Dirty color

Chapter 118
The father-in-law was in a dilemma, but he still had to compromise after a while. The queen mother couldn't make it difficult for Miss Gu this time, so there would naturally be other ways. —The point is, will the Queen Mother save them?

Or stop dreaming.

The little father-in-law changed his smiling face, then raised his hand and patted his face lightly, and said with a smile: "Look at our family's mind, I even forgot that Miss Gu was also invited by the empress. Miss Gu, please get on the sedan chair. Our family will take you to the Moxiang Hall where the empress is hosting a banquet."

It turned out to be the Moxiang Palace—this is the residence of the Eighth Prince, Gu Mingxuan raised her eyebrows, forget it, there are so many people anyway, and besides, the Queen will definitely not take a fancy to her when she chooses a concubine for the Eighth Prince. The queen threw it out to appease the queen mother's abandoned son.

Gu Mingxuan glanced at the little eunuch, heh, she has learned the kung fu of being able to adapt to the wind, and the kung fu of changing faces is not bad, it seems that she is very promising to be promoted... Gu Mingxuan smiled and secretly stuffed a wallet and purse to the little eunuch , the little eunuch squeezed, and couldn't help showing a more sincere smile on his face.

It's still Miss Gu who can do things.

After getting into the soft sedan chair, the little eunuch carried her forward, but Gu Mingxuan did not let down her vigilance. Qin Siying is difficult to deal with. It is said that the Empress Dowager is old now, and her temper is a bit left-handed. She can't do the thing of killing courtiers, but It is unavoidable to make things difficult and punish him by kneeling.

Walking halfway, Gu Mingxuan heard a shrill inquiry: "Is the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Shun'an Gu Mingxuan in the sedan chair?"

Gu Mingxuan lowered her eyes, concealing the coldness in her eyes, the queen mother really couldn't wait.

"Exactly, our family is under the order of the Empress Empress to take Miss Gu to the Moxiang Palace to participate in the flower viewing banquet. Who are you? What do you mean by blocking the way?" The little eunuch who accepted Gu Mingxuan's bribe raised his head at this moment, asked.

He also knew that this person probably belonged to the Empress Dowager's palace. However, this gesture should be done so that others would not look down on the empress—don't let the empress dowager be the mother of the emperor or the mother-in-law of the empress, the empress would be unconditional Obey the queen mother's instructions. Before, the queen mother and the queen fought openly and secretly for countless times, for who can be the master of the harem.

The empress won, although it cannot be said that it was a complete victory, after all, the empress dowager is an elder, she is too aggressive and will be criticized by others, if someone impeaches her for being unfilial, it will be a trouble for the empress, so now the harem has become a big deal The queen is in charge, and the queen mother wants to intervene in trivial matters. If it has nothing to do with the overall situation, the queen will let the queen mother make the decision.

As for the other concubines, although they are also very powerful, the queen is always the queen, even if the eighth prince cannot ascend the throne, but the emperor still respects the queen, and the power to control the six palaces has always been firmly in the hands of the queen.

The people in the queen's palace became more confident.

The little eunuch blocking the way also knew how to wait for people to order food. Seeing that the eunuch was not good at talking, he put away his haughty expression, and simply passed on the Queen Mother's order, saying: "The Queen Mother wants to see Miss Gu, let her go down." Car follow me."

Gu Mingxuan sneered from the bottom of her heart, she had to go when the Queen Mother summoned her, even if she was the Queen, she was secretly strong, but on the surface, she respected the Queen Mother.

Therefore, Gu Mingxuan got off the sedan chair slowly, and said to the little eunuch in the Queen's Palace in a leisurely manner: "Since the Empress Dowager summoned me, it is the honor of my servant, but it may miss the Empress Dowager's flower viewing banquet, so I invite you Little eunuch, go and pass the word on for me, so that the empress will know that I didn't mean to be late."

Lest someone make a fuss about it.

Since Gu Mingxuan said so, the little eunuch has benefited from Gu Mingxuan, and he doesn't mind doing this for Gu Mingxuan, so he nodded and agreed.

