Deng Chengzhai had a headache. He was not sure for a moment whether Ouyang Yanran was supporting the junior and deliberately giving him a chance to show his face, or was he deliberately making things difficult
After calming down, the close minister who was the emperor's companion said slowly: "Mo Ruo first exposed Wei He's treacherous plan, and then invited one of the queen mothers to escape into Buddhism. After a year and a half, after the limelight passed, he went to another place." If you want to build a Taoist temple in a county, especially in a place with the Lingchuan Mountains, please ask the Queen Mother to move it."
The king and his ministers thought about it for a while and felt that there was no problem with this operation.
The two queen mothers must have been wrongly accused. Needless to say, this is the unified statement from the top, so this is the truth.
After being wronged, as a highly respected and virtuous Queen Mother, she suffered such humiliation for no reason. In anger, she became a monk and practiced Buddhism, not only to pray for her descendants, but also to prove her innocence. It was a natural thing.
A year and a half later, the practicing Queen Mother tasted the joy of becoming a monk, became addicted to it, and decided to build a better Taoist temple, the size of a palace, and continue to become a monk. It is normal! It is normal not to build it in Fuyang County, but to build it in other places, because in a remote place like Fuyang County, there is not even a rumor of a Taoist temple. How can it be worthy of a tall Taoist temple
"That's it." Chunjia sighed and told Deng Chengzhai tiredly, "You can go to Fuyang County yourself and handle this matter for me."
After a pause, he asked the others to leave, leaving this close minister alone to explain that in addition to going to Fuyang County to deal with the aftermath of the two queen mothers, he also wanted to thoroughly investigate the truth.
Although the emperor used rhetoric to fool outsiders, he didn't want to rub sand in his own eyes.
This is not because he is unfilial. The two queen mothers are fighting for a boy. If they continue to be so confused, who knows what kind of commotion will happen
The emperor was very angry.
At this moment, the two queen mothers far away in Fuyang County also knew his reaction very well.
Empress Dowager Yuan's face was as pale as frost. Looking at Empress Dowager Qu who was wearing no makeup and wearing simple clothes but still retaining her beauty, she endured her anger and said in a deep voice: "...Kill that bitch slave, crush his bones and raise ashes, and tell the public, It was the two of us who got into trouble together. It wasn't you who did it, and it wasn't the Aijia who did it. It was someone else who deliberately plotted to harm you and me, do you understand?"
"..." Queen Mother Qu was silent for a moment and raised her eyes.
Her eyes are extremely standard peach blossom eyes. Even though she is old, her eyes are still sparkling and enchanting.
Empress Dowager Yuan was very familiar with her eyes. That was why her husband, Prince Fuyang Duan, brought the humble Qu family into the palace... Empress Dowager Yuan was young at the time. Before she came out of the cabinet, she had not met much with Prince Duan Fuyang and could not talk to her. Emotionally. But now that she has left the palace and married Prince Fuyang Duan as the princess, she naturally loves her husband.
So of course I don't like Qushi.
I don't like her eyes even more.
It just so happens that such a person, she always thought there were many opportunities to crush him to death. After going around in circles for so many years, he was still sitting in front of her. Even the seats are getting closer and closer, and now they are even equal to her in terms of etiquette!
The Queen Mother was in a daze for a moment, and then she noticed the unfamiliar sarcasm and coldness in those familiar eyes.
She had rarely seen such emotions in Queen Mother Qu before. Otherwise, even if she had all kinds of scruples, she would not have allowed Mrs. Qu to live until now.
Queen Mother Qu knew this well.
But at this moment, she seemed to have someone to rely on. She did not hide the malice in her eyes and said softly: "You are always like this, even if my son has already sat on the throne, even the throne... I am in your eyes, But I am still the same person I was when I first entered the palace. Do you think that you are already very patient and aggrieved to have me sit across from you?"
Queen Mother Qu narrowed her eyes and half-smiled, "But, I don't think it's enough!"
She pointed in the direction of the imperial capital, "Even though I was of humble origin, I gave birth to the Gongxiang family who succeeded the late Emperor Xiaozong. What about you? You were born in the Yuan family of Fuyang, and you were the late king's concubine. When you entered the palace, you were an old concubine. But you didn’t give the late king any concubines to get in your way, but you have been serving the late king alone for many years with nothing to show for it. What right do you have to blame the old concubine for not liking you?! And what right do you have to offend us concubines, who are under your strict guard? Under the circumstances, if you occasionally get mercy from the late king, you can give birth to a son and a half daughter?!"
There was a deep chill in Queen Mother Yuan's eyes, and she said solemnly: "To anger you? You are too proud of yourself! Who are you! Will the Ai family be angry with you? You are just giving birth to children for Ai. The more children you have, the more prosperous the Ai family will be! What can the Ai family do to make you angry?!"
"Really?" Queen Mother Qu sneered and said slowly, "No matter how much you pride yourself on being noble, have you ever resented concubines like us who came from humble backgrounds but could continue the heirs for the late king? You know best in your heart. Neither do I. You have to admit it! After all..."
"The Ai family didn't call you here just to talk nonsense to you!" Empress Dowager Yuan suddenly interrupted, "You are absolutely crazy about what happened! The Ai family originally thought that, as the biological mother of the emperor, you would hate the Ai family even more. He is respected by the emperor, so he can just retaliate against the Ai family no matter what, and it will not be detrimental to the emperor! As a result... "
A trace of disgust and disdain flashed across her face, and she said coldly, "A humble servant from a humble family just doesn't stand up to the public. If you use such dirty methods, you don't mind being dirty yourself, and you are happy to see the Ai family become dirty, but Have you ever thought about the thoughts and situation of the emperor's son?! Who in the world doesn't know that he is now nominally a descendant of the Ji family and the Gongxiang family, but in fact he is from the lineage of King Fuyang. Before the age of fifteen, he was a member of the Ai family What did these people teach him?! If the Aijia and you, the adoptive mother and the biological mother are all filthy and chaotic people, how will the people in the world view the emperor's son?! As the emperor's biological mother, you are able to have the status you have today, isn't it? From the emperor? You don’t think about him at all!!!”
