Chapter 97 Calculation
Outside the majestic Cining Palace, Princess Heyue was kneeling until her legs were numb. Her usually proud head was drooping now. She didn't understand that her mother had punished her for so long.
For a long time, the bright moon was in the sky, and the moonlight shone freely on the dark earth.
How many hours did she kneel?
Two? Three?
Princess Heyue was holding back anger in her heart. In early spring, there was a big temperature difference between morning and evening. Princess Heyue's clothes were thin. Under the blowing of the night wind, her body shivered and her face was as white as paper. "Mother..."
In the Cining Palace, you can see the rich and luxurious furnishings. Sitting on the Kang is a woman wearing an embroidered longevity gown. She is extremely well maintained. She looks like she is only about fifty years old. Her face is like a silver plate, dignified and calm.
, the eyebrows are somewhat similar to Princess Heyue.
Her hair was not messy at all, and a golden phoenix hairpin with pearls in it was inserted into her bun, adding a bit of nobility to her.
"Master, I'm afraid the princess won't be able to hold on any longer."
“You have to hold on even if you can’t help it!”
The woman who spoke slammed the bowl in her hand down on the table, and her hoarse voice revealed a trace of anger: "The emperor didn't say anything, how dare the Ai family let her get up?"
The mother who replied bowed down to calm down the Queen Mother, "Please calm down, I think the emperor must have calmed down."
"When will Heyue make the Aijia worry-free? He is in his thirties, but he is an ignorant person. He made such a scene in Yin Zhangyuan's house, and the emperor saw it..."
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows high, as if Princess Heyue was right in front of her. She raised her hand and pointed to the void, "The Ai family has long said that we should consider the long term. We should consider the long term, but she just refused to listen and openly went to embarrass the daughter of the Marquis of Xining. How could the Ai family survive?
Are you such a fool?"
"Princess Heyue also wishes you a long life for your health."
"snort."
When the Queen Mother heard this, she suppressed the suffocation in her chest. She felt sorry for her only daughter no matter how angry she was. She glanced at the hour on the grandfather clock and said, "Liu Shanggong, let her get up."
He Yue has been kneeling for nearly three hours. If he continues to kneel down, He Yue's legs may become useless.
"According to the decree."
Liu Shanggong hurriedly left Cining Palace himself and led people to help the shaky Princess Heyue in.
"mother……"
Princess Heyue's body leaned against Liu Shanggong's body softly, tears filling her belly filled with grievances, "You don't love your daughter."
"you!?"
Because she had no children, the Queen Mother stood out among the former emperor's concubines and was registered as the Queen. After the Crown Prince ascended the throne, she successfully became the Queen Mother. She only gave birth to Princess Heyue. Now seeing Princess Heyue's pale face and red and swollen eyes, she
Most of his anger was gone, and he pulled his daughter close to him. He kneaded Princess Heyue's red and swollen knees with his well-maintained palms, "Hurry up and get the muscle-activating flower oil."
"It hurts. My legs hurt."
"OK OK."
Although Princess Heyue is in her thirties, she has never been married. She acts like a little girl in front of the Queen Mother, saying, "Mother is so cruel."
The Queen Mother tied up her broken hair and sighed: "It's not that the Ai family is cruel, it's that they don't want the Emperor to be at peace, and both of us are not living a good life. It's not that you can't see how the Emperor's noble concubine is living.
Fu Qingcheng's beauty is too old to recognize now. She was supposed to die. But the emperor wouldn't let her die, so she had to live in pain and suffering."
Emperor Qianyuan's method of 'torturing' people was simply... making others tremble when they saw it, fearing that Emperor Qianyuan would use such methods on themselves.
Emperor Qianyuan was clearly a "tyrant" and "willful emperor" internally, but his reputation among the people as a wise and promising emperor was extremely resounding, and the courtiers also regarded Emperor Qianyuan as a British master.
