Powerful ministers are husbands

A blush stained Qu Jieyu's pretty cheeks, she raised her eyes quickly to look at Mrs. Cao with a stern and terrifying face, tears were faintly glistening in her almond eyes, as if she had been bullied.

"I, I want to talk to Madam Cao Bashao."

Mrs. Cao glanced at Pang Miao who was sitting quietly with her head down, and sneered: "Then you can't let me sit in the position of your empress?"

"This..." Qu Jieyu looked hesitantly at the empty seat on the right, and then at Mrs. Cao's unsympathetic expression, curled her lips, let go of Pang Miao's sleeves, and slowly moved to the seat over there Go up, "Mrs. Cao, please."

The witty maid changed a cushion, and Madam Cao sat down with her daughter in an upright manner.

The Empress Dowager has been accepting congratulatory gifts from the women's relatives, and has never noticed the situation here.Mrs. Wang sneaked a glance over and thought to herself—looking at all the female relatives present, only Mrs. Ji Yanghou had the courage not to challenge the concubines with lower status.On the other side, Shen Zhaoyi and Lu Zhaoyuan exchanged mocking glances.

Pang Miao greeted carefully, "Mother, eldest sister."

Mrs. Cao glanced at it, said nothing, and sipped tea in a dignified manner.Cao Fu also looked at Pang Miao coldly, and said bluntly: "Eighth siblings, let's have a snack."

"Yes." Pang Miao didn't want to conflict with Cao Fu here, so he agreed lightly.

Cao Fu raised the corners of his lips triumphantly, his eyes almost drifted to the beams of the house—even if the husbands and sons-in-law of their sisters had to rely on the eighth brother to get a decent official position, so there was no way to take the eighth brother and sister.But the mother is different, no matter what the eighth brother can do.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Mrs. Wang plucked up the courage to talk to Pang Miao.

Pang Miao looked at her gratefully.

Not long after the women's relatives finished presenting gifts and celebrating their birthdays, the Holy Majesty came and the birthday banquet officially began.With delicious food and wine, a toast for a change of lamps, continuous congratulatory voices, and dancers in the center with colorful clothes flying, the silk and bamboo are melodious, and the scene is very festive and lively.

Mrs. Cao watched the singing and dancing, drank and ate vegetables, occasionally chatted and laughed with the ladies and wives who came over, or was amused from ear to ear by her daughter's jokes, but she never looked at Pang Miao again.

Pang Miao felt oppressed, he tried his best to forget the existence of Cao's mother and daughter, and hurriedly ate a few more bites of food.

In case Mrs. Cao wants to lecture or something else, it's better than facing it hungry.

Qu Jieyu looked at the empress dowager and the sage, who were loving mothers and filial sons, and then looked at Queen Zhao who was sitting next to the sage, and then turned her head and looked at Pang Miao past Mrs. Cao. We talked.After a while, amidst the jokes, she forgot all the unpleasant things before.

After most of the banquet, Mrs. Cao walked outside with the help of her daughter. When she passed by Pang Miao, she gave Pang Miao a wink, and then went out without a word.

Mrs. Wang cast a sympathetic look, and Pang Miao followed out bravely. A dancer's sleeve almost fell on his face.

Outside the hall, guards, internal servants, and court ladies lined up neatly, waiting to be dispatched. Although there were a large number of people, the venue outside the hall was very empty, and if you spoke at a distance, you could not be heard by others.

Pang Miao walked quickly behind Mrs. Cao, Cao Fu tugged at his mother's sleeve, signaling her to come.

Only then did Mrs. Cao turn around, with a stern expression that seemed capable of swallowing people in one gulp.

"Stay comfortably in your own home, have you forgotten the rules?" She said coldly, because she was afraid of being heard by the palace people, her voice was deliberately lowered, but it seemed even more stern, "I really want to see the inside of your head." Is it the straw that grew! You are actually chatting with the concubines, if I hadn't appeared in time, you would have become good sisters, right?"

Pang Miao knew that Mrs. Cao had gone too far when it came to meeting concubines.An empress Jieyu who has no heirs can't make any waves, not to mention the love between the Holy Majesty and the Empress, and the care for the first prince is obvious to all. There is no one else in the position of Crown Prince.Mrs. Cao is too sensitive.But if you want to find fault with him, you can come up with any reason.

Pang Miao didn't intend to say anything, because he knew Mrs. Cao's stubbornness and arbitrariness, no matter what kind of explanation it was, it would be useless.

Furthermore, there is no need to establish a good relationship with Mrs. Cao.Facing King Yan's faction, his only companion is Cao Lv.

