It’s Better to be the Empress Dowager - Chapter 112
Teacher Tang and Lin Wanxi were talking, and a voice of greetings suddenly came from outside. Master Tang stood up and said, “The prince is back.”
Lin Wanxi stood up quickly, Zhao Chengjun entered the door and saw Lin Wanxi was there, and immediately stopped Master Tang and Lin Wanxi to salute: “Mother-in-law, please get up.”
Although she had already seen it, Lin Wanxi was still trembling when she saw Zhao Chengjun. Master Tang is not as nervous as Lin Wanxi. She sat on the Arhat bed comfortably, picked up Zhao Zigao, and asked, “Why did the prince come back so early?”
Zhao Chengjun took over the restless Zhao Zigao from Master Tang, and said: “Yesterday you said you want to take your mother-in-law over, and I came back to take a look.”
Master Tang heard it clearly: “Are you going to go out soon?”
“Yeah.” Zhao Chengjun held Zhao Zigao, saw Lin Wanxi still standing, and glanced at the maid, “Why the mother-in-law is still standing, please sit down.”
The maids shuddered and hurriedly helped Lin Wanxi sit down. Lin Wanxi sat on the other side of the Arhat bed and saw the husband and wife talking freely. Zhao Chengjun was also very familiar with the movements of embracing Zhao Zigao, and her heart was calm.
Whether the husband’s son-in-law status is high or not, whether the family has money or not is second, and being good to Tang Master is the most important thing. Seeing Weizhi’s works, from the only two sides, it can be seen that King Jing is very tolerant of Tang Shishi.
Zhao Chengjun had a mysterious obsession with Zhao Zigao. When he came back, he trained Zhao Zigao to walk. When Master Tang saw Zhao Chengjun, he came back for a short period of time and didn’t let his son go. He patted Zhao Chengjun’s arm angrily: “You are addicted to training soldiers? This is your son, not your soldier.”
Lin Wanxi slowly widened her eyes when she saw Master Tang hit King Jing with her hand. However, Zhao Chengjun didn’t seem to feel it, and said: “He is a boy who is always held by others, so he should stand by himself.”
Lin Wanxi stroked her heart silently, feeling frightened. She saw Zhao Zigao walking crookedly with Zhao Chengjun’s support, but he could come upside down anyway, Lin Wanxi asked, “Gao’er will stand, how old is he?”
Teacher Tang replied: “Ten months.”
“Ten months to learn to walk, it was very early.” Lin Wanxi said, suddenly felt something was wrong. A few days ago, when Master Tang returned to Tang’s house, she felt weird. Today, Master Tang said that Zhao Zigao was ten months old, and Lin Wanxi finally thought of something strange.
Lin Wanxi asked, “You were only married in September last year. Now in December, Gao’er is ten months old?”
Master Tang and Zhao Chengjun were silent together. After a while, Master Tang tried to twist Zhao Chengjun’s arm. Zhao Chengjun knew that he was wrong, and held the hand of Master Tang, and said: “September is the time for the imperial canonization. The distance between Xiping Mansion and Jinling is far away. It will take a lot of time to get married once and for all, so the actual marriage should be earlier.”
Lin Wanxi said, she didn’t understand these royal rules, and when King Jing said so, Lin Wanxi believed it without reservation. Master Tang turned his head and glared at Zhao Chengjun forcefully. This bastard, who had done something bad for himself, even dared to fool her in front of her! Zhao Chengjun smiled and gently wrapped Master Tang’s hand.
No wonder Master Tang is so deceitful, it turns out that they are all like Lin Wanxi.
The more Tang Shishi thought about it, the more angry he became, and he was angry until he used the rice. Lin Wanxi knew that Zhao Chengjun would go out after eating, and said, “Teacher, please go with the prince to have dinner. I will take care of the children for you.”
“No, this kind of trivial matter, how dare you trouble your mother-in-law?” Zhao Chengjun vetoed it, and he placed Zhao Zigao on the collapse, and immediately had a maid-in-law stepping forward to take care of it. Zhao Chengjun turned to help Master Tang, Master Tang gave him a sharp look, then walked around by his hand.
