A Thousand Hills

Chapter 345

It has to be said that compared to the case of Li Zhongnan, Governor of Shu, most of the noble families in the imperial capital focused on the East Palace and the Charity Palace.Empress Dowager Hu has never seen Princess Xie since the establishment of the crown prince.

There is no mistake in the etiquette of Crown Princess Xie. When she was a feudal concubine in the past, she would enter the palace to pay her respects on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year according to the rules. Now that she is a prince concubine, she will go to the Palace of Mercy every day if she is close.Whether or not the Empress Dowager can see her is one thing, and Princess Xie never misses it once.Not only is she going to the Palace of Mercy, but even if the Empress Dowager Hu does not see her, she still needs to be informed by the people in the Palace of Mercy. The Empress Dowager Hu has a serious headache and complains to her daughter, "I really don't lack her filial piety. If she doesn't come, she will be filial to me."

Princess Wenkang was also quite helpless about this matter, and said, "Mother can tell me what she said, but how can she tell it outside. There is no mother-in-law who doesn't ask her daughter-in-law to pay her respects."

"Isn't she in charge of the East Palace? Let her be born in the East Palace." Empress Dowager Hu thought hard, and came up with a set of polite words, and said to Xie Moru, "I know that the East Palace is busy, so you worry about the prince. To serve the prince well is to be filial to the Ai family. The Ai family knows your filial piety and must be considerate of you, so you will be spared the daily greetings from now on."

How could Xie Mo wait for the means, how could he listen to Queen Mother Hu's words and directly talk to the palace, "My aunt just go back and tell the empress dowager, no matter how busy things are, there is still time to go to the palace of kindness every day to say hello. The empress dowager is considerate of me , I don't want to be pampered and coquettish, it's a loss of etiquette."

The person who came here to spread the word was an aunt Pan, whom the Empress Dowager Hu liked newly, and said with a smile, "Look at what the Crown Princess said, people say filial piety, but according to slaves and maidservants, it's filial piety by the way."

Because it was the end of summer, the afternoon was cold and hot. Xie Moru was taking her eldest grandson and several daughters-in-law to sit in the pavilion in the small garden of the East Palace. She smiled faintly, stretched out her hand and picked a lilac by the pavilion, and asked Aunt Pan, "Auntie, do you know why you are a slave and I am a princess?"

Aunt Pan's face froze, Aunt Pan was also a clever person who could serve in front of Empress Dowager Hu, and she suddenly felt ominous at this moment, she quickly leaned over and said, "My lord, forgive me, it's because the servant is talking too much."

Looking at Aunt Pan's body kneeling on the cobblestone, Xie Moru said coldly, "You are indeed talkative, not only talkative, but you also use your little knowledge to teach me! Just say in front of me today, 'Look at me', Tomorrow, I'm afraid you will be "observed by the servants" in front of the empress dowager, and later you don't want to go to the Zhaode Hall to "see the slaves"! If you are really knowledgeable, you should not kneel here, but stand here People say that slaves bully masters, I have never seen it before, I have only heard about it, but Aunt Pan opened my eyes!"

Aunt Pan was sweating profusely and kowtowed continuously.Xie Moru waved his hand, Wisteria gave him a wink, two maids stepped forward, both of them were born with water, one with a round face "helped" Aunt Pan from the ground, and the other maid with a round face said: , "Look at my aunt, come here to pass a message, even if you are rude to your mother, it's not good to act like this in front of your mother, is it? Hurry up, I will help my aunt to wash her face and comb her hair, otherwise others will see it, I don't know why Yes, you can even bully aunt for us."

The two talked and helped each other, and took Aunt Pan down to tidy up. Aunt Pan wanted to talk again, but the sharp-mouthed little palace maid was holding a big handkerchief in her hand. Looking at her appearance, if she was too wordy, then The little maid's veil was about to gag her.

