When Aunt Cui and Aunt Cai came over to question her, Mrs. Li said in an understated tone: "It was wrong to give you more before. Originally, my aunt should be treated the same, and it should be like this no matter where I go."
Aunt Cui and Aunt Cai said one after another: "We are from the palace!"
Li said: "No matter where she comes from, she is now my father-in-law's concubine, and she should be treated the same. If you are not convinced, you can go to my father-in-law to argue."
Aunt Cui and Aunt Cai sneered: "Do you think we can't do it?"
Mrs. Li snorted coldly. She was not afraid that they would go to Zhou Guo to announce her status, because her mother-in-law told her that it was okay and she could do this.
Since my mother-in-law is not afraid, she must have an idea, otherwise she, a smart person like her, would not agree if she knew the matter could not be done.
At that moment, Aunt Cui and Aunt Cai went to Zhou Guogong to ask for an explanation.
"We have always been treated like this before. When the young lady takes charge of the house, our treatment is lowered. My wife has not done such a thing. What right does the young lady have to change it like this?"
When the two first entered the palace, they received this treatment. Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou fought for it for them. They said that since they were from the palace, the treatment should be better to avoid being too bad. The emperor knew about it, so don't be unhappy.
The original person was too lazy to argue with the two about such a trivial matter, so as not to cause more trouble, he gave him preferential treatment.
But Linlang is not afraid of quarrels. After all, if the two of them are too annoying, there is nothing terrible about directly annihilating them physically.
So when Li mentioned it, Linlang agreed.
After hearing the two people's cries, Zhou Guogong couldn't help frowning, thinking about how the good people had reduced their treatment, so he asked Linlang what was going on.
Linlang said: "Their treatment was higher than others before. It was because the old lady and the third daughter-in-law insisted on giving them such high treatment. I couldn't resist and gave them to them. In fact, it was inappropriate. After all, they are all aunts. Why should their treatment be so high?" It’s different.”
Zhou Guogong said: "But when they come out of the palace, they deserve better treatment..."
Linlang said: "What's wrong with the people from the palace? Can we give them the same treatment as other aunts, and they can go back to the palace to complain and let His Majesty scold you for not giving them good treatment? Your Majesty is in charge of heaven and earth, and he will take care of your house." What’s going on here?”
Zhou Guogong said: "That won't happen, but..."
Just listen to Linlang continue to say: "I know not, after all, which emperor will take care of the minister's house, how to treat the concubine. Even if you want to take care of it, your majesty is not suitable to take care of the affairs of your backyard. What will you say if you go out and call someone? ? Besides, who are they, who are qualified for His Majesty to stand up for them? So they are treated the same as other aunts, what can they do? "
"Besides, even if she comes from the palace, a woman must obey her husband when she gets married, and she must obey the arrangements of her husband's family. Since the elders in our family, no aunt has received special treatment. If it comes to them, we have to do it. What about special treatment?”
"Of course, if my husband likes them very much and wants to give them better treatment, that's another matter."
But if Zhou Guogong was really like this, Linlang would probably let him lie down at home, just in time to solve the crisis at home.
But Linlang believed that Duke Zhou would not do it.
Because although Zhou Guogong treated the two of them preferentially, he could not say that he liked them.
It is true that Zhou Guogong no longer rested in his original room because of his old age. Instead, he rested in the rooms of his young concubines. He was considered a lecherous person. After all, although his original body was over thirty, he had not aged much. , Zhou Guogong thought that the color of his original body was no longer good, and he went to live with the young concubine in a different room. Isn't he a lustful person?
But...since he is a lustful person, he will naturally not like anyone all the time.
These two people had followed Mrs. Zhou into the mansion not long ago. They had been here for five or six years. Their colors were no longer as fresh and tender as the newcomers, so they were not as favored as the newcomers. Duke Zhou Guogong only did this for the sake of the emperor. Occasionally go there and have a night's rest.
In this way, Zhou Guogong will not fight for better treatment for them. After all, Zhou Guogong's new favorite, he has not asked Linlang for better treatment. At most, Zhou Guogong will give her some subsidies in private.
The new favorite Zhou Guogong didn't help the other party to get better treatment, let alone the old favorite.
So when Zhou Guogong heard what Linlang said, he kept silent and thought to forget it. From now on, he would pay them some subsidies out of his own pocket, and it would be the same.
Zhou Guogong felt that the subsidies he gave them were the same. Is it really the same?
Of course it won't be the same.
As mentioned before, Duke Zhou is a lustful person. Aunt Cui and Aunt Cai are not very favored now. In a few years, they will definitely not be favored. Even Duke Zhou may not go to their room. By then, they will still be favored. Do you expect Duke Zhou to give them money privately? impossible.
Besides, they don’t need to be attentive and courteous to get what is given by the public. They can get it if they have time every month.
However, if you want to get money from Zhou Guogong, you have to please him diligently before you can get it. Can it be the same as the treatment at Duke Zhong?
So Aunt Cai and Aunt Cui were happy to see Duke Zhou go out, thinking that the treatment issue would definitely be solved. After all, who dares to disobey Duke Zhou, but when Zhou Guogong came back and said that the matter was not resolved, he also said that he would give them subsidies privately to make them happy. They were disappointed, but when they heard that Zhou Guogong said that they would be subsidized privately, they did not dare to say anything, for fear of looking bad and offending Zhou Guogong. In the future, Zhou Guogong would not give them subsidies, so they had no choice but to accept it, but they were not angry at all, so they immediately To sow discord, he said: "The Duke of Guo is the head of the family, how can my wife disobey the Duke of Guo?"
Yes, this matter made Duke Zhou feel a little uncomfortable.
He also felt that if anything happened, he could just give instructions and his wife would listen. Why would there be so much nonsense?
It is normal for Duke Zhou to think this way, because he is the son of a wealthy family and the nephew of the Queen Mother. Everyone has supported him since he was a child, and no one will disobey him. Of course, matters in the court do not count, but at least at home No one dared to disobey him - although for a while, after the stepmother gave birth to a son, she was a little troublesome, but soon, he grew up and his position as the heir apparent was stable, and she could no longer cause trouble, and then she returned to her childhood self. A life of being held in high esteem.
Later, when my cousin came to the throne, he had a good relationship with the new emperor, and others could only praise him. Linlang talked so much nonsense, but it was still rare for him to refute his words. At this time, the two aunts It's normal to feel uncomfortable when you mention it.
But... Linlang is different from Ji Concubine.
Any concubine who wants to make him unhappy will either fall out of favor or, more seriously, be dissatisfied and be sold directly, so those concubines dare not make him unhappy.
But his wife, Linlang, was different. He couldn't use this method on Linlang.
