Chapter 307 Women's Battle
(Thanks to the reader "Xian Qilin" for the red tip.)
Cui Xiaojun is in a predicament, one is the mother-in-law who once shut him out, and the other is the old gentleman who wants to protect the interests of the Cui family. Neither side, in particular, would like to see one side hurt.
Laojun guessed right, choosing a concubine is not an important matter of the imperial court, especially when the emperor is not there, Zongzheng and the Ministry of Rites have to test back and forth several times, and only after confirming that this is the original intention of the queen, dare to proceed.
The next day, the palindrome from the two departments chased after the Cui Mansion. The maid of Qiuxin Palace tried to show it to the queen several times, but Lao Jun scolded her out. Now she is not only pretending to be sick, but also pretending to be crazy and selling stupid. There are no outsiders. At that time, she said, "I sold all my old face to your Cui family, Xiaojun, if you can't fight Wang Meiren, the person I'm most sorry for is me."
Laojun sent someone to contact Yang Feng, and the response he got was disappointing. Yang Feng was very polite, but he never admitted that there was a conflict between the queen and Wang Meiren. Instead, he persuaded Laojun to recuperate through the contact person and let the queen go back as soon as possible. Gong, don't interfere in the affairs of the palace, so to speak.
Lao Jun had no expectations for Yang Feng, but at this time he was so angry that he scolded: "What a eunuch who doesn't know how to lift up, he has taken refuge with Wang Meiren, good, let's wait, wait for Xiaojun to give birth to the prince, and see who She is the mistress of the palace."
Lao Jun grabbed his granddaughter's hand and burst into tears, "Even if I can't wait, you must remember what Yang Feng has done, and don't trust outsiders indiscriminately any more, if I really go into the ground, who will protect you? Who will help you?"
Cui Xiaojun wanted to explain to Yang Feng before, but when he heard the last few sentences, he could only wipe away his tears.
Laojun's ability is not just to pretend to be sick, and the power of the Cui family does not depend on Yang Feng alone. Although after several setbacks, the Cui family has not collapsed, but has proved its stability in the ups and downs: Cui Hong was promoted to general, and the second daughter, Xiaojun She is the empress who has shared adversity with the emperor. The second son, Cui Teng, is the close confidant of the emperor who stays by his side. Compared with those ministers who are wise and protect themselves, the Cui family pays a lot and gets more.
Zongzheng's Mansion and the Ministry of Rites were under multiple pressures, and they soon realized that choosing a concubine was really not the queen's true intention. Of course, this kind of thing cannot be exposed, and can only do some irrelevant preliminary preparations seriously, sort out the roster, and look for precedents in the pile of old papers. , but refused to carry out specific matters, even the palindrome sent to Cui Mansion had to go back, saying that some minor changes were to be made, and there was no further text.
Cuifu Laojun won the first battle.
There was no obvious reaction from Wang Meiren. Although she was the emperor's biological mother, she would become the empress dowager sooner or later, but she had never issued any orders in her own name. The empress dowager Shangguan was still the master in Cishun Palace.
On the fourth day after Cui Xiaojun left the palace, a doctor Wei came to the imperial hospital, and he was a candidate personally appointed by the queen mother. He was led to the hospital bed, and then put his finger on Lao Jun's pulse.
"Hmm, um..." Imperial Physician Wei's pulse-diagnosing posture was quite good, his hands were not shaking, his heart was not panicking, he seemed confident, but the old gentleman, who pretended to be sick, was a little flustered, and his humming was more tragic than usual.
"I'm going to die... Who is this old man? Xiaojun, is that your grandfather? He came to pick me up from the underworld."
It's a pity that the deaf doctor Wei couldn't hear what she said. He took a pulse for a quarter of an hour, and bystanders even thought he was asleep. He finally removed his fingers and dictated a prescription to his apprentice. It was full of precious medicinal materials, which was rarely seen by ordinary people. , it is not a problem for Cui Fu.
