It’s Better to be the Empress Dowager - Chapter 83

Master Tang sighed very softly. After she sighed, she noticed something was wrong and quickly looked at other people. Fortunately, Zhao Chengjun and Mother Feng were discussing etiquette and did not notice her actions.

Teacher Tang quietly breathed a sigh of relief. It is a pity that her parents and relatives cannot come to her wedding, but compared with the future, these regrets are really insignificant. It’s rare that the Queen Mother and King Jing are willing to believe her, but this delicate balance is too fragile, and if you are careless, you will lose everything. Master Tang can’t even take care of Lizi, so how can one be qualified to care about the face of wedding ceremonies, parents’ weddings, and so on?

Shishi Tang is not a hypocritical person, she quickly let go of this problem after she figured it out, and focused on planning for the future.

Zhao Chengjun and Mother Feng quickly discussed the details, and even the date was finalized. Zhao Chengjun asked Teacher Tang: “September 27th is suitable for marriage, what do you think?”

What thought Master Tang could have, she of course nodded: “The prince said very well, so let’s arrange it for this day.”

Master Tang said that he had no objection. After he was finished, he paused, and still couldn’t help but said, “It’s been a few days since September 29, so fast?”

“Princess, it’s not fast.” Grandma Feng answered with a smile, “The honor guard, Xia, etc. are all ready-made, so you can save money by paying attention to the color, asking for a name, and personally welcoming. The princess and the princess are far away from the capital, and you don’t have to go to see you on the day of your wedding. Long live and the queen, what trouble can there be? The princess can’t bear it now. The empress dowager said in her own mouth that her Royal Highness does not need to pay attention to etiquette when getting married, and always puts the princess’s body first. If the ceremony is finished earlier, it is better for the old slave to return earlier. Return to the palace.”

The royal canonization is marriage in the patriarchal sense, but the wedding is in the secular sense. Zhao Chengjun is the lord of the northwest. Even if he receives the royal canonization, he will have to hold a wedding to formally announce the people of the land.

Master Tang is physically inconvenient, and both the Queen Mother Yao and Zhao Chengjun don’t want to be too troublesome. The two most powerful people in the world have reached an agreement, let alone holding a wedding within seven days, even if it is the sky to pick the stars, the people below will have to find a way to do it.

Master Tang has no say in this, all she can do is wait. After Zhao Chengjun finished talking about the wedding, he expected that Mother Feng should go, but she didn’t expect Mother Feng to be unhurried and smiled: “Weddings are a major event in life. Before a woman gets married, her mother should teach her a little bit of self-satisfaction. It’s a pity. The princess’s parents are not around. Although the old slave is not the parents of the princess, he taught the princess when he was in the palace. The old slave courageously took care of the princess’s mother. Should the princess not think that the old slave has overstepped?”

Teacher Tang was surprised. She also knew what Madam Feng had said. Before a woman came out of the pavilion, her mother or other female elders had to teach her about the boudoir, so as to prevent the woman from being raised in a deep boudoir, ignorant of the relationship between men and women, and causing trouble in the night of the bridal chamber. But… Master Tang is pregnant, she still needs to listen to this?

However, even if she knew what Madam Feng said was an excuse, Master Tang couldn’t refute it. Teacher Tang immediately smiled and said, “What are you talking about? Mother is willing to teach me. I can’t be grateful in time. Why would I refuse?”

Madam Feng also smiled: “The princess doesn’t mind.”

Zhao Chengjun knew that Grandma Feng deliberately distracted him, but he could only do so. The children who grew up in the palace are precocious. Of course, Zhao Chengjun knows what Feng Feng is going to say to Master Tang. How does he listen to this kind of thing?

Zhao Chengjun stood up as if there was nothing wrong, and said, “It suddenly occurred to me that there is still something to do outside, so I will accompany her for a while, and I will come as soon as I go.”

Sister Feng got up and saw him off: “His Royal Highness, go to work, the princess has an old slave watching, so please don’t worry, Your Royal Highness.”

Master Tang followed to the door. After Zhao Chengjun went out, Master Tang whispered to the maids around him: “You don’t need to wait on here, let’s go down.”

The maids said yes. The maids filed back, and soon, there were only Teacher Tang and Grandma Feng in the room.

Master Tang knew that her main act was coming. With a smile on her face, Master Tang motioned to Grandma Feng: “Please sit down, Grandma.”

“The princess, please first.” Grandma Feng took a step back and helped Tang Shishi to sit down before sitting sideways on the Arhat bed. She looked at Master Tang carefully, looked at it for a while, and said with a smile: “The old slave said before that the princess is a person who wants to enjoy great wealth. Sure enough, this is only one year, and the princess status is different from the past.”

