It stands to reason that with Pan'er's status, she would not be able to get in front of the Empress Dowager.
That is, on the first day of the first lunar month, I followed Empress Fu to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay homage to the Empress Dowager, but at that time there were a lot of people, and Pan Er was caught in the crowd, and she was standing at the back, so she just glanced at the Empress Dowager from a distance. All I know is that she is a very kind-hearted old man.
I don't know who mentioned the dragon and phoenix twins in the prince's family, but the queen mother actually announced that Pan'er brought the twins to the audience.
Before going, Pan'er was still a little nervous. It is well known that the Queen Mother looks at the Crown Princess quite differently. Will it be because of this that she doesn't like her? Of course she knew that the Empress Dowager would not embarrass her in public, but there are too many ways to embarrass others in the palace, and most of them will make you feel unspeakable.
But the tension has to go, it's not something she can contend with.
Pan'er is quite familiar with the Compassionate Ning Palace, after all, she lived here for nearly a year when she was the Empress Dowager, and she is familiar with every brick and tile and even the caisson on the beam. Originally, Pan'er used the heart of a villain to judge a gentleman's belly, wondering if the princess concubine deliberately posed this problem to her, but when she entered the palace, not only the princess concubine was there, but also Concubine Gao Gui and Concubine Zhou Xian were there.
Almost the moment she walked in, the eyes of the palace were focused on her.
"This is Su Liangdi? She looks really good. Empress Dowager, look, isn't she a figure like a flower?" Concubine Gao said to the Queen Mother with a smile.
"Look at this man, I'm really envious of his young girl." The Queen Mother said to Concubine Zhou Xian with a smile all over her face.
Concubine Zhou Xian covered her mouth and smiled: "Sister Gao always likes to envy those young concubines. My sister often tells her that young people have youthful freshness, which is incomparable to those of us who are old, but also has a charm that those young concubines can't match. , such as Sister Gao, who doesn't say that Sister Gao is magnificent and has an extraordinary temperament."
"You are really tricky. Look at your small mouth. Thanks to your majesty, you still told me that the concubine is gentle, virtuous, and beautiful. If your majesty sees your tricky side, he will still say no to it in the future." said."
The two high-ranking concubines were going back and forth, and the queen mother just smiled, but didn't express any opinions. Seeing that this side has almost stopped, the queen mother smiled and said: "Okay, you guys are really out of shape, don't scare Su Liangdi, she promised to see the twins, but you guys started fighting."
Obviously the Empress Dowager's tone was not a reprimand, Gao Guifei and Zhou Xianfei acted coquettishly and behaved casually, and passed. Pan'er could tell that the two were very much loved by the Queen Mother. I couldn't tell the details, but it could be seen from their tone of voice and attitude.
Maybe because she is a junior, the crown princess does not have a seat here, but the crown princess stands at the top, while she stands at the bottom.
It seems that today's incident was not caused by the Crown Princess. I just hope that the Crown Princess will be smarter and not give her any problems, and let her deal with the above three.
These thoughts were only for a moment, Pan'er saluted respectfully, until the queen mother called out and said to bring the child over to have a look, then she turned to look at the two nannies behind her.
The nannies are clear about the meaning in their eyes, and Pan'er has explained it before coming here.
The two nannies carried the baby up carefully, naturally showing it to the Queen Mother first.
"These two children are well-raised, but the elder sister is stronger than the younger brother." The queen mother said while looking at it.
Pan'er said: "If you go back to the queen mother, this is brought out of the womb. The imperial doctor said that if you raise it for a longer time, the gap will be narrowed gradually."
"It's really quite strong, look at this little face is fat and fleshy." Concubine Gao Guifei and Concubine Zhou Xian both stood up and came to the Queen Mother to look at the child.
Not only looking at it, but also touching it, but before Gao Guifei stretched out her hand, the Empress Dowager stopped her.
"It's really careless, like a child, I'll take off the armor soon." The queen mother said with a smile.
Such a tone did not make Concubine Gao look embarrassed. After she smiled, she quickly said that she was negligent, and hurriedly asked the maid to help her remove the armor before she went to caress Fu Yue'er's little face.
At this time, after seeing and touching, the queen mother withdrew her hand and leaned back. Concubine Gao Guifei and Concubine Zhou Xian returned to their seats tactfully,... the two nurses stepped aside holding the child, and their trays were also loosened. Take a breath.
The queen mother looked at Pan'er and said: "The heirs of the Eastern Palace are weak, and you are considered to be meritorious for giving birth to twins. Now that your status has been promoted, the Ai family will not reward you, Linglong—"
Following the Queen Mother's voice, a court lady walked out from behind Linglong, and came to Pan'er with a tray in her hand.