"I once wanted to think about His Majesty, but I later understood that His Majesty doesn't need me. You are enough for him. This was true when he was a child, and even more so when he grows up." Queen Mother Qu was very calm and said lightly, "Although he is I am your own flesh and blood, but you took me away from you when he was born. When he was a child, he always thought that you were his biological mother. Later he found out that you were not. But I didn’t see him being very affectionate with me. Even in private. Sometimes, I wanted to talk to him, but he quickly walked away... At first I thought it was purely because you were nice to him and the people around you said bad things about me. But then I found out, it's not. It's because …You can help him better!”
Queen Mother Qu said coldly, "As the old saying goes, if you are poor in the busy city, no one will care about you, but if you are rich in the mountains, you will have distant relatives! This is the truth!"
"We are biological mother and son. When I was pregnant with him, it was an accident. During the process of giving birth to him, I suffered so many calculations and suffered so much. Only I know best!"
"But does he care? Does he feel bad? No, he neither cares nor feels bad. He should be worried, right? Worried that if I tirelessly get close to him, I will cause you to be bored and alienated. At that time, he was still in his infancy, but What to do?”
"I was thinking about the last bit of affection between mother and son, and I never took the initiative to look for him again. He was relieved... Hey! Hey hey! Hey hey!"
She sneered a few times and continued, "You are a good mother. You never forget to think about him at all times. You tell too many lies and you believe it? It makes it seem like you really care about him! If that's the case , after you raised him, you would immediately take your undisciplined niece under your knees, protect him from all the elements, and teach your Majesty the child, and also let your humble maid?"
"In the final analysis, the most important thing in your heart is your Yuan family bloodline!"
"If you hadn't been unable to give birth, would everything in Fuyang Palace, even the chance of ascending to the throne of emperor, have anything to do with His Majesty?!"
"Your Majesty is your last resort. It is your guarantee to become the dowager and the queen mother. That's all. Why are you pretending to be a loving mother? If you were really a good person, you would have sent the dowager away after the king left. Go down?!"
"Bang!" Queen Mother Yuan's face was ashen, and she finally couldn't bear it anymore and started to scream, "You keep saying that the emperor doesn't get close to you, why don't you think about the fact that the emperor doesn't know his life experience since he was a child, and he has never gotten along with you at all. You said it as soon as you came up. You are his biological mother, and you let him kiss you, but you don’t even know what he has learned, what he likes, and what habits he has, so you let the emperor kiss you for no reason, why?! Don’t talk about Aijia After working so hard to raise him, you just see a cat and a dog on the road, waving for no reason, do you think they are willing to follow you?!"
"Or do you think you are something special, and I want to kiss you as a human being?!"
"If your own son doesn't get close to you, isn't it your own problem?!"
"As for the importance the Ai family attaches to the emperor...if the Ai family has biological flesh and blood, they will naturally do everything for their biological children! This is human nature!"
"Otherwise, the emperor is your biological son, and you don't have the slightest thought of favoring him without any question in your heart?!"
"However, the Ai family has nothing to offer, and the emperor is the Ai family's child!!!"
"There is no doubt about this!"
Empress Dowager Yuan took a deep breath, calmed down her emotions, and softened her tone, "If you must settle old scores, let's discuss it after this incident! But for now, you must listen to the Ai family!"
"Whether you are explaining to the emperor or the court, this matter must not come from you or me. You and I must be victims. You are not someone who doesn't understand the pros and cons. Only when you know how to do this can you be protected to the maximum extent. You and me! Otherwise, if you disappoint the emperor and the important ministers, what good will it do to you?!"
She felt that this condition was already very concessional.
Because she is the pure victim!
This matter was caused by Queen Mother Qu!
However, in order not to disappoint Chunjia and not to be embarrassed in front of the ministers, she took the initiative to tolerate it and agreed to cooperate with Queen Mother Qu to pass the responsibility to a non-existent third party and pick off the two.
It's like knowing full well that you have suffered a loss.
As long as Queen Mother Qu had any brains, she would have understood that this was the best choice for the two of them.
Even at this moment, Queen Mother Qu should have come over and begged her to take the initiative to settle the matter!
It turns out that this Qu family came from a humble background and just doesn’t know the general situation. He still digs out those old sesame seeds and rotten millet after a while... It’s simply ridiculous!
Before Empress Dowager Yuan could finish her thoughts, she saw Empress Dowager Qu raising her eyelids and smiling... The Queen Mother Queen Mother was really a stunning beauty when she was young.
Chunjia's outstanding appearance was probably passed down to her.
Even if they were hostile at this moment, Empress Dowager Yuan had to admit that Qu Shi, the former concubine of the royal family, did have a charm that the frail and sick Prince Fuyang Duan could not forget.
She subconsciously lost her mind for a moment, thinking of the bitter and sweet memories of her youth. She calmed down and heard Queen Mother Qu say no.
"What did you say?!" Queen Mother Yuan couldn't believe her ears!
Queen Mother Qu looked at her with a smile, admiring her unbelievable expression, and repeated softly: "I said no, this matter was done between you and me, and it has nothing to do with the others!!!"