It’s Better to be the Empress Dowager - Chapter 85

In the Yan’an Academy, Master Tang was sitting on the Huanghuali armchair, and Lu Yufei was standing at the back, surrounded by women. Ren Yujun, Ji Xinxian, and other palace beauties who are still alive are among them. Everyone remained silent, quietly watching another woman bow to Master Tang.

“Thanks to the princess for her kindness. The princess is so kind, and Shunhua dare not forget it all his life.”

Zhou Shunhua wore a blue cloth dress, with a plain face facing the sky, not stained with lead, and there was no other decoration on his body except for a pale jade hosta. She knelt in the middle of the Mingtang, with her knees close together, her back straight, her forehead close to the back of her hand, her knees upright and unambiguous.

Master Tang looked down at his feet, and said nothing for a long time. Zhou Shunhua’s posture was still submissive, and his forehead fell to the ground, without any disapproval or embarrassment.

Not long ago, Tang Shishi was at the same level as Zhou Shunhua. Going forward, Tang Shishi is a merchant daughter, but Zhou Shunhua is a daughter of the government. In terms of identity, Tang Shishi is far behind Zhou Shunhua. But now, Zhou Shunhua kowtowed his head to thank someone who was inferior to him, and there was no strange color.

This in itself is the biggest anomaly. Teacher Tang always felt that after Zhou Shunhua went to exile in the villa for a period of time, something seemed to have changed in his body. Although Zhou Shunhua was smart before leaving the house, her eyes were shining with stars, and she would be desperate for her sweetheart, but now, her eyes have become gentle and cold.

Shishi Tang seemed to have picked up an incredible character.

But what’s the matter, Tang Shishi thought nonchalantly, anyway, she had already left the circle of Gongdou, no matter how black Zhou Shunhua was, Lu Yufei would be the one who had a headache. What was Tang Shishi’s problem?

She is their aunt, as long as Zhao Chengjun does not die for a day, their concubines, even Zhao Zixun, will hold Master Tang’s hands. Master Tang might not be able to control Zhao Zixun, but it was more than enough to send a concubine.

Master Tang didn’t ask Zhou Shunhua to get up for a long time, and everyone around him lowered his eyes, but quietly glanced at Master Tang. Master Tang put his hands on his knees, stroked the folds on his sleeves, and said softly, “Get up.”

Only then was the maidservant stepped forward to help, Zhou Shunhua held the maid’s hand and slowly got up from the ground.

Master Tang raised his hand and motioned for Dujuan to pour tea. At this time, Zhou Shunhua stepped forward, took the teapot in Du Juan’s hand, poured water three times with a graceful gesture, raised it to the center of his eyebrows, and handed it to Master Tang respectfully: “Mother, please use tea.”

The whole house was stunned by this development. Lu Yufei was stunned behind for a while, suddenly reacted, and furious: “Presumptuous! Did you call your mother?”

“It’s okay.” Master Tang raised his fingers, stopped Lu Yufei’s movements, and said with a smile, “It’s hard for Meiren Zhou to have filial piety. I am about the same age as Meiren Zhou, but I want to receive your tea. I feel ashamed.”

“Mother is a shameless concubine.” Zhou Shunhua lowered his eyes and said, “Mother is a princess, and also the concubine’s mother-in-law. The saint cloud, the concubine is like a mother, and the concubine can only serve her mother like thirty-six filial sons. What does mother offer tea?”

Master Tang secretly sighed that the educated people are different. Look at what people say, Master Tang can’t pick it out deliberately. Since Zhou Shunhua’s attitude is so low, Tang Shishi has nothing to fault. She took the tea in Zhou Shunhua’s hand, took a sip, and said, “Good tea. She is indeed a talented girl in Jinling. She is three times better than others in making tea. It’s cool on the ground, get up quickly.”

Master Tang’s attitude was so pleasant, Lu Yufei watched from behind, and gradually couldn’t stand it any longer.

What does Zhou Shunhua mean? What does Tang Shishi mean? Didn’t the two of them not deal with each other before, why are they now close together, as if they are about to form an alliance?