The two sides parted ways.

It was the end of July, and it was the hottest time. Although it was morning, the sun was already very hot. After walking in the sun for a long time, Gu Mingxuan felt that it was too much for her.

The empress dowager's move was really vicious. If I went to see the empress like this, I might be charged with misbehavior... That's all, it's just suffering, why bother to make trouble.

As for Qin Siying, if she dared to go too far, she would definitely find a way to let Qin Siying enjoy herself after she left the palace.

The threshold of the Palace of Compassion and Ning was high, and Gu Mingxuan walked into the palace with lowered eyebrows. It was originally a clear sky and a bright day, but in the main hall of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, sunlight could not shine in. Therefore, there was a gloomy feeling, although , At this moment, the hall is brightly lit, but there is no trace of darkness.

The hall was extremely quiet, except for the sound of Gu Mingxuan's own footsteps, which was extremely clear. Although the queen mother or others hadn't spoken yet, Gu Mingxuan felt an invisible pressure rushing towards her.

However, this is the beginning!
Gu Mingxuan calmed down, counted seven or eight steps silently, and stopped when she felt that it was almost done.

"My daughter, Gu Mingxuan, has met the Empress Dowager."

Gu Mingxuan didn't kneel. Nowadays, ministers don't need to kneel when they meet the emperor, as long as it's not a big court meeting or a grand ceremony such as sacrificing to heaven; therefore, women who are ordered to see the empress dowager don't need to kneel.

Although Gu Mingxuan is not a married woman, she is not married yet, she is the minister's daughter-in-law, as usual, she may or may not kneel.

Gu Mingxuan chose not to kneel, anyway, the Queen Mother called her here to make things difficult for her, so naturally she would not bow down.

But the Empress Dowager didn't seem to hear Gu Mingxuan's words, she just chuckled lightly and said, "You still have filial piety, you know what my old woman likes the most."

Then came Gu Mingxuan's somewhat familiar voice, she said with a smile: "It's good that the Queen Mother likes it, but Yinger..."

It's Qin Siying.

If the Empress Dowager does not call out, the people below who meet the Empress Dowager will not be able to get up, and maintaining the posture of saluting looks not difficult, it seems far better than hitting the board and slapping the mouth, but in fact, the sourness, It is indescribable.

Gu Mingxuan had tasted such a taste in her previous life.

At that time, she could bear it, but she couldn't bear it, but in this life, she didn't want to bear it.

When she heard Qin Siying's words again, Gu Mingxuan immediately raised her voice and bowed to the queen mother: "My daughter Gu Mingxuan, I have met the queen mother."

When the queen mother spoke, she thought it was rude, but Qin Siying, sorry, she is not qualified to make her afraid.

After Gu Mingxuan raised her voice this time, the queen mother can no longer pretend not to hear it, but the queen mother's complexion is not very good - she has used this trick to punish many disobedient people, and it is the emperor's A favorite concubine or a high-ranking concubine such as Concubine Pei De and Mu Xian usually can only endure it.

Of course, when the Queen Mother faced them, she was also measured.

This time, Gu Mingxuan dared to do this... The Empress Dowager's heart was full of displeasure, Yinger was right, this Gu Mingxuan was indeed arrogant and domineering.

Feeling displeased, the Empress Dowager's complexion was also not very good-looking. With a cold face, she yelled at Gu Mingxuan: "Who is making noise in the hall!"

noisy?Gu Mingxuan kept smiling, and said in a neither high nor low voice, "My daughter, Gu Mingxuan, is ordered by the Empress Dowager to come and see you."

What noise, did you call me here?

The Queen Mother choked.

To call out or not to call out?
"Gu Mingxuan, you are so brave, you dare to disrespect the Queen Mother." Seeing that Gu Mingxuan dared to lose face to the Queen Mother, Qin Siying immediately yelled loudly that she wanted to catch Gu Mingxuan and ask the Queen Mother to punish Gu Mingxuan severely later.