When Aunt Pan returned to the Palace of Mercy, she was still in good color, and it was up to the owner to beat a dog. Although Xie Moru reprimanded Aunt Pan, she would not let her go back with a gray face.However, when Aunt Pan went back, Ziteng also told the past about cause and effect, and Ziteng whispered softly, "This Aunt Pan talked in the past for a long time, and our mother didn't understand whether she was going to pass on the meaning of the Queen Mother, or I was talking about my own knowledge. The lady thought, no matter the servants or servants in the palace, the master is the first, but this Aunt Pan is different, she actually taught the princess of a country. If you want to say it, wouldn't it be good? It makes people laugh. Our empress said that it is not easy for her to deal with people who belong to the empress dowager's palace, but Aunt Pan is so transgressive, it is better not to let the empress dowager know, so as not to deceive the empress dowager."

Empress Dowager Hu's face turned blue immediately, she didn't know if she was angry because of Xie Moru, or because of Aunt Pan.

Speaking of which, Empress Dowager Hu really has no experience in palace fighting. Back then, Emperor Taizu was desolate, and Empress Dowager Hu gave birth to Taizu's only son and daughter.Then, relying on the emperor's son, he went all the way to the present.Therefore, regardless of Gongdou or overall quality, Empress Dowager Hu really cannot compare with Xie Moru. Xie Moru was able to instantly kill Empress Dowager Hu's confidantes when she was young, let alone now.

Of course, it is true that Xie Moru is not very euphemistic.

Princess Wenkang comforted Empress Dowager Hu in the Palace of Mercy, and Princess Changtai had to come to the East Palace to thank Moru, Xie Moru smiled, "I'm just a slave, I don't take it to heart, Sister Changtai don't worry about me, It would be nice to persuade the empress dowager. The empress dowager doesn't like me at all, and if there is such a trickster who becomes a bridge in the middle of the day, it's only a small matter, and I'm afraid I won't be able to be quiet in the future. I don't mind. No one can fool me. I'm just worried about the Empress Dowager, if she makes trouble for her, it will be our own family who will be sad."

Xie Moru obviously doesn't need comfort, but Princess Changtai also knows that Xie Moru is definitely not a good person.Others don't like the Palace of Grace, and I'm afraid that they have thought of thousands of ways to subdue the Palace of Grace. That Aunt Pan probably had this idea in mind, thinking that Xie Moru would definitely use her to show her favor to the Palace of Grace, so she fell into a coma for a while. Nodding his head, he became frivolous in front of Xie Moru.What kind of person is Xie Mo, how can a maid in the palace handle it, she has a seizure, and it is justified, even Queen Mother Hu has to say that Aunt Pan is rude.Aunt Pan did such shameless things, even if Mrs. Hu would not like Xie Moru again, she would not use Aunt Pan again.

Even if Princess Changtai said, this Aunt Pan is too excited, if the master has something to ask you, just answer the question.When the master asks your opinion, you can say "according to the servant", but if the master doesn't ask, you rush to express your opinion, who are you!What a sightless thing!
Princess Changtai said, "Such arrogance and slavishness should be seen and shot one by one. With the lesson of such slavishness, I think they should know something good and bad in the future."

"I hope so."

In this way, Xie Moru was in the East Palace, and Empress Dowager Hu still refused to let her enter the Palace of Mercy, but Xie Moru's momentum was not inferior to the Palace of Mercy.It was not the first time that Xie Moru had a fit with Empress Dowager Hu. It is said that when Xie Moru was newly married to the fifth prince, even Queen Mother Hu had a fit.Xie Moru didn't realize it, this Aunt Pan never got into Xie Moru's eyes from the beginning to the end, but the daughters-in-law were terrified when they first saw their mother-in-law throwing a fit.

