The first meeting with the queen came to an end in a weird and awkward atmosphere.
Coming out of the Queen's Ningyi Palace, Mu Peilan's expression was very ugly, she also understood the meaning of Princess Antai's words, and was extremely annoyed that someone dared to hit her daughter.
Back in Yilan Palace, Princess Antai rubbed her brows and said: "Look at my memory, a few days ago Baichangshan Baige always came to the palace to see the emperor's brother, and said that my brother-in-law is his long-lost eldest son, Sister Peilan, But is there such a thing?"
Mu Peilan was stunned, then suddenly realized, and said angrily: "No wonder the two mothers and sons are so eager... Okay! What a queen empress who came from a scholarly family, actually used such dirty tricks to plot against my daughter!"
Princess Antai smiled wryly and said: "Then this is true? Ling'er has to be careful these days, maybe Guifei Mao will make some moves later. Without me, Ling'er will not leave Yilan Palace Half a step. I want to see how shameless they are!"
Bai Fuling had no objection to this, but she felt a little more resentment towards that grandfather Bai Changshan whom she never knew.
Ever since she arrived in the capital, her actions have often been subject to various restrictions, and now she is simply going to "go to jail". This place is no better than the Duke's Mansion, where it is convenient for her to go out secretly. The only people she knows around her are Princess Antai and her own mother. It is really depressing!
The queen watched Princess Antai and the other three leave, feeling equally depressed. She dismissed the twelve princesses, and said to the second prince: "This palace said earlier that this matter is not so simple. If that girl is so easy to get, the surname Mao's family has already started."
The second prince snorted softly and said, "How could the empress know that the boss and the others didn't do anything, it was the boss who first asked the emperor to make the little beauty a side concubine. And I heard recently that the boss lost a batch of concubines a few days ago." Master, if you don't see people alive or dead, it seems to be related to the Bai family and his wife in the Zhongguo Duke's residence."
The queen's face changed when she heard this, and she said, "What are you going to do now? Since Princess Antai is on guard, it may not be easy for you to get close to that girl. Your father suddenly brought their mother and daughter into the palace, there must be some reason Yes, most likely he wants to send Lu Ying to do something. He has endured for so many years, and he has been acting frequently recently. I am afraid that he will not be able to bear it any longer and will attack us. I did not expect that our Xia family and the Mao family have been fighting for so many years, and finally It ended up like this..."
The emperor's intentions, they gradually figured it out, but whether it was the Xia family or the Mao family, they chose to put all their eggs in one basket, looking for opportunities to usurp the throne and seize power, and wipe out each other in one fell swoop, rather than cooperate with each other.
So far, the emperor's method of alienation and division has been completely successful.
The second prince gritted his teeth and said: "Now only by bringing the Bai family here can we be sure of victory! That old dog in Bai Changshan finally showed his weakness. If he doesn't make a move at this time, it will be too late. There are still a few days before the queen mother." At that time, the palace will hold a celebration for the mother, and Princess Antai and the mother and daughter of the Bai family must also attend. There are also many foreign wives who will enter the palace to celebrate, so we should be able to find an opportunity to transfer other people away from the little beauty. open."
While the empress, mother and son were discussing how to get Bai Fuling, Concubine Mao was gloating after hearing what happened in Ningyi Palace: "The bastard surnamed Xia must have a very pretty face, it's a pity that I couldn't see it for myself." See you, hahaha!"
The eldest prince next to her couldn't laugh out loud. He originally wanted his concubine mother to create an opportunity for him to kiss the beauty Fangze, but now it seems that Princess Antai was on guard, and this move will not work.
Seeing her son like this, Concubine Mao smiled coldly and said: "Why does a man have no wife? It's just a yellow-haired girl. It's still unknown whether this old Bai Changshan will really cooperate with others for her. Instead of thinking about it, it's better to think about it." How to clean up the second child and the others, I don't believe that you are the only son left, can your father pass the throne to outsiders?!"
The eldest prince didn't expect his mother and concubine to have such cruel thoughts, but after thinking about it, it makes sense. The second son's backers are just a group of old-fashioned civil servants and scholars, and the other brothers are even more shallow. After tidying up, the royal father had no choice but to give in in the end.
Not to mention those civil servants, don't they like to talk about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism the most? He has become the righteous prince and even the emperor of the Qi Kingdom. Will they still stick to their allegiance to the second child, that dead ghost? In the end, you must obey him. After his big event is accomplished, isn't that little beauty still his
He thought of Bai Fuling, who had only heard of her name but never seen her, and suddenly felt very itchy. The woman that the second brother couldn't get by all means, would one day become his personal pet.
Princess Antai rushed back to the capital this morning and was admitted to the palace. She never had a rest. She went back to Yilan Palace to talk to Mu Peilan before going back to the palace.
Mu Peilan brought Bai Fuling to the side hall where they lived temporarily. Seeing that there was no one around, Bai Fuling pulled her and asked in a low voice: "Mother, there won't be anything in this palace that can eavesdrop on people's conversations like at home. Bar?"
Mu Peilan smiled and said, "Of course there are none in the palace, you can rest assured."