"I hope you will abide by your duty in the future and serve the crown prince and princess well. Most of you will be the heirs of the East Palace, and the Ai family will reward you when the time comes."
"Thank you for the reward from the Empress Dowager, I am determined to obey the Empress Dowager's instruction."
The Queen Mother nodded in satisfaction, and waved Pan'er back.
After walking out of the Compassionate Ning Palace, Pan'er felt much more relaxed.
The Empress Dowager is a wise old man after all, the kind of thing that favors one and suppresses the other will never happen to her. You must know that although she is a little Liang Di, she is also the Prince Liang Di.
The Empress Dowager made things difficult for the Crown Prince Liangdi for no reason, what would outsiders think if this kind of thing was known, they all thought that the Empress Dowager was dissatisfied with the East Palace and the future heir. How could the Queen Mother not understand this kind of matter that affects the whole body in a single stroke.
Pan'er guessed that today's event was probably caused by Concubine Gao Gui or Concubine Zhou Xian. Seeing that the Crown Princess was waiting beside the Queen Mother, she deliberately made a trip on the spur of the moment. , deliberately made something ugly for her.
In short, as long as something happens today, I am afraid that tomorrow the East Palace wife and concubines will be at odds, the Crown Princess is not virtuous and magnanimous on the surface, and the Empress Dowager is dissatisfied with the East Palace, it will spread everywhere.
Even before Pan'er left the house, she never expected to face such a situation. It seemed ordinary, but in fact there were all hidden murderous intentions.
Thankfully it went smoothly.
Although the queen mother made her abide by her duties, she also made her more of the heirs of the East Palace, which was a balance between the two.
On the other side, Concubine Gao Gui and Concubine Zhou Xian sat for a while, then said goodbye.
The Crown Princess looked at the Empress Dowager's face, and was about to say goodbye, but the Empress Dowager spoke at this moment.
"Are you a little disappointed why Aijia didn't help you suppress Su Liangdi today?"
The princess' face froze, and immediately knelt down with her head down.
The queen mother stopped her and said: "Okay, your legs are not fully healed yet, do you think you can hide it from Ai's family? Linglong go and help her up and move her seat."
Linglong walked over to help the princess up, and helped her to sit on a chair.
After this, the crown prince's forehead was already covered with beads of sweat, she was shocked and hurt. Linglong took out a handkerchief and handed it to her, the princess smiled at Linglong, took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat off her forehead casually.
"Grandmother, concubine..."
The queen mother raised her hand: "The Ai family knows what you want to say. Since you know that Gao Zhou and the others proposed to see twins, you didn't have any good ideas. You know that forbearance is afraid of being taken advantage of by the two, then you should understand Why would the Ai family do this? Being a regular wife, especially a princess, is the worst job in the world. There are empress dowagers on the top, and countless concubines and concubines on the bottom. There are still countless people waiting to be caught Your mistakes. You can't take it lightly, you can't take it seriously, you can't make a mistake, you can't take a wrong step, the Ai family was also a princess back then, and you know the hardships inside."
At the end, the Empress Dowager smiled calmly at the Crown Princess.
The Crown Princess' tears came out immediately, but she quickly lowered her head and wiped it with a handkerchief.
"It should be known to the princess, the prince is in the front, and the concubine is in the back. You are the princess first, then you are a regular wife, and you are yourself in the end, so if you want to let go of the small self, you will be big. Only the East Palace, the prince, and the prince can Ann, if you make a mistake in the order, you will be wrong in everything, and you will fall to the bottom of everything."
"Imperial Grandmother..." the princess said in a daze, she vaguely seemed to understand these truths, but no one had ever analyzed them so thoroughly with her.
"In the palace, women can be weak or completely strong, it all depends on how you take advantage of the situation. You gave up your mother-in-law and ended up in the Ai family. It seems that you have fallen to the lower class, but it is actually not without benefits. Empress Fu With the inherent resources of the Central Palace, if she works hard on her, it will not have obvious results... On the contrary, if it is Aijia, it will bring a lot of benefits to the Eastern Palace."
These words made the Crown Princess blush uncontrollably, she really thought so at the beginning.
What she thinks is actually very simple. If she wants to strengthen her position, she must make herself useful. The Chen family can only protect her from being abolished, but it is difficult to go further, so she needs a strong backer, even at the same time. It is also useful to the East Palace, so that the status can be preserved forever, but unexpectedly, it was discovered by the Queen Mother.
