Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 71
However, at that time, their mother's illness was severe, and they didn't care about dealing with Xu Wan, and they devoted themselves to serving their mother. Later, when their mother passed away and Xu Wan came to power, they also stopped fighting. What's the point?

But... why did father and Xu Wan have anything to do with mother's death?
Feng Xi sorted out her thoughts before slowly opening her mouth and said, "When my mother first got sick, I found it strange that although my mother was weak, she never had symptoms of vomiting blood. The doctor said that my mother's lung meridian was stagnant and hot, which caused congestion. However, vomiting it out will help the condition, but every time my mother vomits, she will become weaker."

"And Aunt Xu, who has always been a lowly girl, suddenly gained power. She came to the mother's courtyard every day, called "Qing An", but actually added trouble to her mother. Although we were not angry, it was Aunt Xu who was favored. It was her father who gave her the capital to show off. There is nothing we can do."

"Later, my second sister and I got married one after another, and you, my younger sister, also entered the palace, and Xu Wan became even more lawless."

"And it was only after I got married that I gradually realized that the back house looked calm and calm, but in fact there was an undercurrent. Until a few days ago, Cuiping beside me also had symptoms similar to my mother. He was coughing up blood gradually..."

Feng Yu suddenly asked, "Is it Cuiping who used to be beside my mother?"

Feng Xi nodded, "It's her."

"She is the most powerful female history around my mother. She is usually the strongest and rarely gets sick!"

"That's when I had a doubt, why did my mother have the same disease as her?"

"Later, I remembered that I was weak after giving birth, and I had been drinking the conditioning prescription left by my mother, so I secretly took it out and asked an unfamiliar doctor. It's a thousand miles away, and in the prescription I gave him, the dosage of two medicines has been changed, and the original prescription for warming the meridian and nourishing the lungs will become a prescription for nourishing the lungs, and as time goes on, the stasis will become more and more serious..."

"When Cuiping was by my mother's side, she tasted the medicine for her mother, and she also has this job by my side. Even if she is healthy and strong, she has been hollowed out in the past few years."

"However, my mother never told me where the prescription came from. I always feel that it has something to do with Xu Wan."

Feng Yu said angrily, "Who else could it be but her?! The prescription was that when she was pregnant, she said that she was not feeling well every day, and begged her father to invite a famous doctor to see her, and her father asked him to come and treat her mother for a while. Is it?"

"So, I secretly sent someone to look for the miraculous doctor back then, and I also asked people who were close to the former mother of the Feng family."

"It's a pity that Xu Wan sold and drove away the people around her mother all these years. It's really hard to track down. If the Yuner next to Xu Wan can be used by us, this matter will not be difficult."

"Hmph!" Feng Yu snorted coldly, "If she has no ghosts in her heart, why should she do this?!"

"Yun'er is dead."

Feng Yu and Feng Xi were startled by Sheng Shaoqing's words, Feng Xi tremblingly said, "Shouldn't he be burned to death?"

Sheng Shaoqing, who opened his eyes, secretly admired the elder sister's ingenuity. It would be a waste of her IQ not to go to Dali Temple to investigate the case.

"Xu Wan killed her."

Sheng Shaoqing said "Oh", "To be precise, I let Xu Wan go home and wanted to see what kind of private affairs there was between her and Yun'er, but unexpectedly, Xu Wan ran away with her." Same, Yun'er was killed two days ago, but yesterday he set fire to the house."

It is more powerful than Erha's destructive power.

She didn't expect Xu Wan to be so desperate that she would die together with Feng Jin. It can be seen that Qiong Kou Mo pursued this reason. At least there was hope when she was struggling to survive in Jingning Temple. Now, when she returned home, she found that she was at home Xu Wan, who was stolen and consciously on the road to a dead end, has no business, and will drag Feng Jin to the back when she is at the end.

Xu Wan's life can be regarded as brilliant. A few days ago, the noble ladies in the capital also complimented such a humble person. Even if it was just superficial skills, it made her happy. The water is empty.

Feng Xi sighed, "She has been rewarded for her evil deeds."

"But elder sister, how do you say it has something to do with your father?" Feng Yu belatedly remembered that Feng Xi had mentioned his father.

"Ayu, let me ask you, have you ever had an argument with your sister-in-law in all these years of marriage?"

Feng Yu was confused by Feng Xi's question, "Of course, there is a big quarrel for five days, and a small quarrel for three days. Why does she always pick me up and give me eye drops?"

"Then did your lord ever reprimand you for these things?"

