Chapter 29: I was so angry that I almost broke my already shaky teeth
When the Queen Mother returns to the palace, all the concubines, princes and princesses in the harem must go to pay their respects to her.
"Didn't they say that Concubine Hui gave birth to a little princess? Why didn't you bring her here for me to see?" The Queen Mother asked knowingly.
"Your Majesty, Xiaojiu was taken away by the Emperor and is now by his side." Xia Shuyi replied hurriedly.
"Nonsense!" The Queen Mother slammed the table so hard that everyone fell to their knees.
"As a concubine, you actually used the princess to win the emperor's favor. You let the emperor bring the child to the court, disrupting the government. Your intention is despicable!"
"I am innocent." After such a huge accusation was put on her, Xia Shuyi immediately cried out for justice.
It was the emperor who wanted to take Xiaojiu to court, not her.
The emperor is the king over the concubines in the harem, and his words are final. How dare she try to persuade him?
"Don't think that just because the emperor has doted on you for two days, you'll become so arrogant that you don't even know your own last name. Just kneel down. When you realize your mistakes, get up again." The empress dowager took a sip of tea and asked Xia Shuyi to continue kneeling.
Xia Shuyi was right. She couldn't just admit it. She gritted her teeth and endured it.
The other concubines all saw that the Empress Dowager did not like Concubine Hui. But the Emperor did!
It's over. On one side is the Queen Mother, and on the other side is the Emperor.
Which side should they stand on?
When Lu Heng saw his mother being punished to kneel, he naturally felt indignant for her.
"Grandmother, it was my father who decided to bring my ninth sister to court. My mother cannot be blamed for this."
"Do you have the right to interrupt when your elders are talking?" The Queen Mother glanced at Lu Heng sternly.
This is not a good thing either.
Xie Ruizhu raised him for so many years, but when she fell out of power, he actually became attached to his biological mother who was in power.
"Empress Hui, you have raised a good son who knows how to contradict his elders." The Queen Mother looked at Xia Shuyi coldly.
"Empress Dowager, Heng'er had no intention of offending you, he was just worried about me. Heng'er, quickly apologize to your grandmother." Xia Shuni would rather kneel herself than let her son be punished.
"I'm right. I'm telling the truth." Lu Heng held his head high stubbornly, refusing to admit his mistake.
The Queen Mother was so angry at him that she fell backwards.
Originally, he had thought of just scolding him, but now, in a rage, he made him kneel down with him.
"I am tired, everyone else please leave."
The concubines looked at each other and left obediently.
After leaving Cining Palace where the Queen Mother lived, Concubine Qu Zhiwei whispered a few words to her maid Banxia.
Then Banxia left in a hurry.
But what Qu Zhiwei didn't notice was that several concubines, like her, whispered a few words to their personal maids.
Yu study.
Lu Yanshi was discussing important military matters with several ministers in the inner cabinet.
Xiao Xizi, who was guarding the door, received the news brought by Banxia and was about to go in to report it when he saw Miao Zhaoyi's maid Ruyi also coming.
"What's the matter with this sister?"
Ruyi said, "The Emperor's bringing the Ninth Princess to court has angered the Empress Dowager. Concubine Hui and the Third Prince are being forced to kneel in Cining Palace by the Empress Dowager."
Xiao Xizi nodded to indicate that he understood.
Just as he was about to knock on the door and go in, he was stopped again.
"Eunuch Xi, wait a minute." Zhuang Cairen's maid also came, also about Xia Shuyi's matter.
Xiao Xizi had never expected that Concubine Hui was so popular that concubines in the harem would help her inform the emperor one after another.
"I understand." He nodded, went into Yu's study, and whispered the matter to the eunuch chief Cao Dehai.
Cao Dehai knew how much the emperor valued the Weiyang Palace, so he told him about it without delay.
He lowered his voice so that the ministers below could not hear it, but Lu Li, who was standing closest to him, heard it.
[Why did the Queen Mother punish my mother and my third brother to kneel? ]
Lu Li was a little confused.
She immediately opened the gossip system to see what was going on.
[Humph, isn't this just bullying the weak and fearing the strong? ]
[My father brought me to court, but my mother and my brother didn't force him to bring me to court. Why should you punish them? If you have the guts, punish your son!]
Lu Yanshi: ...
Although there is some truth in what he said, why did it sound so unpleasant to him?
[My brother's injury has just improved. If he kneels down again, will his old injury relapse?]
Lu Li was worried.
Seeing how worried she was, Lu Yanshi called off the meeting and took her to Cining Palace.
"Father!" As soon as he entered the Cining Palace, a figure rushed towards him.
Lu Yanshi looked carefully and found that it was his fourth daughter.
"Is Yuan'er back?"
"Well, father, I'm back!" Lu Yuan pulled his hand and acted coquettishly.
Lu Yanshi smiled and touched her head without saying anything to her. He glanced at Xia Shuyi and Lu Heng who were kneeling on the ground, and then looked at the Queen Mother.
"Mother, I wonder what they have done wrong that you want them to kneel down?"
[Father, are you stupid? It's obvious that the Queen Mother is deliberately looking for trouble. Why are you still asking?]
Lu Li despised him in her heart.
Lu Yanshi felt a little helpless. Xiaojiu was still young and of course didn't understand. Some things needed to be dealt with politely.
"Hmph, you're concerned about them as soon as you get here. Do you still have me, your mother, in your eyes?" The Queen Mother gave him a dissatisfied look.
Lu Yuan also felt unhappy.
The emperor ignored her and only paid attention to the two people in Weiyang Palace.
"Mother, your words really make your son sad." Lu Yanshi walked over and sat next to her.
"When my mother was worshipping Buddha in the royal temple, I would send her food every ten days, fearing that you were not well fed and clothed, and I was thinking about you every day."
After hearing what he said, the Queen Mother looked much better.
"Mother, Concubine Hui just gave birth to Little Nine not long ago, and the Third Child is still ill. It might not be good for them to kneel for too long. Why don't you let them get up first?" After Lu Yanshi finished speaking, he gave Lu Ran and Lu Wei a look.
"Hurry up and help your master up."
Lu Ran and Lu Wu didn't care whether the Queen Mother agreed or not. As soon as the Emperor gave the order, they immediately helped their master up.
The Queen Mother was so angry that she almost broke her already shaky teeth.
She had seen how favored Concubine Hui was, to the point that she could make the emperor disobey the decision of her, the queen mother.
She became more and more annoyed with the people in Weiyang Palace.
She glanced at Lu Li in Lu Yanshi's arms and asked, "Is that the girl born to Concubine Hui in your arms?"
"That's right. Look at this girl, mother. She is so cute." Lu Yanshi's face was full of smiles when he mentioned his little daughter.
Lu Yuan, who was standing by, bit her lips tightly in anger.
My father really dotes on my ninth sister. He has been holding her since she came in.
"She doesn't look very cute, not as lovely as Yuan'er was when she was a child. I don't like her very much, please don't let me see her." The Queen Mother looked disgusted.
Lu Yanshi's smile froze on his face.
Lu Li clenched her fists in anger.
Since she was born, she has been loved by everyone and flowers bloom wherever she goes. But this old woman actually said that she is not lovable.
[Is your love valuable? Who cares? Humph.]
[I don’t want to see you yet. You’re old and ugly, like a Shar Pei dog.]
When Xia Shuyi and Lu Heng heard this, they subconsciously stole a glance at the Queen Mother. The more they looked, the more they felt that Lu Li's description was accurate.
The Queen Mother looks like a Shar Pei dog.
“Puff.”
Someone laughed out loud.