Ci Jinzhi

Chapter 374 The consensus of the concubines

As soon as Emperor Xingyuan claps his chopsticks, everyone immediately stopped all their movements.

The Queen Mother knew very well that her son was filial and always did whatever he wanted. However, at this time, she felt guilty for no reason and took the initiative to ask: "Emperor, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing..." Emperor Xingyuan wanted to leave, but thinking about the Chinese New Year, he endured it and said, "Eat."

 But after this incident, everyone knew that the emperor was in a bad mood. After that, they all lowered their heads to eat, not even daring to look away.

The New Year's Eve dinner ended hastily in a gloomy atmosphere. During this period, the Queen Mother opened her mouth several times to say something, but she held it back due to the crowd.

Princess Zhaoyang saw this and raised the corners of her mouth.

It's really strange. Her old mother has always done whatever she wants because of her brother's filial piety. She and her sister-in-law were both wronged back then, but they didn't expect that Ayou would suffer the disadvantage of being mute.

Princess Zhaoyang was in a good mood and ate a lot more food than usual.

 The concubines took their children to leave, and Princess Zhaoyang, King Xiu and others also left the palace and returned to their homes. The Queen Mother waited, but before Emperor Xingyuan came, he asked to send her back to Cining Palace.

 This has never happened before after the New Year’s Eve banquet.

The Queen Mother was not a person who could hold her breath at all, and she was able to hold her temper until this moment. This was already an extraordinary performance: "Emperor, are you angry with the Aijia?"

 Just because of that girl?

"The Queen Mother is overly concerned." Of course Emperor Xingyuan would not admit it.

 In the past, the king of Ming Dynasty governed the world with filial piety, and did not dare to leave behind the ministers of small countries, but even the princes, princes, uncles, sons, and sons. Therefore, he won the favor of all countries and served his ancestors...

 This is what the sage said. Being filial at home, being loyal to the country, and ruling the world with filial piety is a way of ruling. Even an emperor who has a normal affection for his parents has to pretend, not to mention that Emperor Xingyuan is a filial son.

The Queen Mother saw that Emperor Xingyuan was not speaking the same mind, and was very aggrieved: "That girl left as soon as she said -"

Seeing Emperor Xingyuan frowning, the Queen Mother became angry: "The Ai family has returned to Cining Palace!"

　　　"Farewell to the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother took a deep breath, turned around and left. When she returned to Cining Palace, she started to curse: "You're not even a princess yet, but you're riding on the Ai family's head. How can you repay it with a jade certificate in the future?"

In the Queen Mother's opinion, Xin You's unwillingness to recognize her ancestors and return to the clan is just playing hard to get. Who would disown me as the emperor?

“A wild girl who grew up in the mountains didn’t know what kind of nonsense she learned from her mother who died long ago, and she doesn’t understand any rules..."

The Queen Mother was very energetic and cursed for a quarter of an hour before she stopped, but she was still angry in her heart.

 The old servant at the side dared to advise: "Your Majesty, it's not worth ruining your health just for the sake of others."

 “What do you think the emperor thinks of that girl?”

The old lady was asked and thought about it: "Of course, the sanctuary is good and generous, and of course it is not bad for the children, but the more you can go."

The Queen Mother felt better now, but thinking of Xin You leaving immediately, the feeling of losing face was choked in her heart and lingered.

 All the concubines were also thinking about this matter.

This was a New Year's Eve family banquet in the palace. It was unprecedented and probably unprecedented for people to leave in public.

"You'er." Concubine Xian took the third prince's hand, "Miss Xin is your savior. Don't lose your temper in front of her in the future."

"My son knows." The third prince didn't understand why his mother and concubine emphasized it so much.

Sister Xin saved him, so of course he would remember her well, otherwise he would become an ungrateful person.

Concubine Xian thought that Miss Xin was not even used to the Queen Mother, so she would not be relieved if she did not emphasize it.

 Li’s bedroom.

Princess Xuan asked softly: "Concubine, will Miss Xin be alright?"

 In front of the emperor's father, the emperor's grandmother, and so many people, would he really not be punished if he just left? Princess Xuan felt terrible even if she thought about it for herself, let alone doing it.

Li Bin hugged Princess Xuan and was also shocked by Xin You's actions. After hearing her daughter's question, she thought about it carefully and her expression became subtle.

 “Mother’s concubine?”

Li Bin came to her senses and told her daughter in detail: "Miss Xin did this very smartly."

"clever?"

"It would have been unethical to leave after being wronged at the family banquet, but tonight the Queen Mother first said that it was against the rules for Miss Xin to attend the family banquet in the palace. Then Miss Xin's leaving the banquet can be said to be listening to the elders and obeying the Queen Mother. Got it."

“That is to say, she turned having no rules into having rules?”

Li Bin nodded: "You can say that."

 The Queen Mother was disgraced and suffered the disadvantage of being mute. This was obvious to all the concubines.

Princess Xuan frowned, wondering what she was thinking about.

Seeing this, Li Bin quickly reminded: "But there is a prerequisite for doing this."

"What's the premise?" Princess Xuan looked up at her biological mother.

"That's the emperor's attitude. Miss Xin has a lot of weight in your father's heart. Although what she did is shocking, it won't matter if you have a passable explanation. If your father doesn't like it, then yes, you can find the fault. Come on, let alone make your imperial grandmother lose face." Li Bin explained softly, feeling a little sad in her heart.

This sadness is not for myself, but for my daughter.

 Her life is like this, but her daughter’s future still has endless possibilities. Having the imperial favor or not may make a world of difference.

Li Bin could only tell her daughter: "In short, don't conflict with Miss Xin. You are well-behaved and have outstanding appearance. Your father will not treat you badly."

 “My daughter knows.”

In other palaces, those with children reminded their children not to offend Xinyou, while those young concubines who attended the family banquet because they were favored began to reflect on themselves.

 I saw Miss Xin not recognizing her ancestors and returning to the clan, but I still felt contempt for her. How careless she was! Fortunately, the Queen Mother made them see the truth clearly.

Only when Xinyou returned to Xin's house did Xiaolian dare to ask: "Girl, is the palace banquet over so soon?"

Xinyou patted Xiaolian's hand and said, "Bring some food first, and then we'll talk after you finish."

Xiao Lian became even more confused when she heard this. She went to the kitchen in person and quickly brought four dishes and one soup.

Xinyou had a meal, drank red dates and longan tea, and calmly talked about what happened at the palace banquet.

Xiao Lian was so shocked that she couldn’t open her mouth from ear to ear: “Girl, if you leave like this, you won’t be punished, right?”

"It was the Queen Mother who said it was inappropriate for me to appear at the palace banquet. I just followed the Queen Mother's wishes. Do you want to punish me for being too obedient to the Queen Mother's words?"

 “But—” Xiaolian heard something inexplicable.

 No, this is not just about whether you will be punished!

“Girl, what will happen next? Aren’t you no longer allowed to attend the palace banquet?”

Xinyou smiled and said, "I just don't want to go."

 As she thought at the palace banquet, habits are a terrible thing. The Queen Mother didn't like her and would find fault with her when they met. If she compromised with that person's acquiescence whenever she confronted the Queen Mother, over time that person would think that it was normal for her to feel wronged by the Queen Mother.

She is an outsider and has no interest in dealing with those people. It will be better if she does not have to go to the palace for banquets during New Years and holidays.

Xiao Lian felt relieved when she heard that Xin You didn't care about her at all.

 Like the girl, she didn’t want to go either.

 (End of this chapter)