Even Wu Zhen, who was used to hearing her mother say that her mother-in-law was great, was terrified, thinking, after all, Aunt Pan was someone close to her great-grandmother.As a result, Wu Zhen went to the Charity Palace to pay her respects the next day, but she didn't see Aunt Pan at all.Since then, I have never seen Aunt Pan again.This is not Xie Moru's operation, but I just want to know that since Aunt Pan can send a message to the East Palace for Empress Dowager Hu, she is naturally a little celebrity next to Empress Dowager Hu. I don't know how many people are thinking about her. There is no need for Xie Moru to take action, those who are jealous of her position can get her down.

Wu Zhen thought about it for two days, and then she understood that she came from a big family, even Princess Yongfu had a mediocre IQ. When teaching her daughter, she also had a teaching of "Being a master, don't be manipulated by slaves".Wu Zhen was a little frightened because of Aunt Pan's birth in the Palace of Mercy, but she calmed down and thought about it, no matter how much Aunt Pan could speak in the Palace of Mercy, she was still a slave.She violated the master's taboo, and she was caught by the crown princess, so she would be unlucky.

Mrs. Zhao got advice from her aunt Zhao Guifei. Zhao Guifei said lightly, "You see? The princess's kindness to you as daughter-in-laws is because you are her daughter-in-laws, and you are not wrong. Don't really think that She has a good temper. In front of her, you must not slack off."

Mrs. Chu told her husband once, "Mother is in a bad mood, so you usually make mother happy."

Chu felt that it was the Mercy Palace who was in a bad mood right now.However, the mother-in-law has been unable to enter the gate of the Mercy Palace, and now the relationship is even more rigid.It is estimated that in the future, the door of the Mercy Palace will be more difficult to enter.Mrs. Chu told her husband what she was thinking, and said, "Tell me, do you want us to go to the Palace of Mercy to ease things up for my mother?"

Saburo was also very troubled by this, and sighed, "The imperial grandmother has always been prejudiced against my mother. If it is easy to ease it, you don't need you, we, the great grandsons and great granddaughters, have already helped ease it. If you go to the Palace of Mercy and say good things, that's all. , Mother has her own ideas, and when she needs you to go, she will ask you to go. If mother has no other intentions, she can do whatever she wants on a daily basis. "

Chu said, "I'm really worried."

Saburo said, "There is no need to worry too much about this, my mother has never failed."

San Lang's words were partly true, Xie Moru never thought of being soft on the Mercy Palace, it was Concubine Xie Guifei who went to the East Palace to persuade Xie Moru that "peace is the most important", Xie Moru just said, "I and the Empress Dowager It's always been harmonious, so Auntie doesn't have to worry."

There is no need to worry, Concubine Xie is terribly worried.

Concubine Xie Guifei has always been unable to persuade Xie Moru, so she had to call her mother into the palace to complain, "Hey, Mo Ru has such a temper, hey, why doesn't he know how to put the overall situation first? She is not in a hurry, I am in a hurry for her. Don't worry, mother. Forget, the crown prince is registered, but the crown princess is not registered yet."

The old lady Xie's heart tightened, she quickly widened her eyes, looked at her daughter and asked, "What does this mean?" Her granddaughter is married to the prince's famous matchmaker, the prince's official wife, what is it if she is not the prince's concubine?Could it be that the position of the princess can be changed?

"The position of Crown Princess is not for people to call 'Princess Concubine Empress', but for Crown Princess. Mourning for the Crown Princess was granted by a clear decree back then." Guifei Xie glanced at her mother lightly, and asked softly, "Is there a Crown Princess?" Yubao, is there still the crown princess's gold book?"

This question weighs a thousand catties.The old lady Xie suddenly swayed and almost collapsed in the chair. Concubine Xie urgently called "Mother", and stepped over to help the old lady Xie.The old lady Xie held her daughter's soft hand instead, and after a long while she gathered enough strength, she took a breath, her face was already pale, she held her daughter's hand tightly, and murmured, "This, this can't be done." From the fifth prince born from concubine to the real power vassal king, to becoming the first prince, to being the crown prince, this step-by-step process is not only supported by Xie's family politically, but also Xie Moru's 20 years of painstaking efforts.If the crown prince is in the East Palace and Xie Mo goes down, what are the Xie family these years?Isn't it making wedding clothes for others!