As the founder of the country, the late Emperor Taizu, Emperor Gao, respected his wife, Empress Gao, but he was also a womanizer. After ascending the throne as empress, he invited beautiful women into the palace to serve the king, and he especially doted on Liu Meiren, who was known as the most beautiful woman at that time.
Within a month, Liu Meiren became a concubine, and was later named an imperial concubine by the late emperor, ranking only under Empress Taizu Gao.
Princess Heyue also grew up in the harem and knew how the imperial concubine was favored. She already had memories at that time, "My father cared most about getting a wife until his death. I don't know what the emperor cared about. Father."
There is absolutely nothing wrong with doting on the young and beautiful imperial concubine. When the imperial concubine pampered her in the harem, my father still never treated the queen lightly."
"What do you know."
The Queen Mother poked her daughter's forehead, shook her head and said: "The Emperor must have seen the suffering of Empress Gao, the great ancestor. The late emperor never ignored Empress Gao, but he also never restrained his love for the imperial concubine. Empress Gao and he were married.
How can I be happy in my heart? Moreover, because of Empress Gao's bloodline, the imperial concubine's willful words and deeds often colluded with the ministers of the previous dynasty to overthrow the crown prince's position."
"If Empress Gao hadn't died of a serious illness to save the late emperor, the late emperor... wouldn't have been talking about the past all the time. Whether the crown prince's position can be retained is another matter."
The Queen Mother curled her lips. The late Emperor was still very emotional. Not long after Queen Gao passed away, he was in poor health. Within three years, he died of illness at the place where he fell in love with Queen Gao. Then the Crown Prince ascended the throne and became the official.
Emperor Yuan.
Because the late emperor died suddenly of illness, the situation in the court was not stable when Emperor Qianyuan came to the throne.
Because of Taizu's empress Gao's bloodline, Emperor Qianyuan was not recognized by the orthodox scholar-bureaucrats, and the remnants of the previous dynasty caused chaos. Emperor Qianyuan used all possible means to smoothly survive the several turbulences in the early days of his accession to the throne and straighten out the court.
Therefore, Emperor Qianyuan was always wary of his courtiers. He did not trust anyone and kept the government affairs firmly in his own hands.
"Brother Imperial is just too domineering and cruel..."
"Harmony!"
"I dare not say any more."
Princess Heyue said hurriedly: "I know that my mother is in trouble, but my brother refused to give you face for the sake of the Jiang family. What did I do wrong? Jiang Dayong's son is a country bumpkin, how can he be worthy of me?"
"Don't call Jiang Dayong a country bumpkin."
"Yes, they are worse than bumpkins."
"Heyue..."
"Mother, please think about it for me. How can I marry into such a vulgar family as the Jiang family? Or be the youngest daughter-in-law? I have to call two country girls my sister-in-law... Can my daughter be willing to do so?" Princess Heyue mentioned the past.
She was so angry about the marriage that the Queen Mother refused to let her marry Wang Yixin. But she had to find a good family anyway. The emperor wanted to betroth her to Jiang Dayong's third son. How could it be so insulting?
"Today I met Jiang Dayong's daughter, tsk tsk, the Jiang family is really cruel and vicious, just like the Jiang family, they have no rules."
The Queen Mother also looked down upon the Jiang family, so she condoned Princess Heyue's wanton words and deeds. The Queen Mother did not expect that Emperor Qianyuan would do things so cruelly. Didn't Princess Heyue want to lose face? Didn't she refuse to marry?
Emperor Qianyuan just picked up the Jiang family and beat Heyue and the Queen Mother so shamelessly. Since Princess Heyue didn't want to marry Jiang Dayong's son, she shouldn't marry him in this life.
Over the years, the Queen Mother had figured it out, and couldn't help but regret that she had allowed He Yue to slap the Jiang family in the face. Now that Jiang Dayong was still favored, how could the Queen Mother continue to allow her daughter to offend the emperor's favorite? She warned sternly: "Okay. The Jiang family won't do it again.