Lu Yufei’s heart was alarming. After Tang Shishi got married, he still followed the old rule of King Jing. Every ten days, Lu Yufei was unwilling to flatter Tang Shishi, so he only came at the stipulated time. The rest of the day did not bother to see Tang Shishi. Lu Yufei knew that most people in the palace thought the same as her and didn’t take Master Tang seriously, so Lu Yufei became more concerned.

She thought that other people would have the same attitude. Who would have thought that Zhou Shunhua would make such a flattering face when he came up, calling “mother” to a woman younger than herself, almost ugly. It happened that a shy call, a shy response, Lu Yufei suddenly had a very bad premonition.

Mother-in-law is equivalent to mother-in-law in etiquette, but “mother” is not something anyone can call. This is the power only available in the main house. Whose concubine dares to call the mistress of the house “mother” in public?

But Zhou Shunhua dared. Lu Yufei knew that this was a demonstration against herself, she immediately stepped forward and scolded: “Presumptuous, the princess is a righteous wife, and every move has etiquette standards. You are a classless and classless concubine, where’s the courage? Give tea to the princess?”

Teacher Tang leaned on the armrest and said without hesitation: “The concubine of the empire is right. According to the etiquette, only the daughter-in-law can serve tea to the mother-in-law. However, I have never seen the concubine of the empire come and serve me tea. I am the best in my life. What I hope for is to be carefree and enjoy the blessing of my daughter-in-law. It is rare for someone to be filial to me, but the concubine will stop him?”

Lu Yufei was blocked, she held back for a long time, reluctantly squatting down and saluting: “Daughter-in-law dare not.”

Seeing the opportunity, the maid hurriedly poured a cup of tea and held it to Lu Yufei. Lu Yufei took the tea and handed it to Master Tang with a low eyebrow: “Give the princess tea.”

Master Tang only glanced at it, but didn’t answer, and said, “I just drank Zhou Meiren’s, and I am not thirsty now, please let the concubine wait a while longer.”

Lu Yufei was embarrassed and could only maintain the blessed body movement, waiting stiffly. Not long after, Lu Yufei’s body began to shake, and the tea in his hand also kept shaking.

Master Tang screamed in his heart, it only took a long time to hold on. I think that when Master Tang was in the palace, he could maintain the half-squat movement without shaking for half an hour.

Lu Yufei’s basic skills are too bad.

Du Juan looked from behind with a fright. He couldn’t help but reminded: “The concubine’s hand must be steady. There is hot hot water inside. The concubine is pregnant. In case the concubine is hot, the concubine can’t afford it. “

Cuckoo has the potential for vicious dog legs. Master Tang smiled with satisfaction, pretending to be helpless on the surface, and said: “No matter, Concubine Shizi, put down the tea. Concubine Shizi is a daughter of gold, and I dare not support you. Dujuan, come on. Help the concubine Shizi to sit down.”

The cuckoo gave a cry, stepped forward to take the water in Lu Yufei’s hand, and brought an embroidered pier for Lu Yufei. Lu Yufei was embarrassed and angry. Ji Xinxian on the side of Hou Li saw him, and said, “The concubine of the elder is noble in body, so when it comes to serving tea and water, she is naturally no better than the maid. The concubine is surrounded by people who are waiting, and the concubine of the elder should be filial. Now, why care about the form?”

Ji Xinxian was promoted by Lu Yufei, and even if he was careful, she spoke to Lu Yufei on the whole. Ji Xinxian secretly satirized Zhou Shunhua as a maid. Zhou Shunhua’s expression remained unchanged, and she lowered her eyebrows and said, “Since the concubine is not good at it, let the concubine do it for you. The concubine can return to the mansion by the grace of the concubine, and the eldest son said that when he came back from the concubine. The princess has a kindhearted heart, regardless of the predecessors, she will live and honor the princess in the future. The elder son has to be busy with outside affairs, and cannot stay in the house all day. As a elder, naturally he has to think about what the eldest son thinks and can’t do what the elder son can’t do It’s inconvenient for the elder son, so the concubine should do her filial piety on her behalf. It is the blessing of the concubine to be able to serve the princess.”

Master Tang once again sighed that cultural people can speak, and it hurts everyone to lose so much elegance. Ji Xinxian said that Zhou Shunhua was like a maid, then Zhou Shunhua said that other people were not filial, to see who was overwhelmed.

