Chapter 373 Black Pot
In Changle Palace, the Queen Mother was furious. The palace maids and waiters were so scared that they didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of annoying the Queen Mother, and they were beaten for nothing.
"Go and catch that Liang Xiao for me." The Queen Mother's face turned pale and her eyes were blazing. She glared at Tian Fu fiercely. "Why are you crying? Look at your promising prospects. She was bullied by a small cavalry captain, and she still has the face to cry."
"Sister..." Tian Fu cried even louder, wiping his tears while secretly watching the Queen Mother through his fingers. "I won't be the prime minister anymore, and I don't want this Marquis of Wu'an anymore. I will be a doctor in my sister's palace and accompany my sister every day to avoid being bullied."
"Who can bully me?" The Queen Mother Wang was both angry and funny. "Okay, okay, stop crying. She looks ugly when she comes, and she becomes even uglier when she cries." As she said that, she couldn't help laughing out loud.
When Tian Feng saw this, he didn't care about crying, pouting, and looked mournful. When the Empress Dowager Wang saw it, she quickly put away her smile. "Okay, okay, sister is just a joke. The emperor will come later. I will teach him a good lesson and let him drive Liang Xiao away."
"It's better to kill him." Tian Fen said: "This untouchable actually wants to have a good relationship with the Master Huainan, and he really doesn't know the world is high."
The Queen Mother frowned. "You should really think carefully about the matter of Master Huainan. You are studying Confucianism, and the King Huainan is Huang. Can you talk about it together? The Emperor is annoyed you, and there is no reason for this. When the old empress dowager was there, we had no choice but to marry him. Now the old empress dowager has become a rotten bone, so why do you have to cause trouble for yourself?"
Tian Fu argued dissatisfiedly: "I want to marry Liu Ling, not Liu An. Liu Ling not only has double-sided brocade, but also Liuli and Qianliyan. This is a lot of money. Sister, think about it, how much did the double-sided brocade increase after she withdrew from Chang'an?" Tian Fu flashed with a greedy light. "Besides, I can't marry, that's the untouchable?"
The Queen Mother sneered: "He is worthy too? According to the rules, only the marquis are qualified to be Shang Weng-gun. I will not let him be appointed as a marquis. Let's see how he marry Liu Ling. Hey, why haven't the emperor come yet?"
Tian Fu looked at the sky outside and felt a little strange. The person who passed the imperial edict had been gone for a long time and the emperor had not appeared yet. What's going on? Is the emperor not even taking the empress dowager seriously?
At this time, a mess of footsteps came from outside. Tian Fu was excited and burst into tears at the top of his voice. He had just cried twice. The Queen Mother shouted: "Don't be rude in front of the Queen, and you won't retreat."
Tian Feng opened his eyes and found that it was not the emperor who came, but the queen Chen Ajiao. He felt shameless and quickly wiped his face with his sleeves and stepped back. The Queen Mother also felt that her face was dull. She glanced at Chen Ajiao and said carelessly: "Why is the queen free today? Have you not come to Changle Palace some days?"
Chen Ajiao was very embarrassed. After the Empress Dowager died, Changle Palace changed its master, and the Empress Dowager's majesty became so powerful that she had not come for some time. What can we do if we come? Is it depends on the Empress Dowager's expression? When the Empress Dowager was still there, the Empress Dowager was the most gentle. As soon as the Empress Dowager died, she immediately became a different person and could never get close to her again.
"What the Queen Mother blamed was that Gillian was neglecting to greet him and should indeed be punished."
"Who said you would be punished?" The Queen Mother pulled the corner of her mouth. "Didn't the ones who should have come? But they came. I'm afraid they were passing by?"
Chen Ajiao's head lowered. "Yes, the emperor heard that the empress dowager was afraid to come. Then he asked me to explain to the empress dowager. He said that it is easier for women to talk about the matter in the harem."
The Empress Dowager's face was even more ugly. The emperor did not come to Changle Palace, but went to the Jiaofang Palace to ask the Empress to say love. What does this mean? The Queen Mother is not as good as the Queen? There was an inexplicable sourness in her heart.
"Is that right? Then you should judge. Whose fault is this?"
Chen Ajiao stammered, "The Empress Dowager misunderstood. How could I say anything? I just convey the words of the emperor. He said that the Empress Dowager passed away, and the government was busy. He regarded Wu'an as the prime minister, and he originally believed in the righteousness of being a wise man, and hoped that Wu'an could do his best to help him. However, Wu'an Hou did not compassion with his painstaking efforts. He did not discuss anything with him, but discussed with others privately..."
Listening to Chen Ajiao's explanation of something inconsistent with the words, the Queen Mother slowly frowned. She looked at Chen Ajiao, her anger was burning in her eyes, and the corners of her eyes were twitching involuntarily, but she had to squeeze out a few smiles on her face, and she looked kind and gentle. She comforted Chen Ajiao a few words, and then kept her to say something insincere, which made people send Chen Ajiao out.
As soon as Chen Ajiao left, the Queen Mother called Tian Fu out and scolded her head and said, "
"Do you know where your wealth comes from? Among the brothers, you are the most knowledgeable. I asked the emperor to regard you as the prime minister, and I also hope that your uncle can help him. You are not only not helping, but instead demolishing his platform. Why is this? You have to force him to spare you and let Dou Ying be the prime minister?"
Tian Feng was behind the scenes just now and could hear it clearly, and he didn't dare to tell the difference at this moment, so he had to pinch his nose and endure it.
