Chapter 335 Can She Lie?
The old nanny felt that the imperial concubine seemed particularly difficult to serve during this period. She always made some inexplicable requests and had no idea what she wanted to do at all.
"In reply to Your Majesty, I have already told the master everything you instructed me to do. I dare not hide anything. As a servant, I dare not make the decision for the master." The old nanny said, bowing her body.
Concubine Li glared at her and pressed her, "Did you tell him that this is extremely urgent and must be done immediately! The Gu family must suppress it!"
The old nanny had no choice but to repeat what Lord Li had said: "Lord, he said that Gu Mingda had just passed the imperial examination, and His Majesty favors him. Gu Mingda himself has done nothing wrong, so why should we do anything to him? Lord said to wait a little longer, until we find out what Gu Mingda did wrong..."
Concubine Li didn't want to listen anymore. She said to wait a while, but in reality, it might just end up in nothing.
"Useless thing, you don't even know how important this matter is!" Concubine Li said viciously.
The old lady actually wanted to ask, why is this matter so important?
The Gu family and the Li family have no dealings at all. To be precise, the Gu family did not accept the invitation to the banquet from the Li family.
Is it necessary to make such a big fuss over such a small matter?
The political struggle in the officialdom cannot be groundless. Gu Mingda himself has done nothing wrong. Lord Li just wants to deal with him. He either wants to induce him to make mistakes or frame him. Either of these methods must be planned in advance and consume a lot of manpower and resources.
Making enemies for no reason has always been a taboo in officialdom. After all, most people cannot guarantee that their bottoms are clean, and they never know when the person they have offended will suddenly step on them.
Lord Li was unwilling to take action, and Concubine Li became angrier and angrier the more she thought about it: "Just tell him directly, I can pull him up, and I can naturally step on him, let him know what the consequences of not listening are!"
The old nanny didn't expect that Concubine Li's messages were becoming more and more outrageous.
When she trembled and passed these words back to the Li family.
Lord Li sneered instead: "Did she really say that?"
Concubine Li has been in a high position for too long, and she has always felt that it is because of her that the Li family has its present glory. In her opinion, brothers and sisters should all obey her command.
But she didn't understand much about human nature.
Lord Li did start his career as an official because of her, but he felt that he was able to be promoted to his current position through his own abilities. He, on the other hand, felt that the imperial concubine needed to rely on herself.
The old nanny felt that Master Li's face was very scary now, but when she thought of the Imperial Concubine's instructions in the palace, she still added tremblingly: "Master, the Imperial Concubine said that the Gu family is a future enemy and must be suppressed. We must not let them get up, otherwise everyone will be doomed!"
Lord Li had no idea what the imperial concubine had done in private. He just found it funny and said, "I am a military officer and Gu Mingda is a civil official. How could we become enemies?"
The old nanny naturally couldn't come up with an explanation. All she knew was Concubine Li's confusing words.
Lord Li waved his hand and said, "Alright, I know about this matter. Tell her not to worry about it anymore. I will take care of it."
But the old lady felt that the matter could not be resolved so easily.
In the palace, just after lunch, the empress dowager received news from the school, and even the emperor came over in the afternoon.
"Niuniu, you are really capable. Lord Wu cried to me for half an hour. He was covered with wounds and looked extremely miserable. He just said that he could not teach you naughty children." The emperor said with a stern face.
Ever since her uncle came in with a cold face, Shen Ling couldn't help but want to hide. If she wasn't afraid that Niuniu would be scolded, she would have hidden in the side hall long ago.
But Niu Niu, the person involved, was not afraid at all. Instead, she said, "If he doesn't want to teach us, I don't want to learn from him!"
The emperor frowned, as if he was looking at an ignorant child: "You are a child of your age, and it is time to study. How can you not study? How come you don't know how to respect teachers and education?"
The Queen Mother could naturally see that the Emperor was really angry, so she quickly hugged Niuniu like every other doting grandmother and said, "That teacher is not teaching well, let's just change him. Why are you being so mean to the child?"
When the emperor heard this, he was furious and said, "Mother, how can you spoil her like this? Not only does she not repent for her wrongdoings, but she even dares to talk back!"
The Queen Mother felt sorry for the child and said casually, "It's not necessarily Niuniu's fault, it must be the fault of that guy surnamed Wu!"
emperor:……
The emperor did not expect that the empress dowager, who was always calm and rational, could say such unreasonable words.
The Queen Mother was just saying it casually, but Niuniu followed up with, "I don't like Mr. Wu. He doesn't make sense."
The emperor looked unhappy and said, "That is the teacher I personally selected for you in the Hanlin Academy. He passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. He is well-read and knowledgeable. Some people have commented that he has the appearance of a great scholar."
Niuniu said, "He doesn't look like a great scholar. I feel like he's a big old-fashioned person! His words are so rude!"
The emperor was not an unreasonable person, so he asked, "What did he say that made you hate him so much?"
Niuniu directly said with her own understanding: "He said women are useless!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the first person to feel dissatisfied was the Queen Mother.
"Ridiculous! If women are useless, then how was he born? His child must have come out of a man's belly! How dare he go home and talk to his mother like this?" said the Queen Mother.
Niuniu continued, "He also didn't let us laugh, saying it was disrespectful and not a woman's duty..."
The Queen Mother turned to question the Emperor, "Emperor, is this the person you are looking for? Children's nature is to play, why do you have to care about others laughing at him? He is using a chicken feather as a token of authority. If he hadn't been injured, Niuniu would have been tortured by him today!"
Niuniu nodded: "Yes, he also made me stand for an hour as punishment!"
The Queen Mother became even angrier: "You are only six years old, your leg bones haven't grown yet, how can you be punished to stand for an hour? If you are really punished by him, how can you be fine? Is this the great scholar of the modern era? You don't have much ability, but you have many ways to torment people!"
The emperor was so confused at this point that he asked, "Did he really say that? Niuniu, you can't lie!"
When the Queen Mother heard this, she became anxious again and pointed at Niuniu and said, "Emperor, Guaibao is only six years old. She is still a child. Can she lie?"
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