Moreover, only a wife can perform filial piety on behalf of her husband. In these words, Zhou Shunhua regarded himself as Zhao Zixun’s representative in the house. Zhou Shunhua’s move is really vicious.

Lu Yufei, Ji Xinxian, and Ren Yujun were all stabbed in the pain. Yes, don’t worry about how shabby and disrespectful Zhou Shunhua is, you can’t hold Zhao Zi inquiring. On the third day after the wedding of King Jing, Zhao Zixun ran to Nanshan and personally picked Zhou Shunhua back.

This level of diligence made all the female families in Yi Nian Hospital feel sour.

Lu Yufei and Ren Yujun kept their eyes down and did not speak, and even the most noisy Ji Xinxian had nothing to say. Master Tang took a sip of tea with a smile, and said leisurely: “Well, it’s a happy event for Zhou Meiren to come back. What are you arguing about? A few of us set off from Jinling and went through a lot of hardships before arriving at the Jing Palace. It is rare for the team to gather today. Why don’t you care about Zhou Meiren, but you want to fight?”

As soon as Master Tang opened her mouth, she was in a high-ranking accent. The women were panicked, but they still had to salute Master Tang: “What the princess taught is that slaves will obey orders.”

As soon as Master Tang said, the others were not sour anymore, and they crowded around and asked Zhou Shunhua warmly: “Sister Zhou, you have lost a lot of weight, and your chin has become sharp.”

“Yeah, Sister Zhou, don’t you eat well at Zhuangzi? How can you clear so much?”

These people are worthy of being plastic sisters. These words seem to care about Zhou Shunhua, but in fact they are revealing scars everywhere. Zhou Shunhua was very calm and replied unhurriedly: “The conditions in Zhuangzi are naturally not comparable to those in the palace. I go to the mountains every day to pick wild vegetables, and sometimes I help feed the animals. I walk a lot and gradually lose weight.”

The beauties sighed, and their distressed voices continued. Standing outside the crowd, Ren Yujun looked at Zhou Shunhua from a distance, and slowly said: “Sister Zhou once said that she liked the wild most when she was a child, but it’s a pity that ethics is not allowed. Now she has lived in the mountains for half a year and finally got her wish.”

Ren Yujun was not close to Zhou Shunhua, but Zhou Shunhua heard her as soon as she spoke. Zhou Shunhua turned her head and smiled Qing Qian: “I’m used to being naughty, not as dignified and decent as my sister Ren. Sister Ren is not only better in etiquette, but also better than me in terms of human relationships. I heard that Sister Ren is now the right-hand man of the concubine, and Congratulations on the concubine’s love for the sisters.”

The relationship between Ren Yujun and Zhou Shunhua is inferior to that of their enemies. They used to be sisters of Jinlan, but the closer they are, the more hurt they break. Ren Yujun’s face was faint and said, “Thanks to the magnanimity of the concubine, I am willing to support me. I am a person who is honest, someone treats me well, and I will repay me ten times. The concubine treats me sincerely, and of course I am devastated to the concubine. .”

Ji Feng was hidden in the two people’s words, and Tang Shishi was able to listen, and his spleen and stomach suddenly became uncomfortable. Master Tang held the veil and quietly covered his mouth.

Master Tang’s movements are very slight, but she is the person with the highest standing present, and everyone pays attention to her every move. Her movements were quickly discovered, and a beauty asked: “What’s wrong with the princess, is it uncomfortable?”

After she said, everyone looked at Master Tang. Master Tang calmly put down the veil, and said as if nothing had happened: “It’s okay, I just felt a little sick in my stomach. This kind of thing often happens, I’m used to it.”

Everyone in the room was suddenly quiet. People who are pregnant will have all kinds of symptoms. Master Tang feels uncomfortable, but other people are eager to suffer for her. They are fighting here for a little bit of profit, but Master Tang is already pregnant with a child, has a status, and has come ashore leisurely.

Everyone comes from the same place at the same time, who can’t hate it? Who can not be jealous?

A beauty looked worried and said: “The princess had a very big reaction during pregnancy. I saw my maiden sister-in-law be happy when I was not in the palace, and my sister-in-law was the same as the princess. The cramps get up again at night and often don’t go away overnight. My sister-in-law, in order not to disturb my brother, had separated from my brother and slept early. The princess had morning sickness worse than my sister-in-law, wouldn’t it be more guilty at night?”

