Daiyu's stepmother is not easy to be

Pan Meiting was so shocked that she could hardly maintain her usual demeanor after hearing what the empress said.

She was so surprised that she didn't have time to think about it, she got up from the embroidered stool, bowed her knees and said: "Returning to your mother, I have only met Cousin Li a few times, and they were all with my mother and brother when I came home from the annual vacation." See you."

"Weichen has always treated Cousin Li as a brother and sister of the same family, and he only treats Cousin Li as a brother and sister, and has no personal relationship."

Empress Su smiled softly and said: "Get up quickly, don't be afraid, don't think too much, Li Hanlin said that he didn't think it through before he said it, for your reputation, only the emperor and me and the eunuchs of Zichen Palace Know."

The empress's gentle words made Mei Ting gradually relieved, and she sat back on the embroidered pier after she took her seat.

Empress Su saw that Pan Meiting's expression gradually changed, and smiled again: "You were only 12 years old when you came in, and this year, Yu Shuang is only nine years old, so I always feel that you are still young, and there are many things in the palace, no one reminds me , I didn't expect your marriage to come up."

"Yesterday, the Holy Majesty told me about this and asked me to ask what you mean. I just remembered that you are already 16 years old this year, and you are considered a big girl."

"A girl of your age, if she hadn't entered the palace as a companion, even though she wasn't married outside, she would have already settled for a marriage. I don't know which kid is cheaper."

After Empress Su finished speaking, she paused slightly, reached out to take a teacup to drink tea, Mei Ting said with a smile: "The purpose of my humble servant to enter the palace is to serve the princess, and he was chosen as a talented person next to the second princess, so naturally he puts the second princess first in everything." .”

"The second princess is still young, if a humble minister puts his own private affairs first and abandons the second princess, it is not the duty of a minister."

"Furthermore, many of the female officials in the six bureaus and one pavilion in the palace entered the palace in their teens, and when they left the palace, they were all in their twenties, but they were much better at marriage than when they were at home... I don't feel that serving the second princess in the palace will delay the marriage."

After all, it was an unmarried girl, no matter how generous she was on weekdays, Mei Ting still blushed slightly when she said in front of the queen that she would not worry about getting married in the future.

Empress Su put down her teacup and said with a smile: "That's what I said, but even though you were selected to accompany Yu Shuang to read, you can't delay your great youth just because of her."

"Leaving the palace 22 and leaving the court three times is indeed a common thing for the female officials in the palace, but the palace rules don't say that the princess can't be married before the princess. If it can be made earlier, why not make it earlier?"

"It's hard to have a son-in-law like Li Hanlin in three years. Needless to say, he's talented and educated in his family. He's still a relative in your family, so he knows everything."

"The most precious thing is that he has you in his heart, respects you, and has liked you for more than a year, but he has never shown it in front of people, and he is afraid of ruining your reputation in front of the Holy One, afraid of hurting you. Rare."

After Empress Su finished speaking, she saw that Pan Meiting was in a daze, as if she was thinking about something.

Then she murmured: "But my lord, I originally planned to wait for the second princess to get married, and then stay in the literature center in the palace to improve my knowledge, teach and educate people, and didn't plan to go out of the palace to get married..."

Empress Su was taken aback, and asked her, "Have you thought about it? Palace regulations do not allow palace ladies to work in the palace after marriage. If you go to the Inner Literature Museum, you will never be able to leave the palace to get married again." .”

After hearing Empress Su's words, Mei Ting's heart gradually cleared up, she got up and gave a little blessing, and said with a smile: "Return to your mother's words, I have thought about it."

Empress Su looked at Pan Meiting standing in front of her eyes. She was just [-] years old, she had grown up, tall, slender, beautiful, and dignified. She was dressed in blue clothes, which made her look even more elegant.

She has also stayed in this palace for more than ten years, and she knows what this place is. Although it is much better than before, without those messy things, but after decades of life, who knows what will happen in the future?

Such a good girl, such a good age, Empress Su couldn't bear her to be buried in the palace like this, so she asked again: "Mei Ting, can you tell me why you don't even want such a good marriage, why do you want such a good marriage?" Stay in the palace?"