The old lady Xie is so old, her mind is spinning very fast, and she can think of so many pros and cons in an instant!Concubine Xie also said, "That's why I want my mother to persuade Mo Ru, it doesn't matter, the most important thing is to secure the seat of the Crown Princess first. Why bother to fight for this leisure, there is no one more important than the Crown Princess. Important matter."

"Your Majesty is right." Mrs. Xie let out a long sigh, not wanting to talk to her daughter anymore, and said, "I'm going to the East Palace right now, so I can persuade her."

Concubine Xie once again told her mother, "She has come so far, and it would be a pity if she fell short because of the disharmony with the Palace of Mercy." Concubine Xie was not all thinking of Xie Moru, she had to think of her son, who is the mother's cousin who is the future The queen is better, or a stranger with no friendship or blood relationship.

Old Madam Xie resigned from Concubine Xie and went to the East Palace. It stands to reason that there is a time limit for ordering a woman to come to the palace to pay her respects.However, Mrs. Xie is obviously not subject to this restriction. Her daughter is a noble concubine, and her granddaughter is a crown princess. Therefore, she has some privileges in paying her respects.Especially after Xie Moru entered the East Palace, even some respectable servants in the palace treated the old lady Xie very kindly and politely.

The old lady Xie has grown old, and Concubine Xie went to the East Palace with the help of the Dagong people in her own palace and her mother.

Xie Moru had a good time in the East Palace, seeing the old lady Xie, he said, "There is fresh venison today, grandma can keep it for dinner."

The old lady Xie still has the heart to eat venison, she is so anxious to death.Greeted Xie Moru first, Xie Moru waved his hand, let Mrs. Xie sit down, and after the maid served tea, he sent them off.The old lady Xie couldn't wait for a moment, and told Xie Moru about the establishment of the crown prince.Xie Moru said, "I know about this, grandma doesn't need to worry."

The old lady Xie said, "Nothing is as important as the matter of the Crown Princess. Why don't you show your favor to the Palace of Mercy for the time being, Your Majesty."

Xie Moru asked with a half-smile, "Didn't I say yes? I go to pay my respects every day, and the etiquette has never been wronged. What about the Empress Dowager?"

The old lady Xie was also stopped by the question, thought for a while, and said, "When I go home, I will ask your second uncle and ask Princess Yi'an a little bit."

"You don't need to be so troublesome. If you can persuade the queen mother, Princess Yi'an will not refuse to persuade you." Xie Moru said, "Since grandma is here, go home and talk to grandfather, let the right person in the court come to the table, please make the crown prince Concubine."

The old lady Xie naturally thought about this method, seeing what Xie Moru said, the old lady Xie nodded, "That's fine, there has to be a noise." The royal family wanted to pretend to be stupid, but the Xie family couldn't do it.

The grandfather and grandson discussed it for a while, and the old lady Xie had no good idea, because she was in a hurry to establish a crown prince, she didn't stay in the East Palace, so she hurried out of the palace and went back to the residence.

Mrs. Xie went back to the mansion, she didn't even have time to take a sip of tea, so she talked with her husband about the establishment of the crown prince. Old Shangshu Xie nodded, "I've been thinking about it these days."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Mrs. Xie was a little annoyed.

Old Shangshu Xie said, "What's the use of talking about you, it's just a lot of worried people." If he had any effective way, he would have used it long ago.

"Tell me, at least when I enter the palace, I can ask the princess." Mrs. Xie leaned on the soft couch, with obvious tiredness on her old face, rubbing her brows and said, "She always has an idea." Yes." Over the years, the Xie family has been convinced by Xie Moru's ability.Xie Moru deserved the first credit for being able to assist the invisible fifth prince to the crown prince of the East Palace.

