The road back(43)

Concubine Zhou turned around and sat down in her seat, looking at Lin Yutong coldly: "Since we want to seek justice, at least Mrs. Jia has to let me know what happened? I can't tell this Ah Mao today, my natal family

I made a mistake. Tomorrow that dog will come and also say that my mother-in-law has made a mistake. This and that, I can’t say anything clearly. Even if I have a righteous intention to kill my relatives, it is not good for my relatives to be wronged.

,Am I right?"

Lin Yutong looked at Concubine Zhou, straightened her face, and asked directly: "Who are the cats and dogs that the concubine is talking about?"

"Mrs. Jia is too worried, and I'm not talking about you." Concubine Zhou fiddled with her nails and replied casually.

"If you are not talking about my wife, then who can I be talking about?" Lin Yutong said: "Today, I advise the noble concubine to think twice before speaking. What the noble concubine said is not talking about my wife, then my wife

I believe it. But even if the words are not meant for my wife, it won’t work! It won’t work for anyone else. If you can enter the palace, see your empress, and point out the faults of your family in front of her, you are not my family members.

He must be a loyal servant. The emperor treats his ministers like limbs and humerus. He treats his loyal servants with compassion. Not to mention the emperor, he is an old saint. He also canonized his early wet nurse as a consecrated lady. This is the saint and old saint.

Your attitude towards your ministers and loyal servants. But what about you, the empress? To your ministers’ family members and loyal servants who are willing to speak out and give advice, they are like cats and dogs at every turn. Listening to words is like calling animals. Not to mention caring and compassion, it is even...

The most basic respect is also missing. Therefore, I would like to advise you to think twice before speaking. Even if your Majesty does not mean what you say, the words coming out of your mouth will never be disrespectful because you are the Emperor’s noble concubine.

It not only represents your thoughts and attitudes, but also the ministers and servants will feel the royal virtues from you. If you say nothing, it will not only be bad for the conduct of the empress, nor the reputation of the Zhou family, but for the emperor and his ministers.

The relationship of a loyal servant. The empress also knows that the empress is very kind to the concubine, but the concubine knows that it is not how good the concubine is, but that the empress is sharing the emperor's worries, and she treats the concubine favorably.

The husband of my wife, this is the union of husband and wife. Of course, no one requires the imperial concubine to be as one with his majesty as the queen, but thinking about it, the empress should also try her best not to ruin his majesty's affairs. I have worked hard

, I hope your Majesty, please don’t blame me for being outspoken.”

These words were spoken in a leisurely manner, but unfortunately, no one was given a chance to interrupt.

Apart from Concubine Zhou, she was the only one in this palace. Concubine Zhou didn't react for a moment, but the people serving her didn't dare to speak at all.

Yes! The imperial concubine was angry, and her words naturally brought out one or two points. What a cat and a dog, that is, the lady in front of her. These are not the only methods that women use to quarrel with each other, criticizing and ridiculing, come on.

This is not the case when they come and go. Even if other empresses in the palace were ridiculed in this way, they would just come back with ridicule. Who would have thought that such a one would come and say nothing about the business, just like the censor?

In general, he actually started to admonish me.

It's nothing more than admonishing. It doesn't matter to the emperor, the old sage, or the empress. It just doesn't say it clearly. With the concubine's level of speaking, it will damage the relationship between the emperor and his subordinates. This is a serious crime.

Did you see that the empress’s hands were shaking and she hid them in her sleeves so that no one would see her?

What's more, this woman's words are really irritating. What does it mean to say 'even if the queen doesn't mean what she says'? Is this teaching our queen to be more hypocritical to our servants' families in the future? Or is she praising our queen for her straight-tempered nature? This matter needs to be spread.

If you are such a careless person, I am afraid that if our queen says something nice and flattering, people will also say you are hypocritical, saying that our queen has learned to pretend and not mean what you say. If what you say does not go with what others want, you will inevitably be ridiculed.

Even after receiving such a big lesson, I still can’t learn well.

Not to mention, in the end, it actually stabbed the empress directly in the heart. Speaking of husband and wife becoming one, it is not a stab in the heart.

But no matter how unpleasant her words were, she was trying to persuade her, and at the end she said, "Be honest and speak your mind."

It is true that the heart is straight and the mouth is quick, but the heart may not be straight.