However, Gu Mingxuan ignored her, just lowered her head, lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, quietly waiting for the queen mother to speak. In this way, Qin Siying who was clamoring made people look sideways.

Although the empress dowager has lost her temper, she is still not stupid. Seeing this, she signaled Qin Siying to be quiet, and then said to Gu Mingxuan, "Excuse me."

No matter how polite you are, it won't sound good when you say it out—at first, you can pretend not to hear it for the first time, but the second time, it's not good to do it again.

After that, Gu Mingxuan treated herself like a wooden person. When the queen mother asked a question, she would reply. Those who could answer with one word would never use two words, and those who could answer with two words would never use three words. Character.

For a while, in the main hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace, only such conversations were heard.

"I heard that you just came back from the countryside?" This is the Queen Mother.

"Report to the Queen Mother, yes." This is Gu Mingxuan.

"You are arrogant and domineering in the eldest princess's house, and you want to punish the servant girl instead of the eldest princess?"

"Report to the Queen Mother, no."

"You still dare to quibble, if not, how could the eldest princess be angry!"

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, the eldest princess did not say that she was angry with the minister's daughter."

"You made your stepmother mad?"

"Report to the Queen Mother, no."

"..." The queen mother didn't stand out from the cruel harem battles. She was lucky, and others lost both sides in the fight. She took advantage of the advantages and became the queen mother. Although she is not stupid, her fighting level is not very good. Gu Mingxuan replied like this, Then some unsustainable.

Moreover, in the past few decades, the queen mother has been used to going smoothly. Even the queen, at least on the surface, must follow her. She has never been humiliated in such a way.

The queen mother was very angry and wanted to punish Gu Mingxuan, but Gu Mingxuan's etiquette was very regular, and when she asked, Gu Mingxuan also answered, although it was a bit too concise, but it was well-regulated and there were no mistakes or omissions.

The Empress Dowager's face was a little ugly.

Gu Mingxuan was a little disappointed, it turned out that the Queen Mother was so weak in battle, no wonder she liked Qin Siying who was so brainless.

But no matter what, the queen mother is easier to deal with, and she can feel at ease, so as not to make mistakes and omissions.

Qin Siying couldn't help being a little disappointed when she saw that the queen mother couldn't do anything to Gu Mingxuan, what's going on!

However, since Gu Mingxuan has already arrived in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, she can't go out unless she sheds a layer of skin—hmph, His Royal Highness Yong Wang is the person she likes, but she is willing to talk to Gu Mingxuan and turn a blind eye to herself , how could she be willing!

With the excuse of being anxious, Qin Siying withdrew, and then gave some instructions to a servant of the Palace of Compassion and Peace. Qin Siying said to do things.

The Empress Dowager became a little annoyed, and couldn't help but change her face and scolded: "Gu Mingxuan, are you guilty?"

Gu Mingxuan's eyebrows twitched slightly, she stood up and knelt on the ground, and said softly: "Please calm down the queen mother, my daughter is stupid, I really don't know what I did wrong, if there is something wrong, please tell the queen mother clearly, my daughter It will be corrected later.”

"The empress dowager is kind, even if the minister makes some small mistakes, the empress dowager will definitely forgive the minister, right?" Gu Mingxuan put a high hat on the empress dowager and acted childish herself, and the empress dowager choked again!
Can she say no?

The Empress Dowager didn't want to see Gu Mingxuan anymore, so she turned serious and said to the close nurse beside her, "I'm exhausted, let her go."

Hearing the words, the nanny glanced at Gu Mingxuan, who had a smile on her face, who seemed gentle and decent, but who was like a piece of wood when she replied, and secretly sighed why the Queen Mother was doing this, and sent Gu Mingxuan out as she said.

A court lady hurried over with a tray, and she was about to bump into Gu Mingxuan. Gu Mingxuan felt that the scene in front of her seemed familiar. Tsk, wasn't this a scene that was staged in the eldest princess a few days ago?
Qin Siying's methods were really too simple. Gu Mingxuan didn't wear high clogs today, and her movements were very flexible. She suddenly turned to one side, avoiding the direction that the maid was heading for.