"Then mother, tell me about your past, will you?"
"In the past... what did Ling'er want to know?"
"My mother is the lady of the Zhongguo Duke's mansion, how could she become the sixth head of Tsing Yiwei? After returning to the capital for so long, I have not seen my mother contacting the people of Tsing Yi Wei. Why? Who did my mother learn her kung fu from? How did you know Father? Who poisoned you with the ghost mask? Well... there are many, many more, let's start from the beginning." Bai Fuling uttered the doubts in her stomach once.
In fact, she also wanted to ask, besides cousins, do the emperor and mother have other thoughts about mother? Otherwise, Dad won't be jealous for no reason. Mother said that the emperor has another sweetheart, who is that person? Of course, this belongs to the category of pure gossip.
Mu Peilan smiled and said: "You never ask, mother thinks you don't care, why are there so many questions all of a sudden?"
"In the past in Beiguan City, these things are in the past. It doesn't matter whether you know it or not. Maybe it will add trouble for nothing. If I don't know these things now, when I deal with certain people and certain things, I may be confused. Something went wrong." Bai Fuling said helplessly.
Mu Peilan stared at her daughter for a while, and said: "Alright, there is nothing to do in this palace anyway, mother will tell you one by one."
The matter starts with Mu Peilan's father, the previous Duke Zhong. This Duke was originally of the blood of the Yang family.
Before he was born, Prince Lu had already died in battle. None of the wives and concubines in Prince Lu's family were easy to deal with, so he entrusted their mother and child to his good friend Duke Jing, who later became Duke Jing's second son.
Lord Yasukuni treated him as his own, and no one in the Duke Yasukuni's house knew his true identity, and only thought he was born outside.
Zhong Guogong was very intelligent since he was a child, and he learned everything very quickly. Later, he became the companion of the late emperor. The late emperor knew his background and had a very close relationship with him, and even let him take charge of Qingyiwei.
It is a pity that this Zhongguo Duke died young like his father. When Mu Peilan was very young, he died in the line of duty to save the former emperor and the current emperor, leaving behind a coveted title and a pair of orphans and widows.
Mu Peilan's mother, Mrs. Su, is very strong. When she was young, she was also a member of Tsing Yi Wei. She insisted on guarding her husband's title, and secretly invited famous teachers to teach her daughter. She wanted her daughter to inherit her husband's legacy and become the head of Tsing Yi Wei. She wants her daughter to become the most outstanding daughter of a famous family in the capital.
For this reason, Mu Peilan's childhood was very difficult, but she lived up to her mother's expectations, and finally became the sixth head of Tsing Yiwei as a woman. Therefore, he became close friends with the current emperor and the two brothers and sisters of Princess Antai.
Once, Tsing Yi Wei was ordered to investigate a Beijing official who was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country. As a result, the official was killed by the killer Bai Chou from Qiufeng Pavilion first, and the investigation had to be interrupted.
Mu Peilan was very angry, and secretly began to investigate Qiufeng Pavilion, and found that behind it was Prince Yao, the third prince of the late emperor!
She fought with Bai Chou many times, but she was defeated every time. She had never lost so thoroughly in her age. She was aroused with arrogance, and even entangled with Qiufeng Pavilion endlessly.
Then there is the old-fashioned story of not knowing each other without fighting, and enemies becoming lovers. For the sake of Mu Peilan, Bai Chou wanted to leave Qiufeng Pavilion. Of course, the old pavilion owner of Qiufeng Pavilion didn't want Bai Chou to leave, and Tsing Yiwei also refused to let him go.
The Tsing Yi Guards belonged to the emperor himself, and he knew too much about the royal family's secrets, especially the sixth head of the prime minister's intelligence collection. Originally, the former emperor planned to make Mu Peilan the crown princess after selecting the crown prince. The important event of her son's marriage gave the prince another boost.
Mu Peilan's mother, Mrs. Su, was not happy to see her daughter marry into the royal family, but she was even more unwilling to marry her well-trained daughter to a notorious Jianghu killer. She obeyed the instructions of the head of Tsing Yi Wei at the time, called her daughter to the front, and gave her three choices, one was to make a clean break with Bai Chou and never see each other again; the other was to drink poisoned wine and die to show her loyalty to the royal family; Applying the ghost face Gu, abolished most of her martial arts and ruined her appearance. From then on, she has nothing to do with Tsing Yiwei and Duke Zhong's mansion, and it doesn't matter who she wants to be with!
Bai Fuling raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and shouted: "What?! The ghost face Gu was, unexpectedly, placed on you by your grandmother?! It's too much! Did she treat you as a daughter? No wonder Daddy was so disrespectful before. I hope you can get in touch with her!"
Mu Peilan stretched out her hand to touch her angry face, and sighed softly: "I also blamed my mother for being cruel at the time, but if I didn't, I would have died. Originally, she had the antidote for Ghost Face Gu, but later It was only when she wanted to detoxify me that the antidote was a fake. For this reason, she has been very sad all these years. Ling'er, promise mother not to blame your grandmother, okay?"
"Not good!" Bai Fuling protested with her mouth flat.