"You see, since you can understand this truth, you will naturally understand that no matter how many conflicts you have with that Su Liangdi in private, you have one thing in common when you are outside. You both represent the Eastern Palace. These words of the Ai family It may seem confusing, but if you can really listen and understand, it will be of great benefit to you both now and in the future."
After a pause, the Empress Dowager said again: "The Ai family was also tired all day today, and now I am a little tired. You just stood for so long and then knelt for a while. Go back and have a good look at your legs. Don't hold on. Women don't have many things, they just have a lot of time, so don't worry about some things, the days are still long, and the Ai family is not in a hurry, just wait for you to fulfill your filial piety for a while."
The princess bowed respectfully and then stepped back. The words the queen mother said today were enough for her to ponder for a long time.
After the Crown Princess left, although Linglong didn't speak, it was enough to explain something.
The queen mother laughed a little: "Are you surprised why Aijia wanted to call her?"
Linglong thought for a while and nodded.
"It's just that there is a feeling of sympathy for each other. Being able to sit on the position of the crown princess may not be able to become a queen in the future. Being a queen does not necessarily mean that you have won, because you still don't know whether you will be able to become a queen mother in the future. A woman's life is too hard. She fights with her sisters at home, fights with concubines and uncles when she gets married, and when she finally becomes the master of the house, she has to continue to fight for her children and grandchildren. Look at the life of the Ai family. That’s how I came here, now that I don’t have a son or a grandson, it’s a lot easier, it’s rare to see a person who resembles me so much when I was young, so I can’t help but say a few more words.”
Linglong is not young anymore, although the Queen Mother calls her Linglong, in fact, everyone will call her Nanny when she goes out. She can be regarded as accompanying the queen mother all the way, so she naturally knows how many ups and downs she has experienced.
As soon as the Queen Mother said that her son was gone and her grandson was gone, Linglong's eyes became wet.
"You said that if I could meet someone who gave me advice, would I be able to avoid a lot of detours, isn't it my Rui'er...well, it's better to say less about these things that make people unhappy. Don't care about anything else, after all, you are still the queen mother of a country, some attitudes should be shown, and you still have to show them, not for personal likes and dislikes, but for the common people."
Linglong knelt down and said, "The empress dowager's great wisdom is the blessing of the people of our Great Zhou Dynasty."
The Queen Mother was amused, "Okay, you still play tricks on me."
Linglong was also a little embarrassed, she wiped away her tears and stood up: "Your maidservant's words are not false, if it's not for the sake of the common people, why would you bother with such a thing."
"Take it as an atonement for what you did before. Speaking of this matter, you accompanied me to burn incense sticks to the Buddha, and you ignored it for a few days..."
This year didn't end until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, even Pan'er couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It's really exhausting, it's not the body that's tired, but the heart.
Overall, this year is good for Donggong.
The filial piety of the Crown Princess was widely spread, and the Empress Dowager also revealed her position very rarely. Regardless of what is going on inside, at least on the surface, the Empress Dowager and the Eastern Palace are connected together, which in itself explains the problem, and it is worth pondering for a long time.
Naturally, things like this will not be effective immediately, but it is enough to see the clue just from the fact that the cabinet has already sent the famous papers approved by Emperor Cheng'an to the East Palace for the prince to see. Although this is a gradual process in itself, it seems that it has little to do with the Queen Mother's attitude, but when good things happen, people always have a sense of good things happening again and again.
The princess turned over again.
Pan'er has long been used to this. In her previous life, Empress Chen had ups and downs many times. She seemed to have a kind of resilience. No matter what happened this time, she would never admit defeat, and would always... come back.
His Highness went to Jide Hall for lunch. This matter was reported by Xiao Dezi, and Pan Er scolded him with a smile.
Xiao Dezi scratched his head, knelt there and stumbled: "Slave, this is not the princess..."
In fact, Pan'er understood what Xiao Dezi meant without saying it explicitly.
The wind direction in the East Palace has changed recently, and even Xiao Dezi feels uneasy, and wants to use this to remind her to be more vigilant.
How can we be more vigilant
The Crown Princess is the Crown Princess, although she is Liang Di, she is a concubine. As long as the Crown Princess does not make mistakes, no one will have to comment. It's not up to her to say anything about it.
"Where are you going now? If this is the case, you will be in a hurry. You should close the door and practice patience. Okay, in the future, you will not report such things, lest people think that I am deliberately spying on Jidetang."
After speaking with a smile, Pan'er said to Aunt Qing again: "Yes, aunt, the previous nurse told me that Yue'er can sit by himself for a while, and I teased him twice yesterday, but he didn't want to talk to me, let's see It's almost six months to see the child, turning over three times, sitting six times, seven or eight crawling... "