Mei Ting saluted again, hesitated and said: "Please forgive me for being disrespectful first, so that I dare to speak."

Empress Su smiled and said, "Just say it, what respect do you have with me?"

Mei Ting straightened up and said calmly: "Mother, although I am young and inexperienced, I also know that when I get married, unless I have amazing talents, the honor and disgrace of my life will be almost entirely tied to my husband and son."

"To speak of unfilial piety, Weichen's mother is as talented and knowledgeable as Weichen's father. After Weichen's father was demoted, he had no choice but to take Weichen's brother to his hometown in Shandong to join relatives and friends and train his brother."

"Fortunately, my brother was up to the challenge. Last year, he won the second-class Jinshi in the competition, and my mother finally kept her luck."

"But if my elder brother is useless, and my mother's efforts are all in vain, and the humble minister can't help you in the palace, then what will my mother do?"

"When I found out that my father took bribes and demoted him, I was thinking about it, but I never made up my mind."

"After listening to the words of the empress until today, I think that Cousin Li is already a rare good man in the world. If I miss him, it will be hard to find another one."

"However, if I marry such a good man, I will still have to bear children for him and take care of my parents. The wife of a wealthy family will work hard all day long for family affairs, and I can only rely on my husband to gain a foothold in the world." land."

"Weichen thinks that he is not born with the great talent of Layman Yi'an, and cannot rely on his talent to live forever, but he also doesn't want to be judged by later generations. He only knows that Weichen is Li Mingcheng's wife, but he doesn't know who Pan Meiting is."

"If I stay in the palace, one is that I don't have to worry about housework, and I can read poetry and books with peace of mind, and I can benefit from it; two, I can teach and educate people, which is also my virtue; stand in this world."

"Even if the Weichen is mentioned in the history books in the future, it is only a small amount, and the Weichen has fulfilled his wish."

After hearing Mei Ting's words, Queen Su was speechless for a while, and then smiled at her and said: "In the past, I only knew that you were a child with ideas, but I didn't expect you to be so ambitious."

Mei Ting was calm and composed when she spoke just now, but now she was a little embarrassed when she heard the empress's praise, she lowered her head and said: "Your Majesty, don't you think that Weichen's whimsy is too absurd?"

Empress Su waved to Mei Ting, made her come to her, took her hand and said with a smile: "It's a good thing that you are so ambitious, why would I think you are ridiculous? It turns out that the second sister-in-law of my natal family, Mrs. Han, used to come to the palace. Come on, I remember how many times you have met her?"

Mei Ting didn't know what the Queen's Empress meant when she suddenly mentioned Mrs. Han who had divorced with Su Tong, so she answered truthfully: "Ms. Han is very radiant, and her words are straightforward and kind. I have a deep impression of Mrs. Han."

Empress Su sighed and said with a smile: "Last year, she wanted to reconcile with my second brother. How many people in Beijing said she was confused, that she didn't know how to cherish blessings, and that she wanted to take both children to Xining, which is absurd."

"Caihe has been away for less than a year. At the beginning of this year, she has [-] soldiers under her command, and she has become the fourth-rank commander of the Silver Guard City. From now on, she will fight on the battlefield, defend the country and defend the border, think about it. It’s much better if you can only stay in the back house and spend your whole life bored?”

"I see, whoever said she was doing things absurdly and ignorantly, she was really ignorant. She knows what she wants to do, so she is much better than those who just follow the crowd."

Mei Ting murmured: "I was born late, and I have never had the honor to see the demeanor of Empress Gao Zu and Princess Wu Ming, but I have seen the female generals of this dynasty..."

Empress Su stretched out her hand and patted her on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Hey, it's not that I'm boasting about my family. My second elder brother was also Tanhua Lang back then. In terms of family background, he is better than Li Hanlin. Miss Han is also the same as him. He Li, are you going to be a general?"

"If you really make up your mind to stay in the palace and think clearly, then Li Hanlin is nothing."