"The old lady's illness is the most important thing." Wei Taiyi left this sentence and left.
Others thought that the imperial physician recognized the serious illness of the old lady, but Lao Jun himself was not so optimistic. "The imperial physician will definitely tell the empress dowager that I am feigning illness. Before the emperor returns, he must find other ways to keep Xiaojun outside."
"Does this have to be the case? It's just a matter of choosing a few concubines." Cui Xiaojun began to get tired of this kind of life, "Your Majesty... I have a way to make Your Majesty dote on me alone."
Lao Jun stared at his granddaughter, "What can you do?"
"I...it's hard to say such things, but I trust Your Majesty."
The old gentleman snorted, and then said lovingly: "Do you think you can keep a man's heart once you share adversity? Don't be stupid, for men, the loyalty of a wife is a necessary virtue. It should be, but it's a crime if you don't do it. This is especially true for the emperor. I have already inquired about it, and the goblin of Guiyi Hou Jin's family is not clear with the emperor, so the whole family can go to the grasslands safely. It is said that the emperor is willing to talk to the Huns. The peace talks are also because of her."
"Is it what the second brother and the East Sea King said? The words of the two of them... are not worth believing."
"It doesn't matter if it's true or not, an extra reassurance is always good."
Mrs. Ping'en Hou walked into the room, Lao Jun no longer pretended not to know her, glanced at her, and said coldly: "Why? Come and see how far I am from death? Don't worry, I can survive for a while. "
Mrs. Ping'en Hou blushed and said, "What did Lao Jun say, I have something important to tell you."
Lao Jun lay down, Cui Xiaojun got up, and said politely, "Sister, please speak."
Mrs. Ping'en Hou glanced outside, and after confirming that there were no ears on the wall, she said, "The Cui family has been fooled. We are in the capital to beware of concubine elections. In fact, the emperor has already started a beauty pageant outside."
Cui Xiaojun was stunned for a moment, and Laojun immediately sat up. His movements were too violent, and he was really dizzy for a while. He couldn't control that much, and said sharply: "What's going on? Make it clear."
"I also heard that Henan Yin Hanhou tried to curry favor with the emperor, and collected a lot of beautiful people in the world, which may have been offered now."
Lao Jun was dumbfounded, and after a while, he said to his granddaughter, "Look, this is the Ruyi Lang Jun you believe in."
Cui Xiaojun smiled, "It was Henan Yin who wanted to please the emperor, but not what His Majesty wanted, and... what can be done about this? He is the emperor, and it is a matter of time before the concubines and concubines are established."
Lao Jun felt that his granddaughter was confused, so he ignored her, and said to Mrs. Ping'en Hou, "It's strange, why did the general not write a letter to me about such a big thing, but let you tell me instead?"
Mrs. Ping'en Hou smiled and said: "My son, the great grandson of Lao Jun, also went on the expedition with His Majesty. I wrote a few letters to him and asked him to contact Mrs. Yin of Henan first when he arrived in Luoyang, so the news came earlier, General. The letter must arrive in a day or two."
"How many letters? I'm afraid it's a few hundred letters. You women's long tongues have gone to Kanto." Lao Jun thought for a while, "It's worse than when I was young. Accidental death, I got the news a few hours before the emperor, alas... how old is your son?"
"It's just fourteen this year, Lao Jun once saw..."
"Fourteen, it's useless. Wang Meiren is really not easy, no wonder she's not in a hurry."
"Fortunately, the general and the second brother are by the emperor's side. They can ask a few experienced civil servants for advice, so that the majesty can stay away from the beauty. Otherwise, when the emperor returns to the capital and brings back a prince or a big-bellied woman, then Hmph." Mrs. Ping'en Hou knew Lao Jun's temper, so she would never speak in front of her.
"What do you know?" Lao Jun was not polite at all to the eldest granddaughter, "Wang Mei will not let the emperor bring back a woman and a prince, she can't control such a person, she clearly wants the emperor to taste the sweetness , man, once you open meat, it's hard to be only vegetarian."
