Chapter 133: The Tragic Queen vs. the Deeply Affectionate Emperor (7)
The last day of the beauty pageant.
In the morning, the imperial carriage was waiting outside Lord Ma Jia's residence, ready to take Ma Jia Shi to the palace.
Ma Jia Shi walked into her daughter's room with red eyes, feeling indescribably sad.
"Mother, it's a good thing for my daughter to enter the palace." Shi Shi, who was dressed up, stood up and held her hand, comforting the loving mother who loved her daughter. "The emperor's cousin once saved my life. I married him to repay him for saving my life."
"I know the emperor is close to you, but there are so many women in the harem, how can he take care of you?" Ma Jia Shi felt that her daughter was naive, and that she was too pessimistic.
"My cousin the emperor treats me very well. He doesn't want to marry a woman he doesn't know as his queen, and I have the ability to do so, so it's only natural that I should help him. If he meets a woman he likes and wants to make her his queen, I will give the throne to her." Shi Yi touched his mother's red eyes with his chubby little hands, and said seriously: "Mother, even if my cousin the emperor doesn't want to see me in the future, my daughter still has the empress dowager to take care of her in the palace, and her life won't be too bad."
"The palace is not like your own home. You should learn the rules well and don't be lazy and cause gossip." Ma Jia patted the back of her daughter's hand, tears falling on her clothes, "Mother and father are incompetent and can't protect you anymore."
"Mother's upbringing of her daughter is engraved in her bones and blood. My daughter will never drag down the family, and will live well in the palace, so as not to make you and father worry." Shi Yi hugged this great mother.
In the previous life, this mother could have stayed out of the confiscation of property and extermination of the clan because of her relationship with the Empress Dowager, but she was determined to live and die with her husband and family. After learning that her husband died in the war, she hanged herself to follow him.
"Mother, I don't ask for your favor in this harem, I just hope you are safe." Ma Jia held her daughter's hand tightly and then let go, tears welling up in her eyes, "Remember, you must be safe."
"Mother, don't worry." After kneeling and bowing, Shi Yi followed the palace maids, and her eyes were also red.
Lord Ma Jia watched his daughter get on the sedan chair, turned his back to everyone, and wiped the tears from his cheeks.
He didn't see her off in person because he was afraid of shedding tears on the spot and losing the tenacious and brave character of his Ma Jia family. But this daughter who grew up in the palm of his hand flew into the royal family in the blink of an eye. How could he, as a father, not feel distressed and uncomfortable? !
The Empress Dowager announced the list of successful selected girls in public, including Chen Minzhi, the legitimate daughter of Chen Shangshu, Wei Wei, the legitimate second daughter of Wei Shangqing, and Dong Boshu, the daughter of Dong Shang. These three were directly appointed as concubines, and all other girls were sent home to marry.
These three people were able to stand out from the crowd of girls, naturally they all had their own means, but when the Empress Dowager announced the queen candidate, they were still surprised.
This queen was younger than all of them, and she had a little white rabbit temperament. How could she be worthy of the title of the Six Palaces. They all thought of the Empress Dowager's mother's family at the same time. This queen represented the face of the Ma Jia family.
In less than three seconds, the three of them returned to their usual expressions.
But the emperor, when he heard the name in his heart, looked up at his mother, his face full of disbelief.
The Empress Dowager smiled but said nothing.
Her son, did he really think that she would ignore his happiness? I have fought my way out of the harem, and I only have one son. He has chosen the one he likes. As his mother, I don't know how happy I am!
"Your servants will obey the imperial decree." Chen Minzhi, Wei Wei, and Dong Boshu knelt on the ground.
"Get up. When the queen enters the palace, you all help her to take care of the harem." The empress dowager glanced at the three of them, and changed her previous majesty. Her voice became a little happy, and she said: "Eunuch Wu, you will arrange the relocation of the three concubines and the placement of palaces. The emperor and I will go to the palace gate to welcome the queen."
The emperor was very discerning and went up to help him personally, "The empress mother has worked hard."
"Since you have this child in your heart, don't treat her badly after entering the palace. In this way, the empress mother will be worthy of your aunt's family." The empress dowager patted the back of her son's hand and let him help her to the palace gate.
Since the death of the late emperor, such a loving and filial scene has not been seen for a long time. Aunt Sura followed the mother and son, wiping her eyes emotionally.
The three people who stayed where they were had their own thoughts in their hearts. Dong Bosu lowered her head, feeling goosebumps all over. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that the Queen Mother's eyes fell on her for a moment before she left.
The carriage stopped as soon as it arrived at the palace gate
. Although Shi Yi had doubts in her heart, she continued to sit in the sedan chair and wait. She is now the queen who was personally canonized by the Queen Mother. It seems that no one would be so ignorant as to make trouble at the palace gate.
"Look at this queen, she is quite patient." Aunt Sura looked at the lonely sedan chair parked at the palace gate and expressed her feelings.
"Although Shi Yi is a little young now, he has a pure heart and is aware of the overall situation. In time, he will surely be able to help the emperor." The empress dowager looked at her emperor son running to the palace gate, and she still felt a little sour in her heart, "This son has grown up and is really out of his mother's control."
"The emperor is really wise now, and knows how to love his wife." Aunt Sura glanced at her master and joked, "Now that he has a wife, he forgets his mother."
"He dares?" The empress dowager raised her eyebrows and said sternly, "If he really is like this, I will pretend that I have never given birth to this son."
"I think this little queen knows nothing about matters between men and women. The emperor will suffer a lot." The wind was too strong on the city wall, so Aunt Sura put a cloak on her master, and continued to joke with a smile, "You, if you want to hold your grandson, you have to wait."
"This is what the emperor deserves. He has to like such an ignorant little thing." The Queen Mother let her tie the laces for her, "It's a pity for these beauties I selected for him. I'm afraid they won't be favored for a while."
Aunt Sura adjusted the hem of her cloak, "I looked at the three concubines this morning. I felt that they were all respectful on the surface, but I was scared in my heart."
"Who of those who can win my eyes and become a concubine is a fool." The Queen Mother stepped back to avoid the wind, "If this little queen can't take on the responsibilities, I can only reluctantly replace her."
"The Queen Mother is far-sighted, and Sura admires her." Aunt Sura adjusted her cloak and stepped back.
The Queen Mother tightened her cloak and laughed when she thought of the three concubines in the harem, "From now on, this palace will be completely lively."
(End of this chapter)
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