The old eunuch looked down at the Queen Mother Guo, frowned, and asked angrily: "The Queen Mother, is what she said true?"
Queen Mother Guo stopped what she was doing, looked up and glared at the three sisters. She couldn't help but let out a deep sigh, then leaned down again and patiently stacked the washed dishes together. Seeing her silence, the old eunuch thought she had admitted
After realizing the fact of bowling, he pinched his waist and said fiercely: "Ms. Guo, this place is not as good as Cining Palace, and you are not the Queen Mother now. Our family calls you the Queen Mother because you have taken care of our family in the past."
For my sake, this is a cold palace. When you get here, you have to abide by the rules here. The bowl you just broke is the one used by the current emperor. According to the folk saying, if you damage something, you have to pay for it. Let’s see how you behave now
You don’t look like a rich owner, what do you think our family should do with you?”
"Eunuch, since she can't pay compensation, then she should follow the rules of the palace." Xiao Susu said angrily. Usually, if a servant in the palace makes a mistake, he will be slapped with a few big boards at worst, or he will be locked up for three days at worst.
Three nights, the so-called 'rules'
The old eunuch patted his forehead with a bitter look on his face and said, "Oh, this is really difficult for our family to deal with. This Guo is also the mother of Long Live Lord after all. Our family is punishing her for such a small thing. It seems like——"
Xiao Susu said angrily: "What are you afraid of? If anything happens, we three sisters will be in front of us. Father-in-law, don't forget that the three of us are still concubines canonized by the emperor. One day, the emperor will still favor us. At that time,
I will speak kindly to you in front of the Emperor."
"That's right, father-in-law, just take care of business. Don't worry about the rest. As long as you act according to the rules, your benefits will be indispensable in the future." Xiao Rongrong came over and echoed. Although Xiao Yingying has never expressed her position, but from her uncontrollable expression
From the look on I's face, it's clear that I have no objections
The old eunuch nodded assuredly, bowed his hands to the three sisters respectfully and said: "We would like to thank the three empresses for their kindness." Then he shouted arrogantly: "Come here, Mr. Guo deserves to break the holy bowl of Lord Long Live."
Punishment, give me a heavy punishment of fifty on the spot."
"Yes! Father-in-law." Several eunuchs walked up to Queen Mother Guo holding long sticks. Queen Mother Guo's face darkened, and she hugged the wooden basin with both hands and refused to let go. When the old eunuch saw this, he picked up a stick and was about to hit her.
I hit him on the back, and suddenly I heard a loud voice coming from behind me.
"If you can, just fight."
When the old eunuch heard the emperor's voice, he was so frightened that he quickly threw away his stick and knelt on the ground. Several other eunuchs fell to the ground one after another. The Xiao sisters looked back and saw Shao Yan and Yun Yun coming towards them. The three sisters came together.
Instead of being arrogant and arrogant just now, he hurriedly knelt down to greet him, "I have seen the emperor, long live long live long live long live the emperor."
"This slave is here to see your Majesty, Concubine Yun -" The old eunuch panicked and didn't know what to say for a moment. He banged his forehead on the ground and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty - Your Majesty forgives - your sin, slave.
--talent--"
Shao Yan rolled his eyes at him and said coldly: "Weren't you very powerful just now? Why have you become so timid all of a sudden? Where is your energy to hit people?"
"Your Majesty, have mercy on me. This slave is ignorant and deserves death." The old eunuch lay on the ground and trembled all over.
"You also know that your crime deserves to be punished by death. Well, I will do it for you. Someone, come and pull this slave out and chop it up." Shao Yan gave an order, and several imperial guards came over and dragged the old eunuch out forcibly.
Just a scream of "ah" was heard, and the Imperial Guards came to report that the old eunuch had been executed. The three sisters of the Xiao family were shocked when they heard this. They all knelt down and begged: "Your Majesty, forgive me, I am concubine——"
"Shut up, from now on, you are no longer my concubines." Shao Yan interrupted them sharply, glared at the three of them coldly and said, "I will send you three to the cold palace, partly because of what you have done.
The second reason for the punishment is that I want you to take good care of the Queen Mother. It is an opportunity that I have given you to redeem yourself and make meritorious deeds, but each of you still refuse to change your ways."
Seeing that no one of the three sisters dared to speak, Shao Yan said sternly: "You only have one chance. Since you don't want it, why should I beg you so hard? Don't you want to go out to the palace? I will grant it to you. Whoever comes,
Get these three vicious women out of the palace quickly. From now on, I don’t want to see them again.”
