A Thousand Hills

Chapter 108

Xie Moru's strong fighting power has long been rumored in the market, but for most people, Xie Moru still existed in legends in the past, and not many people really saw her go crazy.Now in the Charity Palace, Xie Moru smacked the Queen Mother's face off with a single shot, and everyone was dumbfounded.

Regarding the process of Xie Moru VS Queen Mother Hu this time, I can use two words to describe it: spike!

Afterwards, the imperial capital commented as follows:
Don't do your own business and don't care about humanity, "Tsk tsk, Princess Xie's reputation is really well-deserved."

The more particular ones said in private, "Empress Shizu has a spirit in the spring, so there is someone who understands the rules." Don't think it's a good thing for the queen mother to be stupid, they would rather serve the mother of the country like Empress Shizu.

Those who had a problem with Xie Moru said, "The empress dowager will never let it go like this."

Yes, the empress dowager really wouldn't do that, the empress dowager simply wanted to die.Now that Xie Moru has lost her face, the empress dowager has nothing to do but still picks on Xie Moru, and now she doesn't miss the opportunity to cry with the emperor's son, and goes straight to the point, "I was born in a palace, and I am not worthy to be a queen mother. "

Emperor Mu Yuan really had a headache, and said, "The first emperor and the emperor's grandmother were of ordinary background, and no one said that they were not worthy of being emperor or empress dowager." The father, the present grandfather, the ancestor emperor who abandoned his wife and son.But later the first emperor took over the country and followed up with three generations of his own family, all of whom were named emperors.

Empress Dowager Hu wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and immediately condemned Xie Moru, "Forgetting the ancestors! Forgetting the ancestors!" At that time, she was furious at that girl, why didn't she think of this, otherwise she would be able to save some face .Empress Dowager Hu talked about the old things again, and complained to Emperor Mu Yuan, "At the beginning, I said that Xiao Wu's marriage would not work out. You must promise that girl to Xiao Wu. Tell me, such a character is worthy of a prince. concubine?"

Xie Moru's temperament is indeed not very docile.But when it comes to whether he is worthy of being a concubine or not, although Emperor Mu Yuan was quite annoyed by Xie Moru's remarks about a concubine from a palace man, after all, he is the eldest son of a concubine born to a palace man... But he married his sons and daughters, all of whom are prominent The daughters-in-law married to their sons are all well-educated ladies.Emperor Mu Yuan didn't have any prejudice against palace people, but he would not marry his son a palace lady as his official wife.Xie Moru's words were not very pleasant to listen to, but even Emperor Mu Yuan had to admit that Xie Moru's words were to the point, and to catch the empress dowager's mistakes was accurate.It was Xie Moru's remarks about the prince's concubine, and Emperor Mu Yuan had to admit that what Xie Moru said was also what he thought. Even if his prince had a concubine concubine, he couldn't just grab a palace servant and sleep with him... comforted After a while, it was getting late, and Emperor Mu Yuan went back to Zhaode Hall to rest.

There was a waning moon in the night sky, and the stars were dim. After leaving the Palace of Mercy, the night wind swept across his face with the chill of late autumn. Emperor Mu Yuan couldn't help but think of the cold autumn night after the emperor's grandmother Cheng passed away. Princess Ningping mentioned that she wanted to make her mother a queen mother. What did Princess Ningping say?Princess Ningping asked, "Your Majesty, do you think the concubine is worthy to be the empress dowager of a country?"

At that time, Emperor Mu Yuan felt that it was Princess Ningping's prejudice, and now he suddenly thought about the past, and Emperor Mu Yuan didn't know what mood he was in.

Emperor Mu Yuan's mood is unknown, but Concubine Xie Guifei's mood at this time is extremely rejoicing. Back then, her mother hoped that her son would marry Xie Moru as his concubine. Seeing Xie Moru's majesty and prestige today, she directly trampled on the Empress Dowager's face. She stomped hard on the soles of her feet twice, and Concubine Xie was extremely thankful that she didn't soften her heart to listen to her mother's idea for a while.Such a daughter-in-law would turn against the mother-in-law of the queen mother of a country if she said she would turn her back on her. Which mother-in-law would dare to want it?
Thinking about it this way, Concubine Xie admired Concubine Su's courage.