The Queen Mother was tired of scolding, gasping for a while, and then said, "What happened to Liang Xiao? Why did the Emperor value him so much that he even used the queen to remind me."
Tian Fengzhizhi couldn't say it. He didn't know anything about Liang Xiao, but he told the Queen Mother that he might be scolded again. Although the Queen Mother died and the Queen had no backer, he no longer had a domineering power. However, the Queen was the Queen after all, and the strength of the Dou family and Chen family was definitely not comparable to the Wang family. If the Emperor was really forced to force the emperor to be too anxious, it would be absolutely not good news for the Queen Mother.
Seeing Tian Fu say nothing, the Queen Mother became even more angry. She poked Tian Fu's forehead hard. "Do you remember that Dou Tai was mainly killing Wei Qing? Are you trying to force me and the emperor to disagree with him, so that outsiders can take advantage of the opportunity?"
Tian Fu was shocked and hurriedly fell to the ground, holding the Queen Mother's leg and begging hard.
"Get out, go back and reflect." The Queen Mother Wang kicked him. "As for Liang Xiao, let's leave him, he will have time to deal with him. No matter how useful the person is, he will use it. A mere pariah, can he be better than Chao Cuo and Zhou Yafu?"
The queen left Changle Palace and entered the east gate of Weiyang Palace. She walked south along the east and west avenues. At the intersection, she was about to turn north and return to her own Jiaofang Hall, but suddenly she felt a tide and ordered: "Go to the front hall."
The palace people were puzzled, but they did not dare to disobey. They drove the car to the front hall. The queen stopped the car but did not get out. "Come Liang Xiao."
The palace servant did not dare to be negligent, so he hurried to the house of His Highness, asked the two officials, and found Liang Xiao who was on duty. He heard that the queen was about to see him, and Liang Xiao was confused. He had never had any contact with this Empress Gillian. However, he soon remembered something: Dongfang Shuo told him that Master Dou had once found his old mother, Maggie Liang, and seemed to have helped.
Could it be that the queen asked me for help because of this reason? This is not easy to deal with. This queen cannot give birth and is destined to be a dead stove. In a few years, Wei Zifu gave birth to a son, so she should quit the stage. Before she died, she even pulled a bunch of people.
It is understandable to burn a cold stove. If you burn the stove to death, isn’t that going to be incomparable to your future?
Although reluctantly, Liang Xiao still came to the queen's car and bowed down.
The queen lifted up the curtain of the car, looked at Liang Xiao through the gap, and nodded. Whether it was appearance or figure, Liang Xiao was the kind of person the emperor liked. He was tall and strong, vigorous, like a newborn calf, exuding a sense of impetus.
Compared with Wei Qing, Yan Zhu and others, Liang Xiao also has a unique temperament. She can't say that she has a temperament, but this temperament is indeed very attractive. It is reasonable for the emperor to prefer a young man who is rich and noble and dares to take responsibility.
"Liang Xiao, you must work hard for Your Majesty and not let Your Majesty down." After Chen Ajiao said that, she lowered the curtain of the car and ordered to turn the phoenix car and go straight back to the Jiaofang Hall.
Liang Xiao watched the queen leave in confusion, but he didn't react for a long time. What does the queen mean when she said this sentence without any end?
Mei Gao passed by the corridor and happened to see Liang Xiao in a daze. He followed Liang Xiao's gaze and saw the queen's phoenix car turning into the Jiaofang Hall from afar. He was startled and hurriedly ran to Liang Xiao and pulled him aside.
"Liang Xiao, what's wrong with you? Don't look at it if you are not polite. How can you watch the queen at will?"
Liang Xiao said what happened just now. Mei Gao frowned slightly. "Do you know where the queen comes from?"
Liang Xiao shook his head repeatedly. When he was called, the queen's car had already parked here, and he didn't know where the queen came from.
"Okay, you go back first, I'll ask." Mei Gao said: "Remember, the palace is not like other places. Don't walk around or look around. Especially in places where there are female relatives, you should be more careful, so as not to get caught."
Liang Xiao responded and returned to his post, feeling ups and downs. Soon after the time of the deposit, Mei Gao came and smiled as soon as he entered the door: "A Xiao, you have such a great face. The Queen of Labor is going to plead for you."
"The queen pleads for me?"
Mei Gao said what he found out. "Be careful, Tian Fu is a villain. Because you blame him, the emperor dares not treat the emperor, and will definitely hold the hatred on your head. Today I go to Changle Palace, I am afraid that the Queen Mother will come forward to rectify you. The emperor has had many disputes with the Queen Mother recently because of Tian Fu's affairs, so he had to ask the Queen Mother to come forward."
Mei Gao said, blinking his eyes. Liang Xiao suddenly realized and couldn't help but curse Liu Che as insidious. What's the matter? He obviously had an objection to Tian Fu and wanted to embarrass Tian Fu, so why did he take me? I took the blame so wrongly, and in turn he still had to owe others favors.
When Liang Xiao thought of the consequences of Emperor Wu's prime ministers, he couldn't help but sympathize with Tian Fu. This uncle is the biggest scapegoat. The emperor asked him to be the prime minister, which should not hinder the face of the queen mother, but the greater possibility is to attack the prime minister and specifically use the uncle as a demonstration. If even the uncle is dealt with, what else can the others be?
This imperial palace is indeed not a place for people to stay. No wonder Dongfang Shuo had to run to the Western Regions. In the Western Regions, it was fine if he hooked up with the Wusun clan. Here, if you take a look at it, you may endure the disaster of killing yourself.
Liang Xiao shuddered and couldn't help but miss the beautiful life in Dayuan-
(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!