Chapter 51

Murong Jie wished he could die, but at this moment he brought up "rumors outside the palace", "Mother, when I was out of the palace today, I heard someone talking outside that Xia Zian was beaten into the violent room by you and the queen."

The Empress Dowager was slightly startled, and looked at Prime Minister Xia and Mrs. Linglong, and saw that their expressions also changed, with a guilty conscience.

The empress dowager understood a little.

There was a faint anger on her face, and she sorted out today's matter from beginning to end, and she could probably guess the purpose of Prime Minister Xia's entry into the palace. The palace pursued Xia Zi'an's remorse, so he brought Mrs. Linglong to clear up.

If it is said that the Yuan family is really not what they said, then Concubine Mei's thoughts are worth studying.

Telling such a big lie to prove that Yuan Shi is a woman of bad character, if there is no benefit in it, she will not believe it.

What the empress dowager hates the most is brothers' crossing the wall and royal infighting. If Concubine Mei really wanted to fight for the future of the third prince, she would have to break her mind first.

Although the Empress Dowager could probably guess, she also hoped that she would guess wrong so as not to implicate her grandson.

Therefore, she hoped that Eunuch Sun would come back to investigate who the maid was, and if she could find her and ask her, she would be able to prove Concubine Mei's innocence.

Eunuch Sun came back soon. He bowed and said, "Queen Mother, I have checked. The eunuch who is in charge of the inner palace happens to be an admirer of Yuan Shi. He said bluntly that Yuan Shi has not entered the palace for more than ten years. If you don’t believe me, I checked the visit records of Concubine Mei, and there are indeed none.”

The blood on Concubine Mei's face faded little by little. She was hoping that the inner palace would destroy the records from many years ago. After all, so many years have passed, the inner palace should no longer keep those useless records.

The queen sneered, "I wonder if Concubine Mei is talking about the year of the monkey?"

The empress dowager said solemnly: "Concubine Mei, tell me what's going on?"

Concubine Mei dodged her eyes in a panic, and said: "Queen Mother, maybe the concubine misremembered, it should be the concubine who left the palace to go to the prime minister's mansion, yes, this incident happened in the prime minister's mansion."

Prime Minister Xia also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty said this, and I also remembered that there was a year when your Majesty went out of the palace to speak to the Prime Minister's mansion, and Yuan Shi once made a big fuss. That time, Yuan Shi made a painting for Madam to watch. Accidentally knocked over by the maid next to the empress, the tea got wet, and she said on the spot that she would kill the maid with a stick."

Zian couldn't believe his ears, is he crazy? How did this position of prime minister come back? A person with such an IQ can also be a prime minister?

No wonder, Murong Jie hates him. It's an insult for such a person to live high in the temple.

In fact, Zi An misunderstood Prime Minister Xia. He was not stupid, but he had no choice. He could only blindly support what Concubine Mei said, because if Concubine Mei was left alone now, she would lose this palace in the future. The backing of CUHK.

Therefore, he knew that what he said was not credible, but he had to follow what Concubine Mei said.

By now, he could also see that someone carefully arranged for him to enter the palace to plead guilty, and the news that Xia Zian was beaten into the violence room was also deliberately spread by someone.

He could already guess who spread the news, because when Xia Quan went out to inquire, he said that it was someone close to the regent who leaked the news.

In other words, it was Murong Jie who deliberately let the rumors out, and lured him into the palace to slap him, to rehabilitate the little bitch Xia Zian, wash off the dirt on her body, and then marry into the Prince Regent's Palace.

This time he asked Concubine Mei for help, but Concubine Mei also fell into it. If he didn't stand by Concubine Mei, Concubine Mei would definitely blame him in the future.

After hearing Prime Minister Xia's words, Murong Jie said indifferently: "So, I will trouble Eunuch Sun to find out the maids who served Concubine Mei for comparison."

The Empress Dowager shouted angrily, "Concubine Mei, kneel down!"

Concubine Mei's face was pale, she knelt down with a thud, and kowtowed, "Queen Dowager calm down!"

Mrs. Linglong hadn't seen the situation clearly, she was startled, and said: "The Queen Mother, what the Concubine Mei said is the truth, why don't you believe it?"

The empress dowager didn't look at Mrs. Linglong, but stared at Prime Minister Xia, "Prime Minister, the Ai family doesn't like Mrs. Yuan, but they have to admit that Mrs. Yuan is a hundred times smarter than her and knows how to measure things ten thousand times better than her. What kind of vision do you have?" , will spoil her for many years, but neglect Yuan Shi, Debao doesn't know how precious treasures are, you really make men all over the world hate you."

Prime Minister Xia's face turned pale, "I will remember the Queen Mother's lesson."

The empress dowager said coldly: "You don't need to remember that Aijia doesn't want to ask about your family affairs, and Aijia doesn't want to pursue the matter of regretting the marriage from the beginning to the end. It's the prime minister who sang a play with Concubine Mei today, and let Aijia It's very sad to see, but also very chilling, trying every means to kill his wife and daughter-in-law, the heavens have eyes, don't go too far."

Mrs. Linglong didn't understand why the empress dowager said that all of a sudden, especially when the empress dowager said that she was inferior to Yuan Shi. She was not convinced, so she raised her voice and said: "Empress dowager, although I am not talented, but It's not like Yuan is cruel and venomous, and the concubine doesn't respect her as a wife, because she really doesn't have the bearing and openness that the wife of a Xiangfu should have. The concubine doesn't like her, and the mother-in-law doesn't like her either. People like her, isn't that enough to prove that there is something wrong with her character?"

Murong Jie burst out laughing, "Madame Linglong, I believe no one in the palace likes you now, may I ask if there is something wrong with your character?"

Murong Jie didn't say much today, but the two sentences were addressed to Mrs. Linglong. This made Mrs. Linglong very embarrassed and very angry. She was used to being arrogant in the mansion, but now she suddenly got angry and forgot the occasion. He said coldly: "My lord, don't talk like this. Since ancient times, the parents of the marriage have ordered the matchmaker to say that if the lord wants to marry Zi'an, he also needs to be a concubine, the mother, to nod and agree."

Zi'an reminded in time, "Ma'am, my biological mother is not dead yet, she is the wife of the prime minister, Xia Wan'er's marriage needs her consent, and you have no right to control my marriage."

Prime Minister Xia finally couldn't hold back anymore, "Enough, she is your concubine, how can you talk like that?"

The queen said coldly: "Concubine? What is concubine? Concubine is father's concubine. In the mansion, the status of concubine is lower than that of the main wife or even the children born by herself. It is just an embarrassing status of half slave and half master , when will it be the turn of a master who is not a master but not a slave to challenge the eldest lady who is a descendant? The tutor of the prime minister can be seen from this."

The queen's words really didn't give Xia Chengxiang and Linglong any face. Xia Chengxiang's face turned red and then blue, his brows fluttered, and he dared not vent his anger. slander?

Mrs. Linglong was so angry that she burst into tears. Ever since she entered the palace and gave birth to a pair of children, she has regarded herself as the wife of the prime minister. Even the old lady sometimes has to let her go. When she enters the palace today, she thought that the queen mother and empress would do the same. Like everyone else, when she was the wife of the Xiangfu, she never thought that the queen would not give her any face, and directly called her a concubine.

Shocked and angry, she stood up and asked Zian angrily, "Say, what did you say bad things about me to the Empress?"