sick princess

The queen mother listened to Princess Changtai's embellishment and jealousy, and looked at Queen Xu with an unfriendly expression: "Queen, what's going on? Changtai just handed over the pair of glass bottles to your people. Why did you turn your head around so quickly? The glass bottle was broken?"

The Empress Dowager looked at the glazed bottle quietly lying in the sandalwood box, her face was very ugly.The colored glaze is quite pure, looking crystal clear, it was found by Princess Changtai after a long waste of effort.As a result, before it was sent to the Queen Mother, it was broken into pieces.

The broken ones are not just a pair of valuable glass bottles, but also the filial piety of Princess Changtai!

Besides, even if this factor is not considered, it is not auspicious if the congratulatory gift is smashed when the Queen Mother celebrates her birthday.Needless to say, the empress dowager was angry, even Princess Changtai also hated empress Xu.

"Isn't the emperor's sister-in-law deliberately arranged this way because she wanted to see me make a fool of herself? Or is it that the emperor's wife just doesn't want to see the empress feel better?"

"The queen mother usually lives in seclusion, and doesn't care much about things in the palace. Now, it's only during her birthday that she can have a lot of fun. Could it be that the emperor's sister-in-law doesn't even care about this, and deliberately wants to mess with the queen's birthday banquet? ?”

If the Queen Mother's remarks were only to accuse Empress Xu of being unfavorable in handling affairs, then Princess Changtai's words were clearly questioning Empress Xu's intentions.

If Empress Xu can't deal with the current situation well, I'm afraid that someone with a heart will label Empress Xu as unfilial.

Even Emperor Zhaode noticed the commotion here: "Empress, I have instructed you so much that there must be no mistakes at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet today. What did you do? Did you not take it to heart? "

Emperor Zhaode didn't think that Empress Xu deliberately wanted to mess up the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, but he was very dissatisfied with Empress Xu's performance.The birthday banquet has just started, and something went wrong, how do people think about the royal family?

When only the Queen Mother questioned Queen Xu, Queen Xu managed to remain calm.But when Emperor Zhaode, the Empress Dowager, and Princess Changtai all fired at Empress Xu, Empress Xu became flustered: "The concubine is not..."

Even the ministers and wives who came to the birthday banquet also noticed that the surrounding atmosphere was not right, and gradually stopped talking.

It was originally thought that Emperor Zhaode grounded the imperial concubine and handed over the power of commanding the six palaces to Empress Xu, which was a sign of Empress Xu's fortune.Unexpectedly, Empress Xu still has such no status in this palace.

But Princess Changtai had the slightest respect for Empress Xu, so she shouldn't question Empress Xu face to face, and the question she asked was still so cruel.And if Emperor Zhaode had respect for Empress Xu, the married wife, he should not have helped Princess Changtai scold Empress Xu without knowing the reason, but should have reprimanded Princess Changtai for disrespecting Empress Xu. It is important to maintain the majesty of Queen Xu.

If today's matter cannot be handled properly, the efforts made by Empress Xu to control the Six Palaces will probably become a joke.

How can a queen who is so majestic and sweeping the floor rule the Six Palaces?Who would really take her words seriously?

Concubine Hui stood behind Emperor Zhaode, lowered her eyes to hide the gloating light in her eyes.

If Empress Xu can no longer rule the Sixth Palace, she should be able to get more authority, right?After finally waiting for the imperial concubine to be grounded, she naturally had to seize the time to develop her power.If God does not take, you will be blamed instead!

Seeing Empress Xu in an awkward position, Baoluo's eyes flashed, and she grabbed the crown prince who was about to step forward to rescue Empress Xu, and said with a delicate and cute face, "Aunt Changtai, Father said, The children of the royal family should be sensible and respectful people, and Baoluo is here to greet you."

Princess Changtai pulled the skin on her face: "Excuse me."

Now she doesn't have a good feeling for Queen Xu, but she doesn't feel angry at a child.She just felt that Baoluo didn't wink at her, why did she run out to salute at this early hour!Could it be that she thought she would not pursue the matter of the glass bottle being broken after she bowed to herself?

"Baoluo has become a person who knows etiquette, so aunt should also be a person who knows etiquette." Baoluo looked at Princess Changtai seriously: "Auntie, when you meet someone higher than you, what kind of courtesy do you need?" ah?"

The last bit of warmth in Princess Changtai's eyes completely disappeared, and she could tell that this girl was here to embarrass her!

"Are you asking me to salute the queen?"

"Shouldn't it?" Baoluo blinked, with a hint of confusion in his eyes: "Is it possible that I remembered wrongly? The eldest princess is actually higher than the empress?"

Baoluo turned her consulting gaze to Master standing aside: "Master, did I remember wrongly?"

The master looked at Baoluo with a complicated expression.I originally thought that Princess Longevity was spoiled and grew up carelessly, but now it seems that Princess Longevity is actually not that simple.

However, this is a good thing for Donggong after all.His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has no mother clan and no brothers to support him. If he could have Princess Longevity as his helper, he would surely be able to avoid many detours.

Don't look at the teacher who is impartial in the classroom on weekdays, as if he has the same attitude towards everyone.But he is also an orthodox Qingliu after all, he naturally supports the eldest son inheritance system and stands on the side of the prince.