When the revenge is avenged, the Cao family will have nothing to do with him.Whether he is an official or a businessman, he can go wherever he can rely on his own ability.

Mrs. Cao was still babbling on, Cao Fu occasionally took the opportunity to chime in.

Pang Miao didn't listen much, but felt more and more comfortable.

After the scolding, it will be peaceful.

Guessing that the banquet was about to end, Mrs. Cao stroked her chest and panted, still cursing in disbelief: "Hmph, I still look like a wooden man after talking for a long time. I don't know how many lifetimes of misfortune Lu'er has had for marrying a wife like you. .You listen to me clearly, if you talk to someone you shouldn't be friends with in the future, the family law will take care of you!"

"Mother, it's okay, it's not worth being so angry." Cao Fu looked at Pang Miao proudly, and gently patted his mother's chest, "The reason is also clear, what should be done, the eighth brother and sister should think about it. Don't let mother down again. Mother, go back and drink some water to calm down."

Mrs. Cao walked towards the pavilion, turned around halfway, and said: "You are not allowed to go back to your mother's house today, go back with me! During the time when Lu'er is not at home, I will discipline you properly."

Like a thunderbolt from the blue, Pang Miao felt his head hurt a little, but it didn't stop him from making excuses, "Grandmother, I have planned to accompany my mother to live in a village in the countryside for a few days to enjoy the scenery... I wonder if I can wait for my mother to see you off?" After I personally go to Zhuangzi, I will return to Cao's house to greet you?"

Mrs. Cao gave him a blank look, "It's really troublesome! Do you have to go there?"

"...Mother misses Zhuangzi over there very much."

"Okay, okay, you go." Mrs. Cao waved her hand impatiently, "As soon as you get back to the imperial capital, leave for me and go back to Cao's house, do you hear me?!"

"Yes." Pang Miao breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that the frontier war would be over as soon as possible, and then he would plan to deal with King Yan, so that he could get away from the Cao family and the annoying female family members of the Cao family.

Pang Miao didn't take a step until they were some distance away.

"Cang Ting, run slowly, don't fall."

Before he finished speaking, a little man threw himself into Pang Miao's arms, and mercilessly bumped into a relatively fragile place.

"Hiss—" Pang Miao tried hard to restrain his expression from twisting inconveniently.

"Yes, I'm sorry." The child opened his eyes wide, a little scared.

Compared with Cao Fu's little devil king, the eldest son of the emperor's behavior was much more acceptable, and he didn't mean it, and he even apologized on his own initiative.

"It's okay." Pang Miao squeezed out a little smile.

"Madam Cao Bashao?" Shen Zhaoyi, who stepped out of the hall, showed doubts.

The eldest son of the emperor grabbed Shen Zhaoyi's skirt and said embarrassedly: "Mother, I accidentally bumped into this lady."

Shen Zhaoyi apologized: "I'm really sorry, the child loves to play around when he is young, I didn't like it."

Pang Miao felt better, stood up a little, and said without hesitation, "It's okay, I'm fine." He took a step back and stepped aside, "Don't bother Empress Zhaoyi."

"Are you really okay?" The eldest son of the emperor scratched his chin, looking worried, "I saw that you seemed to be in pain just now."

"..." Pang Miao smiled brightly, and tried his best to let Shen Zhaoyi's mother and son leave as soon as possible, so as not to make things worse when Mrs. Cao saw it. "Thank you, the eldest son, for your concern. He is really fine."

The eldest son of the emperor smiled sweetly.

After Shen Zhaoyi nodded, she took the hand of the eldest son of the emperor and left.

Pang Miao heaved a sigh of relief and returned to the hall. Mrs. Cao was chatting and laughing with her daughter, apparently she didn't see him talking to Shen Zhaoyi.

"Is it uncomfortable?" Mrs. Wang gave Pang Miao a bowl of soup and said in a low voice, "Oh, what a strict mother-in-law..."

Pang Miao gradually liked talking to Mrs. Wang. Although there was about a [-]-year age gap between the two of them, Mrs. Wang was kind and enthusiastic. In addition, her husband was in the same school as the Cao family, so there was no need to flatter and curry favor. Naturally, there were not many The disgusting words on the scene gave him a lot of guidance, help and comfort in the house life he faced with cheating fathers, of course... except for nagging about some short things about the parents.

"Just let it be a gust of wind blowing by your ears." Pang Miao took a sip of the soup and couldn't help joking: "After Mrs. Wang's hands, it tastes even sweeter."

Mrs. Wang covered her mouth and smiled, "Madam Cao Bashao has also learned badly."

The atmosphere finally became light and harmonious again.