If the Queen Mother didn't have that idea in her heart, how could she achieve this with just a few words from her servants?
When Emperor Xianzong of the Han Dynasty criticized Sang and Huai like this, he was just looking out for his own face, and did not want others to say he was unfilial.
The Queen Mother had never thought that she would be scolded in public like this. She was so embarrassed and annoyed that she could not speak for a long time.
As a nun who had been with her for decades, Aunt Lanruo naturally saw the empress dowager's embarrassment. She was also a loyal servant who protected her master. At this moment, she quickly knelt down on the ground and took all the blame on herself:
"Please tell me, Your Majesty! It was the old slave who talked too much and instigated the Queen Mother! The old slave has been with the Queen Mother for decades. Although his status is low, the Queen Mother still relied on the old slave, so he was instigated by the old slave! I hope you can Your Majesty, forgive me!"
The Queen Mother clutched her chest and secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw someone stepping out to take care of all this for her.
She is the current Queen Mother, and so many pairs of eyes are watching her. If she admits her mistake, what is the difference between that and killing her?
The Queen Mother already felt that she had lost her face when she was questioned like that by the emperor. That was the limit of what she felt she could bear.
Han Xianzong glanced at Aunt Lanruo coldly.
He is a good slave, but a slave who helps his master cause trouble.
"In this case, if the evil slave instigates the mother to be confused, let's kill this person with a stick." He said lightly, as if he was saying that the weather today is good.
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
The Queen Mother also opened her eyes instantly.
Lan Ruo has been her confidant since she entered the palace and is loyal to her.
She was the only one who was smart enough to take care of what happened today, and came out to take on everything for herself, but Han Xianzong actually didn't give her any face, and wanted to kill her best confidant with a stick!
Seeing several strong guards walking in from outside, trying to drag Aunt Lanruo down, the Queen Mother couldn't hold herself still and said sadly:
"Emperor, Aijia just rebuked the imperial concubine, not to mention that Aijia never asked her to kneel down. Even if Aijia really asked her to kneel down, as a queen mother, does Aijia not even have the power to punish the concubine? Lan Ruo I have served the Ai family for decades, and now you want to kill Lan Ruo, where will you put the Ai family?"
Aunt Lan Ruo's arms had been circled by the guards and were about to be dragged out. At this time, she cried and said: "The Queen Mother, I will work as a cow or a horse for you in the next life to repay your kindness to me."
After saying that, he kowtowed crazily to the ground. Blood stains appeared on his forehead within a few moments, showing how hard he worked.
And because of the struggle, her bun was messed up, and she looked like a crazy woman.
"Stop it for the Ai family!" Of course, the Queen Mother could not just watch Aunt Lan Ruo being dragged down, pointing at the two guards and yelling to stop her.
The two guards were in a dilemma for a moment and couldn't help but stop at the door.
Aunt Lan Ruo felt weak all over and had tears streaming down her face.
"The Queen has killed her son. The Queen is old. Reciting Buddhist scriptures in the palace on weekdays is already a prayer for the court. It is better for the Queen not to worry about the concubines in the palace, so as not to make her sleepy."
Emperor Xianzong of the Han Dynasty neither ordered the two guards to carry out the execution, nor did he reply to the Queen Mother's previous angry remarks. He just said the specious words above.
How could the Queen Mother not hear his intentions?
It was nothing more than saying that from now on he would eat fast and chant Buddha's name in Shoukang Palace and not care about the affairs of the harem, so that he would continue to treat her as the Queen Mother.
If she still wanted to reach into the harem and take charge of the affairs of the harem and concubines, he would not respect her like a mother and would even kill her personal maid with a stick today!
The Queen Mother smiled bitterly. Did Han Xianzong give her a choice?
Whatever happens today depends on his choice!
She sighed deeply, as if she had aged a lot in an instant, and could not hide her coldness as she said:
"The Ai family is old and can no longer take care of the affairs of the harem. In the future, the Ai family will not care about anything in the harem. Lan Ruo is the one the Ai family is used to. No one can touch Lan Ruo today."
The Empress Dowager's words indicated that in the future, as Han Xianzong said, she would spend all day eating and chanting in the palace and would never interfere in the harem again.
But Lan Ruo must be safe and sound.
She was just an old servant. Because of her relationship with the Queen Mother and her gang, Emperor Xianzong of the Han Dynasty guessed that she had also tricked Xie Ziyue along with her, so he really didn't like her.
But I don't think she will cause any trouble in the future, so Han Xianzong ordered the two guards to let Lan Ruo go.
After the two guards released Aunt Lanruo, they respectfully returned to guard outside the palace.
Aunt Lan Ruo returned to the Queen Mother in a state of embarrassment, with a look of misery that could not be concealed.
At this time, the Queen Mother seemed to have been drained of energy, and sat down on her seat weakly, looking in a daze.
Gu Xuan, who witnessed all this, just wanted to shout out how happy she was!
The mother-in-law did a beautiful job today! My father didn't try to make any concessions, and he didn't tolerate these people at all. This time, the Queen Mother must have learned a lot from her memory!
Sure enough, the emperor still needs to have real power! In the past, my father was timid in doing things, always worried about getting into trouble.
Now that he has real power in his hands, the father is so cool. Seeing the Queen Mother sitting there with a pale face, not to mention everyone else, even the little baby Gu Xuan feels happy!
Of course, her mother-in-law must also be happy.
From Gu Xuan's angle, she could clearly see the smile on Xie Ziyue's lips.
When she looked at her mother-in-law with her big round eyes, she happened to be caught by her mother-in-law. She smiled and put her hand into her mouth, showing a big smile towards her mother-in-law.
Seeing her daughter eating her hand, Xie Ziyue immediately took her hand out and whispered: "You can't eat your little hands."
Gu Xuan's eyes widened, yes, there are bacteria on the little hands, so you can't eat them...
Just now she put her hand in her mouth purely out of instinct... She had completely forgotten about it.
Sometimes a baby's instincts can be a really troublesome and overwhelming thing.
The interaction between mother and daughter is not obvious and almost no one notices.
Although all the concubines were still in high spirits and did not dare to express their anger at this time, no one felt bored.
Didn't His Majesty scold the Queen just now?
That attitude, that tone, they didn't believe a word if there wasn't any breaking news!
Now that the Queen Mother's side has been settled, I wonder what the situation is like on the Queen's side...
As if he could understand everyone's thoughts, Han Xianzong turned to look at the queen the next moment.
His gaze was unabashedly cold, and the queen was frightened by this gaze for a moment.
"Concubine De, repeat everything you said today." Han Xianzong didn't even want to say more in front of the queen. He directly asked Concubine De to repeat what she said before:
"Queen, listen carefully!"