The palace lady couldn't hold back her footsteps, and after a few steps forward, she lay down on the ground, and the tray in her hand fell out, and the jade bowl on the tray shattered into pieces.

Gu Mingxuan's eyes were sharp, and when she saw that the jade bowl was probably worth a lot, she sneered, Qin Siying had actually grown up and knew how to use these to frame her.

After a sneer, Gu Mingxuan looked at the court lady who fell on the ground, and worriedly said to the nanny who sent her out: "This...Although I know that some of my daughter's words are inappropriate, but for the health of the empress dowager, my daughter I still have to say——the palace lady walks in such a hurry, it can be seen that she is impatient. It is fine if she does not serve in front of the queen mother. The life of this palace lady is in danger, and I am afraid that even the nanny who trains the maid and the nanny who is in charge will also be implicated..."

The nanny knew that Gu Mingxuan was telling the truth, and she also knew that Gu Mingxuan was trying to squeeze them, but she also knew that this court lady must have been instructed to act like this, otherwise, no court lady would dare to act presumptuously in the Palace of Compassion.

However, even if she knew, this nanny would not expose it. After all, the only one who could do this kind of thing is Miss Qin, except for the queen mother. She couldn't go against Miss Qin's wishes, but now that the plan has failed Moreover, since she and Gu Mingxuan hadn't touched at all, the nanny had no choice but to say nothing. After reprimanding the little palace maid a few words, because she damaged the empress dowager's favorite jade bowl, so, the nanny Mammy had her dragged away and died with a stick.

When the little palace lady heard it, she immediately despaired—she didn't want to listen to Miss Qin's words, but she couldn't do it if she didn't listen. She blocked the way to make up soup for the Queen Mother, it must be all her fault, the jade bowl was broken, it was also her responsibility, when the time came, she helped Miss Qin achieve her goal, Miss Qin would definitely save her of.

But now, while others were standing still, he fell out. The key point is that the jade bowl that the Queen Mother liked was also broken...

After hearing Mammy's words, the little palace maid heard that she was about to be killed with a stick, she recovered from the fright and suddenly saw Qin Siying standing by the door, she rushed up and cried, "Qin Siying Miss, please save this servant, this servant is always following your words, please save this servant, please.”

Gu Mingxuan sneered, it really was Qin Siying's fault.

When Qin Siying came out, she originally wanted to see how embarrassed Gu Mingxuan was when she collided with the maid who was carrying the soup, and wanted to accuse Gu Mingxuan of disrespect before Gu Mingxuan could speak, but unexpectedly, Gu Mingxuan actually escaped!
And this stupid court lady was frightened by a few words, and said everything.

After Qin Siying was stunned for a moment, she immediately came back to her senses, slapped the little maid on the face forcefully, and scolded: "Come here, drag this bitch who is biting me down and beat me to death."

Then a rough envoy woman immediately stepped forward, covered the little maid's mouth and dragged her down. Qin Siying angrily scolded "baby maid", then looked up, and met Gu Mingxuan's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling. Qin Siying was furious— — Gu Mingxuan must be laughing at herself for stealing chickens and losing money.

Just like the last time at the eldest princess's mansion, not only did he fail to achieve his goal, but his mother had to bring back a concubine who could not be beaten or scolded, causing him to be scolded by his parents.

"Miss Qin is so majestic. Even the maids in the Empress Dowager's Palace can fight and kill as much as they want. It seems that there is no place in this world that Miss Qin can't manage...I really feel ashamed of myself." Gu Mingxuan said Shi Li said something with a smile.

These words are heartbreaking, on the surface it is said that Qin Siying is not the queen mother, so she can dispose of the palace people at will in the queen mother's palace, not the master, but better than the master; but when it is insinuated, it is said that the Qin family, in the world of the Feng family, is also like this He regards himself as the master of the world, does whatever he wants, and does not put the emperor in his eyes, and maybe even has the intention of becoming the real master instead.

