Chapter 199: Queen Mother Chen visits her mother, Lu Yu is coldly rejected
However, her old mother, who had always favored Sanlang, must have been furious when she learned that Sanlang had gone to such a far place, and that it was the emperor's personal order.
"Your Highness, please come in. Grandmother has just been in a bad mood these past few days. It's related to her health, and has nothing to do with the Marquis's trip to Mobei. You don't have to worry too much."
Even if there is a relationship, you can't say it directly.
Yun Qiao mentioned this briefly, but in fact she also wanted to say directly that the old lady's illness was related to the Marquis being sent to Mobei.
She said that on purpose. It doesn't matter.
Empress Dowager Chen nodded slightly, took Yun Qiao's hand, and walked inside very intimately.
He said many words praising Yunqiao.
After entering the house, Empress Dowager Chen lowered her attitude and spoke to her old mother.
Before she became the empress dowager, Empress Chen was just an unpopular concubine. The reason why she was safe in the palace was that she did not fight for anything. She didn't even care whether the late emperor went to her palace or not.
That's just her nature.
Even now that she is the Empress Dowager, she is still humble and kind, which is very similar to the old lady. They are truly like mother and daughter.
"Mother, your daughter is here to see you."
"I know mother won't blame me. It's His Majesty's decision not to take you into the palace, but don't worry, His Majesty is Sanlang's cousin. He won't hurt Sanlang personally."
The old lady listened and said, "I believe you."
"I'm going to say something I shouldn't say. Your Majesty could have sat on this throne without Sanlang's help? And now you've sent Sanlang to Mobei. I never worry about politics, but this time, even at the risk of my life, I'm going to say this..."
The old lady has always been a well-behaved person. She never talks about court affairs or discusses Emperor Showa.
But this time, she was obviously furious.
Empress Dowager Chen was not angry, but instead she lowered her attitude and spoke patiently to her mother.
"Mother is right. If you are angry, tell me..."
It's no use saying it, Empress Dowager Chen cannot make decisions for the Emperor.
The old lady didn't know what was going on in her mind. She just wanted to find someone to vent her anger to. After talking for a while, the old lady stopped talking.
"Go back, and don't come to the Marquis' Mansion again."
"If I don't come here again in the future, please think about your mother and protect your nephew."
Empress Dowager Chen's eyes turned red. "Mother, please take care of yourself."
No matter what Empress Dowager Chen said, the old lady declined, saying she was tired and wanted to rest.
Yun Qiao had no choice but to stand up and respectfully see Empress Dowager Chen out.
"Grandma's health is indeed not good. She has been like this since the beginning of the year and has been thin for a long time."
Empress Dowager Chen: "Is it related to the previous poisoning incident?"
Yun Qiao nodded. "Yes, after eating the ginseng, she also took detoxifying medicine. They said that the toxins were eliminated, but grandma's body still couldn't recover to its previous state."
"The Marquis said that it was my grandmother who had come and that she was old enough."
"When he passed away, the person he was most worried about was his grandmother."
Yun Qiao spoke to Empress Dowager Chen in a low voice.
What could Empress Dowager Chen say? Her son sent his nephew to Mobei, and now she has lost face in front of her mother.
When her father was still alive, she failed to bring honor to the Marquisate.
Later, it was thanks to her nephew's military merits that she was favored by the emperor for a while. Now her son has ascended the throne with the help of her nephew.
She naturally couldn't understand why the emperor sent Sanlang to Mobei.
After Empress Dowager Chen finished talking to Yun Qiao, she left the mansion and returned to the palace.
At dinner that day, she called the queen over and asked her some questions.
The Queen has been in good spirits recently. She has no interest in the struggle for favor in the palace. She is the Queen in charge of the power of the harem. She rewards the women the Emperor likes with more gifts. She is generous and the Emperor is happy, so he comes to her palace more often.
In addition, his two sons are also very capable and outstanding in both literary and military skills.
As long as the crown prince is chosen from among her sons, the queen will not have to worry about anything.
When Queen Zhang Huang was called over, Empress Dowager Chen could tell at a glance that her daughter-in-law was living a good life.
"The Emperor is lazy in the harem all day, and you, as the Queen, don't even bother to take charge."
When the emperor married Zhang, it was Empress Dowager Chen who personally chose her. She trusted and valued this daughter-in-law, but recently it seemed that the empress only cared about herself and ignored the emperor at all, letting him do whatever he wanted.
It hasn't been long since a few new people entered the palace.
Especially this fight, which made the harem chaotic.
"I heard that Concubine Wang lost her pregnancy? The Emperor has favored another one now. I heard that she's a widow whose husband has died."
