Second-hand lady

Chapter 28

The hall was eerily quiet, and the servants were silent.

The Empress Dowager's face was terribly gloomy, Emperor Chongde's expression was indifferent, Wen Liang still knelt on one knee, and the rest of the people watched from the sidelines.

Hearing Wen Liang's confession, and kneeling there again at this moment, Miss Rucui's heart ached terribly, Mrs. Wen is so delicate, how could he kneel for so long?Several times when she wanted to speak, Princess Su secretly stopped her, which made her secretly stare at the queen mother, complaining that she insisted on making things so troublesome. She is a bit stupid, but it doesn't mean that she has no brains. Let's see everyone's reaction , They all wanted to expose what happened yesterday, who knew that the Queen Mother would insist on holding on.

Finally, the second prince couldn't help but stepped forward and knelt in front of the queen mother and the emperor. The eldest princess also slid off the chair and knelt down. They both said at the same time: "Please calm down, grandma and father!"

"What are you doing?" The queen mother said angrily: "Yao'er, you still have injuries on your feet, it's serious and serious, why don't you hurry up and help the eldest princess up?" She said angrily to the nuns on the side.

But the eldest princess refused to get up, a bit of shame appeared on her pretty face: "Grandmother, please don't feel sad for Yao'er, it's Yao'er's fault..." It was her fault, if it wasn't for venting her anger, everyone would The prince and the second prince didn't want to teach Mrs. Wen a lesson. They just wanted to scare Mrs. Wen. Who knew there would be a eunuch pretending to be a ghost to scare people.

The second prince also said: "Grandson, I would like to thank the grandmother for her kindness, but my grandson's injury has nothing to do with Mrs. Wen. Please don't be sad for my grandson's injury. Yesterday my grandson saw the moonlight very well." , I wanted to invite the emperor who was in a bad mood to watch the moon, but unexpectedly, I met a palace man pretending to be a ghost. It was too dark at that time, and we couldn't see the way clearly, so we bumped into each other. Madam Wen didn't do it on purpose. Grandmother, it was your grandson who misunderstood Mrs. Wen because of his unclear explanation earlier. Your grandson deserves to die. The emperor and his sons failed to explain the situation to the grandmother in time, and the grandmother was worried about her grandson and his son. Miss Huang misunderstood, please punish me."

As he spoke, the second prince kowtowed deeply, expressing sincere repentance.

The empress dowager looked pale, and looked at the second prince with a complicated expression. How could she not know that he was going to take all the crimes on her, and told her not to get angry with the emperor. If she really wanted to fight against the emperor, even though she was The queen mother, but the biggest thing in this world is still the emperor, the result outweighs the gain.

The Empress Dowager sighed in her heart, she loved the Eldest Princess and the Second Prince more and more, and hated Miss Rucui who caused this incident even more.No one can understand this kind of mood. It is probably a bit of an opportunity to transfer the anger received from Su Wangfei in the past few years to Mrs. Wen - who told her that she came out of Su Wang's mansion?So the Empress Dowager knew that there was an inside story about this matter, but she still wanted to take the opportunity to punish her.But the queen mother didn't have time to make a move, so too many people helped her. She was obviously a maidservant, so she was too lucky, right?
Although Emperor Chongde's expression was still calm, he looked at the second prince much better, adding a little approval.Seeing this, the second prince was overjoyed, knowing that he had made the right move.

The second prince took a risky move, but it didn't mean he didn't get benefits.The emperor was indifferent on the face, but he had secretly asked people to investigate what happened last night, and found out that the eldest prince, the third prince and others were involved, and even the eldest princess and the second prince became pawns of the other two princes.Emperor Chongde was furious in his heart, but he didn't want to spread the matter out to make people laugh, and naturally he would inevitably be punished in private.At this time, the second prince took all the crimes on himself. Although he would be punished more severely for a while, he could also restore some of the image in the emperor's heart.

