"If you have something to report, please report it. If not, please dismiss the court."
As soon as Yuan Meng's loud voice came out, the emperor ordered "dismissal of court".
Then he left briskly.
I finally let out the anger I had been holding for so long.
Master Bei is in dire straits.
"Haha, Master Taifu gave birth to a good daughter."
"Yes, the Empress is a blessed person who has been praised by the Emperor."
"Master Taifu has taught his daughter well."
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Although they were all compliments, Master Bei heard a hint of sarcasm.
Imperial Tutor Bei bowed and humbly responded, "Your Excellencies, thank you for your kind words. The Emperor's good health is a blessing to the Empress. I am loyal to the Emperor and serve him faithfully. I am merely sharing his worries."
The others were driven away by Master Bei, but Duke Li stayed far away, waiting for Master Bei to come forward.
Seeing his father-in-law waiting there, Master Bei could neither turn a blind eye nor take a detour to leave.
He took a deep breath and walked forward to greet, "Father-in-law."
"Humph, this duke is unworthy of this title, but the Grand Tutor is quite calculating."
Duke Li was extremely angry and felt that their Li family had been deceived by Master Bei.
On the surface, he doesn't care about his ex-wife and her daughter, but secretly he is making plans for his ex-wife's daughter.
His granddaughter's self-righteous calculations might all be the work of Master Bei.
When Duke Li thought about what happened recently in the Bei family, where his daughter and granddaughter were beaten, he looked at Tutor Bei with a fierce look in his eyes.
"My father-in-law has really wronged me."
Master Bei had a wry smile on his face.
"I have wronged you. How can I expect my countryman to trust you?"
Duke Li snorted coldly.
"If I say so, I regret it too."
Master Bei was also feeling very uncomfortable at this moment.
At first, he only thought that his legitimate daughter would do such a thing, so his first reaction was to listen to his legitimate daughter and let his concubine's eldest daughter enter the palace instead.
Taifu Bei was confident about this. He was an important official beside the retired emperor and the new imperial tutor. He reported the horoscope of the eldest daughter of a concubine to the retired emperor, firstly to show his loyalty to the retired emperor, and secondly to prevent the retired emperor from blaming the legitimate daughter.
He didn't think that the emperor would fall in love with a concubine's daughter, especially the granddaughter of the Lan family.
Even if the retired emperor took a fancy to her, Taifu Bei did not think that his eldest daughter could become the empress.
I thought it was one of the four concubines, or the imperial concubine.
Unexpectedly, the retired emperor not only took a liking to her, but also bestowed upon her the title of empress.
At this moment, Master Bei was more worried than happy.
The good news is that the queen is his own daughter. Even if the queen is not close to the Bei family, they will share the same fate.
Community of interests.
If the Queen were to deal with the Bei family, she would undoubtedly be cutting off her own retreat.
Moreover, if she wants to gain a foothold in the harem, she cannot do without the support and backing of the Bei family.
After all, the queen has just entered the palace and gets along well with the emperor, but there is a long way to go. If new people enter the harem in the future, the queen may not be able to hold on to her position as the empress.
What he was worried about was still the lack of closeness between the Queen and the Bei family. He was afraid that the Queen would ignore it and bring trouble to the Bei family.
There is also the Lan family. If Master Bei wants to rehabilitate the Lan family, he has to make a choice.
He looked at his father-in-law, Duke Li, and was very dissatisfied with the Li family in his heart, but he did not show it.
"My father-in-law must have heard about the Empress's return, alas."
Duke Li frowned and said coldly
"Shuxian was wrong in this matter, but are you not wrong? Ultimately, it was you who didn't take it seriously. How can you blame Wan'er and Shuxian? But you whipped your wife and legitimate daughter. Do you take the Duke of Li's Mansion seriously, and do you take me, your father-in-law, seriously?"
"Father-in-law, Madam is the head of the Bei family. I entrusted the matter of the Empress's marriage to Madam. Afterwards, I didn't blame Madam. Shuxian did do something wrong. I was scolding her, but Madam tried to stop me, and that's when I accidentally got whipped. Or did you think I shouldn't have scolded Shuxian?"
Master Bei is now extremely disappointed with his legitimate daughter.
This was the daughter that the empress had raised since she was young. Emperor Kangde had been weak and sickly since childhood, but as long as his daughter married and gave birth to a prince, even if Emperor Kangde died, he, as the grandfather, could support his grandson to ascend the throne and act as regent.
However, Emperor Kangde was about to die of illness, so Taifu Bei was naturally not in a hurry to marry his daughter. He just waited for Emperor Kangde to die, and then the emperor would adopt a son from the royal family, and then his daughter would marry him and become the empress.
He was very good at calculating, just like other court officials. Everyone had their own abacus.
But Master Bei never expected that his legitimate daughter would be so foolish as to snatch the marriage from his illegitimate daughter.
In addition to the incident of Nuanyue Pavilion, Taifu Bei was angry that his daughter did not know the seriousness of the matter and disappointed that she had let him down for many years of training.
If she could have endured it for a few days, everything would have been fine. But she couldn't help it for three days, and the emperor and empress saw an empty Nuanyue Pavilion.
At the same time, Master Bei also blamed Li, the mistress of the house, for not paying attention to such an important matter and handling it in a confused manner.
Now facing the blame from Duke Li, Master Bei was also angry, but he was smart enough not to break up with Duke Li.
"Shuxian is your daughter whom you have loved for many years. Even if you want to teach her a lesson, don't hurt her so badly. If she is left with scars, wouldn't you be ruining her?"
Duke Li still blamed Tutor Bei.
Taifu Bei was sarcastic in his heart. If this matter came from the Li family, Duke Li would probably be even angrier than him.
"You hurt your wife, but took in a concubine. You must be dissatisfied with the Li family."
"I'm just a concubine, does my father-in-law blame me?"
Taifu Bei was unhappy. Duke Li himself had more than a dozen concubines, and Prince Li had even more. He had one wife and three concubines, but all three of them were in poor health and could not give birth.
In the past, he only valued the legitimate children born to Li, but now Master Bei regrets it very much.
If the Li family blamed him for all this, then Master Bei would not regret having taken in a concubine. He could no longer indulge the Li family and let them think they could control his life.
Although the Li family was of higher status than the Bei family, when he married Li, he was already the favorite of the retired emperor and the teacher of all the princes. Otherwise, if Lan asked to be divorced, the Li family would have been eager to marry their legitimate daughter Li to him.
Now, Master Bei has come to his senses and discovered that the Bei family has been influenced too much by the Li family, and is even controlling the Bei family through Li and his three legitimate sons.
Master Bei couldn't stand it.
The Li family knows every little thing about the Bei family.
Originally hesitant and conflicted, Master Bei has now made up his mind.
The most important thing now is not only to redress the Lan family's injustice, but also to give birth to a son.
Master Bei became anxious.
Duke Li looked at the tough-minded Master Bei and thought to himself that his daughter was useless. After so many years, he still hadn't been able to control Master Bei, and now he had made Master Bei alienated.
"It's just a concubine. The Duke won't blame you. But since you hurt Wan'er, you should go see her. You still have three legitimate sons. They have a lifetime to live with. Don't neglect your wife and ruin your relationship because of a concubine who is not worthy of being here. It will also affect your three legitimate sons."
"My father-in-law is right. I will go back to the mansion to see Wan'er."
Master Bei agreed.
Duke Li was satisfied. He did not want to fall out with his son-in-law. This son-in-law was the most trusted minister of the retired emperor, a close minister of the emperor, and now the father-in-law of the emperor. He was very useful.
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