The palace servant said: "It is said that Chang Lu is instigating discord among brothers, and is making trouble with our Highness because of His Highness the Sixth Highness's affairs."
The queen praised: "Well done, it's not an exaggeration to beat such a slave to death immediately!"
The emperor has passed his fortieth birthday and is about to consider his future affairs. These ignorant villains are still instigating the emperor's eldest son to hate his younger brother. What will the emperor think when he sees this? ?
I was not very satisfied with this eldest son, who knew what twists and turns might happen.
The queen ignored the matter and continued to settle accounts with the female official.
After a while, another palace official hurriedly said: "Our Highness had a quarrel with the eldest son of the Emperor..."
The queen raised her eyelids and asked, "What is it for? If it's for the long journey, there's no need to say it."
"But it's not the case." The palace man looked embarrassed. He hesitated for a few moments and then roughly mentioned a few words about the emperor's eldest son and concubine.
The queen's eyes dimmed, and the hand holding the pen was silent for a few moments before placing the brush in her hand on the washer: "This is a bit much."
When the emperor's eldest son and concubine drove Chang Lu away, she had no objection and instead clapped her hands and applauded him.
What's so great about a mistress disposing of a slave?
But as a wife, it is too disrespectful to criticize her husband like this.
Especially the husband she accused was the queen's son.
The queen was displeased and wanted to send someone to reprimand her daughter-in-law, but she didn't know that at this time someone came to report the news.
"Queen, this is serious—our Highness and the eldest son of the Emperor have started to fight. No one else dares to dissuade them. Please go and have a look!"
After hearing this, the Queen was no longer anxious. She picked up the pen again and said with a slight smile: "The couple had a fight at the end of the bed. What's the fuss about? As a mother-in-law, I'd better not get involved. Something happened in their room."
The palace maid panted like a broken bellows, and said loudly: "I can't go, my queen!"
She said: "When I came to report the news, our Highness had already been knocked to the ground. If you don't go and take a look, it might be too late!"
"What?!"
The queen was shocked and said: "Damn beast, why didn't you tell me earlier?!"
Chapter 193
The queen immediately became anxious when she heard that her son and daughter-in-law were beaten instead of fighting against each other.
No matter how virtuous a daughter-in-law is, she is still someone else's daughter. No matter how useless a son is, he is still his own flesh and blood. Can this be compared?
I hurried over and saw that the war over there had been declared over.
The eldest son of the emperor was red from the beating, with a big bruise on his face, and a little blood stain under his nose. The eldest son of the emperor was using a piece of cloth to help him hang up his limp right arm.
The queen took a deep breath, suppressed her unhappiness, and walked forward as calmly as possible, smiling: "What's wrong? In her own land, she actually suffered such an injury. It can be seen that she is an attendant. Not loyal enough.”
When the eldest son of the emperor saw his mother coming, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he thought about his majestic appearance at this time. He stood up, his expression was somewhat evasive, and he did not dare to look directly into her eyes.
After the emperor's eldest concubine saluted the queen, she said calmly: "Mother, this matter is not the fault of the attendants. It was because I took action after a dispute with Your Highness, and it has nothing to do with them."
The Queen said "Oh" in confusion.
The palace attendant brought a chair over, and she sat down slowly, with a gentle expression but sharp eyes: "When a husband and wife have a disagreement, they should discuss it. It's not a wife's behavior to rely on violence to insult her husband's dignity. Is it something that should be done?”
The emperor's eldest concubine asked back: "Are you here to ask for punishment?"
"how come?"
The queen laughed and said: "You child, you think I am a villain and you are on guard. If you and your wife are at odds, don't you allow me, the elder, to mediate? That would be too overbearing."
The eldest concubine of the emperor saluted her and said softly: "I think when the elders come to mediate the conflicts between the younger generations and their spouses, they should first ask about the reason for the dispute, then ask about the words of both parties, and then ask the left and right attendants about the incident. In this way Only then can we judge the right and wrong. I just don’t understand your point of view, is it the same as mine?”
The queen narrowed her eyes slightly and then fell silent.
After a long time, she smiled faintly: "Don't blame my son for being angry, the bride's temperament is too unruly."
The eldest daughter of the emperor smiled politely and made no comment.
When the queen saw this, she felt as if she had been hit on a hard rock with a stick, and just as she picked it up again, she plunged into a pile of cotton again.
The eldest daughter-in-law of the emperor did not continue to argue with her. She simply ignored the daughter-in-law and left her son outside. She took her son into the inner room and said, "Ask the medical officer to see if he has been there." , does it still hurt?”
The eldest son of the emperor felt that it was embarrassing for a man of his age to be beaten by his wife and bring her into trouble. He lowered his head and said dejectedly: "It's not a big deal. I think, son, there is no need to make a big announcement..."
The queen was furious: "Your arm has fallen off, and you still say it's nothing serious?"
The eldest son of the emperor murmured for a long time, but was finally speechless.
After the queen lost her anger, she finally talked about today's events: "Although I don't like the bride to be unruly, what she said still makes some sense. At this juncture, it's not the same with Lao Liu. When trouble breaks out, you will always be the one who suffers."
He had another headache and said: "Son, when will you change this impetuous and aggressive temperament? Your father was very calm when he was a boy, and I am not an arrogant person. How did you give birth to two children—— "
The emperor's eldest daughter and concubine stood outside the door. When she heard that the queen was so sad, even though she was still having a headache about today's events, she couldn't help but feel a little funny on her face.
Why is it that both parents are stable people, but their children act impatiently and never use their brains?
I want a fruit tree to bear sweet fruits, but I protect it too much.
Do not allow sunlight to reach its branches and leaves, as excessive sunlight may burn them.