One person muttered something, and the other person's heart sank. When the other person finished speaking, Concubine Zhou had not yet reacted. A nun who was waiting next to her handed the concubine a cup of tea, which eased the embarrassment.

Then he said to Lin Yutong: "Mrs. Jia, I don't have the right to speak here..."

"Then why are you saying that?" Lin Yutong looked at her: "I am the countess of the third rank. I am the wife of the imperial court. Even if I come to speak, I should be regarded as a deacon or a female official in the palace. Please tell me, what rank of internal official is I?

?”

There are very few female officials in the inner palace. That is to say, there are three or five in the queen's palace, who help deal with matters such as imperial orders and imperial orders. There are no other concubines. Even the nuns who are close to the empress, no matter who sees them, they will be given a few thumbs up.

She has face, but there is no such formal appointment. When such a person gives her face, she has face. When he doesn't want to give her face, she has no face.

Just like this grandma, she opened her mouth and came back shameless without even saying anything.

"Okay, okay! It's so majestic. Weihe has come to the palace." Concubine Zhou patted the armrest and was about to get up.

"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong again." Lin Yutong said in the same tone as before, "May I ask your Majesty, which of my concubine's words are meant to intimidate your Majesty? Since I entered the palace, every word and deed I have done is not in accordance with etiquette.

But if the empress interprets the words of advice as threats, then I will be blamed."

This is a punishment, but it doesn't mean that you don't pay attention to your words.

Concubine Zhou was speechless. The nanny beside her helped her sit down and shook her head repeatedly. Then she regained her composure. She wanted to say, "I don't want to hear you showing off your rhetoric here. It's time to get down to business."

', but when I thought about it, if I said such words, I might be caught by her again. I simply omitted these words and just said: "I have recorded what Mrs. Jia said. I said it before."

My natal family, now I would like to ask you, where did my brother offend you..."

"Your Majesty is wrong again." Lin Yutong's eyes flashed with a hint of a smile: "I would like to advise your Majesty, even though I don't have the Emperor's heart to love the people as his children, and the Empress's heart to treat the world as a mother, I still want to ask your Majesty

Let go of your embrace and look at people and things. The empress opened her mouth and asked, "How did my brother offend you?" In the eyes of the empress, the subject's wife and the subject's husband are all people who cannot be offended. Once they are offended, they will be very careful about it.

, doesn’t this treat the minister and his wife as villains? What’s more, the empress is a royal concubine, so she is a royal person first. Thousands of people in the world are all subjects of the royal family, and they should be treated equally. What the empress said

, clearly from the perspective of the Zhou family, thinking that there is a conflict between the two families, maybe the Zhou family is at fault, but the subject's wife and her husband are too petty, and for such a trivial matter, they actually mobilized troops and came to the palace.

Such nonsense. My Majesty, if you think like this, it’s not because your knowledge is biased, but because you have a very clear idea of ​​distance and distance in your heart. It can be seen that my Majesty is dressed in royal clothes, but she has no royal heart."

This accusation is even more serious, as it does not even mean that she is unworthy of her position! Her moral integrity makes her unworthy of being a royal concubine.

The imperial concubine raised her angry hand and pointed at Lin Yutong, her lips trembling.

But before Concubine Zhou could speak again, Lin Yutong continued: "My wife came to the palace today, firstly, not to complain, and secondly, not to provoke. She really came here just for the sake of friendship with the empress. The empress always said that I, the concubine,

The empress and the princess have life-saving grace, and whenever there is trouble at home, the empress will definitely reward her generously. I am an honest person, and I also think that the empress treats me just like the queen treats me, and she is also a trustworthy person who can rely on my flesh and blood.

Therefore, I have just come today. When I asked you the whole story, I told you the whole story." She paused for a moment, but a look of disappointment appeared on her face: "The cause of the matter is the old man.

The direct grandson of Rong Guo Gong was interrupted by the second master of the Zhou family."

Concubine Zhou's expression changed, and she looked coldly at her grandmother. She didn't know about this at all.

Lin Yutong followed closely and said: "There are some conflicts between the powerful children, even if it is an accidental injury, as long as the two parties reconcile, logically speaking, it has nothing to do with us. But does the empress know why the second master of the Zhou family treated this grandson of the Jia family like this?