Concubine Su is also worried at this time, she is not worried about Empress Dowager Hu, she is worried about whether Emperor Mu Yuan will blame Mo Ru or something... Inside the embroidered tent, Concubine Su looked at the dim light in the tent, tossing and turning all night. sleep.

As for the several prince's mansions, the princes also learned about today's Mercy Palace from their wives. The eldest son of the emperor chuckled, thinking that the fifth daughter-in-law is really too courageous, and she will not let her eyebrows down.Hmph, obviously he is the eldest grandson, but the emperor's ancestor has always favored the second...

The second prince reprimanded, "Lawless, the emperor's grandmother is the elder of the royal family after all, the fifth daughter-in-law is really rude."

The third prince had a bit of a toothache, and said, "Oh, cousin Xie's temper, I thought she had calmed down a bit over the years." I didn't want to, but I went to a higher level, and I can pick stars in my hands.

The fourth prince was worried for his fifth brother, this, is this the rhythm of turning faces?
His fifth younger brother was actually fine, when his fifth younger brother returned home, his fifth younger brother's wife was still asleep, Xie Moru was wearing a rich purple soft robe, lying on the couch with his eyes closed, listening to the maid studying.She seldom reads at night for fear of damaging her eyes, so she asks her maid to read and listen to her when she is free.Xie Moru's calm and relaxed attitude made the fifth prince's scorching heart feel like eating ice in a hot day, and he instantly relieved his dryness.

Hearing the movement, Xie Moru opened his eyes, lifted the apricot red quilt covering his body, got up and said, "Are you back?" He called the maid to come in to help the fifth prince wash and change clothes.

After washing his face with lukewarm water, he applied a slightly hot wet towel to his eyes, then changed into soft and warm homely clothes, took a sip of clear dew from Xie Moru, The Fifth Prince was really quiet.Xie Moru said, "The palace banquet has never been a place to eat, is your highness hungry, do you want some supper?"

After two mouthfuls of clear dew, the fifth prince was really hungry, he asked Xie Moru, "Have you eaten yet?"

"not yet."

Alas, is the wife waiting for him, or is she so frightened that she can't eat?Regardless of the reason, the fifth prince said, "It's just right, let's eat some together." It made people have supper.

The two sat opposite each other for dinner, and since it was night, the food was lighter, only one soup with shrimp balls and green vegetables was a little bit meaty, and the fifth prince drank two bowls hot, very happy.Seeing that Xie Moru only moved his chopsticks a little and stopped eating, thinking of Xie Moru's daily appetite, the fifth prince advised her, "Don't worry, I'll go and admit my mistake to the imperial grandmother tomorrow."

Xie Moru was really not worried, but, the fifth prince said so, she still accepts the fifth prince's affection, at least not like some incompetent men, women only know how to turn their faces when they do something out of line.The fifth prince's reaction made Xie Moru like it, at least he was not an irresponsible person.Xie Moru said, "Well, why do you have to admit your mistake, Your Highness, could it be that you feel that what I said is wrong?"

The fifth prince looked around, but there was no palace person in the room, he said, "Isn't this a step for the elders to step down? Besides, the emperor's grandmother's family background is well known in the world. If you say this, you have to think about it." You are disrespectful to your father." In short, the Fifth Prince felt that it was not good.

"Emperor Taizu also came from an ordinary family. I heard that when he was poor, he couldn't even eat. He even went to other people's bun shops to steal buns. Now when mentioning Emperor Taizu, people only say that he is a hero. His Majesty governs the country well, and it will be recorded in future history books. Naturally, he is a generation of Mingjun. The empress dowager was born in the palace, how is it compared to the second marriage of the mother of Han Wu, the Wang family? Besides, the mother of Han Jing, the Dou family, was also born in the palace." Xie Moru put down his chopsticks and asked, "Could it be Am I worrying about my background?"

It was the first time for the fifth prince to see his daughter-in-law who could turn the words back and forth. He thought to himself, it's different for a daughter-in-law to be educated. No matter how you say it, I think it's my daughter-in-law who is right.

