Yonglian nodded and followed Ling Ruo into the Nuan Pavilion. Mingyu was sitting inside in a daze. He was startled when he heard the sound of the door opening. When he saw it was Ling Ruo, he quickly stood up and saluted, "My son, here you go."
Wishing you the best of luck to the Queen. May the Queen be blessed."
Ling Ruo didn't scream. She stared at the two pots of charcoal fire placed in the corner and said with a cold smile: "No wonder I felt so warm as soon as I came in. It turned out that there were two pots of charcoal burning."
Mingyu endured the soreness and numbness in his knees and said, "My son is afraid of the cold, so I asked someone to burn an extra pot. Please forgive me."
Ling Ruo said coldly: "It's just to burn one more pot of charcoal. Why should you forgive me so seriously? As a queen, even if you burn ten pots and twenty pots, the Ai family will not say anything. The Qing royal family will not even
They are reluctant to part with such a little bit of charcoal. The Ai family just don’t understand why the queen
While you were burning charcoal to keep yourself warm, you asked Yong Lian to kneel in the ice and snow. You touched his hands yourself. They were as cold as ice and you couldn't even speak. He was not a slave, not a palace man, but a servant.
Your own flesh and blood, the Aijia asks you, how can you give up?!"
These words made Mingyu's eyes turn red, and she choked up and said: "My son is not willing to give up, but Yong Lian has become more and more difficult to discipline recently. If my son says a word, he can say a few words. If he can let it go,
, I was afraid that he would be eccentric in the future and no one could control him, so I had no choice but to order him to kneel outside. Although I stayed in the warm pavilion and didn't feel any cold, I felt more uncomfortable than anyone else.
.”
"You have a perverse temper? Please tell me how to be perverse?" Although Ling Ruo already knew the general story of the matter, she still wanted to hear Mingyu say it herself.
"Yes." Mingyu responded with difficulty. Her legs were trembling because she had been bent for too long. Ling Ruo didn't embarrass her and said, "Stand straight and answer."
Mingyu felt like she was being pardoned and said quickly: "Yes, thank you, Queen Mother." Then she told the story again and said: "My son did this for Yonglian's good, but not only did he not listen,
He also contradicted his son, who made him angry and punished him to kneel down. In fact, his original intention was to make him realize his mistake, but Yonglian refused to admit his mistake. "
Ling Ruo gently stroked Yonglian's head and said slowly: "Yonglian is already seven years old, and he is smart and early-witted, and he also knows how to read people. Since he feels that Concubine Xian has no bad intentions towards him, why do you insist on having your own way, Queen?"
?”
Mingyu looked at Ling Ruo in astonishment, and then said after a long time: "Does even the emperor think that I am wrong?"
Ling Ruoyi pointedly said: "It's not about right or wrong, it's just that everyone has a title in their mind. Your title may not be right, and other people's titles may not be wrong. Do you understand?"
Mingyu was silent for a while and said: "My son understands what the emperor means, but everything I do is for Yonglian's good. I am his mother, and I will never harm him."
"You won't harm him, so Concubine Xian will definitely harm him?" Ling Ruo looked at her and said: "Queen, your biggest problem is that you have preconceptions. Once you have made up your mind about anything, you will listen to whatever others say.
Don’t go in. But as Ai Jia said just now, you may not be right. Don’t
People are not necessarily wrong. In everything, listen more, see more, and think more, and don’t let a little leaf obscure your vision." Before Mingyu could speak, she added: "In this palace, there are people wearing clothes everywhere.
A ghost in human skin, as a queen, you should distinguish right from wrong and not be too subjective, do you understand?"
Mingyu felt dissatisfied when she saw him helping Xianyue in every way, and said: "The emperor's mother once told her children that you must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others. Isn't this wrong too?"
?”
Seeing that she didn't listen to his words at all, Ling Ruo couldn't help but strengthen her tone and said: "This sentence is not wrong, but you only care about guarding against Concubine Xian, have you guarded against other people? Have you ever thought that those people might harm you?
?No, because of this, the Aijia said that you are too subjective and arbitrary in everything, and not objective and careful enough. At this point, you should really reflect on it, and at the same time think about how to make this queen more competent.
"
The latter words fell in Mingyu's ears, like thunder rolling down, leaving her speechless for a long time. After a long time, she said with difficulty: "Huang'e Niang thinks that your minister did not do well?"
Ling Ruo knew that what she just said was a blow to Mingyu, but she had tolerated and defended Mingyu for so many years. It was time to say something, "Your advantage is that you are dignified and generous, and your disadvantage is that you are arbitrary. If you want to do something
A queen who can truly care for the world and understand every detail must get rid of your shortcomings."
Mingyu had never received such a severe accusation since she married Hongli. For a moment, her cheeks felt like fire and she said in a low voice: "Yes, I understand."
"I hope you really know." After that, she caressed Yonglian's cheek and said, "The Ai family doesn't want to see what happened today again, otherwise the Ai family won't let it go so easily like today."
Hearing this, Mingyu finally couldn't help but said: "Don't I even have the right to discipline Yonglian?"
"If Yonglian really made a mistake, let alone punishing him to kneel outside, even if you broke his legs, the Ai family would not say a word, but now he has not made a mistake, just because the queen feels that
What he said didn’t suit you, so why did you ask him to kneel outside?”
Mingyu bit her lip tightly and said nothing. Ling Ruo glanced at her and said, "If the Queen feels that Aijia's words are embarrassing to you, Aijia would not mind taking Yonglian to Cining Palace, and Aijia will do it in person.
teach."
Mingyu understood what Ling Ruo meant. If she said no, Yonglian would be taken to Cining Palace. In desperation, she had no choice but to say: "My son, please remember the emperor's instructions."
Ling Ruo saw that she was not willing to say these words, so she didn't say much. She just said, "Now that everything is clear, it's time for the Ai family to go back." After that, she lowered her head and said, "Yong Lian, what will happen in the future?"
Whatever it is, feel free to come and talk to the Imperial Grandmother, you know?"
Yong Lian said obediently: "Yes, Yong Lian has written it down, and my grandson will send it to the imperial grandmother."
After Ling Ruo left, Yonglian walked up to Mingyu who said nothing and whispered: "Empress Huang, you..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Mingyu said: "Xiao Liuzi, take the second elder brother down, and except Shui Yue, everyone else will go down with me."
The palace servants did not dare to neglect and hurriedly went down. After she and Shuiyue were the only two people left in the Nuan Pavilion, Mingyu said coldly: "The Queen Mother's sudden visit here has something to do with you?"
Shuiyue knelt down and said, "Yes, I was worried that my second elder brother would catch the cold, so I boldly went to invite the Queen Mother to come over and ask Master to forgive me."
"Master?" Mingyu chuckled and said sternly: "Do you still have this master in your eyes?"