Chapter 381 Yixiu 59
Seeing that the emperor was determined not to come down the ladder handed to him by his mother and clearly refused to communicate, Yixiu naturally didn't say much.
But the empress dowager is not seriously ill yet. Even if the emperor doesn't go, can he stop the empress dowager from coming?
Ultimately, the selection was just a euphemism. When the empress dowager used it, her greatest hope was that the emperor would use it as an excuse to visit Shoukang Palace, and then the two of them could continue to have a subtle conversation about the brothers' problems.
The worst outcome is that the emperor refuses to communicate. Then, having such an excuse can not only justify the empress dowager's personal visit to the Yangxin Palace, but also allow the mother and son to always have some room for maneuver.
The Queen Mother had calculated everything, and because of this, we can see her good intentions towards Prince Xun.
Yixiu knew this truth, and Yinzhen knew it even better.
This is a case of being too clever for one's own good.
"Never mind. I'll go there myself tomorrow."
Yixiu saw him frowning and staring at the Book of Filial Piety on the table. She knew he was furious, so to avoid becoming cannon fodder, she simply reached out and picked up the book: "Hiss..."
"What's wrong?"
"I was accidentally scratched by the page of the book. It's nothing serious."
Yixiu smiled and held out her finger, which had only a faint red mark without breaking the skin. Yinzhen ordered someone to come in and take the book away to report the damage.
"Since I've hurt you, I think the book wasn't cut right."
Yinzhen pulled Yixiu up and said, "Come on, follow me to dinner."
The two sat down facing each other. Yixiu glanced at the lily and mung bean porridge in her bowl, took two sips, and picked up a chopstick of pickled vegetables. She accompanied Yinzhen for a meal. When she saw him put down his chopsticks, she smiled and said, "The pickled vegetables taste good today. I see that the emperor used quite a lot."
"It's hot, and I really don't have much of an appetite without some side dishes. But when it comes to pickles, I still think the ones in your palace are the best."
"If Your Majesty likes it, I will send the recipe to you. The weather has been getting hotter and hotter lately, so it would be great if Your Majesty could use it more."
When Yixiu accompanied him for a walk and returned from the Yangxin Palace to end her day as a tool, the sun was already setting outside.
[Mother-son disputes are a topic that every royal family cannot avoid.]
This was the only thought I had after learning that the Emperor rushed to Shoukang Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager at three or four in the morning.
Yixiu drank her bowl of sweet soy milk from the small kitchen and breathed a sigh of relief: "I wonder if the emperor will pay attention to the empress dowager's diet."
"The Emperor is filial, so he naturally cares about the Empress Dowager's food, clothing, housing and transportation."
Although she didn't understand why the queen suddenly said this, Jianqiu quickly took over the conversation.
"You are right. The Empress Dowager is kind and loving, and the Emperor is benevolent and filial. This is the blessing of our Qing Dynasty."
After sighing, Yixiu put the matter aside and turned around to prepare for Honghui and Minrong to come.
An earthquake occurred in Tongwei, Gansu yesterday. It is said that the entire county was destroyed. The emperor led the military ministers to discuss the matter all night long and issued an edict today. All departments are busy with this matter.
It is no wonder that the emperor was so annoyed by the empress dowager's scheming behavior at this time. It was really the wrong timing.
But this wasn't the Queen Mother's fault. Natural disasters were beyond human control; who could have predicted them? Perhaps the Queen Mother herself regretted it. She had originally intended to test the Emperor's attitude and strengthen their mother-son relationship, but now it seemed more and more like she was deliberately using Qiao to cause trouble.
Yixiu sat there lost in thought, her thoughts drifting further and further away when she heard Jianqiu say with a smile, "Prince and his wife, please come in quickly. The Empress is waiting for you."
"Your son pays homage to the Empress Dowager."
As soon as Honghui entered the room, he hurriedly bowed with a smile, then helped the wife beside him up. Seeing his mother looking at them with a smile on her face, he said a little embarrassedly, "Your son congratulates you."
Yixiu was about to invite the two children over for tea when she was stunned for a moment. Then, looking at Minrong's shy yet sweet smile, she immediately realized, "Really? How many months has it been? Have you asked the imperial physician to come and take a look? Oh, this is such a great joyous occasion."
Yixiu quickly beckoned her daughter-in-law to sit next to her. Minrong sat down, lowered her head slightly, and smiled, "I wasn't feeling well yesterday. I thought it was because of the harsh summer, but I called the imperial physician, and he said you're over two months pregnant. I wanted to come and congratulate you that day, but it's late now, and I didn't want to disturb your rest."
"Okay, okay, this is really good."
Yixiu patted Minrong's hand before turning to her son, "Have you told your Khan Ama about this?"
"Khan Ama said yesterday that he would have his son stay at the Yangxin Palace for dinner today. I thought I would just have a chat with Khan Ama then."
"That's good too. Your Khan Ama is going to use you for disaster relief. It's better to keep your public and private affairs separate."
Seeing that Honghui knew what was going on, she stopped talking and just kept talking to her daughter-in-law. She even asked Minrong to stay for dinner before sending her back.
When her daughter-in-law got pregnant, she cared even less about the grudges between the mother and son in the royal family. She was busy asking about her daughter-in-law and her future granddaughter/grandson every day.
When I came to my senses, I found that the emperor seemed to have not been to the harem for three months, and he rarely visited the empress dowager.
The most important thing is that the emperor actually agreed to send Prince Xun to Tibet yesterday.
Um?
Is there something happening that I don't know about?
Yixiu checked it out with a purely spectator-watching mentality, and finally understood what the embodiment of a bad teammate meant.
well……
Maybe this is why I favor my naive son.
Yixiu now began to wonder, this Prince Xun, who historically lived until the Qianlong period, would not have caused himself to die young when the situation could have been better?
So, neither private recommendations nor asking others to recommend you work. In this situation where most people would choose to give up, how on earth did you muster up the courage to recommend yourself in front of all the civil and military officials at court to your brother the emperor, who disliked you and held a grudge?
Don’t you think the word “military power” is a bit too ambiguous for you princes of your brother generation?
Aren’t the eldest and second brothers circled above conspicuous enough?
Yixiu sighed, thinking that he and Nian Gengyao from her previous life should have a lot of common topics.
Of course, if you ask the person involved, he would probably strongly disagree.
Prince Xun, feeling that he had finally gained the emperor's recognition through his own efforts, sighed inwardly as he rode on his horse: A real man should earn merit on horseback.
It would be better for them to die if they were like Myna, Old Nine, and Old Thirteen, who helped the emperor as debt collectors every day and dealt with dizzying numbers every day.
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