Well, this matter is beyond your control. The Jiang family and the Wang family have made such a big fuss, do you think the emperor has punished the Jiang family?"
"Brother Huang's heart is so biased! I really don't know what Jiang Dayong is worth."
"You have forgotten what happened back then, but the emperor cannot forget it." The Queen Mother sighed: "Even though the Marquis of Xining was not good at anything and was not decent, he saved the emperor. He pacified the northwest for the emperor. The emperor gave up Jiang Dayong with a piece of edict.
All the people in the northwest returned to the capital with their families. Based on this alone, the emperor will think more highly of him. Everyone in the world treats the Marquis of Xining as a bumpkin, but they don't know how smart the Marquis of Xining is."
"mother……"
"The Ai family warns you that even if the Jiang family and Wang Yixin are reconciled, the Wang family is not qualified to be the master due to the current situation of the Wang family. Wang Yixin will not be able to marry you. You should calm down quickly and register as a princess as soon as possible. The Ai family
You can also feel more at ease. Even if the Wang family is still Guan Wenhou, the Ai family cannot watch you marry Wang Yixin. The Wang family... is the one who really has no rules."
"How is that possible? I think he is quite good."
"When the Jiang family and the Wang family were at their worst, you were not in the capital. Naturally, you didn't know that the Jiang family was being 'bullied' by an official slave. It is true that the Jiang family was confused, but the Wang family was not a good person either. They deserved to be taken away by the emperor.
Lord."
The Queen Mother raised her lips sarcastically, "Everyone in the world has forgotten why Empress Taizu Gao insisted on saving the late emperor... They only remember that Taizu and the emperor had a deep love for each other. The most intolerable thing for the emperor is to spoil his concubine and destroy his wife!
It's a good thing that the affairs of the Wang family didn't come out. Once the emperor knew about it, the Wang family couldn't get better. How much did the emperor dote on the concubine back then? After the prince died, the queen's status was in jeopardy, but the emperor allowed the concubine to play around and never touched her.
The Queen's thoughts. The noble concubine thought that the opportunity had come, but the Emperor became more and more cold towards her, and became more and more distant from the second prince."
"Which prince is your brother not alienated from? I think he only treats Gu Tianze as his own prince."
"Harmony!"
"Where did I say something wrong? Didn't the emperor make many exceptions for Gu Tianze? Which prince do you think has Gu Tianze's status? I think the emperor wished he could give the throne to him. The emperor was very romantic when he was young, who knew he
What is the relationship with Mrs. Dingguo? There may be no reason for the groundless rumors. Aren’t they all saying that Mrs. Dingguo looks like Taizu Empress Gao? The Queen Mother also said that the emperor cares about Empress Gao the most...who knows..."
"Shut up, the more you talk, the more you talk."
The Queen Mother directly blocked Princess Heyue's mouth and looked around, "Is it something you can discuss, Your Majesty?"
Factory guards were everywhere. Although the Queen Mother was confident of her control over the maids and servants around her, she was not sure that the Emperor had not arranged spies.
Princess Heyue groaned and pulled away from the Queen Mother's hand, "I went to Yin's house today not to cause trouble for the Jiang family. I learned a prescription to cure the hidden illness of the Queen Mother, and I also met a girl who can bear the pain.
.When you meet her, you will understand what it means to be charming and charming, and what it means to be unparalleled in charm. She is a beauty that even women will be obsessed with."
"Can the Ai family's hidden illness be cured?"
"Yes."
Princess Heyue praised Wang Zhixuan so highly in heaven and on earth that she not only had an extraordinary appearance and a mellow temperament, but most importantly, she had excellent medical skills.
The Queen Mother's hidden illness was very painful. Because men and women were different and she couldn't explain it clearly to the imperial doctor, she kept enduring it and endured it. Now that she heard that there was hope of a cure, the Queen Mother was naturally happy.
