Houmen's step-wife

Chapter 57: Strange (2)
Aunt Wang is just a concubine, as long as the imperial edict is not for her, she is not qualified to receive it.She had been chatting and laughing with Mrs. Tai in the Songhe Courtyard before, waiting for Su Wan to come back from the British government, watching her jokes, but who knew that the imperial decree came later, Mrs. Tai went to the front, but she could only wait here anxiously , I don't know whether the decree is good or bad.

But she never thought that this imperial decree was actually for Su Wan, and she was also named a first-class wife. When she heard the news, she thought that she had something wrong with her ears. Until now, she still couldn't believe it. When Mrs. Tai arrived, she immediately asked: "Old lady, is this edict wrong? How could Madam..."

"Shut up!" Before she finished speaking, she was severely stopped by Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai looked at her eyes, she hated iron and steel, and said sharply: "You dare to question the imperial decree. If you want to die, don't implicate our Houfu. If I hear you say such stupid words again, you can directly Go back to my hometown! Our family can't afford a daughter-in-law like you!"

After Mrs. Tai reprimanded her, Aunt Wang was so frightened that she sat down on the ground all of a sudden, her face was as pale as a ghost, trembling and speechless.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Tai felt a little soft-hearted after all, but she still said coldly: "This is the grace given to our family by His Majesty. It's too late for everyone to like it. Who are you here to show with a mournful face? I don't know, I thought you were against the imperial decree. Dissatisfaction! If this is the case, even if you have nine heads, it is not enough to chop off."

After Aunt Wang rationally and slowly returned to the cage, she realized that she had said something stupid. Although Mrs. Tai was strict, she was doing it for her own good. She was immediately ashamed and kowtowed to Mrs. Tai gratefully. Go away with a straight face.

Mrs. Tai sighed, and sat on the warm couch a little weakly. In a blink of an eye, she saw that the second wife was still beside her, and said impatiently: "Okay, I don't need anyone to take care of me here, so you can go back too."

Then the second wife smiled and bowed and left.

Mrs. Tai was a little upset, so she lay down to rest for a while, but she couldn't fall asleep anyway. She felt that this imperial decree came a little strangely, and the timing was too coincidental. Su Wan had just entered the palace with her the day before, and this imperial decree was behind her. almost there.Although intellectually, she didn't want to think too much, but for some reason, she couldn't control her wild thoughts, and even thought of a certain possibility, she still had a feeling of trepidation.

But then, Mrs. Tai laughed and shook her head, feeling that she was too suspicious.What kind of person is His Majesty, how could he fall in love with her?

What's more, although the little Su has some color, she is not the kind of peerless beauty, she must be thinking too much.

Mrs. Tai did a good job of psychological comfort, and then gradually fell asleep.

Eunuch Jiao happily returned to the palace to return to his command. As expected, he was summoned by the Holy Majesty immediately.Eunuch Jiao tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, straightened his clothes, pulled his face vigorously, showed a respectful and humble smile, and walked into the Qinzheng Hall with a bowed body.

Although this was not the first time he had met His Majesty, and he had even met him quite a few times, but this face-to-face meeting determined his future and destiny, and he was naturally extremely nervous.

"My servant pays homage to Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

Emperor Xian De was reviewing the memorial and ignored him at all.

Jiao Rong was also dissatisfied. Seeing that His Majesty did not speak, he bowed his head and knelt down silently, with an unchanging humble smile on his face, not daring to show any impatience, and only secretly glanced at Yang Yong.

Yang Yong winked at him, telling him to be calm and not to be impatient, Jiao Rong was sure, and then his anxious heart calmed down, and his smile became more humble.

After about a quarter of an hour, Emperor Xiande finally put down the last booklet and stretched his sore shoulders. Seeing this, Yang Yong immediately took the teacup from the eunuch, presented it to Emperor Xiande himself, and gave it to Emperor Xiande himself Emperor Xiande kneaded his shoulders with just the right amount of strength, and he served Emperor Xiande very comfortably.He specially learned this massage technique from an old eunuch.

It's not just this thing, in order to cater to Emperor Xiande's preferences, he has spent a lot of effort, his hard work pays off, Emperor Xiande will favor him, and even hand over the East Factory to him to take care of it, it is because of him It is in line with His Majesty's wishes, otherwise, there are several eunuchs in charge of Bingbi, so how could he be the admiral of Dongchang?

However, don't think that he, the eunuch holding the pen and the admiral of the East Factory, is the highest-ranking eunuch among the eunuchs. You must know that there is also a eunuch who is in charge of the ceremony and seals on his head!That is the real prime minister of the inner court. Even if he wants to do something, he still needs to ask the eunuch for approval.

Unfortunately, in order to check and balance each other, it is impossible for His Majesty to give the palm seal eunuch to concurrently serve as the East Factory, so the person who concurrently serves as the East Factory Admiral is one of the Bingbi eunuchs.

If Yang Yong loses His Majesty's favor, someone will take his position as the admiral of the East Factory at any time. Therefore, he tried his best to win over and promote Jiao Rong, which will be regarded as a help in the future. Even if he makes a mistake, someone will speak for him.

He doesn't know how to hold the eunuch's seat right now, he just wants to secure his current position.

After all, the current eunuch is a respected old eunuch, it is very difficult to grab his seat, unless the old eunuch retires, or is dismissed for committing a big mistake, otherwise, he can only wait until Yang Yong resigns from his position in the East Factory. Moreover, he had to be favored to be promoted to this position, otherwise, he would never even think about it for the rest of his life.

After drinking tea and regaining his energy, Emperor Xiande looked at Jiao Rong and asked lazily, "Tell me, what's the situation when you went to Changwuhou's mansion to announce the edict this time?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the thing is like this, after the servant girl went to the Marquis of Changwu's Mansion..." Jiao Rong sorted out his thoughts, and told the story of his edict in an orderly manner.

While he was talking, he observed His Majesty's expression indiscriminately. After he said that Mrs. Chang Wuhou was going to the British government, he really saw His Majesty's frown.Originally, Jiao Rong was only seven or eight percent sure about that guess, but now he is completely sure that His Majesty is really in Mrs. Xiao Xiangchang Wuhou.

Unfortunately, until he finished speaking, His Majesty didn't say anything, which made him confused and a little uncertain.

"Okay, I got it, you go down!" After listening to Emperor Xian De, he nodded slightly and waved him to go down.

Disappointed in his heart, Jiao Rong obediently responded, and when he was about to stand up and slowly back out, he thought about it, but he was still unwilling, so he knelt down again, summoned up his courage and said, "Your Majesty, don't blame this slave for talking too much. It's just that when the maid announced the decree, she saw Mrs. Changwuhou's complexion was extremely bad, and her body looked very weak, as if she was about to faint at any time. At that time, the servant asked a lot, but Mrs. Changwuhou only said that Mrs. Madam recovered from a serious illness, and she is fine, but the servant girl found out that Madam Changwuhou seemed to have invited an imperial physician when she was in the British government..."

(End of this chapter)