“The princess is really hard.” Another beauty sighed, “It’s only a pity that the concubine has no talents and virtues, and can’t share the worries with the princess. Since the princess is uncomfortable, why not take a few people by her side? When it is convenient, he can also take care of the prince for the princess.”

The smile on Master Tang’s face gradually receded, his eyes were cold and his expression was indifferent. No wonder so many people have come. It turns out that they are waiting for her here.

This group of beauties have been fighting each other since they arrived at the palace, but they did not expect to stand on the same front in order to deal with Tang Shishi this time. Master Tang was promoted to the princess under his maid, and he jumped three steps in a row, which undoubtedly set a ready-made example for everyone. Yes, what is the use of internal fighting, what is the use of fighting for the favor of the elder son, what else can be faster than to please King Jing?

Master Tang can do it, why can’t they?

After the beauty said these words, Lu Yufei was also silent. From Lu Yufei’s perspective, of course she hoped that King Jing would have a few more concubines around her, so that she would not let Master Tang dominate her family anyway. Zhao Zixun is an adult, and the child in the belly of Master Tang has not yet been born. If this is a boy, then Zhao Zixun’s situation will become very delicate. But if there are more than Tang Shishi’s children in the palace, there are other newborns, the more bastards, the better for Zhao Zixun.

Zhongmei forced Master Tang to accept a concubine for King Jing. Lu Yufei did not speak. He did not speak to Zhou Shunhua who had just offered Master Tang, nor did Ren Yujun, who had been a good old man and did not engage in any evil. After a brief silence, Master Tang smiled lightly, brushed the dust on the skirt with the veil, and said: “This is my family affair with the prince. I will discuss it with the prince, so you will no longer be worried.”

The beauty who spoke first smiled and slowly said: “The princess is newly married, so naturally he is unwilling to give the prince a concubine. But the royal rule is the most important, and ordinary people’s daughter-in-law must take the initiative to give concubines to their husbands after they become pregnant. Royal?”

Another person looked at Lu Yufei and smiled: “The concubine is the daughter-in-law chosen by King Jing himself. This should best reflect King Jing’s attitude. The concubine gave her two concubines as soon as she entered the door. In the heart of the prince, a good wife and mother like his concubine is a good royal match.”

Now that someone mentioned Lu Yufei, then Lu Yufei was no longer polite, and said: “Don’t dare to be, I just did what I should do. The princess taught me earlier that women should be virtuous, wives and concubines and beauty, and husbands and wives should sing. So the princess called the shots and picked up Zhou Meiren from Nanshan. The princess knew so well that she would definitely not do contradictory things. The concubine and the like would have arranged for the princess to come.”

Master Tang chuckled and slowly said, “The concubine Shizi is in charge of so many things. Why, the Concubine Shizi still wants to arrange the personal affairs of the prince?”

Lu Yufei shut up instantly. As a daughter-in-law, which woman is favored by her father-in-law, what is it called? After Master Tang blocked Lu Yufei’s mouth, he looked at other menacing beauties who had forced the palace together: “Although the affairs of the inner house are managed by the master and parent, to put it bluntly, the prince is the master of this mansion. I have to take care of the concubine. Listen to what the prince said, I know what you have said, and I will relay it to the prince in the future.”

Master Tang’s words were purely Tai Chi, she said she knew, but she didn’t give any promises. The beauties had torn their faces and made a fuss. How to go back empty-handed: “The princess, the prince has to deal with military affairs, and these trivial things in the house should not be used to disturb the prince. We all know that during this time, the prince was obedient to the princess’s words, and the princess was in charge. Concubine, the prince would never say anything.”

Numerous confiscated beauties are pressing harder, no matter what faction, the people in the courtyard are looking down at the ground at this moment. Master Tang looked at these people in front of him, and became angry from his heart. She patted the table hard, stood up and scolded, “Presumptuous!”

She had just finished speaking, her eyes suddenly dizzy, and her vision was instantly dark. Master Tang fell to the side uncontrollably, and Du Juan quickly supported him, and said in a panic: “Wang Hao, what’s wrong with you? What are you doing in a daze, go and ask the prince to come over!”