Master Tang lowered his eyes and smiled docilely: “It’s the queen mother and the maternal pity, the concubine doesn’t dare to be arrogant.”

Grandma Feng was very satisfied with Master Tang’s attitude, Master Tang was not so favored, so she did not forget her roots. Madam Feng said: “Life and death are destiny, and wealth lies in the sky. The princess can come to this point. It can be seen that natural life is rich and destiny. The queen mother has been thinking about the princess all these years. This time, she came here to ask the old slave to take care of the princess.”

Take care of her? I’m afraid it’s a beating. The expression on Master Tang’s face remained unchanged, and he still smiled and said, “The concubine remembers the teachings of the queen mother, and dare not forget it for a moment. I haven’t seen it for a long time, I wonder if the queen mother is in good health?

“Everything is all right for the Queen Mother, long live and the Queen.” After Feng Madam said, she suddenly mentioned, “I just saw the princess sigh. I don’t know what the princess sighed?”

Master Tang was startled, her voice was so soft that Grandma Feng actually heard her? Master Tang didn’t dare to be careless, thought for a moment, and said: “I thought that my mother would be leaving next, and I would stay alone in Jingdi, alone and unaccompanied. I was really terrified.”

Madam Feng smiled and patted the back of Master Tang’s hand, and said meaningfully: “How can the princess have no relatives? You are already pregnant with a child. When you are born, will you be the princess’s closest relatives?”

Master Tang closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembling slightly: “I am like a duckweed, drifting with the flow. It’s really hard to say what the future will be like.”

Madam Feng looked at Master Tang’s expression, pushing herself and others, revealing the color of enlightenment. She thought she had guessed Master Tang’s heart knot, and said unhurriedly: “The princess does not have to worry, you are the princess that the empress dowager has proclaimed, and the clan daughters have to give way when they see you. No matter how courageous the king is, she doesn’t dare. I’ve abolished you. If he really dared to leave the son to his mother, the empress dowager will definitely ask for justice for the princess.”

Teacher Tang looked like he was finally relieved, and said moved: “Thank you, empress dowager.”

On the surface, Master Tang was grateful, but thought inwardly, I am afraid that the Queen Mother would like her to be left with her son and mother. In this way, the Queen Mother Yao has a legitimate reason to openly attack King Jing.

The more Madam Feng said this, the more Teacher Tang was sure that Zhao Chengjun would not do anything to her, and she was more afraid of the Queen Mother Yao’s people harming her.

Grandma Feng felt that she had mastered the mind of Master Tang, and she became more and more sure of winning. She said: “You don’t have to be afraid. The Queen Mother will leave many people in Jing Palace. If necessary, they will protect you. Now, your task is to raise your baby well. , Give birth to this child safely and gain the trust of King Jing. Only when you get his approval can you get in touch with the inside story of King Jing’s Mansion and understand the real core news. At that time, you will be the most important eye of the empress dowager. You have to Staring at King Jing’s every move on behalf of the empress, pay particular attention to whether King Jing is against the court.”

Teacher Tang promised, but in her heart she thought about what she needed later, she could now responsibly tell the Queen Mother Yao that Zhao Chengjun was reluctant.

Not only did he intend to rebel, he succeeded in the rebellion. Naturally, Master Tang would not tell Grandma Feng these words, because she also had them.

When the Queen Mother relies on the most important right arm, how about being the Queen Mother yourself?

It’s a pity that Mother Feng is preconceived, thinking that Master Tang is a stupid and vain woman who can’t be controlled well. Grandma Feng knew the truth about hitting a stick and giving a sweet date. After the threat, she quickly turned her face and said kindly: “The princess does not have to worry, you are the queen mother’s favorite person. In any case, the empress will keep you. This time you came to the fief, the queen mother gave you a lot of dowry. Here, this is the dowry list. These things are all the things that the empress has collected for many years. Even the long live master does not give it to the princess. Now the princess has this. Waiting for dignity, still worrying about the future?”

Master Tang took the order, glanced quickly, and raised his eyebrows secretly. The reward was brought in yesterday, but Master Tang hasn’t had time to look at it. Now that she got the list, she knew that the Queen Mother had indeed paid the money.

The Queen Mother Yao deliberately prevented Zhao Chengjun from marrying with other forces, but did not want to be said by the world, so she put a lot of effort on Master Tang. She raised Master Tang’s worth and praised her again, boasting that there is nothing in the sky or underground, and she wished to declare that the whole world was a great marriage.

Teacher Tang represents the face of the Queen Mother Yao, these big figures are not short of money, and will never treat her materially. This is a game between the Queen Mother Yao and King Jing. She doesn’t know which one will win or lose Tang Shishi, but she has become a direct beneficiary, and it is quite happy to think about it.