Qin Siying was stupid, she didn't understand the deep meaning in Gu Mingxuan's words, she just snorted coldly and said: "It's just a lowly maidservant, I can deal with it if I want, there is no big hindrance."

Gu Mingxuan just smiled and said nothing. If the Qin family thinks so, then the Qin family is really not far from being destroyed.

When I died in my previous life, the Qin family was not as good as before, probably because of being too arrogant.

Gu Mingxuan was too lazy to come to Qin Siying again and left. Qin Siying looked at Gu Mingxuan's back and clenched her fists tightly, hum, since you have entered the palace, Gu Mingxuan, don't even think about getting out properly.

The conflict between Gu Mingxuan and Qin Siying was soon known by the emperor. At this time, the eldest princess had just entered the palace and was talking to the emperor. After hearing about it, she couldn't help but said: "The empress is getting more and more confused."

The emperor glanced at the eldest princess and didn't say anything, but that look was very meaningful, so the eldest princess smiled wryly in her heart, but she still complained to the queen mother, and complained: "When I was young, I was not a smart person. I'm getting old and more confused, but I don't listen to any persuasion, and I like that unruly girl of the Qin family, I'm going to die of anger."

The emperor smiled and said: "The empress mother is also very measured, and she is just a servant girl, so don't be angry." At least she didn't punish the minister's daughter for no reason. I can only sigh.

The eldest princess glanced at the emperor's face, but she could only smile wryly in her heart. The emperor's younger brother has long been dissatisfied with the Qin family, but the queen mother has always tried her best to protect the Qin family. It's hard to do, but the Qin family, not only did not restrain themselves because of this, but became even more arrogant and domineering, bullying men and women, doing everything, every time the censor impeached them, and when the emperor wanted to punish them, he would go to the palace and cry to his mother, and the mother would He cried, made trouble, hanged himself three times, and threatened the emperor's younger brother. Due to his filial piety, the emperor's younger brother could only compromise, and he got used to the lawlessness of the Qin family...

So again and again, doesn't the queen mother know that she is digging the Qin family's grave?
And this time, that stupid girl of the Qin family, she really deserves to die, she even dared to be so unscrupulous in the palace by buying and instigating the servants in her mansion. With the consent of the queen mother, she used it as a raft to harm others. Could it be that one day, when she needs it, she can even use the queen mother's body as a raft to frame other people?
Did she really think that she was the master of this palace?
And what about the Qin family?

Could it be that one day, the Qin family will also use the Feng family's country and society as a raft in order to frame courtiers?
The eldest princess was taken aback.

She didn't dare to persuade the younger brother directly, so she could only complain to let the younger brother know that the queen mother didn't do this on purpose, she was actually a person with no city and no plans, so don't worry about it.

The eldest princess didn't know whether her brother had listened to her words, and she couldn't persuade her any more. On the contrary, the eldest princess felt that Gu Mingxuan was quite clever. If Qin Siying was half as smart as Gu Mingxuan, she might not be able to do so. I persuaded the Queen Mother not to be so leftist.

No matter what, the eldest princess felt that she should go and beat the queen mother. It seemed that the effect of the last beating had completely disappeared, so she had to beat harder this time.

The eldest princess bid farewell to the emperor and went to the Palace of Compassion.

On the way, I saw a nun next to the queen mother, leading a palace lady holding a brocade box, heading outside.

"What are you going to do?" The eldest princess cast a sidelong glance at the nanny and asked.

The nun didn't expect to meet the eldest princess, so she couldn't help but feel a little nervous. After hurriedly saluting, she said: "As usual, when a married woman or a minister's daughter meets for the first time, the queen mother will give a reward. The queen mother is not feeling well just now, so I forgot I ordered, now that the queen mother remembered it, she ordered her servants to go and make up the reward."

The eldest princess raised her long eyebrows slightly when she heard the words, and snorted, she was feeling unwell, she was not happy that she didn't gain the upper hand, but fortunately, she was able to recover in time, and she didn't bother to say anything, so she waved her hand and let that Mammy hastened.

Because of this, the eldest princess did not notice the nervous look on that nanny's face.

(End of this chapter)