Feng Yugang wanted to say that in the past, she had a fight with her sister-in-law outside and had to fight with her husband when she returned to the courtyard. However, since the younger sister became the queen mother, the husband has respected her, and the sister-in-law didn't care much. Dare to confront her face to face.

However, she still shook her head, "No." She didn't want the eldest sister and younger sister to know that she had a bad life in the past.

"Then your lord's concubine ever disobeyed you?"

"Do they dare?!" Feng Yu said loudly. Although her Feng family is not considered a noble family, it is more than enough to match his Li family. Although their family has many disputes, they have strict etiquette. Is this embarrassing?
"That's it. If the gentleman respects you and loves you, naturally no one will dare to deceive you or hide it from you. But if the gentleman is not like this, then it will naturally follow the example and everyone will dare to step on you."

"It's true that mother's weakness is her shortcoming, but if father acts like this, doesn't he give Xu Wan a chance?"

"If there is no Xu Wan, there will be Yu Wan, Hu Wan, and Liu Wan. Therefore, the crux of this problem lies with my father."

Feng Xi turned her head and said to Sheng Shaoqing, "Empress Dowager, I discussed with Ayu before I came here. The dowry I had when I got married is still there, and I have saved some land over the years, so I should be able to fill it in if I sell it. The Empress Dowager doesn't have to worry about this hole."

Back then, they owed Feng Qing eight years, and now Feng Qing should not have to face all this for them. Even if she is the queen mother, these things are just a matter of words to her, but to them, Feng Qing is the first It's their little sister, and later the Queen Mother of Beiliang.

Sheng Shaoqing was a little stunned, she didn't expect the two sisters to enter the palace already had a countermeasure, she was at a loss for words, she reacted and said hastily, "How can I let the two sisters use the dowry? The Ai family will send people to repair the surrounding mansions, but the family may need The two sisters have taken care of me a lot."

Seeing that Feng Xi was still trying to push back, Sheng Shaoqing realized that there seemed to be something wrong. Why were the three of them vying to pay for such an old father, who kept it in their mouths for fear of melting, and held it in their hands for fear of melting? What about the fallen son?
They are proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and they have ruined their family property. Now they want to suck their blood. How can there be such a reason in the world? !
"Sister...my brother is already an adult and an official, and he's not a three-year-old kid. How can we make us responsible for him?"

Feng Xi frowned and said, "But he said, he... doesn't have that much money."

"Why doesn't he think that his family doesn't have that much money when he goes out to gamble?"

"Why doesn't he think that his family doesn't have that much money when he goes out to be chic?"

"When something happened, I remembered that he has three older sisters. If you continue to get used to him like this, I'm afraid something really big will happen!"

Feng Yu frantically nodded in agreement, "That's right!"

"But if we don't help one or two, this, I'm afraid it will be ugly!"

Sheng Shaoqing thought about it, since he is an official and receives the imperial salary, it is not too much to use his salary to subsidize the family, if one month's salary is not enough, then two months until it is paid off.

"Sister, what's the difficulty? He's working in the imperial court now, and he receives the imperial salary every month. Since he is in a hurry to spend money, he can just buy it on credit. Why do we need to pay for it? When the whole brother grows up, he should also take care of himself. responsible."

"Tell me, how much money is he short now?"

Feng Xi was shocked by the method Sheng Shaoqing came up with, but after thinking about it carefully, it was really a solution, but he didn't know what the Queen Mother was thinking, so he stumbled and reported a number.

Sheng Shaoqing did the calculations, and it was almost half a year's salary, not too much, not too much.

"But…………"

"There's nothing wrong," Sheng Shaoqing waved his small hand, "Sister, you just say it's an order from the Ai family, and let him use the salary instead of money. The family doesn't mind letting him turn white."

Feng Xi had no choice but to agree to this idea. Only Feng Yu almost laughed out loud. Their good brother suffered a lot.

However, from a selfish point of view, although she doesn't like this younger brother, if he continues to mess around like this, their life will not be easy.His father was neglectful of discipline in the past, and Xu Wan spoiled him wholeheartedly, until he spoiled him into the lawless appearance he is now.

"Eldest sister, even if my father is well now, he will still be disabled. From now on, Feng's family will be in charge of my younger brother. If he has improved after this incident, it's fine. If not, in the future..."

Feng Xi said coldly, "If he had made progress, he wouldn't have asked us."

"I'll have a detailed discussion with my brother when I get back, and let him understand the pros and cons. If he doesn't listen, there's nothing he can do about it."