In this life, she rose from an ordinary concubine to the position of Queen Mother, and she cherished her life more than anyone else.
"Once she can cure mother's illness, let's help her." Princess Heyue shook the Queen Mother's arm, "The Jiang family has been prosperous for so many years, and the emperor's kindness to the Jiang family is not much left.
Ms. Jiang is taking advantage of her mother's family's power to bully others, but you are not allowed to say a word about her? Wang Zhixuan is so pitiful, mother, how could Mr. Jiang torture a concubine so viciously?"
The Queen Mother suppressed her joyful thoughts, knowing that her daughter was innocent and romantic, and had no scheming intentions. She said: "Aijia has to think about supporting the concubine. Since she has learned medical skills, it is also her ability to treat illnesses and save people.
Yes, if you become arrogant just because you have medical skills, and seek power and gain by treating illnesses, the Aijia will not be able to trust anyone but someone without medical ethics. Even if the medical skills are superb, the Aijia will not dare to use them."
"Mother..." Princess Heyue wanted to persuade her again, but the Queen Mother pursed her lips and said in a low voice: "If the Ai family's disease is not cured, it will only be a little unbearable when it occurs. Normally, it is nothing. But if the Ai family offends the emperor for this,
...It’s hard for the Aijia and you to have a happy ending. Please stop talking, the Aijia has its own rules in mind."
Princess Heyue suddenly felt that her mother, the Queen Mother, was too cowardly and without dignity. She always thought about the emperor's preferences. The Queen Mother should be the most noble woman in the world. Princess Heyue did not believe that Emperor Qianyuan dared to criticize the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was too honest.
He cared too much about the emperor's face, so the emperor paid less and less attention to his mother.
"Heyue?"
"My daughter listens to you."
Princess Heyue snuggled into the Empress Dowager's arms, her bright eyes flashing. Her mother had always looked down on Wang Yixin, and it was becoming more and more difficult for her to forget... Looking at Wang Yixin today made her inexplicably moved more than before.
Wang Yixin was deceived by Jiang.
She had to let Wang Yixin see through Jiang's true face.
If she becomes Wang Yixin's wife, she will never treat Wang Zhixuan badly... That child is so sensible and so pitiful.
…
After Wang Zhixuan settled her uncle and others temporarily, she began to collect evidence. There was some evidence on her uncle's body, but in Wang Zhixuan's opinion, it was not enough to clear the Yin family's injustice.
After all, Wang Zhixuan planned to move the chief minister.
Wang Zhixuan originally planned to talk to the fourth prince, but then she thought that blindly asking the fourth prince for help on such a matter would only make him look down upon her.
In order to gain more weight in the heart of the fourth prince, Wang Zhixuan must show other abilities besides beauty.
Princess Heyue can actually make use of it now.
Wang Zhixuan has never seen a woman more stupid than Princess Heyue. The Queen Mother finally persuaded Emperor Qianyuan to make Princess Heyue a princess. And because the Jiang family lost their Sacred Heart, Jiang Dayong is no longer what he used to be.
Princess Heyue had a chance to get married...she actually uttered arrogant words during Gu Sanshao's ceremony, and was caught by Emperor Qianyuan.
It had been two years since Gu Sanshao died in the battle, but Emperor Qianyuan still missed Gu Sanshao very much. Emperor Qianyuan, who was in a very gloomy mood, did not scold Princess Heyue, let alone beat her. Within two days, Princess Heyue fell into the temple.
She became a monk. According to the official statement, she was suddenly enlightened by the Buddha and converted to Buddhism. In fact, she was escorted to a nunnery by Emperor Qianyuan.
Since Princess Heyue was not sincere in worshiping Qi King Gu Sanshao, Emperor Qianyuan asked her to chant sutras and pray for Gu Sanshao throughout her life.
