That day, Yun Fenghuang stayed at the Empress Dowager Yuan's house until it was time to light the lamp before leaving. When she came, she was barefoot and dressed in plain clothes. When she left, although she was not in plain clothes, she took with her a set of jade jewelry and a pair of jewelry made in the early years. Silk shoes that were too small and never worn—these were given to her at the insistence of the Queen Mother.
"The mother-in-law of Mao Zhaoyi is quite knowledgeable." After she left, Zhanliu asked someone to remove the remaining tea in front of her, and gave Empress Dowager Yuan some honey and rose dew to eat after dark, and said with a smile, "Look at her. When I first entered the palace, I was so fussy that I thought she was spoiled by her family. Who knows if she was separated from her own mother and had no one to supervise her, so she would change her temperament."
Empress Dowager Yuan smiled faintly and said: "It's not strange for the Ai family. Although there was a lot of noise when she first entered the palace, she was very careful. Otherwise, there would be too many low-level concubines in the palace. Who would have promoted her to the throne? A good situation quickly? At that time, the Ai family knew that the child's elders must have spent a lot of time on her. "
Zhanliu sighed: "Zhaoyi grew up at home until she was twelve years old before coming to the imperial capital. I heard what she just told that since she was enlightened at the age of three, she has been taught by her mother. For nine years, she has been in Sangzi. Is it true that he is a virtuous, virtuous, well-behaved and sensible person? It turns out that only three years after he arrived at his aunt's house... it can be seen that for the child, his mother can't be more demanding."
She thought of Empress Dowager Yuan and Chun Jia, "When Bidong came to the imperial capital to take the throne, will he and Zhaoyi be the same age next year? Fortunately, the empress insisted on accompanying her. Otherwise, I really don't know what Bidong would be like? My maid just now Just thinking about it makes me break out in a cold sweat!”
"The prince of the Ai family is upright and determined. How can he be compared to the little Zhaoyi?" Empress Dowager Yuan shook her head in disapproval, but then added, "You are not a child at that age. Even if you know that the prince is smart and tough, How can Aijia be at ease if he doesn't accompany him?"
Thinking of the battle of wits and courage with the Ji family and the court, and the hardships and dangers that accompanied Chunjia on the long journey, especially the scene when the young prince who had not yet ascended the throne tried his best to calm down but could not control his trembling legs and fingers... The Queen Mother softened her heart and said, "Forget it, you are not a mother. Zhaoyi may be very ignorant. Her mother-in-law's intentions are unknown to the Ai family. Is she just calling Zhaoyi to show that the Ai family is very royal?" As you can see... there may be some way to feel sorry for her behind her back! Because of her ruthless heart, the Ai family will go back and say a few nice words to the emperor, so as to expose all the things that happened to Zhaoyi."
"He doesn't agree!" Just after the Queen Mother finished speaking, a shout suddenly came from outside the door. Hearing this, the Queen Mother's servant frowned consciously. He heard the "thump" sound of being stepped on the wooden floor in the corridor, and his stomach was already full. The huge Yuan Niang asked the palace maid to support her legs, and while crossing the threshold with some difficulty, she said angrily, "That Yun Feng Huang is arrogant and domineering and has a vicious mind. Since entering the palace, he has bullied his concubines, disrespected his aunt, and even wronged Ji Lang. I have evil intentions!”
"She has done so many bad things, and she usually refuses to spare her words. Why is it that if she comes here tomorrow to kowtow and cry hypocritically, my aunt will not argue with her and even beg Ji Lang? Say something nice to her?!"
Empress Dowager Yuan didn't even bother to pay attention to what she said, and she said in fear: "Why are you supporting Jieyu alone? Please move the embroidery stool quickly!"
Yuan Niang left angrily and said loudly: "Auntie!"
"The Ai family has already said that I am one month old. If I have anything to do, can I just send someone over? Why do I need to do the work myself?" Empress Dowager Yuan pinched her eyebrows with a headache. Do you want me to be tight?"
"That aunt doesn't want to forgive her!" Yuan Yuniang went to say, "When I turn around in front of Ji Lang, I want to say something bad about her!"