After a long while, the queen mother sighed softly, and said: "Good boy, get up." After asking the eldest princess and the second prince to be lifted up, the queen mother looked at Wen Liang who also stood up, and said softly: "Zixiu, you have been sleeping since you were a child." He went to the Ai family often in the palace, and the Ai family also regarded you as a junior in their hearts. To be honest, the Ai family felt that the Xia family could not match you in any aspect. Before Concubine Wen passed away, the Ai family agreed If you let her go, she will take good care of you, and Aijia naturally wants to give you the best."

Hearing the Empress Dowager mentioned the deceased Concubine Wen, Wen Liang showed a little nostalgia and grief on his face, and his closest relatives left one by two.After hearing the last sentence that meant something, Wen Liang gave a deep bow, and said in a gentle voice: "It's Zixiu's fault for disappointing the empress dowager. However, things in this world are like this. Maybe everyone thinks she is not good. But it is enough for Zixiu to understand her kindness in his heart! Empress Dowager, it is Zixiu who is unfilial, so you have to worry about it!"

The words have reached this point, what can the queen mother say, she can only wave her hands weakly and say: "I don't care about Aijia, you can do whatever you want!"

The meaning of the Queen Mother is also very obvious, she will not pursue this matter.After hearing this, the people in the hall couldn't help laughing and echoed "The Empress Dowager is wise". The Empress even thought in her heart that the Empress Dowager should have done this long ago, so as to save her son and wife from getting angry again today.

However, although the Queen Mother has temporarily died down, it does not mean that she has given up on torturing people.If you want to say how much the empress dowager dislikes concubine Su, she dislikes Wenliang's daughter-in-law.Originally, it was just because she wanted to vent her anger on the eldest princess, and let people know that the eldest princess is her favorite princess. If you want to bully her, you have to weigh it. The person covered by the princess.

"Mrs. Wen looks smart, and it's interesting to listen to her talk. Come into the palace to chat with Ai's family when you have time." The queen mother said so.

Hearing this, Wen Liang and Princess Su were a little anxious.

"Mother..."

"The Queen Mother..."

Seeing their expressions of anxiety, the Empress Dowager felt relieved, the more you refused to let her do it, the more she would do it. The Empress Dowager thought that the reason why Miss Rucui retreated completely was because everyone helped her. She's still growing, so I don't believe you can enter the palace to protect her from time to time!So the empress dowager immediately made a decision to decide the fate of Miss Rucui's frequent entry into the palace in the future.

Wen Liang and Concubine Su looked at each other and sighed in their hearts at the same time.They are really not worried about Er Cui, but for the Empress Dowager. If you want to invite a second-handed person into the palace to accompany you, isn't it a disaster?They will feel embarrassed if the first one is hurt by the second one.

After Wen Liang and his daughter-in-law retired, the Empress Dowager ordered the Eldest Princess and the Second Prince to be sent back to their bedroom to rest. King Su and his wife also took the opportunity to say goodbye and left, leaving only the Empress Dowager and the Empress.

Without those juniors around, the Empress Dowager would inevitably have to complain to the emperor, complaining that he did not help her own emperor, but instead helped an outsider, the eldest princess and the second prince are so frightened today, it is pitiful.The empress dowager dared to complain like this because the emperor was in a good mood now. If the emperor was in a bad mood, she could only shut up.

Emperor Chongde smiled lightly, and said: "Mother, you also said before that Concubine Wen entrusted her son Xiu to you, so why not follow his will once? I believe that if Concubine Wen has knowledge, she will also be pleased. Yu Zixiu's choice now proves that he has let go of the past."

"However, wouldn't it be better if Yao'er was married to him? Our Yao'er is outstanding in everything, how can a maid be able to compare? Married to a woman who was born as a maid, I don't know how many people What a joke."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongde was a little happy, and couldn't help but tease: "If he cared about rumors, he wouldn't have caused the emperor to be suspected by the world back then. Look, queen mother, isn't the emperor's brother also full of rumors in the capital?" , but when did you see him care about it?"

The queen mother was a little unconvinced: "He doesn't care, but the mother of Ai's family is anxious. Look at Yun'er again, what did the female family members of the minister's family say? Who dares to say that Yun'er looks like Yun'er would dare to marry her To be a daughter-in-law? It's already serious, but Concubine Su taught her like this..."