"Mei Ting, let me ask you one last time. Have you really thought it through? The emperor entrusted me to ask you this matter. The emperor will do what he says. If your majesty tells Li Hanlin about this matter, you will never be able to I regret it."

"If you haven't made up your mind yet, I'm afraid you'll regret it later, so I'll just tell the sage that you have no intentions of li hanlin. If you still want to leave the palace to get married in the future, it depends on whether you still have fate at that time."

Mei Ting did not hesitate, but said seriously: "Please just tell the truth to the Holy Majesty, Madam, and don't need to cover up for the humble minister."

"Since Li Hanlin is pleased with Weichen, I must wait for Weichen's reply on this matter. Weichen has made up his mind to stay in the palace center. If he doesn't tell Li Hanlin directly, I'm afraid he still has expectations in his heart, and he will come back for nothing. Wait for five or eight years, and wait for the minister to leave the palace before continuing."

"If this is the case, wouldn't it delay Li Hanlin's youth?"

"Li Hanlin is only weaker this year, and his family background, appearance, talent, education and future are all bad. If I give up my minister, there will naturally be many good daughters in the world who are willing to marry him. I don't want to delay Li Hanlin because of my own selfishness. Get married and have children."

After hearing this, Empress Su gave Mei Ting a higher look, and sighed with a smile: "Then I will reply to the Holy Majesty according to what you said."

Li Mingcheng confessed his love for Cousin Pan with the emperor on the second day of April, and after getting the emperor's promise to ask the empress to interrogate him for him, he returned home feeling a little distraught, unable to eat or sleep.

He regretted for a moment that he shouldn't be impulsive in front of the imperial court, which almost caused the Holy Majesty to suspect that he had an affair with Cousin Pan, and almost harmed Cousin Pan.

For a moment, I remembered what my aunt said last year that Cousin Pan had no interest in him, and I felt a little discouraged.

For a while, I felt that when I met Cousin Pan during the Chinese New Year in the past two years, and talked with her about books and Taoism, Cousin Pan clearly admired his ups and downs in his chest, and she was a little warm-hearted.

He asked his aunt last year, and a whole year has passed since now, and he spent another year with his cousin Pan, what if the cousin has a good impression of him and is willing to marry him after leaving the palace?

Li Mingcheng's heart was hot and cold at times, and he didn't sleep well for two nights in a row. Fortunately, he still remembered to be serious about his errands, and nothing went wrong.

Although there was nothing wrong with the errand, but when he returned home, he dined with Mrs. Li Pan Meizhen every day. He didn't think about eating and drinking, and his eye circles were black and black. Naturally, they noticed that something was wrong.

Although Mrs. Li was Li Mingcheng's next-door cousin and not a very close relative, Li Mingcheng had lived in Pan's house for a year and a half and had always been shrewd and filial.

Something was wrong with her nephew who lived at home, so she naturally wanted to ask what happened. Seeing that Li Mingcheng didn't think about eating and drinking for two or three days, Mrs. Li was afraid to ask the child directly, so she asked Pan Meizhen first: "Do you know?" What happened to Dao Mingcheng these past few days? Could it be that something went wrong on the errand?"

Pan Mei really remembered what happened in the Zichen Palace that day, she hesitated to talk to Madam Li once, and said: "After my cousin came out, I asked him what happened in the palace, and my cousin only said that it was about Miss Qingyu, so it is inconvenient to say more. I didn't ask any more questions."

"I think His Majesty was in a good mood that day, and my cousin didn't seem to be reprimanded. The adults in the courtyard treated him as usual, so I thought it was no big deal."

"It's just that I don't know which girl can make my cousin so haunted, that he can't even eat well? You know, my cousin is a person who eats two big bowls of rice every day, and there are people who can't eat it." It’s a novelty to have dinner one day.”

Mrs. Li heard that the Holy Majesty asked about Li Mingcheng's marriage, and she felt uneasy when she thought of Mei Ting.

But after hearing Mei Zhen's last few words, and looking at her ignorant son, she glanced at Mei Zhen helplessly, and sighed, "Which girl? Our girl!"

The author has something to say:

Mrs. Li: Why didn't you think your son was such a fool before? (sigh)

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