"Yes!" Several eunuchs quickly came up and pulled the three sisters out. When Xiao Yingying left, she turned back and glared at Shao Yan, with a gleam of resentment in her eyes, and kept shouting: "Your Majesty, you are so cruel, you will drive away my concubines today.
He will regret it if he leaves the palace——, Your Majesty, you will regret it——”
Seeing the figure getting further and further away and the voice getting smaller and smaller, Shao Yan snorted coldly, I will never do anything I regret. If I meet such sly-hearted women like you, I would rather be a bachelor than just let it go.
They walked quickly to the Queen Mother Guo together, knelt down and kowtowed: "I have seen my mother."
Queen Mother Guo let go of her hand holding the wooden basin and smoothed the messy hair from her forehead, revealing a face full of sweat. There was also some sewage splashed from the wooden basin while working, which was mixed with the sweat.
The whole face looks dirty
Seeing this, Shao Yan couldn't help but his nose felt hot, and he felt a little like crying. He thought to himself, the woman in front of him was not the former graceful and noble queen mother. She was clearly the most ordinary village woman in the countryside.
Gorgeous clothes, wearing a patched commoner, no fair complexion, except for a ray of white on the palms, the rest of the place is dark yellow, no happy smiles, some only faint bitter smiles
Shao Yan took a handkerchief from Yunyun, gently wiped the sewage on her forehead, and said with tears: "My son and minister are unfilial, and my mother has been wronged here."
Empress Dowager Guo held Shao Yan's hand and shook her head affectionately, "With the words of the emperor, the queen mother will not feel pain no matter how hard it is. It's just that the emperor, as the king of a country, should rarely come to such places in the future. Here.
It’s dark all year round, please don’t let your misfortune come upon you.”
"Queen Mother, don't say that. You are the mother who gave birth to me and raised me. How can any son be willing to leave his mother alone in a place like this? Queen Mother, please go back with me." When Shao Yan said this, his eyes were already wet.
, his parents died in a car accident when he was eight years old, and he has never enjoyed the love of his parents since then. But at this moment, for some reason, he seems to see the shadow of his mother in Queen Mother Guo. Although the two are very different in every aspect,
The love that comes from the heart is very similar. Looking at Queen Mother Guo's eyes full of motherly love, Shao Yan couldn't help but throw himself into her arms. The mother and son hugged each other and cried. Yun Yun looked at this.
In this scene, I couldn't help but secretly wipe away a few tears
After a long while, Queen Mother Guo gently pushed up Shao Yan's head, wiped the tears from his eyes, and said with a smile: "My mother made a big mistake with a single thought back then. It is also appropriate for me to atone for my sins here. Your Majesty should take the overall interests of the country into account."
For the most important thing, don't be emotional. In these days when the mother is not with the emperor, I hope that the emperor will no longer be willful."
Seeing that Empress Dowager Guo's attitude was still resolute, Shao Yan knelt at her feet again and said: "Filial piety comes first among all good deeds. I don't seek to be a saint. I only ask that my mother can help my children to fulfill their filial piety. If my mother does not agree,
If you go back with me, I will order people to move my bedroom to this place. If my mother doesn’t come back for a day, I will never leave this place even half a step."
"You——," Queen Mother Guo couldn't laugh or cry. She straightened up and said angrily: "If the emperor still has the mother Aijia in his eyes, he should listen to the queen mother and order you two to go back and rest quickly."
Yunyun then knelt down and kowtowed: "The Queen Mother's decree, my son and the Emperor dare not disobey it, but I ask the Queen Mother to send my son to the cold palace. I wish to stay with my mother forever."
"You - you two are going to make Aijia angry to death?" Queen Mother Guo was angry and funny. Having such a filial son and daughter-in-law is indeed a great blessing in life, but when she thinks of the fire at Yunfu's house
, she felt very uneasy in her heart.
Having stayed with the old queen for ten years, Yunyun could naturally understand her thoughts, so he said: "Queen mother, people cannot be resurrected after death. Let what happened back then be allowed to pass. Besides, this is definitely not your fault alone.
I have learned from Mr. Deng that most of the reason my father's family was wiped out was due to Guo Wei's cunning plan. It was him who sowed discord in front of you, which made you mistakenly believe the slander for a while, which eventually led to this tragedy. Guo Wei was the chief culprit in the entire case.