Laojun looked at his granddaughter, in her eyes, this is "su", Cui Xiaojun blushed so much that he didn't want to speak, although grandmother has always been open-mouthed, but these few days, it is too much to talk about men and women.
"When the emperor comes back, it's logical to choose a concubine, and the position of the Empress of the Cui family will not be so stable. Hey, she is really smart. Wang Meiren's maiden background, where do you come from so many ghost ideas?"
"Perhaps...the Empress Dowager Shangguan." Mrs. Ping'en Hou reminded.
"Dead but not stiff, she has already killed one of my daughters, what else do you want?" Lao Jun was filled with righteous indignation, his face turned red, and after coughing a few times, Cui Xiaojun hurriedly beat his grandmother's back lightly.
"I'm fine, go and rest, sigh, I'm too young to be indifferent, I must take care of you before I die."
"Lao Jun, don't fight. That's His Majesty's biological mother. No matter what the result is, the Cui family will lose. I'll go back to the palace tomorrow with Wang Meiren... She wants to choose a concubine, so choose a concubine." Cui Xiaojun felt Things are getting out of hand.
"If the Cui family thought like you, it would be over long ago." Lao Jun waved his hand impatiently and drove away the favored granddaughter, leaving behind the eldest granddaughter who was not favored.
Mrs. Ping'en Hou stepped aside, her face remained calm, and finally, she returned to Cui's house.
Cui Xiaojun refused to accept his grandmother, so he had to go back to his bedroom. He was in a melancholy mood. He tried to write a letter to the emperor several times, but he put it down.
She called the female official and asked, "Can I go to the Marquis Mansion tomorrow?"
The female officer thought about the previous precedent, nodded and said, "The House of Marquis Tien is now the residence of Long Qian. The Queen should be able to take a look. I will arrange it now, but the Queen cannot spend the night there."
"Well, I will stay here for the night tomorrow night, and return to the palace early the day after tomorrow."
Cui Xiaojun was determined to free himself from this net.
In the afternoon of the next day, Cui Xiaojuncai returned to the Mansion of the Marquis. He Yi, the former accountant, is now the head of the house. He manages everything in an orderly manner. There are a lot more chickens and ducks than before, and there are really some newly hatched young. young.
Cui Xiaojun was overjoyed and temporarily forgot the troubles in her heart. The female officer urged her a few times before she reluctantly got into the car.
Lao Jun probably gave up the indoctrination of his granddaughter, and didn't say anything more. He heard that she was going to go back to the palace tomorrow, and there was no objection.
Cui Xiaojun was slightly surprised. At night, she finally understood the reason.
Sanmei is only a little younger than Cui Xiaojun. She is half-brother and is also very favored. She reached the peak when she married the champion Hou and had the opportunity to be the queen, and then she plummeted. Not only did she become a widow, but she was also much less favored. Laojun has always been She intends to remarry, but it is difficult to find a suitable family.
That night, she came to say goodbye to the queen, her eyes were red and swollen, but she had a smile on her face, "sister queen, I'm going out, I'm going far away, I hope you are all well in the palace."
"You're going out of the way?" Cui Xiaojun was taken aback.
"It's alright, someone protects me. I heard that things taken from the enemy are more cherished. This time I'm going to practice."
"Sister, where are you going?" Cui Xiaojun became more and more confused.
The third sister did not explain, said some strange things and then left.
Cui Xiaojun didn't sleep well all night. Early the next morning, he sent someone to invite Mrs. Ping'en Hou to ask what was going on.
Mrs. Ping'en Hou knew everything and smiled: "Wang Meiren wants to choose a concubine for the emperor, the Cui family simply sent one to the emperor."
Cui Xiaojun was stunned. It turned out that the third sister went away to "seduce" the emperor, and her advantage was actually the identity of the champion's widow.
She felt that she had to do something to stop this farce in the Cui family.