Chapter 771 The Emperor is Cheating (Part 9)
"After all, she is the imperial concubine, the biological mother of your majesty. Why do you only focus on your daughter-in-law's dowry?"
Bai Zhi was very ashamed.
If you have chest tightness, you need the best rhinoceros horn as medicine.
Tsk, you put it so bluntly, I’m afraid it’s a blatant robbery.
"Mother, do you have heartache?"
As the queen, Gu Qingcheng's focus is naturally different from Bai Zhi's.
Bai Zhi only cares about her master's dowry, but Gu Qingcheng cares about much more obscure things.
"Is the Concubine angry with His Majesty again?"
Gu Qingcheng thought about it for a moment and immediately understood what Concubine Xie had done.
She sent people to ask for rhino horns. Of course, she wanted to take advantage of her daughter-in-law, but more importantly, she wanted to tell the harem that the concubine was sick!
Chest pain! There is wind-heat and internal poisoning. Rhino horn is needed to calm the nerves and detoxify.
Gu Qingcheng was the queen and the dowager concubine's daughter-in-law. Since her mother-in-law was ill, she had to visit her in person.
As for the performance of the original owner, Empress Gu, over the past three years, even a confused Concubine Xie could feel it - Empress Gu was not an ordinary daughter-in-law, and she did not follow the principle of the man being the breadwinner and the woman being the homemaker.
If Concubine Xie, her mother-in-law, dares to torment her, she can call her husband Min Huang over as "reinforcement"! ... After all the trouble, Concubine Xie can still achieve her goal of seeing her son.
The key point is that with Queen Gu in the middle, Min Huang couldn't just directly reject Concubine Xie's nonsense.
What a joke, Queen Gu is implicated this time. If Min Huang cannot appease Concubine Xie, this foolish mother will continue to make trouble.
Gu Qingcheng: ...Using a daughter-in-law who doesn't take her son seriously to "threaten" her son? As expected, this is a very clever brain circuit that even someone as smart as Gu Qingcheng can hardly understand.
Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment, then said, "There was news from Ganlu Palace that Aunt Yuping did go there in the evening."
Bai Zhi did not say whether Concubine Xie was angry with the emperor, but only stated the news sent back by the spies in the palace.
After hearing Gu Qingcheng's firm guess, combined with the fact that the head maid of Yongshou Palace had indeed been to Ganlu Palace, the "truth" was probably just as Gu Qingcheng guessed.
For some unknown reason, Concubine Xie sent someone to find the emperor again.
When the emperor did not agree, Concubine Xie became "ill" and sent people to ask for her daughter-in-law's dowry.
Bai Zhi: ...I am speechless!
She is a hereditary servant of the Gu family. I am not afraid to offend anyone by saying that her knowledge and vision are higher than those of ordinary daughters of officials.
She was also the personal maid of the eldest daughter of the Gu family. She studied with Queen Gu since she was a child and was influenced by her.
Her knowledge and abilities are not bad.
But even though she was knowledgeable and experienced, it was the first time she met someone like Concubine Xie.
Bai Zhi didn't know how to comment on it.
Call her stupid, she was born in a humble family but was able to raise her son in the treacherous harem;
Although she is smart, she always does some stupid things that make people dumbfounded and laughable.
The key point is that Concubine Xie is the mother-in-law of her master.
Although she is not a real mother-in-law (the Queen Mother is), she is the emperor's biological mother after all.
Just because of this blood relationship, Queen Gu had to respect, give in to and endure.
More importantly, the Min family is a royal family. If it were an ordinary family, like Concubine Xie, the Gu family would teach her how to behave in every minute.
"Alas, what a pity for my girl!"
Bai Zhi sighed silently in her heart.
"I remember that I still have a white rhino horn from the Western Regions in my warehouse. It is perfect for use as medicine! Bai Zhi, have someone get it!"
Gu Qingcheng didn't care about Bai Zhi's silence and sighs. She issued the order without hesitation.
"Let me change my clothes, I'm going to Yongshou Palace!"
Her step-mother-in-law had come to ask for medicinal herbs in a big way, so it would be inappropriate for her to still play dumb.
Given Queen Gu's background and capital, she really didn't have to force herself to be a "submissive" wife, but she still had to at least save her face.
After all, no matter how noble Queen Gu is, she is only a queen, not an empress! Even if she is an empress, she cannot really do whatever she wants and act recklessly.
"My queen——"
Bai Zhi felt somewhat unwilling.
Concubine Xie is just pretending to be sick, even a fool can tell that.
Also, the things in the queen's private storehouse are her dowry and personal property.
In this world, anyone who knows a little bit of etiquette will not think about the private property of their daughter-in-law! Gu Qingcheng didn't say anything, but just glanced at Bai Zhi lightly——
She does need a loyal servant, but the most important thing for a loyal servant is not only loyalty, but also obedience!
As a master, Gu Qingcheng had no obligation and was too lazy to explain anything to the servants.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Bai Zhi's heart sank: What's wrong with me? I actually forgot my wife's rules? !
Bai Zhi did not dare to delay any longer and quickly responded, "Yes! I will obey your command!"
After saying this, Bai Zhi gave instructions and asked the little palace maid to go to the storehouse to get something. She herself went to the clothes rack and took out the ironed and fumigated bright red wide-sleeved skirt embroidered with gold thread.
Gu Qingcheng got off the bed, spread her arms, and allowed Bai Zhi and the other two palace maids to change her clothes.
After tidying herself up and combing her hair into a bun, Gu Qingcheng walked out of the palace.
Outside the palace, it was late at night and the sky was filled with stars.
A crescent moon emits a faint white light.
Such moonlight could not illuminate the courtyard, so the palace servants had to hold lanterns to clear the way for Gu Qingcheng.
Gu Qingcheng sat in a sedan chair and went straight to Yongshou Palace with a crowd of people following her.
Half an hour later, the entire harem knew about it.
Concubine Xie was "sick" and although Empress Gu had already gone to bed, she still got up and went to visit her.
"This Xie family is so arrogant!"
"I am not as reckless as she is."
The lights in Yong'an Palace had been turned off, but when they heard the noise outside, they lit the candles again.
The Queen Mother turned over and sat up, looking towards the south window.
Of course, one cannot see the scene in Yongshou Palace in Yong'an Palace, but the Queen Mother can imagine that at this moment, Yongshou Palace must be extremely "lively".
Gu was never a good-tempered person. She was sleeping well, but was tormented by Concubine Xie. She would definitely not let Emperor Min Huang sleep comfortably.
Now that the queen has arrived, the emperor should be here too.
"People who have sons are confident!"
The Queen Mother sneered and said quietly, "Especially since this son became the emperor."
A few years ago, when Xie was still Zhaoyi, would she dare to be so arrogant?
In the middle of the night, they disturbed the emperor and empress, the supreme couple. Haha, how amazing!
As a concubine, does she take the Queen Mother Wang, the former emperor's empress, seriously?
"Ah Xian, guess what the Xie family is up to this time?"
The Queen Mother withdrew her gaze and turned to look at the personal maid who was guarding the bed.
The palace maid seemed to be in her forties, with delicate features and a demure temperament. At first glance, she did not look like a housekeeper in the palace, but rather the mistress of a wealthy family.
She was the Queen Mother's confidant and accompanied her into the palace. The master and servant stayed together for nearly thirty years.
In the Queen Mother's heart, Ah Xian should be the most important and most trusted person to her, closer to her than her husband and "son".
(End of this chapter)
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