"Oh, there's nothing wrong with it." Emperor Chongde looked at Rong Yan, as if the little princess of Su Wang's mansion was his proud granddaughter: "A daughter is not inferior to a man. If Yun'er is promising, there will be more in the future." A capable minister holds up half the sky, just like having an emperor's younger brother in the court, I feel at ease."

"Your Majesty!" The Empress Dowager shouted in shock, "Yun'er is a girl!"

"I know, but Yun'er looks like the emperor's younger brother, even his demeanor, doesn't he?"

"That's a girl too, it can't be a boy..."

Listening to the conversation between mother and son, the queen at the side couldn't help but secretly rolled her eyes, and thought to herself: King Su doesn't care, Wen Zixiu doesn't care, because those who start rumors are secretly secretly spoiled by the emperor who does not like his favorite brother. It's dealt with, and someone will do it for you, so why would King Su care?As for the Princess of Su Wang's Mansion... Ouch, what a headache!
I don't know how many times the mother and son talked about the little princess of Su Wang's mansion for a while. Seeing that the queen mother was tired, Emperor Chongde asked her to rest and left Chonghua Palace with the queen.

The emperor and the empress walked for a while, and Emperor Chongde said: "Queen, the princes and princesses are getting old, and you have to be carefully served by the palace servants. I hope that nothing like last night will happen again. As for this incident, When the report from the imperial guard comes, everyone involved will be punished."

Seeing the emperor's indifferent side face, Empress Zhao felt a pain in her heart, it really gave her a problem, but as an empress, if she can't even share these things for this man, no one in this world can do it. , how miserable will he be then?Thinking of this, Empress Zhao respectfully responded.

Probably because he was aware of the empress' difficulties, Emperor Chongde stretched out his hand to hold the empress's hand, and said warmly, "Thanks for your hard work."Empress Zhao smiled and shook his hand back.

The emperor and empress walked in the palace at a leisurely pace.

After leaving the Chonghua Palace, the young couple walked slowly in the palace. The sun was scattered and fell on the two of them, bringing a sense of comfort—or because there was that person beside them, they felt it. Let's be comfortable.

"Why did you come here? Isn't it time for the princes to go to class?" Miss Rucui asked strangely.

Wen Liang smiled faintly, "Well, it was indeed their class time. I assigned them homework and asked them to recite 120 times, recite 120 times, and then copy 120 times."

Miss Rucui accused with a face full of accusations: "Miss Wen, you avenge yourself publicly!"

"Yes, I'm just avenging my personal revenge, so what?" His beautiful chin was raised slightly, and his handsome face seemed to be shining under the sunshine of autumn and Kaoru, which made people unable to look directly at it, and it was so beautiful, as if under the sun The glass is as beautiful and flawless.

Miss Rucui looked at him with a smile, and said generously: "It's okay, I'm very happy." As she spoke, she blushed and took the initiative to pull his hand hanging under the wide sleeve robe. It was as beautiful as ivory carved by craftsmen, warm and powerful, making her reluctant to let go.

Wen Liang held her hand back, glanced sideways at her, then suddenly pulled her over with a bit of distaste, pinched her face, and asked in a bad tone: "Girl, what did I tell you last night? What did you do today?"

Miss Ru Cui immediately complained: "Master Wen, there is no chance, and this idea is too bad. I believe that if I really do this, the Empress Dowager will immediately throw me out of the palace."

"What are you afraid of, isn't my lord here?" Wen Liang teased her with a smile.

Miss Rucui sighed, "It's because Mrs. Wen is here, that's why I don't want to cause trouble for you." Then she said in a low voice: "If the emperor and the prince didn't come, the empress dowager might scold you for mismanaging your wife Mr. Wen is very good, very good, I don't want others to look down on you..."

Wen Liang didn't know how to react for a while, he just felt sore and soft in his heart, and finally couldn't help pulling her into his arms, even if there were guards around him looking at him, he didn't care.

(End of this chapter)