Old Shangshu Xie asked, "How is the Crown Princess in the palace?"

"It's pretty good." The old lady Xie sighed, "Your Majesty has such a temperament that she can live well anywhere. I am so anxious that I can't see that your Majesty is in a hurry."

Xie Lao Shangshu twisted his beard and smiled, "If you have a plan in your chest, don't be in a hurry."

"Maybe it's just pretending." Mrs. Xie was a little pessimistic, she hated Empress Dowager Hu deeply in her heart, and she didn't know how Empress Dowager Cheng was so smart all her life, she was confused for a while, and she didn't ask this old thing to be buried with her when she died!

Empress Dowager Hu is a woman with little wisdom. It is not uncommon for the old lady Xie to hope that Empress Dowager Hu will die early, but the more this is the case, the more it shows the lethality of Empress Dowager Hu.Yes, the location of the Charity Palace is too lethal.

The result of the first trial by the Xie family was not good, even though it was Xie Bai who arranged the censor this time, he directly participated in the Ministry of Rites for dereliction of duty and neglected the matter of registering the crown prince for so long.Qin Chuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, came forward to plead guilty, and asked Qintian to monitor and count auspicious days, and to establish a crown prince.

Emperor Mu Yuan agreed, but the auspicious day calculated by Qintian will be next year.

The prince didn't ask Emperor Mu Yuan at all, but asked Li Jiujiang to discuss.Li Jiujiang said, "Right now, the most important thing is not to be under the Crown Princess, the most important thing is to save the life of the Crown Princess."

The prince's complexion changed drastically, and he said repeatedly, "This is impossible!" The prince could understand Li Jiujiang's implication. If the royal family did not prepare to thank him, the method is not just a delay.In fact, the method of delay is the most stupid, the royal family has countless ways to let Xie Moru return to the west before canonization.

Li Jiujiang's face was calm, and he said softly, "What I mean is that Your Highness wants to protect the empress. Right now, the empress is safe, but it is not impossible."

The prince was silent for a while, then asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Wait."

The prince was a little disappointed, Li Jiujiang explained, "The queen mother is not the only one who doesn't want to see the empress take the position of princess. Wait a minute, and you will know what these people think. Only when the safety of the empress is guaranteed, can there be a future .”

The prince is often a wise and reliable person, but what happened next directly proves that the prince deserves to be a person with Hu family genes.Although the bloodline of the Hu family is very shallow, and has been corrected by the bloodlines of the Su family and the Mu family, the prince still did a wonderful thing.

What Li Jiujiang meant was that it was enough for the prince to show his respect for Princess Xie.As a result, the prince directly took up the task of testing dishes, because the prince and concubine Xie were in harmony as husband and wife, and they had shared joys and sorrows for many years, and their relationship was very good.The two of them had breakfast and dinner together, and the prince had a work meal at noon, but it was different now.The prince insisted on sharing three meals with the princess, and when eating, the prince tasted all the meals before asking the princess to eat.Even the rice served to the princess by the maid, the prince would exchange it with the princess from time to time, causing the princess to make a fuss, not moved, not lamented.

Anyway, the prince didn't say anything, and he didn't ask his father, you should register my daughter-in-law quickly. The prince directly used actions to show his importance to the princess. Moreover, the prince said in front of his subordinates many times, "Lonely The luck in this life is to marry a virtuous wife, the Crown Princess is Gu's first wife, apart from her, Gu will not allow another woman to stand by Gu's side."

The prince didn't just say this once, and he didn't just say it to one person. He spread it on a large scale.All the subordinates of Zhan Shifu had heard it, and Xiao Tang was very moved, "Your Highness is indeed His Highness." He said to his wife, "I will learn from Your Highness, and we will be good for the rest of our lives." Impressed enough.

When Tie went back to her natal family, she said, "His Royal Highness doesn't say anything else, he is truly unique in virtue, and he has a deep affection for the Crown Princess."

