Chapter 629: Knocking
Qian Qiyue's attitude towards Fu Jinrou can be described as "love turning into hate". As close and fond of her as she was before, she now hates her as much as she loves her now.
According to her previous personality, she would have directly torn her face with Fu Jinrou long ago. However, after beating the wooden fish for half a month, when she saw Fu Jinrou again, Qian Qiyue found that compared to directly whipping people before, using Fu Jinrou's disgusting method to disgust others in return was so effective.
Not only can he torment Fu Jinrou to save his own reputation and that of the Qian family, but he can also make Fu Jinrou suffer in silence. He also has to take advantage of her kindness and protect their rare "friendship" in front of outsiders.
Qian Qiyue tasted the sweetness and suddenly felt that it was a bit stupid for her to only be able to whip.
This bloodless way of killing is more interesting.
but……
Qian Qiyue was a little puzzled: "Tang Ning, Princess Huan is a member of the royal family after all. Although what she did was a bit excessive, why did the Queen Mother just give her such disrespect?"
She was forced to kneel and kowtow, and apologize in public. With so many ladies present, asking Princess Huan and Tang Ning to bow their heads was more embarrassing than just slapping her in the face.
Qian Qiyue had followed her mother into the palace in the past, and had met the empress dowager quite often during the holidays. She knew the empress dowager to some extent. Given her personality, if she had encountered such a thing in the past, the empress dowager would at most have scolded her verbally and then smoothed over the matter.
Why was he so cruel this time, almost throwing the face of Prince Huan's Mansion and the Shen family to the ground and trampled on it?
Rong Yue's eyes flickered slightly. "Tang Ning, is the Queen Mother harboring any grievances against Prince Huan's Mansion?"
Tang Ning hummed a low "hmm." "Prince Huan used to stay out of government affairs, spending his days at Hengting Pavilion as a carefree prince. At most, he would oversee the clan government offices. But ever since the Mid-Autumn Festival, when His Majesty fell seriously ill and the Crown Prince was suddenly enthroned, Prince Huan has changed his usual ways and become more active."
"Some time ago, he hosted a banquet for the court ministers in Hengting Pavilion. Not only did he discuss state affairs at length, he also encouraged his clan members to interfere in the affairs between Your Majesty and the Crown Prince. Although the Shen family behind Princess Huan is not a noble family, they are well-educated and have great influence among the noble court officials and scholars. However, Your Majesty will not use the Shen family."
Not for Your Majesty's use?
Qian Qiyue's eyes suddenly widened: "Prince Huan, could it be that he wants to..."
She suddenly shut up mid-sentence and pointed to the sky.
Could it be that King Huan wants to rebel?
Tang Ning understood what she meant and shook his head: "I don't know either, but some of Prince Huan's actions did affect Your Majesty's interests. The Queen Mother must also know about these things, so she is using the mistakes made by Prince Huan's wife to criticize Prince Huan's Mansion."
She had heard Xiao Yan say before that King Huan might have ambitions to seize the throne.
Ever since the old case in the South Land was uncovered, Prince Huan has been restless. Emperor An may have seen this, and after failing to fool Liang Guangyi and the aristocratic families, he set his sights on Prince Huan.
King Huan had almost tampered with the army led by Marquis Wenxin before because of Emperor An's deception, but Xiao Yan anticipated it and had King Ji keep an eye on it, thus ruining his plan.
Later, the Ministry of Revenue was "extremely impoverished", and Prince Huan "accidentally" learned that Emperor An had intended to plot against the Liang family. In addition, when the prince was fined for hoarding grain, Prince Huan also knew that he was almost used by Emperor An. Although he did not turn against him directly, he was so angry that he simply stopped hiding and became unscrupulous.
Emperor An's reputation had been damaged repeatedly before, and the royal family was also tarnished because of him.
King Huan invited many court officials in the name of a small gathering, and Hengting Pavilion became a gathering place for many people. In addition, there were often children of noble families or young students drinking and discussing matters there. In the past, there were even remarks criticizing the royal family and Emperor An under the pretext of political affairs that leaked out of Hengting Pavilion.
They wanted to arrest people and start a war, but most of those people were drunk and talking nonsense in a fit of anger. They also mentioned political affairs that "involved" Emperor An, but never directly committed any offense.
During his reign, Emperor Taizu was never criticized by scholars and aristocratic families. He even left behind the words "The royal family should accept advice from all over the world to warn themselves and make progress every day."
If Emperor An really sent people to arrest those people just because they discussed state affairs, not to mention what the people outside would say, even the relatives and court officials would be upset. But if he didn't arrest them, the criticism would make the reputation of Emperor An and the royal family even darker.
Emperor An and the Empress Dowager had long been dissatisfied with this matter, but they could not deal with Prince Huan directly. That was why the Empress Dowager, who was originally quite amiable, reacted so strongly when Tang Ning mentioned "Hengting Pavilion" just now. She directly scolded Prince Huan's wife with a cold face, and used this as a warning to Prince Huan's Mansion.
and……
Tang Ning paused and said, "The Queen Mother scolded Princess Huan in public. I'm afraid she has some intention to make us enemies with the Huan Palace."
Qian Qiyue was shocked: "How could it be..."
Tang Ning said calmly, "Think about it. If the Queen Mother only wanted to teach Prince Huan a lesson by blaming Princess Huan, she could have simply punished her for being disrespectful. Even if she had to leave Shoukang Palace and not have to attend to the sick, or had to kneel outside for half an hour, it would have been enough to slap the entire Prince Huan's mansion in the face. But she forced Princess Huan to apologize to my aunt and me in public."
"If she teaches Princess Huan a lesson herself, Prince Huan will be jealous of the palace. But after this incident, who do you think Princess Huan will hate?"
Qian Qiyue looked shocked.
Rong Yue also sighed beside him: "No matter how bad the Princess Huan is, she is still the prince's wife. I don't mind her. Her rank is barely comparable. But Tang Ning is just a princess with a foreign title."
"She is a junior in age and two levels lower in status than Princess Huan. Princess Huan can kneel before the Queen Mother, but she cannot kneel before me or Tang Ning. This is not only humiliating Princess Huan, but also humiliating Prince Huan and the entire royal family."
"If today's events were to spread, others wouldn't accuse Princess Huan of being overbearing. They would only accuse Tang Ning and me of bullying others with our power. The Queen Mother, having spent so many years in the harem, couldn't possibly not understand this. Yet, she forced Princess Huan to kowtow to me and apologize, and to admit her mistakes to Tang Ning."
"She's not trying to flatter Tang Ning and me, but is trying to stir up hatred between Princess Huan and us. After what happened today, the Huan Palace and we are completely at odds, and Princess Huan hates us to the core."
Even if it was just for the sake of face, Princess Huan would not let it go, and the King Huan, who was always proud and had a violent temper, would probably not let it go either.
Although Qian Qiyue tried to be cunning, she was still a straightforward person. Her face was filled with shock when she heard what Rong Yue and Tang Ning said.
She had just thought that the Queen Mother was on their side, but who knew...
Qian Qiyue slammed the table in anger: "How could the Queen Mother do this?!"
"Why can't she?" Tang Ning said calmly: "She is the Queen Mother, the biological mother of your Majesty."
Other people may have selfish motives towards Emperor An and may want to betray him because of his strength, but the Queen Mother will not. The relationship between her and Emperor An is destined to make them rise and fall together.
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