The True Empress of the Noble Family

Chapter 26

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Chapter 26 Digging Deeper While Digging

Qiu Yelan had never seen Chu Weize, Prince of Yan. Even if he saw her, this was not a good time to greet her. So, he turned around and followed Nijin into the hall after saluting.

“I Qiu Yelan. May you have the best, Your Majesty! ” He saluted according to the rules after being taken to Beijue Hall. Empress Jiang asked her to stand up immediately, ”Sit down. You are the First Command Princess. You don't need to be arrested. ”

“Thank you, Your Majesty!” Qiu Yelan guessed that the Empress might like a generous and forthright character because she spoke back to the Empress Dowager without any euphemisms. So he sat on the next drum bench without rejection.

He glanced at the steps above without a sound. Empress Jiang now changed into ordinary clothes. He was wearing a pink Ruyi cloud-patterned brocade coat, tied with a jade belt. She twisted her hair into a spiral bun and looked cute and pretty.

However, the Queen's momentum remained. He leaned back on his throne and asked lazily, “What did you do at Mount Dizi last winter?”

Qiu Yelan had not expected him to ask this question. Moments later, he said, “My cousin was studying at the residence of Mount Dizi and accidentally caught a cold. So my uncle's birth mother asked me to see him. ”

“Kang Jinzhang has a sister named Kang Lizhang. And your uncle still has some kids. ” Empress Jiang said casually, “Why did she ask you to visit? You still have another cousin. ” The Empress looked at him with a faint smile, “Why did she die after you visited her?”

Qiu Yelan immediately changed her mind. Empress Jiang must have realized something suspicious about the matter at Mount Dizi. But maybe he didn't appreciate Kang Jinzhang from his tone. So, according to what he said…

Without a word, he knelt down, “I'm sorry, Your Majesty!”

Empress Jiang laughed, and was very satisfied with her cleverness from the tone, “Tell me about what happened!”

“... That's what happened. I really don't want to kill him. I just want to scare him, so he doesn't keep bothering me! ” Qiu Yelan said sadly and there were tears falling on her face, which was as white as gardenia flower petals.

Other than hiding that he was passing through space and time, he did not change a word about what was happening on Mount Dizi. It was not that she did not want to embroider the truth, but it was clear that Empress Jiang had investigated earlier. It would be useless if he exaggerated and made the Empress fed up with him.

But people tend to sympathize with him because he is right and young. It seemed that her tearful and clear accusation worked because some of the servants around Empress Jiang turned around and wiped their tears in silence.

Even Empress Jiang frowned slightly, but she said, “Your uncle's biological mother? At least you should call your grandfather's concubine step-grandmother, right? “

Your Honour. Qiu Qilan waited for her to ask this, and she immediately said, “Birth Mother Uncle is indeed my grandfather's concubine, but ..”

Ever been? Empress Jiang immediately responded. She sat up slightly upright and looked down at him, “You mean she's not your grandfather's concubine anymore?”

“You are brilliant, Your Majesty!” Qiu Yelan said timidly, “According to what my uncle's biological mother said, she broke the rules when she served my immediate grandmother. So he was expelled from the Prince's Palace by my grandmother — Later, uncle came back to inherit the title and took it back because my father was killed in battle and my sister died young. So he respectfully called her Madam Lu. ”.

“Thank you for telling me why you were expelled, Lady Lu! If not, how can I be sure that you have broken the rules? “

Empress Jiang looked at him deeply. Suddenly, his face darkened, and he said angrily, “This is absurd! She had nothing to do with Prince Xihe's Palace because she was the concubine who was expelled by Old Princess Xihe! Qiu Mengmin, the current Duke of Xihe, not only brought her back to the Prince's Palace — But he even respectfully called her Madam! It was clear that she was ignoring her official mother, Old Princess Xihe! Is this unfaithful and unfilial individual still worthy of inheriting the ducal title ?! ”

Qiu Yelan said in “shocked”, “Your Majesty, my uncle showed devotion!”

“How can you disobey the rules if you show piety?” Empress Jiang said coldly, “Official mother is a senior. The concubine's mother is a junior. This is the rule of the whole world! Even if the son of a concubine gets the title of nobleman, he must give the official mother first. According to Qiu Mengmin's actions, wouldn't the rules be broken in the future ?! “

Empress Jiang said very loudly and she was furious. She couldn't wait to run to Ganquan Palace and shout to Empress Dowager Gu — Old Princess Xihe has died, but Empress Dowager Ye, the former emperor's Empress consort, is still alive! Empress Dowager Gu was a former imperial concubine. He even pushed Empress Dowager Ye aside and only a few people in the palace remembered him!

It was not only a mess in the future, but also a mess now!

Qiu Yelan tried her best to bring the topic to the deep traps she prepared for Prince Xihe Palace. Of course, he would not let go of the opportunity to set the stairs for the Empress. He lay down on the floor and confessed loudly without hesitation, “Thank you for your instructions, please, Your Highness — Forgive me for not persuading my uncle to honor my grandmother in time because I was so young that I did not know this was against the rules. “

“Officers, log in!” Empress Jiang deserves to be born into a family of generals. He gave a straightforward command, “Make a decision! Qiu Mengmin, Duke of Xihe, hated his official mother and killed his nephew. He is unfaithful, unfilial and unjust. He did not deserve to inherit the title. Get rid of the title and lower it to an ordinary person! ” He added after thinking, “And seclusion in places outside the Great Wall!”

The female attendant in front of the Empress was so quick that she almost finished writing an edict filled with stanzas and compound sentences after the Empress stopped speaking. He handed it to Empress Jiang after finishing and drying the ink.