The queen was neither angry nor resentful.
"Mother, you don't know that the Emperor is now the ruler of a country, and even though I am the Empress, I dare not interfere.
Concubine Wang lost her baby because she was determined to compete for favor with Concubine Rong. She knew she was pregnant and drugged someone else. She was fine, but she drank the saffron soup herself. By the time the imperial physician arrived, the baby was already gone.
"As for this new favorite, I heard it was sent by the Wang family..."
Empress Dowager Chen frowned, "This Wang family, is there a girl named Wang Yanran in his family?"
"That's right, and the one entering the palace is Wang Yanran's cousin, Wang Shuran. It's also strange, this woman is not outstanding in appearance, but she is eloquent. Not to mention the emperor, even I, a concubine, would not be disgusted if I saw her."
Empress Dowager Chen glared at the Queen.
The queen, in panic, said, "I'm telling the truth. Mother, I'm trying to maintain balance in the harem, not competing for anything, and have invested quite a bit of my inner circle there. You saw me earlier, getting angry because the Emperor wouldn't come, and that only made him even more disgusted. Now that the Emperor can come to my palace, I won't be mocked by my other sisters and accused of neglecting him."
"Mother, the Emperor and I haven't been together for six months..."
After all, she is a woman, and she understands women.
After hearing what Zhang Huang said, Empress Dowager Chen stopped speaking harshly to her.
"You are the queen, you must take care of what you should do."
"Concubine Wang is too frivolous and pretentious. She is to be confined to the palace for two years. As for Concubine Rong, she is to be fined six months' salary and ordered to copy two copies of the Diamond Sutra to pray for the Emperor."
"As for Wang Shuran, who just entered the palace, we will see later."
"As for the Emperor, please remind him to take care of his body. The dragon's health is important."
After being panicked, he responded one by one.
"I have remembered everything. Thank you for your concern, mother."
"How is Grandmother's health? I was thinking of inviting Princess Huayang to the palace to visit her."
Empress Dowager Chen: "Huayang is busy now. She has to take care of three children and serve the old lady. Where would she have the time?"
"Okay, you can go down too."
Empress Dowager Chen called out Zhang Huang later because she had just returned from the Marquis' Mansion and was in a bad mood, so she wanted to find someone to complain to.
But this Queen Zhang is also a pitiful person.
I haven't slept with Huang for half a year.
The Queen is only in her thirties and less than forty this year, which is exactly the age she needs.
Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Chen also sighed.
***
Perhaps because she had vented her emotions, or perhaps because the weather was getting warmer, the old lady's health improved a lot.
The triplets' Nian Nian lived up to everyone's expectations and called people first.
She called out "mother", then "father", and finally "grandfather".
Nian Nian should have called out "great-grandmother", but the little girl couldn't call out clearly and couldn't remember. She clearly wanted to call out "great-grandmother", but she called out "grandmother" instead.
The old woman was overjoyed when she heard the cry of "Grandpa".
He directly gave the farm under his name to Nian Nian and also gave her six shops.
This little girl now has her own business.
The ancestors also raised cattle and sheep on the farm, which produced fresh cow and sheep milk, which was provided to the little ancestor Nian Nian.
Yun Qiao was busy taking care of the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion, and the days passed quickly.
Li Yuan's belly is getting bigger and bigger.
By mid-April, her belly was seven months pregnant. Gu Heng went to Jiangcheng in March and had not seen Maidong for a long time. Yun Qiao asked Gu Heng to find Maidong and tell her to come back and not stay in Jiangcheng all the time.
It seems like it’s time to come back.
After Yun Qiao finished dealing with the account book, she stood up and stretched her muscles.
Strolled to Chunhui Garden.
Li Yuan was lying on the couch. He got up when he saw Yun Qiao coming.
"Sister Qiao, why are you here?"
When there were no outsiders around, they would call each other more affectionately in private.
"I came to see you. I heard that you haven't had much of an appetite these past few days? And you've been crying all night?"
Li Yuan smiled embarrassedly.
Cui Ju, who was the most unconcealable, said, "Princess, my second wife is missing the wife at home."
"When I go to bed at night, I always call for my mother. This is because I miss home."
Li Yuan glared at Cui Ju and said, "You're the one who talks too much and can't keep your mouth shut."
It’s true that Li Yuan misses his mother.
Now that her husband is not around, she lives alone in this huge yard. In addition, she is in the late stage of pregnancy and is feeling uncomfortable in various ways. It is inevitable that she feels sad. When people are sad, they miss home.
"I wonder if Madam Li from Jiangcheng is free right now. If she has nothing to do, I'll send someone to invite her over."