Lin Wanxi felt suffocated again when she saw this scene. There was nothing strange on Zhao Chengjun’s face, and he calmly said to Lin Wanxi: “Here is the place to eat. Mother-in-law will come with me.”
Lin Wanxi hurriedly smiled and thanked Zhao Chengjun. There is no need for Zhao Chengjun to lead the way. A bright and bright maid came forward and said with a warm smile: “Old lady, please go here.”
Lin Wanxi walked to the flower hall, before sitting down, she saw Zhao Chengjun walking next to Master Tang, coaxing Master Tang to sit down in a good voice. Lin Wanxi was frightened after eating this meal. During the meal, Zhao Chengjun poured water and vegetables for Master Tang, taking care of everything, but Master Tang was indifferent, until she was almost finished eating, she finally had some smiles.
Lin Wanxi drank the second cup of tea in silence, shocking herself.
After the meal, Zhao Chengjun and Lin Wanxi went out after a few polite sentences. After Zhao Chengjun left, Lin Wanxi couldn’t help it anymore, and whispered to Master Tang: “Master, do you always do this?”
Master Tang who was talking about this was taken aback, she thought for a while, and didn’t feel that she had done anything excessive. Master Tang nodded, and looked back at Lin Wanxi calmly and innocently: “Yes, otherwise?”
Her tone was taken for granted, Lin Wanxi was speechless for a while. In the early years, Lin Wanxi saw Master Tang Qi Jingsheng screaming and drinking, but she ignored him and worried that Master Tang would take Qiao after marrying and bully her husband. Now it seems that she underestimated Master Tang too much.
When Lin Wanxi’s mother looked at it, she felt that her daughter was too much. King Jing also has a good temperament and is willing to tolerate her, spoil her, and be obedient to her.
Lin Wanxi sighed. She should have discouraged her daughter from restraining herself, but when she was about to speak her words, she turned into a helpless sigh: “You!”
A couple has a couple’s way of getting along, maybe it is because of the master work of Master Tang that they can surrender King Jing. Lin Wanxi is docile and gentle, and she doesn’t fight for anything when she encounters it. Therefore, no one in her husband takes her seriously.
Her daughter has a better life than her, and she has been held in the palm of her hand all her life. Before leaving the pavilion, Master Tang had a sweet temper, but he would never put a face to face, say that he was unhappy and displeased, and said that he was temperamental. The girls are all boudoirs. After marrying, they temper their tempers, but Master Tang is better, and they are completely opposite. After she got married, she became more arrogant and indulgent. She must have never touched a wall, so she has no scruples.
Lin Wanxi sighed deeply in her heart. Tang Yanyan said that Lin Wanxi cried all night when Master Tang married an old widower to make a continuation. When the misunderstanding was finally resolved, Lin Wanxi became even more worried. If it is an ordinary family, with the wealth of the Tang family, it can still support her daughter; but if she marries into the emperor’s family, then her family will not be able to help at all.
Lin Wanxi was frightened and frightened for several days. Every day she dreamed of thinking, what if Master Tang was bullied in the palace? Will King Jing neglect Teacher Tang? Does King Jing have a favored concubine? It wasn’t until today that Lin Wanxi finally felt relieved when she saw her in the house.
Master Tang had a very good life, far better than she had imagined.
Lin Wanxi and Tang Shishi sat for a while, and heard the maid send a letter: “The princess, the side concubine and Ren Meiren come to greet you.”
Today Lin Wanxi is in the palace, Zhou Shunhua and Ren Yujun, as juniors, must come to say hello to Lin Wanxi. Teacher Tang responded indifferently and said, “Let them come in.”
Lin Wanxi heard the word “side concubine” and her face was slightly solemn. She looked up and saw two beautiful women entering the room, all of them looked and temperamental, not like concubines, on the contrary they looked like…Miss Jinjin.
Afterwards, the two young ladies bowed their heads to bow to Master Tang: “See the concubine for the concubine, and see Mrs. Lin.”
Master Tang nodded and said, “You have a heart, get up. Concubine Zhou is pregnant, please give her a seat soon.”
Lin Wanxi looked from head to toe, the more she looked, the more frightened she became. These two women are talented and beautiful, and behave appropriately. They are more than enough to be the first ladies of the big family. They are only concubines in the palace? Lin Wanxi’s calm heart sank in an instant. With such two young and beautiful concubines, how can Master Tang’s life be easier?
