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Chapter 126 The Empress Dowager's Departure (3)
"Why didn't the second prince, the second concubine and the third prince come over today? Ai's family had a family banquet with great difficulty, and they didn't come to accompany me, an old woman?!" The queen mother looked at the queen with dissatisfaction in her tone.

"Queen, I asked Xuan'er to go out to do some errands, so I didn't come. I hope the queen will forgive me, but it's just the second prince and the second concubine?...Queen, didn't you inform Yang'er and the others today?"

"If you want to return to the emperor, the concubine has already sent someone to pass the message, but, just..." Pei Wuying said with joy, hesitating on purpose.

"The Queen has something to say, don't fool everyone!" The Queen Mother squinted at Pei Wuying, a little displeased.

"If you go back to your mother, it's just that the second prince and concubine are feeling unwell today. The imperial physician said that she has been happy for more than a month and needs to rest well. The second prince is with her, so she didn't come to the queen mother's family banquet." The queen was very proud. He looked at the emperor and the queen mother, and then glanced at the prince Tian Minghao who was opposite.

"Really?! That's a great joy, and the Ai family won't blame me!"

The emperor and the queen mother looked at each other, although there was joy on their faces, their tone was flat and expressionless.

"Congratulations..." Qian Yaxue and Pei Shuhan were about to get up to congratulate, when they were interrupted by a voice from outside the palace.

"Aunt Yuexi, Aunt Yuexi, this servant will never dare again, I beg Aunt Yuexi to spare her life, the words were really spoken by the second concubine, not the servants and others, I beg Aunt Yuexi to forgive me..."

"Who is making a fuss outside, Xiao Linzi, go and see, Aijia's family banquet today, don't let irrelevant people spoil Aijia's mood!" The Queen Mother's mouth twitched slightly.

"Yes, empress dowager, this servant will go and have a look." Eunuch Lin smiled in the corner of his eyes, thinking to himself, the show is about to begin.

"Aunt Yuexi, Aunt Yuexi..."

Eunuch Lin went outside and looked at Yuexi and smiled, exchanged glances with each other, and nodded, "Who is making noise again, I wonder if the Empress Dowager is holding a family banquet today? Yuexi, what's going on, these two girls committed a crime. What's wrong?"

"..." The two little maids who were kneeling on the ground begging Yuexi looked terrified, and they were even more terrified when they saw Eunuch Lin, they trembled and dared not speak.

"Eunuch Lin, you look at these two slaves here, I want to go in and meet the Queen Mother, and tell the truth!" After Yuexi finished speaking, she passed Eunuch Lin and entered directly.

"Eh……"

Eunuch Lin pretended to be too late to shout. Seeing Yuexi enter the palace, he turned his head to look at the two maids, with a fierce look on his face, "Tell me, what did you say to make Aunt Yuexi so angry?!"

The two little maids looked like they were about to faint, and their bodies trembled even more.

Yuexi entered the palace, and before the emperor and queen mother could ask any questions, she knelt down on the ground, her face was full of anger and sadness, and tears flowed down her cheeks. Such a grievance, to cry so sadly, everyone looked up at the queen mother in unison, seeing the dark face of the queen mother, they knew that the queen mother was angry.

"Yuexi, you don't know that Aijia's family banquet today is in a good mood. Why don't you just kneel down and cry when you enter the hall? Whoever has wronged you should wait until the Aijia's banquet is over. Only then will you know how to be polite." !" The Empress Dowager's tone was not angry but mighty.

"Yuexi, what happened? It caused you to be so ignorant of etiquette. When the late emperor was still alive, he praised you for being knowledgeable, honest and trustworthy. You have served the queen mother for many years. How did you make such a mistake?!" He and Eunuch Lin, the two old people around the queen mother, respected each other very much, and they were also annoyed by Yuexi at the moment.

"Aunt Yuexi, what's wrong with you today? I usually see you being modest and restrained, why are you so out of proportion today?!" Naturally, Pei Wuying didn't let go of any opportunity. The emperor and queen mother were even more displeased.

Seeing that it was almost done, Yue Xi wiped away her tears, and said with a choked voice: "This servant is sad, not because of herself, but because of the Empress Dowager. The servant just went to get the cloak for the Empress Dowager, and heard two little maids whispering beside the corridor. I didn't want to worry about it, but I heard them talking about the second princess who went to the Imperial Hospital to see the doctor's pulse today, and when she passed by the imperial garden, she said about the empress dowager, the second princess said... said..."

A lump in Pei Wuying's heart jumped up suddenly, her eyelids twitched, and a premonition of uneasiness gradually grew in her heart.

"What are you talking about about the Queen Mother? Yue Xi, you can just say it!" The emperor was furious when he heard someone gossiping about the Queen Mother behind her back.

The queen mother didn't take it seriously, she glanced at the emperor, and felt relieved, knowing that the emperor was filial to her, "Yuexi, tell me, the Ai family knows that you never lie, the former emperor praised you for being honest and trustworthy, what you say must be the truth, Ai You should listen carefully, what did the second concubine say that made you cry so much!"

This time Pei Wuying didn't dare to speak again, because she didn't know what the second concubine said, so she just stared at Yuexi, thinking of countermeasures.

"Back to the words of the emperor and the empress dowager, they said that because the second concubine knew that she was happy, she said that when she gave birth to the eldest grandson of the emperor, that day... When the maid next to the second concubine mentioned the empress dowager, the second concubine said, It is said that the queen mother has lived for such a long time, she is an old man, and the queen mother is also the same, and that when she becomes the queen, she will be..."

"Bold! Presumptuous!" Hearing this, the emperor was furious and slapped the table.

"I don't want to care about anything else, but I just heard the second princess say that the queen mother is immortal, and my heart is... that's why I shed tears and sadness. This servant has served the queen mother for decades, although I know that the queen mother is getting worse. , but I also hope that the Empress Dowager will live a long life, but..." Yue Xi couldn't continue, tears kept streaming down, and everyone in the hall was heartbroken.

Everyone here knows that Yuexi has been with the Queen Mother since she was a child, and has been by her side since she entered the palace. She never left the palace to marry. This feeling is incomparable to ordinary people. With a single bad word, Yue Xi can go up there and fight desperately, not to mention the second concubine's words cursing the Queen Mother, no wonder Yue Xi is so...

Pei Wuying was also angry. It was fine to talk about the queen mother, but he dared to talk about himself. Pei Wuying, who originally planned to intercede for the second prince concubine, immediately stopped talking.

"Emperor brother, queen mother, the second concubine dared to speak disrespectfully and rebelliously because she was pregnant with a royal heir. The younger brother really couldn't listen to it anymore. The younger brother took Han'er first, and Jun'er went back to the mansion. Empress mother, son I will come to the palace to see you some other day." Tian Hong just knew that this was the emperor's family matter, and it also involved the royal heirs, so he didn't want to get involved and was about to leave.

"The third child will wait for you, and I will accompany you. Queen Mother, don't get angry, so as not to hurt your body. The son and the third child have also returned to the mansion first. This matter will be resolved by the emperor himself. The son is very relieved. Another day, the son Go into the palace with the third child and visit the queen mother."

(End of this chapter)