"?" She looked at the nanny beside her, "I think she should know this. It was the second master of the Zhou family who collected a pair of sisters' flowers. But the pair of sisters' flowers were originally forbidden by Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion.

|lian…”

Concubine Zhou frowned, so what? A romantic affair is such a big deal.

Lin Yutong sighed in disappointment again: "I haven't heard it yet, what is the problem?"

Concubine Zhou said: "If you miss, there are also accidental injuries if the shot is too serious. If you want compensation, just double the compensation."

Lin Yutong shook his head: "Your Majesty! That's why I came to the palace first. I just ask your Majesty, how many days have passed since the death of Princess Zhen?"

Concubine Zhou suddenly changed her expression: That’s right! This is national filial piety!

During the period of national filial piety, the emperor's relatives and relatives are not allowed to hold happy events unless they have a favor.

The marriage between the Wen family and the Lin family took place before Concubine Zhen passed away. After the two families set a date, the Wen family obtained an imperial decree and the decreed date could not be changed, so the marriage was successfully completed.

This country's filial piety, as long as you enjoy yourself at home, even if you take in a girl, as long as you don't give up a child, then it will be fine. But if you make it known to everyone because of your concubine, then this is unavoidable

Too confident.

Concubine Zhou has already given up in her heart. No matter what happens today, she has to swallow her breath. If the trouble gets bigger, the only one who will really suffer is the Zhou family.

Just when he was about to speak, Lin Yutong said again: "The old sage gave an order to give the old concubine the courtesy treatment she deserves. Even His Majesty and the Queen obey the order, why can the Zhou family do this? Is it just Mr. Tuesday who is absurd and unruly?

?Would any thoughtful person wonder whether it was Mr. Zhou who despised the old saint's will in his heart? Then someone asked, why did Mr. Zhou do this? Who gave him the courage? He is His Majesty's minister in the residence, and he is from the Holy Sage.

What did you say there, or did you try to figure out the Holy Spirit's will without permission?"

What did I get from the Holy One? It means that the Holy One does not take the old Saint seriously.

It is already a taboo to try to figure out the Holy Will without authorization. And there is such a consequence. The direct result of this is that if someone is interested in creating discord between the Saint and the old Saint, this is the entrance.

The real disaster is buried here.

Lin Yutong said: "Out of love, I came here and told my wife that this matter should not be taken lightly. Even if it is the second master of the Zhou family, if he carries the forbidden luan through the market and wants to deliver it to my home, I can only

It's a pity for your Majesty... This is what I want to advise your Majesty three times, to be honest and pure!" After saying that, he bowed and bowed, "Someone is coming from the palace today to get the newly brewed rice wine. I don't mind you.

If you dare to delay, I'm leaving here."

After everyone had gone out, Concubine Zhou realized what she was doing and urged the nanny beside her: "Go and see her off!"

Little did he know that when Lin Yutong stepped out of the main hall, he saw two eunuchs standing silently outside, one beside the emperor and one beside the queen.

When someone from the Emperor's side came, it must be that the Fourth Master knew that he had entered the palace, and was afraid that he would suffer a loss, so he sent reinforcements.

As for the people around the Queen coming over, that was the Queen's wish. She solemnly thanked them.

She left the palace, and the fourth master was waiting for her at the palace gate. The couple went home. Little did they know that the news in the palace was flying like a ball with legs.

Emperor Zhenglong listened to the great eunuch's teachings, and he smiled at the first listen. The imperial concubine's articulation was not as sharp as Mrs. Jia's, and her brain was not as clear as this one's. Every word she said left clues, so it's not her fault.

Control her. As for the subject's wife attacking the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine also contacted the concubine next to her to attack the queen. So what does that count? Didn't you hear that Mrs. Jia always promoted the queen in her words? This person is very smart,

Putting oneself on suspicion of defending the Queen against injustice means that he wants to blame him, but he is afraid that he will not be able to express the blame. After all, what hurts the most is the Queen's heart. She thinks that she is partial to the imperial concubine, but this is not the case.

This is the most important signal. Therefore, from the very beginning, Mrs. Jia was invincible. Therefore, Concubine Zhou was not unjustly defeated.

But when I heard the last part, I couldn't help but feel a little moved by the four words "righteous heart and pure heart".

This is actually a really good thing to say.

When your mind is upright, there will be less right and wrong.
To be continued...