Qiao Yuyan looked at the person opposite her coldly. Concubine Hui was holding an air of dignity. Although she was smiling, the arrogance in her expression was obvious.
Pei Yayi kept waving her hands aside, looking like she was about to cry but not crying. She looked at Mrs. Xu and the old lady with anxious and worried eyes.
Qiao Yuning was rare and honest. She sat in her seat with her eyes lowered and remained motionless, turning a deaf ear to what was happening in front of her.
The old lady was naturally furious, but Mrs. Xu was a little stunned.
"Mom, no, I've always been fine at home, really..."
Concubine Hui's face turned cold, "As the ruler of the first palace, don't I have any dignity at all?"
As she said this, she turned to Aunt Pei and said, "Yayi, I am not only doing this for you, but also for myself. I and you are now opposite-sex sisters. You are just a concubine in the Qiao family. If it spreads to the palace, I'm afraid...
Those people below will make even me laugh."
At this time, the old lady spoke in a deep voice, "There is no explicit example of a flat wife in the laws of our dynasty. It's just those unscrupulous families outside who create such a flat wife. How can I, the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, do this?
A matter of face? My dear, I’m sorry to obey!”
"Bold!" Before Concubine Hui could say anything, the female official on the side scolded her sharply, "It is a great honor for your family to come to your house today. Now that I have given such a small order, your Qiao family dared to push back, but you did not stop us.
Does your Majesty take it seriously?"
With this scolding, everyone in the Qiao family could only kneel down again immediately, but Concubine Hui gently scolded her female officer, "Quickly retreat, this is the residence of Uncle Zhongyong, and the old lady is the personally named Madam.
Can you tolerate your mistake?"
Then he quickly helped the old lady up and said, "My people are ignorant, so please don't be offended, old lady."
Seeing that the Qiao family didn't speak, Concubine Hui stood up and said, "I've been out for a long time and it's time for me to go back. What I just said was just a suggestion to your family. Whether it works or not, of course, it depends on your opinion.
Although I am the imperial concubine, it is not for me to interfere in the family affairs of my ministers. If you finally make a decision, good or bad, you should come and inform me."
After Concubine Hui left, Aunt Pei immediately knelt down in the old lady's yard and said, "Old lady, this is definitely not an elegant idea. In fact, Concubine Hui took the dignity of the palace into account and made her own decision."
The old lady didn't bother to listen to her singing, so she went back to her house, made her kneel outside, and sent everyone else away, leaving only the eldest daughter and her mother.
After what happened today, Mrs. Xu's face looked a little ugly.
"I shouldn't have told you that you have such a big belly now, but after all, this is your business, and you will live your life in the future. I will inevitably involve you."
The old lady said, and asked Aunt Zhao to get a clean cushion and let Xu lean on it.
Mrs. Xu remained silent, only frowning her beautiful eyebrows.
"Old lady, what do you think of today's events?" Qiao Yuyan glanced out the window and asked a little irritably.
"Listen to what she said, it's clear that Concubine Hui is here to oppress us! She also pretended to be pitiful. How could I have been deceived by her into opening the door and letting her into Qiao's house?"
The old lady said this with a hint of regret in her tone.
"You, go find two strong women and throw her back to Qiyun Pavilion! I feel sick listening to her voice!"
Aunt Zhao quickly agreed and went down.
Pei Yayi's voice came from outside, "The old lady's mistakes are all Yayi's fault. Don't get angry. If the old lady is in trouble, Yayi is willing to take her own life with three feet of white silk.
It’s causing trouble to the government.”
Aunt Zhao knew the old lady's temperament best, and she immediately retorted after hearing this, "Auntie, you'd better put a stop to this trick of retreating in order to advance! You are threatening the old lady with death, if you have the intention, don't shout out, just do it, just do it.
I'm afraid my aunt doesn't have such a decision!",
After saying hello, Aunt Pei was carried away.
The old lady looked at Xu with a sneer, "How about it? This is the thing you have trusted all these years!"
Mrs. Xu was stunned when she heard what Nanny Zhao had just said. Faced with what the old lady said at this moment, she couldn't say a word. She just covered her mouth with a handkerchief and cried.
"It's useless to cry now. At the beginning, I strongly opposed Dalang's acceptance of her, but you and your wife are soft-hearted, which makes it seem that I, the aunt, can't tolerate her!
Why can't I tolerate her? If she could do something like that, it means she has evil intentions. How could I want to stay at home with such a person?
And that daughter of hers, you either held her directly under your knees back then, but you still let her raise her. I don’t dare to touch the things raised by such people. Sure enough, they are all rubbish."
This is the first time the old lady has judged someone like this. Even when faced with the scandals Qiao Yuning did in the past, she never said they were worse and worse. It can be seen that she was really angry.
Mrs. Xu could only cry. Over the years, Aunt Pei has never fought or grabbed her, and she has been helpful to her. She has always regarded her as a sister.
Not to mention Qiao Yuning, who always acted filial, considerate, and considerate in front of her in a well-behaved manner. How could she think that these were all fake?
Now that all this was torn apart and placed in front of her, she really couldn't accept it.
But what the old lady said has already been said for this purpose, how can it still be false?
She didn't speak, so Qiao Yuyan came and said, "Grandma, Concubine Hui clearly wants us to have a different attitude now. What should we do?"
The old lady glanced at Qiao Yuyan, and then moved her eyes to the Buddha statue in the Buddhist niche aside. After a long time, she sighed leisurely, "I'm afraid that the Holy One..."
When she said this, she stopped talking almost subconsciously, then looked around, then lowered her voice and said, "I'm afraid we don't have much time left."
"Ah?" Qiao Yuyan was startled, and Mrs. Xu forgot to cry and looked at the old lady in horror.
"Grandma, you can't say this nonsense! It's a grave crime to punish the nine tribes!" Qiao Yuyan's hands were shaking a little. She never expected that the old lady would say such a sentence.
"Although Your Majesty rarely goes to court in recent years, and major affairs in the court are all decided by the cabinet, he has almost never been absent from major events such as offering sacrifices to heaven. But look at this year..."
Qiao Yuyan nodded lightly, "I've heard for a long time that Your Majesty's health has gotten worse this year."
"It's hard for us ministers to know exactly what the situation is," the old lady paused, "but we can guess a thing or two just by looking at the movements of the fifth prince and seventh prince factions."
Seeing that Qiao Yuyan was listening attentively, she went on to explain her confusion, "The last time Princess Jinghe came to our place, she didn't have this attitude!"