother only said that if you do this, Yinzhi will become the crown prince, but she did not promise that the Xihe Palace will definitely be his in the future! The prince is still in his prime. In the past two years, outsiders have discovered that he treats Qiu Hongzhi well. , Qiu Maozhi, all above Yinzhi! If Yinzhi is framed in the future, what will be the reason for dethroning, what will you two do in the future? Didn't you die in vain?" Upon hearing this, Mr. Wei said cheerfully, "According to my discussion with your third brother, you might as well take this opportunity..."
Her eyes were shining, but her face was cold, her red lips spat out softly, "... Completely clean up the backyard and avoid future troubles forever!"
Princess Yang was stunned for a moment, then smiled coldly: "Are you dreaming? Today, the Queen Mother summoned me to the palace, and her tone of voice when she spoke in private... did I have any room for bargaining?!"
"The purpose of the Queen Mother is just to make the golden beads disappear, and not to hinder Kuang Qingwu from becoming the consort!" Wei said lightly, "As for the life and death of the prince, and even the next heir of the Xihe Palace... Do you think the Queen Mother will be very concerned about it? Come on? Besides, we all know in our hearts that no one in the Tian family wants to see the royal family prosper, especially the king with a different surname! Although the prince has no real power, he is still in his prime, and Yin Zhi is still young! The King of Xihe should be replaced by Yin Zhi!"
"Do you think I'm stupid?" Princess Yang was silent for a while, then sneered, "Since the Queen Mother is eager to change the king of Xihe from the prince to Yinzhi, but no matter how hard it is to change the king to the heir who can't prosper the palace, how can she simply lose Xihe? How about the palace? I'm afraid I'll go with your plan and let the queen mother find out the truth and let us go together, right? And then punish the prince for not being strict in running the palace?"
There was a look of resentment in her eyes, "I don't know what benefits the Queen Mother has given you, or whether it is your own idea to please the Queen Mother - in short, it is just a dream to climb up on the bones of our mother and son!"
"You're thinking too much!" Mrs. Wei raised her eyebrows when she saw this, "You didn't pay attention to what I just said: The Queen Mother's purpose is not to let Jinzhu stand in the way! That's why she asked you to take action! But Jinzhu has such a hard-nosed eye. If it’s gone, even if you and the prince tell the public that it was an accident... you can’t guarantee that the rumors will be spread, right? This doesn’t count as completing the Queen Mother’s errand!”
She pursed her lips towards the east and west courtyards, "Jinzhu is going to marry Kuang Qingwu, and Yinzhi will also be made the crown prince. The two bastards are anxious and jealous, so-called dogs jumping over the wall..."
Princess Yang's hands shook and she murmured: "You have thought of everything! But that is my biological daughter after all!"
"The Queen Mother's patience is not that good!" Wei sneered, "And for the sake of Kuang Qingwu's reputation, it's impossible for him to surrender to Jinzhu as soon as he dies, right? He always has to be 'sad' for a while, don't you think about it in the past two days? Come on, the Queen Mother has lost her patience and may go to see the prince! By then... I can tell you something right: the Queen Mother and the Empress have been arguing every day over the past two days, and the two empresses have been in a bad mood. How about it!"
He softened his tone again, "It's an ordinary small family, but the daughter did such a shameful thing, and the end was to be dragged down the moat! It's not that you, a mother, don't love her, it's that she didn't live up to her expectations and didn't say it. She is the one who brought this trouble to you and Yin Zhi, isn’t she? First, she should blame Kuang Qingwu; second, she should blame herself for not loving herself enough!”
"..." Princess Yang felt sad and worried. She didn't want to say anything for a while. She wiped her tears for a while and then whispered, "Since there are still a day or two, then you can let me think about it all night. Is that okay?" "
Mrs. Wei frowned, very dissatisfied with her refusal to give an accurate answer, but looking at Princess Yang's appearance, she might start a quarrel if she continued to push her, so she stood up and said: "I'm not forcing you to do this, obviously. I’ll wait for news from you during the day... If there’s no news yet, it’s really hard to say!”
… Princess Yang naturally stayed up all night this night.
Until dawn, she was still at war with heaven and man, unable to make up her mind - she knew that according to secular rules, Qiu Jinzhu deserved death! But how many mothers in this world can be so cruel as to kill a girl with their own hands
She hoped this day would never end.
