Mingyu nodded. After taking a few sips of the medicine, he remembered what happened just now and said quickly: "Your Majesty, please don't let Concubine Xian assist in the Sixth Palace. I don't like her."
"We'll talk about this later, finish the medicine quickly." Facing the spoon Hongli put to his lips again, Mingyu shook his head and insisted: "Your Majesty, can you promise me to be my concubine?"
Hongli sighed helplessly: "Queen, I have said that it is the Queen's will, and I cannot disobey it. If you don't like Concubine Xian, just stop seeing her in the future. Why do you have to do this?"
"Because she is not worthy!" Mingyu said excitedly: "With her character and virtue, she is not qualified to be in charge of the harem. In short, I will not agree to anything about this matter."
Hongli was also angered by what she said. He placed the medicine bowl heavily and said in a cold voice: "If you think Concubine Xian is not worthy, just go and tell the emperor yourself."
He rarely spoke to Mingyu in such a serious tone. The latter was ill and was prone to thinking too much. When he was scolded like this again, tears suddenly filled his eyes, and he choked and said: "Okay, my concubine.
Go and talk to the Queen yourself." After that, she said to the palace servants with their heads lowered beside them: "Immediately wash and change my clothes."
Without waiting for the palace people to agree, Hongli said: "Queen, what do you want?"
Mingyu said angrily: "Of course I followed the emperor's wishes and went to explain to the emperor that Concubine Xian is not suitable to be in charge of the Sixth Palace."
"Queen, you..." Hongli was so angry that he didn't know what to say. He took a deep breath and said, "Can you please stop making Huang's mother unhappy? Since Aunt Shuiyue's death, Huang's mother has been
You already have a very strong opinion. In addition, you did not welcome Huang's mother back to the palace before. Although I explained to her that it was because of illness, I can see that Huang's mother is still very unhappy.
"Xingxing, if you talk about this again, won't it add fuel to the fire?"
Mingyu stared at him blankly for a while before saying, "Didn't the Emperor just say..."
"I was afraid that you would be sad, that's why I said that." Hongli stroked his forehead and said, "Although you had no intention of harming Shuiyue, Shuiyue died because of you. Do you think Huang's mother would have no objection at all in her heart?
?Do you think Huang’e Niang went to Qingliang Temple to meditate on a whim?”
Mingyu bit her lower lip and choked up: "According to the emperor, it's all my concubine's fault?"
Hongli said earnestly and sincerely: "I have never thought of it this way. I just hope that you will not always remember the past and relax your mind, so that you will feel better."
Mingyu was silent for a long time, then slowly shook his head and said: "I can't do it. Concubine Xian has given me so much pain, I can't forgive myself."
Hongli held her cold hand and said warmly: "I don't ask you to forgive immediately, I just hope you don't make the emperor angry again, okay?"
Mingyu knew that what Hongli meant was to admit that Xianyue was in charge of the Sixth Palace. She wanted to comply with Hongli's wishes, but she couldn't swallow it. So she could only stay silent.
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A trace of disappointment flashed in Hongli's eyes, he let go of Mingyu's hand and said: "Queen, do you have to make things difficult for me?"
Mingyu blurted out excitedly: "It's not that I want to embarrass the emperor, but the emperor and concubine Xian. Before the emperor came back, everything was fine and nothing happened. But as soon as they came back, nothing happened.
It has changed, and so many things have happened.”
Hongli's face darkened and he said coldly: "The Queen is saying that the Queen should live in Qingliang Temple all her life and should not return to the Forbidden City, right?"
Mingyu was startled, and realized the problem in what he just said, and quickly said: "I don't mean that, I just..."
Hongli interrupted her and said, "Okay, you don't have to say any more. The queen is not in good health. She wants to be healthy and recuperate. She doesn't need to worry about the affairs of the harem anymore." After that, he turned and left, not giving Mingyu a chance to explain at all.
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Hongli could tolerate Mingyu's other things, but he couldn't tolerate her any complaints or dissatisfaction with Ling Ruo; Huang'e Niang had suffered so much to be where she is today. As sons and daughters-in-law, what they should do is to be filial.
rather than complain.
Mingyu... is really spoiled by him, that's all. Let's take this opportunity to let her reflect on her and understand where she went wrong sooner.
With this in mind, Hongli came to the outside of Cining Palace, but did not go in immediately. Instead, he ordered Xiao Wudao beside him: "Go and get the bunch of white jade bodhi seeds that the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi sent as tribute."
After Xiao Wu fetched the white jade bodhi seed as instructed, Hongli walked in. When he arrived at the palace, he saw that Ling Ruo had already had dinner and was sitting in a chair drinking tea. When he saw Hongli come in,
He said with a half-smile: "The Ai family thought that the queen would come with you. It seems that the queen doesn't want to see the Ai family."
"Huang'e Niang misunderstood. The queen was really ill, so she could not come to pay her respects. The queen knew that Huang'e Niang believed in Buddhism, so she specially asked her ministers to present this string of white jade bodhi seeds in the hope that Huang'e Niang could
I like it." Although Hongli was dissatisfied with Mingyu, he still helped her speak in front of Lingruo.
Ling Ruo took this extremely rare string of Bodhi seeds and said in a cold voice: "Emperor, you are born in the Ai family. What are you thinking about? The Ai family can tell at a glance that this string of Bodhi seeds was not presented by the Queen at all; if
If the Ai family guessed correctly, the queen should have some objections to the Ai family letting Concubine Xian take charge of the Sixth Palace."
Hongli forced a smile and said: "Your Majesty, you are too worried. The Queen has always been filial to you. How can I have any objections? As for this white jade Bodhi seed, it is indeed..."
Ling Ruo snorted coldly and said: "You don't have to speak for her everywhere. Logically speaking, the Ai family should not interfere too much in the affairs of the harem. Unfortunately, as a queen, not only can she not distinguish right from wrong, but she also listens to slander; if the Ai family
No matter, she must make this harem a mess."
"The queen is pure and kind, and sometimes she is inevitably taken advantage of by others. However, after this incident, I believe that the queen will take a warning and will not make the same mistake again."
"That's all, the Ai family won't argue with you about this. In short, you just let her recover well and leave all the affairs in the palace to Concubine Xian. In addition, there is another matter that the Ai family wants to discuss with the emperor.
"
Hongli quickly and respectfully said: "Your Majesty, please speak."
"It's about the fourth elder brother. He has been staying in my elder brother's home since he was born. The Ai family went to see him today. Although there are mammies and palace attendants to attend to him, it is still pitiful to stay alone in my elder brother's home.
You need to find someone to take care of you."
How could Hongli not understand what Ling Ruo meant, and asked tentatively: "Does the Queen want to hand over the fourth brother to Concubine Xian to raise him?"
Ling Ruo took a sip of tea and said: "The Ai family really has this idea, but the Ai family is afraid that your queen will have a lot of opinions. Besides, the things given to Concubine Xian are enough, no matter how much more...