On the way back, the Queen Mother's face was really gloomy, and she was not talking and laughing with Xie Nanjia like when she came.
Xie Nanjia understood that she had taken her sister-in-law's words to heart. Although the Queen Mother was quite open-minded compared to other elders, she was still the Queen Mother and the most noble woman in the Zhou Dynasty. She had always been at a high level and was respected by all people. Naturally, He is not happy that someone is more noble, more blessed, and more respected by the people than him. In addition, the emperor will feel uncomfortable after hearing those words about the goddess coming to the world and rejuvenating the country, let alone the queen mother.
But now that the matter was at this point, it was impossible for her to take the initiative to explain anything to the Queen Mother. At this juncture, explaining was equivalent to a second reaffirmation, which would only make the Queen Mother even more unhappy.
The top priority is to quickly find a way to suppress the rumors outside, and to prevent people with ulterior motives from actually enshrining her in the temple. Once this thing has started, it will never be stopped.
Therefore, she had no intention of coaxing the Queen Mother for the time being. After returning to Cining Palace, she immediately sent a young eunuch to find Su Jincheng and asked Su Jincheng to inform the family to act quickly. Regardless of where the rumors came from, they must act as quickly as possible. Suppress it and do not allow the situation to continue to develop. If it cannot be suppressed, create a new topic to divert public attention.
"I understand. I will notify my family as soon as possible." Su Jincheng said, "Don't worry, you will be fine."
Xie Nanjia said that she was not angry, but just a little anxious, fearing that someone was behind the matter.
"Then who do you think is more likely? I'll ask my family to focus on checking the people related to them." Su Jincheng said.
Xie Nanjia drank some water, calmed down her emotions, and said in deep thought: "For now, I probably don't have any enemies in the capital. If anyone hates me, it's probably the concubine who wants to be in power. He resents me for helping Concubine Shu and blocking Concubine Shu. I got her way, so she spread her resentment on me without harming Concubine Shu."
Su Jincheng thought her analysis was reasonable and asked: "Which concubine do you think is more likely?"
"I don't know about that." Xie Nanjia said, "All the women in the palace are masters of acting. Usually one is gentler and more approachable than the other. For a while, I really couldn't tell who they were."
"Then let me do it." Su Jincheng said, "I asked my people to keep an eye on everything. No matter who did it, there will always be clues."
"Thank you, brother." Xie Nanjia stood up to see him off. When he came to the door, he suddenly thought, "Is it possible that our family has been too popular recently, and my uncles were promoted too quickly, and who is in the way?"
"I don't rule out this possibility. I will ask my family to investigate it as well." Su Jincheng said, saying goodbye to her and leaving in a hurry.
Xie Nanjia watched him go away and turned back to the palace.
Liusu and Biluo asked them worriedly what they would do next.
Xie Nanjia said: "As usual, do whatever you have to do. It would be great if you can show a proud look."
"..." The two girls looked at each other and wondered, "Why are you so complacent?"
"In order to paralyze the other party, let her think that we didn't react and didn't realize that someone was framed." Xie Nanjia said.
"So that's it." The two of them suddenly realized, and Biluo suggested on the spot, "Then let's go to the Royal Garden and pretend that nothing happened."
"Okay, let's go after we finish what we are doing." Xie Nanjia said.
As soon as Su Jincheng left, the Queen Mother knew about it and said to Aunt Yin with a sullen face: "Look at how well-informed I am. If there is any trouble, she will come."
Aunt Yin had been with the Queen Mother for decades and knew her temper very well. When she heard her say this, she knew that the words of the goddess and Bodhisattva made her uncomfortable.
But having said that, this matter was talked about by outsiders and had nothing to do with Miss Xiu'er. The Queen Mother should not have vented her anger on Miss Xiu'er. What's more, the reason why the emperor did this when Miss Xiu'er's identity was unknown. He gave her a marriage to the prince, wasn't it just because he was the daughter of Phoenix Life? Aren't the daughter of Phoenix Life the same as any goddess who came to the world? At that time, she was eager to marry someone into the family, but now she is reluctant to do so. Yeah, what's the point
Aunt Yin thought that the Queen Mother had been in power for a long time, and she suddenly heard so many complimentary words being used on others but not on herself. She felt a little envious and jealous for a while, but she didn't want to openly steal the limelight from the younger generation, so she felt awkward. .
