Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 35 Seeking the Empress Dowager
"What! You said that father drove mother back to the Liu family with a divorce letter!"

Bai Pingting was sitting at the table covered with embroidered brocade, she slapped the table with her bare hands, and she stood up.

"Yes, Miss! Yesterday, the master called his wife into his and the late Mrs. Bai's room, and after half an hour, he came out angrily. The servants thought it was just a couple quarreling, but they didn't want to. That night The master then called the people of the Liu family to take Madam back!"

The person who came to report was a maid in the Liu family's courtyard, and at the moment in Prince Lin's mansion, she was still counting on Bai Pingting to go back and save Liu family.

Bai Pingting was fiddling with the square handkerchief in her hand. A few days ago, she had vaguely heard some rumors about the death of Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Bai. At that time, she was busy snatching Lin Runyu from Huang Chenyan's room. I didn't pay too much attention to it, thinking that after all these years, my mother is also a powerful character, so I think I can handle it soon.

But I didn't expect it to be so serious!

"Miss, you should go back to the White Mansion to persuade the master, the madam will leave, but everyone in Beijing will be watching the joke!" said the servant girl.

Bai Pingting bit her lip, but shook her head. She has been in the White House for more than ten years, and she knows her father's temper best. He has never been able to persuade him to make decisions!
"If you rush back to Bai's house to persuade father, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate..." Bai Pingting tapped the table with green fingers, thoughts turning in her eyes.

The current strategy is to find someone who can restrain Bai Xianren, so that there is a chance of recovery.If Mrs. Liu really became an abandoned woman who was sent back to her natal family with a divorce letter from her husband's family, I'm afraid she will be inferior to others in front of people from now on.

She must never let this happen!
Bai Pingting was thinking about it, and suddenly thought of someone, her gloomy face lit up for a moment, and she shouted at the servant outside the door: "Lian, clean up, my concubine is going to the palace!"

In the main hall of Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager is sipping ginseng tea in small sips. The hot soup is golden and rich in color, and it looks like the first-class old ginseng brewed.

"You girl haven't come to see Ai's family for a long time, why are you so busy today?" The queen mother slowly put aside the tea foam in the porcelain cup, raised her head and looked at Bai Pingting.

"Auntie, it's not that Ting'er is not filial, it's just that she has to take care of the son's house every day, and she is always busy. I hope Auntie will not blame her." Bai Pingting said softly, with Liu's affairs in her heart , vaguely a little impatient.

The Queen Mother sipped her ginseng tea and laughed, how could she not know that Bai Pingting came here today to ask for something?As an eldest son and side concubine, she does not have the right to manage the house as the mistress at all, so why not talk about it in vain.

"Let's talk about it if you have anything to say. The Ai family can't see such beating around the bush." ​​The queen mother put down the porcelain cup, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and asked while sitting upright.

Bai Pingting smiled embarrassingly, and took a peek at the calm look of the Queen Mother, then she lowered her eyes and sighed, "Auntie, Ting'er didn't mean to trouble Auntie, but this matter is really serious. This matter is so serious that Ting'er has no choice but to come and beg you!"

Aggrieved, she moved closer to the queen mother, and said slowly: "You spend your days in the palace and don't understand what's going on outside the palace. Yesterday, my father actually divorced my mother with a paper of divorce. Send it back to Liu's house in a few days!"

The Empress Dowager frowned when she heard this. Bai Xianren is the younger brother of her mother and compatriots. She also sees it in her daily life. She is prudent. Suddenly, such a reckless act of divorcing his wife is not like him. What you do every day.

"What did your father say? What argument did you have with your mother?"

Bai Pingting rolled her eyes, bit her lips and shook her head, "Ting'er doesn't know, it's just that my father believed the villain's slander and thought that my mother was the murderer who killed Mrs. Bai, and that's why he was so angry."

"Auntie, you must persuade father! Father's deeds, not to mention affecting his reputation in the court, take a step back, how can a house have no mistress? If mother leaves, the White House may be in danger." No one can live in peace!"

The queen mother fiddled with the long pointed armor with gold carvings and lanthanum inlaid with rubies on her nails, and secretly made some plans. She had seen that Liu family before, with a petty face, even if Bai Xianren broke her and remarried, she would not It's not a big deal, it's just that divorcing his wife is a small thing, but Bai Xianren's reputation is great, if the Liu family is abolished for no reason, and people from the eldest son of the emperor take the opportunity to make trouble, it will not be a big deal.

"Auntie..." Bai Pingting saw that the Queen Mother hadn't spoken to her, thinking that she didn't intend to interfere in this matter, she couldn't help becoming a little anxious.

"My niece, I beg you, please help my mother! She is a weak girl, how could she do something outrageous? My father is soft-hearted. After hearing a few slanderous words from the untouchables outside, he didn't care about it." Divorce, if this matter is publicized in Dalai, everyone will learn it!" She spoke with certainty, as if she was righteous, and knelt in front of the Empress Dowager, her eyes full of grievances, she was indignant for Mrs. Liu .

