"Baizhi, are you asleep?"
"I just fell asleep. What happened to Yongshou Palace again?"
Gu Qingcheng had just finished receiving the memories when he heard someone whispering at the door of the hall.
It was very quiet in the hall, and her six senses were sharp. Although she was more than ten steps away, she still vaguely heard a few keywords.
Yongshou Palace?
Well, that's the residence of the emperor's biological mother, Concubine Xie.
There are quite a few records in the memory bank of the original owner about this mother-in-law.
In the words of later generations, it was absolutely the best.
Concubine Xie was not of high birth, and her appearance and talents were not outstanding in the harem.
Her conduct, character and temperament are even more difficult to describe.
Thinking about it, Min Huang, as his own son, felt that his mother was "bad", which is enough to prove how weird Concubine Xie is.
As the daughter-in-law, the original owner faced the more real and terrible Concubine Xie.
"...This person is really confused!"
Gu Qingcheng recalled the memory he had just received and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
Gu Qingcheng herself has a very high level of quotient. Although she doesn't quite understand it, she also understands the psychology of people like Concubine Xie——
Due to her background, she couldn't help but feel inferior.
Once they gain power, their temperament will change drastically and they will become rampant.
Concubine Xie's contradictions and distortions are particularly obvious when she treats the original owner, her own daughter-in-law.
On the one hand, Concubine Xie is proud that her son can marry a daughter of a noble family with good talent and beauty.
On the other hand, she is envious and jealous of her daughter-in-law. Every time she sees her daughter-in-law, she feels inferior from the bottom of her heart.
Inferiority is not considered a shortcoming. People who are not mentally strong enough will always have low self-esteem for various reasons.
But the reason why Concubine Xie is such a weirdo is that she cannot handle her own inferiority very well.
Others who have low self-esteem may work hard to improve themselves and become better people.
Concubine Xie has low self-esteem, but she only satisfies her twisted mentality by suppressing and pulling others down.
It was better three years ago. Min Huang was not in charge, the original client, Queen Gu, had just entered the palace, and Concubine Xie could restrain her temper.
When Min Huang took charge, Concubine Xie started to tremble completely.
She would always rely on her status as mother-in-law to try to tease the daughter-in-law of the original owner.
Gu Qingcheng: ...Ma De, you are sick!
If Concubine Xie was targeting her daughter-in-law for her own benefit, Gu Qingcheng would understand.
However, it was obvious that Mrs. Xie was just doing this for "pity", and there was actually no big conflict of interest between her and the original owner.
Compared to her daughter-in-law, Concubine Xie’s “rival” should actually be the Queen Mother!
As a result, she didn't dare to fight with the Queen Mother, so she just maintained her presence on her daughter-in-law's side.
Many times, Concubine Xie engages in "war of spirits", harming others but not benefiting herself!
Concubine Xie's behavior seems so "genuine" in a court where interests are paramount.
Gu Qingcheng: ...In the harem, it is not a good thing to praise a middle-aged woman who is married and has children for her innocence and straightforwardness.
Fortunately, the original owner was not a bastard, let alone that kind of "***" - she and Min Huang were not an ordinary happy couple, but partners with an exchange of interests.
The Gu family gave Min Huang enough support, and Min Huang gave the Gu family the position of queen.
"...This Queen Gu is somewhat similar to me!"
Gu Qingcheng has integrated everything of the original owner and has a very in-depth understanding of his "new identity" this time.
Then, Gu Qingcheng was pleasantly surprised to discover that Queen Gu was not the heroine or supporting character in ancient legends.
The most obvious feature is that Queen Gu doesn't have those thoughts of love and love.
Ha, coming from a famous family, marrying an emperor and becoming a queen, and still thinking about petty love affairs, that’s just ridiculous.
Talking about feelings with the emperor?
Do you really show your sincerity?
What do you think?
I am completely sorry for the family education I have received since childhood.
What's even more ridiculous is that there are some ancient sayings. The heroine was betrayed by the emperor and the hero, and her family was also implicated in the whole family. She started to hate her, and then there were dramas such as rebirth and revenge.
Gu Qingcheng:......
This is a political marriage between you and me. It would be better to just talk about the interests.
Why do you have to talk about emotions?
The combination of the new monarch and his powerful ministers is both a cooperation and an investment.
Investments are inherently risky.
The emperor should prevent descendants from becoming powerful and relatives from interfering in politics;
The queen's family must also guard against the emperor crossing the river and destroying the bridge, "repaying kindness with hatred"!
Already on the gambling table, the bet is gone, who wins or loses depends on his own ability.
There is no need to put a "tragic love" cloak on this cruel political struggle.
The original customer, Queen Gu, was very sober. She was not obsessed with Min Huang, but regarded Min Huang as her business partner.
They are husband and wife, working together and taking advantage of each other.
No one can talk about being superior to anyone.
Therefore, Queen Gu would not compromise in the harem, nor would she still swallow her humiliation and act like a dumpster even though she was of noble birth and had a generous dowry.
Empress Gu had never been used to her confused mother-in-law, Dowager Xie.
It is true that due to filial piety, Queen Gu would not really "disobey" Dowager Xie.
However, Queen Gu will use her strength to fight.
