The princess' body trembled slightly. She looked at the queen in disbelief: "Mother..."
The Queen said in a dignified voice: "Tan Tai Shu Ya, kneel down!"
The princess's knees softened and she fell to the ground. She was full of grievances. Every time she came to the queen, she always felt a huge pressure.
She didn't understand why the queen always treated her so harshly.
It was clear that the Queen had treated her kindly and leniently in the past few years; but in the past two years, the Queen had always been unhappy whenever she saw her.
Sitting on the majestic throne of Kunning Palace, the Queen spoke coldly: "You are the mistress of the Prince of Yan's mansion, in charge of the harem. A concubine had an affair with a groom under your nose and got pregnant! Do you want to ridicule the Prince of Yan in the capital?"
"Ms. Shen was favored by the King of Yan and was falsely accused of having an affair. I don't believe you can't see something strange! But you deliberately blinded yourself and tried to kill her!"
The princess' heart seemed to be squeezed. She lowered her head in grievance, and her eyes suddenly turned red.
The princess kowtowed and said, "Please forgive me, mother. It is my fault. From now on, I will not interfere in the struggles of my concubines."
Bang--
The queen smashed the cup in her hand, and the fine Biluochun tea leaves spilled all over the floor, with the aroma of tea filling the air.
The palace maids and eunuchs serving around were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground.
The queen was so disappointed that she angrily scolded, "You are the mistress, and it is your job to manage the harem. But now you are not even half a mistress? You don't ask about the land and shops in the palace! A few days ago, you held a spring banquet and let assassins sneak in!
You either chant sutras in the Buddhist temple every day, or force your children to study to death! Which mistress in Yanjing would be as cowardly as you? "
The princess lowered her eyes and said nothing.
She didn't think she was wrong.
In other big families in Yanjing, wives and concubines fought to the death. Although there were some minor setbacks in the Prince of Yan’s mansion, it was generally peaceful.
The wife and concubine seem to be living in harmony, isn’t that good?
The queen was so angry that her chest heaved. She pointed at the princess and cursed: "You can't even manage a small Yanwang Mansion. How will you be in the future... How will you be..."
The queen did not say the rest, and could not say it.
The princess felt very aggrieved and defended herself, "Mother, I did not manage the palace well, but I raised Cheng Ke and Cheng Zhen very well."
It would have been fine if she didn't mention the two children, but when she mentioned Cheng Ke and Cheng Zhen, the Queen was furious: "The children get up before dawn to study, and recite books late at night. They get sick every now and then at such a young age. Do you call this raising them well? Tan Tai Shu Ya, you will harm the two children sooner or later!"
The princess clutched her sleeves.
The two children started to learn early and were among the best students in the Imperial College. The princess did not think she had done anything wrong.
The queen didn't want to see the princess's stupid face, so she ordered, "Go to the outer hall and kneel down, think about where you went wrong, and kneel until noon before you can return to the palace."
The princess left the main hall with tears in her eyes and felt sad.
Inside the palace, the old maid who served the queen brought a bowl of medicinal soup. After the queen drank the bitter soup, she sighed and said, "I shouldn't have chosen Tan Tai Shu Ya as Yuan Jing's wife back then."
The old nanny comforted her: "Madam, this is not your fault. You arranged everything for the Crown Prince and the King of Yan, but you didn't expect the Crown Prince's health..."
The queen raised her two sons in different ways.
As for Crown Prince Li Yuanchang, the Queen cultivated him as the future heir to the throne and poured all her efforts into him. She forced him to study hard and learn how to handle family and national affairs since he was young.
As for the second son, Li Yuanjing, the queen trained him as the prince's arm, and she devoted much less care to the prince of Yan. The prince of Yan learned both civil and military skills since childhood, and went to the border to gain experience when he was a teenager. He grew up in a relatively relaxed environment and was in good health.
The queen also chose different wives for her two sons. The carefully selected princess consort was well-educated and good at housekeeping. She was a good helper to the prince and would definitely become a virtuous queen in the future.
Yan Wang's wife, Tan Tai Shu Ya, was born into a prominent family. The Queen hastily betrothed her to Yan Wang without thoroughly examining her character and housekeeping skills. After all, there was no need to use the same standards for selecting a crown princess to select a princess.
Everything was going well, but the prince read too much in his childhood, which damaged his health, and now his health is getting worse.
The imperial physician said that the prince had three years at most to live.
The prince was weak and could not consummate his marriage with his wives and concubines, which resulted in the fact that there was no boy in the Eastern Palace. Therefore, the only person who could inherit the throne of Daqing in the future was the Prince of Yan.
The more the queen thought about it, the more headache she had: "Look at Tan Tai Shu Ya's personality. She doesn't care about big things, doesn't care about small things, and forces her children to study to death. She pretends to be as indifferent as a chrysanthemum, but secretly even the concubines are jealous of her. If she becomes the queen in the future, can she manage the harem? Can she handle the conflicts between the former dynasty and the harem?"
Of course not.
To enjoy the honor of being a queen, one must fulfill the corresponding responsibilities. Any woman who becomes a queen cannot have a lazy and sloppy character.
Do your job when you are in your position.
The old nanny pressed the queen's shoulders and patiently advised her: "My queen, if you give the princess more advice, she will understand your painstaking efforts sooner or later."
The queen sighed, "If she hadn't given birth to three children, I would have really wanted to depose her for Yuan Jing. If she becomes queen in the future, the harem will be different from the palace, and every woman will be a beast."
Those wives and concubines in Prince Yan's mansion who are incompetent and lazy will sooner or later be killed to pieces in the turbulent harem.
The queen closed her eyes, her nose sour: "I feel even more sorry for Yuan Jing... All these years, my thoughts have been on Yuan Chang, and I haven't given Yuan Jing much care, but I have put the future of Qing on his shoulders."
Although Prince Yan did not mention it, the Queen could see that Prince Yan really needed love deep down.
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