The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

Not long after, Qiu finished dressing up, Qiu Yu found the maid and quietly led her to the table, then returned to Jiang Shiying.

Seeing her return, Jiang Shiying turned her head slightly and asked, "How is Qiu?"

Qiu Yu whispered: "Don't worry, Madam, the general's wife is fine. I saw that the general's wife seemed a little depressed. I guess she was worried about the breach of etiquette just now, so I comforted her."

Jiang Shiying nodded slightly: "You did a good job."

Although their voices were soft, they were right next to the throne and Lu Zhaolin heard them clearly.

He heard Qiu Yu say that Qiu was a little depressed, and thought, isn't it? It was obviously General Mighty who lost his temper regardless of the occasion and poured wine all over Qiu. When asked, he said that Qiu didn't hold the wine glass firmly and got it wet. clothing.

Who would it be that I would be so depressed with a husband like this?

Even if he is a benevolent king, someone else who is mean can be punished for the crime of deceiving the king.

Thinking like this, the look he looked at the mighty general became more and more evil.

The mighty general sitting with His Highness did not receive this look at all.

He looked at Qiu who was sitting back next to him and asked, "How is Madam?"

Qiu snorted and turned away without saying a word to him.

The mighty general was angry, wondering what the occasion was. He had just committed a disobedience, and if it happened again, it would be unjustifiable.

So, he raised his glass and drank it, then turned his head without looking at Qiu.

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Because of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I also had two days off in the study.

After the holidays, it was the day when Ping An officially started school.

Early in the morning, the third and fourth princes came to Xiangyingju in person, saying they were here to pick up their younger brother to go to school with him.

Jiang Shiying asked people to invite them in.

These two were now ten years old. Jiang Shiying was not her biological mother after all, so she did not take them by her side. She only had them sit down, served them tea and snacks, and then asked them if they could have breakfast. Yes, I had a good rest last night.

They both answered one by one.

Jiang Shiying said again: "Thank you for thinking about his safety and coming here to pick him up."

The two of them stood up quickly and said that they could not deserve the gratitude of the imperial concubine's mother. This was what they should do as brothers.

Jiang Shiying smiled and asked them to sit down, and gave Ping An a few more words before saying, "It's getting late. Ping An should follow your third and fourth brothers to school."

Ping An bowed to her and then left with his brothers.

Through the open window, Jiang Shiying watched his steady steps with a hint of excitement, and her eyes gradually softened.

Seeing her like this, Qiu Yu thought she was sighing from the bottom of her heart. She was thinking of trying to comfort her, but before she could say anything, she heard Jiang Shiying say: "Call A Yuan over, I have something to tell you."

Not long after, A Yuan came in.

Jiang Shiying randomly found some excuses to dismiss the palace servants waiting in the room, leaving Qiu Yu and Hongying to guard outside.

"After the First Queen was buried, where did the painting screen next to her go?"

"I went to the Fengxian Hall to serve the late Queen's funeral."

Jiang Shiying raised her eyebrows: "Didn't you go to Song Cairen?"

A Yuan shook his head.

Jiang Shiying's eyes narrowed slightly: "Huaping, I hate the Song family for sending people to the palace."

Otherwise, she should be there to help Song Cairen and pave the way for him.

Taking a sip of tea to moisten his throat, Jiang Shiying asked again: "Have you finished treating that little atom?"

This person was the young eunuch of the Royal Pharmacy who was bribed by Concubine Zhen to tamper with the late Queen's medicine.

After the late Queen passed away, Concubine Zhen's people originally wanted to kill him to silence him, but Jiang Shiying's people rescued and detained him.

Since you want to use him, you must first let him figure out what should be said and what should not be said.

Ah Yuan nodded: "Don't worry, Madam."

Jiang Shiying thought for a moment and then said: "I estimate that the Holy Emperor will return to the palace in one month at most. During this period, let the people in the palace reveal the matter of Concubine Zhen drugging the Queen. Lead her to the painting screen. Then, lead her to find out the truth bit by bit."

A Yuan accepted the matter and asked her: "Where is Song Cairen?"

"Song Cairen has his own painting screen to find her." Jiang Shiying put down the tea cup: "I have a second thing to tell you."

"Mother, please tell me."

"Send a message to Xinwuhou's Mansion, asking my aunt to go to General Weiwu's Mansion to unravel the Qiu family when she has nothing to do. I heard that Qiu family also grew up on horseback when she was young. How? Now you have no energy at all?"

The aunt Jiang Shiying mentioned was Mrs. Lin of Marquis Xinwu.

A few years ago, my uncle was awarded the title of Marquis for his contribution to the annihilation of the Tatars. After that, my uncle always led the army and was stationed in Shuozhou, but my aunt and cousins ​​all stayed in the Marquis Mansion in the capital.

It is a long-established rule that when military generals are away from home, their families stay in Beijing.

On the surface, Jiang Shiying had no contact with her uncle's family. Apart from Lu Zhaolin, only the officials who handled the case knew about this uncle-nephew relationship.

Lu Zhaolin always thought that because of those old things, the two uncles and nephews had their own grudges, and they were no better than strangers.

And what about the fact? Jiang Shiying had never had less contact with her uncle and aunt in private. There are many things that can be successfully accomplished with their help.

If it hadn't been for the help of her uncle and aunt, it would not have been so easy for her to insert Azheng'an into the Forbidden Army, and it would have been even more difficult for her to have Dongqing and Wen'er escape from the imperial mausoleum by feigning death.

Today, her game involves the military power of the mighty general's mansion and the western suburbs camp, and she needs the help of her aunt.

A Yuan said: "With my uncle and my wife to help me, I believe that the general's wife will soon be able to regain her previous decisiveness in killing."

Jiang Shiying nodded with a smile: "I hope so."

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In the middle of the year, Ping An left school and returned to Xiangyingju.

The third prince and the fourth prince personally sent their younger brother back.

Jiang Shiying left them to eat some fruit snacks before letting them go.

When she was the only one in the room, she stretched out her arms to hold Ping An in her arms and said, "Tell me, concubine, how are you doing in school today?"

Ping An twisted twice: "My son is already old and has gone to school. He shouldn't be tired of being in the arms of his mother and concubine."

Jiang Shiying raised her eyebrows, with a hint of humor in her voice: "Then the concubine will not hug you in the future?"

Ping An was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Concubine, it's better to hold me for another two years. Men and women are not allowed to sit at the same table at seven years old, and I am not yet seven years old."

Jiang Shiying laughed out loud and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, my mother and concubine will hold us in peace for another two years."

After taking over, Ping An started talking about what happened in school today.

In Ping An's words, everything is good in school, hello gentlemen, hello royal brothers, and hello fellow readers. Nothing to learn was difficult, and he enjoyed it very much.

When he spoke, Jiang Shiying listened quietly without interrupting. But out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that the little eunuch who was following Ping An today, the one named Xiao Kezi, had something wrong with his expression.