Mrs. Li stood up and moved to Concubine Li, hugged her legs and raised her head and said, "Aunt, my cousin went to my place yesterday and told me to come to your place to find out why you don't like seventh brother so much." . He also said that let me advise you, after all, we are all brothers in the same family. You are right to make such a distinction..."
Under Concubine Li's ice-cold face, Mrs. Li did not dare to finish her words.
The room was deathly quiet. Aunt Shi glanced at Mrs. Li, and worriedly stepped forward to comfort Concubine Li: "My wife, don't be angry. You didn't have a good breakfast yesterday, and you can't do that again today. You should not be angry. You just have a bad stomach, so you have to take care of your own health."
"Taking care of your health? My biological son and biological niece all want me to die!" Li Guifei gritted her teeth and said.
This is a huge sin.
Li was startled, knelt down and cried: "Aunt, I was wrong, it was all my fault. I should have persuaded my cousin, but not only did I not persuade, but I came to you to talk nonsense. Aunt, please don't If you are angry, my cousin is devoted to you and has no other thoughts. It is all my fault. If you are angry, aunt, please punish me!"
Concubine Li lowered her eyes: "Do you really realize your mistake?"
Li nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong!"
Concubine Li pointed toward the door and said, "Okay, since you know your mistake, go out and kneel down!"
"Ah? Kneel down?" Ms. Li was stunned. She was Concubine Li's biological niece and the concubine her cousin recorded on Jade Butterfly. She was asked to kneel at the door?
Concubine Li said nothing with a cold face.
Mrs. Li burst into tears, not daring to beg for mercy, and looked at Aunt Shi eagerly.
Aunt Shi knew Concubine Li best and could never help to intercede at this moment, so she personally stepped forward to help Mrs. Li up: "Concubine Li, get up. I will help you out."
He actually asked her to kneel down!
Mrs. Li's tears were falling, and her face was filled with grievance, shame and anger.
Taking the soft cushion, she pushed Mrs. Li to her knees at the entrance of the main hall of Showa Palace. Aunt Shi returned to the room and whispered: "My dear wife, why are you doing this? Concubine Li is the concubine of King Wu, and she is the most beloved of your mother's family. My niece, you..."
Concubine Li's face turned pale, and she sighed for a long time before she spoke: "I just want her to kneel down. If I don't make her suffer all kinds of injustice, that child A Yu... will be a hindrance!"
Aunt Shi understood. In fact, this was to make King Wu feel sorry for Concubine Li, and it was also to scare the monkeys.
It’s best not to blame King An again for what happened this time.
Just when Aunt Shi thought of this, Concubine Li already cursed: "...I should have strangled him to death in the first place!"
Aunt Shi was startled and didn't know how to answer the question when the eunuch's sharp voice came outside, announcing that the emperor was coming.
Emperor Xuan was delayed outside the door for a moment. After entering the room, he stepped back and helped Concubine Li who was halfway through the ceremony: "What's wrong? Don't you always love that girl A Meng? To punish her to kneel like this, she doesn't have any dignity inside." I asked you to get beaten, what happened?"
Concubine Li shook her head, with a smile on her face: "It's nothing important, but I just want to teach her. Why is the emperor here?"
Emperor Xuan did not ask further, and changed the subject: "I heard that you didn't make a good use of your breakfast yesterday, and now that you've come here, you haven't made a good use of it. Fortunately, I'm here and can still accompany you. Use some.”
Speaking of yesterday, Concubine Li's already ugly face became even more ugly, but she managed to hold on and said, "The food has become cold. I will ask someone to bring new ones over. Is there anything the Emperor would like to eat?"
Emperor Xuan didn't care about this, just waved his hand and asked Concubine Li to take care of it.
Concubine Li went out to ask Aunt Shi to give her orders. When she saw Mrs. Li, who was asked to stand up by Emperor Xuan, she was shrinking her head and crying silently. She felt distressed and angry for a moment, so she just waved her hand away: "What are you still doing? You haven't knelt enough yet? Hurry up?" Let's go back!"
Mrs. Li quickly bowed: "Yes, Aunt, I'll be back then."
When the breakfast table was full again, Emperor Xuan didn't eat it. Instead, he put a gold and silver roll into Concubine Li's bowl and said, "Did the Queen Mother give you a hard time yesterday?"
Concubine Li took a bite of the gold and silver scroll and shook her head.
"How could the Emperor say that? The Queen Mother treats her concubines well enough." Concubine Li said sincerely.
Emperor Xuan curled his lips, but did not laugh: "Zhao Ting's marriage..."
When Concubine Li heard Zhao Ting's name, she immediately put down her chopsticks. When Emperor Xuan paused, she didn't even dare to express her anger. Emperor Xuanxuan also asked her: "Do you have a favorite candidate for Zhao Ting's concubine?"
Concubine Li quickly shook her head: "Everything depends on the emperor!"
Emperor Xuan said meaningfully: "You are his mother after all."
Concubine Li couldn't say "You are his father", but Emperor Xuan was forcing her, so she had to answer: "I have been feeling unwell recently, and I really don't have the energy to pay attention to the outside world. It would be better if I came to ask him, See if he has someone he likes?"
