The Queen Mother trusts Ah Xian, and Ah Xian is absolutely loyal to her.

Therefore, in private, the relationship between the master and the servant is very natural, without any distinction between high and low.

Ah Xian raised her hand and picked up an outer garment, carefully putting it on the Queen Mother.

In response to the Queen Mother's question, she smiled and replied, "I am ignorant and can only think of two things—"

"First, Concubine Xie is trying to be on par with you, Your Majesty!"

To put it more bluntly, Concubine Xie still has not given up the idea of ​​becoming the empress dowager.

However, according to ancient customs, there is no rule to make the biological mother the queen dowager while the stepmother is still alive.

At most, she would be given the title of "Empress Dowager".

Unfortunately, Min Huang had just taken power and his foundation was unstable. Even if he was the "Empress Dowager", he had to first obtain the consent of the Queen Mother and find a way to persuade all civil and military officials.

It will not be successful in the next three to five years at least.

However, Concubine Xie ignored all the concerns and insisted on becoming the empress dowager. She cried, made a fuss, and even threatened to hang herself like a shrew.

While Queen Mother Wang secretly despised him, she was also deeply angry - if her own son had not become the emperor, how could a fool like Concubine Xie dare to act so recklessly?

As for the Queen Mother, although she seems noble now, she actually lacks confidence.

After all, the emperor was not her biological son, and relying solely on etiquette and laws could not reassure the Queen Mother.

Therefore, the Queen Mother held the government tightly in her hands and was unwilling to let Min Huang rule the country.

pity--

"Gu is a good queen, the emperor is so lucky!"

The Queen Mother couldn't help but sigh when she thought of the woman of noble birth and who knew how to act.

Alas, if her prince had not died young, he would have married a good wife, and the couple would have loved each other, the mother would have been kind and the son would have been filial, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would have lived in harmony.

Queen Mother Wang is not Concubine Xie. She would not be so foolish as to be jealous of her daughter-in-law.

She will love the whole family, she will -

However, she did not have the opportunity to be a good mother-in-law.

Her only son, the former crown prince of the Dajing Dynasty, died at the age of thirteen after falling from a horse.

And because she blocked a sword for the late emperor while saving him, she was injured and could no longer get pregnant.

In desperation, the Queen Mother chose the ninth prince from among the other princes.

The Ninth Prince is smart and clear-headed. Apart from having a confused mother, he has basically no shortcomings.

And this confused biological mother is not a demerit.

As long as Xie was alive, she would never be a threat to Queen Mother Wang.

Want to be the queen mother?

Haha, even the Queen Mother doesn’t need to step in, Min Huang himself won’t agree.

"Secondly, Concubine Xie wants to ask for a princess to marry for Xie's son!"

Ah Xian seemed not to notice the sneer on the Queen Mother's face and continued to speculate.

She was still "tactful" and did not directly point out Concubine Xie's "wishful thinking".

"Haha, Ah Xian, you don't have to cover up for Xie."

The Queen Mother sneered, "Our Concubine Dowager has great ambitions. How could an ordinary princess possibly catch her eye?"

Having said that, a fierce look flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes.

"She has been eyeing my Ankang for a long time!"

How could she be worthy of it!

Princess Ankang was the Queen Mother's biological daughter and her only surviving child.

The Queen Mother gave birth to one son and two daughters for the late emperor. The eldest daughter died at the age of three, and the eldest son died in an accident at the age of thirteen.

Only the youngest daughter was left, and the Queen Mother treated her almost as her own sweetheart.

This is her Achilles' heel, her life.

As for Concubine Xie, in order to improve the status of her natal family and to help the impoverished Xie family, she actually had a delusion - to let her own nephew marry Ankang!

Concubine Xie found plenty of excuses for her wild idea.

She even pulled Min Huang out: "Jiulang, mother is doing this for your own good!"

"Ankang is the Queen Mother's only bloodline, and she is also the granddaughter that Taiyuan Wang Shi values ​​most. By marrying her to Dalang, Xie Shi will become related to the Wang family."

"As for the Queen Mother, she will also stop making things difficult for you in court for Ankang's sake!"

"Son, mother is doing this for your own good!"

Min Huang: ...

God knows, when he first heard Concubine Xie's words, he was so shocked that he was speechless.

Marrying Ankang, the only legitimate princess of the Dajing Dynasty, to a mere peasant slave?

Is my mother crazy? Is she having a hysterical attack in broad daylight?

Even if she was not the empress dowager's only biological daughter, even if she was just an unfavored princess of the Great Jing Dynasty, she was still a royal lady, a member of the golden branch and jade leaf.

Xie family?

Although it might be unfilial to say this, Min Huang really looked down on the Xie family.

The Xie family is not only poor, but their character is also questionable.

At the beginning, Concubine Xie was selected to enter the palace. Although it was a rule for the royal family to select women, those who met the requirements were not allowed to disobey.

However, any family that loves their daughter will try to find ways to "exempt" her from the selection.

Or prepare more dowry and marry your daughter off as soon as possible;

Or he could spend some money to bribe the flower and bird messenger to help his daughter escape.

As for the Xie family, not only were they reluctant to spend the money, they also had the delusion of "climbing on the dragon and the phoenix".

Their family was very willing and proactive in sending their own daughter to the palace.

In other words, Concubine Xie was lucky and became pregnant accidentally.

Otherwise, according to the palace rules, Concubine Xie would probably have to be a maid in the palace for the rest of her life, and she would not be able to leave that big cage until her death.

How could a family that would trade its own daughter for wealth be a kind and honest person?

Min Huang is not a fool like Concubine Xie. He is rational to the point of being cold-hearted.

To him, the Xie family was just a stranger family, a ruined family that would hold him back in the future!

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