Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 323: Betting on Elocution

When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of Beifu finally left Yanjia Palace, they supported each other as they walked out.

Aunt Meng beside her clicked her tongue and said, “This concubine looks like she has aged ten years in just half an hour.”

Tanchun had already been staring at the Empress Dowager in amazement!

my God!

The Queen Mother's words were so sharp?!

"You two are both more stupid than the other!" The Empress Dowager looked at Aunt Meng and Tanchun, feeling quite unhappy.

Zijuan was beside her and quietly brought over a bowl of warm tea.

The Queen Mother took it and gulped it all down. She then breathed a sigh of relief, "What a relief!" She also praised, "Our Zijuan is still very careful!"

Zijuan just bent over and stood beside her, taking the bowl considerately, and whispered, "Your Majesty just came to pay your respects, and the princess was afraid of the embarrassment of bumping into the Northern King's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so she led him to the back hall to sit for a while."

The Queen Mother was startled and asked in a low voice: "Did he hear everything?"

"Well, I came here since you said you were going to Jiangnan." Zijuan nodded, then glanced behind her and whispered, "Do you want to pretend you don't know? His Majesty has just left."

The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief and said with a low laugh, "Then just pretend you don't know!"

"It seemed to start in the middle, when Princess Beijing was talking about the feud between the emperor and his subjects, the emperor came." Zijuan continued quietly, "After hearing Princess Beijing say that she wanted to return to the mansion to apologize, he wanted to come in with a sullen face, but was dragged away by Prime Minister Dai."

The Queen Mother was immediately unhappy. She snorted and leaned back on the large soft couch: "I'm just going to be happy just this once, who else would come and eavesdrop?"

"But no one stopped you, right?" Zijuan smiled and handed the bowl to the maid next to her. She took a step forward and gently massaged the empress dowager's shoulders. "So you don't have to feel aggrieved in the future. Just be happy however you want!"

The Queen Mother rolled her eyes: "How is that possible?"

"Yes, I didn't understand and said nonsense." Zijuan smiled kindly.

The Queen Mother thought for a moment, turned around and said, "Where's Zhaoqing? Zhaoqing, come here!"

Daiyu had just sent Emperor Zhaoming out of the back hall when she heard the empress dowager calling her. She hurriedly trotted out of the hall and squeezed to the empress dowager's side in a few steps.

Without saying anything, he raised his thumb directly to the Queen Mother's nose and said, "I have learned a lot today! Usually, I thought I was very eloquent, but now compared with the Queen Mother, I am actually dumb!"

The queen mother's face turned slightly pink suspiciously, and she pushed her hand away with a scolding look: "Little monkey! How dare you make fun of me? I'll beat you up!"

Daiyu immediately raised her hand and pointed at Tanchun: "Look at Yimin! She is so dumbfounded!"

Tanchun finally came to her senses and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Sister Lin is right. Back then, we both thought we were the ones who could talk.

"Now it seems that I should ask my mother to teach me again!"

The Queen Mother could no longer sit still, she rolled her eyes and stood up: "I'm tired, I'm going to change my clothes and take a rest. You two go and have fun by yourselves, don't disturb me!"

He walked quickly to the back.

Zijuan smiled and followed with the little palace maid.

Daiyu and Tanchun looked at each other and smacked their lips, and gathered together under the red throne. Daiyu pointed to her nose and said, "I am a mute." Tanchun pointed to her nose and said, "I am a fool."

Aunt Meng was standing nearby, watching the fun with her chin in her hand and a smile on her face.

Ganlu Temple.

When Tai Shang returned, he smashed a jade pen holder and then sat there sulking.

Dai Quan scowled and quietly asked someone to come and clean up. Then a young eunuch came in and reported to him in a low voice.

The Supreme One swept his eyes fiercely and shouted, "You are hiding this from me!"

Dai Quan smiled bitterly and spread his hands, saying, "Let someone find out what happened and what the Queen Mother said before. Do you want to hear it? I'm afraid you'll be even angrier."

"Listen! Why not? I want to see how many things they are hiding from me!" The Supreme Being was so angry that his beard twitched.

Dai Quan sighed and had to ask the young eunuch to start from the beginning.

The young eunuch knelt down and started from the beginning: "Yesterday, Madam Feng went to Fengzao Palace..."

Everything was said exactly as it was, without any mistakes.

Even Lin Daiyu, who was holding Tao Xingjian's sleeve and talking about interesting things in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time with her hands and feet gesticulating, did not miss it.

Tai Shang's anger gradually subsided after hearing this.

When talking about today, especially the stupid words of the Queen Mother of Prince Beijing, the Emperor's face was once again covered with gloom.

After hearing everything, the Supreme sneered and said, "Since I boarded the boat that night, I knew that I must have been wrong all these years.

"But I never expected that I would be so wrong!

"The old sister-in-law of the Shui family is a lazy, narrow-minded and mediocre woman, but she never expected that the daughter of Lord Shoushan is so good at changing her attitude according to the situation!

"What the Queen Mother said is correct! The three remaining members of the Shui family are guilty of deceiving the emperor, and none of them can escape!"

Dai Quan held the whisk and sighed, "A little bit of rice is a favor, a big bit of rice is a grudge."

"What you mean," the Supreme Lord glanced at Dai Quan coldly, and couldn't help but vent his anger on him, "I spoiled him, it's not my fault?"

Dai Quan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He lifted his robe and knelt down: "When did I say that? What I meant is that most people in the world are greedy and never satisfied."

Tai Shang huffed and raised his hand to let him get up.

Dai Quan stood up and continued with a sigh, "The Jia family was also very respectful in the past. Daishan's generation worked hard without caring about gains and losses. That's why the emperor valued his family so much.

"But when it comes to the literary generation, of the two educated ones, one wanted to practice Taoism, and the other did not distinguish between the old and the young; the remaining few who did not study were even more disorderly and unruly.

"When Qin died, I went to his house. Zhen Ge'er was good at talking. He said that in order to make the funeral look good, he donated an official position to his son Jia Rong.

"For the sake of the princess, I didn't refute him. Later, His Majesty made the eldest daughter of their West Mansion his concubine.

"Is that enough?!

"Still not satisfied! He insisted on swallowing up the Lin family's property. This forced Ru Hai to entrust his sister to Tao Xingjian, which led to so many twists and turns later.

"You say, if he can live a quiet life, wouldn't his family's property from Jinling be enough for him to live lavishly?!"

The Supreme sneered, "Didn't you hear it just now? The one who instigated the two mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law of the Northern Palace to go to Xuanzheng Hall to make trouble was Jia Hua and Jia Yucun, who got promoted by currying favor with the Jia family, and the other was none other than Rong Guogong's substitute for practicing Taoism, Taoist Zhang from Qingxu Temple!"

"That old ghost is the most greedy for money and profit, and his mouth is full of nonsense!" Dai Quan sneered, "I have disliked him for a long time!

"The Supreme Lord and His Majesty both gave him a few perfunctory words for the sake of Lord Rong. But he, on the other hand, used all of it as gold foil on his face!"

Yin simply bowed to the Supreme and asked, "Do you want to just take the trial?!"