Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 453 Conflict
Although he had doubts in his heart, Zheng Yuchai followed obediently.

Grandma had taught her before that when "nobles" or "elders" were present, she had to obey the orders of "nobles" or "elders".That being the case, now that she followed Li Lijun's order to leave, it was in accordance with etiquette and in line with grandma's wishes, so there was no problem.

But Zheng Yuchai thought there was no problem, but Mrs. Zheng felt that there was a problem.

She couldn't wait for the maid to convey it, so she stopped people herself: "Although the little lady of the Sui Palace is of noble birth, she shouldn't be arrogant and disrespectful, should she?! In front of the elders, how can the little lady talk like this, and she still has to take the lead?" The old granddaughter?!"

Li Lijun stopped and didn't look back: "I don't know what etiquette your family observes. People who have never met before open their mouths to speak ill of their elders. It's really polite! I have never committed a crime, so I am already magnanimous." Oh, you still have the face to question me? Don’t think that you can pretend to be an elder in front of me because you are a few dozen years older! You say you are my elder, so is your surname Li? Or is your husband’s surname Li? ?!"

Mrs. Zheng is neither surnamed Li nor married to a man surnamed Li.It's just that the Zheng family in Xingyang is a well-known aristocratic family, and there must be a young lady married into the royal family of the Li family, or a child married to a girl from the Li family.If you really want to talk about each one seriously, Mrs. Zheng will definitely earn herself the title of "elder", but when she hears that people from the Sui Palace are going to come to Da Ci'en Temple to worship the Buddha, her grandchildren and granddaughters may accompany her. He came here specially, not just to fight for the title of an elder in front of the little lady of the Sui Palace.There is no point in a war of words.

Therefore, she directly ignored this problem and focused on her original purpose: "I heard that several young ladies in the Sui Palace lost their mothers when they were young. It is not unusual for them to have looser etiquette without teaching. It is her fault to fulfill her duty as a mother and to educate the little girls well. This kind of dereliction of duty mother..."

Before Mrs. Zheng finished scolding Princess Pei in a strange manner, Li Lijun laughed out loud: "It's so strange! People who make jokes about favoring concubines and destroying wives and not distinguishing between concubines and concubines are ashamed to say that their etiquette is lax I have taught you. Another day, I have to ask the aunts and sister-in-laws surnamed Zheng in the clan, and ask if people in their families like to speak in this tone."

If Li Lijun really asked those daughters of the Zheng family in Xingyang who married into Li Tang's clan to ask such questions, Mrs. Zheng would lose face in the family!However, no matter how angry she was, she couldn't refute that it was a rumor, not the truth.Long before Princess Pei married into the Sui Palace, gossip about how her ex-husband and in-laws concealed the existence of the concubine's existence to cheat the marriage, and forced her to recognize the concubine as the head of the concubine, had spread among the aristocratic and royal circles in Chang'an City.Even if everyone gave Xingyang Zheng's face, they seldom mentioned it publicly, but they never stopped criticizing in private.

The family has never had such a rule!The aristocratic family kept the etiquette, and even the royal clan could not look down on them. They could laugh at the Li family's moral corruption and disregard human relations, but now the Zheng family has caused the aristocratic family to lose face in front of the Li family. How can people bear it? !

Not only the other families with five surnames and Qiwang were talking about it, but also the members of the Zheng clan were furious, thinking that their branch had lost the dignity of the family and the name of their ancestors.Mrs. Zheng's scalp felt numb when she thought of the days when her family didn't even dare to leave the house during those few months.If it wasn't really impossible, she didn't want to bite the bullet and travel thousands of miles to Chang'an herself.

Now even a little girl dared to speak nonsense in front of her, but she was trembling with anger, but she was speechless.

She could only get angry at her granddaughter: "Fourteenth mother, why don't you come over here soon?! Do you remember your last name?! Your grandmother was humiliated here, and you are just watching for nothing?!"

Before Zheng Yuchai could answer, Li Lijun said first: "What do you want her to do? Her mother was humiliated, her grandmother was humiliated, and she can only listen obediently? If you expect her to stand up for her humiliated elders, she will be the first to do it." It's time to scold you!"

