Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 1067 Impeachment of the Queen
However, since ancient times, favoring one person too much can easily lead to cholera in the government.

Is it wrong for her to have this concern?
"Queen Dowager, I understand your concerns. If it were you and the late emperor, and the late emperor only favored you, would you indulge in selfish desires and interfere in state affairs?"

The question asked by Rong's mother is very sharp.

Empress Dowager Cao had never looked at her with such a sharp look since her mother had been serving her.

Rong Mama also knew that her words went beyond the duty of a servant, so she immediately knelt down and knocked her head on the ground: "Your Majesty, I have been by your side for fifty years, and I always know what to say and what not to say. It's just that Your Majesty is old, and some things are too stubborn. I can't bear to see Your Majesty and His Majesty have a rift."

Queen Mother Cao stared at Rong Mama and said, "You mean, in your Majesty's heart, I, the Queen Mother, am not as important as the Queen Mother?"

"Queen Mother, why do you want Your Majesty to make this choice? Isn't it best for the Emperor and Empress to be in harmony and respect you, the Queen Mother?"

Empress Dowager Cao closed her eyes and rubbed her brows: "I am tired, you go down first."

The empress dowager, lying on the chaise longue, was not sleepy. She stared at the exquisitely carved columns on the roof with her eyes open, silently asking herself if she was wrong.

She was a little annoyed just now.

Because what Rong's mother said directly hit her heart.

All the worries she had for so many years were exposed just like that. She thought she had let it go for so many years, but in fact she hadn't.

Mother Rong asked her, if the late emperor favored her alone like Your Majesty did, would she become arrogant and develop unnecessary ambitions.

Wasn’t it because the empress of the previous dynasty was uniquely favored that she ended up wielding as much power as the emperor?

Is it just me who can do it?

She wasn't sure she would.

Until it comes to that point, no one can predict what decision they will make.

That night, Empress Dowager Cao thought a lot.

The next day, she actually proposed to go to the temporary palace to relax. Although Zhao Rui didn't know why the Queen Mother proposed to go to the temporary palace so suddenly, she originally wanted him to set off after the New Year or the beginning of spring, when it would not be so cold and traveling would be much more convenient.

But the Queen Mother was determined, so Zhao Rui had to agree. Gu Yanxiao asked the palace servants to prepare a comfortable and warm carriage, and checked all the accompanying personnel one by one, and made thorough preparations for food and daily necessities.

Aunt Lian Qiao helped the Queen Mother get on the carriage and suddenly whispered in her ear: "The Queen is making such active preparations. She is hoping that you will leave the palace sooner!"

Empress Dowager Cao had originally closed her eyes to rest, but after hearing this, she slowly opened her eyes and looked at Lian Qiao, without a trace of warmth in her eyes.

Lian Qiao then realized that he had said the wrong thing.

He knelt down in front of the Queen Mother in panic and said, "Please forgive me, Queen Mother. I was just talking nonsense."

"Lian Qiao, how long have you been following me?"

"My lady, it will be forty years in one year!"

"Mother Rong is old and rarely serves me. I thought you had learned to be careful with your words and actions."

Lian Qiao was shocked and kowtowed several times in succession: "Your Majesty, I was just confused for a moment, so I spoke nonsense. Considering that I have served you for many years, please forgive me this time."

Queen Mother Cao sighed: "You have been with me for many years, and I will not punish you severely for this sentence. However, you don't have to go to the palace this time. Let Mother Rong go with you!"

Lian Qiao hurriedly got off the carriage and sent someone to invite Mother Rong.

Watching the team go away, Lian Qiao's back was already soaked despite the cold weather.

Do not live by sin.

She now deeply understands the meaning of this sentence.

A few days ago, after Rong's mother talked to the Queen Mother, she has been staying in her room and has not come out. People guessed that Rong's mother said something that made the Queen Mother feel uncomfortable, which is why she acted like this.

How could she not know the Queen Mother's attitude towards the Queen during the past year, as she had been serving by her side all the time? So she guessed that Rong Mama must have tried to persuade the Queen Mother and the Queen to reconcile, but the Queen Mother was unwilling, so she was ignored and she was not brought along when she went to the temporary palace this time.

Without Mother Rong in the Qingshou Palace, I am the one with the longest seniority.

Without Rong Mama's Lianqiao, I feel that my back has never been so straight, and no one points fingers at her anymore.

But she was so complacent that she forgot that even if the Queen Mother and the Empress were not on good terms, it was not something she, a servant, could interfere in.

The Queen Mother went to the palace near the end of the year.

This incident was brought up by the censor, who impeached the queen in the court, saying that the queen mother was forced out of the palace by the queen.

Zhao Rui angrily rebuked the censor, saying that this matter had nothing to do with the queen.

But the censor became more excited. The more His Majesty reprimanded him, the more excited he became. In the end, he even scolded Gu Qingjue and Su Yixin, saying that they wanted to take advantage of the Queen's favor to control the government.

Gu Qingjue has always had a good temper in the court.

But the censor was courting death, not only scolding him but also scolding his wife and daughter, which was unbearable.

"If I want to control the government, do I need to sacrifice a daughter?"

The censor raised his head and asked, "What does the King of Jin mean by this?"

"Your Majesty asked to marry my daughter many years ago, but she did not agree. Your Majesty originally wanted to adopt Prince An's child as his heir and let me teach him. If, as the censor said, I want to control the government, why do I have to take this step?"

The censor was so angry that he trembled: "Prince Jin is so arrogant."

"It is not the Prince of Jin who is arrogant. In my opinion, it is you, Censor Lai, who is arrogant and ignorant!"

Zhao Rui threw a memorial at the feet of Censor Lai.

"Take a good look at it yourself and see if the accusations above are true and if you have been wronged."

Censor Lai's heart skipped a beat.

Intuition is not a good thing, but His Majesty was watching it, so he had to pick it up and read it.

After reading only a few lines, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong!"

"Censor Lai, you'd better read the contents of the letter. Don't let the ministers think I'm trying to scare you!"

Censor Lai forced himself to recite it.

There was a sigh of relief in the court. Wang Anshi criticized the Censor Lai harshly and he was finally dragged out by the guards.

Naturally, Lai Yushi's official position had reached the end of its career.

In the blink of an eye it's New Year again.

Empress Dowager Cao entered the palace at a young age, and it has been thirty-five years now.

She would be there whenever there was a palace banquet.

But this year, that position was empty, and the concubine dowager from the harem did not show up. Beside the emperor, there was only the empress, holding the half-year-old prince in her arms.

A few days ago, Censor Lai impeached the Queen in the court.

However, it was revealed that he had accepted bribes. Someone gave Censor Lai 10,000 taels of silver to ask him to impeach the Queen. The person who gave the silver was also found out. He was a servant in Prince An's mansion, but he was already dead.

Before the boy died, he was serving Lu Sihui. Now that he is dead and there is no evidence, the matter is over!
But Lu Sihui was always worried and did not attend the palace banquet due to illness.

Also absent was Princess Shun.