Xie Moru said, "A person's noble or humble origin doesn't matter. Even the servants, servants, stewards, and bodyguards in our mansion, as long as they do their job well, I don't have anything to look down on them. I look down on those who have nothing to do. You don’t know the so-called stupid person who has a noble status but has a humble heart to be jealous.” Xie Moru told the truth directly, “The Queen Mother is just dissatisfied with the things that were suppressed by Queen Shizu and Princess Ningping many times. I'm just unlucky."

The fifth prince choked on the soup, took several pats to swallow it, and said in a low voice, "It's fine to talk about it in private, don't say it again in the future." This, everyone knows this.Like the Fifth Prince, he thinks his wife is very good. Being a regular wife means orthodoxy. What's more, his wife manages the house well for him. Of course he has to respect her.Even without the advice of the mother and concubine, such a wife is worthy of respect.

Xie Moru poured the Fifth Prince some tea down his throat, and asked him, "Have you eaten well? Let's talk about business after we've eaten." If you haven't eaten well, eat first, don't choke.

The fifth prince pushed the chopsticks, "Okay." Of course, he was talking about business first.

Xie Moru ordered the maid to come in to clean up, and she and the fifth prince went to the study.Xie Moru had already told the maid that he wanted to use the study, the autumn night was cold, and it was not yet the time to use charcoal, Xie Moru still lit the study with a pot of charcoal, and now he came into the study and felt warm.The two sat down and dismissed the maid, Xie Morufang said to the fifth prince, "I think there is no decent style in the palace now, I have entered the palace several times, and sometimes when I met a few sisters-in-law, in the Palace of Mercy, the second sister-in-law It's even under the elder sister-in-law, I don't know why?"

The fifth prince said, "Although the second brother is a direct descendant, the eldest brother is the eldest. Senior and young are in order."

"The concubine should be born before the elders and the young. From the perspective of the people, even if the concubine is born first, the ancestors will be incensed in the future, and the descendants will be inherited. Otherwise, how can the world divide the concubines?" Xie Moru took out a piece of paper Qianhuang Zhezi said, "I thought about this matter a few times, and felt it was inappropriate, so I wrote a memorial. Your Highness, take a look. Your Highness will bring it to me tomorrow."

The fifth prince didn't know that his daughter-in-law returned home early to do such an important event, so he quickly took the memorial and read it. The daughter-in-law's handwriting was good and well organized. The memorial mainly explained the ethics and orthodoxy, and the matters of the dignity of the concubines.The fifth prince looked at it, and began to think in his heart, he is not a stupid person, looking at his wife's memorial, he also understood somewhat in his heart, scratched his chin and thought, "You are going to encircle Wei and save Zhao." Fifth prince I know that although Empress Dowager Hu treats me well, among the princes, the one that Empress Dowager Hu loves the most is naturally the second prince born by Empress Hu.Her daughter-in-law's seal, don't look at Empress Dowager Hu wishing to swallow her daughter-in-law alive now, but when this seal was put on, Queen Mother Hu was the first to be happy.What's more, I'm afraid that the emperor's grandmother will be the first to support her.Moreover, the matter of the concubine is not a trivial matter, it is even more important for the royal family. If this matter starts, the emperor's grandmother may not have time to worry about today's matter.

"Besieging Wei and saving Zhao is not an option. Your Highness, if you think my words are reasonable, why don't you also issue a seal, clearly stating the distinction between the concubine and the concubine, and ask your majesty to establish a crown prince early, and then ask your majesty to grant us a piece of land. Don't care about the world, it's a desolate place. I don't dislike it either, the imperial capital is troubled, so we might as well be a feudal lord earlier." Xie Moru has always had the ability to break the ground.

The fifth prince was obviously taken aback by his wife, and the fifth prince lost his voice, "Jiu Fan?" He, he had never thought about it.The main reason is that the imperial dynasty has only been passed on for two generations, and the emperor's population is not prosperous. His father, the emperor, has no brothers, only the father of Princess Yi'an, who was named the king of Jin back then.As a result, King Jin died in Xining Pass before he became a vassal.Therefore, the fifth prince really doesn't have the concept of being a vassal.