Although the Empress Dowager was somewhat displeased with her aggressive attitude, she was also worried about Bai Xianren's future career, nodded and said: "You can go back with peace of mind, I will talk to your father."

After receiving the promise from the Empress Dowager Jinkou, Bai Pingting happily kowtowed to thank her, and the stone in her heart was slightly relieved. If she became the daughter of an abandoned woman, she would definitely be ridiculed and oppressed in the Lin Palace. She can sit back and relax.

On that side, after Mrs. Liu was sent back to her mother's house, the whole White Mansion calmed down. Without Mrs. Liu's daily gesticulation, the servants felt more or less happy in their hearts.

Bai Xianren was still immersed in the truth of his wife's death and depressed, but he received a summons from the palace. The Empress Dowager Dao sent him to the palace to discuss important matters.

In the main hall of Shoukang Palace, Bai Xianren was sitting at the bottom, his eyes were full of bruises, and the queen mother was very distressed when she saw it, and she blamed: "Xianren, why are you so haggard these days? It's not my sister who said you, then Liu Although Shi is not a very good person, you helped him to become a wife, and now you say you want to divorce your wife, so what do others think of you?"

Bai Xianren shook his head bitterly, he doesn't care about other people's eyes now, the things that Mrs. Liu did will probably spread to the public sooner or later, when he dotes on the real murderer who killed his wife for more than ten years, he will become the laughing stock of all the people in Shangjing .

"Sister, it's impossible to explain the reasons in a few words."

Bai Xianren sighed and leaned on his knees, and told the Queen Mother everything from Steward Bai's investigation of Mrs. Bai's poisoning by Mrs. Liu to Mrs. Liu's confession of guilt.

At first, the queen mother thought it was Bai Xianren's own prejudice caused by hearing other people's comments, but the more she heard it, the more frightened she became. The queen mother was also a delicate person who worked in Princess Jinlai's mansion back then. You don't know how much a woman like Liu Shi who murdered her first wife and her husband's parents and children deserves to be punished.

"Sister, don't try to persuade me anymore. I will definitely not tolerate Mrs. Liu. If she stays in the White Mansion again, I'm afraid I will kill her with my own hands one day and avenge Ah Hua and the child." , he seemed to have aged dozens of years in just a few days, and his heart, like that of an old man, was already full of desolation.

The queen mother also sighed deeply and stopped talking. She watched A Hua and Bai Xianren love each other. That woman was really tender and tender. It will not last long.

"My sister knows the pain in your heart, so she definitely won't force you. Besides, for a poisonous woman like Mrs. Liu, staying in the White Mansion is even more of a disaster, so it doesn't matter if you don't stay."

Bai Xianren nodded wearily. It took him a long time to fill the void in his heart. It was not only because of his guilt towards his wife, but because he hadn't seen Liu's character clearly before she was killed, and because he had loved Liu for so many years. guilt.

"Xianren, cheer up, the deceased is gone, Ah Hua is a blessed one after all, but you can't give up with her. You still have a long way to go, on the emperor's side, be more careful." The Empress Dowager patted the back of Bai Xianren's hand, looked at him with deep eyes, and hinted and raised points between her words.

Waves flashed in Bai Xianren's eyes, he sighed at the end, and said tiredly: "Xianren saves, thank you sister for reminding me."

The queen mother nodded in satisfaction and said: "That's good, you go back to rest, don't be too sad."

After Bai Xianren bowed, he stood up and left.

In front of the main hall of Shoukang Palace, there was a woman in a water-blue long dress standing outside, pacing with her feet, her face full of anxiety.

She saw Bai Xianren coming out of the hall, his face fluctuated a little, he stepped forward with a gift in hand and said: "Father..."

Bai Xianren put his hands behind his back, looking at Bai Pingting, he would think of Mrs. Liu, but he responded indifferently, and walked away on his own.

Bai Pingting didn't know why, she watched Bai Xianren go farther and farther, stomped her feet angrily, lifted her long skirt and stepped into the main hall of Shoukang Palace.

"Aunt...!" She walked closer to the Empress Dowager as she walked, eager to know the result of the Empress Dowager's persuasion of Bai Xianren.

Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager's complexion sank, she dropped the teacup in her hand, and scolded: "Who taught you to be so ignorant of the rules? How did the Ai family break into the palace by yourself before they summoned you?"

Bai Pingting was taken aback abruptly, bowed her knees in a respectful manner and said, "My niece is just... just a little impatient and worried about my father's situation, so I'm being impolite... Don't blame me, auntie!"

The Empress Dowager snorted coldly, straightening the armor on her fingers, how could she not know that Bai Pingting's running like this was all for her unworthy mother and herself, fearing that she would lose face in Prince Lin's residence.

"Sure enough, she is the daughter of the Liu family. There are no rules for no reason!" The queen mother said in a deep voice, "In front of the Ai family, you have to respect the Ai family as the queen mother, do you know?"

(End of this chapter)