Because Gu Sanshao died in the battle, the whole court was purged, and Emperor Qianyuan finally put down the butcher's knife. Therefore, the ministers allowed the Queen Mother to cry, and no one dared to say a fair word to Princess Heyue.
Everyone was worried that Emperor Qianyuan's butcher's knife would be pressed against his neck.
Wang Zhixuan originally had no intention of getting too close to Princess Heyue, but she couldn't resist Princess Heyue and took the initiative to get involved. In the past two years, Princess Heyue has been quite useful. Although the Queen Mother in the palace is cautious, she also loves her only daughter.
No matter how bad-tempered Emperor Qianyuan was, he would restrain himself a bit in front of the Queen Mother. At least on the surface he was filial to the Queen Mother.
By getting to know the Queen Mother, Wang Zhixuan became more confident about overturning the case for the Yin family. She could see Emperor Qianyuan if she entered the palace from time to time.
Wang Zhixuan touched her face. The girl in the mirror had bright eyes, extremely gorgeous, and the slightly raised corners of her mouth outlined an enchanting aura. She had the innocence of a girl and a bit of coquettishness. She relied on her talent to learn
, appearance, vision, she was enough to change the impression in Emperor Qianyuan's mind.
Who can understand Emperor Qianyuan like her?
What she lacked was an opportunity, an opportunity to win the attention of Emperor Qianyuan.
Wang Zhixuan cannot go out as she pleases. Unless there is a decree from the palace, she can only be trapped in the Wang family. It is a pity that she is not a man and has no ambitions to display.
"Miss Fifth, the old lady will let you pass."
"got it."
Wang Zhixuan suppressed the impatience in her eyes and massaged Wen's body. She was not a maid. When facing Wen, Wang Zhixuan smiled brightly and had a sweet mouth. She made Wen very happy. Wen
He promised Wang Zhixuan that she would go to the temple to pray for blessings in two days.
After achieving the goal of being able to go out, Wang Zhixuan became even more cute and cute.
Wen also felt that Wang Zhixuan would be a very lucky person in the future, but she slightly disagreed with Uncle Wang's remarks.
"Xuan'er, why don't you go see your father?"
"Father doesn't like to see me very much." Wang Zhixuan showed a bit of grievance, and Wen patted her arm, "The fourth child has a stubborn temper. I don't know who provoked him. When he figures it out, he will definitely cherish you even more.
.”
"Grandma, I have never blamed my father. He didn't love me just because I didn't do well."
Wang Zhixuan's lips were raised high, bright and generous, yet sensible and playful. "I will work harder to please my father in the future."
"Okay, okay." Wen said with a satisfied smile: "After all, you and the fourth child are biological father and daughter, closer than others, and the fourth child has loved you for more than ten years. It's not...it's not that the Jiang family is too violent.
, your father is thinking to the left again. He will not ignore you."
Wang Zhixuan smiled and said: "I made my grandma worry so much. The person my dad should be most grateful to is you."
Wen said: "The person I love the most is him."
Although Aunt Yin's background will affect Wang Zhixuan, the Wen family still hopes that Wang Yixin will be promoted to a noble rank because Wang Zhixuan enters the palace.
Wang Zhixuan was relieved to see Mrs. Wen smiling. Although she was also laughing, there was a wave of ridicule in her heart. She only recognized her mother, but she never thought about worrying about the future of the Wang family.
If she hadn't been unable to go out without Wen's 'love', she wouldn't be so bored as to accompany a long-winded and confused old lady.
…
In Xining Hou Mansion, Wang Zhiyao looked at the gifts put out. "This..."
After all the gift boxes are opened, the jewelry and treasures inside can blind one's eyes. Isn't Marquis Chang Xin too polite?
Wasn't he beaten by Jiang?
Why did you come here to ‘apologize’ with such an expensive gift?
"The Marquis said that he was the one who offended Mrs. Jiang in the Yin family."