Lin Wanxi’s fingers were cold. She heard Master Tang ask the bookish woman about her diet, and Lin Wanxi knew that she was pregnant and had been four months old.
Lin Wanxi thought of Zhao Zigao, who was only ten months old, and her heart shook again.
Master Tang “cared” Zhou Shunhua’s belly according to the process, and finally concluded: “The palace has been vacant for many years, and some places are inevitably incomplete. If you have anything uncomfortable or unaccustomed to during this period, please tell me quickly. You guys. He is the concubine of the elder son, and shoulders the heavy responsibility of spreading the branches and leaves of the royal family. You must hurry up and get your body adjusted, give birth to children for the elder son as soon as possible, and pass on the family line. This is the most important thing, understand?”
Zhou Shunhua and Ren Yujun should be soft. Lin Wanxi was stunned for a while before she was surprised: “The son?”
“Yes.” When Master Tang saw Lin Wanxi, he remembered, and quickly introduced, “Look at my memory, I almost forgot to introduce it. Mother, these two are the concubine of the world’s son, this is Zhou side concubine, this is Ren Meiren.”
Lin Wanxi was choking as if eating, her expression on her face became more and more weird. Master Tang played today’s good mother-in-law, so he sent them down: “Okay, I have nothing to do here. Go back and rest.”
“Yes, Princess Xie.”
Lin Wanxi held back for a long time. After Zhou Shunhua and Ren Yujun went out, she couldn’t help but asked, “That turned out to be the concubine of the elder son? That is your daughter-in-law?”
“That’s right.” Master Tang didn’t understand what his mother was strange about, and said, “They are not my daughter-in-law. The elder son has another wife, but the concubine accidentally fell off the baby before leaving, so the prince asked the concubine to leave. Stayed in Xiping Mansion to recuperate.”
Lin Wanxi was shocked by the answer. After digesting it for a while, she asked, “What about the prince’s concubine?”
Master Tang chuckled lightly, leaned on the handrail, and slowly adjusted his sleeves: “He didn’t dare to take a concubine. The beauties in the palace, except for those given to the sons of the world, I dismissed everything else.”
Lin Wanxi was dazed for a moment, completely admired. Her daughter… is really a big deal.
Master Tang saw that his mother’s expression was wrong, and asked, “Mother, what are you going to say?”
Lin Wanxi shook her head: “You handled everything well, I don’t have much to say. However, the eldest concubine has lost her fetus, and the concubine is pregnant again, why are the children in your house so close together?”
Master Tang raised his eyebrows and smiled unclearly: “Who knows. Mother, Concubine Zhou has been pregnant for four months, can you tell?”
Lin Wanxi thought for a while and shook her head. Master Tang smiled and said, “Don’t underestimate those two people just now. Although they are concubines, one is a daughter of Cai Guogong’s mansion and the other is a daughter of Anning Hou’s mansion, both of them were born tall. The prince didn’t like these two people, and forced his son to marry the daughter of Lu’s family.
Lin Wanxi heard that before she saw Master Tang, the five-rank officials were all high-ranking sects that the Tang family looked up to, but now, the daughters of the Gonghou family are all serving as daughter-in-laws under Master Tang. Seeing how respectful the two of them were to Master Tang just now, I’m afraid Master Tang is very domineering on weekdays.
Lin Wanxi slowly realized that although her daughter was born from her body, she has now embarked on a completely different path from her. Regardless of her, the Tang family was far behind by Master Tang, and could no longer keep up with Master Tang’s footsteps.
While Lin Wanxi was pleased, she also felt sad. It’s not that the king’s mansion didn’t pay attention to it, nor was it that King Jing had no bottom line to indulge in Tang Shishi’s, those murder and bloodless spears, conspiracies and tricks, have never ceased.
It’s just that Tang Shishi broke through.
Lin Wanxi wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, held Master Tang’s hand, and said, “My mother can’t help you much now, and she can’t give you advice, but the concubine in your house just had a miscarriage, so you have to be careful .”
“I know.” Master Tang gave Lin Wanxi a brilliant smile, “Mother, just rest assured. I know it in my heart.”