Sending off the two sisters, Sheng Shaoqing sighed, their family is really unfortunate.

However, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite. Feng Quan is the only one left in the Feng family who can jump out and make troubles. It seems that there is still hope for him to change his ways. For this, Sheng Shaoqing decided to entrust the important task of guiding bad boys to the right path. Give it to the eldest sister.

"Empress Dowager, I have already sent the two wives back. Supervisor Chang has come to report that the families that I ordered before have already sent the candidates to Beijing. We just wait for the Empress Dowager to choose a date."

"What day is it?"

Lian Qiao smiled and teased, "The Empress Dowager really forgets things a lot. She only said two days ago that she would be offering sacrifices to the stove within two days after returning to the palace. Now she forgot. In the morning tomorrow, the Kitchen God will ascend to heaven!"

At that time, I was trapped in the Jingning Temple by the heavy snow, and asked about the day when I had nothing to do, only to find out that the new year was coming in a few days, this is the first year in this world, is it going to be like this?

"Then what's so special about offering sacrifices to stoves in this palace?"

Sheng Shaoqing remembers that in modern times, every family had to pay homage to the God of Stove every New Year. The God of Stove was sent by the Jade Emperor to observe good and evil in every household. Most of the sacrifices used in the worship are things that stick to the teeth, so that the Stove Lord can't speak bad things when he goes to the sky.

It can be seen from this that the good wishes of the broad masses of the people not to allow the Stove Lord to go to heaven to sue, are often carried out in the simplest way of gagging their mouths.

Lianqiao thought for a while, and seeing Cui Yun who was smiling and silent, she said badly, "Then you have to ask sister Ajun, our female emcee."

Cui Yun didn't expect that this could involve himself, and just wanted to say a few words to Lianqiao, but in a blink of an eye, he saw the Queen Mother's expression of curiosity, and hurried back to the Queen Mother, "Sacrificing the stove is usually carried out at night, and the kitchen god will go to heaven the next day, and there are many sacrifices They are sticky things like candied melons, and because of the difference between the north and the south, the shapes of the sacrificial offerings are different, but the prayers and wishes are all good deeds from the kitchen god, and auspiciousness from the earth.”

Cui Yun was not at all surprised that the queen mother asked this question. It is not surprising that the nobles do not know about these things. She has also been in the palace for so many years and has dealt with maidservants in the palace for many years. Only then did she know that there is such a custom among the people.

Sheng Shaoqing thought for a while, "Once the new year is over, it will be New Year's Eve in a few days. Don't delay this year's affairs until next year. I will write the questions tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, they will enter the palace and take the school exam. They will have a result a year ago, so it will be easier." A stable year."

"Then, those people..."

Seeing Cui Yun hesitated to speak, Sheng Shaoqing knew what she was worried about, "Go and bring the children who are to be selected into the palace tomorrow morning, and bring back the news that the children of their clan committed crimes in the afternoon. The children are already in our hands, so we can't let them make a choice!"

Cui Yun immediately set off to make a fuss, and Lian Qiao couldn't help sighing when she saw Cui Yun coming and going in a hurry, "If I could work so hard, I wouldn't be just a second-class envoy now."

Hearing Lianqiao's sigh, Sheng Shaoqing felt a familiar feeling rush over her face. Isn't this the same mental activity she used to have when she saw the busy figure of the company king?

Poking Forsythia's bun, Sheng Shaoqing said, "You have your own advantages. If you work so hard, you won't be Forsythia. But you reminded me that since you want to be promoted, you will be promoted after the next year." How about becoming a first-class female history?"

As a leader, she knows how to understand her intentions. If she wants to be promoted and raise her salary, she will get promoted and raise her salary. As long as she does a good job, she will have nothing to say!

Unexpectedly, Lian Qiao waved her hands one after another and said, "Don't, don't, I appreciate your kindness, Queen Mother, but I really don't have that ability, so you better not promote me."

Why would anyone refuse a promotion or a raise?
Seeing that the Empress Dowager was still puzzled, Lian Qiao explained, "This maidservant, I have never had any idea of ​​making progress. I used to be a rough envoy and maidservant in the Shang Palace Bureau, and I have been working with Cui Mistress. Later, Cui Mistress served you. I It is already a great blessing to follow female officer Cui to serve you, how dare you ask for a promotion?"

"The servant girl only thinks about doing what she should do, with a clear conscience."

If Sheng Shaoqing hadn't remembered her different identities, she would have immediately thought of marrying Jinlan with this Lianqiao who resonated with her soul.

(End of this chapter)