amaotonovel Chapter 617 He is just feeling guilty!
Chapter 617 He is just feeling guilty!
On the other hand, Gao Qingtong arranged for the Empress Dowager to live in Shoukang Palace, which was originally a palace prepared for the Empress Dowager. Before Emperor Huijing passed away, there were always people cleaning the place, and money was spent on its maintenance and repair every year.
It’s just that after Xie Shang ascended the throne, he no longer arranged for anyone to clean the place.
Gao Qingtong said, "Grand Empress Dowager, please wait a moment. The palace maids will be out soon. The weather is too cold. I will have someone warm up the room before you move in."
The Empress Dowager held Gao Qingtong's hand and said, "Qingtong is really thoughtful. I haven't been back to Beijing for decades. The emperor is my grandson, but he can't think of these things. I see that the rules of the harem are becoming more and more lax. This is going to kill me!"
Gao Qingtong was shocked after hearing this. She just wanted to turn herself deaf. It was the emperor who asked her to arrange a residence for the Grand Empress Dowager. She also said that the emperor could not think of it. Is the Grand Empress Dowager confused? How could she curse the Great Zhou Dynasty to perish?
She came back hoping for the fall of the Great Zhou!
Gao Qingtong said hurriedly, "Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, and the trivial matters in the harem should be arranged by this concubine. The Empress Dowager should not blame the Emperor."
"I'm talking about the Queen. I didn't see anyone when I returned to the palace. Instead, it was you, the Imperial Concubine, who came to greet me. The loose management of the harem is the Queen's fault. With her around, our Great Zhou Kingdom is in danger!" The Grand Empress Dowager took Gao Qingtong's hand again, as if trying to win her over. She said amiably, "But I don't like those overly clichéd etiquettes. I like quietness, and Qingtong is very much to my liking."
"It's what I should do." Gao Qingtong felt embarrassed when she heard her speak. She didn't come here specifically for the Grand Empress Dowager. No one in the palace would mention the Grand Empress Dowager, as if this person didn't exist.
I don’t know if the Empress Dowager has received the news that the Grand Empress Dowager has returned to the palace, so she hasn’t come to pay a visit at this time.
Gao Qingtong was smart enough not to mention the Queen's whereabouts. She just listened quietly to the Empress Dowager complaining and saying that she didn't care.
The Empress Dowager felt bored when she saw that she didn't like to talk much, and she wondered: Could it be that Minmin and Yun'er were locked out of the palace by the Emperor?
The Empress Dowager decided to stay and settle down. She would not leave unless she could see Minmin and Yuner.
Jiang Fenghua is quite capable. She can coax the old and the young around, hold the queen's coronation ceremony, and even hold a new wedding. How could she have such qualifications?
The Empress Dowager's dissatisfaction seemed like jealousy.
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Empress Dowager Cheng had also known about the return of the Grand Empress Dowager to the palace. With her status as the Grand Empress Dowager, although no one knew her, as long as she took out the gold medal and revealed her identity, no one dared to stop her from entering the palace.
Empress Dowager Cheng said to Nanny Xi, "My mother-in-law who favored my youngest son has suddenly returned. It must be a demon or a ghost. Just wait and see. She is not an easy person to deal with."
Nanny Xi had been in the palace for more than ten years and had never seen the Grand Empress Dowager, let alone seen her, she had never even heard of her.
Empress Dowager Cheng must have seen this before. At that time, she had just married the late emperor and became the empress dowager, and the Empress Dowager rolled her eyes at her many times.
Now Empress Dowager Cheng doesn't dare to provoke Jiang Fenghua.
Empress Dowager Cheng sneered and gossiped about the Grand Empress Dowager. "During the reign of Emperor Shengzu, the Grand Empress Dowager was not the most favored. The most favored by Emperor Shengzu was a woman from the common people. I don't know why that woman was not named Empress after entering the palace, but was favored by Emperor Shengzu. Oh, the Grand Empress Dowager was very angry at that time, but she could do nothing about it! In fact, the Grand Empress Dowager is not a worry-free person. It is not justifiable that I did not go to see her the first time. I should find some time to go and see the Grand Empress Dowager!"
Nanny Xi also rolled her eyes. Aren’t all men like this? They fall in love with every girl they meet.
The Emperor confined the Empress Dowager to the Cining Palace and did not allow her to go out. However, when the Emperor and the Empress were not in the palace, the Empress Dowager did not really stay only in the Cining Palace and was quite free.
Now that the Emperor is back, I wonder if he will release the Queen Mother. After all, she is his biological mother. The Emperor has probably forgotten what the Queen Mother did a long time ago!
The Queen is back, but there is a new troublesome old ancestor in the palace. From now on, life in the palace will be very busy.
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The next day, people from the Ministry of Rites delivered the ceremonial dresses for the Queen's coronation ceremony directly to the Jiang residence. Xie Shang did not go to the Jiang family in person, but instead sent a maid in the palace and officials from the Ministry of Rites to announce the auspicious time for the ceremony.
It was Nanny Wang and Xiao Yu who came to deliver the dress.
Jiang Fenghua already knew everyone around her from the Jiang family. She said, "You are Nanny Wang."
Nanny Wang's eyes were red as she bowed respectfully, "Your servant greets Her Majesty the Queen."
"Please stand up, Madam Wang." Jiang Fenghua said.
Nanny Wang stood up. No wonder the emperor wanted her to come to the Jiang Mansion. Could it be that the queen had lost her memory and forgotten all the court etiquette?
Xiao Yu also bowed to Jiang Fenghua and said, "Minister of Rites Xiao Yu pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen. I am here to decorate the Jiang Residence on the orders of the Emperor."
Jiang Fenghua nodded slightly with clear eyes, "Thank you, Master Xiao."
Xiao Yu paused. Did she really forget everything? He thought to himself that there was no intersection between them. She just forgot his name.
Jiang Fenghua did not talk to Xiao Yu for too long, and asked Nanny Wang directly, "I heard from my mother that Nanny Wang is taking care of my three children. Why didn't Nanny take them out of the palace?"
"Don't worry, your majesty. We will see each other soon. The prince and princess are very good and well behaved. They also hope to see you as soon as possible. Now let's practice the etiquette of the ceremony of crowning the queen."
When I returned to the courtyard, I heard Nanny Wang say, "Your Highness can no longer address yourself as "I" but "this palace". When I pay my respects to your Highness, you can just say no need to address me. When you see the Empress Dowager, the Grand Empress Dowager, or the Emperor, you must address yourself as your concubine. The Empress is the mistress of the harem, and all the concubines in the harem are under the control of your Highness. They must respect your Highness. Your Highness should be intimidating in front of them without getting angry, so that the concubines can be intimidated..."
Jiang Fenghua felt overwhelmed after hearing this. No wonder Xie Shang didn't let her go back to the palace directly. It turned out that he despised her for not knowing etiquette. Humph, he despised her for not knowing etiquette, and she also despised him for being unfaithful.
If it wasn't for seeing her three children, she wouldn't bother to act with him. She heard from her second sister that she also had a wicked mother-in-law.
Thinking of this, Jiang Fenghua asked, "Is the Empress Dowager easy to get along with?"
Nanny Wang was relieved that she was still as vigilant as before, and told her everything: "It's not easy to get along with them. The relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and even the late Emperor, is very strange. Before I left the palace, the Emperor told me that when the Empress enters the palace, no one dares to make things difficult for her. The Empress does not need to be afraid of them, because the Emperor supports her! The Emperor considers everything for her..."
"He just feels guilty!" Jiang Fenghua said directly.