"Princess Changshou is right. The eldest princess is no more respected than the empress. It is really out of character to be rude to the empress and even yell at the empress."

Princess Changtai was angry: "What we are talking about now is that the empress destroyed the glass bottle that the palace found for her mother!"

"No matter what happens, as long as the queen is still the queen, the eldest princess should not be rude to the queen. If the eldest princess is obsessed with obsession, the minister will definitely join the elder princess tomorrow." Another censor also stood up and said.

This censor has long been displeased with Princess Changtai's arrogance of the empress dowager's mother-in-law.

Freedom of speech in this dynasty, even the emperor dared to participate in speech officials.If you want to participate in a long princess, it is naturally not alarmist.

Princess Changtai gritted her teeth and said, "Are you threatening me?"

"How dare the humble official threaten the eldest princess? It's just that if the eldest princess's words and deeds are unreasonable, the humble official will have to give an admonition even if it is a deadly remonstrance."

Many literati value name over life and death. If someone is really admonished because of Princess Changtai's death, the official will become famous in the first battle, but Princess Changtai will be infamous for thousands of years.

Just when Princess Changtai was hesitating, the queen mother said: "Enough, everyone is noisy, so loud that Aijia's ears hurt. Could it be that the palace is used as a vegetable market?"

"Aunt Changtai, the emperor's grandmother's ear hurts. You should rub it for the emperor's grandmother. The emperor's grandmother saw your filial piety and made her more happy than any birthday gift." Baoluo looked at Princess Changtai enviously: " It's a pity that I can't reach the ears of the emperor's grandmother, otherwise, I would like to rub it for the emperor's grandmother."

Princess Changtai: "..."

This girl is addicted to playing around with her, isn't she?

But in front of everyone, she couldn't say that she didn't want to rub the Queen Mother's ears, otherwise wouldn't she be unfilial?

It's really weird, why is she always being led away by a little girl today!

Princess Longqing watched this scene with a suppressed smile, and then she stepped forward and said, "Sister Changtai, you are really too impatient. It is really inappropriate for you to question the emperor's wife because of a servant's words. Such things How can you make a decision based on a servant's one-sided opinion? At any rate, you should listen to what the emperor's wife has to say, otherwise, if you wrongly blame the emperor's wife, wouldn't it affect the harmony of our royal family?"

"As soon as I got here, I ordered someone to hand over the glass bottle to the emperor's sister-in-law. Besides the emperor's wife, who else would touch my glass bottle?"

"Sister Changtai, you said that you handed over the glass bottle to the people in this palace, but you don't know who it was handed over to?" Baoluo spoke for herself like this, if Empress Xu didn't come out to say anything, it would really be a shame. I am ashamed of my daughter's statement.She is useless, but she will never leave her children alone.

"It's Du Juan, the court lady next to you. Why, do you still want to deny it?" Princess Changtai raised her eyebrows.

"Du Juan, did you break Princess Changtai's glass bottle?"

"Reporting to Empress Empress, the eldest princess's glazed bottle was indeed kept by the maidservant at first. Later, Concubine Hui sent someone to find servant girl to help, and Miss He Xiang, who was next to Empress Hui, looked at the glazed bottle for slaveservant. The servants left for a while. When they came back, they heard that the glass bottle was broken."

"Don't talk nonsense just to exonerate the empress dowager. I have been serving the empress dowager all along. When did I call you over to help?" Concubine Hui looked at Du Juan with an unkind expression.

"Since Du Juan said that this matter is related to the court lady He Xiang, why not call He Xiang to ask about it." Princess Long Qing suggested.

"Ask! The Ai family wants to see what the result can be!" The queen mother obviously thought that the queen would never repent.

"Which one is the lotus fragrance? Bring it to me!" Princess Longqing glanced at the crowd, her phoenix eyes inherited from the ancestors of the Ji family were quite majestic: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law knows that you are in this place." In this matter, in order to avoid suspicion, it is not easy to speak up. The imperial sister stepped in to interrogate you for the first trial, you don't mind, do you?"

"Of course not. Younger Sister Longqing can just ask. In front of the emperor, I forgive this servant girl for not daring to lie. Otherwise, it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor." Empress Xu said.

Just as He Xiang wanted to complain, she was stopped by Princess Longqing with a sentence: "I ask you, you answer, and when I don't ask, you are not allowed to speak easily, do you understand?"

He Xiang looked at Concubine Hui aggrievedly, seeing that her master did not refute, she had no choice but to reluctantly agree.

"Are you sent by Concubine Hui to assist the queen?"

"Yes. There are a lot of things to do today. Concubine Hui was afraid that the empress would be too busy, so she sent the slaves to the empress's side."

"Did Princess Changtai ever give Du Juan a pair of multicolored glazed vases?"

"Yes."

"Du Juan broke the glass bottle?"

"Yes."

"The glass bottle, do you still remember what it looks like?"

"The red, green and yellow colors are very beautiful, and they are rare treasures."

"Aunt Longqing, I don't quite understand something." Baoluo fully developed the good habit of asking questions when she didn't understand, and looked up at Princess Longqing suspiciously with her small head: "Aunt Changtai handed the glass bottle to the palace next to my mother." When she was young, it was impossible to open the box to show her what was inside, right? Then how did He Xiang know what the glass bottle looked like?"