"Marriage is an important matter, the fate of parents." Emperor Xuan tilted his head and seemed to be thinking. After a while, he said: "You should know about Lu Qinghe, the eldest daughter of the Minister of War, Lu, right? She is already eighteen years old this year, and she is quite a good person. What do you think, my concubine, of the choice?"
Lu Qinghe!
Is it the Lu Qinghe who is famous in Beijing for his talent and appearance?
Of course Concubine Li knew about her. When she thought of her, she almost immediately knelt down in front of Emperor Xuan.
"Why, do you think it's bad, my concubine?" She didn't answer for a long time, and Emperor Xuan asked with raised eyebrows.
Concubine Li looked up and her face turned pale and she was covered in cold sweat: "Your Majesty..."
The words were not finished, but the meaning of pleading was very strong.
Emperor Xuan looked at her deeply. For a while, his shoulders slumped as he was sitting upright, and he leaned on the back of his chair weakly. He whispered to himself: "Airu, you are still the same as you were twenty years ago. I am young and beautiful, but I... am old and my health is not good."
"Your Majesty!" Concubine Li shouted urgently, stood up and knelt beside Emperor Xuan, hugging his hand.
Emperor Xuan lowered his head and raised his hand to touch her face: "Shilang Lu's eldest daughter is worthy of him."
"Your Majesty!" Concubine Li shouted again, her eyes turning red.
Emperor Xuan looked at her and said slowly: "You still care about him."
"No!" Concubine Li shook her head, "Your Majesty, you are not old, you are still young! I don't care about him either, I only care about you, I only care about A Yu, really!"
Emperor Xuan smiled: "Then it's settled. I decree that the daughter of Zhao Ting and Lu Shilang will be married."
He is only twenty-two!
Concubine Li lay on Emperor Xuan's lap and burst into tears.
But soon, thinking of her mother's family, Zhao Yu, and herself, her heart slowly became firmer.
He is already twenty-two!
These twenty-two years have been stolen by him. Otherwise, he would have died twenty-two years ago.
"Okay." She whispered, "But my concubine's birthday is at the end of the month, can you..."
Emperor Xuan interrupted her: "Okay, I promise you that I will wait until your birthday before issuing an imperial decree granting marriage."
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Now that she had made up her mind, Tang Yuyao became concerned about cleaning up the Taoyuan residence. Zhao Tingjin left Chen An to help, and she took care of the main house there. As for the furnishings and arrangements in the room, whether she likes them or not is secondary, Zhao Ting's liking is the most important thing.
After everything was tidied up, Chen An smacked his lips and looked at Tang Yuyao with a change of eyes: "Our family made a mistake. Miss Yuyao's skills are so good!" As he spoke, he even raised his eyebrows. thumb.
Tang Yuyao smiled softly: "Eunuch Chen is so ridiculous that I don't dare to take it seriously."
Chen An was just upset and deliberately stabbed Tang Yuyao, but he didn't expect that Tang Yuyao didn't even deny it! He looked at Tang Yuyao and was shocked for a long time before speaking: "You...you are so shameless!"
Tang Yuyao ignored him and only looked around for a final inspection of the room.
But Chen An walked up to her quickly: "So there is nothing to leave the house, nothing to be in love with, nothing to marry, these are all nonsense. Your purpose is to force the master to accept you?"
Just say yes! Tang Yuyao said lightly "Yeah".
"You are really -" Chen An couldn't find any adjectives, but he had to say that this trick was really good.
He knew his master's thoughts very well, but he had not made any move. Girls from Yuyao were already at this age, so they really couldn't wait any longer. What's the point of just being an aunt now? At least I can give birth to a child early, and that will be the future eldest son of Prince An! The first child, even if it is a concubine, is still valued by the master.
What's more, it is still unknown when the family will have a legitimate child.
Thinking of this, Chen Anxin was willing to call Tang Yuyao his master: "Master Tang, it's still early now. Why don't you go back and rest for a while. When the master comes back, we... this slave will go and report to you immediately."
Master Tang?
This title is quite new.
Tang Yuyao showed a satisfied look on her face, reached out and patted Chen An's shoulder approvingly: "Okay!"
Holding back the strange feeling in his heart, Chen An met Zhao Ting and told the matter immediately, but it was no longer eye candy at this moment: "...Master, this slave only found out today that Master Tang actually If I care about you so much, how else would I have the guts to say such nonsense? I don’t even care about you!"
Zhao Ting said with a smile: "I have known this for a long time! Okay, stop talking nonsense, go and invite your Master Tang!"
have to! Please go, Master Tang!
Chen An was both flexible and flexible, so he respectfully invited Tang Yuyao here.
The curtain of the carriage opened, Zhao Ting stood up and reached out his hand. Tang Yuyao took his hand and was pulled into the carriage.
In the spacious carriage, Zhao Ting held the person in his arms and asked Tang Yuyao in her ear: "Have you missed me?"
"Think about it." Tang Yuyao turned sideways and rested her chin on his shoulder, her voice sweet but expressionless.