Mother Feng gave the money, and the next step began to play the emotional card: “The empress dowager is unusual for the princess, almost more intimate than her daughters. Jinling sent ten people, and the princess alone is the most arrogant. The others are either muddled or confused with a fake one. It’s simply stupid to be entangled with goods. The princess just does her own thing, don’t care about the few stupid things, if the situation becomes necessary in the future, everyone in the princess will protect themselves.”

Master Tang understood that Empress Dowager Yao wanted to push her out, even at the expense of other beauties. Teacher Tang was relieved, and Grandma Feng said so, so there is no need to mention Feng Qian.

The Queen Mother Yao will deal with Feng’s people, absolutely not involving Tang Shishi.

Madam Feng observed Master Tang’s expression and played the last and most significant card: “The princess is depressed today. Isn’t she homesick? The princess has not returned home for four years. I probably don’t know how much the Tang family has developed over the years. Well, the business has expanded from Linqing to the canal, and even Jinling has a semicolon from the Tang family. By the way, does the princess have a younger sister named Tang Yanyan?”

Master Tang suddenly heard the familiar name, and was taken aback for a moment before he answered, “Yes. What’s wrong with her?”

“Congratulations to the princess.” Madam Feng didn’t seem to know the inside story of the Tang family, and said to Tang Shishi with a smile, “The princess is very lucky, my father and brother are good at business, and my brother-in-law is also a talented student. The second sister of the princess Qi Jingsheng, the husband-in-law, understands during the exam. Try it. Next year, you can come to the capital to participate in the test. If the princess does meritorious services, it will not be a big deal next year for the empress dowager to send someone to take care of her.”

Teacher Tang was once again in a trance, and Qi Jingsheng was listed in the exam. He actually did it.

Now, Tang Yanyan, the Su family, and even the entire Tang family must be extremely happy.

Master Tang lowered his eyes and said softly: “The imperial examination is a place for the court to elect talents. The concubine dared not embarrass the queen mother. The concubine thanked the queen dowager for her kindness, but it’s all about the test. It depends on whether he can pass the exam or not. ability.”

Mother Feng is actually only talking about that although the Queen Mother Yao is the Empress Dowager, she cannot intervene in the previous political affairs. The imperial examination is a major event in the country. Yushitai watched eagerly, and the Ministry of Etiquette guarded it strictly. In fact, the Queen Mother said that it can be recorded by one person?

But with that being said, Teacher Tang took the initiative to refuse, and he won the favor of Mother Feng. Madam Feng smiled with satisfaction: “The princess understands the righteousness, it is the blessing of the family, and the queen mother did not mistake you. Don’t worry about the princess, your second brother-in-law is blessed by heaven and will surely pass the exam.”

Teacher Tang smiled faintly: “I hope so.”

Madam Feng had finished explaining what she should have explained. She said some familiar things to Master Tang and got up and left. After Grandma Feng left, Master Tang was at the place to eat, but she had no appetite for some reason, so she picked two bites and asked the maid to take things down.

Zhao Chengjun had something outside, and Tang Shishi stayed in the Yan’an Yard to pass the time. After a while, it was time for the next meal. Master Tang now has to eat several meals a day. This time it is not a dinner. Master Tang planned to deal with it at will. Unexpectedly, Zhao Chengjun came back.

Master Tang was very surprised when he saw Zhao Chengjun, and asked, “Master, what have you left in the courtyard?”

“No.” Zhao Chengjun’s tone was light, and he didn’t leave after he finished speaking, and just sat in the room to watch Master Tang eat. Master Tang was seen inexplicably, she couldn’t guess what Zhao Chengjun wanted to do, so she had to ignore it for the time being and eat first by herself.

This time I was serving soup. Master Tang slowly scooped the cheese. Zhao Chengjun sat opposite her and asked casually, “Are you in a bad mood today?”

Teacher Tang is inexplicable: “No.”

Zhao Chengjun paused, then said: “If you have something on your mind, you can tell it.”

Master Tang became more and more inexplicable. She thought about it carefully, but still didn’t know what she was worried about: “Days are the same as usual, there is nothing special, what can I have on my mind?”

Zhao Chengjun could not see the change on his face, and calmly nodded and said, “That’s good.”

After Master Tang finished eating, the maid stepped forward to clean up the soup. Zhao Chengjun stood up and said, “You are well maintained, the official of the Ministry of Rites is still outside, I will come to see you later.”

Shishi Tang realized that Zhao Chengjun had dropped the official of the Ministry of Rites to come back to see her for dinner? Teacher Tang was confused. She wanted to stand up and send Zhao Chengjun out, but was stopped by Zhao Chengjun: “You are much weaker than me. You don’t need to send me to get a baby with peace of mind.”