Do not allow rain to fall on its roots, as excessive rain may cause the roots to rot.
Even bees that want to pollinate are driven away by their owners for fear of causing harm to the fruit trees.
After doing this, a twisted and deformed fruit tree finally grew, but the owner began to wonder why it could not bear sweet fruits.
Is this any different from looking at a wooden pile and wondering why no swimming fish can appear on it?
The eldest son of the emperor is twenty-seven years old this year and is a standard adult. But even so, after the couple had a conflict, the queen still rushed over and supported him immediately, lest her son would be involved in the scuffle. How can a son stand on his own feet with such a mother?
Especially for a long time, Emperor Zhou devoted almost all his energy to the former dynasty. The harem was the empress's hall of say, and no one dared to go against the wishes of the emperor's eldest son and Princess Changhua.
Even if there is occasional displeasure, the queen, the mother, will soon appear behind her children. Under such circumstances, it seems that it is just a normal thing for the two children to be domineering and aggressive.
The eldest daughter of the emperor no longer wanted to say anything more.
Because there is no need.
The prince, who heard this from his confidants and had not yet determined whether it was true or not, regarded his closest brothers as mortal enemies, and his mother, who fought for her twenty-seven-year-old son anytime and anywhere, fearing that her son would be wronged in the slightest.
This sudden examination initiated by Emperor Zhou completely exposed the flaws in the emperor's eldest son's character and the queen's short-sightedness.
But after today, where will she, her father, and even everyone from the Mo family who entered the Zhou Dynasty a few years ago go?
The eldest imperial concubine no longer paid attention to the mother and son in the palace, but took only a few of her followers to the dormitory where Quan Shuyi's mother and son lived.
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The emperor listened silently to his confidants talking about today's events. From the reaction of the eldest son when he heard that the sixth prince had entered and exited the Hongwen Pavilion, to the advice of the eldest concubine, to the subsequent quarrel between the couple and the queen's rush to leave, every detail was revealed. Nothing fell.
The ministers and clan members who were kneeling beside him were silent and lowered their eyes in unison. For a moment, they didn't even dare to raise their heads to see his expression at this time.
Unexpectedly, I heard a burst of laughter.
The laughter was suppressed at first, but then it got louder and louder, finally resounding throughout the hall.
The emperor laughed so much that he coughed, but he ordered his surroundings: "Call the historian to come in."
The faces of the ministers changed slightly, and the expressions of the clan members were even more subtle.
The attendant could not care so much. After hearing the sound, he trotted out quickly. After a while, he led the official with a hairpin on his ear to enter and hid behind the curtain.
"When Duke Mu mentioned the prince to the ministers, he said that my son has the qualifications to be a British master. Now that I look at it again, what should I say?"
But the emperor laughed and said: "My son has the talent to put mud on walls? Hahahaha!"
Everyone knew that although the emperor was laughing at this time, he was already very angry when he thought about it. In other words, he was extremely disappointed. Naturally, he did not dare to agree and had to keep silent.
Only historians wrote quickly to record what happened today.
"...The emperor's eldest son, Tang, was arrogant and arrogant. When he heard the slanderous remarks from his neighbors, he was suspicious of his younger brother. The concubine tried to persuade him, but he did not listen. If he tried to persuade him again, he would get angry, and the couple would fall out of harmony. The emperor heard this and sighed endlessly. This is not the right thing to inherit the country. Humans too!”
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The eldest son of the emperor was eliminated by his father without knowing anything about it.
As the eldest son, he was not canonized as a prince. In the past, this was his misfortune.
But now, this is his luck.
The emperor was completely sure that he would not be a qualified heir and excluded him from the school for heir selection. This decision was indeed cruel, but it did avoid a fierce head-on collision between him and the other princes.
Until now, the conflict between the emperor's eldest son and the sixth prince was actually only unilateral and had not spread.
Now the emperor himself has decided that the eldest son of the emperor is not the right one, and announced that he will withdraw from the competition for the reserve position. This is also a kind of protection invisibly.
Although the eldest son of the emperor may not want this kind of protection.
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When the emperor's eldest concubine arrived, Quan Shuyi had not yet gone to bed and was sitting under the lamp sewing pajamas for her son.
She was originally a woman from the Western Regions and was not skilled in needlework. However, the harem was lonely and she had no hope of regaining her favor. She always wanted to find something to do to pass the time, so she brought a few maids to do needlework from time to time. Work.
When her son was young, both swaddling clothes and clothes were much simpler. In addition, she was still young at that time, so she did more things. Gradually, as the child grew older, Shuanghong was ingenious and ingenious, and she was afraid that She hurt her eyes, so I advised her not to do it again.
Some time ago, when she had nothing to do, she thought about sewing a robe for her son. Originally, she was doing it from time to time. There was a dedicated person to take care of everything for her son, so there was something missing like this. A piece of clothing.
I never thought that my son would come back to see me and say, "It's not like I don't have anything to wear." But the brilliance in his eyes couldn't be hidden no matter what.
Quan Shuyi knew that this kid was duplicitous and said, "I'm just doing it for fun," but in fact, she had already been working for a few days and wanted to finish it as soon as possible so that he could get up.
She was sitting by the window making clothes, and Shuanghong was sitting next to her on her knees reading a book, like a monkey suppressed by Buddhist beads, her eyes were straightening for a while, and she was scratching her head from time to time.
I don't know if it's because of the lighting and angle, but the bun on her head looks sparse.
Ying Zheng was reading a book at the other end.
Sometimes when my eyes are tired, I just look at the other people in the room.
The main thing is to watch Quan Shuyi.
Compared to Zhao Ji, she is actually... more like a mother.
After a brief moment of confusion, he noticed the visitor outside the door.
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