She likes Miss Xiu'er so much and always praises Miss Xiu'er's abilities when meeting everyone. How could she really dislike her because of this
Of course, these are all Nanny Yin's own thoughts, and she would never dare to speak them out in front of the Queen Mother. She just said vaguely with a smile: "Commander Su loves his sister very much, and he comes to see her every three days. Maybe it's a coincidence. Yes, it’s not necessarily what I heard.”
The Queen Mother curled her lips and snorted, dissatisfied: "It's only been a few days, and you've already started to turn your elbows outward."
Grandma Yin was startled and hurriedly bowed down to apologize, saying that she just said it casually and she didn't dare to talk about it anymore.
The Queen Mother was so angry that she couldn't listen to anything and could only let herself digest it slowly.
Qiunong watched from the side, thinking that the Queen Mother might have forgotten why Miss Xiu'er moved in at this moment.
An unmarried girl was forcibly called into the palace to help. No one said anything while she was working hard, and she was disliked at the slightest sign of trouble.
Therefore, in this world, except for your biological father and mother, no matter how good others are to you, it will not last forever. The only people who are truly willing to show their heart to you are your parents.
Xie Nanjia didn't know the situation on the Queen Mother's side and had no intention of approaching her. After handling the affairs, she took Liusu and Biluo to the Royal Garden to relax.
There were still many palace maids picking sweet-scented osmanthus in the garden. Seeing Xie Nanjia passing by, they all paid homage to her.
Xie Nanjia returned the greetings with a smile on her face, and there was no abnormality at all. Liusu and Biluo fully implemented her instructions, held their heads high wherever they went, spoke loudly, and laughed very loudly, which made them feel happy in the huge imperial garden. There is no room for them.
Even Xie Nanjia could hardly stand looking at this crazy look, and had to remind them in a low voice to calm down a little.
Before the two of them had time to restrain themselves, they heard a voice saying displeasedly: "Who can be so unruly and shouting in such a decent manner? Go and bring that person over and let me see who it is!"
Immediately afterwards, two palace maids walked over in a hurry, and said with a bit of arrogance: "Let's go, Princess Wen'an wants to see you!"
Liusu and Biluo were startled and looked at Xie Nanjia at the same time.
Princess Wen'an is the daughter of Queen Meng. Queen Meng was relegated to the cold palace and had a lot to do with Xie Nanjia. They were worried that Princess Wen'an would make things difficult for Xie Nanjia.
Xie Nanjia said calmly: "Let's go, since we have met, let's go and give Princess Wen'an a present."
The three of them followed the palace maid dozens of steps forward and met Princess Wen'an at the pavilion in the garden.
Princess Wen'an was sitting in the pavilion wearing a gorgeous palace dress, her pink face was covered with frost, her cherry lips were lightly pursed, her round almond-shaped eyes were like two knives falling on Xie Nanjia, and she did not hide her disgust.
Xie Nanjia stepped forward and saluted her: "I have met Princess Wen'an. Wish you a happy princess."
Princess Wen'an looked at her coldly, without asking her to get up, and said lightly: "Hey, isn't this the daughter of Phoenix Life? I can't afford your gift!"
Xie Nanjia smiled, and before she could scream, he stood up straight: "Princess is joking, those are just nonsense said by outsiders. In the world, apart from the Queen Mother, princesses are the most noble women."
Princess Wen'an sneered: "No wonder you got along like a fish in water as soon as you entered the palace, your mouth is so eloquent!"
"Princess, you are honored." Xie Nanjia said modestly.
Princess Wen'an sneered again: "You are so humble, why are your people so arrogant? The little maid is actually talking and laughing in the imperial garden. Do you really think of yourself as a boy in front of the Bodhisattva?"
"My slaves don't dare!" Liusu Biluo knelt down and apologized. "My slaves are used to being rude at home and have not yet memorized the rules of the palace. Please forgive me, princess."
"Oh, it turns out that I didn't remember the rules well." Princess Wen'an said, "If that's the case, then each person can give them twenty thumbs, so that they can be remembered for a long time!"