Madam Zheng trembled even more.

The team in front noticed something different at this time, and they all turned around to see what happened.When Zheng Wen saw that his grandmother was present, his face changed drastically, and he hurried over.

As soon as he asked, "What happened?" Mrs. Zheng caught him and began to yell at him, scolding them for being unfilial, scolding them for not knowing etiquette, disrespecting their elders, scolding them for being uneducated, and following their mother for two years. In [-], she became an unruly wild child...Anyway, she scolded whatever was ugly, and finally put the responsibility on their mother, Princess Pei, believing that the former daughter-in-law had taught their Zheng family's children badly.

Mrs. Zheng scolded so blatantly that even King Sui was alarmed.He walked back with Concubine Dou, and heard Mrs. Zheng's scolding not too far away, and immediately frowned.

Li Jianrang looked at Zheng Wen worriedly, Zheng Wen lowered his head and listened to his grandmother's reprimand, his face turned blue, and he felt ashamed.Zheng Yuchai couldn't stop crying, her whole body was on the verge of falling, and she almost fainted on the spot.

At this time, it was Li Lijun who spoke to the King of Sui again: "Ah, this woman is so unreasonable, she took the initiative to come over to talk to her son and Sister Zheng, and she opened her mouth to say that Princess Huo Guochang was not polite, she taught her daughter badly, and even sent them to Zheng. The children of the family were delayed. Er couldn't listen anymore, so she refuted a few words for her aunt. She said that Er and sisters had lost their mother's discipline since childhood, and their etiquette was sparse. Er was too lazy to quarrel with her, so she dragged Sister Zheng away , She didn't allow it, and she started yelling, it's really unrefined! Such a shrew, why don't you hurry up and get rid of it, so as not to disturb this quiet place of Buddhism."

After hearing this, King Sui felt that Mrs. Zheng was even more hateful.Even if she is the ex-mother-in-law of her daughter-in-law Princess Pei, she is not an in-law of the Sui Palace. Why should she block the way here and scold their children?Not to mention insulting Princess Huo with words.

He snorted coldly, thinking that although his son had made jokes about pampering his concubine and destroying his wife, at least their family had a clear lineage, and there was never such absurd thing as a concubine going over his wife.The Zheng family made a scandal of their own, and made fun of it, but they had the face to go to him and make irresponsible remarks.

He waved directly at the captain of the personal guard: "The Buddhist gate is quiet, how can you allow this shrew to mess around?!"

The guards of the palace immediately went to ask Mrs. Zheng to leave. If she didn't leave, they would attack.The abbot secretly wiped his sweat, but didn't say anything.

How could Mrs. Zheng be willing to leave?She can't beat the King of Sui, and can't beat her grandchildren?She opened her mouth and ordered Zheng Wen and Zheng Yuchai: "You just sit back and watch your grandmother be driven away?!"

Zheng Wen gritted his teeth, Zheng Yuchai was at a loss.Li Lijun glanced at them: "What are you afraid of? This old woman dares to continue to make trouble, and she will complain to your mother when she returns home tomorrow. The Pei family has its own way to get rid of the official positions of Zheng's sons and sons-in-law one by one. If your mother I can't let this face go, and your uncles too! There is absolutely no reason why a son can just sit back and do nothing when his mother is scolded for being rude for no reason."

Mrs. Zheng was choked suddenly.Li Lijun's threat directly caught her weakness. She was trembling with anger, and obediently followed her guards away, not daring to say anything unnecessary, but she looked at Zheng Wen brothers and sisters with resentment.

The King of Sui lost his interest after being disturbed by this, and he didn't want to continue to visit the temple to enjoy the scenery, so he decided to go to the quiet room to settle down first.Everyone followed.Li Lijun looked back at the brothers and sisters of the Zheng family, and left too.

Zheng Yuchai looked at her elder brother with some anxiety: "Brother, is this... really all right?"

Zheng Wen pursed his lips and said nothing.Grandma traveled thousands of miles to Beijing, how could she give up after a slight setback?Right now, only walking steps can be seen.

(End of this chapter)