Queen's Development

Chapter 239 Angry

Mrs. Jiang San brought a maid and a woman into the Tingsong Courtyard along with Li Hanxing, the concierge's servant.

As soon as she turned to the corridor leading to the main room, Mrs. Jiang San heard a loud child's laughter. She looked over in response and found a tall young man in a blue brocade robe on the snow field to the west. man is accompanying a little boy in building a snowman.

She recognized that the little boy was Lin Yin, the prince's son, and glanced at the young man. Seeing that he was extremely handsome and very similar to Concubine Bai, she guessed that this young man was Concubine Bai's wife. Her own brother, Jing Zhaoyin Shaoyin Bai Yuming, couldn't help but feel moved—she remembered that this young Bai lord hadn't made a marriage agreement yet!
During this time, Jiang Shufeng and Mrs. Jiang San were worried about their daughter's marriage, but they couldn't find a suitable son-in-law for a while. Unexpectedly, there was a suitable one in front of them...

Bai Yu saw a female relative coming over tomorrow morning, but he was a decent man, he didn't stare at it, and still concentrated on making a snowman with the tree shade.

Although Lin Yin was born more like Lin Jia, her temper was like Yuzhi's when she was a child, very lively, energetic, strong, and not afraid of the cold at all.

He was dressed a little thinly, but Bai Yuming touched his forehead and found that he was sweating, and then touched his hands and found that Lin Yin's hands were also warm.

Bai Yuming couldn't help smiling, and ordered the young servant Xuan who was standing by the side: "Go and ask the maid who waits on the son to bring water here!"

Ah Yin sweated so much, she had to drink water.

Because Yuzhi saved her only daughter, Mrs. Jiang San and Yuzhi are very close now. After entering the Ming Dynasty, she and Yuzhi greeted each other, and then went straight to the point and explained the matter of Jiang Zhen sending her cronies out of the palace to the Jiang residence today. Yuzhi spoke in detail.

After Yuzhi listened attentively, she looked at Mrs. Jiang San: "Mrs. Third, are you sure that Mother Han heard the words 'midwife' and 'princess' when Qingming mentioned them?"

Madam Jiang San nodded.

Yuzhi made a distressed look: "My lord and I also have a little princess, I don't know if the little princess she mentioned is my Chang'an!"

Mrs. Jiang San hurriedly comforted her.

Yu Zhi quickly changed the subject, and said with a smile: "Third Madam, how is Sister Fang's marriage going?"

Only then did Mrs. Jiang think of her own thoughts, and she hurriedly smiled and said slightly: "Dare to ask the side concubine, I don't know about your elder brother Bai's marriage..."

Yuzhi was extremely intelligent, and immediately understood the meaning of Mrs. Jiang San's words, and said with a smile: "A few years ago my brother was busy with the imperial examination, so he didn't care to think about marriage; now it's time to think about it, but he is very busy, so he hasn't decided Let's get married!"

Mrs. Jiang San laughed again: "I don't know what kind of girl your brother wants to marry?"

Yuzhi smiled slightly, and said: "The important thing is that the girl is gentle and kind, and her family background is clean!"

She knew that her brother liked gentle and demure girls, so she said so.

Mrs. Jiang San also laughed, and said in her heart: It's easy to talk to smart people. I'll ask Fang'er later, and ask the master's opinion when I go back!
Jiang Fang listened, knowing her heart was pounding and her face was a little hot, she touched her face quietly and lowered her head.

Mrs. Jiang San sat for a while, then got up to leave.

Jiang Fang also got up, looking at Mrs. Jiang San eagerly.

Knowing that their mother and daughter had something personal to say, Yuzhi smiled and asked Jiang Fang to send Mrs. Jiang San off.

Mrs. Jiang San took her daughter to a secluded place, and then asked in a low voice: "Fang'er, what do you think of Master Bai?"

Fang'er's face was blushing, she lowered her eyes and said, "Mother, his appearance... his personality is... all...excellent..."

Mrs. Jiang San saw her daughter like this, so she knew that her daughter liked Mr. Bai, but she didn't say any more, and comforted her daughter a few more words before leaving.

Seeing Mrs. Jiang San and Jiang Fang's mother and daughter going out, Yuzhi ordered Han Lin to call for the golden female doctor, and then asked in a low voice: "Han Lin, golden female doctor, who was present when I was Chang'an princess? "

At that time, she gave birth to Princess Chang'an in the side hall of Yutang Palace. She was in a semi-comatose state at the time, and she couldn't remember who was there at that time. She could only confirm that Han Lin and Jin Nvyi were there.

Han Lin thought for a while, and said: "The side concubine, besides the female doctor Jin and me, there is also a female official and several court ladies from Yutang Palace, but only that female official saw the newly born Princess Chang'an."

Doctor Jin nodded and said, "There is also the witch doctor from Xixia, he also met Princess Chang'an."

Yuzhi thought for a while, and said: "I see, you guys go down!"

She leaned on the brocade pillow and looked at the red plum with snow in the white jade vase on the small huanghuali wood kang table next to her, thinking silently.

