Chapter 3. Trade-offs
Queen Wei felt uncomfortable. She didn't like Zhu Yuan, but Chu Tingchuan clearly had the same heart as the Queen Mother.
Such a daughter-in-law is also annoying when she gets married.
But although she felt uncomfortable, she knew that it was not the time for her to decide, so she had to suppress her depression and ended the conversation kindly.
As the Empress Dowager said, Empress Wei did not make things difficult for her. Although she could not be very friendly, this was enough for Zhu Yuan.
People's preferences cannot be changed at once. Besides, Empress Wei probably controls Chu Tingchuan too well, so she felt disappointed without achieving her goal.
But she should always get used to it.
Even my son has no reason to obey her.
She withdrew with great etiquette, and the old lady asked her with a smile: "What do the county lord think?"
Zhu Yuan nodded frankly.
It will be enough for everyone to respect each other in the future.
The old man and the aunt smiled but said nothing. When the two of them left the Queen's Palace, they saw a team of ceremonial guards walking towards them.
At this time... they hesitated slightly and stepped aside. When the ceremonial guard arrived, they realized that it was Concubine Gong's ceremonial guard.
When Concubine Gong saw them, she immediately called and said hello to Weng and Aunt Weng first.
The old lady was very polite to her. When she heard her say she was visiting the queen, she said, "The Queen is resting, but Concubine Gong is afraid that it was a coincidence."
Since Queen Wei recovered from illness, she has rarely seen palace concubines.
There were few who came before.
This time it was so coincidental that it was obvious that the drunkard's intention was not to drink.
The gentleman knew this well. Sure enough, when he heard the gentleman say this, Concubine Gong immediately laughed: "It seems that this palace is coming." He smiled at Zhu Yuan again: "It's because the Lord Huining County has come to the palace. I happened to have something to ask you, I don't know if you have time?"
Concubine Gong has always been confused, and she can't do it even if she is not confused, and she can't carry her family up to her mother who abandoned her, but instead ignores her adoptive mother's family.
Both Weng and Zhu Yuan knew this, and both knew that Concubine Gong came over and was afraid that it would not be a good thing.
But after all, Concubine Gong is Chu Tingchuan's biological mother, so she can't refuse for no reason.
After a moment of silence, Zhu Yuan said, "Yes, what does the Empress want to ask, and everyone knows it."
Concubine Gong nodded and said politely to Weng Gu, "Then I'll bother you. At that time, I will ask someone to send Huining County Lord back to the Empress Dowager's harem."
The old lady was still a little worried, but she was too busy to stop her, so she had to wink at Zhu Yuan and then take the people back to the empress dowager's harem to report her life.
Concubine Gong led Zhu Yuan into the imperial garden, looked at Zhu Yuan with a complicated expression, and said, "Have you heard about the county lord Huining? I heard that the emperor wanted to marry you and Tingchuan."
Zhu Yuan had already heard about the marriage grant from the second person.
She didn't look up, nor did she know what reaction she expected from her, so she simply didn't speak.
Concubine Gong didn't expect anything to ask from her. Seeing that Zhu Yuan just lowered his head and said nothing, she smiled and asked in an unknown way: "Don't the Lord Huining County lord say anything?"
Zhu Yuan thought about it and asked, "Where did Concubine Gong hear this news?"
Concubine Gong frowned.
She didn't want Zhu Yuan to inquire about this.
Because of this, she turned her head and looked at her with a little impatiently: "No matter where I heard the news, things will go like this now. Doesn't you still understand this truth as a smart person like Miss Zhu?"
Zhu Yuan knew that this was the case.
She didn't speak.
Concubine Gong became more and more angry. She looked at Zhu Yuan coldly, as if she was looking at a thing that could not be seen on the surface, and said softly but firmly: "A person is more important to know himself. You have a huge difference in status with him. How can you be worthy of his position as the concubine?"
Zhu Yuan suddenly understood how difficult it was for Chu Tingchuan.
Needless to say, Queen Wei, Concubine Gong is even more stupid.
No wonder she had nothing worth mentioning except for the fact that she had given birth to Chu Tingchuan in her life.
It seems that Emperor Jiaping didn't like her now that it is understandable.
Although a beauty is a beauty, it is enough to make people retreat when they open their mouths.
She didn't want to accompany Concubine Gong to say these useless nonsense, so she simply did it once and for all: "Grandmaster forgive me. I have never heard of such rumors, nor have I heard others say that the Empress has a noble status, so she shouldn't believe the rumors and spread rumors."
Concubine Gong opened her eyes wide, unable to believe that Zhu Yuan would say that.
But before she could speak, Zhu Yuan had already taken the lead and continued: "Although the daughter of the minister is humble, she is also a county lord with a title. The Empress said this, have she ever thought about the reputation of the minister? If the Emperor had no intention of giving a marriage in the end, how should the daughter of the minister behave? Besides, if the Emperor of the Emperor of the Marriage means true, the Empress asks me to say these words in private, is it because she wants the daughter of the minister to resist the order?"
Concubine Gong couldn't say a word at all, and she was a little angry when she saw Zhu Yuan biting her lip.
This woman is really clever and sarcastic.
She said something, Zhu Yuan had a hundred words waiting behind him, and the person who was blocked could not say a word at all. He was so smart.
She thought about it again and again, but still sneered with a heavy expression: "You have to think clearly, don't think you will really rest assured in the future!"
Zhu Yuanfu got lucky. When Concubine Gong left, she raised her head and looked at Concubine Gong's back, and shook her head lightly.
After returning to the empress dowager's harem, the empress dowager asked about Concubine Gong's reasons. After thinking about it, she told the truth.
Concubine Gong is so stupid and is so easy to be provoked at any time. If she fails this time, she may not be able to do other stupid things in the future. Since that is the case, it is better to make a decision earlier and cut off her thoughts.
The Queen Mother was indeed very angry.
It would be fine if this Concubine Gong could not help Chu Tingchuan, but she would often come out to pull her back.
She hadn't learned a lesson about her parents' family last time.
After thinking for a while, the Empress Dowager said to the old lady: "Go to pass on the will of Ai's family. Ai's family dreamed of the Buddha last night and decided to make a vow to copy 500 scriptures and worship them in front of the Buddha. She always worshiped the Buddha, so she asked her to copy it for Ai's family, which was also her filial piety."
Since Concubine Gong was really idle and had nothing to do, she would find some things for Concubine Gong to save her from thinking about some things that were not available all day long.
Gu Weng couldn't help but feel a little funny. Concubine Gong was familiar with copying scriptures, but no matter how much she calculated, she still had 500 copies. I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to take time to care about other things in the near future.
She hurriedly responded and turned to go to pass the order in person.
Zhu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Chapter completed!