"You're pregnant now, and your belly is so big that it's not suitable for you to move around. Would you like your mother to stay with you for a few days?"
There was excitement in Li Yuan's eyes.
"Will this work? I'm afraid it's not suitable."
"There's nothing inappropriate. If you're worried about Grandma, I'll go talk to her."
Li Yuan nodded immediately.
Yun Qiao talked to her for a while and then let her go to rest. Then Yun Qiao sent someone to drive to Jiangcheng.
One of them is to pick up Mrs. Li from Jiangcheng, and the other is to bring back Maidong from Jiangcheng.
Before going to Mobei, Chen Jingyan made sure that she made sure to arrange Maidong's major life events.
Yunqiao was worried because Maidong hadn't come back yet.
It just so happened that she sent someone to pick up Mrs. Li and bring Maidong back.
***
Jiangcheng, a grocery store.
Mai Dong calculated the time. She had been in Jiangcheng for two months. The grocery store business was pretty good. She had originally planned to return to Kyoto, but when she was planning to go back, there was a problem with the account book in the store.
She learned some things in the Marquis' Mansion, but when it really came in handy, Maidong found it difficult.
"Please take a look, Miss. Erniu said there are some discrepancies in the account book."
"Let Erniu come. My sister-in-law sent someone to pick me up. I think I should leave tomorrow." Maidong said in a calm voice.
She had a lot of contact with Lu Yu during this period. Lu Yu was a good person, very kind and responsible. She felt relieved to hand over the grocery store to him.
Lu Yu paused and asked, "Are you leaving tomorrow?"
"Yes, my sister-in-law sent someone to pick up my second sister-in-law's mother, and I'm going back with her. I'm leaving tomorrow, so I came here today to tell you."
"I'll leave this grocery store to you. By the way, Lu Yu, my second brother knows medicine. I'll tell him later and ask him to check your eyes."
"From now on, you can ask Dawei and Ergou for help with matters in the shop."
Lu Yu didn't say anything and just listened to her quietly.
But why do I feel so uncomfortable?
He had never seen Miss Mai's appearance, but he seemed to have her image in his heart. Lu Yu's hands were clenched tightly under his sleeves, and he never said what he wanted to say.
"After leaving here, will the girl come back again?"
His original purpose in approaching Mai Dong was to get her to pay him money and do some work for him.
He was the second-in-command of Erlongshan, and his subordinates worked for him. They quickly found out Maidong's identity and her group of street thug friends.
I also know Maidong's current identity.
He used his cleverness and fickleness to persuade Maidong to open a shop.
But he didn't expect that his purpose had changed unconsciously.
He no longer focused on how many shoes and baskets were sold in the shop or how much money was earned. Instead, he looked forward to her coming every day, just to stay here for a while.
Time flies.
He, the second-in-command of Erlong Mountain, has been down the mountain for more than two months.
When he was with her, he didn't even want to go back to the mountains.
When Mai Dong heard Lu Yu ask her this, she felt strange.
She stared straight at Lu Yu.
Lu Yu's face was so delicate, he didn't look like a bandit at all, but rather like a noble young man who was left behind in the mountains.
"Why are you asking me this? Could it be that you're in love with me?"
Maidong started laughing as he spoke.
She leaned in close and whispered to Lu Yu, "Don't look at my noble status now. Before I was recognized, I once snatched food from a dog. I'm not as good as you think. I'm dirty."
The thought of how she was almost raped that night made her feel uncomfortable.
All her clothes were taken off and she felt really dirty.
Lu Yu is blind, but not blind in heart.
He would like her? No way.
Lu Yu reached out and grabbed Mai Dong's arm.
"Don't say that about yourself."
"Miss Maizi, you are very good. In my heart, you are the purest and cleanest."
Mai Dong's face suddenly turned cold, and he whispered, "In your heart? Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to think of me?"
"Lu Yu, between you and me, it's just cooperation, nothing else. Put away your inappropriate thoughts."
Maidong said this with a cold face, then turned and left.
"Please tell everyone, Lu Lang, that I, Mai Dong, will not be coming back."
She left.
Lu Yu was anxious to explain, but what could he explain and how could he explain it?
His self-righteousness will only bring him humiliation.
Erniu and Dawei came back together and only saw Lu Yu standing at the door, but no Maidong.
"I just saw my sister Maizi, but she disappeared when she turned around to pick up the goods?" Dawei asked, "Second Boss Lu, are you bullying me, Sister Maizi?"
Lu Yu said calmly, "Miss Mai has something to do and will go back first. You guys go ahead and do your work."
In the end, he had thoughts that he shouldn't have had.
He knew in his heart that he was not worthy of liking her, but the human heart could not be controlled.
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