The Queen Mother, who had a higher status and more confidence than Concubine Xie, and Concubine Xie's emperor's son Min Huang, were all Empress Gu's "rescues."
Queen Gu would not argue with Concubine Xie about trivial matters.
For some issues involving principle, Queen Gu would leave the problem to the Queen Mother and Min Huang.
At this point, some people may be wondering, isn't Queen Gu helping Min Huang fight against the Queen Mother? They should be enemies of the cheap mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Gu Qingcheng: ...Haha, that's superficial.
Some people in later generations have said, "There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests"!
There is no life-or-death feud between Queen Gu and the Queen Mother. Even if there is, in the face of absolute interests, they can turn enemies into friends.
In the eyes of government officials, there is no absolute right or wrong, and there is no such thing as grudges or grudges.
Sometimes, for the sake of profit, even the hatred of killing one's father or taking away one's wife can be "laughed off".
Although Queen Gu and the Queen Mother are both women, they are very mature politicians.
They will weigh the pros and cons, rather than being "true-hearted" like Concubine Xie!
Concubine Xie thought she had not quarreled with the Queen Mother, but in many cases, her "confusion" itself was an offense to the Queen Mother.
Empress Gu took advantage of this perfectly and asked the Queen Mother, her legitimate wife, to take care of her former concubine.
As for Min Huang, that is easier to explain.
Min Huang is the biological son of Concubine Xie. If there is anyone in this world who really owes Concubine Xie and has to endure Concubine Xie's mischief, that person must be Min Huang.
Although Queen Gu did not have those mother-in-law and daughter-in-law theories of later generations, she had always been able to distinguish very clearly——
Without Min Huang as her husband, she and Concubine Xie would be two strangers with no interaction at all.
The conflict between the mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law was not caused by the two women, but by the man in the middle.
It is the inaction of the husband and son that causes conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
As an ancient aborigine, Queen Gu knew how to clearly define responsibilities and trace her roots. She refused to be outsourced by filial piety.
Being targeted by Concubine Xie, she would not foolishly think that she did not do well, which made her elders dissatisfied.
She would convey one idea to Min Huang: It seems that the mother-in-law still has resentment towards His Majesty.
Everyone in the world says, "Love the house and the bird." If the mother and concubine really cared about His Majesty, she would not target the concubines.
Fortunately, I still have some brains, I know
The mother-in-law was just confused for a moment, not because she really wanted to cause trouble for His Majesty!
Queen Gu's meaning was very clear. A mother-in-law who deliberately targets a daughter-in-law who is of noble birth and helpful to her son is either really stupid or she really doesn't take her son seriously.
Or, it’s both.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Xie seems to be in the third situation.
Every time Concubine Xie came to provoke her, Empress Gu would express her thoughts openly and covertly - Your Majesty, your mother-in-law does not love you, and she is not willing to "love the house and the bird" for you.
Feeling guilty and ashamed?
self-reflection?
Stupidly kidnapped by the so-called filial piety and put yourself in a humble situation?
Sorry, I won’t!
Empress Gu did not rely on Min Huang's favor to live her life. She became queen not because of Min Huang's pity, but because she had a powerful family behind her.
As long as the Gu family is still there, even if she disobeys her mother-in-law and is unkind to her husband, her position will still be secure.
And once the Gu family is gone, even if she treats her mother-in-law as an ancestor and humbles herself to the dust, she will still be destroyed! It can be said that although Queen Gu is a pure ancient aboriginal in this small world, her thoughts are not "conventional" at all.
Even more rational and sober than the people of later generations.
"I like it!"
The more Gu Qingcheng gets to know the original owner, the more satisfied he becomes.
She turned over and sat up, and opened the curtain with a snap.
At the door outside the dormitory, two palace maids were whispering together. They heard the noise and hurriedly stopped.
One of them even asked respectfully, "Mother, are you awake?
Although the sound was still not loud, it was louder than when he lowered his voice just now.
At least, Gu Qingcheng was able to hear clearly and identify who this person was——
"Bai Zhi, come in and talk!"
"Yes, my dear!"
Bai Zhi responded and walked in quickly.
She saw that Gu Qingcheng had already sat up, and hurriedly walked closer, took a hidden bag and stuffed it behind Gu Qingcheng.
"What's wrong? I vaguely heard 'Yongshou Palace?'"
Gu Qingcheng leaned against the hidden bag and looked at Bai Zhi. Her tone was neither high nor low, and her speaking speed was neither urgent nor slow. .
The whole person was calm and calm, as if she didn't care at all when she heard that the annoying mother-in-law was coming to make trouble again.
"Reporting to the Queen, Aunt Yuping from the Yongshou Palace came just now and said that the Queen Mother has chest pain and needs the best rhino horn for medicine——"
Bai Zhi was a maid brought into the palace from her natal family by the original owner. Her ancestors had been a servant of the Gu family for four or five lifetimes, and she was the most loyal.
As a loyal servant, Bai Zhi is very repulsive to the best mother-in-law like Mrs. Xie.
Even more deeply disdainful.
It wasn't that Bai Zhi thought she was a noble servant of a noble family, but that this Concubine Xie was really unbearable.
For example, this time, he was sent here to ask for his daughter-in-law’s dowry!
