The most difficult conflict in the world to deal with is family conflict. Blood relationships and family relationships can confuse all truth! Zai Chunming knew that his mother was messing around and deliberately causing trouble, but he still had to act like a son!
Because this is an era when etiquette controls the secular world. This is the Qing Dynasty, not the Chinese Ryukyu Naha!
Even within the Chinese ethnic group, no one dares to challenge filial piety. It’s just that the head of state relies on his iron fist and personal charm to try to make etiquette more humane!
For example, the right to divorce is written in the Chinese code. This separate marriage law also caused an uproar among the Chinese, and the entire society was unanimously opposed!
But the opposition was useless. Xiao Letian stood up and firmly stated his position in support of the promulgation of the Chinese Marriage Law. Only then did people fight for the free right to divorce!
But what is very interesting is that the Chinese Marriage Law was indeed passed by a majority vote, but it has not been used even once until today. The entire society acts as if the right to divorce does not exist!
Women who have been subjected to domestic violence still dare not file for divorce, and boys who are forced to kiss their babies can only walk into the bridal chamber with a grimace!
Free love like that of Xiang Ying and Cai Bixia is actually only a right enjoyed by the top elites in the Chinese people. But their love is actually secretly nodded by the Xiang family and the Cai family!
How can the iron net of ethics be broken so easily? Even if you are the emperor, you can only endure it!
At this moment, Zai Chun could only put on a show of bitterness, trying to get his mother to stop making trouble and put the matter aside first, but the devil in Zai Chun's heart did not calm down!
The devil kept whispering in Emperor Tongzhi's ears, "Give her one last chance, flip the table! Lift the table! If you don't know how to advance or retreat, even your own mother will have to flip the table!"
If Cixi gets off the donkey at this moment, everything will be fine. If she doesn't know how to advance or retreat, Zai Chun will really reach the critical point!
But he underestimated the abnormal psychology of the middle-aged widow. Cixi even got involved today. "Who is making trouble? Is the Ai family making trouble?"
"Okay, okay... Since you are like this, it is boring for the Ai family to stay here. The Ai family will go to Dingling to accompany the late emperor, and the Ai family will go to guard the tomb and hide from you, okay?"
Wuwuwu... Cixi was crying and was about to leave. Now the other concubines had to express their opinions. If the husband doesn't apologize to his mother-in-law, the daughter-in-law must apologize!
The four concubines knelt in front of Cixi and hugged their legs and cried, "Don't leave, Queen Mother! Please understand His Majesty's hardship! All the mistakes are the fault of the concubines. The Queen Mother is angry..."
Concubine Hui was even smarter. She walked a few steps to Zai Chun, knelt and raised her head and said, "Your Majesty! Please admit your mistake to the Queen Mother. Then ask your sister to come and offer a cup of tea and kowtow to the Queen Mother. This matter is settled." It’s passed…”
"The Queen Mother cannot be allowed to go to Xiling. If she goes to guard the tomb of the late emperor, Your Majesty's reputation will be ruined!"
Concubine Hui cried with tears in her eyes, but it was strange that the makeup on this woman's face was not affected at all. Her pretty face looked at Zai Chun pitifully. It was obvious that this was seduction!
Zai Chun glanced at her and remembered this appearance in his heart. Then he looked up at the chaos in front of him and couldn't help but let out a long sigh!
Zai Chun walked up to Cixi and knelt down respectfully, "Mother, when the queen takes the medicine and feels better, we will naturally kowtow to the queen to apologize!"
"If you go to Dingling to watch the mourning, please mother never mention it again! My son will definitely not let go... The son must be filial to his mother!"
Speaking of this, Zai Chun suddenly showed a smile that was hard to detect, and the smile flashed past!
"Mother, I really can't waste any time. I had a hard night last night, so I have to change my clothes and hold the court meeting today! I also need to take a sip of the morning tea..."
"If the Queen Mother feels depressed and unhappy... Well, Prince Chun's direct descendant Fujin is currently being held in the concierge of Prince Chun's Mansion!"
"I have ordered the new Imperial Forest Army to escort us here. Queen Mother, you two sisters can have a good chat!"
With one sentence, Cixi's heart suddenly sank. "Well... you... what did you do to your aunt? Where is Prince Chun?"
"Mother, there are some things that I just wanted to report to you! When we raided three palaces last night, something unpleasant did happen!"
"There was a fierce gun battle in Prince Chun's Mansion... But don't worry, Queen Mother, my aunt is safe. However, Prince Chun's whereabouts are unknown at the moment, and he is being searched throughout the city!"
"Mother, please rest assured, even if the sky falls, this aunt is not in any danger! My son must protect my aunt's wealth no matter what!"
Just these words made Cixi break into a cold sweat. The threat in and out of her son's words made her shudder!
Cixi has a natal family, her sister is the direct descendant of Prince Chun, and her brother is a minister in charge of the bodyguard. This natal family can be regarded as a weakness of Cixi!
This girl in particular is an important tool for him to win over Prince Chun. They have a good relationship as a couple, so Prince Chun’s power cannot escape from his grasp!
At this moment, Zaichun's subtext was very clear: "Mother, please stop making trouble, my aunt and uncle's lives are still in my hands!"
"Even my uncle's wealth and splendor must be given to me as a nephew!"
"If we really break up, don't you think your son has the guts to overturn the table?"
Cixi immediately regretted it. She thought her son could be controlled, but she never expected that Zai Chun's heart was dark enough to turn that relative on her to threaten her!
That’s all! Originally, last night I wanted to take advantage of the chaos to establish authority in front of my daughter-in-law, but I didn’t really want to depose the queen. If the trouble continues like this, there will be no way to end it!
Cixi pretended to be nervous and said, "Son! The Ai family doesn't know whether others will rebel... But you have to understand that Prince Chun has been with you from the beginning to the end, and he will never rebel!"
"Think about it carefully, when has he ever disobeyed your will? Even if you asked him to go to Qinghe to interrogate those factory slaves, it was obviously a dirty job where he was scolded, didn't he do it without any complaints?"
"If such a wise king also rebels, how will the government and the public look at you?"
When Zai Chun saw his mother's resignation, he knew that the counter-threat had worked, and he immediately smiled and said, "Yes! I think so too. Now I am afraid that some of the courtiers will impeach me!"
"But please rest assured, Queen Mother, I will not wrong anyone. I am very clear about the merits and demerits!"
"Okay, okay... Now that you have kept it in mind, the Ai family can feel relieved! I am also tired. You can go to court, and the Ai family can go back and catch up on some sleep..."
Cixi is gone! Just left like that, the whole night was covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder, but it was all over without a few drops of rain? When I co-wrote it, my God had a stomachache and farted loudly?
Zai Chun looked at the chaos in Kunning Palace in front of him and said angrily, "Why are you still kneeling down? Clean this place up! Da Sixi, you immediately take over the fuse of the Jingshi Room and immediately conduct an interrogation of these eunuchs and maids in the Forbidden City!"
"Those who have problems must be caught and interrogated early! Even if there are no problems, but they are old and disobedient, they should be sent out of the palace as soon as possible!"
"It's time to add some new people, these old faces make me sick!"
"Your Majesty changes clothes...comes to breakfast...dog slaves, wait at your service!" The arrogant Da Sixi stood in front of the Qianqing Palace with arms akimbo, while hundreds of eunuchs and maids began to work fearfully.
