All Hail Cousin Brother

Aunt Shen listened with her head down, and agreed: "There is no one more careful than Aunt Xu."

After speaking, the queen mother sighed again: "Aijia didn't plan to let her out of the palace, but the Hou family of Changxing begged for Xu mama again and again, and wanted Xu mama to help teach the seventh sister in the family. Er, the Aijia didn't agree, so she asked to go to Concubine Zhuang, and Concubine Zhuang asked the man from Zhaoyang Palace to come to the Aijia to talk to her, if the Aijia refused again, I'm afraid even the emperor would be disturbed."

Aunt Shen lowered her head and stared at the toes of her shoes.

"The one from Zhaoyang Palace" in the mouth of the Empress Dowager is the Concubine Lu Huang who lives in Zhaoyang Palace.

The Empress Dowager changed the topic: "I still think Ai's family doesn't know, this is the one who instigated this matter from Zhaoyang Palace. I saw that Ai's family had asked Aunt Xu to help Li Yang to adjust his body earlier, and he was also worried about Ai's family. Aunt Xu gave it to Li Yang, adding a powerful person to Li Yang, the calculation is really powerful."

When she said this, her tone was very ordinary, and she didn't show any joy or anger.

Aunt Shen didn't dare to answer, she just lowered her head and listened.

The Empress has been ill for many years, and the gate of the palace is also closed. Aunt Xu is good at nursing. If Aunt Xu is with Princess Liyang, it is equivalent to being with the Empress.

The Empress Dowager was silent for a moment, and the hall suddenly fell silent, only the incense of Ning Shen Xiang in the phoenix head incense burner, who was tirelessly breathing out the fragrance.

"After serving the Ai's family for so many years, the Ai's family couldn't let her go into the fire pit, so she simply let her out of the palace, and the future is entirely up to her. She herself is also a sensible person, and the Yu family is also a good place to go. , I admire the old man Yu very much, and when Aijia was young, he often called the old lady Yu into the palace to speak."

Aunt Shen smiled and said, "My servant still remembers that when the Empress Dowager got a piece of agarwood that was a thousand years old, she made two beads and sent it to Baoning Temple for three years. One of the beads was brought to the Empress Dowager's hand."

As she spoke, Aunt Shen glanced at the Buddha beads wrapped around the Empress Dowager's wrist. It was probably worn for a long time and never left her body. The Buddha beads were extremely bright.

The empress dowager also remembered this: "I heard that Mrs. Yu and Aijia worship Buddha like a family, and the other is to give her a reward."

Aunt Shen laughed along with her.

The Empress Dowager changed the topic and said again: "Miss Yu's house, it seems that she is from Xie's wife, the original wife of Yu Yushi. This Xie is from Xie's house in Quanzhou. Earlier, Xie Sanlang went to Beijing and sent a lot to the palace. It's a rare thing, but it's really insightful."

Aunt Shen lowered her eyes and said nothing.

Mentioning the Xie family, the Empress Dowager thought of a past event: "I remember one summer at the palace banquet, all the wives came to the palace, and a lady fell into the heat and fainted, and all the ladies present had dry eyes. Look, only one lady rushed over, helped the lady, took a sachet of incense pills in the sachet and fed the lady. Later, the Aijia specially summoned her. It is Yu Shi's original wife, Xie Shi, who is really a warm-hearted and bright person, which is a pity."

Just as she was talking, the Empress Dowager thought of something, and she saw the little palace maid kneeling on the ground: "Xie's daughter, Miss Yufu, what is the name of it?"

The little palace maid hurriedly said: "Back to the empress dowager, her name is Youyao."

The Empress Dowager laughed when she heard it: "You Qing is clean and honest, it is both contemplative and suitable to laugh, Zi Mu Yu is good and graceful, and the word "You Qing" also refers to a clean and honest body. , the beauty is called slender, the name is good, clean with a clean body, and good-hearted with good virtue." At this point, she paused, and added: "It's also virtuous to match her name, it's really called Mrs. Yu. He has cultivated a bit of moral character."

There are so many young ladies in the capital that can be remembered by the nobles in the palace, and there are only a few of them, and Miss Yu is one of them.

The Empress Dowager first mentioned her relationship with Madam Xu as the master and servant. When Madam Xu entered the Yu Mansion, she inevitably mentioned her juvenile friendship with Mrs. Yu, so she also mentioned Mrs. Xie, who had passed away in the Yu Mansion. It is necessary to mention the Xie Mansion in Quanzhou. The Xie Mansion is an imperial merchant, and no merchants can grant officials in this dynasty, but the relationship between the Xie Mansion and the palace is very close.

Finally, Miss Yu was mentioned.

It seemed that she was just gossiping, but no one present would really think so. When she was the queen mother, every word she said had a deep meaning.

Each of these people is involved.

From the imperial concubine Lu, Concubine Zhuang, the Marquis of Changxing, and the Mansion of Yu, everyone was terrified.

The Empress Tai Huang smiled: "I will go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs tomorrow to pick up a bright and beautiful palace sash and send it to Miss Yu, so I don't have to let her enter the palace to thank her. When she is a little older, she will be able to do it at the palace banquet. See you."

The maid hurriedly responded.

It is already a great honor for Miss Yu to receive the reward of the Empress Dowager. If she is summoned by the Empress Dowager again, it will indeed be too eye-catching for the half-year-old Miss Yu.

As the saying goes: The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will urge it.

With her age, she can't afford such a limelight.

The Empress Dowager smiled, and her complexion faded: "Xuan, Mrs. Changxing Hou, Miss Cao Qi has entered the palace."

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After Yu Zongzheng and Yang Shuwan left, the Anshou Hall became quiet.

Mrs. Yu sat upright on the couch, twirling her eyes down the Buddhist beads. The agarwood beads were yellow in color because they were often handled.

Madam Liu remembered that this string of beads was a gift from the Empress Dowager.

Over the years, the old lady has often worn it by her side.

Mrs. Yu thought about what happened at the flower party, and after a long time, she sighed softly: "It's probably because I'm getting old. Recently, I often think about the past."

Madam Liu didn't speak.

Mrs. Yu stopped reciting the Buddha beads: "In the past, I calculated too much, and calculated the future of the second child. The second child was very promising, but he was away from me, and the elder also left me."

Madam Liu hesitated and said, "The old man left early, you support the huge family business, you are a widow, and you are naturally more calculated than others, otherwise how can you protect the Yu family, these hundreds of thousands Fame over the years?"

Mrs. Yu shook her head: "In those days, the boss was with the Yang family, and the root cause of the trouble was me. The Yu family was a scholarly family, and he inherited his fame from his ancestors, but I married the boss a merchant girl. , I was dissatisfied with my wife's background and wanted to marry that scholarly girl, so I committed a bastard, and it was not his resistance to me, it was also the resentment of our mother and daughter, but it took Xie's life."

She asked the eldest brother to marry the Xie family. She had selfishness and calculation in her heart, mixed with too many trade-offs, pros and cons. Although she also cared about the future of the eldest brother, she was very biased towards the second child. The bowl of water could not be balanced. caused the boss's resentment.