There are earthworms growing in the house, and the warm air is filled with the elegant fragrance of plum blossoms, which smells very good.

After a while, Yuzhi sat up and told Jin'er: "Go ask Mr. Liu to come over, and let your mother come over too!"

Some time ago, under the auspices of Yu Zhi, Jin Erniang had married Mr. Liu and moved into the courtyard where Mr. Liu lived.

In the evening, Concubine Jiang was leaning on the smoker to make incense, when Li Chun came in and said, "Your Majesty, Qingming is back!"

Concubine Jiang put down the white jade hairpin she used to dial the incense in her hand, and ordered: "Let her come in and answer!"

Qingming saluted neatly, and said with a smile: "Madam, we bothered Bara to find out, but we never thought that someone is in our palace!"

Concubine Jiang raised her meticulously drawn eyebrows.

Qingming smiled and said: "Your Majesty, that's Ye Meiling from our palace!"

Seeing that Qingming is still playing tricks, Concubine Jiang smiled and said, "What kind of tricks are you talking about, tell me quickly!"

Qingming hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Ye Meiling used to serve you in Yutang Palace, but after you became a noble concubine, she was transferred to Shouchang Palace to serve you!"

Concubine Jiang smiled: "Go and call her over!"

Ye Meiling walked over quickly. She was born with a pair of fox eyes, a pointed chin, and fair skin, quite seductive. She came in and bowed straightly.

Concubine Jiang leaned on the small kang table with one hand: "Ms. Ye, you were there when I heard that the white side concubine of the Prince's Mansion Chang'an Princess Chang'an? You also helped to bathe Chang'an Princess?"

Ye Meiling glanced at Concubine Jiang, and seeing Concubine Jiang staring at her, she hurriedly lowered her eyes: "Yes, ma'am."

The corners of Concubine Jiang's mouth curled up: "Many babies have birthmarks or obvious moles on their bodies, so does Princess Chang'an have any?"

Ye Meiling thought for a while, then boldly looked at Concubine Jiang Gui: "Your Majesty means—"

Concubine Jiang Gui snorted coldly.

Ye Meiling was taken aback, and hurriedly said honestly: "There is indeed a red birthmark the size of a fingernail on the back of Princess Chang'an's neck, like a small plum blossom."

Concubine Jiang's peach blossom eyes lit up: "Are you sure?"

Ye Meiling immediately said: "Your servant can be sure, Liu Zhizhu, the palace maid of Yutang Palace, also saw it!"

Concubine Jiang leisurely thought for a while, and then ordered Lichun: "Take the ring inlaid with red jewels that His Majesty gave me, and give it to Miss Ye!"

When Ye Meiling heard this, she immediately bowed her knees and saluted: "Thank you, Concubine Gui!"

She tentatively looked at Concubine Jiang Gui: "This servant is willing to put his heart and soul to shame for your empress!"

Concubine Jiang looked at Ye Meiling, and thought: This Ye Meiling doesn't look like a safe person, but if she is needed now, let's use it first, and deal with her later!

In a blink of an eye, it is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, which is the new year.

It's New Year's Eve, and Lin Jia is so busy that she can't wait to divide it into several people.

The fact that Goryeo turned to pay tribute to Xixia was not very urgent. Now, for Lin Jia, the most urgent thing was the annual salary of the Great Zhou clan.

The Great Zhou Dynasty has been established for many years, the clan population is about 20, and the annual salary per capita is about [-] shi. The annual salary problem of the clan has become a heavy burden on the Great Zhou's finances. Lin Jia is working with counselors to study how to solve this problem.

Yuzhi knew that Lin Jia was busy, so on the 23rd, she took Princess Chang'an in a sedan chair to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to attend the Dharma seminar held by the Empress Dowager.

When she arrived, Concubine Jiang Gui had already arrived and was sitting with the queen mother, making her laugh non-stop, and many concubines and noble ladies beside her were also joking around.

Seeing this, Yuzhi smiled slightly, and stepped forward to bow her knees to salute generously.

Seeing Yu Zhi stepping forward to salute, and the wet nurse following behind with a little girl in her arms, Concubine Jiang's smile deepened, a smug look appeared in her eyes, and she said with a smile: "Empress Dowager, look, Concubine Bai Fang also brought Princess Chang'an here Already!"

The Empress Dowager has always disliked Jiang Shuyan, and naturally she doesn't like Lin Jia either, and she doesn't even like Lin Jia's children and Lin Jia's side concubine, so today is the first time she sees Princess Chang'an.

She didn't intend to see Princess Chang'an at first, but Concubine Jiang Gui had already spoken, and the Queen Mother didn't intend to offend Concubine Jiang Gui, so she smiled and said, "Come, let the Ai family see Princess Chang'an!"

Yu Zhi respectfully replied "Yes", took Princess Chang'an from Nanny Shen's arms, and handed it to the female officer next to the queen mother, who handed Princess Chang'an to the queen mother.

