Chapter 162 No Reason
Chu Paner was delighted and took the bracelet to admire it again and again: "Wow, it's amazing, it seems like something is moving inside it."
"Ahem!" Concubine Xian coughed softly at this time, and glanced at Chu Pan'er with a warning look: "Pan'er, don't make trouble."
"It's okay. Just give it to Pan'er if she likes it." The Queen Mother smiled, as if she didn't care about the treasure at all. But if you look closely, you will find that the smile is not in her eyes.
Lu Xiang glanced at the Queen Mother out of the corner of his eye, then quickly lowered his head.
She was obviously reluctant to give the tribute, but she pretended to be generous and gave it to Chu Pan'er. But when Chu Pan'er really took it in her hands and couldn't let it go, the empress dowager felt that she was not tactful.
How hypocritical.
Chu Pan'er put the bracelet back into the brocade box with a smile, and said to the Queen Mother with a sweet smile: "Pan'er knows that the Royal Grandmother loves me, but this is a filial piety from my father to the Royal Grandmother. If I take it away, wouldn't it be a betrayal of my father's kindness, and then Pan'er would become an unfilial person."
Hearing this, the Queen Mother's expression finally softened: "My Pan'er has really grown up and become sensible."
Regardless of whether Chu Pan'er really wanted it or not, what she just said made the empress dowager feel particularly warmed.
The Queen Mother thought Chu Pan'er was a smart person and more capable than the Thirteenth Sister Chu Ying'er.
The virtuous concubine finally relaxed.
The Queen Mother is not as amiable as she appears to be. She likes someone based on who can make her happy the most.
"Xianfei is so lucky to have a daughter who can please the Queen Mother. Others really envy her."
At this time, a clear and pleasant voice was heard. Everyone looked and saw Queen Song walking towards them from a distance, joking with the corners of her mouth curled.
Queen Song was wearing a palace dress with a golden and red embroidered phoenix pattern. The gold crown with beads in her hair was inlaid with a nine-strand phoenix hairpin. She looked gorgeous and dignified. Her slender white fingers wore nail guards inlaid with gemstones, which looked dazzling in the sun.
The moment the Queen Mother saw Queen Song, her face suddenly stretched long.
"If the Queen is envious, please have a child with the Emperor as soon as possible, so that I can have another grandson."
The Queen Mother said with a wry smile.
This is heartbreaking.
Queen Song has not been able to give birth to her own child for more than ten years since she entered the palace. In the past, everyone couldn't understand why the emperor didn't want a legitimate son. Since Chu Jinyan returned to the palace, everyone suddenly realized that it was not that the emperor didn't want a legitimate son, but that he only wanted the legitimate son born to Queen Yao.
Therefore, Queen Song was afraid that she would never be able to have her own children in this lifetime. The Queen Mother was not teasing when she said this, but was blatantly slapping Queen Song in the face.
Queen Song didn't care. After all, she had been hurt and felt pain. If she felt sorry for herself because of what others said, she would just make a joke of herself and make others laugh.
Especially since this person is the empress dowager, it is even more impossible for Queen Song to let her have her way.
"I am talking about others. What do I have to envy? All the princes and sons born to the concubines in the harem call me mother. They are all my children. Whoever I want to please me must obey me... Pan'er, go back to Jingren Palace with your mother and please me. Otherwise, you will be unfilial."
The Queen Mother choked with anger: "..."
There has never been such a shameless queen in any dynasty. Her chatter is so infuriating.
When Chu Pan'er saw Queen Song looking at her with a smile on her face, her face turned pale. She subconsciously hid behind the Queen Mother, with the word resistance clearly written in her eyes.
She now saw through everything. In the past, her mother was only polite to them on the surface because they did not touch her bottom line. But ever since Lu Xiang came into being and her mother punished her, Chu Pan'er developed a fear of Queen Song.
Asking her to go to Jingren Palace to please her mother? She was afraid that in the end it would not be as simple as copying the palace rules.
When Queen Song saw her dodging, she said, "What do you mean, Pan'er? Are you unwilling to be filial to me?"
Concubine Xian's face froze, and she hurriedly explained for Chu Pan'er: "The Queen is very kind to me, so how could Pan'er not want to be filial to the Queen? It's just that she has a lot of things to do recently, and she will go to Jingren Palace to show her filial piety to the Queen when she is done."
"It's enough to keep filial piety in your heart. There's no need to talk about it every day. Don't you think so, Queen?" The Queen Dowager looked at Queen Song forcefully and said.
Empress Song seemed to not understand the meaning of the Queen Mother's words and replied, "Queen Mother, filial piety can only be considered filial piety if it is expressed in action. No one knows what is in your heart. I don't want her to express her filial piety to me with words, but with actions."
Queen Mother: “…”
I wanted to hit him, but I couldn't refute him.
If she said no, Queen Gan Ming would take the lead in being unfilial to her.
"Okay, I'm tired after being out for so long. You guys continue to enjoy the flowers. I'm going to return." The empress dowager was at a disadvantage in front of Queen Song, so she stood up and left with the help of Wang Fu.
Song Nanyue, I will get rid of you sooner or later, humph!
Queen Song raised her eyebrows in a mocking manner: "Farewell, Queen Mother."
Everyone followed suit and saluted: "Farewell, Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother walked in front, followed closely by the palace maids. Suddenly, a scream was heard, and a palace maid accidentally fell. The fall knocked over the teacup on the table, and the tea spilled all over Lu Xiang.
"Ah!" Lu Xiang screamed.
"What's going on?" Queen Song glared at the palace maid unhappily. Yunlu immediately took a handkerchief and wiped Lu Xiang's wet skirt.
The maid was so frightened that she trembled and knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Please forgive me, Queen Mother, please forgive me, I didn't mean it."
"You clumsy piece of trash, what's the point of keeping you? Someone drag you out and give you thirty lashes of the cane and throw you into the laundry department." Queen Song said angrily.
The palace maid's body was shaking like a sieve and her face was pale.
The Queen Mother was upset when she heard this: "The Queen is so powerful that she even controls the maids around me."
Queen Song raised her eyelids calmly and said, "Queen Dowager, please calm down. I am doing this for your own good. This maid can't even hold a thing steady. How can she serve the Queen Dowager well? In order to avoid angering the Queen Dowager in the future, it is better to deal with her early."
"You..." The Queen Mother glared at her angrily, "How can you punish my people just because you want to? Are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for me?"
"I dare not." Queen Song bowed her head and said, "Since the Queen Mother is protecting you, I naturally dare not deal with you."
What do you mean she is protecting me, so I dare not deal with her?
The Queen Mother gnashed her teeth in anger. Was Song Nanyue implying that she couldn't distinguish right from wrong?
"Well...you are very well!"
Queen Song bowed and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Queen Mother."
Queen Mother: “…”
Who the hell praised you? Where’s your face?
"It's cold, Miss Lu, do you want to change your clothes?" Concubine Yi said at this time.
Lu Xiang: "Thank you for your concern, Concubine Xian. I didn't spill much tea, so it's not soaked. I just need to wipe it off."
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