"The gift is too expensive, I deserve it."
Wang Zhiyao said to the housekeeper sent by Marquis Changxin: "You'd better take it back. My mother was also wrong about that matter. Please don't take it to heart..."
How dare the butler take the gift back? He smiled and said: "Once the Marquis knows that the villain is not doing things well, he will be punished. You should treat the villain as a pity and accept it first. You can refuse it when you see the Marquis later."
It’s too late.”
"not good……"
"I bid farewell, little man."
The butler greased the soles of his feet and ran away. Wang Zhiyao couldn't help but look at the styles of the jewelry. Chang Xinhou lived up to his reputation as a romantic man and knew how to give gifts to women. The jewelry was of excellent style and suited his identity and age.
Pearl jewelry is dazzling...is it suitable for you?
Wang Zhiyao was puzzled. Normally, if Chang Xinhou wanted to apologize, shouldn't he have to apologize to Mr. Jiang?
How do you give her gifts that she can use?
This...could it be that Marquis Changxin had other ideas?
Wang Zhiyao closed all the gift boxes, and the first thing that came to her mind was that Changxin Hou Lao Niu was chewing young grass. In the imperial dynasty, there were many nobles who married after forty years, most of them were teenage girls.
Could it be that Chang Xinhou had such thoughts?
Wang Zhiyao could only feel disgusted, "Come here, send these things back to the Marquis Changxin Mansion."
Should she say something to Gu Sanshao?
Marquis Changxin is Gu Sanshao's eldest uncle. Wang Zhiyao thought about it and decided not to embarrass Sanshao Gu. She would just stay away from Marquis Changxin in the future.
…
In the palace, beside Emperor Qianyuan stood his new favorite minister He Gui.
He Gui was talking to Emperor Qianyuan, and Emperor Qianyuan smiled from time to time because of He Gui's words.
Emperor Qianyuan looked out, and saw a red sun slowly climbing up the horizon. When the red light fell, a tall and tall figure came from a distance... Emperor Qianyuan said: "Silence."
He Gui shut his mouth tightly and followed Emperor Qianyuan's gaze to look outside.
Gu Sanshao was wearing bright silver soft armor, and his whole body was covered with soft armor, exuding a faint silver light. He had a scarlet red cloak on his shoulders. He did not wear armor on his head, and had a red braid.
The rope tied up his ink-dyed hair, and the braided rope directly reached one third of the braid. The braid on the back of his head seemed to be very stiff, just like Gu Tianze who refused to give in.
"Aze."
Emperor Qianyuan walked out of Qianqing Palace, put his arms around his shoulders, and looked at him carefully for a while, "Aze looks like me today."
"Do you think Aze looks like me?"
"..."
Eunuch Huai En and He Gui looked at each other, what should they say?
Gu Tianze raised the corner of his mouth, cupped his hands and said, "Isn't it that the general should be better than your majesty? How could you have the soft armor that the general has today?"
"You kid... you don't know how to write the word modest, and you really want to compete with me?"
"Isn't it okay?"
"Okay, but Aze has to learn by my side. I'm telling you, don't even think about leading the troops to go on an expedition now."
Emperor Qianyuan smiled knowingly and said: "I remember what I promised you. You don't need to wear soft armor to remind me that when it's time to let you go on an expedition, I won't force you to stay in the capital. That little battle in the south,
Do you like it too? Azze, take a long-term view."
"..."
Gu Tianze stood in front of Emperor Qianyuan in a flash.
Emperor Qianyuan smiled and shook his head, "Let's go to court with me."
Gu Tianze carried Emperor Qianyuan behind his back and winked at He Gui. He Gui's face did not show any fluctuations. Gu Tianze touched his nose. The unjust case of the Yin family... was also an opportunity for him.
ps. Wang Zhixuan is busy and can only help others get promoted and make money. The hard days of Fourth Master Wang are coming. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly vote, and your support.
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