However, the day was not over yet, and something happened to help her make up her mind!
"Tell me again, who hit him?" Princess Yang, who was standing in front of Qiu Yinzhi's bed with a gray face, asked in disbelief.
Qiu Yinzhi was favored by his mother and concubine since he was a child, and he has always been domineering. But he was lying there unconscious at the moment, with fear and sadness still remaining on his childish face, and the thick bandage on his forehead could not cover up the faint blood. At this time, the twelve-year-old boy was considered half an adult, but he had not grown up in stature after all. The large couch made his youth and helplessness more apparent.
He lay there obediently, so quiet, as if he would never wake up again - Princess Yang's heart was broken when she saw him!
Her hands and feet were cold and her whole body was trembling, but she clearly heard Qiu Yinzhi's servant answering with tears in his eyes: "It's the prince!"
"Why?"
"Your Highness said that the Seventh Young Master bullied the Eighth Young Master... But I dare to swear on my life that the Seventh Young Master just scolded the Eighth Young Master because he disliked the Eighth Young Master for putting mud on his clothes! Concubine Bian immediately ran over to hug the Eighth Young Master and find the Prince. To file a complaint, the prince did not even ask the seventh young master, but raised his leg and kicked the eighth young master until he hit a pillar... "
Princess Yang stared blankly at her son on the couch, unable to say a word!
It wasn't until Qiu Jinzhu received the news that she came over. After seeing Qiu Yinzhi's injuries, she cried and pulled her sleeves and said, "Concubine, that bitch of the Bian family is too bullying! How dare you deceive your father and treat your seventh brother like this - Let’s go and settle the score with that bitch!”
"... Jinzhu!" Princess Yang was pulled two steps away by her daughter. She lowered her head to look at her hand pulling her sleeve, and suddenly called softly, "Do you want justice for your brother?"
Qiu Jinzhu said in surprise: "Of course! She has rebelled against her. A mere concubine, even a young concubine, dares to instigate the father to beat his legitimate son! She wants to die so much, why don't we help her!"
Princess Yang looked at her daughter with tears in her eyes - this daughter was really simple. Even if she taught her hard, she could only make her aggressive and scheming, but she never made much progress! At this point, Qiu Jinzhu actually naively believed that she had Kuang Qingwu's marriage promise, and even her father Qiu Mengmin, who had always been afraid of her before, did not dare to do anything to her - so who does the Bian family mean? !
She never thought that with Concubine Bian's scheme, how could she rashly frame Qiu Yinzhi? Moreover, Qiu Jinzhu is now the prospective daughter-in-law of the Kuang family, and Qiu Mengmin is giving her extra face - her brother, let alone Qiu Maozhi, has not really done anything to Qiu Maozhi. Even if Qiu Maozhi is really beaten... so what
Madam Wei reminded her last night that if her biological mother couldn't do something like killing a girl, Qiu Mengmin's biological father might not be able to do it!
When Wei left, she said that she had a day to think about it. Now it seems that either the Queen Mother Gu doesn't even want to wait for this day, or Qiu Mengmin is determined to take action first to avoid the Queen Mother and Princess Changping from angering the entire Xihe Palace. !
"This is all your life!" Princess Yang turned away, with tears streaming down her face, and said Qiu Jinzhu's confused words, "But it was my mother who was wrong. If I had known today, I would never have let you do what you want. Because... I would rather discipline you so well, maybe you won't dare to... "
Qiu Jinzhu was confused and asked: "Mother concubine? What did you say?"
"My mother is tired and wants to look after your brother. You... you go find Mr. Bian." Princess Yang lowered her head to wipe away her tears, choked with sobs and patted the back of her hand, "Your father will definitely not touch you now." , take care of Mr. Bian and vent your anger on your brother!"
"Don't worry, concubine, I can't kill that bitch!" Qiu Jinzhu assured with confidence - she didn't know that the moment she turned around and went out, Princess Yang's whole body seemed to have suddenly lost all bones, and she was so limp that she On the ground!
"Princess!" The servants exclaimed repeatedly and rushed to help. Princess Yang used a weak voice to stop them from disturbing her daughter who had not gone far, and murmured in a voice that only she could hear: "Now... Bian's murder." Jinzhu’s reason... also exists..."