Although Liusu and Biluo were slaves, whether they followed Zhao Jingyu or Xie Nanjia in the past, they had never been angry. Now they were suddenly asked to slap themselves. Both of them were confused and hesitated but did not take action immediately.
Princess Wen'an was furious and slapped the table: "You are so bold, how dare you disobey this palace's order. Come here, slap their mouths for forty dollars each!"
"Yes!" The two maids beside Princess Wen'an responded and stepped forward, about to attack Liusu Biluo.
"Wait!" Xie Nanjia called out to stop the two of them, and said to Princess Wen'an, "To be honest, these two maids were given to me by His Highness the Crown Prince. I have always cherished them as my own sisters. They made mistakes, and it was also me. This master's discipline is lax. Princess, why don't you punish me instead? I'm willing to take the punishment for them."
"Miss, no..." Liusu Biluo shouted in unison.
Xie Nanjia raised his hand to stop them.
She knew very well that Princess Wen'an was clearly here for her. Even if she beat her girl, she would not let her go in the end. Instead of doing this, it would be better for her to stand up and save the two girls from being harmed.
As she expected, Princess Wen'an called back her people with a smile and said excitedly: "It's an honor for them to be slaves to have such a protective master like you. Since you took the initiative to be punished for them, don't blame me for being rude. ”
"Princess, you're welcome, just feel free to punish me!" Xie Nanjia said.
After a while, a group of people quickly gathered around. The princess punished the princess. This was a good show. Everyone stared with wide eyes, waiting to see how the show would go on.
Princess Wen'an suddenly took off her shoes and said slowly: "You are the future crown princess. I don't dare to slap you, lest my father says that I am neither old nor young. So, come here and put my shoes back on." , let’s forget about it today, how about it?”
Everyone looked at Xie Nanjia, feeling that with her temperament, she would definitely not be humiliated like this.
Unexpectedly, Xie Nanjia agreed to Princess Wen'an's request with a smile as if nothing was wrong.
"It's an honor for me to put on Princess Wen'an's shoes." She said with a smile, walked slowly to Princess Wen'an, squatted down and held Princess Wen'an's ankle, put Princess Wen'an's feet on her knees, and picked up the The shoe gently helped her put it on. After putting on this one, she replaced it with another one.
After putting on both shoes, he carefully brushed off the dust on the shoes and asked Princess Wen'an if she was satisfied.
Princess Wen'an was also dumbfounded. Xie Nanjia's humiliation not only did not make her happy, but made her even more angry. She stood up angrily, stepped on the back of Xie Nanjia's hand, and crushed it several times.
"Hiss..." There was a gasp from all around.
"Miss Lao Xiuer, I am very satisfied. Goodbye!" Princess Wen'an angrily stepped over Xie Nanjia's hand and walked away with her maid.
"Miss, Miss, how are you?" Liusu and Biluo hurriedly stepped forward to help Xie Nanjia up, feeling so distressed that they shed tears.
"Why does the lady have to be punished for us? Let her beat us..."
"Stop talking, I'm fine, let's go back to the palace!" Xie Nanjia walked back, covering the back of her hand that had been stepped on.
Liusu Biluo followed her with tears in her eyes.
Everyone stepped aside and watched quietly as the master and servant left. Then they returned to their respective posts and spread the news as quickly as possible.
It didn't take long for Princess Wen'an to be summoned by the emperor to the Qiande Palace. She was made to kneel in front of the palace for two hours. She was not allowed to return to the palace until dinner. In addition, she was given a set of jade jewelry as a tribute from Myanmar. To Xie Nanjia, let her not be like Princess Wen'an.
Xie Nanjia put away the jewelry and turned around to let the little eunuch next to her stare at Princess Wen'an.
The little eunuch took the order and left, Biluo said: "Fortunately, the emperor is sensible and took this step for the young lady."
Xie Nanjia looked indifferent: "These are not important, I don't care at all."
Liusu held her red and swollen hand and applied medicine to her. Hearing this, he raised his head and asked, "What does the young lady care about?"
"Wait a little longer, you will know soon." Xie Nanjia said calmly.
(End of chapter)