Empress Dowager Yuan said kindly: "My child, Zhaoyi, is only fifteen. It is not unusual for a child to be ignorant. She took off her hairpin to plead guilty after listening to her own mother's words. How can I argue with her if the Ai family is in trouble? Do you want to influence her? Nothing serious happened."
"Why didn't you make a fuss?" Yuan Yuniang reminded, "Didn't Concubine Shu force her to death? Is she one of the four concubines! Is she the legitimate daughter of Duke Yi! Just that one thing, can she be thrown into the cold palace? Of course.”
The Queen Mother said sternly: "Don't talk nonsense about that! Did Concubine Shu commit suicide because of her accidental collision with the noble concubine, which caused the death of the young prince? Is that something that the royal family has publicly acknowledged? What does it have to do with Mao Zhaoyi?"
Yuan Mian almost cried: "So Ji Lang prefers Yun Fenghuang, and my aunt also prefers her?"
When she was crying and forcing the Queen Mother not to allow Yuan Dang Di Fenghuang to go to work, Jiang was also crying outside the palace.
Yunju's official position was not high, and he relied on the favorable geographical location and always relied on the Duke of Yi.
If the Duke's Mansion has a large population and a large number of relatives, and cannot take good care of them, he would not take them with him during summer vacations in previous years.
Next year will be an exception, probably because Yun Fengzhuang has been granted the title of concubine, and she also wants to be promoted by the Duke of Liguo.
So Yunju and his family, Ruming, lived in the summer villa of the Duke of Fuguo.
Although Duke Yi Guo held a high position and had a distinguished status, even his summer villa occupied a vast area. It followed the undulating mountains and surrounded a large area. However, Yunju and his wife were not distant relatives after all, and the bunao they were assigned was a small courtyard with three entrances. They already had a lot of children and grandchildren, so they were crowded again and again, so they set aside a special courtyard for Jiang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. .
Jiang didn't dare to speak loudly for fear of being overheard. He suppressed his voice, clutched the handkerchief and sobbed: "... If I had known Mingyue, what would he have done to make her leave his side? Has he really lost his mind? She was just that year Twelve years old, only twelve years old! He is still scared when he thinks about it. I said that if she had a slight mishap in the palace during those few months, would he not be able to see her? "
"Mom, don't do that." Mrs. Chen whispered from the side, "Isn't sister Ruming very good? It can be seen that she has great blessings and will have many good months in the future!"
Then he said, "Don't you be too emotional! The Qing people went to the main room to hand over the post and will be back in a moment. I hope it's convenient over there so that we can see each other tomorrow and tomorrow. You are crying, When the time comes, my eyes are so swollen that I can't open them. How can I talk about things? My sister is young, and without you to help her take care of her appearance, how can she do anything? Can you just ignore my sister and cheer up."
Despite all the talk, Jiang finally held back a bit and sobbed: "That's all, I'll fetch some water, and he will apply it... and then get the fragrant powder."
Xiao Chen personally served her mother-in-law to wash herself. When she was going about her business, the Qing people came back. After saluting, she said: "Madam, I was ordered to go to the main room to deliver the post. At first, a stewardess over there came out and shut up. I heard that I was very polite to thank you for passing the news to the palace, as it was not a troublesome matter, and besides, if their fourth young lady is under our young lady’s legs, it’s not convenient at all.”
"Later, I heard that my wife asked to meet with the Duke, and her face became unhappy. If I had anything to do, I could just talk to his wife or the Crown Prince's wife. I'm worried that the Duke's government affairs will be busy and I won't have time."
"According to Madam's instructions, the servant told them that Madam can be the master of the Xie family, but I don't know whether the Duke's wife and the wife of the prince can be the master of the Duke's mansion? They reluctantly agreed to send the message, but no He muttered, looking very reluctant."
Jiang didn't care and said, "I am a maid. When I went to the backyard, the lady in charge must be Han's aunt and nephew. He begged to bypass their aunt and nephew and go directly to the Duke of the country to shut up. Naturally, she was unhappy. Don't ignore it. , they can’t do anything to us, so we can just endure the discomfort.”
Xiao Chen spat: "They deserve what they have to suffer! Our sisters are so talented. To ask them to be posthumous in this state is just to add some trouble to them. Who do you want to put on airs? They don't deserve it." !”