The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

The nephew of the Empress Dowager is very famous in the capital. She was only two years older than Jiang Shiying, and the backyard was already full of warblers, including the eldest son of a concubine.

Listening to the Queen Mother's words, she felt that Jiang Shiying was not worthy of her good nephew.

Concubine Hui next to her really wanted to agree for her, but thinking of His Majesty's attitude towards the Wang family, she could only sigh in her heart and let this good opportunity pass.

She wanted to prevent Jiang Shiying from entering the palace, but she didn't want the Jiang family to have anything to do with the Wang family.

"My daughter doesn't think so." Jiang Shiying refused directly.

"Oh?" The Empress Dowager was leaning on her seat. After hearing her rejection, she slowly sat up straight and said, "Is it possible that I, the direct son of Duke Cheng'en, am not worthy of you, a minister of civil affairs?" A daughter of a concubine?"

Jiang Shiying didn't seem to understand the displeasure on the Queen Mother's face at all. She tilted her head and seemed a little confused and said: "Dong Chengen's Mansion? Hasn't Duke Chengen's Mansion been inspected by His Majesty? Where is it now? Is there Cheng'en Duke's Mansion?"

As Jiang Shiying finished speaking, the Queen Mother's face became visibly darker. She slapped her palm on the desk: "You are so brave!"

The servants waiting in the palace were already kneeling on the floor. Even Concubine Hui stood up from her seat and lowered her head: "Queen Mother, please calm down."

Only Jiang Shiying, who didn't know whether he was really stupid or too bold, still raised his head and asked: "Eh? Did I remember wrong? A few days ago, didn't His Majesty just inspect the residence of Duke Cheng'en? Didn't the former Duke Cheng'en Are they all sentenced to exile and slavery to the armored men?”

The Queen Mother was extremely angry and said: "Come here, please take her down for me, slap her in the face!"

Concubine Hui knelt down and begged: "My sister is young and ignorant, please calm down the Queen Mother."

Jiang Shiying was still sitting firmly: "What did I say wrong?"

Just as the two nuns' hands were about to touch Jiang Shiying, the palace door was suddenly opened.

The sunlight shines in from the wide open door of the palace, making the figure at the door even more tall and majestic, like a god.

"stop!"

Lu Zhaolin walked into the palace and paid a not-so-considerable courtesy to his mother, the Empress Dowager: "Greetings to my mother, the Empress Dowager."

Then, I heard him ask: "I also want to know, what did the Lord of Jiayi County do wrong?"

The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, looked at him with sharp and fierce eyes. She suddenly smiled and said, "What? As the Queen Mother of the Ai family, you can't even punish a small county head?"

Lu Zhaolin looked back directly, and there seemed to be firelight flickering between his eyes: "Even though the Queen Mother is the Queen Mother, she should abide by the laws of the court. Punishing meritorious people for no reason. If word spreads about it, it will damage the Queen Mother's reputation and the royal family. reputation."

"Since you want to protect her, then that's it." The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, first took a step back, and then said in a different voice: "However, if the Ai family wants to give her a marriage, the emperor will not refuse, right?"

"Oh? I wonder to which family my mother will give her to?" Lu Zhaolin's voice was filled with emotion and anger.

"Such a good girl cannot take advantage of other families. Your uncle's second son, Wang Xun, has not yet been engaged." The Queen Mother's tone was very gentle, just like a loving elder.

Lu Zhaolin sneered and said: "How can the son of a criminal official dare to think of the county head of the imperial court?"

"Your Majesty, please don't go too far." The Queen Mother said solemnly.

"It's my turn to persuade my mother." There was a smile on Lu Zhaolin's lips, but his tone was full of threats: "For the serious crime of embezzling money for disaster relief, I just confiscated the family property and took back the title. Even the exile was just exile. Wang Su is the only one left. Being so merciful is for the sake of my mother. If the Wang family is ungrateful and still stretches their hands so long, don't blame me for cutting them off with a knife."

The Wang Su mentioned by Lu Zhaolin was the younger brother of his mother, the Queen Mother, and the head of the Wang family.

"Emperor!" The Empress Dowager stood up.

She didn't expect that Lu Zhaolin would be so disrespectful to her.

"The Queen Mother will not have to worry about the marriage of the Lord Jiayi County." Lu Zhaolin did not care about the Queen Mother's anger.