"Yes, just a feudal clan." Xie Moru was very calm, she thought for a long time, and said, "Your Highness is neither a descendant nor an elder, not to mention that today is not the last year, when he was the only son of the late emperor, when the succession of the throne still had ups and downs, there were many turmoil In the current court, although the second prince is a descendant, he is not the eldest son. Although the eldest son is a concubine, his mother is the concubine in charge. Furthermore, his mother's family and wives are all prominent families. Moreover, the eldest prince and the second prince are similar in age. I think there will be a battle between dragons and tigers in the future. Your Highness has also seen it today. The queen mother often makes troubles, and the mother and concubine in the palace are also worried. It would be better if we serve our mother and concubine as a vassal. Now that it's like this, it's not convenient for me to enter the palace, even if I want to honor my mother and concubine, I can't."

The fifth prince was really moved by Xie Moru's words, and the fifth prince said, "This idea is not bad. But, this is not a trivial matter, let me think about it again."

"Then His Highness will seal the watch for me first, you can think about it slowly."

Hearing the displeasure in his daughter-in-law's words, the fifth prince explained to her, "No, I just think that once we put up this seal, we will offend big brother."

Xie Moru smiled, "Where is it that you don't offend others when you do things? Take small things, for example, I preside over the inner chamber of our palace, and both Li and Zhang want an errand. Offended?" Xie Moru knew that the fifth prince was not ranked high among his brothers, and he was not a particularly favored prince in the royal family, so it is not too much to think about it.She also analyzed with the fifth prince in detail, and said softly, "If the eldest son of the emperor thinks that we have offended him, there is no need to associate with him in the future. It's rare to see such a manly man as narrow-minded to this level? He is a bastard, if He wants to be the emperor, and his son-in-law is the first, and his status as a son-in-law is the biggest obstacle to his access to the throne. If he is a responsible person, how can he care about this. This is an ironclad fact! Everyone knows it! You and I just put It’s just the fact that we say it. Whether we say it or not, the fact still exists. Could it be possible that he will be offended if he says it? If he is offended by this, then he is just a fool who sticks to his background, so there is nothing to be afraid of ? The folks outside say that a man doesn’t care about his origin, but a hero doesn’t ask where he came from! If the Emperor Taizu had stuck to his origin, he wouldn’t be able to take the throne.”

Xie Moru is always good at eloquence, and the fifth prince also thought that it is true that he offended the eldest brother with this seal, but on the other hand, the second brother should be grateful to me, the third brother and his wife are cousins, and the fourth brother has a good relationship with me.After the seal is signed, I will ask a few older brothers to speak good words for me in front of my father, emperor and grandmother. The matter of my daughter-in-law taking away my grandmother's face today is over.What's more, at worst, he took his mother and daughter-in-law to the feudal clan. The daughter-in-law said it was reasonable. Although the feudal land is not as prosperous as the imperial capital, after all, it is his own place, where he can live comfortably, and the mother and son live together, and see each other every day, wouldn't it? Is it also a blessing?Anyway, he didn't think about fighting for the throne or anything, just like what his wife said, he doesn't occupy the heir to the throne, and his brothers don't rank high.Moreover, although his concubine's status in the palace is not low, there is nothing special about the status of concubine Zhao and Xie.After thinking about it like this, the fifth prince is not someone who can swing left and right, he said, "OK, I'll call the Chief Historian to give advice on how to write this memorial."

Xie Moru stopped him and said, "Although in the eyes of others, this matter is related to the ethics of concubines and concubines, but it is just a matter of His Highness' father, son and brother. Why do you need outsiders to advise you? You can write whatever you think, Your Highness. Anyway, we sincerely want to retire, so your Highness should write more earnestly." There is another sentence that Xie Moru didn't say, if the memorial polished by the Chief Historian, according to Emperor Mu Yuan's ability, he should be able to see it.As an emperor, he was always suspicious, so he could think that this was a strategy discussed by the Fifth Prince and the staff in the palace.It's not as good as the fifth prince's own writing, although it's not as perfect as the aides' polishing, but it shows sincerity.

The fifth prince immediately spread out a blank seal, and Xie Moru rubbed ink for him, and the husband and wife began to discuss the seal in whispers.

(End of this chapter)