The Empress Dowager held the soft little baby and looked it over carefully. Seeing that the little baby girl had black hair, fair skin, and big eyes, she was cute, so she smiled and said, "It looks a bit like Consort Bai. !"

Everyone joked together: "It's not like, the Princess will be a great beauty in the future!"

Concubine Jiang smiled and said: "Queen Mother, Ding Meiling, a female official in the concubine's palace, was serving in Yutang Palace at that time. She saw the newborn Princess Chang'an with her own eyes. She said that Princess Chang'an had a bright red plum blossom-shaped birthmark on the back of her neck, which was very beautiful. , don't you take a look?"

While talking, she glanced at Yuzhi triumphantly, and said in her heart, "Wait a while, if the baby girl doesn't have the birthmark of Hongmei on the back of her neck, Bai Yuzhi, you can't escape the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Concubine Jiang was already sure that the real Princess Chang'an was lost, and now this is just a fake, she must use this incident to bring down Bai Yuzhi.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she was very curious, and immediately hugged Princess Chang'an upright, and lifted Princess Chang'an's soft hair, revealing her white and tender neck—there really was a small red plum birthmark on her neck, which was very cute.

Concubine Jiang couldn't believe her eyes. She forced a smile and moved over to rub the back of the baby girl's neck with her fingers. When she found that it didn't come off, she rubbed it hard twice, and found that it was really a birthmark, and she couldn't rub it off at all.

Her eyes suddenly became cold.

Although the Empress Dowager didn't see it, the female relatives next to her did: It turns out that Concubine Jiang suspected that Princess Chang'an was a fake!
Among them, Gui Wen's wife laughed and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Chang'an's birthmark is a natural birthmark, please don't rub it, don't make it hard to get off, and even break Princess Chang'an's skin!"

Madam Gui didn't wait for Jiang Zhen's answer, she rolled her eyes and said, "Imperial Concubine, do you think this Princess Chang'an is a fake? Concubine Bai specially brought her here to deceive the Queen Mother and His Majesty?"

Jiang Zhen was exposed by Mrs. Gui, and she couldn't find any evidence. She was extremely ashamed, stared at Mrs. Gui with a knife in her eyes, and then looked at Yuzhi with hatred, with a smile on her face: "I'm just kidding!" of!"

While talking, she approached the Queen Mother again to tease Princess Chang'an.

The Empress Dowager didn't grant her a seat, so Yuzhi just stood there quietly with a gentle smile on her face.

Because of Mrs. Jiang San's report, she saw through Concubine Jiang's plot, and she went to Mr. Liu earlier, and gave Xiao Tinglan a birthmark that was very similar to Chang'an with a drug that was harmless to the human body.

The queen mother was getting old and couldn't sit still, so she got up and went to wash her hands after a while.

Lady Tian, ​​who was waiting for her, entered the inner room and quietly broke up today's events to the Queen Mother.

The empress dowager's reaction was a bit slow, but now she came back to it, and found that she was almost used as a gun by Concubine Jiang, and she was very unhappy.

When she came out after cleaning her hands, she was a little angry towards Concubine Jiang. Concubine Jiang secretly groaned in her heart, so she had to try her best to flatter her.

Because Princess Chang'an was thirsty, Yuzhi took this as a reason to bid farewell to the Queen Mother and leave.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Lady Tian and said, "Go and see off Concubine Bai!"

Lady Tian answered "yes" and sent Yuzhi and his party out.

Arriving outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Yuzhi took a look at Han Lin.

Han Lin understood, and immediately grabbed the hand of Ms. Tian, ​​and quietly stuffed a stack of bank notes into Ms. Tian's hand.

Yuzhi glanced at the snow on the glazed tiles in front of her, then looked at Mrs. Tian, ​​smiled slightly and said, "Thank you very much for today!"

Lady Tian said gracefully, "Slaves and servants are just good birds choosing trees to live in!"

After finishing speaking, she stuffed the roll of silver bills back into Han Lin's hands, bowed her knees, bowed, and withdrew.

Looking at the back of Miss Tian, ​​Yuzhi felt a concern in her heart, and whispered to Han Lin: "Go back and remind me, let Li Rui check on Miss Tian!"

Han Lin answered "yes" and said, "Side concubine, servants, please remember!"

Concubine Jiang returned to Shouchang Palace after suffering the empress dowager's cold treatment, called Qingming into the bedroom, raised her hand and fanned Qingming's face: "I'll let you embarrass me!"

Qingming was already prepared in his heart, and fell to the ground, prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed several times: "My lord, please forgive me! My lady, please forgive my life! This slave realizes his mistake!"

Concubine Jiang wished to kick Qingming to death, her chest heaved for a long time, and said coldly: "Qingming, I can give you another chance."

Qingming hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please tell me!"

Jiang Guifei thought for a moment, then slowly said: "You go out of the palace tomorrow to see my father"

Emperor Yongtai was going to the Songshan Palace to celebrate the New Year. Bai Yuzhi didn't go last year because she was pregnant, and she will definitely follow Lin Jia there this year. By then, she will definitely let Bai Yuzhi die without a place to bury her!

(End of this chapter)