The crown prince values ​​the crown princess, so everyone has to think about it. After the queen mother is lethal, she will be in her eighties.The prince and princess are in their prime, and even if they want to profit from others, they should think more about it at this time.

Even the Empress Dowager Hu curled her lips when she heard the prince's words, and said privately to Princess Wenkang, "Little Wu, this child, has never seen the world. The princess is almost forty, and tomorrow I will ask the Department of Internal Affairs to choose a few ten After five or six deliveries, he will know what freshness is."

Princess Wenkang said, "Why do you bother to do such a thankless thing? If the fifth child is a lust, who in the East Palace Palace is not bright and bright? I have to advise you, let it go when you let it go, your status and status , why bother with your granddaughter-in-law?"

"Am I willing to make things difficult for her? Look at her looks, those eyes! Let me tell you, she is really pleased, and our old Mu family will be in trouble!" Even though the mother and daughter talked in private, Queen Mother Hu still He lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of being heard, and said mysteriously, "Don't look at Xiao Wu's kindness to her now, she will not repay Xiao Wu! Didn't your father be filial to you back then? Grandmother, but what about your grandmother, you have to come forward from the assistant saint before agreeing to make your brother the crown prince!"

"Since you remember your aunt's kindness, why are you embarrassing Mo Rulai?" Princess Wenkang really said good things for Xie Moru.

Empress Dowager Hu took it for granted, "Your aunt is kind to our royal family, but it is true that she did not return power when she took power. Let me tell you, women of their school are born addicted to imperial power, and the fifth child has nothing to do with her." , I’m actually relieved. But look at the appearance of Lao Wu who must be her, and when Lao Wu ascends the throne, she will have the final say in the court! At that time, Jiang Shan’s surname is Mu or Xie, and I don’t even know!”

"Are you thinking too much? It's just that you are so biased towards your uncle, and you didn't give the country to him. It's far worse than your bias towards your natal family." Asking Princess Wenkang, Xie Moru said to Xie The home is actually pretty average, not too close.Even with Concubine Xie's own aunt, Xie Moru walked around very normally.

"Nonsense, I'm partial to your uncle again. Your brother is my own. As a mother in this world, a son is my mother's life. As for her, there are several Dalang, but none of them were born by her." Anyway, don't say No matter how much Princess Wenkang tried to persuade, Empress Dowager Hu could find reasons to refute and prove that Xie Moru would definitely be detrimental to the old Mu family in the future.

Princess Wenkang was also helpless, she was tired of persuading her, so she simply stopped entering the palace.

Princess Wenkang was away, and something happened suddenly to Empress Dowager Hu. Her old man held a flower appreciation party and invited famous ladies into the palace to enjoy flowers, drink tea, and talk.Of course, Empress Dowager Hu is in the name of choosing concubines for the eighth and ninth princes, but, since you are choosing concubines for the eighth and ninth princes, why did you call the prince here?
The prince was a little confused at first, but the Empress Dowager Hu reprimanded the servants, so he had to temporarily put aside the government affairs of the Zhan Shifu and went to the Palace of Mercy. In the end, hey, it was a good trip. , His face turned blue immediately, and without stopping, he bowed deeply to the queen mother, and said, "This is a gathering of women's relatives, men and women are different, grandchildren are not to be disturbed, so let the princess come over to serve you."

The prince turned around and left. The queen mother yelled several times, but she couldn't stop.

The Crown Princess didn't come to the Charity Palace to serve the Empress Dowager Hu. The Crown Princess couldn't stand this disgusting feeling, so she directly moved out of the East Palace and moved back to the Fifth Prince's Mansion.Moreover, Xie Moru directly said harsh words, "I want to see, who wants to replace me!"

Within three days of Xie Moru's words, the ladies who were summoned by Empress Dowager Hu to the Palace of Mercy to have tea and talk that day all quickly settled down.

(End of this chapter)