He has been in power for eight years and has the former harem under control. If the Queen Mother, the Empress Dowager, was sensible, he wouldn't mind holding this legitimate mother up high. If she doesn't know what's interesting, then he has to help her recognize the reality.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Lu Zhaolin, then at Jiang Shiying and Concubine Hui, and asked casually, "I wonder if the emperor is here today for Concubine Hui or for the Lord of Jiayi County?"

"What do you think, Queen Mother?"

The Queen Mother did not answer, but asked Jiang Shiying: "What does the Lord of Jiayi County think?"

Jiang Shiying didn't seem to notice the trap in these words. She didn't even need to think about it and answered directly: "Isn't your Majesty here to pay your respects to the Queen Mother?"

Lu Zhaolin smiled, glanced at Jiang Shiying, and said, "Exactly. I heard that the Queen Mother has been unstable and unwell recently, so I came here to visit. Yao Xingde, why don't you go and ask the imperial doctor to check the Queen Mother's pulse."

Yao Xingde, the chief eunuch who was serving him, immediately summoned the imperial doctor after hearing this.

Soon, the Imperial Hospital's history, the two judges on the left and right, plus seven or eight imperial doctors on duty, all gathered in Shou'an Palace. The posture was as if the Empress Dowager was dying and the hospital was working together to save her.

The doctors went up one by one to check the Queen Mother's pulse, and looked at each other suspiciously, Queen Mother, is she okay?

But think about the meaning behind the words of the little eunuch who announced their arrival.

Zhao Yuanshi, who was already somewhat old, came out and said: "Your Majesty, judging from her pulse, the Queen Mother has some problems with liver stagnation and qi stagnation, as well as qi and blood blockage."

As he said, "What's the pulse? What's the liver?" I dropped a lot of book bags, all of which were words that laymen couldn't understand.

Finally, he concluded: "You need to have a good life and take care of yourself."

In fact, the imperial doctors all knew that this was not a serious problem, to put it bluntly, they were just unhappy. It's not surprising that no one would be happy if their natal family was raided.

Lu Zhaolin was also very patient. After hearing what he said, he said, "In this case, you must serve her well and ensure that the Queen Mother is in good health."

Turning his head, he looked at his mother, the Empress Dowager, with a concerned look on his face: "Please take care of yourself, rest in peace, and don't worry your son."

Then he ordered the people around him: "Don't let the miscellaneous things outside disturb the Queen Mother's recuperation. Otherwise, if it affects the Queen Mother's body, let me know and be careful with your heads."

The slaves accepted Nuonuo's orders.

This sounds nice, but in fact it means confining the Queen Mother in Shou'an Palace in disguise.

"Your Majesty is really a good son of the Ai family." The Queen Mother's meaning was unclear.

"Thank you mother for the compliment."

Coming out of Shou'an Palace, Lu Zhaolin took Concubine Hui's hand and asked, "Are you scared today?"

As soon as he entered the palace, he saw Concubine Hui's frail figure kneeling on the ground. She must have suffered a lot.

In his heart, what happened to Concubine Hui and her sisters today all came from him.

His mother, the Queen Mother, had always wanted him to spare the Wang family and let the Wang family regain the title of Duke Chengen. How could he agree to such an outrageous thing?

I'm afraid it was because of this that he decided to target the Lord of Jiayi County.

Concubine Hui was worried about her sister, so she accompanied the Lord of Jiayi County, and this was the reason for this unreasonable disaster.

Concubine Hui smiled softly, shook her head and said, "I'm fine, my concubine."

"Thank you sister for accompanying me today, otherwise I would have been frightened." Jiang Shiying took Concubine Hui's other hand with gratitude.

"Oh? I see you are not afraid at all." Lu Zhaolin joked.

"My dear, I keep it all in my heart."

Jiang Shiying was also betting today that if Liu Baoshan and Aunt Qingshan were left outside the palace, they would definitely ask for reinforcements.

She won the bet.

"Sister, you were too reckless today." Concubine Hui looked at her with disapproval: "Don't be so impulsive again in the future.

Jiang Shiying shook her hand and said, "Ah Ying really can't learn the twists and turns! Besides, what Ah Ying said is the truth."

If Concubine Hui wanted to say anything else, she heard Lu Zhaolin say: "Concubine Hui, there is no need to restrain the Lord of Jiayi County too much. I think it's good for her to be like this."

Jiang Shiying smiled at Concubine Hui. Lu Zhaolin thought she was smart and cute, but Concubine Hui felt that the smile was full of provocation.