April 8th is Buddha’s Birthday!

After seven or eight days of "hunger strike", Concubine Xie finally forced Min Huang to lift the house arrest order on her.

"I knew Jiulang wouldn't really keep me locked up forever!"

"Humph, so what if he's the emperor? He crawled out of my intestines after all. How could he really be unfilial to his biological mother?"

Concubine Xie was very proud. Not only did she change into a brand new palace dress, she also brought enough palace maids and eunuchs with her.

A group of people marched towards the palace gate in a mighty procession.

Rows of carriages have gathered at the gate of Taiji Palace.

The Queen Mother was a Buddhist and would go to Ci'en Temple in the suburbs of Beijing to pray for blessings every year on Buddha's birthday.

As the saying goes, what goes up comes down, and since the Queen Mother did this, many concubines in the harem also followed suit and burned incense.

On the Buddha's birthday, all the noble ladies above the rank of concubine in the palace would follow the Queen Mother to Ci'en Temple.

Although Queen Gu and Queen Mother Wang fought to the death, on the surface, they were a "harmonious mother-in-law and daughter-in-law" where everyone was happy.

Gu Qingcheng personally held the Queen Mother's hand and respectfully escorted her to the carriage.

"My Lady, the Consort hasn't arrived yet!"

The person who came to report was a young eunuch, about 20 or 30 years old, tall and slightly fat.

He looks very friendly, smiles whenever he speaks, and his smile is very natural.

His name is Zhao Fu. He is the chief eunuch of Anyi Palace and also the confidant of the former queen, Queen Gu.

Perhaps the time the master and servant spent together was not long, only three years.

But Zhao Fu was very loyal to Queen Gu.

It’s not that Zhao Funu is strong-willed, or that Queen Gu is charismatic, but that Zhao Fu is a smart man.

He had a very sharp eye for people. He could tell from Queen Gu's words, actions, and behavior that she was a strong person.

It will never be wrong to follow the strong!

Zhao Fu chose to be loyal to Queen Gu, and didn't Queen Gu also choose Zhao Fu among many eunuchs?

Zhao Fu stayed in the palace for more than ten years and once served the late emperor.

When the previous emperor passed away, many eunuchs were buried alive with him, but Zhao Fu was the only one who escaped.

No one knows how he did it, but Queen Gu felt that Zhao Fu's survival was not just luck, he must have had means beyond ordinary people.

Therefore, when choosing the chief eunuch, Queen Gu promoted Zhao Fu.

In the past three years, Zhao Fu has proved himself with his actual actions.

He is indeed smart and extremely capable.

Zhao Fu also played a significant role in Empress Gu's ability to weave such a large network in the harem.

"Your Highness, the auspicious time for departure is almost here. How about you escort the Queen Mother out of the palace first?"

Zhao Fu is so smart and is definitely a very good person.

But he also couldn't understand Concubine Xie's train of thought—

Why did you have to be late?

Is it to show that she is more noble than the Queen Mother?

But what matters most is not such trivial matters.

On the contrary, Concubine Xie's behavior is that she has no rules and does not accept gifts.

The key is that it is easy to miss the auspicious time.

Zhao Fu believes that people may not believe in Buddhism, but they cannot blaspheme it.

We are going to worship Buddha, but we have to be late——

In one word, stupid!

Four words, I don’t understand what they mean!

"Well, I will escort the Queen Mother out of the palace first. You, on the other hand, will go to Ganlu Palace."

Gu Qingcheng could have a better way of handling it.

It is definitely possible to cover all aspects and have the best of both worlds.

But, she doesn't want to!

She still followed the original owner's habit and directly threw the trouble to the person who should deal with it - Min Huang!

If you let your troublemaker mother out yourself, you will have to deal with the new trouble she creates yourself.

Filial piety should be done by the filial son himself, and never outsource filial piety!

Gu Qingcheng said: I am the queen who cooperates with you, not a little wife who comes to be bullied!

Zhao Fu’s forehead twitched:…I knew it would be like this!

Haha, she is worthy of being the Queen, so domineering.

It was precisely because he knew his queen's behavior that Zhao Fu said, somewhat presumptuously, "Why don't you escort the queen mother out of the palace first."

Because for an excellent eunuch, he only needs to obey the master's orders and must not give suggestions to the master without authorization.

"Yes! This old slave saved it!"

Zhao Fu bowed in response and quickly went to Ganlu Palace.

Gu Qingcheng, on her side, called on everyone to set off.

At the command, the large army began to move.

By the time Concubine Xie, who wanted to be the "finale", arrived, the palace gate was already empty.

"Great! What a great Gu family! How dare they not take a concubine like me seriously?"

Concubine Xie was so angry!

Having a daughter-in-law of noble birth has this biggest flaw:

She looked down on herself from the bottom of her heart!

In fact, neither Queen Gu nor Gu Qingcheng had ever shown their contempt for Concubine Xie.

They are all true noble ladies from aristocratic families, and they never look down on people who are not as good as themselves in background, knowledge or wisdom.

Because they don't need to, they are noble and excellent enough in themselves, and they will not be jealous of others.

There is no need to elevate yourself by belittling others.

They are able to treat everyone fairly and impartially.

Of course, even if Queen Gu and Gu Qingcheng really hated someone, based on their plot, they would never show it at all.

They are always humble and polite, giving people a warm feeling.

However, Concubine Xie has an inferiority complex. Even if Queen Gu and Gu Qingcheng perform perfectly, she always feels that they look down on her.

Queen Gu & Gu Qingcheng: ...If you insist on thinking this way, there is nothing I can do.

To put it bluntly, Gu Qingcheng really doesn't care what Concubine Xie is like.

Looking at the entire harem, the only person who cares about Concubine Xie is Min Huang.

Min Huang: ...I don't want to care about her, but I have no choice!

His biological mother is someone he can never get rid of in his life.

After hearing Zhao Fu's report, Min Huang did not blame Gu Qingcheng.

Why blame others?

Blame her for abandoning Concubine Xie and sending the Queen Mother out of the palace first?

What a joke!

That was the Queen Mother, Min Huang's legal mother.

If Gu Qingcheng disrespected the Queen Mother for the sake of a concubine, then that would be wrong.

Not only would Min Huang have to "reprimand" him, but even the court officials would have submitted a memorial to impeach him when they heard about it.

The Queen is a person who abides by the rules of etiquette and is also the most intelligent. She would never do such a stupid thing that would give others a handle.

Ever since Min Huang was able to hear people's inner voices, he had a subversive understanding of the people in the harem.

In the past, if the Queen had "passed the buck" like this, Min Huang would have blamed her in his heart for being too arrogant and aloof, even if he didn't say it out loud.

But now, Min Huang could only think: "Aqing is in a dilemma! On one side are the rules of etiquette, and on the other side is my beloved's biological mother."

"For the sake of the overall situation, she can only consider etiquette and law."

"Besides, Aqing didn't ignore my mother. Didn't she send her most useful eunuch to look for me?"

Fortunately, Huoshui couldn't hear Min Huang's inner voice, otherwise it would have been stunned -

She is worthy of being the Queen Mother. She even made the Emperor start to PUA himself!