Empress Jiang changed a few words to make her tone worse, and then she nodded.

So someone came forward and copied it into an official decision.

“Why can't you see that Lu and your uncle have evil thoughts? Even Princess Ruan who was alive at that moment could not see it? ” Empress Jiang turned her head and asked Qiu Yelan who was secretly rejoicing, “Especially you are very beautiful even though you are still young. You are as beautiful as my daughter Yongfu! Princess Ruan even agreed to ask you to visit Kang Jinzhang on Mount Dizi with a servant who is the same age as you? Kang Jinzhang often went to the brothel. He's not a good man! Princess Ruan trusted her so much? ”

Qiu Yelan's eyes reddened quickly, “My mom just wants me to escape.”

The servants in the palace who were touched by Qiu Yelan's words just now also laughed.

“Because of my wedding.” Qiu Yelan changed her mind and said in a suffocated voice, “Lu it was who urged my uncle to arrange the engagement, and my mother did not know. Because of Deng Yi. he was very opposed but he could not resist because my uncle deliberately humiliated him… So he wanted a faithful maid to take me away and go to distant relatives to take refuge on the way to Mount Dizi! ”

Empress Jiang asked, “Why did you return to Prince Xihe's Palace?”

“After the avalanche, it was difficult for me to survive. But I found that the place where Cousin Kang fell was buried by the snow! I was worried that my mother was angry, and I could not go back alone. So... ”Qiu Yelan will not let go of the opportunity to show piety.

Sure enough, Empress Jiang slightly nodded. There was a touch of gentleness in his eyes as he looked at Qiu Yelan — He has been in charge of the Central Palace for many years. He stood up to the Empress Dowager as an equal and made the emperor not angry. But so far he has only one child, Princess Yongfu.

Yesterday, the Empress Dowager asked about the matter of Princess Yongfu inviting Kang Lizhang to the palace. And Empress Jiang immediately took responsibility. It shows how she takes care of and defends her own daughter.

Of course, the love between mother and child was the easiest thing for the Empress to touch.

“You're filial. And it's been hard for you these years. ” Empress Jiang sighed, “But you are too honest. Qiu Mengmin and Lu were very disrespectful. Why not come and tell me early and let me support you? ”

Qiu Yelan had yet to speak, but a middle-aged female officer standing behind Empress Jiang answered him for her, “His Highness, Qiu Mengmin, who was the son of a concubine, answered him for her, is the eldest son of the Duke of Xihe. . He is educated and he knows principles. How did he not know that what he had been doing all these years was disrespecting his official mother? In this case, would he give others a chance to expose them? “

Empress Jiang thought what she said was very reasonable. He pushed her with a few words rather than asking again. Since it was late at night, he presented it casually, and asked Nijin to send him out of the palace.

In fact, leaving the palace in this way made Qiu Yelan feel a little disappointed — She deliberately talked about her dissatisfaction over her marriage to Deng Yi. Empress Jiang criticized Qiu Mengmin again and again, but she did not mention breaking off her engagement.

Although according to the main principle, Qiu Yelan's marriage had to be decided by Qiu Mengmin because her grandfather and father were gone, and she had no brothers. Although the marriage was not good, people only commented that Qiu Mengmin was not good. But it's not convenient for others to interfere.

But Empress Jiang was so mighty in front of the Empress Dowager. Is it a big deal for him to interfere with the Wang Family's family matters ?!

Maybe he kept this yoke to make it convenient to order about Qiu Yelan in the future?

“Perhaps the most important thing for Empress Jiang right now is to use Qiu Mengmin's disrespectful attitude to Old Princess Xihe to reflect on the matter that Empress Dowager Gu treated Empress Dowager Ye unfairly.” Qiu Yelan secretly thought, “Maybe she was worried if she broke off my engagement this time, this will give Empress Dowager Gu a chance to change the topic! ”

If so, after the matter that Qiu Mengmin did not respect her official mother was resolved.

Thinking this was possible, Qiu Yelan looked forward to it with a happy mood.

However, the pleasure was shattered on the way to the palace gate by the greetings from the back of — Gu Yan, who came out from the corridor nearby, seemed to be waiting for him especially here.

He wears a veil cap to cover the scars on his face. It is thought that he entered the palace after worshipping the ancestors, and did not have time to change his elaborate robes.

“Are you going to come out of the palace as well, Princess Commander Ningyi? Really coincidence. I also.” Gu Yan came and followed Qiu Yelan's sedan. He said softly. And his voice is a little hoarse. Maybe it was because of her loud scream yesterday?

After all, they were in two hostile camps. Qiu Yelan was not afraid to offend him anymore. So she coughed, “Sounds familiar.”

Su He lowered his head and said nothing. But the accompanying Nijin did not care about Gu Yan, either, and he laughed out loud — How could the servants in the Empress' palace not be happy to talk about the thing that made Gu Yan and Deng Yi severely beaten by Jiang Yashuang? account of the sentence “This is really a coincidence. Young Prince Gu also wanted to compete with the others. ” did Jiang Yashuang say?

However, Gu Yan also said, “This is really a coincidence.” This only gave Qiu Yelan a chance to mock.

The muscles of Gu Yan on his face surged. He glanced at Nijin who disrespected him, then took a deep breath to contain his anger. She said, “I talked about His Majesty with my aunt after returning home yesterday. And he felt very sorry for the death of Princess Ruan. So he planned to pick up His Highness to the Prince's House in Guangyang in the first lunar month for a short stay .. You should not return to the General's House today, Your Majesty. Return to Prince Xihe Palace to pack your things. Maybe someone'll pick you up tomorrow. ”

Su He's face turned pale after hearing his words!

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