During this period of time, Zhao Chengjun was very conniving to Master Tang, and gradually Master Tang got used to it. She didn’t move any more and watched Zhao Chengjun go out, and soon disappeared.

Teacher Tang leaned on Luohan’s bed and thought for a while, but still didn’t understand why Zhao Chengjun did this today. If you can’t figure it out, you don’t think about it anymore, Master Tang didn’t take it seriously, and soon went to do his own thing.

In the evening, Zhao Chengjun finally finished his outside affairs and came back to accompany Master Tang for dinner. After the meal, Master Tang asked the maid to help her digest as usual, and then went back to the house to take a bath. This is her essential itinerary for the day, and when she is out of the bath, it is already dark.

Master Tang was sitting in front of the mirror and combing her hair. She focused on checking the ends of her hair, but did not notice that the movement behind her gradually stopped. Master Tang found a fork, and her voice lazily said: “Cuckoo, bring the scissors.”

I haven’t heard Du Juan’s response for a long time. Master Tang raised his head in confusion, and found that at some point the maids had all withdrawn. Zhao Chengjun stood behind her and asked, “You are now avoiding sharps. What do you want scissors for?”

Master Tang followed her long hair and said, “Hair must be trimmed in time to look good.” After she finished talking, Zhao Chengjun didn’t move, she couldn’t bear it, and stared: “What are you still trying to do? Go get the scissors for a while. I can’t find the fork.”

Zhao Chengjun was dismissed for the first time. He looked at the pregnant wife in front of him. There was really nothing he could do. He had to obediently obey Master Tang’s support and give her to her present person.

Zhao Chengjun brought the scissors, but he refused to give it to Master Tang. Instead, he said, “What do you want to cut, I’ll do it.”

Zhao Chengjun was scared by Master Tang, so how could she dare to let her touch a sharp object. Master Tang didn’t care, he picked a strand of hair and put it in Zhao Chengjun’s hands, and said, “Look carefully at the ends of the hair inside. If there are long branches, cut them off.”

Zhao Chengjun held her hair in his hand, once again helpless. Master Tang really regarded him as a maid, and did not hesitate to support him. Zhao Chengjun sat next to her, feeling the warm and delicate fragrance of her sweet wife, her body as soft as boneless, and the long hair like black silk in her hand. He was completely willing to be driven by her.

Zhao Chengjun held Master Tang’s long hair, and while rubbing her hair, he asked, “Do you have something on your mind?”

He asked about this again, Master Tang paused slightly, and then said indifferently: “No.”

“If not, why do you only eat so little at noon.” Although Zhao Chengjun was a question, his tone was very positive, “Are you thinking about the Tang family?”

Teacher Tang paused. When Zhao Chengjun and Feng Feng were discussing the wedding in the day, she sighed with regret when she thought that her natal family could not attend her wedding. She thought no one noticed, but she didn’t expect Mother Feng to notice, and Zhao Chengjun also noticed.

Yes, these two are human spirits in the palace, how could she hide them from her little thought?

After being told bluntly, Master Tang no longer concealed it, and quickly admitted: “Yes. My mother has been looking forward to my marriage since I was a child. I didn’t expect that when I got married, she didn’t even know the news.”

Zhao Chengjun is silent. The wedding is the most important ceremony in a woman’s life. Which woman does not want to marry a woman with the blessing of relatives and friends? But because of him, Tang Shishi couldn’t even notify her natal family.

Zhao Chengjun tightened his fingers, and after a while, he said, “Don’t worry, there will be a chance to compensate in the future.”

Zhao Chengjun’s voice was very low, but his tone was firm and his words were clear, as if he was making a promise. Master Tang chuckled, and took a look at Zhao Chengjun, and said, “Master, I will marry this time. If I have another chance in the future, maybe it’s not good?”

Zhao Chengjun sank his face and pressed her eyebrows: “Nonsense.”

Master Tang didn’t avoid it, and was stunned. She glared at Zhao Chengjun angrily: “It’s obviously you who said, do you still blame me?”

Master Tang really felt that he was wronged. Originally, there would be a second wedding to comfort others. Is this any good thing? Zhao Chengjun looked at her with a deep gaze, and he found that Master Tang really had a talent, and changed his tricks to annoy him.

What he promised was clearly the post-season ceremony. Ordinary women will naturally not have a second wedding, but the queen can. When Shishi Tang was a princess, he couldn’t make a big deal. When he was canonized in the future, he naturally had no scruples.

The queen is the mother of a country, and the post-closing ceremony is barely considered a wedding.

He secretly promised the future with sincerity, but in the end, let’s see what Master Tang said. Zhao Chengjun really felt that sooner or later, he would be mad at Master Tang.